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The Marauders: The Next Generation 9
"Walden Macnair," exclaimed Draco. "Why would he be watching Kyleigh?"
"I don't know," said Hermione as she tried to calm Draco down. "Maybe because of Pansy, you know, a revenge thing. I did scar her face pretty badly and she was sent to live as a muggle because of me."
"She was sent to live as a muggle because she is a stupid git and was instrumental in getting you raped," said Draco matter-of-factly and then continued on, "And she apparently didn't stay away from magic like she was supposed to either. How old was her daughter?"
"She looked to be about five," said Hermione.
"Oh great, that means she will be the same year as Martin, that's just bloody wonderful," said Draco sarcastically. "I will be going to see Albus about this."
~~*~~
"Albus, so good to see you again," said Hermione as she gave him a warm hug.
"Good to see you too. How is the school doing?" he asked with extreme interest.
"Quite well thanks," said Draco.
"And what do I owe to the pleasure of your visit today?" asked Albus.
"Well sir, it seems that Walden Macnair is the one who has been watching Kyleigh," said Hermione.
"Why would Walden be watching Kyleigh?" asked a puzzled Albus.
"Well we think it was because of his wife. Pansy Parkinson," said Draco.
"Walden Macnair married Pansy Parkinson?"
"Yes sir and they have a five year old daughter. Now if my calculations are correct, wouldn't that mean that she married him after she was a muggle for a year or so? And wouldn't that mean that she broke her contract with you?" asked Draco.
"Yes it seems that you may be right. However, before she went off to serve her sentence, I put a spell on her to let me know if there was any magic used around her and there was none. The whole time she was a muggle there wasn't one ounce of magic used," explained Dumbledore.
"Then how did she marry Walden? Do you think he told her he was a muggle? And if so, why?" asked Draco.
"Good questions," said Albus. "I think I need to have a little talk with Pansy so we can get to the bottom of this."
~~*~~
About a two months later, Draco received an owl from Albus.
"Well what did he say?" asked Severus, who was spending the weekend at Malfoy manor.
"It seems that Pansy was duped. She isn't the most intelligent of witches and she thought that Walden was a muggle. Apparently he told her he worked at the zoo as a animal caretaker," said Draco.
"But why did he work as a muggle? There has to be some reason behind that," said Severus.
"The Walden that I know wouldn't do anything like that unless there were an ulterior motive," said Katarina suspiciously. "He hates muggles and there is no way he would take up with one. He must have known that Pansy was a witch."
"He would have access to Ministry records, unless Pansy's father wanted him to keep an eye out for her while she was serving her sentence," said Hermione.
"Maybe it was an arraigned marriage, you know to keep the pure blood flowing," said Katarina.
"Maybe," said Draco, "but something still isn't right. Why was he watching Kyleigh?"
"Maybe he was watching me," said Katarina.
"I don't think so, because she felt his presence even when you weren't around," said Hermione.
"Well maybe we need to pay Walden a little visit," said Draco.
"Might not be a bad idea," said Severus, "I think I will go with you."
~~*~~
Severus and Draco decided that it would be best to catch him at the Ministry so they apparated there.
"Mr. Macnair, there are two men to see you sir," said a rather plump witch that sat at the front desk at the Ministry.
"Send them in."
When they entered the office he looked up from his desk and said, "What the hell do you want?"
"We have a few questions for you Walden," said Severus.
"Oh really, like what?" he asked sharply.
"Like how do you know Trevor Brown?" asked Severus.
"What's it to you?"
"Because I want to know," said Severus getting annoyed.
"Ok. I'll bite, I know Trevor through his father. Satisfied?"
"Who is his father?" asked Draco.
"I don't think that is any of your business," said Walden.
"Are you aware that one time when you took him, he almost died," asked Severus.
"Yes, that was an unfortunate accident, but all ended well," Walden stated nonchalantly.
" I'm glad to see you so concerned," said Draco sarcastically.
"What else do you want? I'm busy," he said angrily.
"I want to know why you are watching Kyleigh?" said Draco.
"What makes you think I was watching her?" he asked.
"Because you were seen watching her from the bushes," said Severus.
