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***Note*** To quote a favorite author from , If I had owned the Harry Potter franchise, Ginny would be dead as a doornail and there would be slash all over the place with Draco and Harry hot and heavy. I could never understand what possessed J.K. Rowling with putting Ginny and Harry together. She was such a bossy bitch like her mother. Wish she was killed off, tedious woman!

Chapter Four

Lucius snapped his fingers, "Gringotts."

"How will we get there? The old coot monitors all of the floo so you know that he will be down here soon to find out why you are here." Snape frowned at the thought of the manipulative old bastard.

"We can use the house elves to get us there and back. We won't be able to do it today and we need to have a cover story as everyone in the class must have seen what happened."

True, it will get back to the old coot."

"Can you falsify the parchments?"

"Yes, I can do so for everyone but Granger."

"Why would you do that, Sir?" Granger asked.

"Because Miss. Granger," Snape turned to her, "if word got out about this you all would be in danger; Mr. Potter more so then normal."

"So you want us not to say anything? But surely the Headmaster can be told?"

"I am afraid not Miss. Granger, what do you think may happen to him if everyone thought he knew and kept this a secret?' Lucius asked her, he was manipulating her to be quiet. He could see that Severus was picking up on what he was doing as well as his son, but then again they were Slytherins and understood that the Headmaster was not to be trusted.

"So they would think he lied and try to hurt him?" Hermione frowned at how unfair that was and Ron and Harry frowned as well. Surely no one could blame the Headmaster?

"So we need you to tell him that you all messed up, Professor Snape gave you a detention. We will fix the parchment so no one can say anything." Lucius felt no guilt on this, he wanted to know quit badly what was going on and if Dumbledore was involved.

The four children looked unsure but decided to go along with it because they wanted to know what was going on. Hermione, Ron and Harry now had two mysteries to solve and were excited. Neville just wanted to leave and go hide in the dorm. "We won't say anything." They all promised. Snape and Lucius nodded and Snape directed them to leave and that they would have a detention on Saturday. Since today was Tuesday, it would give them enough time to make an appointment with Lucius' account manager at Gringotts.

"Lucius, keep them and I will create some new ones for Dumbledore to see. I will have to make up a reason why you came over." Snape pinched the bridge of his nose.

"Just tell the old fool that I came about what has been happening at the school." He knew that it had to have something to do with the book he dropped in the Weasley chits cauldron but he really had no idea what the supposed monster was. "Remember Draco to stay in your dorms unless you have to go to class. I don't want anything to happen to you."

"Yes father. Um, father?"

"Yes, Draco?"

"I wish that that parchment was real." And with those parting words, he headed out of the classroom.

Snape stared after him in shock at his words. He knew that he was close to the boy as he was his godson and Narcissa barely had anything to do with him, but still! He looked at Lucius to see what his reaction would be.

"I can't be upset with him, Severus over what he said; as every day I wish it was true as well." And with those words he headed back into Severus' chambers and flooed back to his manor, leaving a gobsmacked Potions Professor behind. Snape snapped himself out of his stupor and got to work on the four family trees. He had to work them in such a way that they were believable and would not raise suspicion with the Headmaster. He may be a manipulative man but he was no fool. He had to make sure that there was no residue from his magic. Draco's he made the needed adjustments so it reflected the correct mother along with his father. Granger's, Longbottom's and Potter's he made them look as if it was the potions fault and they turned out wrong. He knew it wouldn't be too much longer before the Headmaster came down to see him. He finished them and cast Tempus to see that dinner would be ending in twenty minutes. He left the parchment on his desk and went into his rooms to get a brief bite to eat.