Author's Notes: 1. I fixed the trimester part in the previous chapter because I messed up with the Japanese ten Lunar month count. In my mind I had the Japanese count instead of the Western when I originally wrote the chap. 2. Remember that English is not my native language. If you see mistakes please politely point the EXACT mistakes through an e-mail if they are too many so I can fix them. If they're not many you can point the EXACT bits in a review, but be exact if you truly want to help me. Saying there are mistakes doesn't tell me anything. An English teacher points you the exact ones. 3. There's a reason this is called fan fiction. If it was professional writing, I'd be publishing and making money from it. Seeing as I'm not, and that I do not have a professional editor to point these things out to me, I post here, where amateur writers put up their work. Ehehe! 4. Pansy is part of the plot. She affects what happens to them and when those things happen. 5. I think I know a bit about pregnancy, seeing as I've been through it a few times. It is recommended that pregnant women try not to raise their hands above their heads more than absolutely necessary because it may cause the umbilical cord to get wrapped around the baby's neck. Running is dangerous, especially in the first and third trimesters because it can cause premature labor and/or miscarriage. Thank you.

Song: 'Cómo Olvidar' by David Bisbal and Don Omar - 'Reggaeton' (I kind of got hooked up to the song as it is about a "morena" can be translated as dark haired or dark skinned girl, I translate it as dark haired in this case. :p with emerald eyes. Ehehehehe!) Er... Whatever. On with the fic!

Chapter 19

A Counter Curse?

Larissa and Draco were at the Dursleys after having returned from the appointment. Petunia announced that she would leave to buy some groceries and Larissa smirked at Draco. "What?" asked the blonde. The girl simply escorted him upstairs to her small bedroom.

Both entered the bedroom and Sa locked the door even though she knew there was no one in the house at that moment. "It's been a while..." she stated with a soft smile. Draco embraced her and both started to kiss passionately, but Draco stopped.

"We can't, right?"

"We actually can," Sa pointed out thoughtfully. "I didn't ask the midwife, but I've read about it in the mags Aunt Petunia has bought for me. It might prove to be tricky though..."

"I always like a challenge," Draco said almost giggling.

"A challenge, huh?" Sa smirked once more before they started to kiss again.

It wasn't as tricky as they had thought, but Draco didn't last long. "Too tight!" he exclaimed in a high-pitched tone before having his release. Sa seemed almost disappointed.

"What the hell was that, Draco?" Larissa asked feigning hurt.

"Too tight and too hot to stand it! That's what it is!" Draco said untangling himself from her. "Don't worry, I'll finish you now..." He was about to get his head between her legs when she stopped him.

"I'm not sure about that..." Sa was alarmed as Draco had never done that to her before. She was suddenly nervous.

"Alright, just relax. Didn't you ever get anyone to do oral to you when you were a guy?" Sa shook her head. "So Harry Potter was a complete virgin?" Draco asked smirking and Sa frowned. "Oh! So it had to be a Slytherin to rob you of that, and in girl form to make things more interesting." Sa blinked and was about to shut her legs. "Hey!" Draco held them apart. "I told you I'd help you come!" Sa nodded, still looking unsure, but soon found herself gasping and moaning so noisily she had to place her hands over her mouth. She came after a little while and Draco laughed.

"You truly are a pervert, Draco!" Sa exclaimed, straightening herself.

"Hey! I am not a pervert! The only problem here is that 'the' Potter has been quite naive and innocent as a wizard. And here I thought fame would make you try everything sooner than everyone else..." Sa hit him on the head. "Whoa! Aggressive are we?" Both fell on the bed laughing, but soon they calmed and Draco held her lovingly, but noticed her staring at her belly. "What's wrong?"

"I look like a whale..."

"No you don't. You look beautiful."

"I am deformed! Look at how big I am!" She pointed at her naked belly and suddenly became self-conscious and summoned her clothes to dress her. She started to cry afterwards, surprising Draco.

"You are not deformed, Larissa! You are only a little big because the baby is growing so much..." He took her face gently and kissed her tear-streaked face. "You're moods change so much..." he stated all of a sudden and she smiled. "That's much better! Now I'll get dressed too before that aunt of yours returns." Sa laughed a little and nodded.

