A/N: Sorry this chapter has taken so long. I have been in a really big FUNK!! Anyway, I know this is a sucky place to end this chapter but I really wanted to get a chapter up so everyone wouldn't forget about me. So here ya go……
The Marauders: The Next Generation 13
The next few weeks after the reconciliation between Kyleigh and her Daddy, she and Draco were inseparable. When Kyleigh wasn't in class she was with Draco. They would go riding together, fence, and read or play small tricks on the rest of the house. Hermione knew that it was important for them to spend time together. Draco was the most important thing right now to Kyleigh. She was at that tender age of change, physical and emotional. They would spend hours together but the nights belonged to Hermione. Draco and Hermione also needed time to heal. After Kyleigh picked up the pensieve, Hermione was having a few problems with nightmares. On one particular night she woke up screaming…
"Sweet, you were having a nightmare," said Draco as he pulled her into his arms trying to calm her down. She still had that look of terror on her face.
"Hermione," soothed Draco as he brushed the hair out of her face, "It's okay, I won't let anything happen to you I promise,"
Finally being able to focus Hermione said,
"Oh Draco, I thought that all of this was over. It happened almost twelve years ago and I remember as if it was yesterday. Why would someone want to bring this up again? Why would they want to hurt Kyleigh like this?" she cried into his shoulder as she held on to him for dear life.
"I don't know why anyone would do this or how they got the charm out of Dumbledore's office, but I am going to find out," said Draco reassuringly.
As Hermione continued to cry, Draco asked,
"Will it help to talk about the dream?"
"I don't know, it is the same thing over and over. I am in a room, Lucius is there and he is beating me, trying to rape me again. Then I realize right before I wake up that it isn't a seventeen year old me, but a seventeen year old Kyleigh. I know that it isn't possible because Lucius is dead, but it is still so scary," she said sobbing into Draco's shoulder.
"He can't hurt you or Kyleigh anymore," he said as he kissed away her tears, "Is there anything that I can do to make you feel better?"
Hermione looked up into Draco's gray eyes and whispered, "Make me forget."
Draco gently took her face in his hands and kissed her tenderly. Hermione reveled in the feeling of his gentle kisses. He was such a wonderful lover, tender when he needed to be but also very passionate too. Tonight it started out as tender but Hermione needed him to be passionate just to let her know that she was still desired after all that had happened to her. He needed to let her know that she wasn't the sloppy seconds that his father had called her. She needed to know that she was Draco's life, the most important thing in the world to him. The one he would always love above all else and everyone else.
~~*~~
The next morning was Saturday so they had a bit of a lie in. When Hermione finally stirred she had a smile on her face.
"Good morning Sweet," said Draco as he sat in a chair next to their bed where he had been watching her sleep.
"Morning," she said with a smile.
He crossed over to the bed and gathered her up in his arms. "Feeling better?" he asked with a smirk.
"Oh yes," she replied then adding, "Nothing like a good shagging to make you feel better."
Draco started to laugh, "Hermione Malfoy, I do believe you have been hanging around my Mother a bit too much."
She smiled and pulled him to her and kissed him soundly then said seductively, "Want another go?"
"Oh yes please," he said as he took command of the situation.
Quite a bit later……
"Draco," said Hermione, "What would you think about taking Kyleigh and Martin to Palm Beach this summer?"
"You know I was thinking along the same lines," Draco said as he snuggled up to Hermione kissing her again, "Besides, Kyleigh was wondering when we were going to take her to the place we fell in love."
"Really?"
"Yep, and I think it would be a wonderful vacation right before she starts Hogwarts."
"I can't believe it, our little Kyleigh will be going to Hogwarts and then next year Martin will be going and we will have all of this spare time on our hands, whatever will we do?" Hermione said with an evil smile.
"Oh I can think of quite a few things I would like to do with you," said Draco wickedly, "and if we don't get out of this bed right now then we may not get out of it at all today."
"And this is bad how?" said Hermione with a smile and a kiss.
"You know as well as I do we are already in for it when we go down stairs. If we were to stay up here all day, the people of this house would never let us alone," said Draco.
"Oh they are just jealous. You sure you don't want just one more go?" giggled Hermione.
