Chapter 9- Long Live
"Are you out of your mind?! You can't tell me you seriously plan to attack the Potter's son!"
Lucius didn't answer. He kissed her cheek and walked to the door, he was on his way to the Ministry.
"He's like Draco's age! How would you feel if a fully-grown wizards came into our house and tried to hurt our son?!"
Lucius stopped dead on his tracks. He turned to her.
"Draco is safe."
"But Harry's not? He's a baby just like Draco! What harm could he be?"
Lucius straightened his collar.
"Plenty."
He began to walk out.
"If you love me you won't hurt me like this."
He turned to her.
"Hurt you? How?"
"If you kill Harry you might as well kill them all. And kill me as well."
"I would never let anything happen to you."
He wrapped both arms around her.
"I swear. But this is something I have to do."
"No you don't. You really don't. We can run away..."
"You know they'd find me."
Alexia threw her arms around his neck and kissed him shakily.
"I know..."
"I love you."
He sighed. He's never loved anyone like he loved her. He wanted to be with her every waking second. He wanted to look in her eyes and whisper in her ear and he desperately longed for her touch.
"I love you too."
It always made his heart soar to hear her say those words.
"Take care."
He nodded and let her go. He disapparated.
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Once he was gone, Alexia ran upstairs to Draco. She took him in her arms and kissed his cheeks lovingly. He was only 10 months old.
"I love you baby...I love you. Please be a good man. Be a great man. Don't make the same mistakes your daddy did. Make better friends. Smile. Please smile for me..."
Alexia looked down at Draco. He stared up at her quizzically. Alexia blinked back the tears.
"Oh God...please help me."
Alexia put the infant down. She took a deep breath, touched his forehead with a kiss and walked out. Alexia grabbed her wand and put on one of Luciu's cloak. She walked down the stair and opened the front door.
"Alexandria! Stop!"
Alexia stopped and turned to Narcissa.
"Are you sure you want to do this?"
Alexia held Narcissa for an moment.
"Yes. I just...I can't live with the thought that Lucius killed Harry. I have to stop him. Or delay it, or whatever it takes. I just can't let him do it."
Narcissa sighed.
"If anything happens to me..."
"Don't say that!"
"If anything,"
She looked up towards Draco's nursery.
"You'll take care of them for me right? Both of them?"
Narcissa nodded.
"Be quick. Keep your hood up."
Alexia nodded.
"I'll see you."
Alexia walked out of the house into the darkening night sky.
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Narcissa watched her go and went to Draco's nursery. He looked up at her with those ever captivating eyes. Draco seemed to sense the tension. He writhed and cried, Narcissa did her best to calm him but in the end she had to give him Children's Sweet Warm Milk Sleeping Potion to calm him down. Narcissa paced the room anxiously. She didn't know what to do. She knew she had to do something so she ran to Lucius' study and wrote Bella an owl.
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Lucius stood outside the Potter's home. He looked in the window and watched them for a while. James sat at the table, his messy hair covering his face as he poured over a piece of parchment. Lilly paced the room with baby Harry on her hip. She went over to James, looked over his shoulder and pointed to a place on the parchment. He looked up sharply and nodded. Then he leaned down again and frowned. He looked up at Lily.
"Lucius?"
Lucius turned around, his wand out and ready. A cloaked figure stood before him. Alexia stepped up to him, he saw her face when she pulled down her hood.
"What are doing here?!"
"I came to stop you."
"This is bigger than you."
He pulled her away from the window and pulled off his hood.
"You can't get involved in this."
"I love James like a brother and I won't let you hurt him!"
Lucius rolled his eyes.
"Look, if I don't do it. Someone else will."
"Then let someone else try. And I'll fight them."
"You don't even know what you're talking about."
"I know what I'm talking about. But you don't know what you're dealing with."
Lucius scoffed.
"Do you really think they wouldn't know about the prophesy? Don't you think that they would have come up with a way to protect Harry?"
Lucius frowned at her.
"What are you talking about?"
"Dumbledore would have told them about the prophesy."
"Dumbledore? What does he have to do with anything?"
"Dumbledore heard the prophesy. No doubt he would have told them."
Lucius looked inside the house at the clock.
"Look, I have 10 minutes. I have to do this."
"I won't let you."
Lucius pulled up his hood. She reached out for him desperately and kissed him.
