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Sorry for the wait, got a little stuck on this chapter. Have the next chapter planed. I am soooo going to enjoy writing that chapter. Evil laugh Well I am going to see if I can get it done, don't forget the more reviews I get the more they want to make me write.
MiracleChapter Three: In the Bright Light of Love
Told from Harry's point of view.
I felt the bed underneath me, but my Angel was not resting on me like she was just. I began to open my eyes; the light in the room was bright. I blinked, trying to get them used to it. I opened my eyes and felt a hand squeeze mine; I looked over and followed the arm up to a face. "Hello Harry, welcome back love." I hear the voice of someone I thought I would never hear again say. I could feel my eyes well up with tears and they began to fall, I didn't care, my husband was here by my side.
"Oh Harry it's alright." I hear him say as I saw that Angel was sitting quietly on his lap. I felt him gather me up in his free arm and hold me; I never thought I would be back in his arms. "You are both safe now." I know I am, but I keep crying, I have missed having those arms around me.
"D… Dra…Draco," I manage to croak out of my unused throat. I can feel the sting that it caused as I forced the word out. I look up into the silvery blue eyes and notice that there are tears there, even one gently making its way down a pale cheek. I bring up a shaking hand to wipe it away, but my little Angel grabs it. Her face looks a little confused, though I think there is a beginning of a smile there for me to see.
"I love you Harry, the house is still there ready for us to move in together, though I have been living there since I graduated, I had nowhere else to go. Sorry for not waiting for you to be with me. I'll set up one of the rooms for our daughter. What is her name?" he asks me as he smiles at the little girl and wipes the tear away for himself.
I lick my lips to moisten them and swallow, trying to ease the roughness of my throat before I answer. "Call… her… little… Angel." I manage to get out; my little girl is still playing with my hand and looking around her at the people that have come closer towards us.
Draco smiles and I cannot but help to smile back. "Then Angel it shall stay, that is what she has been to you, your Angel, your Miracle," he says to me, and he is right without her I would be insane because of the Dementors. "How about Angel Miracle Potter-Malfoy, or just Potter for the last name." I knew that he wanted to bring his family name back out of the mud it had gone into when it became public knowledge that his father truly supported Voldemort.
"Potter… Malfoy," I said slowly, it didn't help and I started to cough a little. Draco set me down on my side quickly and summoned a glass of water for me. He placed Angel on the bed nearby and sat me up, the coughing had weakened me, and I couldn't move by myself. I sipped at the water he had brought to my lips. It felt heavenly as I felt pure water touch my lips and tongue for the first time since going into Azkaban. The only thing Angel and I had was weak gruel. I motioned over to Angel, wanting her to have some.
"Angel sweet heart. Here have a little sip of this," Draco said as he got my silent message and picked up my little girl and sat her on his lap and gently held the glass to her mouth and tilted it giving her, her first taste of water. I watched her face as she took a sip. Draco took the glass away a little, and I watched as she gave her first smile. Her eyes were bright and her face was lit up like a child's should on Christmas morning when they find out that Father Christmas has been.
Draco looked over at me and put the glass down and brought a hand to my cheek, I was crying, crying because I finally saw my little Angel smile for the very first time, when I thought I may never see that happen. "She's smiling, never did it before," I tell him, my throat is feeling a little better thanks to the few sips of water I had.
"Then I am glad I am here for it. We will be going home tomorrow, if that is all right. You need rest and care for both of you. I have taken some time of work already, though considering I am the boss it doesn't rally matter that much, I do enjoy what I do, a lot," Draco rambled. I wondered what type of job he is doing; I can't really see him doing something so menial. I don't even know if he is living in the Muggle or the Wizarding world, I hope for the Muggle world.
"He isn't going anywhere. He is staying right here where he belongs, and it certainly is not with some Death Eater scum like you Malfoy!" came the voice of my traitorous ex-best friend Weasley.
"Hate you," I said, though I wanted to shout it out for all to hear. I look at Weasley and see the firm belief that I am still his friend after what they all did to me, they put me away without so much as a trial.
He came closer to the bed and placed a hand on my arm; I shook it away and tried to slap it as it came near me again. "Hate you!" I yelled, my voice breaking as I thought of what Angel and I have been through because of them all. I started to cough, as my throat was not up for what I had just done.
"Harry you don't mean that, we made a mistake. Harry, everyone makes one. And we made a big one in not believing in you," Sirius said as he came forward. Draco had given me a few sips of water while Sirius was talking. I stopped coughing and stared at the man I once thought of as a father figure.
