Chapter 10- I'm going home
***Bella/Violet's POV***
Draco had unlocked the door and led us into the house, within seconds, he had me pressed against the wall and was snogging me passionately. I pulled away, noticing the lights on in the kitchen.
"Dray stop, I think someone is in the house." I whispered pointing to the kitchen door, reaching down with one hand to clumsily unholster my wand, balancing myself on Draco. He unholstered his wand from his arm as I began to walk into the kitchen, bracing myself for a fight. What I saw had me stop short, Draco walking straight into me. At the kitchen table sat Remus and Freddie. At least I think it's Remus and Freddie. I moved quickly, putting my wand against Remus' neck
"What did I tell you my boggart would be the first time we spoke in your office at Hogwarts?" I asked quickly, paying little attention to Draco holding his wand against Fred.
"You told me your boggart would turn into Harry dead. Your biggest fear was losing your last family member. Harry's was a dementor." Remus said quickly. I removed my wand and turned to Fred.
"What did you tell me I had to do so you wouldn't tell anyone about Draco and I?" I asked Fred.
"I told you, that you had to be George and I's specialty consultant until we made it big with the joke shop, fix anything we couldn't. Like the skiving snackboxes, you fixed all the antidotes after I caught you." He answered quickly. I nodded to Draco to let him go.I turned again and nearly launched myself at Remus clinging tightly to him.
" 'M sorry, Mad-eye must be rubbing off on me." I mumbled against his shoulder. Remus was the closest thing I had to a father and I didn't want to let go. He began to rub my back gently.
"Shh Vi, it's okay. I'd rather see you be careful rather than too trusting. Now come on Starlight, let's sit and talk." He said gently, I moved off of him into my own chair, grabbing Draco's hand.
"Why are you here? Dumbledore has had us under lock and key for months. No contact in or out. I got one letter from Harry that I'm sure was screened." I said suddenly exhausted. The emotions that ran through me when I verified both of them were real made me tired. I just wanted to cry and cling to them, terrified that Dumbledore would come at any moment and take them away again.
"You're coming home. December 18th, six more days. I don't know all the details except we're supposed to stay with you till then. Dumbledore arranged for Charlie to go on a fishing trip til you leave." Remus began. I looked at Draco, we had just spoken about this and I assumed it would be a solid six months until we went home. "My job is to speak more with the Cullens, make sure they're all on our side and explain more than you could. You and Draco's job is to continue to go to school, keep up the act. Don't raise suspicions. Fred's job is to stay with you and Draco. Dumbledore charmed the school to believe he is a british exchange student."
I nodded at Remus, my mind racing. We were going home. We were going home in six days. I would see my brother in six days. I would be me again in six days. It felt like I was dreaming. I looked at Draco who hadn't said anything. I let myself stop concentrating on anything like looking like Bella, ultimately morphing back into me. I heard Remus almost stop breathing.
"Violet, you look so beautiful, so much like your mother. You remind me of her in every single way. But that dress cannot be too comfortable, why don't you go change and we can all catch up okay? I'll put a pot of tea on and we'll meet you in the living room okay Starlight?" He said gently. I nodded standing up and pulling Draco with me. We went up stairs silently and as soon as the door closed to our bedroom, he pulled me into a tight hug, holding me close. We stayed like that for a minute or so before I pulled away.
"I want this dress off." I mumbled "Can you untie it?"
Draco undid the back of my dress quickly and as I slipped out of it, he moved to the dresser. 'So much for getting lucky tonight' I thought. He tossed a pair of leggings and a hoodie I had made when he got here on the bed. It was a cropped hoodie for me that said "Property of the Slytherin Quidditch Team" with goal posts on the front and D. Malfoy 14 on the back, like Draco's slytherin inspired hoodie. I bit back a laugh but changed. I watched Draco take off the suit jacket, and tie but he did not change out of his dress pants and shirt.
"Babe why don't you just change it's only Freddie and Remus." I asked wrapping my arms around him. He pulled me toward the bed and on to his lap, holding me tightly.
"Old habits die hard my love, I'll change when we go to sleep okay?" He asked and I nodded. "How are you feeling baby?"
"I feel like I'm dreaming. I'm scared, I thought I'd be overjoyed to go home but I'm terrified. The Hogwarts express comes on Saturday. The Saturday before Christmas. I'm overwhelmed. Harry is going to freak out and Ron is going to egg him on. Dray I'm really scared." I said quietly burying my face in his shoulder. He rubbed my back gently, kissing the top of my head. Remus didn't flip at the sight of Draco or at Draco and I holding hands so I can only assume someone told him.
