Disclaimer: Refer to first chapter
Summary: Harry Potter died in his final battle against Voldemort, but did he really die?
Pairings: DM/HP, SS/HG, LM/OC, LP/JP, RW/PP, RL/NB for now.
This fic contains OotP spoilers.
Warning: This fic contains slash, which means male x male relationships so, if you are offended, the back button is on the top of your screen.
Thanks to my reviewers, you rock!
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6. When good news also mean bad news
Next morning, Nil woke up only to find Lucius already dressed and with a tray in front of her, smiling.
"Slept well?" he asked putting the tray aside and benting down to kiss her.
"You may bet it. What time is it?" she asked stirring carefully not to knock the tray.
"It's pretty early, around 8:30 in the morning." He answered getting the tray.
"Wow, how long have you been up?" Nil asked sitting up on the bed.
"Not much, I woke up at eight o'clock." He answered putting the tray on her lap, then, he got up from the bed, sat down next to her and put his arm around her.
"Have you already have breakfast?" Nil asked Lucius giving him a toast and holding her glass of orange juice for him to drink.
"Yes, but I won't refuse the toast and the juice. I bet it is much more tasty as it is you who are feeding me." He answered taking the toast and taking a sip of the juice.
"Yeah, right, and the fact that you like buttered toast and orange juice, doesn't count, isn't it?" Nil asked teasingly.
"Not a single bit." He answered kissing her head.
"Hum... I wish we could stay like this forever." Nil said after she had finished her breakfast, snuggling closer to Lucius. "Where is my morning kiss?"
Lucius put the tray aside and kissed her softly on her lips.
"Right here." He answered kissing her again.
"Luc, I need to go. I need to see Draco. You know that." Nil said after the kiss was finished.
"I know sweetheart, and... well... don't forget to... you know..."
"I know dear, I'll try to convince him to go live in Malfoy Manor again" Nil answered cupping his face with her hands. "Do you know where is my necklace?"
"I remember putting it in the bathroom..." he answered teasingly.
"Lucius Damien Malfoy... what happened to that necklace?" Nil asked narrowing her eyes.
Lucius laughed and replied:
"Don't worry dear, it IS in the bathroom, I'll get it for you."
While Lucius went get to necklace, Nil, with a wave of her hand, got dressed and, when Lucius returned, they headed to one of the libraries, the same where they had the conversation with Harry, and from there, she activated the necklace, which was a portkey, and she was transported to the Bluenile castle from where she could use the floo powder and go to the Leaky Caldron. From the Leaky Caldron, she went to Draco's apartment. She just hoped he was there.
When she arrived there, she had to ring the bell four times before a very puffy eyed and very pale Draco Lucius Malfoy answered the door.
"Oh Draco, I'm so sorry I didn't come earlier." She said hugging him.
Draco hugged her back and sobbed on her shoulder. It was obvious that the 'death' of Harry had affected him more than she thought.
"He is gone, Nillie, gone. I can't live without him, Nillie, you know that. I need him here, with me, safe in my arms"
"Oh Draco, why don't we get in and we can talk about that." Nil said tightening the hug, with a lump formed in her throat.
Draco led her to one of the couches. She sat down beside him and, putting a hand on his shoulder, she said in what she hoped was in a motherly voice:
"Draco, you know that you can't do anything about that; crying won't change the things, you know that."
"I know, it's just... I wish he were here. If I kept being an Auror, if I didn't become a healer, maybe he would be here, I could have fought beside him, and, maybe, together, we could get rid of... of Voldemort" he said sobbing, somewhat angry.
"You know it's not true, Draco, you can't blame yourself for something that was already predicted, you know, that damned prophesy already said that. You may find many ones to blame, but in the end you'll see that it was fate, it was needed, it was meant to be this way." Nil said putting her arm around Draco
"I know, it's just... this place is so full of him. It's been two days already and I still wait for him every afternoon. It's like someday he will come through this door saying: 'Draco, I'm home, dear' and I'll hug him and ask how was his day and everything." He replied drying his tear with his hands.
