Lucius Hidden Son

Chapter 26: Unexpected arrival at the Manor.

" 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 …

The next day, after a robust breakfast in family, Lucius worked in his office. Officially, he was supposed to be on holidays; unofficially, the ministry sent him all its important files by owls. For little, the fair-haired man would imagine himself in his office of the ministry. Only the atmosphere between the Manor and the ministry was different.

His so-called holidays wore only the name. Apparently, his dear colleagues had decided to rot him his holidays in family. Very well! He would do with, because apparently he really had no choice. At about ten o'clock in the morning, while he waited his tea as usual, it was surprised seeing Narcissia entering his office carrying herself the tea of her husband. Did the elfs of house have decided to strike today? Or then, his wife had to speak to him in private and did not wish that the children hear what she had to say.

By seeing her posing the tray under his nose and settling down in front of him, Lucius decided to choose the second option. He decided to wait that his wife begins the conversation while savoring his smoking cup of tea. He drank his tea silently, contenting with observing her and waiting for what she had to say to him. After some minutes of silence, Narcissia dashed.

" Do you intend to speak to them about it? " She point-blank asked.

Understanding at once at what she made reference, he answered her.

- " Yes, I am going to do it, but not today. I do not want to spoil them their Christmas with old memories … "

- " I understand. When you will decide to speak to them about it, I shall help you " she offered to him.

- " Thank you, I am going to need it. " He answered.

" If you look for the children, they enjoy themselves in the park of the Manor " she says to him.

By hearing " the children ", Lucius understood that his wife considered the twins more and more as her own children. Everything went marvelously … If only he could find her, there would be no more fly in the ointment … But how can it be done?

Hearing roars of laughter from the outside, Lucius got up from his chair and went to the window of his office. From there, he saw one of boy who ran in the snow, recovering all the park of the Manor since the day before, he was very close followed by a panther! And by lack of luck, that cursed tiny creature got ready to jump on his son. Lucius did not know which of the two it was but he knew what he had to do.

He rushed outside his office, getting back his wand in the flight and went down stairs four by four of the central staircase of the Manor, Narcissia on his heels. He hurried as much as he could and hoped not to arrive too late! By Salazar, what was doing a black panther in the park of HIS Manor ? He crossed the main door of the house, nearly having it in the face by opening it so much he was in a hurry to go out. He ran in the park in the direction of the place onto which the window of his office looked and nearly collapsed on the ground by seeing his son lengthened in the snow, the immense panther on his back and which did not absolutely seem to want to go away. While he pointed his wand in the direction of this cursed panther, swearing to do a bedside rug, he stopped net while he was going to throw a spell of deathwhen he heard his son shouting. He was not thus still dead …

He would have the skin of this animal! Resuming his incantation of the beginning, he stopped when he heard his son speaking to the panther … Had his son lost his mind?

«Harry, stop!!!You tickle me! Stop!!! I would not redo it any more, I swear it! Stop!” Shouted Draco who roared half to laugh under the licks of the big black cat named Harry and who shattered him sprawled out at the same time.

Getting closer noiselessly, Lucius and Narcissia, who had said nothing to there, skipped next to the shape of Draco.

- " Can we know what is happening here? " Asked Lucius with a voice which wanted peace but which betrayed the fear which he had had to have lost his child.

- " Father? What are you doing here? " Asked Draco who had not seen his father arrived so much he was occupied with taking revenge for Harry by tickling his mustaches, thingwhich the panther appreciated only averagely because quite so touchy as his twin.

- " How “what I’m doing here”? What is this? " He asked indicating the panther on his elder son.

- " I simply played with Harry … " Explained Draco as if it was the evidence.

«Harry? You play with Harry,now? " Asked his father, unbelieving.

Surprised by the tone of his voice, the above-named raised the head of his victim who could not always move and raised the nose towards his father. This one believed indeed to die from a heart attack by recognizing the emerald green eyes of his son. His boy, a panther?!

- " I can know what you’re doing exactly? " Asked Lucius who began to wonder if he had not made a mistake about Manor …

- " We made a snowball fight but with only two, it is not very funny then I asked Ryry to change in panther. The time during he transformed, I went to hide in bushes but he found me … I threw him a snowball in the nose, he appreciated in no way then he began to run after me later and I fell! And since, sir enjoys shattering me! " Explained calmly Draco who began to freeze in the snow.

A snowball fight? Lucius really needed a seat and a good glass, his sons who enjoy playing in the snow! How old were they thus?!? And Harry, his son, a panther! By what miracle?! Deciding that they would better settle everything inside the house because it began to make a cold of hell in the park, Lucius refrained from any comment. Beside him, Narcissia repressed in big sadden a crazy laughter which did not leave her any more since she understood Draco to call the panther Harry, then them to hear about snowball fight. Certainly, she was not far from the truth when she called the twins " the children "!

