AN: A special Thanks to my first reviewer kelly-Anne
Gift of Silence
Chapter 2: New Friends
Harry was hiding behind his Papa's leg he had even gone as far as to wrap the big robes around him while Jamie went and greeted each of the new guest. First there was a boy and a girl with bright red hair and happy expressions. He liked the parents but the children scared him. Daddy had been happy to see them and Papa had only been so interested. They were talking about him but he didn't care. He wasn't about to start playing with people he didn't know. Then a man came up to Papa and asked if it was okay that Pansy Parkinson join them, because she and Draco had play dates each day and he kept saying things and eventually it ended up that Harry and Jamie would be watched buy the man with the long silvery blond hair sometimes too. Molly and Arthur had already agreed to this arrangement but Harry didn't like it.
A blond boy about Harry's age walked in with a girl a little bit smaller who had black hair and striking blue eyes. She was scared but Jamie immediately started talking to both of them. The five children ran off to the play den while Harry stayed with Papa. Daddy came and picked him up.
"You know Papa can't walk when you hold onto his leg like that." James said.
'Sorry Papa'
"It's okay Harry. Don't you want to play with the other children?"
'no please'
"Can you say Thank You?" Severus asked nicely.
'Thank You'
"Very good. Would you rather stay with us for a little while?"
'yes thank you' James hugged the boy in his arms and walked to the boy's bedroom.
"You are the cutest little boy ever."
'What about Jamie?'
"Ohh always the nice one. So polite you are. Jamie is the cutest little girl ever." This got a big smile from Harry. "Do you want to watch a movie?"
'yes thank you'
James was quick to put in a muggle movie called Aladdin. James actually found it quiet funny. Harry and Jamie loved this movie, and they never got scared of the evil guy when they possibly should have. Harry had just started the movie when the blond boy from earlier came in, climbed on the couch, and sat next to him.
"I'm Draco. I know you can't talk but I don't know finger talking." Harry just nodded. The two boys sat silently for the rest of the movie while Sev sat and read a book across the room.
James had decided to play with the other children. Jamie, Ginny, and Pansy were quick friends. Ron was busy climbing on a plush play set making truck noises to play with the girls, but James made a nice comfy chair for his daughter who was getting a little sleepy. The girls and Ron had been running around playing tag by touching each other shrieking and then running off again all the while giggling madly. They were only keeping the children for an hour but it had worn James out.
Severus had the easy job. Watching Harry had never been that hard when he was plopped in front of the muggle television specially charmed to work in the magical home. But surely enough Sev soon felt a tug at his robes.
'Thirsty please'
"Alright, Are you thirsty too Draco?" The little blond boy nodded. "Now do you know what kind of drink you want?"
'Pumpkin please.' Harry smiled.
"Would Pumpkin Juice be fine with you Draco?" Again he just nodded. Severus took boys by the hand leading them to the kitchen. Severus wasn't sure why the blond boy hadn't been talking but he wasn't sure he liked it.
Setting both boys on bar stools in the kitchen Severus got both boys a glass of juice.
"Can I learn finger speak?" Draco asked suddenly.
"Well, I don't see why you shouldn't be able to. How about you and Harry and I work on that next time you come over?"
"Okay!" Draco said happily sipping his juice.
'Papa can I help?'
"Of course Harry."
'Can Draco come back'
Severus chuckled a little "Of course he can come back. You would like to come back wouldn't you Draco?"
"Yes please." The little boy answered.
"Very well, now perhaps we can go back and finish the movie." Both boys nodded before Harry grabbed Draco's hand and began running back to the small television room.
The Next WeekHarry didn't hide behind Sev's robes this time but he did stay close. He still was unsure about the three other children. Harry watched as Jamie greeted Ron and Ginny they went off to play when Severus picked up Harry. Father and son moved into the sitting room. Harry sat in Sev's lap.
'Where is Draco?' Harry asked concerned.
"I'm not sure. There are a number of things that could be keeping Lucius." Severus said quietly while hugging the small boy. The fireplace crackled and Lucius rolled out of the fire. In his arms were two young children. Draco and Pansy were whimpering as Lucius let them go and then fell on the ground unconscious. Pansy began crying hysterically.
