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Danger at the Grangers

Right at the door of the room, a dark-clad figure ran away from the two couples, rushing towards the opposite direction. The agitated little girl, now sucking two fingers, peeked from her daddy's arms.

"TRACO," she yelled right into her father's ear, "He is stealing Traco," Mimi screamed pulling the fingers out her mouth, a habit her parents didn't usually tolerate.

Lucius whipped out his wand and reconsidered; he sent a full bind; meanwhile, some other force was pulling the figure towards them.

Lucius turned around in time to witness a great surprise, a sight that would be later recorded in the annals of family history, as well as in other books about the subject at large. He kept the wand pointed at the masked wizard who held a wand in one hand, and a raspberry and black-clothed blond child, under the other arm.

"TRACO," Draco's Veela felt his mate's fear in the scream, and unable to differentiate her worry for him or the fear from the attacker, the creature started rising to the surface.

The man with a Death Eater's mask whipped around towards Mimi, fighting the pull from Mimi's call, he pointed his wand at her. At the instant he stretched the hand away from his body, Lucius cast a stinging spell. He succeeded knocking the wand away from the Death Eater.

A furious little witch was rendering a magical display that the Malfoys would never forget. She was waving her hand with total determination; her little fingers were calling the wizard towards her. She held her mouth in concentration, tongue half out and almost biting it. With knitted eyebrows, her eyes glared at intruder. Her body was taut with determination.

Her hair was a sight on its own. Cissy's Pensive memory was the best. It showed a little angel with a static crown of flying curls, and her body discharging visible currents.

The Death Eater was almost to Hermione when a bundle of fire bolted out from under his arm. It was Draco on a show of supernatural strength, and the sheer force made the man's knees fold.

Draco shook his arms free from a raspberry colored jumper tied around him in a double knot, which all the parents recognized as Mimi's. Things were becoming clear for adults.

Draco's Veela felt the man's anger, intent on injuring Mimi; hence his creature's inhuman strength was activated, and the poor snatcher's luck ran out. Draco was no longer a little boy; instead, he was a wild creature whose promised mate was in danger.

He jumped on the man like a wild cub, while Hermione was beating the air mimicking a spank. The man was fighting invisible blows, and an angry Draco bit his hands and whatever flesh he could find. He kept aiming for the mask to pull it down. It was an action scene, the young Veela punched and kicked the big man with all his might.

Between the blows and the Veela's attack, the snatcher had no chance to rescue his wand. Without a wand, he was finally knocked out on his knees. Where were the parents during all this mess?

Lucius had his wand pointed at the captor, ready to attack. He could jump to get Draco, but chances to scare him existed and could give the snatcher an advantage; and frankly, he was having too much fun seeing a grown up being overcome by two four-year-olds. Narcissa looked scared and smiling at the same time.

Sad to say, but Grant had recognized his daughter's power, and understood that Lucius must have several times Mimi's magic and felt no fear at all. Besides that, both Grangers were frozen in place for a moment; it all happened in a matter of seconds, at the most. Jeanie could not agree more with Grant's way of thinking.

A couple peals of laughter dispersed the tension. After Lucius and Cissy bound the Death Eater by casting a Petrificus Totalus at the same time.

Lucius sat on the floor laughing. He was amid a fit of nervous laughter that would not stop; meanwhile, he hugged and kissed a pouting mini Veela, with little fangs still showing. Draco was squirming the entire time, intent in getting away from his dad to get to Mimi and let her have a piece of his mind. Lucius was amazed at his strength and finally let him go.

After a short pause, "We need to make sure nobody else is here." Lucius said, but Draco still wanted things out in the open once and for all.

"That is the only one," Mimi said, "I fink," shrugging her shoulders.

And Grant who always had a 'sixth sense' like all males in his family, corroborated, "I think she is right, but let's look."

Before Draco could speak, she was inching her way to get down; she jumped and ran to Draco, who was already coming towards her.

"I am sorry Traco, and I was bad and tieds you to keeps you safe, I saw that in a cartoon. Sorry for throwing you under the bed with my fingers," and she started to sob. Oh to be a child, Draco gave her a parental type of hug, "T's ok, no crying, just don't it again, okay little one? I love you my Mimi!" And he gave her a little kiss on the top of her head.

At this, the women sighed loudly, "How precious," said one; "So sweet," said the other. The men smirked, but their hearts were touched.

Draco would later tell everyone how Miss Bossy had tied him the moment when they saw the man outside the window. "Traco, no, you are too little. I will get Papa."

Then, she had tied him, but it must have been before the Veela came in force, and when done, she pushed him under the bed. The moment she was out, the other man showed up, and Draco conceded that he had been scared for a minute.

"He had a face cover, like the ones at home." Draco ascertained.

