Lost and Found

Part XVII

Helpless

Hermione:

When the sun rose the next morning Hermione watched. She had gotten little to no sleep. Draco seemed unfazed by the pressure today was to bring.

Light snores could still be heard from him, as he lay beside her. The baby was also in a peaceful sleep. Hermione was jealous.

She needed the sleep too, not that she hadn't tried. Instead she had walked about.

Hermione was also very frightened. Who was this new baby and where had she come from? It was not hers, meaning Draco had been cheating on her, but she did not believe that.

He loved her so much, why would he have done that? Maybe it was just one big mistake, something that could be played off.

But what of the mother? The child's true mother should raise her, not Hermione. Besides it was hard enough to raise Scorpius, but another too? It was overwhelming.

So a very confused and exhausted Hermione stumbled back to bed. She had literally just shut her eyes when the alarm went off. Draco jumped out of bed, which was highly unusual.

Hermione followed and grabbed the first shower. Hoping icy water would jolt her awake.

It didn't take her long before she got out and let Draco take over. Why did he seem so lively this morning?

Again Hermione was taken with emotion. What if Draco was taken over by his newfound daughter and left Scorpius alone? Oh how that tore threw every fiber of her being.

This fretting must have been noticeable because it wasn't to long before Draco commented.

"What's up Mione? You seem upset."

"Oh, I'm sorry," was her answer.

"What's that supposed to mean? I asked what was wrong."

"No I meant I was sorry for ruining your good mood."

"Hmm, well still, what is wrong with you?"

"I don't know," and even as she tried Hermione could not meet his eyes. "I'll be fine."

"No you won't," he said simply as he grabbed her hand and started playing with her fingers. "You know you can tell me anything Hermione."

"It's just… I mean… er… I don't know!" she stumbled through her sentence. "I don't know how I should feel Draco. What should I do?"

"Talk. Just tell me about it, you know it'll help."

"Ohh," she sighed. "It's the baby," she whispered to him but he barely caught it.

"Scorpius? What's wrong with him?" Draco had instantly walked to the crib and peered down. "He seems fine."

"No, not Scorpius, not really."

"Oh, you mean the other baby? Really, Hermione that is nothing to freak out about. We have that in the bag, you know?"

Hermione trudged over to the bed and sat down. With her elbows propped on her knees and her head in her hands, Hermione started to sob.

It was gentle but still she was crying.

"I don't understand, why are you crying?"

She only shook her head. Draco plopped down besides her, pulling her onto his lap. His warm protective arms wrapped her up tightly.

"Mione, talk to me."

Again she shook her head. "Your not jealous of a little baby are you?"

Suddenly Hermione jumped off him and stood, back to him.

"Congratulations Draco you won!" when he raised an eyebrow she shrieked. "How can you sit there and be all happy and excited? Don't you know what this means?

"Do you know how much it hurts me to know that you were off sleeping with who knows who and then coming to me and telling me how much you love me? How if we waited it out everything would be better later, we just had to wait!

"Then Scorpius comes along and you forget all about me. I bet you already remembered that other girl didn't you? Who is it Draco? Pansy?"

"No, Hermione you got it all wrong. I wasn't sleeping with anybody but you."

"Yeah right. Your probably going to go off and marry that little pug faced slut and leave me to take care of my baby all by my self! You don't care about my little halfblood son or me do you? Do you!?"

"Hermione this insane! I'm not leaving you or Scorpius for anything! I don't know where this baby came from either but she's still my daughter and she has every right to be with me, just like Scorpius!"

"Then why are you so happy all of a sudden? You don't know half of the things I've been through, even just to have Scorpius. You weren't there when he was born, when he got a cold and was in the hospital, he was three weeks old the first time you even held him! And what about the night Draco? Do you know how scary it was for me? I was two months pregnant and locked in a little holding cell! And the next day…"

"Mione keep going, it's alright."

She took another ragged breath, "That morning, after I passed out, I was in the hospital. I was all by myself in the fucking hospital! What do you think my first thought was, Draco? What was it?"

"The baby…"

Draco:

Hermione crumpled with his words. His motions were instant. Draco pulled her into his arms once more and Hermione's eyes fluttered.

"Find the memory Draco, you need to see."

Given the permission Draco wandered through her memories. Constant scenes displayed the two of them, almost always in the same unknown room. Finally he came to the one where he had pushed her down, knowing the one he was searching for was coming up soon.

The changes blurred his eyesight but he regained it quickly. He noticed the white walls and knew this was it.

Hermione lay on the bed rubbing her forehead but her eyes were closed. She looked fine but tired.

After a few moments she had looked around and tried to stand. She screamed out in pain and Draco rushed to her before the Healers arrived, but it was useless. He could not touch or help her.

