Chapter Twenty
By the time Kaden had got Hermione to Hogwarts she has lost a lot of blood. Poppy and Dumbledore were already waiting for the couple in the infirmary. He burst through the doors with the unconscious Hermione in his arms. Behind them, they left a track of blood.
Poppy gasped when she saw the pale Hermione Malfoy. "Get her into a bed, quickly!" She ordered. Kaden had just put her into bed when his best friend, Severus, ran through the door. "Albus, who is bleeding? There is a trail of blood in the...KADEN!"
Severus ran to Kaden, who had blood soaking his robes. "WHAT HAPPENED? ARE YOU ALRIGHT?!"
Kaden moved over and Severus saw Hermione. Severus gasped. "What happened?!"
Dumbledore nodded. "I think we would all like to know that. Kaden, my child, care to explain what made this happen to your wife?"
Kaden nodded as he watched Poppy tend to his wife. "I went to dinner at Voldemort's like I told you I was going to do. We talked about little things at first and suddenly he asked Hermione where Harry Potter was. For some reason, she just...Told him. She told him that I am Harry Potter. So...I used my emergency portkey and we flooed back to the house. When we got there I asked Hermione why she had told him. She started to say that she didn't know why when she started screaming! I got down on my knees beside her and saw a glow in the corner of my eye. I turned and saw the anklet she has received as a wedding present from Voldemort start to sink into her skin. I called you and told you I was coming...here we are."
Dumbledore nodded. "So, you can't be a spy anymore. That isn't good."
Kaden became enraged. "WHO CARES IF I CAN'T BE A SPY ANYMORE! MY WIFE IS IN VERY SERIOUS PAIN!"
Poppy interrupted them. "Kaden, may I see you in my office for a moment?"
Kaden's eyes widened and he walked into Poppy's office right behind her. "Yes?" He asked, now out of earshot of Dumbledore and Severus.
Poppy looked at him and sat down. "Have a seat, Mr. Malfoy."
Kaden sat and looked at her expectantly. "Mr. Malfoy, the anklet that Voldemort gave to Hermione I have gotten out. But not before it did it's damage."
Kaden narrowed his eyes in disbelief. "I don't understand. I did a spell to check for all hexes and curses!"
Poppy nodded. "You should have had Severus test it. It was dipped into a fatal poison and an incision potion. The Emerald gems took in the incision potion and the onyx took in the poison. With a spell on the incision potion he has used, it activated and started to sink into her skin. At which time, connecting with her muggle blood, released the poison."
"Is Hermione going to be okay?" Kaden asked with tears in his eyes.
"I am not sure what will happen to your wife. I have done all that I can do for her, at the moment. It is touch and go. But I can tell you something about her pregnancy. The poison, I think, affected it much more."
"What's wrong with the baby?" Kaden asked, quickly.
"Your wife was going to have twins, I didn't tell you because you agreed you wanted it to be a surprise. I saved one of the babies before the poison killed it. The other, however, was killed by the poison."
Kaden sat, stunned, as the news sunk in. Hermione was possibly going to die? One of his children was killed before it was even born? When this finally gained meaning, he ran out of the office, out of the infirmary, and out of Hogwarts.
Kaden sat on a large rock next to the lake. He watched as the giant squid flopped its tentacles, causing ripples to shimmer in the moonlight. Hot tears caressed his face as he curled into himself. He squeezed his eyes shut and wiped his eyes. He suddenly had the urge to scream. He stood on the rock and bellowed, "YOU WILL DIE, VOLDEMORT, FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO ME! YOU WILL DIE FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO MY WIFE AND CHILDREN!"
He jumped off of the rock and started to walk back towards the school, furiously wiping his eyes. Suddenly a very morbid thought entered his mind, "If you hadn't loved her she wouldn't be dying." He fell down on his knees. He buried his hands into the soft dirt around the tree he was under. He curled into a small ball and cried unashamedly.
He didn't know how long he had been out there, nor did he care. He was sure somewhere he fell asleep because he was quite startled when he felt a hand on his back. He jerked around, wand already out. He relaxed slightly at the sight of his father.
