Adrenaline Rush
~hotsleekeyz~
Chapter 8
Untimely
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Draco was laid on his bed as he tried to mend his injured leg. It was bleeding severely and such loss of blood caused him to look paler than he already was. He was still trying to contain the pain of the wound.
"Damn it! It won't heal!" yelled Draco irately.
"Master, we have no more choice but to send in a Medic Wizard. There's nothing more to do. This only shows that you've broken your vow", said the head elf who look terrified at both the sight of Draco in pain and the situation they were faced with.
"I can't! Have you forgotten what consequence shall await me if anyone else knows about this? It's my half-Death! I don't want to be caught up in punishment of being half dead! And I wouldn't allow it that my son would take over the Dark Side because of this. I will not let him be influenced by how I was brought up!"
"But how about your wound Sir? It won't heal! You asked your Son to come in, in a few minutes. In fact, I reckon he would be here any moment now"
Draco slammed his fist against the bed.
"Let him in now! There's no use hiding this. Goddamn it!"
"But Master, would it be wise to let your Son know about EVERYTHING?"
"Just let him in"
The head elf went out of the room and fetched Wade. In a few minutes, there he was, wet with tears.
"Father!" screamed Wade as he ran fast towards his agonized father. "Father, why aren't you getting any better? You are a wizard, aren't you? Why won't you use magic to heal yourself?"
Draco sighed. The pain of the wound was still there but his son's presence soothed him calm.
"I want you to listen Wade. I am the Dark Lord. I am the head of the Dark Wizards and I'm supposed to do bad deeds. And since you're mother is the only person I really loved, the goodness I had before kept me sane. Are you still getting on?"
"Yes Father"
Draco smiled painfully. He was glad that Wade was trying to understand what he was saying. "I was expected to lose any emotion for her as she is a Muggle-born. Dark Wizards disgrace muggleborns, though you are an exception as you are my son. Moving on, I was able to keep any feeling for your mother very discreetly. But then, since I saw her again, whatever I had for her before was awakened. And for that, I'm being punished"
"Punished? Is loving mother wrong? Aren't you supposed to love her?"
"Wade, I am not supposed to love her anymore. The Death Eaters believe that if I will be stuck up with any more emotion for her, it will make me weak"
"You shouldn't love me as well"
"It doesn't follow that I shouldn't love you because I was forbidden to do so with your mother. You are supposedly the next heir to my throne. But baby, I'm not allowing them to take you to the Dark Side. Promise me now Wade, you will never be a part of the Dark Side"
"I promise Father. But what about your wound?"
"It won't heal Wade. It's the punishment for loving your mother again"
"There must be a way!"
"The only way is for her to heal it. As of now, I don't think that would be possible"
"Why? You know where she is, do you?"
"Yes son. I know where she is, but we can't disturb them"
Wade raised a brow. "THEM? Who them?"
"Your mother and Daddy"
Draco almost cried with the thought. It was one part that he couldn't tell Wade. Draco knew that the only incident that he would get hurt was because of his loved one's act of infidelity, given that he was Dark Lord and was not supposed to get hurt.
"But what about you? You're bleeding badly. I'll take you to the hospital now!"
Draco snorted. There was his son, trying to act as if he knew well. "Wade, Wade, calm down. I will be fine"
"But Father, your wound looks bad", said Wade as he pointed to the bandaged leg that was still bleeding profusely.
"I'll just rest. Maybe later it will seem better. Don't worry, you little boy. If you want, you can stay here with me while I sleep" voiced Draco with another painful smile.
"Okay. I'll be your bodyguard!"
Wade smiled though he was still disturbed. He knew well his father was in a bad state. He wanted to do what the children did at the television shows. Wade didn't insist on helping out. He just thought of pleasing his father.
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"God Harry. . ." whispered Hermione tired on the bed.
"Mione, I'll get some ice cream. What would you want?" asked Harry.
Hermione thought for a while. She thought of what food she wanted to take after having a satisfying time with her husband. . . thinking. . . thinking. . .
. . .Then it suddenly hit her.
"Wade! I need to find my son!" yelled Hermione in panic.
