There's a time skip of four years here. Nayeli and Severus are 16, and Kathryn is 15. Jeffrey is four.

Sheeva, Blaise, and Draco were sound asleep, curled up in one another. A pair of feet crept across the floor, opened the door, and slowly tiptoed along the carpet to the edge of Draco's bed.

"Dad." A voice whispered, shaking Draco. He didn't answer, still deep asleep.

"Dad, wake up." The voice tried again, shaking a little harder. At this, Draco stirred, startled awake at the feeling of being pushed. He turned his head to the voice.

"Hn? What's up, kiddo?" He asked, rolling over and opening a sleepy eye.

"I had a bad dream… And I wet the bed…" The little voice admitted, ashamed. Draco sighed, yawned, and sat up, running a hand through his hair. He draped his legs over the bed and stretched, sighing in relief as his back popped.

He stood and dragged his feet sleepily to the adjoining bedroom.

There was a crumpled towel lying on the kid's sized bed, drenched in urine. His eyes opened a little wider, and his eyebrows arched.

"Dang, kid…" He chuckled, muttering as he picked up the towel and set it in the dirty laundry hamper.

"I'm sorry. I tried to clean it up…"

"Don't worry. I'm not mad. This happens. Your brother wet the bed until he was 6…" Draco explained, walking back into the master bedroom and retrieving his wand. With a wave, he cleared the mess. He also noticed that his youngest son had already changed his pants.

He sat down on Jeffrey's bed, and held out his arms to pull Jeffrey into a hug.

"Care to tell me what your bad dream was about?" He asked, lying his son in the bed and covering him, lying down and propping up his head with his palm. He reached around for Jeffrey's teddy bear, Ardelia, and placed it gently in his small hands.

"I was lost, in this really big forest. All the trees had doors, and each time I opened one up, they led to another really big forest with a bunch of doors. It kept going on and on!" He whispered. Draco smiled.

"That doesn't sound so bad." He stated.

"The last door that I opened, there was this gigantic black dog. It must have been the size of a bear! It had these big paws and scary red eyes, and it opened its mouth really wide and went to gobble me up!" He exclaimed. Draco arched an eyebrow. Now that was an element of a really scary dream.

"But you're here now. You're safe, kiddo. Go back to sleep." He chuckled, closing his eyes sleepily and yawning again. It must have been two in the morning by the way he felt.

"What if I have another bad dream?" Jeffrey asked, his voice small and eyes wide with fear. Draco shook his head and kissed Jeffrey lightly on the forehead.

"You won't. If it makes you feel better, I'll stay here." He offered. Jeffrey smiled and hugged Draco, and closed his eyes.

"I love you, Daddy." He muttered.

Draco smiled, his eyes tearing up.

"I love you too, Jeffrey. Goodnight."

Nayeli yawned, her head propped up on two fingers, trying her best to pay attention to her father's lecture, but it seemed almost impossible. Kathryn, Nayeli, Lily, and Albus had stayed up late studying for their Transfigurations test.

Kathryn nudged Nayeli with her elbow as her eyes had drooped closed for more than a few minutes.

"Stay awake. You can take a nap later." She whispered, seeming to be wide awake. Nayeli grunted.

"Says the human machine." She yawned. Kathryn chuckled, and dipped her quill into her ink bottle, scribbling down the notes that appeared on the chalk board as Draco spoke. He'd started doing this a few weeks at the start of first year, when Nayeli brought it to his attention that Kathryn wore hearing aids.

Draco paused in his lecture to yawn himself, and the class yawned back in response. Yawns are contagious, after all.

"Alright, that's it. Stretch break. Everybody stand up." He growled, allowing himself to stretch. He turned his neck and felt and heard a loud pop, groaning. It was still sore from the way he'd slept in Jeffrey's tiny bed.

The class enjoyed these moments, giggling as they stood. Professor Malfoy was the only teacher to give stretch breaks in class, and they were shocked to learn that they actually helped.

"Did Jeffrey wake you up?" Severus asked. Draco nodded slowly, taking a long drink from his coffee cup. Straight, black, bitter, nasty coffee.

