Title: A Mother's hold 4/?
Author: Spikewil
Email: spikewilwanadoo.nl
Fandom: HP
Rating: FRM
Summary: How far does a mother's hold reach?
Warnings: mention of child abuse, slightly AU.
Disclaimer: The characters belong to J.K. Rowling and I just like to play with them. But Anca Snape is totally mine!
A small café in Belgium
Draco enjoyed his time with his father. Luke was a delight to be with; his acceptance of Draco being his son was steadily ignored as Luke was determined not to answer Draco's curious questions. Instead, he was now showing Draco and Ron how to eat ice cream in the winter.
Sev and Harry, however, found it too cold to eat ice cream and had settled for a warm Belgium waffle filled with cherries and whipped cream on top. The cream was slowly melting and dripping down their chins and onto their clothes.
Harry, who had been sitting on Sirius' lap began giggling when Sirius stole the dripping cream away from his chin. "Siri! That's mine!"
Sev had been watching Harry and Siri joke around, not noticing the fingers that were calmly stealing small pieces of waffle from his hands, until he looked back and caught the owner of those fingers…the man's lap he was sitting on. "No, Ron! My waffle!"
Remus, Anca and Lily were watching the teenagers and children from their seats at the small café in Belgium. They didn't want to risk the children's life by visiting Hogsmeade or London. Remus was still cautious as he watched the three four-year-olds giggle. "Lily, what will happen when they do return to their actual age?"
"They will only return if they are feeling physically, as well as mentally, strong and safe enough. And if they do, they will defeat Voldemort together," Anca answered instead when she saw Lily hesitate.
"What about Sev and Luke's connection to Voldemort?"
"The connection was completely severed when they were turned into four year olds. That connection will not come back."
"Because of the mother's hold?"
"Yes. Sev, Luke and Harry's magic are linked together, therefore they will destroy the Dark Lord together," Lily said distractedly as she couldn't stop staring at her beautiful little boy, chatting away with Sirius and Luke.
"And how are they return? As adults, they had the mark, how would that change when they return?"
"They will return to the age of 16 before they took the dark mark. Therefore it will stay away."
"You can see in the future to know this?"
"We knew the moment we came back," Anca answered and quieted as she watched her youngest son interact with Draco and Ron.
Ron was enjoying his antics with Sev, as his former Potions Professor had stuck with him since the first day they met. There was something in those dark eyes that made him want to protect Sev. He was even forming a friendship with Draco as Luke and Sev always made them play with the boys.
"So, Sev, what will we do next today?" Ron asked the whipped cream covered boy.
"How about creating something for Mother's Day? That is next Sunday," Sirius whispered the suggestion to keep it a secret from the two mothers.
"Yes," three small voices whispered back.
The next day
Anca and Lily were smiling as Remus took the two women away from the teenagers and the children. He knew both mothers were worried if they were gone too long from their sons, so Remus guided them for a walk near the lake.
Harry was watching his mother leave, his green eyes slightly sad before reminding himself that he needed to create a gift for his mum.
Lots of coloured paper, pencils, dried pasta, glue and much more were spread on the Slytherin table for the children to work with.
Sev, never a big talker, just walked to Ron, climbed onto the teenager's lap and grabbed anything that he could reach before he went to work on his present. He giggled when Ron tried to help but had to slap away the hands if Ron tried to glue something on the wrong spot.
Hermione had watched silently as her friends and former enemies were befriending each other. Harry was enjoying Sirius' attention, while Luke was vying for Harry's attention. She saw that Sirius had noticed as well and the man couldn't help but grin when he received several jealous looks from Luke.
Sirius wasn't the only who received jealous stares, Hermione was receiving them as well from Sev. Her Potions Professor had taking an incredible liking to her friend and had claimed all his attention to himself. She knew Ron was aware of it, but didn't do anything about it. Apparently the feeling of love and protectiveness was the same as Sev.
"Hermione, would you sit with me and help Luke with his present?"
"I would love to," Hermione answered and smiled shyly as Draco beamed at her words.
Mother's Day
As Anca and Lily stepped into the living room of Severus' private chambers, they were genuinely surprised at seeing the table set for breakfast. Their sons and the teenagers smiling brightly, before they presented the chairs for the two mothers to sit on.
As they sat down, Lily noticed her son carrying a plate with some croissants on it and presented them carefully in front of his mother while Luke did the same for Anca. Sev was carrying a large glass of freshly made orange juice between his hands and gave it to his mother and quickly returned to Ron for the second glass for Lily.
"Boys, this is very pleasant surprise. What's the occasion?" Lily asked curiously.
"Happy Mother's day!!" Six voices said in unison.
"Oh, wow. This is the best Mother's Day I've ever received. Thank you so much. Will you join us for breakfast?" Anca complimented and laughed when all children quickly settled themselves at the table to join.
"Mommy? I made you a present," Sev said quietly after breakfast was over and presented his drawing to his mother.
"Really? I'm very honoured, sweetheart. I'll give it a very special place," Anca said as she kissed the dark head.
Harry followed with his drawing for Lily, who began crying as it was the first drawing she ever received. Harry had been too little back then and hadn't been able to enjoy those celebrations. "I love you very much, Harry. Thank you," Lily said emotionally and smiled through her tears as she saw her boy blush from the praise.
Luke didn't want to feel left behind and quickly demanded his mother's attention for his creation. "See, mommy. That's Sev and Ron. They're a couple when Sev gets bigger. And this is me and Harry when we are Draco's age and these are you and Auntie Lily in heaven as angels," Luke stated as he pointed out each stick figure.
"And which couple is this?" Anca asked as she pointed to the corner of the drawing.
"That's Hermy and Dray, they will be a couple later on. They need to know each other better first!"
"And how did you get this knowledge, little one?"
"I dreamed it two days ago and it felt important and I wanted to tell you," Luke said, rushing out his words.
"Very well. I'm going to go get dressed and Lily and I will discuss what we'll be doing today, okay?" Anca suggested before leaving the blushing teenagers with the giggling toddlers.