Harry ran back to the bed and held Hermione in his arms. "No Mione. Not yet. I'm sorry"
Hermione pushed Harry away. "So, you just stalled me here for some time to keep my mind away from looking for my son!"
"Yes I did that! I don't want you to wander off with only a part of your memories back!"
"Well you couldn't stop me now Harry. . . I'm going to look for Wade no matter what the cost you think I can do"
"Go on! Let's see if there would be something good that would come out of you insisting that you leave. Have you ever thought that you have no idea where Malfoy is at the moment? That probably they are at a Death Eater's hide? Have you thought about that?"
"I can't just stay here and stare blankly at nothing when I don't know how my son's been! You wouldn't know the feeling of worrying this much, Harry. You are not his real father"
"And you think that's reason enough to spat me with and tell me that I don't care about him? Well I do. I've taken Wade as if he was my own son because you never gave me the chance to have mine! You were too selfish of your love for Malfoy that you never gave me my own child!"
Hermione stood appalled. "It was not because I still loved Malfoy that I didn't give you a son"
"Then why? Is it another man? Another man to equal the many women I've bedded before? Well Miss Hermione Granger, give me one good reason why!"
"You wouldn't understand why!"
"Then try me! At least once and for all I know the reason behind this!"
"You wouldn't want to know and you will never understand!"
*SLAP!*
Harry immediately slapped Hermione hard on the face. Hermione was almost thrown to the floor. When she stood back erect, she glared dangerously at Harry.
"If you really want to know, then I'd tell you" said Hermione as she clutched where Harry hit her. "Yes, you are right, I still love Malfoy. I never stopped loving him since the day he left me"
"See! There you are! Such shallow piece of an excuse not to bear my child!"
"It's not just that you feeble-minded nincompoop!"
"Tell me more Granger. . . I'd be dying to know. . ." hissed Harry sarcastically.
"It's because I'm forever bound to Draco unless I'd be able to stop loving him. And the reason why I can't give you the child you wanted, is because of Draco's love for me. I'm forever bound to him in that love as he is the Dark Lord"
"Is that the only reason? Then why can't you be bound to me when we both love each other? That wouldn't be fair as he is the Dark Lord then he gets all the benefits? Mione, you've got to do something about that. You've long been separated with him. We are married. We both live in the muggle world. Your marriage with him doesn't count here. Why can't you just give me that?"
"I, myself, doesn't know exactly how Draco's world works. It's too complicated. And I'm fearing that that complication would lead Wade into danger"
Harry took his silence. Hermione also took hers.
"You can go", claimed Harry as he lowered his head.
"What?"
"You can look for Wade now. You've already gotten all of your memories back. You've just remembered that you loved Malfoy more than you love me"
"Harry, it's not like that"
"Hermione, this is the way it was before you lost your memory. Now everything's back into place and I'm just the old womanizer for a husband that you had"
Hermione knew well that she wouldn't be able to talk to Harry at that time, and so she gathered her clothes and went out to look for her son.
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Wade grew tired of sitting beside his father. He paced around and waited until his father awakened. As he went pass Draco's desk, Wade saw that Draco's wand was there.
Wade immediately took it and clutched it tightly in his small fist. He walked back to his father and tried to fathom if he should give the wand a try to heal his father.
Wade's arm was already half-flickered with the wand when Draco's eyes opened.
"NO!" yelled Draco.
Too late, the wand was already swished fully. Sparks flew from the tip of the wand to Draco's leg. Draco immediately took Wade in his arms and embraced him tight.
Wade was shocked at Draco's sudden scream. He knew he shouldn't have messed with the wand. He thought that he caused more damage than good, that he started to cry again.
"I'm sorry father. I'm sorry. . ."
Draco didn't speak. Neither did he want to know what happened to his leg.
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"Master, what shall we do with your Son?" asked a Death Eater that knelt before Lucius.
"Let me handle him. He shall soon suffer from the hands of his own son", replied Lucius with an evil smirk.
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Draco still had Wade tight in his arms. His eyes were shut. He didn't want to know what happened to his leg.
