Chapter 9
I have three words to say. I…Want…Reviews. I like reviews…they make my world go around. Thinking is now gonna be like this so as not to get confused with everything else. And since I wanna sorta speed things along…it's gonna be like a while later.
Leah looked terrible. She spent half her time unconscious and the other half being forced to eat, mostly by Draco and her parents. It was nearly two months later and they were using spells to knock her out now every time Voldemort called to her.
"We can't keep doing this." Sirius said, putting his wand away and looking at his daughter who was once again unconscious on her bed.
"Tell me about it." Draco said. "This won't work forever."
"What else is there to do?" Sabrina said.
"I don't…" Draco said. "Wait a minute…I got it. Where's Dumbledore?"
"At the school." Sabrina said. "Why…Oh!"
"What?" Sirius asked.
"What if we get Dumbledore to put that enchantment on this place?" Draco said. "That one that's on Hogwarts."
"Making it so no one can apparate in or out." Sabrina said. Draco nodded. "That could work. He did it to Leah's house. Except she could apparate from room to room."
"He could just put that protection thing on here for the time being." Sirius said.
"Oh she'll hate that." Sabrina said.
"If it means us not having to knock her unconscious…I don't think she'll mind." Draco said. "Go talk with Dumbledore about it." Sabrina nodded and, dragging Sirius along with her, left to see the headmaster. Draco sat on the bed next to Leah. He sighed and ran his hand through her hair. "What are we going to do about you, baby?"
"Talking to yourself?" George asked as he walked into the room. "Oh…guess not. Had to do it again huh?"
"Sirius did it this time." Draco said.
"She looked awful, mate." George said. Draco hissed and slapped his hand over his arm. "And you seem almost worse."
"It's not bad." Draco said.
"Not bad? Are you bloody well kidding?" George asked. "Between worrying about Leah, knocking her unconscious, and dealing with your own callings…you're getting as bad as she is."
"I'm fine." Draco said.
"Are you channeling her or something?" George asked. "Get something to eat mate. You won't do Leah any good if you keep up with this." Hermione and Ginny came into the room at that moment.
"Draco, Lily wants to talk to you downstairs." Hermione said. "And George…Fred says you guys have to go to work."
"Can't it wait?" Draco asked.
"No." Ginny said. They each grabbed one of the guys. "We'll take care of Leah." They pushed them out of the room then closed and locked the door.
Draco walked down the stairs to the kitchen. He pushed open the door and saw Lily, James, Harry, Ron, Moody, Tonks and Molly.
"Mione said you wanted to talk to me." Draco said, looking at Lily.
"She did?" Lily asked.
"Yeah…I take it you don't." Draco said.
"Not really." Lily said. "Sabs told us about the idea of getting that no apparating charm on this place. It's a good idea."
"You are looking awful." Molly said. "Sit down and eat something."
"I'm fine." Draco said.
"Don't try to get out of it, mate." Ron said. "The only person who's managed to escape mum is Leah."
"She's good at what she does." Draco said.
"That can be taken so many ways." Tonks said.
"I wasn't meaning it that way." Draco said. "Just meant that if she wanted to do something then she'll find a way to do it and mostly succeed." Reluctantly he sat down and Molly put a full plate of food in front of him.
"I'm not letting another person get by me." She said.
"Do the smart thing and eat it." Lily whispered. "One time, when we were younger, Molly actually held her wand to Sabs' head in order to get her to eat because then she wasn't really doing anything because she was worrying about Sirius too much."
"She's had the motherly instincts her whole life." James said.
"I can hear you, you know." Molly said, Draco smiled slightly and ate the food. After a while, he felt something, as if he was waking up. He stopped eating and looked up.
God…getting sick of being knocked out. Leah's voice was in his head. I know it's to keep me from apparating but…
Leah? Draco said. He heard her scream and jumped.
What the hell? Why are you in my head? Leah said.
"Are you ok Draco?" Lily asked.
Hello! Answer me! Leah said.
I don't know! Draco said. And everyone is talking to me because you're screaming made me jump.
Oh god… Leah said.
Don't start hyperventilating! Draco warned.
I wasn't going… Leah said. She groaned. Draco laughed. Harry and Ron looked at him and he realized that he had laughed out loud and not just in his head.
"What's so funny?" Ron asked.
Where the hell are you? Leah asked.
Kitchen. Draco said.
"I think I know what's going on…" Lily said. At that moment Leah burst into the kitchen with Hermione and Ginny behind her.
"You!" She said, stomping over to Draco. "What the hell did you do?"
"I didn't do anything!" Draco said.
