Author's Note: This story begins during the Second year at Hogwarts, during the Chamber of Secrets and will continue as time goes on. This is my first Harry Potter fanfic and along with my friend, ElfFlame, we are writing a series of four stories, which begins with ElfFlame's story- True Revenge. All four of these stories are interrelated and for the best understanding of the characters as we see them, they should be read in conjunction to each other. As always, I own none of this wonderful world that JK Rowling has created.
Author's Note: At this point in time I would just like to say that in telling events of this story from Lucius Malfoy's point of view, I am merely showing his frame of mind. I do not in any way condone or promote the things he does.
Spoiler Warning: This story contains spoilers, both minor and major from all five Harry Potter books.
Wicked Lee: I'm so glad you're enjoying this story, and I think this chapter will answer your question.
TavingtonRose: I'm sorry to hear about your ear infection, I hope you feel better soon. But until then, here's the next chapter to enjoy.
The End of the Beginning
Adriana decided to wait until the first month of the pregnancy passed without incident before telling Lucius. She'd gotten her hopes up before only to be disappointed and didn't want to put him through that. Although she had a good feeling about this pregnancy. She had gotten morning sickness after only a couple of weeks, and yet was feeling stronger than she ever had before.
Lucius had spent the same few weeks feeling overwhelmed with his life. He was happier than he'd ever been, yet felt more scared than he'd ever had at the same time. His tattoo throbbed almost incessantly now. Lord Voldemort would be returning soon and Lucius would have to go to his side. He wasn't sure how he felt about that. He didn't really know anything anymore. He had never thought about the fact that he was living in the Muggle world with Adriana, until now. Did he want to cause the woman he loved sadness? But to refuse to join Voldemort would be worse than a death sentence, not only for him, but for Adriana and his son as well.
Adriana stood in front of the mirror in the bathroom one afternoon, admiring her reflection. She imagined her body eight months from now, swelled to capacity. She chuckled as a flash of Violet from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory entered her mind. Would Lucius have to roll her on her side and push her around every where? What would he think of her when she was so fat?
The day before Adriana was going to tell Lucius she was pregnant, he had spent an hour cooking a perfect breakfast for the two of them. Bacon and eggs, toast, hash browns, and fresh-squeezed orange juice had been lovingly and painstakingly prepared. Adriana sat down at the table across from Lucius and looked at the food. The smell of eggs hit her like a ton of bricks and made her feel nauseous. Taking a deep breath, Adriana smiled and politely took a small bite of them and started to gag. Jumping up from the table, she ran to the bathroom and made it just in time to be sick in the toilet. She knelt for several minutes, retching her guts out until she was sure there was nothing left inside of her.
Lucius walked into the room, rubbed her shoulders and asked, "Hey, what's the matter? You've been sick like this a lot lately."
"Oh, I must have a bug or something..." Adriana replied vaguely.
Lucius was about to reply, but clapped his hand over his tattoo instead. It felt like he was being stabbed. How could he pretend this wasn't going to come to anything? Why was he leading Adriana on? He needed to talk to her about this. Hopefully he'd coast his way through Voldemort's uprising and be able to come back to her. A small part of him still held out hope that she would join him, if nothing else than to bring him comfort that he was doing the right thing for his world and his people.
The next several hours were spent quietly. Lucius flipped through the telly channels without paying attention to what he was watching. Adriana tried to read a book, but found she hadn't gotten past the paragraph she'd begun two hours before. Turning the telly off, Lucius walked into the kitchen and washed the dishes, trying to calm his nerves. How was he going to do this? How was he going to tell her he was leaving? If only he didn't love her so much. If only he was confident that he was right.
Lucius' heart was pounding when he saw Adriana walk into the kitchen. Opening his mouth to speak, he found only silence emerged. Taking a deep breath, Lucius tried again. "Adriana, we need to talk," He said quietly.
