2190 days, 52,560 hours, or simply 6 years had passed since the most
precious miracle and yet the dearest secret Narcissa had ever had was now a
'big boy'. He knew his abc's, 123's and all the colors and shapes of the
rainbow. He could write his name and pour his own juice. Needless to say he
was a proud golden locked boy.
Crisp the morning was from the dark lingering storm clouds seemingly draped above the greatness of Malfoy Manor.
Narcissa smiled gently at her rambunctious little dragon who always seemed full of energy. With her silken fingers she loosely looped green scarf around his neck "You don't want to get sick do you my love?" she asked leaning forward slightly from her crouched position in front of him, planting a small kiss on his forehead.
"No mommy" he said in a small voice smiling at her touch. After his scarf was in place Draco proudly zipped up his rather drab black jacket. Narcissa forced a smile, how she wished Lucius would let 'their' child wear color. Then again she wished allot of things she knew would never happen.
"Well, let's go shall we?" She smiled coming back to reality. Standing she waved a hand having her fur coat appearing on her arm. Slipping it around her slender shoulders the blonde maiden slipped her arms through the sleeves she reached down gently taking his small hand into her own.
Walking outside amongst the stables Narcissa could not help but feel in a good mood, her little dragon had that effect on her, always brightening her up even in the worst of circumstances. Lucius's collection of equines had grown quite allot from the one gold hued stallion by the name of Yellow jacket to roughly a dozen more.
Of course they weren't for some love he had for the animals, but for the money they could bring in. Yellow Jacket was a champion race horse in his days of glory and most other wealthy individuals paid a heavy sum for one of his sires.
Narcissa however did not wish to tell this to her little boy. She didn't want him to grow up like Lucius, she didn't want him to be driven by little pieces of paper and coins. Swearing by the love she had for her little dragon she would shelter him as much as possible. She had to.
"Well my darling" she began not knowing what she was really going to say "Your
daddy...he...uh..."
"Yeah, he what?" Draco blinked up at her with his big blue gray tinted eyes in curiosity.
"The horses work for him" she smiled, it wasn't a lie really, just not the whole truth.
"Oh" Draco blinked not really understanding but decided not to push the matter much further seeing an unfamiliar emotion flash through his mommy's eyes. 'oh no' he thought 'did I upset you mommy? I didn't mean to'
The sound of hooves filled the air sounding like small thunder booms. These horses however were being trained by some of Lucius's private stable hands. Trained for different things of course. Some were to be used for racing other for horse shows.
Draco's large eyes were full of wonder and unending curiosity, he'd never been so close to a horse before, his father hadn't let him "...woooooooooooow...."
Narcissa smiled at her son's reaction, he was beautiful, so smart, so much like his father....
The thundering hooves of Yellow Jacket cracked through the soft sound of walking horses. Lucius suddenly seemed to appear in front of his wife and small child on the back of the monstrous horse standing 17 hands high.
"Ah, what brings you two out in such horrid conditions?" Lucius raised a blonde brow tilting his head back to look up at the all one toned gray sky.
"Draco wanted to see the horses" Narcissa said softly subconsciously giving his small hand a gentle squeeze.
"Yeah daddy, horses are neat!" the small boy gasped as if coming to most important realization came to him "Mommy can I have a pony?!" he blinked up at her with pleading eyes.
Lucius snorted at this comment "Men do NOT have ponies Draco" he retorted slipping out of the saddle and to his feet "They have stallions and only the BEST stallions"
Narcissa sighed lightly, she'd brought him out to see the horses and Lucius just had to pull this, trying to change him from a little boy to a grown up. Trying to brain wash him.
After a moment of thought Lucius nodded astoundingly "You know, I think it would be good for young Draco to have a horse of his own. It's good to learn at a young age". Draco smiled at this the excitement welling up inside him.
"Which one can I have daddy?!"
"None of the ones here" Lucius said seriously "You will get your own from batch of specially bred mustangs in which you can have anyone you want."
"Let's go now!" Draco almost demanded.
Lucius seemed to be in a very giving mood that day which gave Narcissa the chills, since when was he so quick to comply to his son's wishes? Heir was more the term Lucius used for the child.
