Hermione slowly opened her eyes to see a very concerned Draco, sitting down on a small chair in front of her. He looked stress, his skin was paler than she ever seen it. What was making him so nervous all of a sudden?

The thought washed away, she noticed her headache wasn't as bad as before, but it was still there nonetheless. How long was she sleeping for? She found herself on his couch, with tons of blankets on her. She was quite warm, actually. She turned her head to the clock. It was 3:10!

"Where are my kids?" she asked, noticing that she heard no sound from Hugo anywhere. Or anyone, in fact.

"They're with Weasley for now. Not the best place, he's probably trying to kill my son. I needed privacy."

"Oh right…Ronald…" she groaned, slamming her head against the pillow. She could only imagine what Ron was going to do when she got home, which she wasn't excited for. He was probably furious when he saw Malfoy; she wondered what happened when she was knocked out. She was certain that it was better off that she didn't know, though. Too much was happening in one day, less than one actually.

"What's happening to me?" she cried, almost begging. "This is my second time I thought I was going to die. When is it going to happen, huh? How many more times do I have to be in so much pain that I finally think death would be a better place? What?!"

There were a few minutes of silence. He knew better than to actually answer Hermione when she was pissed off. When he saw her slam the back of her head to the pillow again, he began to talk. "There's nothing wrong with you, this shouldn't even be happening yet. It should have been months, actually…" Draco started mumbling to himself afterwards.

"Months?!" she yelled, which made her headache even worse now. "What, you wanted me to fall in love with you then take the kill?!"

"You're beginning to sound like Weasley, it's scary actually."

She ignored the comparison of the two, which would have got her angrier if she cared. She wondered how he remained so calm after everything that happened. "Please, just tell me what's going on. I want my life to be normal again."

He laughed quietly at this. "Nothing's going to be normal again."

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"Dad? Why are you so mad?" Hugo asked, Scorpius decided to do his homework with Rose, so now he was left alone. When they all arrived home, they were facing a very angry Ron. His face was redder than his hair. Rose had nothing to say to that, she acted normal as if nothing happened. Hugo, on the other hand, cared for his father and he knew something wasn't right with him and his mother.

"Nothing, nothing. Hand me that wand over there," Ron instructed him to do and Hugo didn't hesitate to do so. He watched Ronald fix up the broken mirror he previously hit before they even got home in seconds. Magic amazed him so much, he just wished he could be like James and be a wizard like him. He sighed, it wasn't his moment right now, and he knew bothering Ron more than he had do would cause more damage.

"Mom said not to use magic in the house," Hugo said, he was never the one to keep his mouth shut, plus he really wanted to know what was going on. Where was his mom, anyways? Ron mumbled something that Hugo couldn't comprehend, but he doubt that he wanted to know.

"We all break promises, you just have to get that drilled into your head and live it."

"Are you okay?" Hugo asked, he was never the one to care about people's feelings, or even notice them. He felt his frustration from when he just got home, so it had to be something big. Plus, Hugo likes to know news about them two. It was something new every day.

"Does this look good to you?" Ron asked, showing him the mirror. It was Hermione's; he got it for her as a gift. It looked like he didn't even touch it one. Hugo nodded slowly, Ron knew that his son didn't like when people ignored his questions, but that wasn't even on his mind at the moment. He didn't really mean to break her mirror, she loved that thing. It just triggered him when he stormed back into the house and it was the first thing he saw. Thank god for magic.

After Ron gently put it back to where it was, he again asked Hugo to get the phone for him. Hugo knew that Ron was calming himself since he was there. If it was just him alone, hell would of came out by now. Hugo quickly got the phone and sat on the couch, pretending to care about what was on the television. He knew who he was going to call; this had to give him some information.

"Hugo!" Rose called him from upstairs. He groaned. It was now that she had to call his name? Why not later? He felt Ron stare at him from behind, waiting for him to leave. He rolled his eyes to no one particular and went upstairs.

Right after Ron saw no sign of anyone anymore, he quickly dialed his best mate's number and hopefully someone answered. He needed someone to talk to.

"Hey!" his sister's voice greeted him sweetly.

"Let me talk to Harry." Ron said, not bothering to greet her back. His tone was dark and hoarse, as if he was crying. Of course this worried his sister.

"What happened?" Ginny asked, concerned.

