The Red Slytherin

Chapter 3

A rush of nausea woke me up. Jumping from my bed I raced to the toilet lifting the lid before my stomach emptied itself violently. Heaving I slid against the cool lid of the toilet placing my now sweaty forehead against the cool material. Closing the lid and pushing myself up onto my shaky legs, flushing the toilet as I did so. If this was how the new class was going to start, I really did not want to continue doing it. I hate being sick.

I stood there shaky a few seconds before I decided that I was okay to move without the risk of repeating the gross sickness and went to brush my teeth with the lilac tooth brush that sat in the holder. Looking into the mirror I saw that my eyes held dark circles and my face was still red and blotchy from crying the previous day. My skin looked dull and pale unlike the day before when I looked radiant. I couldn't believe that I had let him get to me. Malfoy of all people.

I ran the warm water before taking my face cloth and wiping over my skin; slowly my colour began to return. My skin felt sore and sensitive from the violent crying. It was no longer as blotchy but it remained pale but that was nothing make up couldn't fix. I wiped the sleep from eyes and rung out the cloth leaving it to dry on the edge of the sink, while doing this I shed my bikini that I had slept in and started running the shower. After it had warmed to the correct temperature, I stepped in. The warm water graced my aching body. Closing my eyes, I willed myself to feel better to not let the devil get into my head, but it hurt. What he had said was a fear I had held since I was a child and no amount to encouragement that it was okay for me to be in Slytherin had stopped that because action speak louder than words and, in my case, it showed. Especially when no one knew that half of your family didn't speak to you. When I am at family get together's I always stay as far away from the massive group of Weasleys just to stop arguments. I pushed the tears from eyes as I washed my hair and body before leaving the shower. I would not get upset today. It was going to be a good day. Or at least one could hope.

Pulling a towel around myself and shuffling from the bathroom I sat down at the dressing table and proceed to put on my make up so that it covered my blotchy face. I contoured my face and did a perfect cat eye to make sure I looked better than normal. Combing my hair, I dried it with my wand before platting it so that it was out of my way. I couldn't deal with it today. My hair was slowly becoming the least of m worries already this year.

Standing from the dressing table I changed into my uniform and grabbed my bag filling it with my potions and history of magic book's. I also made sure that I had all my quills and parchment. The last thing I needed was to run out and have to come back here to risk seeing Malfoy. Slinging the bag over my shoulder I walked passed the living room and out of the door before I could even see Malfoy. Thank the gods that I didn't.

Walking to the great hall my stomach churned. As much as I wanted to eat, I didn't want to be sick again. However, I'm sure it's part of the class, this whole morning sickness thing is already making me hate this class. Walking through the large doors I spotted Dom sitting at our table. The table was empty as it was early in the morning but soon the table would be full. I preferred to come to breakfast early as it was much quieter and less of a mess. Gliding over to her I sat opposite to her smiling slightly as I grabbed a piece of toast, spreading a tiny bit of butter on it, no matter what my stomach seemed to think I needed to eat.

"How are you Lil? Survived a night with Malfoy I see" she says in between shovelling eggs into her mouth. I swear I saw eggs fly from her mouth.

"I'm fine. It could be worse." Biting into my toast and slowly chewing. "I mean I definitely can't promise not to kill him after yesterday." With me saying that she dropped her fork down in her plate with a loud clatter.

"What Happened Yesterday?" her eyes never left mine as I swallowed slowly looking down at my plate before slowly looking back at up her. On no big mistake I shouldn't have said anything. She will not be happy to here what he had said. Oh god why couldn't I just say it was fine.

"Dom, it doesn't matter. It was just Malfoy being Malfoy and I over reacted." I couldn't bear to look at her eyes because if I did, she would know how truly upset I was with what he has said.

She grabbed hold of my free hand. "What did he do?" I knew I shouldn't have said anything me and my big mouth.

"He just said some stuff that is all" looking down at are now joined hands. It made me feel loved and cared for. She squeezed my hand almost pulling the words put of me.

"It was something like at least my family love me and talk to me unlike yours. I just reacted badly and let him get to me." She raised from her seat as he walked through the door of the great hall. Why now. Her angry sets approached him quickly. You could see the anger radiating from her.

Before I could stop her, she had already begun to stride up to Malfoy. "Oi who the hell do you think are? What gives you the right to say what you said to her? You are evil and disgusting. You have no clue what she went through your horrible excuses for a person". She screamed almost running at him. At this point he had looked at her just as her fist collided with his face. He stumbled slightly from the shock before almost smirking. Dom had always been a loud personality however, I didn't think she would have hit him. Dom was all words, but she has never hit anyone.

"You think I care? Was Little Lily hurt from what I said what a shame. She needed to be knocked down a few notches anyway." She continues to push him until his back must have hit the edge of the hard-stone wall.

