Lucius Hidden Son

Flooded under packages, the twins had difficulty to follow Narcissia to the third shop. Taken by pity for them and especially in anticipation of all that she again planned to buy, she miniaturized packages to the big relief of both boys and put a part in the pockets of her own coat, fast imitated by the twins. Without leaving them a single second to resume their breath, Narcissia entered the third shop. Harry believed to die from shame! It was about a shop which sold only underclothes! Imagining to have to try them and scroll before Narcissia, he decided to flee off. He tried to skip discreetly towards the exit. Regrettably, Draco caught him by the collar of his jacket.

" You are not going to leave me only one in this bad adventure, right? " He says.

Harry had a smile of excuse.

" It is not so terrible, kept silent and you will see)! " He encouraged him.

His little brother shook the head energetically.

" You don’t believe that we are going to try them in front of her, right? " Asked Draco in a low voice, knowing very well that he had guessed the reason of the embarrassment of his brother.

Harry looked at him with pleading eyes.

" Do not worry, clothes fit every one, there is a spell above! Scroll before Mother in town clothes, you are delirious my poor man! " He whispered, tears of laughter in eyes seeing the head that made the poor Harry.

Reassured, the youngest child of the Malfoy went to his "Mother" who already piled dozens underclothes on the counter of the shop. Draco did not leave him one second. She always chose the same colours, he did not thus worry to know if it would go to him or not. most of the underclothes were united, except …

- " No! Not small penguins, pity! " Harry choked by seeing grey boxer shorts with small black and white penguins printed above to disappear in the pile of clothes which she put on the counter, thus which she bought effectively.

- " From time to time, it seems she can’t remember our age… " explained Draco in a low voice.

" You wear small penguins, you? " Asked Harry with a small smile in corner of his lips.

Draco refrained from answering to protect his dignity but the red on his cheeks answered Harry's question without that his brother says a single word.

- " And then, he is beautiful Slytherin’s Prince! If Hermione knew that! " Harry chuckled, only Draco could hear him, fortunately for this one.

" I remind you that you will have the same " said Draco who had the satisfaction to see the red rising to Harry's cheeks.

If rumours circulated above, nobody of both would recover from it! They decided unanimously to say nothing and to leave them at home when they would return to Hogwarts. So much protect itself against the incidents of this kind! Without paying attention on what said both boys, Narcissia continued to pile all that she found good-looking. She had the fever buyer as said so well Lucius. It was indeed for it that he bought his clothes himself! Otherwise, he too would meet himself with penguins on the boxer shorts! He knew that his wife was a little bit eccentric, then he took measures before.

When all three went out again from the shop, the packages which had just added in the others were filled with underclothes with any sorts of motives: small penguins, snowflakes, kittens, mini Christmas trees, snowmen they had been entitled to all the outfit! Even if Harry refused to admit it in a loud voice, he found the small very good-looking motives but he was well careful not to say it to Draco. Anyway, if his twin wore them, it was indeed that he found them beautiful too, no?

Harry had only grumbled for the principle. It's true, at sixteen years old, the boys did not wear any more this kind of things! When Narcissia had made him tried practically all the pullovers of the first shop, Harry had a little growled because he was not in the habit that someone take charge of him. Before, he always wore the old clothes of his cousin, it seemed to him strange to possess clothes now, and especially to have so much of them! Indefatigable, Narcissia pulled the twins forwards the last shop. Harry indeed wondered what could again miss them, they had bought, ransacked everything already finally was more exact. By entering the shop, he had the answer to his dumb question: evening clothes !

Surprised, Harry turned to his twin who seems no more surprised than that.

- " Why are we here ? " He asked.

- " Looking for dinner jackets for us, obviously! " Draco answered him, he did not see what shocked Harry.

" For what? The Triwizards Tounament it was in the fourth year, not this year! " Continued Harry.

Draco turned to him, taken aback. He observed Harry one moment. Apparently, his twin did not know.

- " You do not know it? The Malfoy Manor is famous " he asked.

- " Famous for what? " Resumed Harry who did not understand where his brother wanted to come there.

- " For its holidays, its dinners and official receptions naturally! " Draco answered him like if it was the evidence.

- " Excuse me ? "

- " Balls, let us see! Moreover it is for this that you are going to have to learn to dance with Father because in the fourth year, it was a massacre! We would have said an elephant in a china shop! " Draco laughs friendly.

- " It is not true! " Retorted Harry, cut to the quick.

" No, it was not so terrible but I have already seen much better! You will learn! Moreover, it was not so bad for somebody who had never danced his life. " Admitted the elder of the twins.

