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.
TavingtonRose: I agree the last chapter was pretty emotional, and it's not really going to diminish as the year progresses. I'm glad this story is helping you through your tough time. Enjoy the chapter!
Wicked Lee: I'm so happy that you're so excited about the baby! Yes I do have a name already picked out and I hope you like it. Enjoy the chapter!
LisaViola: I'm glad to hear from you, thanks for reading my story. I agree with you, Lucius can be very difficult to sympathize with, he definitely has his issues. Although if you keep reading, I think you may begin to feel just the tiniest bit sorry for him, but I'm not going to say anything more than that! You'll have to keep reading to see what happens! Enjoy the chaper!
Getting Ready For Baby
Adriana had cleared out the spare room finally and was designing the layout for the baby. She wanted the crib to be the focal point of the room. She was having difficulty choosing a colour without knowing the baby's gender. In the end, she chose a nice maroon for the carpet, and a lovely goldenrod paint for the walls and ceiling. Adriana realized she was showing a blatant bias for which Hogwarts house she preferred, but she did plan to put Sly the Rinbear, the teddy bear from Snape, in the crib for the baby.
Adriana enjoyed driving to the hardware store to buy the paint- special paint that was safe for her to use while pregnant; she had fun driving to each store to buy the supplies she needed. She arranged to have everything delivered to her house. She purchased a crib, bassinette, pram, rocking chair, changing table, and everything else she could think of for a baby.
As so much time had passed since she'd had Eleanor, she was sure she had forgotten many things about being a parent. Many things had changed since her first parenting experience. She'd read books and magazines, watched programs on the telly, researched on-line, studied all she could in order to be the best mother she could be. There hadn't been products like disposable diapers or dry baby formula for her to buy when she'd had Eleanor. She'd never used them before. She'd read the statistics on such issues and planned to breast feed, but wanted to know all she could about everything.
Adriana had decided to assign the baby a pronoun, since she hated referring to it as "it". So even though there was no proof either way, she chose to call the baby "he". She wanted it to be a boy, a boy with pale silver blonde hair and gray eyes. She liked to think about what he'd look like, and what he'd be like. One lazy afternoon, as Adriana lay on the couch thinking about this, she felt her stomach begin to jump. It wasn't the same feeling as when the baby kicked, it was a rhythmic jolting feeling. She saw her belly move with each jump. She smiled as she realized the baby had the hiccups. It was the cutest thing she'd ever seen before.
There was so much to think about: vaccinations, what school the baby should attend when he was old enough, what the baby would be when he grew up. Adriana hoped she would be a better mother this time around than she'd been to Eleanor. She'd always felt guilty for not being there for Eleanor's life, for leaving her daughter in the care of her parents for most of Eleanor's youth. She wanted to be there for this baby, see him grow up, take care of him. Her child might not ever know his father, but she would be there, giving him all the love the baby needed.
Adriana had driven to London to shop for baby clothes. She stood in the baby department of Herod's department store, gazing at all the clothes to choose from. She'd never seen anything more adorable than the little white baby shoes she held in her hand. She found cute little shirts, cute little pants, and cute little socks. The colours were non-gender specific, and sure to look good on any baby. She bought all sorts of clothes, but none of the hats were quite to her liking. She needed the cutest hat ever, and these just didn't cut it.
Making a bold decision, Adriana popped over to Diagon Alley. Madam Kapelo's Millinery Shoppe was just the place for the perfect hat. She hoped she wouldn't see anybody she knew there, because she could no longer hide the pregnancy, a fact she couldn't deny as she waddled out of the store.
In order to be less noticeable in case there was somebody in Diagon Alley that she did know, she'd made sure to buy a scarf to wear on her head, to cover herself. Since it was almost December, it would make sense for her to cover up anyway, even though she didn't feel the cold.