His heart almost broke when he saw Adriana's eyes grow wide, as though she knew what was coming. "I...He...Voldemort's going to return, soon, and my place it at his side. I have to go...," Lucius said in a small, hollow voice.
"But you can't," Adriana pleaded with him. "Voldemort doesn't need you, he'll rise again without you," She said, grabbing Lucius' arm.
"If I don't, he'll come after me, after you. I have no choice!" Lucius' voice began to rise in frustration.
"Yes you do! The choice has always been yours to make. Stay here, with me, I'll protect you!" Adriana said, her voice rising to match his.
As much as Lucius loved Adriana, the thought of letting a woman protect him was humiliating. And as much as he'd changed, in certain areas he remained much as he ever had been.
"I don't need you to take care of me! I'm doing what I have to to take care of myself!" Lucius' eyes flashed with pride.
"I know you can! I've never doubted you before. But do you really want to support him? Do you really believe all that he stands for?" Adriana was gripping Lucius' hand tightly.
"Yes! Voldemort's going to bring about a new world order! There will only be wizards and witches left, Magical folk will have the run of the earth. Can you imagine the things we can do when the Muggles and Mudbloods are gone?" Lucius' eyes shone.
"A world with no Muggles or Mudbloods?" Adriana withdrew her hand from Lucius'. "And how does Voldemort intend to do that?"
"Just like last time, only he won't be stopped part way through by some stupid boy!" Lucius snarled at the thought of Harry Potter and how he'd ruined all of their plans.
"You're just going to kill them all? Just round them all up and slaughter them? There's six billion people on this planet! What percentage of that is made up of magical people? There won't be enough left to repopulate the world, you'll all die out!" Adriana wasn't really sure if that was true or not, but thought it sounded impressive.
Lucius grew angry over Adriana's dry logic. It was hard to fight against. Who did she think she was to show him up like that? "I'm doing the right thing! Why are you so against this? You're the most powerful witch I've ever known, don't you realize what you stand to gain from this?"
"I'm not going to gain a damn thing! You're going to kill the people I love and take away the world I live in, and I'm supposed to be grateful? You have no idea! You have NO idea!" Adriana was screaming at Lucius now, wildness in her eyes. "There's going to be a war, and you and I will find ourselves on opposite sides. I'll fight for this world with every ounce of strength in my body, and if I have to kill you to do it, then so help me God, I will!"
Lucius' eyes narrowed, and his voice was low and ominous. "You'd kill me? To save a stupid Mudblood? You'd kill me?"
"If I had to. Why do you think I choose to live in the Muggle world? I know you've wondered, but have you actually considered the reasons why?" Adriana spoke in a calm voice.
Lucius felt he was being set up. "No," He said shortly.
"You are so blind, Lucius. I live among these people because I love them. I live with them, because I am one of them," Adriana spoke clearly and slowly, looking into Lucius' face to see his reaction.
"What?" Lucius looked confused.
"I AM A MUDBLOOD!" Adriana screamed. "You want to kill us all? Would you kill me? Round me up with all the others and put me under the Avada Curse? Look me in the eye and tell me you'd do that? Why don't you try now? It might work!" Adriana grabbed Lucius' arm and began to pull him towards herself.
Lucius pushed her away, "Don't touch me! You bitch! All this time, you let me think...How dare you! You lied to me, how could you keep this from me?" Lucius looked down at his gloved hands, and felt as though he had just touched something dirty. He had the urge to wash his hands. How had he allowed himself to fall in love with a Mudblood?
Tears streamed down Adriana's face, "Lucius, I--"
"Don't talk to me Mudblood! Don't touch me, don't look at me!" Lucius snarled as he walked to the front door. Grabbing his walking stick, he opened the door, slammed it, and apparated back to Malfoy Manor.
Adriana watched as the door shut in her face. How had this gone so horribly wrong? Why had she told him that? Was she trying to drive him away? Tears continued to fall as she clutched at her stomach, not because she was in pain, but because it was the only thing of Lucius' she had to hold onto at the moment. She had never been so glad in her life to have made a snap-second decision as she had done so a month ago.
