Chapter 49 – The Vengence and the Liar

24 April, 2010

Gringott's Wizarding Bank

Vault 144

Diagon Alley, London, England

Draco Malfoy

"You may open your eyes."

I look to my right, and Mia is standing next to me in front of a mirror. She's so beautiful. She is wearing a fitted purple jumper and jeans. She is radiant. I smirk, "We don't need a mirror to tell me how amazing we look together, Love."

She shakes her head, "Prat. I see your ego is still quite staggering. If you tell me what you see, I will tell you where I disappeared to."

Hmmm. I knew she was hiding something. "Alright."

I look into the mirror and I recognize it. "Mia…"

She takes my hand, "Draco, you don't have to share if it's something different from what I showed you the other night. I just need to know if you see it too."

I nod. I look in the mirror and the scene fades and shows me standing smiling….then the scene fades. I see Mia standing alone. She appears to be twenty years older. She is beautiful. It seems no matter what age she will be, I'm going to always have a innate need to fuck her into oblivion. She is smiling and appears to be talking to someone. I then see myself. I have to say I still look good. The image of myself taking Mia in my arms and hugging her close. "Mia it appears to be the same thing you showed me in your memories. How can that be?"

Mia sighs, "I have it on good authority the mirror has been tampered with."

"I don't understand. Even if we both imagined our future children, how could we imagine the exact same people?" I would assume the magic in the mirror would take in account the imagination of the person viewing it.

Mia sighs again and turns her body so she is in front of me. She takes my hands, "Because the magic in the mirror has been tampered with. Our twin girls travel back in time and tampered with the mirror for the sole purpose of bringing us together sooner than we would have been without viewing this mirror. Seeing this changed everything for me, Draco. If they hadn't changed the mirror, it would have taken me years to give us a chance. I love all of our children already, and I'm not willing to chance not having them. I want this future so much."

I kiss her forehead, "I have so many questions. First, why would our oldest daughter have black wavy hair?"

She laughs, "Really? That's your first question?" She shakes her head. "My mother was a Fawley squib, and…."

"Estelle Black married a Fawley in 1634." I finish.

She shakes her head, "I was going to say my mom had black hair and black hair is a recessive gene between your blond hair and my brown hair. Genetics are complicated."

I look in the mirror at the girl, and smile, "Aponi said she will be a Black. Fuck, that makes us related."

She laughs, "I guess if everyone goes back far enough in time, we are probably all related. Malfoys tended to marry darker witches such as Carrows, Blacks, Notts, and Puceys, where as the Dagworths and Grangers intermarried or married into families such as the Abbotts, Parkinsons, Potters, and Prewetts. I'm closer related to Harry and Pansy than I am to you."

I laugh, "Does Pansy know?"

She hums, "I don't think so, but the first night I was in London, Hannah told us a story of Ophelia. Ophelia had silenced Hannah and could only being able to reveal the secret to Ophelia's blood. She was able to tell both Pansy and myself."

I smile, "What was the story?"

She bites her lip, "Ophelia bribed Hannah to give Ron a potion to slowly lose his hair and gain weight. It was called The Wife's Revenge."

I think that is one of the most hilarious things I've heard. The fucking Weasel deserves it. I, of course, had heard about the potion before. I am going to miss Ophelia so much! I hope Mia and I can take some time to review all of Ophelia's memories. I truly miss her. It takes me a moment to gain my facilities. I haven't laughed so hard in quite some time.

She kisses my cheek, "Are you done?"

I'm still laughing, "Ahem, I think so. Have I ever told you just how much I loved Ophelia? I swear to Merlin if she were still alive, I would go buy her the most obnoxiously expensive tiara I could find. My whole childhood and adolescence, she was strict and formidable, but as she aged and I had gotten older, she revealed herself more each interaction. I respected her as a child, but as an adult, I loved her. You said the mirror was tampered with? So does that mean I'm looking at our actual family?"

She smiles, "I think so. Things could change, but this is the path we are currently on."

FUUUUUUCK! I feel the tears in my eyes. "They are so beautiful. Marry me?"

