Hermione couldn't move, she couldn't cry out even as the muffled shouts from outside made their way into her clouded mind. Help me.
Narcissa felt queasy and lightheaded, sagging heavily against the stone building mindful of the inquiring gaze she received from her ex husband and sister. Forehead resting on the soothing stone, her hands trembling slightly above her head.
"Not to be a drag but why the long faces?"
Narcissa shot up at the familiar voice, twirling around she came face to face with her beloved boy. Sadness struck her hard in the chest, her heart hammering away in disbelief. She tried to speak but her mouth felt like a desert, her lips refusing to cooperate.
"You can't get in there I'm afraid" the soft voice carried on regardless.
Lucius blinked fast trying his damn hardest to rid the hallucination plaguing him once again. His nostrils flared in anger at his weakness.
"Draco?" Andromeda called out.
The ghostly figure stepped forward, his blonde platinum hair shining like a beacon in the darkness. The soft laughter broke free. "It's like you've seen a ghost auntie." His grey eyes trailing from the older Black sister to the youngest. His gaze soften when he met his mother's. "Mother its been a long time".
"You aren't really here." It broke her heart to hear herself say that out loud.
Draco walked the short distance between him and his mother. "For once in your life, take a leap of faith mama." Gently laying a hand upon Narcissas wet cheek. "Hermione needs this to regain her memories and the truth once more shall be told. I'm sorry that I couldn't stay."
Narcissa could feel the coldness of her son's hand as she placed her own upon his. She couldn't bring herself to look into his eyes. "You left me all alone my darling boy". Tears started to stream down her porcelain white cheeks.
"You are not alone. You shall never be alone mama not while you walk this earth, I promise you that. You may not see me but I certainly see and hear you," his voice cracked. "You have Hermione now and" lifting his piercing gaze to his aunt "you now have each other again." Turning back to his mother "one day you will understand why my journey had to be short while you had to carry yours on without me." Draco placed a tender loving kiss upon her forehead before slipping his hand out his mother's grip.
"Forgive me son" Lucius called out to his son's retreating back.
Just before Draco disappeared he finally turned to his father with a genuine smile on his aristocratic features. "Always father."
"I love you son."
Narcissa watched with her heart less heavy as the spirit of her beloved son disappeared. Having had the chance to finally say her love to her son Narcissa now knew what she really felt for the young muggleborn witch that had stolen her heart all those years ago.