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(One year later)

"Lucius!" Emmiline screeched and threw herself at her son. She pulled away from Lucius and grinned at the woman next to him. "Narcissa!"

"Hello Emmiline," Narcissa said and rushed into her mother-in-law's arms. "I've missed you."

"Oh you have no idea," Emmiline gushed and began leading Narcissa from the reception room. "Now, we have to talk about that new elf of yours..."

Lucius chuckled as his wife looked at him helplessly and followed Emmiline from the room. A moment later he too followed his mother. He rounded the corner just in time to see them disappear into the library.

"Mother," Lucius said as he stepped into the library and looked up at the large tree in the center of the room. "Mother, why is the tree in here this year?"

"We thought it would be a good time for change," Abraxas said for his wife. He glanced sideways at the corner where Bellatrix and Rodolphus were feeding each other Chocolate Frogs. "You know, after the fiasco last year.'

"Ah." Lucius nodded. "Understandable."

"So," Rabastan said as he sidled up to Lucius' side. "We have two new editions to the family in less than a year..."

"When will we make it a third?" Emmiline piped from the other side of the room.

Narcissa blushed as Lucius chuckled, "Well..."

Rabastan's jaw dropped. "No."

Bellatrix took the glass of whiskey from Narcissa's hand and glared at her.

"Lucius!" Narcissa scolded. "Don't get them excited like that."

Bellatrix put the glass back in her sister's hand and smiled nonchalantly.

"Sorry," Lucius said sheepishly. "When is dinner? I'm starving."

"And what would make you work up such an appetite but..." Abraxas slapped Rabastan on the back of the head. "What? I was just going to say kicking around that new house-elf. Breaking in new house-elves always makes me hungry."

"You are the strangest..."

"Gifts," Bellatrix chimed and started towards the tree. Rodolphus followed obediently.

"Are Octavia and Elan going to be here?" Narcissa asked politely.

Rabastan shrugged, grabbed her hand, and bounded off to unwrap gifts. Lucius watched her giggle and rush to the largest box she could find. Narcissa glanced at Bellatrix and, with looks of childish glee on their faces, they ripped into their packages. Lucius bounded over to them and began ripping into packages as well.

Emmiline sighed contentedly as she watched Narcissa put a bow on Lucius' head. "They'll have such beautiful children."

"And so will they," Abraxas said, nodding at Bellatrix and Rodolphus.

Emmiline cocked her head and narrowed her eyes, "Too bad their other sister ran away." She looked sadly at Rabastan. "We could have had a full set."

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