Well-covered, Adriana walked through the Leaky Cauldron, looking wistfully at all the bottles of alcohol that she hadn't tasted for months now, and wouldn't again for a very long time. Sighing and patting her stomach, she walked out the other door to the wall blocking off Diagon Alley from the outer world.
As Adriana walked carefully through Diagon Alley, looking out for anybody she recognized, she made her way to the Milliner's Shoppe. It was off the beaten path, in a very small building. Madam Kapelo made the best hats in the world, as far as Adriana was concerned. She just had a way of looking at the person and knowing exactly what kind of hat would look best on them. Her shop had a cozy, homey feeling about it that drew the customers in. Soft blue plush velvet chairs were set around the store, each with a table next to it. Cups of tea and plates of biscuits could be found on all of the tables. As Adriana sat at one of the tables, downing the plate of biscuits, she looked around the room. The store had pale lavender walls and multi-coloured throw rugs littered the hard wood floor.
Madam Kapelo walked over to Adriana and sat down across from her. "And how may I help you today, dear?" She asked in a sweet voice. She looked like everybody's grandmother, with soft white hair swept up into an elegant bun, and blue robes covering her small, frail body.
"I want to buy a hat for my baby, but I don't know if it's a boy or a girl, I want to be surprised, can you help me?" Adriana asked.
"Of course I can, dear. May I?" Madam Kapelo gestured towards Adriana's bulging stomach.
"Sure," She answered, somewhat unsure as to what Madam Kapelo would do to her.
Placing her hands on Adriana's stomach, she concentrated on what she "saw". "Ah, yes, I see, I know the perfect hat for your little one," She said. "Now you wait here while go and I make it for you."
Adriana moved to another table with more biscuits and continued eating while Madam Kapelo made the hat. Twenty minutes later, she emerged from the back work area with a small package. Placing it into Adriana's hands, she said, "Now you take this home with you, and open it when you have the baby. I'm sure you'll be very pleased."
Adriana smiled and thanked Madam Kapelo profusely. After paying her, Adriana turned to leave, stuffing a few more biscuits into her mouth as she walked out of the store. Munching happily and holding onto her baby's hat, she walked down Diagon Alley, looking into the store windows.
As she put the last biscuit in her mouth, she almost choked on it as she saw somebody, one of the last people in the wizarding world she wanted to see at the moment: Narcissa. Swearing quietly, she tried to keep from being noticed. Pulling the scarf further down over her head, she went into the nearest store, a sweet shop. Walking around the store for a couple of minutes, she looked at all the delicious-looking sweets. Glancing out the window, Adriana didn't see Narcissa or her entourage of house-elves any longer. Taking a deep breath and realizing how close she'd come to being seen, she turned to walk back out of the store and came face to face with Narcissa.
Hoping the scarf was hiding her enough, she cringed as Narcissa looked at Adriana in complete shock. "Adriana?" She asked. "You're expecting?" Narcissa gaped at Adriana's swollen body. This must be why Lucius returned to the manor. He got Adriana pregnant and then didn't want to deal with it, so he left her.
"Uh, hello Narcissa," Adriana began slowly, "Yes, I'm pregnant. And I would really appreciate it if you kept this to yourself."
Gasping in surprise, Narcissa exclaimed, "You mean Lucius doesn't know? Then why did he come back?"
"Well, that's a whole different story. I don't really want to get into that. We fought, he left, that's the basic idea," Adriana said, looking down towards her feet, but seeing only her stomach instead.
"I won't say a word. I've tried to avoid Lucius since he came back, he's been worse than ever..." Narcissa trailed off.
Looking alarmed, and feeling guilty for being the cause of this, Adriana whispered, "Hasn't the blocking spell I taught you worked?"
"I can't do it without the wand, and he'd see me," Narcissa whispered back.
"I should have thought of that, I can't believe I didn't think about that," Adriana felt like kicking herself. "I'm so sorry he's doing this to you, he can be such a bastard some times," Adriana said apologetically.
"I'm used to it," Narcissa said, carefully hiding the pain.