It reassured Harry a little. While his Mother nosed about in shelves in search of the rare pearl, Harry turned to the shop window which looked onto the street. His "Mother", it seemed so strange to him to call her like that, but it seemed just. Since his arrival to the Manor , she had always been very kind with him. She had helped him from the first day despite of what she had said to their father. She had helped him to settle down and had made him do the tour of the manor with Draco so that he does not get lost.

Even if Harry knew that Narcissia was not hisreal mother, she acted as surrogate mother and as it Harry was largely grateful to her for it. Nobody had ever taken charge of him so. He did not still manage to call her "Mother" as Draco but maybe he would arrive there one day. For the moment, he called her by her first name as she had asked him for it.

Plunged into his thoughts, Harry watched the snow falling. Before his arrival to Hogwarts, he had never known real Christmas. In the magical world, everybody prepared this holiday with a lot of haste. All the shop windows were decorated with angels, with festoons, with spruces, with presents … Even the houses of the small village were quite decorated. Only for this, Harry was happy to belong to this world. Now that he reflected about it, he had seen no decoration in the Manor ,although we were the December 24th! It seems rather strange to him but he decided to say nothing. Suddenly, Draco woke Harry up who was always even lost in his thoughts.

- " Still in the moon? " He asked.

- " No, I was thinking … " Answered Harry.

- " Do not think too much or you will finish like Hermione! " Draco made fun by ruffling his hair, sign that he was in a playing mood. Some minutes later, they left finally the shop to go to the last one of the small sorcerer village. Hundred of metres before arriving at the door of the shop, Narcissia stopped the boys .

" Wait for me over there, I have only for one minute! Go to take a chocolate, you are cooled! " She says to them indicating them a cafe.

After a sign of assent, the twins settled down in the cafe and ordered two warm chocolates and a coffee for their Mother. They were satisfied that the shopping stops finally, both had feet in crumbs and especially, they were fed up to play the models for the morning. They had said nothing to Narcissia not to be unpleasant but this small break made them the crazy good. Effectively, a dozen minutes later, Narcissia joined them in the cafe. They remained a little the time to finish what they had ordered before deciding to return in the Manor.

Narcissia prayed that Lucius already returned there and he had the time to arrange all that he had bought. Unless he dawdled again on the way … He had no excuse, they had left at about nine o'clock in the morning and it was more than two o'clock in the afternoon! He could not say that he had had no time! They went out of the cafe and returned to the fireplace which had been of use to them of place of destination in the small village. Each their tour there entered it and flooed for the Manor house. Some seconds later, they arrived in the lounge of the house.

Narcissia sighed of reassurance by seeing that her husband was already back. Once again, he was settled in his armchair in front of the fireplace, where a raging fire burned, in full reading. Misfortune to the one who would dare to disturb him! Looking around him, Harry saw that during their absence the house elfs had decorated all the manor and that a gigantic Christmas tree throned at the moment in the middle of the lounge. It was covered with festoons of all the colours, the angels, the wax candles and the colored glass balls and with different motives on each of them. At feet of the spruce, were dozens presents which did not more wait than to be opened by their owner!

Harry had ever seen nothing of like that. Even the decorations of Hogwarts could not compete with those of the Manor ! For the first time, Harry really had the impression to be at home, in a place that he could without problem called his house without being afraid that it will disappear. Having put down all the packages, all went to the dining room where the lunch was finally served to the big reassurance of the twins who began to be starving because since the breakfast of the morning, they had swallow nothing others than their warm chocolate. Nobody was asked for passing at table. Even Severus seemed in a hurry to have lunch.

The afternoon seemed endless for Harry who would die from envy to go to see his packages. He tried vainly to participate in the chess game that Draco had proposed to him to kill the time but his twin seemed so enthusiastic as him. During this time, comfortably settled in his armchair, Lucius read his newspaper while observing the twins playing chess. He was happy that they get as well. He observed them silently and noted mentally all that he was going to have to correct at Harry's. Regrettably for this last one, the list lay down again more and more as the time passed. Finally, after long hours of expectation which seemed an eternity to Harry, the dinner arrived finally!

It was still too long for Harry who boiled literally with impatience. He had the impression that every last minute had lasted one hour at least! Finally, after a time which seemed to him an eternity, all the members of the Malfoy family and Severus but he counted for a member of the family, got up from table and went finally, in Harry's big reassurance, to the lounge where throned majestically the immense Christmas tree of the Manor Its foot was flooded under packages. Getting more in front the spruce, Harry was amazed by the number of packages. They were distributed in five piles, each of another colour and correspondent to one of the members of the family. Regrettably, there were no names on packages …

The only one who knew which one were to whom was Lucius because it was him who had asked to the house elfs to pack them each of another colour. Five colours of columns were: black with snowflakes drawn on the paper, the green spruce with presents drawn above, blue harms with stars above, red with Rennes above and silvered with spruces drawn above. Harry might slapped himself, he did not guess to whom were which packages. After some minutes of silence during each admired the magnificent Christmas tree, Lucius decided finally to attribute packages to each.

