The Missing Link

by Mrose110

Harry Potter is stuck at Hogwarts during his sixth year. His twin sister has been whisked away by Dumbledore to god knows where at the end of his fifth year and he has just lost his god father. Violet Potter has been sent away Charlie Swan's home in Forks Washington to endure isolation from her friends and her brother. How does Draco Malfoy play into this? What is she hiding?

13. You had to do it all alone

Welcome to Chapter 13 Full title You had to do it all alone make a living, make a home must have been as hard as it could've been

**Harry's POV**

December 19th

I watched silently as Malfoy carried a nearly asleep Violet upstairs. Remus was seated in the chair so I took the seat on the couch across from him.

"Remus we used to be so close. When I tried to calm her down tonight she hit and kicked me till I moved away. She took comfort from Malfoy over me." I said feeling defeated.

"Why do you think that is?" He asked

"I don't know. She stopped being clingy during fourth year. Before that Vi was always with me, usually sticking pretty close unless she was studying in the library. What changed? I just figured she got more comfortable at Hogwarts." I asked

"From my understanding, you did." Remus started. "You started pushing her away. I've spent hours talking to your sister, once you two got picked for the tournament you started pushing everyone away after you and Ron started fighting. That included your sister."

I stared at him beginning to think. I thought about the days I would tell her to bugger off because I was annoyed with Malfoy or Ron. The days I wouldn't talk to anyone except to snap at them, most people learned quickly to leave me alone but Violet always tried. I thought about the nights during fourth and fifth year when I told her to go back to her dorm when she came up to mine crying because she had a nightmare, even if I had one too and didn't want to be alone. I realized that last year I got so wrapped up in talking to Sirius and running the DA that I barely spoke to her, I never checked in with her and I really never realized when she would disappear. I thought about how she's barely gained weight since we got to Hogwarts, and while Madame Pomfrey has told me I'm still underweight, I have at least gotten closer to a healthy weight.

"What else is on your mind, Harry. I honestly expected a bigger reaction to your sister dating Draco and some reaction to us letting her sleep in the same bed as him." Remus said watching me.

"I don't want to lose my sister." I said quietly "If I yelled more than I did, I would be pushing her away further than I already have."

"Cub, only you can help that. Tell me, what is Ron's relationship with Ginny like? How does he treat Violet?" He asked.

"They don't talk much and when they do it's mostly some sort of insulting each other. Sometimes he tries to be protective of her and she hexes him. He treats Violet like he treats Ginny, but that's just how Ron is." I explained

"Compared to Fred and George?"

"They get along pretty well, I've never seen her hex them, she goes to them when she needs something over Ron. Fred and George treat Vi like they treat Ginny" I answered

"What do you think the difference is?" He prompted.

"Fred and George are nicer to the girls and actually spend time with Ginny." I said looking at him.

"Now do you think you'd have a better relationship with Violet if you acted like Fred or like Ron." He continued to prompt

"Fred." I said meekly, feeling like a scolded child.

" I would agree with that assessment. I understand you love your friends, trust me mine made bad choices too, but you need to look at your family as well. Ron has a large caring family and that's great, but your family is small. It's just you and Violet. Yes you have me and I love both of you dearly and you have the Weasley but it is just you and Violet left. Don't break that bond because you will never get it back if you do. Violet loves you more than you know and if you break her heart and keep going down the path you're on, you will lose her permanently." He warned me. I shook my head.

"I don't want that. She's my twin and I don't want to lose her. I love her so much and it killed me that I couldn't help her tonight and had to watch Malfoy help her." I said putting my head in my hands.

"Only you can change the path you're on Harry. You and Violet had a very very close relationship and bond till 4th year. It will take a lot of rebuilding of trust and effort but I do think you can get that back. Trust me Violet was terrified to tell you about Draco because she didn't want to lose you or have to choose between the two of you. He is good to her Harry, give him a chance and watch how happy your sister is. Now why don't you get some sleep? I have plans to go to Hogwarts in the morning, I also plan to twist Dumbledore's arm a bit and get permission for you and Violet to spend some time at my cottage over the break." He told me. "Draco as well, before you ask."

