That Christmas Day was the best Christmas either Lucius or Aria had ever had. The high that Lucius was on from his new memory had him contemplating all day; contemplating what he had been through in his life since then. He had always had that small glimmer of good buried deep within him, even when he was second in command to The Dark Lord himself. Lucius could never quite cross the threshold into pure evil, and now he wondered if that was because of his Aria, going back in time to give him that glimmer of hope he so desperately needed as a young man.

Lucius had no idea how he had come into possession of the Time Turner…perhaps it was his father's…or maybe even his mother's. Either way, Lucius knew Time Turners were tricky magical items that required a lot of willpower and care to handle. Lucius knew the item was potentially dangerous when he started fantasizing about all of the other times he could use it for; he even thought it would be amazing to try and use it to go back in time to see when the prophecy for him and Aria had been created all of those centuries ago; however, in his current reality he knew that he must practice immense caution with the Time Turner.

After the shock and awe of Aria's gift to him, he had mentioned to her, rather seriously, how that whole evening could have gone horribly awry and could have put their current, present life in detriment. Aria had lowered her head in acknowledgement of her dangerous actions, as she realized the risk she had taken, and both of them had promised each other to put the Time Turner safely away back up in the attic and to only use it if absolutely necessary.

Lucius still had the last part of his gift to give to Aria though, and so, with the serious conversations behind them for now, he told her to go put on something warm so he could show her the surprise he had for her out in the gardens. Within minutes Aria came to meet him at the bottom of the stairs, bundled up in one of her fur-lined coats and with excitement in her eyes.

The emerald earrings he had given her the night before on Christmas Eve were honestly so stunning and completely enough, but knowing Lucius, he reveled in spoiling her and so she relented to the fact that he wanted to get her more than just one gift.

Lucius smiled at his excitable, glowing fiancé and grabbed her by the hand as he led her out into the gardens. Within seconds of looking around, Aria immediately saw what her gift was, and she beamed at Lucius as he looked at her with a warm smile of his own.

"Lucius are those…for us?" Aria said as she ran down the stone steps and over to the first large circular fountain that was the main centerpiece of the Malfoy Gardens.

"Of course, my love. If not for us than who else?" he smirked as he slowly caught up to where Aria was sitting at the fountain's edge.

Aria stared in wonder at the two silver-white swans that gracefully swam contentedly in the middle of the large pool of water. The birds seemed to glow as if magically lit from within, much like how Aria and Lucius often looked when their soul mate bond was magically charged on those special nights.

Lucius could tell Aria was mesmerized and beyond touched and he spoke to her softly as he let her know of their importance. "These two swans represent our patronuses. I was so moved to know that we were both swans and I wanted to have that represented in our gardens. Our connection is so special, just as these swans are. They are the rarest of breeds, only to be found in the Wizarding World, in the snowy remote mountains and glaciers of Greenland. That is what makes their feathers seem to shine in the light of the sun and moon."

"Lucius…." Aria whispered softly as her stare was still locked on the beautiful swans swimming about in the pool, circling each other until they stopped swimming and laid their long necks on each other, twisted around as if in a warm embrace. The two swans cuddled and floated together, napping in the crisp Christmas Day sun. "They are so beautiful."

Lucius smiled as he kissed the top of Aria's head. "They are lovers of course; like us…. hopefully by this time in the Spring there will be little swan hatchlings swimming about."

Aria stood up and embraced her thoughtful and romantic wizard and gazed into his eyes. "You think of everything."

"Only for you," he replied back as he leaned his head in and kissed her, breathing in her scent and essence.

"Maybe in the Spring…something else magical can happen too?" Aria said meekly as she looked up into Lucius' shining silver eyes.

Lucius cocked his head slightly to the side and raised one of his eyebrows in a questioning look.

"Maybe we can plan our wedding for then…" Aria continued, flushing slightly, as she got a surge of shyness that ran through her. Lucius and she hadn't really talked about anything to do with wedding planning since becoming engaged as there always seemed to be something else going on, distracting them from that topic.

Lucius smiled widely however, causing Aria to feel a wave of relief. "Is that what you want my love? A spring wedding?"

"I just want to be Mrs. Malfoy as soon as humanly possible," she beamed as she laid her head against his chest and held him tightly around his waist.

She heard a low grumble of satisfaction in his chest and felt his own grip around her waist tighten. "You know I could always whisk you away right now and we could elope?" he chuckled slightly as he felt her tense at the idea.

She looked back up at him. "Really?"

