Chapter 2
Remember Me...
Lucius Malfoy watched his wife from his study window overlooking the garden. Narcissa felt his cold grey eyes bore holes at the back of her head as she walked aimlessly around the garden as she had done for the last 18 years, but she didn't care. All she could think about was the dream that she had last night...
FLASHBACK"Wake up ma petite."
Narcissa's eyes fluttered open and smiled softly as her blue eyes locked with her grandmother's green eyes. "Grandmamma? What are you doing here?"
Charice De Valor sat beside her granddaughter and began to play with her long blonde hair, "You have grown beautifully."
Narcissa closed her eyes and savoured the feeling of her grandmother playing with her hair, just like when she was still alive.
Charice stopped running her fingers along Narcissa's pale blonde locks and shook her gently, when Narcissa opened her eyes Charice placed a finger on her mouth and motioned for her granddaughter to follow her.
The bright light of the sun disappeared as they walked deeper and deeper into a forest. Charice stopped behind thick shrubs and told Narcissa to wait.
A few moments later, the flapping of wings could be heard in the clearing beyond the shrubs. Charice beckoned Narcissa to follow her into the clearing, when they got there Narcissa's eyes grew as wide as saucers when she was greeted with a pair of the mythical Veela Sins. Beautiful Angelic creatures with glowing golden skin and ebony black wings. The female Veela Sin had long blonde hair that reached down to her bottom and the male Veela Sin had dark brown, almost black hair. Their wings seemed to vanish into thin air as Narcissa and her grandmother neared them.
Charice bowed down to the Veela Sin pair, Narcissa quickly followed. The pair quickly parted and from behind them, a little blonde girl with striking green eyes appeared before them. The little girl stepped forward and smiled at Narcissa.
Charice quickly stood up and ushered the girl towards Narcissa, Narcissa looked at her grandmother and asked, "Who is she?"
Charice smiled and replied, "Do you not see?" pointing at a brown mark above her left shoulder.
Narcissa cried out, "Bethany!" she threw her arms around her daughter and held her tightly. The little girl smiled and hugged her back. Charice then pulled Bethany away from her mother, "Child we must go now, he comes for you."
Narcissa was taken aback, "What are you doing? Bethany! Grandmamma!" she cried out as the Veela Sins, her grandmother and her daughter faded away. Suddenly coldness crept up her spine as a menacing laugh echoed around her. She turned around but no one was there, Narcissa stood up and tried to get away but she was held in place by an invisible force, then it spoke, "She has returned and I will have her, the last Veela Sin..."
As the voice faded Narcissa's heart almost stopped beating at the last sentence, "Bethany's a Veela Sin? No, it can't be."
END FLASHBACK
Narcissa sat by the miniature waterfalls and played with the water, she stopped suddenly when she felt a cold hand grip her shoulder.
"Come inside dear, or you'll catch a cold." Lucius stared into her eyes as if trying to read her thoughts, Narcissa didn't look away she stood up and took his hand. As they walked towards the house Lucius asked, "Narcissa it's been 18 years, when will you accept that she is lost to us?"
Narcissa stopped walking and dropped his hand, "And when will you learn that I will never forgive you for taking the dark mark?" she whispered. "I loved you Lucius I love you still. But your lies and deception have caused our family too much hurt and heartache." she said with such venom in her voice that a chill went up his spine.
Lucius grabbed Narcissa as she turned to walk away, "What ahs gotten into you? It was a mistake that both our families paid dearly for. But what would you have me do? He asked for Draco's loyalty on once he turned 18 I could not bear to have my son and heir become a death eater! And I would have found a way to get her back, Voldemort was bound to be destroyed by the Potter's boy." he pleaded.
Narcissa pried his hands open to escape his iron grip on her wrists, "You may have saved Draco's life and I am forever grateful for that, but as of now, OUR daughter could be six feet underground because I sent her away. Lucius she was our daughter. I carried her for 9 months I gave birth to her and held her as she cried for the first time."