Not to long later the family of three were at a very renowned and well known breeding stable to pick out Draco's new horse. Lucius personally looked over all the equines Draco so much as looked at, all the while telling him what to look for.
"Strong legs and healthy legs are very important Draco" he stated running a hand over the stallions front leg "Muscle contours are bulge are something to look for. Make sure there is no swelling in the tendons"
Narcissa giggled softly, Draco had wandered off a while ago. Slowly he walked aisles staring up at all the large overbearing very much dull stallions. Frowning slightly he was determined to find that perfect pony.
A loud bang caught his attention causing him to blink. Stopping the small boy approached a stall his small hands grabbing onto the bars. Two blue eyes were staring back at him. Draco gasped at the small colt romping around the stall. His hue was ebony black and up his legs were white flame- like designs going from pure untainted white fading to gray then black into his fur.
"Wow' Draco smiled "Your my little pony ^_^".
Meanwhile Lucius searched for his heir snorting and cursing "I swear to god that boy can't sit still for one minute without walking off! He can consider himself grounded!"
Narcissa winced slightly at this comment "Love he's only six, you can't actually expect him to sit and listen to you talk about--"
"He'll sit and listen about whatever I tell him to!" he snapped glaring at her. Narcissa was taken a back slightly. Yes Lucius had his moments, but nothing like that.
"Daddy! Daddy!" Draco cried happily running up to Lucius tugging on his pant leg. Lucius jerked away violently causing the young child to fall back "D-daddy?"
"Where did you run off to!?" Lucius roared his face etched in anger his eyes burning like an inferno "You stupid git! Here I am wasting my time trying to teach you something useful and you just shrug it off like it's nothing!"
"Lucius...please" Narcissa hesitantly put a hand on his shoulder trying to calm him. She didn't dare go near Draco, Lucius would take out his wrath of her action on her child. Snapping his cold gaze to his wife Lucius glared then looked down to the sobbing boy
"I....I'm sorry...d-daddy..." Draco said softly not looking up. Lucius sighed rubbing his right temple out of irritation
"Disregard it. Now what is so damn important?"
Draco sniffed slightly taking a moment to relax and calm himself before he found the courage and energy to stand. "Over here" he pointed walking slowly down the hall to where he'd seen the young colt.
"Oh Draco he's so perfect, and beautiful to" Narcissa smiled sweetly crouching down to hug the small choice "You picked a good one my little love. Don't you think Lucius?"
Raising a brow Lucius opened the door to the stable examining the little stallion. After a moment of checking over the muscles he sighed shaking his head "He's so small. To scrawny, see how bulgy and pointed his shoulders are? He wont get much higher then 12 hands, rather on the short side. Also look how fidgety he is" Lucius paused for a moment letting them observe how the colt tried to pull away " Not worth buying a horse you can't control"
Standing he released the colt exiting the stall closing the door. "Let's find you a proper stallion if you want one so bad" Lucius said to Draco with a hint of a growl in his voice.
Draco narrowed his eyes "You said I could have any horse I wanted. I want him". Narcissa was shocked, and prayed Lucius wouldn't do anything to drastic.
"Excuse me?" Lucius snapped glaring down at him
"You heard me, you said I could have any pony I wanted. I want him" Draco pointed to the colt. Lucius twitched slightly trying to keep his raging temper in check
"Let us come back another time when perhaps there is more variety".
Draco sighed glaring slightly "Yes daddy"
The rest of the day was rather quite, Draco was locked in his room as punishment for talking back and Lucius spent the night ranting and raving
"That boy. What am I going to do with that boy? He's so....rebellious for his age and I find him quite hard to discipline"
'you mean to control' Narcissa thought while brushing her hair smiling to herself "He's just a little boy Lucius, give him time and I'm sure he'll fall in line" she yawned crawling onto her side of the bed
"He'd better" Lucius yawned rolling over wrapping his arms around her waist crushing her back to his chest. Dropping a few somewhat rough kisses on the back of her neck and shoulders his breathing became steady indicating he was sleeping.