I nodded at Remus, beginning my hike to Ron's room. Once I hit my bed I lost myself in my thoughts. Violet was scared to tell me something. She was scared of me. My sister had never feared me before, we always told eachother everything, we had no secrets. It killed me to watch Malfoy comfort my sister where I could not. I glared at Ron's sleeping form angry that I allowed myself to follow his footsteps in how he treats his family. Remus is right it's just Violet and I, it always has been and I can't screw that up any more, not when I have a secret I've been keeping from Violet too. I need to tell her sooner or later and she needs to find out before anyone else does.

**REMUS POV**

After our conversation I watched Harry begin the trek back to his bed. I stayed in my chair thinking about how much I wish Lily and James could be here, raising their kids and how I wish Sirius could still be here. Every minute we spent with Violet and Harry at Grimmauld place was overrun with people and busy so we didn't get to know them as deeply as we wanted. Even my time at Hogwarts with them had been tainted with secrets and unknowns. They had no idea I was Violet's godfather when I was Professor Lupin. I see so much of Lily and James in Violet and Harry, but I don't want to let them make the same mistakes as their parents. I can't wait to take them to the cottage and get to know the kids, my kids away from the opinions of Molly Weasley and the influence of her son on Harry. I made my way to bed, already exhausted from the stress of meeting with Dumbledore and all of Violet's professors tomorrow as well as the conversation I will be having with Molly about taking the kids to the cottage. I left for Hogwarts early the next morning, flooing directly into Dumbledore's office.

"Mr. Lupin what a pleasant surprise! I take your trip to America to pick up the young Miss. Potter and Mr. Malfoy went well?" He said putting his paperwork to the side.

" Violet and Draco are home and adjusting. They were nothing I didn't expect when we were in America but that is not why I am here. I want to speak to you as well as all of Violet's professors. Today." I said not in the mood for his pleasantries.

"What's wrong Remus? Why do you want to speak to the faculty?" He inquired.

" I am unhappy with my Goddaughter's education and plan to speak to her teachers about it Albus." I said waiting for him to send for my past colleagues.

" Remus with all due respect you are not Miss Potter's guardian. I see no reason for you to speak with her professors." Dumbledore said

" With all due respect Albus, that's bullshit and you know it. You placed her with muggles who treated her worse than dirt when it was written clear as day in James and Lily's will that Violet and Harry were to come into Sirius and I's care in the event of their death. In the event one of us was unavailable both children would go with whoever was available. I will be speaking to Snape, McGonagall, Sprout, Flitwick, Sinestra and Slughorn today about my Goddaughter and Harry. I would like you to summon them now please." I said glaring him down. Albus looked like he wanted to fight more but sent off six notes summoning the professors. I took a seat and glared Dumbledore down while we waited. Shortly after the requested professors came in.

"Albus what is this about?" Minerva asked, looking between Albus and I.

"Mr. Lupin would like to speak to you all in regards to Mr and Miss Potter." He said conjuring enough chairs for the professors to sit.

"Snape what did Violet get on her OWLS for potions?" I asked standing looking at him.

"Miss Potter achieved an O in my class, one of 3 students in her year to do so."

"Minerva, what did Violet get for transfiguration?"

" She achieved an O." Minerva responded

"Filius?" I asked turning to Flitwick

"O" He answered

"Pomona?" I asked

"O" She responded

"Aurora?" I said turning to her

"O" She answer

"Albus, what did Violet get on her Defense Against the Dark Arts, History of Magic, Care of Magical Creatures, Arithmancy and Divination OWLS?" I asked turning back to him as I had only requested her current professors.

"She received O's on all of them Remus. Why does this matter?" He questioned.

"So please correct me if I am wrong, but that would put Violet at the top of the 6th years with 10 straight O's compared to Miss Granger's 9 O's and 1 E and Mr Malfoy's 9 O's and 1 E?" I pushed

"I suppose so. Why does this matter?" He asked again

"Because Violet has been passed up for Prefect for two years now even though she has top grades for her year. She has expressed to me always hearing how Miss Granger and Mr Malfoy are tied for the top spot in their year when she has achieved higher grades than both of them." I said getting irritated. "I would like to know why."

" Miss Potter simply isn't cut out for being a prefect." Albus said "Lemon drop?"

"That is bullshit Albus and you know it. You made Ronald Weasley a prefect for Merlin's sake. You made James Potter Head Boy. Violet is more than cut out to be Prefect if not Head Girl. She is smart and cautious and tries to lead her brother and his friends in the right direction. You and I can fight about this later. What I want to know from the professors is why my goddaughter has constantly been compared to her brother and made to feel like she wasn't good enough." I said turning to them. I know Pomona and Filius most likely were not the problem but they needed to be a part of this conversation as long as Violet was still in their class.