Grabbing a vase on a nearby table, Adriana threw it with all her might against the door. Fuming, Adriana burst into angry tears. Walking into the kitchen, she opened her cupboards and began throwing all the glasses and ceramic plates onto the floor, watching each of them smash into thousands of shards.
Going into the bedroom to burn his clothes, Adriana stopped short as she held one of his shirts in her hands. It had his scent on it. Clutching it to her chest, she began to sob uncontrollably. He'd left her, he was never coming back. She didn't want to live if he wasn't in her life.
When Lucius returned to Malfoy Manor, he was seething with anger. He gave the first house-elf he saw a brutal thrashing, but it brought him no relief to the pain he felt. She'd lied to him! This whole time, she made him think she was pure. He had slept with a Mudblood, he'd never be able to live that down. If his wand had worked at Adriana's house, he probably would have killed her and not given it a second thought. Lucius walked to the master bathroom and drew himself a bath. His only thought was of washing himself clean of the filth and memories of Adriana, and to prepare himself for his Lord's return.
The next morning dawned brightly, but Adriana didn't notice it. She'd spent a sleepless night crying, and had no energy for sunrises. Her body seemed to take no pity on her state of mind, and cursed her with morning sickness that was worse than she'd ever experienced before. This was the one month mark, the day she was going to tell Lucius she was pregnant. She had to tell somebody. She'd always turned to Albus for comfort over the many years of knowing him, but after their argument about Lucius, they hadn't spoken to one another. She needed to talk to him, needed to feel his arms around her, holding her close, making her feel safe, protected, and loved.
Adriana had to return to Hogwarts, so she thought about how to get there. Traveling by floo made her feel ill just thinking about it. While apparating during a pregnancy could be dangerous, she had enough control to be able to handle it. After dressing for the day in a conservative black dress suit, she apparated to Hogsmeade, the closest she could get to Hogwarts. The walk to the school wasn't long and helped Adriana clear her mind.
It was lunch time when she arrived, but Adriana felt no hunger. She called out to Albus in her mind, but received no response. Walking to the gargoyle that hid his office, she called out again. Unable to open the door because she didn't know the password, Adriana looked around for somebody who did. After several minutes, she walked down the staircase to the main floor, and wandered around to look for Albus.
Along the way, Adriana did have the displeasure of running into the one person at the school that she would have been happy to never see again: Draco Malfoy. He'd grown taller since she'd seen him a few years before at the trinket shop, and looked very much like his father.
He stood before her, flanked by two large buffoonish lads who blocked the entire hallway. Draco examined the woman in front of him for a moment. She seemed somehow familiar. There was the memory of his father, and a trinket shop. And her laughing. And him thinking she was the prettiest woman he'd ever seen; he'd even had tingling feelings in certain body parts he'd never experienced before, but had really enjoyed. But now he knew...she was THAT woman. The one his mother constantly talked about. The one who took Father away from him.
Draco scowled at Adriana. He couldn't believe he'd actually found her attractive that day when he'd first seen her. He saw her now through clearer eyes, and saw her for the ugly whore she truly was.
"Excuse me, boys, I need to find Dumbledore, have you seen him?" Adriana asked, placing her hands on her hips authoritatively, hoping that the fluttering feeling in her stomach wasn't showing on her face.
Draco took a step closer to her and stared at her carefully. Narcissa had told him a lot about her in the letters she sent with his care packages. She was the one Lucius spent all his time with. She was the reason Lucius treated him like shit. Draco looked down at her, she was small, if he wasn't in school, he would have been very tempted to avenge his honour. Barely containing his anger, he spoke, "I haven't seen him, have you Crabbe?" Standing on his left side, Crabbe shook his head. "Have you seen Dumbledore, Goyle?" Draco asked. To his right, Goyle shook his head as well. "We haven't seen Dumbledore, so sorry we couldn't help you," He said as sweetly as he could.