Lucius was quick, "Ah yes, like the ones for Carnival time."

Draco paid no mind and continued, "I was a little scared, and," he looked at his mother a little embarrassed, and with a courageous smirk and a shoulder shrug, "I need to change my trousers," he concluded as he looked up to the ceiling.

Jeanie and Cissy had to cover their mouths to disguise the smile. The valiant pint-size knight, a couple of months short of four, had an accident. Just like Hermione, he was brilliant, his speech was advanced, he was reading, and he had a mate. Regardless of all his abilities he was still a young child and bound to have accidents once in a while.

The manner of future interactions was taking shape, but things would change. Mimi would not always rule, Draco would soon outgrow her, and his Veela would grow stronger. His magic would manifest sooner because of the Veela, just as it had been the case with Lucius. The parents would later consult about the other child Veelas.

In order no to waste time, Grant urged Lucius, "Luc (he would always call him Luc, it stuck) we must check around, but first let's look out the window."

Cissy went with the children and Jeanie to wait in an interior room with no windows. She had her wand on hand. She was waiting for the men while protecting the children and Jeanie.

Hermione held Cissy's hand all the time. Her parents didn't have many visitors because of Hermione's condition, and Hermione could feel the affection pouring out of Cissy. The blood issue was nothing to the arrogant witch after witnessing Hermione's display of magic. Whatever concerns she still had before, were but gone, she liked the Mud, hmm, the Muggles.

Outside Lucius and Grant observed a figure trapped by the tree. The flexible limbs were bent, wrapped around as long arms, and the face was covered. Both Lucius and Grant guffawed, it was hilarious. "Nobody would believe this. Grant, remind me not to get in Mimi's bad side. She has some powers."

"Telekinesis is common in the males of my family, but we prefer not to make it a show. Of course in lesser degrees, nothing like Mimi's, no doubt that her ability is extraordinary. That and our sixth-sense, and moving across, has saved more than one of us during war times, and actually made my father a notorious WWII spy while he served as a medical doctor." Grant was telling him as if it were nothing.

"But I have never heard of a display this strong. It was the thing that attracted me to Jeanie; we met during the town's fair at the sightseer's booth, where we both worked that time, she has some of my abilities, and some others like finding water, hearing your mind, and such. Which reminds me of the letter we received, and the conversation I had had with my father. I am sure you can shed some light. I still think we are dreaming. What a strange day." Grant remarked.

Lucius did not understand a word of the sense business and the tele-kinisis, "You have that one right. If someone had told me about today, I would have dismissed them as mad."

"I fully agree, for us the surprises are even bigger," Grant answered, he was referring to the Wizarding business that he still could not get his arms around it.

They needed to talk later. The Granger's background and origins were more and more intriguing. Could these people be wizards of some kind but never recognized? Lucius knew of a few cases, but could not remember why or how.

Then they went from room to room; it was a large home, Lucius was amazed to see the house, it was over 150 years old, and had much of the old furniture still in the display. As they traveled through the house, they locked the rooms. Lucius observed Grant's stealth. He caught his glance.

"Special Forces, all the men in my family have served our country, it is tradition back to King Arthur, or so the stories go. I don't have magic but can kill a thousand ways, not that I am proud of it, but it might become handy these days; I've been known to bend the bars of a cell to get others out and move very fast." Grant was not boasting, and he would kill to protect his family, as his father once had.

"In the following years, we will need all our skills put to work. Of that, I am sure." Lucius affirmed. If this was after one day, what was in the future for them?

They found Mrs. Garcia tied and petrified in an old horse stable now used as a garage and utility room. She now sat at the kitchen table with a cup of tea in front of her. Later, they would wake her up and send her home with a slight compulsion, and fully Obliviated about this day.

A wolf caught by a tree.

They came by the tree, and who should be there but Remus Lupin. Lucius knew him; it was the wolf-boy, one of Severus' tormentors, damn Gryffindors.

He went ahead and used his wand to bring the red and angry wizard down. Lucius was still wondering why the Aurors hadn't already come. They should have arrived by now; maybe there was something about the property. Later, he would think about it later on. One thing was sure, the Ministry already knew, and he again wondered how many knew about the little witch.

While Grant went to talk to the women, Lucius alerted Lupin that they were in the middle of a nasty situation involving the children, and he would later explain. He begged for his patience.

Once inside, they untied Remus. Next, they went to check on the Death Eater, who was in full-body-bind, and if all went well, it should last for at least several more hours. They noticed that his hands were bleeding from someone's little fangs, and his arms showed a lot of bruising, a couple of head bumps and a black eye. With a quick healing charm, Lucius erased the attack marks, while both fathers smirked remembering the wild attack.

Lucius thought of what fun Serpens would have when he heard about the attack; he should be at the Manor by now, for their extended stay. Back to the situation at hand, they turned the tall man around after untying his mask.