She laughs, "Ask me later. Ask me far after the day after our first date." She turns in my arms, and after a few minutes, she says, "They are amazing aren't they?"

I smile, "Fuck yes, they are. How did you know the twins messed with the mirror?"

She sighs, "That's a rather long story. We need to meet Teddy in an hour. How about you and I head to Hogsmead and get a private room at The Three Broomsticks to meet Teddy. Once he leaves, I'll tell you everything. Is that ok?"

I gather her in for another hug and kiss her temple. "Yes, let's meet Teddy. I have his gifts in my cloak."

24 April, 2010

The Three Broomsticks

Room 5

Hogsmeade, Scotland

Draco Malfoy

"Casper Diggory, Leviticus Perks, Bryce Dawlish, and Oliver Orpington, I would like to formally introduce you to my godmother, Hermione Granger." All of the children are gaping at Mia with open mouths and wide eyes. Teddy looks at me and says, "Oh, and this is my cousin Draco Malfoy. I don't know why he is here."

I smile on the inside. We are currently in Hogsmeade at the The Three Broomsticks in a private room to meet Teddy and apparently four of his friends. Mia wasn't expecting all these children to join him. He had initially told Mia he would only invite one friend.

Teddy continues, "Hermione can you please verify you are indeed Hermione Granger and my godmother?"

She questions Teddy, "How am I to do that?"

One of the boys steps up and says, "Leviticus Perks, Madame. You have my permission to address me as Levi. If I may, would you be willing to swear on your magic you are Hermione Granger and that you are Teddy's godmother?"

She looks at Teddy and he is pleading with his eyes. Mia digs in her pocket and pulls out her wand and says, "I swear on my magic I am Hermione Jean Ophelia Dagworth-Granger, other wise known as Hermione Granger, and Mia Jean Granger hereby swear on my magic that Edward Remus Lupin otherwise known as Teddy Lupin is my godson. So mote it be."

There are many gasps and one "Merlin's ballsack" throw around before all four boys reach into their pockets and all hand Teddy five galleons each. Teddy smugly says, "Thank you for your service my friends." He then walks up to Mia and kisses her cheek and says, "Thank you, Mia."

She hugs Teddy, and whispers in his ear probably scolding him for betting. She then says to all of the boys, "How about we order some Sheppard's Pie and butterbeers for everyone?"

One of the boys looks at me and asks, "Were you a Death Eater, Mr. Malfoy?"

Fuck! Before I can answer Mia looks at the boy, and says, "Mr. Dawlish, I'm sure you are aware of the histories involved with the Second Wizarding War. I know it is taught rather early in your primary education. Many people had to make a lot of sacrifices to protect the people we love, and many choices we felt we needed to make should never have been made by people who couldn't even legally vote."

I place my hand on Mia's shoulder and say, "I have this Mia."

I take off my overcoat and remove my cufflink and roll up my sleeve, and show the boys my bare arm. "Do you see a Dark Mark on my arm, Mr. Dawlish?"

I smirk at Mia and she is gaping at me similar to how the boys gaped at her earlier. Mr. Dawlish steps forward and looks closely at my arm. He grabs his wand at looks into my eyes for permission and I nod. He says " Finite Incantatum." Nothing changes.

I tell the boys, "I was raised to believe many things that were not true. I was an insufferable, spoiled prat that believed I was better than everyone else. I took the Dark Mark believing the lies I was taught by my father who was not a kind man. I soon learned, I made a terrible mistake. Because I was a mere sixteen when I took the Dark Mark, under duress to save my mother, the law states I am forgiven. With all the power Tom Riddle possessed, his arrogance was his demise. His arrogance caused him to believe he was all powerful, never taking into account that muggles have powerful instruments called lasers that can remove a multitude of blemishes from your skin. Muggles had the power for me to find a way to forgive myself. The very people he wanted to rule over, were able to erase him from my skin. Tom Riddle only wanted power. His cause was never about discrimination. He used the fears wizards had of Muggles, and used them only for his gain."

One boy scoffed, and said, "Why would wizards fear muggles?"

I looked at him and said, "Because Muggles have weapons that magic will not be able to protect you from. Men are arrogant, and when they fear something, they try to conquer it."