- " We shall see that in the lounge, it begins to be cold outside … " Says Lucius of a quiet voice but Draco had naturally know that he would not delay asking them for explanations as soon as they would be in the lounge.

«Indeed Father " Responded Draco always clamped under the heap of black fur whom was his twin brother.

From his part, Harry did not absolutely want to move. He was very well there where he was! Furthermore, contrary to the others, his fur protected him from the cold. Without waiting for them, Lucius went to the entry of the house. Narcissia stayed with the twins. Harry who wanted too to bring in, got up and went in light step to the entry of the house when something or rather somebody pulled him behind by the tail. He turned around and saw Draco who looked at him with a roguish smile on lips.

" One minute flea-infested animal! You are going to leave me in the snow and return well in the warmth just like that? " He says to his twin who raised his ears.

Getting back his tail by firing above, Harry continued his road towards the door of with a playing sight who irritated Draco and amused excessively Narcissia who did not leave both boys of a sole, too much occupied with laughing in her corner to return to put herself in the warmth of the lounge. Crushed by the weight of his twin while he was too much occupied with playing with the mustaches of the panther, Draco had sunk into the snow and was not capable any more of getting up alone. In a movement of pure kindness of soul, Harry went behind Draco, dug a hole behind the head of his twin and skipped under the head to heighten it. He met at the moment to play pillows for Draco who complained about it in no way. Deciding that it began too to freeze in this cold, Harry accelerated the operation. He got up slowly pulling Draco with him, this one was finally able to get up. He was a little numbed by the cold. To warm him a little, Harry rubbed himself friendly against him and licked him the face. After this a little bit particular shower, Draco pulled little. He was good to take another shower!

He was full of Harry's black hairs! But at least, he had gone out of the snow. Accompanied with Narcissia, he joined the Manor, Harry cavorting cheerfully around them. Settled in the lounge,Draco quickly warmed himself. He had fortunately put warm clothes to go out. That was not the case of Harry. But he was the only one to know it because he had seen Harry before this one takes his animagus form. Sat in his favourite armchair, Lucius strummed nervously on the armrest. He waited that all his little family returned. He had lit a good fire in the fireplace to which went Harry as soon as he had entered the lounge. Once everybody was present, Lucius wanted to know the real story.

- " Could I know how you knew that Harry was an animagus, Draco? " He asked the elder brother of his children.

- «It is easy, it was his test of Transfiguration. The only ones to know it, they are Hermione, the professor McGonagal and me. «Responded Draco.

- "Perfect" Says Lucius. He got up from his armchair and went to the central staircase of the Manor house.

" Harry, come with me " Called Lucius.

Conscious to have made a blunder, the ears of the panther fell on the head. If they had been able to fall on the ground, they would have made it.

" Harry, come here " Repeated Lucius, amused by the reaction of his son, he knew that he had made a stupidity.

Finally, the big black cat went to Lucius, of a resigned step. Harry followed his father in his office, he settled down in front of the fireplace lit to dry himself the back and does not see his father make off then to return behind him until a big unfolded towel falls him above and until somebody begins to rub his back energetically to dry him. Sliding an eye outside the towel, Harry saw his father who enjoyed himself like a madman to ruffle the fur of his son to dry it . Harry, who expected to be grounded, was more than surprised by this reaction. Lucius, more amused by the events of this morning than really angry after Harry, enjoyed teasing him by playing with his mustaches while rubbing the wet fur of the big black cat which looked like more and more a cuddly fluffy toy as his hairs dried.

When Lucius had finally finishes his small game, he left Harry who shook himself sprawled out to put back in order his fur. As soon as Lucius had put the towel, Winny took it and put it in the laundry room. While his father settled down again to his office which he had left rashly to join his children in the park and started again working on his files, Harry found his human appearance again. Raising the eyes of his work, Lucius noticed that his son was still in his office. He waited apparently that he says something, he waited very certainly for a reprimand.

Sighing, Lucius made sign to Harry sit down on an armchair which was next to a table and to two other chairs in a corner of the room. It was the place where Lucius handled the less formal business. He joins his son some seconds later; he sat down in front of him.

- " Do you want to speak to me about anything, Harry? " Asked his father to know what disturbed the young man.

- " You don't hold it against me? For before? " Asked shyly Harry.

- " Why would I want it to you? You indeed have the right to amuse yourself with Draco if you want it … " Explained Lucius.

- " I believed that I had no right to use the magic except at school … " Began the boy.

" This rule is valid only for the children who live with Muggles or in a Muggle district. We should not draw their attention on our world. Furthermore, Manors and wizard houses have magic protections which return the use of the magic not noticeable for the ministry even if it is not major wizards who use it. But that does not mean that Draco and you can use any spell " warned his father.

