"All of you know very well that Nagini is my pet. She is a Horcrux and overall very important." Voldemort began in his oily voice. "Scorpius disrupted her dinner." Voldemort gestured to the small baby who clung to his father with his face buried in Draco's neck.
"My Lord you can't blame a Scorpius for-" Draco said in defence of Scorpius but he was cut off by Voldemort raising his hand.
"I am not blaming Scorpius. I am blaming you."
Draco looked at Voldemort with a confused expression. Luna frowned and Lucius scrunched up his brow. Snape raised his eyebrows. Luna took Draco's hand in hers under the table.
"Excuse me, My Lord?" Draco asked.
"You have not trained the boy properly. He is weak and a coward. I do not appreciate that." Voldemort petted Nagini fondly.
Narcissa got angry that he had called her grandchild a coward. She was sick and tired of the Dark Lord messing with her family. "He's just a baby. What do you expect us to do about that? We can't speed up his growth." She said with an edge to her usual voice.
Voldemort stared at her with his bloodshot eyes. This woman was actually talking back to him.
"No you cannot. But I can place him in someone else's care." Voldemort leaned back on his chair to watch Narcissa's expression change.
Narcissa's eyes went hard. "You are not actually proposing the idea of having someone adopt my grandchild?"
"That's exactly what I'm proposing Mrs. Malfoy."
Snape, Lucius, Luna and Draco watched Narcissa with wide eyes. Draco was amazed by his mother's courage. Not everyone could talk to the Dark Lord like that.
"I'm sorry but I don't think your Scorpius's parent. Draco and Luna will decide what is best with their baby. Now if you will excuse me, this is my house and I do not prefer staying in the dining room for this long after dinner. The house elves need to clean up this mess." Narcissa got up and briskly left her chair and walked to Luna's chair to help her up. Her head was held high and she looked confident. Lucius hid a smile. This was definitely the woman he loved. Draco watched his mother without hiding his grin.
"Go Mother." Draco whispered.
Luna was surprised that Narcissa had that in her. She smiled when Narcissa looked at her. Narcissa returned the smile and pulled Luna gently to her feet. Voldemort was fuming but he was amazed by Narcissa's bravery. He was amused. He liked this woman. He snapped his fingers and the dining room doors disappeared as soon as Narcissa touched them. Lucius was about to stand up and go to his wife when Voldemort whispered a quick spell and ropes bound Lucius, Snape, and Draco to their chairs. Luna was standing next to Narcissa and she gasped. Scorpius was struggling against the ropes and Draco was trying his best to soothe him down while being bound up. Scorpius gave up and buried himself in his father's cloak and robes as small sobs escaped him. Draco tightened his hold on him to reassure him. Voldemort stood up and an instant he was standing face to face with Narcissa. There faces were only inches away. Luna grabbed Narcissa's hand but Narcissa remained calm. She took out her wand. Voldemort smirked. He had to admit it, Narcissa was amazing.
"You have courage. Are you sure you weren't a Gryffindor." Voldemort's smirk widened at his own joke. Lucius gritted his teeth.
"Quite. I think I know which house I was in better then you." Narcissa's grip on her wand tightened.
Voldemort raised an eyebrow. "You are much different then your cowardly husband."
"If you are here to discuss my husband's qualities then take a seat. I can talk about him all night."
Lucius smiled a bit. Voldemort let out a dry laugh. "You are very amusing Mrs. Malfoy."
"I'll take that as a compliment." Narcissa looked at her husband and winked a little bit. Lucius's smile widened.
"Of course, I meant it as a compliment. I could think of better things to do then discuss your husband all night." Voldemort said playing a very dangerous card. Lucius paled but Narcissa merely shrugged.
"With my husband, I could think of a million things to do. All throughout the night." Narcissa remained cool and Luna squeezed her hand. Draco wrinkled his nose. He did not want to know this.
"I wasn't talking about your husband." Voldemort said in anger. Lucius paled more.
"Well then I don't know why I would want to waste the night being with someone else. Anyways, we must be on our way. I request you untie my husband and son and his godfather as soon as possible. You wouldn't want your soldiers all tied up in the time of need now would you?" Narcissa smiled sweetly and then turned around and nodded to Luna. But Voldemort wasn't going to let her go that easily. He grabbed her arm and whirled her around. His long nails dug into her arm. Narcissa raised an eyebrow.
"Let go of my arm." She said calmly. Lucius was ready to murder Voldemort for touching his wife. Draco felt the same. No one touched his mother (except his father and he did not want to get deeper on that matter).
"And why would I want to do that?" Voldemort licked his thin lips as if he had caught his prey.
"Well maybe so I don't hex you to the next planet." Narcissa met Voldemort's eyes with confidence.
"Oh really? I'd like to see that actually happen." Voldemort's grip tightened on Narcissa's arm and blood soaked through her dress sleeve. She didn't even wince when she noticed that she was bleeding.