XxXxX

By October, the Malfoy manor was finally declared alright by the Ministry of Magic. Narcissa Malfoy was also left to inhabit the manor in tranquility after months of being in custody, as the Ministry revised her case over and over. They couldn't prove whether she had been involved in Death Eater activities or not. It seemed that the only active Death Eater of the family had been Lucius Malfoy, even if Narcissa also bore the 'Mark'.

In that same month of October, something also happened. Larissa had reached her eighth month of pregnancy. She was exactly thirty-five weeks pregnant when she woke up at 5 AM feeling excruciating pain in her lower back. "What's happening?" she asked herself and went to the loo. She noticed pink streaks on her knickers and gasped. Sa quickly came out of the bathroom and just as she was to start coming down the stairs, the pain came with full force and she shrieked and crouched at the top of the stairs. "Please... Not today..." she muttered with clenched teeth. "Wait a little longer..." She placed her hands around her huge belly. She was still at the Dursleys, but she was going to be moved to the Malfoy manor exactly the next day.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" Uncle Vernon asked in a foul mood as he had heard the shriek. The rounded man's face turned an interesting shade of purple when he noticed the girl holding her belly and crouching. "Oh no, you don't! You won't dare ruin my house's carpets by giving birth to the little devil here! PETUUUUNIAAAAAAAAAA!"

The aunt came from the kitchen, drying her hands on her apron. "What's wrong, Vernon?"

"I think your nephew is in labor! I won't have that freak giving birth here!" He pointed at the girl that was now holding the rail of the staircase and panting, trying to climb down.

"Oh my God! But it's too soon! She is not due until mid November! Dudders!"

"Yes, mum?" Dudley asked and spotted Larissa. "Oh shit! You are not going to ask me to carry her, right?"

"That is exactly what you'll do!" The mother ordered. "I'll go change quickly."

As she listened to the word 'change', Sa realized she was still in a nightgown. At least she had her wand strapped to her right thigh... She had started to have her wand hidden like that in case Dudley attacked her at night. She carefully removed the wand and transfigured the nightgown into a dark blue long sleeved dress, glad that Uncle Vernon didn't actually see her do it. Little by little, the pregnant girl climbed down the stairs until finally reaching the last step. Dudley stopped her there. "I'll help you to the car," he said in a bored tone.

"I have to call Helen," Sa stated with difficulty.

Aunt Petunia came running and said: "I already called her, dear. I'll take you to the midwives' unit. If there's time, you'll be transferred to that... Malfoy manor. But I'm not sure if they'll allow it because this baby will be a little premature!"

"Wait a second." Larissa said before non-verbally conjuring her Patronus. It disappeared, but Sa knew it would go to Draco. The Dursleys paled, but the issue was quickly forgotten. Sa put a warm coat over her dress and Dudley helped her outside, not really carrying her.

"I'm not coming!" Vernon announced before slamming the door.

"You can stay too, Dudders." Petunia told the big boy and he complied.

XxXxX

The drive toward the hospital wasn't easy for Sa. The pain kept coming even more frequently and the sensation of nausea was overwhelming. When they arrived, she was placed in a wheelchair and they led her to a room where Helen, the midwife, took her hand and checked her, then shook her head. "No time. She is already seven centimeters dilated. She's a fast one. Usually first time mothers are very slow."

"I just want it out!" Larissa wailed.

"I'm here!" someone announced and Larissa beamed with happiness. The boy had been escorted to where Larissa was by personnel from the unit.

"Do you want some gas and air?" The midwife asked Larissa as she strapped the girl to a machine to listen to the baby's heartbeat. Sa nodded.

The midwife gave her the device, which was connected to another machine, and Larissa took a puff of air, but felt lightheaded. "Don't like," she blurted and both Draco and the midwife laughed. Petunia also laughed a little, but left to stay in the waiting area.

Right after Helen confirmed everything was normal, she unstrapped Larissa and checked her again. "Eight and a half! Do you still want the birthing pool? There's one available. I made sure since your aunt called."

"Yes please," Sa said in pain.

