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Chapter 16: Lunch with Lucius

Hermione waited for the Headmaster in the entrance hall, she was due to meet her father outside of Diagon Alley in fifteen minutes, Lord she was nervous, she understood her mother being the way that she was, wanting to spend time with her, but she never would have guessed Lucius wanting to spend time with her. Dumbledore appeared out of nowhere interrupting her musings, "Are you ready Miss Granger?"

"Yes." She smiled at him and they left the castle.

As they walked, Albus spoke, "Miss Granger, I trust that you understand that you will not be alone while with your father today."

"I figured as much sir."

"Good, just so you know, I will not be like Minerva and sit with you two and partake in your bonding time, instead I will be in the shadows and out of your sight just so that you are aware."

"Thank you sir."

"You are very welcome." They approached the gates and they apparated to the Leaky Cauldron where Lucius was waiting five minutes early at a corner table.

"Hello Father." Hermione said as she approached the table.

"Hermione, how are you?" He stood and hugged his daughter.

"I'm good, so where to?"

"I have a place in mind that I think you might like."

"Really?"

Lucius laughed, "Of course, shall we?" He offered her his arm which she took with a smile and they walked into Diagon Alley. They walked toward Madam Malkin's but instead of going in, he took her to a small building across from it. Hermione looked up and read 'The Country.'

"Where are we?"

"A little restaurant that your mother found on Monday and loved right away, she thought that I should bring you here."

"That was sweet of her."

"She always has thought of her kids first."

"Oh." They entered and were seated right away by a young lady that looked to be not much older than Hermione herself. As soon as she was gone, a young man that reminded Hermione a great deal of Bill Weasley came and took their drinks and then he too left them to look over the menu. When they were ready, they ordered and for a third time, left alone, this is when Hermione started getting her answers.

"Father, Mother said that my godfather is Blaise's father."

"Yes, what about it?"

"I was wondering if you could talk about the deal that you made, and how Snape came into the picture."

"Didn't your mother talk about it?"

"Yes but I want to hear it from you."

Lucius sighed, "Very well; Ohmare, or as he was more fond of being known, Mitchell, James and myself were good friends in school, in fact we enlisted together."

"Enlisted in what?"

"Hermione," Lucius gave her a stern look that answered her question.

"Oh."

"Yes, so we were extremely close, we entered the pact that each was to have two children and the other two were to be one of the child's godfather. Narcissa and I waited to name your godparent titles until you were born. I received news of James had been killed in some sort of an auto accident shortly before you were born. Ohmare told us that we were to stick with the pact that we made a children, it could be in James' memory. Your mother did agree to go along with it, however, you mother insisted that Minerva was to be the Godmother of both of her children. I agreed and avoided her until she went into labor, I could live with the fact that Ohmare would then be the godfather to the both of you, but it hurt to think that a man that I viewed as a brother was going to miss out on it all. Soon after however, I got word that Severus had gone to Dumbledore due to the fact of a dear friend of his."

"Lily."

"Yes. I knew instantly that the Dark Lord would mark him for death, so I ran to him to be one of your Godfathers, he hesitated at first until I told him that he would be marked for death if he didn't."

"How did you save him Father?"

"Why the interest?"

"Please?"

"Ok, I had gone to the Dark Lord after confronting Severus and told him that Severus and I had a plan of getting close to Albus and have the ability to watch over you children and keep you on the right path until you were of age to join him."

"Did he know about me?"

"No, after Ohmare was named your godfather and disappeared, we told him that we had lost you in childbirth."

"Oh."

"Hermione, you have to understand that if had known about you, he probably would have taken you from us and given you to Bella or something."

"Why?"

"You were too powerful to lose; I could sense it when I held you."

"I'm not powerful."

"Yes you are."

"I am book smart and clever, not powerful."

"You just need time to train your ability; you are just as powerful as Dumbledore I imagine."

"I doubt that."

"Why?"

"He is REALLY powerful Father; I'm nowhere near that powerful."

"Hermione, he has had years of practice, you will too."

"If you say so." Lucius studied his daughter for a moment before she spoke again, "What happened to him?"

"Who?"

"Ohmare, what happened to him?"

"I wish I knew, after he was deemed your godfather, he held you for an hour if not more, he adored you, he came everyday to see you and your brother, just one day he stopped coming and replying to any of our letters, he just vanished." Hermione nodded.

"So that is why you had to just give me up, and not Draco."

Lucius looked down, afraid to meet her eyes, "Yes."

Hermione reached across the table and took her father's hands, "Thank you Father."

Their food arrived and they allowed their topics of discussion to drift to ones more pleasant, school, work, family etc. soon however, Hermione had to leave back to school to get back in time for Potions, she wasn't ready to tell her secret just yet.

"Goodbye Daddy." Hermione hugged her father and looked at him as she said this and he smiled back at her.

"Have a good rest of your day… my Mia Bear." He kissed her crown and she met Albus at the Leaky Cauldron where they flooed back to the office.

"Thank you Headmaster."

"Of course child."

"Sir?"

"Yes?"

"Do you need something?"

"Not that I can think of, why?"

"I just sense something that you want to ask."

"Oh I was just wondering when you are going to Tell Harry and Mr. Weasley."

"In time sir, thanks again."

"Of course Miss Granger." And she left.