"Then why the hell am I hearing you in my head all of a sudden?" Leah said. She hit Draco.
"Hey! I didn't do it!" Draco said, throwing his hands up in surrender and defense as he backed away from his pissed off girlfriend.
"Bond." Lily said, taking a sip of her tea.
"What?" Draco and Leah both said.
"You're guys' bond. What Sabrina kicked Sirius for telling you so early the other day." Lily said.
"And why is it only taking affect now?" Leah asked.
"Don't ask us." James asked. "Your parents are the masterminds with these things."
"Fine…where are they?" Leah asked, crossing her arms. When I find them I am gonna…
Relax. Draco said.
Ahh…SHUT UP! Leah said, glaring at him.
I can't help it! Draco said. I don't know how to turn this thing off.
"You are impossible!" Leah said. "Did I say that out loud?"
"Uh huh." Hermione said. Leah groaned and plopped down in the seat Draco was sitting in.
"First Peter…now this." She grumbled.
"All done." Sabrina said, walking into the kitchen. "Oh…hey honey."
"You two have explaining!" Leah said, standing up. "Why the hell can I hear Draco talking to me telepathically?"
"We never got that." Sirius said.
"It's not the same sweetheart." Sabrina said.
"Hello! Talking to me now!" Leah said. I'm sick of them lying to me.
Are you meaning to say that? Draco asked.
Yeah. Leah said.
Ooooh. Draco said.
"So what is going on? What the hell is our bond and why is this telepathy thing only starting now?" Leah asked.
"I don't know. What's happened in the last while that's never happened before?" Sabrina asked.
"Apart from the fact that you guys won't stop knocking me unconscious?" Leah asked. "Which, by the way, getting really sick of."
"Well…other then that?" Sabrina asked.
"No…not that I know of." Leah said. She frowned and looked at Draco. "What about you?"
"Besides that fact that I'm coming really close to knowing how you feel about a lot of things…nope." Draco said.
"That could be it." Sabrina said. "I mean…this is pretty much the closest you guys have ever been isn't it?"
"Yeah." Leah said, slowly. "At school, before seventh year, it was all like…weird and crazy stuff. In seventh year, it was mostly just in the dorm because I didn't want to get into any more fights with Ron and Harry."
Which happened anyways because they listened to fucking Parkinson. Draco said.
"Shut up!" Leah said.
"Ok you really gotta learn how to control that." Harry said.
"No kidding." Leah said.
"And then you guys were separated for a year." Sirius said. "Then after that…"
"There was crazy stuff and not a whole lot of just being together and getting to know each other." Leah said. "Which, now that I think of it…I really don't know a whole lot about you. I mean…your biggest secret a while ago was that your mum made you take dance lessons." Harry and Ron burst into laughter.
"Secrets are supposed to remain secret." Draco said.
"Oh that's not so bad." Sabrina said. "Molly taught Ron how to knit." Ron stopped laughing and glared at Sabrina. "I think Harry is the only one who hasn't had any embarrassing mother things."
"Oh he will." Lily said. "Once this is all over with and if we get to stay."
"Second chance stuff and all that." James said. "Wouldn't it be great to go back in time and stop Sirius from switching?"
"Or stopped being friends with Peter after school." Sabrina said.
"Or actually let Dumbledore be the secret keeper. No offence mate." James said.
"None taken." Sirius said.
"But if that did happen…then wouldn't Voldemort still be around?" Leah asked.
"Maybe he wouldn't be." Harry said. "All three of us would have been friends a lot sooner."
"Then I doubt you and Ginny would be dating." Leah said. She looked at Draco. "What about Draco?"
"What about him?" Harry asked.
"Things could have gone the same way." Hermione said. "Just maybe you and Harry wouldn't have fought and split up the way you did because you were so much closer."
"Maybe." Leah said.
"Doesn't matter anyways." Sabrina said. "Prophecies were made by the time you two were born. So pretty much we all knew something was bound to happen."
"I just didn't want to be dead from it." Lily said.
"I think we're all forgetting something." Draco said.
"Huh? What?" Sirius asked.
"You guys were explaining about how this bond only now was starting to take affect." Draco said.
"Oh right." Sabrina said. "How'd we get off track?"
"Lily said how she would give Harry embarrassing mother moments if you all got to stay for a second chance kinda thing." Leah said. "And James mentioned it would be a good idea to have a time machine spell or something."
"Ok well anyways." Sabrina said. "We're not really sure why the bond only started now. I mean…we're not fully dead anymore so we can't watch over things. And we have no contact with mom and dad or Serverus."
