Chapter 27
Draco looked back at Autumn and she looked on the verge of tears. "You knew?!" He asked her with complete outrage racing throughout his entire body. "You didn't tell me?!"
"Why would she tell you?" The man spat at Draco. "Just because you're her baby's father? You haven't even been here for her! Stuck up that half-blood's ass, literally, I bet."
Draco pointed his wand at the man, "You take that back!" He roared.
The man snickered at Draco, "Rubbish. I'll never apologize over a Potter. You shouldn't even be with her, you should marry Autumn and make her an honest woman."
"I don't want his pity. I can raise my child on my own." Autumn spoke up.
"You bloody hell won't!" Draco yelled, "I won't marry her, but I'll stand by her and our child." He roared.
"And give up Potter?" The male voice snickered.
"No, Susan is my girlfriend whether you like it or not." Draco spat, "Susan understands that I have a responsibility to take care of and that is my child."
"If I didn't know any better, I'd say you've gotten cozy with those Potters and joined Dumbledore's pathetic Order." The man said with total dislike.
"I never said that, or did that." Draco lied, "I am not a member of the Order or a Death Eater. I will be neutral and no one will make me do what I don't want to do."
The man rolled his eyes, "Back to what I was hear to ask in the first place, Where is Catarina?"
"None of your bloody business." Draco began to yell again and Autumn looked scared.
"You will tell me!" He hissed.
"Never," Draco said. "Why would I tell you?"
"I'll deny you all the Malfoy riches," Lucius Malfoy said his eyes blazing.
"You can't," Draco laughed a very cold laugh, that hadn't been around since he'd started to see Sadie Potter. "As long as the Ministry thinks you're dead, you won't come back if you can go on being a Death Eater without the Ministry trying to track you down and bring you to Azkaban, where you belong…YOU MURDERER! I am the one in charge of the Malfoy riches and I shall put half away for Catarina's baby."
Lucius cackled, "You still hate me for killing your grandmother and mum do you?"
"And Remus, he was a good father!"
"I am your father! Lupin was a werewolf!"
"You may have been my biological father, but werewolf or not he was the best father role model I ever had."
"You will tell me where Catarina is!" Lucius roared, partly being mad because he wanted his child from Catarina and partly because he was just told that a werewolf was a better father then he had been.
"Why so you can beat her again? You'd beat her while she was with your child?! You quit beating mum because she was pregnant with me, and you killed my other sibling because you're a disgusting WIFE BEATER!"
"You will hold your tongue, son!" He yelled.
"Do not remind me that we share blood! Do not remind me that Cat's unborn child will share your blood. Do not remind me that Autumn and my unborn child will also share your FILTHY BLOOD!" Draco boomed.
"My blood filthy?" He chuckled, "Your girlfriend's blood is filthy the nasty half blood!"
Draco yelled the disarming spell and took his own father's wand. "You will tell me where Catarina is at." Lucius hissed.
"You will leave my girlfriend out of this, and it will be over my dead body that I will tell you where Catarina is at!"
Draco handed Autumn his father's wand, "You will hold this until I am gone. I will come back later to talk to you about our child." Autumn nodded, she knew when Draco was this mad you didn't say no. Draco walked over to Autumn's fireplace and threw down some Floo Powder and yelled, "The Leaky Cauldron!"
Draco arrived at the Leaky Cauldron only to throw off his father, so Lucius couldn't find Catarina. Lucius was completely stupid, Draco knew for a fact that Lucius had known that Catarina was with child before Draco thought he'd killed his father…but how was Lucius not dead? He knew he'd said the killing curse right. Maybe his father thought that she'd lied about her pregnancy, but if you saw Cat you could tell that she wasn't faking the pregnancy.
Draco got back into the fireplace and threw down dirt and yelled, "Madam Brown's Sanctuary House!"
Susan was still staring at the picture on the newspaper, how could this happen…she'd seen Draco yell the 'Avada Kedavra' spell, but yet he was alive?! "Cat?"
She turned away from the window and saw the pain and curiosity in Catarina's eyes. "Yes, dear?" She said rubbing he tummy in a loving way.