"Father, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. Father, I'm very sorry"
Wade hadn't stopped from apologizing. Draco felt worrisome about his son that if it didn't stop from putting the blame on himself, he would start to grow out of his own mold.
Slowly, Draco released Wade. He opened his eyes and looked at his leg. Wade was still trembling in fear.
Silence.
"Father, I'm sorry. I know I shouldn't use your wand", continued Wade.
"Hush Son, it's fine"
Wade opened his own eyes and looked at his Father. Draco was smiling at him.
Draco brushed Wade's haired into a ruffle. "You really are a wizard. You will grow to be a great one Wade. You've just healed my leg"
Wade's eyes almost bulged out of his sockets. He turned around to look at Draco's leg, and good as it was, even the bandage was gone. Only a scar was left.
Draco knew well that Wade still felt as if he was in trouble, so he moved his toes and immediately ducked his hand into Wade's stomach and tickled him crazy.
Wade laughed at once.
"So, you little boy. This must be really something---you managing a wand at the age of 5, healing a full-grown man in a flicker of a wand. . . you're just your type. You're a real wizard"
Wade smiled faintly. "Are you really okay? Can you move your foot now?"
Draco raised his foot and placed it back down. "See? It's perfect"
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Hermione was walking endlessly that she reached different muggle villages without a sign of his son.
From behind, a hand caught Hermione and she was dragged behind a tree.
When she saw who it was, Hermione gasped.
It was Lucius.
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"We got to be really careful now Wade. One more wrong move of your Mum and I'm dead", said Draco jokingly.
"Okay Father. What can we do now? Do you have some video games?"
"Um, Wade, I as such had enjoyed playing that muggle invention before though I never considered buying some. It can pollute your mind, you know"
Draco smiled and Wade smiled back. They were at the library when the door opened harshly to reveal a rather tall man with a struggling woman.
"Father! Take your hands off her!" ordered Draco in a sudden shift of emotion.
Lucius pushed Hermione to the floor and Wade immediately ran to her.
"Mum!"
Every one of them thought that Wade would run towards Hermione, but he didn't. Instead, he aimed at Lucius and immediately banged his small fists against Lucius' chest.
"You monster! Why did you hurt my Mum! Monster! Monster!" screamed Wade helplessly.
In on swift movement of his arm, Lucius brushed Wade away from him, throwing him towards the floor with Hermione.
"Such ingrateful son you have, Draco. His mother, evidently, hasn't taught her son some manners"
"Better he has his own mind than having his Father manipulate it" hissed Draco from afar.
Lucius took out his wand and aimed it at Draco. He uttered the Cruciatus just in time that Wade stood to block it from his father.
Wade was thrown to the bookshelves in the great amount of force imposed by the curse. He slumped down on the floor, unconscious.
"Now you did it!" yelled Draco as he took his own wand and uttered the Cruciatus curse on his father.
Lucius was able to duck in time and missed the sparks. He gained composure and smirked at Draco. "You're too slow. You better wake up earlier to do better than that." He turned around and exited.
Draco and Hermione ran to where Wade was and saw that his eyes were open and he was fully awake.
"Wade!"
Hermione immediately took Wade in his arms and cried like a child. Wade hugged back.
Draco watched his family like that. He wanted to join in though he knew well he shouldn't. He knew that Hermione was still mad at him.
Wade looked at Draco from behind Hermione and winked at him. Wade pulled away and stretched his one arm for his father.
Hermione eyes grew wide. Draco didn't know what to do.
"Father, will you hug me and Mum?" asked Wade.
"I, I--- I, uhh, Wade. . ."
Draco blushed like the high school student he was before.
"Come on father", insisted Wade.
"Um, Wade, I don't see that your mother would want me to hold her right now"
Draco steered his head away in embarrassment.
"Mum?" asked Wade.
Hermione didn't want to consider touching Draco again after he took Wade away from her. . . But for Wade's sake---
"Okay, only once. Only because I'm nice", voiced Hermione smugly.
Draco knelt before them on the floor and took his arm over Wade, and reluctantly, over Hermione's shoulder. When Hermione didn't tense up, Draco slid his hand over to Hermione's slim waist.