Severus chuckled, and sat back down, looking over at Nayeli. He was happy that they had a brother, and he wanted to see if Nayeli was, too. She ignored his telepathy, and hardly spoke to them all, having been a little moody lately due to lack of sleep.

To his surprise, Kathryn was staring at him from across the room, but she turned away, blushing slightly when their eyes locked. Severus felt his own cheeks heat up, but suppressed it and went back to his notes.

"…most forms of love potions can be deadly when brewed wrong, so if you're going to make one, for the love of Merlin, do it right." He growled. A few of the students chuckled. He checked his watch, and sighed.

"Alright… I want an essay on the ingredients, the uses, and the dangers of brewing the potion wrong at my door next Thursday… or earlier, if you're really feeling ambitious." He added as an afterthought, knowing that Kathryn would most likely have it done that evening.

As Nayeli and Kathryn were packing up their belongings, Severus walked over to them, cramming all of his notes and books in his bag carelessly.

"Hey, Sis, what's up?" He asked, practically cornering her. She looked up at him and stared at him, a faraway look on her eyes. She growled and pushed past him, muttering an "I'm fine".

He watched her walk away, and then turned back to Kathryn, the sadness on his face shining like a beacon.

"Do you know what's going on with her?" He asked. She looked at him and smiled, and shrugged her shoulders.

"We were up late studying for Professor Potter's test today. She might just be grumpy from lack of sleep." She explained, biting her lip. Severus looked away as he thought that it looked cute. He turned away, shaking his head.

"I've got to get to class. I'll see you around." He went to leave, but she called out after him.

"Hey, wait!"

He turned back around. She was blushing madly, twirling a lock of her hair in her fingers.

"I was wondering… Do you… maybe… Go to Hogsmeade with me, and… have dinner? You don't have to… if you don't want to…" She trailed off, looking anywhere but him. He smirked, and nodded, signing a yes. Her eyes lit up, and she turned beet red, grabbing her bookbag and taking off, barreling out of the door.

Severus laughed aloud at her reaction, and slung his bag over his shoulder.

"So, the bookworm has a date." Draco announced. Severus jumped, and let out a startled cry, as he'd forgotten that his father was still there. Draco smirked.

"Heh, uh, that… it's nothing. Just dinner, that's all." He blurted, thankful for his dark skin, otherwise Draco would have seen him blushing madly. Draco chuckled, and reached into his cloak pocket, grabbing a handful of galleons.

"That. Was. A. Date." He said, and with every word, he handed Severus a coin. He picked out the last, and flicked it up in the air. Severus caught it skillfully. He wasn't the Seeker for Slytherin for nothing.

"Don't screw this up. You owe me." He stated, turning around and walking out of the classroom, grinning to himself. Draco, you sly dog, you. He complimented himself.

Severus pocketed the coins, and rushed out of the classroom. He was really going to be late for Astronomy now, but he didn't give a damn.

"You did what?" Nayeli shrieked, laughing. Kathryn slapped a hand to Nayeli's mouth, blushing as she hissed at her to "shut up". She looked out of the corner of her eye. Severus hadn't seemed to notice. She sighed.

"Well, it just slipped out." She muttered, twirling her hair and giggling.

"How did I not realize this? Since when have you had the hots for my brother?" Nayeli asked, taking a bite of steak. Kathryn shrugged and opened her mouth, then closed it again.

"I… I dunno. Over the summer, I guess. I just… couldn't help but notice." She whispered dreamily, smiling to herself.

"Notice what?" Lily asked, breaking herself into their conversation. Kathryn blushed even more.

"His eyes. Their color is so pretty, like the green of grass. Oh, and his arms… they look so… muscular." She giggled. Nayeli gagged.

"That's my brother you're talking about! Eww, I don't need to hear this." Nayeli announced, burying herself in her dinner. Kathryn smirked.

"And his hair, it looks so wonderfully soft. I would love to run my hands through it. And his lips. I want to kiss them." She continued, joking now.

"La la la, I can't hear you! I'm not listening!" She mocked, clapping her hands to her ears. Lily, Albus, and Kathryn burst into laughter.

"So, when are you going?" Lily asked. Kathryn dropped her fork and looked up in shock.

"Oh God, I totally forgot to set up a day! Oh, I'm so stupid!" She growled, facepalming. Nayeli laughed.