"I would love too, however I think that maybe we should save it for tonight. That way I will be fully regenerated and can be the total stud you apparently need. At this rate I am going to start to look like Harry did when Ginny was pregnant with Logan. Remember she couldn't keep her hands off of him," Draco said and then her looked at Hermione with big eyes.
"You're not pregnant are you?"
"Nope, I just happen to like to shag you senseless," she said with a Cheshire cat grin.
"Well in that case, maybe just one more go?"
"I thought you would never ask," Hermione said as she pounced on Draco pinning him to the bed.
~~*~~
About a week after Draco and Hermione's shag fest, Katarina was in the front garden teaching a few of the children about some of the plants that were used in some basic potions when Trevor became very distraught.
"Trevor, what's wrong?" asked Katarina when she saw him with tears streaming down his face.
"I just saw my father," he said still trembling, "Please don't make me go with him."
"You don't have to go with him," she said reassuringly, "Where did you see him?"
Trevor pointed at the front gate. When Katrina looked up she nearly fainted. The man that was walking away looked just like Lucius except this man had golden blonde hair instead of Lucius' silver white, and he was walking along side her brother Walden. Katarina as calmly as she could gathered up Martin, Kara, Hunter and Trevor and headed back to the manor. When they got to the front steps she gave Trevor and big hug and told everyone to go and wash up for lunch.
When everyone was seated and eating lunch, she told the other adults what had happened.
At hearing the description on the man, Narcissa went white.
Concerned, Sirius asked, "Narcissa what's wrong?"
With a very shaky voice she said, "Jareth."
"Who?" asked Draco.
"Lucius' twin brother."
"I didn't know he had a twin," said Draco astonished.
"He was sent away when he was eleven. He was accused of molesting a six-year-old boy from the village. It never went to trial because the boy was supposedly so distraught over what happened that he jumped off a cliff. Personally I think he was pushed. Jareth ended up at Durmstrang. He is a very evil man," said Narcissa even paler.
"What I don't understand is why was he with Walden?" asked Hermione.
"I don't know," said Sirius, "but I think it may be time to go and visit Walden again."
"I'm all for that," said Draco, "when do we go?"
"You won't be going," said Sirius.
"Why not?" asked Draco.
"Because you got a little overzealous the last time and I am not sure he will want to talk to us again."
"Fine, but maybe this time you need to use some kind of truth potion."
"That may not be a bad idea. I will talk to Severus about what would be best.
~~*~~
After a lot of discussion, it was decided Sirius and Severus would go and talk to him. George Weasley informed them that Walden ate lunch everyday at the English Yankee and he preferred to eat in the back of the restaurant. It was decided that Sirius and Severus would be waiting next door at Longbottom's Apothecary while George served the tea he laced with veritaserum. After a few minutes, George had Kaitlin go and get them.
As they approached the table Walden looked up and said,
"Oh great the interrogation squad. And what do I owe the pleasure of this visit?" he asked sarcastically.
"We have a few questions for you," answered Sirius.
"I see you left your bully at home this time," said Walden.
"Who Draco? Yes we told him it was best for him to stay at home this time."
"Good thing, that young man doesn't know when to keep his mouth shut. He sure didn't inherit his father's tactfulness," said Walden knowingly, "So why are you here anyway?"
"We just needed a few things answered," said Severus.
"Oh yeah, like what?" asked a grumpy Walden.
"Like, why are you watching Trevor Brown?" asked Sirius.
"Because his father wanted to know what he was doing at school and how he was faring," said Walden feeling puzzled on why he was telling these two anything.
"Who is Trevor's father? Is it you?" asked Sirius.
"No it's not me. I have enough trouble with Pansy and Iris. No, Jareth is Trevor's father."
"Jareth Malfoy?" asked Severus.
"Oh you know Jareth?" asked Walden.
"Just of him," said Sirius.
"Did Lavender Brown know who he was?" asked Severus.
"Naw, she was.. how would you say it?…under the influence of a love spell. She got pregnant on the first try. That really made Jareth happy 'cause women aren't really his cup of tea, if you know what I mean."
"Why would Jareth want to get Lavender pregnant?" asked a puzzled Severus.
"Just to have a heir."
"But he doesn't carry his last name," said Sirius.
"Yes he does, Lavender just doesn't use it. She is ashamed that Jareth used her like that and refuses to let the child go by the name Malfoy," replied Walden as he drank some more of his tea.