"H…how could this have happen…"
There was noise from the fireplace and both women got out their wand and pointed it to the fireplace. It was Draco and they both sighed putting away their wands. "Wow, who'd you think I was? Voldemort?"
"No," Susan sighed and brought the newspaper to Draco. "Him."
"Father? How can this be," he asked.
"That's what I thought but they say he's back."
"Well, I know he's back…but how does the papers know? He acted as if he was keeping this quiet like he wanted no one to know."
"And how would you know?" Susan asked hoping he wasn't about to tell her he'd joined by his father's side.
"I just ran into him, almost had another duel."
"How'd and where'd you run into him at?" Catarina asked.
"At Autumn and Millicent's new flat."
"WHAT ON EARTH WERE YOU DOING THERE?!" Susan yelled at him, "WHY ON EARTH WOULD YOU BE AT THAT TRAMP'S FLAT?!"
"Susan!" Draco said walking towards her but she backed away. "Babe," he decided he'd better stay a little away from her if that's what she wanted. "I had to make sure she wasn't lying about the pregnancy…she's not…I saw her little belly where our baby is growing. She'll be three months in five days. Susan, I can't just abandon my baby."
"Draco, it's got Slytherin blood in it. It'll try and kill me whether it is a baby or not. I know Voldemort and Autumn…it might be innocent for a few years, but it'll be like them and want to get rid of us."
"We'll teach it better."
"We? What on Earth are you talking about we? You think we'll make it and get married and have kids?"
Draco looked taken back, "You don't think we will?"
"Draco, I…I don't know. We haven't been dating long…even though we've liked each other for sometime…I'm not ready to make a decision like that. You know you're going to have to raise it."
"We? The baby will have it's mother."
"Not for long, don't you remember the prophecy? Ginny and Harry's twins will kill Autumn. After Harry and Ginny get rid of Voldemort, Autumn is furious and she takes his thrown. The twins will kill Autumn, and you'll get the baby."
"Good and I can raise the child up to be respectable and a good child." Draco turned to Catarina, "Just like her baby will be….Cat what are you having?"
Cat smiled and rubbed her belly, "A girl, and I'm naming her Bree."
"That's pretty." Draco said smiling at Cat. She looked very happy and he'd be getting a little sister. He did notice though, Cat was looking really sick…he'd bring this up to Susan later.
"Quit changing the subject, Draco." Susan huffed, "If you think we are going to get married…you know we'll both have to raise this child. How do you think my family will take it that I've got to raise the spawn of Slytherin?! The blood line we are trying to get rid of?"
"The child will be innocent when we get it, and if the child has no mother I think your family will understand…they understand a lot of things. How all of you Potter children have a destiny you have to fulfill. That Bridget is dating a man six years her senior? Harry and Ginny are: together, apart, together, apart, together…"
"I get the idea."
"Your family understands that we are together and that we really care for one another. If we have to raise Autumn and my child then they will understand."
"But, Draco…one of the heirs of Gryffindor will kill the last heir of Slytherin. You do realize one of my family members…or one of their children will kill your child with Autumn?"
Draco look taken back by this, "I remember hearing this…but it's weird to imagine it."
"Yes, I know. This is why I'm asking you, are you sure you think that we can take this on?"
Draco took her hands in his, "Positive." He smiled at her and kissed her cheek.
Cassidy sighed inside, she knew who was going to kill Autumn and Draco's child. She knew which Gryffindor blooded child would kill the last Slytherin…and this would be sad.
Adora and Anthony were still staring at the newspaper as if it had a disease.
"H…how?" Adora stuttered not understanding. "Draco killed Lucius in front of Susan a few months ago…I just don't…"
"You never know with a Death Eater," Anthony sighed. "Do you know for a fact that the body hit the ground and they checked his vital signs?"
"No, I don't now if they did or not. I know Draco did the spell and they ran back to Bella and Sirius's house."
"You've got to check it, especially with Death Eaters, Adora. They have all kinds of way to make it look like they died. Put a stopper in death. Take Pettigrew for example. You remember the story that Sirius and Remus told Harry, Ron, and you on your third year, right?"
