"Ok, there she is, such a beautiful girl." the Healer said cutting her umbilical cord.

"She's out." Harry said watching his baby wriggle and let out a shriek. He saw her black hair matted on her head and saw the Healer wrap his daughter up and placing her near Jade.

"Go on!" Hermione said and Harry walked in. The Healers saw him and congratulated him on being a new father.

"We need just one minute with the mother." the Healer said taking the baby from Jade. He placed her on Harry's arms and he smiled and cooed at her finally getting the satisfaction that his child is out after nine months of patience. Everyone met Jade and got to hold their little love in their hands.

"What do you want to name her?" Molly asked fanning Jade's sweaty face.

"Harry and I haven't thought of a name yet…I was thinking for months that it would start with a Z." Jade said and Harry looked at her.

"Z?" he asked.

"Zaara." Jade said finally after everyone guessed out names.

"Zaara is a beautiful name." Ginny said smiling at the infant.

"Excuse me but visiting hours are done, besides the baby and Mum needs feeding and rest." a Healer said. Everyone nodded and said goodbye to Jade promising they would come back. Jade laid there smiling as Harry held his daughter in his arms.

"She's mine!" Harry said and Jade nodded smiling and crying. "Why are you crying?" Harry asked looking at her.

"No, it's just really overwhelming." Jade said and Harry nodded. "Harry?" Jade asked.

"What?" he asked not looking at her.

"Harry I've missed you." Jade said and Harry made a noise in his throat. "Harry." Jade said trying to reach out to him.

"What?!" he yelled and Jade shook. Zaara was frightened and started crying hysterically. "You made her cry! What the fuck is wrong with you?" Harry asked trying to calm Zaara down.

Jade put her hand over her mouth and tried to stop herself from crying. The nurse came in and took away the crying Zaara and left with Harry and Jade in the room.

"Because of your whining!" he said stalking towards her. Jade's eyes widened and he looked like he stopped himself from killing her. He breathed in deeply, turned around and left.

The next morning, Jade felt more comfortable after downing potion by potion that healed her scars from the cesarean section. Her family came to meet her and asked of how she was doing and marveled at their newest family member.

"Hermione was taking great care of me, she stood late for me. Thank you." Jade said hugging her best friend.

"Love you." she said.

Harry didn't visit once during her time there and when he did, he only went to check on Zaara. Jade waited seeing her family leave and she looked at Hermione who was checking her saline.

"Mione, how long do I have to stay here? I feel completely healed." Jade said and Hermione shook her head.

"Oh just for three days, you'll go tomorrow don't worry." Hermione said sitting on her bed with her. Jade nodded and Hermione frowned knowing there was something definitely bothering Jade.

"Jade what happened?" she asked placing a hand on her hand. Jade looked up startled and smiled squeezing her hand.

"Nothing." she said quietly.

"Jade…." Hermione said giving her a stern look.

"It's just that…Harry's been mad at me." Jade said starting to cry again. It was those damn pregnancy hormones acting up inside of her that she cursed for making her cry over every little thing.

"What did you do?" Hermione asked.

"Nothing…at least…that's what I think. When Zaara was delivered, he was holding her and I wanted him to you know…at least ask me how I was or tell me he loved me but instead he screamed at me. He said it made Zaara upset but he was the one screaming." Jade sobbed. Hermione gave her a tissue and hugged her tightly.

"Don't worry Jade, he was probably under a lot of stress. Having a child probably expresses different emotions out of them. If you want I can talk to him." Hermione said and Jade started to shake her head violently and beg.

"Hermione please no! No! Please don't ask him anything, he might get mad." Jade said terrified that if Harry found out that she told Hermione, she would be in the same state as Harry left her in when he threatened her and hit her when he suspected of her seeing someone when she went to the Kitchens late at night.

"Jade, I'll just tell him-"

"Herm, please…swear on me you won't ask him or tell him ANYTHING. Swear on me." Jade said and Hermione finally gave in wanting to know why Jade was so jumpy over this situation. Jade was only scared of another beating or him leaving their child forever. Jade loved him but was also scared of him wishing he would stop his violent rages towards her.

The next day, Jade was ready to leave and got to walk around to stretch her legs. She changed into a white skirt and a sleeveless white top. She smiled walking around seeing her baby smile right back at her.

"I see why you're so happy…just filled your stomach up, didn't I?" Jade asked giggling. Jade heard the door swing open and she turned around seeing Harry look at her and then the baby.

"My baby." he said walking swiftly towards Jade. He took the baby from Jade and turned his back towards her.

"Oh Jade!" Molly sang seeing her baby. Molly kissed Jade's cheek and had a few words with her before stealing Zaara away from Harry. "You two talk to each other and I'll come back." Molly said leaving. Harry went to leave but Jade stopped him.

