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Unhinged 2: Til the Flame Burns Out	By : nikki13088 Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Draco/Ginny Views: 3348 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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A/N: Hey guys! Sorry it took a while to post again! There's a lot of emotion in the chapter and I hope you enjoy it.
Draco was walking up to the doors of the Manor and just stopped and stood there for a minute. He watched his children stop beside him before they entered. He knew they must be all thinking the same thing he was, that something was missing and things just didn't feel the same as before. They had been through so much these past few months and now here they were returning home without their mother and sister. Draco turned his attention to Molly running from the house towards them with Ava in her arms.
"Thank goodness you're all ok." She cried as she pulled them each into a tight hug.
Draco felt her pull him into a hug, but he felt a bit numb right now. His eyes fell on little Ava and his heart broke at how much bigger she looked compared to when he last saw her. He scooped her up in his arms and hugged her little body against him and just closed his eyes as he took in her scent. He missed the smell of her hair and just the feeling of holding her in his arms.
"Dad!" Harper cried out as she ran full speed at him and jumped into his arms. "Please don't ever leave me again." She sobbed into the crook of his neck.
Draco was overwhelmed with emotion at this point and because he wasn't sure how to express it at this moment he swallowed the lump in his throat and gave Harper a small smile before he kissed her on the forehead.
Mrs. Weasley must've picked up on his emotions because she took Ava from him and told Harper to follow her back inside and to give him some space. Hearing Molly say those words just ripped his heart to shreds and he felt so guilty. Here he was with his kids at home and there was no Ginny. He couldn't remember the last time or if ever he had been away from her like this. Being apart from her in the lab was different than them being separated and him having to continue to live a normal life without her until she was well enough to come home. He was convinced he wouldn't be able to do it without her; she was his other half and what kept his heart beating.
He desperately tried to put himself in a better state of mind for the sake of his kids and for Ember, but it was proving to be far more difficult than he thought.
"I've finished the rest of the repairs around the Manor from the attack a few months ago. So, everything is back to normal." Molly said with a small smile.
Draco couldn't help but snort at her comment. "This is the furthest thing from normal." He quietly said before he led the way into the Manor and went straight to his bedroom.
Scorpius and his sisters just exchanged a concerned look with each other at their father's behavior. It was very out of character for their father to act this way, he was always a confident man and was always in control of his emotions besides the occasional temper when he overreacted to something.
Scorpius patted his grandmother's shoulder before he led her inside of the Manor.
It had been a few hours since they all had arrived back home, and Aurora couldn't take how cold and empty the Manor felt without her mother and sister there. She glanced around her room and thought about how the last time she was in here she was almost killed by Adwell's men. She also thought about how James had saved her and then her thoughts went to him and how she couldn't wait to see him again.
"Aurora?" came Harper's voice from the doorway.
Aurora sat up on her bed and wiped a stray tear away that she didn't realize fell. "Hey, what's wrong?"
"Who's going to make dinner? I'm hungry."
Aurora just stared at her; she could see how miserable she was and how much of her spunk was missing. She just thought about everything they had been through and she didn't want any of them to suffer anymore.
"How about we make something together?" she suggested.
Harper quickly nodded at the offer with a bright smile before leading the way down to the kitchen. Harper's smile was enough to get Aurora to a better state of mind; she didn't want to see that sadness in Harper's eyes ever again.
"Hey!" Scorpius called from his bedroom as he watched Harper and Aurora making their way past his open door. "What are you doing?"
Aurora stopped in his doorway. "We're going to make dinner... Harper's hungry." She said with a small smile as she watched Harper quickly run ahead of her. She turned back to him; she could see he was reliving the past few months in his mind. "Give us a hand?"
He looked at her puffy eyes as they pleaded with him to say yes as an attempt to make things seem as normal as possible again. He nodded before tossing the book he was skimming through aside.
Once they were in the kitchen and started cooking, silence filled the room again and the horror that was their lives the past few months started to fill their heads again.
Aurora cleared her throat a bit. "So, Harper, hopefully, we can get back to Hogwarts soon. I'm sure you'd like to get back to playing Quidditch."
"Pft, hell yes, the team probably sucks without me." She said confidently.
Aurora and Scorpius exchanged a small smile at Harper's comment.
"You should let Scorpius cook instead," Harper suggested as she took a peek into the pan on the stove.
"What? Why?" Aurora asked.
"Uh, hello, because you suck at cooking." Harper rolled her eyes.
"I do not!" Aurora snapped.
Scorpius just snickered before sliding between Aurora and the stove. "Listen, it's not my fault I got Mum and Grandma's cooking skills. Guess you can set the table." He teased before bracing himself from Aurora's hard punch to his arm.
"Are Eve and Noah going to Azkaban?" Harper suddenly asked.
Aurora noticed Scorpius' expression sadden at the mention of Eve. She cleared her throat and grabbed a stack of dishes out of the cabinet. "Let's not talk about that right now, here why don't you start setting the table." She said with a small smile.
Harper gave her a small nod before heading to the dining room. Aurora just watched her brother for a moment before lowering her head.
"Scorpius, Dad won't let that happen to them."
Scorpius just scoffed. "Please, you think Dad's priority is making sure Eve and Noah are cleared? Mum is more important and Ember... as they should be."
"I know, but-"
"Let's just drop it." He cut her off.
"I'm just saying-"
"JUST STOP!" he yelled, making her jump at the sound of him slamming his fist on the counter.
She just stared at him, her eyes welling with tears at his outburst. She could see he immediately regretted it and he let out a hard sigh.
"I'm sorry." He said softly before wrapping her up in a tight hug. "I just... I care a lot about Eve. I don't want to see her be punished for something she shouldn't be, and it sucks that I can't do anything about it."
"Scorpius... just stay hopeful. Look what we were able to do these past few months; everything we've accomplished. I think the Ministry is just being cautious and they will both be free to go." Aurora tried to reassure him.
"And Mum?"
"Mum will make her way back to us... I know she will."
"What about Ember? What if she..." he swallowed the lump of emotions that formed in his through. "What if she dies?"
Aurora laced her fingers with his before looking at him. "She won't... she's strong like Mum and Dad... like us."
He nodded at her words and tried with everything in him to believe what she was saying was true.
"What are you doing?" Ellie asked as she appeared in the doorway.