"This place is full of him, Draco. I'm sorry to say this but you need to get out of here for a while, until you can face that he... did what he did for you and everyone to dream of a better life, a fearless life."
"I know Nillie, I already thought of moving to somewhere else, but I just can't bear the thought of packing without him to do the same. I can't even touch his things without start crying."
"Why don't you go live with your father for a while? I know you and he are not in speaking terms now but it is worth a shot, isn't it? And I may talk with my father not to move anything from its place here while you are gone, so you won't have to pack anything, just some clothes."
That was true. Thinking hard about that, the manor was the only place that he could live without anything related to Harry as just his father lived there but he usually was away and Harry had never been any close to there. Living with his mother would be really painful, as since his father asked for the divorce, she could finally live her life the way she always dreamed of and with the love of her life, no one less than Remus Lupin, one of Harry's closest friends, someone he considered somewhat like a second father. Live with the Potters would be worse, they were Harry's parents, and then, the strongest link he had with Harry, apart from Sirius. But he couldn't live with his father any near him, he was scared of what could happen to him if his father ever found out his secret.
"I can't Nil. I can't live with my father. I was blasted off of the family."
"Draco, if that is the problem I may talk to him, you know, surely he won't refuse to talk to me. I'm a pure blood and the daughter of the Minister, he won't refuse to talk to me, you know."
"Thanks Nil, you are a good friend. But I doubt he will listen to you, you could be the daughter of Merlin himself and he still would refuse to do something just because you wanted." Draco answered with a small smile.
#Well, you don't know what your father could do for me Drake. If he doesn't agree, he will have to sleep for one week away from me. Besides, he was the one who asked me to invite you to the manor.# Nil thought with a sigh.
"If I make him agree to invite you to live with him you will agree, won't you?"
"Nil... I can't."
"Why not? Draco, it would be better to swallow that Malfoy pride to save your life; you are wasting away here, if you don't get out of here for a while, you will die of grief, and Harry surely wouldn't want that."
"Nil... I can't, because I'm pregnant. My father would kill me, or worse, kill my baby and make me marry a 'nice pure blood girl' and produce 'nice pure blood heirs' to carry on the Malfoy name.
#Okay, not good, not good, definitely not good. Pregnant? No, it can't be, it will ruin everything. When the prophecy said that 'the clock would start its countdown' it didn't say that the countdown would be so fast.#
"Pregnant? Well, Draco, congratulations! That's... wonderful. How long?" Nil asked masking her surprise.
"Two months, but I just found out yesterday. Do you understand now, Nil, why I can't go live with my father?" Draco now sounded desperate.
"Yeah, I understand, it's just... well... I still may talk to him, but I need you permission to tell him about the pregnancy."
"Nil, what if he tells that he agrees just to get me?"
"Well, I can give you a portkey, just in case. If he tries anything with you, anything at all, you activate it and you may go anywhere you want. How about that?" Nil asked as if she had found out a solution to a big problem, what she had.
"Yeah, I guess that a portkey will do. Straight to... your house?"
"Then it's settled, it will take you straight to my house. So, may I talk with your father about the pregnancy?"
"Yeah, you may. And Nil, thanks."
"For what?"
"For caring."
"That's why friends exist. Now I must go, I promised my mom that I would help her to prepare the ballroom for her birthday. And don't you even think about refusing the invitation, Draco Lucius Malfoy."
"I know, you would have my head if I did."
"That's right, now I must go. I'll try to talk with your father today, as he will come home for a 'business dinner'." She said getting up.
"Why I don't like the sound of this." He replied accompanying her to the door.
"Who knows." #If you only knew what kind of 'business dinner', you would be terribly sorry for your father, Drake.# Nil answered smiling and was gone with a 'pop'.
After coming back to the Brotherhood headquarters, Nil went straight find Lucius. She found him in the 'Dark Rituals' room staring at a large dead black rotting dog and a black dagger in a glass dome.