"So I was watching, who says I can't?"
"I say you can't. And if I catch you anywhere near my daughter again I will kill you. Understand?" said a now very angry Draco through clinched teeth.
"Sure alright but let me say something. She's…not…your…daughter or have you forgotten she belongs to your father," he said with a triumphant look on his face.
Before he knew what was happening, Walden was on the floor sporting a bloody nose and Draco was drawing back to hit him again.
"Draco," yelled Severus, "That's enough." as he pulled him off Walden.
"Don't come near her again. Do I make myself clear?" ground Draco through gritted teeth.
"Yeah, fine, whatever. Just get out of my office. NOW!" yelled Walden. "Before I have you thrown out."
~~*~~
Once Draco and Severus were outside Severus turned on Draco.
"Are you out of your mind?" You don't want him as your enemy. I could tell you things that he has done that will make you sick. He has no conscience so don't push him."
"I'm sorry, but when it comes to Kyleigh I go nutters."
"Understandable but don't push him," Severus said in a fatherly kind of way.
"Alright I'll back off. So what do we do now?" asked Draco who had finally calmed down.
"Well I think that you need to have a little talk with Kyleigh," said Severus.
"And tell her what? That I'm not her father?"
"No, I don't think you need to tell her that yet, although you will need to before she starts Hogwarts. I think she is still to young to handle that kind of burden, but I do think you need to tell her how you were at school. She needs to hear about your….. aggressiveness from you, because you know that Pansy is ready filling her child with all kinds of information about you and Hermione. If she can't get to you directly she has no problem using her child to do her dirty work for her."
~~*~~
Against Serverus' better judgment, it took Draco nearly five months to find the right words to tell Kyleigh about himself. It was right before her eighth birthday.
Draco and Kyleigh had a special spot that they would go to when they wanted to be alone. They called it the glen. The glen was Draco and Kyleigh's refuge away from everyone. Kyleigh often went there to read the same as Draco did as a child only he went there to escape his father.
The glen as they called it was really an old abandoned ruin of the original manor that had burned down in the early 1800's. It was now overgrown with trees, plants and an array of beautiful flowers. It was very secluded and most importantly quiet. Draco had put up wards to insure Kyleigh's safety so when ever she needed to escape the noise of the house she had somewhere to go. Draco had also enchanted the ruin so it was springtime there at all times.
This is where she was when he decided that it was time for their little talk.
As Draco walked up he saw Kyleigh sitting quietly reading on the glider that he had gotten her. She look so peaceful that he didn't want to disturb her but this needed to be done. When she heard him approach she smiled.
"Hello Daddy."
"Hello sweetness, what are you reading?"
"The Magician's Nephew. From the chronicles of Narnia."
"Is it good?"
"Oh yes, but I don't think you came all the way out here to ask me what I was reading. Did you?" she asked.
With a chuckle he smiled and said. "You know me too well. We need to talk about something very important," he said gravely.
"I didn't do something wrong did I?" she asked.
"Never," he said reassuringly, "It is something that I did."
Looking a little worried, Kyleigh patted the seat next to her and said, "It couldn't be that bad."
"Kyleigh, I just wanted you to know a few things about me that you may hear about once you start at Hogwarts," said Draco as he paused to collect his thoughts. He cleared his throat, took Kyleigh's hand and started to speak.
"When I was growing up, I was taught to be very mean. My father insisted that I act a certain way. The meaner I became the less he would abuse me. I did some terrible things. I was extremely cruel to your mother and any Gryffindor, but especially "Mudbloods". I was always trying to get them into trouble. I was constantly trying to get them expelled," as he spoke, Kyleigh saw tears forming in his eyes and she asked delicately,
"What made you change?"
"As I got older I realized that my father was wrong. He started paying less attention to me and his hold on me lessened. I think that he may have had some kind of spell on me and when he left me alone for long periods of time, I grew stronger. I think that it was then that I started to fall in love with your mother," he said with a smile.
"Can you tell me what happened?"
