The door to Draco and I's room swung open, making me jump. Draco came rushing in, panic written all over his face.

"What's wrong?" I asked when he shut the door.

"I don't- I mean, it- I couldn't- She was-" he stuttered out, not being able to form a full sentence.

"Hey, it's okay, it's okay", I reassured him as I walked over to him and wrapped my arms around his neck. "I'm here, don't panic."

I could feel him trembling and it took me a second to realise that he was crying, his forehead resting against my shoulder.

I led us over to the bed so we could be a bit more comfortable and just let him cry, because I knew he'd been holding it in for so long and he just needed to get it out of his system.

After a couple of minutes, he lifted his head up off my shoulder and looked me in the eyes.

"I'm sorry", he whispered as I wiped away his tears from his cheeks.

"Don't be, there's no need. I understand if you don't want to talk about about it", I said, upset that he was apologising for crying.

"No, it's just-", but before he could finish he cried out in pain, clutching his left forearm.

"Shit", he murmured after the pain died down a bit. "I have to go, he's calling a meeting", he said, referring to the Dark Lord.

"It's okay, you'll be fine. I'm sure it's nothing", I said, not wanting to worry him.

"No, you don't understand. I can't tell you now, but I'll tell you as soon as I get back", he told me. "I'll be back as soon as I can", he said as he wiped away the last of his tears that were still left on his cheek.

"Okay, we'll be here", I said as I gestured over towards Indie. "Love you."

"I love you so much", he said as he kissed me as if it was our last. "Much more than you could imagine".

And with that, he left, not wanting to be late for the Dark Lord.

Here I was, walking down these gloomy corridors for the second time this night, but this time I was on my way to the Dark Lord who, I presume, is not happy at all considering we just ruined his chance at getting hold of Harry Potter.

I arrived into the meeting room to see that he was not there yet, so I took my usual seat next to my mother, who had an equally nervous look on her face.

"How's Delilah?" she asked once I sat down, loud enough for me to hear but quiet so that no one around us could hear what she said.

"She's alright I think, I haven't told her what happened yet though as I didn't have enough time", I whispered back.

"And Indie?" she asked.

"Yeah, she's fine. She was having a nap when I went in so I assume they didn't hear Granger's screams", I gulped at the memory.

But, before she could say anything else, Voldemort apparated into the room, looking surprisingly calm.

"So, it appears that you have all once again failed to retrieve me Harry Potter", he said as he took his seat at the end of the table. "Lucius, would you like to do the honours of telling me what happened."

"Yes, my Lord. Harry Potter and his friends were brought here, and I assume he got hit by a hex as half his face was swollen, my Lord, meaning Draco was unable to identify him", he said, making me gulp. "When his face returned to normal and we saw that it was indeed Harry Potter, we were just about to call you to let you know, My Lord. However, one of our old house elves unscrewed the chandelier, dropping it to the floor, and apparated them away to an, as of right now, unknown destination my Lord."

"And what is the name of this house elf Lucius, and why is he no longer working here?" he questioned. I silently sighed in relief when he didn't ask anything about me failing to identify him.

"His name is Dobby, my Lord, and he is now a free elf after the Potter boy tricked me into presenting him with clothing."

I zoned out after that, as Voldemort then went on to talk about his latest plans. But my focus was brought back to the meeting when I saw him place what looked to be letters on the table in front of him.

"Now, before I leave I would like to discuss one final thing", he said, in his disturbing voice.

He then turned to face me, making my heart race. "It has been brought to my attention that someone may be occupying this manor currently, someone under the name of Delilah Davis."

Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck! How did he find out?!

"Many letters have been sent to the manor, addressing her, that have been sent from her sister, Anna Davis."

He then stood up and pushed the letters towards me. "Draco, would you read the first letter on the top of the pile out loud, for everyone to hear?"

I felt my mother squeeze my hand from under the table as I reached up to grab the letter, my hand was shaking ever so slightly so I tried my best to cover it up. I took a deep breath and began reading, trying to keep my breath as steady as possible.

"To Delilah,

I've already sent you a few letters, but you haven't replied to them so I just wanted to check that you are alright, and see if you've received them. I understand if you were too upset with me to reply to them, but please owl me back so that I know you are okay.

I'm so sorry for how I reacted in the shopping centre. I just wasn't expecting you to be dating Draco Malfoy after the way he treated your friends, let alone him be Indie's actual father. I'm not sure how I didn't notice though, she looks so much like him.

I hope that you aren't still too angry at me, I'd love to come and visit you soon wherever you are so that I can see Indie again and get to know Draco a bit more and understand what you like so much about him, after all, he is my niece's father.

Please reply to this letter if you receive it just so that I know you and Indie are alright and safe, even if it is just a simple 'We're safe'. Anyway, hope to see you soon.

Lots of love,

Anna."

I silently cursed Anna under my breath for being so obvious and revealing so much in this letter, did she not realise that anyone could've found this?!

I scanned my eyes quickly around the table to look for her parents, but I couldn't see them. I wondered why they weren't here as Voldemort had summoned most Death Eaters, but then I just assumed they must be doing another task or they must've not been summoned as they weren't involved in letting Harry Potter free.

"Well, would you look at that", Voldemort said, "Young Draco here is already a father, and he didn't even bother to tell me."

"Sorry to interrupt my Lord, but are you sure those letters are true? My son is not a father, I would've known about it otherwise", said Lucius and, to my surprise, the Dark Lord didn't get angry at him for interrupting him.

"Oh dear, has he not told you then? Because these letters are in fact true, isn't that right Draco?" he said as he turned his attention back to me.

I couldn't form any words as I was so horrified, so I just looked down to my fingers as I nodded slightly.

"Just as I thought, to embarrassed to even admit it. And what did the letter say your child's name was again?" he asked.

I wish I didn't have to answer, but I knew I had to. "H-her name is Indigo."

"Indigo? Interesting", he said as he paced up and down the room behind me. "And am I allowed to meet her?"

I knew I couldn't let them meet each other because who knows what he would do. However, I also knew that I couldn't lie to him about her not being here so I said the only thing I could think of in the moment, "S-she's sleeping, my Lord".

"How sweet, she's having a nap whilst her daddy's in a meeting", he laughed, making a couple of other Death Eaters chuckle as well. "And how old is this Indigo girl?" he asked.

"She t-turned one in February my Lord", I stuttered.

"One? That old already. So when were you planning on telling your parents, or was it just Lucius who was not aware?"

"Neither of them knew, my Lord", I said, not wanting to drag my mother into this as well. "I just never got round to telling them."

"Well, I'm not quite sure I quite believe that Draco", he said, which made my heart beat faster as I wondered what he was going to do to me.

But, to my surprise, he just said, "However, we have more important matters to attend to for the time being so I will arrange a meeting with you and your little family after I defeat Harry Potter."

"Tomorrow, we go to war. Tomorrow is the day I will finally kill Harry Potter and rule over the Wizarding World", and right after he said that, he and Nagini apparated away.

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I realise that this doesn't exactly fit the time frame so let's just pretend that Harry, Ron and Hermione escaped from Malfoy Manor on the 1st May and were still able to get the Hufflepuff cup.