Ginny rocked Kerra-Chanelle gently in her arms and continued to gaze into her bluish grey eyes that reminded her so much of her husband. The baby began to gurgle and Ginny smiled as the baby opened and closed her hands slowly, then quickly. Kerra began to giggle and Ginny's smile widened at the tinkling sound of her daughter's voice, so soft, so harmonic. Ginny soon heard footsteps and a hand was gently placed on her shoulder. She turned around to meet a passionate kiss from Draco.
"How's my wife and daughter doing?" asked Draco as he picked Kerra-Chanelle up and cuddled her against his chest. Kerra began to giggle again and Draco smiled.
"She looks so much like you," Ginny murmured. Draco nodded and began tickling Kerra's stomach earning more tinkling bells from his sweet daughter. Strands of blonde locks already adorned Kerra's little head for wizarding babies learned quicker and tended to grow hair quicker, too. Ginny gingerly twirled a golden strand looking at it lovingly.
"Go dress Kerra and take a day off work. I'll be heading to the ministry but they've allowed me to come back at around 2 pm to be with you and my little baby," Draco said as he kissed Kerra and Ginny on the forehead swiftly and disapparated to work.
"Come on Kerra! Time to get dressed!" Ginny stated as she placed Kerra back in the crib and picked out a pink sleeveless dress with little orange flowers and a little pink hat. She quickly dressed Kerra and gazed at her lovely daughter before making her way downstairs to eat.
Ginny decided to talk little Kerra to the city park. She swooped her little walking Kerra into her arms and walked to the park.
When they arrived Kerra quickly aimed for the swings. She wanted to go high into the air and quickly. Kerra stumbled her way to the swing set and fell a few inches before she reached it. But she quickly pushed herself back onto her feet and gave Ginny a lopsided grin saying 'I'm alright'. Ginny smiled back at her daughter as Kerra climbed her way onto the swing. Kerra looked at the young boy besides her swinging his feet up then tucking them beneath him. Up, tuck, up, tuck. Kerra began to kick up and tuck up and tuck, more furiously, up and tuck, up and tuck, UP AND TUCK! But she wasn't swinging higher. She looked at her mum with pleading eyes and Ginny got up and began to push Kerra.
"Up, then tuck under, up, tuck, up, tuck," Ginny instructed her daughter. "Slowly, slowly, there!" Ginny released her hand from the swing and watched as her daughter joyously swung back and forth like the slow ticking of a pendulum. Then higher, higher, and higher. Kerra giggled happily and shook her little head causing her hat to drift slowly off her head and land at Ginny's feet. Ginny picked up the hat and sat down on the grass beside her daughter.
Soon little Kerra tired of the swing and rattled the swing to tell Ginny to help her get off. Ginny carried Kerra into her arms and placed her at the top of a slide. Kerra held onto the sides tightly and peered over the end. She shivered and sat back up straight, peering at her mum frightened.
"Go on, Kerra. There's nothing to fear," Ginny reassured. Kerra looked at Ginny one last time before pushing herself gingerly. Her grip on the sides tightened as she sailed down the slide and bounced onto the floor. Kerra paused for a while, as if deciding whether that was fun or not, then began to giggle and stood back up again opening her arms wide awaiting for her mum to put her back at the top of the slide. Obediently, Ginny picked her daughter up and sat her down at the top. Kerra gave her a little, sugary, baby smile before pushing herself down. This time her grip on the sides wasn't as strong since she thought there was nothing to fear. She slid down much more gracefully and landed at the bottom with a huge grin. She went down about four more times before she stood back up and rubbed her little butt with her chubby hand indicating that her butt hurt from all the sliding.
"Are you hungry, Kerra?" asked Ginny as she took Kerra's little, pink, plump hand and walked her over to the picnic basket. She had thought about inviting her family to help her take care of Kerra, but she didn't want to bother them. And Kerra had proven to be easier to take care of then Ginny had thought.
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"What is it?" Draco asked his fellow Auror. Draco eyes quickly fell on the paper that David held."Draco, I think you might want to see this," David said.
"A recent Death Eater attack was issued on sunny Hogsmeade. There were only three Death Eaters but about fifteen wizards and witches were found dead. None of the Death Eaters were apprehended," Draco read aloud. He looked up at David, fear in his eyes. He was sure Lucius Malfoy had been one of the Death Eaters and he knew too well that he would soon find out about little Kerra-Chanelle.
Ginny opened up the picnic basket and unfolded the cloth while Kerra chased a squirrel that had stolen her acorn. She unwrapped the turkey sandwich, took out Kerra's mashed potatoes, and took out Kerra's bottle full of orange juice.
