DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN HARRY POTTER. I ONLY OWN THE PLOT

A/N: OK EVERYONE! I HAVE RECEIVED A LOT OF QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS STORY AND I AM HAPPY TO SAY THAT ALLOF YOURS QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN REALLY HELPFUL AND I CAN'T ANSWER ALL OF THEM WITH OUT GIVING THE PLOT AWAY ABOUT EMILY, YES I HATED WRITING THAT BUT ALL OF YOU CAN TAKE GUESSES BUT I WON'T REVEAL ANYTHING BECAUSE TNHAT WILL RUIN THE STORY. NOW ABOUT KURM I AM GOING TO KEEP HIM A SECRET AND I KNOW ABOUT HIS SEVENTH YEAR AND EVERYTHING AND IT IS A BIT CONFUSING BUT AS I SAID YOU ALL HAVE TO READ. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THE REVIEWS AND QUESTIONS. PLEASE KEEP REVIEWING THANKS! BTW THINGS GET REVELED IN THIS CHAPTER SO PAY ATTENTION. OH AND KAREN I REALLY WANTED TO PERSONALLY REPLY TO YOU BUT THE THING IS THAT I MADE THE WHOLE THING WITH MY IMAGINATION (DON'T GET OFFENDED) SO I ALRETED THE PRGENCIES IN THE WIZARDING WORLD. THE CHILDREN ARE BORN MUCH LATER WHICH IS WHY HERMIONE DELIEVERED WHEN SHE DID. SHE KEPT THE PREGENCY HIDDEN FROM EVERY ONE AND KEPT EMILY HIDDEN UNTIL THAT DAY WHEN LUCIUS KILLED HER.

Twenty-Four

Serverus looked at the floor processing what Lucius had just told him. He might not have liked the golden trio but Granger was alright. She always managed to pull the two dim wits out of trouble while endangering her life. She didn't deserve what had happened to her yet, there was no going back. Narcissa had left Lucius after the war but he had never explained why. It wasn't as though they had loved one another. Their marriage had been a mutual agreement between Malfoy's and Narcissa's father.

"Are you ever going to tell Granger?" Lucius swung his gaze to Snape.

"NO! There's no way in hell I can tell her! She already hates me and I-"

"You love her?" Lucius shook his head. He didn't love any one. Especially not Granger. He respected her fire and her spirit and yes he desired her but that was not love. He didn't even know her long enough to love her.

"Serverus there is something which I have never told anyone not even Narcissa and especially not Granger. Right now, I need you to keep it a secret."

Lucius hid his anger behind the trade mark Malfoy smile. The Dark Lord had wanted them to raid Granger's house and find the child. This had been his plan the whole time. He hated the girl with no justification.

"Lucius, this is your personal task. I want you to kill that child and make sure Granger sees it. Ignoring the ache in his gut, Lucius slipped on his mash with shaking hands. The rest of the death eaters joked around about the "look on the mud blood's face when Lucius would kill her." They had apprated away and landed on the lawn of a small but beautifully kept house. Lucius this time did sneer. He might not want to hurt the girl but muggles he still didn't like the way they lived. He was used to servants and his manor where the halls were huge and the lawns were always kept properly. He had never worked one day around his house and had never allowed his wife to work either. He opened the door, but not before he caught someone singing in the back. The voice was soft but it was strong at the same time. It belonged to a female Lucius knew that.

"Come on man! Let's get this over with." Lucius walked inside and up the steps. He looked in each room. One was small with a single bed and pink and yellow curtains. The sun was shining illuminating the clean room. There was a dressing table with a big mirror and small feminine products. He hadn't imagined Granger to have a girly side. He had never seen her in any form of makeup except for that one time at the ball in her fourth year. Draco had come home and told him what a lovely image she had been that night. He walked further into the room, ignoring the noises from the other death eaters. His gaze fell on a sleeping form with dirty blond hair and soft white skin. The child was dressed in a pink shirt and a pair of white capris pants. Lucius stood there, staring at the child, his child.

This was his real child. Draco had never been his son and he had always had a feeling about it. He had questioned Narcissa one day and she had admitted that she had cheated on him because she had thought that he had been seeing Bellatrix behind her back. Lucius had been furious and he could have sworn that if not for the sake of the Malfoy name, he would have had Narcissa thrown out of the house. He couldn't believe that his own wife had accused him of sleeping with Bellatrix. The woman was insane! But today, he was staring at his own daughter who didn't even know how she was conceived. And neither did her mother.

Without thinking, he reached down and caressed the baby's cheek. Smiling to himself, he reached down and picked up the child, whose eyes flew open. Lucius gasped. The child's eyes were the same color as his. Clear blue, just like the sky. Just when he thought she was going to cry, the child seemed to smile at him. She gurgled happily, grabbing his finger. A wave of relief flooded Lucius. Time seemed to stop for a few precious moments. It was only him and his beautiful daughter. He smiled at her, placing a soft kiss on her forehead and she looked up at him, amazed.

"Hello, my little one. Look at you, my sweet. You look just like your daddy." The baby gurgled and Lucius laughed. For once in his life, he knew what love was. As soon as he looked at the child, he knew that he loved her and he needed to protect her. A crash sounded from down stairs and Lucius spun around. The child began to cry, her sharp wails alerting her mother outside.

"Come on Lucius!" a voice shouted. Lucius looked at the crying child in his arms and he was torn. Torn between his duty and his child. He couldn't kill her she was his child! His heir! He heard Hermione down stairs, banging on the door. He shrill cries of fear and horror.

"NO! OPEN THE DOOR!" she hollered. Lucius had to think fast. Time was running out and if didn't do something the other death eaters would come here and kill the girl.

"What did you do then? Killed her, that's what you did," Snape spat, his own anger rising at the man in front of him. He might have done horrible things to people but there was one thing even he had never done and that had been to kill a child. He would have rather given up his life or his own damn family but he would never have killed his own child. There was a limit to the evil things people could do in life and Lucius Malfoy had crossed that limit.

"No! Of course I didn't!" Lucius shouted, standing up. He had come here believing that Serverus was his friend and wouldn't judge him like the rest. Apparently he had made a mistake. Lucius stood up to go, shaking his head. Serverus sighed.

"Sit down. Finish your story so I can finally understand what has happened." Lucius looked at the man but he didn't sit down. His body was restless now.

"I created a clone. Of the child I mean. When I went down stairs I was carrying the child in front of Granger's face and the child was crying. Then while she was watching I killed the clone." Snape stood motionless, looking at Lucius.

"A clone? What the bloody hell are you talking about?" he snapped.

"A clone you idiot! You're forgetting every dark art Voldemort has taught us Serverus. Yes I created a clone and I killed the clone in front of her face. I am ashamed of what I have done but I never killed her child!" Lucius shouted, his voice strained.

"So what did you do then?"

"I sent her behind the veil."