"Darling I want to stay up here holding on to you but we should go talk to your Godfather before one of them comes looking for you." He told me gently. I was scared, Fred already knew about us but I didn't know what Remus knew. I nodded against him not moving yet. He moved his hand from my back, lifting my chin so I looked him in the eyes.
"Vi, it's going to be okay, I'm not going anywhere. We'll tell Remus about us. We'll go to Port Angeles tomorrow like you wanted to. We'll take them with us. We'll have a good week at school. Remus will do his task, Fred is going to be damn funny around muggles, you'll be too distracted doing damage control for him to worry about anything." Draco said with a smile. "Now let's go down, the sooner we do the sooner you can sleep my love." He finished giving me a gentle kiss. After that I let him help me up and we went down stairs. In the living room Fred and Remus were sitting with a pot of tea and 4 tea cups on the coffee table. Fred was in the recliner and Remus was in the other chair so Draco and I sat on the couch. I took a cup of tea, holding it in my hands not really wanting to speak.
"Moony? I'm dating Draco." I said quietly looking down into my cup. Draco reached over and pulled me closer to him, running a soothing hand down my arm.
"I figured out last summer, you kept getting mystery letters at Grimmauld Place and were always extremely happy after. I figured one of the twins knew so I teamed up with Sirius to get it out of them." He said calmly. Fred rubbed his neck awkwardly. I could tell he felt bad for ratting me out but I wasn't upset.
"It's okay Freddie, I'm not mad at you I promise. Moony are you mad at me? Was Siri angry?" I asked quietly from Draco's side. It was half past 11 and I was completely exhausted.
"Starlight, I could never be angry for you about something like this. From what Fred told me and watching you after getting his letters and seeing you right now, I can tell he loves you immensely. He's been constantly analyzing you and adapting to you and you've done the same to him. I may not always agree with your choices but I will always support you baby girl." Remus told me and I sighed in relief. Moony was the closest thing I had to a father and his support meant the world to me.
"I'm scared to tell Harry. He's gonna flip out Moony."
"We'll do it together Starlight, it'll be okay I promise, he's your twin he just wants you to be happy." Moony assured me. I nodded against Draco, leaning more into his side, my tea forgotten. I was really tired, just from the day but I was emotionally exhausted from seeing Moony and Fred. I hadn't even morphed back to Bella.
"Doll, do you want to keep talking tonight or do you want to sleep and talk more in the morning?" Fred asked, speaking up. I looked at Draco, I wanted to keep talking but I was so tired, I was struggling to process all the information, the shock of seeing them out of the blue.
"Baby girl, we won't be offended at what you choose. It's getting late." Moony added
"I wanna go to bed." I said quietly, not looking around the room.
"Why don't you go wash your makeup off love, then come down to say good night." Draco said quietly, dropping a kiss on my head. I nodded and headed up stairs.
***Draco's POV***
I watched Violet go up stairs, leaving me with Professor Lupin and Weasley. It took me a moment to get the courage to speak to Professor Lupin..
"Professor, I know your opinion of me may not be high from knowing me when I was your student but I swear I love your goddaughter more than my own life Sir. I know you've known for a while that I have been dating her, but we also only told you tonight and I hate to seem extremely forward but I know I only have about ten minutes to talk to you about this." I began
"Draco, my goddaughter loves you. That is what matters to me. I care that you treat her well and care about her. What is it that you want to tell me.?" Professor Lupin asked. I mentally kicked myself, I was rambling. Malfoy's don't ramble.
"Professor, my point is I love your goddaughter, I want to spend the rest of my life with her. I do plan to speak to Harry about this eventually but as the closest thing Violet has to a father, I want to ask your blessing to marry her." I said quickly, reaching over to the end table and pulling the ring box out of it. "I have a ring, I planned to propose some time this month. I know you haven't given your blessing and I haven't spoken to Harry but I couldn't help myself, I didn't want to wait especially with this war."