"Yeah, I remember that, but…"
Pop "Anthony!" Sirius gasped looking at Adora and then Anthony. "Malfoy alive…" Sirius was trying to get his breath. "Our spies tell us he's after Susan, Draco, Catarina, and Catarina's unborn child. We've got to get all the kids together and bring them to the Order headquarters, we've got an urgent meeting."
"Alright, where's Bella?" Anthony asked noticing that Arabella wasn't with Sirius.
"Dumbledore contacted us, she's already at Headquarters. Adora Floo there now. I know where Draco and Susan have Catarina, and I'll get them. Since she is in hiding and only Adora, Draco, myself, Dumbledore, and Cat know where she is…we'll leave her there for now. You head to my house and get Bridget and Harry."
"And the Weasleys?" Anthony asked.
"Already there."
"With all the kids?"
"Bill is on a mission, Charlie too. Fred and George have someone looking after the Joke Shop, and should be at Headquarters now. Ron and Ginny are both there also."
"Are you positive Ginny is there?" Anthony asked knowing how important Ginny was to his Grandson's future and the future of the entire Wizarding World.
"Positive."
"And Ron is there?" Adora asked worrying about her boyfriend.
"Yes, Adora." Sirius chuckled, "Now go there before he starts worrying about you."
Once everyone was at the Order Headquarters, in which Sirius had given the Order his mother's old home, since he had no use to it. Upstairs, in a room that smelled a lot like mothballs, were the other teenagers that were associated with the Order by family members…but weren't in the Order…yet. Adora, Ron, Bridget, Susan, and Ginny.
"Why am I the only bloody man up here?!" Ron asked in outrage.
"Ron, get over yourself." Ginny said rolling her eyes at her obnoxious older brother.
Downstairs in the Grand Parlor of the old Black Manor, now called The Order of the Phoenix Headquarters, were all the Order members…excluding two. The usual and older members of the Order were fine and kept glancing over at the new members that would be helping Dumbledore and the Hogwarts staff look out for any kind of Death Eater activity at the school.
"Order, Order!" Dumbledore said over the noise of the huge crowd. "Today's meeting has two important factors. First on a happy note, we have all of our newest members that will be assisting myself and my staff at Hogwarts, to help look out for any Death Eater activity or incase Voldemort shows up they are to help." Everyone began to clap. "When I say your name please stand up, so the ones that don't know you will at least know your face. Harry James Potter of Gryffindor House, Padma Patricia Patil of Ravenclaw House, Ernie Wayne McMillan of Hufflepuff House, and Draco Lucius Malfoy of Slytherin House." Everyone looked or moved so that they could see the new members, and then applauded to be polite. "Now on to the bad news, if you haven't found out yet…Lucius Malfoy is not dead…after all."
"Yeah, Albus we read all it in this Morning's Daily Prophet," grumbled Mad-Eye Moody.
"Yes, yes…I know Moody." Dumbledore grinned at his old, but impatient friend.
"How was this possible?" Molly Weasley spoke up.
"Very simple," Sirius said standing up and everyone looking towards him. "Just as Peter Pettigrew did it fifteen years ago, when Harry was just a little over a year old…when he betrayed Lily and James!" Sirius's voice got louder and louder towards the end.
"Yes, yes…Sirius we are all aware of what he did….but can you explain?" Arthur asked.
"Sure," Sirius shrugged and turned to Dumbledore to make sure it was okay, and Dumbledore gestured for him to take the floor. "Pettigrew, was turned to Lily and James's secret keeper last minute, because I knew he wouldn't be an obvious choice…and I would and I didn't want them to lose their lives because I was stupid enough to give into one of their curses. We all knew that James was the stronger of the four of us…anyways. I found Lily and James dead, Hagrid with Harry in blankets in Hagrid's arms, Susan nowhere to be seen…I guessed that Snape had kept his promise to Lily and James, and got Susan out of there as soon as possible. Hagrid wouldn't let me take Harry so I let him go and take him to the Dursleys. Bella showed up, and knowing that Lily was pregnant, she contacted a healer and they delivered Bridget that night."