Adriana looked at the boys, while calling out to Albus again. Finally he responded. He was in the Great Hall eating with the other students. Adriana turned around and walked away, wondering if all of Lucius' children would end up like Draco, leaving the boys leering after her.
Adriana walked into the Great Hall and up to the table of professors. Albus looked at her and frowned. "What've you done now?" He asked.
Adriana looked into his eyes that had always brought her such joy and comfort and found that she couldn't speak. Her eyes filled with tears and she knew that opening her mouth would result in creating a scene she didn't want to be a part of. Speaking into his mind, she asked, "Can we go to your office please? I really have to talk to you."
Momentarily forgetting his anger towards Adriana, Albus became concerned, stood up from his chair, and moved over to her. Grabbing onto her arm gently, he looked down at her and whispered, "Adriana, what's the matter?"
Adriana remained silent as the tears began to flow down her face. Albus gently led Adriana up to his office. Severus stopped eating the moment he saw Adriana walk in the room, had seen the encounter, and was now quite concerned. He left the Great Hall and followed closely behind them. From the corner of her eye, Adriana noticed him, and beckoned him over to her. Hugging him tightly, they continued to walk, Severus keeping his arm around her waist.
The three people stood around Albus' desk in his office. Adriana continued to cry, until finally Albus put his hand on her chin and lifted her face to look into his. "Adriana, tell us what happened, please," He spoke calmly and gently, helping her to calm down.
Taking a deep breath, and speaking with a voice that wavered. "Where to begin? Well, today is the one month mark, the day I was going to tell Lucius I was pregnant, but yesterday we got into a huge fight, I told him I was Muggle-born, and he left me," She spoke quickly and took another deep breath when she finished.
Albus looked shocked. "You're pregnant? What were you thinking? How could you let yourself get pregnant?" Albus was angry again.
Severus stepped in to defend Adriana, "Albus, it's not her fault, these things happen."
"Not with her they don't!" He replied.
"What do you mean?" Severus asked.
"She can't get pregnant unless she wants to," Albus explained.
"I don't understand."
"It's a part of her powers, she can't get pregnant unless she decides to allow it," Albus said, glaring at Adriana.
Severus turned slowly towards Adriana. "You wanted to get pregnant? You wanted to have his child?" He spoke with a look of disgust on his face. Then the rest of what Adriana had said began to catch up to him, "You're Muggle-born?" Almost automatically, he took a step away from her. "Why didn't you ever tell me?" Severus still had much to overcome with his former life and how he used to be, but chose to accept her for who and what she truly was.
"What did you hope to accomplish by getting yourself pregnant? You did it to make him stay, didn't you? That is so like you! It didn't work with me, what made you think it would work with him? And it obviously didn't, because he still left you!" Albus was still upset.
"How could you say such a thing to me! How can you be so cruel? I just told you that the man I love, the man who's child I'm going to have, left me! He's going back to Riddle!" Adriana yelled, tearing up again. Severus walked over to her and put his arms around her.
"Of course he's going back to him! You knew that from the very beginning! You knew this would happen, I don't understand why you're so surprised! I swear Adriana, you might be twice as old as I am, but you're three times more foolish!" Adriana's face flushed. Albus always had a big mouth when it came to their arguments. "Damn it Albus, why can't you just keep your big, stupid mouth shut?"
Albus scowled at Adriana. "Well it was bound to come out at some point in time, you might as well just get used to it."
"I swear, you've been ruining my life since the day I met you!" Adriana yelled.
Severus intervened at this point. "Adriana, dear, try to calm down, you don't want to make yourself sick in your condition." Walking over to Albus, he spoke again, "Albus, maybe you should step out for a while, take a walk, cool off. I'll stay here with Adriana." Taking Albus by the arm, he gently guided him to the door and kicked him out.
Severus returned to Adriana and held her in silence for a few minutes. Adriana clung to him desperately, hoping he'd somehow forget what Albus had said. But that was not to be. Severus looked at Adriana, "What did Albus mean? What's going on?"