"Waiting for you to finish setting the table." Aurora teased as she handed her some flatware and cups.
"Lucky me," Ellie mumbled as she went to walk away and then felt Aurora grab her arm and turn her back towards her.
"Ellie, don't mess with that." She said as she pointed to the bracelet around Ellie's wrist that they all wore that she was apparently trying to get off.
"But it itches and it's uncomfortable." Ellie snapped.
"It's a step up from the ones we had to wear around our necks." Riley's voice suddenly filled the kitchen. "Like a dog collar, only every hour a needle would shoot into our necks to keep us tamed." She added.
Everyone was silent; Ellie pulled her sleeve down over her bracelet and just walked past her into the dining room.
"Riley, how are you feeling?" Aurora asked as she watched her take a seat at the counter; her eyes traveling over Riley's burn marks on her hands and wrists.
Riley just shook her head, tears already welling in her eyes at Aurora's question. "I need to talk to Dad... or Mum. Only they will understand what I'm feeling." She quietly cried as she hugged her hands around herself.
Scorpius watched Aurora try to console their younger sister and the trauma she'd been through. He couldn't possibly expect his father to be right back to his old self again, especially with what was going on with his mum and Ember. He didn't think about the aftermath of everything and how it would all be... how he would be. He only thought about having his whole family back together again.
"Hey, listen Riley... I know Mum isn't here right now and Dad is... well, he's in a tough spot right now like you. Just know, even though we weren't there with you at that place... we are still here for you. You can cry, you can scream... I'll even let you hit me if you want." Scorpius teased, causing her to give a small laugh. "We just need to stick together, and we will all get through this, ok?"
He lifted her chin to look at him before she gave a small tearful nod.
"Good, now that table isn't going to set itself and I'm sure by now Ellie and Harper are fighting over who's sitting where so why don't you go be the deciding vote?"
"Pft, there's only like twenty seats to choose from." Riley scoffed before she rolled her eyes and left the kitchen.
As they all finally sat down around the table for dinner, the effects of everything that they had faced the past few months became more real to them. Their parent's seats remained empty and instead of Ava babbling in her highchair, she was upstairs fast asleep.
"So, when do you think we can go back to school?" Harper asked.
"Hopefully we'll know some more tomorrow," Scorpius answered her before he exchanged a quick look with Aurora.
"School? All I want is my bed for the next month." Ellie said.
Draco stood in the hallway outside of the dining room just listening to the light conversation his kids were in. He was so proud of them and their attempt to get things back to normal around the manor. He wanted to be there for them, but he could feel his emotions getting ready to erupt as tears stung his eyes at the sound of his children's voices. Something he didn't think he would ever realize he missed hearing; just them talking to each other made him want to break down right there in the hallway.
He wrapped his fingers around the stone in his pocket to see if it had grown any warmer. If maybe Ginny had been thinking about him, but it was as cold as he had ever felt it before, and it was killing him. He felt his lips beginning to tremble and he desperately tried to hold himself together. He let out a shaky breath and roughly rubbed his face to erase any traces of emotion before walking into the dining room.
Everyone fell silent at his entrance. Why did he feel like he had lost all confidence suddenly, as if his kids were judging his every move and if he would emotionally and mentally be strong enough for all of them through this? He didn't want to disappoint them, he already felt like he failed them with how things turned out and what they had to go through.
He took a seat at the table and watched Aurora go to serve him when he shook his head. "I'm not hungry, I just thought I'd sit with you guys."
"Dad... you don't have to-"
"I do." He cut Aurora off. "I'm sorry." He said in barely a whisper.
"For what?"
He got up so abruptly it made them all jump, and he headed to the foyer. "Scorpius, keep an eye on your sisters... I'll be back." He said before he slammed the front door and disappeared.
Draco quickly paced back and forth in front of the door before he stopped and stared at it. He was shaking at this point from how hard he fought to hold himself together. He gave a few quick knocks on the door finally and immediately regretted it as he took a few steps back. He felt something wet hit his face as he looked up at the night sky and felt the light rain start to fall.
"Uncle Draco?"
He looked at the young girl before him. "Rose, can you get your mum?" he managed to force out as his voice cracked a bit.
She gave a small nod before she turned to get her mother. It was only a few moments later when Hermione appeared at the front door.
"Draco? What's wrong?" she asked, her voice was soft and calming.
He just stared at her and he could tell she knew he wasn't in a good place.
"Y-You told m-me to t-talk to you, right?" he reminded her as his voice broke.
The sound of his emotions surfacing instantly brought tears to her eyes as she nodded at his question.
He lowered his head, ashamed of what a mess he was and how pathetic he must look to her. "I can't... I can't do this without her Hermione. I just...I- I can't... I..." he had finally lost the raging battle of emotions inside as they brought him to his knees, and he let everything out.
Hermione ran out to him and grabbed him into a hug and was surprised when she felt him latch onto her tightly and just sob. She hated to see him like this, and her tears freely fell as she felt the sadness and anger in the way his body shook in her arms. Her eyes wandered over to the front door where Ron watched them with a sad look on his face as he wrapped his arm around Rose. She was so thankful her family was safe, and it made her heart ache even more for Draco and Ginny because their family wasn't together. She managed to pull Draco inside and out of the rain with her into the house to have a proper talk with him.
Hermione did a simple drying spell and started a small fire before handing Draco a cup of tea she had just finished making. She sat on the couch beside him in silence as she watched him fall deep in thought.
"Were you able to see her earlier?"
He nodded as he stared into the fire. "She was confused... scared." He hung his head. "She asked if Arthur was ok."
They both fell silent again.
"Draco, I can't even imagine how you or Harry or Ginny must be feeling right now, and I feel so selfish that my family is safe and here with me and-"
"Stop." He cut her off before he turned to look at her. "You are a big reason why my kids are still alive and safe. I'm just... I'm so lost without Ginny by my side. I feel like I can't even be a good parent without her... I feel like I suddenly don't know what to say to them. Everything is a mess and what they've been through... what I've been through... and poor Riley." He shook his head at his lack of confidence.