"Remus what do you mean?" Minerva asked

"I mean it is expected for Violet to get straight O's, perfect grades but it is perfectly acceptable for Harry to get a Dreadful on his OWLS. No one expects more from him but you all expect the best and then some from Violet." I said, increasingly irritated.

" Honestly Lupin, what does she expect a gold medal?" Snape sneered.

"Severus I understand you hate Violet because she's a carbon copy of Lily and you never got over your obsessive crush on Lily Potter but as a teacher the least you could do was tell Violet she's doing a good job when she is one of 3 students to achieve an O on your OWLS." I said glaring at him. "All of you could at least check in with Violet and let her know she's doing well and make sure she's not killing herself over your classes. Don't expect more from her than you expect from the rest of the student's just because she's supposed to be the Golden Girl chosen one. She loves to learn and you're all slowly killing that love." I said turning my anger on the rest of them.

"Remus we didn't." Minerva started

"Minerva let me finish. When I picked Violet up she told me she wanted to come back because she missed learning here but she didn't want to come back to the expectations you all put on her. She feels like she had to be Little Miss Perfect but she is not good enough to be a Prefect even though Prefect behavior is expected of her. When term starts again I want to hear of ALL of you checking in with Violet and going over your expectations. Be realistic, she's not Lily and she does not control Harry. Harry's grades are not her responsibility. While you're at it, it wouldn't hurt to push Harry to do better. Violet is just as good at Quidditch as Harry, it wouldn't hurt for her to run a few practices and play a few matches until he gets his grades up." I finished taking my seat again.

"We didn't know Violet felt like that Remus and I apologize, She's a brilliant girl." Pomona told me as the other professors agreed.

"I will personally speak to the Potter twins when the term starts Remus, and I will keep contact with you on both their progress." Minerva told me. None of the other professors spoke up.

"Thank you all for attending this Parent-Teacher conference, you all may depart." Dumbledore said after a few minutes.

"What reason do you have for denying her prefect? She's a model student, always willing to help others and tries to keep her brother out of trouble." I asked him once the professors departed.

"It simply meant more to Miss. Granger." Dumbledore said

"Bullshit. You knew it would mean the world to Violet, she has done everything in her power to make her parents proud since she's been here and following in Lily's footsteps would mean the world to her. You wanted to boost Hermione's ego. You wanted to knock Violet down a bit more because you want her to follow you blindly." I said, he didn't respond.

" You don't want to answer me, fine. Here is what's going to happen. I am going to go back to the Burrow. I am going to pick Violet and Draco up and take them to my cottage. Harry will be more than welcome to come with us. We will stay there till Christmas, at which time we will go back to the Burrow and spend Christmas with the Weasleys. The Children will be welcome to go to the burrow as they are invited, and contingent on their behavior, the Weasley children will be welcome at the cottage. After Christmas we will return to the cottage. Two days before the start of term we will take a day trip to Diagon Alley so Draco, Harry and Violet can restock for the term then I will bring them to Kings Cross to come back here for term." I told him

"Remus you can go to the cottage, the Potters and Mr Malfoy will be staying with the Weasleys." He said not looking at me.

"Maybe you misunderstood me Albus. The twins will be coming with me as will Draco. If I need to go to Gringotts with the twins and get custody I will. There is still a copy of Lily and James' will in the Vault and you know the goblins will transfer custody without a second thought based on the custody clause of that will. I will let them spend the required two weeks at the Dursleys in the summer to keep the blood wards active but I will be checking on them daily until I can take them home." I told him.

" As long as you do not invoke custody I will allow them to go to the cottage." He relented.

" I expect weekly updates, Albus, on both of the kids. And if I even get a whisper of you breaking our agreement, trying to send them back to the Burrow or wherever else you can think of, I will invoke custody. For now I accept the terms and I will be going to the Burrow to pick up my children. They may have lost James, Lily and Sirius but they still have me. You will not be pushing me around anymore when it comes to my children Albus." I told him as I walked to the floo and went back to the Burrow as soon as I finished speaking.

Once I entered the Burrow, Violet and Draco were lounging in the living room with Charlie Bill and Fleur. Draco was discussing potions with Bill and Charlie while Fleur and Violet were discussing weddings. When she saw me Violet came over and gave me a tight hug. I wrapped my arms around her and kissed the top of her head.

