Chapter 18

Autumn Lewis heard voices around her and it made her head hurt ten times worse than before, "Shut up!" Autumn said hoarsely but no one heard her. "I said shut the bloody hell up!" Autumn yelled which made her throat hurt.

"Go tell Master that she is awake," a voice that Autumn didn't recognize said rushing to Autumn's bedside. "Miss Autumn you need to open your eyes so I can do a full exam on you so I can assure Master that you are fine."

"Tell my father he can bloody well shove it, it's not as if he really does care for me. Bastard."

The woman gasped, "Don't you ever talk about Master like that again!"

"She shall talk about me however she pleases," a voice hissed. "Janet you will not talk down to my heir like that. The heir of Lord Voldemort!"

"Yes master."

Autumn rolled her eyes at her father, he always had to roar, bloody bastard. "Where's Desi?" Autumn asked hoarsely, Merlin she needed some water.

"With her nanny."

"Excuse me!" Autumn sat down as Janet tried to push Autumn back down to the bed, "What bloody nanny! Damn it Janet, get me some damn water!" Janet nodded and walked off to get the Slytherin Princess her precious water.

"Her nanny."

"What bloody nanny father!"

"Well obviously since you can't take care of your…"

"Shut up!" Autumn rose from her bed to stare her father in his horrid eyes, Autumn was the only one that had the guts to get right in her father's face. "I can too take care of my daughter! Hear that? Desi is my daughter and I will take care of her! When I want a bloody nanny for my daughter I will hire a bloody nanny!" Autumn began to scream the last part.

"How dare you…"

"No!" Autumn interrupted her father again, "How dare you! How dare you think you should hire a nanny for me! I have raised my daughter for almost a year all by myself! Her father left us before Desi was ever born! Mum helped me out until I got it down and thank Merlin I got the mum thing down before you BLOODY KILLED her in front of me and your granddaughter! You killed Vincent, the only father Desi ever knew! You have almost killed me in front of my own daughter, and you have the audacity to tell me that I have no idea how to me that I don't know how to raise my own daughter!"

"Prove me wrong then," Voldemort hissed at his sister. "You have never proved me that you could raise her the Slytherin way."

"I will raise Desdemona any fucking way I feel like it!"

"You want me to slam you into a wall again, but this time kill you?" Voldemort snarled at Autumn, "I will get a nanny that respects the Dark Arts to raise Desdemona. Now do you want to raise her or do you want a total stranger to raise Desdemona? Desdemona has already lost her father do you want her to lose you too?"

"No," Autumn snarled at her father. "It's just too bad that Desi has to know as I did, how it is to grow up with a father."

Janet came back with a glass of water in one hand and baby Desi on her left hip, "Miss Autumn."

Autumn took her baby and held her close, "I don't need the water now. I just wanted my baby." Autumn rushed out of the room without saying thank you to Janet.

"Check on Autumn later on tonight," Voldemort said walking out of the room.

"Yes Master."

Autumn opened up her bedroom that she shared with her daughter and a man was sitting on her bed that obviously surprised her. The man was a very good looking man, defiantly sexier than Vincent had ever been. Autumn had fallen in love with Vincent because other than Desi and Sharon, Vincent was the only other person that loved her.

Autumn defiantly wanted to stay as far away from love, "Do I know you?"

"No," the man with light brown hair and ice blue eyes said shaking his head. "Autumn, correct?"

Autumn nodded and saw the man smile, what a handsome smile he had. A smile that would make any girl melt, this must be a new Death Eater Autumn hadn't had the pleasure of meeting.

"Yes I am Autumn," Autumn said not moving but moving Desi to her other hip.

"You can sit beside me. I promise I won't bite, hard that is." The man chuckled at her and Autumn couldn't help but giggle. Autumn walked across the room and placed Desi into the playpen, as Autumn took a seat beside her only daughter.

"Nice to know. Are you a new Death Eater?"

"I've been a Death Eater for a few months but I haven't been here before."

Autumn nodded, "No wonder I haven't met you yet."

"I couldn't wait to meet you Autumn and I must say meeting you close and personal is a thrill I never thought I would experience."

Autumn blushed, well it was wonderful to have someone to flirt with again. This guy looked as hot as Draco, if not hotter. "May I ask who you are?"

The guy nodded, "Neville Longbottom."

Autumn's eyes bugged out, "You are the guy that raped the youngest Potter bitch?"

"That I am," Neville Longbottom said with pride in his voice.

"Well, father has said wonderful things about you but he never said how sexy you are."

