Chapter 26 Reunion and the Mysterious Malfoy Child

On the outskirts of the Greengrass mansion. From the sky descended a black bird with sharp feathers; Its model and structure resembled those of a crow. But what set it apart was its size. Unlike small crows, it was easily over 2 meters long, and in its claws it held tightly a tightly packed basket.

As it descended, its structure became involved in shadows, and a new form was molded, that of a man. He watched the basket with a worried face, reaching down with his hands and taking what was inside.

Upon unpacking he heard a small child's cry. He rocked the child in his arms, making back and forth movements; the child calmed down.

Nearby from the surrounding bushes emerged a Warg, a kind of demonic wolf, which should only exist in tales or horror stories.

But as the crow, Warg became a woman, she hurried towards the pair, who waited patiently.

The man eyed the transformation with interest, but he didn't seem surprised.

Rose watched a man, tall with sharp features and an angular face. The neutral suit matched his gray eyes. He was handsome by certain standards, but she knew somehow that appearance was a lie.

"She knew who he was. Even though he wasn't the real Vincent, she still ran to him and hugged him tightly as if she never wanted him to let go again. "Vince, it's so good to see you!" she exclaimed, beaming with excitement.

Vincent returned the hug. "I missed you too," he declared, thinking about the encounters they had during the coma, where they met in dreams."But finding you through dreams just isn't the same as having you here with me now."

Elise was almost crushed by the two. She complained with small cries.

"Who is this child?" Rose asked curiously.

Vincente walked even closer and handed it to Rose.

"It's complicated, her name is Rigel Elise Malfoy, she has nowhere to stay for now, can you help?" He asked hopefully.

Rose, who was practically forced to receive the child, looked at Vicente with an even more confused look. "Okay, she can keep Daphne company, but I have to do with my sister. But tell me what happened."

Vincent thought for a moment and began to explain "Well It all started with me interfering in the magical war 1 year ago when you fell into a coma…" he recounted an abbreviated version of events." About Rigel, This start a week ago, a commemorate and promote Aurors who excelled. I was with James Potter, Sirius, Peter…."

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Flashback

Vincent entered the great hall using his other illusionary alter ego, Tom Vegas. He had come to the event because of an invitation from James Potter and his friend Sirius Black.

He quickly noticed his friends sitting on a thin looking sofa. They were clearly drunk, and loud laughter from Sirius and James carried through the hall. He walked privately towards them.

"James, do you know what the Sorting Hat said when Snape was sorted into Slytherin?" asked Sirius in a mocking voice.

James took a swig of butter beer. "What did he say?"

"Horrible, it smells swamp and your slippery hair, Slytherin!" And he broke into a loud laugh drawing attention to the group.

'Tom Vegas' arrived "Hey you clowns" he said as he sat down next to James and lightly bumped him. " what I lose".

James shifted to make himself more comfortable. "Nothing, just a completely drunk Sirius, isn't it Peter?"

"yes" he said in a low voice. He was clearly uncomfortable there.

Tom "Great I thought I was really late, and Thanks for the invite" he said, looking at James.

" As you know, Lily is about to give birth, and she couldn't come, so her invitation was left to you" he said, explaining his wife's situation. while smoothing the two-way mirror in his hand " Between us if If it wasn't mandatory, I wouldn't even come, Frank and Alice can't come, because little Neville was just born".

It was a celebratory event, to mark the promotion of Aurors to Auror Senior's; James, Frank, Sirius and others were promoted due to service and much contribution in the war.

Tom cracked a slight smile and held James' hand "That's great to hear, congratulations you're going to be a dad soon" wishing him good luck with fatherhood "Do you have a name for him yet?".

"The last time Lily and I argued it was in Little Muggle" he said with a smile, thinking of the prank he had played on his wife.

Sirius frowned. "What a horror!"

"The other options were Boogeyman or Baba Yaga," he said with a growing smile on his face.

Vincent suggested " How about Itachi Uchiha Potter" Remembering a popular work from his previous world with nostalgia " He would be a nice kid, talented, and very good at taking care of family and Siblings!" ended with a laugh at his totally misplaced inside joke.

James and Sirius reacted together

those with a horrified face "Where did you get that weird name?" James complained and delivered the truth "Me and Lily have already chosen a good name, it will be a surprise."

Vincent couldn't help noticing. Peter Pettigrew was already out of place, silent and strange. Despite sitting close, he was distant, 'Has he already betrayed his friends at that point?' asked Vicente in thought.

Soon a group of well-dressed men entered the room led by Lucius Malfoy. They walked closer to Sirius Black's group, and his friends.

"Draco, born last week, a strong boy and fit for a good heir," said Lucius to Sir Note, one of the men who had followed him. Though he showed a slight annoyance at the mention of Draco.

Mister Nott expressed a polite greeting "I'm happy for the future of Malfoy house" he made sure to remember his own promising son "Note house has also been graced with a very talented boy, Theodore has already expressed his first magical accidents".

Lucius' brow furrowed when Note mentioned his son's talent, "That's good, that Houses Note and Malfoy prosper together."

Soon Lucius was startled by a voice echoing in the hall.

"Look if it isn't, the Prince of Evil!" Said Sirius in an altered state.

Lucius turned to the man who was his wife's cousin "Sir, black, I see that you don't have the slightest decency or basic etiquette, stooping to lowliness".

Sirius "I see, you're trying to make up for your lack of... personality, Narcissa would be disappointed to find out where you stick that golden wand of yours"

Malfoy swept his eyes from Pettigrew, James Potter, to Tom Vegas. "No wonder you don't have a modicum of decency, you still run with that kind of company, I'm not surprised you were kicked out of the Black family, as they say scum, run with scum."

Sirius Black lost patience, and gripped his wand tightly, but before he could take any action, Vincent stopped him by placing a calming hand on his shoulder.

"Calm down Sirius, this is a party and a happy occasion" after that he walked ahead of Lucius Malfoy.

"I'm Tom Vegas, Mr Malfoy" he said politely, and made a sign with his right hand.

A nearby waiter's tray floated in the air, drawing everyone's attention to the wandless magic event.

The tray lined up in his hand perfectly, and after a few deft hand movements, a glass was served.

"Enjoy your evening Mr Malfoy" As he handed the man his cup.

Lucius looked at this, not at all pleased, and accepted the cup from the unknown man in front of him. After all, he wasn't a fool to pick a fight with someone he didn't know, especially one who demonstrated such mastery of magic.

During the brief physical contact, without anyone noticing, Vicente left his mark on Lucius' wrist, which would become invisible and monitor everything he did in the near future.

Malfoy's group walked away, but before he left his last message in a dismissive tone "Congratulations on the promotion, Black and Potter".

The rest of the evening was quiet, followed by a formal reception, where the names of the promoted were called, and medals were handed out, followed by a ballroom dance.

The only notable thing was that they offered a second class Order of Merlin to his other Alter Ego, Shepherd of Wolves, for saving many of the Ministry members or sharing information.

He found all this amusing, but he didn't care much. After all, he had got his hands on someone interesting today 'let's see what you got Lucius' he thought as he looked from the salver tree to Lucios.

Lucius felt a shiver run through his entire body, felt that something was wrong, but didn't know what.

A/N: Arthas here, I can't bear the thought of writing baby scenes anymore... just kidding! Right now, there are many characters being born in this story, and Vincent would have loved for James to nickname Harry Potter as "Itachi Potter Uchirra".