Welcome to the Family

By Librasmile

Logline: Aberforth figures it's time to let Severus in on a thing or two…

Author's Note: Just a conversation that's been stuck in my head for over 2 years now and finally written thanks to the Snape 100 Drabble challenge. See my profile for details and link. As for the time frame of this story, let's just call it post-Deathly Hallows minus one important death…

Rating: T for suggestive situations and general Aberforth-ness

Disclaimer: All characters are the property of J.K. Rowling, Scholastic Books, Warner Bros. et al, who really should visit the Hog's Head some time. It's wing night every Wednesday…

Word Count: 98 words


"Are you daft? Me? Tainted former Death Eater, the spawn of the great Albus Dumbledore, the only wizard the Dark Lord ever feared? Me? You've been drinking too much of that rot gut you sell to the rubes, old man."

The old man shifted.

"Well…your grandfather died in Azkaban, your aunt was crazy and killed your grandmother, your father was in love with Grindelwald, and among the three of us, Albus, Gellert, and myself we never did figure out which of us killed your aunt."

Silence.

"Shall I bring red or white for dinner?"

"The goats prefer red."

~*FIN*~

Author's end note: For a darker twist on this tasty little theme you can check out my one shots: Answers to Nothing and A Letter To Nurmengard, or you can take a look at my novella/novelette, For the Price of My Familiar.