"Has Jareth been to the manor more than once?" asked Severus.
"Yes, quite a few times. He is a concerned father," said Walden as he tried not to snigger, "he wants to make sure his son is getting the right schooling."
"Was he at the manor around New Years?" asked Sirius.
"Yeah, he went there to put the pensieve orb into Kyleigh's trunk," he said smiling.
"But that was safely at Hogwarts. How did it come to be in his possession?" asked Severus.
"Oh that was easy. When my wife Pansy went to Dumbledore's office to get her wand back she nicked it from his desk. It just happened to be in the same drawer as her wand."
"But how could she have gotten it with him there?" asked Severus.
"After he gave her the wand he felt he needed to lecture her on right and wrong but in mid lecture he was called out of the office for a moment, a sort of diversion, and while he was gone she took it. He returned, finished telling her off and she left with the pensieve in her pocket."
"But why did he want to put the pensieve in Kyleigh's trunk?" asked Severus trying to control his anger.
"Simple, revenge for what they did to Lucius. Jareth knew Draco would never tell Kyleigh who her real father was so as a concerned uncle he did, in a creative sort of way."
"You call that creative? That nearly destroyed a family. What kind of monster would do something like that?" asked Sirius with pure hatred.
"The Malfoy kind. They are a heartless bunch those Malfoys. Lucius was always disappointed in Draco, he was too much like his mother. Never was a true Malfoy. And now that he has children with mixed blood I think that wonderful family is ruined. Unless of course Kyleigh turns out to be like Lucius, but I doubt that, she has been raised by that filthy mudblood," Walden stated with disgust as he took another sip of his tea.
"How did Jareth get into Malfoy manor?" asked Sirius.
"You forget he used to live there."
"Is he planning on hurting any of the children or it just some sick game to terrorize them?' asked Severus.
"He hasn't told me but I think he is just having a little fun."
"Is there anyone else that is being watched?" asked Severus seething.
"Besides Trevor? Just Hermione, Narcissa and Katarina's children," he said nonchalantly.
"Why?" asked Sirius through gritted teeth.
"Like I said revenge. He is just biding his time. Those three sluts did Lucius a terrible wrong and they have to pay," said Walden.
That was all it took, this time it was Severus that had to be pulled off of Walden.
"You son of a bitch, how could you let this man do anything to your own sister, much less to those innocent children? Lucius deserved what he got from Hermione, and Narcissa had to live with that evil man for all those years. The things he did to those beautiful women. He should have died a lot slower and far more painfully than he did," said Severus as Sirius dragged him off of Walden.
Walden shook his head trying to clear it as the veritaserum wore off.
"What have you done to me? Jareth is going to kill me for telling you anything," said Walden shaking.
"He will never know," said Sirius, "Obliviate."
After a few moments Walden said, "Can't a man enjoy a meal without being harassed by the likes of you two? Do I need to get a manager?"
"That won't be necessary," said Severus, "We lost our appetites the minute we saw you." "We'll have to talk to George and Kaitlin about the clientele they let in their establishment though," said Sirius as they turned and left.
~~*~~
When they arrived back at the manor everyone was waiting anxiously to find out what had happened.
When Severus and Sirius explained about the conversation, everyone was shocked.
"What are we going to do now?" asked a stunned Hermione.
"We are going to go about our lives but be very cautious about what we do. Walden said that Jareth was biding his time. Apparently this revenge that Jareth has planned is well thought out," said Sirius.
"Great," said Katarina, "We get to spend the entire summer looking over our shoulders waiting for him to make a move."
"No, what we all need to do is go on vacations. Relax and enjoy time away from the manor and all the problems," said Draco.
"I think that is a marvelous idea," said Narcissa, "Sirius and I were thinking about maybe some place tropical, Virgin Islands or maybe Hawaii. Two or three weeks of nothing but sun and margaritas sound really good to me."
"That does sound good. We were thinking about taking the children to Palm Beach. We had a lovely time the last time we went," said Draco as he squeezed Hermione's hand.
"What about you Severus?" asked Hermione, "Any plans yet?"
"As a matter of fact. We are already booked to go to the West Coast of the United States. California up through Washington state. I hear California has some very big trees," said Katarina.
August 2009
As they got off the plane at Palm Beach International Airport, Martin had a queer kind of green tinge to his face.
