Hello Everyone,

Im sorry for the very lengthy delay. I have had a lot going on. Needless to say the summer for me is officially over. Today was my first day back from vaction. I hope I am able to update a little more regularly now that i have structure back into my life. Thanks for sticking with the story. It is the oficial end to the Prisoner of Azkaban arc of this re-telling. It answers questions, ties up loose ends, but creates even more questions. My next chapter is nearly written i just want to add more to it, and clean it up. Please be gentle, my wife and I both suck at grammar and we are exhausted. LOL

Hope You Enjoy,

Snow

Draco would call himself a sensible young man. He thought before he spoke, mostly, and thought before he acted. When all the students received gifts and letters from loved ones and parents, It was interesting to see at the morning meal that six different owls gave letters to 4 other people that Draco thought where especially unique. Draco knew his own owls and saw Hermione, Snape, Lupin, and Harry receive letters, just as he did. Then each person opened and read their letters. Draco wasn't surprised to find his mother's elegant script

My Son,

I am asking you to get Hermione and meet me by the Whomping Willow later tonight at 8 in the evening. Make sure that Hermione comes. Of the people that will be there you and Hermione are the more talented, and level headed. I know this is an out of character request but if everything goes as planned Canis will be hunted no longer. Please help the family and be there at the allotted time.

Thank You My Son,

Your Mother

Draco looked at the people who received letters from the Black Family owls, and saw various emotions spread on many different faces. Harry and Hermione looked at each other and nodded, then looked at him. Draco nodded and then looked to the teachers and saw Lupin's face fall and grow pale. Snape's face frowned but only Draco knew his godfather as well as he did and knew it was Severus Snape preparing for battle, but there was something else. Something softer, no that's not the right word, but it was akin to letting something go, reluctantly, but let go. Draco steeled his nerve and knew the course of history could change this very night for many people involved.

Everyone arrived, surprisingly Harry got the rat but Ron was such of a prat Lupin stunned him in the hallway when he saw Harry and the boy arguing. Lupin was told by Harry that he was one of the people to meet at the Whomping Willow and the man nodded and told him he must follow instructions or he will give him detention for being out after curfew. Harry was thankful and was wondering where Hermione was.

Draco made the girl stick with him and then they both went to the Willow and waited, undetected. She looked good, tired but good and he badgered her about her health every day and this evening just tripped his 'mothering' mode Hermione called it. Draco blushed but made her abide by rules as well. Hermione nodded and stood with him as she saw Harry and Lupin come forth. The professor looked at the girl, then to Draco, and then Harry and shook his head as they went into the passage way to the stunned Whomping Willow by Hermione levitation a stick and then sent it flying at the secret switch she saw Sirius hit earlier.

Draco stood by himself, and then drew his wand with a hex on his lips as he saw his mother raise her hands and step forth. Draco shrugged an apology and stepped next to his mother.

"What do we do now?" he asked as he sat on a rock our cropping and his mother joined him.

"We watch this little gateway, and Amelia Bones, head of the DMLE will handle things on the other end," she concluded as she brushed invisible dirt from her white jacket and pants. Draco noticed she wore more and more muggle clothing since that stint into London over the summer. He looked to her and he saw how much she had grown in the past few years. Since he had begun school she seemed to have gotten stronger and more independent.

"I'm proud of you mother," he said out of nowhere. His own confession and voice caught him and as he looked from the hole in the base of the tree to his mother's glorious blue eyes. "Well, I mean, it's like I went to school and you became … well you, the real Narcissa. I know I am but I boy but I do remember mother, and I never remember you being so full of life. Merlin! You tracked down Sirius and reunited a family, and now you are orchestrating the capture of a death eater that has eluded the government for years. You have grown, and whatever has made this growth blossom, I hope it never leaves you."

Draco watched as his mother looked at him and for the first time in his life she was speechless and dumbfounded. Her eyes filled as she smiled and then nodded. He hoped it was worth it, and anything that made his mother happy was worth all the Galleons he had in his vault. He was about to reach out and then all hell broke loose.

It was too fast to watch as Narcissa saw Minister Fudge in the distance with Aurors and then the curses she heard as the hole opened. Harry was unconscious, Hermione was chasing something as was Lupin, Sirius, Amelia and a team of Aurors.

"STOP THE RAT DRACO!" he heard and once he looked he saw the rat fly over the dale when he and his mother fired curses at the rat.

Severus ran up and took in the situation and then took Harry. Sirius grabbed his arm.

