Dark Fire

Chapter 13- Dinner Conversation

“Well I was reading about Egyptian Gods and Goddesses in the library downstairs. They don’t really have much. Madame Foxhair’s text books were a little more helpful. Draco Harry is looking into her death. She was into a lot of dark things so it could take a while. The muggle library in London, however, seemed to have the best information on ancient Egyptians so let’s start there shall we?” Isis had the look of ambivalence as she played with her food on her fork at the dinner table. Draco saw this and plucked the girl from her seat wrapping his arms around her to comfort her.

“Dad I’m alright, really you can’t coddle me for the rest of my life, I need to learn to face my fears.” Draco put her back in her chair at this and gave her an approving and proud look.

Scorpius seemed really interested and pulled out his paper and pen.

“What are you doing?” Draco looked at the boy strangely.

“I’m taking notes, isn’t that what the aurors do?” Scorpius set his quill down on the table as Hermione cracked a smile at Draco.

“Well briefly this is the myth of Isis and Osiris. “ They all looked at Hermione with intrigue and interest.

“Osiris was ruler of Egypt thousands of years ago. His beautiful wife was Isis a goddess in her own right. They were married and Isis became pregnant but Seth, Osiris’s jealous brother killed her babies to prevent an heir to the throne from succeeding himself. He then killed Osiris as well, by throwing him in the river inside a coffin where he drowned. Seth scattered the pieces of his body so Isis could not find them and resurrect her loving husband Osiris.” Draco suddenly had a sinking feeling as he remembered his own body drowning in the lake by their house.

“So Isis, my question for you is this. When you said that “she makes me find things” to what were you referring?” Hermione finished and looked safely into her daughters eyes’ letting her know it was alright to answer.

“His bones and stuff Mum. I find his bones in the tombs and bring them to her while Daddy fights…the man.” Isis trailed off her unease becoming apparent. Draco put his arm around her and whispered in her ear that it’s okay we are all family and love each other and she could trust them.

“So the man we are assuming is Seth, the brother? Who does not want Isis to find the last remaining pieces of her husband Osiris because then he can be resurrected.” Hermione deduced as Draco’s piercing eyes met hers.

“Why does Isis want to resurrect Osiris?” Draco asked Hermione who had a smile on her face at this.

“Really you have to think romantically Draco. It’s her husband and she loves him but there is something else here that I think makes even more sense. Isis is the Goddess of motherhood and fertility, she loves children don’t you see? I think she wants a baby of her own again. I told you that day in the tombs when I gave birth to Isis I felt as if she was protecting us, watching over us. As it turns out I was right and she was protecting us from Seth.” Hermione took a bite of her dinner and set her fork back down.

“Okay so we find the pieces of old Osiris and give them to Isis and let her work her magic and then she leaves our daughter alone and me consequently as it seems?” Draco asked with a light tone in his voice.

“Yes I think so Draco. It says she never found one piece and that is the piece she needs to have another baby.” Hermione hesitated a little and Draco picking up on her hesitation had to ask.

“Which piece Hermione?” Draco said slowly.

“His penis. He is missing his penis.” Draco dropped his fork and so did their kids.

“We have to find a dead guys dick?” Scorpius finally spoke. “Revolting!”

“Unless one of you want to loan him yours?” Hermione couldn’t help laughing at this but Draco and Scorpius who looked at each other did not think it very funny at all.

“No.” Both said in unison.

“It is rumored to have been eaten by a crocodile in the river Nile.” Hermione went on reading as she chewed her food slowly.

“How can you eat whilst discussing this Hermione?” Draco was staring at her in an odd way.

“Look don’t shoot the messenger here. The bad part is I’m not sure we can return that piece to Isis. I mean a penis doesn’t have a bone so…” Hermione broke off when Draco shot her a harsh glance.

“Okay, okay enough for tonight Hermione. I don’t think we need to get into all that right now.” Draco motioned to Isis who was still sitting in her chair at the table listening to every word.

“Dad I know what a penis is okay? Lily and I talk about that stuff all the time.” Isis clamored up as soon as she had said that but now Scorpius was showing some interest once again in the conversation.

“Lily huh? What else does she talk about?” Scorpius was intrigued at this and Isis made a mean face to him and excused herself from the table. Draco was glaring at Scorpius as was Hermione.

“I know alright, she’s too young and so am I! Gosh stop looking at me that way. You really should get your minds out of the gutter.” Scorpius could feel their burning gazes as he too excused himself from the dinner table.

“Maybe next time we can have more pleasant dinner conversation Hermione?” Draco had made his way around the table where he knelt down and hugged Hermione around the waist.

“Fear of the name only increases fear of the object itself. “ Hermione giggled as she said this.

“You know babe…Madame Foxhair had a lot of dark objects in her room. She showed me a few of them. I was wondering if maybe this Seth would have preserved the vital piece of Osiris that Isis needed. The Egyptians were always mummifying everything back then. What if Seth kept it? I think we need to start looking in Madame Foxhair’s room.” Draco told her.

“Yes you know she did mention that she was hundreds of years old, which is obviously not normal for a normal witch. Wait a minute what were you doing in her room?” Hermione raised an eyebrow at Draco.

“She tried to seduce me Hermione with a lie. After she spoke of this ancient magic she told me she had some books and items I’d be most excited to see in her private quarters. I reluctantly followed her where she tried to have sex with me. I was going to mention it when the time was right Hermione.” Draco looked at his wife’s face pleadingly.

“So don’t keep me in suspense, what happened!?” Hermione walked over to the sofa in their small apartment at Hogwarts and Draco followed her.

“Nothing happened. I’m a married man who adores his wife.” Draco wrapped his arms around Hermione’s neck.

“You see I married this girl a long time ago and for some reason I still love her as much as I did that day we vowed to love each other for the rest of our lives. Fancy that?” Draco kissed Hermione’s lips tenderly.

“Good answer, you’re learning.” Hermione kissed him back as they stood in the living room in front of the blazing fire as the snow began to fall outside. The sounds of Scorpius and Isis arguing in the background could be heard as this family of four settled in for the night together.

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