Harry agreed, relieved to know that he or his father would have no problem. While he was going to get up of his armchair, Lucius stopped him.

- " There is a little thing which I shall like knowing. Since when you are an animagus? Normally, it is considered as impossible for the students before the seventh year … " Asked Lucius.

- " Hum … In fact, the first time when I tried it was the last year. Sirius gave me a book about animagus. I tried during the holidays summer … I thought that that would help me … " Answered Harry with a small smile of excuse.

" I wonder why nothing amazes me anymore with you … " Lucius sighed.

Seeing that the fact of thinking again about his godfather returned sadness to Harry and that tears began to pearl in his eyes, Lucius stopped him by embracing him to comfort him, he had not wanted to to remind him his bad memories. Only the curiosity had urged him to ask this question. He would have suspect that his godfather was not foreign to this the other hand, he was grateful to Sirius for having taught it to Harry. Salazar knew that a day being an animagus could save his life. He deposited a kiss on the forehead of his son whose silent tears had dried up. He seemed well in the arms of his father who rocked him slowly to calm him.

The boy seemed no more bothered by the fact than Lucius was his father and not James Potter. He seemed been completely used to this idea at the moment and completely relied on Lucius. Ruffling the hair of the messy hair of his youngest child to draw his attention, Lucius decided to end at this small moment, he was not usual to demonstrations of affection.

«You should go to have a warm bath, Harry. You tremble like a leaf. I have the impression to see a penguin outside its ice floe … " Advised his father.

Amused by the line of humor of hisfather, Harry agreed and went to his bathroom having made a smile to his father. Effectively, he began to shiver in his clothes. His father had dried him but he was cold always a little, a warm bath would do good to him. Lucius had also warmed his heart by listening to him, Harry was happy to have finally somebody to confide without being judged. Having watched Harry taking out of his office, the heart lighter than by entering it, Lucius recovered in the work.

He had got a lot to do and this small interlude in the park had made for him the biggest good. During five minutes, he had been able to think of the other thing than his work, regrettably the work did not make itself alone and it had not still largely moved. Sighing, Lucius reinstalled to his office and began to resume his reading of the file on which he worked before being disturbed. At about five o'clock in the afternoon, Lucius went out finally of his office to go to take the tea in the lounge together with his children and with his wife. Severus also had to join them as usual. He had finally been able to advance in his files. Indeed, he had worked relentlessly until the lunch and had resumed his work immediately after, not agreeing nobody pauses since. He decided to stop his reading of files for today because one furthermore and he would eventually have an indigestion of it. He had thus made the decision to go to take the tea in the lounge and to stay there to rest until the dinner there.

He would so have the opportunity to see the twins to compete for one of their endless games of chess under the glance of Narcissia which, for her part took advantage of this moment of relaxation to devote to one of her passions, the embroidery. Beside him, Severus was plunged into one of his usual books of potions in search of an ingredient to improve the taste of potions of care which he made for the infirmary because the pupils had had the quiff to complain about the disgusting taste of his potions … Plunged into his thoughts, Lucius failed to miss the last march and spread out in the staircase in the vision which he had in front of him: a girl was in Harry's arms and she was not apparently ready to release him.

Close, Draco looked at the scene, amused. By Salazar, where from did she come, that one?!? Nobody had said him that they expected someone! By looking well at the girl, he did not recognize her. She was fair, a color getting closer to that some honey with silvery locks mixed in her hair. She had the hair which came down to her till the bottom of the back. Lucius was certain to have never seen her of his life and even less in Hogwarts! And she was hung on the neck of his Harry, his youngest son!

Of his life, Lucius would never have believed this from Harry! He should rather have valid explanations! The girl seemed to cry in Harry's arms. Not liking it any more, Lucius decided to abbreviate the greetings.

" By Salazar! What happened here ?!? I hope that you have good explanations for this, Harry! " Fulminated Lucius who could not still believe that his youngest child holds a girl in the arms.

He still took at him like a child, he made a mistake well! In the sound of its voice, both teenagers parted at once. Harry was red of confusion to have been set and the girl quickly ventured the eyes reddened by tears before moving on Lucius, a little bit trembling seen the reception which she had just received.

" Hello, Mister Malfoy " She says with a voice which wanted quiet and confident.

In Lucius's roarings, Narcissia who was occupied in the kitchen with the elfs of house rushed in the lounge, she was not in the habit of hearing her husband to roar so. Same Severus had gone out of his lab to the sound of the voice of his best friend. They arrived in the lounge as the young lady greeted Lucius.

" I have no pleasure to know you, Miss " says Lucius with his polar voice of big days, which he reserved only for certain opportunities.

Seeing that the intruder said nothing, he continued.

" May I know who you are and why you come here? " The tone was polite but the voice was icy.

The twins who had said nothing up to here, moved on Lucius and framed the girl whom they knew very well, contrary to their father.

