Severus sat at his mahogany desk in his office. His feet were propped up on top of it and he was going over Hogwarts Budget. This was one of the parts of being Headmaster that Severus did not enjoy. It was always such a tedious task to regulate where the money was going and how to distribute everything evenly. Severus glanced up when he heard a small chirp, but quickly went back to the budget when he realized Talon had just made his way in through an open window. It only took a second for Severus to get distracted again; Talon was doing a little dance on his desk and chirping. Severus just watched with raised eyebrows, trying to figure out what Talon wanted. There was a knock on Severus' office door.
"Dad?" Abby said, as she slowly opened the door. Severus waved her in; he immediately noticed that Abby was wearing her blue Ministry robes.
Severus pointed to Talon, "You Phoenix seems to be a little high strung tonight."
Abby smirked, but the stress lines showed on her face, "Isabelle fed Talon some of the candy she got from Grandfather earlier, so there's no telling how much sugar he's had." Talon hopped up onto Abby's shoulder as she sat down in a chair in front of Severus' desk. Some of the lines on Abby's face evened out as Talon nudged her cheek.
"Late night?" Severus commented and nodded toward her robes.
Abby nodded, "I need your help with something." Severus drew his feet off the desk and placed them under it; he sat the budget report down and waited for Abby to continue. "I need to take tomorrow off. I have to go to the Ministry and interrogate Page Summers."
Severus nodded, "That's not a problem, I'll take over your classes. I'm assuming you will be glamoured? Is Jordan going with you?"
Abby shook her head, "No, well yes he will be there, but he will be monitoring from another room. I will not be glamoured. Kingsley thinks it's time to talk to her as myself." Severus shook his head but didn't say anything. He didn't want Abby to go anywhere near that women. Page Summers had caused him and his family a year of grief all those years ago and he remembered how long it took Abby to get herself back together. Even though Abby was an adult now, he didn't want Page Summers to cause her anymore mental stress than she already had.
"Are you going to interrogate her alone?"
"I want you to go with me. Kingsley thinks it's a good idea too, he thinks if I get upset and my magic starts to get out of control you will be the only person who can help me control it."
Severus sat back in his chair and thought for a moment, "Do you really think it's a good idea that Page Summers comes in contact with me?"
"You will be glamoured to look like a senior Auror. Page told Kingsley she's done giving information to anyone that isn't me. She said she doesn't want my partner or Kingsley in the room when I interrogate her. She knows the conversation with be monitored but for some reason she doesn't want Kingsley or my partner in there with me, and she knows Jordan is my partner."
"Of course I will go, Abby. I wouldn't make you do this alone, but I will need to speak to Hermione about this."
Abby grinned, "I already did. I went to your chambers before I came up here. Hermione told me you were working in your office, so I went ahead and told her what I was going to ask you. I told her if she wasn't okay with it I wouldn't ask you to go. After she cursed and scowled a bit she told me it'd be fine. Hermione said she wouldn't want me to talk to her alone and you would be the best person to have with me. But, she did tell me that if she figured out it was you and made a pass or touched you, I was to hex the shit out of her."
Severus snorted, "I imagine Hermione will be in a right snit when I get back." What Severus didn't say was that he knew he was going to have to reassure Hermione that Page Summers, or any other women, would never grab his attention like she did. The budget report was long forgotten, Severus' attention was now on seducing Hermione.
The next morning Severus lay in bed on his back with Hermione cuddled to his chest. She was making a humming sound and was completely sedated. When Severus got back to his chambers last night he spoke to Hermione, who wasn't as riled up as he thought she'd be, but he still wanted to reassure her that she would be the only women that was the center of his attention. He made love to her once before they went to bed, woke her up in the middle of the night and rode her hard, and then took her again this morning when they first woke up.
"What time are you meeting Abby?" Hermione asked quietly, bringing Severus out of his thoughts.
"We are going to leave for the Ministry after breakfast. I contacted Remus last night; he's going to take over for me while I'm gone. He's still going to be teaching his classes, so if there's a problem you can find him in his classroom. Draco and Lucius are going to take over Abby's classes for the day."
"Mmm hmm." Hermione started rubbing circles on Severus' chest and he smiled. The sound of Ethan squealing and Marissa and Seth giggling filled the room. They could hear the twins telling Ethan to be quiet. Hermione groaned, "There's no telling what they're doing. We better get out there."
"Take your time getting dressed. I'll go see what our crazy children are doing and get them ready for the day." Severus kissed Hermione's forehead and then rolled out from under her. He made his way into the sitting room with only a pair of Pajama pants on.
Ethan was sitting on the couch giggling hard, his face was bright red. Seth and Marissa were sitting on the floor, experimenting with products from Fred and George's shop. Stem was coming out of Marissa's ears and Seth was making monkey sounds. Both were giggling as they moved onto the next product, which turned their entire face blue. Severus sat down beside Ethan and looked at the twins with raised eyebrows. The look on Severus' face made the twins giggle even more.
