Disclaimer -- I own nothing... not even my home... it's all JK Rowling's, who is one of the most creative people I have ever had the privilege to read...
The First Steps...
Draco and Madison woke the next morning to the sounds of the children. Grabbing Draco's shirt, she put it on as she ran to get them. Returning them to the large bed, she left them again to go to the bathroom. She changed into a pair of his PJ bottoms and a t-shirt. She threw her hair up into a long soft ponytail. She watched as she returned to the room as the kids crawled all over the sleeping man she loved so much.
Dobby brought them breakfast personally, letting them both know that Celery wanted Miss Madison to gain at least thirty pounds. She was to eat everything on the plate he gave her. He also brought bottles and food for the children. They refused his offer to feed the children, preferring to muddle through on their own with them.
When the subject of names came up, Draco brought out the box hidden in the small apartment. He looked to see her rings still securely in the box, pushing them aside; he drew out the baby book and christening gowns. Her fingers touched the soft silk and lace of the gowns. Both children grabbed for the softness and held them as they would a teddy bear.
She opened the book, looking oddly at it, as though she should remember it. Looking to the inside of the front cover were the names they had chosen before they were born: Lucius Jonathan and Rowan Jane Malfoy. Madison snorted when she realized that they would be naming their children after the two people that had caused so much heartache for them both.
But the children responded to the names and apparently were set. After breakfast, and showers, they finally dressed for the day. Madison, however, only changed into another pair of his pajama bottoms, neither thinking about simply transfiguring the clothing into something more appropriate.
Each carrying a baby, Draco and Madison left the bedroom. The first person they saw was Harry. He congratulated them and asked if they would like to join the families in the Dining Room. They agreed.
"Maddy?"
"Momma!" She ran to her mother, passed off her daughter to Narcissa and threw herself into the arms that opened to her. Madison, very loudly, apologized to her. She now understood how her mother had fallen into the dark world and put everyone else aside in order to protect her children. She finally understood.
Her mother held her and was glad she finally understood. After a few minutes, they released their vice like grips on one another. Turning, they both saw the blonde baby holding the hair of the other grandmother. The resemblance was uncanny. Draco had handed his son off to his father and sat in a chair near them watching, and then hugged Rowan gratefully.
Rowan held out her hands to the babies; both reached for her, but the Malfoy's did not release them to her. So she had to be content to kneel between the two and hold their hands. "They are magnificent." She said finally. Sirius watched as the children looked to their grandmother. After a few more minutes, Mason and Katie brought their children into the wing. They introduced all the children to each other and passed around babies like trophies.
"Mads, are you going to tell them the names?"
"Lucius Jonathan and Rowan Jane Malfoy," Rowan snorted, squeaked and followed off the spectacularly embarrassing laughter with a roll of her eyes.
Before dinner that night, the twins were introduced to the other sets who shared their birthday. Colin was called out for a family picture of the newest Malfoys. He took the picture of them, Madison stood behind her husband, still in his black pajamas. Draco silently mused that they would be going shopping, soon.
Dinner was interrupted by a visit from Inspector Maples. He was pleased to see everyone at the large table; children included, and joined them for a bite to eat. Seamus sat in his lap and stayed there the entire evening. After dinner, the elves took the children to their nurseries to get ready for bed. From that night on, the children would be given thirty minutes of playtime with the other children before baths. Lucius, Sirius, and Remus volunteered to oversee them. They then adjourned to the large sitting room so Inspector Maples could explain what he knew.
He had taken control of the investigation as soon as they came to England. He explained, once again, that no one else had the authority to deal with the Sorcerer and Sorceress' private affairs. He, with the permission of the executive committee of the Wizened Gamut, gave the couple a dose of Verituserum. The story was not quite as they had presented it to the group in South America. As the questions were answered, it left them with more to be asked. After six hours of intense questioning, the truth, as complete as it would be, came out. He stood before the group to explain.
"Madison Malfoy woke at around 10:00 PM on September 4th, and was taken by her husband, Draco to the hospital for delivery of their twins. Their regular doctor was not available and his replacement came to the hospital to deliver the children. At 12:01 Eastern Standard Time, baby Lucius was born. At 12:08, baby Rowan was born.
"The couple was very happy. Both babies were healthy. The nurse heard her say something about "sending an owl" before she took the babies to the newborn area and the parents were encouraged to rest for a bit.