There were a few minutes of awkward silence as they looked around the store. "So...are you out Christmas shopping?" Adriana asked.
"Yes, I was looking for something for Draco, but nothing strikes me as anything he'd like," Narcissa responded.
"Well, he's getting to that age where it's difficult to shop for him. You might do well to get him a gift certificate or cash with a card," Adriana said, gazing at the rows of sweets.
"What's a gift certificate?" Narcissa asked.
"Oh, nothing, it's a Muggle thing," Adriana said, walking up to the barrels and lifting the lid to reveal mint grasshopper candies that began to hop out of the barrel and scatter all over the floor. Quickly replacing the lid, Adriana looked with wide eyes at Narcissa. "Wasn't expecting that!" She laughed.
Narcissa and Adriana explored the store's aisles for a while, opening barrels and looking on all the shelves. Adriana found a display of white chocolate frogs for the upcoming holiday season and bought a few. Narcissa bought a bag of cinnamon bears that bit the heads off of one another unless you did it first. Laughing and walking out of the store with a few purchases apiece, they continued to talk about their lives, enjoying one another's company.
As Adriana was leaving, Narcissa took a small item out of the folds of her robe, and placed it in Adriana's hand. Looking at it, she saw a small piece of crystal containing what looked like a lock of short silver blonde hair. Looking at Narcissa quizzically, Narcissa explained, "It's Draco's hair. I've kept it with me always, but I think you should have it. So your child will have something from his brother." She smiled sadly at Adriana, turned away, and left without saying anything more. Adriana closed her hand around the small treasure and held onto it as she walked through the Leaky Cauldron to re-enter London.
When she returned to her house, Adriana walked into the baby's room. Creating a mental image of how the room would be set up over the next few weeks, she tried to think of a good place to put Narcissa's gift. It needed to be put in a place of honour, where it would be seen. Perhaps a book shelf or the window sill, but neither of those places seemed special enough. She'd have to continue thinking about it. She still had a few months to decide after all.
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.
TavingtonRose: I agree the last chapter was pretty emotional, and it's not really going to diminish as the year progresses. I'm glad this story is helping you through your tough time. Enjoy the chapter!
Wicked Lee: I'm so happy that you're so excited about the baby! Yes I do have a name already picked out and I hope you like it. Enjoy the chapter!
LisaViola: I'm glad to hear from you, thanks for reading my story. I agree with you, Lucius can be very difficult to sympathize with, he definitely has his issues. Although if you keep reading, I think you may begin to feel just the tiniest bit sorry for him, but I'm not going to say anything more than that! You'll have to keep reading to see what happens! Enjoy the chaper!
Getting Ready For Baby
Adriana had cleared out the spare room finally and was designing the layout for the baby. She wanted the crib to be the focal point of the room. She was having difficulty choosing a colour without knowing the baby's gender. In the end, she chose a nice maroon for the carpet, and a lovely goldenrod paint for the walls and ceiling. Adriana realized she was showing a blatant bias for which Hogwarts house she preferred, but she did plan to put Sly the Rinbear, the teddy bear from Snape, in the crib for the baby.
Adriana enjoyed driving to the hardware store to buy the paint- special paint that was safe for her to use while pregnant; she had fun driving to each store to buy the supplies she needed. She arranged to have everything delivered to her house. She purchased a crib, bassinette, pram, rocking chair, changing table, and everything else she could think of for a baby.
As so much time had passed since she'd had Eleanor, she was sure she had forgotten many things about being a parent. Many things had changed since her first parenting experience. She'd read books and magazines, watched programs on the telly, researched on-line, studied all she could in order to be the best mother she could be. There hadn't been products like disposable diapers or dry baby formula for her to buy when she'd had Eleanor. She'd never used them before. She'd read the statistics on such issues and planned to breast feed, but wanted to know all she could about everything.
