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Just a little warning: there is a huge jump in time.
ComplicatedDarknesS0103: Here's thenext chapter. I made it longer than usual! I hope you will like it!
Amadea: Thanks. I will try to correct that. There is a couple of things that I didn't know so thanks again!
A whole year passed since Elena's marriage to Draco. In that year Elena continued to fight about the etiquette's rules. Now every pureblood knew that even though she was the niece of the Dark Lord, she didn't agree with him on the role of a woman. Draco tried to make her realized that it was that way but she would not have any of it. For the whole year Elena followed her plan. She took the contraceptive potion. She knew that she would have to stop taking it for Draco, his parents and her uncle will one day started to ask questions and will realize what she was doing and made her stopped it. She definitively didn't want them to find out for she knew it would not be pretty. One day while Elena went shopping with her friend Anna, a Death Eaters' meeting was held at the Malfoy manor.
"Draco. I have not heard anything about a pregnancy yet. Is my niece finally pregnant?" asked the Dark Lord.
"No my Lord. She isn't." replied Draco.
"Well what are you waiting for? Get her pregnant." hissed Lord Voldemort.
"I'm trying my Lord. But it seems that it isn't working." answered Draco.
"Maybe you aren't trying hard enough." replied the Dark Lord. "You know that I expect you two to at least have an heir. I want Salazar Slytherin bloodline to continue and I always get what I want."
"My Lord" asked a Death Eater. "We all are aware that your niece isn't agreeing with our beliefs. Maybe she is doing something to prevent a pregnancy."
"You dare to think that low of my wife? She would never do anything like that." growled Draco.
"Actually Draco, it isn't that stupid. You do remember the conversation we had with her a year ago?" said Lord Voldemort. At Draco's nod he continued. "She said that she didn't want children and after you told her that she would not have the choice she didn't reply. She just sat there thinking. You know as well as I do that it isn't normal. Normally she would have protest. So it is possible that she found a way around a pregnancy. I suggest that you check if she is taking a contraceptive potion Draco. Just in case. Oh and if she is then let me know. I will deal with her myself then."
"Of course, my Lord. I will do as you asked." replied Draco.
"Good. Now let's get into our plan to eliminate Potter." said the Dark Lord.
When Elena came back that night Draco and his parents were waiting for her. She found that strange for usually only Draco would wait until she came back. They all sat together and started to talk. As Narcissa talked to her Elena realized that Draco cast a spell n her direction. When she saw him looking at her in a pleased way she knew that she was out of trouble. What she wanted to know now was what he so badly needed to know that he had his parents playing diversion.
"What was that Draco?" she asked.
"Hum. What are you talking about" he answered.
"I saw you casting a spell toward me. What spell was it? What did you need to know? And why didn't you simply asked me?" she replied angrily.
"Oh! Nothing important. Don't worry about that." he said while glancing at his parents.
"I don't believe you. Don't force me to take the information from your head. You know that I'm powerful and I can very well do that."
"Elena, dear, calm down. There is no need to get mad." calmly said Lucius.
Elena simply looked at him. So everyone knew what Draco had check but her. Well she would find out anyway. That night wile Draco was sleeping, Elena silently got out of bed. She went were where Draco kept his wand at night and took it before making her way to the bathroom. There she used a spell that made the wand redo the last spell he did with it. That's how she found out that Draco used a spell to know if she was taking any contraceptive potion. She gasped. So they thought about it at last. Well she was lucky that she stopped taking it a few days ago. She now had a perfect excuse to get mad at him. She went back to their bedroom and woke him up with a yell.
"How dare you?" she yelled at a sleeping Draco.
Draco woke up instantly. "What's wrong?" he asked confusedly.
"What's wrong? That's all you have to say? How dare you think that of me? How dare you think that I would take a contraceptive potion? You are supposed to trust me. I'm your mate. You aren't supposed to go around and check things like that. I can't believe it." she continued to yell.
"Lena, love, calm down. I just wanted to be sure. Relax. Come back to bed." replied a sleepy Draco.
"No. I refuse to get into bed with you. Get out. I don't want to see you now. Go sleep somewhere else." she said angrily.
"No Elena. It is my house and my room and I said that I want you in bed now. You listen to me." coldly said Draco.
Elena smirked before stupefying him and throwing him outside the room. Of course Draco made her pay for that the next day but it was worth it. Half a year passed. Elena was starting to feel sick. She was always tired. She would not admit it to anyone. The last thing she wanted was to have to stay home. She had a lot of plans already and could not afford to be sick. One day, she went to see a doctor in order to find out what was wrong. He did a few tests and they had the results immediately. What the doctor told her made her stare at him in horror. No. It could not be that. It has to be wrong. How on earth was she supposed to tell that to everyone?
