A/N – Hey all! I'm trying really hard to get this written, but life has given me a lot to deal with right now. I am trying to get my life into boxes (again) so I can move to Texas in the fall. Mom and Dad are not happy about this decision….reviews would make me feel better! K thx!

DISCLAMER: I do NOT own Draco or anything else you recognize.

Chapter 1 ~ Whatever Daddy Wants

My father has been getting his was for as long as I can remember. Tonight was no different when Anna came running in to find me after climbing out of her bed. Anna is a smart girl. She's almost two now and can walk and talk eloquently – most of the time. This was not one of those times. She'd had a nightmare and wanted her mother. It's my own fault for not putting the wards on the kids' rooms. Anyway, Anna interrupted the meeting and angered my father.

"Mommy!" I cringed when I saw the door burst open and heard my daughter's voice.

Father is not going to be happy about this. I thought as Anna attached herself to my leg.

"Take care of this Annabelle and come to my office later," I could tell by the tone of Daddy's voice that he was upset and he never called me by my middle name unless I was in trouble. No one ever interrupted a Death Eater meeting without being punished.

"Yes Father," I said emotionlessly as I picked up the crying toddler buried in my black robes. I glanced at Draco before I left. His eyes looked as worried as I felt. We had discussed giving the children pureblood etiquette lessons, but never got around to actually doing it. A pureblood child is rarely seen and never heard. Anna just broke the number one rule and I would be punished for not teaching it to her. When I got back to Anna's room, I sat in the over-sized rocking chair. "What's the matter love?" I asked her.

"I…had a… nightmare. Daddy… was sad… and I couldn't… find… you," she said between breaths.

"Anna, I will always be around when you need me," I said, "but you can't go running into meetings like that. It makes Grandfather very angry."

"I don't want Grandfather to be angry with me," she said finally calming down.

"I don't want him to be angry either so this is what we're going to do," I picked up one of Anna's favorite stuffed animals and charmed it. "I put a spell on this dragon."

"A spell?"

"All you have to do is squeeze real tight and think of me and I'll know that I need to come to you as quick as I can."

"Really?"

"Really Really, but you have to remember Annabelle, sometimes Mommy and Daddy go on missions for Grandfather and can't come immediately. You have to be patient like a good girl," I said sternly.

"Yes Mommy," she said yawning. I got up from the rocker and put her back into bed. She was asleep before I even tucked the covers around her. I kissed her forehead and turned around. I was surprised to see Draco in the doorway.

"What did she see this time?" he asked.

"Not much. She said you were sad and she couldn't find me."

"Not a lot to go on then," he had come to stand beside me.

"I have to go see Father," I said looking at him.

"We have to tell him," Draco said as he put his arm around me

"We'll be punished either way," I replied laying my head on his shoulder.

"But he won't kill us if he knows she isn't doing it on purpose."

"Maybe."

"Rae, I'm not going to watch you be Crucioed again."

"Then don't come. We have to figure out just how reliable this power of hers is and if it can be used in our favor," I said as I walked out the door.

"I have to come. I'm to be punished as well. She's my daughter too," he said catching up to me.

"Lovely." At least I'll have some company in my misery.

We made our way to Daddy's office in silence. When we were outside the door I took a breath and knocked.

"Enter," hissed my father. Draco pushed open the door and stepped aside for me to enter. I stood before my father back straight, head down, waiting for my punishment to be handed to me. "Sit." This surprised me. No one ever had a chat in this office. I admit I was a little relieved as I took the chair that was offered. "It seems you've been lacking when it comes to teaching the children proper manners."

"It won't happen again Father," I said.

"The issue has been taken care of then?" he asked.

"Yes Father."

"Very well then, we will negotiate your punishment." I do believe that I am the only one to ever be able to negotiate anything with my father. It's the one good thing I have going for me here.

"Sir, if I may, I don't think it is Rachel's fault that Anna was out of line," Draco interjected.

"Draco, you try my patience," my father said harshly.

"We think Anna is having visions Sir. Sometimes they scare her. What she sees can be horrid," Draco said quickly.

"Why is this the first I have heard of this?"

"We wanted to be sure. She's only ever saw Draco and I. It might just be nightmares because of our line of work," I said somberly.

"You will both monitor her closely and notify me of any developments."

"Yes Father"

"Yes Sir."

"Now, Draco, you will learn- no one is exempt from punishment. The reason doesn't matter," father said as he stood.

"Yes sir," Draco rose as well.

"You will give Rachel her punishment." I bowed my head. Anna's vision was going to come true right now. I just hoped I wouldn't be out too long.

"Sir?" I could tell Draco was unsure of Father's motives, but they were clear to me. Draco's punishment was to punish me.

"You will punish Rachel. I believe the Cruciatus curse will do." I shivered as father gave the order. "And Draco," he looked at father, "do not hold back." Draco was utterly defeated.

I kissed his cheek and whispered, "It'll be fine." I stood back and said, "Do it." He hesitated.

"Draco…" my father said cruelly.

"Crucio." I clamped my mouth shut to keep from screaming, but my face gave me away. I'd had my fair share of curses in the past, but this was double agony. To see the pain in Draco's eyes as well as feel the curse. I was on my knees in a second.

"I want to hear her scream Draco. She needs to learn." My father was enjoying this a bit too much for my liking. He'd been getting crueler and crueler since taking power. Draco wavered, but slashed his wand a bit harder. Daddy always gets what he wants. The last thing I heard before blacking out was my own blood-curdling scream.

DRACO'S POV

Voldemort know how to get to people. He was punishing us for not scaring our children enough, her by the curse and I by the cursing. There are few things in this world that I care for more than myself. My family is one of those things. They say Malfoys are incapable of love, but the truth is that Malfoys love the most. Malfoy women are treated with upmost respect. This punishment hurt me to my core. I tried to let my thoughts wander as I cursed my wife. She was a fighter, that's for sure. Rae wouldn't be one to satisfy her father with a scream.

"I want to hear her scream Draco. She needs to learn." Damn him. I hesitated for a moment before slashing my wand just a bit harder. She screamed. How I loathed the sound. "That will be all for tonight I think." The Dark Lord's voice snapped me out of my thoughts. "Take her away."

Things are going to change when I am the leader. I thought as I picked up Rachel's twitching body. This was not the kind of rule we signed up for.

REGULAR POV

Draco took Rachel back to their rooms and put her in a spare bedroom. The last thing Anna or Alex needed was to see their mother in the state she was in. He cared for her as best he could. Contrary to popular belief Malfoys were not wife-beaters. Draco was absolutely disgusted with was he was made to do and would spend the rest of his life trying to make up for it. He locked the door to the room as he went to check on his sleeping children. Anna's vision had been right. Again.

A/N: Okay! First chapter is in the books. My characters are evolving in their thinking so please just bare with me for a while. It will all make sense soon. I have a few plot twists and terns in the mix that, hopefully, everyone will like. Adiós a los lectores hermosas.