Lucius felt his heart break when he saw his son's tears. He pulled Kaden to him and embraced him. He felt Kaden's tears wet his spidersilk robes that would be ruined because of the them. He felt his son's fingernails penetrate his skin. He felt the heartbrokeness in that hug though, so he didn't pull away. He would never pull away, never again.
Lucius heard a soft voice whisper into his chest, "I want him to die, dad."
Lucius sighed and squeezed his eyes shut, remembering the death of Narcissa and the pain it had caused for him and his sons. "You and me both, my son, you and me both."
They sat in the embrace in comfortable silence until a voice interrupted. "Dad, Kaden, Severus needs to see Kaden, it is urgent."
Lucius stood and pulled his son up, immediately wrapping an arm around the distraught young man's shoulders. The three men slowly walked back to the castle.
"He is in the empty classroom next to the infirmary." Draco said to Kaden. Kaden nodded and hugged his father once more before running ahead.
When he entered the room, Severus was sitting on a couch in the middle of the room. Kaden crossed the room and sat down next to his friend. "Kaden, I have something to tell you." Kaden nodded.
Severus shifted before starting. "I studied the anklet. It was also dipped into an unknown potion that I assume is similar to a liquid imperious. She couldn't help but tell him."
"I know that." Kaden said without emotion.
"Well...the potion is spreading fast. Since you left, three hours ago...we have learned what will happen to Hermione."
"Well?" Kaden said, impatiently.
"I have a potion that can save the life of your child. It will put Hermione into a coma until the baby is born. It will also speed up the child's development, making the child be born in a week,"
"Well make it..." Kaden interrupted.
"It is more complicated than that. Right now, Hermione has a 10% chance of living," Severus sighed. "If I use this potion, she will have a 2% chance at the most. I hate to put you into the decision, truly. But...if I don't Hermione still has only a 10% chance and she will die before the baby is born, thus, killing the baby."
New tears washed down Kaden's face as he held back his tears. "I...I can't make this decision alone."
Severus nodded. "I know. I can wake Hermione up, with little pain, for approximately twenty minutes. Then I will asked for your decision. But she will be in pain and she doesn't look...well."
Kaden buried his face into his hands. "I...I can't see h-her like that, no."
Severus pulled Kaden to him. "Kaden, it is very possible that this will be the last chance...it is now or never."
"No, no, no, no, no, I can't see her like that. Never, I can't see her in pain. I can't....I can't do that. Don't ask me to do this Sev. Please!" Kaden said.
Severus sighed. "Kaden, you must do this." He pulled Kaden to his feet and started to pull him out of the room. As he pulled him he said, "I ennervated her for ten minutes earlier and told her the situation. She is waiting for you to come and discuss it with her."
The reached the infirmary and walked in. Severus led Kaden past Draco, Lucius, Albus, Felicia, and Poppy to the curtained section. He pulled the curtains back and they walked in. Severus took a vial and poured it down Hermione's throats and then turned Kaden to face her. Hermione was deathly pale and stiff as she opened her eyes. She smiled at Kaden, looking as if she was trying not to show her pain.
Kaden sat on the bed beside her and took her hand. "Hermione." Kaden said, softly.
Hermione smiled and squeezed his hand, lightly. "Kaden...love...I want to...take the potion. I want our child to live."
Kaden's eyes widened. "Hermione, your chances of survival will drop!"
Hermione smiled without a trace of fear to be shown. "Kaden, I am going to die, no matter what. I can feel it. Please...do this for me. Please, help our daughter live."
Kaden felt tears fall down his face. "Hermione, no, I..."
"Love, for me. Let me make my sacrifice. Let me do this for the good of the world. Save our child, let me go."
"NO!"
"Kaden, Severus already told me that the final choice was mine. I have decided. This child shall have its chance at life. Don't take away the chance of having something that we made together. I will live on through out child. I will never, ever be gone from your life completely. Never. Please, Kaden, let me do this."
Kaden finally let all his walls fall and leaned down to embrace his wife. "No, please just...promise me that you will live through this!"
Hermione smiled with a sad look in her eyes. "Kaden, you know I can't promise you that!"
"LIE TO ME THEN!" Kaden shouted, aware of the gasps from the uncurtained area.
"I wouldn't do that to you." Hermione said, softly. "Kaden, my time is running short. I probably won't have strength to talk when the baby is born, so please let me say my piece now."
