BEFORE THE CHAPTER STARTS…
Hi Suzzanne, thank you for that review. I'm sorry that I confused you, I tend to do that a lot. D : Anyways, did you notice how everyone else wanted to really hurt Ron but Hermione had no intention to? Or that when she was lying down on her bed she was thinking about Ron for a little bit? Of course she still cared about him. I'm trying to make Hermione over-react for now, but of course Ron has a right to have Hugo. Hermione just freaked out over the fact that Ron took him to Harry's just because she was Draco, and that Ron called her a traitor. She's not trying to tear the family apart, but it's kind of obvious now that there's no more of Ron and Hermione being together. She has no reason to hurt him in any way… for now : )
Now that's somewhat cleared up, let's get back to the story. : )
"I have to tell you, I saw the transform before, don't think I'm exaggerating when I say they're painful. You cannot hide it. You're going to pass out, which is better anyway since then you won't need to feel it anymore." Draco informed her, getting the Aetalis charm book out. It looked like it hadn't been touched for ages. It was really dusty, when he wiped it away she saw the red leather cover it had. It was thousands of pages. Without difficulty, Draco went to the exact page for the mate chant. He mumbled the words to himself, until he found what he needed.
"Scorpius, bring Rose outside of the room please, I don't need her seeing this yet." Draco commanded his son to do. Scorpius had no hesitation when he escorted Rose out of the room.
"Thank God for this being soundproof," he muttered, before showing Hermione the chant. "We both need to say this when we share blood. We're doing this the old fashion way. Cut your palm."
She hesitated before doing so. Blood was never her thing and she always got a little sick whenever see saw the sight of it. She quickly made a straight cut of blood from her hands. She handed the knife to Draco immediately, almost about to throw up. She didn't show that to him, though. He cut his palm with no emotion. She guessed that he saw so much blood in the war times that he was so used to it. She should have been too, but people were different.
"Remember what to say?" Draco asked, she nodded quickly; she didn't want to feel the blood in her hand anymore, it felt like a pond.
He squeezed her hand lightly at first, their palms barely touching. "Humanus fio creatura per vis sic validus nos mos diligo insquequo nos intereo" Gradually, his grip got tighter and the chanting got louder. "Humanus fio creatura per vis sic validus nos mos diligo insquequo nos intereo…" It suddenly became into screaming, so loud that the cabinet near them was shaking and a vase fell off of it. Just in that moment, everything stopped. She felt as if someone pushed her away from Draco and fell to the ground. She was more in shock then pain. She looked at her hand, there was nothing there anymore.
"We don't have much time, get up," he said, and she gathered herself up right next to him again.
"I bought this when we went out shopping. I put some spells on it, so it's officially Aetalis jewelry. Nice, eh?" Hermione's eyes widen when she finally saw the necklace. It was silver, with a little green at the top, and then when it got to the bottom, it was fully green. It was a unique choice of a necklace, but it was gorgeous nonetheless. "Once this goes on you, it'll turn invisible. Once that happens, the forming starts."
She nodded, knowing what she was getting herself into. She was scared of course, but she let him gently put it around her neck and kissed her forehead. "It'll be over soon, I swear," he muttered before he turned around, she guessed that he didn't want to see her in pain, but he would definitely hear her.
It wasn't bad at first, it felt like the same pain she did the first time she popped into Italy with Draco that day. Her knees became wobbly, and instead of fighting it, she just let herself fall to the ground. The pain in her gut kept going on and on, but it didn't bother her as much.
Suddenly, the necklace faded away slowly and now it showed her bare neck like it wasn't even there at all. It seriously did feel like lightning bolts were hitting her in the gut over and over again, she'd rather be in Hell itself than be in the pain. "Ugh!" she bellowed; which probably ruined Draco's ear drums for the next year. "Draco!" she screamed when she noticed he still wasn't looking at her. She was surprised she had any energy left, but she wanted to see him one more time before she became an Aetalis. He turned to her that he saw her face, which was full of immense pain, his face scrunched up. It was strange seeing her like this and not trying to help.
Hermione screamed some more after it felt like her blood was boiling. "Gods! Kill me now!" she cried, her hands covering her face, trying to cool herself down. She felt like she was 100 degrees.
