Hiya,
This is my second fic but I hope you guys will review as quickly as you did for my first one! Anyone who has not read The Untold Beginning is very welcome to click on my profile page and take a look at the story.
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Disclaimer: I'm not making any money because all the characters in this fic from the Harry Potter Books belong to J. K. Rowling.
Draco Malfoy and his parents sauntered through Diagon Alley. The war had ended over six years ago and the great Harry Potter had claimed victory over Voldemort. The Malfoys were forgiven and officially pardoned by the ministry and the now recognized and respected Order of the Phoenix.
Draco now stood well over six foot tall and his blonde hair was no longer slicked back. Instead it hung loose but short. His skin was still ivory pale but underneath those robes was a well-defined six-pack, only made possible by his endless workouts. His parents had not changed.
Mrs. Malfoy window-shopped whilst her family followed behind her. She called for Draco to come and see a new magical watch in the window of one shop. Her husband glanced out at the new partly new Diagon Alley. This part was destroyed in the war but had been rebuilt to include a children's play area and a sitting area for adults plus many new shops.
He gazed lazily over the young children playing there. Ugly. Ugly. Red Hair. Ugly. Crying. Ugly again (what was coming to the world of good breeding?). Running nose. One falling over. White hair…
Wait a second. White hair?
Lucius quickly glided over to the play area. Yes, he had been right. White blonde hair. The child was tiny, a young boy, yet he looked so uncomfortably familiar…
Draco saw his father at the playground and walked over to him. This was odd. Lucius hated children.
"Father?"
"That boy looks a lot like you."
"And?"
"He must be about three, four maybe. Or perhaps he's just small…"
"Father? It's a child."
"No. There are two. Two who looked exactly the same. Where are his parents, I wonder? Perhaps one is standing next to me?" Lucius turned to face his son.
"Father I have no children if that's what you mean. You honestly think I got some girl pregnant? I haven't had a relationship for ages, you know that."
"Yes, but you were with someone a few years ago."
Draco's cheeks held a tint of red, "Father - he would have said…"
"Would he?" Lucius turned away to follow his wife again. "Find out whose children they are Draco."
"Now?"
"Now." With that he walked away.
Draco Malfoy looked around the playground. Lucius was over-reacting. It was just a coincidence…
"Excuse me?"
Draco looked down to see himself as a child. "Yes?"
"Have you seen my Daddy?"
Draco squatted to the child's height. "What does he look like?"
"Daddy."
"What?"
"He looks like my Daddy."
Suddenly, Draco was saved. The exact of the first blonde boy came over as Draco stood up. He looked suspiciously at Draco before grabbing the other one's hand.
"He isn't there, Mattie."
"Not by the sandbox?"
"No, not by the sandbox."
"Ah." Mattie looked at Draco. "Have you seen my Daddy?"
Draco was about to go into another hopeless question game when he heard a shout come from behind the boys.
"Mattie! Cass! Oh, thank gods I found you!" A brunette woman came running over. She looked sternly at the boys. "I've left Uncle Charlie and Cousin Jenny at the Quidditch shop. You're father will have a fit if he finds out! What have you got to say for yourselves?"
"I found a sickle in the sandbox." Said Mattie Brightly.
She sighed and then turned her attention to Draco. He looked at her closely. She still hadn't actually looked at him.
"Thank-you for finding them, they're always -" She gasped as her eyes sat on Draco.
"Hello Hermione."
"H-h-hi. I've…I've got to go. Come on boys."
"Oh no. I need to speak to Harry. Do you know where he is?"
She eyed the boys. Cass was scowling at Mattie who was trying to eat a dandelion.
"It's not the best time, Drake."
"Correct me if I'm wrong but those two are my boys? 'My' as in 'mine and Harry's'?"
She looked fearfully from the children to Draco. Cass was listening intently. Mattie was still trying to figure out which was the best way to eat a dandelion.
"Look, here's his address. Please Draco, you broke his heart once. Don't do it again. You and him…you're not the only ones who will get hurt."
They both looked at the boys. Cass was watching Hermione's face closely but Mattie, unsurprisingly, was watching the dandelion closely.
"Please." She said again. "Think about it. Before you go over."
She began to walk out of the play area and Cass followed. Mattie looked around for them quickly. He stumbled forward , smiling, and held up his sickle to Draco. He gave it to him, then waddled away. Before stepping out of the sandbox, Mattie turned around and waved shyly back Draco.