"So there can be a lot of stuff going on and you guys can't do that visiting thingy you do to tell us about them?" Leah asked. Sabrina and Sirius shook their heads. "Great…can this get any worse?"
"What do you mean we can't find her?" Voldemort said.
"Something has happened my lord." Lucius said. "It was as if we've gone back in time to when my son…" He stopped with a look of disgust on his face. Next second he was blasted backwards and Voldemort had his wand pointed at him.
"You are proving to be a constant failure Lucius." Voldemort said. "Do I have to punish you like I did your son?"
"No my lord!" Lucius said. "I am sorry. I will try harder. Please my lord."
"Because you have been loyal these few years." Voldemort said. "But this is it. You fail me again…" He let the threat hang. "Now listen…all of you!" He turned to address the rest of the Death Eaters. "She must be taken care of." He shoved Wormtail extremely hard as he walked past. "Without her, Harry Potter cannot win against me. We either kill her…or bring her to me."
"Yes my lord." The Death Eaters said as one.
"Please my lord." Narcissa said. "What about my son?"
"If he stands in my way…he will be killed." Voldemort said. "Nothing else about it. I will do away with him as I have done away with Snape. Do you have any objections?"
"No my lord." Narcissa said, quickly. Draco was stupid. What was he thinking? Betraying his family for a girl? A girl that was practically his second cousin! How could he do that to them?
"You are dismissed. Bring me that girl!" Voldemort said.
Leah felt pain multiple times but it felt like a numb pain and she didn't have any overriding urges to apparate anywhere.
She found out, two days later that her parents had gotten Dumbledore to do something to the house that was similar to the charm on the school and the spell he had on her house. This time she was able to leave but only for short periods of time or else there was a chance of Voldemort or a Death Eater finding her.
Leah groaned as she turned around in Draco's arms. She opened her eyes and looked around. Something didn't feel right in her stomach. Something was…oh shit! She got up quickly, not even worrying of Draco woke up or not, then ran into the bathroom where she immediately threw up. She did it a few times, not even becoming aware of the fact that there was someone else in the bathroom until she felt a hand on her back.
"You ok?" Draco asked.
"Ask me that again in about ten minutes." Leah said, starting to gag again. Draco did the caring boyfriend thing and held her hair back. "Ok…now I'm better."
"What do you thing was wrong?" Draco asked.
"I dunno." Leah said. She stood up and washed her mouth out before looking at herself in the mirror.
"Maybe that, week-before-Christmas meal thing the moms did." Draco said. Leah started poking herself. "What are you doing?"
"Just…something." Leah said. She poked her stomach. Then again…then a few more times and frowned.
"What?" Draco asked.
"Umm…you know how I had that rock feeling in my stomach for the longest time?" Leah asked.
"Yeah." Draco said.
"It's…umm…it's gone." Leah said.
"What does that mean?" Draco asked.
"It means…I need to go shopping." Leah said. She left the bathroom, changed quickly, then went to the kitchen. Everyone was there. She couldn't figure out who she wanted to bring with her. Hermione or Ginny.
"Leah!" Fleur said, making Leah jump. "Would you like to go gift shopping with me?"
"Sure!" Leah said. Fleur would be perfect to go with! Leah knew the mother of two would know what she was going through. Fleur herself didn't tell anyone until she was showing, even Bill didn't know! Leah didn't want to do that this time but also didn't want anyone else to know just yet.
"Great!" Fleur said. "Molly…would you please take care of Rose and Anna for me?"
"Of course, dear." Molly said. Fleur and Leah left.
"How far do you think you are?" Fleur asked as she and Leah walked through a drugstore and Leah kept glancing down the aisle with the tests.
"Huh?" She asked. Fleur took hold of her shoulders and steered her down the aisle. "Uh…what…umm…"
"You don't know do you?" Fleur asked.
"How do you know?" Leah asked.
"I just had my second." Fleur said. "I know the reactions."
"I'm just worried." Leah said as they looked at the different boxes. "I mean…after last time…" Fleur put an arm around Leah's shoulders and gave her a quick squeeze. She grabbed a box and held it out to her.
"This one is good." Fleur said.
(((A/N: Ok I know that sounds too muggle for wizarding word stuff but I wanted to give Leah and Fleur some bonding time and such.)))
They finished their shopping and headed back to headquarters just as Fleur's watch started beeping.
"Why's it doing that?" Leah asked.
"All of us have it." Fleur said as they walked into Headquarters. She hit a button and the beeping stopped. "Since Dumbledore wants to ensure you stay out for only as long as he can control the protection."
"So whenever someone goes out with me, they have to like…set a timer?" Leah asked, feeling more like a prisoner now then ever. Fleur just gave her a sympathetic look and handed over the bags. Leah took them and made sure her little purchase was hidden properly.