Draco led his lips over Hermione's ear and whispered, "I'm sorry for taking Wade like that. I wouldn't do it again"
Hermione led her own lips to Draco's ear and said, "How would I be assured that you won't take my son away from me"
"I'm asking that you live with me here"
"Why now when you've done so much damage already?"
"No damage is too much. We wouldn't want it to be more than enough. . . we have to raise Wade together. He had just showed his magical powers to me a while ago. We have to teach him how and when to use it. It might be too dangerous"
"I don't want you teaching him about the Dark Arts"
Wade looked at his parents whisper as if they were old lovers in their private space. As young as he was, he knew when two people are in love.
"But he has to know something about it. He has to know how to fight his own craft"
Hermione pulled away. "What?"
"Let's just talk about it later"
"What are you talking about?"
"Later dear. Let's have some tea for now"
Draco stood first, followed by Wade. The two gentlemen held Hermione in each arm and led her up. As soon as Hermione was standing, her cheek met a warm kiss by Draco.
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"So you're telling me that he already has what it takes to become the next to the throne?" asked Hermione in disbelief as she and Draco both stared at Wade ride a pony that was led by a house elf.
"Yes. And it's only now that I've figured out why my father has been helping me get my son. He's going to use Wade against me. The more he's got contact with Wade, the more chance that Wade will trust him in a lengthened persuasion"
"How could you just come up with the conclusion that he's got the magical powers to take over your powers soon?"
"He was able to cure me when I broke my limb a while ago. As tradition has it, I wasn't to be cured by anyone except you"
"By what grounds do they say that I'd be the only one to cure you?"
Draco sighed. "Until I have feelings for you, I'd be forever bound to you. As you know, I'm not to be damaged, not even gashed. But I was---I wasn't supposed to get hurt, but I was. It's because of you Hermione. I'm still connected to you. Not being able to heal oneself and wounding up is a punishment for the Dark Lord who still is caught up with his emotions. I'm only allowed to love Wade, even if he's the one who's going to bring about my end if we don't stop his gain of knowledge at a young age. Unless we get Lucius out of our way, we wouldn't be sure how soon he could transform into my adversary"
"Is it just your love for me that caused you to wound yourself after a long time?"
"No Hermione. It was actually your act of infidelity that caught me off- guard"
Draco was about to continue on speaking when Wade came screaming before them.
"Father! Mum! The pony was great! I want to keep him in my room!"
Wade hugged Hermione and the mother hugged back. Wade went over to Draco's side and motioned to hug him. Their skin was nearly in contact when---
Spark-like electricity was emitted from Draco and Wade. Wade tried to touch Draco again, only to hurt himself even more.
Draco and Wade looked at their hands at the same time. The tips of their fingers were burnt. And before their very eyes, the burnt skin healed itself.
"Father?" inquired Wade. He felt that there was something wrong going on.
"It's okay son. Must be the time of the year"
Draco tried to look unaffected though deep inside, he was feeling the same as Hermione was. Both of them were horrified. Hermione wasn't able to speak a word.
Wade tried to touch Draco again but to no avail. Sparks came off from the tip of his fingers and burned them both.
"Father, is this part of your punishment?" asked Wade almost at the point of crying again.
"I don't reckon so. Why won't you go inside, have a good look at the food at the fridge and take some of them out here?" asked Draco with a smile.
"Okay"
Wade rushed in while Hermione and Draco stared at their son leave.
"It has begun. . ."
Both Hermione and Draco whispered to the air while eyeing their child walk away from their sight.
~Disclaimer: J.K. Rowling owns characters, setting, etc. Except: the plot is mine.~
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You know, it's really tiring to type the same names over again. I can't add other characters! WAAAH! I've got to solve this problem! My story has been limited to the main characters. . .uh-oh. Problem alert!
If you've noticed, the chapters are getting longer, which leads me to my amazement why you guys had the patience to read my fic. I'm hands down to all of you! Anyway, I'll fix that one up. I'll try to cut the next chapters short. This has been the eleventh page on MS Word, TNR, size 12. Usually, I only type until the 9th or 10th page.