Draco pushed Sa in a wheelchair to the room with the birthing pool and the girl removed her clothes to get inside. The midwife looked at Draco. "Do you want to go in too?"

The blonde boy seemed shocked, but he said: "Okay." He stripped into shorts and got into the pool with Sa. The girl seemed alright. "Are you better now?"

"The pain has subsided..."

"It's normal," the midwife stated. "The water works as a natural pain reliever itself, but soon I'll have to check you again, unless you tell me you really need to push. I'll believe you." Helen spoke with a smile.

Larissa relaxed in the water, feeling the slightly subsided pain coming about every fifty seconds. She gasped as she felt the urge to push. "I have to push!"

"Very good, when you feel the next contraction you'll inhale and push with all your might. Daddy, prepare yourself to receive this baby." Draco nodded nervously.

The midwife pressed a button and even though there was a tiny crib in that room, two nurses brought an incubator. "What's that?" Draco asked while Larissa pushed for the third time, to no avail.

"This is an incubator. The baby is a little bit early so we have to take certain measures just in case," Helen explained and Draco seemed satisfied with the answer.

Larissa was panting. "I can't!" She was sweating and looked pale, which was something that Draco found disturbing.

"The baby can't be too big when it's making an early entrance..." the midwife thought aloud. "Maybe you're pushing wrongly. I don't think you need an episiotomy..."

"A what?" Draco asked.

"A cut in the perineum to ease the baby's exit," Helen replied before turning to Sa again. "Try pushing as if you were on the loo doing a number two." Draco laughed a little, but the midwife gave him a strange look and Sa glared.

"This is all your fucking fault, you know! So don't you dare make fun of me or I swear I'll strangle you after I finish delivering this baby!" Larissa almost yelled and the midwife started to laugh. Draco seemed to shrink under Sa's anger.

Helen whispered to Draco. "Don't go near her now that she is pushing because if she grabs your neck she might indeed break it."

Larissa pushed again full force and the baby came out under the water. That made Sa almost hysterical. "She'll drown!"

Draco gently grabbed the baby, but looked frightened as he saw how small she was, in his opinion. He thought she could break in his hands. "She won't drown." The midwife assured the young parents. "And do not worry, Daddy. She won't break easily. Do you want to cut the cord?" Draco gave the baby to the midwife and cut the cord with the instrument the midwife provided. "And it's a girl!"

Larissa came out of the pool and was dressed in a hospital gown. She lied on a hospital bed that was in that room and held the baby a little, but the baby was removed for cleaning, measurements, and examinations. After that, she had to push out the placenta. The placenta was checked by the midwife and taken away while a nurse helped Sa into knickers with an absorbent sanitary napkin. Sa hadn't needed stitches as the water had softened the baby's coming into the world. She glanced at Draco. "Do you think she'll be alright? You know, being premature?"

"She looked normal to me, but I am no healer..." Draco said looking pensive.

The midwife came back with a smile and gave the baby to Larissa. "You can try breastfeeding her now." Sa observed the incubator being taken away by the same nurses that had brought it. "The baby is fully developed and has a good weight and height! I was surprised, but it can happen once-in-a-while... She is 49 cm long and weighs 7 lbs 2 ozs."

Sa stared incredulously at the midwife and stammered: "B-B-Breastfeed?" Somehow that detail had entered her mind more than the baby's height and extremely good weight.

The midwife quickly apologized. "I'm sorry, that is if you want to... It's beneficial for the baby, but that is your decision. If you don't want to breastfeed you can always use formula."

Draco was stifling laughter at the thought of Harry Potter breastfeeding. Larissa, who knew perfectly well what was going on in her boyfriend's mind, gave him a killer glare before actually opening her gown and trying to place the baby on her breast. The midwife noticed the girl having difficulty and decided to help. "You open her little mouth like this with your finger and carefully place her on the breast. Remember she has to take the nipple with most of the aureola. If she takes only the nipple it will hurt." The baby, who had been quiet in Sa's arms, but with her eyes opened, immediately used her suction reflex and started to feed.

"I... I don't think I have any milk..." Larissa said looking worried.