The young Mr. Dawlish frowns. "Mr. Malfoy, I would do anything for my mum. She makes amazing chocolate chip cookies and owls them to me every week. My uncle is an Auror. He says things that I believe to be true, but maybe he doesn't know everything like he thinks he does, like your dad. Thank you for helping me understand."

I notice his tie. He is a Ravenclaw. I smile at him, "As much as we try as wizards to understand history, we have to remember what is written and what actually happened, are not always the same. Yes, I was a Death Eater. I was in the final battle. Those things are true, and you can read about them wherever it is written down. What the history books will never tell you, is I was a scared boy, who didn't know what I was doing. The history books will not tell you Hermione Granger isn't just brilliant. She is a fierce fighter, rational strategist, compassionate, forgiving, and ambitious. She is also cunning, a smooth liar, and a bit revengeful. History cannot write all the facets of a human. People are much more complicated than our written language can express."

He smiles, "Thank you, Mr. Malfoy for explaining."

I place my hand on his shoulder and smile, "Let's go expand the table and transfigured some extra chairs, alright?"

When the food arrives Oliver bows his head and says, "It's not cheese and rice, Jesus Christ, but thank you for your sacrifice, you're nice! Amen."

Teddy looks at are somewhat amused faces and says, "Ollie's grandfather is a muggle church man of sorts. Ollie prays before every meal." He shrugs and starts serving him and his friends.

Mia and I share a look and tuck in. We spend the next hour talking with Teddy and his friends about their classes, general gossip, and their professors. The Great Hall at Hogwarts is split by age instead of houses now. The students only sit by house on special occasions such as holiday celebrations and the first and last days of the school year. The Great Hall now has 3 lunch times to accommodate the added primary school students, and Mastery Students.

The Mastery Students are Eighth Year students whom wish to specialize in a particular subject. They assist first and second years with classes along with an independent study, and prefect duties. Oxford does have a magical university that offers Masteries, now. The magical university had been abandoned since World War II when most of the professors were killed during the bombing that destroyed The Ministry of Magic. Many of the professors and administrators of the university were prominent figures in our society. The tensions were so high after the war, it was abandoned until 2005 when Lazarus Aragon discovered his great-grandfather's journals.

Lazarus was a Slytherin a few years behind me at Hogwarts. He was in his fourth year while I was in my Eighth Year. His great-grandfather Daegal Aragon was the Dean for the magical university and left detailed information on the entrance to the University. Lazarus used this information to create a board and named himself Dean to the University. When he contacted myself to join the board, I happily agreed. The board, which consists of people of various influence in wizarding society such as myself, Kingsley Shackelbolt, Minerva McGonagall, Tiberius McMillan, Augusta Longbottom, and a few others. Due to the transition in educational reforms, the board agreed to demand an additional year of secondary school for all students until the year 2020 to ensure the students were properly educated enough to take on the rigors of an university education. By 2020 all students should have begun their magical education at the age of three. It also gave an additional year to hire staff and create the necessary curriculum.

It was tough finding enough professors. We had to hire many foreigners to fulfill the spots. However, it was easier to find people to relocate since by then we had passed The Hermione Granger Act. The University is gaining notoriety and has quickly gained interest all over the world.

"Hillary Pinkerton is my mentor. She's nice and has been a big help to me. Next year, Victiore will start lodging at Hogwarts. I can't wait! I just hope she gets sorted into Hufflepuff like me. Although I'm friends with Levi, Bryce, and Ollie who are in different houses. Bryce is a Ravenclaw, Levi is a Gryffindor, and Ollie is in Slytherin. We have other friends, but the five of us always study together. We have been friends since we were five. Victiore's dad Bill and my Gran are friends so I used to spend weekends with her."

Oliver interrupts him, "Ugh. He talks about Vicky all the time. We don't see her much since she is in Primary School. The Primary School is in a different wing of the castle. If your going to carry on about this girl all day, I'm going to Honeyduke's Sweet Shop to buy my weight in Chocolate Frogs."

Teddy scoffs, "Speaking of Chocolate Frogs, Mia, will you sign my Hermione Granger cards before I leave?"