"Listen Draco, the very fact that you're even thinking this way shows how much of an amazing father you are. They've missed you guys so badly and they just want you near them and to be open and honest with them. They are so strong, and they can handle more than you think. I've seen what these kids are capable of and you should be so proud of them. It's not wrong for you to lean on them a bit right now." She reached forward and placed her hand gently on his to make sure he was taking in her words. When she saw him look up at her with tears in his eyes she gave him a small smile. "Go home to them and just talk... that's what they need. Riley is going to be fine and I know Ember is going to wake up any day now and as for Ginny... I've arranged a meeting with Kingsley and some other members of the Ministry. I think we need to have a good talk with them and put an end to this mess."
"You think she'll find her way back?" he asked her as his eyes pleaded with her to say yes.
"I know she will."
He stared at her for a moment to see if her words were genuine and he quickly wiped the few tears that fell and put the tiniest of sneers on his face at his lack of emotional control. "Any word on Eve and Noah?" he asked, deciding to change his focus.
"A bit, Kingsley is on our side and even though he is temporarily being reinstated as Minister of Magic he is still trying to restore order around there. There is a lot of questions and concerns about releasing them, especially because they have powers and are being looked at as mentally unstable."
"Eve and Noah were tortured in that place, just like the rest of us. The only concern should be if it hasn't completely screwed them up for life." Draco spat.
He was angry that the Ministry was looking at Eve and Noah that way, yeah Noah was a bloody git and he hurt Ember, but he didn't deserve to sit in Azkaban and neither did Eve.
"The only way the Ministry will hold off on sending them to Azkaban until a proper trial or further questioning, is if they were under the eye of a Ministry official day and night," Hermione suggested as a possible temporary solution.
She saw Draco grow angrier and then she watched him suddenly look completely defeated. "Let's go to the Ministry tomorrow for a chat with Kingsley and Matthew and see what we can do. For now, you need to try and get some sleep and keep a level head tomorrow. Go home to your children and... just talk to them Draco."
She watched him let her words sink in before he gave a stiff nod and went to storm off.
"See you tomorrow... Malfoy." She attempted to drawl out before a playful smile tugged at her lips when he turned to look at her.
He gave her the slightest of smirks before he exaggerated the sneer on his face. "See ya, Granger."
She watched him apparate away before she shook her head at how far Draco Malfoy had come since she first met him.
She felt her soaked clothes sticking to her body as she sat up in bed and took in her surroundings. She cringed at the sharp pain that ran throughout her body before a loud hiss escaped her mouth as she felt herself boiling from the inside out. She swore at any moment she was about to erupt into a blazing inferno as she jumped out of bed and ran over to the small bathroom in her room.
Ginny looked into the mirror and tried to make herself out in the dark room as her own eyes pierced into herself. She watched two bright orange pupils staring back at her before she looked down at the bracelet on her wrist. She could feel her powers wanting to escape and they didn't like being retained; it was physically painful to keep them suppressed.
She ran over to her locked door and banged on it with her fist. "Hello?" she called out. "Hello!" she yelled louder as she continued to bang on the door with both fists.
She looked at the palms of her hands and could see what looked like fire beneath her skin begging to be set free. She took a few steps back when someone opened the door and let the light from the hallway shine in on her.
"Mrs. Malfoy, you're awake." Came Matthew's voice as Ginny narrowed her eyes to better make out his features.
"Matthew, where's Draco? I need him... where's Eve? I need her to help me. You need to take this bracelet off me." She begged of him as he took in her growing powers.
"Ginny... I'm afraid I can't do that right now. I can't get Draco and Eve is in holding still." He gently explained.
She just looked at him. "What? Are you serious?" she asked as she looked at him in disbelief before her expression turned angry. "I want to see my husband... now!" she demanded.
He saw her about to explode on him and he softened his tone in an attempt to show her he didn't have any ill intentions. "Ginny, I'm not keeping you from him or your children, in fact, I'm trying to keep them safe. You're in no condition to have that device taken off you until we can better understand what we're dealing with. You probably have no memory of what kind of state of mind you were in when the Ministry showed up at Adwell Labs."
Her angry expression faded when he mentioned the name Adwell.
"Is he dead?" she asked.
He cleared his throat before he locked eyes with her. "No."
She went to walk past him out of the room when he blocked the doorway.
"Move, I need to get to my children. I need to get to Ember."
She went to push past him when he gently grabbed her arms to guide her back into the room. She let out another hiss of pain as she felt the wave of heat course through her body and Matthew quickly removed his hands from her as her skin turned hot. He pulled his suit jacket off and used it to guide Ginny back over to her bed and sat down beside her.
"I need to see Eve, something's wrong." She growled out through clenched teeth.
"Ginny, I-"
"Matthew, please!" she begged him. "Do you really think Eve is anything like her father?"
He looked at her and all the heartache and pain that was in her eyes. He thought about the life Eve had in that lab with her father and how he wanted to help Eve and Noah out of there. Although his intentions to help Eve and Noah were sincere, his main focus was always getting Draco, Ginny, and Harry out and to protect their kids. His first priority was to make sure they were safe and before he released Eve and Noah he needed to know that they were innocent, especially after Jake's betrayal.
"I'll be right back." He said before getting up and leaving her room.
He quickly made his way downstairs to the holding cell that Eve and Noah were still in. Before he walked inside he rethought his decision again. The truth was that Matthew was a true friend to Arthur over the years and he knew all that his family had been through since he had known him. He wanted to help Ginny and Draco and that's what made him open the door and walk over to the cell.
"Eve... I need your assistance with something." He said as he walked over to unlock the cell door.
Eve and Noah quickly stood up and exchanged a quick look at Matthew's request.
"What's wrong?" she asked.
"It's Ginny, something is wrong with her... she thinks you can help."
Eve was surprised by Ginny's request but didn't ask any questions and let Matthew escort her out of the cell. Noah went to follow but Matthew closed the cell before he could get out.
"Sorry Kid, I just need her." He said to Noah with a small frown before he left the room.
Matthew walked through the halls with her as fast as he could before anyone would question his motives. The silence between them was awkward as Eve went back to the day Matthew suggested she was the spy after he was the one who helped her escape.
As if he was the one reading her mind he suddenly spoke up. "I'm sorry about what I said... back at the house." He said softly as they continued to walk throughout the halls.
She just looked at him for a few moments. "If you're sorry you would release my brother and I. You obviously still don't trust us or still think we have some other motive." She stated with a bit of snap.