"Let me talk to Harry, Ginny. It's important." He asked her again, she knew he was going to blow soon if she didn't do what he asked.

"Whatever." Ginny mumbled and handed the phone to Harry.

"What's up?" Harry asked, he knew the tone of Ginny's voice that something was wrong with Ron. He was happy that he understood his mate so well; he'd be going crazy without him at the moment.

"Harry. This is between you and me."

"Gotcha." Harry said.

"Hermione…" it hurt him so much to say this, "She's having an affair."

"What?!" Harry asked, "Whose the scumbag?!"

"Malfoy."

Ron smiled after all he heard was screaming and yelling from Harry, he never heard him so mad before, but he knew that Malfoy was only using her to get to something. They weren't that stupid. Accidentally, Ginny figured out from Harry's screaming about Hermione. She grabbed the other phone and came into the line. She didn't talk though, knowing that if she did, Harry would have got the other phone and hung it up on her. She'd rather be sneaky and figure out what they were planning to do.

Her jaw dropped down to the ground, appalled to hear what they were saying. She hung up the phone, not wanting to hear another word of it. "Harry!" Ginny yelled in the other room. "I need to call mum, I promised her I would, and can you call him back later?"

Harry said his goodbyes and handed the phone to her with a sweet smile on his face. She would have thought of him at the cutest person ever, but she knew what they were both up too.

She needed to call Hermione as soon as possible and possibly save her from a life of hell.

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"Your father is pissed at me, I can feel it," Scorpius said to Rose while copying down the homework he had to do. "He sees me as baby Malfoy, should I be scared?"

She laughed. "He couldn't hurt you if he tried. He wouldn't, anyways. I can't say the same for your father, though…what happened was pretty intense."

"I know, love triangles are so dramatic…" Scorpius mumbled, scribbling down math answers like a genius. It even took some time for Rose to figure it out; it frustrated her that she wasn't the smartest anymore. She'd catch up to him, though. "Did you know he's telling her today? Actually coming out? What do you think she's gunna do?"

She shrugged. "I talk to my mom, but I'm not that close to her. I don't think she'll believe him at first; it was hard for me to think it was true."

"You didn't seem surprised when I told you about it,"

"I hide my emotions perfectly. You'd be shocked. My mom on the other hand, I don't think she's the same as I am. She's going to be all over the place with emotions."

"I can see that. That's not our big problem though. Our problem is really—"

"It's not our problem, Scorpius." Rose interrupted, paying more attention to him than her work. She looked at him, which was always awkward for her. "They are grown adults. They'll figure out what to do."

"It's my problem then!" Scorpius screamed, but only loud enough that no one from downstairs heard. He rubbed his temples together, "If you were going to become part of us, Rose, everything is going to be our problem! Even him!" she knew he was talking about her father, but she had nothing to reply to that. She was completely speechless. They had talks about this before, but Scorpius always tried to change the conversation, he said she was talking nonsense. When did she ever say something stupid?

"If I am?" she finally said, he could tell she was the happiest she ever been in a while, it was really easy to notice right now. She didn't even try to hide it, if she even could. "You mean…"

"You know exactly what I mean, dear Rose," Scorpius said, smiling as he noticed how she pushed aside her homework and jumped right on top of him, hugging the daylights out of him.

"You little prat! I love you!" she yelled, she was on top of him now, still hugging him. "I can't believe you made me wait for so long to hear an answer!"

"I never really gave an official answer," Scorpius told her, and that's when the hugging was less tight, she was going to get angry at such an answer. "I just said 'if'. That means a lot of things. I still don't think you're ready for it."

She was still on top of him, but this time she was attacking him. "I hate you! I hate you, you, you! If I were god I would punish you!"

He chuckled, playfully pushing her off, "You have your own family to worry about right now,"

She glared at him. "You know who I care about."

"Yes, yes, you reminded me so many times, how can I forget, dearest Rose? If only—" his face stopped, it was etched in disgust. "Rose, get Hugo in here right now, I feel something not good… he doesn't need to be in it."

"What's happening?"

"Just get him here!"

"Hugo!"

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"Are you sure you're not hungry?" Draco asked again, bringing Hermione and himself cups of water. She tapped her fingers.

"Please tell me, Draco! What's so wrong that I can't know, what's making you so nervous?"