"Malfoy use to say what a spiteful, evil bitch you are…."

"That I am."

"But he never spoke of the beauty I see in front of me."

Autumn rolled her eyes, "He wouldn't. Malfoy is blinded by that Potter riffraff he's married to. Doesn't even respect the mother of his child."

"That is Malfoy's daughter?" Neville said turning to baby Desdemona.

"Yeah," Autumn said sadly.

"He never mentioned her."

"Doesn't surprise me."

"She has his eyes, and smile. Thank Merlin other than that she takes after you."

"Well thank you."

"Miss Autumn do you like flattery?"

"Of course."

"What about a little Mummy and new friend time?"

"Well you can come along with Desi and I, as I was going to bring her to the park."

Neville got close to Autumn and whispered in her ear, "A little playtime for you and me without the baby."

"Oh," Autumn's eyes sparkled. Autumn hadn't had sex with a man since the night before her father murdered her husband. "Well father did hire a nanny for when I needed sometime to myself, I guess I could call her. Stay here, I'll be back."

Neville flashed her a thousand watt smile, "I wouldn't leave for anything."

Yes Autumn had been against having a nanny for Desi ten minutes ago, but that was for different reasons. Autumn's father wanted a nanny to watch over Desi all the time, and Autumn only wanted a nanny for when Mummy needed some playtime with a new friend. Luckily that new friend was none other than Neville Longbottom…

February eighteenth was the day and that day happened to be Draco and Sadie Malfoy's first year wedding anniversary. Ginny had volunteered herself and Harry to watch baby Breeanna so Susan and Draco could have a night by themselves tonight. A little Mummy/Daddy time.

Unfortunately Breeanna's first birthday and one year anniversary of her biological mother's death had been a day of terror and more death.

Susan and Draco had held off Breeanna's birthday party and decided that they would plan a party for Breeanna later on.

Arabella was still teaching at Hogwarts but it was obvious that Arabella was still grieving. Honestly though who could blame her? Roselyn was in all of Arabella's classes now and Arabella looked as if she was about to explode. Arabella only allowed herself to cry at night as she wouldn't cry in front of Roselyn, it would only make the baby upset.

It was still much too hard to go back to the Evans's Manor and Arabella was truly thinking about giving it to one of the children. Adora, Harry, and Susan would be moving out this year after they graduated and it was such a big house for only Arabella, Roselyn, and Bridget. Next year Bridget would be graduating.

The sun was up again and another glorious day, Arabella rolled her eyes, she truly didn't want to get out of bed but knew that she needed to. There was a cry down the hallway and as if Arabella's cue there was Roselyn looking for Mummy, the only parent that the little girl had left.

"Coming Roselyn," Arabella yelled wrapping her bathrobe around her as it was still cold in the school only being February.

Bridget walked into the Great Hall for breakfast, thank Merlin it was Friday! Oh yes, the weekend had just been screaming her name! Sure Bridget wasn't going to be able to go anywhere as the next Hogsmede trip was two weeks away, but Bridget could always sleep in. Besides sleeping the weekends had to become Bridget's favorite holiday as Oliver Wood had been following her around almost every bloody day asking Bridget out.

Why did he have to be so damned persistent it just bothered Bridget so badly. Then a light bulb went off inside her head and she had the best plan to make sure Oliver Wood would quit pestering her.

"Hey you guys," Bridget said smiling and beginning to eat some scrambled eggs.

"Hey," they all said dead to the world. Bridget laughed it was as if she was the only morning person in the family today and that meant something because Bridget was always the grouch in the morning.

Draco and Susan were arguing at the end of the table and baby Breeanna was demanding food from them but since they were fighting the baby was being ignored. Ginny sighed and began to feed Breeanna little bits of eggs and bacon.

"Why did you pick her up?" Harry asked aggravated. It was already bad enough that Susan was raising this child but why in Merlin's name was Ginny poking in.

"What do you mean?" Ginny asked not hearing Harry's aggravation, but Ron and Adora gave Bridget a look that said don't say a word be as quiet as a mouse.

"Why did you pick her up? She is Susan and Draco's responsibility."

"They are arguing and Bree is hungry, so I'm feeding her."

"Why?"

"Stuff it Harry, I know what you are getting at to so just stuff it right now. I don't know when you started your period but quit getting moody with me. I can not stand to hear a baby cry and she's hungry. So why shouldn't Bree eat when all the rest of us are eating."

The argument between Harry and Ginny and alerted Draco and Susan as they quit and listened in. "Yes Harry," Susan spoke up. "What's the problem if Ginny wants to help me out every once in a while?"

