Love Hurts:

Chapter Six

Draco landed with a thud in the darkened room he had been sent to protect. But it was not as he remembered, the door was slightly ajar and the white light from the candles outside was casting a pale beam of light onto the floor. Wand at the ready his eyes, normally accustomed to the dark was finding it difficult to spot the unknown intruder when a familiar voice called to him from the shadows.

"My son, I have found you," Lucius rushed towards his son and wrapped his arms around him thankful that he was at least alive and not rotting in Azkaban as was his greatest fear. He felt terrible about the news he would have to deliver to his son and wished he was able to undertake the mission but the heir had been specific when he said that Draco must do this and no the elder malfoy. He hoped his son had the smarts to run as far away as possible and never think of the terrible consequences that were to occur.

Draco welcomed the affection of his father and felt a strong urge to sob into his robes and beg forgiveness for his weakness. He had figured his inability to undertake his mission would have serious repercussions. He had been very anxious for news of his parents and in receiving none had worked himself into a worried state over their safety. Unfortunately his father did not come bearing good news and before the father and son could exchange stories another figure cast a shadow in the doorway.

The face of Voldermort's heir was menacing and cruel and his eyes shone with malice and greed of power.

"I see you have quite a close connection with a mudblood," he snickered with cruelty. Draco opened his mouth to respond but could not think of anything to say in reply to the youth who he knew to be his age. This left him with the effect of a fish out of water and after opening and closing his mouth trying to think of something witty to say in response to the young man whom he had never liked and simply settled with nodding his head. This unfortunately seemed to please him all the more, a reaction he had not expected. "Wonderful," the heir smirked with unknown pleasure unsettling the Malfoy pair. With a flick of his wand the door closed and sealed behind him as he hopped merrily into the room all of his plans and affairs going in order as he had hoped.

Voldermort had been very annoyed at the change in plans when the junior Malfoy had not gone through with the previously made plans and this had sent things into disarray. Draco had been a disposable pawn where as Snape was a valuable effort and it seemed that both of the offenders had come to new usages. He was here to explain the new course of action and the consequences where his demands not met. The plan seemed unorthodox if not explained properly and entirely but he felt that the Malfoy family did not need to know all of the gory details as they now had become part of the outer circle of death eaters and were deemed untrustworthy. He also had a feeling that they were already aware of this and that this tid bit of information and this mission would restore their broken faith in their strange occult. With another flick of his wand a sturdy round wooden table and three chairs appeared before them and he motioned for the other two to sit.

Strangely enough in the chaos no one had paid attention to the golden doors behind them and gave no further thought to their usage. Seated at the round table they were forced to face each other and this unnerved Draco greatly as he did not like the look on the young heirs face. He did not waste anytime and explained immediately the task set for Draco.

"I want you to seduce the mudblood," was all he said to Draco who suddenly felt like he was being kicked very hard. He had hoped that he had misheard the youth but knew that he heard clearly. Draco also hoped that his worry and disappointment was not reflected in his facial features.

"Why?" he bravely questioned hoping that he would not be severely punished for his curiosity as it was rare for anyone to question the dark lord and any mission he required you to do.

"We have our reasons and that is all you need to know. Now as you can presume there will be dire consequences if the dark lord bidding is not done according to plan this time," the heir responded sharply admiring the courage of Draco whilst still maintaining his air of high social standing and not letting his admiration to be known.

Draco showed a stiff upper lip to the threats made to him but when he was informed for the reaction to his action he wanted more than anything to strangle the young man sitting across from him and it was only out of fear that he controlled himself. Fear was an unsettling emotion for Draco and so it only had cause to infuriate him further.

"We will torture your mother a little more every time something goes wrong and if you fail we will kill her," The heir's smirk grew ever wider as he watched Draco's inner battle with himself. What he didn't know was that he was might as well have torn him limb from limb for he was stuck between a rock and a hard place, his mothers life or any possible chance with Hermione. With reluctance that he hoped did not show he accepted his mission and with a smug smile the other youth took off secure in the knowledge that he would not be crossed as he had been well informed of the strong bonds and connections of the Malfoy family and knew that above all they were loyal to one another. He was not worried in the least that the elder Malfoy was walking around free because he was well aware of the consequences should anything go wrong.

The two Malfoy men sat there with their heads hung in shame and also in anxious worry, concerned with the fate of one woman that neither could help but love. Lucius thought back to when they had first been married and his wife had baked cookies despite his insistence that they had house elves for that. She had persuaded him that she enjoyed the work and did not want to become lazy as this was a road straight to obesity despite the fact she was baking cookies. He had built her a kitchen so that she could then cook to her hearts content and she had loved him passionately in thanks. He had always enjoyed the food she created more than anything he had ever eaten. When they dined at restaurants the food tasted to him like cardboard in comparison and he had rarely gone out and had her teach him how to cook for himself but even his creations were failures compared to her.