Mia smiles, "I will sign your cards before I leave. I met Victiore last week while having dinner at Bill Weasley's. She seems like a lovely girl." She winks at him.

Teddy gasps, "You know the Weasleys too?"

"I was part of the Golden Trio with Harry Potter and Ronald Weasley, was I not?" She answers.

Levi hums, "We went to W.W.W. before we came to met you, they raised all the prices and Mr. Weasley wasn't there. When I asked the lady working she said Mr. Weasley didn't work there anymore. How can Weasley Wizard Wheezes function without a Weasley?"

Teddy says, "Yeah I was going to buy Victoire a Pygmy Puff for her birthday, but they now cost 10 galleons! Hillary said she got her Pygmy Puffs for only one galleon each. Though, I guess I could get one for her now that you losers didn't believe me."

Levi laughed, "Well, can you blame us? Miss Granger, I would like to thank you for lunch. It was kind of you, but I must depart to shop before we are required to return to the castle at 3. I am almost out of parchment. It was lovely to meet the Great Hermione Granger." He looks to me, and says, "Mr. Malfoy is was nice to meet you too. I thank you for teaching Bryce a lesson. He believes everything he reads."

He takes Mia's hand and shakes it. Oliver and Bryce say their goodbyes as well and leave. Casper and Teddy stay behind.

Mia addresses Casper. "Mr. Diggory, you look remarkably like your late brother. He also had dark hair and soft gray eyes like yourself."

He gasps, "You knew Cedric?"

She smiles, "I knew of him. All the girls at Hogwarts knew of Cedric Diggory when I attended Hogwarts. He was very handsome and kind."

He blushes, "Girls are so annoying. I wish I could have met him. Mum talks about him sometimes, but it makes her sad. Mum stays busy with myself and twin sisters Cecilia and Clara, but you can tell she misses Cedric."

Mia nods, "It can be very hard to lose family. Sometimes, even though you couldn't have done anything differently, it's hard to not blame yourself when you lose someone you love. His death was hard for many people to accept. It was a sad and scary time for us. It's ok to miss people you lost, but remember just because she misses Cedric, I am sure she loves you very much."

He smiles, "She does. I just don't like to see her sad."

Mia smiles, "I have some presents for Teddy, but I don't want you to feel left out. Is it alright with you, if I give Teddy his presents now?"

He smiles, "It's ok. He already told me he would get presents. He usually let's me read the books you send him. He's my best friend."

Mia smiles and addresses Teddy. "I have a few things for you and I believe Draco has a birthday present for you too."

She touches my arm, and says, "Draco, would you like to go first?"

I get up and grab my cloak and take out his presents, and enlarge them.

He takes the first one and unwraps it. "Wow! This is just like the case you have with potion ingredients! This is so cool!"

I go to him and help open the case and explain, "This case contains 150 of the most common ingredients you use in Potions. When you run out of a particular potion, simply tap your wand on the label and it will produce an order with DG Potions and you will receive a replacement within 24 hours via owl. Please don't go over board because I have your orders set up to come out of the Malfoy vaults like mine do. That doesn't mean you need to be frugal, just use them as you need. Alright?"

He smiles big, and says, "Thank you, Draco."

Mia speaks up, "Teddy can I see your case?"

Teddy hands it over and see looks at it. She takes her wand out and runs a diagnostic on the case. She smiles, and says, "Draco this is amazing magic! You should sell these. I'm sure George could sell them, or you could sell them at your apothecaries."

I just shrug, "I have only made two, one for Teddy and one for myself."

She looks at me, "Hmmm. We'll talk about this later."

The next present Teddy unwraps are a new black cloak with a Hufflepuff emblem and an impenetrable charm. The cloak adjusts to cast a warming charm or cooling charm dependent on the weather. It will also adjust to his size as he grows. The final present is a standard broom cleaning kit. Fuck Potter for buying him a new broom when he stole the idea from me.

Teddy thanks me sincerely for his gifts and gives me a hug. He then looks at Mia and myself and asks, "How do you two know each other?"

Mia smiles, "We attended Hogwarts together, I was a Gryffindor and he was a Slytherin in the same year."