"You were nervous, you said so yourself. Don't worry. Severus would have done the same thing. He can't talk to girls to save his life." She insulted.

So, what time are you two going on your date? Nayeli asked her brother.

Oh… um… how'd you find out about that? He asked.

She told me, duh. We are best friends, after all. She responded.

They calmed down, and Nayeli chuckled, taking out her drawing pad and working on one of the pictures she'd been drawing. She'd taken to drawing out her nightmares recently, as they bothered her immensely. There was very little sound, but the vividness of the images were enough to scare the hell out of her.

She was currently drawing a portrait of a man with blonde, curly locks of hair who was leading an army of dead, wiping out cities and towns, searching frantically for someone, or something. This man was dressed like a general, and his piercing blue eyes seemed to haunt her daily.

She jumped as Kathryn spoke up.

"Have another nightmare?" She asked. Nayeli slowly nodded, upset.

"You can always talk to me, you know. I'm always up late." She muttered. Nayeli thanked her, and continued drawing, trying to get the images down on paper, as she felt this might come in handy sometime later on in life.

"What are you drawing, Nayeli?" Sheeva's voice asked, standing across from Nayeli, smiling down at her. Nayeli went on the defensive and closed her book, putting away her pencils.

"Just something from a dream, that's all." She lied. Sheeva nodded, and set the matter aside. Her little girl was a growing woman, and if she didn't need to talk about it, that was fine with her. To an extent.

"Are you having nightmares, again?" Sheeva asked. Nayeli nodded.

"Yeah, but they're harmless." She muttered.

The conversation was cut short when a paper bird flew over to Kathryn, tweeted itself at her, and then dive-bombed into her juice. They looked up, and then over at the Slytherin table. Severus was hiding his head in embarrassment. He wanted to disappear off the face of the earth.

Sheeva laughed aloud, amused at her son's attempts to be 'romantic'.

Fucking dogshit. That wasn't supposed to happen. Severus' voice muttered in Nayeli's head. Nayeli laughed.

Kathryn smiled and took it out of the juice, dried it with a flick of her wand, and opened it, then grinned.

7:00, Saturday night? –SM

She scribbled "Yes" on it, and waved her wand. It folded itself back up, and took off, flying over to the Slytherin table. She purposely made it dive-bomb into Severus' juice, and when he looked up, she winked at him, smirking.

His heart lifted. Just like her to take this moment in stride and humor. As he pulled the bird out of his juice, dried it, and read her response, he smiled. He grabbed his cup and tipped it at her. She laughed from across the room, tipping her drink to him as well.

"Excuse me, I think I am going to go have a little cry." Sheeva muttered, walking away to sit with her husbands. Nayeli rolled her eyes.

"That was too cute. Give me a barf bag." She joked. Kathryn shoved her playfully.

"Oh shut it!" She laughed, and grabbed her bag, standing and excusing herself from the table. Lily stopped her before she left.

"Hey, do you have something to wear?" She asked. Kathryn stopped, as she realized, she really didn't. She slowly shook her head, embarrassed. Lily smiled.

"Cool! You can go through my closet, take what you want. Go crazy!" She laughed. Kathryn smiled, and thanked her before leaving. She took her time walking back to the Gryffindor commons. A couple of Hufflepuff students bumped into her, and she dropped her bag, apologizing and backing away.

They stood up straight, crossing their arms and looking down at her.

"Where do you think you're going, girl?" One of the boys growled, leering at her. She took a few steps back, holding up her hands apologetically.

"I'm just going to my house, that's all. I really am sorry."

He glanced at her ensign, and sneered.

"A Gryffindork, huh?" He growled. She back up into someone else, as she hadn't noticed that the group had encircled her.

"Hey, I recognize you. You're that muggle know-all… Huître, right?" One of them laughed at her last name.

"I don't know who you're talking about." She tried to say sternly, but her voice only came out in a small whisper.

"You little liar. Of course you do, little girl." The man growled. She reached for her wand, taking it out and pointing it at him, aimed straight for his neck. He merely chuckled, grabbed her wrist, and twisted her arm, making her drop her wand. It fell over the rail and fell three stories down. She hissed, and turned her body to try to alleviate the pain.

