Chapter 22: Magical Revelations
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Magical Revelations -Old Acquaintances and Magic Severus and Children
Promises
Grant came forth, and so did Lucius and Cissy. They formed a wall around both sides of Harry's bed. They touched his hands and told him, "No, never, we can promise that you can trust us."
Remus hardly heard the people around him; he was exhausted and went to sleep. There was no one dry eye; even the men had moist eyes. Remus was looking from his position, his head on a pillow and most his face under the blanket. He smiled and wanted back to sleep; he had stayed up all night with Harry who kept crying, "I'll be a good boy, don't, don't..."
The parents gathered the children; Remus forced to open his eyes, "I will stay with Harry until someone is back from breakfast."
During the day the extra guests had been resting all day long. It was early evening and Harry was once again unconscious. "Lord Malfoy, I must insist the child is taken to St Mungo's, and we need stronger potions for Mr. Lestrange, otherwise we might lose one or the other." Muctis was frustrated after the early good signs Harry seemed to be fading away. His body was very weak, and he needed special medication.
It was five thirty when Snape arrived without notice. "I knew that Harry must be here. I need to be careful; Lucius, Dumbledore thinks you have Harry. He made the assumption with Arthur coming here. Damn Molly and Rita Skeeter. Last night, I was coming but Dumbledore wanted to discuss the curriculum. Here are the potions. Don't be surprised if you have an unexpected visit from the Aurors."
"Mrs. Granger, enchanted," Severus stretched his hand greeting Jeanie who was coming with her hand outstretched, and to his apprehension, the little ones came running right behind her. Mimi and Draco squealed with glee, and Snape still remembering the non-so long-ago accident, looked at them with some reluctance. A twisted grimace flashed for a second. All the adults knew the incident with the children, so Lucius tried not to grin, appraising Snape.
"Uncle Sevy," both children said at the same time; they clearly liked him. Severus' eyes rolled, and Lucius had to control his laughter, "Please pick us up," both asked, so he bent and obliged.
He tried to smile, badly, a crooked smirk was more like it, while Narcissa and Jeanie looked at him with motherly pride because he seemed to like their children. The cold professor carrying the two terrors, who were playing with his hair and touching his face, was a sight for any mother's eyes.
Jeanie already had two choices waiting for him, one Kelly or maybe Elly; however, Elly seemed a better option for Remus; but from her experience, she knew that only time would tell. She remembered someone else, and her eyes saddened for a second. She understood sometimes you had to make a choice, no matter how painful; you couldn't have two, if only. They should have stood up to their parents because she missed him daily. She heard the children's chattering.
"Uncle Sevy, I love your big nose, mine is too little. You can probably smell things a lot like a doggie." Hermione said while touching his nose gingerly and gave him a sloppy kiss.
Everyone was quiet, wanting to laugh but embarrassed for Severus who looked ready to kill. Lucius chose to look at his shoes.
"Don't kiss other wizards, I tolds you that before, remembers? You're are mine." Draco saved the day, and everyone felt free to laugh. Severus thought that he hated children, sometimes.
"I kiss my daddies, my uncles, Remy and Harry, and my mommy says it is okay. Here, Traco," she moved forward and kissed his cheek with a big smooch.
Draco smiled, and all was well.
Severus thought, Well done; poor Draco his future bride is a clever female. He has no chance. He asked," Where is Remus?"
Lucius and Serpens were the only ones who knew Remus' secret; hence Lucius answered with alacrity, "He went to visit his hometown, he will back early tomorrow."
Lucius looked at him reprovingly, and Severus blushed, shit, he had forgotten the full moon.
"Ah, yes, I remember. May I see your guests? I brought the potions; the dental was difficult to brew." Severus asked.
"Guests, as in three more, a total of four" Lucius indicated. As they were going up to see Harry, the
bell to the front gate was activated.
Dobby, and Axel both came, "Sir, a couple Aurors be here, they needs to be speakings to yous."
Lucius's Feelings -Related to second nature *
Lucius whispered something to Cissy, and she nodded her head. "Children, let's Floo to the Grangers to pick up some books and toys, Grant let's go." They mobilized in surprisingly record time.
"Love, please remember to close their Floo," Lucius reminded them and saw them disappear and worried for them. He had been concerned for the children since the time Avery tried to kidnap them, the worry never left his mind. He was surprised for the intense feelingsWha he had for his new daughter.
He remembered Serpens explained to him, it was the other-self they called Veela in him; well knowing they didn't look like harpies.
