Hey everyone, thank you all so far for the many reviews they are greatly appreciated, but please have more coming because I'm feelin the love disappear already. Please keep it up for me. Anyway this goes a little further into the twins' life where they meet their father and explain their lives growing up to their family.
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Sitting Room of Malfoy Manor:
"I can't believe this." Bellatrix was pacing back and forth in the floor with her hands in her hair. "My daughter, my only daughter…is having a baby?" she pulled at her hair hard. "How can this be? Surely she couldn't have been so stupid as to let this happen if she knew that I…"
"What Bellatrix? What would you have done?" Lucius said standing next to Narcissa.
"Well…I don't know…" Bellatrix let go of her hair. "I just got my children back, and haven't been a mother for five minutes only to find out I'm going to be a grandmother? I feel old now…"
"Bella, I would think of this carefully if I were you." Narcissa walked over and stood in front of her sister. "If it were my daughter then I would try and be supportive, yes I would be a little disappointed, but you have your children back now and I think you should try and get to know them. Pan needs your support right now, plus the child's also the Dark Lord grandchild. If anything you should try and talk to him."
"Cissy you don't understand, I don't want to disown my daughter, but my pride tells me to make her leave the child."
"You can't do that Bellatrix!" Lucius sort of raised his voice. "I may not know the twins well, but you can't just force Pan to give up a baby she's near close to having. If anything you should treasure this with her; it's your grandchild and my grand-niece or nephew as well as Narcissa's."
"What Lucius means Bella, is that you should try and talk to Pan about this. Find out what she wants to do and help her protect her child in this war. You lost them once Bella, don't lose them again because of your pride." Bellatrix was silent for several minutes; and after a few thoughts and mumbling she turned back to Narcissa.
"Go get them Cissy, we'll discuss this together." Narcissa nodded and walked down the staircase to fetch Severus and the teenagers.
Kitchen:
They had been waiting in the kitchen for over thirty minutes; and so far it was quiet, no shouting, no crying, no nothing was heard from the sitting room.
"Is it always this quiet?" Ivan looked at Draco and he shook his head.
"It hasn't been this quiet for over two years." Pan hadn't said a word since she'd told of her pregnancy. From the looks of it she seemed, scared or…worried.
"Hey um Pan?" she looked over to Ivan; he walked over and placed a hand on her arm. "I just want you to know that I'm up for whatever decision you have on the kid. I've always wanted siblings, and now I have one and more." She smiled a little.
"Thanks." Draco smiled a little.
"It's going to be very different around here I know it. And Pan do you know what the baby's going to be?" she shook her head.
"I wanted to find out when he or she was born."
"Oh alright…and let me ask you can either of you speak, snake language?" both twins nodded. "Show me." Ivan let out a strange hissing sound from his mouth and turned to Pan.
"You can understand me right?" Pan smirked a little.
"You speak very clearly Ivan."
"So do you dear sister."
"Enough gibberish, I have a feeling we'll be having more company soon." Snape pointed at the door and down came Narcissa.
"You can come back up now." Neither of the twins moved. "It's alright she's calmed down." Ivan took Pan's hand and helped her up the staircase. She wobbled slightly but her steps were careful enough to balance on the rail and Ivan's arm. When they entered the sitting room Lucius was in his armchair and Bellatrix was facing the group with her arms behind her back. She had a blank expression on her face, and it felt as if the room had grown cold.
"Mother?" Ivan tried to touch her but pulled back.
"Pan, I want you to tell me something."
"Tell you what mother?"
"Do you plan on keeping the baby?" Pan stayed silent for a few seconds, and looked directly into Bellatrix's eyes.
"Yes."
"Are you aware of your heritage and mine?" Pan nodded. Ivan knew too about their mother's prejudicial beliefs in wizard bloodlines, but seeing as they had a little muggle blood in them from their father it shouldn't make too much of a difference.
"Yes."
"Does the father know?" Pan flinched; Ivan could tell she didn't want to talk about the daddy.
"No." Bellatrix took a few breaths and then walked over to Pan and Ivan, taking one hand in each of hers.
"I will admit, that I didn't expect this. I had hoped that my children would turn out to be better than before, and I am disappointed." Pan was about to pull away but Bellatrix's grip tightened a little.
"Mother…I'm…I-I'm…"
"You don't have to apologize darling."
"Well why should she?" Ivan spoke up a bit sharply. "If she wants to keep the baby then it just proves she's responsible and smart mother, so what if the child has muggle blood?"
"Ivan now I didn't say anything about that, you are my only son. Pan is my only daughter, therefore…" she gave a big gulp. "I'm willing…to swallow my pride, a little not a lot…and let Pan decide whatever she wants to do with my grandchild. I lost you both once; I don't intend to let it happen again." Both twins felt a huge sigh of relief come on, and then Pan let go of her mother's hand feeling her stomach.
"What is it Pan?"
"Oh…it moved…the baby moved." She smiled. Draco placed his and on Pan's swollen belly and laughed a little.
"Wow. He's a kicker…" Bellatrix felt the belly as well and laughed a little.
"Oh my he's strong. I think it's a boy but I can't be sure." Pan's eyes widened.
"That would be wonderful, to have a son." Lucius then walked up and held out his hand.
"I'm glad we've patched this up, but we'd best be more concerned on what your father will think about this." Pan felt a rush of fear hit her, and Ivan held her hand in his.
"It's ok sis, we'll make it through. Nothing's going to happen to you or your baby."
"What baby?" Everyone froze. The deep voice of the Dark Lord echoed through the room and put fear in everyone's hearts. Bellatrix turned around to face the skeletal man, and Pan gasped at the sight of him. Ivan went behind his sister and steadied her carefully as the red eyes fell down to her swollen belly.