"Just a while longer and the ritual will be complete, you know." She said approaching him.
"I know, it's just... when I remember what happened when you did this ritual, I remember how dangerous it was." He replied putting his arm around her waist. "Did you talk to him?" he asked turning his head to face her.
"Yeah, and, before you ask how it went, we should first go to somewhere else." Nil answered tiredly.
So, they exited the dark room , full of dark rituals, and went to one of the living rooms on first floor.
"Is Potter still sleeping?" Nil asked, sitting on one of the couches.
"I guess he is. Tom went to pick him up and bring him to us when he wakes up, though I guess Potter will refuse to be alone with 'the Dark Lord'." Lucius answered smiling, sitting beside Nil. "So how was your visit to my son?" he asked putting his arm around her shoulder.
Nil got up and started pacing in front of him. That startled him immensely, she never acted that way unless it was something very important to discuss... or if something was terribly wrong.
"Lucius, I have a wonderful thing to tell you, but also, it is one of the worst things that could happen to us now." She said seriously.
"Nil, you are making me worried. What is so important that put you in this state?" Lucius asked straightening himself.
"I talked to Drake and he agreed to go to the manor, but he is afraid that you would do something to him."
"Nil I know that I wasn't a good father, hell, I didn't even deserved to be called 'father' but 'merciless Death Eater', but I want to make up for that. I changed and you know. Why would I do something to him to make him afraid of me?"
"You are going to be grandpa." She answered looking straight into his eyes.
"Nil that is... that is unbelievable, it's wonderful, it's one of the best things that already happened to me." Lucius said glowing from happiness, then, slowly, his happiness faded. " He is afraid that I might hurt him or the baby, isn't it?"
"Kind of." Nil knew that it was enough for Lucius to figure out what was unsaid, that Draco was afraid that he could force him to do something he didn't want.
"Nil, that's my chance to make it up with my son, why did you say it was one of the worst things that could happen to us?" He asked cautiously, then, everything clicked: that would reduce their time to no more than nine months, considering that Draco was still in the very beginning of the pregnancy, they had to act quickly, and very quickly. If the baby were born, they would have to wait at least another seventeen years to have another chance to end once and for all the Bringers, and a lot could happen in seventeen years. They waited five hundred years for all the Great Powers of the Universe to be together again, they couldn't loose that chance. If one of those powers were killed or died somehow, that was the time they would have to wait, five hundred years. The training of the Great Powers had to begin immediately, with or without the heiress of Ravenclaw and Potter would be on their side even if he had to use the Imperius curse on him. The heiress of Rapsehs had to begin training them quickly. "How long?" he asked running his hand through his hair.
"Two months for what he told me, so, it downs our time to six months, as, after the eighth month we can expect the baby at any time." Nil answered sitting back beside him
Lucius sighed and took her hands in his. He looked deep into her eyes and put his forehead on hers.
"Nil, please, stop spying for the Brotherhood, I'm begging you."
"Lucius, I can't, we don't have another spy placed so deep there as I am. I'm the only one that can get all their plans and warn you all." She said hugging him.
"Please, Nil. I need you beside me. I'm not asking you because if you die all will be probably lost, but because I will be lost without you." He replied hugging her back.
Nil then felt a burning sensation on her left arm, next to her shoulder. It was where the white crow of the Bringers was placed. They were calling her, and for the intensity of the burning, she had to be there in no more that five minutes.
"Lucius, I have to go. They are calling me. I'll keep the earrings activated so you all will hear what is happening. If Harry wakes up, it's up to you, Christa and Tom to explain everything to him, and please, Lucius, warn the elders about Draco's pregnancy, they will know what to do." Nil then got up and, activating her earrings and necklace, she disaparated to the Bringers headquarters, moments before Harry and Tom entered the room.
AN: I know, guys, another chapter with more Lucius/OC instead of DM/HP, but it is the only way to give you all an insight of the plot as, for now, only Lucius, Nil, Tom and Christa know everything about wars and prophecies.