"Mommy! Daddy!" She cried out in heart wrenching screams.
Setting Harry down quickly he gave a simple order. "Go find Daddy and bring him back in here. Hurry Harry." Severus momentarily thought to comfort the girl but he had to check on the condition of Lucius. Lucius was alive but severely injured and would need much medical attention. James came in trailing a running Harry.
"Severus?"
"We need to get the children together. I can take Lucius to a spare room and you can owl for a medi-witch. You know where I keep my potions give Pansy a half spoonful of the calming potion give Draco a fourth of a spoonful and if you can try to find out what happened. I need to go see the Parkinson's. I will be back shortly." Severus ran out of the manor and apperated to the Parkinson house.
James calmed the two children down and they curled up together on the bed. Harry wouldn't leave Lucius until the medi-witch showed up. He quickly went to see where Daddy was and found him with all of the other children.
'Where did Papa go?'
"He went to visit Pansy's parents. He will be back soon."
Severus was horrified at the scene before him. In the living room Madam Parkinson was sprawled out on the floor blood seeping from her lifeless body. Severus pulled the throw off the couch and covered her body as best he could. Mr. Parkinson was in not much better condition. His body was found in the bathroom of the master bedroom. Someone had taken great pleasure in killing him by hand. He again took a sheet off the bed from the other room and set the body as best he could before covering him with a sheet. Severus followed the magical energies and found that there were two attackers. They had not counted on Lucius and he had been enough of a surprise that the attackers were caught off guard. Madam Parkinson was not dead when they left but she was shortly after. And Pansy had seen both of her parents after the attack. He could feel her energy and her fear in both places. A tear trailed down his cheek as he apperated to Snape Manor.
Molly had picked up Ron and Ginny by the time Severus reached the front door. James was sitting with the sleeping children. Harry was in his lap while Jamie sat on the end of the large bed. James was nodding off until Draco started waking. Harry climbed out of his lap and went next to Draco. Harry hugged him and the other boy was calmed.
"Excuse me, Mr. Potter." The medi-witch entered the room. "Mr. Malfoy is awake. I bit disoriented but awake."
"Thank you. Is there more to do for him?"
"Yes, Mr. Potter."
"Then please continue doing what you can for him." The medi-witch nodded and left the room. "Draco, would you like to see your father?" The little boy nodded and James picked him up and carried him to the room next to the one they were in. Severus was already in the room.
"I just got here. I figured I would check on him first. The Parkinson's…" Severus stopped abruptly. "Pansy and Draco should stay with us until other arrangements can be made." Severus refused to look at James. He has seen dead bodies in the war but none had been this vicious. During the war it had been about body count and this time a precision was used in executing the Parkinson's that Severus had not seen before.
"I'll set up Pansy in Jamie's room and Draco in Harry's." James said quietly headed out of the faux infirmary, Draco still in his arms. Headed back in with the other children he picked up Pansy taking the children down so he could fix dinner. In the kitchen James summoned a cot for Pansy to sleep on while he started cooking.
Jamie, Harry, and Draco were playing in the corner when Pansy screamed. Harry rushed over to her but she didn't want to be touched by him. Draco tried too but she was crying even harder. Jamie managed to calm her down just by holding her hand. Draco and Harry went back to the corner
"She's my best friend. I didn't mean to make her cry." Draco was scared. Harry almost wished he could talk, but he didn't know what he would say even if he could talk. Harry just hugged him.
James had given Pansy a little bit of calming potion in a cup of juice. She was calming down and Jamie stayed with her. Severus came down but Pansy still would not be touched by anyone but Jamie.
"Jam, when you and Pansy finish dinner will you show her your room? She can sleep with you it'll be like a sleepover."
"Okay Papa." Jamie smiled at him.