"M-My lord…we didn't hear you come up?"
"I was resting for a bit when Nagini told me Severus had arrived with two teenagers." On cue the large python slithered from behind her master's robes and hissed at the twins.
"Hello, children of my master."
"Hello Nagini." Ivan hissed back.
"Now then…my daughter is pregnant. Who is the father?" Pan flinched a bit harder. "Young lady, tell me who the father is." He pulled out his wand as if to attack.
"A muggle father." Pan made it short.
"Does he know?"
"No."
"And why is that?" Pan stayed quiet for a minute, and then Ivan nudged her.
"He's…he's in jail." Bellatrix gasped.
"What was his crime?" Pan took a huge gulp and placed her hands on her stomach.
"R…R…" she couldn't say it.
"You're testing my patience." The Dark Lord wasn't a patient man, except to his most loyal followers.
"R…Rape." Bellatrix staggered backwards and everyone else gaped at Pan. "I didn't…I didn't make this baby…willingly." The Dark Lord's hands tightened around his wand. Bellatrix went over to Pan and comforted her.
"Then why are you keeping it?" he spat the word 'it'. "You are my child, a descendant of the great Salazar Slytherin, and you plan to have a child that is less than half-blood?" Ivan stepped forward.
"Permission to speak father?" Voldemort nodded. "We are more than half blood, I'd say more of a quarter less than pureblood. The child will be a little more than half blood, regardless of its father."
"Even so my son, it is that of muggle spawn. Tell me something dear daughter, if the man did in fact, use you…why carry around a reminder of that event?" Pan soon had tears forming in her eyes.
"I-I wanted…I couldn't bring myself to have…an abortion father."
"What about adoption?" Pan held her stomach again. Ivan placed both hands on her shoulders.
"I wouldn't be able to part with my child. I want this baby, please father…?"
"I see you want the child Pandora, but you will understand that there will be those who won't accept it." He looked at Bellatrix and she turned away.
"It's my grandchild as well my lord, I want my daughter to be happy."
"As do I Bellatrix, but one can't be certain with a child of rape growing inside them. We will discuss more of this later, for now our comrades will be arriving any minute. I want both Ivan and Pandora to be taken to their rooms, they will not meet the rest until later."
"Yes my lord." Bellatrix and Narcissa took both the twins out of the sitting room and back up the stairs to the third floor. "You take this room Ivan, it's conjoined through the closet with Pan's." the twins hugged the witches but Pan still had tears in her eyes.
"Oh don't worry darling, I'll talk to your father about the baby. I'll come and see you later, Cissy could you have the house elves bring them some dinner?"
"Of course Bella, are you craving anything Pan?"
"Just some roast beef and asparagus, and if it's not too much trouble some chocolate ice cream please?"
"Not a problem dear, what about you Ivan?"
"The same if you will, thank you mother, Aunt Cissy." Both women kissed the twins and left down the hall. Pan went into her room and Ivan followed inside, shutting the door behind him. Pan sat down on the bed and laid back to prop up her swollen ankles.
"Did you see him? Absolutely frightening…" Pan wiped her eyes and Ivan smirked.
"I doubt it's his looks that have his followers terrified Pan. Nonetheless it seems he's rather…evil, more than either of us could think."
"Actually I had a feeling he would say all that, Dumbledore told me all about him."
"Me too, speaking of which when did you meet Dumbledore?"
"When I was fifteen, what about you?"
"The same. Let me guess he just showed up at your home and said he knew about your skills?"
"Precisely, and then he performed actual magic in front of you and let you demonstrate yourself?"
"Oh yeah, and then he gave you some magic materials and a wand of your own. Speaking of which what type of wand is yours?"
"Mahogany with a Thestral wing piece, what about yours?"
"Walnut with unicorn hair. Did he also tell you about the seal?" Pan nodded.
"He said he placed it on us so that when others were looking for us we'd be concealed. At least that's what I think he said."
"It was to keep us hidden, so if our father did return he'd never sense us."
"Yes, but Snape found us."
"Because Snape is the one he trusts most with his life." Ivan realized Pan didn't know about Dumbledore's death.
"Sis, Dumbledore's dead." Pan's eyes fell, and the tears returned. Ivan went to her and she snuggled into his arms. "It's ok Pan, I was upset too. But think about it, he taught us a lot of things and we both are grateful to him. I think he'd want us to be happy that we met our family, but we know we gotta do something about our father."
"What can we do we aren't that strong in magic?" Ivan let out a smirk, and then Pan understood. "The seal…"
"All we gotta do is wait until it breaks off, we're both seventeen and the seal is almost gone. After that we can do magic just like any other witch or wizard."
"How long will it take?" Ivan thought for a second.
"I'd say about a day or two. For now what we must do is figure out how we're to help that boy…um…"
"The Boy who Lived? Harry Potter." Pan whispered the last words.
"Exactly. We'll worry about that later though…I think I hear mother coming up."
"You smell the food."
"Yes." A few seconds later came a knock at the door.
"You awake dear?" Bellatrix came in with a tray of food along with Narcissa. "Ah, here you are. Fresh off the stove…now the others are gathered downstairs, and your father wishes that you both meet him afterwards in the dining hall with us."
"For what mother?" Pan.
"His decision for you both, it's important but we can't discuss it alone." The two exchanged looks and nodded.
"We understand."
"Ok, now finish up your dinner I'll come get you when it's time." She left the room with Narcissa and the door closed with a wave of Ivan's wand. The two ate their meal in silence, both knowing that once the Death Eaters were gone they would have a lot of problems coming their way.
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