Summary: Harry Potter died in his final battle against Voldemort, but did he really die?
Pairings: DM/HP, SS/HG, LM/OC, LP/JP, RW/PP, RL/NB for now.
This fic contains OotP spoilers.
Warning: This fic contains slash, which means male x male relationships so, if you are offended, the back button is on the top of your screen.
Thanks to my reviewers, you rock!
"blabla" talk 'blabla' mentions of something # blabla# thoughts
6. When good news also mean bad news
Next morning, Nil woke up only to find Lucius already dressed and with a tray in front of her, smiling.
"Slept well?" he asked putting the tray aside and benting down to kiss her.
"You may bet it. What time is it?" she asked stirring carefully not to knock the tray.
"It's pretty early, around 8:30 in the morning." He answered getting the tray.
"Wow, how long have you been up?" Nil asked sitting up on the bed.
"Not much, I woke up at eight o'clock." He answered putting the tray on her lap, then, he got up from the bed, sat down next to her and put his arm around her.
"Have you already have breakfast?" Nil asked Lucius giving him a toast and holding her glass of orange juice for him to drink.
"Yes, but I won't refuse the toast and the juice. I bet it is much more tasty as it is you who are feeding me." He answered taking the toast and taking a sip of the juice.
"Yeah, right, and the fact that you like buttered toast and orange juice, doesn't count, isn't it?" Nil asked teasingly.
"Not a single bit." He answered kissing her head.
"Hum... I wish we could stay like this forever." Nil said after she had finished her breakfast, snuggling closer to Lucius. "Where is my morning kiss?"
Lucius put the tray aside and kissed her softly on her lips.
"Right here." He answered kissing her again.
"Luc, I need to go. I need to see Draco. You know that." Nil said after the kiss was finished.
"I know sweetheart, and... well... don't forget to... you know..."
"I know dear, I'll try to convince him to go live in Malfoy Manor again" Nil answered cupping his face with her hands. "Do you know where is my necklace?"
"I remember putting it in the bathroom..." he answered teasingly.
"Lucius Damien Malfoy... what happened to that necklace?" Nil asked narrowing her eyes.
Lucius laughed and replied:
"Don't worry dear, it IS in the bathroom, I'll get it for you."
While Lucius went get to necklace, Nil, with a wave of her hand, got dressed and, when Lucius returned, they headed to one of the libraries, the same where they had the conversation with Harry, and from there, she activated the necklace, which was a portkey, and she was transported to the Bluenile castle from where she could use the floo powder and go to the Leaky Caldron. From the Leaky Caldron, she went to Draco's apartment. She just hoped he was there.
When she arrived there, she had to ring the bell four times before a very puffy eyed and very pale Draco Lucius Malfoy answered the door.
"Oh Draco, I'm so sorry I didn't come earlier." She said hugging him.
Draco hugged her back and sobbed on her shoulder. It was obvious that the 'death' of Harry had affected him more than she thought.
"He is gone, Nillie, gone. I can't live without him, Nillie, you know that. I need him here, with me, safe in my arms"
"Oh Draco, why don't we get in and we can talk about that." Nil said tightening the hug, with a lump formed in her throat.
Draco led her to one of the couches. She sat down beside him and, putting a hand on his shoulder, she said in what she hoped was in a motherly voice:
"Draco, you know that you can't do anything about that; crying won't change the things, you know that."
"I know, it's just... I wish he were here. If I kept being an Auror, if I didn't become a healer, maybe he would be here, I could have fought beside him, and, maybe, together, we could get rid of... of Voldemort" he said sobbing, somewhat angry.
"You know it's not true, Draco, you can't blame yourself for something that was already predicted, you know, that damned prophesy already said that. You may find many ones to blame, but in the end you'll see that it was fate, it was needed, it was meant to be this way." Nil said putting her arm around Draco
"I know, it's just... this place is so full of him. It's been two days already and I still wait for him every afternoon. It's like someday he will come through this door saying: 'Draco, I'm home, dear' and I'll hug him and ask how was his day and everything." He replied drying his tear with his hands.