James had a meal of Mac and Cheese with hotdog slices made and Pansy ate some but she was not thinking about food. The other three kids ate healthily and James followed the girls up to bed to make sure Pansy got settled. He set up a glass of juice and calming potion telling her that if she was scared in the night that she should take a sip and just go back to bed. James kissed Jamie goodnight before leaving the room. Severus settled the two boys in Harry's double bed and kissed them both goodnight on the forehead. The men switched rooms and the process continued.
James and Severus met in the sitting room and fell onto the couch in there usual position.
"We could place a memory charm on both of them." Severus suggested.
"Then how would we explain why she was here? Or what happened to her parents?"
"She's so hurt…"
"I know but we can't really help her. We can be there for her as much as we can, but we're still strangers."
"Lucius might know how to help her. He's awake now. He knows where he is and everything but he doesn't really understand. It's weird."
"I assume the house elf is taking care of the medi-witch and Lucius."
"Yes, she was in there for a moment when I was, she knows to help them and still be on guard for her other duties."
"That's good. Maybe you and I should get some sleep." James made a move to stand but Sev pulled on his hand ever so slightly and James settled back down next to his partner.
"Just a few minutes more." Sev said in a whisper.
A Few Days LaterLucius had improved and was now sitting up in bed and was willing at least to talk and see his son and Pansy who had taken to him and would be comforted in his presence. Severus took this as a good sign and let the man regain his self before trying to talk to him about the incident with the Parkinson's.
"Dad I am learning finger speak so I can talk to Harry better. It's fun." Draco was saying when Lucius noticed Pansy walking in the door. She came up to the bad and got on the footstool placed on the side for the children climbing the rest of the way over to Lucius who let her snuggle up under one arm.
"Draco, Pansy. How would you two like to be brother and sister?" He asked the two children.
"Can we?" Draco asked eagerly.
"Well if that's what you both want you can be. What do you think Pansy?" The man asked the sad grief stricken little girl.
"Okay." She said.
"You don't have to if you don't want to." Lucius said he didn't want to force the girl into anything.
"I'll be Draco's sister. Does this mean you are my new dad?"
"Well it would mean I would be your second dad. I know you loved your mom and dad and I want you to remember them and love them forever."
"Okay."
"We're gonna be brother and sister now Pansy isn't that good?"
"Yeah. I love you Draco." She hugged him and then looked at Lucius. "Dad, will you change my name? I want to be your girl. Please?"
"Alright, Do you have a name in mind?" The dark haired girl shook her head. "Okay do you remember your middle name?" Again she shook her head. "Well how about Tamara, Tammy for short?" The little girl smiled.
"Thank you pops." She said giving Lucius the most deranged name he had ever had. He smiled even if he wasn't sure how to feel about the new name.
"Come on Tammy we need to go tell Jamie and Harry about your new name." Draco said pulling his new sister with him off the bed, both managed to land on there feet quite unexpectedly.
When Severus came in to check on him later in the day, Lucius asked for he and James to visit after the kids went to bed.
That night the three young fathers discussed Draco and Tamara's school situation. Tamara was growing very attached to Jamie very quickly and Draco to Harry. They decided that the Malfoy fortune could pay for the boarding school entrance exams as could the Potters and the Snapes. They also agreed to have Draco and Tamara stay in Snape manor until Lucius got better and they could all move to Malfoy manor together. The medi-witch said it would probably be another week or so before Lucius's energy was up enough before he could start making trips places other then the restroom and bath.
The next night James surprised the youngsters with a new Disney movie called Lion King and they watched it three times before finally getting them off to bed.
AN: Okay yes I changed Pansy's name becasue I never did like it. I changed it to Tamara... becasue it close to a male name that means the same thing... No Tamara is NOT the main char. But she is a strong secondary. This is a char. exploring piece with hopefully a descent plot and some good yoai thrown in the mix. I am trying to work on chars that don't mormally get a lot of attention mixed with some that get a lot of attention. Ran and Ginny are minor charactors, the main ones are Sev, Harry, and Draco. With the Strong seconds being James, Jamie, and Tamara. So enjoy what you will, I am actually gonna do some school in this fiction. The school is a muggle school BTW just thought I should mention that. It'll be explained in more detail in the next chapter.