Lucius reappeared in the foyer of his manor with the small child in his arms clutching him for dear life.

"Master Lucius is back. Mistress has been waiting" one of the elves said.

"I am well aware. Tell Mistress Narcissa to join me in the infirmary. Keep Draco in his room entertained" he ordered before stalking up the stairs to the house small infirmary room.

There was very little use for it these times, but a long time agothe manor had been full with many members of the Malfoy family and in more recent years it had been used to cure death eaters after the raids. It was still kept sparkling clean and well stocked though. Lucius did not like to be caught unprepared for any situation.

He delicately deposited the girl on the first bed in front of him and waited for his wife to come. Unfortunately he had always been awful at healing charms and could do nothing to help the child or alleviate her pain.

"Lucius.. You realize you are over an hour late for lunch, do you? Poor Dragon was so disappointed when you failed to keep your promise.. I hope you have a valid reason or I swear.."

"Cissy, dear. I will tell you everything but first could you please treat this child and heal her?" he asked moving a few feet and allowing the witch to see the bed clearly.

"Oh my.." the blond haired woman gasped covering her mouth with a petite hand "Who could?"

"Later, dear. I'm afraid she must be in a lot of pain, even though she had not said anything about it" He explained raising at eyebrow at the child, who looked away as if to confirm his suspicions.

"Of course." She nodded removing her wand from the confines of the wrist holster hidden by her robes.

"Cissy.. You best explain as you proceed. I'm unsure of how much she knows, but probably very little" he advised making her widen her eyes.

"Very well. This is my wand dear, we use it to perform magic. Now, I'm going to wave it over you while I chant a spell and all your injuries will be shown on a piece of parchment" at the child's nod, she started the procedure.

It took quite a while for the paper to fill itself and stop writing and when it did, Narcissa could only wish to kill whomever did all that to an innocent child.

"The results?" Lucius asked, unnerved by the silence and the murder in his wife's eyes.

"She has several fractured or broken bones, many more that healed wrongly too. A concussion, and I can find traces of past ones that are giving her problems with her eyes. She has several bruised organs, some bleeding too. A lot of scar tissue on her back, legs and arms, along with flesh wounds and bruises. She is severely malnourished, underweight and dehydrated, her bones are brittle, the stomach shrunk. I assume that she is also older than what she looks."
Lucius paled more and more as she went on with her list, wishing that he had killed those muggle vermin with his bare hands.

"Thankfully it can all be healed and when I'm done with her she will look as she was supposed to and not have any lingering damage" Narcissa assured both of them, even though the girl was not even fazed by the extent of her injuries.

"Good. Do you need anything?"

"No, thank you Lucius. I have all the potions I will need stocked in the cabinet. I've never been more grateful for my mastery in healing.." she whispered the last part.

"Now little one" She continued addressing the small girl on the bed "I will need to put you to sleep before starting to heal you, you won't feel anything at all and once you're awake you will be all fine. Alright?"

"Yes, ma'am" The girl rasped

"Oh, you poor dear" Narcissa cooed "Would you like a glass of cool water first? Yes?"

After helping the child drink very slowly, she put her to sleep with a wave of her wand and went to work in treating all the damage inflicted to her.

"Start talking husband" she demanded while working and Lucius hurried to comply.

"It seems that she had been left on the doorstep of the orphanage during the night, she may have been born December 16 or 17. No name, no personal items"

"Who leaves a child on a door during a freezing night?" Narcissa sneered "Filthy muggles.."

"The child is obviously magical and incredibly powerful too. She may be a pureblood or a halfblood whose parents died during the war"

"Doesn't explain why she's been left there and in such a way too"

"No, it doesn't" Lucius sighed

"Well.. What's her name?"

"She had no name on her when they found her, the worker gave her the name of Mary"

"How awfully muggle"

"Indeed" he agreed "I'll look into taking her to the goblins once she is fit to travel and have them perform a blood test. Maybe we'll be able to find her true name and who her parents are."

"She could have living relatives.. They must be so worried"

"Let's not jump to conclusions. She may as well be alone in the world. In that case she will need someone to take her in and provide for her. There is no way I'm letting her go back to those muggles" he sneered

"You think.. Maybe.."

Lucius took his wife's petite hands in his own and took them to his lips to lay a kiss on her fingers "One step at a time, my love. I know how you long for more children, I do too, but I don't want you hurt"

"Of course. You are right as always" she replied with a watery smile

"I'm going to take an appointment to Gringotts for her, when do you think she may be able to go?"