"You betrayed me, all of you," I said, taking a few deep breaths as the coughing fit had left me a little breathless. "You didn't even give me the courtesy of a trial. And for your information Weasley I am married to Draco, the Death Eaters and Voldemort want him for being a traitor," I finish, Draco is holding one of my hands in comfort while Angel is once again sitting on his lap. I think she has taken a shine to her father, which I am happy about. I am glad they got the chance to know each other.
"We go home tomorrow Harry, you and Angel, one of my work colleagues wants to meet you. I live in the Muggle world, I haven't stepped foot into the magical one since I left school, until today," Draco told me.
"What are you doing now then?" I asked him, I wonder what type of job Draco is doing in the Muggle world. I know it always looked like he would never do something menial, but he was always a hand on type of person.
"I'm a chef, I now own a restaurant. Nice place too. I started off washing dishes and taking cookery courses, I also took business admin too. Worked well for me, as soon as I got good enough I bought and then opened my own place. It's becoming quiet the place now, got a few Muggle celebrities coming in," he told me, smiling happily. I'm glad he found his own path; I just wish I was there with him to see it.
"Harry, we will be happy to have both you and your daughter stay here with us, you will have the medical treatment you both need from your stay in Azkaban," Dumbledore said as he finally walked over towards the bed.
"Go away; I won't stay with anyone that betrayed me. You never even gave me a trial you just threw me in Azkaban with nothing more than what you thought. Well you were wrong, and this time your mistake will not be rectified, I will never forgive you for what you have done. I trusted you, all of you and you let me down by betraying the trust I had placed in you. Right at the beginning I thought you would come for me saying you're sorry for sending me to a place where I heard nothing but my worst memories. You never did, I lost faith in you and the Wizarding world. I don't want to be here in the god forsaken world any longer," I told Dumbledore, though it was aimed at them all.
I saw Ginny walk forward and saw with a forlorn look in her eyes. "Please Harry you don't mean that. You're just a little confused; your stay in Azkaban has affected you. I know you would never really be with Malfoy if you had a choice, I don't know what he did, but we will find a way to reverse what he did. You'll be able to have a good life with us," she said as her eyes continuously pleaded with me to agree with her.
"I am not confused; there is nothing to reverse either. Draco and I made out peace in third year; you never even noticed how the barbs we threw at each other held no real anger or hatred in them. I am going home with Draco, with my little Angel. I don't think I will ever come back to a world that turned their back on me. I was given no trial, no Vertiserum nothing," I told them, my voice quiet. I felt like crying, I know the words I have spoken are true, but it hurts because I never wanted them to be.
"Now Harry, I know we made a mistake, but you and your daughter will be able to get better here. You have Madam Pomfrey here to help. Your daughter will need to be carefully introduced to food, as she has not had anything proper. She has not even had milk; how she survived I would like to know?" Dumbledore asked me as he walked towards my bed. I had almost forgotten about the old wizard.
I looked at him; I could see that he was truly curious about how my daughter was able to stay alive. I know that babies cannot digest anything but milk while they are young, not until they are at least four months. I thought for a while on whether or not to answer him. He had no reason to know, though I knew Draco wanted to know as I snuck a little peak at him and noticed the curious look on his face. "Magic, whenever I fed her I felt a tingle of magic, she changed it, I think, I'm not sure, it went into her mouth as gruel," I answered. I know she changed it, she must have otherwise she would not be alive. I'm just thankful she is, I don't think I would have been able to cope with her dying in that place. It would have broken me completely.
Dumbledore smiled in a way that made me want to hit him, he got a calculating look in his eye, and they were twinkling. They only did that when he was planning something, I have to get away from here before he tries something, and he may try to take Angel away. "She will be a powerful witch as she grows. It would still be best if you were here, you both will be taken care of, able to recover in peace and with proper care." He once again tried to convince me that it would be good idea to stay.
"Proper care. That is doubtful, as Voldemort and his Death Eaters have been able to get in this school so many times while I was at school here. I am not safe. I don't want to be anywhere near those who betrayed me. All you had to do was use a truth serum, and you didn't," I said to him, it was true I have never been safe in Hogwarts. At the end of every year I would face Voldemort or something to do with him. The only year I didn't was my third year, but it is still connected to Voldemort in a sense as Wormtail escaped, and that helped him be brought back during my fourth year.
"You don't have a choice Harry, you stay or I will make sure that your daughter is taken from you and given to another family. You are needed here, and they will take her away. All I have to do is say that you are not right in the head and she will be gone," Ron snarled at me. I couldn't believe that he would do something like that, it is not him, or it wasn't him once.