Kaden nodded.
"Kaden, I love you more than anything, since we were only eleven years old. You are my soul mate and the only man that was right for me. I will never be able to tell you how happy this year has been for me. You are my friend, lover, husband, king...my world. Please, be the loving father I know you were meant to be. Never let a chance at love pass you by. Always stay close to your family, stick to your roots. Send our daughter to Hogwarts and tell her about me, let her know her mother. Give her all my journals on her eleventh birthday. I started them when I was eleven. Protect her with your life as you have protected me and our friends and family. These are my dying wishes, please honor them. And Kaden, most of all, I will always love you..." Her voice had steadily grew fainter and in the end it was only a whisper.
"I love you." Kaden said, kissing her lips, aware of his tears running onto her face and into her mouth. "I will always love you."
Hermione smiled as her eyes slipped shut, "And I will always love you, my prince, my angel, my love."
When her heart beat evened out, showing she was asleep, Kaden pulled her up into an embrace. He finally pulled back with a touch on his shoulder. Kaden looked up into the concerned eyes of his brother, father, and Severus. Severus sighed. "Kaden, what was your decision?"
Kaden felt like he had killed her himself as he shockingly said, "the potion."
Severus nodded and pulled a vial from his robes. He tipped it down Hermione's throat and Kaden went into a whole new crying fit when her breathing became even shallower, indicating she was now comatose. Kaden's knees locked and he started to fall when his father caught him carried him to the bed next to Hermione's own.
After Kaden cried for a long time in the presence of his family and Severus, he fell into a fitful sleep.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Authors Note: Okay, here is the deal- I need names. Please, in a review suggest ONE/TWO girl names and ONE/TWO boy names. I am sure I will have enough suggestions without twenty from each of you! Please, if possible, put their MEANING beside them but you don't have to, just makes it easier for me.
Also, I have never wrote a "Tear-jerker" part in a story and it was sort of hard for me to do. Tell me how many of you cried or came near to it. I know you are probably wanting to kill me for doing this but really I just felt I needed to do it! Anyway, review much! Thank you!
By the time Kaden had got Hermione to Hogwarts she has lost a lot of blood. Poppy and Dumbledore were already waiting for the couple in the infirmary. He burst through the doors with the unconscious Hermione in his arms. Behind them, they left a track of blood.
Poppy gasped when she saw the pale Hermione Malfoy. "Get her into a bed, quickly!" She ordered. Kaden had just put her into bed when his best friend, Severus, ran through the door. "Albus, who is bleeding? There is a trail of blood in the...KADEN!"
Severus ran to Kaden, who had blood soaking his robes. "WHAT HAPPENED? ARE YOU ALRIGHT?!"
Kaden moved over and Severus saw Hermione. Severus gasped. "What happened?!"
Dumbledore nodded. "I think we would all like to know that. Kaden, my child, care to explain what made this happen to your wife?"
Kaden nodded as he watched Poppy tend to his wife. "I went to dinner at Voldemort's like I told you I was going to do. We talked about little things at first and suddenly he asked Hermione where Harry Potter was. For some reason, she just...Told him. She told him that I am Harry Potter. So...I used my emergency portkey and we flooed back to the house. When we got there I asked Hermione why she had told him. She started to say that she didn't know why when she started screaming! I got down on my knees beside her and saw a glow in the corner of my eye. I turned and saw the anklet she has received as a wedding present from Voldemort start to sink into her skin. I called you and told you I was coming...here we are."
Dumbledore nodded. "So, you can't be a spy anymore. That isn't good."
Kaden became enraged. "WHO CARES IF I CAN'T BE A SPY ANYMORE! MY WIFE IS IN VERY SERIOUS PAIN!"
Poppy interrupted them. "Kaden, may I see you in my office for a moment?"
Kaden's eyes widened and he walked into Poppy's office right behind her. "Yes?" He asked, now out of earshot of Dumbledore and Severus.
Poppy looked at him and sat down. "Have a seat, Mr. Malfoy."
Kaden sat and looked at her expectantly. "Mr. Malfoy, the anklet that Voldemort gave to Hermione I have gotten out. But not before it did it's damage."