"Strange you are just now showing up Snape," he said accusing but threw it away in his haste to get the rat. Snape reached Harry and levitated him and Amelia sent her aurors to the castle . Narcissa watched as Sirius ran toward the forest but stopped and turned around. He watched as his blood brother transformed from the gentle patient man who taught children and into the beast that was his nightmare. Sirius ran to him as pleaded hoped he would fight the urge of the moon, and yelled for everyone to run. Draco and Hermione sprinted for the castle pushing the levitated body of Harry along when they heard the scream. Sirius fought the man as Narcissa tried to fire a hex at him but could not get a clean shot. Then there was a howl on the wind. The werewolf hesitated and Narcissa got a stupefy to the shoulder and he ran off. Draco turned around and watched as his mother ran off after the beast.

Between the two of them Draco and Hermione got Harry roused and to the infirmary.

"Oh gods Hermione we have to go back!" Draco screamed at his friend and then out of nowhere the nosey headmaster appeared.

"Yes Miss Granger, you need to go or an innocent man will die. You see without Peter, Sirius will die on orders of Minister Fudge as soon as they apprehend him. He will be kissed. I should think three turns should do it." Then the geezer walked off as cryptic as usual. Hermione instantly threw the chair around her neck but heard a hard stop.

"You are not going without me Hermione. He is the only family I have got.'

Harry Potter jumped from the bed as soon as he took a pain potion and joined Draco and Hermione in a tight circle as she began to spin the hour glass … 1…2…3… times and then they were then. Hermione took off at a run as she cast a tempus and saw it was still early. She sprinted for all she was worth to the forest and then veered toward Hagrid's hut then settled into the edge of the forest.

"Why are we here?" Draco asked as Harry nodded impatiently.

"Buckbeak was to die today. IF we save him, then we can save Sirius and push Amelia Bones for a trial by veritaserum. She saw him, the man who was a rat, and he confessed to everyone before slipping away as he yanked his wand from Lupin's hands and became and animagus again. She has proof Sirius's incarceration was a fraud and has to follow through."

The boys followed her but she knew she was certain that if they could save the man he would be declared free from the testimonies of the people in that room. They waited for the magnificent beast to be placed alone and then Hermione stepped forth. She felt two sets of hands on her back trying to snatch at her but she needed to help her friend, and she liked Sirius in a strange way, and It might help Draco later.

She got the links of squirrels and teased the hippogriff into the forest and once he bowed and the two boys bowed, Buckbeak bowed then she threw the squirrels into the air. From then on the beast followed her and nudged her back shoulder hopping for a handout. Hermione only smiled.

She and the boys waited and slowly walked to the edge of the forest where they could see the hill that focused on the wimping willow. Hermione found a bolder and sat down. She noticed she was alone and saw Harry and Draco slowly walking and chatting behind her. She brought her knees up to her chest and hugged them placing her cheek on her knees watching these two interesting fellows. She was Draco turn slightly and brush his hand against Harry's and then she saw that Harry would point something out that Draco didn't see and he would stand behind him and point with his finger over Draco's shoulder his front pressing to Draco's back as he told the other young man to follow his finger to the target. She smiled as she saw her brother Draco flush and swallow. It was in those moments it was confirmed of Draco's feelings for the other boy. Hermione turned her head back to the scene and saw Draco sit with his mother and talk to her. She wondered what he said as whatever he said must have been profound to get that reaction from the usually reserved woman. Then, just as earlier, all hell broke loose. Hermione shouted the boys out of their stupor and followed the rat and Sirius in to the clearing while Hermione watched the werewolf as she howled into the forest.

"Oh shit Hermione. Really!? Howl at a werewolf?!" Draco Huffed and then the group was split as they ran apart, but Draco never left her side and shadowed her from a distance as Harry went after Sirius.

Hermione stopped and tried to control her breathing but she couldn't. She was terrified, and it was then in the stillness of the forest that she saw the werewolf. He ran and she fled and told Draco to try and hex him, stop him, anything but a killing curse. Draco stood from her as she ran through trees, rolled and ducked. Draco yelled out as the wolf swiped at her and threw her rolling into a small clearing. Then the beast looked at him, licking his lips, his chops, and he froze and closed his eyes.

Then a scuffle and the smell of blood and yelp forced his eyes open. A pure white wolf shot out of nowhere as Hermione could do nothing but watch in fear. When Draco yelled once more she was propelled into action. Hermione's wand was drawn, and so was Draco's she looked at him as saw fear but not for himself. She turned back as watched at the wolf drove at the werewolf. He was larger, stronger and shockingly fast, but Sable was smart. She tore a hunk out of his bottom leg, and stood back and then lunged at the werewolf, Hermione shot a stunner and got the werewolf in the shoulder and then Sable hit the ground and charged the wolf then jagged right around the breast and leapt onto his back and tore at his shoulder. Hermione winced as she saw blood spurt and coat the wolf's white fur. Hermione let out a small sound as the werewolf reached behind his shoulder and ripped the wolf from his shoulder causing more damage an anything. When the white wolf hit the floor meters away from the werewolf Draco and Hermione fired every defensive spell they could think of at the beast. He snarled and ran off.