PLEASE REVIEW!
Chapter 8
Untimely
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Draco was laid on his bed as he tried to mend his injured leg. It was bleeding severely and such loss of blood caused him to look paler than he already was. He was still trying to contain the pain of the wound.
"Damn it! It won't heal!" yelled Draco irately.
"Master, we have no more choice but to send in a Medic Wizard. There's nothing more to do. This only shows that you've broken your vow", said the head elf who look terrified at both the sight of Draco in pain and the situation they were faced with.
"I can't! Have you forgotten what consequence shall await me if anyone else knows about this? It's my half-Death! I don't want to be caught up in punishment of being half dead! And I wouldn't allow it that my son would take over the Dark Side because of this. I will not let him be influenced by how I was brought up!"
"But how about your wound Sir? It won't heal! You asked your Son to come in, in a few minutes. In fact, I reckon he would be here any moment now"
Draco slammed his fist against the bed.
"Let him in now! There's no use hiding this. Goddamn it!"
"But Master, would it be wise to let your Son know about EVERYTHING?"
"Just let him in"
The head elf went out of the room and fetched Wade. In a few minutes, there he was, wet with tears.
"Father!" screamed Wade as he ran fast towards his agonized father. "Father, why aren't you getting any better? You are a wizard, aren't you? Why won't you use magic to heal yourself?"
Draco sighed. The pain of the wound was still there but his son's presence soothed him calm.
"I want you to listen Wade. I am the Dark Lord. I am the head of the Dark Wizards and I'm supposed to do bad deeds. And since you're mother is the only person I really loved, the goodness I had before kept me sane. Are you still getting on?"
"Yes Father"
Draco smiled painfully. He was glad that Wade was trying to understand what he was saying. "I was expected to lose any emotion for her as she is a Muggle-born. Dark Wizards disgrace muggleborns, though you are an exception as you are my son. Moving on, I was able to keep any feeling for your mother very discreetly. But then, since I saw her again, whatever I had for her before was awakened. And for that, I'm being punished"
"Punished? Is loving mother wrong? Aren't you supposed to love her?"
"Wade, I am not supposed to love her anymore. The Death Eaters believe that if I will be stuck up with any more emotion for her, it will make me weak"
"You shouldn't love me as well"
"It doesn't follow that I shouldn't love you because I was forbidden to do so with your mother. You are supposedly the next heir to my throne. But baby, I'm not allowing them to take you to the Dark Side. Promise me now Wade, you will never be a part of the Dark Side"
"I promise Father. But what about your wound?"
"It won't heal Wade. It's the punishment for loving your mother again"
"There must be a way!"
"The only way is for her to heal it. As of now, I don't think that would be possible"
"Why? You know where she is, do you?"
"Yes son. I know where she is, but we can't disturb them"
Wade raised a brow. "THEM? Who them?"
"Your mother and Daddy"
Draco almost cried with the thought. It was one part that he couldn't tell Wade. Draco knew that the only incident that he would get hurt was because of his loved one's act of infidelity, given that he was Dark Lord and was not supposed to get hurt.
"But what about you? You're bleeding badly. I'll take you to the hospital now!"
Draco snorted. There was his son, trying to act as if he knew well. "Wade, Wade, calm down. I will be fine"
"But Father, your wound looks bad", said Wade as he pointed to the bandaged leg that was still bleeding profusely.
"I'll just rest. Maybe later it will seem better. Don't worry, you little boy. If you want, you can stay here with me while I sleep" voiced Draco with another painful smile.
"Okay. I'll be your bodyguard!"
Wade smiled though he was still disturbed. He knew well his father was in a bad state. He wanted to do what the children did at the television shows. Wade didn't insist on helping out. He just thought of pleasing his father.
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"God Harry. . ." whispered Hermione tired on the bed.
"Mione, I'll get some ice cream. What would you want?" asked Harry.
Hermione thought for a while. She thought of what food she wanted to take after having a satisfying time with her husband. . . thinking. . . thinking. . .
. . .Then it suddenly hit her.
"Wade! I need to find my son!" yelled Hermione in panic.