- " It is Hermione … " Began Harry who had no time to finish his sentence.

- " Don't joke with me, I know Miss Granger and she looks like her in no way! " Contradicts him at once Lucius.

- " Harry says to you the truth, Father. It is Hermione, I recognize her clothes and her attitude but I do not understand either how her appearance changed … " Says Draco to support his twin and with a glance for Hermione from whom he waited for the explanations quite as for all those presents in the lounge of the Manor .

" Is it true? " Asked Lucius whose voicebecomes a little milder, having understood Draco.

He had an excellent visual memory and could recognize a person by its body movements and it, even if its appearance had changed. He thus relied on him. Hermione, because it was really her, shook the head to show that Draco said the truth.

" In that case, come to take the tea with us and to explain us this sudden change of appearance … " Proposed Lucius who went to his favourite armchair, fast imitated by Narcissia who knew Miss Granger only of sight, Severus who wanted to know the truth and the twins who sat down on the sofa, Hermione between them two.

An elf of house appeared, carrying a tray of tea. When everybody was served, it disappeared in the kitchen leaving Hermione with her explanations. Taking a mouthful of tea and a biscuit on the tray, Hermione began her explanation.

- " I do not really know what happened, she began, when I woke up this morning I already had this appearance … "

" Is it hapenned anything special during the night? " Demanded Narcissia who tried to understand what arrived at the best friend of twins.

Hermione shook the head.

" No, yesterday evening everything was normal, it was only this morning when I woke up … I noticed nothing of the change. It is my parents who noticed it first. When I arrived in the kitchen for the breakfast, they asked me who I was, what I was doing here and why I had the clothes of their daughter. I understood nothing in what they said when I said that it was me, they began to get excited, to say that they knew that they had something bizarre to me there, that I was not their daughter, that they adopted me. They said that I looked like that when they looked me to the orphanage and that after my appearance had changed and that (it had become the one that I usually had. And after that, they said that because I did not look like any more their daughter, they did not want any more of me and they threw me outside. I did not know where to go then I said to myself that I can come here to tell all this to Harry and Draco … Sorry to disturb you with my stories… " She finished.

Around her, the silence reigned. All the inhabitants of the Malfoy Manor were open-mouthed by what had arrived at the girl. Suddenly, Harry asked:

- " How are you arrived here? You had the address? "

" To write you, I have to have the address, no? " She answered him with a smile.

Realizing that one time furthermore he had spoken without thinking, Harry kept silent. Beside him, Draco laughed silently in front of the naivety of his brother. Lucius was plunged into his thoughts. He saw only a single case where the appearance could change …

" Is it your birthday today? " Asked Lucius.

Hermione agreed.

" How do you know it? " She asked, taken aback.

Lucius and Narcissia looked at each other. Was it possible that she was Her?

" This kind of phenomenon arrives when the appearance of a wizarding child was modified. He finds his original appearance the day of his sixteen years. What seems to be the case today for you ". Explained Lucius.

Hermione was suspended at his lips. A child of wizards? She was not thus a Muggleborn? Did Lucius know her real parents?

" But how explain that I look like so much Harry and Draco? " Asked Hermione who understood nothing more, no more than the twins who looked without understanding.

Severus looked at the girl with a sight of understanding while Lucius and Narcissia seemed to know the answer but without daring to believe in it really.

" Say me, by chance, do you wear a bracelet representing a dragon, a panther and dolphin ?" Asked Lucius by looking her straight in the eyes.

He was already certain about the answer, he had just recognized the eyes, they were of the color of the amethyst and belonged to the girl whom Narcissia and him had lost at the beginning of their wedding … This girl was the elder daughter of the tribe Malfoy, followed by Draco then by Harry. And effectively, she was sixteen years old today. It was even about her that Narcissia wanted to speak to him that very morning before the small incident of panther...

" How do you know him it? " Asked Hermione by raising her right sleeve which hid a silver bracelet which was collided on the arm over the elbow and which represented effectively a dragon with blue eyes, a panther with green eyes and a dolphin with amethyst color eyes.

Three faces had at the moment opened eyes, sign of recognition; sign that Lucius had finally found his daughter. In the sight of this bracelet, Narcissia had tears of joy. She had finally found the baby she had lost. From his part, Severus wondered how he had failed to notice that Hermione seemed to mother the twins as a big sister would make with her small brothers.

" I know this bracelet because it is owned by my elder daughter " says Lucius.

To Be Continued

That pleased you? You know finally why Hermione is a Slytherin! You will discover her real name and her story in the next chapter which is obviously already written! Bring out the rifle in anticipation of the first one who will have the nerve to say that the chapter is too short, it was a very long chapter! It makes 12 pages word, the next chapter also will be long … A little review, please? Kisses, Eriko