"I'm not going to lie to you and say you were my first choice to wed Violet, and I know you wouldn't have been James' first choice, but as long as it is what Violet wants, I will support both of you. You may have my blessing Draco. But do note if you do anything to harm Violet, you will die a most painful death. Remember, anyone she meets, she wraps around her finger. Meaning Me, Arthur Weasley, Charlie and Bill Weasley, Fred and George, Harry, even Ron. That is a lot of over protective males in her life, just note that Draco." He said his voice was deathly serious. I gulped a bit and nodded. I handed him the ring box wordlessly, allowing him and Fred to look at it.
"She's going to love it." Fred spoke first.
"It's a very beautiful ring and she will love it." Remus agreed. I heard Violet coming down the stairs. Fred quickly handed me the box which I shoved back into the end table right before Violet came in.
"I see you three haven't killed each other...yet" She said smiling a bit. I smiled at her.
"I would never kill your boyfriend Starlight." Remus said smoothly, standing up and giving her a hug. She hugged him back and smiled.
"Where are you two sleeping?" Vi asked
"Charlie said I could use his room, we saw him before he left. Fred was going to transfigure the couch into a bed and crash down here. Dumbledore told me he's allowed you two to share a room, so I will allow it though I don't like it." Remus said. She nodded hugging him again, he held her tightly for a moment before releasing her. Fred stood up and gave her a hug as well. She pulled back after a moment.
"Draco and I are heading to bed, I love you both." She said coming over to me and reaching for my hand. I stood up quickly taking her hand. Professor Lupin and Weasley bid her good night and I followed her up stairs. Once we reached our bedroom she grabbed a tee shirt out of the dresser and changed out of the sweatshirt before laying on the bed. I finished changing out of my suit and laid down beside Violet on the bed pulling her close to me and rubbing her back as she drifted off to sleep. I lost myself in my thoughts as she slept. I was shocked that Professor Lupin had given me his blessing so easily but I was thankful. Thoughts about that conversation continued as I drifted off myself.
***Bella/ Violet's POV***
December 13th
I woke up the next morning to a knock on the door. Draco was stirring slightly so I slipped out of bed and opened the door. Remus was waiting patiently.
"Morning Baby doll, I made breakfast if you and Draco would like to come down." He said quietly looking into the room.
"Morning Moony, I'll wake Dray up and we'll be down soon, you didn't have to make breakfast I would've done it." I whispered reaching out to hug him. He hugged me tightly and kissed the top of my head. It was different than when Draco did things like that, more parental than when Dray did it. Remus let go of me after a moment and headed back down stairs. I crawled back into bed and curled up to Draco who pulled me close to him, in his sleep.
"Love wake up." I said kissing his cheek as he started to stir. "Babe breakfast is ready, we need to go down stairs." Draco opened his eyes and pulled me so I was laying on top of him. He began to kiss me lazily and I allowed it for a few moments. I pulled back and looked into his eyes.
"Babe we gotta head down stairs. Remus made breakfast and they're waiting for us, so put a shirt on and let's go." I said getting off of the bed and waiting for Draco to follow, he did so with a groan, walking to the dresser and grabbing a t- shirt. I nodded at him knowing he was itching to actually get dressed, to make himself presentable by pureblood standards.
"Love it's just Moony and Fred they won't care if you're just in pajamas but if you really want to get dressed I'll wait." I said walking over to him and wrapping my arms around him resting my head on his shoulder.
"It's okay, let me brush my hair and we can go down, I'll get dressed in a bit." He said. I knew how difficult that choice must've been to make. I let him go and he went to brush his hair. I pulled out my cell phone and called one of the tattoo parlors in Port Angeles that I had researched. I made the appointment under Bella's name, even with Moony's approval I wouldn't be able to get it, but with Bella's ID I could. I explained to the artist what I wanted and he told me he could fit me in for both tattoos today at 2. I finished up the call as Draco came back into the room.
"Who was that my love?" He asked, pulling me into a kiss.
"The tattoo parlor, I made an appointment for 4 pm today. That's still okay right? You don't mind the tattoos I choose?" I asked after I pulled away from the kiss.
" Darling, I told you, if you want a tattoo, get one." He said looking into my eyes. "Now let's go down before one of them actually comes looking for us."
Draco and I went down to the kitchen where we found Remus at the stove making pancakes but Fred was nowhere to be seen.
"Moony where's Fred?" I asked, grabbing some pancake toppings out of the fridge and putting them on the table.
"Oh Fred is still asleep, I thought I'd give you the joy of waking him up Starlight." Moony said with a smirk looking over at Dray and I. I shot him back a devilish smile and Draco looked a bit scared.