"Morning Starshine, how are you doing?" I asked

"I'm okay Moony, where did you go? You weren't here when I woke up." She said looking at me. I sighed, right now I was the only adult in her life that she really trusts.

"I went to Hogwarts, to talk to Dumbledore and the professors. I need to talk to Molly and Arthur then we'll be heading to my cottage okay Star?" I told her gently.

"Okay Moony. Fleur and I have been looking at bridal magazines, Harry's outside playing quidditch with Fred George and Ron. Gin and Hermione are watching." She told me before going back over to Draco, who wrapped an arm around her not breaking his conversation with the boys as she took a magazine from Fluer pointing out something she liked. I smiled at them before walking into the kitchen.

"Morning Molly, Arthur." I said as I entered.

"There you are Remus! We were wondering where you went when we didn't see you at breakfast." Molly said as she bustled around the kitchen starting lunch. It was only 10 am but when you feed the army Molly does I guess she never stops cooking.

"Sorry Molly, I left around 8 to meet with Dumbledore. I just got back. All the kids were still sleeping when I left. I'm guessing you had no issues with Violet and Draco?" I asked

"No issues, you were right they didn't try anything, but it's still not something I'm going to let happen all the time." She said looking at me.

"Molly, Dumbledore gave me permission to take the kids to the cottage so you won't need to worry about that. In any event Draco and Violet are engaged anyway." I said gently waiting for the explosion.

"What do you mean Dumbledore gave you permission to take the kids to the cottage?" She asked, stopping what she was doing to look at me as Arthur put his paper down.

"Molly I mean I am taking Violet and Draco and hopefully Harry to my cottage. We will come for Christmas but I'll be spending the break with my kids at my cottage." I told her.

"Like hell you will. Those kids are as good as mine Remus, I've looked out for Violet and Harry since they were 11." She said

"Molly the kids will be coming with me. I will give Harry the choice but Draco and Violet want to go to the cottage. It's too crowded here for them and it makes Violet anxious. Violet and Harry also need a place to rebuild their relationship. Unfortunately it is not up to you where the Potter Twins go right now so the kids will be coming to the cottage, they're my kids based on what James and Lily wanted." I said standing my ground.

"Remus, the children will be staying here. You're welcome to spend time with them here and that's it. I've been like a mother to them and they are as good as my kids." She said

"Molly, they are coming with me. You can fight Dumbledore and I as much as you want but I will invoke custody if I have to. If you have been so much like a mother to them why haven't you praised Violet for her O.W.L.S? I know a copy of her grades

came here with Harry's. Violet said you barely gave them a second look but praised Harry and Ron to high Heavens over their less than stellar grades. You're a mother you don't get to cherry pick which kids are worthy of your praise, if anything you should've been praising Violet for straight O's and lecturing Harry and Ron over the D's on their OWLS." I told her. She glared at me.

"Don't you tell me how to be a parent Remus Lupin, you know nothing about raising kids." She told me.

"I know you're meant to praise kids when they do well, not when they fail tests. I know you're meant to not favor any of your children because it makes the others feel less then, especially when it comes to twins. I know more than you think Molly. Now if you'll excuse me I will be taking MY children home. We will see you Friday for Christmas." I said walking outside before she could answer. Upon arriving at the makeshift quidditch pitch they had set up, I called Harry down.

"Hey Remus what's up?" He asked, landing near me. Ron, Fred and George landed as well waiting for the game to start up again. I noted the black eye Ronald was sporting and made a mental note to ask Harry about it later.

"Hi Harry, I just spoke to Dumbledore and got permission to take you, Vi and Draco to the cottage. Is that something you want? Violet and Draco already said they would like to go but it is your choice." I told him

"I want to come, I want to spend time with Vi." He told me after less than a second of thinking.

"Go collect your trunk then, we'll be leaving 'll come back for Christmas otherwise we're going to have family time. You're welcome to come here as you're invited and to invite your friends to the cottage. I'm going to go collect your sister while you say bye to Ron okay?" I told him, after he confirmed I headed back in and sent Violet and Draco to get their things as well. Fifteen minutes later we were all standing in the living room of my cottage.