"The nurse, who also happened to be the woman who was now admitting this under the potion's power, called her husband. He arrived at the hospital minutes after the call and picked up the babies. She gave the parents a potion mixed with their drinks to make them fall into a deep sleep. Once the man returned, he apparated the couple to their apartment, performed a memory charm to forget the birth or pregnancy. He removed all the evidence of the pregnancy from the apartment. He also, following the direction of a certain person, performed a charm that anyone who asked about the birth, immediately forgot that she was every pregnant. The charms were powerful and complete.
"The babies had been delivered to Bulgaria to a Wizard by the name of Krum. He checked to be sure they were, in fact, the children of a true sorcerer and sorceress. Once sure they were the babies he sought, he told the man and his wife that they would be responsible for them until they reached adulthood. With the threat of death for their older children, they took the babies and kept them hidden. Krum paid for the moves of the family, zigzagging across the globe, no more than a few weeks at any location. His story paused here, seeing the look of horror on Hermione's face.
"Before any of you asked, it is the same Viktor Krum. He finished his stay in the Mental Health ward, and was returned to Bulgaria. The Minister there allowed him to return to his normal life. If I don't miss my guess, when he couldn't get to you Hermione, he got to the one set of you lot that he could get to: Draco and Madison.
"When the woman in the house next door in South America knocked on the door that morning, she had almost taken them again. The skinny stick of a woman reminded of her the woman whose children she had taken, but that woman had been much heavier. And after a year, they still had several weeks left of that security and did not want to leave so soon. It proved to be her undoing. From that moment on, the woman, you Madison, next door watched them closely. They could not move without her knowing what they were doing. The trip the man and woman took when they left the babies with the older children was securing their next homestead. They had planned to leave that afternoon."
The rest of the story was already known.
The next part however, was up to the Malfoys. The nurse and husband, who had actually treated their children well, were to be brought up on charges of kidnapping. After long and hard thought and prayer, Madison asked Draco to drop the charges, on the condition that they move to Ottery St. Catchpaw, and stay until both of their children graduated from Hogwart's. Steven assured them that he would approach the Gamut and Criminals with her wishes.
The deal was struck and completed. Everyone seemed happy with the outcome. The babies, however, put up a shield when they came close and would not allow either of them to touch.
Madison and Draco, it turned out were very good parents; although everyone helped them, because as long as she was sick, Madison simply could not do anything for long. Her long months of no sleep and unable to keep anything down had greatly weakened her immune system. If she had been a normal human, she wouldn't have survived. But as a sorceress, married to a sorcerer, she did have some healing powers.
She and Draco began the intimate part of her healing with exploration of their bodies each night after the children went to bed, and early the next morning before they woke. They shared their heart, body, soul, and magic during these times. Her healing greatly sped up and within a month, she was ready to face the world again, as long as Draco was by her side to do it.
A few weeks after the return of the babies, Rowan stopped in to see Madison. Knocking on the door, she was granted entrance.
Draco greeted her, spoke quietly for a moment, then shook his head. He left to check on the babies with only a small kiss to his wife.
"Madison, I have something for you."
She looked into the eyes of the woman she had not only tormented, but had nearly been the cause of her insanity. At that moment, her anger left. Madison had done her time in hell, and it was something she would learn from when her daughter grew up.
When she walked to her, she smiled down at her and reached out. Her daughter, for the first time in years fell into her arms and held on. Rowan never asked for explanations, nor did she actually care if she got them. Only once Madison stopped crying did she look at her mother.
"I owe you an apology..." She stammered.
"No baby, you don't. But you do owe your children the love you received as a child. You also need to do some counseling. You're not going to just get over this now that they are back. But I do love you. Can we maybe just be friends again?" Madison nodded with a grin. "I'm glad, because my only real friends are your dad and Sirius and a couple of toddlers. I have missed you."
"I love you mom." They spent an hour together that first day. Draco returned with the babies who were in need of family time. Understanding, Rowan left the four alone.
As she shut the door to her daughter's bedroom, she slipped a hand into her jacket and slowly touched the outline of the pensive she had brought with her. Glad that she had hesitated in giving it to her oldest daughter. When she returned to the home she shared with her family, she set the pensive Severus had put his memories into behind books in the Research Room, hopefully never to be found again.