The mask came out, and yes, Lucius and Remus recognized Avery.

"Fuck, if it isn't Avery II, he was in my year, a Slytherin, maybe you know him," Remus said. The handsome Slytherin was out like a light, and Lupin was glad for it because even if he had a beautiful face, he was also a powerful and nasty wizard.

"Yes, a nasty young bugger, his father isn't better," Lucius observed.

Lucius had seen him; he was driving the Muggle car at the park. His parents along with some other wealthy families liked the magically enhanced Muggle cars. They allowed them to move around the Muggle world, when necessary, under the veil of anonymity afforded by tinted windows and the sheer number of autos. Besides, they were a toy for the grown-up wizards.

Their short visit was turning into an old day long event. After a brief discussion with Remus, they decided the best thing with Avery was to Obliviate him, after performing Legillemance on him.

What Lucius saw was expected. The Death Eaters at large didn't trust one another. Avery had happened upon him at the park a while ago and had decided to follow him. Avery often followed him afterward and had seen him riding the boats and partaking in other Muggle activities, but never with a particular purpose. He kept his Muggle car near the park to follow Lucius once in a while. Avery had a lot of idle time and didn't trust Lucius; hell, he didn't even trust his own wife. It didn't matter that he worked for the Malfoy, he had no loyalties.

Avery had been at the edge of Knockturn Alley when he'd heard the teenagers. Apparently, he heard them talking while he was talking to a wizard. Every Death Eater knew of the Malfoys' lukewarm support for the Dark Lord, and everyone loved to hate the Malfoy's looks and money.

The pretty 7th-year witches were talking about Lucius' arrogance, of how hot he was, and making comments about Draco and his charm. Once he heard that, Avery lost the other Death Eater, then Apparated in his auto which he parked near the park.

He was lucky and spotted Lucius right away. His parents were almost neighbors with the Malfoys. Thus he started following him since that day. Imagine the surprise when Lucius drove with his family into a Muggle's home. He waited for the other tail to leave; it was an Order's wizard driving another Muggle car, this situation was stranger by the minute, why was someone else was after Malfoy?

Avery waited and saw the older woman coming to the door. He cast an Imperium on Mrs. Garcia and waited for her to open the door for him after a few minutes. She has been under his curse since the moment she arrived, but the Grangers had not seen it on her eyes, and the Malfoys paid no attention. Nobody else knew about their visit, but Lucius had let his guard down.

When Remus told Lucius about today, his story was more straightforward. He had been working odd jobs at the Alley because he couldn't find a job on account of the anti-werewolf act drafted by Umbridge. He had also overheard the conversation, saw Avery quickly saying goodbye to the other wizard, and his interest was piqued.

First, he had Apparated at the park, but only after transfiguring his clothes to Muggle attire. He had seen the end of the children's drama and liked both children. Then, he followed Lucius to the parking area and checked on Avery's car. Remus didn't tell Lucius that he didn't trust him around the Muggle family, and that was the reason for his following.

He practically saw Avery daily since he hanged around the Alley. His acute sense of smell was convenient, and he knew Avery's scent allowing Remus to locate him. Within a day, he was driving his family's old Muggle car and had followed Avery for the last three days. Once Avery went into the home, Remus had climbed the tree to look inside the room. And, before he knew, the tree's limbs wrapped around him, just like arms. The tree limbs had not broken, they almost had been alive when they closed to bind him.

Remus and Lucius took care of dumping Avery far away. All Avery's memories, of today and the park, were gone with a quick Obliviate. They decided that Remus would later drive Avery's car back to its usual spot.

They drove the Malfoy's enhanced Muggle car and were back at the Grangers in a short while. Lucius asked him not to mention that he was a Death Eater; later, he would explain more. Remus agreed for reasons that were unclear to him at the time, but he would never regret it.

When they came back, they had a long discussion on what to do. The adults talked while the kids slept. Remus was unemployed, but did not trust Lucius and wanted nothing from him.

Lucius had gone on a limb after Remus had witnessed so much and could still feel his distrust; hence, Lucius had to beg him for his discretion and decided he would enroll Remus' assistance, what a struck of good fortune, for both. He offered him employment, for now, helping to guard the Grangers.

Lucius was thinking that war makes for strange bedfellows because this was turning into a battle for his child's welfare. It would seem that they were to fight for the same side, theirs. He worried but now less, because he was confident that the young Wizard was a blessing in disguise. Moreover, he knew that he could trust him. What an irony that he could place his trust on an enemy more than on one of his people.

Remus had the feeling life was about to take a good turn, he hoped.

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A/N and Remus makes one more. If not for Remus maybe Draco would had been kidnapped. Let's us see what happens, shall we?