The Other Potter (Draco Malfoy Endgame)

Merry Christmas

Chapter 9

Mattheo walked up the stairs with Alexis, saying goodnight to the others as they passed each of their rooms. He pulled Alexis in, hand firmly on her waist. He leaned against the doorframe as they reached his door, "I never knew Christmas could be so much fun. I never expected to be coated in glitter either. Is this always what Christmas time is like for you?"

Alexis smiled leaning next to him, "Not always, Sirius always tries but I think he felt guilty. He thinks I should have been celebrating with my parents and he's always blamed himself. He was supposed to be the one to keep the location safe but he convinced them to use Peter instead and Peter betrayed them."

Mattheo sighed deeply, sinking to the floor, "You have always been honest with me, and I think it's time I was honest with you too. I'm scared princess, that's why I didn't want to go back to Malfoy Manor. I know on one of these breaks my father is going to find me and I don't want that life. I don't want to be a death eater. But I can feel, that it is an inevitable thing. He will get me in the end and even if I refuse he will force it on me."

Alexis joined him on the floor and saw tears in his eyes for the first time and it broke her heart. No one deserves to be afraid of their own father. She crawled into his lap wrapping her arms around him, "We can find a way, I'm sure someone can help. We will keep you safe and away from him. I won't let him have you, you're mine."

The young couple stayed wrapped in each other's arms for a long time, just silently holding each other. When they finally were stiff from the hard floor they parted reluctantly going to bed.

Alexis could not block out her nightmares that night, they weren't from Harry this time. She watched as Voldemort used Crucio on Mattheo over and over before finally forcing the brand of the death eaters on him. No matter how many times she woke, every time her eyes closed the torture started over.

She couldn't take anymore and quietly left her room seeing a clock saying it was only 3 in the morning. She tiptoed down to the kitchen and made herself some hot chocolate. She played her dream over and over as she sat sipping on her drink.

Her mind started to wander back to her dream of the two boys holding out their hands to her. What if that dream held an answer to her problems? Would her choice affect the outcome of her vision of Mattheo's torture? What if she chose the other boy instead, what if she chose Draco?

She looked up hearing a noise and saw Mrs. Weasley heading for the kitchen. She did her best to clean the tears from her face, not having realized that she had even been crying.

"Alexis dear, what are you doing up so early?" She quickly noticed the redness in Alexis' eyes and came over to hug her, "What is it dear, what's wrong?" Alexis was too exhausted to hold it together as she sobbed out everything about Mattheo's fears and her nightmares that she couldn't get out of her mind.

"I see, well I can't say we haven't all thought of that possibility. If he isn't protected from his father, it could likely happen. Let me talk to the other Order members and see what we can come up with. Now would you like to help with breakfast? Keep your mind off things for a bit," Mrs Weasley pulled out a couple of aprons and held one out to Alexis. She smiled taking the apron and tying it around her waist. "Just tell me what you want me to do."

As the two cooked a massive spread for breakfast Molly looked over at the young girl and marveled at the perfect blending of her parents she was. Harry was almost the spitting image of his father, despite the green eyes but Alexis was like the best of each one of them. She worried about the girl's future, she hoped Dumbledore would hold some answers about her troubling abilities that were emerging, "Alexis, can I ask you something dear?" Alexis nodded as she was fighting with the biscuit dough. "How did you and Mattheo... I mean what brought you two together?"