The Truth Behind The Lies
Disclaimer: I own nothing, I hate saying this because I wish I was JK Rowling, but come on people who doesn't!
A/N I want to thank the following people for reviewing me, hp_angel4life, Luinthoron, Satans Little Princess, Krissy, Venus, Machiavella of Kingsport, Asanya, Xaviera Xylira, Marissa, Gary Skinner, Angel Solo and Hawkins, you people have really made my day!
Chapter Five
Molly Weasley sat at the kitchen table with a cup of coffee in her hands, her wavy red hair was held back with a clip. Across from her Narcissa sat nervously playing with a lock of her silver blonde hair, she was wrapped in an old bathrobe that had previously belonged to Charlie, the huge blue robe swamped her petite figure.
"I can't thank you enough Mrs Weasley..." Molly interupted her with a smile,
"Call me Molly dear, I always think Mrs Weasley makes me seem old." Narcissa smiled,
"then please call me Cissa, I dont know what posessed my mother to name me after a vain greek git but at least Cissa is not so pompous. As I was saying, you have every reason to throw me out for the way my husband treated your family, but instead you've taken me in, healed my wounds and for no reason. Thankyou so much, if there is any way I can repay you please let me know." Molly smiled and patted Cissa on the hand,
"Cissa, I would never have forgiven myself if I hadn't have helped you, what your husband did was entirely his own actions, you were powerless to stop him." Cissa shrugged and chewed on her lip,
"Lucius didn't used to be like this, but when we had been married only two years, he went out for one of his weekly 'meetings' he didn't come back that night and when he did come home the next day he had the dark mark on his arm. He told me to support the dark lord who wa my master as well, he said he would kill me if I didn't. When the dark lord was destroyed Lucius said that he had been acting under a curse, nobody truly believed him but there was no proof he was telling a lie. I tried to make sure Draco was raised properly, I'm glad to say that he is nothing at all like Lucius, he can be arrogant, I admit that, but, I couldn't destroy all of Lucius' influence over the boy." She sighed and turned to look out of the window, the rain had turned to snow and soon the garden was covered in a white blanket, in which tiny gnome footprints ran wild.
A knock on the door surprised Molly who after glancing at the door told Cissa to hide,
"I'm not sure who would come calling at a time like this, I'll call you when I get rid of them." Cissa nodded and ran upstairs and with some effort Molly managed to look casual, she opened the door and smiled when she saw who it was. Standing in the doorway soaked through and covered in snow Sirius Black and Remus Lupin were fighting over who got the shelter of the doorstep.
"Oh, it's you two! Come in, come in! How are you?" Sirius grinned and the smile transformed his features making him look like he was twenty years younger,
"We're fine Mol, frozen but fine," Sirius was a handsome man in most peoples opinion, tall with long well kept black hair, twinkling eyes and a charming smile, he was also a flirt and in Molly's opinion a good man. Remus wasn't as handsome but he had a kind face and handsome brown eyes. Although Molly was older than both of them she had been friends with then as well as James and Lily who had gone to her wedding.
"What brings you here?" She asked Remus who smiled a crooked smile and winked at her,
"apart from your wonderful company we have bad news from the ministry."
"What? Whats happened?" Remus sighed and the grin that had previosly lit up his face was gone,
"Lucius Malfoy has reported his wife missing, he's pointing the cops in Ginny's direction, do you know at all where Narcissa Malfoy is?" Molly frowned wondering if she should tell them of her hiding upstairs, Cissa told them for her.
"I'm here gentlemen, if you come into the livingroom I will explain all," Molly had to give Cissa credit for remaining cool under the circumstances she was sure she would be a gibbering wreck. She watched as Sirius glanced at remus shrugged then followed Cissa, sighing Remus followed, Molly headed for the kitchen. When she returned to the livingroom ten minutes later Cissa was nearly through explaining to Sirius and Remus who were both looking furious.
"So you see gentlemen, I had very little choice but to come here, if I hadn't I would have been dead, I never want to go back to Lucius, I'm just afraid if he finds me what he'll do to me, and Molly and Arthur who have been so kind taking me in." When Remus finally spoke he seemed to take a lot of effort hiding how pissed off he actually was, but his face seemed to have gone rigid and a strange red colour.