"Don't worry. It takes about three to four days for it to come. Your baby will feed on colostrum meanwhile. It has everything she needs and lots of antibodies," the midwife stated, her smile never leaving her face.

"When can I go home?" Larissa asked.

"Very soon. Don't worry." Helen placed a hand on Sa's shoulder reassuringly and then left the room.

"Isn't she pretty?" Larissa asked Draco.

"Sort of... She also has quite a mane of black hair..." Larissa's mouth twitched and Draco cleared his throat. "She's beautiful! Gorgeous!"

Softening her expression Sa looked at her boyfriend. "I wonder who she'll look like..."

"I believe that's rather obvious with that black hair..."

"That has nothing to do with it, Draco!"

"Okay, we'll know later, but right now she looks wrinkled..." Sa glared at the boy again. "...in a very pretty sort of way!"

"Draco... If I'm breastfeeding, I can't go back to being Harry even if they have a solution already. What has Snape told you?"

"He has a potion that he has been meaning to test on you, but due to the pregnancy he held it."

Sa was taken aback. "Since how long?"

"Since July."

"Why didn't you tell me, Draco?"

He sighed and sat on the bed. "Because I didn't think it was necessary for you to know at that time." He changed the subject. "Want me to take pictures? You should see how you look like right now..." He laughed.

"What do you mean by that?" He shook his head and produced a camera seemingly out of nowhere. "Smile!" He took the picture and Sa barely had time to cover her breast, although that meant covering the baby's head too.

"You look swollen. You'll hate this picture... But who knows? You might actually learn to love it... More pictures?" Sa didn't look sure of herself, but nodded in the end.

Larissa spent that night at Malfoy Manor. Narcissa helped her with the baby. Narcissa still didn't know the truth about Larissa and Draco still couldn't find how to tell her. In the morning, Sa was completely worn out. The baby wanted to feed every two hours and, to make things worse she fed for an entire hour. Larissa hoped it would get better, but with every night that passed, she became more and more sleep deprived as she barely slept during the day either. Soon she felt that her life was only changing nappies, feeding the baby, washing the baby... She barely ate and she spent all day in her nightclothes. Narcissa even commented to Draco that she was worried about his girlfriend. Draco was unable to spend all day at home because he was dealing with the Malfoy properties and many things. He spent lots of time at the Ministry.

Larissa's nipples began to hurt and bleed after a week. She winced in pain when she placed the baby on the breast and Narcissa came with a bottle and removed the baby from Sa's arms. Sa was crying. "You cannot feed her in your condition. You need to rest your breasts. She is not latching properly and you're getting hurt. Have you considered mixed feeding? It will be alright..."

Larissa wondered if Narcissa would be as nice if she learned the truth. "Okay... Thank you..."

"Go to sleep. I'll deal with her. Put some lanolin on your nipples. I already got some for you. You'll find the tube on the bedside table."

"Thank you, Mrs. Malfoy..."

"You can call me Mother or Narcissa." The blonde woman smiled at Sa. Sa nodded and left, and as soon as she dropped herself on the bed, she was asleep.

By the time Sa woke, it was already evening and she gasped. Draco was with her in the room. "Did you sleep well?" he asked. "Don't worry about Elaine. Mum has been brilliant. I still don't understand what possessed you to name her Elaine..."

"I saw the name in a mag and I liked it, alright? And yes, I slept well." Sa justified.

"I would have still preferred Sophia or Ashleigh," Draco said matter of factly and Larissa stuck her tongue out at him. "Alright, the name is Elaine."

"My breasts are swollen..."

"Are you sure you can breastfeed?" Draco asked raising an eyebrow.

"I'll keep trying, at least during the day. I don't think I can handle both day and night, even if Helen recommended breastfeeding exclusively. I'm just being honest with myself... I still feel guilty though..."

"You should only feel guilty if the baby goes unfed, so don't. Come on!"

XxXxX

Elaine was two months old on December 10. She had grown a bit, but still looked like a newborn, unable to do much. She had just started trying to grab things when you moved them in front of her eyes.

