The next few days were hard for both Draco and Emily since their bond had been strained for a long period of time it took them almost twice as long to recover from it. Many times either Draco or Emily would have to be excused from class because they were too sick to continue.
Emily decided against the teaching since she knew how much Draco had been upset by it; instead, she was content with learning theories until the child was born. The more Emily thought of the baby the more excited she became but something kept bugging her. In all her visions, Helena was the only child she and Draco had but how could Helena be born before Ayden Potter? Ayden was supposed to be a good year older than Helena and Emily knew that the Final Battle had not taken place yet, so how could that be? Emily spent many nights thinking on it but she came up with no conclusion.
Emily got up Saturday morning and walked out to the grounds. Students were sprawled all around the grounds enjoying the first warm day of spring. Emily enjoyed the warm sun when suddenly she was rudely interrupted.
"Who do you think you are?" Pansy loud shrieking voice said in annoyance. Emily turned to face Pansy.
"Is there anything that I can help you with Pansy?" Emily asked coolly. She was not in the mood to deal with annoying cows.
"Who do you think you are? You come in here like you own the place, claiming to be our Lords daughter! You are a filthy liar and the Dark Lord is going to enjoy torturing you! No better yet I will deliver your body to our Lord" Pansy squealed. Emily rolled her eyes.
"If I am lying then why did you get punished for attacking me, you touch me the Dark Lord will punish you himself. I'm not someone to be taken lightly." Emily threatened knowing something was about to happen. Her magic was already trying to reach out and attack the girl.
"My parents were misinformed! It's not Draco's fault that he had to marry you!" Pansy yelled out. Emily was about to loose control when she felt a pair of arms wrap around her middle. Emily turned slightly to see that it was Draco.
"Pansy you had better leave my wife alone or so help me god I will kill you myself." Draco spat venomously before pulling Emily away. Emily sighed as they sat down by the large oak tree by the lake.
"What's wrong, love, did she hurt you?" Draco asked concerned. Emily sighed.
"She is right, you were forced to marry me and forced to fall in love with me." Emily said sadly. Draco sighed and kissed her softly.
"Do you remember when we were younger?" Draco asked softly. Emily nodded slowly.
"I use to call you pretty and I always said that one day I would make my parents choose you for me to marry so that we could be best friends forever." Draco said softly. Emily smiled remembering the memory.
"I said that I would marry you as long as you promised to protect me from the monsters; the ones we use to hide from under the quilts on your bed. We were so young then we did not really know what all of that meant. Then I had to go underground, I met the monsters that we use to hide from. We grew up." Emily replied simply with a small smile. Draco smiled as well.
"To this day I will still protect you from any monsters that decide to come scare us. I remember all the summers your aunt use to leave you at the Manor. Your room was always right across from mine; whenever, you would get scared you would run in there and asks me to move over. I would always move over and let your crawl in. You were so small; you fit perfectly in my arms even then. I knew that I wanted to be with you forever even though I was too young to understand the concept of marriage and love." Draco said softly. Emily smiled.
"When I had to go underground the only thing that I could think of was when I was going to get to come back to you. Whenever I started my training, all I could think about was doing the best that I could so that I could come back to you. I didn't understand that I loved you I just knew that I had strong feelings for you." Emily said softly. Draco smiled and softly kissed her.
"If your father had not arranged our marriage I promise you I would have asked you to marry me; I couldn't live my life without you." Draco whispered. Emily smiled softly. Draco slowly wrapped his arms around her waist.
"When we were little I never thought that we would grow up and be parents, I always thought we would be children forever." Emily admitted softly. Draco laughed lightly.
"In a way we will always be children; we aren't that mature if you haven't noticed." Draco teased lightly making Emily laugh.
"I just don't see why we cant be children forever, never growing up wouldn't be that bad would it?" Emily asked. Draco thought for a moment.
"If we hadn't grown up we wouldn't be together like we are now, we would have continued to live in our innocence never realizing there is a whole different world out there." Draco said after some thought. Emily laughed.
"I think that is the most intelligent thing you have ever said!" Emily teased. Draco laughed and rolled his eyes.
"Well sorry we can't all be geniuses and good looking." Draco teased. Emily rolled her eyes.
"Whoever told you, you were good looking lied." Emily teased. Draco looked shocked for a moment before smiling.
"I do believe my beautiful wife has told me many times that I was the sexiest man alive." Draco teased back lightly. Emily and Draco both started laughing.
"Can you believe we only have a few more months before we get out of here?" Emily said changing the subject. Draco smiled.
"It is hard to believe but still the best news I have heard since you getting pregnant." Draco said lightly. Emily sighed.
"What's wrong?" Draco asked suspiciously. Emily smiled.
"Something doesn't add up; in all my visions our daughter is younger than Potter's oldest son but Potter hasn't had any children yet and wont until after the war." Emily stated. Draco was surprised.
"Maybe Helena isn't our first child?" Draco threw in. Emily sighed.
"I don't know, something makes me think that time was messed up somehow, I don't know." Emily said softly. Draco smiled.
"Whatever happens everything will turn out just fine." Draco said simply. They spent another outside in silence before heading back into their room. Emily yawned heavily as they entered the room.
"Why don't you go take a nap while I write to my father? After I'm done I will come and join you." Draco offered. Emily accepted and made her way into the bedroom. Emily was asleep the moment her head touched the pillow.
"Come on Emily, you can do this!" Poppy said sweetly as Emily screamed. The pain was horrible but the result would be worth it. Soon crying filled the air and Emily collapsed exhausted. Draco smiled down at her and kissed her forehead.
"Congrats you two, you have a beautiful little boy." Poppy said as she handed over a small bundle of blankets. Emily held her son for the first time. He had her black hair and Draco's icy blue eyes.
"He is perfect." Emily whispered in aw. Draco smiled as Emily handed their son over to him.
"What are you going to name him?" Minerva asked as she walked over to see her new godson. Emily smiled.
"We decided on Alexander Thomas Malfoy." Emily said proudly. Everyone smiled.
"I'm guessing the Thomas is for your father Emily but where did you get Alexander?" Snape asked politely. Emily smiled.
"It's a name both Draco and I love." Emily said before yawning. Slowly everyone in the room left. Draco kissed her once again.
"Thank you for someone so perfect." Draco whispered before Emily fell back asleep.
Emily woke up softly and smiled. She couldn't wait.