A/N: JKR owns the characters.

It was the time for the mission. Draco and Lucius (he was freed from Azkaban) were preparing themselves. Narcissa was beside them and she was nervous.

"Draco, did the Dark Lord ask you to go?" Narcissa asked.

"No, but I want to go and see Hermione. I want to make sure that she's safe." Draco had made up his mind.

"But son, I'm afraid that your presence will distract her or the Dark Lord might capture her and force you to kill her by yourself to show that you have no feelings with her? Draco please think about it again." Narcissa stood up from the sofa and held her son.

Draco closed his eyes and thought for a while before he nodded curtly. He sat down on the sofa and sighed. He missed his loved ones so much. Narcissa sat down beside him and looked at him concernedly. Lucius looked at his family and wondered how could Hermione affect them so much. Before he stayed in Azkaban, Hermione was just a filthy mudblood to them. But at that moment, Hermione was their beloved one. Lucius knew that Hermione was part of the punishment and needed to suffer with them. He also knew that Hermione was his son's fiancé. At first Lucius was mad, but then Narcissa had convinced him and he had learn to accept Hermione. He never showed or admitted but he really cared for his son and he hated to see his son being upset.

"Father, promise me, spare her, will you?" Draco asked softly.

"I promise." Lucius replied.

"Stay alive." Narcissa gave her a husband a hug.

"Always." Lucius kissed his wife's forehead.

Lucius walked away from his family and apparated.

"Son, you want to talk about it?" Narcissa decided it was time to have a talk with her son.

"Talk about what?" Draco asked absentmindedly.

"Hermione and Scorpius."

"What about them?"

"Anything. I want to know more about them."

"Scorpius should be two now. He's really chubby and adorable. He has my hair and Hermione's brown eyes. He always calls me "dada". Here, I'll show you." Draco took out his family portrait Hermione took before he left them. He showed it to Narcissa.

"Scorp always loves smiling. He's just as cheerful as his mother. Speaking of his mother Hermione…I miss her hitting me and nagging me. I'm crazy right? Hahaha, she's one of a kind. She's really kind, she fights for the equality of house-elves, she is willing to suffer with us…have I mentioned that she is very pretty when she is asleep? Well she is always pretty. She is beautiful inside and out. I know she is afraid of Cassi but she accepts her. I just love everything about her, I miss her…" Draco paused and hung his head low.

"Son, I know your father has taught you that Malfoys do not cry but you can cry if you want to. Anyway when will you reunite with them?" Narcissa shook her head too.

"When the Dark Lord dies." Draco spat with hatred and venom.

"Be careful son. Walls have ears."

After 2 hours later, Lucius came back.

"Father! Did you see her? Is she ok? What happened?" Draco rushed to his father as Narcissa followed behind.

"There were seven bloody Potters! I believe she was one of them. I guess she was unharmed. I can only guess, son." Lucius sighed.

"So you guys failed the mission…how did the Dark Lord react?" Narcissa asked.

"The Dark Lord spotted the real Potter himself and they duelled. The Dark Lord was lost and he was devastated. He refused to talk about it afterwards. I came back home right after the mission."

"I'm glad you're alive dear. Take a rest." Narcissa accompanied Lucius to the bedroom.

Draco was glad that Potter was alive. He wanted Voldemort to die as much as Harry wanted Voldemort to die. Draco hoped that Hermione was unharmed. He shuddered at the thought of Hermione being attacked or worse, killed.

Meanwhile…

"You guys didn't see Draco, did you?" Hermione asked the members of the Order of the Phoenix.

"They were masked. I wouldn't know." Ron answered.

"I'm positive he wasn't there. I could only see one blonde hair guy and that no doubt was Lucius Malfoy." Kingsley said.

"Lucius Malfoy was there…" Hermione's heart sunk after her future father-in-law was mentioned.

Hermione knew that Lucius was released from Azkaban. She always wondered what would Lucius' reaction be when he knew Draco and Hermione were engaged and they had a child together.

"Speaking of him, he was acting weirdly tonight. He rarely attacked and he just stunned or disarmed us. He didn't attempt to kill us. That was weird." Lupin added.

"Maybe Narcissa and Draco convinced him…" Hermione muttered quietly and got her hopes up.

"What did you say?" Harry and Ron asked.

"Nothing. I'm going to bed. Goodnight everyone." Hermione said with a little smile.

"Wait for me Mione!" Ginny shouted.

Hermione waited for Ginny and she was still smiling. Everyone was wondering what happened to Hermione that she had a sudden mood change. Ginny and Hermione walked back to their room together. When they arrived, they saw Scorpius bouncing inside his crib.

"Hello baby." Hermione picked Scorpius up and kissed his cheeks.

"We need to talk." Ginny said.

"Talk about what?" Hermione asked as she followed Ginny and sat on their bed.

"I want to help you but I don't know how to…"

"Gin…" Hermione put Scorpius down and stared at her friend.

"I really want to help you…" Ginny began.

"Thank you for being here with me. You really don't have to do anything. All I want to do now is kill that bastard Voldemort."

"All of us want him dead as much as you do, trust me."

"Yeah let's do that." Hermione said seriously.

"Come on warrior, we need to sleep." Ginny said.

Hermione nodded. She lied down on her bed and gazed outside of the window. She could see the moon.

"Sweet dreams Draco." She muttered before she fell asleep.