"Ground rules, Tell me when you're leaving the cottage, tell me if something is wrong, tell me if you need something. We have a few acres around here but we are still in a muggle village. There's a stream behind the cottage, you can go that far without permission please don't go out past the front gate without letting me know because those are the ward lines, the stream to the gate. I'm going to be pretty lenient with you guys, just keep me informed and let me know if you need something. Room wise, I am going to let Violet and Draco stay together this week, but next week I want you two to work on sleeping apart before you go back to Hogwarts. So Harry you'll have your own room this week and share with Draco next week." I told the kids. " All the bedrooms are upstairs, top of the stairs and take a left is my room, you all will go to the right, Harry your room is on the left and Violet's is on the right. The bathroom you three will share is at the top of the stairs, go get settled then we'll go into town to do the food shop." I told them, sending them off before collapsing on the couch. Fourteen years ago I never thought I'd have my kids in my house, but I'll never stop fighting for them.

***Violet's POV That morning ***

I woke up wrapped securely in Draco's arms. He was rubbing my back gently with one hand and had a book in the other. I could see Fred and George's beds were empty and the bedroom door was open. I snuggled my face closer against Draco as he chuckled softly.

"Morning Princess, How'd you sleep?" He asked, kissing my head as I whined not ready to wake up. He let out a chuckle and rubbed my back.

"Love, it's time to get up, it's 8:30, Fred just said Mrs Weasley's going to start raging soon if everyones not up."I groaned and pulled myself up sitting up on my elbow. I knew Draco was right and I really didn't want to listen to Molly screaming this morning.

"Get dressed babe, I'm gonna go get ready, meet me at Ginny's room and we can go down together. I love you." I said pulling myself out of the warmth of the bed before leaning down to give Draco a sweet kiss. I made my way down to Ginny's room relieved to see that it was empty. I changed into Draco's quidditch sweater that I briefly wore yesterday and a pair of leggings. I threw my long wild red hair into a ponytail and slipped on a pair of cozy socks. There was a knock at the door when I was putting my pajamas in my trunk.

"Come in!" I called, Draco came in and wrapped his arms around my waist as I finished up.

"I love seeing you in my clothes with my engagement ring on your finger Love." He said dropping a kiss on my neck. I smiled.

"I'm glad you like seeing me in your clothes because I love stealing them. And good luck getting this ring off my finger. I love it too much." I said turning around and giving him a kiss. "Now lets go before Molly actually comes looking for us."

I twisted my fingers with his before pulling him toward the stairs. I could hear the sound of breakfast downstairs, it was rare Molly had a near full house but when it happened it was loud. I gripped Draco's hand a little tighter getting more anxious the closer we got. I knew Harry was as okay as he could be about it but that didn't mean his friends were. Harry's face lit up as I entered the room and I was relieved to see the two open spots at the table were between Bill and Harry. I sat next to Harry with Draco next to Bill. Ron looked up and rolled his eyes as he continued to shovel food into his mouth. I grabbed an apple and began to cut it up as Draco got some food. He shot me a look, I knew he wanted me to eat more but I don't think I can. No one tried to engage us in conversation which I was thankful for. I noticed Moony wasn't there and resigned to ask Molly later where he went. I could tell Ron was quietly bickering with Harry about me though.

"He's already got her wearing bloody Slytherin colors mate." He hissed at Harry once his plate was empty.

"Ronald, if you're going to talk about my Fiance, I'd prefer you said it to my face not to my brother." I said putting extra emphasis on the word fiance. I put my knife down and the apple on my plate.

"Your Fiance" He said nearly spitting the word out "Already took away any Gryffindor pride you had."

"I have plenty of house pride Ronald. I just happen to enjoy wearing my Fiance's clothes. Honestly if House Pride is whatever you do, I don't want it." I said staring at him.

"Its really funny how quickly you put aside everything your little boyfriend has done since we started school." He sneered

"Or I realized we were children who GREW UP? Either way any fights that happened between you and Draco or Harry and Draco were BOTH of your faults. I was always around no matter how much you ignored me, any fight that happened was because the three of you egged each other on and that's where the fights started. Trust me I've given Draco plenty of earfulls over your fights." I shot back

" That's besides the point. Your little snake fiance has to be up to something. No way he'd be with you if he wasn't. Everyone knows he's had a marriage contract with Pansy Parkinson since birth." Ron spat. I wanted nothing more than to reach across the table and slap him. Molly was in the kitchen with Arthur but the rest of the adults at the table stopped eating and chatting choosing to watch us.

