The Cat Spirit

The Cat Spirit

Chapter Three: The Talk



A few days later after their meeting with Harry, Lucius was sitting in the library of the Zabini manor waiting for his son to arrive. Draco was outside with Blaise or so he had been told. Lucius was getting impatient from waiting. Luckily for them both Draco strolled into the room. After all Lucius had a rather short temper. And his son knew it, thus he knew not to make his father wait too long.



“Good day, father.” he greeted Lucius sitting down on the sofa in front of Lucius. Draco straightened out his ropes and looked expectantly at his father.

“Not such a good day, Draco.” Lucius mumbled. Draco looked at him questioningly.

“And what would you mean by that, father?” Draco asked from him.

“What does our name mean to you?” Lucius asked sternly. He was trying to keep his temper under control.



“What do you mean?” Draco asked alarmed. If Lucius didn’t approve some of his actions, Lucius could easily disown him. His mother wasn’t too old to have more children, as age didn’t matter so much in the wizarding world. Wizards and witches normally lived at least twice as long as muggles, so witches could get pregnant much older than muggle women. And it meant that Narcissa would be able to give Lucius a new heir if Draco was disowned.



“I have heard rumours of your actions in Hogwarts.” Lucius said slowly as to not yell at his son.

“You shouldn’t trust mere rumours, father.” Draco shrugged. He saw anger flash in his father’s eyes but it disappeared as soon as it had appeared.

“You’d be surprised how often rumours are the truth.” Lucius growled quietly. “So I’m taking this one as the truth until it’s proven otherwise.”



“What does this particular rumour say?” Draco asked as he knew there were many false rumours going on about him. But to his misfortune there were also few true one’s moving around in the younger wizarding society.

“It would appear that you have a very active…” Lucius paused mostly to calm himself but also to unsettle his son before finishing the sentence. After all he was a former Slytherin. “Night life. Though I doubt it‘s limited to night time. And I don‘t mean drinking.” Lucius stated.



It was all Draco could not to flush from embarrassment. Now he knew what Blaise had felt when his father found out about his sex life earlier that summer. Draco tried to come up with something to say but nothing came. At least he managed not to open and close his mouth like a fish as some did when they didn’t know what to say. After all such behaviour didn’t do well with Malfoys.



“Am I supposed to take this as you’re not denying it?” Lucius asked as Draco stayed silent.

“I can’t deny that I haven’t made myself familiar with the joys of intercourse.” Draco said calmly though inside his was afraid of his father’s reaction to his words. But it wasn’t the Malfoy way to show one’s feelings. He had been thought that at a very young age.

“So I have heard.” Lucius muttered furiously. “But did your…Experiments need to involve half the school!” He almost shouted but managed to settle his voice.



“I haven’t slept with half the school!” Draco argued. But he had to admit it wasn’t too far from the truth.

“If not then you tell me how many?” Lucius spat out as he was quickly losing his temper.

“Father. Calm down.” Draco stated firmly. “If you’re not composed, there’s no use telling you.” Draco explained as his father took a deep breath.



“And for your question…I have lost count…” Draco admitted quietly. “Probably most of the girls. At the proper age, of course. Over fifteen.” Lucius just nodded as he already had heard it from Harry. “And when I realized I couldn’t get satisfied enough with a girl I…” Draco hesitated as he didn’t know what his father thought about same sex relationships.



“You moved onto your own gender.” Lucius said for him. “I did try it too when I was younger, but realized it really wasn’t for me.” Lucius stated surprising his son with this piece of information.

“I have slept with quite a few males too.” Draco stated as he knew it was no use to lie to him and better not to hold off the answer too long. Lucius nodded and stayed silent.



“I don’t think I need to say this…But your mother and I are disappointed in you and your actions.” Lucius said making Draco paler than he usually was with his fair skin. “It is not proper behaviour for a Malfoy.”

“I-” Draco started to apologize but Lucius interrupted him by raising his hand to tell him to keep silent.



“I am very disappointed in you and I disapprove your behaviour. And even though I could disown you, I am not going to do so.” Lucius stated and he couldn’t help himself not thinking about his soon-to-be-born-grandchild. It wouldn’t matter if the child would be a girl, he could still name it as his heiress. He wasn’t as old-fashioned as some of the other pure blood families who only accepted a heir. Then he noticed the relief in his son’s face. “But this doesn’t mean you can continue living like this.” he said firmly.



“I understand.” Draco said relieved that he wasn’t thrown out of the family. “Thank you father.” he said giving his father one of his rare smiles.

“Even if I disowned you I wouldn’t have to worry about a new heir.” Lucius chuckled. ‘Or a heiress.’ he added in his mind.



“What do you mean by that?” Draco asked becoming worried again.

“There is a very simple explanation to it.” Lucius said enjoying his son’s discomfort. “In these…Experimentations of yours…You have managed to get someone pregnant.” he added calmly.

“What?!” Draco squeaked. Rather unlike his usual self.