Kaden narrowed his eyes in disbelief. "I don't understand. I did a spell to check for all hexes and curses!"
Poppy nodded. "You should have had Severus test it. It was dipped into a fatal poison and an incision potion. The Emerald gems took in the incision potion and the onyx took in the poison. With a spell on the incision potion he has used, it activated and started to sink into her skin. At which time, connecting with her muggle blood, released the poison."
"Is Hermione going to be okay?" Kaden asked with tears in his eyes.
"I am not sure what will happen to your wife. I have done all that I can do for her, at the moment. It is touch and go. But I can tell you something about her pregnancy. The poison, I think, affected it much more."
"What's wrong with the baby?" Kaden asked, quickly.
"Your wife was going to have twins, I didn't tell you because you agreed you wanted it to be a surprise. I saved one of the babies before the poison killed it. The other, however, was killed by the poison."
Kaden sat, stunned, as the news sunk in. Hermione was possibly going to die? One of his children was killed before it was even born? When this finally gained meaning, he ran out of the office, out of the infirmary, and out of Hogwarts.
Kaden sat on a large rock next to the lake. He watched as the giant squid flopped its tentacles, causing ripples to shimmer in the moonlight. Hot tears caressed his face as he curled into himself. He squeezed his eyes shut and wiped his eyes. He suddenly had the urge to scream. He stood on the rock and bellowed, "YOU WILL DIE, VOLDEMORT, FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO ME! YOU WILL DIE FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO MY WIFE AND CHILDREN!"
He jumped off of the rock and started to walk back towards the school, furiously wiping his eyes. Suddenly a very morbid thought entered his mind, "If you hadn't loved her she wouldn't be dying." He fell down on his knees. He buried his hands into the soft dirt around the tree he was under. He curled into a small ball and cried unashamedly.
He didn't know how long he had been out there, nor did he care. He was sure somewhere he fell asleep because he was quite startled when he felt a hand on his back. He jerked around, wand already out. He relaxed slightly at the sight of his father.
Lucius felt his heart break when he saw his son's tears. He pulled Kaden to him and embraced him. He felt Kaden's tears wet his spidersilk robes that would be ruined because of the them. He felt his son's fingernails penetrate his skin. He felt the heartbrokeness in that hug though, so he didn't pull away. He would never pull away, never again.
Lucius heard a soft voice whisper into his chest, "I want him to die, dad."
Lucius sighed and squeezed his eyes shut, remembering the death of Narcissa and the pain it had caused for him and his sons. "You and me both, my son, you and me both."
They sat in the embrace in comfortable silence until a voice interrupted. "Dad, Kaden, Severus needs to see Kaden, it is urgent."
Lucius stood and pulled his son up, immediately wrapping an arm around the distraught young man's shoulders. The three men slowly walked back to the castle.
"He is in the empty classroom next to the infirmary." Draco said to Kaden. Kaden nodded and hugged his father once more before running ahead.
When he entered the room, Severus was sitting on a couch in the middle of the room. Kaden crossed the room and sat down next to his friend. "Kaden, I have something to tell you." Kaden nodded.
Severus shifted before starting. "I studied the anklet. It was also dipped into an unknown potion that I assume is similar to a liquid imperious. She couldn't help but tell him."
"I know that." Kaden said without emotion.
"Well...the potion is spreading fast. Since you left, three hours ago...we have learned what will happen to Hermione."
"Well?" Kaden said, impatiently.
"I have a potion that can save the life of your child. It will put Hermione into a coma until the baby is born. It will also speed up the child's development, making the child be born in a week,"
"Well make it..." Kaden interrupted.
"It is more complicated than that. Right now, Hermione has a 10% chance of living," Severus sighed. "If I use this potion, she will have a 2% chance at the most. I hate to put you into the decision, truly. But...if I don't Hermione still has only a 10% chance and she will die before the baby is born, thus, killing the baby."
New tears washed down Kaden's face as he held back his tears. "I...I can't make this decision alone."
Severus nodded. "I know. I can wake Hermione up, with little pain, for approximately twenty minutes. Then I will asked for your decision. But she will be in pain and she doesn't look...well."
Kaden buried his face into his hands. "I...I can't see h-her like that, no."