Teddy drew his eyes together, "You never told me you knew my cousin, Mia. You write me stories all the time and never once said you were friends with MY cousin." He accuses.

I smile, "Teddy what stories has Mia told you about?"

He huffs, "Lots of stuff. She tells me stories of turning herself into a cat, and flying on dragons and winged horses. She told me how a bully tried to kill a hippogryff and she punched that git in the nose and saved the hippogryff's life. She told me she tried to be an animangus, but would have been an elephant and decided to not be an animangus."

I stop Teddy and look at Mia, "How did you save Buckbeak?"

She smirks, "The same way I saved Sirius Black. How about we discuss this much later, Draco, uh?" She looks at Teddy and says, "Are you ready for presents?"

Teddy seem conflicted, "Are you two dating?"

I say, "We dated during our Eighth Year at Hogwarts and I made a terrible mistake, and she broke up with me and moved to America. We recently reconnected, and discovered we still like each other very much."

He scoffs, "When Poppy Poppins broke up with me last year she wouldn't even walk down the same hallway as me for the rest of the year. She got mad at me for giving my last chocolate frog to Casper. Draco you must of really messed up if a girl broke up with you and didn't even want to be in the same hemisphere as you!"

Mia laughs, "It was a bit worse than giving his last chocolate frog away. Teddy I didn't leave England because of Draco. I was really sad after the war, and needed leave a place that held so many strong memories for me. We were still so young in many ways, and I acted irrationally. I don't regret leaving. I have told you about my friends, my company, and all my travels. Had I not left England, I wouldn't have had all the wonderful experiences I have had."

Teddy thinks for a moment, "I wish Auntie Phea wasn't so sick. I wanted to visit you to meet you before now. Gran always said we couldn't visit you because she had to take care of her. She died recently, Gran wouldn't let me miss school to go to her funeral. I really wanted to miss school, but Auntie Phea was always telling me to sit up straight and mind my manners. I always thought her manners sucked by how rude she always told me what to do."

I laugh at that, "Teddy, Auntie Phea spent her whole life telling people what to do. It doesn't mean she didn't love you. Besides, funerals are dreadfully boring."

Mia takes Teddy's hand, "I'm sure she scolded you out of love. I had a wonderful woman in my life growing up, who taught me a great many things including posture and manners. You were quite lucky to have someone who cared enough about you to ensure you were bought up as well as you are."

I wonder why she didn't tell Teddy Ophelia was her grandmother? I suppose Mia feels more connected to the persons Ophelia pretended to be.

"HMMPH! Can I please have my presents now?" Teddy ask abruptly ending the conversation about Ophelia.

Mia laughs, and hands him a large leather bag. She explains, "There is another present I have for you. I have gifted you a vault at Gringott's. I discussed it with your grandmother and we agreed you could have full access to it as long as you show you can be responsible for it. Andromeda informed me you have always shown responsibility with money, and as long as that continues, you may use your vault at shops. Your vault is 1823. When you make a purchase you write the vault number down and use your wand to sign the sales receipt. Your grandmother and I ask that if there is a purchase for more than 100 galleons, you need to discuss it with her until your of age, is this agreeable to you?"

Teddy just stares at her. "I-I have my own vault now?"

Mia smiles at him and explains, "Teddy this vault should have belonged to your grandmother. It was her dowry vault. When she married your grandfather who was muggle-born, her family disowned her. Her lovely cousin Sirius Black, left the vault to me when he died. It should be yours, I may have added some funds to the vault. If you are wise with your money, you can live a comfortable life with what is in the vault."

Teddy is still staring at her quite shocked. "H-How much is in the vault?"

Mia hands him a ledger for the vault. "Do you know how to use this?"

He nods, "Gran used hers to teach me maths over the years." He opens the ledger and gasps. "Why would you do this for me?"

She frowns, "The first reason is because you are my godson. The day I transferred this vault into your name, I gifted all my godchildren a vault with the same amount of money. My company makes billions of galleons every year. I gave away twenty billion galleons last year in charities. My godchildren are all special to me, and I want them all to have a comfortable life. The next reason is because I loved your parents. They helped shape the person I am today. I would give all I have for them to be with you, but I can't do that. All I can do is make sure you live a life where you never have to worry about money. Finally, I love you fiercely despite my absence in your life. No matter where I have been I always thought of you. I promise I will no longer be absent in your life any longer."