"I'll kill him with my bare hands!" Sirius didn't say anything instead he finished his tea and sat in silent contemplation,(A/N big word! I'm so proud!) Molly finally broke the silence,
"Are you two staying for supper? Rightio I'll tell Fred and George to set more plates out." She continued beofre they had a chance to argue,
"Sirius why don't I owl Harry and Hemrione, I'm sure they would love to see you." On an afterthought she added,
"and Ron, I'll make it a family supper, and you can all stay the night, I wonder if Ginny is back from the courtroom yet?" Remus nodded,
"We were going to tell you about that, Judge Chang has ordered that Draco stay with her until his trial." Surprised Molly dropped the cup she was holding,
"Well then. Draco can come as well. I'll send and owl to then right away." As she went to fetch the parchment two voices called from the kitchen,
"Mum/Mother, it's me Ginny/Draco" (A/N dont get confused they are talking at the same time) standing up Cissa ran into the kitchen with Molly, Sirius and Remus close behind,
"Draco, oh my son, are you okay?" Hugging him she said,
"You are so skinny, we'll need to feed you up." Draco smiled and kissed her on the forehead,
"it's good to see you to Mother. Where's Lucius? I'll kill him and then laugh as I do it, at least then when I'm in jail I'll have the satisfaction of knowing that this time I actually did it." Cissa waved away his statement and turned to Ginny,
"Miss Weasley, how is Draco behaving? I can't thank you enough for helping him." Ginny grinned,
"Draco is being his usual pig headed self, he wont be any bother, and there is no need to thank me." Molly laughed,
"I assume you are both staying for supper? You both look half starved, Arthur will be home soon, I'll owl Harry, Ron and Hermione, oh goodness look at the time, and I haven't even started supper. Out of my kitchen all of you! Sirius you need a haircut, and I hope you haven't soaked my sofa with that snow that covered you." Sirius grinned and headed for the livingroom, with a wave of his wand the sofa was dry and they all say down, Draco and Cissa sat together talking whilst Remus, Sirius and Ginny discussed how her case was coming.
"Well until I get the forensic evidence back there is bugger all I can do, Draco insists that he is innocent and for some reason I believe him, heaven knows why? All the evidence points to him, but it's to easy, to obvious, to be honest I haven't a clue who it was, who really did it, but I'll find out. I may need both your help interviewing the staff, Mariana his maid doesn't trust me, that is obvious, but she may trust you Sirius, I haven't met the cook yet but Remus I'd like you to help." They nodded but privately thought Draco's chances were slim.
"Hi everybody!" Harry called as he let himself into The Burrow,
" 'lo Harry, we're all in the livingroom," Sirius called and Harry and Hermione both walked into the livingroom with grins on their faces.
"Sirius, Remus how are you?" Harry asked, shaking hands with his Godfather and old Defence Against The Dark Arts teacher.
"We're fine, it was a full moon two nights ago so Moony's a little bit grumpy. How's Hermione? I'm surprised she isn't Minister of Magic yet!" Laughing Hermione gave Sirius and Remus a hug,
"you haven't changed a bit have you?" She turned to Remus and with a grin said,
"Ooh," Remus looked confused,
"Ooh what?" Hermione laughed,
"Have you heard the latest news on the Wolfsbane potion?" Remus shook his head,
"No what is it?"
"Apparantly a scientist has created a new blend of the wolsbane potion that if taken a week before the full moon will mean that you only stay in wolf form for an hour at the most. I(t's still being tested but it should be free to the wizarding public in the next year or two."
"Wow! That's great, how do you hear these things?" Hermione grinned,
"I'm just Fudges assistant, I could walk in with a muggle tape recorder and they wouldn't notice me."
"Fudge obviously doesn't know what a star he's got working for him," Sirius said with a grin to Hermione who blushed, Ginny smiled, she was proud of her friends sucess, and she knew for a fact that Fred and George had been running a sort of office poll, (the entire wizarding world being the office of course) on when Harry would propose to her. Ginny had put five Galleons on Hermiones birthday.
"Herm, how was the funeral?" She asked Hermione who smiled,
"I'm not sure how but I think it's given Harry closure, he smiled today for the first time in weeks." Harry walked into the livingroom carrying a tray, on it was a large bottle of wine and ten wine glasses.
"I think we should celebrate," he handed out the glasses and laughed as Fred and George came bouncing into the livingroom. They stopped in surprise when they saw Draco sitting with Narcissa, and then their grins returned to their faces and they offered to pour the wine.
"Who's going to make the toast?" They asked in unison once they had finished pouring the wine.
"I will," Harry said as he raised his glass, he caught Draco's eye and smiled reasurringly, surprised Draco smiled back,
"To freedom, in all its forms."
Okay I'm done for now, this is chapter five, sorry its so late, but I've been ill recently, and haven't been able to type. This may be my excuse for a while, as I suffer from Fybromialgia, which is the swelling of the muscles around the joints, it also means i have the concentration of a two year old and I get migraines. But I will work as fast as I can.
Once again, thanks to the people who review my story.