Severus pulled Kaden to him. "Kaden, it is very possible that this will be the last chance...it is now or never."
"No, no, no, no, no, I can't see her like that. Never, I can't see her in pain. I can't....I can't do that. Don't ask me to do this Sev. Please!" Kaden said.
Severus sighed. "Kaden, you must do this." He pulled Kaden to his feet and started to pull him out of the room. As he pulled him he said, "I ennervated her for ten minutes earlier and told her the situation. She is waiting for you to come and discuss it with her."
The reached the infirmary and walked in. Severus led Kaden past Draco, Lucius, Albus, Felicia, and Poppy to the curtained section. He pulled the curtains back and they walked in. Severus took a vial and poured it down Hermione's throats and then turned Kaden to face her. Hermione was deathly pale and stiff as she opened her eyes. She smiled at Kaden, looking as if she was trying not to show her pain.
Kaden sat on the bed beside her and took her hand. "Hermione." Kaden said, softly.
Hermione smiled and squeezed his hand, lightly. "Kaden...love...I want to...take the potion. I want our child to live."
Kaden's eyes widened. "Hermione, your chances of survival will drop!"
Hermione smiled without a trace of fear to be shown. "Kaden, I am going to die, no matter what. I can feel it. Please...do this for me. Please, help our daughter live."
Kaden felt tears fall down his face. "Hermione, no, I..."
"Love, for me. Let me make my sacrifice. Let me do this for the good of the world. Save our child, let me go."
"NO!"
"Kaden, Severus already told me that the final choice was mine. I have decided. This child shall have its chance at life. Don't take away the chance of having something that we made together. I will live on through out child. I will never, ever be gone from your life completely. Never. Please, Kaden, let me do this."
Kaden finally let all his walls fall and leaned down to embrace his wife. "No, please just...promise me that you will live through this!"
Hermione smiled with a sad look in her eyes. "Kaden, you know I can't promise you that!"
"LIE TO ME THEN!" Kaden shouted, aware of the gasps from the uncurtained area.
"I wouldn't do that to you." Hermione said, softly. "Kaden, my time is running short. I probably won't have strength to talk when the baby is born, so please let me say my piece now."
Kaden nodded.
"Kaden, I love you more than anything, since we were only eleven years old. You are my soul mate and the only man that was right for me. I will never be able to tell you how happy this year has been for me. You are my friend, lover, husband, king...my world. Please, be the loving father I know you were meant to be. Never let a chance at love pass you by. Always stay close to your family, stick to your roots. Send our daughter to Hogwarts and tell her about me, let her know her mother. Give her all my journals on her eleventh birthday. I started them when I was eleven. Protect her with your life as you have protected me and our friends and family. These are my dying wishes, please honor them. And Kaden, most of all, I will always love you..." Her voice had steadily grew fainter and in the end it was only a whisper.
"I love you." Kaden said, kissing her lips, aware of his tears running onto her face and into her mouth. "I will always love you."
Hermione smiled as her eyes slipped shut, "And I will always love you, my prince, my angel, my love."
When her heart beat evened out, showing she was asleep, Kaden pulled her up into an embrace. He finally pulled back with a touch on his shoulder. Kaden looked up into the concerned eyes of his brother, father, and Severus. Severus sighed. "Kaden, what was your decision?"
Kaden felt like he had killed her himself as he shockingly said, "the potion."
Severus nodded and pulled a vial from his robes. He tipped it down Hermione's throat and Kaden went into a whole new crying fit when her breathing became even shallower, indicating she was now comatose. Kaden's knees locked and he started to fall when his father caught him carried him to the bed next to Hermione's own.
After Kaden cried for a long time in the presence of his family and Severus, he fell into a fitful sleep.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Authors Note: Okay, here is the deal- I need names. Please, in a review suggest ONE/TWO girl names and ONE/TWO boy names. I am sure I will have enough suggestions without twenty from each of you! Please, if possible, put their MEANING beside them but you don't have to, just makes it easier for me.
Also, I have never wrote a "Tear-jerker" part in a story and it was sort of hard for me to do. Tell me how many of you cried or came near to it. I know you are probably wanting to kill me for doing this but really I just felt I needed to do it! Anyway, review much! Thank you!