Elena came back later than planned at the manor. It wasn't a surprise to see Draco waiting for her.
"You are late." he said reproachfully. "Where were you?"
"Oh! Hello to you too!" she said sarcastically.
"You were supposed to meet me here fifteen minutes ago. You know how I hate it when you do that. Where did you go?" he asked again.
Elena rolled her eyes. "I went to Diagon Alley."
"What for? Did you need anything?" he questioned her.
"Not really. I wanted to look at some things. Nothing important." replied Elena.
"So you didn't find anything. Well I could always take you to Paris to go shopping if you want since you don't seem to be finding anything here." he proposed.
"That would be great Draco. Anyway are we going or not?"
"Yes let's go." said Draco.
A whole month passed. During that month Elena hided from everyone what the doctor had told her. She didn't want them to know nor knew how to tell everyone. Unfortunately she continued to be sick making Draco worried and checked on her often. Every time he questioned her about it she simply said that it was nothing and that it will pass. Draco still had some pressure from Lord Voldemort to get Elena pregnant. One day, while Draco and Lucius were at work, Narcissa received some of her friends at the manor. She of course forced Elena to be there as well. The women were all sitting in the living room while some house elves were serving them some tea.
"Did you know that my son started to date a foreign girl?" said Mrs. Zabini, the mother of Draco's best friend, Blaise Zabini.
"Really? It was about time he got interested in someone. Who is the girl maybe some of us know her?" asked Narcissa in a curious voice.
"I only know her first name and the country she is living in. Don't worry I know that her family is one of the most important pureblood family in their country. Her name is Anna and she is living in Bulgaria." answered Mrs. Zabini.
Elena who had been daydreaming snapped out of it. "Anna? Could it be Anna Rimatova?" said Elena with a smile.
"Why yes I do believe that is the right name. Do you by any chance know her?" asked Mrs. Zabini.
"Indeed I do. Anna is my best friend. We used to go to school together. I do hope that it will work between Blaise and her. I would be quite happy to have her here in England." answered Elena praying for them to get married soon.
"See. I told you that our meetings were quite instructive." said Narcissa while rolling her eyes. "And you wanted to go to Diagon Alley instead!"
"So Elena we don't get to see you often. I'm wondering when we will hear about a pregnancy. Are you and Draco working on that?" asked one of the women.
Elena choked and blushed. "I don't think that is an appropriate subject."
"Why? Of course it is. I am wondering about that myself. I want to be a grandmother soon. So answer the question Elena." ordered Narcissa quite content that this subject had been brought by someone.
Before she had the chance to answer a house elf appeared in front of Narcissa.
"Mistress there is something wrong in the kitchen and we were wandering if you could come and solve it." asked the elf.
Elena got up suddenly. "I will go Narcissa. Don't worry about it." said Elena rapidly.
"You are still answering the question when you come back Elena." smirked Narcissa and the other women laughed.
Elena left the living room. She started to feel dizzy. She never reached the kitchen.
The women in the living room heard a huge THUMP. They stopped talking. Soon they heard some house elves screamed.
"Mistress, Mistress. You have to come. It is young mistress Elena. There is something wrong with her." said a breathless house elf to Narcissa.
Meanwhile Draco and his father were at the ministry. They were in an important meeting with the minister of Magic and some of his counselors.
"Draco I want to know when I will have the opportunity to meet your wife. I mean you have been married for a year and a half and I have not met her yet." said the minister.
"Well minister I will present her to you as soon as I can." replied Draco.
"You are coming to the Cup of Quidditch this weekend right?" At Draco's nod he continued. "Since you and Lucius are staying with me in the loge you could always bring her with you. I would meet her there."
"I don't know if she likes Quidditch minister. I know that my wife hate it." said Lucius. "She will probably want to stay with Narcissa."
"Well just bring Narcissa too. I really want to meet your wife Draco. I have heard that she is quite interesting." replied the minister insistently.
"I will see what I can do but if she doesn't want to come than I won't force her to." said Draco.
"Fair enough. Now let's go on with our meeting."
Minutes passed. Suddenly a large black owl flew inside and landed near to Draco. It tended it's leg to him. Draco read the message.
"It's Elena. Something's wrong with her. I need to go minister." said a worried Draco.
"Of course. You and Lucius can go. I'm sure you are worried about your daughter-in-law Lucius. We will continue that meeting another day. Go on then. I do hope that she is ok thought." said the minister.
Draco and Lucius Malfoy left the ministry in a hurry leaving the letter on the meeting table. The minister and his counselors leaned over it and read it.
"Draco,
You need to come home now. There is something wrong with Elena. The house elves found her on the floor. She fainted. Tell Lucius.
Hurry up,
Narcissa Malfoy."