"That child is not Ginny's and she's not yours so neither one of you should be taking care of her. The only family she has is Malfoy over there so he should be taking care of her."

"You take that back," Susan growled at her twin brother and everyone around them didn't say a word. Fire was dancing in Susan's brilliant green eyes and Bridget knew this wasn't going to be good. If Bridget hadn't been so interested in her siblings fight she would have taken cover under the table.

"What? No."

"I share guardianship with Draco over Breeanna because her mother is dead…"

"And your husband killed his father."

"Potter," Draco growled.

Fire was dancing very fast in Susan's eyes and before anyone knew what happened Harry's glasses just broke. Harry took them off and looked at his twin in awe, how in Merlin's name but Susan didn't let him say a word.

"I share guardianship over this little girl because her biological mother is dead and her biological father wasn't a fit parent." Susan took Breeanna away from Ginny, "By law I am Breeanna's mother and Draco is her father. I am connected to Breeanna, if you haven't forgotten I am not a Potter anymore I am a Malfoy."

Harry looked at Ginny for support but she looked away from him and seemed to be backing up Susan, "But…"

"No Harry, no buts about it." Susan said leaving with Breeanna on her hip and the baby bag on her shoulder.

"Slick move Potter," Draco said looking at Harry with hate in his eyes.

Draco had known that Harry never liked him but to take it out on little Breeanna was horrible. Susan wanted desperately for Breeanna to be her biological daughter and Potter had pushed the right buttons.

However Ginny was able to put up with Potter was beyond Draco…

"What the hell was that!" Harry asked angrily looking from Ginny to Ron to Adora, and then to me.

"Learn how to care for a child and other people's feelings and then you can talk to me," Ginny said grabbing her books and leaving her husband in awe as she walked away.

"What in Merlin's name!"

"You shouldn't have said any of that," Adora left not saying another word to Harry.

"Ron?"

"That was really mean of you mate, after all Breeanna is your niece."

"No she isn't! Hell she isn't even Adora's niece!"

"Yes she is," Bridget spoke up finally. "Just because we don't share blood with that child doesn't mean that she isn't my niece! I love that little girl and don't you see the hope that Breeanna gives Susan? No instead you gripe about your wife holding a sweet baby that has never done anything wrong in her entire life. Just because Bree is our brother-in-law's half sister you go nuts. Just because she is a Malfoy. Well you know what so is Susan and you better get use to it."

"The way you acted today I have decided about changing my last name from Potter to anything else. You are a disgrace Harry," Bridget left the Great Hall and was looking for her best friend.

"What the hell!" Harry asked looking at Ron again for answers.

Ron chuckled, "Harry I hated the Malfoys all of my life but now you have really got to think. Lucius is dead and so is Narcissa. Draco is different then he was our first few years of Hogwarts, Breeanna is just a baby, and Susan is a Malfoy. So if you still hate the Malfoys like we use to it means you hate not only Draco but Breeanna and your sister."

"Whether you like it or not Breeanna is your niece and will always be your niece. Any children that Susan has with Draco will all be Malfoys."

"No they will be Potters!"

"Yes," Ron nodded. "They will have Potter in them but their last name will be Malfoy. Do you really want to deny yourself your sister and nieces and nephews to come just because Susan is being a responsible adult and raising a little girl that is hers."

"But she isn't!"

"Biologically no, but where it counts yes. Susan has raised this little girl and Susan will be the only mother Breeanna will ever know. I don't know what's gotten in to you mate but you need to straighten out your priorities." Ron said getting up from the Gryffindor table to let Harry boil.

'There he is again smiling at her in the hallway, yes he would be perfect!' Bridget thought to herself as she approached him.

"Hi!"

"Hey Bridget! What's up?"

"Have to go to boring class which is just glorious Potions!"

He laughed at her, she really was funny. "Oh really?"

"Unfortunately I am telling the truth," Bridget then changed her mood. "But what about you?"

"I'm headed towards Transfiguration."

"Ah, with my brother."

"Yes with your brother, do you need me to tell him something for you?"

"No."

"Oh? Then I am a little confused at why you would be talking to me?"

Bridget smiled, "Terry. I like you."

"You do!" Seventh Year Ravenclaw Terry Boot asked me in awe.

"Well if it's a bad thing," Bridget said beginning to walk off but Terry ran in front of her to stop her.

"No, not at all! In fact I've liked you for a while…"

'Duh,' Bridget said to herself. "Oh really?"

"You didn't notice?"

"Not really," Bridget lied.