"Should I be scared?" Draco asked.
"No but I would watch it because it's going to be pretty funny. Violet can be James reincarnated when she wants to be." Moony told him.
I smirked and walked over to the sink, filling a large bowl with water before pulling ice cubes out of the freezer and adding them to the bowl. Draco watched me with a mixture of amusement and what looked like fear. I kissed his cheek as I walked into the living room with him following behind me. Fred was laying on his back in the living room on the couch that had been transformed into a full bed. He made this entirely too easy. I handed the bowl to Draco as Moony made his way over to stand in the doorway. I slowly climbed on to the bed so I was balancing over Fred one knee on each side of his chest. I motioned for Draco to hand me the bowl, he did so rather uncertainly but looking amused nonetheless. I began to drip drops of ice water on his face, silently laughing as he moved the hand behind his head to wipe them off. I did this for a minute or two before he started to slowly wake up. Before he could wake up completely I moved off the bed and walked back around to where Fred's head lay, I threw an evil smirk at Draco before dumping the whole bowl of water on Fred's head and bolting out of the room. I heard Fred scream as I ran, taking the steps two at a time and locking myself in mine and Draco's bedroom, laughing my ass off. I heard Fred stalking up the stairs as I was laughing. He tried the door for a few minutes before giving up and going back down stairs. I stayed where I was until Draco knocked on the door and told me it was safe, only then did I head down the stairs. Fred glared at me as I entered the kitchen, prompting me to walk over and kiss him on the cheek.
"You love me Freddie." I reminded him as I took the seat across from him and began to eat. Remus watched us fondly and Draco smiled.
"Yea I don't know why" He grumbled. "Remember Vi, I will get you back." He warned and I smiled innocently at him.
"So it's almost 9 now, Draco and I have something to do at 2, in Port Angeles, about an hour away. Why don't we talk till then? You guys are also welcome to come to Port Angeles with us, there's plenty to do up there, the thing we have is roughly from 2-6 so we could go out to dinner after." I said as I ate my breakfast. Remus agreed to my plan and breakfast went smoothly. Draco and I offered to clean up, while Moony and Fred put the living room back together. We met them in there once we were done, Draco pulling me against him on the couch, my back against his chest, the rest of me sprawled across the couch.
"So what has been going on? I mean since we've been gone." I asked, relaxing against Dray, even with Freddie and Moony here I still felt safest with Draco.
"Fred why don't you start, I think my tale is a bit more intense." Remus advised and Fred nodded.
"Since you've been gone, George and I have gotten the joke shop up and running thanks to you and Harry. Business has been booming ever since and we're set to take over Zonko's at the beginning of the new year. No girl friends or anything like that to report. Ronald is still a prat and Percy still has his head up the ministry's arse. Bill is engaged to Fleur, Charlie is married to his job and all that fun stuff." Fred said and I laughed.
"That's really exciting Freddie, let me know if you guys need any funding to get started in Hogsmeade. I'd love to help" I responded. He smiled and thanked me before looking at Moony indicating it was his turn. Remus took a deep breath before speaking.
"Starlight before I start I want you to remember I am okay. I am safe and I am here with you." He said
"Moony, you gotta start, you're worrying me." I said getting nervous, it couldn't be good if he was starting with a warning.
"The last few months, since Sirius died, I've been hunting horcruxes. They're very powerful dark magic, created by he who must not be named, splitting his soul. Sirius had begun the research to track them down before he passed, there were 7. His diary that you and Harry destroyed your 2nd year, a locket that I destroyed in July, A goblet that I destroyed in August, A ring that was destroyed by Dumbledore, we have 3 left. We have Ravenclaw's Diadem, which is proving rather difficult to find, Nagini and… and one we haven't identified yet. Sirius spent his time in Grimmauld place researching this, the Black family library was rather extensive and he found much of the information in Regulus' diaries. Again Vi, I am okay and we are a lot closer to ending this war, it was a war you were never meant to fight let alone be such a crucial part in." Moony finished, I made my way over to him curling up on his lap and hugging him tightly.
"Moony you didn't need to do that. You could've been killed, you did it by yourself and you didn't need to. I can't lose you too. Daddy and Siri are already gone, you can't leave too. I can't wait til he's gone but please don't do anything to get yourself killed." I said holding on to him. He began to rub my back soothingly.