"You are such a prick. She has done nothing to you, NOTHING." At this point, everyone was looking at us as I tried to pull Dom away from the smirking Malfoy. Malfoy then proceeded to push Dom and as he did this with me being so close Dom toppled over into me and I went flying from the push. All of a sudden, I felt a sharp pain, and everything went black…

Bright light shone through my closed eyes. Blinking, it blinded me I could only see bright white light glaring in my eyes. I could hear people talking in hushed whispers. Looking around there were to very blond males, a brown-haired woman sitting in chairs around my bedside and a teacher I presumed it was Headmistress McGonagall from the hat that I could see as she was facing the people and not myself. Slowly the picture before me become clearer as I noticed it was Malfoy and what I can only assume was his parents from what my father had told me about their family, and I had presumed correct and it was in fact Professor McGonagall.

Shifting on my bed I tried to move my heavy arms and struggled to sit up. My body ached and felt extremely heavy and my eyes were grimacing at the strong light, my nose burned with the bleach smell that filled my nostrils making me feel sick.

"Lily don't try and get up you banged your head pretty hard would you like some water?" the headmistress asked and all I could do is nod as my throat was extremely dry. In that moment I swear it was drier than a desert in the middle of summer. She placed the glass near my mouth with a straw and placed the straw into my mouth so I could drink, I slowly took a few sips of it before she took it away from my mouth and it placed it on the table beside the bed I was laying on. The sheets were all itchy on my skin and my eyes where slowly adjusting the to light.

"Can you please tell me your side of the story Lily just so I am clear of the situation. Miss Weasley has already told me but just to be clear" slowly I nodded and began to explain what had happened the previous night and how it had escalated this morning. Occasionally I had to stop to wipe the tears that where falling, I could not look up from my lap as I retold the story.

"Miss potter I believe that there is something that Mr Malfoy would like to say to you" I slowly looked up from my lap to see that his mother was smiling at me gently. Her hair looked soft and was styled in soft waves, her eyes were gentle, and you could see a thousand feeling rushing through them as she looked at me.

"Pott… Lily I am sorry. I should not have said what I said. It was incredibly wrong of me and you did not deserve it." I could feel his eyes on me, but I could not stand to look at him, even his presence made me want to cry right now. I had done nothing to deserve this, I always tried to be nice until it made me so unhappy that I just gave up.

Suddenly, I could feel someone's hand grasp mine. "Lily if I may call you that? I am very sorry for my son's actions all of these years it is not how we have raised him" looking at his mother I couldn't help but see how much he looked like his mum. Her dark hair fell over her shoulders as if she had run her hands through it 100 times and her greens eyes shine in a way that scream, she had been crying. They may not look the same completely, but her eyes held soft creases when she spoke which so did Malfoys and his hair was a slightly darker shade of blonde because of how dark her hair was.

"Mrs Malfoy, it is not your fault. I believe that this was all of Scorpius doing and even a parent cannot fix how their child acts." I said my throat still scraping as I spoke. She squeezes my hand before offering me more water witch I take quickly nodding a thank you.

"I hope you can forgive my son Lily. Sometimes I wish he did not take after me so much as he very clearly does. I just hope that with this project you too will be able to get along. I still hope that you trust us enough to come and spend Christmas with us." This was the first time I had heard his father speak. He seemed stressed and rather uncomfortable with this situation. He was very clearly annoyed at his son's actions and I kind of felt bad for him.

Looking up at him I could see that he would have been extremely handsome at my age. He had his hair pulled back away from his eyes in a small quiff, he had smart white shirt on from what I could see, and his grey eyes were bright and worried looking.

"Of course, Mr Malfoy even with this disagreement and how me and Scorpius do not get along I'm sure I would have a lovely Christmas, even with this oh so stylish bandage that is attached to my head. I just hope that me and your son may be able to get along for the sake of the project." I said finally finding enough words with the water Mrs Malfoy had given me.

"Lily I am honestly so sorry. I didn't know it would affect you so badly. I really shouldn't have said it. I am willing to stop this feud with you, we are both getting far too old to act like children and we both need a chance to focus on the baby and passing this class" Scorpius said sticking his hand out for me to shake.

"Truce, it is settled" shaking his hand I felt a spark. Looking at his eyes they were glistening. What just happened? Looking around I saw his parents smiling at each other as if there was some unspoken conversation going on. They seemed so comfortable with each other and could seem to read each other with just a look how cute.

"Headmistress when can I leave?" I asked shifting against the uncomfortable pillows that propped my head up. I brushed my hair from my face as Mrs Malfoy helped me sit up.

"You may leave soon however, I would like you stay and get to know the Malfoy family better before you can leave. Malfoy pregnancies tend to be slightly more difficult according to Mr and Mrs Malfoy and therefore I think it would be good for you to talk to each other. This will allow you to gain some extra knowledge. I would also like the baby to be checked before you leave. Your parents were not able to come as they were both busy in the ministry during a court case however, they have sent a letter to you for you to read when you leave. I shall leave now, I assume we will all be able to get long accordingly." Everyone nodded along with what she had stated.

