A/N: Sorry it's taken so long. I've been trying to figure out if I want to stop it at a certain point and continue this story into a sequel. Which makes me focus on that more than the actual story. :) Sorry. Anyways I am working on the next chapter already but I won't promise as to when I'll put it up because I'll probably break it unintentionally.

January 19th 1979

"Mistress there is a man outside the gates. What should Miffy do?" Fixing the shoulder straps of her deep red dress Jade looked into the mirror and stared into her miss-matched eyes. Throughout the last couple of months on the run her appearance had changed to the point that she could hardly recognize herself in the mirror. Her right eye was still the deep topaz color she'd had since her birth but her left eye had changed into a molten silver color that she was sure someone would assume that she was blind in that eye. Her long black hair was now a mixture of colored highlights from a deep red, white-blonde and a light brown. Illusion spells no longer worked on her appearance and she was reaching the point where hiding in plain sight was turning into a problem. She was grateful that her birthday had finally passed and Moon Manor's protective spells were powerful enough to keep everyone who wasn't allowed by the current owner of the house out.

"Let him in." She told the house-elf and heard the small house-elf disappear before attempting to fix her eyeliner to bring out the pale color of her left eye. Pulling the thick mass of multi-colored hair into a messy bun before turning away from the mirror and headed out of the master bathroom and towards the stairs. She'd barely reached the bottom stair when she heard the front door open and peering just behind the threshold wall she spotted the familiar lean figure that now held a slight limp as he followed the small creature in front of him and towards the living room. He was dressed in his usual black clothing and the cane that supported his weight made her hand reach for the slim silver snake bracelet that hissed and tightened around her wrist whenever it felt a malicious presence. It had taken a bit of experimenting after she had found an old text in a German Library that catered to witches and wizards to set up several of her jewelry into detection spells that would warn her of any impending danger. Even if that impending danger came from her. Following after them she stepped into the wide room her gaze immediately locked with Lucius' pale blue eyes that for some reason reminded her of her aunt's. They were cold which told her that she was looking into the gaze of his real self. He wasn't playing the sweet yet distant man that she had interacted with during the summer. His gaze lowered to look her over before turning and sitting down in one of the arm chairs located by the window.

"Why did you return here?" asked Lucius his voice low and without emotion that reminded her of herself these days.

"I knew that you would be the first to learn of my return here and I wanted to speak to you." She told him just as coldly as she walked towards the other window just a few feet away from him.

"Oh." was all he said that caused a small smirk to play along her lips before she stopped and turned to look at him.

"I know what you want and you know what I want so let us not play anymore games. I find that I've grown tired of them these last few months." she told him tiredly. Touching the cold glass window she watched as snow started to fall from the dark clouds in the sky.

"Alright, no more games." Lucius told her as he crossed his legs and focused on her face intently enough that she felt like prey. "I want an heir not just any heir mind you but a magically gifted heir that I can pass on my name. I know that your family still has several of the gifts that are no longer found today. I want you to give me a son." The last he said in a low whisper that seemed to shiver along her spine but she ignored it. While she may be physically attracted to him and he may be the one to keep her out of the Dark Lords hands for another year. However, it wouldn't be wise to allow him to think that he was her only option or at least the only option that she was willing to take.

"I want safety and by that I mean I want to be so far under the radar that no one and I mean no one can find me." Taking several steps towards him she knelt down in front of his chair and placed her hands on his. "You give me protection for one year and I will give you your heir but Lucius before you rashly agree to this arrangement there is a condition attached to this offer." Flinching at the tight grip of his hands on hers she stared up at him.

"If Narcissa gives you a son before I do then you will name him your heir and leave our son in my care."She told him her voice didn't waver since she had a hint of what would happen if Lucius raised him. That is if her visions were right and she gave him a son.

"And what makes you think Narcissa will give me a son before you?" He asked curiously his eyes searching hers.

"I'm sure you know the reason as to how I may or may not know certain things." she told him teasingly before pulling her hands away from his and standing up. His emotions had started to invade hers which made her wonder if her control over her empathy was failing since she hadn't spent a lot of time with other people since she had started running. Looking down at her pale hands with black nail polish on her nails so that her hand looked paler, she wondered what was to come. The future was ever changing so there was never a guarantee of what was to come only a possibility.

"And what makes you think I know?" he asked his face bland but he couldn't quite keep his eyes blank since they looked at her with clear knowledge of what he knew.

"Because a secret like mine can't remain a secret when there is someone looking into their family." she told him absentmindedly before looking at him underneath her lashes. "I can't guarantee that our child will inherit my gifts but I've seen our child." She told him breathlessly as she remembered the small blonde-haired child that she craved to have. Along with his brother.

"He doesn't need to have your gifts but he does need to have your strength in magic." Watching him warily when he stood up and walked the few paces between them. Jade kept herself from flinching when he placed a hand on her cheek, his gaze ran over her face avidly.