Taking a deep breath, Adriana began to talk, "I'm not as young as I seem. This is going to take some time, you might want to sit down. I was born..."
Author's Note: At this point in time I would just like to say that in telling events of this story from Lucius Malfoy's point of view, I am merely showing his frame of mind. I do not in any way condone or promote the things he does.
Spoiler Warning: This story contains spoilers, both minor and major from all five Harry Potter books.
Wicked Lee: I'm so glad you're enjoying this story, and I think this chapter will answer your question.
TavingtonRose: I'm sorry to hear about your ear infection, I hope you feel better soon. But until then, here's the next chapter to enjoy.
The End of the Beginning
Adriana decided to wait until the first month of the pregnancy passed without incident before telling Lucius. She'd gotten her hopes up before only to be disappointed and didn't want to put him through that. Although she had a good feeling about this pregnancy. She had gotten morning sickness after only a couple of weeks, and yet was feeling stronger than she ever had before.
Lucius had spent the same few weeks feeling overwhelmed with his life. He was happier than he'd ever been, yet felt more scared than he'd ever had at the same time. His tattoo throbbed almost incessantly now. Lord Voldemort would be returning soon and Lucius would have to go to his side. He wasn't sure how he felt about that. He didn't really know anything anymore. He had never thought about the fact that he was living in the Muggle world with Adriana, until now. Did he want to cause the woman he loved sadness? But to refuse to join Voldemort would be worse than a death sentence, not only for him, but for Adriana and his son as well.
Adriana stood in front of the mirror in the bathroom one afternoon, admiring her reflection. She imagined her body eight months from now, swelled to capacity. She chuckled as a flash of Violet from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory entered her mind. Would Lucius have to roll her on her side and push her around every where? What would he think of her when she was so fat?
The day before Adriana was going to tell Lucius she was pregnant, he had spent an hour cooking a perfect breakfast for the two of them. Bacon and eggs, toast, hash browns, and fresh-squeezed orange juice had been lovingly and painstakingly prepared. Adriana sat down at the table across from Lucius and looked at the food. The smell of eggs hit her like a ton of bricks and made her feel nauseous. Taking a deep breath, Adriana smiled and politely took a small bite of them and started to gag. Jumping up from the table, she ran to the bathroom and made it just in time to be sick in the toilet. She knelt for several minutes, retching her guts out until she was sure there was nothing left inside of her.
Lucius walked into the room, rubbed her shoulders and asked, "Hey, what's the matter? You've been sick like this a lot lately."
"Oh, I must have a bug or something..." Adriana replied vaguely.
Lucius was about to reply, but clapped his hand over his tattoo instead. It felt like he was being stabbed. How could he pretend this wasn't going to come to anything? Why was he leading Adriana on? He needed to talk to her about this. Hopefully he'd coast his way through Voldemort's uprising and be able to come back to her. A small part of him still held out hope that she would join him, if nothing else than to bring him comfort that he was doing the right thing for his world and his people.
The next several hours were spent quietly. Lucius flipped through the telly channels without paying attention to what he was watching. Adriana tried to read a book, but found she hadn't gotten past the paragraph she'd begun two hours before. Turning the telly off, Lucius walked into the kitchen and washed the dishes, trying to calm his nerves. How was he going to do this? How was he going to tell her he was leaving? If only he didn't love her so much. If only he was confident that he was right.
Lucius' heart was pounding when he saw Adriana walk into the kitchen. Opening his mouth to speak, he found only silence emerged. Taking a deep breath, Lucius tried again. "Adriana, we need to talk," He said quietly.
His heart almost broke when he saw Adriana's eyes grow wide, as though she knew what was coming. "I...He...Voldemort's going to return, soon, and my place it at his side. I have to go...," Lucius said in a small, hollow voice.
"But you can't," Adriana pleaded with him. "Voldemort doesn't need you, he'll rise again without you," She said, grabbing Lucius' arm.