“You are going to be a father.” Lucius exclaimed cheerfully just to freak his son out even more. Draco would have fainted if it were appropriate for a Malfoy.

“I…” Draco didn’t know what to say, which was happening too often in one day.

“Now I assume you know what you’re expected to do?” Lucius asked from him.



“Y-yes…Yes.” Draco stumbled over the word. “I’ll take responsibility and marry the moth-” he started but his father interrupted him again.

“But you see…They do not wish to marry you.” Lucius said matter-of-factly.

“What!” Draco was dumbfounded. “Who wouldn’t want to marry a Malfoy? And besides I‘ve always made it clear that if someone wished to sleep with me they had to use a contraception spell. No one should have been able to get pregnant.” he stated.

“I wouldn’t know.” Lucius replied. “I have been asked not to force you to marry. And have you thought that someone might be too exhausted to use the spell?”



Draco couldn’t wrap his mind around it. ‘Why on earth would someone decline when offered a marriage to a Malfoy?’ he thought. But his father’s question did make him think and it did make sense to him.

“But I think we could make you redeem yourself instead.” Lucius pointed out. Then Draco had to ask the question that had plagued him for a while now.

“Who is the mother?”



“The other parent doesn’t want to be recognized by you.” Lucius said giving his son a hint. After all he had promised not tell Draco the ‘mother’ was Harry Potter but it didn’t mean he couldn’t tell the other parent was male. Lucius could see the realisation dawning in Draco’s eyes.

“I should ask who’s the father, shouldn’t I?” he asked from his father.

“As I just said they wish to stay anonymous.” Lucius stated. “But it doesn’t stop me from trying to help you figure it out, does it?”



“I would suppose not.” Draco chuckled. “May I ask you something? It has nothing do with the matter at hand, but still.”

“Sure. But remember that I am not compelled to answer.” Lucius chuckled as well. He already guessed what would be asked.

“You said…You did your own experiments.” Draco stated and Lucius nodded. “Who did you sleep with?”



Lucius looked at him pointedly. As if Draco was supposed to know. Or at least guess who it was but as his son didn’t say anything Lucius sighed deciding to answer the question.

“With your godfather.” he stated simply.

“Uncle Sev?” Draco asked looking down for a while. “Should have guessed.” he mumbled shortly. He knew how close the two were as friends even after all these years.



“You did know he was gay, didn’t you? Did you know that he has entered a relationship with Lupin?” Lucius asked. Draco had nodded at the first question but shook his head at the second.

“Now that I think about it they suit for each other. Severus needs someone cheerier to be with as he is so sore most of the time.” Draco said chuckling.



“There were never any deeper feelings in our relationship with Severus and we ended it when I met your mother.” Lucius said remembering the good old times. “And when I fell in love with her there was never anyone else in my mind.” he said with a small smile. “There was no one else I wanted to marry.”

“I do know how much you love mother.” Draco said a little bothered about talking love.



“Does there happen to be someone like that in your life? Someone you wish to marry?” Lucius asked suddenly. Or not so suddenly as he had been aiming to this question for a while. This time Draco couldn’t help blushing. “So there is someone?” Lucius questioned. He could see how uncomfortable his son was and for once he didn’t feel like teasing him about it.



“There’s nothing to stop you from talking about your feelings. As there is no Dark Lord, there’s no reason to act emotionless.” Lucius assured his son.

“In that case…” Draco mumbled looking at the fireplace absentmindedly. “There is someone I care deeply about… He’s the reason I let my former bed mates talk about how they had had sex with the great Draco Malfoy, the Slytherin Ice Prince.” he said mocking himself. “It was supposed to attract his interest.”



“But it didn’t?” Lucius asked wondering who his son was talking about.

“No. Besides it would have never got anywhere.” Draco sighed. “I don’t really want to talk about it…” A silence landed in the room. Lucius was still wondering who his son was talking about. At least he now knew it was a male. It could have been Harry as Draco possibly considered they were still enemies, thus having no chances with the raven. But unfortunately Draco had made many people angry at himself and Lucius couldn’t be sure.



“Why did the other father come to you?” Draco’s question dragged Lucius away from his musings.

“He didn’t want you to know, as you now already know that, and he didn’t think he had anywhere else to go.” Lucius said. “It’s not like he needed money to help supporting the child…It’s rather because of other things.”



“He doesn’t want the child?” Draco asked irritated. It wasn’t the child fault if it was conceived.

“That’s not the case. He would love to keep the child.” Lucius told him all the while trying to give him small hints.

“So he doesn’t want to give away the child…And you said he had no need for money…” Draco mused over the matter. “Then there’s something else preventing him from keeping the child…”



Lucius waited patiently now as he knew his son to be bright and that he’d figure it out eventually. He bid his goodbye and left by floo satisfied with his accomplishment. Draco would some day, hopefully in the near future, realize the truth and then perhaps make the right decision and act upon it. Lucius just hoped that he had guessed right about Draco’s beloved.



Even though Lucius didn’t know it, he had been right.