"Harry please…I'm sorry if I did anything to upset you or Zaara. I love you and I never want to do anything to hurt you ever." Jade choked putting a hand on his cheek. He grabbed her hair and roughly kissed her as if he hadn't for years. The door opened and they heard giggling. They broke off and saw the women giggling at them popping their heads in.

"Well you two lovebirds, get both of your arses to the Burrow because that's where we'll party!" they said. Harry and Jade smiled and nodded. They both thanked their Healers and left to the Burrow to eat the delicious meals that Molly made. Zaara was very popular among her family and she was passed on and on being adored by everyone. Enya babbled trying to play with Zaara but was very confused on why Zaara was sleeping and wouldn't play with her.

"Ba?" she asked cutely.

"What does 'Ba' mean?" Harry asked rocking Enya around.

"Who knows Harry? I for one have no clue. We ask her to say Mum and she would say ba; we ask her to say Daddy and she says ba…what to do?" Jennifer asked and everyone laughed. The small gathering was over and Harry and Jade prepared to go back home. Thanking everyone for their presents and thanking her mother and father for everything, Jade and Harry both apparated off back to the Potter house to start their lives as mother and father.

Jade prepared for sleep after feeding, burping and changing a fussy Zaara. She looked much happier and she went to sleep comfortably. Jade felt satisfied feeling proud of her beautiful daughter just sleeping away. Harry came out of the bathroom seeing Jade stare at Zaara and touch her cheek softly.

"My baby." Harry said staring with her. Jade turned to him and placed a chin on his shoulder.

"Our baby." she said. They went to sleep and decided that they would both take turns on feeding Zaara in the middle of the night. Jade woke up first and fed and burped her. The next time at 4 in the morning, Jade heard her baby scream and cry but Harry didn't wake up or attend to her.

"Harry, Zaara's crying." Jade said shaking him up.

"Then go feed her." Harry mumbled turning the other way.

"I did the last time; it's your turn to feed." Jade said but he ignored her. Jade couldn't stand her daughter crying so she got up and went to attend her.

"It's ok baby, Mummy has you." Jade said taking her to another room. She fell asleep with Zaara in her arms on the couch. Jade couldn't sleep properly because she worried that she might let Zaara slip. A few hours later, Jade started to prepare breakfast and she conjured up the bassinette for Zaara to lie down on as she made breakfast. She was slightly annoyed that Harry didn't wake up to feed Zaara and she felt very tired and sleepy of waking up. That night was so hard for Jade because her head was spinning from the lack of sleep. After Jade made the breakfast ready, she heard Harry enter the bathroom and get ready for his day. When he came out, he greeted Jade with a kiss and paid the owl that posted him the Daily Prophet. His eye caught Zaara and he went to her and held her.

"She didn't even make a peep last night." Harry said rocking her in his arms. Jade smirked to herself shaking her head and she turned towards him.

"You didn't want to get up and feed her that's why." Jade said.

"I didn't? Well then you should really start feeding her at night. Besides it's not a man's job to feed and take care of a baby. A woman does that. I have a job so I need my energy for the day." Harry said placing Zaara back on the bassinette.

"Harry, I'm going to join my job in a few months so what's going to happen then?" Jade asked afraid of his next words.

"Then quit." he said simply sitting on his chair opening the paper.

"What?" Jade asked.

"Are you deaf?" he asked. Jade stood there not wanting to let her dreams down because her husband simply told her to.

"I didn't pass with honors and awards to be a housewife Harry. I'm educated and I've had dreams of healing children ever since I was little! I'll take care of Zaara during the night or the whole day but don't stop me from having a career." Jade said finally defending herself. Harry set his newspaper down and turned around to her.

"Career? What careers are you talking about other than the career you'll have as a mother your entire life? As long as I'm your husband, you can't do anything. You better listen to me because I make the money in this house. I support you and Zaara so why are you bitching for?" he asked getting up.

"I'm not bitching Harry! I want to make money for myself also. I want to be able to pay for myself than making myself helpless and depending on someone else." Jade said.

"So what's the use of a husband? Seems like someone's been teaching you to smart mouth against me." he said grabbing her throat.

"Harry!" Jade choked trying to push him away. He pinned her against the wall and looked into her brown eyes.

"I married you and I did you a FAVOR! Now you act up because of this and paying for your needs and giving you a shelter isn't enough for you?! You are such an unsatisfied bitch you know that right?" he asked letting her go. Jade fell to the ground and he pulled her up and pushed her hard.

"Now listen to me VERY carefully. If you ever tell anyone of how I hit you, your friends and family are gone." he said putting a finger across her neck in execution style. "Be the good housewife you are by cooking, cleaning and managing Zaara. You don't need extra money as long as I'm here. Shut up and throw away your dreams. You're living in the present…not the past." he said leaving her crying on the floor. Jade cried feeling bruised and hurt on her sides. Zaara started crying again and Jade saw Harry pick her up and calm her down. He ate his breakfast and left off to work.

