Safe and Warm
Just to let you know that this story hasn't been abandoned, I haven't got any more chapters for the moment but I'll post as often as I can with Christmas round the corner it's getting a bit hectic! Christmas with your children may be fun but it's oh so stressful! I hope to have another up soon but if there is a short delay I'm very sorry. :D
Chapter Six
Taking Harry back to Malfoy Manor was a huge undertaking. The press were hungry for a picture and a story surrounding the abused teenage boy who had survived years of physical, emotional and sexual torment.
Lucius wanted to avoid them getting this at all costs. The task he had to conquer was transporting himself, his son and young Harry from the hospital to the manor with minimum fuss and hassle.
It wasn't going to be easy.
They took the back door and climbed into a huge limo with blacked out windows. It was simple enough to do, they had no bags or anything it was just the three of them.
It was simple enough to sneak off without the press spotting them but the limo was attacked with flashes of light as they tried to get the photograph they needed. Harry cowered back from the window, cuddling into Draco to avoid the barrage of people trying to get a shot of him.
"I'm sorry about this Harry, those people are animals, they don't understand that you've been through enough already." Lucius said as his son wrapped an protective arm around the smaller childlike teen.
Harry was looking absolutely terrified about where they were going but he wasn't sure if he was permitted to ask where they were going. He couldn't quite believe that he wasn't being transported back to the Dursley's house where he would be subjected to torment and abuse before they finally killed him.
"I don't want to go back." Harry whimpered into Draco's shoulder.
"You're not going back, I promised you remember, you're coming home with me." Draco said stroking his raven hair.
Harry nodded in reply, still unsure. He felt protected with Draco and wasn't completely uncomfortable with Lucius but he had learnt that people are nice around others but in private they turned into monsters. The fact that he was being transported somewhere made Harry extremely nervous.
Narcissa had left her other three children content in the playroom. She wanted to greet the boy before overwhelming him too much. She wasn't sure what state he would be in when they arrived.
She watched the limo drive up the paved driveway, the automated gates at the front of the property closing behind them.
When the car came to a stop she waited patiently. Narcissa had trained as a councillor and a child psychologist. It wasn't often that she used her training but she thought that she might get a chance to now.
Lucius got out the car first followed with Draco who then turned to help a nervous and scared Harry out of the car. Narcissa smiled kindly at the boy who looked like he didn't know where to put himself. The poor child looked positively petrified.
"Good evening Harry." Narcissa said to him, "I'm Narcissa, Draco's mother, you can call me Cissy if you like." She said and nervously Harry nodded. "Would you like something to eat Harry dear?"
At this question Harry looked to Draco for an answer. "It's fine, you can eat as much as you like here, I'll come too, I'm starving." He said taking Harry's hand within his own. Draco then led him inside and towards the dining room, Lucius and Narcissa watched them go.
"How are the other children?" Lucius asked his wife after giving her a brief kiss.
"Fine, they are in the playroom occupying themselves. Harry seems to have improved greatly, I notice that he still isn't talking much."
"He does talk but only to Draco, he will speak while I'm there but not to me." Lucius said, "That boy has been through the ringer, it's going to take time but I think that everything that has happened to him is reversible."
"I know you aren't keen on him living here my Lucius but I think that it is the best place for him to be. Looking at how attached those two are I don't think that it will take Harry very long to recover. Draco is a caring person, as long as they are together I'm sure we'll see great improvement in Harry."
"I think that you are right Cissy, however he is a very much a damaged young man. It doesn't feel right that he has been through so much and have no family to speak of and nowhere to go apart from a strangers home."
"All that matters is that he has us now." Narcissa said.
"I've had Severus look into it to see if he has any family that aren't those horrible Dursley people." Lucius said.
"At least he'll know even if he decides to stay here." Narcissa said before the two of them headed inside to find out what all the children were doing.