"My Snake Fiance? That's rich considering he treats me better than anyone in Gryffindor ever has. In case you didn't know Ronald, Draco got DISOWNED because he wants to be with me. This isn't some information grab or any other bullshit reason. He's not a spy. Draco wants to be with me and he is braver than you will ever be." I said glaring.

"Bullshit, purebloods don't change. He's here looking for some information and to break down our defenses. As soon as the war picks up he's going to jump sides." He said glaring right back. I saw Hermione putting a hand on his arm trying to get him to calm down.

"Ronald, you're a real prick, you know that? Instead of talking to my Fiance you sit belittling him and holding his parents choices against him. He was set to be marked by the Dark Lord but chose to ask for help instead. Grow up. You're not perfect, honestly you could do to take a few pages out of Draco's book." I seethed.

"Violet come the end of this war, you're going to be left broken hearted because Malfoy will go back to Parkinson and live their happy little rich pureblood life and Harry won't be here to catch you, he'll be busy starting his own family and doing the auror training with me. Leave before that happens." He shot back.

"And that's where we step in. Ron out. Now." Fred seethed standing up and dragging Ron outside. I felt the tears welling up in my eyes as I bolted out of the room. I couldn't show weakness in front of them, it wasn't a choice.I was almost to the stairs when I felt arms wrap around my waist.

"Shhhh Vi, I got you, I'm not going anywhere I promise. He's wrong about us, I'm not going anywhere I love you more than you can imagine. Shh my love I have you." Draco said soothingly as he turned me so my front was pressed against his chest. I started sobbing hard once I was securely in his arms. Every piece of insecurity that I'd spent the last almost 3 years pushing down and working through Ron had just thrown in my face. Draco reached down and picked me up, carrying me up to Ginny's room and sitting on the bed intended for me, holding me close and soothing me as I cried. We stayed curled up there til Harry came in.

***Harry's POV Breakfast time ****

I watched Ron get dragged out of the room by Fred and Violet run out of the room, Draco following close behind. I was torn between my anger at Ron and my concern for Violet. I chose to follow the rest of the guys outside to yell at Ron, I figured Violet wouldn't want to be crowded right now.

"What the hell is your problem? How Dare you say that to my sister?" I yelled storming over to Ron and pushing him.

"What the Hell is your problem? How can you be okay with your sister dating that snake let alone marrying him?" He shouted, pushing me back.

"I'm not about to let my prejudices push my sister away. I'm not you, I actually want my sister in my life! How dare you tell her I wouldn't be there if Malfoy hurts her" I yelled back.

"You're not her keeper Harry, you don't need to do everything for her." He said and I snapped and punched Ron in the face. I felt arms pulling me back away from Ron. I looked over my shoulder and saw the long hair indicative of Charlie.

"Harry relax, we're all pissed at Ron right now, killing him won't help anything." Charlie said quietly, not releasing me yet. "I'll let you go when I'm confident you won't kill him." I watched Fred, George and Bill lay into Ron about how he treats all of them and Ginny. After a minute or two Charlie released me and joined in with the other Weasley siblings.

"Ron what you said was way out of line, when you're ready to apologize come find me, Violet and Malfoy. You don't talk to my sister like that because I will ALWAYS choose her over everyone else." I said turning and walking into the house. I made my way through the house nodding at Ginny, Hermione and Fleur who were still at the table, unsure what to do. I started up the stairs, hearing voices coming from Ginny's room, I went in hesitantly. I saw Malfoy sitting on Violet's bed with a lap full of Vi, who seemed to be crying but working towards calming down.

"Hey how is she?" I asked him keeping my voice calm

"She's calming down, Weasley's words did a number on her." He said as he continued to rub her back. I felt so helpless, two years ago it would've been me helping Violet calm down after a freak out but now she barely wants to let me near her.

"He's wrong Vi, I'm not going anywhere. Ron's being a right Prat. I'm not going to push you away again. I promise." I said loud enough for her to hear me. I want nothing more than to hug her but I thought it might be a bad idea after her nightmare last night.

"You don't control Ron, you couldn't anticipate him saying all that nasty stuff." Violet said quietly. She slid off Malfoys lap and chose to curl up into his side so she could look at me when she spoke. Her face was red and puffy from the tears and it broke my heart.

"I feel bad Vi. It should've never gotten that far, he has no right to judge your relationship with Malfoy. I want to do my best to understand your relationship and support you." I said looking at her. She got up and came over to me, wrapping her arms tight around my middle.

"You couldn't have stopped him Harry, it's not your fault." She said as I wrapped my arms around her, returning the hug.

"Why don't we go down stairs? I'm sure Fleur will talk about weddings with you." I said after we broke the hug.

"Yea, we'll be down soon, I need a few more minutes, but you go make sure Fred and George haven't murdered Ron." She said returning to the bed and curling into Draco. I made my way downstairs where I was roped into a quidditch game with the twins and Ron who Mrs. Weasley forced us to let play.

***Violet's POV At the Cottage***

We listened to Moony explain the rules he expected us to follow before we headed upstairs. Locating our room was ridiculously simple and upon opening the door it felt comfortable. A queen sized bed with a canopy sat comfortably in the middle with a light gold bedspread on it. There were small maroon accents throughout the room. On one wall sat a large cream dresser with a big mirror on it and there was a large walk-in closet on the other. One of the walls had an alcove with a window. Inside the alcove was a beautiful sitting area that I could see myself curling up in to read on a rainy day. Draco refused to let me bring my trunk up so after dropping his he went back for mine. There was a knock on the door frame.

"You can come in, Moony." I said, giving him a small smile.

"You can do whatever you'd like, to this room. I got this cottage around the time you were born, Sirius helped me pick it out. This was always intended to be a bedroom for you. I anticipated having you over for many sleepovers at Uncle Moony's but life didn't turn out like that. Either way, you're here now, I want you to decorate it however you want. Violet, you'll always have a home here, you can come here for breaks from Hogwarts and after you turn 17 this summer I would love to have you here. I have to let you spend 2 weeks at the Dursley's this summer to keep you safe but I will be there everyday checking in on you." Moony said. I smiled at him.

"I'd really like to stay here a while. Maybe tonight you and I can talk about a few projects I'd like to do?" I asked

"I'd love that Starshine, maybe you can tell me about this morning?" He said smiling back at me. I nodded "Okay then, I'm going to go talk to Harry, let's meet down stairs in an hour and we can go food shopping to stock up the house."

I watched Moony slip out of the room as Draco dropped my trunk on the floor. He closed the door before coming over to me and wrapping his arms around me. I relaxed into the hug before allowing myself to be pulled towards the bed. Draco sat himself against the headboard and pulled me into his lap.

"Baby we need to unpack." I said quietly, making no effort to move.

"Let's relax for fifteen minutes then we can unpack. You've had a rough morning my love." He said kissing my head

"Remus wants me to stay here for a while. Like school breaks and summers til I'm done with school." I said quietly

"How do you feel about that love?" Draco asked

"It makes me feel good. Like I could have a real home. I want us to get our own place and all that but at the same time I've never had a home where the adults took a genuine interest in me like Moony does. Like I could be safe here. I want to feel safe, like we felt in America." I said.

"Darling we can get our own place whenever you want. If you want to stay here for a bit that's fine too. I'm not going to pressure you into anything my love. How are you feeling now that you've had some time to process this morning more?" He asked

"Nervous. Like I felt when we started dating. This morning it was like Ron threw every insecurity I have back in my face. It was as if he knew the exact things to say to get under my skin and make me question everything. I hate feeling this way." I whispered. Draco tightened his arms around me.

"I was so livid at Weasley, if your brother hadn't punched him I would've. Violet I'm not going anywhere, no ulterior motives, I just want to be happy with you for the rest of our lives. The only way you'd get rid of me is if you sent me away. I love you more than my own life Vi." He said kissing my head.

"I love you too Dray, more than anything." I said curling up.

"Lets get some unpacking done lovely." He said releasing his grip on me. For the next forty minutes we unpacked the trunk into the closet and dresser. I knew we'd be packing again in less than two weeks but I think a lot of these outfits will be staying here, not a lot of opportunity to wear them at Hogwarts.

Officially the longest chapter clocking in at almost 7,000 words. I need to know are long chapters that take a week to write preferable or would you prefer shorter chapters multiple times a week? What projects do you think Violet wants to do? Did you like the Multiple POVs this chapter? Please leave reviews because I love reading them. Leave any predictions! Next Chapter will be Christmas and the rest of the vacation including a trip to Diagon Alley.

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