Chapter Two: the dream
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"Daaaaaaaaad! Bella took my broomstick and threw it into an unfinished potion again!"
"Nuh uh! Byron is lying! Daddy, he is LYING to get me into trouble!"
"Dad, seriously, I was almost finished a perfect pepper-up potion and the twins ruined it. How am I supposed to prepare for Hogwarts when they keep messing up all my stuff!"
Severus looked at his three children, and sighed. Another fight to deal with. Where was his wife when he needed her?
"Sev honey, there's an awful mess in the lab…." Hermione stopped short when she saw her eldest daughter, Chloe, standing with her hands on her hips in front of the twins, Bella and Byron. Severus was sitting on his favourite arm-chair, looking slightly lost at how to handle the situation. Hermione quickly realised what must have happened.
"Bella, Byron…have you two been making mischief again? I'm going to stop letting Uncle Fred and Uncle George visit if you guys don't start behaving yourselves!"
"Muuuuuum don't be silly. Gred and Feorge are the best role models we could have. Plus we didn't do anything to Chloe's icky potion."
Bella put on her most innocent face and turned to her twin brother.
"Yeah Mum, seriously. It was an accident."
Byron smiled at his mother and then grabbed his twin sister's hand and they ran for the door.
Hermione watched them go, amusement warring with frustration. She then turned to her husband and saw him comforting his daughter.
"Honey it's fine. We'll get you started on another potion, and I'm sure you'll have it mastered by the time you become a first year. After all, you are as smart as your mother."
Severus then looked over at his wife, smiled, and began to lead Chloe back into the lab, all the while hearing the distant giggling of the twins making even more trouble.
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