Teddy gets up from his chair and throws himself into Mia's arms. "I love you, Mia."

After a few minutes of tear filled hugs, Teddy sits down and Mia digs in her beaded bag and presents a second leather bag identical to Teddy's and hands it to Casper. "Casper, I knew you would be here with Teddy today, I owled your parents for permission to give you the same present as Teddy. They are called laptops. My company specializes in technology. Muggles have similar devices, however these devices are designed for magical people. These computers will work without interference of any wards placed on your location. Magical wards and muggle electronics clash most of the time. My company has developed electronic items magic will not interfere with. Headmistress McGonagall has advised me there is electricity in your dormitory. You will need to charge these items with electricity."

Mia spend the next hour helping the boys learn how to use their computers. I silently watch in awe. She is so fucking amazing. She explained how her company developed educational software games to help students study and learn their magical subjects. She said most magical schools use this software to supplement the teaching in the classrooms. She explained that Hogwarts will soon be using computers next year. This will give them an advantage. The software is an interactive way to teach children every subject, and has references to help them understand and study their subjects such as transfiguration, potions, charms, and even alchemy. I watched how she explained the different applications on the computer. I knew Mia's company was impressive, but I had no idea how much she had really accomplished. Her friends have helped her, and I'm sure she wouldn't take all the credit, but I know she is responsible for most if not all of what her company has achieved. She is truly remarkable.

Casper and Teddy were very enthusiastically learning how to use their laptops. The software offered games and different scenarios to help teach the subjects. The boys asked great questions, and were excited to explore the games it offered.

After another twenty minutes, Mia reached into her bag and pulled out a small chest, and addressed Teddy. "The final present is this chest of memories. I'm not giving it to you now, but will send it to your home. I have spoken to Andromeda about the contents of the chest, and she would like to help you go through these memories. There are memories I sorted from you father and Sirius Black. The two of them taught me the magic behind pensives while they tutored me. They went a little overboard with extracting their memories, however these memories are specific to your father. They tell you the story of his life and from these memories you will learn about the amazing man he is. In addition to his and Sirius' memories, there are memories of your mother from people who knew and loved her. I have contributed some of my memories as well. I will send these to your Grandmother so you may view them this summer on a special device I gave her."

Teddy opens the chest and tears up. "Thank you, Mia."

She takes the chests, "You're welcome Teddy."

After about fifteen minutes Teddy and Casper show their appreciation and say goodbye to Mia and I.

Once they are gone I excuse myself to the loo. For the last couple of hours I keep wondering what Mia is going to tell me. She seemed really nervous to tell me what she needs to. Where could she have been the last couple of days? Who could have given her the information about our twins who don't exist yet? Mia hates bloody Divination! I honestly do not believe there is anything she could tell me to make me think less of her. She's my everything.

When I return to the room and man is standing next to Mia. He is several inches taller than I am and he is dressed in ancient gold armor and a golden crown. He has a faint light blue tint that seems to surround him. He has striking bright blue eyes and his curly shoulder length hair is the same honey brown colour as Mia's. He is standing with folded arms and not speaking but staring at me like I killed his mother.

Mia looks at me and smiles, she takes a necklace from under her blouse. It is gold and has a raven pendant. He glares at her and he waves his hand and duplicates the necklace only instead of a raven pendant, it's a ferret. Mia glares at the man and says, "Draco put this on. We have a lot to talk about and apparently he insists on staying while we talk. He can't speak to you without this pendant on."

I place the pendant around my neck. The man smirks, and says in an unfamiliar accent, "Ahh, we meet again, Mendax."

I'm confused, "Pardon me, I'm Malfoy, Draco Malfoy."

The man quirks an eyebrow, "Are you?"

Mia closes her eyes and sighs, "Draco this is Michael. I am trying to figure out how to explain him. Please let's have a seat."