They stopped outside of Ginny's room and he opened his mouth to say something but closed it before locking eyes with her. "I'm sorry if you feel like I've wronged you and your brother by being cautious... but I won't apologize for going the extra step to protect everyone else."
She broke her eye contact with him and looked at the floor. "So the world is divided into everyone else and then Noah and I?" she asked before she looked back up at him, her voice cracking a bit as his words hurt her even more than she already felt. "Thanks for the apology." She choked out before she opened the door that he had unlocked for her.
Eve didn't know why she felt so out of place and wanted to retreat to her cold dark room back at her father's lab where she felt she belonged. She didn't know why she ever thought she would fit into a world she hardly knew anything about or discovered for herself, but when she was around Draco and Ginny's family it made her feel the most human she ever had before. Her interactions with Scorpius especially made her feel like something more than just an experiment. She couldn't really blame Matthew for acting like he was towards her and Noah. He was right in his skepticism towards them after what Jake had done; it was still a shock even to her and she lived in the lab her whole life and knew nothing of Jake ever have been there.
She was pulled from her thoughts when she heard a whimper across the room and saw Ginny sitting on her bed with her knees hugged to her chest. She could feel the rising temperature in the room as she walked further into it and took a seat in front of Ginny.
"Ginny?" she softly called.
She lifted her buried face from her folded arms and looked at her. "Eve... what's happening to me?" she cried.
Eve watched as Ginny held out both of her hands for her to look at and stared at her with her bright orange pupils. Eve slowly brought one of her hands a few inches above Ginny's palm and could feel the heat lightly burning her. She studied the burning flames that she knew to be lying beneath Ginny's skin wanting to be released. She couldn't help the wide smile that stretched across her face and looked up at Ginny.
"Do you realize just how exquisite you are?"
Ginny just stared at her. "What do you mean?"
"Your fire powers, they're back and they've overpowered all the others. This... this is amazing." She said with a bright smile as she looked at Ginny again and then looked at Matthew. "Take her bracelet off."
"What? That's not happening." He stated firmly.
"Eve, that's not a good idea," Ginny said.
She just looked at Ginny before she brought her hand up and cupped the side of her face. "Do you know how much I admire you? Your strength... your courage... I've seen what you are capable of. I can show you just how incredible you really are if you trust me."
Ginny's eyes didn't leave hers, the only thing she felt was fear of what would happen if she wasn't controlled.
"Matthew, the bracelet?" Eve asked again.
"I can't do that." He repeated.
Eve looked at him. "Fine, I was giving you a chance, but now you leave me no choice." She said before her eyes turned purple and the door behind Matthew slammed shut and locked.
He quickly tried to open it and then turned back to her with wide eyes. "How? Y-your bracelet?" he frantically stumbled to find his words as he watched her use her powers to remove the bracelet.
"My powers are a lot stronger than this crappy bracelet the Ministry has on us."
"But you've been down in a holding cell... you could've just... just-"
She looked at him. "Exactly, I could've, but I'm not the enemy." She firmly stated before looking at Ginny again. "You ready?"
Ginny quickly shook her head. "I'm not strong like you think. I can't..." she trailed off as she felt the burning pain intensify within her.
"Ginny, look at me."
Ginny lifted her tearstained face to Eve's.
"Think of your children... of Draco... they are what drive you. They are the reason that fire within you burns so wildly. My father tried to make you something you're not and these powers that you had... they didn't hold up and do you know why Ginny?"
Ginny quickly shook her head.
"It's because fire always wins in the end. Isn't that right?"
Ginny just looked at her.
"Right?"
Ginny let out an emotional breath before she nodded at her words.
"Show me." Eve softly said before she removed Ginny's bracelet and helped her off the bed. "You won't hurt anyone... I promise." She said as she let her powers surface and put up a shield of kinetic energy around them.
Ginny could feel her powers surface as soon as the bracelet came off and was surprised when the feeling was so familiar. She could feel her whole body relax and her mind seemed so peaceful at this moment as she watched the flames start to erupt down her arms and legs. The warm breeze of fire against her face calmed her nerves and slowly she could feel them taking over every part of her.
Once Ginny felt like she was in control she released even more of her powers as they begged to be freed. A wave of flames crashed down on the floor and ran up the walls all around them. Matthew quickly braced himself for the impact, but he watched the bright flames hit the protective barrier Eve had up in front of him. He watched the flames fill the entire room and a feeling of awe came over him as he watched them only grow bigger and brighter.
Eve could feel just how powerful Ginny's powers were as she let her powers absorb most of the damage her raging inferno would have caused. She watched the flames dance over her head as they completely filled the barriers she had formed. She could feel her body start to tremble as she tried to maintain her protective stance. She couldn't help the bright smile that stretched across her face as she watched Ginny glide around the room in all her glory as fire covered her from head to toe.
Soon Ginny's flames diminished, and she dropped to her knees as she tried to catch her breath. She couldn't believe she had her powers back, but what was more unbelievable was that she felt in control of them. She could still feel her other powers deep down but nothing like she had before.
Eve knelt in front of her after removing the barrier around them. "Are you ok?"
Ginny nodded with an emotional smile before she looked at her. "Are you?" she asked taking in Eve's bloody nose and exhausted appearance.
She nodded with a small smile before wiping her nose off on the back of her hand. They both turned to Matthew who slowly approached them. Eve used her powers to secure her and Ginny's bracelets once more and walked back over to him.
"Don't worry. I won't try to run away or anything." She said with a glare before she turned back to Ginny. "You're amazing and I hope you will be with your family again soon." She said with more emotion in her voice than she intended.
Her eyes locked with Matthew's for a moment before she quickly looked away and led the way back to the holding cell.
Draco walked through the doors of the manor and stood in the foyer for a moment and took in the silence. He glanced over to the clock and saw it was a little past two in the morning as he went upstairs to check on Ava. He saw her bedroom door open already with a dim light on that was shining out into the hallway.
He went to walk in her room when he stopped to take in the scene before him; a smile stretching across his face at the sight of all his children asleep scattered about the room. He looked at Harper, Ellie and Riley snuggled together in a pile on one oversized couch and then his eyes wandered over to Scorpius and Aurora who had dozed off in the armchairs in Ava's room. He looked at Ava's little face resting on Scorpius' shoulder fast asleep.