"It'll get better… you'll be fine in no time," Draco tried to assure her, but he knew anything he said or did would do nothing to help her. She was going through something every female Aetalis had to go through once in their life. Soon, she would be his mate, which he grinned a little bit at that. If she saw him smiling she'd probably kill him right there and then. Her screams of agony made him want to be deaf.
"It got me in the heart!" was her last scream before she quickly shut her eyes to a deep unconsciousness. He finally sighed in relief as he went closer to her now. He went to touch her, she was burning. It felt like he was holding a pan on the stove when he brought her to lie on the couch.
"Get good rest. I'm not sure if you could hear me right now, but if you can, don't wake up so quickly. You need a good sleep. I am going to your daughter now, just know she won't have it that bad as you…" he kissed her cheek before departing her. It was only for moments though, he only had to call Scorpius to bring Rose in. They were both outside of his house, Rose was staring deep into the little pond Draco had in the backyard, and he guessed the magical creatures that swam in there amused her. "Rose, Scorpius. If you can." Draco said as they ran to get close to him and went into the same room as Hermione.
"Is she okay?" Rose asked, looking at her mother. She looked pale as ever. She looked worried, now she was having second thoughts?
"She's fine now, don't worry, you won't have it worse." He said, as he began to ask the same thing for Rose to do. Unlike Hermione, Rose was very cooperative with cutting her palm. He nodded in approval; she was going to be something special in the future. He also asked Scorpius to do so as well. Scorpius looked surprised at first, but he knew if he hesitated that Rose and Draco would talk about him being a coward. He did it as well; he winced a little when he did so.
"What? My hand won't be as perfect anymore." Scorpius said, as the blood dropped a little blood into a cup. Draco did the same afterward, and then Rose.
"I'm going to have to drink that?" Rose asked, disgusted. "I'm sorry, that's gross. I'm not a vampire."
Draco and Scorpius laughed at that. "I'm adding some other sorts of stuff in there as well, you won't taste the blood, but I'm guessing you're gunna taste something more…sweet. It's Aetalis seasoning, I'm not sure why it's supposed to be added, but I guess it was for tasting purposes.
Strangely, the Aetalis chant we have to sing is half/half. There's little Aetalis chant, and then there's English words. It's pretty simple." He told Rose while she was re-reading the words in the book.
"Meus humanus vita est iam ut an terminus pro iam capiam a novus vita … am I saying that right?" Rose asked, speaking the words very slowly. "Not very good with these."
Draco looked over her shoulder and nodded. "Yeah, that's right. Scorpius, hold hands with her." Draco commanded, noticing the bloody hands still. Scorpius grabbed hers, which made her gasp softly. She didn't really expect him to do it so fast. They watched in amazement as their hands mended up themselves, leaving no mark.
"My hand!" Scorpius said happily, looking at it proudly as he swiped it away from Rose's hand. She rolled her eyes. Draco laughing quietly to himself at this, Rose knew him to well to actually be mad at that.
"Alright, now let's get started." Draco said, as Rose finally memorized the words by heart and put the book down.
"Meus humanus vita est iam ut an terminus pro iam capiam a novus vita…" Draco started, and then Rose quietly came in, muttering the sentence over and over again until her voice became louder and pronounced the words better. "Meus humanus vita est iam ut an terminus pro iam capiam a novus vita…"
Rose suddenly felt a rope squeezing her tightly around her body. She looked at herself, there was nothing there. She looked at Draco, he had the same feeling as well.
He turned to his son. "Okay, this is when we say the next part. Scorpius, come closer please. You'll start. Take Rose's hand," he handed Scorpius the book, "and say these words."
Scorpius scanned through the words, and memorized the words quickly. Scorpius coughed before he started saying the sentence. "Gotta make sure I do this perfectly…" he mumbled as he looked at Rose. "Alright. Rose Jane… uh, what would I call her?" he turned back to Draco.
He sighed, he seemed disgusted again. "She's still a Weasley."
He nodded and turned back to Rose. "I, Scorpius Draco Malfoy, take Rose Jane Weasley as part of the Malfoy heir and as my sister. When accepting, you understand the dangers you will face. But as a family, we'll all unite together and face the consequences. If you understand and accept, keep a hold of my hand and answer 'aye.' "
Draco understood why that would be a proposal like that. Females were looked down upon in their race; making a female a family would make that family very brave, since they were most likely going to be low to the other Aetalis. Draco knew none of the others would dare think of that about him, though.