For the past couple of days, Jade thought Harry was going to change back into his old self caring for her and kissing her but he used her brutally. She was tired enough during the day and night. During the night, she had to wake up and tend to Zaara and during the day when she was completely sleep deprived, she had to wake up early in the morning and make Harry's breakfast and when he left she washed, cleaned around the house, clean out the garage, rake leaves because Harry took her wand. He thought if she was going to use a wand, she would be completely bored and to consume her time, he left her wandless with hands on jobs.

Jade started losing weight dramatically and her eyes became dark from the lack of sleep. She had to force a smile on her face in front of her friends and family that came over and had to tell them how amazing Harry was and how good of a father as well as a husband he was. Jade was relieved as Zaara grew bigger. She started to sleep through the night and Jade slept better in the night.

One day as Harry and her shopped in Hogsmeade, she was left alone in the aisle as Harry carried a singing Zaara through the market a man approached her.

"Excuse me?" a man asked and Jade turned around.

"Yes?" Jade asked seeing a handsome tall brown haired man with light green eyes look back at her smiling.

"Hi, I'm sorry I just wanted to know if you know where the black peas were?" he asked and Jade looked at him thinking he was a little crazy.

"What are you holding in your hand?" Jade asked and he looked down seeing the packet of black peas.

"Oh! Sorry…I…er you know making mother…I mean making dinner for my mother." he stuttered and Jade chuckled.

"I see. It's ok." Jade said going back to look for ingredients.

"Umm…so…er-"

"Jade." Jade answered seeing the man blush with embarrassment.

"Jade! That's a pretty name you know…yeah you know." he said and Jade tried to bite back a giggle.

Harry spot her talking to another man. Harry flared up thinking she was flirting with a man already after leaving her for a few minutes.

"Are you married?" he asked and Jade held up her ring finger.

"Yes…I have a child." Jade informed him.

"Hi, who's this?" Harry asked and Jade jumped up.

"Oh…Harry this is um-." Jade said her heart pounding in fear.

"Riley. Nice to meet you." Riley said, putting his hand forward for Harry to shake.

"Let's leave." Harry said pulling Jade along.

"Harry I never knew him I swear." Jade explained.

She even explained on the way back and was scared to tears because he didn't say a word to her. Harry placed Zaara in her crib and closed her door. Jade stood in the living room seeing her hands sweat in anticipation and her chest rapidly going up and down from the nervousness. Harry came back and quickly pushed her as she fell hard on the floor.

"Get up!" he roared pulling her by the hair. "Men love you don't they? I'll give you something to lust at. Your hair is precious isn't it?" he asked using her hair as a rope to swing her against a wall. Jade felt her ribs crack from the pressure of the blow. He took out scissors and chopped off all her hair. Jade started screaming begging him to spare her hair but he warned her it would be her eyes if she kept wailing. Jade tried to run but Harry defeated her kicking her to the floor. After he was done with her, he laughed seeing hair everywhere and pointed at her.

"That's the ugly bitch you're supposed to look like, wait a minute." he said summoning the razor from the bathroom. "We forgot a part haven't we?" Harry asked sitting on her. Jade cried and gasped feeling him scrape her eyebrows off. He got up and brushed himself off and went to sleep. It took Jade a few minutes to get up from the abuse she endured and the kicks and punches. She felt her head and felt rough hair standing up. She looked around seeing all of her beautiful hair on the floor scattered. She felt her eyebrows and felt hair in a small part. She ran to the bathroom and looked into the mirror. She couldn't believe it was her staring back in shock and grief. She looked like a skinny almost bald person with eyebrows the size of an inch.

Jade couldn't sleep that night because she was in so much physical pain as well as emotional. She spent the night in Zaara's room sobbing softly praying this wouldn't ever happen to her daughter or any other woman. Jade looked into the mirror hating who she saw. She wasn't the same person as she was in Hogwarts. She was stronger before but after her attack and her marriage to Harry, it made her into a weak, helpless and vulnerable person. As the clock chimed 6:30, Jade freshened up and started making breakfast. She had a veil over her head because she didn't want to walk around looking like an idiot. She heard Harry get up and use the bathroom. She quickly set his breakfast on the table and walked back to little Zaara's room who was already up.

"Hey baby." Jade said picking up her daughter. "Hungry? Hold on." Jade said taking her bottle to feed Zaara. Zaara took one look at the completely different looking woman and started crying, wrinkling her nose wanting to know where her mother was. Jade tried calming her down but Zaara cried and cried not wanting to drink unless her mother came.

