A/N: Of course I own nothing! This story is getting there; I'm trying to see where I can go with certain relationships. Although you find out whom Harry's romance is, you don't really get to see what happens with this. F.Y.I. if you review enough, Harry will have a flashback of 'the juicy details'!

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It was promptly seven-thirty when Draco, Neville, and the twins came stumbling in laughing.

"She's got to be his mate! Did you see his face?" Draco asked them.

"In his defense as we were walking away,"

"She looked like her knees were going to give out,"

"And Harry looked like he was willing to take advantage of that,"

"Because their star-crossed lovers!" The twins finished together. The two of them and Draco were trying to see out of a small window on the other side of the room by the time they finished talking.

Neville shook his head and took a seat, "Leave him alone. He's obviously not going to get much time alone with her so just let them have a few minutes."

Severus just looked at Neville for a moment but the boy wasn't paying any attention to him, unlike Harry he couldn't tell when someone wanted his attention.

"Neville, at the risk of discovering skeletons better left in the closet, who are you all talking about?" he asked the young man.

To his credit Neville had the decency to blush and look guilty, "Sorry Professor, Harry ran into Pansy Parkinson in the hall and well, their stars did appear to align."

The potions master suddenly realized that Reggie's sons weren't present; he hadn't had them for "extra" classes today, so the opportunity to give them detention didn't arise. He interrupted Neville again, who was trying desperately to read, "Did anyone think of how to get Collin and Daniel down here?"

"Great minds think alike," chimed Collin's voice from behind him. He and Daniel came out from under Harry's invisibility cloak.

"Yeah, isn't this so cool Professor Snape?" Daniel asked.

Severus only smiled and nodded, watching as both boys went to talk to Neville who had abandoned his book. Both of them had their mother's friendliness. Alicia, Reggie's mate, was NEVER in a bad mood and even when the broody potions master had been in such a state that he was snapping at Tom in the middle of meeting without a second thought, she always had a smile to spare and a conversation to drum up. He didn't know how he could have missed it because even in the last year, when he tried his hardest to discourage the two boys, they were always trying to be nice to him.

Neville was a lot like his father, calm and awkward, but that wasn't what worried Severus. Rodolphus was great as long as you weren't messing with someone he cared about, then he turned into a devil, and Neville obviously didn't have Bella's fuse so he probably had his father's. It was once that temper came out, would they be looking at Bella or Ruddy in their son's eyes, that was going to be the scary thought.

"He's coming, scatter!" a shout broke him from his musings. He checked the clock, seven fifty-five; someone was cutting it rather close.

Harry walked in a looked around, "It would be more convincing if you and George had stayed together, Fred!"

Severus smiled as they all gave up the charade and started badgering Harry for 'the juicy details'.

That one wasn't much of a complication. He could see without even trying that Harry was JUST LIKE Sirius. You couldn't really deny that he acted just like the man almost twenty-four/seven but every once in a while, if you watched closely you could see a glimpse of his mother in the way he dealt with Daniel, or Collin, or even Neville. You could see it when he talked about Draco feeling insecure about his place in the pride, or the twins worrying over him coming to the dungeons alone; it was there if you knew what to look for.

Suddenly the clock struck eight and screams filled the air.

"I get the strangest feeling that we've received our queue," Neville muttered putting his book into his robes.

Severus moved to stand, "Everyone stays near me; we're meeting up with T… Vol… The Dark Lord and Lucius, just outside the great hall and then while the others distract we're getting out of here."

"Is Pettigrew among 'the others'?" Harry asked innocently.

"You just want him to get imprisoned or dead," Severus stated.

"He annoys the hell out of me and you can call him Tom, I explained it to them!" was the mature response. Severus almost had the urge to stick out his tongue but that was a secret he'd take to the grave!

They moved quickly to the main level where everyone else was loosing their minds but luckily the potions master could see Lucius and Tom waiting for them. Severus noticed in his peripheral vision that Fred and George both had a cub by the shoulders and Neville and Draco were flanking Harry closer than before.

He walked up quickly and nodded to the other two men. Tom took point because it was his nature, "Everyone follows us, stay close."

Lucius grabbed Draco's shoulder and one of the twins, by association a cub as well, while Severus grabbed the other twin and cub set, as well as Neville.

Tom went to touch Harry's shoulder and suddenly Neville broke loose from his professor's hold and jumped at the Dark Lord. Everyone jumped back; the rest of the pride froze, afraid of what would happen next. The young man's eyes had gone completely red, it looked like blood swimming in those deep pools and suddenly Tom's stare wasn't as intimidating.

Harry caught his friend around the waist with one hand, shoving Voldemort back slightly with the other. He spoke softly but they could all clearly make out what he was saying, "Neville Lestrange, listen to me, he's NOT going to hurt me. No one is going to hurt me. Breathe, everything is okay, do you understand?"

Neville nodded and slowly his eyes returned to their normal color but they didn't leave Harry's eyes, it was like Harry was the only thing keeping him from killing the man behind his alpha.

"Harry!"

They all turned around at the sound of a rumbling voice that could make anyone shake, Fenrir Greyback was coming toward them. The three adults, as well as Draco and the cubs, looked on in shock as Fenrir grabbed Harry and pulled him into a crushing hug that the young boy returned. When Harry finally pulled away he was smiling up at the huge man who ruffled his hair and smiled back at him.

"What the hell is going on here Fenrir?" Tom demanded loudly.

"I'll explain as soon as we get back, but we have to get them out of here quickly. Dumbledore is on his way down from his office," Fenrir said in a rush.

Tom nodded and stormed off toward the grounds. Was that jealousy Severus was detecting? According to the look he shared with Lucius, yes it was!

They all started moving after him and once they were far enough into the forest, they all got ready to move. Lucius was sending the twins and Collin by portkey while he apparated with Draco, Severus was taking Daniel, and then they had a slight discrepancy.

"Harry, you'll apparate with me," Tom said gently.

"LIKE HELL," Neville said and his eyes were back to red. It was obvious that Fenrir's arm was the only thing holding his shaking form in place.

Harry stepped closer to his friend, "Nev, I trust him, now you have to trust me."

Neville looked at Fenrir and it was obvious to everyone that he was begging with his eyes for the large man to over rule Harry.

To Fenrir's credit, although he obviously wasn't happy, he looked at Neville and told him, "You need to listen to your alpha."

The final word spoken then and everyone started to apparate or portkey away.

The though racing through everyone's mind was that Fenrir had some explaining to do!

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