A/N: JKR owns the characters.

Months after the first mission, both sides worked really hard to trace and attack each other. Draco heard that the Golden Trio had disappeared. He had never been so worried before until one day the Golden Trio appeared in his Manor.

"Draco!" Lucius shouted.

Draco walked downstairs and saw many people.

"What, father?" Draco asked absentmindedly.

"Is this Harry Potter?" Lucius pointed at a boy.

The boy's face was swollen and was unrecognizable.

"I-I'm not sure." Draco panicked.

"What about the other two?" Bellatrix drawled.

The snatchers pushed the other two people to let Draco see. Draco's heart was stopped for a second. In front of him was the brunette that appeared in his dream every night. The brunette stared at him shockingly. Narcissa gasped slightly.

"Hermione…"Draco muttered.

"What did you say?" Bellatrix asked.

"Nothing." Draco said quickly.

"No doubt, they are Weasley and Granger." Bellatrix sneered.

"What do we do now?" Narcissa was honestly scared.

"Lock them up, except the mudblood." Bellatrix said coldly.

Narcissa gave Draco a look and led them to the dungeons unwillingly.

"Now mudblood, tell me, where did you steal the sword?" Bellatrix said.

"We didn't steal it." Hermione said bravely.

"Liar! Crucio!" Bellatrix shouted angrily.

Hermione screamed and Draco jumped in front of her and took the pain instead.

"STOP IT!" Draco and Hermione shouted.

"Draco?" Bellatrix stopped and was surprised.

Narcissa heard her son and she ran to her son from the dungeons immediately.

"What happened?" Narcissa tried to suppress her anger.

"I was torturing the mudblood and your son came out to protect her."

"So you kept torturing until my son asked you to stop? He's your nephew!" Narcissa couldn't suppress her anger any longer.

"I am doing my mission Cissy, you don't understand. Now Draco get away or I'll hex you,"

"Don't you dare," Narcissa warned.

"Fine, I promise I won't hex them alright? I need to talk to the mudblood now Draco, move!" Bellatrix shouted.

Narcissa nodded at her son and Draco moved unwillingly but was still close to Hermione.

"I'll ask you once again. . . ?" Bellatrix walked to Hermione slowly.

"WE DIDN'T STEAL IT. IT APPEARED IN FRONT OF US!"

"I thought you're smart enough to tell me but instead you lie to me. I'll torture you until you tell the truth then." Bellatrix said quietly that sent shivers down Hermione's spine.

"Petrificus Totalus!" Bellatrix shouted and aimed at Draco unexpectedly.

Narcissa gasped but Bellatrix attacked her as well. Lucius was shocked and was ready to hex Bellatrix.

"Lucius, don't do something that you'll regret." Bellatrix warned.

Lucius looked at his helpless family and Hermione. He was too cowardly to help them.

Bellatrix pushed Hermione onto the floor and leaned on her. She took a knife out and craved the word "mudblood" on her forearm. Hermione screamed and screamed. She thought she was going to die. Even though Draco couldn't move, but inside he was exploding with emotions. He wanted to kill his aunt. Hermione's scream was hurting him. He hated himself for not being able to protect Hermione.

"Are you going to tell me or not?"

"I told you!" Hermione cried.

Bellatrix freed Draco and Narcissa from the body-bind hex. Draco rushed to Hermione and hugged her. He glared at Bellatrix.

"Oh right! You two have a son together! Oh no wonder Draco is so protective towards the little mudblood. How's your son eh? Tell him Great Aunty Bella says hi," Bellatrix smirked.

Hermione was scared to death. She looked at Bellatrix and shuddered. Draco looked at Narcissa and hoped she could do something.

"Bella, please." Narcissa begged.

"Fine, I won't tell the Dark Lord that you guys are muggle lovers now but this mudblood has to be sent to the Dark Lord." Bellatrix sneered again.

