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Chapter 13: That's Why

Lucian was sitting at the kitchen table with his forehead pressed against it. The coolness was soothing against his pounding headache. He wondered what was going on between Draco and his father. He hoped that everything would turn out ok. His mind was still reeling with the news that Lucius had been a spy for Dumbledore. Even his father hadn't known where Lucius's true allegiances had lied. He wondered if Draco believed what his father was
telling him, Merlin he wished that he could be in there with Draco. This was killing him. He needed to know if Draco was ok, Lucian wanted to be there for Draco after all he had been there every step of the way for him for the past three years. Just as his father sat a cup of tea in front of him Lucius walked into the kitchen sat down opposite of Lucian and dropped his head in his hands. All heads were turned toward him.

"Well Albus, I have just one question. How did Draco know about his mother and what had happened at the meeting?" Lucius asked without lifting his head from his hands.

Severus glanced at Albus and when he nodded his head in consent he looked at his son and he did the same. Albus cleared his throat, "That is something I am sure that Severus and his son would be able to clear up for you."

Lucius looked up at Severus and then at the young man sitting across from him with a puzzled expression. "How?" he said simply the pain still showing clearly in his eyes.

"I have visions, usually at night when I sleep but for some reason I had one when I was wide awake." Lucian took a deep breath. "I saw what happened and I heard when Voldemort said that my father was the other spy. That's how Draco knew."

Lucius was shocked. "That's why you never told any one that you had a son. The Ministry would have taken him away from you as soon as they found out his little gift. And I could just imagine what would have happened to him
if Voldemort found him. I imagine he would have been as sought after as Potter among the Voldemort and the Deatheaters." He sat there still shocked.

Something was niggling at the back of his mind about Draco and Sev's son. Draco had been getting a good many letters from someone this summer and when he was done reading them his actions just radiated how much he was
in love. Lucius remembered one letter that he had picked up and glanced at not to read but just to see who it was from.

He had been slightly confused when the letter had been signed 'Onyx' and then it clicked, his memory
flashed back to when he had first talked to Severus early yesterday and what he had heard Severus say to Draco something about finding an onyx and leaving it on his bed in the spare room.

It finally made sense; at the time he couldn't understand why Draco would not tell him or his mother about who had caught his eye. He knew now that there where two reasons that Draco didn't tell who his new love was one was that it was another boy and two it was Severus's son, who no one knew existed.

He felt like the weight of the world had been dropped on his shoulders, his only son was afraid to tell his father that he was gay. Lucius looked up at Severus and a ghost of a smile crossed his face. At least his son had good taste.

Severus had been watching Lucius carefully since he had walked into the kitchen. A few minutes after he had been shocked into silence by the fact the Lucian was somewhat a seer he saw Lucius take a long look at his son and
then sank into deep thought. Watching the flickers of various emotions dance through his eyes was something he had never seen Lucius experience.

A look of understanding dawned suddenly onto his Lucius's face as he glanced sharply at Lucian, Severus was starting to get worried and he wondered what exactly Lucius had discovered about his son. But when Lucius faint smile caught his eye his panic subsided a bit.

At this time Albus decided that he should break the uneasy silence, "Well, I think that I need to head up to my office and gather the necessary items for today's press conference."

Lucius looked up at Albus questioningly, "What press conference, what is it about?"

Albus turned around and looked at Lucius, "I am sure that Severus will tell you the news that I released to the ministry today so you will not be so shocked when you come up to the conference." And then he turned back
around and swept noiselessly out of the chambers.

Severus shook his head that man had to have been in Slytherin when he was here, Gryffindor my ass he thought to himself. So Albus didn't want him to tell Lucius the whole truth. He supposed that it would be better that way, the less people that know the safer Lucian was. He looked at Lucian and seen that he was watching him with a calculating look that was saying "What is that old man up to, and what are you going to tell him?"

"Lucian why don't you take Draco to your room so that he can freshen up a bit before we head upstairs for the conference." Severus said to Lucian so that he could talk to Lucius privately.

Lucian nodded and stood and walked out the door. Lucius watched the young man walk in to the living room and before the door swung shut he watched as he gathered Draco up in his arms. At least his son was in good hands at the moment, now to find out what the news was that Albus needed to call a conference for. He had a feeling in the pit of his stomach that it had something to do with Potter.

Severus sat down in the chair that his son had vacated and wearily ran his hands through his hair. "Three weeks ago Minerva and I were summoned by Albus to go and check on Mr. Potter at his Aunt and Uncles home in Surrey. When he got there we found out that Harry had been beaten severely by his muggle Uncle. Minerva and I brought him back to Hogwarts and Poppy tried to heal him but the damage was extensive especially to his head and internal organs. He slipped into a coma shortly after being brought here." Severus paused in the explanation, and then after taking a deep breath he continued.

"He died last night."