"Don't...please..."
She kissed him and at first he didn't seem to respond. She kissed him a little harder and he dropped his wand. He wrapped both arms around her. He broke the kiss.
"Lets go home...lets go home...for Draco's sake?"
Lucius pulled away and looked in her eyes. He forgot the whole reason he was there in the first place. She looked at him pleadingly and wrapped her arms around his waist.
"Please?"
He shook his head sorrowfully and whispered in her ear.
"I love you."
"Lucius I –"
"Avada Kedavra!"
A flash of bright colored light went at them. Alexia held him, took the shot and went limp in his arms. He looked up and saw James Potter standing before him, his wand out, his eyes like fire. Everything went in a flurry. He let Alexia fall to the ground and pulled his wand from the ground at James. James waited. Lucius froze. He looked down at Alexia's body and fell to his knees beside her. A loud "crack" broke the two seconds of silence. Lucius looked up to see Lord Voldemort glaring down at him.
"Up Malfoy!"
Lucius only looked at James and pointed his wand. James ran into the house. Voldemort disapparated. A few seconds later, crashes and screams were heard from inside the house.
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Voldemort stared down at Lilly Potter's lifeless body and turned to the infant. For an instant he was mesmerized by the bright green eyes. The infant cried loudly, its whole being radiating power. Voldemort pointed his wand at the child and prepared to say the deadly curse for the third time that night.
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Lucius felt his master's demise. He felt his arm burn up like fire as the mark faded. He stared in wonder then looked down at the woman in his arms again. She already looked pale. Her eyes were glaceed and open. He ran a hand down her face to close them. He kissed her forehead softly then her lips.
"Oh God..."
He shot the Dark Mark into the air, took Alexia in his arms and disapparated just as the Auror's arrived.
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"What happened Malfoy?"
Lucius set her down on a nearby bed and turned to the rest of the Death Eaters.
"He's not coming back. He's weakened."
Some gasps were heard, others called out in anger.
"What do we do?"
Lucius turned back to Alexia.
"We lie. We tell the ministry that we were forced to join him. Or deny ever cooperating with him. We don't want to land in Azcaban."
A Death Eater stepped forward.
"Who is that?"
Lucius saw him reach to pull her hood back but he grabbed the hand and pushed it away.
"Don't touch her."
"Is she dead?"
Another voice inquired. He nodded and wanted them to leave. He needed to be alone.
"Go on with your lives for as long as you can."
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Lucius took her back to the manor the next day. Narcissa was worried about him. He would sit at her side and take her hand wishing she would wake. Narcissa put her hand on his shoulder.
"Get up Malfoy."
Lucius looked at her. He looked back down at Alexia.
"What will you do with the body?"
He closed his eyes and shrugged half-heartedly.
"You can't keep it here."
"I know."
Narcissa held out his wand.
"Burn it."
Lucius' eyes snapped to hers. He glared.
"What?"
"Burn it. You have to."
She grabbed a pair so scissors and sliced off a big lock of her hair. She held out the wand to him. He took it and stood up.
"What then?"
Narcissa put her hand on his shoulder and squeezed it.
"Then I will help to ease your pain."
She leaned in and kissed him on the lips. Lucius looked back at Alexia and took a breath.
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He watched the body well up in flames along with the bed sheets.
"You'll forget her."
"No I won't."
Narcissa shrugged.
"Where's Draco?"
Narcissa extinguished the flames and led him out of the room. She locked it and put the key in her pocket.
"Draco is in his nursery."
Lucius made his way over there. He looked down at the baby sleeping peacefully. Narcissa had followed him there as well.
"He'll never know his mother."
"He will."
Lucius looked at her.
"I'll be his mother."
Lucius shook his head.
"You're not Alexia."
"He won't know the difference."
Narcissa turned him to her and looked in his eyes.
"And soon, neither will you."
She pulled him in and kissed him. Lucius wrapped his arms around her waist and kissed her back then pushed her away. He looked at her. Narcissa's black eyes were now blue, the same blue Alexia's had been. But she was still unmistakably herself. He sighed.
"I loved her."
Narcissa smiled.
"In a month, you'll have her body back."
He pulled her in and kissed her. Draco whined in the background, Narcissa looked at him out of the corner of her eye and waved Lucius' wand at him. Draco fell back to sleep as Narcissa took Lucius down to the floor with her.