He gently took her from Scorpius and laid her on his shoulder and held her close to him. He rested his nose on the top of her head and closed his eyes to take her in for a moment before he rocked her gently. He looked over at Scorpius and Aurora who had woken up and gave them a small nod to follow him out of the room before he placed Ava gently in her crib.
Draco quietly closed the bedroom door before he turned and looked at Scorpius and Aurora staring at him. He couldn't help but look down the long hallway he had just come from and thought back to the days he walked through these halls alone and broken and now they were filled with love and laughter from a family of his own.
"Can we talk?" he asked them.
They both nodded before Draco led the way downstairs to the kitchen and took a seat at the bar with them. He pulled out a bottle of Firewhisky and three shot glasses before filling them all a bit and pushing two towards Scorpius and Aurora. He threw his shot back before placing his glass down and filling it up again. Scorpius and Aurora exchanged a quick look before they both threw theirs back as well.
Aurora gave a nasty look at the taste of it and a small cough. "Geez, that's disgusting and burns like hell."
Scorpius just laughed at her lack of experience with liquor. "Stop pretending you've never drunk before."
"Not that... I'm a good girl." She said as she turned her nose up to him.
"Pft, yeah... why don't we tell Dad how you were burning crops with Potter at that party?" he teased as she slapped him hard on the arm.
Draco raised an eyebrow at his comment making Scorpius bring his fingers to his lips in a smoking motion.
"Shut up!" Aurora shouted as she punched him in the ribs causing him to let out a small hiss.
"You know, I'm still healing." He said through clenched teeth as he grabbed his side.
"Oops, I'm so sorry." She quickly regretted hitting him so hard.
Draco just stared at them both for a moment and then his eyes fell on Scorpius' ribs where he had broken a few of them. His heart sunk a bit to see any of his children in pain.
"Thank you." He quietly said to them.
"For what?" Aurora asked.
"For getting us out of there."
"Dad, we didn't really... the Ministry-"
"It doesn't matter... what you guys did for your mother and I... "
"You're our parents, of course we came for you. I'm just sorry it had to take all of this to happen for me to realize just how much you both mean to us." Aurora said, her voice cracking with emotion. "We were so scared you guys were dead." She choked out as she covered her mouth to stifle her cries.
Draco got up and pulled her into a tight hug; every time he hugged one of his kids it was like reality was hitting him all over again. He still had thoughts that at any moment he would wake up in that lab again.
"You guys were amazing." He said as he pulled back from the hug and looked down at Aurora. "And you Aurora..." he shook his head in disbelief at how grown up she really was. "I'm so proud of you guys."
He pulled Scorpius into a hug as well and held them both for a few moments. He found himself thinking a lot about where he came from and where he was now. How broken and alone he felt so long ago and his many attempts to end his life. How he hated the idea of living in a world in such a pathetic state and now here he was. He had kids of his own and was married to a woman he never thought in a million years he would love more than anything in this world. It made him miss Ginny that much more and his heart ached for her.
He took a seat back at the bar and poured another round of shots for them. "Here, the second one goes down easier." He said to Aurora as he thought back to the same thing he said to Hermione eighteen years ago when they shared a shot in this very same spot.
Aurora took the shot and winced in anticipation before relaxing a bit when she realized he was right. "Damn, that's so much better." She said in relief.
"Why don't you go get your sisters and head to bed?" Draco suggested when he saw her release a long yawn.
"Are you sure? Because I can stay-"
"It's fine," he said as he threw his shot back. "I got Scorpius here to keep me company. Go on."
She gave a small nod before getting ready to leave the kitchen. She stopped in the doorway and quickly walked back over to her father and gave him a tight hug. "I love you, Dad." She whispered.
Draco smiled at her words. "I love you too." He watched her leave the kitchen before his eyes fell on Scorpius; he knew there was something he had been wanting to ask him. "Go ahead... ask me."
Scorpius locked eyes with him for a moment before looking back down at the shot in his hand. "Why didn't you let me kill Jake?"
Draco just stared at him, it was like looking into the mirror and seeing his younger self. "That's not who we are... who you are. I know we've killed before, but that was to survive. Being in a position where its kill or be killed is one thing. Now I'm not saying Jake doesn't deserve to pay for what he's done, but I don't want you to live with something that you can't take back."
Scorpius let his words sink in and he tried to understand them, but he was still angry about Jake's betrayal. He couldn't help the sneer that crossed his face as he thought back to the event.
"And if you think about it... if you really wanted to kill Jake... you wouldn't have let me stop you. You would've done it anyway. When you're filled with that much anger and you have nothing but vengeance on your mind... nothing will stop you." Draco said, his eyes firmly on his son.
"But I did want to!" he loudly snapped. Then his face softened a bit when he thought back to the moment he almost ended Jake's life. "But... I just kept thinking about how I almost killed Noah and how I felt when I thought I had killed him." He looked back up at his father. "I didn't want to feel like that again."
Draco gave him a small smile. "Good." He watched Scorpius for a moment as he threw back the shot in his hand. "What happened with Raven?" he suddenly asked.
Scorpius scoffed at the question before sliding his glass over to his dad to pour him another shot. "She slept with Noah."
Draco practically choked on his shot and gave a hard cough. "Wow, did not expect that."
"Yeah, neither did I. The whole pregnancy thing wasn't even real, she made it all up because she's insecure and some other bullshit I don't want to talk about." He said with a sneer as he took his last shot and then rubbed his face roughly before burying it into his folded arms on the counter. "She slept with Noah to get back at me when I wanted us to take a break and Noah slept with her because..." he trailed off.
"Because?" Draco asked with a raised eyebrow.
Scorpius just shook his head. "If Ember ever wakes up she could tell you more." He mumbled.
They both fell silent for a few moments.
"Tell me about Eve," Draco said.
"What about her?"
"How did you guys end up with her and Noah?"
"Matthew brought them to where we were hiding out. Some house that belonged to McGonagall's family, the one you and Mum have been to."
Draco just stared at him, his mind going back to the days when he was still fighting his feelings for Ginny and coming to terms with being a father. He just gave a small smile at the mention of the house.
"The Ministry isn't really going to see her as the enemy are they? If it wasn't for her and even the help of Noah, we wouldn't have been able to even step foot into that lab." Scorpius explained, his voice growing louder as he thought about the situation.