Harry ran back to the bed and held Hermione in his arms. "No Mione. Not yet. I'm sorry"
Hermione pushed Harry away. "So, you just stalled me here for some time to keep my mind away from looking for my son!"
"Yes I did that! I don't want you to wander off with only a part of your memories back!"
"Well you couldn't stop me now Harry. . . I'm going to look for Wade no matter what the cost you think I can do"
"Go on! Let's see if there would be something good that would come out of you insisting that you leave. Have you ever thought that you have no idea where Malfoy is at the moment? That probably they are at a Death Eater's hide? Have you thought about that?"
"I can't just stay here and stare blankly at nothing when I don't know how my son's been! You wouldn't know the feeling of worrying this much, Harry. You are not his real father"
"And you think that's reason enough to spat me with and tell me that I don't care about him? Well I do. I've taken Wade as if he was my own son because you never gave me the chance to have mine! You were too selfish of your love for Malfoy that you never gave me my own child!"
Hermione stood appalled. "It was not because I still loved Malfoy that I didn't give you a son"
"Then why? Is it another man? Another man to equal the many women I've bedded before? Well Miss Hermione Granger, give me one good reason why!"
"You wouldn't understand why!"
"Then try me! At least once and for all I know the reason behind this!"
"You wouldn't want to know and you will never understand!"
*SLAP!*
Harry immediately slapped Hermione hard on the face. Hermione was almost thrown to the floor. When she stood back erect, she glared dangerously at Harry.
"If you really want to know, then I'd tell you" said Hermione as she clutched where Harry hit her. "Yes, you are right, I still love Malfoy. I never stopped loving him since the day he left me"
"See! There you are! Such shallow piece of an excuse not to bear my child!"
"It's not just that you feeble-minded nincompoop!"
"Tell me more Granger. . . I'd be dying to know. . ." hissed Harry sarcastically.
"It's because I'm forever bound to Draco unless I'd be able to stop loving him. And the reason why I can't give you the child you wanted, is because of Draco's love for me. I'm forever bound to him in that love as he is the Dark Lord"
"Is that the only reason? Then why can't you be bound to me when we both love each other? That wouldn't be fair as he is the Dark Lord then he gets all the benefits? Mione, you've got to do something about that. You've long been separated with him. We are married. We both live in the muggle world. Your marriage with him doesn't count here. Why can't you just give me that?"
"I, myself, doesn't know exactly how Draco's world works. It's too complicated. And I'm fearing that that complication would lead Wade into danger"
Harry took his silence. Hermione also took hers.
"You can go", claimed Harry as he lowered his head.
"What?"
"You can look for Wade now. You've already gotten all of your memories back. You've just remembered that you loved Malfoy more than you love me"
"Harry, it's not like that"
"Hermione, this is the way it was before you lost your memory. Now everything's back into place and I'm just the old womanizer for a husband that you had"
Hermione knew well that she wouldn't be able to talk to Harry at that time, and so she gathered her clothes and went out to look for her son.
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Wade grew tired of sitting beside his father. He paced around and waited until his father awakened. As he went pass Draco's desk, Wade saw that Draco's wand was there.
Wade immediately took it and clutched it tightly in his small fist. He walked back to his father and tried to fathom if he should give the wand a try to heal his father.
Wade's arm was already half-flickered with the wand when Draco's eyes opened.
"NO!" yelled Draco.
Too late, the wand was already swished fully. Sparks flew from the tip of the wand to Draco's leg. Draco immediately took Wade in his arms and embraced him tight.
Wade was shocked at Draco's sudden scream. He knew he shouldn't have messed with the wand. He thought that he caused more damage than good, that he started to cry again.
"I'm sorry father. I'm sorry. . ."
Draco didn't speak. Neither did he want to know what happened to his leg.
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"Master, what shall we do with your Son?" asked a Death Eater that knelt before Lucius.
"Let me handle him. He shall soon suffer from the hands of his own son", replied Lucius with an evil smirk.
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Draco still had Wade tight in his arms. His eyes were shut. He didn't want to know what happened to his leg.
