Chapter Nine; A New Member of The Family

Thanks guys, here's the next chapter! By the way, I'm also huge fan of nineties music since I'm from that era but I won't tell you what exact year though. Still, proud to be a nineties baby where music and television was a lot better than it is today! Also, I think this story takes place in 1997 so it fits.

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Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Snape climbed back into the car. "You know there is one thing that we seem to be forgetting." Ron began. "The Polyjuice Potion takes a month to brew remember?" he questioned.

"No it won't, I just need to disapparate home to get a bottle." Snape told him as they buckled themselves back in as Harry turned the keys inside the ignition and started the engine.

"We interrupt our regularly scheduled programming to bring you a special news bulletin. Many children belonging to wizard families as well as muggle families have gone missing. Nobody quite knows why this occurrence has happened but we assure you that it has. The following is a list of names of those said children who have gone missing. Jordan Adams, Brittany Bellows, Shawn Baker, Tyler Cook, Melissa Denver, Jamie Fisher, Elvis Granger."

Everyone turned over to look at Hermione who simply just gasped and placed her hands over her mouth. "Oh my God, Elvis I completely forgot about him!" she cried as tears started spilling out of her eyes and rolling down her cheeks while she lowered her head and sniffed. "I am such a terrible big sister." She said.

"No you're not." Snape began as he turned and looked at her. "If you were you wouldn't care so much about him." He assured her as Harry started to think about how he would feel if he was in the same situation and started worrying about his own brothers and sisters.

"What am I going to do?" she questioned him while brushing her tears away.

"Right now I'm afraid the only thing you can do is pray and have faith that he'll be alright. Then as soon as we come back we'll start searching for him." Snape told her.

"But he's a muggle, he doesn't have any magic to defend himself. And the truth is, I'm not really sure whether or not I believe in God." She explained.

"Well, that's a decision that you and only you have to make for yourself. But I personally believe that that little boy is being properly looked after and cared for and that He will protect him." Snape told her as Harry started backing out of the driveway while the song 3 AM by Matchbox Twenty came onto the radio.

As they climbed out of the car Snape pulled Hermione into a hug. "There, there child. Everything is going to be alright." He reassured her wrapping his arms around her tightly and rubbing her back.

"But I'm not a child anymore." She told him.

"Honey you're talking to a man who's in his late thirties. To me seventeen is still very young." He said before they finished crossing the street and Harry made sure that his car was locked.

"Alright so now that we're here what do we do next?" Ron asked.

"I'm not sure. Right now I just want to go home." Hermione sniffed while hiding her face inside her father figure's chest.

"Oh great, now what are we supposed to do!? You're the brains of the operation, this was your idea!" Ron exclaimed.

"Relax Weasley, Hermione just needs a few moments to gather herself together. Then I don't have any doubt that she'll be able to come up with a plan." Snape told him.

"Me neither." Harry said as Hermione lifted her head and looked over at him.

"Really?" she questioned him as he smiled warmly at her.

"Of course. You once told me something very important. You told me that even though you weren't sure what your religious beliefs were that you still believed in me. Now even though I do believe in God, there's no way in hell that that means that I don't believe in you like you believe in me. After all, there's very little in this world that Hermione Granger can't do." He told her with a grin as his father smiled and started running his fingers through her hair.

"He's right you know. I helped raise a very good intelligent and strong boy. And you are one strong girl at that." He said as she turned to look at him and smiled through her tears while sniffing again and brushing them away.

"Thanks,.. Dad." She said before throwing her arms around him and hugging him again.

"You're welcome. Just remember I don't care what is written on your birth certificate, you're part of the family now." He told her as he planted a kiss on the top of her head before breaking out of the embrace and taking her hands inside of his. "And don't worry so is Mr. Weasley." He told her with a grin as she smiled back at him. "I mean Ronald Billius Weasley." He teased as she giggled.

"Would you please stop making fun of my name!?" he exclaimed with a roll of his eyes as Snape glanced up at him and grinned.

"Sorry Weasley, I just couldn't resist." He told him.

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"Be careful Hermione." Ron warned as she withdrew her wand.

"Right, once they're asleep I'll gather their hairs and then we can add them to the potion." She said.

"But what about Snape? Who is he going to change into?" Ron wondered as Snape simply just rolled his eyes at him.

"I already work for the ministry Weasley. They hired me after Dumbledore died so that people would believe my story that I never intentionally meant to kill him." He told him.

"Sorry,.." Ron muttered sarcastically rolling his eyes back at him. "I didn't know." He said as Hermione disappeared around the corner.

"Wait," Snape began as he pulled back on her collar and draped the invisibility over the top of her body. "take this." He told her.

"Thanks. I'll be right back." She said before disappearing around the corner while Harry and Ron peered around it and placed their hands on top of the wall.

"Be careful boys. If they see us it's all over." Snape warned.

"Man, I can't believe we have to drink that stuff again. It tastes like something that came out of Princess' ass!" Ron whispered out of horror and astonishment while Harry chuckled.

"How would you know that?" he asked him.

"Shut up both of you!" Snape snapped inside a whisper. "You're going to blow the entire thing!"

"You really shouldn't be talking like that to your own son and someone you see as your own son. God is watching you you know." Ron warned when suddenly Harry saw Hermione pull off the invisibility cloak and saw a jet of light shoot out of her wand and hit the strangers square in the chest knocking them unconscious.

"Let's go. She did it." Harry said as all three of them rushed over to her.