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"Are you out of your mind?! You can't tell me you seriously plan to attack the Potter's son!"
Lucius didn't answer. He kissed her cheek and walked to the door, he was on his way to the Ministry.
"He's like Draco's age! How would you feel if a fully-grown wizards came into our house and tried to hurt our son?!"
Lucius stopped dead on his tracks. He turned to her.
"Draco is safe."
"But Harry's not? He's a baby just like Draco! What harm could he be?"
Lucius straightened his collar.
"Plenty."
He began to walk out.
"If you love me you won't hurt me like this."
He turned to her.
"Hurt you? How?"
"If you kill Harry you might as well kill them all. And kill me as well."
"I would never let anything happen to you."
He wrapped both arms around her.
"I swear. But this is something I have to do."
"No you don't. You really don't. We can run away..."
"You know they'd find me."
Alexia threw her arms around his neck and kissed him shakily.
"I know..."
"I love you."
He sighed. He's never loved anyone like he loved her. He wanted to be with her every waking second. He wanted to look in her eyes and whisper in her ear and he desperately longed for her touch.
"I love you too."
It always made his heart soar to hear her say those words.
"Take care."
He nodded and let her go. He disapparated.
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Once he was gone, Alexia ran upstairs to Draco. She took him in her arms and kissed his cheeks lovingly. He was only 10 months old.
"I love you baby...I love you. Please be a good man. Be a great man. Don't make the same mistakes your daddy did. Make better friends. Smile. Please smile for me..."
Alexia looked down at Draco. He stared up at her quizzically. Alexia blinked back the tears.
"Oh God...please help me."
Alexia put the infant down. She took a deep breath, touched his forehead with a kiss and walked out. Alexia grabbed her wand and put on one of Luciu's cloak. She walked down the stair and opened the front door.
"Alexandria! Stop!"
Alexia stopped and turned to Narcissa.
"Are you sure you want to do this?"
Alexia held Narcissa for an moment.
"Yes. I just...I can't live with the thought that Lucius killed Harry. I have to stop him. Or delay it, or whatever it takes. I just can't let him do it."
Narcissa sighed.
"If anything happens to me..."
"Don't say that!"
"If anything,"
She looked up towards Draco's nursery.
"You'll take care of them for me right? Both of them?"
Narcissa nodded.
"Be quick. Keep your hood up."
Alexia nodded.
"I'll see you."
Alexia walked out of the house into the darkening night sky.
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Narcissa watched her go and went to Draco's nursery. He looked up at her with those ever captivating eyes. Draco seemed to sense the tension. He writhed and cried, Narcissa did her best to calm him but in the end she had to give him Children's Sweet Warm Milk Sleeping Potion to calm him down. Narcissa paced the room anxiously. She didn't know what to do. She knew she had to do something so she ran to Lucius' study and wrote Bella an owl.
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Lucius stood outside the Potter's home. He looked in the window and watched them for a while. James sat at the table, his messy hair covering his face as he poured over a piece of parchment. Lilly paced the room with baby Harry on her hip. She went over to James, looked over his shoulder and pointed to a place on the parchment. He looked up sharply and nodded. Then he leaned down again and frowned. He looked up at Lily.
"Lucius?"
Lucius turned around, his wand out and ready. A cloaked figure stood before him. Alexia stepped up to him, he saw her face when she pulled down her hood.
"What are doing here?!"
"I came to stop you."
"This is bigger than you."
He pulled her away from the window and pulled off his hood.
"You can't get involved in this."
"I love James like a brother and I won't let you hurt him!"
Lucius rolled his eyes.
"Look, if I don't do it. Someone else will."
"Then let someone else try. And I'll fight them."
"You don't even know what you're talking about."
"I know what I'm talking about. But you don't know what you're dealing with."
Lucius scoffed.
"Do you really think they wouldn't know about the prophesy? Don't you think that they would have come up with a way to protect Harry?"
Lucius frowned at her.
"What are you talking about?"
"Dumbledore would have told them about the prophesy."
"Dumbledore? What does he have to do with anything?"
"Dumbledore heard the prophesy. No doubt he would have told them."
Lucius looked inside the house at the clock.
"Look, I have 10 minutes. I have to do this."
"I won't let you."
Lucius pulled up his hood. She reached out for him desperately and kissed him.
"Don't...please..."