"Kerra!" Ginny called. Kerra glanced over at her mum, then back at the squirrel that was now pretty far away with her acorn, and ran to her mum. The squirrel seemed happier and wagged its tail as it raced up a tree trunk.
Kerra fell down on the tablecloth as she raced to her mum. She quickly pushed herself back into a sitting position and smiled happily as her mother handed her the mashed potatoes. She took out a plastic spoon, dipped it in the potatoes, and slowly fed Kerra. After a while she got the hang of feeding her daughter and gave her the orange juice while Ginny finished up her turkey sandwich. She watched adoringly as Kerra sucked on her little pink bottle gazing at the butterfly that landed on her little nose. She raised one hand to catch the butterfly but it ended up flying onto her little finger. Kerra looked at it closely and studied its little dots and stripes. Then she put her bottle down and got up. The butterfly flew away and Kerra chased after it. Ginny watched Kerra run around in circles chasing the little butterfly. Soon she lost interest in it and found a pretty daisy swaying in May's afternoon breeze. She tugged it out of the ground and ran back to Ginny with it.
She stuck her hand out and waited for Ginny to take it.
"Thank you, Kerra. It's lovely," Ginny said as she took the flower and tucked it behind her ear. Kerra smiled and ran off to get another one. She held it out again and Ginny took it. Kerra pointed to her little ear and Ginny understood. Ginny tucked the flower behind Kerra's ear and handed Kerra her little pink pacifier. Kerra sucked on it joyously and collapsed into her mother's arms, tired from the day's events.
"A pleasure to finally meet my granddaughter," came a horribly familiar voice from behind Ginny. She turned around to meet-
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Draco felt a hot, burning spot on his arm and fear quickly hitched a ride on the train in his trail of thoughts. He quickly sped out of his office and paused outside of the building.
"Where would I be if I was a little baby?" Draco thought aloud to himself. "Think…think…hmm…the park!" and with that Draco dashed to the park and arrived just in time.
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She turned around to meet Lucius Malfoy in person.
"L-l-l-Lucius," Ginny stuttered. And at that moment Draco rushed in beside her. "Draco!" she cried as she quickly shot up to her feet and clutched Kerra close to her chest.
"Such a lovely child. But she's a girl. Won't do, must be a boy to uphold the Malfoy family name. Since she won't do, why don't we just get rid of her," Lucius growled.
Ginny's eyes widened in horror as she backed away and hid behind Draco with Kerra squirming in her mother's arms to see her grandfather. Ginny whispered harshly for her to stay still and Kerra obeyed.
"Father, it's me you want, so keep Kerra out of it," Draco snapped causing Lucius's gaze to avert to Draco.
"Ah, Draco. The boy that disgraced the Dark Lord by fighting on the Light Side and causing the death of about half of the Slytherins," Lucius snarled as he whipped out his wand and pointed it straight at Draco's heart. But Draco already had his wand pointed at Lucius's heart, too.
"What makes you think you can beat me, boy? You're a lousy, pathetic, father. This girl has weakened you. You have no energy left in you to cast an unforgivable if your life depended on it. Cast your wand aside and let me kill you quickly so no pain will be felt," Lucius ordered.
"Never. I can beat you," Draco argued. "Crucio!" he cried. Lucius was taken by surprise and dropped to the floor, writhing in pain. But it quickly passed for he was used to the Cruciatus Curse.
"Ginny, take Kerra and leave. Remember I love you," Draco murmured before giving her a brief kiss and Kerra one on the forehead then standing to meet his father.
Ginny blinked away the tears and debated between staying her and helping him or leaving to hide. After what seemed like hours, she decided to hide. She rushed behind a few bushes while Lucius was busy attacking Draco and watched from there cradling Kerra and giving her the pacifier so she wouldn't make any noise.
Lucius was older now but had had more training than Draco. Yet Draco was light on his feet. The outcome was obvious, wasn't it?
"Stupefy!" Lucius cried. Draco easily dodged it and sent one back at Lucius who dodged it barely.
"Crucio!" Lucius cried. Draco dropped to the floor, trying to shake off the pain. Ginny struggled not to go up and help him. She kept looking at Kerra's angelic face until Draco got back up. Kerra spat out the pacifier and began gurgling as if wanting to speak.
"Bye bye, daddy," Kerra finally said opening and closing her hand slowly. "Bye bye!" she said in her cute baby-like talk with sugar dripping out of every word. Ginny looked astonishingly at her daughter. It was a known fact that even wizarding babies didn't speak until they were a year old or so.
