Chapter 23:Skipping Ahead and Truth Will Out.

Draco sat by his unconscious daughter in the hospital, he always knew that he was going to have to tell his children the truth eventually. He and Hermione had talked about her spilling his secret, he knew she didn't do it intentionally and he didn't want to make his pregnant wife feel any worse. As soon as Isla woke up he gathered all five of his children into the hospital room and locked the door.

They sat in uncomfortable silence. Xavier was the first to speak.

"Is it true? You're a death-eater?" The young boy asked bravely.

Draco took a deep breath and started to speak.

"You have to understand, these were different times, all purebloods were expected to join him. I didn't join because I wanted to, I joined out of fear that my family and friends were going to be killed and the fact that my father was, and still is a loyal follower of the dark lord meant that I was basically bound into the death-eaters at birth..."

Isla looked a bit confused.

"Grandfather is still alive? All purebloods had to join, what about everyone else? Was Mum a death-eater? Was she going to be killed? Did you join to keep her safe? What about Grandma? Why?!" She exclaimed rapidly.

Draco took a deep breath and answered.

"Lucius is still alive, probably insane and in Azkaban. That's where Grandma was for your early childhood, but she was pardoned as she helped Harry Potter when he needed it most. I also spent three months there when I was nineteen.
As for the pureblood question, half-bloods could join, but not muggleborns like your Mum, which she would never have joined anyway as she was well, you know her part in the war.
And no I didn't join to save your mother, in fact back then we despised each other, I used to bully her and called her unforgivable things.
Any other questions?" Draco breathed, feeling relief his kids knew the truth.

"How come I've never seen your dark mark?" Scorpius spoke up quietly.

Draco walked over to his son and knelt down. He rolled up his sleeve and tensed his arm, revealing the dark mark for the first time in years.

"I keep it hidden."

Scorpius who usually didn't show emotions was on the brink of tears. He was shaking like a leaf.

"Did you kill anyone?" His voice cracked.

Draco looked down.

Tears rolled down Scorpius's and Amelie's faces.

"Daddy what are deaf-eatings?" Little Cora asked from up on Isla's lap.

"Death-eaters were a group of bad, bad people who did horrible things, and I was one of them." He said softly.

Cora being as innocent as she was asked.  "Was you naughty?"

"Yes, my little star." He replied.

"Did you get timeout?"

"Yes, darling." He replied to her naive questions.

"Did you get told-off?"

"Yes." He replied hiding a smirk.

"Are you good now?" She asked.

"Yes I am, sweetheart." He replied kissing her head.

"Then what you did doesn't matter as long as you don't do it again. Promise you won't do it again!" She demanded.

"I promise, Cora. Never, ever again." He said, pulling her into his arms.

"Good." She said kissing his cheek.

Draco looked at his four other children.
His four other children looked at each other. They all nodded.

"You're forgiven." Isla said exasperated.

"Thank you."

"-as long as you don't stop me seeing James." Isla concluded simply.

Draco bit his lip.

"Do you love him?" Draco asked his oldest daughter.

Isla nodded. "Yes, very much."

"Fine, but I don't have to like it." Draco forced himself to cave in.

"I wouldn't expect you to." Isla smiled.

"And separate bedrooms! I'm about to be a father again, I don't need to be a grandfather as well!" He said horrified at the thought of his daughter having sex.

Isla rolled her eyes.

"Speaking of love, if you and Mum hated each other how the hell did you end married a year later?" Amelie asked inquisitively.

Hermione walked into the room and sat down next to Draco and took his hand.

"When we went back to school, the ministry introduced a marriage and reproduction law. We got paired together." She said.

Both Draco and Hermione revealed the rose-gold markings that had stretched the whole way up to their shoulders.

"A pair destined for each other got the same markings, at the time it was just a small design on our forearms, but the stronger the couples relationship grows as does the mark." Hermione started.

"The law stated that we had to be married within ten months. The first child within the first two years and the second within the next two. We only had to stay married for four years but we fell for each other. There was no question that we were staying together and that's when we had Scorpius." Draco continued.

"Then we decided that Scorpius needed a brother, so we had Xavier and when You all went off to boarding schools, we had empty nest syndrome so we had Cora and we decided a few months ago to have one last child so she doesn't get lonely." Hermione finished.

"What about when that child leaves?" Amelie smirked.

"That's when Isla and James can have the same bedroom and make us grandparents." Draco explained.

"That's like twelve years!!" Isla exclaimed.

"Exactly." Draco replied.

"What if I told you I've already slept with him!" Isla shouted.

Don't tell him that!"  Hermione exclaimed.

"ISLA ADELINE MALFOY! You're seventeen!" Draco exclaimed furiously.

"Exactly." Island replied simply.

Draco's blood pressure was sky high.

"What does "slept wif him" mean." Cora asked.

"Nothing, darling." Hermione replied.

"Can I slept with him with Hugo Weasley?" Cora asked her father.

"DEFINITELY NOT!" Draco exclaimed.

"It's not fair! Why does Isla get to do it!?" Cora whined.

Hermione paused, she felt her waters break.

"Eww! Mummy wet herself!" Cora giggled.

Draco turned slowly.

"Draco, it's time." Hermione breathed heavily.

All hell broke loose as Draco and Hermione prepped for the new arrival.

Isla, who was now discharged from St. Mungo's and apparated her siblings home and owled James asking if he minded coming over to help her, with her fathers permission of course.

"Push Hermione!" Draco encouraged his wife.

Hermione screamed and with one last push he was born.

Marcus Harry Malfoy.

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