In the Malfoy family, the tradition was that each confides the presents which he had bought to the elfs who took care to pack them and attributed a colour of presents to every member of the family. It changed every year, so it was impossible to cheat or to know in advance how many packages you were going to receive. The elfs gave the colours which they had chosen to Lucius some minutes before opening them. So, him either did not know in advance the number of presents which he had. Even if he happened not to have many illusions about that !

Taking out the envelope of his pocket on which were noted colours and their correspondence, Lucius opened it most slowly possible to make the twins a little simmer. Considering some minutes later that they had enough waited, he dashed. Colours divided up in the following way:

- Black with snowflakes drawn on the paper: Severus

- Green spruce with presents drawn above: Lucius

- Blue harms with stars above: Narcissia

- Red with Rennes above: Harry

- Silvered with spruces drawn above: Draco.

In front of the pile of presents which was attributed to him, Lucius raised an amazed eyebrow. He had never received so much! But it was far from displeasing him!! Having unpacked all his presents, Harry was delighted!! Hehad never had so much presents! He had received : the food for owls, the feathers, the ink and the parchments from Narcissia (in brief only useful things), books of potions, astronomy and history on the life of the wizards, more ingredients for potions of his dear godfather Severus, a wizard game of wooden chess and a whole outfit of games that he did not know on behalf of Draco, and finally the indispensable textbook of the savoir-vivre, the novels and the games of logic, of which he was very fond, on behalf of his father.

Harry gringed a little in front of the textbook offered by his father. For his part, Draco received: same set useful stationery as Harry on behalf of Narcissia, textbooks of potions, herbology, of spells and history of the magic on behalf of Severus, a set including all the accessories of Quidditch to train on behalf of Harry and games of address, logics and speed on behalf of his father. Narcissia had very beautiful surprises in her presents. She did not expect so much! She received: a finery of jewels being worth a fortune on behalf of Lucius as well as a ball dress of black satin and emerald, a whole series of phial of parfums create for her by Severus who knew there very well in rare and fragrant plants. But most great surprises came from Harry and Draco. Draco offered to his mother a glass bouquet of roses of all the colours. Each of them was perfumed and had a unique flavor. Being glass, they would never fade. Harry having already seen that Narcissia had a big passion for birds and music, offered him a green and blue parrot who sang as a nightingale and knew how to speak. He had had difficulty in keeping it in his room discreetly because the bird had the nasty mania to speak as soon as somebody entered the room or to sing as soon as he heard some music. Narcissia was delighted by the parrot. The twins had to buy her presents while they were supposed to stay in the cafe …

She had always wanted to have one but had never managed to convince Lucius to offer her one because he pleaded that it would break his ears all day long. The mother of Lucius had had a counterpart of it years which took a malicious delight to be whistled in Lucius's ears every time this one entered the room of his mother when he wanted to speak to her. He was very relieved when the bird was dead! And it began again! Lucius swore himself not to approach this bird !! Severus received ingredients of rare potions on behalf of Narcissia, rare books of black magic on behalf of Lucius, parchments and of some ink on behalf of Draco and phials which took the colour of the potion which they contained on behalf of Harry.

It was the novelty which found at once the approval of Severus which would so spare time. He would not any more need to label his phials! As for Lucius, he received: pullovers, shirts and other clothes on behalf of Narcissia who never nearly redid his wardrobe in the occasion, books of spells on behalf of Severus, book on the spells of protection on behalf of Draco and the other one on magic of the blood on behalf of Harry. Every member of the Malfoy family was delighted and surprised with all the presents which he had received. They thanked all warmly those who had offered them a present. While the twins went to the door of the lounge to get back to their room because they fell of sleep, Lucius called them and tells them to come to see him. He had another present for them. He put in the tour of the neck of each a pendant representing a dragon and a panther side by side who represented both boys. On the back of the medallion, each had its name and its date of birth engraved above.

" These medallions will protect you against the bad spells. There is also a portkey inside, you just have to think strongly of the manor so that you returned there in the second. There is a protection in case you would lose it, if the medallion is near you it will transport you here all the same and the same if somebody take you and if this person is still held in front of you . " Explained Lucius to both boys before letting them go to go to bed.

They had well deserved to rest. They would have a lot to do during this holidays! Lucius knew well why he had given these medallions to the twins. He could not stay between both camps eternally, especially since the return of Harry. It would be necessary to him to chose quickly, even if in the bottom of his heart, Lucius knew that his choice was made for a long time …

TO BE CONTINUED…

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Next time : special chapter number 1 … You will see by yourself … Next week, you will have the special chapter 2 and that according to the continuation of the fic. Two other special chapters will come later because they are very long to write …