Mia and I sit down and Michael continues to stand. "Mister, I'm sorry I didn't catch a surname, would you care to join us?"

He transfigured his armor into a simple white button up shirt and tan trousers and takes a seat next to Mia. "Mendax, I don't have a surname. You may simply call me Michael, Warrior of Light and Protector to the Guardian of Deities."

I look at him confused, "Isn't Mendax Latin for liar?"

He laughs, "It is now, language has a way of telling many stories."

Mia pressed her fingers to the bridge of her nose. "Michael, could you please dial down your hostility? I only called someone here to ask what I was allowed to tell him. I thought Sandy would answer me."

Michael laughs, "Sandalphon is busy after his stunts with you. You can tell this Draco as little or as much as you want. I will say Mendax seems to have learned his lesson." He looks at me. "Seven or eight thousand years ago when developing a word for liar, I suggested Mendax after you. I haven't liked you for one hundred million years, and I don't think I ever will no matter what form you take. I will tell you if you hurt her again in this life or any other, I'll crush your existence for good."

What the bloody hell is going on? "Mia…"

She sighs, "Draco, this is Michael. He is a Deity. Throughout history deities have been called, Angels, fairies, and at one point gods. They have erased their existence from history, but they are very much real. I'll explain all I know…."

Mia then went into a long winded explanation of what she has learned since visiting England. She talks about being the Morrigan, the human representative for the Magical Beings Council. She explained the history of the Deities, and her interactions with three other Deities. She talks about the history of the Deities and how they have interacted and manipulated humans and wizards throughout history. She discussed finding a Veil in her Vault and discovering there are other worlds, Michael corrects her and says hundreds of worlds. She talks about learning of our history and we were once Deities ourselves. I betrayed her and she killed me. Michael interrupts and includes how my soul has betrayed her in every subsequent life we have lived throughout the 250,000 years humans have existed.

He includes a history of our lives as Deites. He states that Mendax was part of Gaia's personal guard with him. Mendax became close to Lucifer and when Lucifer left, Mendax was the first to join him. Mendax sold his soulmate Vindicta to a cruel Deity who tortured her. She escaped and killed me on the battlefield of the Great Deity War. Our names became synonymous with liar, Mendax and vengence, Vindicta when language was developed during the height of Deity rule in ancient Greece twenty thousand years ago.

Mia continued with her tale of going through the Veil with this Sandy fellow and meeting Sirius who is alive and well some 34,000 light years away. I'm guessing that is far. She tells me about Sirius and his life and how she spent the day with him and met his family. She then tells me about The Guf and meeting the people she lost during the war. She talks about how this Sandy fellow caught our twins in her room at The Leaky Cauldron and said they needed to fix the timeline so our two oldest children could exist.

"That is how I know what we viewed in The Mirror of Erised is our actual future."

I sit back. It was so much information to process. I understand now why she has accepted me. I know why the apology had such a substantial impact on our relationship. It's quite a bit to process.

"Merlin, Mia, you have really been through a lot since you came back home. If anyone deserves to know the truth about our origins, it's you. Your beautiful mind is the only one I know who could handle this information with the grace it deserves. Thank you for sharing it with me."

Michael says, "The pendent I made for you can't be removed and has a powerful silencing charm to keep your lying mouth quiet. You were once a fair and mighty warrior. Your mortality prevents you from remembering your long past, but you have proven to be disloyal. I am going to bestow you a gift. This gift will allow you a glimpse of all the pain you have caused Vindicta throughout time."

Before I can process what he just said I am hit with a feeling of despair coupled with a physical pain in my chest. It's overwhelming and I am having trouble breathing. It's so unbelievably excruciating, I drop to the floor and ball up. I hear voices in the background, but all I can think of is how desperately I want this pain to end.

I feel Mia grab and hold me close to her. I hear, "MICHAEL ENOUGH! MAKE IT STOP NOW."

I hear laughing but the pain is reduced and I feel Mia running her fingers through my hair and she is whispering, "Stay with me Draco. It will be over soon. I forgive you. I love you. Please hold on, Love."

After several minutes, I'm back to myself and grab Mia close to me. We hold each other for several minutes. I realize I'm saying "I'm so sorry," over and over again.