Draco pulled our daughter towards him and held her away from those that were gathering around our bed. "You even think it again Weasel and I will hunt you down and show you exactly what my father taught me before I betrayed the dark and came to Harry's side. And trust me it is a lot, as I have been learning since I could hold a wand," He snarled at my ex-best friend.
"Draco wouldn't be the only one to hunt you down if you try and take my daughter from me," I told him, my voice was quiet, I was just about able to control the anger I am feeling at his words.
"Now, now, Mr Weasley did not mean what he said. He just wants you to stay," Dumbledore said, trying to calm me. Would never work as I saw the truth in Weasley's eyes, he would take Angel off me. I wish they would go so me, Draco and Angel could get out of this place quickly and to our home. It doesn't matter that it's not ready I just want to go.
I looked over to Draco; he saw the question in my eyes and nodded his head slight so the others wouldn't notice. We would go tonight, as soon as we were left alone, but first "We'll stay for a while. I'm not promising anything though," I say to them. I spoke truthfully, so Dumbledore would not be able to sense any deception from me.
"Okay, we will have rooms set up for the three of you. I think your first night would be best to stay here so Madam Pomfrey can help you to recover from your stay in Azkaban. Have a bath, and get some food and a few potions down you to help," Dumbledore said cheerfully as the second he finished the doors to the hospital wing banged open and in walked another figure.
Dumbledore turned around and faced him. "Severus?" he said, I wondered where he had been to get a reaction like that from Dumbledore.
"Yes it is I," Severus said, he was smiling and he looked quiet well too. He had a tan and was wearing deep blue, Muggle jeans and a forest green shirt. He looked really nice, nothing like I remember him.
"Where have you been?" he asked my old potions professor.
"Well, I went to Ireland and met a Leprechaun, because I helped him he gave me three wishes, one to get rid of the Dark Mark, two to destroy Voldemort and three to see Potter die," he said quiet happily. "That's why I am here to make sure the wish comes true." He had a smirk on his face.
Dumbledore's mouth dropped, I wanted to laugh, but I think it might spoil the moment. "Severus you… erm… you can't mean that?" he asked shocked at what Severus was saying.
Severus rolled his eyes and shook his head. "Dear Merlin in Avalon, do you not know how to take a joke. I've been in Ireland having the time of my life, by getting one and not having to listen to you and Voldemort fight it out over who wants to rule the bloody world. It has been so peaceful." He sighed as he finished.
I couldn't help it and I started to laugh, I heard Draco laughing with me as well. "Hello Uncle Sev, glad you're alright," My husband greeted his Uncle; Severus is related to the Malfoy family through marriage. I don't think that they are closely related but Draco grew up with him being there for him that is now what he calls him. I don't mind though as he came to my cell before I was taken to Azkaban telling me that he knew I was innocent and he would do his best to prove it.
"I'm fine Draco, I have been happy since I was able to leave this place. I know the same could not be said for the both of you…" he started, but trailed of as he looked over to us and noticed the little girl sitting on Draco's lap. "Who is that?" he asked us as he came closer to the bed.
"This is our daughter Angel, she was born in Azkaban. It's a miracle she lived. She is the reason why Harry didn't fall under the affects of the Dementors. He had to stay sane to take care of her," Draco answered him.
"In Azkaban, she would not of been able to survive, babies need milk their digestive systems can't handle anything else for the first four or five months. How was she able to stay alive?" he then asked as he sat on the bed and looked at her more closely.
I had already tried to answer this question, I opened my mouth to speak, but Draco beat me to it and started to answer him. "When Harry fed her the gruel, he said that he felt magic from her. So I think that she was able to change the gruel into milk." Severus glanced at me his eyes asking if it was true and I nodded.
"You have a powerful little girl Harry, Draco protect her and keep her safe," he told us, we nodded already knowing to keep her safe, as she was our child, I could already see the love in Draco's eyes when he looked down at his daughter.
"Thanks Uncle Sev we know, she is precious to me, even though I have only just found out," Draco told him.
"Why don't you and Angel have a bath and get clean, we'll find some clothes for the both of you to wear. Draco and I will be out here waiting for you," Severus suggested.
"Alright." I tried to get up, but I didn't have the energy. Severus handed me a potion veil.
"It's Pepper Up. It will last for a few hours so you can bathe," Severus reassured me that it was nothing that would make me vulnerable. I don't think I could handle that at the moment.
"Thank you." I took the potion and steam came out of my ears. I got up and took Angel from Draco. I made my way to the bathroom and shut the door behind me. I couldn't hear anything that was going on outside of the bathroom. I shrugged my shoulders and started the bath for my little girl and me.
Well how was that chapter? I know Severus was somewhat out of character but I need him like that. Read and review please. It always helps to know people like the fic when trying to write the next chapter.