Dumbledore had sent a note to Sa. The Ministry wanted her to make a public appearance because someone had revealed that she had been the one to kill Voldemort. Dumbledore explained in the note that they didn't know who had revealed it. Shackebolt, Tonks, Lupin, Snape, Pomfrey, and Moody had all denied being the one to say it. Even though it was still a mystery who the wizard or witch that had made the revelation was, the person had done a great job as it had been published in The Daily Prophet. As if to confirm it, Draco had shown the newspaper to Sa. Narcissa had almost had a heart attack at the knowledge. She had a nervous crisis and kept saying: "The Death Eaters will come after us! They'll come here! They'll come and finish us off!" Draco had to calm his mother, telling her that very few Death Eaters remained as fugitives and they had probably left the country. They were also unknown Death Eaters. The ones that had been well known were all dead.

"I don't want to go, Draco. I liked being unknown as Larissa. I don't want this!" The girl embraced herself with eyes wide open.

"I know, but it will look bad if you don't go. I'll be there with you. I promise I won't leave your side." Larissa nodded.

On December 15, Larissa made her appearance. She had to climb onto a movable platform and face many wizards and witches that were present. She didn't know what to say. She used a Sonorus charm on herself, but still nothing would come out of her mouth. At last, she managed to speak. "As you all know, it has been said that I was the one to vanquish Voldemort." Many people gasped at the mentioning of the name, but she ignored it. "Well, it's true. I did kill the bastard, but I do not wish for fame or anything like that." She looked at Draco, who was holding Elaine in his arms. He nodded at her, encouraging her to go on. "I just wish for me and my family to be left alone. Thank you."

Larissa was startled when she heard a very familiar voice behind her. The familiar voice chanted a strange spell that Sa couldn't catch. Sa had just turned when she was hit by a spell right on the middle of her chest. She fell on her knees while the girl in front of her laughed maniacally. "Now everyone will see the truth, Potter! Have you enjoyed what I've prepared just for you?"

"Pa-Parkinson..." Larissa managed to stutter in a rough voice. She felt pain all over her body and screamed as she felt the abrupt transformation take place.

Draco, who had been holding the baby, hadn't known what to do. He gave the baby to his mother, who was standing next to him, and he ran towards his girlfriend. "Larissa!"

Larissa was convulsing on the platform as if she were having an epileptic attack. Her screams were terrible, but no one knew what to do. Some Aurors climbed the stage looking for Pansy, but didn't find her. She was seemingly gone already. Dumbledore himself, believing Larissa was under a Cruciatus, did a counter spell in vain. He realized immediately that it was not the painful curse and blanched as he realized what the curse was. He knew it was a powerful curse, but not the correct one to fix the girl curse. The curse that Larissa had just received could have disastrous consequences.

In minutes, Larissa looked like Harry Potter indeed. As the girl had been wearing long black robes, as Harry she didn't look badly dressed in a certain sense. Draco held Harry in his arms, whispering. "It will be alright. Everything will be fine."

"I can't see a thing!" Harry exclaimed and Draco remembered that Harry wore glasses. "I can barely see!" At that, Dumbledore placed glasses on the black haired boy's emerald eyes. He had summoned them in seconds, knowing Harry would need them. "Thanks!" Harry muttered, trying to stand with Draco's help. All the wizards and witches present were murmuring and gasping about the odd revelation. Narcissa Malfoy had fainted as she had seen the truth and the baby was no longer in her arms. "Draco! Where's Elaine? Where's my baby, Draco?" Harry asked, staring at the unconscious Narcissa.

Draco was horrified to see his fainted mother and no baby there. He fell on his knees and said: "It's all my fault... She was in my arms and I gave her to Mum... I don't know where she is!"

Harry shook his head, not believing what was happening. He felt as if the air wouldn't reach his lungs properly and soon drifted into darkness.

Some additional notes: I've never been to the UK, but I'm suscribed to the Mother & Baby mag. LOL Still, I don't know how accurate I was with the waterbirth. Please be kind. On the other hand, I did check about oral sex and pregnancy and I found it was alright. Two years ago I was told it was dangerous, but medical research changes a lot, doesn't it?

Thanks to my beta, Menecarkawan! I love you!

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