"Let me go, please, let me go!" She pleaded, tears forming in her eyes.

He threw her into an empty classroom, and they followed, cracking their knuckles.

"We're not letting you go. What makes you think we'd do that? Considering you lied to us and all…"

She looked behind him and saw that the door was still open. She looked back at her tormentor, and readied a punch. She threw it, and it collided with his face. He stumbled backward, shocked, and she took the opportunity to run for it.

Two of them grabbed at her hair and pulled it, yanking her off of her feet and backwards. They held her down, and the one that she had punched straightened himself out, rubbing his jawline.

"Damn, she got you good, Low!" One of the boys remarked, causing the others to laugh.

"Shut up, Bubeck!" He barked, shutting the door and locking it with a click. He then turned to her, and rushed at her, clapping a hand over her mouth as he grabbed her glasses off of her face and dropped them on the floor. She whimpered as he stepped on them and they heard a loud crunch.

He studied her a little closer, and then noticed the hearing aids she wore. She fought against them furiously as he plucked them out of her ears, and said something to her. Of course, she didn't hear it.

"Hey, you're not gonna break those, are you? That's kinda messed up. Those things are expensive." Someone muttered. The man looked at him and glared.

"Shut up, Creevy. She deserves this!" He hissed as he crushed them in his palm. She cried out and bit his hand. He screamed and began to punch her, hitting her eyes, her nose, her cheekbone… whatever he could reach.

Still, she didn't let go of his hand, thoroughly angered.

The man grabbed his wand, pointed it at her head, and muttered: "Crucio."

Her eyes went wide before she squeezed them shut, screaming from the pain. It felt like something was boring into her skull, as well as though she were being stabbed over and over again all over her body.

He moved his wand away, and glared at her.

"Let go of my hand, you bitch!" He yelled. She heard his this time, barely, but refused anyway. This jackass was going to pay anyway that she could make him. She bit down harder, and he cried out, trying to pull away his hand.

"Crucio!" He cursed her again, and she bit harder, fighting against them. She almost succeeded in throwing one of them off of her, but her body gave out, and she involuntarily relaxed. The man pulled away his hand, cradling it.

"You muggle rat!" He hissed. She glared at him.

"Fuck you, supremist!" She growled, and spit at him. It landed on his cheek, and slid down. He wiped it away with the back of his hand, and raised his wand, ready to curse her again. The other boys chickened out and rushed out of the door, running down the stairs.

He ignored them and cursed her again. She screamed and twisted, curling up in the fetal position, wheezing and sobbing when he released it. It hurt to high hell.

He raised his wand and was about to do it again before the door burst open, slamming into the wall with such a force that the doorknob drove a hole into the wall and the door stuck open.

Severus and Nayeli came barreling in the room, and when Severus saw Kathryn's condition, he took out his wand.

"Expelliarmus!" He hissed, shaking with rage. The wand flew out of the man's hand and clattered on the floor a few feet away. The man went to retrieve it, but Severus took a few steps forward and forced him to back away from it.

"Don't you fucking dare." He growled, kicking the man's wand further out of reach.

Severus hit the man with a spell that caused him to keel over and puke, and the man groaned as he involuntarily pissed and shat himself with the severity of the puking.

He puked until there was nothing left, and after that, he dry-heaved for a good ten minutes before Severus lifted the spell.

"If you ever hurt her again, I'll put your ass in the hospital wing, understand?" He growled. He waited for the man to shakily nod his head.

"Get the fuck out of here." He hissed. The man scuttled across the floor, his robes dragging through his own vomit as he grabbed up his wand and rushed out of the still-open door.

He went to take a step forward, but felt his foot step on something. He lifted it, and looked down, and winced. It was her hearing aids and glasses.

He bent down and picked the remnants up, and pocketed them, and then picked Kathryn up. She'd fainted, thank Merlin. He sighed, and looked at Nayeli.

"Go get Mom and Dads. I'll take her to the hospital wing." He ordered.

Nayeli nodded and left for the Dungeons, taking the steps two, sometimes three at a time.

Severus hurriedly took her to the hospital wing, helping Madam Pomfrey any way that he could. If he ever saw that man again, there'd be hell to pay.