"You glow with so much power Jade that it will be difficult to hide you since your magic has started to leak into your appearance." he whispered causing her to focus on his lips for a moment.

"But you can do it?" she asked as her mind chanted 'please' over and over. She didn't want to go to Dumbledore, she didn't want to be captured a year earlier and she wanted the children that she had seen several weeks ago.

"I can do it but it will require several illegal spells that I so happen to know and have already set into place since I learned of you coming back here." He told her as he ran a finger along her bottom lip before pulling his hand away and stepping back.

"I will come to collect you in two days." With that he bowed politely before walking out of the room and hearing the front door close she walked to the chair he had been sitting in and collapsed in it. Staring intently out the window she wondered why he had agreed so easily. She sat there for several hours before she shook off the dark feeling and tossed them to the back of her mind before standing up. She may had saved herself a year of freedom but she needed to ensure that she made a deal with someone else to ensure that she was able to get out of Baldrics hands when the time came. Debating on whether she should risk the chance of exposure by going to him, she quickly threw that idea out. Running a hand along the silk gown she toyed with the fabric absentmindedly before she decided to wait a little longer before she approached him. Walking out of the living room she climbed the steps to her bedroom, she didn't stop at the bottom of the stairs to look at the portrait of her parents. She no longer felt the longing feeling for her parents. Instead she felt a deep sense of hatred for her mother and disappointment towards her father. Stepping into her bedroom she stared at the broken pieces of furniture that she had done accidently upon learning that the House-elves had lost Kaelas and Nyx while she had been covering her tracks before coming home. Walking to the floor length broken mirror she felt a foreboding feeling that she couldn't seem to ignore.

"Why do I have a feeling that everything is going to turn out the opposite of how I imagine?" she asked aloud her gaze flicked away from her shattered refection and walked to the window that overlooked the massive back grounds.

"Now it's just time to wait." she whispered out loud. Closing her eyes she looked deep inside of herself and in her mind's eye she could see the large glowing ball that she associated with her magic. It was as big as one of those crystal balls that she had looked through in Divination class but instead of just a clear glass ball it was alight with different colors that seemed to branch out with glowing lines before falling back into place. Reaching out she grabbed one of those lines and pushed it towards the garnet gems that were the eyes of her snake bracelet. It wasn't until the ball had decreased into the size of her fist that she stopped pouring her magic into the gems. Opening her eyes she walked towards her bed, her vision was spinning as she sat down.

...

"It's gone My Lord." Frowning at the sudden disappearance of Jade Shardae's magic from his vision Baldric opened his eyes to stare into the maroon colored gaze of the Dark Lord. He stood just to the side of him dressed in a black suit that emphasized his pale skin and long black hair. He'd been personally going to the Ministry to see who he could blackmail, or who would fall quickly in line with his plans. The Ministry was still oblivious to the random deaths that befell mudbloods or those that refused him.

"It would seem she has learned how we've been finding her these last few months." spoke the Dark Lord as Baldric stood up from the floor and stood absolutely still in his Lords presence.

"It would appear so. However, I am curious to know how she learned to remove just enough magic to keep herself hidden and not kill herself in the process." Baldric replied. Anything related to Jade Shardae seemed to spark his inner curiosity to the point that even he believed that he had become obsessed with the family.

"The process is difficult to learn and way above an eighteen year olds knowledge. Do you think someone is helping her My Lord?" He asked wondering what the Dark Lord thought of her always being just out of their reach.

"No. As you've said she's a Seer, which means her gift is keeping her out of my reach. And as to learning how to siphon her magic just enough to keep it from giving her away she must have learned it herself. After all, she did steal those types of books when she ran." Blinking in surprise at his masters voice no longer holding the sibilant hiss that he'd become used too. Baldric wondered at the Dark Lords ability to look and sound nonthreatening when he chose. But the way he carried himself spoke of a hidden power and he was also charismatic enough that he was able to simply charm his aristocratic followers into giving him the money he needed to bribe gullible politicians.

"I will get my hands on her of that I am certain. But in the meantime it is time to focus our attention on the giants and most importantly the Fae. We will need them if my plan is to succeed." spoke the Dark Lord as he turned to stare at him. "I will deal with the giants while you focus your attention on finding the door to get inside Farie. We only have a few more months before I make my presence felt throughout the magical world." Nodding his head in understanding, Baldric headed towards the door and stepped out into the dark night. He'd only learned enough about the Fae to know that there was a door but not where it was. The Lestrange Library no longer held whet he needed to know but if Crystal Shardae was telling the truth the information was to be found in Moon Manor. The only problem was that he didn't know how to break down the wards that surrounded the massive house. There were wards that had been placed centuries ago and instead of weakening as time went on they had strengthened.

"It is time to see what the Snape boy can do."