"It was at the end of our sixth year when Voldemort was at his most powerful. He was on a rampage. He was after Harry and he thought that he would use me to get Harry. I wasn't a full death eater yet. I had no desire to be one, however, I knew if I went along with my father and Voldemort, that I could be instrumental in his defeat. So I gathered all the information that I could and went straight to Professor Dumbledore. He formulated a plan. Harry, Ron, Hermione and myself were too strong for Voldemort. When we all banded together as a whole, we were too strong and we defeated him. This made my father extremely happy though, because he secretly had been searching a way to defeat Voldemort himself so he could take over as the dark lord."
"Where did you first know that you were in love with Mommy?" she asked intrigued.
"It was the summer before my seventh year, Father took Mother and I to the United States to recruit more death eaters. I was extremely bored and was walking by the pool at the hotel. Suddenly I heard my name called by the most heavenly voice. It was your Mother. We fell in love under a full moon while playing in a fountain at a street festival." he explained with a huge smile on his face.
"How romantic," she said dreamily. "Daddy, will you take me there sometime? I would love to see it."
"I think that would be a wonderful vacation. It isn't possible this summer, but maybe the summer before you start at Hogwarts. What do you think about that?" he asked.
"I think that would be perfect," she said with a smile.
"Oh and Daddy."
"Yes sweetness."
"I am very glad you changed. And thank you for telling me all of these things. I love you," she said as she hugged him.
"I love you too sweetness," he said as he hugged her even tighter.
"Ready to go back to the house for dinner?" Draco asked as he pulled out of their hug.
"Yes please, but I think Katarina may need us since she has gone into labor," Kyleigh said matter-of-factly.
"When did this happen," asked Draco with an astounded look on his face.
"A few minutes after you got here. I would have said something then, but I felt that you really needed to talk to me. You have been preoccupied about this for weeks,' she said with a sly smile.
"Not much gets past you does it?" Draco asked with a chuckle.
"Not much," she said giggling.
~~*~~
When they reached the house, Severus was already there and Katarina was in the final stages of labor.
The entire house was waiting for word when Hermione and Ginny, who was very large and due in a few weeks herself, came out of the infirmary wiping her hands on a towel.
"Katarina and her son are doing fine. Severus on the other hand is resting quietly, nursing a broken hand," Ginny said trying to suppress the giggle that was trying to escape her mouth.
"Broken hand?" asked Draco as he cocked a eyebrow.
Clearing her throat Hermione said, "Yes, it seems that Katarina is quite strong in the throws of labor and she crushed Severus' left hand," with this she had to cover her mouth.
"She crushed his hand?" asked Harry.
"Yep and I have never heard Katarina use that kind of language before either," said Hermione as the giggle burst forward.
"Remember where I grabbed you when Daniel was born Harry?" said a giggling Ginny.
"That's not even funny. I didn't think I would ever be able to father another child after that death grip," he said with a pained look on his face.
"Well you did and in the next few weeks might I suggest a metal cup for your….. Um thing," said Hermione as she pointed to Harry's privates. "Ginny has gotten a lot stronger and we wouldn't want you damaged beyond repair," said Hermione as she and Ginny burst into gales of laughter.
With a sort of green tinge to his face, Harry said, "Very funny ladies. Help me out here Draco." But as he looked at Draco, he saw that he was nearly in tears himself from laughter.
"Great, a lot of help you are."
"I think that Hermione may have a point," Draco said as the laughter overtook his body and he could suppress it no more.
"Mommy, can I go in and see Katarina?" said Kyleigh.
"Oh I'm sorry dear," said Hermione not realizing that she was there, "She asked to see you."
When Kyleigh opened the door she saw that Master was standing beside Katarina with a look of extreme love on his face and a bandaged left hand.
"Kyleigh, please come here, we want you to be the first to know the name we have picked out for our son," said Severus.
"When you told me I was pregnant you said you wanted to see my walker," Katarina said with a smile, "remember?"
"Yes, I said he was a walker like from the Hobbit," said Kyleigh.
"Well we have decided to name him Walker. What do you think?" asked Severus.
Kyleigh reached out and hugged Severus. "I think it is a perfect name."
~~*~~
A few weeks later Ginny gave birth to a beautiful baby boy who they name Logan. Harry didn't suffer any attacks on his person from Ginny. She kept her hands to herself.