Sirius went on, "When I found Pettigrew, he was shaking and could see the pain, anger, and fury flashing in my eyes. I whispered to him, 'How could you sell out Lily and James, our family…our friends!?' He laughed at me and yelled it out, and then whispered to me, 'Easy, the Dark Lord has better powers.' I laughed at this and told him Harry had destroyed Voldemort, but I knew Voldemort wouldn't be gone forever. Pettigrew flinched, and saw the ambition flashing in my eyes. So he started crying and acting like a fool, and I called him so very foul names. He then cut his finger off, and began to scream in pain…which I knew he would, little pussy, and then he blew up the street and transformed before I could grab him. He caused a tickling curse on me so I'd keep laughing, and he escaped into the sewer…where he belonged…with the rats. Thank God, that the Dementor's kissed him, or I would have killed him myself." Sirius growled the last part, dog like and sat down next to his wife for almost a month now.
"Thank you, Sirius." Dumbledore commented, knowing that reliving James and Lily's death all over again, not only tore up Bella, and him…but it was opening new wounds for Harry.
"Now, we will be taking on new assignments. The ministry is working with the Order now, thanks to Minister Black." Sirius tipped his top hat, and everyone couldn't help but chuckled at him. "Our Hogwarts staff, the four students we picked out, and myself will take care of Hogwarts and listen for any Death Eater talk."
"There won't many Death Eater talk in Ravenclaw, Gryffindor, or Hufflepuff." Draco said standing up, making the crowd look at him…he'd interrupted Albus Dumbledore…and not many people would do that.
"Why do you say that, Malfoy?" Mad-Eye Moody asked, sitting on the other side Dumbledore. His regular eye on Malfoy, and the magical one on a balding man on the other side of the room.
"Don't get me wrong," Draco went on. "There might be a couple from Gryffindor…but force of other Death Eaters. A few from Hufflepuff…because some just like to follow the crowd…no offense Ernie." Draco turned back to Ernie McMillan.
"You are right," Ernie said from his seat. "A few will, because they join the crowd and aren't leaders."
Draco went on, "A handful from Ravenclaw, because of their smarts…and would like to find out more on magic…Dark Magic." Padma nodded her head in agreement. "But, I guarantee you, if not all…most in Slytherin will join. There will be a few, like me that will want to fight with Dumbledore. Most will go to Voldemort, and the rest will just sit around and watch Voldemort do the dirty work. So I will be doing most of the work, which I don't mind. I know some of you in here don't trust me, because of whom my father is. I want to show you my dedication, my aspiration, I tried killing my father for Sadie once…and I'll do it again." Draco sat down and there were whispering from some people…amazed that a Malfoy would kill for a Potter.
The meeting went on and on, and about an hour and a half later Dumbledore finally called an end to it. Harry ran upstairs to be with his family and friends, Draco followed only because he wanted to see Susan. Susan and Draco walked out of the room, to talk.
"So Harry, how was the meeting?" Adora asked sitting on a bed with Ron, on the other side of the room was another bed…where Ginny was sitting. There was no room for Harry on Adora and Ron's bed….so he had to go sit with Ginny…whether she wanted him to or not.
"Alright. A lot of people aren't trusting Draco."
"Because of his father, and all before him." Adora said looking sad.
"Precisely. He's ready to show them up, and report all Death Eater's to Dumbledore."
"Won't they know?" Ron asked, "As he didn't join the Death Eaters this year?"
"No," Harry said. "Voldemort does have some Death Eaters at Hogwarts, but he's told Autumn that he isn't ready to be a Death Eater yet. He's suppose to talk to Voldemort on our next Hogsmede trip. Dumbledore knows, Draco will go to Zonko's and Floo to Autumn's then Floo to Voldemort's. He's going to say he wants to focus on his studies first, and then he might join…as a decoy."
"You think Voldemort will take the bait?" Adora said worried for her other nephew.
"No," Ron sighed.