He shrugged, "I was mainly kidding…of course, I would be willing to do so if you desired that…but to be honest, nothing would give me greater pleasure than seeing you walking down a beautiful aisle like the Queen you are with hundreds of people there, your friends and family amongst them, to witness your stunning beauty," he said dreamily.

"And to witness our love of course," she added with a smile.

"So, it's settled then? A Spring Wedding," he said breathily and dazed as if he was daydreaming about it already.

Aria adored how romantic Lucius could be. No one knew that side of him at all, except for her, and she knew people would be stunned to learn Lucius was such a romantic. A man who wanted a beautiful wedding for his wife and to one day build a family. Aria couldn't wait to start the rest of her life with her amazing man and she felt so incredibly lucky that she had been the one to release this hidden side of him.


The two spent a bit walking through the gardens until the snow began to fall more heavily around them, and so they made their way back inside to escape the cold and enjoy the perfect Christmas Day scene from their windows. As the snow fell and the clouds began blocking out the sun in the sky, the house elves lit all of the fireplaces and candles around the Manor and Aria made sure all of the beautiful Christmas trees were lit and glowing one final time. Aria eventually found Lucius in the room she least expected him to, the drawing room. He was standing alone, looking out that same window she had found him staring out of when she went back in time to his younger self. The déjà vu made her skin tingle all over.

This time however, Lucius heard her approach and smiled at her as she made her way over to him.

"You know it's odd yet amazing…" he began, "But I no longer dread this room anymore like I usually do. And it's all because you implanted that beautiful memory into my mind. I can't help but feel good as I stare out this window. It brings back that memory to me crystal clear."

Aria smiled, her skin tingling even more at her remembrance of the memory.

"And isn't it odd and amazing to know that the last time I was in here I was making love to you…but you were your younger self…It is incredible," she said as she wrapped her arms around Lucius' neck and stared up at him; his face the same, but more mature, more angled, but just as equally beautiful.

"I must tell you something," he said with a smirk and a slight rare flush to his cheek, "you were my first…"

"What?!" said Aria in shock as she realized immediately what he was referring to.

"That night…I thought it was all a dream…a very, very good dream. It rather awakened something in me that I tried to chase all of those years, with many women…and I could never find that feeling again of perfection…that is until I met you…again.."

Aria flushed a deep rosy color realizing she had been the one to take Lucius' virginity. It was all so mind blowing, that he had taken hers months before and that she had somehow managed to bend time in a way that meant she had also been his first. It was a perfect fate.

"I wasn't too sure; it's why I struggled so much before I succumbed to your charms," she laughed slightly. "I would have thought you would have been already sexually active; you were so beyond beautiful, the whole time I couldn't help but think of how much of a heartbreaker you must have been."

Lucius smiled, his ego flaring at her compliments. "Well for much of my time at Hogwarts I was very focused on my studies and being the perfect student and perfect Prefect and House Boy…however that second half of 7th year, after I remembered the pleasure you gave me, I must admit I did go a bit crazy after that Christmas night…many of the older girls at the school were rather glad for that…except Narcissa. As you know she had already been betrothed to me and so she wasn't too keen on my new addiction during that time…"

Aria looked down. She knew Lucius had been with many women, but she still always felt a bit uncomfortable hearing about it…especially because she had only ever been with him, and him alone.

Lucius saw her look down and then sat them both down on the window seat so that he could tilt her head back up to look into her eyes, his expression open and truthful. "My love…don't you see…I spent all of those times with other women, because I was constantly trying to chase down the feeling of your sweet, velvety body, and no one could ever compare. That is why I resigned myself to the fact that I had just dreamt you up in my head. Then I met you, not realizing I already had, and felt that amazing pussy…dear God I should have figured it out sooner, but truly, no one else could ever compare to your perfect body. I am getting aroused just thinking about you in that way…" he said, his voice deep and husky.

Aria bit her lip in want and need at hearing Lucius' delicious words as he described how he had craved her all of those years and how he described his obsession with the feel of her body.

"It really has always been just us, through time and space, hasn't it?" Aria asked as she moved her body so that she straddled Lucius where he sat on the window seat.

"It's always been you," he said as he ground his hips up into her center, his eyes growing a dark grey with lust and desire.

Just as urgently as she had made love to his younger self, in the same room, in the same spot and in the same position, Aria kissed Lucius quickly before reaching down to release his now erect cock from his pants by unzipping them, but not taking his pants actually off of him. She hiked up her sweater dress and pushed aside her panties and hovered herself briefly over Lucius, before urgently impaling herself onto him. The direct parallels between their present and the past were absolutely amazing, and Aria clutched to Lucius' shoulders and closed her eyes blissfully as she began riding him, although now she was glad she didn't have to hide her face behind a mask in the darkness.