Hermione saw Draco dash for the wolf and once on his knees she saw tears in his eyes as he went ot touch her. Sable was covered in blood. There was a deep tear on her forward shoulder to the muscle, and she tried to stand. Draco reached out but he snarled at him and he withdrew his hands. The wolf tried to stand and walk away but the elevated breathing and the whine from the wolf meant one thing. Broken ribs. Hermione went to the wolf and placed her hands on the canine and then Sable collapsed. Hermione panicked and then the wolf looked at her, blue on brown. Wait… She … knew.

"Narcissa?" Hermione whispered. The wolf whispered and laid down, submitting to the teens. Draco reached out and asked if Hermione could levitate her and go to the castle, he had one more thing to do. She replied of course but they were due back at the infirmary in just under an hour. Draco Nodded and dashed off in the direction of Harry.

Hermione levitated to white wolf behind her as she sped to the castle and was immediately intercepted by Professor Snape.

"Don't go to the infirmary. Take her to the dungeons, my quarters, quickly," Snape snapped but Hermione saw the look in his eyes, and he showed something, and emotion. He cared. She ran down the halls and prayed Hogwarts would make this an easy trip and in in time she was in Snape's quarters. She lay the wolf on the sofa as he cast an anti blood spell on his furniture. He looked at Hermione and then dashed to the potions in his cabinet. And knelt waiting. The wolf looked at the girl and Snape snapped.

"Change for the love of Merlin, she already knows, now change so I can help you … please," Snape begged. The wolf whined and moved her paw and touched Snape and then slowly, slowly, Sable changed into Narcissa. She was trashed. Cuts, bruises. It was as if she was maimed and Hermione looked to her eyes and once again blue locked with brown. Hermione let out a sob. Too much information has passed, too much has happened, too much blood. She was exhausted. Her eyes flooded with tears and her head bowed, but thin fingers reached out and lifted her chin and made her look into the deepest blue she had ever seen. Tears were mirrored there in her own. The request that followed was croaked, and cracked… weak.

"Find him please. Find my son and Save him" Narcissa choked out and dropped her hand in agony. Hermione raised that hand to her face and kissed the palm.

"I promise," she stood and spun from the room and ran from where she came and saw Draco smiling. She looked at him and shrugged and he looked up. There in the sky was a hippogriff and a rider, coming from the tower was a sweaty, dirty, and smiling Harry Potter. The three teen looked from one another and she looked at the time, only 8 minutes to get to the infirmary without being seen. They sprinted as fast as they could, people be damned. They made it just in time and saw Dumbledore leave the infirmary doors with a knowing look on their face. Once in Madam Pomfrey looked startled but calmed as she showed each child to a bed and looked them over.

Hermione noticed that Harry would not take his eyes off Draco and Draco was very much the same, but then Draco looked back to her with a stern look.

"How is she?

"I believe she will be ok," Hermione said and wished she spoke the truth. She looked at every one, and noticed a glass of water in her hand

Hermione sipped the cool refreshing liquid, then her vision blurred and she only just got the glass to the night stand before slumber took her.

When Hermione woke she saw a bruised, and bandaged Narcissa sitting between her and Draco's bed. She smiled and reached out and startled the woman. When Blue met brown Hermione saw so many things, some wonderful, some exciting, and some incomprehensible. Narcissa took the girls hand.

"You are the first awake little witch. You should be sleeping more," Narcissa lectured her with a soft smile. Hermione smiled back and then looked at her.

"So you are Sable?" she asked and Narcissa nodded.

"You slept in the bed when I had nightmares?" asked Hermione. Narcissa nodded.

"You let me touch you, pet you, call you pretty girl? You let me treat you like a pet?" Hermione once more asked, and Narcissa once more nodded.

"Why? Why didn't you tell me, trust me Narcissa?" asked Hermione with tears in her eyes. Narcissa took her hand from Hermione's and gingerly stood and sat on her bed and drew the girl in to her arms. The contact was sweet, innocent, and completely wonderful to Narcissa. She held the girl to her chest as she embraced the girl and rocked her back and forth.

"There are reasons for things I cannot explain, but give me time little one, and everything about me will be laid open like a book. OK?" Narcissa felt Hermione's head nod and then let her situate herself on the pillows. Narcissa looked down in to beauty incarnate. She was taken with the girl but never pushed as far as to lust after her.

When she let go of Hermione she looked back to her son as Madam Pomfrey check on Hermione. She smiled when Draco's eyes opened and he spied her, beaten down, but very much alive. He reached for her and she inched closer and swept his hair from his brow. She looked down into the young man's eyes and made a decision.

"It is time, Darling," was all she said and his eyes grew wide. He knew what that meant. But was he ready to find the hidden secrets of Narcissa Black. He looked into his mother's eyes, to the boy next to him still sleeping, to the girl on the other side then to his mother again. For the Sake of all the magical world… he hoped he was.