Disclaimer: I own nothing, I hate saying this because I wish I was JK Rowling, but come on people who doesn't!
A/N I want to thank the following people for reviewing me, hp_angel4life, Luinthoron, Satans Little Princess, Krissy, Venus, Machiavella of Kingsport, Asanya, Xaviera Xylira, Marissa, Gary Skinner, Angel Solo and Hawkins, you people have really made my day!
Chapter Five
Molly Weasley sat at the kitchen table with a cup of coffee in her hands, her wavy red hair was held back with a clip. Across from her Narcissa sat nervously playing with a lock of her silver blonde hair, she was wrapped in an old bathrobe that had previously belonged to Charlie, the huge blue robe swamped her petite figure.
"I can't thank you enough Mrs Weasley..." Molly interupted her with a smile,
"Call me Molly dear, I always think Mrs Weasley makes me seem old." Narcissa smiled,
"then please call me Cissa, I dont know what posessed my mother to name me after a vain greek git but at least Cissa is not so pompous. As I was saying, you have every reason to throw me out for the way my husband treated your family, but instead you've taken me in, healed my wounds and for no reason. Thankyou so much, if there is any way I can repay you please let me know." Molly smiled and patted Cissa on the hand,
"Cissa, I would never have forgiven myself if I hadn't have helped you, what your husband did was entirely his own actions, you were powerless to stop him." Cissa shrugged and chewed on her lip,
"Lucius didn't used to be like this, but when we had been married only two years, he went out for one of his weekly 'meetings' he didn't come back that night and when he did come home the next day he had the dark mark on his arm. He told me to support the dark lord who wa my master as well, he said he would kill me if I didn't. When the dark lord was destroyed Lucius said that he had been acting under a curse, nobody truly believed him but there was no proof he was telling a lie. I tried to make sure Draco was raised properly, I'm glad to say that he is nothing at all like Lucius, he can be arrogant, I admit that, but, I couldn't destroy all of Lucius' influence over the boy." She sighed and turned to look out of the window, the rain had turned to snow and soon the garden was covered in a white blanket, in which tiny gnome footprints ran wild.
A knock on the door surprised Molly who after glancing at the door told Cissa to hide,
"I'm not sure who would come calling at a time like this, I'll call you when I get rid of them." Cissa nodded and ran upstairs and with some effort Molly managed to look casual, she opened the door and smiled when she saw who it was. Standing in the doorway soaked through and covered in snow Sirius Black and Remus Lupin were fighting over who got the shelter of the doorstep.
"Oh, it's you two! Come in, come in! How are you?" Sirius grinned and the smile transformed his features making him look like he was twenty years younger,
"We're fine Mol, frozen but fine," Sirius was a handsome man in most peoples opinion, tall with long well kept black hair, twinkling eyes and a charming smile, he was also a flirt and in Molly's opinion a good man. Remus wasn't as handsome but he had a kind face and handsome brown eyes. Although Molly was older than both of them she had been friends with then as well as James and Lily who had gone to her wedding.
"What brings you here?" She asked Remus who smiled a crooked smile and winked at her,
"apart from your wonderful company we have bad news from the ministry."
"What? Whats happened?" Remus sighed and the grin that had previosly lit up his face was gone,
"Lucius Malfoy has reported his wife missing, he's pointing the cops in Ginny's direction, do you know at all where Narcissa Malfoy is?" Molly frowned wondering if she should tell them of her hiding upstairs, Cissa told them for her.
"I'm here gentlemen, if you come into the livingroom I will explain all," Molly had to give Cissa credit for remaining cool under the circumstances she was sure she would be a gibbering wreck. She watched as Sirius glanced at remus shrugged then followed Cissa, sighing Remus followed, Molly headed for the kitchen. When she returned to the livingroom ten minutes later Cissa was nearly through explaining to Sirius and Remus who were both looking furious.
"So you see gentlemen, I had very little choice but to come here, if I hadn't I would have been dead, I never want to go back to Lucius, I'm just afraid if he finds me what he'll do to me, and Molly and Arthur who have been so kind taking me in." When Remus finally spoke he seemed to take a lot of effort hiding how pissed off he actually was, but his face seemed to have gone rigid and a strange red colour.