"Do it now or you won't at all." Fleur said. "I'll call you for dinner alright?"
"Yeah. Thanks, Fleur." Leah said, hugging the older woman. She went upstairs, made sure Draco wasn't in the room, then took out the little box and read the instructions.
What the heck are you reading? Draco asked. Leah jumped.
Uh…nothing. She said.
Liar. Draco said.
Ok fine…get up here because I don't wanna tell you this if you're around everyone else. Leah said.
Ok. Draco said. Leah sat on the bed, the box back in the bag, and waited. Draco came into the room after about five minutes. "What's wrong, babe?"
"I…I think that…maybe…" Leah said. Draco raised an eyebrow. "I have no clue how to say this."
"What's wrong?" Draco said, suddenly looking worried.
"It's nothing bad…or at least…it shouldn't be." Leah said, standing up and taking his hands. "Relax…ok." Draco nodded. Leah walked back to the bags and slowly took out the box. "Me and Fleur went shopping and…she figured that I could use this. And so do I." She turned back to Draco and handed over the box. He stared at it. "Saying something would be good right about now."
"Are you saying you're…" Draco said, looking at Leah. She shrugged.
"Only one way to find out." Leah said. She took the box and went to the bathroom.
A while later she came back with a little stick in her hand, staring at it.
"What's that?" Draco asked.
"It's…Uhh…" Leah said. She handed over the box again so that Draco could read the instructions. She then handed him the stick. Half a minute went by in silence before Draco suddenly picked up Leah and spun her around. They both laughed. "Dizzy." Draco put her down and she couldn't help but smile as she saw the huge smile on his face.
"I love you so much." He said, kissing her. Leah giggled. Draco put his hand on her stomach and looked down. "Love you too." This made Leah laugh. "Ok so…Apart from Fleur…did anyone else know before me?"
"Nope." Leah said, shaking her head and smiling softly. "This explains why I've been sick for a little while now."
"You have any idea how far along?" Draco asked.
"Hmm…" Leah said. She looked at her stomach and rested her hands on it. "I think…we're past that point now."
"Is it…" Draco said.
"She's back." Leah said, then laughed. "That sounds so weird." Draco hugged her. "Ok…it's December. I'm thinking about two months along…maybe one and a half possibly or more."
"May or June." Draco said.
"Except to get Father's Day gifts then." Leah said, smirking.
"You better expect Mother's Day ones." Draco said. "Just a shame that you'll be big by then so then everyone will know." Leah smacked him. "Hey!"
"Jerk." Leah said. Draco gave her a look before picking her up, making sure the bed was clear, then dropping her on it before kissing her again.
Fleur walked into the kitchen, over to Bill, and then kissed him.
"What was that for?" Bill asked.
"Nothing." Fleur said, smiling.
"Happy face. What's up?" Bill asked.
"I'm allowed to be happy to see my husband…and babies!" Fleur said, taking Anna from Molly and bending down to hug Rose.
"What did you and Leah talk about?" Tonks asked.
"Nothing much." Fleur said. "Just trying to find out what to get everyone. I told her that Draco should be thinking of getting her a ring." Everyone who had been drinking something suddenly spit it out.
"What?" Harry asked.
"Oh not an engagement ring." Fleur said. "Just…a ring."
"Oh." Harry said. Fleur laughed.
"Gave us a shock there." Charlie said. "Where is Leah?"
"Probably…wrapping the gifts she bought." Fleur said. Everyone gave her curious looks but she just went and helped Sabrina, Lily and Molly with making dinner.
An hour later Leah and Draco walked into the kitchen. Neither of them were talking but they had smiles on their faces and Leah would giggle every so often.
"Are you talking about us?" Harry asked.
"No." Leah said.
Who are you gonna tell first? Draco asked.
I dunno…maybe mum. Leah said. I don't think she knows. I mean…look at her.
"What?" Sabrina asked as she noticed Leah and Draco looking at her with tilted heads. Leah laughed. "Ok what did you say?"
"Nothing." Leah said. "Honest."
"Let her have her fun." Fleur said, smiling at the couple.
"Ok what does she know that we don't?" Ginny asked.
Maybe I should tell Mione and Gin. Leah said.
Just don't do it around me. That'll be too much squealing. Draco said. I know they'll squeal too. Leah giggled.
"Ok will you two stop telepathically talking? You're bloody well freaking me out." Ron said.
"Sorry." Leah said. She went to help with bringing the food over but Fleur told her to just sit down and relaxed. Everyone, except Draco, stared at Leah in disbelief as she did what she was told.
