Don't Own. JK Rowling owns Harry Potter always has and always will. I'm not making any profit from this story.

Summary: Snape has triplets? Harry, Ron and Hermione are no longer safe from Voldemort? Things aren't always what they appear to be. Voldemort has been vigorously trying to get at Harry, Ron and Hermione all summer after hearing a new prophecy and now they are no longer safe living in their own homes, they need somewhere safe to stay. Dumbledore and Professor Snape have come up with a plan they have been working on for months, when Harry's home at Private Drive is attacked, it's time to put that plan into action. AU

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Harry stared down dumbly at the newspaper articles in his hands that Hermione had sent him an hour ago. Harry had been surprised to get anything from her because this summer Dumbledore was being very strict about what they were allowed to send each other. Unlike other summers Harry didn't blame him, it seemed that Voldemort was trying extra hard to get to Harry. It wasn't just Harry though; Voldemort had been trying to get to Ron and Hermione too. He had almost succeeded in capturing Hermione but apparently one of the spies for the Order had informed them that Voldemort planned to attack and they had got to her in the nick of time. Dumbledore had placed strong warding spells on Hermione's house to keep her safe but even he didn't know how long the spells would hold out.

Hermione had obviously gone to a lot of trouble to send Harry the package. When the large brown barn owl had first arrived, he had thought that Hermione was sending him a few notes from Potions however when he picked them up the notes had turned into a large brown package. It was heavily guarded with warding charms; Hermione had already turned seventeen so she could use her magic without repercussion.

Harry had opened the package and took out a short letter Hermione had sent him. It basically told him that she knew they were not supposed to be sending anything to each other but since she knew Harry didn't have any contact to the magical world she knew he would want to see what had been in the news lately.

Harry had been bordering on insanity because he had nothing to do and no way of knowing what was happening in the magical world. He however couldn't believe that Hermione had managed to send the package to him because he was positive Dumbledore had people watching her house around the clock. They wouldn't have just let an owl fly out of her house and make its way to his.

When Harry did finally see the articles he was shocked beyond belief. If it hadn't been Hermione that had sent the articles to him he would have thought it was some outrageous prank.

Harry picked up the one that had come first in the pile. When he picked it up the first time he gasped to see his snarky potions Professor staring murderously out at him. He had never known Snape to be in the papers. He was such a solitary man and besides the fact that he used to be a death eater there was really no other reason that he would be seen in the papers. Harry looked down at the articles in his hand and frowned at the title.

'Severus Snape Accused of Fathering Illegitimate Children'

It just didn't seem possible; the thought of Snape being with another person was so strange.

The article was dated just a couple days after they had left school.

Harry reread the article. Apparently an anonymous source had told the Daily Prophet that their daughter had been knocked up by Snape seven years ago but when her daughter had told Snape he had refused to do anything about it. Snape had been quoted saying that such accusations were absurd and he had never met the women in question. When the interviewer had asked the women why she had come to the papers with the information now and not seven years ago she had told them that her daughter had recently passed away leaving her the soul guardian of her daughter's triplets.

That had caused Harry's mind to whirl, Snape wasn't just being accused of being the father of one child but being the father of three children! It was just crazy to Harry.

The women had said that she was ailing in heath and didn't have the money to take care of her grandchildren. As Harry read the article he had a feeling that the women not only didn't have the money to take care of the children but she also didn't want to? He thought perhaps her and her daughter might not have got on.

Harry put down the first article, making sure not to let it out of place since Hermione had taken the time to arrange them by date.

The next article had a picture of Snape standing inside the Ministry of Magic waiting for a trial to sort out the whole issue. He didn't look happy, well Snape never did but he seemed even angrier now and the article was titled:

'Heirs to the Prince Estate – Snape Trial Reaches a Verdict'

This one was dated two and a half weeks after they had left school.

Harry couldn't believe the verdict when he read it. Snape had been found guilty; his D.N.A. had matched the triplets. Apparently when they used Veritaserum on Snape he had said that no he was not that father but that didn't make sense since they had the D.N.A. evidence so they had to use Occlemency and search through his memories. They had found what they were looking for with the memory of an incredibly drunken night and Snape had no recollection of it. They charged him and he was told he had to pay child support to the children's grandmother. The article said that Snape had no comment as he stalked out of the ministry.

Then next article was about the triplets. It had a picture of two boys and a girl sitting with a very tall woman with brown hair and eyes, Harry guessed that she was their mother. The little boys looked very similar; they each had short black hair and were about the same height. One of the boys had hazel eyes while the other boy had black ones that matched Snape's. The little girl was a little bit shorter than her brothers, she had shoulder length black hair and her eyes matched Snape's as well. They seemed to all have developed their mother's nose, thank god for them. The boy with hazel eyes was seemed to still have his baby fat while the black eyed boy was fairly skinny. They seemed like normal, happy children. Harry felt a pang of sadness for them, knowing what it would be like for them now without their mother and who would want Snape for a father!

Harry moved to the next article it read:

'Snape Calls Foul on Mrs. Timbler, Grandmother of Children'

Other than the first one this one was the most surprising. It was dated four weeks ago and it said that Snape had accused the children's grandmother of misusing the child support money he had started paying for the children. They did an investigation on Mrs. Timbler and held a trial. It turned out that she had barley spent time with the children when their mother was still alive. She had disagreed with her daughter's decision to keep the children and basically disowned them. She was using Snape's money to buy things for herself, most of those things being booze because it turned out she had a drinking problem. The care of the children was taken out of her responsibility and Snape was granted custody. Harry could barley believe it. Snape had custody of three children; did he even know the first thing about being a father?

The rest of the articles were basically the follow up but it seemed like Snape was trying to keep his children out of the public eye so they weren't very interesting.

Harry piled up the articles on his bed and wondered if he dared try to send Hermione a reply. He decided not to because the only thing he could think of writing was wow and he was sure Hermione would already know that's what he would say.

Harry stood up to put the articles on his desk but as soon as he was on his feet there was a loud boom and the house shook so baldy he fell over and the articles fell to the floor.

'What was that?' Harry thought standing up and drawing out his wand, he was almost at the door to his room when another boom shook the house and Harry ended up sprawled on the floor again.

Harry stayed there for a second trying to regroup his thoughts.

Another boom and then all Harry could hear was hurried footsteps up the stairs and people yelling to each other.

Harry stared at his closed door closely; he stood and pointed his wand at the door waiting.