Lucius and Serpens were researching what they were since many of the Malfoy History books had burned some centuries before. Unfortunately, someone had erased an entire generation's memories about their dual nature. They assumed they might be male Veelas. Regardless, they knew they had extraordinarily long lives and their magic was powerful. Since then, there were no female Malfoys since that time, so they couldn't tell how they looked. The Malfoys had a Book of Laws which applied to every Malfoy out there; one of the Laws stated that if something happened to Draco, he would protect Draco's mate with his life. If she was of age, she could also become his bride, it had happened before in Malfoy's History.
"Let them in, now. Severus, please go with Dobby. Dobby goes to Master Harry's room, pull the false wall by the door and place a silencing charm. If someone is about to enter the room, Apparate them to the other room, Axel, go to the other wing, and make sure the tapestries are in place. Pépère let's go to the library." Lucius ordered.
"Lucius we need to talk." Severus wanted to alert Lucius about Dumbledore, damn, maybe the Aurors. "Later Severus, later."
The women and the children arrived at the Grangers' fireplace. Jones had heard the Floo and stood by waiting for them, looking at the children he asked, "Ah, you two must be sharing his mark. It is rather clever if I say so myself," he chuckled.
Draco and Mimi were already running towards the kitchen, "Missus Jones we are here, may we have chocolate chips biscuits and milk."
Grant and Jeanie, only allow Hermione to have a biscuit two or three times per week. However, around the Manor was nearly impossible. And what was with the smart mark? As they ran out, both Cissy and Jeanie saw what he meant. Their hair had covered their pen-drawing rendition of Harry's scar that was entirely accurate, probably done by Remus or maybe the older Malfoy.
Cissy felt a shiver, just thinking of an Auror wondering about such a distinctive mark. Maybe Serpens was right, they needed to leave the Manor for a few months and then come back. The children were too fast and unpredictable, and about Harry— well, they must make a decision. Both Jeanie and Narcissa were hoping to claim ownership.
Meanwhile, at the Manor, Lucius was stressed. Who were the Aurors looking for? The convicts or Harry, and why so fast? Who had alarmed them? He needed to rest. This was too much..
"Drs. Granger, Dr. Elly is here with the children."
Neither Jeanie nor Grant was ready for this, not with Cissy. Then they remembered that Elly had already seen Remus.
Narcissa looked at the young woman admiringly; she was tall, chic, beautiful, with curly blond hair. The newcomer walked towards them holding the hands of two blond toddlers. Narcissa recognized her; she had seen her where and with whom? Ah yes, at the Manor? How could that be?
"Mrs. Malfoy?" Eleanor blushed.
Grangers' Secrets are Uncovered
"Yes, Elly, so sorry about Evan," Narcissa came forward and hugged Grant's sister. Jeanie and Grant looked at each other, both puzzled. Both women sunk into the embrace.
"Please don't say anything in front of the children," Elly begged Narcissa. The two young blond children ran towards Hermione.
"May I?" Narcissa was visibly shaken.
"Please, Frankie, he was just three a few days ago, and Evangeline soon will be two."
"You have two? I thought there was only Frankie?" Evangeline in a rare display of friendliness went straight to Narcissa.
"My, oh my, she looks a little like my mother, the same eyes, mouth, but the hair color is Evan's." Narcissa decided to let this go. She felt the looks from Grant and Jeanie and Elly's discomfort, but she couldn't stop holding her cousin's children and kissed them several times.
She didn't know what was going on and how could this be? She had understood that Eleanor was a Halfblood. She let it go, but tears wouldn't stop flowing.
Frankie was already by Hermione and Draco, and Hermione was dragging them towards her room. "Auntie, may I take the baby wif us?" Mimi asked giving her aunt a big hug.
"Evie can go when she is ready," Elly answered with a smile. She turned to look at Mrs. Malfoy and Evie and was moved to see Narcissa's tears. Evie was playing with Narcissa's long hair and her necklace, and smooching her occasionally.
"Grant, Jeanie, Mrs. Malfoy, please let's go into the drawing room, and we can talk. I was hoping for my mother to explain some of this mess. But, I guess, we don't choose the dates for unexpected encounters."
"Elly, the name is Narcissa orCissy, or Cissy, please, we are practically family." Narcissa told her.
After tea and biscuits, Elly explaines. "I never married Evan. However, he had insisted in some kind of vow, ah, yes the Back's hand-fasting, an old ritual similar to the old hand-fasting. He received a certificate in a tube. I made a copy and will show it to you later."