He could never sing higher praises of anyone other than his wife and his friends had laughed at him when he raved on about his luck at finding the perfect wife. Finding out they were expecting a child had been the happiest day of his life and he had lifted her into the air and spun her around until she warned him she would be sick all over him if he had not put her down immediately. Now he felt sickened by the danger his son had been placed in and wished that he could do something to protect his wife and son as was his duty of care to his family. He was the head of his house hold and his loved ones had always obeyed him because he had never shown unkindness to them and were certain that he would not lead them in the wrong direction. What a failure he now felt, both his wife and son were in danger because of a stupid clan he had gotten mixed up in and he now had seen the error of his ways. He had almost been as happy when he had found out he had a son. He had paced in front of the room while his wife gave birth concerned that no noise could be heard from inside except for the running around of nurses and midwives and then how his heart had leapt for joy at his son's first wails of life. Crying with powerful lungs Lucius had been driven to tears so overjoyed at the sound he was but also concerned for the well being of his wife. He had rushed into the room despite loud objections to find his wife sitting up smiling and cradling their child in her arms her eyes too full of fresh tears. He was pushed from the room and told he could return once it had been cleaned up, which thanks to magic was not long at all. When he returned he had lain beside Narcissica with their newborn lying between them and they needed not to say a word to one another they both understood the powerful love parenthood provides a person no matter of age, sex, religion or creed. They had felt in that moment like everything in the world would always be perfect.

Unfortunately life had not been perfect and after the birth of their son and heir things progressively had gone down hill in the malfoy household. It had started when they had discovered they were unable to further parents and more future children. This had left them both devastated as after the birth of Draco they had decided they had wanted a rather large brood and with their family fortunes they could afford to do so. For years they began to lose their separate passions clingily holding onto to one another in desperation for a means of comfort and support as they knew they had a strong bond and always they together would care for Draco with tender love and affection. They showered him with presents and spoiled him with anything he wanted and things that he neither wanted nor needed simply because they could.

Then Voldermort rose to power and enlisted the help of lucius filling him with hateful lies that were hippocritical and contradictory and desperate for help lucius had followed him thing the dark lord would help his wife and himself in thier awful barren situation. Eventually Lucius has been so brainwashed and so involved that it had become impossible to escape and he had found himself committing acts he would never dream of doing had he not been under the influence of power that the dark lord had given him. All the while not knowing that the dark lord had not given him anything and taken everything. His wife had often threatened to leave him had he not left but he had broken down and explained to her the difficult position he was in and she had reluctantly understood.

He was well aware of Draco's feelings for Hermoine and their complicated relationship and had often tried to tell him that if he had not made a move it would one day be too late and his chances would have blown away in the wind. His family had to pretend to be discriminatory and prejudice in order to stay alive and to also save face for a Malfoy was too proud to admit to defeat. He would have given anything even his own life to trade places with his son but little did he know that his son what a suprise his son had in store for him. That his son had been keeping a secret from all of them. His son pulled him aside and when he was sure that the coast was clear explained to his father the secret of the gates he had sworn to protect. Lucius began to see all of the pieces of the puzzle coming together. What neither of them saw or heard was the young wizard sitting outside the door listening in to every word they had spoken.

A/N:

Another one bites the dust!!! you have no idea how hard it is to write the chappies for this story! Every single one is at least 2000 words for you and i try to put in a little dialouge because of course people do talk and there will be more of it when i really get into the draco and hermione parts of it. I am warning you this will be a very long and complex story but no matter how hard it is to write even 2000 words i still love writing it, so much so that its 6 am and i should really go to bed!

I loved writing the romantic stuff about Lucius and Narcissca, alot of people think of them as cold hearted bastards but given a little creativity they can have a beautiful love story so i will be putting a tiny Lucius and Narcissca line into it but it is mainly a draco and hermione one. Have you figured out who the heir is yet? I gave you a couple of clues in this chappie that make it pretty obvious if you ask me but as i said i wont be naming names until the end really. Even if you clever cookies figure it out which i am sure you will.

Anyway please review cause everyone loves reviews, i am happy to take any ideas for the plot (of course you will get the credit if you thought of it) seeing as i stuffed the original plan... this will be some what like i planned but i think its alot better than i imagined now so please review and check out my other stories and my favorites and review them too! i have heaps of one shots and completed fics in my favorites so dont be shy, copy and paste them into word to read em, thats what i do that way you can read them anywhere you have a computer even if you dont have or cant use the net...

Well i should go and get some sleep... i will try and have another chapter for you soon but please review!

Much love

Perfect Butterfly Blade