"I understand, but as you know I don't always have control over what the Ministry does."
"YES, YOU DO!" he yelled angrily.
Draco was a bit taken aback by his son's sudden outburst.
"I'm sorry, it's just... I guess I'm just used to you and Mum always fixing everything for us and I need to start thinking that maybe this isn't fixable." He said softly as he hung his head.
Scorpius' words hit Draco harder than he thought they would. He was always so in control and always seemed to have this superiority about him when anyone would approach him. He would be lying if he said he didn't enjoy it when people were intimidated by his mere presence.
"Dad, you don't really think she and Noah are anything like their father... do you?" he asked as he watched his father get lost in his own thoughts.
"No, I knew Eve wasn't after the first few times I encountered her in the lab. As for Noah..." he paused for a moment and thought back to the day Noah was trying to escape from the lab. The terrified look on his face and the horrible condition he was in was something he wouldn't soon forget. He couldn't help but be able to relate to a lot of Noah's background. "No... I think that he is just a very lost and misled young man who has made a lot of fucked up choices."
They were both silent for a few moments; Draco thought of asking him about his relationship with Eve, if there was one at all, but he was pretty sure he already knew the answer to that. His mind went back to Ginny and how his heart hurt to not have her here with him. As much as it helped to talk with Aurora and Scorpius for a bit, he couldn't help but feel himself fading into a dark space. Ginny was the light of his life and without her, he wasn't sure how to feel, how to function; he wasn't even sure if he could properly breathe on his own without her.
"It's getting late... we should turn in," Draco suggested as he quickly got up.
He gave Scorpius a quick pat on the back before leaving the kitchen in a hurry and making his way towards his bedroom. He went straight to the bathroom and closed the door and put a silencing charm up around the room before he let out this loud angry scream. He couldn't believe how broken he was without Ginny. He just looked at his pathetic self in the mirror and memories of his darker days flooded his mind. He thought how often he wished to have the strength to end his own misery and every time he failed. He didn't even know what to think anymore. Was Ginny ever going to be the same again? Would she ever have a straight mind and remember him and the life they've built together and the family they created? Would she always be living like some caged animal if she was never herself again? His mind was racing with the endless outcomes of all his questions and the future just seemed to turn darker. Everything good about him and everything good in his life was because of her. If she wasn't in his life then he would be nothing and it was a feeling he knew too well.
He leaned over the sink and splashed some water on his face; his eyes taking in one of the faded scars on his wrist. He ripped one of the bathroom drawers open and rummaged through it before slamming it closed and looking through another. When he didn't find what he was looking for he ripped open the door and frantically went to one of his bedside drawers and dug around for a few seconds before he finally found what he was looking for.
He held the small blade in his hand for a moment before sitting it on top of his wrist. His hands were trembling so much he could hardly hold the knife. He hoped he would be a stronger man and a better father than where he found himself at this moment. This was the only way he knew to cope with his pain without Ginny. His heavy breathing only intensified as he gently pressed the blade a bit against his skin. He knew this would solve nothing, but he knew somehow it would hurt a little less inside.
He went to drag the blade hard across his skin when something made him stop. His attention went to the warm sensation coming from his pocket. He quickly dropped the blade and reached into his pocket and wrapped his fingers around the stone. The heat it was emitting was so great he could hardly stand to hold it in his palm. As much as the burning sensation was stinging his skin, he somehow found comfort in it and released this emotional breath he had been holding in.
He wrapped his fingers tighter around the stone and held it close to him before throwing the blade back in the drawer and slamming it closed. He just sat down on the edge of his bed and let the warmth of the stone calm him down. It was as if he lost sight of reality for a few moments and he was brought back to it. How could he ever go back to such a way? He thought of his children and how he felt so selfish to make such a careless decision. His children were these beautiful creations he and Ginny made and if failed them then he would be failing Ginny. His mind went back to the conversation he had with Hermione earlier and held onto those words as the warmth of the stone gave Draco the hope he needed.
She felt a warmness on her face that made her open her eyes. She quickly brought her hand up to keep the sun out of her face. She blinked a few times before she realized she was standing under a tree next to the lake at Hogwarts.
"Here you are... a freshly baked handful of butterbeer cookies." Said a voice. "And they weren't easy to sneak out of the kitchen either."
She went to respond when someone else did before she could and was surprised to see it was herself
"Aww, how sweet, but you lost that game of Quidditch we had so you were kind of forced to get these. So, it's not as sweet as it seems now is it?" a younger Ember answered as she patted the spot beside her on the blanket for Noah to take a seat.
"In my defense, it was not an even match, both of your parents played Quidditch AND you even have a Quidditch pitch at home so you've had a lot more practice than I ever have."
"Oh please, don't start with that again. You're just mad because you lost to a girl." She teased him before lightly pushing him.
"Can I have one?" he asked as he went to grab a cookie.
"Hell no," Ember said through a mouthful of cookie as she used her arm to block him from grabbing one.
"I want a cookie." He demanded.
"Pft, well you're not getting one." She continued to tease him as she lightly moaned at the taste of the second cookie she bit into.
He just shook his head with a slight smirk. "Ember, I want a cookie." He said more seriously this time.
She just laughed at his tone before she gave him the same serious look. "Noah... no," she said before he quickly reached over to the handful she had and went to forcefully take one as she continued to fight him off.
He pushed her back so that she lost her balance from her sitting position and tried to sit back up when she felt him poke her side making her giggle and drop two of her cookies.
"Stop, they'll get ruined." She laughed. "You're going to squish them!" she yelled out through her laughter.
"Good, I'll still eat them." He chuckled as he finally grabbed the two that fell and quickly popped one in his mouth before Ember could grab it back.
"Now you owe me another cookie." She stated through the rest of her giggles as they finally subsided.
He just stared at her as the evening sun lit up her fiery strands. When she looked up at him and her silver eyes sparkled as she gave him a wide smile he knew he felt something more for her.
"Uh, Ember... do you think I could... take you out sometime?" he asked her as he looked down at the other cookie in his hand.
"Like on a date? You don't think that would be weird? We've been friends for so long?" she said casually as she took another bite of one of the few cookies she had left.
He looked back up at her as she stared out at the lake and took in the view. He swallowed the lump in his throat before looking back down. "Wouldn't that make it better?" he suggested.