Narcissa sighed slightly "You'll never be able to control him Lucius" she whispered so softly it's almost like she merely mouthed the words "He's not your puppet Lucius Malfoy, he's a real boy." she yawned allowing sleep to claim her.
Crisp the morning was from the dark lingering storm clouds seemingly draped above the greatness of Malfoy Manor.
Narcissa smiled gently at her rambunctious little dragon who always seemed full of energy. With her silken fingers she loosely looped green scarf around his neck "You don't want to get sick do you my love?" she asked leaning forward slightly from her crouched position in front of him, planting a small kiss on his forehead.
"No mommy" he said in a small voice smiling at her touch. After his scarf was in place Draco proudly zipped up his rather drab black jacket. Narcissa forced a smile, how she wished Lucius would let 'their' child wear color. Then again she wished allot of things she knew would never happen.
"Well, let's go shall we?" She smiled coming back to reality. Standing she waved a hand having her fur coat appearing on her arm. Slipping it around her slender shoulders the blonde maiden slipped her arms through the sleeves she reached down gently taking his small hand into her own.
Walking outside amongst the stables Narcissa could not help but feel in a good mood, her little dragon had that effect on her, always brightening her up even in the worst of circumstances. Lucius's collection of equines had grown quite allot from the one gold hued stallion by the name of Yellow jacket to roughly a dozen more.
Of course they weren't for some love he had for the animals, but for the money they could bring in. Yellow Jacket was a champion race horse in his days of glory and most other wealthy individuals paid a heavy sum for one of his sires.
Narcissa however did not wish to tell this to her little boy. She didn't want him to grow up like Lucius, she didn't want him to be driven by little pieces of paper and coins. Swearing by the love she had for her little dragon she would shelter him as much as possible. She had to.
"Well my darling" she began not knowing what she was really going to say "Your
daddy...he...uh..."
"Yeah, he what?" Draco blinked up at her with his big blue gray tinted eyes in curiosity.
"The horses work for him" she smiled, it wasn't a lie really, just not the whole truth.
"Oh" Draco blinked not really understanding but decided not to push the matter much further seeing an unfamiliar emotion flash through his mommy's eyes. 'oh no' he thought 'did I upset you mommy? I didn't mean to'
The sound of hooves filled the air sounding like small thunder booms. These horses however were being trained by some of Lucius's private stable hands. Trained for different things of course. Some were to be used for racing other for horse shows.
Draco's large eyes were full of wonder and unending curiosity, he'd never been so close to a horse before, his father hadn't let him "...woooooooooooow...."
Narcissa smiled at her son's reaction, he was beautiful, so smart, so much like his father....
The thundering hooves of Yellow Jacket cracked through the soft sound of walking horses. Lucius suddenly seemed to appear in front of his wife and small child on the back of the monstrous horse standing 17 hands high.
"Ah, what brings you two out in such horrid conditions?" Lucius raised a blonde brow tilting his head back to look up at the all one toned gray sky.
"Draco wanted to see the horses" Narcissa said softly subconsciously giving his small hand a gentle squeeze.
"Yeah daddy, horses are neat!" the small boy gasped as if coming to most important realization came to him "Mommy can I have a pony?!" he blinked up at her with pleading eyes.
Lucius snorted at this comment "Men do NOT have ponies Draco" he retorted slipping out of the saddle and to his feet "They have stallions and only the BEST stallions"
Narcissa sighed lightly, she'd brought him out to see the horses and Lucius just had to pull this, trying to change him from a little boy to a grown up. Trying to brain wash him.
After a moment of thought Lucius nodded astoundingly "You know, I think it would be good for young Draco to have a horse of his own. It's good to learn at a young age". Draco smiled at this the excitement welling up inside him.
"Which one can I have daddy?!"
"None of the ones here" Lucius said seriously "You will get your own from batch of specially bred mustangs in which you can have anyone you want."
"Let's go now!" Draco almost demanded.
Lucius seemed to be in a very giving mood that day which gave Narcissa the chills, since when was he so quick to comply to his son's wishes? Heir was more the term Lucius used for the child.
Not to long later the family of three were at a very renowned and well known breeding stable to pick out Draco's new horse. Lucius personally looked over all the equines Draco so much as looked at, all the while telling him what to look for.