"Well if you like me and I like you, how about we go to Hogsmede together in two weeks."

"Wonderful," Bridget smiled. "See you then."

"Oh and Bridget," Terry asked and she turned around again.

"Do you think you could eat lunch with me?"

"At the Ravenclaw table?"

"Yeah."

"Um, why not?" Bridget said shrugging.

"Okay see you then!" Terry said happily as he headed towards Advanced Transfiguration and Bridget made her way to Potions.

Bridget smiled to herself this was too good and now when Oliver held her back after class today to ask her to the Hogsmede trip again Bridget could say she had a date. Hopefully Oliver would finally get off of her back of getting together. Even though Oliver was only a Quidditch referee and a Flying teacher so Bridget never had any classes from him but some how he always knew where she was at and this is when he'd ask her out.

'Why would you want him off of your back? You know you truly have feelings for him otherwise you wouldn't keep ending up in his bed,' the little voice inside of Bridget's head told her. As Bridget was a stubborn Potter, she just simply ignored the little voice.

"Bridget you need to write these notes down," Ginny hissed at her best friend.

Bridget shrugged, "What's the point when I can copy them from you later?"

"Because if your aunt turns around and see you acting like you won't care it will hurt her really badly."

"How?"

"First, because you'll make her think she isn't a good teacher. Second, because Sirius and James use to be like this in class. We all know she is still upset over Sirius's death."

"And who says I'm not!" Bridget asked outraged

"Whatever," Ginny said rolling her eyes. "Why do you look so smug?"

Bridget smiled a thousand watt smile, "I've got a date to Hogsmede."

"Thank Merlin you have finally come to your senses…"

"Yeah you guys were right, I shouldn't let Neville haunt me for the rest of my life."

Ginny nodded, "So what time are you going with Oliver."

"Oliver? Who said anything about him? Well he isn't the guy taking me."

'What!' Came two voices inside her head and two voices out loud.

"Ouch!" Bridget yelled.

"Mrs. and Miss Potter can I see you a second in my office," Arabella said sternly. They followed Arabella into her office and she slammed the door.

"Why are the two of you yelling at me in class and why is Susan and Adora yelling in my head!" Bridget asked outraged, "I don't need Adora, Susan, or you listening in on my conversations."

Arabella rolled her eyes at her niece, "What do you mean the guy isn't Wood?"

"Because he isn't."

"Why?" It was Ginny's turn to question now.

"Because I've told you guys I don't like him."

"It's not Blaise is it?"

"No Bella it isn't Zambini."

"Then who?" Ginny asked.

"Terry Boot," Bridget said beaming.

"That seventh year Ravenclaw that follows you around like a lost puppy?" Arabella asked laughing, the first good laugh she had had since Sirius died.

"He does not follow me around like a lost puppy!"

"Oh yes he does!" Ginny said laughing with Arabella.

"Terry is a very sweet guy and isn't bad on the eyes neither. I'm glad the two of you think he's such a joke date, because I'm eating lunch with him today at the Ravenclaw table!" Bridget said storming out of her aunt's office and throwing herself back into her chair.

"Temper, temper." Ginny said chuckling.

"You are the one that married into the Potter family, you wait your kids will be just the same." Arabella said chuckling.

"She what!" Adora, Susan, and Harry asked surprised.

"But that guy follows her around like a lost puppy!" Susan yelled.

"Maybe that's what she wants," Draco spoke up feeding little Breeanna mashed peas.

"What?" Harry asked what was this buffoon going on about now.

"I hate to say this but I think I actually agree with Malfoy," Ron said nodding.

Everyone was so concerned with Bridget that they had forgotten about the fight with Harry this morning.

"Why not Oliver? What's so bad about him?" Susan asked wondering why Bridget was denying her heart what it desperately wanted.

"Good question Susan," Harry nodded. "But why weren't you with him instead of Malfoy."

"Don't start this again Harry," Susan said turning her back to her brother.

"I'm glad we shared lunch today Bridget, it was really nice." Terry said smiling at Bridget.

"Yes it was," Bridget nodded. "Well I have to get to the greenhouses to get class, I'll see you later."

"Can I walk you to class?"

Bridget shook her head no, "You just told me you have Divination next. There's no way you can walk me to class and get to your class in time. I will see you later."

Bridget picked up her things and walked out of the Great Hall without saying a hello to her family. Bridget could tell they had been talking about her all during lunch and she really had no reason to talk to them.

Bridget was just walking to Herbology but before she got outside someone grabbed her by the arm and pulled her into a empty classroom…