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Narcissa's POV

I just held her as she cried, shocked. I knew that Bellatrix had loved the child, but I did not know how much. How could such innocent eyes hold so much sorrow? Were they really that close? Is it possible that Bellatrix was her mother? I studied her features to see any resemblance to Bellatrix. She had slightly wavy, black hair that was slightly longer than usual for her age. Her eyes were a beautifully unique aqua blue that held such fierce emotions. They were framed by long, thick eyelashes that were just as dark as her hair. She had pale golden skin with a faint blush on her cheeks. She honestly looked like a porcelain doll. Her face was completely flawless and soft with a slight pudgy-ness, making her look ever more adorable. She was positively beautiful. I honestly feel bad for her future boyfriend. He would have a lot of competition. She was sure to be an eye catcher.

She doesn't look much like her father. She doesn't have red eyes, pale white skin, nor is she bald. But…..he wasn't born like that. That is impossible. Isn't it? Then again, his mom would probably freak out. But who is his mom? What happened to her? What did the Dark Lord look like before? Had he truly been changed that much? No. It isn't my place to question him. It's hard to imagine Bellatrix as the mothering type. She's one of the most feared Death Eaters. But…Could Aquamarine's hair be like hers? What about her skin? She used to be very beautiful a long time ago. All the guys loved her. There is a slight resemblance, but not that much. No one will probably be able to tell until she is older. Because Bellatrix had spent so much time with her, it could not simply be told by her behavior.

I was snapped out of my thoughts when I realized Aquamarine had stopped crying and was now studying me with a deep curiosity swimming in her aqua blue depths. "Where's Belly? Why am I here? Is daddy okay?" she asked softly in a child's lisp.

It broke my heart.

I hesitated before answering, not wanting to break the poor girl's heart. I sighed and said, "Your father and Bellatrix….will be…away for a while. You will be staying with us."

She looked at me, as if seeing strait through my words. Then, her gaze shifted and her eyes looked right past me. When her gaze met mine once again, she said, "They aren't coming back. I'll never see them again," her voice coated with defeat and despair.

My heart broke into even smaller pieces. How could someone so young have such intense emotions? How could she be so intelligent? She crawled out of my arms and into the warm nest of blankets on her bed. She snuggled into them while I rubbed her back. "I'm sure you'll see them again," I said, lying through my teeth. Honestly, I just wanted her to feel better.

She lifted her head up and just looked at me, her aqua orbs looking strait through my comforting lies. "You don't have to lie to me. Lies only give me false hope, and hurt me in the end," she said with mixed emotions in her eyes. She pulled away from my hand and just stared at the opposite wall.

I instantly felt guilty then confused. How could she know so much? What all does she know? I just sat there studying her, trying desperately to figure her out. After all, she is only a year old, yet she speaks as if she is many years ahead of her actual age. Though, not many one year olds can actually talk. Draco still can't. Wait, thinking of Draco, I completely forgot about him. I laid my hand on her tiny shoulder, getting her attention. She finally turned towards me and I said, "Come on. It's time to wake up, get dressed, and eat breakfast."

Aquamarine slid off of the bed and stood in front of me while I stood up and walked towards the blank wall and made a closet for her to put her clothes in. I planned to take her shopping later on today, so I just transfigured an old toy of Draco's into a dress temporarily. I was going to turn it back as soon as we were done shopping. I made it into a small, cotton emerald dress that had large cherry blossoms bordering it. I loved it! It was so adorable! Maybe I could just keep this one dress for her. I mean, Draco could always have one less toy, right? He has millions of toys, we could just keep this one as a dress. I'm sure he won't miss it…..

As soon as I got done dressing up Aquamarine, I kneeled beside Draco's bed and shook him awake. After a few seconds, his eyes fluttered open. When he sat up and saw Aquamarine, he looked at me with confusion filling his silver orbs. When she giggled, he just looked at her with his head tilted to the side. When I finally got a good look at him, I had to try hard to stifle my laughter. Half of his platinum blonde hair was sticking up in every direction while the other half was completely tame, strait and slick. His puzzled expression only added to the hilariousness. His little brow was furrowed in frustration. The poor boy couldn't figure out what we were laughing. I stood up while picking Draco up and resting him on my hip. I set him down in front of his walk-in closet. "Go on and get dressed for the day," I said while nudging him to go in. He walked in and I turned towards Aquamarine so I could do her hair. When I did look at her, I saw that her hair was silky smooth and looked perfect despite the fact that she had just woken up.