Narcissa smiled mysteriously, did she have a surprise for Elly, smart Evan. Elly noticed and looked at her, but Narcissa just said, "Later, go on."
"Okay, as I was saying..." She told Narcissa that she didn't feel that marriage was needed to have children. After the sixties and seventies, the sexual revolution had taken place, and Elly had been a rebel and had not wanted to play traditional roles.
Narcissa kept grinning at all her statements. Elly told her than when she got pregnant with Evie, they had decided to marry in the Muggle world that December, but Evan never came back. She was later informed that he had been murdered. He never met Evie, and she was born nearly seven months after his death.
She had met him during one of her coven meetings. There were Muggle-born who opted for this alternative instead of being put down and persecuted in the Wizarding world.
Grant and Jeanie could not believe what they were hearing. Their mother had suppressed the magical core of the children; it was possible for a parent to do that at their home. There were, however, magical accidents when they were children, but something on the house prevented detection. She believed in science, and her mother convinced her that she had telekinesis, a sixth sense for her divination, and other demonstrations of magic. She must have wanted her children to grow away from dark magic and free from danger.
At fifteen, when she joined the Wiccan, her mother had talked to her and her sister. She had tutored them for years to help develop their skills but always hidden from others. She had completed her preparatory studies in the U.S. and attended the last two years at a private Wizarding school in Salem. And did her first two years of University classes there as well, to learn more. Their mother never wanted anyone to find out about her. Something about being discovered, and they would all be in danger.
Evan was dating a witch from the coven, a Pureblood whose magic was nearly non-existent and made her almost a squib, but her parents were wealthy. When Evan and Elly saw each other, it was love at first sight. It was not until later she found out about the Dark Lord and the Death Eaters. She had told Evan of her mother not wanting magic around her.
Her parents never met Evan. They told the people in their small town and all their friends that Elly had married and divorced and had kept seeing the ex-husband; you know about young people, right? Elly had gone to the Malfoys a few times; Evan introduced her as a witch who had been educated abroad, which was all true. However, Evan did not want the Rosier to meet her; he had said it was better that way and asked the Malfoy to keep it quiet.
"So, you are a witch, and Maddy is a witch, and the preparatory she attended in the US is really a Wizarding school. Does my father know about all of this?" Grant asked.
He was unhappy that nobody had ever told him; and he realized that his stealth, his skills, telekinesis, and his other "quirks" were all magic. Unbelievably, his mother had never felt fit to tell him; no, not even when they shared Mimi's 'strange' happenings. And lastly, Mimi had ties to Cissy's family, of sorts.
He stood and refilled his scotch glass, the third one in a short while because he was miserable. If he would only have guessed how much weirder things would soon get, he would have drunk a triple-shot.
"Dad doesn't know, but I guess it will all come out tomorrow. I am invited over as well. Sorry for the surprise. So what is going on?" Elly asked, "Ah, Harry, how is he? And where is Remus? He was quite distress over Harry. Have they found the horrible Mr. Dursley?" She seemed clearly upset.
"Dear, I don't want to drop this on you, but you and Evan were married, in our world you were. The Black hand-fasting doesn't need witnesses and is fully sanctioned by the Ministry of Magic. We must talk about this later." Cissy sat by Elly and held her hand while she told her.
"It figures, I asked him what it meant, he said, it was for my protection." She smiled sadly. "We will talk later," Elly told Narcissa, and they dropped the matter for later.
They stayed talking for a while, and Grant wished again for his life from just a few weeks ago. He didn't even know who he was anymore, and now, even Jeanie was afraid for both of them.
The children came running and screaming into the room. Hermione was trying to carry little Evie, who was squealing at the top of her lungs. Draco kept pushing Frankie. "Let Mimi carry Evie, she is a big witch and knows how." At this world Elly smiled, she had read the papers and had connected the dots.
"Mommy, Daddy, Frankie doesn't want to play house. I wants Traco to be the daddy and I am the mommy and Frankie is the house-elf. I knows a house-elf, so we called Dobby. Frankie is naughty and told Dobby that he is ugly and made Dobby very sad." Hermione's face was red and sweaty, and Draco had his arm around her shoulders as the daddies did.
All the adults were holding their lips together not to laugh. The children were looking at the adults for guidance; meanwhile, Evie got loose and ran straight to Grant, her favorite person.