"Yes, my gorgeous girl, this is what I dreamed about all of those years. This is what nothing and no one else could compare to," Lucius groaned out with pleasure as he grabbed Aria's ass in his hands and squeezed as she rode him.

Aria kissed him passionately, her pace never slowing down or faltering as she kept at a rhythm that drove both of them wild. If there ever was a most perfect and passionate winter scene, this was it. The two magical beings making love at the large gilded window overlooking the beautiful snowy Winter Wonderland outside, the snow falling steadily as two beautiful blondes found life's purpose within each other's bodies.

Lucius' grip on Aria's ass tightened and she would probably get fingerprint bruises, but she didn't care at all, as Lucius' leverage on her was making her ride him even faster as he helped guide and speed the motion of her body. The man was in heaven and his eyes rolled back into his head as Aria buried her face into his neck to breath in his scent and kiss and suck the tender skin there. Lucius was so close to coming but he didn't want to come before his woman, and he knew his younger self hadn't had the forethought or the experience to make her come from the night before.

It was harder to make a woman come in this position, but Lucius was so skilled now and so in tune with every part of Aria's body and what made her tick that he knew what would help drive her over the edge. He held her body closer to his own and he slammed his hips up to meet hers as he drove the most addictive smaller yet beyond deep thrusts up into her, touching that most sensitive spot inside. As he held her close, this caused her clit to rub up against the material of his pants which he still wore, which caused the most amazing friction against her sensitive nub. With the combination of his deep, hard thrusts and the friction on her clit, Lucius felt Aria slightly nip at his neck and dig her nails into his shoulders before he felt her beginning to shudder all around him, and finally explode. Her pussy pulsated and clenched all around him and it took every ounce of willpower in him not to lose himself with her, as he wanted to ride her out as she continued to orgasm for what seemed like an age.

"Lucius!" she cried as he began thrusting even faster up into her as she came all over his iron hard cock.

"Yes my love! Good girl!" he said as made love to her tight, velvet heat. It was so tight during her orgasm he felt like he might have hurt her with his size, but he knew she was in as much bliss as he was in.

"I love being your good girl," she said as she buried her face into his neck once more.

That one sentence sent Lucius himself over the edge, and he came incredibly hard inside of her as he wrapped his arms tightly around her petit body. The two shuddered and sighed out together in pleasure after having both just orgasmed so hard and remained connected for a while. Aria was facing the window, while Lucius had been sitting and facing out into the drawing room, and Aria felt at such peace as she sat, still impaled on her love, watching the snow fall outside. She could almost fall asleep like that if she let herself.


Eventually the two Veela lovers got up and put on their comfy silk robes, so happy to be in love and free to be comfortable in their glorious and magical Manor. Lucius had never felt happier as he knew he didn't need to dress fancy for Aria, like he had felt he had to do his whole life. He loved good fashion of course, but his latest pleasure was simply being able to be in his comfortable, silk robes and walk around the house with Aria. With the amount of love making sessions they had, their comfortable robes were easiest to get off anyways.

The two enjoyed yet another amazing meal fit for a King and Queen to celebrate Christmas, all thanks to the amazing house elves, who Aria always made sure to thank. Ever since Aria came into the Manor, and Lucius' personality and attitude had lightened considerably, the elves were a lot happier it seemed, and Aria was glad to see they no longer acted scared all of the time in the presence of the master of the house.

Later that evening Aria and Lucius were enjoying some 50-year-old aged port wine, as they cuddled on the couch as Lucius read to her Wizarding Christmas Tales out of an ancient book. Aria was beyond relaxed, her orgasm from earlier, mixed with the fine wine, mixed with Lucius' honeyed voice reading to her, it was the best way she could have imagined ending Christmas. Lucius was about to finish the second Christmas tale, when all of a sudden, they both heard 3 solid knocks coming from the massive front doors.

Aria immediately snapped out of her pleasurable haze and was immediately alert. Lucius himself tensed; he hadn't expected anyone tonight, especially not at this hour and he knew Aria hadn't been expecting anyone either.

"Let me go see who that could be," said Lucius as he began getting up from the couch. Aria immediately grabbed his hand and clung to it. Lucius' heart panged with emotion when he realized she must have been concerned, since the last time someone had knocked on the door like that, it had been the Ministry come to take him away.

"I'm going with you," she said as she immediately got up, her hand still clinging to his own and her other hand coming up to grab his arm as well.

He kissed her on the head, letting her know he wasn't going anywhere, and nothing was happening to him, and led them downstairs to the front doors to see who was disturbing them so late. When they got to the front door, Lucius grabbed his wand out of his robe pocket just in case, and slowly opened the door. Much to his shock, and Aria's as well, Draco was standing on the front step, head down slightly shielding himself from the snow that was falling more and more thickly.

"Draco…" Lucius said in a deep voice. He was none too pleased to see his estranged son. His Christmas had been so amazing so far, and the only thing he could think of is that his son had come to ruin it; why else would he come?

"Father," said Draco quietly, barely looking at his father in the eyes. "Aria.." he said as he raised his head and looked at her for the first time with some semblance of humility.

Aria said nothing and stepped in closer to Lucius, almost as if trying to hide herself. Draco had brought her nothing but pain and misery since the moment she first met him. She absolutely didn't trust him and couldn't tell why he was being so opposite from how he usually acted. Lucius hated seeing Aria cower at the site of his son, and he felt shame and anger. Aria truly was his family now, and literally no one would hurt her while he was living on this Earth.

"What do you want?" Lucius said coldly his grey eyes piercing into Draco. Draco himself, stepped back a bit at the intensity and hatred in his father's eyes.

"Can I…can I come in?" he said meekly.

Lucius looked down at Aria immediately at the same time as she looked up into his eyes, as if asking each other what they should do. Should they allow him in? Allow him to potentially ruin their night…if not future…as that is what he always seemed to be out to do.

"Please Father! It's rather cold!" Draco said, almost begging to be let in.

Aria winced at the patheticness in his voice and felt only the slightest twinge of sympathy for him, but then quickly remembered all the pain he had caused her and Lucius.

"Well Draco…I don't know what to say…perhaps you should ask Aria, as it is her home as well…" Lucius said narrowing his eyes at his son, daring him to ask.

Aria looked from Lucius to Draco in silence, waiting for the younger Malfoy to speak to her. She could tell it pained Draco to have to beg to be let in to his childhood home, but it seemed his desire to come in and talk outweighed his pride.

"Can I please come in Aria…I promise I don't mean any ill will," he said looking at her in the eyes and then down at the ground.

Aria looked back up at Lucius, and slightly shrugged her shoulders and nodded her head as if indicating he could invite Draco in.

"Fine…" Lucius said as he opened the door wider and let in his son. Not bothering to look back, Lucius lead the way with Aria in hand, up the stairs and to the drawing room so that they could all sit down and see what Draco wanted to discuss.

Draco and Lucius sat at the large table that took up most of the drawing room, while Aria went over to light the fire in the grand fireplace and then took her place standing next to Lucius' chair, her arm on his shoulder, so that they could present themselves as a solid, united front.

Draco looked around a bit not saying anything and then finally spoke. "Looks brilliant in here…all the Christmas decorations…never looked like this growing up," he said as he attempted to compliment Aria's handywork with the Manor.

Aria said nothing but crossed her arms in front of her chest and looked down. What was he really here for?

Almost as if reading her mind, Lucius finally spoke, his deep voice icy in its tone. "What is it that you wanted to come here to say Draco?"

Draco put his hands clasped together in his lap. He was nervous. "Well…I just wanted to say…well…I'm sorry…so sorry."

Lucius just stared at his son in shock. He had longed to hear these words from his son, but after everything that had happened, sorry didn't seem quite enough.

"Draco…sorry doesn't quite cover what you put me through…what you put Aria through. You almost ruined our lives…permanently!"

"I know father I know! And I am so so sorry! I was hurt and had felt so estranged….I am just so so sorry!" he said as he ran his fingers through his platinum hair.

Lucius looked down at the table and didn't say anything. Aria put her hand back on Lucius' shoulder in support and then spoke.

"I understand you might have been hurt…might not have wanted your father to be involved with someone else that wasn't your mother….but you were responsible for him being almost sent back to Azkaban….I almost died because of your mother…"Aria said quietly as she looked at Draco intensely.

"I had nothing to do with that Aria, believe me!" Draco said immediately after Aria had mentioned her poisoning. "That is part of the reason why I came…after the trial…when what you two were was revealed, that you were soul mates…and then when my mum tried poisoning you….killing you! I knew then that I couldn't take it anymore and that I wanted to apologize for all that I had done. I never meant it to go that far."

"But you did mean for it to go that far Draco!" Lucius practically shouted. "After the Hogwarts Ball on Samhain, you and Narcissa were waiting for us here, in this very room, telling me that you would make sure I would rot away in Azkaban for what I had done to protect Aria!"