"Kerra, daddy's still right there," Ginny whispered as she pointed to Draco dodging a spell. Kerra shook her head and repeated the phrase. Ginny sat there stunned, trying to interpret her little daughter's words.
"Avada Kedavra!" a male cried. Ginny's head shot up as she watched slowly. She got to her feet shakily and looked down at the body lying on the grass.
"Avada Kedavra!" yelled an older new man and Ginny watched as yet another body fell to the ground, dead cold.
She made her way slowly to the other side to examine the dead bodies.
Draco and Lucius lay dead side by side and Snape stood in the clearing.
"Oh my god, Draco!" Ginny cried as she dropped Kerra slowly on the floor and speed to Draco's side.
"Draco, wake up! Draco! No, don't go Draco! You can't! What about Kerra! What about me! You can't go, Draco, no, you can't. No Come back! Come back! No, no no," Ginny cried as she laid her head on Draco's chest and sobbed hysterically.
"No, no," she whispered hoarsely. "No, not my Draco. Not him. He was so young. What about me, Draco! Come back! What about Kerra! You can't do this to me, no Draco, you can't. No, no," Ginny got up and placed her head in her hands, sobs racking her body heavily. She shook her head crying out.
"No, no! Not Draco! No! No!" She cried. Snape walked over to her and embraced her slowly. Ginny looked up at him with her blood shot eyes, then looked back at Draco.
"Why?" she cried meekly. "Why Draco?" Snape looked at the girl remorsefully, pitying the poor red head that had seen so many deaths in her life.
Kerra walked slowly over to Draco and hugged him. Ginny looked at her little daughter and gave her a watery smile. She walked over to her and sat down beside her and Draco.
"See, daddy bye bye," Kerra said slowly. She cocked her head to the side and gave Ginny a sweet, buttery, baby smile. Ginny smiled back a weak, watery smile and hugged her daughter to her chest, rocking herself back and forth.
"What is she talking about?" Snape asked. Ginny looked at him quizzically, then remembered what he was talking about.
"I don't know. Before Draco died," Ginny began. "Draco's dead! No, Draco! My baby! No!" she burst into tears again and Snape helped her up.
"Come on, let's get you home. We can talk about this later," Snape said. Ginny nodded. She looked down at Draco once more and knelt beside him, Kerra now nestled in Snape's arms.
"I love you, too, Draco," Ginny whispered before placing a brief kiss on his lips and Apparating away with Kerra. Snape gazed at the two bodies. He couldn't help but let a tear drop its way down. Draco had been such a good lad; he didn't deserve to die when he had so many years ahead of him with his wife and new born daughter.
"Have a good afterlife, Draco. You deserved the best. I'll find someone to take care of Ginny and Kerra for you, don't worry. Enjoy your peaceful rest," said Severus. He owled the Aurors to take Lucius's body and then heaved Draco into his arms and Apparated with him to Draco and Ginny's house.
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A/N-sobs poor Draco! I'll miss him! sobs If you didn't get who killed who in this scene, don't worry. It will all be cleared up along with Kerra's little speech and predication. Hope you're enjoying the long chapters! See, all the happiness suddenly came to a halt! All the cheery moments were leading up to this. I told u something big was gonna happen!
Thank yous:
1. Cathy-For my new fic im co-writing w. my friend and she doesn't write long chapters like I do. I'll try to make them longer, thanks for reviewing it! And thanks for reviewing this story! Did you think the happiness would last any longer? I just love tragic stuff too much! Thanks!
2. ILUVRONWEASLEY-See Lucius came back and destroyed it all! You're probably so happy right now that Ginny's sad. Lol, the diaper thing was soo funny! Thanks for the review!
3. Wedgie Antilles-Yup, chappie 38 is the last chapter! The nurses weren't telling Ginny and Draco the gender because they thought Malfoy's wouldn't like it if they had a girl. Thanks for the review!
4. BlueAngel90-I know! I want Kerra as my daughter! And you were right! The good things came to an end! Thanks for the review!
5. Sara-Five minutes before? Wow, lol. Thanks for the review!
6. Smileyface1314-Why was having the baby weird? Nope, I wanted an even amount of chapters and I wasn't able to stretch it out until 45. Maybe I'll change and make it 40 chapters. Thanks for the review!
7. Ckat44-Thanks for the review!
So far it's 38 chapters. But I'm worried that I rushed the last chapter. Not sure. Eek. Thanks for the reviews everyone! You all rock!
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