She turned to him with a wide grin. "I suppose we could try it." She said playfully before willingly handing him over her last cookie.
Ember watched the younger form of herself and Noah fade from few and she suddenly felt very dizzy like she was falling. She tightly shut her eyes and felt herself hit something soft. The sound of screaming in the distance made Ember open her eyes and take in the dimly lit room she was in. She sat up and took in her surroundings before realizing she was in one of the rooms of Adwell labs. She quickly made her way to the door and soon realized it was left open and then the sound of screaming reached her ears again.
"Hello?" she called out down the hallway.
She took a few steps towards the screams which now seemed to turn to painful cries and whimpers. She could tell they belonged to a man as she walked closer to the sound.
"Hello?" she called again before she stopped outside of a room with a large glass window.
She saw numerous people gathered around an operating table, one of them she could see was Adwell. She didn't know what was happening to the person on the table, but she knew that's where the screams were coming from.
"Hey! Stop!" she called out as she slammed her hand on the glass window.
Nobody even looked her way. It was only when Adwell walked over to get a tool off of the counter that she got a good look at who was on the table.
"Noah?" she whispered to herself.
She quickly took a step back when his head fell to the side and looked right at her. "Please help me!" he yelled to her.
She was confused, could Adwell see her and if so why wasn't anyone listening to her. She slammed her hand on the glass again. "Hey! Stop! Leave him alone!" she yelled a bit louder this time.
She watched Adwell grab and an electrical saw and turn it on before walking back over to Noah.
"STOP! STOP IT! HEY!" Ember screamed as she pounded as hard she could to try and get their attention.
The look Noah gave her was gut-wrenching as she saw the saw come down and then suddenly everything went black and Noah's screams filled her ears. She covered her own ears at the sound of them and tightly shut her eyes before slowly uncovering them and peeking her eyes open. All she could see was white all around her until her eyes fell on someone across the way on the floor. She went to take a step towards them when she heard someone talking, almost as if there was a conversation going on, but she couldn't see between who. It filled the air around her, and it took her a moment to realize it was her and Jake talking. In fact, it wasn't a conversation at all, but a very vulnerable moment she had shared with him replaying all around her.
She went to turn back to the person on the floor across the way and slammed right into Jake. Her body went rigid as he pulled her to him and gently hugged her.
"I love you Ember, I'm so sorry I hurt you. Please forgive me." He softly begged in her ear as he held her in his arms.
She placed her hand on his chest and pushed him back far enough to look at his face. Her eyes were wide, was this really happening? She just stared into his eyes, his loving eyes that she trusted this whole time. After a minute she started to shake her head and untangled herself from his grip.
"No, no you're not real." Her eyes traveled over his shoulder to the person on the floor and she went to walk over to them when Jake grabbed her wrist.
"Please don't go. I've changed, I know you love me Ember... I know you do." He begged her, his tone genuine and soft.
She turned to the other person and realized it was Noah and he was hurt. She watched a puddle of blood grow bigger and bigger from where he was laying as it traveled closer to her. She went to run to his side to see if he was ok, but Jake's grip tightened around her wrist as he yanked her back to him.
"Ember, that's the wrong decision." He snapped.
She felt her heart start to race and then felt herself grow incredibly weak suddenly and she collapsed to her knees. She felt her breathing become labored and she grabbed her side where she felt her clothes soaked with something warm. She looked down at her hand and saw them covered in blood. She tried to stand but her leg was also bleeding and after a few more attempts she gave up.
Jake squatted down in front of her and lifted her face to look at him. He grabbed her bloody hands in his and gave them a light squeeze.
"Can you forgive me?"
"N-No." she choked out as she ripped her hands from his and turned to look at Noah. She crawled over to him and could hardly stand to see the horrid state he was in. "Noah?" she called to him.
She watched him sit up suddenly and look at her, blood dripping down his face from the wound on his head.
"It's too late for me." He said. "I deserve this."
She just stared at him as blood just continued to pour down his face and soak his clothes. She suddenly jumped back when flames erupted all around her, Noah and Jake and she was stuck inside this fiery circle with them. She tried to control the flames, but she had no powers.
"Ember, it's ok. Come to me, I promise I will never hurt you again." Jake said as he held out his hand to her.
She quickly shook her head and then looked at Noah once more. She went to try to make her way over to him again but stopped when she saw him look at her with these big yellow eyes and suddenly lunge at her. The sound of a loud howl filled her ears before her eyes flew open and she was staring at the ceiling of her room at St. Mungo's.
She felt a warm tear slide down the side of her face as she started to try and take in everything that she had just seen and realized what her reality actually was. She hardly had time to comprehend any of it before she fell unconscious once more.
"Dad?" Harper gave him a hard shake again. "Hey Dad, wake up."
Draco cracked his eyes a bit to see a pair of hazel eyes staring back at him.
"Scorpius and Aurora said to wake you up." She explained before she took a seat on the bed beside his sprawled-out body.
His attention went from her to the warming sensation in the palm of his hand. He saw he was still holding the stone from last night and it was just as hot as it was the previous night. He couldn't help the small smile that tugged at his lips as he hoped it meant Ginny's mind was back to normal.
"Are you coming?" She asked again as she got back off the bed and headed to the door.
"Yeah, I'll be down in a few." He said softly before getting a glimpse of himself in the mirror across the room. "Bloody hell Draco, pull yourself together mate." He mumbled as he rubbed his face and then headed to the bathroom for a shower and shave.
Afterward, he headed down to the dining room where he heard the sound of multiple loud conversations taking place. He smirked at the noise as it made everything seem normal again as his kid's bickering took place. He walked into the room while adjusting one of his cufflinks and looked up as the room grew quiet.
"Whoa Dad, looking good this morning," Harper stated.
"There's the Draco Malfoy we all know and love." Came Hermione's voice from down the table.
He locked eyes with her for a quick moment before shaking his head. "I just want to get to the Ministry and try to keep a level head." He said as he took a seat at the table, his gaze falling on Riley down at the opposite end.
She had her head down and was quietly pushing her breakfast around her plate.
"I heard from Harry this morning; we should stop at St. Mungo's first," Hermione said softly.
Draco's eyes snapped up at her. "Why, what happened? Is Ember-"
"Everything is fine." She quickly cut him off as he was halfway out of his seat. "She was in and out of it all night. Every time she would wake up though she was asking for you."