"If I don't, he'll come after me, after you. I have no choice!" Lucius' voice began to rise in frustration.
"Yes you do! The choice has always been yours to make. Stay here, with me, I'll protect you!" Adriana said, her voice rising to match his.
As much as Lucius loved Adriana, the thought of letting a woman protect him was humiliating. And as much as he'd changed, in certain areas he remained much as he ever had been.
"I don't need you to take care of me! I'm doing what I have to to take care of myself!" Lucius' eyes flashed with pride.
"I know you can! I've never doubted you before. But do you really want to support him? Do you really believe all that he stands for?" Adriana was gripping Lucius' hand tightly.
"Yes! Voldemort's going to bring about a new world order! There will only be wizards and witches left, Magical folk will have the run of the earth. Can you imagine the things we can do when the Muggles and Mudbloods are gone?" Lucius' eyes shone.
"A world with no Muggles or Mudbloods?" Adriana withdrew her hand from Lucius'. "And how does Voldemort intend to do that?"
"Just like last time, only he won't be stopped part way through by some stupid boy!" Lucius snarled at the thought of Harry Potter and how he'd ruined all of their plans.
"You're just going to kill them all? Just round them all up and slaughter them? There's six billion people on this planet! What percentage of that is made up of magical people? There won't be enough left to repopulate the world, you'll all die out!" Adriana wasn't really sure if that was true or not, but thought it sounded impressive.
Lucius grew angry over Adriana's dry logic. It was hard to fight against. Who did she think she was to show him up like that? "I'm doing the right thing! Why are you so against this? You're the most powerful witch I've ever known, don't you realize what you stand to gain from this?"
"I'm not going to gain a damn thing! You're going to kill the people I love and take away the world I live in, and I'm supposed to be grateful? You have no idea! You have NO idea!" Adriana was screaming at Lucius now, wildness in her eyes. "There's going to be a war, and you and I will find ourselves on opposite sides. I'll fight for this world with every ounce of strength in my body, and if I have to kill you to do it, then so help me God, I will!"
Lucius' eyes narrowed, and his voice was low and ominous. "You'd kill me? To save a stupid Mudblood? You'd kill me?"
"If I had to. Why do you think I choose to live in the Muggle world? I know you've wondered, but have you actually considered the reasons why?" Adriana spoke in a calm voice.
Lucius felt he was being set up. "No," He said shortly.
"You are so blind, Lucius. I live among these people because I love them. I live with them, because I am one of them," Adriana spoke clearly and slowly, looking into Lucius' face to see his reaction.
"What?" Lucius looked confused.
"I AM A MUDBLOOD!" Adriana screamed. "You want to kill us all? Would you kill me? Round me up with all the others and put me under the Avada Curse? Look me in the eye and tell me you'd do that? Why don't you try now? It might work!" Adriana grabbed Lucius' arm and began to pull him towards herself.
Lucius pushed her away, "Don't touch me! You bitch! All this time, you let me think...How dare you! You lied to me, how could you keep this from me?" Lucius looked down at his gloved hands, and felt as though he had just touched something dirty. He had the urge to wash his hands. How had he allowed himself to fall in love with a Mudblood?
Tears streamed down Adriana's face, "Lucius, I--"
"Don't talk to me Mudblood! Don't touch me, don't look at me!" Lucius snarled as he walked to the front door. Grabbing his walking stick, he opened the door, slammed it, and apparated back to Malfoy Manor.
Adriana watched as the door shut in her face. How had this gone so horribly wrong? Why had she told him that? Was she trying to drive him away? Tears continued to fall as she clutched at her stomach, not because she was in pain, but because it was the only thing of Lucius' she had to hold onto at the moment. She had never been so glad in her life to have made a snap-second decision as she had done so a month ago.
Grabbing a vase on a nearby table, Adriana threw it with all her might against the door. Fuming, Adriana burst into angry tears. Walking into the kitchen, she opened her cupboards and began throwing all the glasses and ceramic plates onto the floor, watching each of them smash into thousands of shards.