"Father, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. Father, I'm very sorry"
Wade hadn't stopped from apologizing. Draco felt worrisome about his son that if it didn't stop from putting the blame on himself, he would start to grow out of his own mold.
Slowly, Draco released Wade. He opened his eyes and looked at his leg. Wade was still trembling in fear.
Silence.
"Father, I'm sorry. I know I shouldn't use your wand", continued Wade.
"Hush Son, it's fine"
Wade opened his own eyes and looked at his Father. Draco was smiling at him.
Draco brushed Wade's haired into a ruffle. "You really are a wizard. You will grow to be a great one Wade. You've just healed my leg"
Wade's eyes almost bulged out of his sockets. He turned around to look at Draco's leg, and good as it was, even the bandage was gone. Only a scar was left.
Draco knew well that Wade still felt as if he was in trouble, so he moved his toes and immediately ducked his hand into Wade's stomach and tickled him crazy.
Wade laughed at once.
"So, you little boy. This must be really something---you managing a wand at the age of 5, healing a full-grown man in a flicker of a wand. . . you're just your type. You're a real wizard"
Wade smiled faintly. "Are you really okay? Can you move your foot now?"
Draco raised his foot and placed it back down. "See? It's perfect"
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Hermione was walking endlessly that she reached different muggle villages without a sign of his son.
From behind, a hand caught Hermione and she was dragged behind a tree.
When she saw who it was, Hermione gasped.
It was Lucius.
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"We got to be really careful now Wade. One more wrong move of your Mum and I'm dead", said Draco jokingly.
"Okay Father. What can we do now? Do you have some video games?"
"Um, Wade, I as such had enjoyed playing that muggle invention before though I never considered buying some. It can pollute your mind, you know"
Draco smiled and Wade smiled back. They were at the library when the door opened harshly to reveal a rather tall man with a struggling woman.
"Father! Take your hands off her!" ordered Draco in a sudden shift of emotion.
Lucius pushed Hermione to the floor and Wade immediately ran to her.
"Mum!"
Every one of them thought that Wade would run towards Hermione, but he didn't. Instead, he aimed at Lucius and immediately banged his small fists against Lucius' chest.
"You monster! Why did you hurt my Mum! Monster! Monster!" screamed Wade helplessly.
In on swift movement of his arm, Lucius brushed Wade away from him, throwing him towards the floor with Hermione.
"Such ingrateful son you have, Draco. His mother, evidently, hasn't taught her son some manners"
"Better he has his own mind than having his Father manipulate it" hissed Draco from afar.
Lucius took out his wand and aimed it at Draco. He uttered the Cruciatus just in time that Wade stood to block it from his father.
Wade was thrown to the bookshelves in the great amount of force imposed by the curse. He slumped down on the floor, unconscious.
"Now you did it!" yelled Draco as he took his own wand and uttered the Cruciatus curse on his father.
Lucius was able to duck in time and missed the sparks. He gained composure and smirked at Draco. "You're too slow. You better wake up earlier to do better than that." He turned around and exited.
Draco and Hermione ran to where Wade was and saw that his eyes were open and he was fully awake.
"Wade!"
Hermione immediately took Wade in his arms and cried like a child. Wade hugged back.
Draco watched his family like that. He wanted to join in though he knew well he shouldn't. He knew that Hermione was still mad at him.
Wade looked at Draco from behind Hermione and winked at him. Wade pulled away and stretched his one arm for his father.
Hermione eyes grew wide. Draco didn't know what to do.
"Father, will you hug me and Mum?" asked Wade.
"I, I--- I, uhh, Wade. . ."
Draco blushed like the high school student he was before.
"Come on father", insisted Wade.
"Um, Wade, I don't see that your mother would want me to hold her right now"
Draco steered his head away in embarrassment.
"Mum?" asked Wade.
Hermione didn't want to consider touching Draco again after he took Wade away from her. . . But for Wade's sake---
"Okay, only once. Only because I'm nice", voiced Hermione smugly.
Draco knelt before them on the floor and took his arm over Wade, and reluctantly, over Hermione's shoulder. When Hermione didn't tense up, Draco slid his hand over to Hermione's slim waist.