Adriana had decided to assign the baby a pronoun, since she hated referring to it as "it". So even though there was no proof either way, she chose to call the baby "he". She wanted it to be a boy, a boy with pale silver blonde hair and gray eyes. She liked to think about what he'd look like, and what he'd be like. One lazy afternoon, as Adriana lay on the couch thinking about this, she felt her stomach begin to jump. It wasn't the same feeling as when the baby kicked, it was a rhythmic jolting feeling. She saw her belly move with each jump. She smiled as she realized the baby had the hiccups. It was the cutest thing she'd ever seen before.
There was so much to think about: vaccinations, what school the baby should attend when he was old enough, what the baby would be when he grew up. Adriana hoped she would be a better mother this time around than she'd been to Eleanor. She'd always felt guilty for not being there for Eleanor's life, for leaving her daughter in the care of her parents for most of Eleanor's youth. She wanted to be there for this baby, see him grow up, take care of him. Her child might not ever know his father, but she would be there, giving him all the love the baby needed.
Adriana had driven to London to shop for baby clothes. She stood in the baby department of Herod's department store, gazing at all the clothes to choose from. She'd never seen anything more adorable than the little white baby shoes she held in her hand. She found cute little shirts, cute little pants, and cute little socks. The colours were non-gender specific, and sure to look good on any baby. She bought all sorts of clothes, but none of the hats were quite to her liking. She needed the cutest hat ever, and these just didn't cut it.
Making a bold decision, Adriana popped over to Diagon Alley. Madam Kapelo's Millinery Shoppe was just the place for the perfect hat. She hoped she wouldn't see anybody she knew there, because she could no longer hide the pregnancy, a fact she couldn't deny as she waddled out of the store.
In order to be less noticeable in case there was somebody in Diagon Alley that she did know, she'd made sure to buy a scarf to wear on her head, to cover herself. Since it was almost December, it would make sense for her to cover up anyway, even though she didn't feel the cold.
Well-covered, Adriana walked through the Leaky Cauldron, looking wistfully at all the bottles of alcohol that she hadn't tasted for months now, and wouldn't again for a very long time. Sighing and patting her stomach, she walked out the other door to the wall blocking off Diagon Alley from the outer world.
As Adriana walked carefully through Diagon Alley, looking out for anybody she recognized, she made her way to the Milliner's Shoppe. It was off the beaten path, in a very small building. Madam Kapelo made the best hats in the world, as far as Adriana was concerned. She just had a way of looking at the person and knowing exactly what kind of hat would look best on them. Her shop had a cozy, homey feeling about it that drew the customers in. Soft blue plush velvet chairs were set around the store, each with a table next to it. Cups of tea and plates of biscuits could be found on all of the tables. As Adriana sat at one of the tables, downing the plate of biscuits, she looked around the room. The store had pale lavender walls and multi-coloured throw rugs littered the hard wood floor.
Madam Kapelo walked over to Adriana and sat down across from her. "And how may I help you today, dear?" She asked in a sweet voice. She looked like everybody's grandmother, with soft white hair swept up into an elegant bun, and blue robes covering her small, frail body.
"I want to buy a hat for my baby, but I don't know if it's a boy or a girl, I want to be surprised, can you help me?" Adriana asked.
"Of course I can, dear. May I?" Madam Kapelo gestured towards Adriana's bulging stomach.
"Sure," She answered, somewhat unsure as to what Madam Kapelo would do to her.
Placing her hands on Adriana's stomach, she concentrated on what she "saw". "Ah, yes, I see, I know the perfect hat for your little one," She said. "Now you wait here while go and I make it for you."
Adriana moved to another table with more biscuits and continued eating while Madam Kapelo made the hat. Twenty minutes later, she emerged from the back work area with a small package. Placing it into Adriana's hands, she said, "Now you take this home with you, and open it when you have the baby. I'm sure you'll be very pleased."
Adriana smiled and thanked Madam Kapelo profusely. After paying her, Adriana turned to leave, stuffing a few more biscuits into her mouth as she walked out of the store. Munching happily and holding onto her baby's hat, she walked down Diagon Alley, looking into the store windows.