"Strong legs and healthy legs are very important Draco" he stated running a hand over the stallions front leg "Muscle contours are bulge are something to look for. Make sure there is no swelling in the tendons"
Narcissa giggled softly, Draco had wandered off a while ago. Slowly he walked aisles staring up at all the large overbearing very much dull stallions. Frowning slightly he was determined to find that perfect pony.
A loud bang caught his attention causing him to blink. Stopping the small boy approached a stall his small hands grabbing onto the bars. Two blue eyes were staring back at him. Draco gasped at the small colt romping around the stall. His hue was ebony black and up his legs were white flame- like designs going from pure untainted white fading to gray then black into his fur.
"Wow' Draco smiled "Your my little pony ^_^".
Meanwhile Lucius searched for his heir snorting and cursing "I swear to god that boy can't sit still for one minute without walking off! He can consider himself grounded!"
Narcissa winced slightly at this comment "Love he's only six, you can't actually expect him to sit and listen to you talk about--"
"He'll sit and listen about whatever I tell him to!" he snapped glaring at her. Narcissa was taken a back slightly. Yes Lucius had his moments, but nothing like that.
"Daddy! Daddy!" Draco cried happily running up to Lucius tugging on his pant leg. Lucius jerked away violently causing the young child to fall back "D-daddy?"
"Where did you run off to!?" Lucius roared his face etched in anger his eyes burning like an inferno "You stupid git! Here I am wasting my time trying to teach you something useful and you just shrug it off like it's nothing!"
"Lucius...please" Narcissa hesitantly put a hand on his shoulder trying to calm him. She didn't dare go near Draco, Lucius would take out his wrath of her action on her child. Snapping his cold gaze to his wife Lucius glared then looked down to the sobbing boy
"I....I'm sorry...d-daddy..." Draco said softly not looking up. Lucius sighed rubbing his right temple out of irritation
"Disregard it. Now what is so damn important?"
Draco sniffed slightly taking a moment to relax and calm himself before he found the courage and energy to stand. "Over here" he pointed walking slowly down the hall to where he'd seen the young colt.
"Oh Draco he's so perfect, and beautiful to" Narcissa smiled sweetly crouching down to hug the small choice "You picked a good one my little love. Don't you think Lucius?"
Raising a brow Lucius opened the door to the stable examining the little stallion. After a moment of checking over the muscles he sighed shaking his head "He's so small. To scrawny, see how bulgy and pointed his shoulders are? He wont get much higher then 12 hands, rather on the short side. Also look how fidgety he is" Lucius paused for a moment letting them observe how the colt tried to pull away " Not worth buying a horse you can't control"
Standing he released the colt exiting the stall closing the door. "Let's find you a proper stallion if you want one so bad" Lucius said to Draco with a hint of a growl in his voice.
Draco narrowed his eyes "You said I could have any horse I wanted. I want him". Narcissa was shocked, and prayed Lucius wouldn't do anything to drastic.
"Excuse me?" Lucius snapped glaring down at him
"You heard me, you said I could have any pony I wanted. I want him" Draco pointed to the colt. Lucius twitched slightly trying to keep his raging temper in check
"Let us come back another time when perhaps there is more variety".
Draco sighed glaring slightly "Yes daddy"
The rest of the day was rather quite, Draco was locked in his room as punishment for talking back and Lucius spent the night ranting and raving
"That boy. What am I going to do with that boy? He's so....rebellious for his age and I find him quite hard to discipline"
'you mean to control' Narcissa thought while brushing her hair smiling to herself "He's just a little boy Lucius, give him time and I'm sure he'll fall in line" she yawned crawling onto her side of the bed
"He'd better" Lucius yawned rolling over wrapping his arms around her waist crushing her back to his chest. Dropping a few somewhat rough kisses on the back of her neck and shoulders his breathing became steady indicating he was sleeping.
Narcissa sighed slightly "You'll never be able to control him Lucius" she whispered so softly it's almost like she merely mouthed the words "He's not your puppet Lucius Malfoy, he's a real boy." she yawned allowing sleep to claim her.