She kissed him and at first he didn't seem to respond. She kissed him a little harder and he dropped his wand. He wrapped both arms around her. He broke the kiss.
"Lets go home...lets go home...for Draco's sake?"
Lucius pulled away and looked in her eyes. He forgot the whole reason he was there in the first place. She looked at him pleadingly and wrapped her arms around his waist.
"Please?"
He shook his head sorrowfully and whispered in her ear.
"I love you."
"Lucius I –"
"Avada Kedavra!"
A flash of bright colored light went at them. Alexia held him, took the shot and went limp in his arms. He looked up and saw James Potter standing before him, his wand out, his eyes like fire. Everything went in a flurry. He let Alexia fall to the ground and pulled his wand from the ground at James. James waited. Lucius froze. He looked down at Alexia's body and fell to his knees beside her. A loud "crack" broke the two seconds of silence. Lucius looked up to see Lord Voldemort glaring down at him.
"Up Malfoy!"
Lucius only looked at James and pointed his wand. James ran into the house. Voldemort disapparated. A few seconds later, crashes and screams were heard from inside the house.
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Voldemort stared down at Lilly Potter's lifeless body and turned to the infant. For an instant he was mesmerized by the bright green eyes. The infant cried loudly, its whole being radiating power. Voldemort pointed his wand at the child and prepared to say the deadly curse for the third time that night.
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Lucius felt his master's demise. He felt his arm burn up like fire as the mark faded. He stared in wonder then looked down at the woman in his arms again. She already looked pale. Her eyes were glaceed and open. He ran a hand down her face to close them. He kissed her forehead softly then her lips.
"Oh God..."
He shot the Dark Mark into the air, took Alexia in his arms and disapparated just as the Auror's arrived.
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"What happened Malfoy?"
Lucius set her down on a nearby bed and turned to the rest of the Death Eaters.
"He's not coming back. He's weakened."
Some gasps were heard, others called out in anger.
"What do we do?"
Lucius turned back to Alexia.
"We lie. We tell the ministry that we were forced to join him. Or deny ever cooperating with him. We don't want to land in Azcaban."
A Death Eater stepped forward.
"Who is that?"
Lucius saw him reach to pull her hood back but he grabbed the hand and pushed it away.
"Don't touch her."
"Is she dead?"
Another voice inquired. He nodded and wanted them to leave. He needed to be alone.
"Go on with your lives for as long as you can."
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Lucius took her back to the manor the next day. Narcissa was worried about him. He would sit at her side and take her hand wishing she would wake. Narcissa put her hand on his shoulder.
"Get up Malfoy."
Lucius looked at her. He looked back down at Alexia.
"What will you do with the body?"
He closed his eyes and shrugged half-heartedly.
"You can't keep it here."
"I know."
Narcissa held out his wand.
"Burn it."
Lucius' eyes snapped to hers. He glared.
"What?"
"Burn it. You have to."
She grabbed a pair so scissors and sliced off a big lock of her hair. She held out the wand to him. He took it and stood up.
"What then?"
Narcissa put her hand on his shoulder and squeezed it.
"Then I will help to ease your pain."
She leaned in and kissed him on the lips. Lucius looked back at Alexia and took a breath.
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He watched the body well up in flames along with the bed sheets.
"You'll forget her."
"No I won't."
Narcissa shrugged.
"Where's Draco?"
Narcissa extinguished the flames and led him out of the room. She locked it and put the key in her pocket.
"Draco is in his nursery."
Lucius made his way over there. He looked down at the baby sleeping peacefully. Narcissa had followed him there as well.
"He'll never know his mother."
"He will."
Lucius looked at her.
"I'll be his mother."
Lucius shook his head.
"You're not Alexia."
"He won't know the difference."
Narcissa turned him to her and looked in his eyes.
"And soon, neither will you."
She pulled him in and kissed him. Lucius wrapped his arms around her waist and kissed her back then pushed her away. He looked at her. Narcissa's black eyes were now blue, the same blue Alexia's had been. But she was still unmistakably herself. He sighed.
"I loved her."
Narcissa smiled.
"In a month, you'll have her body back."
He pulled her in and kissed her. Draco whined in the background, Narcissa looked at him out of the corner of her eye and waved Lucius' wand at him. Draco fell back to sleep as Narcissa took Lucius down to the floor with her.
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