"This place is full of him, Draco. I'm sorry to say this but you need to get out of here for a while, until you can face that he... did what he did for you and everyone to dream of a better life, a fearless life."
"I know Nillie, I already thought of moving to somewhere else, but I just can't bear the thought of packing without him to do the same. I can't even touch his things without start crying."
"Why don't you go live with your father for a while? I know you and he are not in speaking terms now but it is worth a shot, isn't it? And I may talk with my father not to move anything from its place here while you are gone, so you won't have to pack anything, just some clothes."
That was true. Thinking hard about that, the manor was the only place that he could live without anything related to Harry as just his father lived there but he usually was away and Harry had never been any close to there. Living with his mother would be really painful, as since his father asked for the divorce, she could finally live her life the way she always dreamed of and with the love of her life, no one less than Remus Lupin, one of Harry's closest friends, someone he considered somewhat like a second father. Live with the Potters would be worse, they were Harry's parents, and then, the strongest link he had with Harry, apart from Sirius. But he couldn't live with his father any near him, he was scared of what could happen to him if his father ever found out his secret.
"I can't Nil. I can't live with my father. I was blasted off of the family."
"Draco, if that is the problem I may talk to him, you know, surely he won't refuse to talk to me. I'm a pure blood and the daughter of the Minister, he won't refuse to talk to me, you know."
"Thanks Nil, you are a good friend. But I doubt he will listen to you, you could be the daughter of Merlin himself and he still would refuse to do something just because you wanted." Draco answered with a small smile.
#Well, you don't know what your father could do for me Drake. If he doesn't agree, he will have to sleep for one week away from me. Besides, he was the one who asked me to invite you to the manor.# Nil thought with a sigh.
"If I make him agree to invite you to live with him you will agree, won't you?"
"Nil... I can't."
"Why not? Draco, it would be better to swallow that Malfoy pride to save your life; you are wasting away here, if you don't get out of here for a while, you will die of grief, and Harry surely wouldn't want that."
"Nil... I can't, because I'm pregnant. My father would kill me, or worse, kill my baby and make me marry a 'nice pure blood girl' and produce 'nice pure blood heirs' to carry on the Malfoy name.
#Okay, not good, not good, definitely not good. Pregnant? No, it can't be, it will ruin everything. When the prophecy said that 'the clock would start its countdown' it didn't say that the countdown would be so fast.#
"Pregnant? Well, Draco, congratulations! That's... wonderful. How long?" Nil asked masking her surprise.
"Two months, but I just found out yesterday. Do you understand now, Nil, why I can't go live with my father?" Draco now sounded desperate.
"Yeah, I understand, it's just... well... I still may talk to him, but I need you permission to tell him about the pregnancy."
"Nil, what if he tells that he agrees just to get me?"
"Well, I can give you a portkey, just in case. If he tries anything with you, anything at all, you activate it and you may go anywhere you want. How about that?" Nil asked as if she had found out a solution to a big problem, what she had.
"Yeah, I guess that a portkey will do. Straight to... your house?"
"Then it's settled, it will take you straight to my house. So, may I talk with your father about the pregnancy?"
"Yeah, you may. And Nil, thanks."
"For what?"
"For caring."
"That's why friends exist. Now I must go, I promised my mom that I would help her to prepare the ballroom for her birthday. And don't you even think about refusing the invitation, Draco Lucius Malfoy."
"I know, you would have my head if I did."
"That's right, now I must go. I'll try to talk with your father today, as he will come home for a 'business dinner'." She said getting up.
"Why I don't like the sound of this." He replied accompanying her to the door.
"Who knows." #If you only knew what kind of 'business dinner', you would be terribly sorry for your father, Drake.# Nil answered smiling and was gone with a 'pop'.
After coming back to the Brotherhood headquarters, Nil went straight find Lucius. She found him in the 'Dark Rituals' room staring at a large dead black rotting dog and a black dagger in a glass dome.