"Ok who the bloody hell are you?" Harry asked. Leah looked at him. "The Leah I know never does what she's told."
"Oh relax Harry." Leah said.
"Yeah Potter. It's the same Leah." Draco said. "Maybe she just wants to relax because, for the first time in practically two months, she hasn't been knocked unconscious or felt too much pain from Wormtail." At that moment the kitchen door banged open and Fred and George waltzed in.
"Smashing success." George said.
"Got in, got out, and best of all…" Fred said.
"They didn't even notice." George said.
"Brilliant plan, Draco." Fred said.
"Best idea I've ever known you to have." George said.
"What did you two do?" Molly asked.
"Oh not us." Fred said.
"No of course not us." George said.
"Do you think we'd risk you yelling at us?" Fred asked.
"We got Melinda and Shawn to do it." George said.
"Do what?" Molly asked.
"Infiltrate the meeting of the damned." The twins said. Leah smirked. Everyone was using her lines.
"Malfoy Senior got in trouble." Fred said.
"Voldemort's blaming him because apparently he was in charge of trying to find those two." George said, pointing at Leah and Draco.
"You know…find one you find the other right?" Fred said. Everyone either shrugged or nodded.
"No luck." George said.
"So he got mad." Fred said.
"Dumbledore did a good job." George said.
"Really good job." Fred said.
"What else happened?" Draco asked. Leah took his hand and squeezed it.
"Your mum asked about you." Fred said.
"Asked what'll happen to you." George said.
"Voldemort said…" Fred said.
"He gets in my way, he'll be killed." Both twins said.
"Said he'll do to you what he did to Snape." George said.
"Are you sure you two didn't go?" Molly asked, looking suspicious.
"Honest mum." Fred said. "Shawn wrote it all down. Look." He pulled out a pad of paper and handed it to Molly.
"Alright then." Molly said. "Sit down and eat." The twins slid in next to Leah.
They are goofballs. Leah said.
But you gotta admit…they're good at what they do. Draco said.
Yep. That they are. Leah said. The food was set out and everyone piled it onto their plates and started eating. Soon everyone was talking as well.
"Think maybe now we could full body bind Wormtail?" Ron asked.
"I don't think he's the problem if Voldemort knows." Leah said. "I mean like…what if I have to be like right there with Harry?"
"Why don't I just ask then?" Harry asked.
"Nope." Leah said, shaking her head. "If he asks too then it'll never end and I might just kill myself to get away from you two."
"You shouldn't have to be there with him." Sirius said.
"What if she can't hear what he says?" George asked. They looked at him. "Well…think about it. If she doesn't hear it…then she shouldn't have to do it."
"That…actually makes sense." Leah said. "But will it actually be true?" She looked at her parents.
"We can't tell you. We don't know." Sirius said.
"Neither do we so don't bother asking." James said.
"I think the only person who would know is the person that told us." Hermione said.
"Yeah…and how do we contact her?" Leah asked.
"I don't know." Hermione said. "But I do know you're eating more food then you have in a while. What's up?"
"Hungry." Leah said. Fleur laughed. Leah looked at her then laughed. Then Draco laughed. Everyone stared at the three of them as if they had gone insane.
"Ok what is it?" Ginny asked.
"Nothing." Draco said.
Think maybe we should wait till I get big. Leah said.
Oh see now you're allowed to say that. Draco said.
Of course. Leah said. She smirked.
"Maybe if we ignore them, they'll stop." Hermione said. Next second a spoonful of mashed potatoes had hit her in the head. She looked at Leah. "Did you just do that?"
"No." Leah said, looking innocent. Hermione flung potatoes back at her. Leah stared at her. Ron was laughing. Leah threw stuffing at him. Next second everyone was throwing something at someone else.
That night, after they had washed the food off and were lying nearly asleep, Leah propped herself up on one elbow and looked at Draco.
"What?" Draco asked.
"Do you think it's a good thing?" Leah asked, her other hand on her stomach.
"Why not?" Draco asked.
"I don't know." Leah said. "It's just…"
"Nothing will happen this time." Draco said. "I don't know how I know this but I do."
"Ok." Leah said, smiling softly. "You think we're ready?"
"Probably not." Draco said. "But we'll learn."
"I thought we didn't have to learn once we left school." Leah said.
"That's just school things sweetie." Draco said. Leah laughed and lied back down, cuddling up to him. She didn't know if she fell asleep at all but she knew that the whole night, the only thing that she thought about was her baby and being a happy family. Voldemort and Wormtail never entered her mind.
Holy shit…I made a long chapter. I didn't mean to. Oh well.