After Snape and the twins left his office they joined the rest of the Slytherin students in the Common Room where Snape gave his beginning of the year speech. Once he finished, he told the younger years to go to bed and warned the older years not to be late for their first class in the morning.
He called Draco to his office and the twins joined them, and they sat in one of the couches.
"Draco, I have to tell you a very important information that in no way can leave this room." The black haired wizard said with a serious expression while looking slightly at the girls.
"Um… Of course, Sir." Draco said with a note of worry in his voice.
"First, I need your vow. I need to make sure that no one out of this room finds out unless we decide to tell them." This surprised Draco, after all his uncle had only asked something as serious as this of him then the time he told Draco that he was a spy.
"Su…Sure, but what about them?" he asked.
"They are involved in this and I already know they won't tell. Now I need your vow Draco. I'm sorry for asking you for this, but it is really a precaution."
The vow was made and the twins let out a breath in relief. Once they all calmed down Severus started talking.
"Draco, as you know I am a half-blood." The young Malfoy nodded in confirmation. "My last name, Snape, is my father's name, a muggle name. I use it so I am not associated with my Mother's family, that way I protect my family from reputation and bad attention." He looks at Draco looking for confirmation and/or understanding.
"Of course."
"My mother's maiden name I Prince." That shocked the young blonde.
"But… that means…"
"That Anne and I are his daughters." Sophia said, grabbing her sister's hand.
"But why did you hide them uncle?" Draco asked.
"To keep them away from this war and especially the Dark Lord. You know I never want you to join him. The same thing applies to my children, my girls." He said looking fondly at both his daughters.
"I understand… but why are you telling me this." He was puzzled. After all, if it was for protection, why tell him?
"Because Sophia and I wanted you to know. Dad loves you like a son and doesn't want you to be a Death Eater. You are family so we want you safe" Anne said with a grin on her face, making Draco crack a small smile with her open happy expression and the thought of family that she described. "Besides Sophia li-hmm!" she tried to finish, but Sophia covered her mouth.
"Shut up Anne! Ignore her, she's an idiot." The black haired girl said while glaring at her twin. Severus chuckled at their antics.
"It is time to go to bed children, run along." He said, guiding them out of the office.
"Goodnight Dad." The twins said at the same time.
"Goodnight Uncle Severus." Said the blonde.
John woke up in the Gryffindor sixth year dorm with the sound of his dorm mates moving around preparing for their first day of class. He doesn't want to get up, his first class is Transfiguration class with the Slytherins and he really doesn't want to go, then again he could always spend the class annoying his cousins. He went to the bathroom to wash himself. When he left he realized that none of his house mates of the sixth year were around.
"Oh well! Guess I have to annoy my cousins sooner than I thought."
Inside the potions classroom the fifth years Slytherins and the Prince twins waited for the fifth year (and sixth) Gryffindors and professor Snape to arrive.
"What are you doing here? Don't you have Transfiguration right now?" asked Blaise curious as to why both girls were waiting with them.
"Yes, but John wanted to meet us here so…" Sophia replied letting her twin rant next to her.
"We are waiting here like idiots because he's nuts and might get lost and injure someone by accident if left alone." Anne ranted a bit angry and annoyed.
"Why are you still talking to him? He's a Grynffindork, he…" began Pansy.
"He is our cousin; family comes above all. That is the pureblood way, isn't it?" Sophia declared, issuing a challenge to Pansy.
"She is right Pansy. Have you forgotten what we were taught by both Professor Snape and our parents?" Draco intervened, preventing a fight from starting by shutting up Pansy. He was still trying to digest what he was told, but these girls were family.
"No, I haven't Draco." The pug faced girl answered lowering her head.
"Good." He replied. The mood inside the classroom became heavy.
"Anne, how is your cousin? I mean personality wise." Blaise asked, trying to change the mood.
"Nuts, his head isn't screwed on straight, he doesn't care about anyone's opinion and he loves to infuriate us." The brunette twin said while the black haired nodded in confirmation.
Suddenly they heard voices outside of the room. The Gryffindors enter the potions classroom and John runs to Anne and Sophia and the three of them prepared to leave the classroom when Ron decided to stop them.
"Look at him, he ends up in Gryffindor, but goes running to the Slytherins as soon as he finds one." He sneered while talking to Hermione. "But he is a Lestrange, so it was predictable."
"I still don't understand how he ended up in Gryffindor." Hermione rebutted.
John ignored them, preferring to annoy Sophia by playing with her hair, receiving slaps in his hand in return. Ron and Hermione didn't like that they were being ignored, so they added more firewood to the fire.
"Hey Lestrange, how does it feel to have your parents in Azkaban?" Ron sneered. It was then that Sophia intervened tired of the comments.
"Hey Weasley how about you shut up and focus on your own family."
"What do you mean by that Prince?" the red haired boy asked infuriated.
"Oh.. I don't know. From a family that always complains about not having enough money you seem to spread like bunnies. Maybe your mom should get a job so that you don't have such problems with money."
"OI! Don't bring my mum into this." He raised his wand.
"Lower your hand Weasel, you might hurt yourself again." Taunted Malfoy while prepared to raise his own hand in his wand pocket in case it was strictly necessary.
- Shut up Malfoy. Why are you defending a Gryffindor? What do you want? – Said Hermione, puffing her chest.
- Granger, don't speak of what you don't Know, John is family to two of our Slytherins that means he is under the Slytherin Protection. – Blaise said. Ron and Hermione were about to explode.
- Enough. Sophia, John lets go. We have a class to attend to. – Anne said, looking at them, then turning her gaze towards Granger and Weasley. – You two should keep your nose in your own business.
They left the classroom and ran to the transfiguration class, they were late. Once they reached the classroom, they knocked at the door, and professor McGonagall(?) opened it with a scowl in her face.
-Mr Lestrange, Misses Prince, What is the cause of your delay? – She asked, discontent clear in her face.
- Our apologies, but John wanted to meet us in the potions classroom so that we could come together, but we got lost on the way here. – Sophia explains.
- And why didn't you came with your fellow year mates? – She rebuted.
- When I was ready the rest of the sixth years had already left, I didn't see the perfect so I wrought a note to Sophia and Anne and gave it to Saphira, my owl, and then went to meet them at the potions class room, it was the only one I knew where it was because uncle Snape told where to find him if I ever needed his help. – John explained.
- Well, next time you should try to get up earlier. – McGonagall scowled
- Well, maybe next time your dear Gryffindors Should wait for their year mate and ask him if he needs help to get to class. – Sophia rebuts.
- Miss Prince is not my Gryffindors fault if the want to arrive to class in time. Mr. Lestrange should wake up earlier if he wants company.
- Of course he does after all you did worn him to that he had to wake up extra earlier to get to class because your Gryffindor decided that running away the moment John waked up was the right thing to do. – Anne said.
- Miss Prince I don't like your tone. – McGonagall said, affronted.
- Of course not. Can we please take our seats? – Sophia asked.
- Yes, take your seats, and this will be the last time this appends.
- Sure.
The rest of the transfiguration class went as expected, with John siting next to the twins and the Gryffindors and Slytherins looking oddly at them.
Co-written with Yacula-sama
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