When she came to, she jumped when she remembered that she was under attack, but then calmed down as she realized she was in the hospital wing. She glanced around and saw Severus, and smiled.

"Severus." She said. He looked up at the small whisper, and grinned at her.

"How are you doing?" He asked. She watched his lips move, and frowned. She opened her mouth to speak a little more clearly, but a twinge of pain shot along her jawline and she winced.

H-u-r-t. She signed. He nodded and took her hand.

"I'm so sorry, I wish I had gotten there sooner." He apologized. She only smiled and shook her head.

I-t i-s o-k. She signed.

He turned his head and looked in the direction of the wing door, dropping her hand and standing up. His fathers and mother were rushing towards him, furious. He couldn't recall seeing them this angry, ever in his lifetime. Jeffrey was clinging to Sheeva's shoulders, and jumped down when they stopped, taking Sheeva's hand and staring at the girl in the bed.

"What happened?" Sheeva asked, setting a hand on Severus' shoulder as she lightly pushed Jeffrey behind her. She didn't want him to see this.

"A Hufflepuff beat her up. It was Jackson Low." He explained. She slowly nodded. Her whole body was aching.

"Is this your wand?" Blaise asked, holding out her wand. She frowned and nodded again, reaching her hand up for it, a little shakily. As soon as she clasped it, her arm dropped back down on the bed. Blaise definitely noticed.

"What else did he do to you?" He asked. She looked up at him, loopy.

C-r-u-c-i-o. She signed. She closed her eyes. This was exhausting.

Blaise's eyes and nose flared, and he crossed his arms, glaring. Draco inwardly cringed as he began to remember how much it hurt. Sheeva scowled, and gently touched Kathryn's cheek. Nayeli and Severus exchanged glances.

"What is that?" Nayeli asked. They hadn't been taught about it, and judging by their parent's reactions, within good reason.

Draco put his fingers in Jeffrey's ears, plugging them. He didn't want their four-year-old to be scarred for life.

"The Cruciatus Curse. It's meant as a torturing device, able to inflict a pain that is so intense you'll wish you'd die. Words can't even begin to compare to the pain… The only way you'd understand is if you were put under it, and there's no way in hell I'd ever do that to you. Or to anyone… not unless they absolutely deserved it." Draco muttered, a faraway look in his eyes. He shuddered as he remembered something, but Severus didn't know what it was.

"Somebody cast this on you?" Severus asked, shaking.

Draco, Blaise, and Sheeva slowly nodded.

"All three of you?"

Again, they nodded. Both siblings were shaking now, and were trying to keep their dinners down.

No one had noticed that Kathryn had fallen asleep, or that Jeffrey was tinkering with the broken glasses and hearing aids.

Severus and Nayeli hugged their parents, attempting to bring them back to reality. Their faraway, blank stares began to unnerve them.

"Hey, look, Mommy! Lookit what I did!" Jeffrey exclaimed, holding up the pair of glasses, no longer broken. In fact, they looked as good as new. They all turned and stared at him, shocked. Sheeva smiled.

"That is amazing, Jeffrey! How did you do that?" She asked, taking them from him and examining them. They really did look brand-new. No scratches, no bends.

"I don't know! Watch, I'll fix these things!" He exclaimed happily. They watched as he held out his hand above the broken hearing aids and closed his eyes, concentrating really hard. A bright blue light flashed from his palm and the hearing aids broke apart, disassembling themselves. The pieces flew about like a tornado, and rearranged themselves.

He dropped his hand, a little dizzy.

He grinned up at them like he'd just won a medal. They all stared back at him in shock.

Sheeva knelt down, and held out her arms to scoop him into a hug. She hugged him tightly, burying her face in his shoulder as she began to cry from joy. She picked him up, and hugged Severus and Nayeli too.

"I love you so much, my children. You are so wonderful. So special. You all are the best thing that has ever happened to me. I could never be more proud." She cried. Severus and Nayeli teared up, and gave their fathers a confused look. They could only smile back, happy.

It was then that the twins began to wonder if there was something really big that their parents weren't telling them…

So, if you want, I'll write a little bit about the time between their first year and their fifth, but only by request.

Have a good day, all!