I just smiled and led her towards the full length mirror next to Draco's dresser. I studied her for a minute then decided that she needed a headband. I quickly picked up one of Draco's less used toys and transfigured it into a cute little headband that had tons of cherry blossoms on it. I couldn't wait to take her shopping! It's going to be a whole lot of fun. We would have to go to a lot of stores. We could get some of her clothes at the stores and get some custom made. Then we could go get some headbands and jewelry for her too. While we're out shopping, we could even get her some new toys to play with. Maybe we could get her ears pierced as well. Hmm, I wonder what kind of earrings I should get. Would she look better in studs or small hoops? If she gets hoops, what kind? She seems to like the ocean so maybe we could get her hoops in she shape of dolphins, or we could get her silver hoops with cherry blossoms on them. If we got studs for her, we could just get a flower stud, or we could get a normal stud, but what stone would we use? How would light pink look with her skin tone? Oh, we could even get her two holes, one for an emerald stud and one for a hoop in the shape of a snake. Well, maybe not today, but for-

"Mommy?" Draco said snapping me out of my trance. My eyes went back into focus and I saw that in the time I was daydreaming, my son had gotten ready for the day, even his hair was fixed. That was definitely the work of Chippy, our house elf. He would never know how to do his hair that well. Or, I didn't think he did. Probably not, though.

"Come along, children. It's time for breakfast. I'm sure the elves made a magnificent meal for us." I said ushering them out of the room. We were all walking down the hall towards the stairs when Lucius walked out of our room greeting us with a smile. Aquamarine moved a little closer to Draco, her apprehensive look being cut off by a large yawn. Afterwards, she leaned on Draco, looking as if she was about to fall fast asleep.

"Come join me for breakfast. I don't know what the elves made, but it smells absolutely divine," Lucius said with a small smirk on his pale face, continuing with, "We should get down there to eat before Miss Riddle falls asleep standing up."

"At least I can stand without a cane!" she replied indignantly as she stuck her tongue out at him while still leaning on Draco.

Lucius raised an eyebrow and says, "That coming from a girl who can't even walk without leaning on someone."

"I can walk! I simply chose not to," she said, smirking as she continued saying, "kind of like with you. I'm sure you have a brain, you just chose not to use it."

Aquamarine stopped leaning on Draco and continued walking down the hallway, leaving Draco and I laughing hard and Lucius staring after her in disbelief. As she reached the top of the stairs, she looked back at Draco and said, "You coming?"

Draco walked towards her still laughing as she smiled at him, rolling her eyes and held her hand out for him to take as he got closer to her. When he finally got to the top of the stairs, he took her hand and they walked down the stairs together, leaving me still laughing and Lucius still frozen in disbelief. I turned towards him and said, "You just got dissed by a one year old," as I walked after the children, still laughing. By the time I had gotten to the top of the stairs, Lucius had finally snapped out of his frozen state and was walking towards me. When he finally got to me, I was still laughing so he just pouted and said, "It's not that funny."

I just said, "Of course not, sweetie," patting his shoulder as I tried to stifle my laughter. He still continued to pout as we walked down the stairs to meet the children in the dining room so I nudged his shoulder and said, "It's not that bad, honey. I'm sure all of us will forget this…in a couple of decades," and laughed as he groaned.

"Thanks for the pep talk," Lucius said as he pouted and I laughed. We finally made it to the dining room when we saw Draco and Aquamarine already sitting there with half of their plates gone. We had also finally noticed the delicious aroma coming from our large table that could seat at least twenty people comfortably, maybe even thirty. All along the table there were different plates and platters of food. There were biscuits, eggs, pancakes, waffles, hash browns, and so much more. The elves had really gone all out. They probably did all of this because Aquamarine was now staying here.

Actually, the elves were going crazy over her. They're surrounding her and offering her all kinds of food. It was obvious that they loved her already even though they had only just met her this morning. Aquamarine welcomed their attention, smiling and politely declining their offers. The elves all seemed so happy and it seemed infectious as I couldn't seem to stop smiling. They were just so happy. I had never seen them this excited to see a guest before as they had simply taken in the information and kept their heads down. Our guests were not always pleasant towards the small elves, not that I could blame them. The elves were only worth as much as they could serve.

After the elves had realized that we had walked into the room, they straitened up and moves to cater to us, as they should. Lucius sneered at them and walked on to his place at the table as Aquamarine glared at him for the elves' reaction to him. Aquamarine bowed her head over her plate, her hair shielding her face as she clenched her fists so tight they turned white. She was obviously angered by the treatment to the elves, but Lucius and I simply ignored her because she would soon learn that stupid creatures like them were below us. Lucius and I had soon frozen when we saw Draco lay his hand on her shoulder. Of course, that was not as shocking as the fact that as soon as he laid his hand on her shoulder, she visibly relaxed. We saw them exchange a look that seemed to translate a thousand words. That going on between one year olds. After a few seconds, we just looked at each other and came to a silent conclusion to ignore it.

"What do you plan to do today, Narcissa?" Lucius asked as the house elves around him fixed his plate for him.

"We will be going shopping. Aquamarine needs some new clothes," I replied as we looked to said person, only to see her picking at her food halfheartedly.

"That sounds like a swell idea, dear. Just stop by Gringotts and take out as much as you need. We wouldn't want her to walk around looking alike a mud blood, now would we?" said Lucius as he neatly started to eat his food, smirking as he did so.

I shuddered and said, "Definitely not, honey." The rest of breakfast was spent in a tense silence, Aquamarine still trying to get a grasp on her temper, though it was not as bad as it had been before. I couldn't wait to go shopping later on…