"Sirius knows where she is, why haven't you asked him to take her back?" he asked.
"Sirius refuses to tell me anything because he has never forgiven you and Bella's attempt on his life."
"I was under the Imperius Curse, Bellatrix found out I was feeding Severus information on the death eaters and Voldemort for Dumbledore. Voldemort cursed me, but since he died, his curse has been lifted. I'm back 'Cissa, I'm your Lucius."
"The Lucius I married promised he'd love me and our family! He promised he'd take care of our children, but look at our family Lucius, Draco refuses to speak to either of us and hasn't come home since the fall of Voldemort and our daughter is Merlin knows where!" Narcissa used all her strength to push Lucius away and stormed off into her room leaving a tearful Lucius. He walked out into the same spot where he found Narcissa and took out a parchment from his robe he stared into his daughters sleeping face and caressed it gently wiping each tear that threatened to fall on the photograph. "I'm sorry..." he whispered to no one in particular.
Grimmauld Place... Remus silently walked into Buffy's room, it was getting close to midday and Buffy ha yet to awaken. He sat by her bed and watched her sleep, he reached out to nudge her but suddenly felt himself being pinned underneath a slightly dazed Buffy, "Uncle Remmy?""Yes?" Remus managed to wheeze out.
Buffy immediately jumped off of her uncle and helped him up, "Sorry, I tend to wake up on my own time," she said sheepishly.
'She must have sensed the werewolf in me.' "It's alright, actually I came to wake you for lunch."
'That was close' she sighed in relief, "Okay just give me a minute and I'll see you downstairs."
Remus walked out of the room and Buffy freshened up in the bathroom. Walking along the corridor, it was only then that Buffy realised she was in a mansion. She finally reached the end of the corridor and headed down the stairs. Faint voices began whispering in her ear as she made her way down the stairs.
She has returned...go to him...time to heal
Buffy felt her mind drift away as her footsteps worked automatically and followed the voices. Remus greeted her as she entered the kitchen, "Buffy I'd like for you to meet..."
Come to me...seek and ye shall find...past and present will collide...Wings of ebony black as night...Harry Potter...
Buffy stopped dead in her tracks when the voices stopped speaking. Harry dropped his fork as he felt a hand force him to turn, "Harry," Buffy whispered as she lifted her hand above his scar shivers went down Harry's spine as she gently caressed his scar. Then a soft glow emanated from her fingertips as she pressed herself closer to him, "Harry," she repeated before kissing him passionately on the lips.
Sirius choked on his food at the sight of his niece kissing his godson, Tonks and Remus watched the display as Buffy wrapped her arms around Harry and pried her lips away from him. Harry was at a loss for words as he unconsciously placed his hand over his swollen lips.
Buffy stood there quietly, unmoving and still. Sirius waved his hands in front of Buffy, trying to wake her from her hypnotic state. A gasp from Remus made him jump, "Sirius look!" he pointed at Harry's face.
Harry, being the self-conscious person that he was panicked, "What? What do you see?"
Tonks eyed Harry's face and turned to Remus, "I don't see anything wrong, nothing's changed."
Sirius walked up to Harry and stopped suddenly when he noticed, "You're scar."
"What about it?" asked Harry as he frantically touched it with his fingers, dropping it at an instant when he only felt smooth skin. He removed Buffy's hands from around his neck and clapped his hands and tried to shake her gently, "What did you do to me? How did you..." he was interrupted when she smiled at him, "Time to heal," she replied.
Buffy blinked her eyes and jumped back as she saw familiar green eyes staring at her with shock written all over his face. When she spotted Remus she quickly made her way to him and smiled weakly at the others in the kitchen, "Um, hi." She then whispered to her uncle, "What in the frilly heck is going on?"
Remus, Sirius, Tonks and Harry just stared at her, it was only when two popping sounds and a screech from Buffy woke them from their stupor.
TBC