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Chapter 7:

Severus woke to the sound of tapping. When he opened his eyes enough to be classed as awake he saw an all too familiar owl and groaned when he realised that today was not going to be as peaceful and relaxing as he had assumed before he fell to sleep the night before.

He took the paper from the owls leg and read over it quickly, hoping that this sudden letter didn't mean what he thought it did.

An Order meeting was being held in just a few hours and Severus Snape was pretty sure that the not so forgotten subject of Hermione Granger and Son would be a hot topic at said meeting.

He wrote out a quick note to Hermione to let her know that he would be dropping by a little later then expected and would explain why, when he got there. He also informed her to make sure there were wards up on the house, even if it was just to keep him happy.

He prepared all morning as to what he was going to tell Hermione about not only the meeting but the whole war. Why it was really happening and why he thought she should know before judging anyone, even between the two men, where one is suppose to be a homicidal maniac and the other a lemon drop sucking friendly old codger. Severus knew from experience never to judge a book by its cover, and the last thing he wanted was for Hermione to have to find out the same way.

When he arrived at headquarters he took a seat closest to the door, like always and kept his eyes on Albus Dumbledore who looked like the cat that got the cream.

Severus felt like he should be worried about what ever Albus Dumbledore had up his sleave. He may have looked very serious and maybe even somewhat upset to the others in the room, but to Severus he looked like a man who was about to get everything that he wanted and no one would be able to get in his way, well not without becoming the enemy.

"Thank you all for coming,"

Dumbledore received nods of greeting from the members before him and so he continued.

"I bring you here today because I need to inform you of some new information I have found. Information, that could change our views and outlooks on many things that have happened recently. For some, it may sound like dejavu, for others it may feel like a chance to fix old mistakes."

"What is it Albus?" One of the order members asked anxiously.

"It's a new prophecy actually, one that effects us all."

"Well what does it say and how will it affect us and the war we have been fighting for most of our lives?"

Younger muggleborn and older pureblood writh, come together and create new life. Child born from union strong, tread carefully through the throng. Manipulator seeks the son, beware of this traitorous one. Raised as muggle please beware, something evil lurks in the air. Raised as wizard as he should, all is well all is good. Natural magic is his to command, all the elements obey his hand. Block training of this mind, or world destruction you will find.

"Please allow me to finish and explain before your questions!" Dumbledore stated.

When every other person in the room took a deep breath and stopped talking he continued.

"I have been over this many times in the past few hours and have also had some others run over it to make sure it is a true prophecy and not just something planted to keep us busy and away from the real war waging out in our magical community."

Dumbledore then went on to explain the prophecy and the way he and his unknown team had deciphered it.

The group was informed that it was a ninety-nine percent probability that Hermione Grangers son was who they were now looking for and that it meant there was a pureblood father out there who may not even know he has an heir.

He told them he was looking into the location and name of the father and hoped to provide them with a name by the next meeting.

Dumbledore then stated that if the father could not be found, or would not help them, that the young boy should be raised in an orphanage, but was cut off and reminded that it had not had the right effects on Tom Riddle now known as Voldemort, so it probably was not a good mistake to make again.

The group came up with an alternative, that the boy will be raised by squibs, so that they can keep documentation of the arrival of powers and they can teach him the basics of living in the wizarding community without formally training him to become the powerful wizard he is destined to become.

"Block training of this mind, we think this means that he has to be blocked from learning like a real wizard, we think the best thing for him, is to be raised by and as squibs so that he knows there is a magical world, just not be a real part of it. We think the less he knows the better it will be."

Three hours later and the meeting was called to an end. Severus was more angry and frustrated then he had been in all the years he had been alive. He had a small idea as to what Dumbledore wanted to achieve, but he also considered that if the prophecy that was brought to everyone's attention today had been real that the way it should be taken could be the total opposite to what Albus Dumbledore had the whole order believing.

The old man sure did seem to have a few tricks up his sleave still, but so did Severus, and there was no way in the world an old man who should have been locked up or obliviated a long time ago was going to take away the only opportunity he had ever had for a family away from him.

AN: I apologise for the huge time period between updates but both myself and my son have been extremely ill of late and I have not had time to brush my hair let alone write a chapter :) I hope to fix this soon and get back into the swing of things. Please continue to read and review and I will update my stories as soon as possible.