"Aye," Rose said, and it broke up Draco's thoughts. Instantly, Rose's and Scorpius' hands pushed away from each other like two magnets repelling.
Draco went closer to Rose, knowing now it was his turn and that soon enough she would be in pain almost as bad as her mother was minutes before. He took her hand and looked at her straight in the eye. Rose was the younger version of Hermione, he hardly saw any Ron in her, but when he stared long enough he noticed some resemblance.
"I, Draconis Lucius Malfoy, take Rose Jane Weasley as part of the Malfoy heir and as my daughter. When accepting, you understand the dangers you will face. But as a family, we'll all unite together and face the consequences. If you understand and accept, keep a hold of my hand and answer 'aye.'"
Rose laughed a little, she didn't want Draco to notice, but he did. She knew she was gunna get it after the transforming was over. "Aye," she smiled sweetly at the man who sneered at her. So what? She found his full name quite unique.
Draco felt the push their hands had after some force made him move several feet away from her. He almost tripped over his feet.
"I don't think you want to watch this," Draco whispered to his son as they both saw Rose's face wince in pain, it was only just starting. He knew Scorpius cared about Rose more than anything, he didn't understand why, but he knew Scorpius did.
Scorpius turned his back to Rose, but he knew that wouldn't really help. He tried covering his ears after he heard Rose scream over and over again in terrible pain. Scorpius was just on the edge of losing it and go near her and somewhat try to comfort her, but before he could move an inch to look back at her, she was already on the ground, she passed out.
"Thank God…" Scorpius mumbled to himself, hoping Draco didn't hear him.
"Let's bring these girls to some beds to get normal sleep. Grab Rose and follow me." Draco instructed Scorpius, while he was already picking up Hermione on the couch to the next room. Scorpius scurried to Rose's unconscious body and put her over his shoulder, he was happy she was very skinny.
He followed Draco into a room he didn't even go in yet. There were about five twin size beds in there; it almost looked like a nurse's office. Scorpius gently placed Rose's body in the bed next to Hermione's. They both watched as they slept peacefully, grateful that they didn't have to hear any more painful screaming.
All of a sudden, the silence was gone by a phone call. Draco sighed, and looked at his phone. His eyes became in shock, and looked back at the girls. "So soon? Weird…" Draco mumbled, and answered the phone.
"Hello," Draco answered. "Already? I just did that a few minutes ago… Right now is not a good time for them… Oh, uh, right, uh, I understand that, but she wasn't my true mate…Right…"
Right after Draco said that sentence, Scorpius knew who it was. He could understand why Draco was a little afraid of his father at the moment; he thought he was going to disown him because of Hermione. He could also tell that Lucius didn't like the fact that Draco did anything without his permission. He usually wanted to meet the girl first, or pick her out. He picked out Draco's last wife, which wasn't much of a good idea.
By the time Scorpius was done thinking, Draco was already off the phone. "I didn't want to talk to him long. Gods, is he pissed. I hope when they meet, chaos won't abrupt."
Scorpius shrugged. "He's old enough to be mature."
Draco didn't really want to talk to his son about his father problems, so he just nodded and looked back at the two girls who were now Malfoys. He couldn't wait till they both woke up and they figured that out, too. "I have so much to do right now, and you have a busy day tomorrow."
"Me? Why?" Scorpius asked, confused. He didn't say he would do anything else!
Draco chuckled at his son's quick response. "You're going to Hogwarts tomorrow, kid. Treat those years right, and you'll have a good time."
"You said you hated Hogwarts," Scorpius replied, not really wanting to go to Hogwarts. Draco didn't want his own son to have the same hatred he had during his school years, because he knew if he was more optimistic about it when he was younger and had no war at the time, he would have loved it.
He looked at his son, then at the sleeping girls again. "It's only because I never had someone to love it with."
Review. How do you think Draco's dads gunna like that his mate was Hermione?
How do you think Harry's kids are gunna like Rose, even if she's officially a Malfoy?
Tell me your thoughts about this story : )