As she put the last biscuit in her mouth, she almost choked on it as she saw somebody, one of the last people in the wizarding world she wanted to see at the moment: Narcissa. Swearing quietly, she tried to keep from being noticed. Pulling the scarf further down over her head, she went into the nearest store, a sweet shop. Walking around the store for a couple of minutes, she looked at all the delicious-looking sweets. Glancing out the window, Adriana didn't see Narcissa or her entourage of house-elves any longer. Taking a deep breath and realizing how close she'd come to being seen, she turned to walk back out of the store and came face to face with Narcissa.
Hoping the scarf was hiding her enough, she cringed as Narcissa looked at Adriana in complete shock. "Adriana?" She asked. "You're expecting?" Narcissa gaped at Adriana's swollen body. This must be why Lucius returned to the manor. He got Adriana pregnant and then didn't want to deal with it, so he left her.
"Uh, hello Narcissa," Adriana began slowly, "Yes, I'm pregnant. And I would really appreciate it if you kept this to yourself."
Gasping in surprise, Narcissa exclaimed, "You mean Lucius doesn't know? Then why did he come back?"
"Well, that's a whole different story. I don't really want to get into that. We fought, he left, that's the basic idea," Adriana said, looking down towards her feet, but seeing only her stomach instead.
"I won't say a word. I've tried to avoid Lucius since he came back, he's been worse than ever..." Narcissa trailed off.
Looking alarmed, and feeling guilty for being the cause of this, Adriana whispered, "Hasn't the blocking spell I taught you worked?"
"I can't do it without the wand, and he'd see me," Narcissa whispered back.
"I should have thought of that, I can't believe I didn't think about that," Adriana felt like kicking herself. "I'm so sorry he's doing this to you, he can be such a bastard some times," Adriana said apologetically.
"I'm used to it," Narcissa said, carefully hiding the pain.
There were a few minutes of awkward silence as they looked around the store. "So...are you out Christmas shopping?" Adriana asked.
"Yes, I was looking for something for Draco, but nothing strikes me as anything he'd like," Narcissa responded.
"Well, he's getting to that age where it's difficult to shop for him. You might do well to get him a gift certificate or cash with a card," Adriana said, gazing at the rows of sweets.
"What's a gift certificate?" Narcissa asked.
"Oh, nothing, it's a Muggle thing," Adriana said, walking up to the barrels and lifting the lid to reveal mint grasshopper candies that began to hop out of the barrel and scatter all over the floor. Quickly replacing the lid, Adriana looked with wide eyes at Narcissa. "Wasn't expecting that!" She laughed.
Narcissa and Adriana explored the store's aisles for a while, opening barrels and looking on all the shelves. Adriana found a display of white chocolate frogs for the upcoming holiday season and bought a few. Narcissa bought a bag of cinnamon bears that bit the heads off of one another unless you did it first. Laughing and walking out of the store with a few purchases apiece, they continued to talk about their lives, enjoying one another's company.
As Adriana was leaving, Narcissa took a small item out of the folds of her robe, and placed it in Adriana's hand. Looking at it, she saw a small piece of crystal containing what looked like a lock of short silver blonde hair. Looking at Narcissa quizzically, Narcissa explained, "It's Draco's hair. I've kept it with me always, but I think you should have it. So your child will have something from his brother." She smiled sadly at Adriana, turned away, and left without saying anything more. Adriana closed her hand around the small treasure and held onto it as she walked through the Leaky Cauldron to re-enter London.
When she returned to her house, Adriana walked into the baby's room. Creating a mental image of how the room would be set up over the next few weeks, she tried to think of a good place to put Narcissa's gift. It needed to be put in a place of honour, where it would be seen. Perhaps a book shelf or the window sill, but neither of those places seemed special enough. She'd have to continue thinking about it. She still had a few months to decide after all.