It didn't take to long before the Healers had her settled and had given her a potion.

Hermione asked one of the ladies, that he thought looked familiar, what had happened to her.

"Well actually darling er did you know you were pregnant?"

"What? What happened to my baby?"

"Calm down dear everything is going to be all right."

"I...I didn't l-lose it did I?"

"See dear, you were carrying twins. You only lost one, but we managed to save the little boy."

Draco's heart dropped. Twins? How could that be?

"No!" he screamed, not caring that he was basically by himself. Everything as going wrong now. But he understood.

He knew why Hermione was upset. She had lost her own baby, she didn't want someone else's.

The next thing he did was a bit unusual but not uncalled for. Draco curled up in the corner of the room and cried. He bawled like a little baby and he wouldn't have cared if the entire world had seen him do it.

After all that was not only Hermione's baby, or Scorpius's twin, but his too. His other daughter, or son, all gone. That baby had never seen the light of day, never heard the sounds of the world, and he had never known it. For this he cried.

It wasn't to awful long before her parents and friends had come and gone. Soon Dumbledore had entered the room too.

At first he didn't pay any attention to the man until he started talking.

"Good morning Professor. Can I help you with something?"

"Miss Granger I have to say I am terribly sorry. This is an outrage really."

"It's alright Professor I'm sure we can figure something out. Can't we?"

"It seems that you do not understand the problem completely. Do you remember what happened last night?"

"Yes, well most of it. I still don't know why we were there exactly."

"Well Miss Granger you see the plan was to modify both yours and Mr. Malfoy's memories. I did manage to save yours however and I must say that you are here because of me."

"What? Is that why he was so mean to me last night?" Dumbledore nodded slightly and returned to his mad pacing. "And that means it's your fault I lost my baby!"

"Yes and I am terribly sorry had I known that fact I would have acted differently. I am aware though that you only lost one, correct?"

Hermione nodded, "But why? Why did they want to do that to us?"

"Well that's really the problem. The Ministry contacted me and said that they needed to speak with you both because you were in great danger."

"The Aurors believed that he was using you for some dark propose and they wanted to find out what it was. It seems that they had stationed a spy. Whilst they watched you they discovered that you were hiding something from everyone."

A spy? Hermione had never mentioned any spy. This was when it hit him, why he recognized the healer. She helped Madam Pomfrey some days and had even treated him once. Still this did not render as perfect either. Was she the spy? It was unlikely but possible. (A/N I said at first it was a student but oh well I changed my mind. So yeah it could be but it might not be either. Isn't this just so obvious??? Who cares? Not me! Luv u guys!!!)

"When they uncovered Mr. Malfoy's plans they took immediate action. The results of this lay in front of us Miss Granger. But the Ministry does not consist of the cleverest people."

"What do you mean? Is Draco going to be okay? Please I need to help him, even if he doesn't want me too."

"I am doing everything I can and I think we can keep him safe. But I do believe he will need to cooperate for this to work."

"Just tell me what to do."

For a moment all was silent, but only for a moment.

"The note!" she screamed.

"Miss Granger are you okay?"

"Yes, I mean no. I don't know!" Hermione held her face in her hand. "I left him a note last night."

"What did you say in it? Nothing to graphic I hope?"

"No it said something like I had fun last night and I had something to tell him today at our picnic."

"Alright that's not too bad. Did he know about the baby yet?"

"No that's what I wanted to tell him today. He's probably so confused right now."

"Don't worry about him he'll be fine you need to be more concerned about yourself."

Draco was furious and more confused than ever but he was more than happy when the fog lifted. There was no longer any swirling mist but the Head Girl's bedroom he had come to call his own. In one quick motion he brought Hermione to her bed and went off for a wet rag.

His anger pained him more than the sorrow but she was his main concern. Hermione, Scorpius, his mother, and baby Eris were his life. They were more than he deserved but he would not let it go to waste. For them he would fight to the end, and he planed to do just that.

A/N So sorry it's taken me so long to update everyone! I've been in a rut for a few weeks; hopefully I'm out of it for now! Now I know it might be kinda short and all to tie up this but there should only be three more chappies! I know it's sad but I'm working on another one!

As of this moment (which is like 10:00 pm eastern time on the second of Feb. 2008) it is called Behind These Petals and it's cute! It's comp. even with the epilogue all the way down to names. Of course I only do Dramiones but this was to good to pass up.

So it's Scorpius and Rose in their first year and in the same house too! Slytherin or Gryffindor? I'll never tell! But you see this isn't it, you'll have to check my profile on the complete summary. Oh and I'm adding a sad tidbit about the guy who plays Krum in GoF. Poor guy was tortured in his lasted part. It made me want to cry! Oh why couldn't it have been Rupert instead! Then I wouldn't have felt so bad!!!! Hahaha