"I've taken care of everything, and she's already healing nicely. By this time tomorrow she should wake up and apart from a bit of weakness, I think she'll be able to travel and stand for a couple of hours. Unfortunately, malnourishment is not as easy to treat. She'll need to take proper potions for months before her body is completely restored to what it should be"

"Very well. I will go now. You should rest a few hours too. The healing took a lot of energies. I will leave one of the elves to keep watch on the child"


Her eyes kept darting everywhere. This new world was like walking in a dream. It was full of people just like her, that could do special things, magic. No one here would look at her like a freak, no one would insult her or abuse her for things she couldn't help but do. This power, magic, it was so deep inside her that it was second nature for her to use it to her needs.

Everywhere she looked she could see bright and peculiar dresses, no.. robes, Mr. Lucius told her they were called; owls, cauldrons and so many more fantastic things she couldn't wait to explore. Oh, how she wished she had ten more eyes to take in everything she could of this magical alley.

Once she had woken up Mr. Lucius and Mrs. Narcissa had explained the basics about magic to her and told her that at the bank they would be able to find out who she really was. They were concerned that she would be against a change of name or not ready to know who abandoned her and why, but she was. She hated the name she had been given by the orphanage worker, it was so common and anonymous. She didn't want to be just a face in the crowd. She wanted to stand out, to be someone everyone knew and admired, someone whose name would never be forgotten. And just like her, her name needed to be special, unforgettable.

Of course, even thought they had called her Mary, it was never much used. From what the worker of the orphanage told her and from what Lucius read on the reports in her folder, she had started showing signs of magic extremely early. Normally a child exhibited his first cases of accidental magic between 8 months and 5 years of age depending on different factors. Hers? The first recorded accident was at the age of 3 weeks old and it was safe to assume that there had been other occurrences that had been overlooked at first glance.

So, Mary became Freak or even Devil's Spawn pretty quickly.

She didn't know how much was recorded in that folder about her life at the orphanage and how much Mr. Lucius and Mrs. Narcissa knew of her punishments, but she was actually looking forward to forget it all and go forward with her life in this new and amazing world. She had no idea of what awaited her in the future but something told her that finally some good would come to her.

"Lucius Malfoy. I have an appointment with my account manager"

The cold voice of her savior broke her from her trance. She quickly examined her surroundings. Tall ceilings, sparkling floors, marble everywhere and short ugly creatures running around.

'Must be the goblins they told me about'

"He is expecting you. Follow him" the goblin teller said pointing to another small goblin already walking away from them.

While Mr. Lucius had no problem keeping up with the goblin, she almost had to run to keep up with them. Small they may be but goblins were fast little buggers, she thought.

By the time they arrived in front of the office, she was out of breath and her side hurt. She kept her breathing even though and tried her best to show no sign of her discomfort. Mr. Lucius was already being more than kind enough doing all this for her and she didn't want to be a nuisance.

Once inside she observed with keen eyes as Mr. Lucius greeted the creature, memorizing how he properly addressed it, no, it was a him, and interacted. She knew that you could learn much simply by observing what adults did, after all that's how she learned a lot of the things that the workers in the orphanage refused to teach her.

"I trust that everything is ready for the blood test I required?"

"Yes, Mr. Malfoy. I have all the tools right here and of course the fee will be taken out of your vaults"

Her eyes widened. She never thought about the important fact that such services obviously needed to be paid. She didn't want Mr. Lucius to spend his gold on her, he had already done too much already, but she had no money. Maybe after she found out her real name she would be able to pay him back. Her parents must surely have had some money in their name if they were purebloods, like Mr. Lucius believed.

Yes, she would do that, she decided. No need to interrupt Mr. Lucius and the goblin, SharpClaw, for something she had already put her mind into.

"That was obvious" Lucius stated "Now, let's proceed. The child is still healing and must return to bed as soon as possible"

The goblin turned to observe her, taking in her small frame and sickly paleness of her skin.

"Pick your finger with the dagger and let two drops of your blood on the parchment" he instructed pushing the tools in front of her.

She didn't hesitate, like the two males were expecting. Instead easily cut the pad of her finger and squeezed to let the blood fall. She looked almost transfixed by the sight, hypnotized by her own blood.

Lucius took her hand, breaking her out of her trance, and healed the small cut. Meanwhile the goblin had taken the parchment back and was already grinning, reading as the information appeared.

"Oh, how interesting" He mused giving her a smile full of fangs.

Little did she know, not only her life had changed the moment Lucius found her, but a great destiny stood in front of her.

After all what else could you expect from the daughter of a man who did so many great things?

Terrible, mind you, but great.


Here is the second Chapter. Have you guessed who our little princess is yet? I gave you a pretty big hint there...

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Next Chapter between tomorrow (don't get too used to it, though.. once the story picks up the updates will be once a week)