"Yes," Harry and Ginny said at the same time. They turned to each other, and stared at one another for a few minutes…before realizing that Adora and Ron were still in the room and Harry turned back to them.
"Why'd you say yes?"
"Voldemort wants anyone or anything to be a Death Eater for him…no matter how long you want to wait it off. He'll take the bait…I promise he will." Harry said smugly.
"Ah," Ron said nodding his head….it did make since. "Well, Adora and I are off. I promised her a romantic dinner tonight."
"We can't go now." Adora wined.
"And why the hell not?"
"I'm not ready."
"Adora! You're a witch!" Ron began laughing.
"Yes, but I'm an under aged witch."
"No one will know, there's so much magic going on in this house."
"Hope you're right." She pointed her wand at herself. She was ready. A midnight blue ball gown on with rhinestones all over it, makeup blue eye shadow, with blue eyeliner, blue mascara, and lip gloss over her lips, and lastly her hair was up in an elegant bun.
"See," Ron said. He pointed his wand to himself and was in a black tux, with a midnight blue vest and tie on, his hair was nicely back in gel…he looked good. "Ready to go my love?" He asked leading his arm out to her.
"Let's go!" She said happily, "Bye guys!" She waved to Harry and Ginny.
The door shut…and they were by themselves.
"Long time no see, huh Gin?" Harry asked her and her eyebrow slanted up…he knew she didn't enjoy being in a room by herself with him.
"Yeah," Ginny said staring off somewhere else.
"Why haven't you had anything to do with me?"
"Harry you embarrassed me!" She said, her voice getting shaky, but she wasn't letting a tear shed.
Harry sat back down beside her, but she kept her back to him. "How'd I do that?"
"You broke up with me, broke my heart, left for your boot camp without anything…I had to Floo home before I got emotional." Ginny's voice was starting to not only shake, but now starting to crack…but Harry couldn't tell if she was crying…she wouldn't turn her back…she was still with her back to him. "I get amnesia, and you try to make things better and get back together, and I won't remember how badly you hurt me. I'm almost fallen head over heels for you, with amnesia, and you know it."
"Gin, no I didn't."
Ginny turned to him, and saw one single tear on her cheek. "Don't you lie to me, Harry Potter." She hissed at him, "I remember I know what I was feeling. Then I get my memory back, and you want to propose to me…when I know how badly you've broken my heart. You expect me to smile, and be like okay 'I love you Harry, hurt me anytime you like!'" She almost screamed the last five words, tears streaming down her face now. "I won't take it Harry, if that's what you want…get one of the girls that stalks you at school."
"Ginny, that's not what I want…I just want you to love me again….like I love you. I'll always love you."
"Harry, I do love you. But, I can't trust you."
"If you don't trust me we'll never get back together, Virginia." Harry sighed, "We know what will happen if we never get back together."
"I hate that I have to live by a damned prophecy!"
"Prophecy? What are you talking about? The book, yeah we know about that."
"Yes, that and when your mum came to me and showed me what would happen if we weren't together."
"Gin…what are you talking about?" Harry asked her confused.
"Didn't she come to you?"
"No."
"She showed me if we never got back together. You'd marry Lavender, she'd give you two girls and she'd be pregnant with a little boy…James. She'd die in childbirth, and he'd be still born. I'd marry Michael Corner, and he'd kill me and I'd have our child Christopher in my arms, he'd fall and crack his head open and die with me…then Michael would commit suicide. Then you're house would catch on fire and the girls and you would die…burnt inside your house." Ginny was sobbing now.
"Gin, oh my god! Why didn't you tell anyone…why didn't you tell me?!" He asked comforting her, she hadn't realized he was by her…and it was him stroking her hair. "You know we have to get back together now."
"Yes, I know…but I can't trust you yet." She said staring into those deep green eyes.
He was coming closer to her, "Please, babe. Look into your heart, I know you can trust me." She was leaning and they began to kiss. Not passionately, but soft and light…like a first kiss. Ginny felt herself go numb, and Harry felt in heaven.
"Harry," she pulled back and was staring in into his eyes. "I can't…."