There was a chorus of good byes as she walked to the doors and left us in an uncomfortable silence. Staring at my hands, it felt like an eternity until I heard a chair being scraped along the floor and placed next to my head. Looking up I saw that Scorpius had pulled a chair from the other end of the bed and placed it next to his mothers.

Finally, it was Mrs Malfoy that spoke. "Lily I would like it if you call me Astoria. If that is okay of course." She smiled at me sweetly as I looked up at her face. she was stunning, her dark hair held all its rich colour and her eyes shone. Her cheek bones were high on her face and she had this aura about her that however, with age you could see the tiny wrinkles that graced her face round her eyes made me want to trust her.

"Of course, I will call you that Mrs… Astoria. It would be my pleasure. I'm sorry was not able to introduce myself correctly, my name is Lily Luna." I said sticking my hand out for her to shake. I was very uncomfortable, but I refused to let it show. She shook my small hands slightly I then turned to do the same with Mr Malfoy but found that he had stood from his seat and the placed his arms around me and hugged me tightly before letting go and sitting back in his previous seat.

"Please call me Draco Lily. I'm sorry if I scared you but I do not tend to do things the way I used to as a boy" he said smiling ever so slightly. His face lit up as he did so. His eyes were somewhat cold before were as now it was almost like they were being melted by the brightest of suns. I smiled back at him nodding. He seemed to be a lot more caring and genuine compared to how my family believed Draco Malfoy to be.

"Lily how are you feeling? Have you shown any pregnancy symptom's yet? I know you took the potion yesterday but as an it is a Malfoy baby you tend to get symptoms earlier. Unfortunately, its part of having so much magic in their system that it can make the symptoms a lot stronger. I personally think it's just their stubborn streak coming out letting us woman know they are there. Scorpius was very adamant to be known about before I even though I could be pregnant. I had the worse morning sickness." She said reaching out and pinching Scorpius check slightly laughing as he pulled away from her grimacing.

I nodded, "I was sick this morning so badly I didn't want to eat at all after. It also made me quite dizzy and off balance." I spoke looking at Scorpius as he tuned to look down at my belly almost in surprise that it was happening. I couldn't also believe that I was actually pregnant with a baby let alone a Malfoy baby. He caught my eyes and almost seemed to be proclaiming his apology from his eyes. The way his eyes seemed to hold a sadness that I could not portray.

"That is very normal" gesturing to Scorpius she continued "I was sick for weeks to were Draco would have to help me get around in the morning because it made me feel so ill. I'm sure my Scorpius will be as helpful won't you dear?"

"Of course, mum. If that is what Lily requires." He said and I swear I almost heard some sarcasm in his answer but with one look form his father he closed his mouth and seemed to regret his tone.

"Did you always know you wanted a son?" I asked somewhat apprehensive in asking the question.

This time it was not Astoria who spoke, but it was Draco. "Malfoys tend not to have girls. Long ago are history was written with just male heirs and since the 1500s the Malfoys have only had male heirs. So, it may not have been a choice for both me and my wife, but we love him no matter what even if sometimes he can be a big pain in my arse. Therefore, I would be highly surprised if you have a girl." He said smiling at his son as he spoke. Maybe my family are wrong about the Malfoys. I believe they may have changed. After all, not everyone stays the same. A war can change people that was something my family didn't seem to grasp.

"So, it is unheard of a Malfoy having a daughter? That must have been very hard on all of those women who had only wished for a daughter their whole life and then to not get one." I said. I found it very strange how the Malfoys had not produced a female for so many centuries. How strange?

"It must have been very hard for those women and yes, it is pretty much unheard of. However, there is prophesy that when ice meets fire there shall be a female Malfoy and only then will the Malfoys be able to produce girls" Mr Malfoy spoke and the way he had spoken enticed me. How interesting. I began to get lost in thought as the healer approached me and asked if now a good time was to check on the baby that had begun to grow. I nodded yes and Astoria grabbed my hand as she saw my nervous look on my face. Smiling at me in a way only a mother could. A smile that told me everything would be okay and that I had nothing to worry about.

The healer raised her wand and spoke in a language that I could not understand. As a soft light began to raise from my stomach, I felt sick again.

"The Baby is fine. I believe that your fall did not injure him or her and that no harm was caused. I do warn you thought that you must be more careful because this project will require this baby to be looked after properly. No more accidents for you" she said cheerily. She then told me that I was safe to leave. However, as I slowly began to move my legs from the bed my eyes began to get blurry and I began to feel dizzy again. This did not seem right, they said I was fine that the baby was okay. I did not know where this was coming from a screaming filled my ears before a flash of light blinded me…

A/N-I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I am really enjoying re writing this story. I would really apricate it if everyone could leave a review on how you think this is going.

Thank you

Josie x