The Blossom, The Bud, The Brother and The Beast

The canker galls the infants of the spring,

Too oft before their buttons be disclosed,

And in the morn and liquid dew of youth
Contagious blastments are most imminent.
Hamlet Act I Scene iii Lines 39-40

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Chapter 03- The New Family Member

Early Morning, November 1, 1981

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Narcissa sat by the fire of the sitting room, waiting for her husband to come back from another one of the Death Eater business. Her son, Draco, had been sleeping in her arms for hours, as they both waited for Lucius to come back.

She finally heard the rustling sound by the door. She stood up, failing in not waking Draco up, and greeted her husband by the front door. When she reached the door, she noticed Lucius carrying something in his arms: a swaddling cloth wrapping something alive. He carried the thing with so much care that Narcissa started to become suspicious, but she lay her skepticism aside when he noticed the fear in Lucius' eyes. She knew something was up.

Narcissa heard a gurgling sound from the swaddling cloth. When she was close enough to see, she noticed a very small baby.

"Lucius," she stressed. "Whose baby is that?"

Lucius smiled at her, pride showing in his brightly lit face. "Mine."

"Yours?" questioned Narcissa. "Yours!?!?" she asked louder.

Lucius looked at her meanly his eyes starting to narrow. "Yes. She is mine, Narcissa. You have a problem with that?"

"Of course, Lucius! She surely isn't mine."

"I don't care."

"She's not allowed in this house. Not in my house!"

The baby girl started to cry, so Lucius cradled her and hummed to her. When the baby calmed down a little bit, Lucius looked back at Narcissa.

"First of all, this is not your house. It is mine. Second, she is my child, and you will treat her as if she was your own."

"What if I don't?"

"You can go back to the hellhole you came from and will never be able to see your son again."

"You can't do that to me."

"I can. Want to press your luck?"

Narcissa hugged her little boy as she looked at the little bundle that Lucius had been busying himself with. She hated the child already, knowing that her husband had cheated on her and that she knew that the mother of this child will remain unnamed.

Lucius motioned her to go up the stairs with him and she did what was asked of her. Lucius lead her to the nursery. She laid the half sleeping boy in his crib as she scanned the whole room.

She personally picked all the elements in Draco's nursery. She wanted it to be elegantly decorated for the true heir of the Malfoy estate. Everything in the room, like the rest of the house, was made first-class. Everything made of cloth was made of the finest velvet, fleece and linen the world has ever seen. Most of the furniture was antique, except for Draco's crib and the bassinet which Lucius had bought for him right before he was born.

Lucius continued to tend on the baby girl before he turned to order Narcissa: "Could you get Draco's bassinet? I just want to use it for her tonight."

Narcissa went inside the walk-in closet and looked for the bassinet. She returned carrying the bassinet closer to Lucius. "Who is her mother, Lucius?"

"Why do you care?" asked Lucius as he placed the baby in the bassinet.

"The mother could be a Mudblood for all I..."

Lucius smacked on the face full force that she toppled to the floor crying.

"I have had enough from you, Narcissa. Don't make me use the Imperius Charm on you!"

"Lucius..." said Narcissa weakly. "Please, no! I promise not to say anything anymore."

"Good! Now, go get me some clean blankets and maybe something to wear for my little girl."

As Narcissa found the items Lucius asked for. He took off the little girl's swaddling cloth, and cleaned her up before putting a diaper on her. Narcissa handed him the items before taking a step back.

"You never did that for Draco," she said sadly.

"Because you do it for him. You want to do it for her, then?"

"No."

"Didn't think so."

When the baby girl was dressed, Lucius lay her on the bassinet, his eyes never leaving her face.

Draco babbled something incomprehensible, sounded like "Dada", his hands reaching out to his father. Lucius walked over to him and carried him over by the bassinet. Draco looked over with utter curiosity at the new living thing, now occupying his old bassinet.

"That, Draco," said Lucius, "... is your new baby sister."

Narcissa walked closer to Lucius trying to take Draco away. "That baby is not my child's sister!"

Lucius hurriedly puts Draco down, takes out his wand from his coat pocket and points it at her. "One more word against any of my children and you will be taking orders even from the house elves!"

"Do it then, Lucius!" screamed Narcissa. "Go ahead! I'd rather be under the Imperius Curse than be forced to do something I don't want to do."

"Very well then, suit yourself. Imperio!"

Narcissa's eyes became vacant as she lost complete control of herself. "Do you want anything for her, for you or for Draco?"

"Send Venom to buy a formula for her, then. You can take money from the small vault if you need. Go!" (*Venom is Lucius' owl)

Narcissa hurriedly ran out of the room as baby started to cry again.

Lucius picked the girl up, walked over to the rocking chair and then sat. He then let Draco lean on his other knee as he calmed the baby down. He touched the baby's head, feeling the softness of her crown.

"How soft and fragile," he said out loud. "How it can so easily be destroyed. Your mind can so easily be molded, my baby, slowly but surely, any which way I like. But I would never destroy a beauty like you. How you look so much like my Lily, my little Empress. Too bad mummy's not here anymore."

(Flashback)

"You're right about that, Lily!" answered one of the two dark-cloaked apparitions that had just appeared by their bedroom door, both pointing their wands at the Potter family.