She hardly finished her sentence before he was on his feet. "I'll meet you at the Ministry." He said to her before he apparated to St. Mungo's.
Scorpius wanted to follow him, but he stopped himself, he was a bit hurt by the fact that Ember wasn't asking for him. He had to remind himself of what she had been through and how she must be feeling. He thought back to after they had gotten back to the Ministry how badly all he wanted was his parents.
He felt his aunt place a comforting hand on his arm as he got lost in his thoughts.
Draco raced through the halls of St. Mungo's as he made his way to Ember's room. He hated that he wasn't by her side when she woke up. He was about to head up to the next floor when he caught sight of something that made his blood boil. He took a few steps back and looked down one of the side halls to see Jack Adwell being transported back into his hospital room. He appeared to be awake but didn't look as stable as Draco thought he would be.
He didn't care what condition he was in; all he knew was that he wasn't dead, and Draco wanted to make it so. He went to take a step towards his room when he felt someone grab his arm firmly.
"Don't."
Draco turned and was surprised to see Luna standing there. "Luna? Why not?" he said with a slight sneer.
She gently released her grip on his arm and shook her head a bit before lowering it. "I don't know. I just don't think that's where you need to be right now." She said before looking back up at him.
He saw her eyes were a bit puffy as he studied her expression for a moment. "How's James?"
She started to nod. "He's getting better. There were a few scares, but he pulled through." She said the last part with a tearful smile before quickly wiping them away.
Draco knew exactly how she felt as his mind went to Ember. Luna was right, he needed to get to Ember and worry about Adwell after. He had to stop letting his anger get in the way of doing what was right. He went to walk off towards Ember's room when he stopped and put his hand on Luna's shoulder.
"I'm glad James is alright; he'll be out of here in no time." He said with a small smile.
She nodded at his words before he continued his path towards his daughter's room. Draco neared her room and he wasn't sure why, but he felt his stomach drop. It was always difficult to see any of his kids in any kind of pain, but he remembered when he first saw Ember in that hospital bed and how awful she looked. He wished Ginny was by his side right now as he wondered if his support would be enough for Ember.
He was just about to enter the room when a MediWizard walked over to him.
"Mr. Malfoy? I just wanted to go over some things with you." She said as he nodded for her to continue. "As you know, Ember's injuries were extremely challenging to heal and while she is expected to make a full recovery we still have a few issues prolonging the process."
"Issues? Like what?" he snapped.
The look on his face made the nurse take a small step back. "Just a small infection, we've already started her on every potion to speed up the healing process but magic only gets us so far."
"Infection? How? Aren't you guys supposed to be making sure that kind of shit is prevented?" he angrily ranted on.
The nurse took a deep breath and then gave him a firm stare. "Mr. Malfoy, you do realize the condition in which your daughter was brought to us in? We've worked very hard to save her life and we don't plan on that changing. She is already fighting through it, she's just not as alert as we would like her to be right now. She's been running a high fever and is still in a lot of pain." She paused for a moment to let Draco take everything in. "She is going to be fine; she just needs to get through a few more obstacles. Go ahead inside, she's asked for you the past few times she's woken up."
Draco just looked at her, he was angry at the situation not at her. She was right, they did save Ember's life, but he didn't expect Ember to still be in such danger. He just assumed everything would be ok again... well he hoped it would.
He finally turned his attention back to the door before him and opened it up; his eyes immediately falling on Ember. He closed the door and just stood there for a moment and stared at her. Every step he took towards her bed his heart sank a little more at the sight of her. She looked worse than when he saw her yesterday, although he assumed it was the bruising and swelling that made it seem much worse than the nurse claimed her to be.
"Ember?" he softly called to her as he sat down on the side of her bed and gently took her hand in his.
He was surprised when she opened her eyes at the sound of her name and slowly turned to him. Once her eyes took him in she closed them tightly in an attempt to keep her tears in, but Draco watched them slide down her cheeks. He felt her grip his hand tightly as her lips started to tremble with emotion.
He reached forward and pressed his lips to her forehead before leaning his against hers. "It's ok... it's going to be ok. I'm here now." He whispered to her.
He felt her warm breath hit him as she released this emotional gasp and then felt her turn her head away from him.
"Ember? Look at me." He softly said.
She squeezed her eyes shut once more and shook her head; she felt ashamed and embarrassed after Jake's betrayal.
Draco could tell she couldn't bring herself to look at him so he got up and sat beside her instead and wrapped his arm around her. He felt her entire body go from being stiff and rigid to completely melting in his arms and started to sob into his chest.
"P-Please don't let me go." She cried as she latched onto him.
Draco felt his eyes stinging with tears as she cried. His mind going back to how careless he was last night and how much his kids needed him during this difficult time. If anyone should feel ashamed it was him and how he had been acting.
His eyes traveled down to her bandaged leg and the sling her arm was in. He saw the bandages on the wound by her stomach soaked through with blood. Then he took in the bruising and swelling again across her chest and neck, her cut up face and her one eye swollen shut. She had broken ribs, a broken collarbone and other various cuts and scrapes he lost count of. He could see her sweating out a fever as her body was burning up in his arms and her skin was clammy against his.
She finally picked her head up and laid it back with her eyes closed as the constant pain she felt was taking a toll on her. Draco just studied her face and the dark circles under her eyes and pale complexion. He couldn't help but think about all those years ago when Ginny laid in his bed at the Manor dying from a poisonous arrow. Looking at Ember was like staring into the past for him and he felt the same fear now about losing his daughter that he did that same day he thought he would lose Ginny.
"Wh... where is he?" she suddenly asked, her eyes still closed.
"Who?"
She finally opened them and locked eyes with him; her silver eyes filled with anger and sadness. "Jake." She said through clenched teeth.
Draco was quiet for a moment. "He's still in one of the holding cells at the Ministry... Noah and Eve are being held as well."
He watched her squeeze her eyes shut again as fresh tears spilled down her face. "I dreamed... I dreamed of..." She couldn't finish before she broke down again and quickly shook her head. "It doesn't matter... it doesn't matter anymore." She said in barely a whisper. "Please take me home... I just want to go home." She choked out.
He gently grabbed her face and wiped her tears away with his thumbs before placing another kiss on her forehead. "Soon... you'll be home soon."
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