Just one today! I'm working on a story that I'm hoping to have out by Halloween in completion, so I might be a little slow over the next week, but I'll still shoot for at least one a day so that I can catch myself back up!
Enjoy!
Sunday, October 5, 1998
"Thank you both for coming early," Narcissa said sweetly when Jean and Hermione sat on the couches. Andromeda was sitting holding Teddy while Remus fidgeted next to her.
"Of course!" Jean gushed, "I'm quite interested to hear more about the traditions for our first grandchild!"
Narcissa grinned at her mother, and Hermione couldn't help but feel content. If nothing else, seeing her mother and Narcissa Malf-Black get along was worth it. Hermione looked towards Narcissa, her notebook sitting out, ready to be filled.
"I only have some old documents from the Notts, so we'll have to do some more research for the next one, but I'm intimately aware of the Malfoy and Black traditions. I've invited Remus of course as he'll have to perform the Black ones with Teddy in order to solidify his seat."
"So far we're doing alright," Narcissa said, "Draco should start preparing Scorpius' first potion bath as it takes two months to brew, here's a copy of the potion. Here is the slight adjustment for Teddy's. Once he's born Draco will have to do a spot of Blood Magic with Scorp at Malfoy Manor to make sure the ancient wards recognize and honour him as heir."
Hermione was jotting down everything Narcissa said and Remus just looked paler and paler with every sentence.
"Oh speaking of the wards, Hermione," Narcissa continued, "you'll have to do a bit of Blood Magic at both the houses so that you can control and adjust the wards at both Malfoy Manor and Mitternacht if you haven't already."
Hermione hadn't done any Blood Magic, but found herself more intrigued by the idea than she had in awhile.
"It's quite fun to adjust wards, mostly Lucius let me do that, which is probably a large portion of the reason everything was so organised when Draco took over as Paterfamilias."
"I'd like to make sure we have some sort of Baptism and Naming ceremony," Jean added. "I'm not totally sure about your traditions around that one, but keeping our traditions alive is very important to me."
Narcissa clapped, "Oh! I'd forgotten to share this with you," she handed a booklet to Jean. "Before you'd returned I'd looked into traditional newborn traditions on Martinique, and I fell into a whole slew of Caribbean Wizarding Traditions. I don't want to step on toes, but I wanted to pass this on to you so you could pick and choose the ones that go with your own traditions as well as the ones that seem like they'd help our grandson out."
Jean looked like she was going to weep, she stood and went over, wrapping Narcissa in a hug. The rest of the group devolved shortly after, everything discussing in pairs the traditions they liked and didn't like.
Hermione found herself with Teddy perched in her lap. He blinked up at her and his hair turned a deep blue, matching her mood perfectl;y. "You can tell can't you, Ted?" she whispered. "It feels like no one else really can. Strong Hermione, always being dependable," she sighed.
Teddy reached up and touched her face, after a moment, he smiled up at her, shifting his hair to a light pink. "I love you too," she said, nuzzling against him. "You're going to have to watch over Scorp, you know. I know you're not that much older than him, but you're going to have to be the best cousin you can. Can you do that for me?"
Teddy cooed up at her and she smiled softly as his hair shifted to a bright yellow.
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