"Martin, are you all right?" asked Hermione.
"Yes Mum. The plane ride was just a bit bumpy," he said feeling much better now that they were on the ground.
"I didn't find the ride bumpy," whispered Draco as he gave Kyleigh and Neona a stern look. Both Kyleigh and Martin were allowed to bring one friend with them. Kyleigh chose Neona Lupin and Martin chose Kara Longbottom, who would be joining them in a couple of days when she and her parents returned from South Dakota where they had picked up a cousin that would also be attending Hogwarts this next term.
"What?" said Kyleigh with a surprised look on her face.
"Have you been terrorizing your brother again?" asked Draco trying not to smile.
"Daddy," she said with her most innocent smile, "would I do something like that?"
Draco had to turn away to keep from laughing. He just couldn't get mad at Kyleigh.
When they reached the hotel Kyleigh, Neona and Martin were all amazed. It was beautiful. They were going to stay at the Breakers, Palm Beach's finest hotel and it was right on the ocean.
Once they were all settled in their suite, Draco thought it would be fun to stay in and rest for the evening, jet lag and all, so they ordered up room service and the children got their first look at television. They ordered the movie Robin Hood Prince of Thieves. When the Sheriff of Nottingham made his appearance Neona said, "look that man looks just like Professor Snape." And she was right.
After the movie and dinner they thought it best to get a good nights sleep because tomorrow they were going shopping. All the muggle clothes they had were too warm for this climate.
The next morning after breakfast they went shopping on Worth Avenue. They purchased lightweight tops and pants. Hermione didn't think it would be a good idea to get anything that would expose too much skin to the Florida sun or they would look like lobsters. They did however look for bathing suits for a little late night swimming. After a long day of shopping they were exhausted. The Longbottom's arrived the next afternoon. Neville, Emily and their three children, Kara, Patrick and Garth, also with them was Emily's cousin Jamison Hawk. He was the youngest son of her father's sister. He would be starting at Hogwarts this term along with Kyleigh. He was a tall boy, very handsome. He looked very much like the Indian he was. Jet black hair and copper skin. Kyleigh and Neona were constantly giggling behind their hands at him. His walk was one of pride but not snobbish. While he was in Palm Beach he was to visit his Uncle, Vincent Inknsoot. Vincent's Indian name was Painted Hawk. You see Vincent was a wizard, but he also owned Wizard Tattoos, a shop in West Palm Beach.
On Thursday Evening the Malfoy's and Longbottom's decided they would go to the street festival called Clematis by Night. This was the same festival that Draco and Hermione went to and played in the fountain, where they had shared their first kiss. As the children played in the fountains, Draco, Hermione, Neville and Emily enjoyed the music while they sat at one of the tables drinking wine. They laughed as Kyleigh made the water stop every time Martin got near it, then when he would turn to go it would start up again. When every one was drenched and tired they sat and listened to the music too.
"Hermione, I need to take Jamison over to his Uncle's shop, would you like to come?" asked Emily.
"Draco do you mind?"
"Of course not, have fun."
When they arrived at Wizard Tattoos Hermione was surprised. She had never been to a tattoo parlor before.
"Uncle," cried Jamison as he entered the shop.
"Hello Little Hawk, how have you been?"
"Oh just fine sir. And you?"
"Wonderful. Yellow Feather, you look fantastic. England suits you. And who is this lovely lady?" Vincent asked.
"This is a dear friend of mine, Hermione Malfoy," said Emily.
"So nice to meet you," said Hermione.
"Pardon me if I seem a little forward but I see you have a scar, have you ever thought of having it removed or covered up?" Vincent asked.
Hermione was wearing a tank top that revealed a little cleavage.
"I did try and have it removed a few times but it always came back worse so I decided to leave it alone," Hermione said, "I wish there were some way to get rid of it. Every time I look at it, it makes me sick, really bad memory."
"What would you say if I told you I could give you a tattoo that would cover it up? You see when a curse scar is involved it is not a good idea to try and remove it, however they can be covered up with a tattoo," as he said this he held out his left forearm, "You see the tattoo of the Hawk?"
"Yes," said Hermione barely able to breathe.
"Under that is the dark mark. You would never know would you?"
"No," said Hermione, "you were a death eater?"