Going into the bedroom to burn his clothes, Adriana stopped short as she held one of his shirts in her hands. It had his scent on it. Clutching it to her chest, she began to sob uncontrollably. He'd left her, he was never coming back. She didn't want to live if he wasn't in her life.
When Lucius returned to Malfoy Manor, he was seething with anger. He gave the first house-elf he saw a brutal thrashing, but it brought him no relief to the pain he felt. She'd lied to him! This whole time, she made him think she was pure. He had slept with a Mudblood, he'd never be able to live that down. If his wand had worked at Adriana's house, he probably would have killed her and not given it a second thought. Lucius walked to the master bathroom and drew himself a bath. His only thought was of washing himself clean of the filth and memories of Adriana, and to prepare himself for his Lord's return.
The next morning dawned brightly, but Adriana didn't notice it. She'd spent a sleepless night crying, and had no energy for sunrises. Her body seemed to take no pity on her state of mind, and cursed her with morning sickness that was worse than she'd ever experienced before. This was the one month mark, the day she was going to tell Lucius she was pregnant. She had to tell somebody. She'd always turned to Albus for comfort over the many years of knowing him, but after their argument about Lucius, they hadn't spoken to one another. She needed to talk to him, needed to feel his arms around her, holding her close, making her feel safe, protected, and loved.
Adriana had to return to Hogwarts, so she thought about how to get there. Traveling by floo made her feel ill just thinking about it. While apparating during a pregnancy could be dangerous, she had enough control to be able to handle it. After dressing for the day in a conservative black dress suit, she apparated to Hogsmeade, the closest she could get to Hogwarts. The walk to the school wasn't long and helped Adriana clear her mind.
It was lunch time when she arrived, but Adriana felt no hunger. She called out to Albus in her mind, but received no response. Walking to the gargoyle that hid his office, she called out again. Unable to open the door because she didn't know the password, Adriana looked around for somebody who did. After several minutes, she walked down the staircase to the main floor, and wandered around to look for Albus.
Along the way, Adriana did have the displeasure of running into the one person at the school that she would have been happy to never see again: Draco Malfoy. He'd grown taller since she'd seen him a few years before at the trinket shop, and looked very much like his father.
He stood before her, flanked by two large buffoonish lads who blocked the entire hallway. Draco examined the woman in front of him for a moment. She seemed somehow familiar. There was the memory of his father, and a trinket shop. And her laughing. And him thinking she was the prettiest woman he'd ever seen; he'd even had tingling feelings in certain body parts he'd never experienced before, but had really enjoyed. But now he knew...she was THAT woman. The one his mother constantly talked about. The one who took Father away from him.
Draco scowled at Adriana. He couldn't believe he'd actually found her attractive that day when he'd first seen her. He saw her now through clearer eyes, and saw her for the ugly whore she truly was.
"Excuse me, boys, I need to find Dumbledore, have you seen him?" Adriana asked, placing her hands on her hips authoritatively, hoping that the fluttering feeling in her stomach wasn't showing on her face.
Draco took a step closer to her and stared at her carefully. Narcissa had told him a lot about her in the letters she sent with his care packages. She was the one Lucius spent all his time with. She was the reason Lucius treated him like shit. Draco looked down at her, she was small, if he wasn't in school, he would have been very tempted to avenge his honour. Barely containing his anger, he spoke, "I haven't seen him, have you Crabbe?" Standing on his left side, Crabbe shook his head. "Have you seen Dumbledore, Goyle?" Draco asked. To his right, Goyle shook his head as well. "We haven't seen Dumbledore, so sorry we couldn't help you," He said as sweetly as he could.
Adriana looked at the boys, while calling out to Albus again. Finally he responded. He was in the Great Hall eating with the other students. Adriana turned around and walked away, wondering if all of Lucius' children would end up like Draco, leaving the boys leering after her.
