I Fell Into Your Arms

Chapter 15: Malfoy News

"Apparently hes been seen in Scotland." Neville shrugged.

"Really?" Hermione was interested, and Amelia saw that.

"I never knew you were into Malfoy." Amelia mumbled. Luckily no one heard.

Neville and Susan continued to give Hermione the interesting details while Amelia and Sirius slipped away.

*

"Sirius, have you been helping young Draco?" Amelia asked once in their bedroom.

"You checked my office?!" Sirius yelped. He knew his wife was through, but he forgot how much.

Amelia crossed her arms. "No, I checked the ward acess list. The initals DM were there. It doesnt take a genius to add two and two together."

Sirius shrank under his wifes eye. "Fine, I admit it. I was the one who helped Draco reinvent himself. Since Snapes dead, Narissa asked me to look after her son before she had committed sucide."

"You knew and you didnt stop her?!" Amelia gasped.

"Lia, when Cissy puts her mind to something, theres no stopping her. Draco knew about his mothers depression, but had no idea how deep it ran, until it was too late." Sirius sighed

"Were has he been hiding? Under what name?" Amelia asked quickly.

Sirius chuckled, "im sorry, but I cant tell you. Draco would skin me alive. He wanted a new name and a new life. He really feels bad for all hes done, but he did it out of fear. I can understand his position, because until I ran away from home, I was just like him."

"Why did he write a letter to Hermione if hes done being Draco?" Amelia asked.

"Its a way for him to move on." Sirius replied.

Amelia sighed, "i see."

*

Susan was a bit confused, she knew Hermione as a sensible girl, but she noticed a bit of playful flirting between her and Sirius.

"Is everything ok Susan?" Neville asked.

"Sorry. I heard you got hired at Swann hospital. How is it there?"

"I really like it. Very informal than St. Mungos. The head of the hospitals cute though." Hermione sighed like a lovesick girl.

"Im glad you think so. Tell us what else is going on." Susan narrowed her eyes slightly.

"Look, I think its time I told my friends. My mum kept a secret from me about lineage." Hermione sighed.

"What is it?" Neville asked.

"Sirius is my father. Mum told me before the war became too dangerous. She thought that using her husband as my father I would ve more protected. When the war first began, she knew it would be too dangerous for me not knowing the truth." Hermione sighed, relieved to get it off her chest.

"So we're cousins!" Susan squealed, she pulled Hermione into a hug.

"Its a shock, but wow, that must have been shocking for you." Neville said after a moment.

"It was. But I understand why Mum did it." Hermione sighed.

"Why?" Susan asked

"Dad was in Askaban for 12 years, do you really think I would have taken it well if my mum said, 'honey, your father is the known criminal in wizarding jail, but he used to be very sweet?'" Hermione asked quickly.