"I know I know!" Draco said clutching his head in his hands. "But at the trial, when I found out you did what you did for Aria because you loved her….I knew you were a changed man…I never thought you could actually be capable of that type of love. Father you must believe me, I haven't spoken to mother since the trial…especially not after I found out she had tried to kill Aria with poison!"

Lucius huffed out a sigh, not quite knowing what to say. "And how is your mother coping with that? With not being able to speak to her beloved son?"

"Not well…" Draco admitted with a cringe. "She of course blames it all still on Aria…that Aria has now taken away both of her men. We didn't even get together for Christmas, I was alone this year. That is another reason why I wanted to come…I didn't have anyone else," he said his voice starting to break with emotion.

"You have no one else to blame but yourself for your loneliness Draco…" Lucius said unempathetically. "Just as I had no one else to blame but myself for my own loneliness…until I met Aria, the love of my life, my soul mate. She taught me that I no longer had to be alone and that I could actually love," he said as he reached his hand up to rest on Aria's which was still resting on his shoulder.

Aria smiled at Lucius' words and rubbed his hand with her thumb. She saw Draco taking in their tender touches almost as if he was in awe of what he saw; never truly have seeing real love before.

Draco nodded his head in agreement and swallowed hard. "Well there is another reason I came tonight…" he said gravely.

Lucius and Aria said nothing and waited for him to continue.

"Mother has been going crazy since learning her poison didn't work…. she is still going to come for you. She won't stop until you are dead," Draco said as he looked Aria in the eye, letting her know that he was being serious.

Aria felt Lucius shudder and then tense under her hand, as if he was about to spring up and go murder the vile witch himself.

"I WILL NEVER LET THAT HAPPEN!" screamed Lucius.

In a much calmer voice, Aria stepped forward and spoke. "No, we absolutely won't. We are ready…I am ready."

"You don't know her…" Draco said ominously.

"And she doesn't know me!" Aria said as she raised her hand and used her wandless magic within her to ignite a glowing fireball in her hand.

Draco jumped back in his chair, clearly not expecting Aria to wield such magic.

"I've been training, thanks to your father….and I will never let that woman harm me ever again or scare me into submission," she said as she flicked her hand to make the fireball disappear.

Lucius looked up at Aria from where he sat with so much pride and adoration. What a strong, powerful, beautiful witch.

The three of them stayed silent for a while and Aria finally sighed out as her adrenaline quickly left her. She felt all of a sudden incredibly tired. She decided she would go drink one last nightcap and let the two men talk a bit. They really needed to. If Draco truly did want to patch things up and make emends, that would need to begin with himself and Lucius. Aria would let Draco make it up to her in due time.

"I'll let you two talk," Aria said as she went to leave the room. Lucius grabbed her hand as if not wanted her to leave him, but Aria squeezed his hand back in reassurance, and he smiled briefly at her before letting her leave the room.

Aria waited in the library sipping on her nightcap of the delicious aged port as she stared into the fire deep in thought about what her future held. She felt anxious about what could happen when Narcissa decided to strike, but she wasn't scared. After about an hour she heard shuffling and walking and peaked out of the library door and she quietly walked out onto the landing which overlooked the grand entry way downstairs. She saw Lucius and Draco standing there, in front of the large doors, and all of a sudden Draco reached his hand out. His father looked at his son's hands for a few moments before slowly reaching out to clasp hands and shake. It was a brief shake, but it was a start, and Aria was relieved that Lucius and Draco could maybe heal their relationship. Draco still had a lot of amends to make with everything that he put them through, but Aria hoped it was the beginning of that.

Aria met Lucius back at the top of the stairs, after Lucius trudged his way up. He said nothing but brought Aria into his strong, warm arms and just held her. After a while of just holding her and breathing in her scent to calm himself he spoke.

"Sorry our night didn't end as peacefully as we would have hoped," he sighed.

"No it didn't…but it was important," Aria said as she held onto Lucius.

"I won't let anything ever happen to you my love, know that," Lucius said fiercely as he pulled back and looked into her eyes.

"I know Lucius," she said as she reached up and cupped his cheek in her small hand. "And I you."

"My brave, beautiful Goddess," he said as he leaned in to kiss her tenderly.

A flush came to her cheek at Lucius' beautiful words and romantic kiss and she sighed out as she heard the clock strike midnight.

"Let's go to bed my love," Lucius said, his voice sounding emotionally exhausted.

"Yes, let's," Aria replied back, her body exhausted, but her mind ready for whatever would come next in their future.