Once we return to the table I glare at Micheal as he is smirking at me. He finally says, "My mate and Vindicta were the best of friends. They were as close as sisters could be for beings who have no need for family. I have watched Miss Granger her whole life and defended her on many occasions. I have also watched you. Draco Malfoy is not an evil man. Arrogant, weak, and lacking empathy, but not evil. You are worthy of forgiveness and for that, I will give you one more gift." He pulls out a ornate gold box embellished with jewels about a foot tall and a foot and a half wide. He opens the lid and it's full of papyrus envelopes. He says, "These are under stasis and will be fresh when you are ready to plant them. Mendax created all the techniques of ancient farming. Though your memories have been suppressed, some abilities are simply part of your soul. Each envelope contains 20 seeds, with a description of the plant. In the description it will tell you general properties of the plant, what is needed for it to grow using Hermione's DigiGrow, and some medicinal uses of the plant. Since Draco Malfoy has great interest in Potions, and you have inherited the Dagworth-Granger potions secrets, it was decided to gift this to you for your wedding. We are gifting this to you now because you will need to grow them as soon as you arrive in New York. Hermione owns a warehouse in Queens for you to use."

Mia laughs, "It's true. I do. Do these plants have to do with what Sandy told me about our youngest son?"

Michael nods, "Of course it does."

I look at Mia questionably, "What do you mean?"

Michael answers, "It means some of these plants will not reach maturity for 20 years and that is with using Hermione's DigiGro. You will pass your work to your youngest son. The oldest son will inherit Hermione's legacy with Enchantex."

"You describe all this as a foregone conclusion."

Michael replied, "Is it not? Time means nothing to the likes of myself. There are many likely outcomes to the future, but your human brain is incapable of understanding the nuisances of time in it's entirety. It would be like explaining quantum physics to a dog. These seeds are a gift from Gaia. She usually doesn't trouble herself much with humans, but has an interest in Hermione. There are five hundred plants in this box from all over the universe. They will change everything for humans. Use them wisely."

Mia clears her throat, "Are there Dreamberries in the box?"

Michael laughs, "Those aren't very medicinal, young one. They are quite harmful, but the spice strambrahali, which counteracts the harmful effects of the berries in the wine, is included."

I wonder if Sasha feels about me the way I feel about this guy. If she does I might understand what a douchebag is now. "Sir, how are we going to explain 500 new species of plants to the world?"

He sighs, "You both are friends with Herbology experts. They will both collaborate the story of them being hybrids. They will both accept an explanation that you cannot tell them the truth, but will help you regardless. Since the plants will not exist in the wild, they will not effect the eco-system of this planet. The plants will however assist with finding cures to a great many ailments for humans. Wizard's Statute of Secrecy will eventually be lifted. Hiding in plain site will be impossible with future technology. It's already becoming harder by the day."

Mia nods, "This is an amazing gift. Thank you."

He smiles at Mia, "I think you know what you must do as the Morrigan. When the magical population rises from ten percent to twenty percent, it will be impossible to hide magic. I know you understand what you must do, and that is why the Deities have so much interest in you, Young One."

She looks him in the eye and after a few minutes she sighs, "I'm starting to grasp the gravity of it all."

He smiles, "You can do it, stop doubting yourself. You may be the Morrigan by birth, but you being the Morrigan is fate. Trust your instincts, they will never fail you."

Michael stands up he walks over to me and shakes my hand. "Draco, take care of her. You have redeemed yourself sufficiently. Live a good life."

I still don't know what to think of this person, "Thank you for the gift. I will put good use to it."

He walks over to Mia, and says, "I'll be seeing you." He takes her hand and fades away.

I let out a sigh. There is so much to unpack with that whole interaction. I look at Mia and ask, "What is it you must do?"

She smiles, "I'm exposing magic to the muggles. Twenty years from now, everyone will know magic exists."

What? "How are you going to do that?"

She smiles, "The birth rate of muggle-borns are going to increase in the next twenty years. Technology is making our world smaller by the day. Our society will no longer be able to hide magic." She smiles at me and kisses my cheek, "We are going to change everything."