Draco led his lips over Hermione's ear and whispered, "I'm sorry for taking Wade like that. I wouldn't do it again"
Hermione led her own lips to Draco's ear and said, "How would I be assured that you won't take my son away from me"
"I'm asking that you live with me here"
"Why now when you've done so much damage already?"
"No damage is too much. We wouldn't want it to be more than enough. . . we have to raise Wade together. He had just showed his magical powers to me a while ago. We have to teach him how and when to use it. It might be too dangerous"
"I don't want you teaching him about the Dark Arts"
Wade looked at his parents whisper as if they were old lovers in their private space. As young as he was, he knew when two people are in love.
"But he has to know something about it. He has to know how to fight his own craft"
Hermione pulled away. "What?"
"Let's just talk about it later"
"What are you talking about?"
"Later dear. Let's have some tea for now"
Draco stood first, followed by Wade. The two gentlemen held Hermione in each arm and led her up. As soon as Hermione was standing, her cheek met a warm kiss by Draco.
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"So you're telling me that he already has what it takes to become the next to the throne?" asked Hermione in disbelief as she and Draco both stared at Wade ride a pony that was led by a house elf.
"Yes. And it's only now that I've figured out why my father has been helping me get my son. He's going to use Wade against me. The more he's got contact with Wade, the more chance that Wade will trust him in a lengthened persuasion"
"How could you just come up with the conclusion that he's got the magical powers to take over your powers soon?"
"He was able to cure me when I broke my limb a while ago. As tradition has it, I wasn't to be cured by anyone except you"
"By what grounds do they say that I'd be the only one to cure you?"
Draco sighed. "Until I have feelings for you, I'd be forever bound to you. As you know, I'm not to be damaged, not even gashed. But I was---I wasn't supposed to get hurt, but I was. It's because of you Hermione. I'm still connected to you. Not being able to heal oneself and wounding up is a punishment for the Dark Lord who still is caught up with his emotions. I'm only allowed to love Wade, even if he's the one who's going to bring about my end if we don't stop his gain of knowledge at a young age. Unless we get Lucius out of our way, we wouldn't be sure how soon he could transform into my adversary"
"Is it just your love for me that caused you to wound yourself after a long time?"
"No Hermione. It was actually your act of infidelity that caught me off- guard"
Draco was about to continue on speaking when Wade came screaming before them.
"Father! Mum! The pony was great! I want to keep him in my room!"
Wade hugged Hermione and the mother hugged back. Wade went over to Draco's side and motioned to hug him. Their skin was nearly in contact when---
Spark-like electricity was emitted from Draco and Wade. Wade tried to touch Draco again, only to hurt himself even more.
Draco and Wade looked at their hands at the same time. The tips of their fingers were burnt. And before their very eyes, the burnt skin healed itself.
"Father?" inquired Wade. He felt that there was something wrong going on.
"It's okay son. Must be the time of the year"
Draco tried to look unaffected though deep inside, he was feeling the same as Hermione was. Both of them were horrified. Hermione wasn't able to speak a word.
Wade tried to touch Draco again but to no avail. Sparks came off from the tip of his fingers and burned them both.
"Father, is this part of your punishment?" asked Wade almost at the point of crying again.
"I don't reckon so. Why won't you go inside, have a good look at the food at the fridge and take some of them out here?" asked Draco with a smile.
"Okay"
Wade rushed in while Hermione and Draco stared at their son leave.
"It has begun. . ."
Both Hermione and Draco whispered to the air while eyeing their child walk away from their sight.
~Disclaimer: J.K. Rowling owns characters, setting, etc. Except: the plot is mine.~
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You know, it's really tiring to type the same names over again. I can't add other characters! WAAAH! I've got to solve this problem! My story has been limited to the main characters. . .uh-oh. Problem alert!
If you've noticed, the chapters are getting longer, which leads me to my amazement why you guys had the patience to read my fic. I'm hands down to all of you! Anyway, I'll fix that one up. I'll try to cut the next chapters short. This has been the eleventh page on MS Word, TNR, size 12. Usually, I only type until the 9th or 10th page.
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