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Breaking Traditions-Part 17:

"How can you be so selfish?!" Cygnus said, hoping the closed door would muffle a lot of his shouting, "you always said the one thing you wanted was our daughters to be happy. One's married to someone she doesn't want to be, one betrayed us. Narcissa is the only one left and we have a duty to make sure that she is happy no matter what!"

"This is not the way to do it! They could have had a surrogacy or something like that! They didn't need to go through adoption!" Druella argued, "this could ruin them."

"Well it will if we don't support them. Even the Greengrasses have said that they will support Lucius and our daughter!" he said before Druella scoffed.

"I'm going away for a few days and when I come back I expect you to have regained control of yourself," she said before she walked away.

With Druella out of the way the celebrations could really begin and Narcissa relaxed and allowed herself to be happy without feeling her mother's crushing eyes on her.

A couple of days later and Lucius was at the Ministry with his father so Narcissa decided to go and see if she could find any of her baby things back at Black Manor where she'd grown up. It did feel like going back in time in some ways.

She summoned an elf and was shown to where Druella had stored all the baby things. She asked for a drink to be brought before saying that she wanted to be alone.

Looking around it was clear that only hers and Bellatrix's baby things remained and she quickly found her things and smiled as she remembered the hours that she'd spent playing with her toys and learning things with her sisters.

She looked at her stuffed dolls and bears before finding one that she had always carried around with her. It was a bear with fairy wings and was pink and purple.

"I shall see if I can get you patched up for Rosalie. I would be nice for her to have my favourite bear," she said softly as she found herself hugging the bear. She then began to look at the other dolls and bears and toys before shrinking them, placing them into a bag she'd brought with her.

She looked around again, a little upset that she couldn't find her clothes but she spotted two wardrobes and hurried over to them before seeing the golden N on the handles. Realising the clothes must have been inside she opened it up and gasped. All her clothes were in pristine condition somehow.

"I had a feeling you'd come for your baby clothes or at least some of them," came a voice that made Narcissa jump.

"Father," she said softly, "I don't want them all but there are some clothes that I wat for Rosalie," she said softly.

"That's why I had them all brought back to when you first wore them. There were some clothes that we could never get you out of," Cygnus said, a smile on his face as he remembered Narcissa as a little girl, "you really did know how to make me feel guilty."

"Yes but you wanted a boy as well," Narcissa said, "that can't have been easy."

"It wasn't but I dealt with it. You were the darling of the family and that blonde hair singled you out. Bellatrix lived in your shadow after you were born," Cygnus said, "but she knew exactly how to make sure that we never forgot about her," he added as he chuckled.

"She's not here is she?" Narcissa asked nervously, hoping that her mother wouldn't come and disturb the moment.

"Your mother took herself to France to her nephew's for a few days and is hoping that I come to my senses whilst she's away but I know what I want and that is for you to be happy," Cygnus said as he looked at her, "and that's by doing things the way you would like to," he said, "now shall we figure out these clothes?"

Narcissa was grateful that her father was there to talk to. She decided that she would take all the clothes she wanted with her when she went back so there was less of a chance of her running into her mother. That was the last thing she really wanted. It took a while for Cygnus to get into the whole sorting our clothes thing but he slowly began to get into it. Narcissa had removed the favourite items first as that was the easiest thing that she could do before going through the items one by one with her father.

The two eventually paused and headed to the parlor for a light lunch.

"You don't have to stay and help me you know," Narcissa told him, "you can go off and do other things."

"It's OK. I don't mind," Cygnus replied, "I feel like I'm doing something useful… unlike your mother. I fear that she's still stuck in her old ways and nothing will make her change her mind."

"She said she almost considered adoption when she couldn't give you a son," Narcissa said, biting her lip as she was unsure how her father would react to that, "I'm not sure if you know but she didn't because of me and Bella. She wanted the best for us and that meant forgetting the idea."

"I had my suspicions about that but didn't think it had crossed her mind. The thing about being parents… parents like us is that we have to honor centuries of traditions but we also want our children to be happy so it's really hard to know what is the right thing to do," Cygnus explained, "you and Lucius have stuck to the ways but you want to try and break the mold at the same time," he said, "that could help thousands of children or go wrong but I think, with your power and status, that you and Lucius will be able to cope with it all. You have three parents supporting you and your future in-laws as well," he said as he looked at her.

The two finished their light lunch before heading back to finish off sorting out the clothes that Narcissa wished to take with her. The two chatted away and made the most of having the time together, for ir had been a while since they'd been able to talk properly. Both had enjoyed it.

The sun was just beginning to set when Narcissa headed back to Malfoy Manor and was relieved to find Lucius home. After he had told her of his day, he listened to Narcissa as she recounted the day with her father and watched as his wife showed him what she'd brought back. "This baby will have the same toys and dresses you had… and some new things but she will be showered with love," he said, making a promise to their little daughter before the search had even really begun.