A/N; Hey sorry for taking so long. I was distracted by ebay and all the Harry Potter stuff on there, think I'm broke now. And I also ended up with two Snape wands. -Sigh. Dunno what to do with the second one.

I also rewatched HP DH Part 2, and started crying at all the wrong parts lol :) anyway, this is a short chapter because I need to get back into this story.

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter.

Lucius jumped up and walked over to Yaxley, pulling out his wand. He pointed it at Yaxleys chest

"Let my son go" he snarled.

Yaxley let go of Draco and Hermione, and they fell to the floor with a large thud. He then pulled out his own wand and pointed it at Lucius's heart.

"You lied to me Lucius" He hissed, "I only went to get the Mudblood, to kill her. Imagine my surprise when I saw Draco alive and well"

Severus too, got up and pulled out his wand, pointing it at Yaxley. Yaxley turned to look at him, "And I see you have another traitor here." he snarled,

"And proud" Severus replied, sneering slightly.

A beam of gold light came out of nowhere and hit Yaxley in the chest, he flew backwards, hitting the wall with a loud CRACK and slowly slid down it. He was knocked unconscious, his wand fell from his hand and rolled away.

Lucius and Severus spun round to see the source of light. Kayfoy was stood there, a satisfied expression on his face.

"You did that?" Lucius said, stunned. The elf had never before helped him, and he was shocked that it had just defended him.

"Yes, Master. He was going to kill you - I couldn't let him do that - Sir" The elf replied, wringing his pillowcase between his hands and avoiding Lucius's eye.

"Err, Thanks" Lucius stammered, embarrassed he turned to Severus who was leaning over Draco and Hermione, untying them.

Draco jumped up straight away, muttered his thanks to Severus and then turned to his father. A second later Hermione was untied, She was staring at Snape with a look of confusion on her face.

"You're meant to be dead" She said shocked. She couldn't take her eyes of off him, hadn't she seen him die a few months ago? But now he was standing there, alive and well. Or alive anyway, he looked pale and ill.

"It's a long story" Severus replied, pointing his wand at Yaxley and making ropes appear, tying him up.

Draco was still staring at Lucius, and vice versa.

"Draco - "He began, but was cut off by someone else yelling

"DRACO, You're alive. You're alive!". Narcissa had run into the room. She threw her arms around her son and pulled him into a tight hug.

"Mother, I'm fine" Draco said, slightly embarrassed.

"What are we going to do with Yaxley?" Severus said, and they all turned to look at him, lying unconscious on the floor, bound tightly.

"Put him in the cellar," Lucius said quietly, "I need to talk to my Son". He led the way out of the room and Draco followed him, Hermione stayed behind with Snape. She knew that they wanted to be alone, and she also knew what Lucius felt about her. She picked up Yaxley's wand and followed Snape down to the cellar.

Lucius led Draco to the dining room and sat down. Draco sat opposite, watching his father cautiously. He didn't know what was going to happen now, would his father try and kill him again?

"Draco" Lucius began, "I wanted to say how sorry I am for the other night. Yaxley and the other Death Eaters want you dead, this was the only way. If I didn't do it, Yaxley would of and he would of tortured you so bad"

Draco nodded, looking down at his hands.

"Yaxley followed me, and made sure I killed you. If I didn't make sure you looked dead then he would of killed you. It was Severus's idea actually, he knew how clever that Granger girl is and knew she would be able to sort you out, and even if she couldn't. She has muggle parents and grew up with them, so knows all about these err - Hospital things." Lucius said, he wanted Draco to look at him, to understand that he was sorry, and that he had no choice.

"You used the Crucio curse on me, father. And you expect me to forgive you? Do you really care more about being a Death Eater than your own son?" Draco said, looking up at his Father at last. "You could of said no, you could of told him to get lost, but you didn't" he said, getting angry now.

Lucius got up and walked round to Draco, he crouched down next to him "Draco, he would of killed you. Yaxley isn't the only Death Eater left. There's more and when they find out about tonight, we're all going to be in trouble"

"You Can't run again either" Lucius said, "they will find you easily. We need to stick together and work out a plan. We've been ridiculed for too long, the Dark Lord is gone and we're going to finish the Death Eaters, then life will be normal again" He smiled.

Draco didn't reply, he just got up and walked out of the room, he wanted to find Hermione and he wanted to be as far as away as possible from his father. He walked to the cellar and saw Severus and Hermione watching over Yaxley. Hermione turned round at the sound of his footsteps. Seeing the look on his face she ran over and pulled Draco into a hug.

"Are you ok?" She whispered, she too feared Lucius, and wondered what he was going to do to Draco.

He nodded, burying his face into her neck. Tears slowly began to fall and they landed in Hermione hair and down her neck. She looked over his shoulder at Snape who was watching them with a strange expression,

"How times have changed" he muttered, more to himself then anyone else. He saw Lucius standing in the doorway, "Well what are we going to do with Yaxley?" he said

Lucius didn't reply, he was watching Hermione and Draco "What's going on?" he asked confused.

They broke apart, and Draco hastily wiped his eyes "Nothing" he replied.

Lucius watched him for a few seconds more before saying,

"We kill him" He walked over to Yaxley and pulled out his wand, he undid the spell Kayfoy put on him, and watched as Yaxley slowly became conscious. He looked up at Lucius, hatred in his eyes.

"You made me torture my son" Lucius started, "You made me hurt my own flesh and blood, and for what? So that I am forgiven? So that I'm redeemed by the fellow Death Eaters? Well, I don't care anymore. My son is more important than you, than the other Death Eaters and more important than the Dark Lord. You should of died in the war Yaxley, but no matter." He pulled out his wand and pointed it at Yaxleys chest.

"You can't kill me Lucius, you're nothing but a failure. I don't know why the Dark Lord even wanted you, you weren't loyal to him. You just cared about the money, and your pure blood status. Your whole family is a disgrace." Yaxley sneered, and with that he spat at Lucius.

"I can kill people who deserve it," Lucius snarled, "My son didn't deserve it, the Dark Lord did deserve it, and you deserve it. Avada Kedavra!" he screamed, and a jet of green light flew out of his wand and hit Yaxley in the chest, right over his heart. Yaxley let out a small moan and fell to one side, dead.