Chapter Six - Dealing With Nightmares

Draco almost stopped breathing when he heard his mothers name. She had found out about him and Harry and the baby, his worst fears were happening. He tried to pull himself up, to protect Harry and Sirius, but he could barely move for the pain that was rushing through his body. He had never been more scared in his life. The baby wasn't due for another two months and everything that he had grown to love and care for could be destroyed if he couldn't stop his mother.

He heard Sirius and Narsissa talking heatedly, but he could barely make out what they were saying. Harry was kneeling on the floor beside him, talking to him but he couldn't hear it, all he could hear was the pounding of his own heart. A shot of red light passed over his and Harry's head and he felt like his heart had stopped.

He turned around to see his mother forcing her way past Sirius. She pointed her wand at him and Harry and everything began to happen in slow motion. A green light issued from the end of her wand and (this is so cliche!) he moved in front of Harry. The spell hit him and he fell into darkness. 'I'm dead.' was his final thought.

But he was not dead. Far from it. He woke up a few hours later in his room in the hospital wing with several people hovering around him. Harry, as always, was stuck firmly to his side. Sirius was with Harry and Tonks was wandering around behind them doing something. He glanced to his right and over by the door was his father, crying onto Severus' shoulder while Severus rubbed his back soothingly.

Draco watched them silently, glad that Harry and Sirius hadn't given away that he was awake. He watched as Severus placed a soft kiss on Lucius' head and smiled down at him, wiping a tear off of Lucius' face with his thumb. "I'm okay." Draco said and both turned round to look at him. Lucius ran over and threw his arms around him son.

Draco paused for a moment. "Wait a minute. I'm okay? I should be dead. Why am I not dead? Where's mum?" Lucius turned away from Draco and began crying again. "What happened." Draco whispered. He knew from his fathers reaction that something terrible had happened.

Severus stepped forward. "As far as we can tell, the spell your mother cast was not against Sirius, or Harry, or even you. It was aimed at the baby and as you know the baby is practically invincible. The spell rebounded from you, and hit her instead."

"So she's dead." Draco amazed himself with just how easy it was to say that, and how little it seemed to afect him. He suddenly put a hand to his belly. "So she's alright then? I got these horrible pains and then there was the spell and i don't remember a thing after that."

Tonks smiled at him. "The baby is fine. The pain you felt was the baby warning you that you were in danger. If you die then she dies, that's the only flaw to her being invincible. She's settled back down now and you, i'm afraid, are in for a very hard two months. She will now start to grow very fast and i'm not going to tell you that it won't hurt, because it is going to hurt. It's going to hurt almost as much as giving birth to her will."

Draco glanced over at Harry. "I get these feelings of impending doom, you know. What she just said was a confimation and it didn't make me feel better and it's your fault."

Draco lay back on his bed and yawned. "Right I want everyone out. Poor boy needs some food and a good rest." said Tonks. Harry stared at her as if she was mad, but she grabbed his shirt collar and began ushering him out of the room. Lucius stared at Tonks for a moment.

"I need a moment with my son." He said softly, flicking a strand of golden hair off of his face.