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Madison's Ranting - Part Two

When they entered, Madison was fighting the potion's effects, muttering incoherently to Draco, begging him to help her. He watched with tears streaming down his face. Madison broke the effects of the potion completely twenty minutes after it was administered. She sat up groaning and looked at the man she swore to love the rest of her life. "Draco? How…What…Where are they?"

"We stunned you… you wouldn't listen to anyone."

"Where are my children?" She demanded, her words still slightly slurred.

"You don't have any children Madison. It was a dream."

"No! The children, in the village; they are ours. I gave birth to them. They were taken. Please remember." She begged as the potion disappated from her body. Her tears began to flow once again. When he didn't answer her, she just SCREAMED as loud and as long as she could. He moved quickly to the bed as her scream became hoarse. Rowan waited before joining them to hold her other hand.

The doors to the wing burst open. "Guess you're awake - huh Maddy?" Mason came into the room followed by the others.

Remus and Lucius, holding the now sleeping children, were seperated by Sirius. She pulled away from her husband and mother. Her feet slapping against the stone floor as she ran to her brother begging, "Please Mase, tell me you know those are my children. Tell them I'm not crazy. Please Mase, please." She hadn't stopped crying her words tumbled once again out of fear and exhaustion. He picked her up and took her back to bed.

He kissed her as he soothed her with whispered words. "Look, I don't know yet, but both our dads sure seem to think they are. They want a bit of your blood to test them." She nodded as Mason set her on her bed. Madison held out both bruised and cut arms.

Draco looked at her "What the hell happened to you Maddy?" She didn't answer him, ignoring his presence completely. The Medi-Elf walked to her, and pricked her little finger, allowing the drop of blood to smear on the parchment.

She repeated the process with Draco. He didn't care; he just wanted this lunacy to stop. The elf took blood first from the boy then to the girl. Neither child cried when their fingers were pricked. "Dandad" she said softly as she snuggled in close to Remus. Sirius smiled.

Sirius looked to the little boy who Lucius held, "Grrrrr…annnn…ddddeeeee" He enunciated each syllable to the little one.

The handsome boy with the silver eyes watched close, "Dandee..." He repeated. Sirius looked to Remus.

"I'm Dandy!" with a smile that was only matched by the former werewolf's.

Their conversation was cut off as they both looked to the Medi-Elf. She had returned to Madison's bed, spread the parchment out, as the others following, and performed the charm. Immediately, the tendrils sought out one another. They were strong and fast to meet. As though searching for one another so long that once they found each other, they did not wish to waste time.

Draco and Madison both stared at the parchment. Mouth opened, but unbelieving, the couple did not make eye contact. No one moved or spoke for several seconds. The revelry was broken when Lucius and Remus sat the two children on Madison's bed, directly on the parchment. The little boy reached to her hands; crawled the small space between them before using her arms, he pulled himself up to her and grabbed her neck. She hugged him, perhaps a little too tight, and began to cry.

The beautiful blonde baby girl crawled toward Draco. Her hand slipped over the side of the bed and with the skills born of a seeker, Draco caught the baby. He brought her close and hugged her. The room emptied to let the family meet one another.

Just when Madison Malfoy thought she could cry no more, Draco reached to her and the four stayed together, close and touching; sealing the bonds that had begun the previous year.

Remus hugged Sirius and cried. For a werewolf who never be a dad was now a grand dad to two beautiful, perfect babies. Sirius held his lover, pleased to have been part of it, letting go of the jealousy that had plagued him since finding out Madison was not his.

The parents and in-laws left quietly as they saw the reunion take place. Once the children were cleared, Draco was allowed to take his family out of the hospital wing. They entered a private suite at the Potter Estate, to get to know their children and each other again. Draco and Madison had not seen each other since July and had not spoken since the day the children were born and taken from them.

Slowly some memories returned. Others, they feared would never come back. But with the babies back where they belonged, Draco thought Madison would be back too. Late that night, after a dinner, with the children in bed in the nursery next to the room, Draco lay in the large bed. She came out of the bathroom after a hot shower with nothing on but a towel. He couldn't believe how skinny she was. She couldn't weigh on hundred pounds. Her elbows and knees were visible. Her voice was weak from the crying. Her heart was still broken.

She sat wearily on the edge of the bed still wrapped in a towel. He wanted to move to her, but found himself just watching as if a movie were being played in front of him.

"Draco" "Madison"

They both tried to talk at the same time. He stopped for a moment, but knelt in front of her, taking her hands in his, and plunged on before she could. "I am sorry. I didn't know. I had no idea what happened to you. I didn't abandon you, I swear. I got your note in New York, packed the apartment and came back here. I only knew that you were out there somewhere. I worked, I came home. I worked until they wouldn't let me work anymore. I would take a dreamless potion to sleep with. I just stayed busy. I couldn't think about you…" He hung his head. "I'm so tired of crying Mads, I just want you back in my life."

She pulled him to her. Her wet hair falling to the bed as she moved closer to him. Wrapping him in her arms, she whispered "Shhhh, don't. You didn't know. I didn't know. I just knew something was wrong. I shouldn't have shut you out. I shouldn't have run away. I was running to my nightmares. I… God… I am sorry baby. Please forgive me."

He could not believe her words. He loved this woman so very much. This skinny, broken woman who was comforting him was all he ever wanted in life: To please her, hold her, play with her. He sat up and wrapping her in his arms, drew her in for a long, passionate, kiss. He could feel her ribs through her skin. But the Mads he knew and loved responded to the feeling of him so close. His smells, his passion radiated to her.

She pulled away only long enough to take his t-shirt off of his body, before kissing him again. The desire grew in intensity, mutual desires of two soul-mates who had been apart too long becoming uncontrollable as the rediscovery of one another's body became the most important thing. They showered, enjoying the touch of his hands on her body as he washed the grit of the previous months from her. He washed her beautiful hair and stood watching as she rinsed it. He dried her with the large towel before lifting her in his arms and taking her back to bed. When he entered her for the first time in over a year, his body screamed for release. The fever in the room reached a pitch of passion and completion much too fast for either of them. Exhausted and joined, he held her frail body as they fell into a restful sleep; neither had nightmares that night.