Chapter Twenty-Nine: Attack?

It was two o'clock in the morning and Jezzy was in the rocking chair by the fire, consoling little Sebastian. He was the fussiest of the three. She placed him over her shoulder and patted his behind. This was the only way to calm him down. Lucius came up behind her and kissed her cheek. He had Xanthus, who had just fallen asleep, in his arms. Sidra was in her bassinette sleeping soundly.

"I love you." He whispered to her.

"I love you too." She said, stifling a yawn.

Before long Sebastian was a sleep and they placed both boys in their beds. Lucius and Jezzy crawled back into their bed and passed out. They were exhausted. It had been a week since they were born and neither one had had very much sleep. Lucius had received a letter earlier that day and he was needed elsewhere. He was going to be leaving as soon as he got up that morning.

"I promise I will be back shortly." He had said.

Jezzy had just smiled and kissed his cheek. His divorce from Narcissa had become final the day after the children were born and she was just so happy that things were finally falling into place for her and Lucius. Now they could be together forever and enjoy their new found bliss with their children.

The following morning Lucius dressed quietly and kissed each of his children before kissing Jezzy. She smiled up at him and he kissed her again.

"I will be back as soon as I can." He kissed her again and left the room.

Jezzy rolled over and went back to sleep.


Lucius Apparated to Hogsmead and made his way to the Hogshead Inn. Severus Snape was waiting for him.

"You wished to speak with me, Severus?"

"Yes, I received a letter from your ex-wife a bit ago and I thought that I should bring some things to your attention." He handed the letter to Lucius.

Lucius opened the letter and read it carefully.

Severus,

I am writing to you because I had nowhere else to turn. I have made a grievous mistake. In a fit of jealousy Jimmy Campton and I decided it would be best to have Jezabel Campton killed. I have since decided that I was wrong in this, however, Jimmy seems still very determined to see his daughter die. I wanted to tell someone, so that, perhaps, she may be spared. I no longer wish her any harm. And I no longer wish any harm to Lucius. Please, help them.

Narcissa

Lucius stared at the letter, his anger nearly boiling over. His own ex-wife had wanted his love dead? And his children? He balled the letter up in his fist and put it in his pocket.

"What shall you do?" Severus asked.

Lucius smirked. "The only thing I can do." He stood and Severus stood with him. "I'm going to find Jimmy Campton before he finds a way to Jezzy, and I'm going to kill him first."

"Don't you think it best to go to the Ministry with this?"

Lucius rounded on him.

"You've grown soft over the years, Severus." And with that he walked out of the Inn, leaving Severus wondering if he should do anything.


Jezzy had just finished feeding Xanthus when the perimeter alarm went off. She set him back in the bed and ran to the window. She saw the dogs run after someone in the distance. She frowned. Who was on their property? Figuring that the dogs had gotten whoever had trespassed she returned to her seat by the fire. She made sure her wand was in her robe and grabbed the book she had been reading.

She began to hum to herself, something tuneless. She jumped when she heard the front door crash open. She quickly got to her feet and ran to the bedroom door. She heard footsteps thundering up the stairs towards her room and she shut the door behind her. She would hold whoever it was off. They would not set foot in the room.

She heard a dog bark and a loud curse. She edged her way to the top of the stairs and peered down them. At the same time, Jimmy looked up at her. A dog was biting his leg, but when he saw her he sneered. He raised his wand and pointed it at her. She did the same. It was a standoff. He shot an unspoken curse at her and it narrowly missed. She shot a stunning charm at him and watched his body slump. The dog let go of him and advanced on her.

"Asseoir!" She shouted.

It didn't obey and gnashed its teeth at her. She raised her wand again and stunned the dog. The dog fell at her feet and didn't move. She made her way to her father and again pointed her wand at him.

"Incarcerous."

She reached down and pulled his wand out of his hand and stood. She was contemplating kicking him when Lucius ran up the stairs. He stopped at the sight before him.

"Lucius, you're just in time to miss all the fun." Jezzy said with a smile.

She decided to kick Jimmy and did so with gusto. Lucius ran to her side and pulled her away from him.

"Are you alright?" He asked, checking her all over.

"I'm fine, and I won. Perhaps we should call the Ministry and have him thrown in Azkaban."

It all seemed too simple. Why would he have attacked this way? Lucius thought to himself. Suddenly there was a scream from the nurse's bedroom. Both Jezzy and Lucius ran to the door.

"No! NO!" Carol screamed.

"Shut up!" A man's voice shouted.

They opened the door and saw another Jimmy Campton advancing upon Carol. Lucius Stunned him.

"What the hell is going on?" Jezzy asked.

There was a crash from another part of the house. Lucius turned to Jezzy. "Call in the Ministry."

He ran off in the direction of the sound. Carol ran to the other room and checked on the children while Jezzy contacted the Ministry.

It turned out there was fourteen Jimmy Campton's in the house. None of them turned out to be the real Jimmy Campton though. All of the intruders were sent to Azkaban prison The Ministry set two of their best Aurors to watch over the house. Lucius was livid.

"And what are you going to do about the real Jimmy Campton?" He had shouted.

"We are searching for him and will inform you when we have him." The Ministry Official had stated before running through the floo fire.

"That's not good enough!" He shouted after him.

Jezzy was holding Sidra and rocking back and forth.

"It's all they can do right now Lucius. Quit shouting, you're scaring Sidra."

Lucius turned and looked down at his daughter. He smiled and plucked her out of Jezzy's arms.

"I'm sorry, little one." He said as he kissed her.

Jezzy smiled at the scene. Never in a million years would she have guessed that she would ever witness big bad Lucius Malfoy coo over a child.

"Let's just go to bed and forget about it for now. There is nothing we can do."

Lucius continued to smiled down at his daughter but nodded. Sidra had fallen asleep in his arms. He set her in her bed and followed Jezzy to their own bed.

"You did good tonight." He whispered to her and they curled up under the covers.

"Did you ever doubt me?"

He smirked and kissed her softly.

"Never."