Draco held Hermione closer and tighter. Hermione held Draco and looked at his face, completely ignore the surroundings. Hermione used legilimency even she was weak. Draco could sensed her legilimency and he used it back.

"Draco if I die, please take care of Scorpius."

"WHAT!? No Hermione you'll survive, you will. Remember our wedding? You will survive and we will get married and live happily ever after."

"He's in the Burrow now. You can go there, the Order know you're innocent…"

"No I don't want to go. I want you to survive."

"He's two, he can say things like "I want" and "I like"…" Hermione smiled slightly.

"No! Stop! Don't say things like that, you sound like you're going to die soon."

"Well I am…"

"NO YOU'RE NOT!"

"COME ON HERMIONE!" Harry yelled.

Dobby was on top of the chandelier. Draco pushed Hermione to Harry and all of them disapparated. Draco was so relieved that he actually smiled.

"I CAN"T BELIEVE THIS!" Bellatrix bellowed.

"NOBODY CAN SAY A WORD ABOUT TODAY'S EVENTS! NOBODY! THE DARK LORD SHALL NOT KNOW THAT I, THE MOST FAITHFUL SERVANT, HAS FAILED." Bellatrix bellowed again.

The Malfoys smirked. Now the Dark Lord wouldn't know that they had accepted Hermione and were protective towards her.

"I'm leaving. I'm not staying at the place where I have failed." Bellatrix disapparated.

Draco couldn't get happier.

"Son are you ok? Have a seat first." Narcissa led her family to the drawing room and they sat on the sofa.

"I'm fine." Draco answered.

"What happened to both of you? I just saw you two looking at each other." Lucius asked.

"Legilimency."

"What did she say?" Narcissa asked.

"Something about Scorp so that if she dies, I would know where he is…" Draco shivered.

"I'm s-sorry." Lucius apologized quietly. He had never apologized.

Draco and Narcissa were beyond shocked.

"If I weren't a death eater, we would not need to live in fear."

"Everyone lives in fear now father." Draco said.

"You didn't have a choice back then." Narcissa tried to comfort her husband.

"I have a feeling that Potter will win." Lucius began.

"Why?"

"I think he's hunting horcruxes now."

"What?"

Lucius spent the night explaining to his family about the horcruxes and what can destroy them.

"So if Pothead could find all the horcruxes, the Dark Lord would die for sure?" Draco had his hopes up slightly.

"Yes he would be so weak and fragile."

"Oh that's good." Draco commented.

"But the horcruxes could be anywhere." Narcissa sighed.

"Don't underestimate the Golden Trio Cissy. With a boy that has survived the killing curse twice, a girl that is the brightest of her age and a boy who is loyal, strong and brave, everything is possible."

"Yes!" Draco cheered.

"But son, we would end up in Azkaban."

They all shivered at the thought of Azkaban.

"Would mother need to go to Azkaban?" Draco asked.

"No. She is not a death eater and she hasn't taken a single life yet."

"Draco hasn't taken a single life yet too!" Narcissa said.

"Hermione said the Order knows I'm innocent…"

"Good…" Lucius commented.

"But father, you haven't taken a life after you were released from Azkaban."

"They wouldn't believe me."

"Hermione would, I am sure." Draco said certainly.

"How can you be so sure son? I didn't even help her earlier."

"I trust you. She trusts me."

"Will you hex me if I tell you that I think the first punishment is a blessing?" Lucius asked playfully. For the first time in his life, he had hope and he was happy. Draco and Narcissa were happy to meet the new Lucius.

"No because it is true." Draco smiled blessedly.

"I want to meet Scorpius."

Draco took out his family portrait and gave it to Lucius. Draco told his parents everything about Scorpius. They laughed blissfully together and talked animatedly. Before the first punishment, they were a cold family. They masked their emotions. They rarely smiled, laughed or cried. But after the first punishment, they started to change one by one. They started to show their emotions and felt good about it. At that moment, they felt hope.