"Zaara it's me honey. Zaara calm down." Jade said patting her daughter on the back. Zaara squirmed and screamed scared of Jade. Jade's heart broke because she knew she looked completely different and it scared her daughter. Harry walked in and saw Zaara crying and Jade trying to calm her down.

"Why the hell are you upsetting her? Give me my daughter!" he yelled taking Zaara roughly from Jade. Jade looked embarrassed and didn't even want to look at him from the shame. Harry backslapped her and Jade felt his knuckles collide with her cheekbone. She fell from the impact and Harry left with a screaming Zaara in his arms.

"What did I do?" Jade asked feeling the blood trickle down her cheek. Her tears traveled down with them and it started stinging. After Harry left leaving Zaara back in the crib, he grabbed Jade by the collar and took her to the bedroom. Right in front of her, he took all her makeup and threw them in the trash so she wouldn't have to beautify herself anymore for anyone. He left and Jade was tired of crying. She took a long shower and cut her hair a bit more to make it look even.

She heard Zaara crying and went to get her. Zaara still cried not finding her mother but quieted adjusting to Jade. Jade made dinner and fed Zaara. After that, she made Zaara go to sleep and slept on a chair next to her crib when Harry arrived. The days after that, the abuse grew more and more and it became so continuous, it was a routine that Jade had to follow. Harry stopped sleeping with Jade and it didn't bother Jade because she didn't want to sleep with someone who nearly killed her every day. Her family wanted to visit her but she had to make up an excuse for them not to come because she would have a cut or bruise on her face that she didn't want them to see. One particular day, Ginny visited Jade on a Saturday when Harry was in the house with her.

"Hey Harry!" Ginny said hugging Harry tightly when he opened the door.

"Hey Gin, nice to see you." he said letting her in.

"It's been months…exactly eight since I've seen you guys. Where's Jade?" Ginny asked.

"She's in Zaara's room. How's your study going?" he asked and Ginny nodded.

"Newt's are next month so I'm preparing for them. It was a Hogsmeade weekend so I was like why not meet my lovely sister, her handsome husband and my grown niece. She has gotten big hasn't she?" Ginny asked and Harry nodded smiling.

"Jade!" Harry yelled. "She's coming." Harry said watching Ginny look around.

"Your home is beautiful. Just like how Jade dreamed of. Aw, how cute." Ginny said looking at the pictures of Zaara. She saw Harry and Jade's wedding pictures and one with Jade grinning and laughing at what the photographer was saying.

"Ginny?" Ginny heard a soft voice from the corner and she turned around seeing a completely different person standing there.

"Who…Jade?" Ginny asked and Jade nodded smiling and crying hugging her sister. "What happened to your beautiful hair? What the hell did you do to your eyebrows?" Ginny asked and Harry shifted in his seat waiting for Jade to say something stupid so he could thrash her when Ginny left.

"I wanted a new look! It was an accident Gin. Zaara was holding my wand and suddenly something happened and my eyebrows and hair blew off." Jade explained.

"Jade…I couldn't even recognize you." Ginny said still stunned to see her sister like this. "Don't tell me that the accident also blew off your pounds?" Ginny asked seeing her bones stick out from her skin.

"She hasn't been taking care of herself after she had Zaara you know?" Harry said bringing Zaara to Ginny.

"Oh sweet Merlin! Hey Zaara!" she said holding the happy baby in her hands. "Oh my, she's so beautiful! Harry, she has your eyes!" Ginny gushed and Harry grinned kissing Zaara's cheek.

"Would you want to eat something?" Jade asked gently and Ginny suddenly felt a deep emotion run in her chest unsure of what feeling it exactly was.

"No thanks, I just wanted to visit you both." Ginny said but Harry and Jade insisted. Jade didn't want Ginny to leave and wished that she would stay longer so she wouldn't have to deal with Harry. Jade prepared something as they all talked and Ginny felt weirder by the second wondering why Jade wasn't her usual bubbly and happy self. She always used to talk so much; it was unusual to hear hardly any words come out of her mouth. Even when she used to talk, she talked very softly and in a depressing tone which Ginny felt was unbearable to hear.

"I've been here for so long, ok people…I'm leaving otherwise the carriages will leave without me." Ginny said getting up. Jade wanted her sister to stay but she couldn't say anything otherwise her eyes would be gone.

"Bye Gin, thanks for coming by." Jade said and Ginny nodded but froze seeing the look in her eyes that begged her not to go.

"I'll visit." Ginny said putting a hand on Jade's cheek. Jade kissed Ginny's hand and tried to stop herself from crying. Ginny said goodbye to Harry and Zaara and left. Jade held Zaara and left going to clean the dishes. Harry went into the living room and came back out wearing his shoes. Jade turned around curious of where he was going and he turned to her telling her that he was going to go outside for some fresh air. Jade nodded obediently and closed the door seeing him leave.