Adriana walked into the Great Hall and up to the table of professors. Albus looked at her and frowned. "What've you done now?" He asked.
Adriana looked into his eyes that had always brought her such joy and comfort and found that she couldn't speak. Her eyes filled with tears and she knew that opening her mouth would result in creating a scene she didn't want to be a part of. Speaking into his mind, she asked, "Can we go to your office please? I really have to talk to you."
Momentarily forgetting his anger towards Adriana, Albus became concerned, stood up from his chair, and moved over to her. Grabbing onto her arm gently, he looked down at her and whispered, "Adriana, what's the matter?"
Adriana remained silent as the tears began to flow down her face. Albus gently led Adriana up to his office. Severus stopped eating the moment he saw Adriana walk in the room, had seen the encounter, and was now quite concerned. He left the Great Hall and followed closely behind them. From the corner of her eye, Adriana noticed him, and beckoned him over to her. Hugging him tightly, they continued to walk, Severus keeping his arm around her waist.
The three people stood around Albus' desk in his office. Adriana continued to cry, until finally Albus put his hand on her chin and lifted her face to look into his. "Adriana, tell us what happened, please," He spoke calmly and gently, helping her to calm down.
Taking a deep breath, and speaking with a voice that wavered. "Where to begin? Well, today is the one month mark, the day I was going to tell Lucius I was pregnant, but yesterday we got into a huge fight, I told him I was Muggle-born, and he left me," She spoke quickly and took another deep breath when she finished.
Albus looked shocked. "You're pregnant? What were you thinking? How could you let yourself get pregnant?" Albus was angry again.
Severus stepped in to defend Adriana, "Albus, it's not her fault, these things happen."
"Not with her they don't!" He replied.
"What do you mean?" Severus asked.
"She can't get pregnant unless she wants to," Albus explained.
"I don't understand."
"It's a part of her powers, she can't get pregnant unless she decides to allow it," Albus said, glaring at Adriana.
Severus turned slowly towards Adriana. "You wanted to get pregnant? You wanted to have his child?" He spoke with a look of disgust on his face. Then the rest of what Adriana had said began to catch up to him, "You're Muggle-born?" Almost automatically, he took a step away from her. "Why didn't you ever tell me?" Severus still had much to overcome with his former life and how he used to be, but chose to accept her for who and what she truly was.
"What did you hope to accomplish by getting yourself pregnant? You did it to make him stay, didn't you? That is so like you! It didn't work with me, what made you think it would work with him? And it obviously didn't, because he still left you!" Albus was still upset.
"How could you say such a thing to me! How can you be so cruel? I just told you that the man I love, the man who's child I'm going to have, left me! He's going back to Riddle!" Adriana yelled, tearing up again. Severus walked over to her and put his arms around her.
"Of course he's going back to him! You knew that from the very beginning! You knew this would happen, I don't understand why you're so surprised! I swear Adriana, you might be twice as old as I am, but you're three times more foolish!" Adriana's face flushed. Albus always had a big mouth when it came to their arguments. "Damn it Albus, why can't you just keep your big, stupid mouth shut?"
Albus scowled at Adriana. "Well it was bound to come out at some point in time, you might as well just get used to it."
"I swear, you've been ruining my life since the day I met you!" Adriana yelled.
Severus intervened at this point. "Adriana, dear, try to calm down, you don't want to make yourself sick in your condition." Walking over to Albus, he spoke again, "Albus, maybe you should step out for a while, take a walk, cool off. I'll stay here with Adriana." Taking Albus by the arm, he gently guided him to the door and kicked him out.
Severus returned to Adriana and held her in silence for a few minutes. Adriana clung to him desperately, hoping he'd somehow forget what Albus had said. But that was not to be. Severus looked at Adriana, "What did Albus mean? What's going on?"
Taking a deep breath, Adriana began to talk, "I'm not as young as I seem. This is going to take some time, you might want to sit down. I was born..."