He hissed. "You'll be scared, you'll run away. You'll do something!" he finally admitted, sitting himself on the chair across from her. She could tell how nervous he was to tell her anything, which was a shock to her; Malfoy's should never have a worry in their life.

She looked at him with a sweet smile that could have made anyone's heart melt. "Out of all people, you would think that!" she said in such an annoying voice which surprised him, she thought she would say something sweet to calm himself down. "Don't be stupid, if I was scared I would of ran away long time ago!"

He sighed. "Fine, fine… where should I start?"

"The book. Start with the book."

"Well, like I said before, I'm researching on your actions, just making sure my guesses are true. From today, I can totally sure that it is."

"Guess about what?"

He ignored her, which wasn't a surprise to her anymore. She was used to it, actually. Whenever he felt uncomfortable talking about something, he was a master at it. "Did you ever read Mythical Creatures- Before Times, Hermione?"

She nodded. "Yep, some time in 5th year. What do books have to do with it?"

"How far did you read up to?"

She shrugged. "I was bored, probably got up to the D's."

"Aetalis, how about that one?"

"I don't remember, why?"

"If you did remember, I want you to know that all of that are lies. Every single one of them. I would know."

She didn't dare to speak; he only turned to look at her to see if she was still paying attention. By this time, he was standing up as if he was about to make a speech. He probably was, anyways.

"Well, some were true. They're powerful than wizards in many ways. In the early 1400's, they fought the most famous wizard of all, Nicholas Lehman. Of course they won, but I'm pretty sure that's where the truth stops.

"Aetalis only happens in males," Draco went on, "they have it when they're little, but the powers don't come until you're the ages 18 to 21. Just depends on who you are. You'll feel it too, it's not friendly. You want to die for months, the pain is horrendous. It's like hundreds of lightning bolts keep hitting your chest over and over again.

"Aetalis are rare, of course. Probably a hundred or so. Any questions?"

All this information was so much to handle. That and that she was very confused. This was more like a lesson in Hogwarts, it fascinated her. "Yeah, how is there even more than one if they're only male?"

He nodded in approval. "I was waiting for you to ask that. Well, once someone is fully an Aetalis, they have soul mates. Even if they're our worse enemy, or someone we thought we'd never be with, it could be anyone. Once they do, though, they do anything to get to that person's heart. Might take years, actually. But see, they're still human. Since they're not Aetalis, you cannot do anything with them. Even hugging would be bad in some ways, kissing, as well. If you make any sexual contact, the humans in danger. Aetalis are very selfish people; they want to make their mates theirs forever as soon as possible. They don't see human, Aetalis, or anything else, all they think is, 'hey, that's mine, I need to claim it before anyone else does.' I only witnessed one of those in my life. If they aren't truly mates forever, the human isn't in danger; they can do whatever they want. I just figured that out recently.

To actually mate with an Aetalis' soul mate, they need to make the human one of them. It's a big thing, and once it happens, almost every Aetalis knows who you are."

The knot in her stomach was going to her throat. She felt numb, she didn't want to understand what was happening, she didn't even want to know what happens next, but she was sucked into his story telling. "How do they do that?"

"Just a few chants and drop of both bloods. That's not the worse part though, after that, you have the proposal. It's like marriage in the race, that's why it becomes so big. The male Aetalis gives the mate jewelry of their liking, say some Aetalis vows and place it on them.

If the female accepts, the jewelry would become invisible and you wouldn't see it anymore. That's when the forming starts. That's all I know though, but I can say that it's probably painful than birth…"

Hermione gulped. "This explains what happened today," was all she could say at the moment. "What was your guess in your book?"

"It isn't obvious?" he asked, rolling his eyes. She was being serious. "When I first saw you, something triggered inside of me. Merlin, I don't want to seem romantic, but it was the first time I felt that, it was a good feeling. That's when it scared me, and I began to research on it. First thing was that if we were really mates, you would come to me. Secondly, after the first kiss you changed a lot. You wanted that feeling again, which is another reason. Thirdly… well, today."

"Oh my god." She said, she wanted to faint. "What are my kids going to think about this? This is so much!"

"I guess you want to know that Rose already knows everything," Draco said, acting like it didn't really matter, "Scorpius is an Aetalis, too."