"Unka, I tay with Papa Unka; no Mimi." That was her name for Grant. It made Hermione mad that Evie wouldn't stay with her, and she ran after her to tug her away from her father, yanking her leg and readying to use her fingers, but Evie was having none of it and was climbing on Grant while pushing Hermione with her foot.
"Mimi, Evie is not a toy, and it isn't fair to make Frankie a house-elf. There is nothing wrong with Dobby, but why can't he be a friend instead of an elf. And why are you calling Dobby here?" Jeanie spoke in a friendly voice, thinking that she needed to defuse the situation. Though she was also firm because they didn't need a neighbor to see a house-elf at their home.
"And who is going to do all the work?" Draco asked, sounding cross, "I am too little to do work, Mimi is always busy reading, and who takes care of the baby when we have parents' nap time?" Draco looked at Cissy with his eyebrows knit in despondency.
What was wrong with adults? Why couldn't they understand, you needed a house-elf, and Frankie wanted to be around Mimi too much. He made a fine house-elf, besides he liked taking naps with Mimi, and he wasn't going to share her. His daddy didn't share Mother.
All the adults' eyes were fixed on Narcissa. They all had mischief on their faces and eyes, and she blushed to the tip of her ears. Draco really talked too much, but, now, she needed to be careful about how she answered.
"Yes, I guess Frankie is a big boy, almost a daddy, he could take care of Evie while you two take a nap." They all laughed; Cissy had defended her right to naps; it was something they all could associate with.
"And why cannot invite Dobby, he is my friend?" They looked at the adults.
Meanwhile, Lucius was talking to two Auror, looking for Harry. Hopefully they would be able to hide him.
Character List thus far - Soon on my sitel
Sirius Black. Info: Harry's Godfather
Rose Deadwood. Info: Evil Nanny
Albus Dumbledore. Info: headmaster Hogwarts
Dudley Dursley. Info: HP's cousin
Petunia Dursley. Info: Hp's Aunt
Vernon Dursley. Info: Hp's Uncle
Dobby Elf-malfoy. Info: Malfoy's house elf
Mipsypan Elf-Malfoy. Info: House elf Nurse to babies
Perdu Elf-Malfoy. Info: Gourment Elf
Mrs Garcia. Info: house keeper
Anne Granger. Info: HG's grandmother
Grant Granger. Info: HG's father
Hermione Granger. Info: Healer Pixie
Jeanie Granger. Info: HG's mother
Madeline Granger. Info: HG's paternal aunt
Eleanor Granger Rosier. Info: HG's paternal aunt
Evangeline Granger-Rosier. Info: HG's cousin
Count Etienne L'Orc. Info:
Kelly L'Orc. Info: Jeanie's sister Parents
Lady Charlotte L'Orc. Info: Fae
Charlote L'orc. Info: Jeanie's Mother
Etienne L'Orc. Info: Jeanie's father
Martin Lestrange. Info: Rabastan and Rodolphus Father
Rabastan Lestrange. Info:
Rodolphus Lestrange. Info: Brother
Roland Lestrange. Info: Brother
Remus Lupin. Info: Werewolf
Lucius Malfoy. Info: Draco's Father
Narcissa Malfoy. Info: Draco's Mother- Lucius Wife-Nee Black
Octan Malfoy. Info: Abraxas Father Married
Serpens Malfoy. Info: Lucius Great Grandfather
Sofia Malfoy. Info: French wife to Octan
Thallia Malfoy. Info: LM Greatgrandmother wife to Serpens
Ursas Malfoy. Info: Lucius Mother
Draco Malfoy . Info: Shadow pixie
Brutus Malfoy-dog. Info: Draco's guard dog
Negus Malfoy-dog. Info: LM's guard dog
Alaster Moody. Info: Auror- in the Order
Healer Muctis. Info: Malfoy's house Healer
Hera owl-Granger. Info: HG's Owl
Mina owl-Malfoy. Info: Draco's Owl
Rev Phillips. Info: Vicar around 39 years
Harry Potter. Info: Light Pixie
Evan Rosier. Info: Dark Wizard
Franklin Rosier. Info: HG's cousin
Rufus Scrimgeour. Info: Auror- in the Order
Avery II . Info: Entered the Grangers
Severus Snape. Info: Draco's godfather
Arthur Weasley. Info:
Charles Weasley. Info:
Frederick Weasley. Info:
George Weasley. Info:
Ginevra Weasley. Info:
Molly Weasley. Info: Arthur's Wife
Percival Weasley. Info:
Ronald Weasley. Info:
William Weasley. Info: