"But Daaaaaaddddyyyy" Hydrus whined. "I'm borwed!"

"What do you expect me to do about it Hydrus" Snape sighed putting his book down.

It was a Saturday afternoon and with all the wishing that Snape had done, the boy had finally resorted to whining which of course irritated the Potions Master passionately. Hydrus was laying on the black leather sofa, upside down you could add, staring into the fire- his silky fringe hanging over his head and brushing the Persian rug beneath him. Hydrus turned towards Snape and pouted, changing his hair colour to red in irritation and his eyes to black.

"Okay" Snape stated getting up. "I'll take you to Diagon Alley, go and change your clothes"

As if by magic, how ironic, Hydrus' mood lightened and his hair changed back to black and his eyes back to green as he sped out of the room and into his own to change his clothes. It look Snape a few seconds to regret letting the five year old choose his own clothes but sighed and hoped that he would pick his clothes reasonably well. He was definitely not disappointed when Hydrus came out looking immaculate, he had brushed his hair so it seemed even softer, he wore a emerald button down shirt and skinny black slacks with black shoes and his robe. Snape smiled at his son before holding his hand and guiding him towards the fireplace, taking Hydrus in his arms he flooed to Diagon Alley.

"Severus! What a surprise seeing you here!" A voice rang out not two minutes after they arrived.

Snape slowly turned around and was met by the faces of Narcissa and Lucius Malfoy, Narcissa holding her son Draco on her hip as she smiled up at Snape. Both were rather surprised or shocked when they noticed the small boy in Snape's arms who was looking at them confused.

"Hello Narcissa, Lucius" Severus nodded to the two before turning to Draco and smiling. "Hi Draco"

"Hewwow Unca Sev" Draco smiled shyly.

"Daddy, who awe they?" Hydrus asked quietly but loud enough for the Malfoy's to hear.

"Daddy?" Narcissa smiled. "Aw, Severus who knew that you were a daddy? Eh?"

"I didn't even know until about a month ago Cissy" Snape smirked in reply.

Catching the attention of one too many people, the five of them went to The Leaky Cauldron and secured a booth in need of privacy, Narcissa had placed Draco down onto the small bench and Snape, following her lead, placed Hydrus down beside him. The two boys turned red with embarrassment and shyness for a while but eventually Hydrus managed to hold onto his confidence and turned to the platinum headed boy.

"Hewwo!" He smiled.

"Hi" Draco grinned happily.

"What yourw name?" Hydrus asked.

"Oh" Draco said, his smile turning into a frown. "Don't wanna tell you"

"Why?" Hydrus pouted.

"Youw'll laugh like the ofers" Draco whispered.

"I wont!" Hydrus said, holding out his pinky finger. "Pinky pwomise!"

"Ok" Draco replied, his mouth turning into a small smile as he wrapped his pinky around Hydrus'. "Draco Lucius Abraxas Malfoy"

"Wow!" Hydrus smiled. "That is cool!"

"Really?" Draco gaped at the boy in front of him. "Tank you! What your name?"

"Hydwus Sevwus Owion Snape!" Hydrus boasted before turning red. "Not as cool as youws though"

"I tink bowf our names are cool" Draco smiled.

"Tank you Dwaco" Hydrus smiled.

"Do you want to be friends?" Draco asked hopefully.

"Best fwiends" Hydrus answered giving the boy a hug.

Unbeknownst to the two boys, both Narcissa and Snape were listening into their conversation and smiling at the result of it when something clicked in Narcissa and she turned towards Snape.

"Severus, something has been gnawing at me over Hydrus" She said quietly so the two boys didn't hear her.

"And what would that be Narcissa?" Snape asked curiously.

"He is five years old and I can tell but why does he seem to act like a two year old?" She asked.

"I have taken him to Poppy because of that subject already Narcissa" Snape replied. "She says it was because of some psychological effects, he was abused by the muggles he was left with when his mother died, and so when I came back into his life he wanted to believe that his past had never happened while still trying to gain trust from myself and the others so he acts more like a two year old than a five year old yes but he is growing more confident each day"

"That poor boy" Narcissa whispered glancing over at the two boys. "Merlin knows what he's been through"

When arriving back to Hogwarts, Snape was relieved that he still had his hearing intact as Hydrus would not stop talking about his new best friend Draco. Just as he got himself relaxed on his arm chair someone began banging down the door and Snape growled angrily as he got back up and strode over flinging the door open to reveal Charlie, Zakk, Desdemona and Tonks, all equipped with sheepish innocent looking grins.

"Hey Sevvy is Hydro here?" Charlie smirked.

"Fifty points from Gryffindor Weasley. you will do well to show some respect" Snape snapped angrily a second before Hydrus bounded out and launched himself into Tonks' arms.

"Tunks!" Hydrus squealed causing Zakk and Desdemona to snigger.

"Hey Hydro" Tonks smiled before shooting a dangerous glare at her two friends. "Ready to go?"

"Where," Snape asked. "Are you going to take him?"

"To Honeydukes sir," Tonks shrugged. "No where special"

"Very well" Snape nodded. "Get him back by six"

Curtly nodding at her professor, Tonks started walking down the corridor holding Hydrus' hand as he began to skip excitedly. She could feel her lips turning up into a smile as Hydrus began to hum along to a tune which seemed to change every time he repeated it, looking up she locked eyes with Zakk who offered here a friendly smile and a wink as he began chuckling and skipping after the small boy. Feeling her cheeks burn she looked down before looking up again and locking eyes with Charlie Weasley who rolled his eyes towards Desdemona, who was off flirting with his older brother, and pulled a disgusted silly face sending Tonks into giggles as she averted her gaze back to Hydrus again, who was now squealing as he received a piggy-back ride from Zakk.

"Wow." Was all that Hydrus could whisper when they arrived at Hogsmede.

"Yep" Zakk grinned. "Wow."

"Where do you want to go first little man?" Charlie asked with a chuckle.

"Hm…" Hydrus thought aloud before squealing. "Shrieking Shack! Shrieking Shack!"

The two students were going to ask how he knew of the Shrieking Shack but their silent question was answered by the small boy clapping his hands and pointing towards a sign post which had an arrow to the Shrieking Shack. Putting the boy down, Zakk began walking after Hydrus with a smile on his face next to Tonks who was strolling in between the two boys as they left Desdemona flirting with a Ravenclaw back in Hogsmede. Hearing a chuckle from Zakk and Tonks, Charlie snapped out of his thoughts and followed their line of sight towards Hydrus who was toddling ahead with a head of bright purple and yellow hair.

"Merlin's Beard" Charlie chuckled.

"Got that right" Zakk laughed.

"Oh Hydro" Tonks whispered amusedly as her hair matched Hydrus'.

Sniggering as he saw his best friend, Zakk went up behind Tonks and ducked underneath her legs and lifted her onto his shoulders with a shriek from the girl herself as she grabbed onto his hair. Zakk winced at the pain but chuckled anyway and started running up to catch up with Hydrus leaving Charlie behind, Tonks' hair changing to bright orange as she gripped Zakk's hair for dear life. Charlie stopped walking and watched the two Hufflepuffs ahead of him feeling a pang of something in his gut as he saw them laughing together. He felt his hands clench with anger seeing them so happy together and tried to unclench them but they stayed there, he looked away slightly when he felt the familiar burn of tears from his eyes. Just about to turn back, Charlie felt a tug on his jeans and looked down to see Hydrus looking up at him confused and hurtfully.

"Where you going Charwie? Shrieking Shack is this way" Hydrus asked with a pout as his hair turned back to black and his eyes back to emerald green.

"Oh…um…" Charlie drawled trying to think of an excuse not to hurt the boy. "I though I had dropped something but I guess I was wrong eh?"

"Okay!" Hydrus beamed taking Charlie's hand. "Come on!"

Smiling down at the small boy, Charlie began to walk quicker to match Hydrus' running speed as they caught up to the others- then he didn't dare look at either of them in the eye and instead walked ahead with Hydrus until they got some unwanted visitors by the fence to the Shrieking Shack.

"Oh look what we have here boys" A cynical voice spat out.

"Get out of here" Charlie growled.

"Or what?" The voice laughed viciously. "What you going to do Weasley?"

"Go 'way!" Hydrus pouted spinning around trying to find the direction where the voice was coming from.

"Where's your little friend Weasley?" The voice asked getting louder. "The Hufflepuff"

"Hydrus! Charlie! Where are you guys?" Tonks' voice rang out as she appeared on Zakk's back as he ran into the clearing. "Never mind…"

"Look at that Weasley" A figure came out of the trees sniggered with another five figures behind him. "She's found someone new"

"Shut up" Charlie growled. "Shut up Reuben"

Hydrus nervously took a step behind Charlie as Reuben appeared from the shadows with his group of friends. Reuben was one of those people who loved to make people miserable and who always got his way no matter what, those were just some of the reasons why he made it into Slytherin house back in first year. Reuben flicked his midnight locks out of his ice blue eyes and glared at Charlie Weasley in front of him. Everyone and anyone at the school knew how much the two boys hated each other, no one knew the real reason for this ever lingering hatred other than the two boys themselves but they would always think of different reasons why.

"Callix" Tonks spat, jumping off Zakk's back and storming over to the two boys. "Get out of here"

"And why should I Nymphadora?" Reuben Callix smirked looking the girl up and down.

"I can show you why" Tonks snapped, her hair and eyes burning red as she fumbled to get her wand out of her jeans and point it threateningly at Rueben.

"What you going to do?" Rueben laughed cockily before Zakk stood next to Tonks with a mirroring stance and expression.

"Piss off" Zakk snarled and drew back to fire a spell. "STUPEFY!"

The spell shot out of Zakk's wand and hit Reuben square in the chest and sent him flying into a tree where he hit it with an almost sickening crack. Zakk stood ready for a spell to come back at him but it didn't come as Reuben's group all ran cowering into the forest and into the direction Reuben flew. Putting his wand away with a smirk, Zakk turned around only to be hit around the head by Tonks herself who still donned her burning red hair and eyes.

"What the hell was that for?" He half yelled, holding his head in pain.

"I can fight my own duels you know!" She snapped flouncing off, followed shortly after by Charlie.

Watching the two of them walk away, Zakk gritted his teeth and kicked a large clump of ice into the trees and ran his hands through his already unruly blonde hair before turning his green eyes onto Hydrus who looked confused on who to go to. Hydrus was sucking his thumb slightly, whipping his head from Zakk to Tonks and Charlie trying to decide who needs him more. Zakk lifted his gaze back to Tonks and Charlie only to see Charlie put his arm around the girl and for her to cuddle into his side irritably, and gritted his teeth turning around ready to storm away until he felt a tug on his jeans. Looking down he saw Hydrus looking up at him with his green eyes sparkling with tears causing the larger boy's anger to dissolve and pulled Hydrus into a hug.

"Oh Hydro," He sighed sadly.

"I don't like it when Tunks' sad" Hydrus blubbered into Zakk's shoulder.

"Nor do I Hydro" Zakk whispered. "Nor do I"

"Why she sad?" Hydrus asked with tears rolling down his face.

"She wanted to fight that boy but I fought him instead because I didn't want her to get hurt" Zakk explained to the boy.

"Why she sad? She should be happy! You pwotected her!" The small boy questioned again.

"Tonks is different to other girls Hydro, you'll learn that when you get older" Zakk chuckled.

Walking over to the two boys, Tonks took a deep breath and started walking to Honeydukes after apologising to Zakk who gave a pointed look to Hydrus. Being only five years old, Hydrus had a tantrum about walking back into Hogsmede and instead took a ride on Zakk's shoulders as he had given Tonks earlier. When getting there though it took no more than five seconds for all three boys to find Honeydukes.

"Boys" Tonks sighed as Charlie and Zakk ran with Hydrus to Honeydukes.

"You love them anyway though" Desdemona stated, appearing next to her looking very flustered.

"Excuse me?" Tonks choked.

"You're going to have to choose between them girl" Desdemona drawled with a shrug before flouncing away.

Tonks froze where she stood, mulling over the words which Desdemona had told her. Was it true that she loved them both? Trying to shake it off she walked into Honeydukes with a fake smile but as soon as Charlie smiled at her before looking away she was pulled back into her thoughts. Charlie Weasley, he had been her friend since she started the school, he was the only person who wouldn't laugh at her ever changing appearances and would say that they were the coolest thing that happened at the school. He was the person who taught her how to properly ride a broom and how to play Quidditch and managed to train her well enough to get a spot on the House Team. He was always there for her. She shook her head and looked around to see Zakk grinning at her mischievously. Spacing off again, Tonks began thinking of what Zakk meant to her. Zakk was her partner in crime, the person who she would always be sat next to when they were being disciplined by their Professors. The person who would let her crawl into his bed when she was sad, angry or alone, who would kill a person just because he made her cry. Zakk was someone who knew all her deepest secrets and regrets, all her strategies for Quidditch and the right way to make her smile. He was her fellow beater in Quidditch, they couldn't be separated.


There you go people!

Ok so I have set you up from all three different views Zakk's, Charlie's and Tonks. Who should she be with? :D

So to those who have seen Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 2 [I've seen it four times] what do you think about it? TBH I thought it was a little bit fast tracked but it was still amazing :D

Please please please give me a review on the story to those who have only just started reading! a real review not just someone commenting 'cool' on every chapter (you know who you are).

Hey if anyone can draw the group of them [Tonks, Charlie, Zakk, Desdemona, Hydrus, Draco, [Sev, Reuben?]] PLEASE PM me and I'll send you there profiles! THANK YOU!

Happiness is found in even the darkest of places if someone remembers to turn on the light
The strongest of us are the ones who can smile in even the darkest of times.

~J.H