"Lucius!" screamed James as he ran to his wife's side, helping her up. Lily held on to the baby as James hid Harry behind them.

"You're quite right, James," answered Lucius, as he pointed his wand at Lily. "Lily, come here."

"No!"

"She seems very hard-headed, Lucius," answered the other dark cloaked intruder as he pulls his hood down.

James' eyes opened wide, recognizing who it was: "Voldemort!"

"Potter!" he said disgustingly as he moved the wand towards James. "Aveda Kedavra!"

Lily screamed as James body dropped to the ground with a loud thud. She kneeled over him, crying over his lifeless body. She stood up, still clutching the baby with one arm, and pushed Harry behind her.

"You don't have to get hurt, Lily", said Voldemort, his wand now pointing towards the boy behind Lily's knees.

"Do what you want with me. Leave the babies alone."

Lucius looked his master and placed his wand inside his coat pocket. He then walked closer to Lily and then started to circle around her.

"That's mine, Lily. Give her to me."

"You sick bastard! You raped me and then you let Him kill my husband. You are one sick motherfucker, you know that?"

Lucius' eyes narrowed as he lunged and took the baby away from her, before walking back beside his master.

"Shh..." Lucius shushed looking at the little girl in his arms. "Aren't you a little pretty one? My little Empress. Empress Pearl Malfoy, eh?" The baby cooed as he continued to move her around.

Lily gasped as Lucius started to move the blanket away from the baby's face. "Lucius don't hurt her."

Lucius adored the baby and laughed as his Master touched the baby's forehead.

"Don't worry, Lily," said his Master. "We won't hurt her. You don't have to get hurt either, as long as you give Harry to me."

"No! You are not going to touch Harry!"

Lucius held his hand out to Lily. "Come on, love. Just give up the boy and I will protect you by all means."

"No! I will never be yours, Lucius. You disgusting fuck! I want nothing to do with you or the Dark Side. I'd rather die than become your property. And you will not touch Harry!"

"Very well, then", added Voldemort in a sinister voice. "Take your child outside, Lucius. I don't want her seeing the death of her mother. And do bundle her up. It's a little cold today."

Lucius left the room in anger, in disbelief that Lily turned down his offer. Once he got to the first floor, he heard a loud thud coming from the upper floor. He shook his head, as tears trickled solemn tears for the woman he once loved, but has never loved him back. As he headed by the door, a blinding green flash enveloped his surroundings, and the whole house started to shake. He ran out, and luckily he was a few feet away from the house when the second floor collapsed.

He looked back at the remnants of the structure, looking for any signs of life.

"Master? Lord Voldemort? Tom? Master!"

There was no reply but the baby got startled by his screaming. He shushed her down just in time to hear an owl hooting from behind him. The owl dropped a large envelope right on his hands as it flew back up.

Lucius struggled to open it with one hand, making sure that his daughter was secure in his other hand. Inside the envelope, he finds his baby's birth certificate.

Empress Pearl Malfoy

Midnight of October 31st 1981.

Father: Lucius Malfoy

Mother: Lillian Evans-Potter

"Let's go my Empress Pearl," said Lucius, as he started to run from the collapsing of the first floor.
(Flashback ends)

Draco looked up at Lucius, pulling on his knees, as if asking for another glance at his baby sister. Lucius moved the swaddling cloth near the baby's face, so that Draco can see her.

"Draco, this is your sister. When you two get older, you will get to know your place in our world. Even with the Dark Lord gone, you will follow in his footsteps. He gave his blessing to both of you, protecting you so that you are free from anybody who wants to harm you. The two of you, together, will cause the same destruction that Master had done, or even worse."

Lucius carried his son on his knees, and then kissed his forehead. "Careful, Draco. Now, give your baby sister a kiss."

Draco carefully leaned over her new sister, kissing her cheek and then touched her nose, as his father joined their little hands together.

"Draco Dwyer Malfoy- My Dark, Wise Dragon- meet your little sister, Empress Pearl Malfoy."

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Okay, everyone. Reviews please!!!

NOTES:

Curses/Charms are in Bold Italics and flashbacks are in Italics. Don't blame me if it doesn't show up!!!

About Middle Names:
=Draco Dwyer- "Dwyer" means 'dark wisdom' in Irish.
=Lucius Leroi- "Leroy" means 'king' in French.
=Lily Susan - In history, in the apocryphal Book of Tobit, Susannah (Susan for short) courageously defended herself against wrongful accusation. Lily defended her self from James (A chapter ago) against an accusation that she cheated on him.)

NOTE: "The canker galls the infants of the spring..." SHAKESPEARE MEANT: The "canker" is a worm, and to "gall" is to break the skin. "Infants of the spring" is metaphorical for early spring flowers, and their "buttons" are their unopened buds. Put it all together, it means that Ophelia could be ruined by the worm of temptation, which would hollow out her heart before it broke the surface. MY STUPID WORD FOR WORD TRANSLATION: The 'devil' destroys the life of the children (Here, the devil is both Voldemort and Lucius, and the children are Harry, Empress and Draco) right after they are born (I thought 'button' meant 'belly button or navel') and as the children grow, they would be as bitter as the devil. (We'll see!!!)

NEX CHAPTER:

Little Empress grows up and receives a letter from Hogwarts.

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