"Yes, back in the late seventies. When Harry Potter defeated Voldemort, the spell that Voldemort had put me under broke and I left England. Such a shame that James and Lily died. Poor Sirius to be accused of Peter's murder. I knew he didn't kill Peter because Peter was a death eater. He was always sucking up to Voldemort. He was so proud when he handed James and Lily over to him. Tell me Hermione, what relation are you to Lucius?"
Hermione paled at the name. "I am married to his son Draco."
"Lucius gave you that scar didn't he?" asked Vincent.
With this question Hermione had to sit down. "Yes, how did you know?" she whispered.
"Because you weren't the only one to receive that scar. It was …"
"His signature, I know. Narcissa, his ex-wife has one, as does Katarina Macnair and my husband Draco."
"Katarina is still alive?" he asked with astonishment.
"Yes, and she is living happily married to Severus Snape."
"Do miracles never cease? The last I heard, Lucius was supposed to kill her back in '79," said Vincent with a frown.
"Well instead he cursed her with a silencing curse. She lived in a cabin on Malfoy land and was held prisoner there until '97. That is when Severus was accused of being a traitor and was beaten and left to die. Katarina found him. And the rest is history," Hermione said and then she asked, "Can you really cover up this scar?"
"Yes I can, as a matter of fact, I could cover your husband's too. If you would like I can come to your hotel room and do it. That way there is more privacy," Vincent said happily.
"I will talk it over with Draco, but I am sure he will say yes. What kind of tattoo would you suggest?" she asked excitedly.
"Well since your husbands name is Draco, which means Dragon, how about something like this?" he asked as he showed Hermione a picture of a dragon.
"Oh I love it," cried Hermione, "can I take this picture with me?"
"Of course and here is my card, give me a call tomorrow and let me know what he thinks," said Vincent.
"Thank you so much," she said as she shook his hand.
"Little Hawk, are you going to stay with me tonight?"
Jamison looked at Emily and asked, "Can I?"
"I don't see why not," she said, "I will see you tomorrow."
When Hermione told Draco about Vincent and saw how excited she was how could he tell her no. So later that afternoon when Vincent brought Jamison back he brought his tattoo supplies and went to work on a couple of dragons.
He did Hermione first. He told her that tattoos usually hurt. However since he was a wizard he could make it painless. So Hermione sat in a chair by the window wearing her bikini top and a pair of shorts while Vincent did his magic. Before he started however he looked at Draco and said, "I hope you understand that I will have to rest my hand on your wife's breast."
"It's okay with me if it is okay with her and as long as she doesn't enjoy it," Draco said with a smile.
"It's okay with me as long as he can get rid of this nasty scar," she said.
A couple of hours later, Vincent put a healing charm on the tattoo so it was healed instantly. It was beautiful. Hermione burst into tears and through her arms around Vincent's neck and kissed him on the cheek.
"Thank you so much, I love it," she cried, "Okay Draco your turn."
"I hope you understand that I will have to rest my hand on your husband's chest," said Vincent with a snigger.
"It's okay with me if it is okay with him and as long as he doesn't enjoy it," laughed Hermione. So after a few minutes break and a cup of coffee, Vincent went to work on Draco. When they were all done and Vincent was packing up his things he said,
"You know Draco, I was telling Hermione that I have covered up a scar like this before."
"Really, when was that?" asked Draco.
"About two or three weeks ago. A woman came into my shop and asked if I could cover a scar for her. She said an old patient had given it to her. She used to work at St. Mungo's hospital. Draco it was made with the same knife. It was a fairly new scar, she said she received it in 2006."
Hermione turned white.
"What else did she say?" asked Hermione with a trembling voice.
"She said that her patient was an old man that had been cursed. She said that they found a woman that was able to lift the curse and that was when he gave her the scar," Vincent said.
And with these words Hermione fainted.
A/N: I just wanted everyone to know that The Breaker's Hotel does actually exist. It is a grand hotel in Palm Beach. And the street festival Clematis by Night is also real and happens every Thursday night (weather permitting) in downtown West Palm Beach. Wizard Tattoos is a figment of my imagination.
I would like to thanks Thing1 for putting the idea about the tattoos in my head. In her story Remus and Sirius have tattoos. If you ever get that chance, read her stories. They are awesome!! So what do ya think about this chapter? Please review and let me know.