"I'll kill him with my bare hands!" Sirius didn't say anything instead he finished his tea and sat in silent contemplation,(A/N big word! I'm so proud!) Molly finally broke the silence,
"Are you two staying for supper? Rightio I'll tell Fred and George to set more plates out." She continued beofre they had a chance to argue,
"Sirius why don't I owl Harry and Hemrione, I'm sure they would love to see you." On an afterthought she added,
"and Ron, I'll make it a family supper, and you can all stay the night, I wonder if Ginny is back from the courtroom yet?" Remus nodded,
"We were going to tell you about that, Judge Chang has ordered that Draco stay with her until his trial." Surprised Molly dropped the cup she was holding,
"Well then. Draco can come as well. I'll send and owl to then right away." As she went to fetch the parchment two voices called from the kitchen,
"Mum/Mother, it's me Ginny/Draco" (A/N dont get confused they are talking at the same time) standing up Cissa ran into the kitchen with Molly, Sirius and Remus close behind,
"Draco, oh my son, are you okay?" Hugging him she said,
"You are so skinny, we'll need to feed you up." Draco smiled and kissed her on the forehead,
"it's good to see you to Mother. Where's Lucius? I'll kill him and then laugh as I do it, at least then when I'm in jail I'll have the satisfaction of knowing that this time I actually did it." Cissa waved away his statement and turned to Ginny,
"Miss Weasley, how is Draco behaving? I can't thank you enough for helping him." Ginny grinned,
"Draco is being his usual pig headed self, he wont be any bother, and there is no need to thank me." Molly laughed,
"I assume you are both staying for supper? You both look half starved, Arthur will be home soon, I'll owl Harry, Ron and Hermione, oh goodness look at the time, and I haven't even started supper. Out of my kitchen all of you! Sirius you need a haircut, and I hope you haven't soaked my sofa with that snow that covered you." Sirius grinned and headed for the livingroom, with a wave of his wand the sofa was dry and they all say down, Draco and Cissa sat together talking whilst Remus, Sirius and Ginny discussed how her case was coming.
"Well until I get the forensic evidence back there is bugger all I can do, Draco insists that he is innocent and for some reason I believe him, heaven knows why? All the evidence points to him, but it's to easy, to obvious, to be honest I haven't a clue who it was, who really did it, but I'll find out. I may need both your help interviewing the staff, Mariana his maid doesn't trust me, that is obvious, but she may trust you Sirius, I haven't met the cook yet but Remus I'd like you to help." They nodded but privately thought Draco's chances were slim.
"Hi everybody!" Harry called as he let himself into The Burrow,
" 'lo Harry, we're all in the livingroom," Sirius called and Harry and Hermione both walked into the livingroom with grins on their faces.
"Sirius, Remus how are you?" Harry asked, shaking hands with his Godfather and old Defence Against The Dark Arts teacher.
"We're fine, it was a full moon two nights ago so Moony's a little bit grumpy. How's Hermione? I'm surprised she isn't Minister of Magic yet!" Laughing Hermione gave Sirius and Remus a hug,
"you haven't changed a bit have you?" She turned to Remus and with a grin said,
"Ooh," Remus looked confused,
"Ooh what?" Hermione laughed,
"Have you heard the latest news on the Wolfsbane potion?" Remus shook his head,
"No what is it?"
"Apparantly a scientist has created a new blend of the wolsbane potion that if taken a week before the full moon will mean that you only stay in wolf form for an hour at the most. I(t's still being tested but it should be free to the wizarding public in the next year or two."
"Wow! That's great, how do you hear these things?" Hermione grinned,
"I'm just Fudges assistant, I could walk in with a muggle tape recorder and they wouldn't notice me."
"Fudge obviously doesn't know what a star he's got working for him," Sirius said with a grin to Hermione who blushed, Ginny smiled, she was proud of her friends sucess, and she knew for a fact that Fred and George had been running a sort of office poll, (the entire wizarding world being the office of course) on when Harry would propose to her. Ginny had put five Galleons on Hermiones birthday.
"Herm, how was the funeral?" She asked Hermione who smiled,
"I'm not sure how but I think it's given Harry closure, he smiled today for the first time in weeks." Harry walked into the livingroom carrying a tray, on it was a large bottle of wine and ten wine glasses.
"I think we should celebrate," he handed out the glasses and laughed as Fred and George came bouncing into the livingroom. They stopped in surprise when they saw Draco sitting with Narcissa, and then their grins returned to their faces and they offered to pour the wine.
"Who's going to make the toast?" They asked in unison once they had finished pouring the wine.
"I will," Harry said as he raised his glass, he caught Draco's eye and smiled reasurringly, surprised Draco smiled back,
"To freedom, in all its forms."
Okay I'm done for now, this is chapter five, sorry its so late, but I've been ill recently, and haven't been able to type. This may be my excuse for a while, as I suffer from Fybromialgia, which is the swelling of the muscles around the joints, it also means i have the concentration of a two year old and I get migraines. But I will work as fast as I can.
Once again, thanks to the people who review my story.