"Just a while longer and the ritual will be complete, you know." She said approaching him.
"I know, it's just... when I remember what happened when you did this ritual, I remember how dangerous it was." He replied putting his arm around her waist. "Did you talk to him?" he asked turning his head to face her.
"Yeah, and, before you ask how it went, we should first go to somewhere else." Nil answered tiredly.
So, they exited the dark room , full of dark rituals, and went to one of the living rooms on first floor.
"Is Potter still sleeping?" Nil asked, sitting on one of the couches.
"I guess he is. Tom went to pick him up and bring him to us when he wakes up, though I guess Potter will refuse to be alone with 'the Dark Lord'." Lucius answered smiling, sitting beside Nil. "So how was your visit to my son?" he asked putting his arm around her shoulder.
Nil got up and started pacing in front of him. That startled him immensely, she never acted that way unless it was something very important to discuss... or if something was terribly wrong.
"Lucius, I have a wonderful thing to tell you, but also, it is one of the worst things that could happen to us now." She said seriously.
"Nil, you are making me worried. What is so important that put you in this state?" Lucius asked straightening himself.
"I talked to Drake and he agreed to go to the manor, but he is afraid that you would do something to him."
"Nil I know that I wasn't a good father, hell, I didn't even deserved to be called 'father' but 'merciless Death Eater', but I want to make up for that. I changed and you know. Why would I do something to him to make him afraid of me?"
"You are going to be grandpa." She answered looking straight into his eyes.
"Nil that is... that is unbelievable, it's wonderful, it's one of the best things that already happened to me." Lucius said glowing from happiness, then, slowly, his happiness faded. " He is afraid that I might hurt him or the baby, isn't it?"
"Kind of." Nil knew that it was enough for Lucius to figure out what was unsaid, that Draco was afraid that he could force him to do something he didn't want.
"Nil, that's my chance to make it up with my son, why did you say it was one of the worst things that could happen to us?" He asked cautiously, then, everything clicked: that would reduce their time to no more than nine months, considering that Draco was still in the very beginning of the pregnancy, they had to act quickly, and very quickly. If the baby were born, they would have to wait at least another seventeen years to have another chance to end once and for all the Bringers, and a lot could happen in seventeen years. They waited five hundred years for all the Great Powers of the Universe to be together again, they couldn't loose that chance. If one of those powers were killed or died somehow, that was the time they would have to wait, five hundred years. The training of the Great Powers had to begin immediately, with or without the heiress of Ravenclaw and Potter would be on their side even if he had to use the Imperius curse on him. The heiress of Rapsehs had to begin training them quickly. "How long?" he asked running his hand through his hair.
"Two months for what he told me, so, it downs our time to six months, as, after the eighth month we can expect the baby at any time." Nil answered sitting back beside him
Lucius sighed and took her hands in his. He looked deep into her eyes and put his forehead on hers.
"Nil, please, stop spying for the Brotherhood, I'm begging you."
"Lucius, I can't, we don't have another spy placed so deep there as I am. I'm the only one that can get all their plans and warn you all." She said hugging him.
"Please, Nil. I need you beside me. I'm not asking you because if you die all will be probably lost, but because I will be lost without you." He replied hugging her back.
Nil then felt a burning sensation on her left arm, next to her shoulder. It was where the white crow of the Bringers was placed. They were calling her, and for the intensity of the burning, she had to be there in no more that five minutes.
"Lucius, I have to go. They are calling me. I'll keep the earrings activated so you all will hear what is happening. If Harry wakes up, it's up to you, Christa and Tom to explain everything to him, and please, Lucius, warn the elders about Draco's pregnancy, they will know what to do." Nil then got up and, activating her earrings and necklace, she disaparated to the Bringers headquarters, moments before Harry and Tom entered the room.
AN: I know, guys, another chapter with more Lucius/OC instead of DM/HP, but it is the only way to give you all an insight of the plot as, for now, only Lucius, Nil, Tom and Christa know everything about wars and prophecies.