"Daddy! You take one," Ethan exclaimed, as he climbed into Severus' lap.
"Yeah!" Seth and Marissa both shouted and jumped up, rushing toward Severus with a grey tablet. "Here dad, take this one!" Seth thrusted the tablet into his hand.
Severus eyed the tablet suspiciously, "What does it do?"
Marissa shrugged, "We don't know, but Fred said the tablets only last for a few minutes. So whatever happens, you will go back to normal in minute."
Severus cringed at the phrase 'back to normal.' There was no telling what the Weasley twin's had these tablets do. But, the kids were pleading with him and he figured it couldn't do too much harm, so he popped the pill into his mouth and swallowed it. Severus' ears immediately started buzzing and it felt like his sinus' were filling up with air. He heard his twins bust into another fit of giggles and felt Ethan scramble off of his lap, but he started giggling as he was crawling across the couch.
"What?" Severus said, but the only sound he heard was a bark. Severus reached up and felt his face and the first thing he came into contact with was his long floppy ears. Severus tried to scowl but couldn't make his face move. He felt fur and a long snout. His kids had turned his head into the head of a dog.
"This is how you get the kids ready for the day?" Severus turned around and saw Hermione leaning on the doorway, smirking. She started giggling when she got a glimpse of Severus' head. "Ethan, come on baby, we need to get you dressed. Seth and Marissa go get dressed AND brush your teeth." Ethan ran towards Hermione and she picked him up, the twins ran giggling to their bedroom. "Can you imagine the look on Page Summers face if that doesn't wear off by the time you get to the Ministry?" Severus laughed at that, but it came out as a bark. Hermione went giggling into Ethan's bedroom.
"Why are you fidgeting with your hair?" Abby asked Severus, as they walked down a long white hallway. Abby and Severus apparated to the Ministry after breakfast in the Great Hall. Severus and Abby were both dressed in business clothing. Abby had on a pair of Khakis with a navy blue button down shirt and Severus hard on a pair of black trousers with a dark green dress shirt tucked in. Both had on the navy blue Ministry robs.
"I turned into a Ministry worker and not a dog, right?" Severus was trying to get a glimpse of himself in the portraits they were passing.
Abby giggled, "Hermione told me about what the twins did to you." Severus scowled. "Don't worry Dad; you have blonde hair, blue eyes, and glasses. You look nothing like yourself or a dog." Abby came to a stop in front of a door that was heavily guarded with six Azkaban Guards. "This is where they are holding Page Summers. Kingsley wants us to get as much information as possible, because he's not sure how many times he wants to escort Page between here and Azkaban. He's afraid she might try to stage a breakout. So, if I have to question her again I will have to do it at Azkaban."
Severus nodded, "I will let you do most of the talking. I will only interfere if needed or ask a question if I think it needs an answer." Abby nodded and Severus put a reassuring hand on her back, "Let's get this over with."
When they walked into the interrogation room, Severus was immediately drawn to Page's appearance. She had lost a significant amount of weight since the last time he had seen her and her face had a crazy look on it. She reminded Severus of Belatrix Lestrange, he hoped her personality hadn't gone as crazy as Lestrange's did, but he knew being in Azkaban could do that to you. Page's Blonde hair looked dirty and brittle, he was sure if he touched it it'd fall off into his hard. There was something about Page's eyes though; they were actually bright and glowing. Severus knew that couldn't be a good sign.
"Well, if it isn't Abigail Snape. Oh, that's right, it's Pierson now," Page said nastily. Abby didn't respond and sat down in a chair across the table from Page, Severus sat beside her. "Are we shy now, hmm? Did you grow out of your smart mouth and idiotic comments?"
"What do you want from me?" Abby's tone was flat and annoyed.
"I wanted to see what horrible thing the spawn of Severus Snape had grown into. How is your father doing by the way, does he miss me?" Page had a mischievous smirk on her face. Severus knew she was just trying to bait Abby, but Abby wasn't falling for it.
"I'm actually doing very well for myself and my father is happily married. You haven't been a thought to any of us, until this past week."
Page smiled sweetly, "And how did you feel when you were told I escaped the dementors kiss?"
Abby smirked, "No worries, you can't last in Azkaban forever. From what I've heard you've had plenty of death threats."
Page scowled and sneered, "That may be, but my associates keep me safe."
Abby snorted, "Associates? Are you selling yourself now for protection?"
"You are the one who needs protection," Page retorted darkly. Abby stopped for a minute so she could gather her thoughts and make sure her anger didn't get the best of her. Severus nudged her foot lightly, trying to get her to keep talking.
"What information do you want to share with me? I have a lot to do today and you're wasting my time."
Page tilted her head, "There's an uprising.."
Abby cut her off, "I'm aware of that." The annoyance was clear in Abby's voice.
