Disclaimer: I do not own any Harry Potter characters as they belong to JK but I do own the plot any other characters except for the seven goddesses as they are mythical legends.

I have decided to have a contest where I want you to draw a picture what you think Alethea, Mina and an older Adriana and Ylenia look like. Also you could do a scene from 6mwam (Six months with a mermaid) if you want to. Even if you have no talent at drawing, just try or get someone else to draw what they look like. Tell others about this contest so I have a fair amount to choose from. Send the entries to my email address on my profile page. Thank you for reading this.

The vote for the father of Mina's goes as follows:

Blaise: 10

Seamus: 4

Justin: 1

Terry: 1

I am soooo sorry for keeping you waiting. Really I am. Because I've been doing a website which you can check out on my profile/

Now on with this chapter...

Hour's later Hermione was following Draco through the long corridors of Malfoy Manor, pushing Adriana and Ylenia, to the room where Draco presumed that Mina was occupying.

When Draco stopped outside a door, just a few corridors away from their own rooms, he knocked on the door. From inside the room they heard a scuffle then the door opened only wide enough for the occupant to see through, sticking her wand out of the small crack she had made. When she recognised her half-sister and male friend she smiled slightly and opened it fully.

Before either of them could ask her about her strange behaviour Mina swept into joined bathroom. From what Hermione had seen of her for a moment, her eyes looked particularly puffy and red with tear streaks down her cheeks. Taking a seat on the end of her bed, with Draco next to her, she called out,

"Are you alright Mina?"

"Yeah. Of course I am. Why wouldn't I be?" She said, even though it came out through sniffles.

"It's just that you acted kind of strange when you opened the door." Hermione said, watching the doorway Mina had gone through.

Moment's later Mina came back through, wearing blue robes. Her face showed no signs of tears or looked red like earlier but through her eyes Hermione could see some kind of pain and sadness.

Knowing of Hermione's own eyes focusing on her own, Mina turned away shielding her face from Hermione's speculating thoughts.

"Oh, I was just doing what I normally do. Checking for anyone outside my door is something I normally do." Even though Draco seemed to take this in, (Being as oblivious to woman's emotions and actions as he was) but Hermione could see she was not as a great liar and actress as she had been when she had tricked Hermione before. She pulled her dark hair into a tight bun at the back of her head.

When she was ready they both looked to Draco to show them the way to where they should be meeting his parents. He sighed and mumbled,

"I hope its not going to be like this all the time."

Ten minutes later they were stood outside a huge wooden door. On these wooden doors were two stone handles, both had some remotely like the Slytherin crest carved into them. He knocked at the door and they watched as it opened slowly.

As they stepped inside the room, the first thing they noticed was how large it was and the length of the table in the middle of it. By the side of the large table was a fireplace. The Slytherin Crests carved into it like on most of the items they had seen going through the corridors. Sat on the very end of table, furthest away from door they had entered, sat Lucius watching them with his ice blue eyes. Narcissa sat a length away from him smiling slightly at the newcomers.

On the table three extra places had been set, each quite a distance away from each other. Draco sat next but opposite his mother, Draco taking the seat next to him, putting the twins pram between them, and Mina took the seat next to Narcissa.

The Malfoy's, Hermione and Mina sat in silence until the food appear on the table. As Hermione started on gourmet food infront of her, she noticed that Lucius was watching her carefully. Upon noticing her looking at him, he quickly turned away and engaged in conversation with his wife. Draco ate his meal slowly, chewing it while he watched the people around him. Mina ate it quickly and had soon finished then took to looking nervously around her, almost agitated, for some reason Hermione did not know.

After finishing what she had been given to eat, Draco stood up, pulling Hermione with him and motioning for Mina to stand as well.

"I'm just going to show Hermione and Mina around the Manor and the grounds, Father." Lucius nodded. As Mina and Hermione was just through the door Lucius called Draco back, but told them not to enter after him.

Mina sat next to one the many statues that Malfoy Manor held. She seemed a tiny bit nervous but since it was the home of one of their father's most powerful followers, she was a bit as well.

Whatever had been said inside the dining room had brought a disgruntled Draco back out. Before either of them could ask him anything he stalked off. Hermione looked at Mina before they both set off after him. They followed him through the long cold corridors of Malfoy Manor before they came back to Draco's room that Hermione shared with him. He flopped down on the bed as Hermione sat down next to him, pushing the brakes into place and the pram.

Since they had arrived at Malfoy Manor Adriana had seemed happier in her little baby way then she had done in Hogwarts. Ylenia had because like Adriana had in Hogwarts even though she was not tempted to hurt her parents and was less stressful then Adriana had been. The goddesses had warned before she came, of any danger that she might or the twins and Draco may come into. They made a point of assuring and making her swear that they were always there if she needed them. However when talks came to Mina they would change the subject rapidly. None of the seven would talk to her until she pestered Hecate into retreat.

"Even we immortals can never be sure of the future but even if the mermaid survives towards the end of the oncoming war between good and evil there is no doubt that at some point, she will be tempted be the dark side. At this moment in time it seems like it will be not at her own will but as I said we could never really be sure."

When Hermione had asked of Mina's unborn child Hecate had hesitated.

"Mina's child will be born on the day that decides who will win the war. However it will be her child who will help Adriana decide who to fight for."

The conversation hadn't popped into her head until that moment but now she worried about Mina's nervousness. But at this moment in time it was Draco that put her worry over Mina and her baby out of her head, for that moment anyway.

"What happened?" She asked.

"My blasted Father. That's what. Oh no don't tell Draco that the Dark Lords coming. With only two days before his arrival. Oh no don't tell him when he's brought his children, girlfriend and our friend are here at exactly the same time." He exclaimed through gritted teeth, more to himself then anything.

Hermione's eyes went wide. Voldemort was coming. In two days. Her father. Was coming. And she was going to be here. With Mina and...

She quickly got out the twins and laid them on the bed next to Draco. Ylenia's curly blonde head was sleeping calmly although a slight frown was set upon her face. Adriana lay next to her; her brown eyes open with alarm at being moved so suddenly. Draco seemed to have noticed the two light weights placed next to them cause her picked up Adriana carefully and sat her on his stomach. If someone were to take a picture of the scene and show to someone who didn't know them, they would say it looked like a normal happy family.

Unnoticed by the small family on the bed, Mina sat on the stool next to the dresser. She sat physically shaking with fright. There she was, unemotionally, only affectionate when it was needed but she had never been really been so scared she'd started to shake. Not once had she been scared ever so badly. In her mind she had no memory of her friends and family in the lake ever being scared. But after all she was part human. Even though her face was blank from emotion anyone could see her shaking.

She had told no one of what had happened after she stopped being in contact with her father but she had tried to remain strong throughout it. However someone did know, but that someone couldn't be seen. That person happened to be following the sisters, Hermione and Mina, since the beginning of the year. That person happened to hold information about Mina and Hermione that no one else knew. That person was Alethea. And now they were in her home... She could do with them what she wanted.

As you see I have decided to bring Alethea into this story a bit more but will only play and minor role but a major role in the sequel.