"They're not going to…"

"Of course not, they're kids for Merlin's sake! Yet, they both want her to become one, they've been talking about family mating."

"And that is?!"

"Basically what I said before about the soul mating. Drop of both blood, some chants, but that's it. I heard it's not worse pain as soul mating, but there's still some sort of pain in there. Basically, she'd be my daughter as well."

She was angry that no one dare told her about this, but she understood why Rose never said anything. It would have been much better to hear it from Draco's voice. "Well, I go with Rose on this one. Make me yours." She said, with no doubt in her voice.

He sighed. "You don't know the half of it, you can't just become one without knowing what you're going to get into."

"Why don't you tell me, then? Even though I can tell you I am still going to choose my answer I have in mind, but it would be nice to know what my future life is going to be like."

The perfect silence between them was ruined by Hermione's cell phone going off.

"What? I knew I left it at home."

"Weasley must have put it in your purse when we were at the hospital, I guess." He said, his voice was disgusted now since he had to be reminded of him.

She went through her purse and found the call was from Ginny. That was really weird, especially calling her on her cell phone. She mouthed to Malfoy that it wasn't Ron and he needed to be quiet. He didn't say anything, but she knew he was going to keep his mouth shut. He was probably pissed someone had to call her.

"Hermione!?" a worried voice whispered.

"Yeah, what's wrong?" Hermione asked. This was so much to deal with in one day, it was absolutely crazy!

"Can't talk much. Harry's in the room. Hermione, get home. Doesn't matter where you are, get home, NOW!" With that, she hung up without a goodbye.

Hermione was shaking. She was so afraid to know what was happening there. She looked at Malfoy with sad eyes; he didn't know what was going on.

"I have to go." She whispered, standing up and was heading to the door in a fast pace.

"No way in hell you're leaving without me," he mumbled to her at the door, and made her follow him to her car. "What's the rush?"

"My friend called. She was worried. She told me to get to my house as soon as possible. My kids are there, Draco! Scorpius is there!"

His eyes widen. He forgot about the kids, he just thought of them were being safe and quiet at her house. "This isn't going to work. There's traffic ahead, it'll take us several minutes." Before she opened his door, he grabbed a hold of her arm.

"Remember what I said before, don't open your eyes and breathe normally. This is one of my amazing Aetalis magic. Exsto diligo domus!

He hadn't given her time to calm herself down, which meant she didn't breathe very well. She was holding tightly to his arm that he even knew it would bruise later. When they were at her house seconds later, she was yelling for her dear life. "I'm alive! Why don't you give me time!?"

"We're here. I'll stay out here, but I'll see exactly what's happening. I won't let anyone get hurt, now go."

She ran off to her front door, everything looked fine. Was this a sick joke? The house was cleaner than normal, maybe that was the joke. "Hello?" she yelled out, no one answered. She heard footsteps above her, it was more like stomping. She ran upstairs, to see a very frightened Rose and a pissed off Scorpius. Rose was sitting in a corner; her eyes were so big and scary than she ever saw it before. Scorpius was standing up, right next to Rose, as if he was protecting her. It reminded her of her and Malfoy. "Rose, Scorpius! What happened?!"

Scorpius calmly gave Hermione a ripped piece of paper that was in a ball. She took it and began to unfold it.

I'm leaving with Hugo; I'm going to Harry's. He's pissed off as well.
P.S: I broke the mirror I bought for you and then repaired it with magic. Did that with all of your other stuff, too.

"Scorpius," Hermione said sternly. "Go downstairs with your father, you to Rose."

They didn't need to ask what she was about to do, it was obvious. Her heart was broken into two; the water was blurring out her vision before she hit the ground and finally had a breakdown. She ripped the paper up in pieces, yelling in frustration as she did.

"Hermione!" Draco yelled through the door, bending down to see a crying Hermione.

"He took Hugo!" she said, not looking at him. "He took my baby!"

He said nothing as he let her cry on his shoulder. His good shirt was going to be wet as a river, but that was the least of his worries.

"We'll get him back, and Weasley's gunna wish he was never alive."

Review.
What do you think is going to happen? : )
How do you think Ron actually got away with taking Hugo with Rose and Scorpius there?
Sorry if this is going too fast, there's other stuff that's going to happen as well.
By the way, Aetalis is pronounced ATE-AH-LIS. Easy, right? : )