"Ahh, still as hot headed as ever I see. You didn't let me finish. The Uprising has been in place for over two years now and our numbers are massive."
"Our? Who's our?"
"You don't need to be concerned with that right now. The information that I'm here to deliver, Abigail Snape, is that you and your family are going to die." Abby's fists clenched together and Severus grabbed her left fist. He let his calmness seep through his arm and into Abby. Abby's fist loosened and she relaxed.
"I didn't come here for you to make ideal threats toward me and my family. Either tell me what information you came to tell me or I'm leaving and you're going back to Azkaban."
Page leaned back and smiled, "Two weeks ago, you were in Hogsmeade. You were with your husband- Matty, Your two children: Isabelle and Matthew, and your twin brother and sister: Seth and Marissa. Your son Matthew is an interesting baby, he was seen changing his hair, I wasn't aware he is a M…"
"STOP!" Abby screamed and slammed her fist down on the table, jumping to her feet. Severus stood up quickly and places a hand on the back of Abby's neck. The best way for Abby to feel Severus' emotions was for Severus to touch her face, but the back of her neck was the best he could do at the moment.
"How do you know all of this," Severus asked in a voice that wasn't his own.
"We know everything about Abby and her retched family. Abby, you don't realize how easy it would have been to kill all of you last weekend. All I have to do is give the word and you will be taken out."
"So, you're in charge?" Abby asked, having calmed down slightly.
"No," Page smirked, "But it helps to be doing favors for the one in charge."
"You're proud of this? Being someone's bitch. And how are you doing favors for anyone while you're in Azkaban?"
"That will all be revealed in good time." As soon as Page stopped speaking a loud alarm sounded throughout the room. "I see the raid is right on schedule."
"What the fuck are you talking about?" Abby's voice was barely a whisper, but sounded deadly.
"Expect a few loses of some of your fellow employees spouses. I'm sure you will find out everything else when you leave this room. Just know Abby that you, your father, and step mother are one of the first I will be targeting. You're not safe, expect to die soon."
Abby went to lunge at Page, but Severus grabbed her and pulled her away from the table. The door to the room flew open and the Azkaban guards rushed in, followed by Kingsley and Jordan.
"Abby, we need you and Jordan on the scene," Kingsley hurriedly said. Abby's face was bright red from anger and she looked like she was about to try and attack Page again. Severus pulled Abby into the hallway and pushed her into a wall, he cupped his hands on Abby's face.
"You need to be calm when you go to whatever you're going to," Severus said soothingly. "Page is just trying to bait you. Everyone is safe at Hogwarts. Page Summers can't harm anyone from Azkaban." Abby settled and nodded. "Come to my chambers when you are finished. We need to discuss things, so you Matty and the kids can come for dinner." Abby nodded again and Severus kissed her cheek, pushing her in Jordan Chambers direction.
Severus was stretched out on the couch. Hermione was curled up beside him, resting her head on his shoulder. Dinner had come and gone and he was exhausted. Matty and Abby were still in Severus and Hermione's chambers. Matty was sitting on the floor; his back was resting up against the leather chair by the fire. Abby was lying in between his legs, leaning on him and dosing off. Isabelle, Ethan, and the twins were running back and forth between the twin's room and the sitting room. Mathew was laying on a blanket near Matty and Abby.
Severus expected to have to feed Abby a calming draught with dinner, but he didn't have to. Abby was very calm. Severus asked Matty how he had calmed Abby down once she got home, but Matty grinned and said that he probably didn't want to know. Severus just made a face at that comment. He assumed Matty calmed Abby down the way he calmed Hermione sometimes, but he really didn't want to think about that.
Abby had told them that there was raid while she and Severus were at the Ministry. Masked men had been seen entering three Auror's houses; all three Auror's were at work. Except, their spouses were at home and one of them had a new born baby. All the spouses and baby had been killed in the raid. Abby and Jordan had gotten to the scene late, because of interrogating Page Summers, so they didn't witness any of the bodies, only the crumbled houses.
"I'm scared, Severus," Hermione whispered into his ear.
"I know," He whispered back. "We are safe at Hogwarts. I think that we should owl your parents, and my mother and Albus and have them come stay at Hogwarts. I'm not sure how serious to take the threats from Page Summers, but I just want to be safe. She seemed to know an awful lot about Abby's whereabouts and her life in general."
Hermione nodded, "I already owled them. Albus was already aware of the incident; he said that he and your mum will be here in the morning. My parents are away on a trip, but they said they would come stay once they returned in a week. I figure Albus and Eileen can have their old chambers in the Headmasters office and my mum and Dad can stay in Addison's room until we figure out what's going on."
Severus smiled and kissed Hermione's face, "Ever the preparer." He cupped her cheek and pulled her into a long, deep kiss.
"Ew! Why do you guys always have to do that?" Seth bellowed from beside the couch, making Severus and Hermione smirk.
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