"Starlight, I am okay. I'm safe, after Christmas I am still going to look for the Diadem but I will not go after the dark lord without backup I promise." He said reassuringly as he began to run his hand through my hair. "I'm not going anywhere I promise."
Moony held me for a while longer before I detangled myself from him.I checked my mobile and saw it was nearing 11:30.
"Why don't Draco and I make lunch, then go get ready? We both need to shower before we leave, so Freddie, why don't you go get ready while we make lunch so we can get ready after?" I suggested moving towards the kitchen, Draco getting up to follow me. I pulled out the stuff to make a homemade mac and cheese and started cooking as Draco wrapped his arms around me.
"Are you okay my love?" He asked. God I swear he knows me better than I know myself sometimes.
"Yes and No. I absolutely despise that Remus risked his life for us and I'm relieved he's safe. I'm still terrified to go home and I'm even more scared for this war to end because it's going to be a terrible battle. I can feel it Dray, we're going to lose people, more than we already have and it terrifies me. I've spent almost six months pining to go home and now that it's time I want nothing more than to stay here. Here I don't have to face it and I know that's awful to say but here nothing matters. Here it's like there isn't a bounty on my head, it's almost completely safe here. I just want this done no matter how it goes." I said quietly, not looking at him. I put all my focus on making lunch occasionally wiping at the tears in my eyes. Being here had made me more open to my emotions because it was just Draco. I didn't have to be the Golden Girl, I just had to be Vi when I was with him.
"Baby you're not a bad person for feeling like this. It's normal, you've almost died 5 times now and this six month stretch is the longest you've gone without someone trying to kill you since you were 11. We're going to get through this together and once the war has been won, because we will win this war, you and I can retire to the countryside in a beautiful cottage to raise our family. Or we can stay in London, or come back to America, wherever you want to go my love, whatever you want to do. I'll be happy with anything as long as I have you." He said kissing the top of my head. I finished up lunch with Draco still wrapped around me. We only separated when Moony and Fred rejoined us. Draco got to work setting the table while I got it on the table.
"I never thought I'd see the day when Malfoy would set the table, the muggle way at that." Fred laughed
"I also got him trained to do the dishes" I laughed as I began to serve the mac and cheese. Fred laughed at that and Moony cracked a smile.
"Who wants to place bets on the Daily Prophet headline once Draco and I are publically dating?" I asked when we started eating, needing light hearted conversation. "My bet is Gryffindor's Golden Girl Violet Potter is dating Slytherin Ice Prince Draco Malfoy. By Rita Skeeter."
"I'm betting 'Twin Who Lived Violet Potter reportedly dating Death Eater's son Draco Malfoy. Also by Rita Skeeter." Fred suggested.
"I think it's going to be something like Gryffindor Princess Violet Potter is in a relationship with ex-Death eater Draco Malfoy, Again by Rita Skeeter." Draco said
"But you were never a Death Eater." Remus pointed out.
"But Skeeter has bets that I was. She's 100% going to write the article and somewhere in it will be the words Death Eater and suspicion that I have ulterior motives dating Vi." Draco responded. I laughed. He was totally right, Skeeter wrote the most trash articles so nothing would shock us anymore. The light conversation lasted through lunch. Fred was roped into cleaning up by Remus while Draco and I got ready and by 1 we were all piled into the car on our way to Port Angeles.
My tattoo appointment went very well, the lily coming out absolutely amazing and the hip tattoo that represents my dad, and uncles coming out better than I could've ever imagined. We left with strict tattoo care instructions and picked up Moony and Fred from the mall. The rest of the weekend went very smoothly. We just relaxed with Fred and Moony and tried to prepare Fred for going to muggle high school with us on Monday. I could only assume things were getting worse in England if the order was sending us someone who could legally do magic to go to muggle school with us. Whatever was getting worse couldn't compare to Monday morning with Fred Weasley at a muggle school.
***AN***
Happy New Year! The next Chapter will be the week leading up to their return to England. Only one more chapter till they reunite with Harry! I hope you enjoyed this chapter and I loved all the reviews I got on the last one. Please keep leaving reviews! They make me write quicker. Also please comment if you'd be interested in a series of oneshots surrounding Draco and Violet. Cut scenes from A Missing Link things that happened in the span of time between Draco arriving and our story starting, things that were mentioned like Violet's fight with Ron that got her in trouble with Draco. I'd also be open to Violet/Draco one shot requests if you guys are interested.
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