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Albus sat behind the desk in his office, lamenting the fact that his plan had gone horribly wrong. By now, he should have Harry to himself, under his control, no Severus in sight. Bella had one job and she couldn't even do that. He was glad the Longbottom boy had stunned and captured her. She deserved to be back in Azkaban if she couldn't handle one simple job. Get Harry away from Severus and Sirius.

He slammed his hand on his desk and watched as everything bounced up and landed back on the desk top. He couldn't believe he had been outsmarted by no less than Sirius and Lucius.

How the adoption had happened without his knowing was still nagging at him when he heard a knock on the door. "Enter" he growled.

"Albus, am I interrupting something" Minerva inquired as she sat in the plush red velvet chair before the desk. The portraits on the wall were all watching the scene, knowing why the headmaster seemed so out of sorts and not liking it.

"Of course not Minerva, I was just trying to figure out how Bellatrix Lestrange managed to get that close to Harry."

"We were all wondering the same thing. That's why I'm here." Minerva sat back in her chair, knowing now that she was welcome, "After the newlyweds left, Poppy, Kingsley, the Weasley's and I were talking about what had just happened and we all wondered how Bellatrix had even found out about the wedding. Only those who received the invitations should have known about it."

"Well, I suspect that someone told her. I can't imagine who would have done that though. All the people there are members of the Order or trusted friends. Were there any names bandied about after I left?" Albus was hoping he wasn't a suspect. He had left so quickly it might tip his hand.

"No there weren't. The Weasley's were none too happy about the engagement either, and had a few words for Sirius about it, but he had already left so they vented to the rest of us. We may have to watch them the next time they're in the same room with Sirius and Severus. They at least waited until Harry had left before showing their true feelings."

"Keep me updated on anything you feel I should know. Now," Albus shifted the papers on his desk to hide his delight at hearing he may still have a way to remove Harry from his new "family" situation, "We do have school business to discuss. First, I would like to start a mentoring program using the Seventh year students. I would like us to talk with each of them and determine which have advanced enough to test out of their final year and begin mentoring the younger ones."

"Albus, do you mean to have them take their NEWTs at the beginning of the year?"

"Yes, I think after the battle last year that killed Tom, it's safe to say that some of our students are more advanced than we thought. I believe they had some help outside of class." Albus was, of course, alluding to the group of students that Harry taught, the DA, he wasn't going to let on to Minerva that he had plans for those students.

"I'm surprised at the suggestion, but I agree it might be good."

"I also would like to resort the houses eventually and set them up by skill."

"That might be a good idea. It would certainly help with focusing on those who need the extra help. That would also be a good way to set up the mentors. We can house them with the students whose skills they match with."

Albus sat back and steepled his fingers thinking about this and said, "We will have to talk about this again over the next couple of weeks before the students return. We can announce the changes after the first couple of weeks, once everyone is settled in. I need to get started on the supply lists for the students and get them sent out, so unless there is anything else, I bid you a good day."

Having been dismissed, Minerva left feeling something wasn't right. She couldn't put her finger on it, but something didn't feel right about that meeting. She pushed the thought to the back over her head to ponder later as she went back to her office to begin working on class schedules for the coming year.

The Weasley's all sat around the breakfast table in the Burrow quietly eating, each thinking about the wedding and everything that had happened after it.

Ron had always suspected that Harry was gay and it didn't bother him. But, seriously, Snape? How could Harry possibly be in love with that GIT?

Hermione smiled at the look on Ron's face. She suspected he was thinking the same thing she was. She had come home with the Weasley's last night to stay for the next couple of weeks until school started. Her parents had gone on vacation and they didn't want her unsupervised.

She had been touched by the ceremony and was very happy for Sirius, as he obviously loved Lucius and vice versa, but she didn't like the idea of Harry being with Snape. It's such a shame he wasn't attracted to Fred, then he could really be a Weasley, but Fred was with Oliver Wood now and she doubted that would be changing anytime soon.

She decided she would break the silence, "So, wasn't the ceremony lovely. Everyone looked so happy." She looked at each of the faces that sat around the table with her and figured if she didn't say something everyone's heads would explode soon, "Okay, I know we aren't all happy about Harry's announcement last night…"

Before she could continue, the room burst forth with the noise of the assembled Weasleys all talking at the same time. She couldn't make out what each person was saying but she heard, "…lost his mind…"; "…craziest thing I've ever heard…"; "…cursed, he has to be…"; "…how could Sirius…"

Suddenly sick of the noise, Arthur put two fingers in his mouth and whistled so loudly that everyone stopped talking and looked at him. "Enough! We can't know what has gone on at Grimmauld to make Sirius believe this is okay but we have to trust him. He's around them every day and if he believes it a good union, who are we to say any different."

"Here, here dad," Bill said walking in with his wife Fleur trailing. "I talked with them earlier in the week about the wedding and found they appear to be very much in love."

"Bill," Molly began as she embraced her son and daughter-in-law and prepared them each a plate of food, "do you know something we should know?" She was hopeful that, since he lived in London and worked on Diagon Alley, he might have seen or heard something.

"No, not really. Just what I observed when I saw them. Sounds like I missed a lot last night." He didn't want to let on what he knew so he decided to let them lead the conversation.

"Well," Ginny began, "the wedding was wonderful. The garden was beautiful and the roses were fully blooming. The grooms looked so happy and Albus did a great job with the ceremony. The fun came after the ceremony. Bellatrix Lestrange showed up demanding Lucius hand over Harry so she could avenge Tom's death. When he refused, she started towards him and Neville stunned her from behind. Then he wrapped her up and she was taken to Azkaban."

"Holy Crap!!" Bill said. Molly wacked him on the head reminding him about his language. He smiled and said, "Sorry Mum."

Ginny continued, "That's not the best of it. Everyone was pretty well stunned before she came in. See, Lucius and Sirius announced that they had blood adopted Harry and that he has changed his name to Black like Lucius and then Harry announced that he and Severus are engaged." Ginny completed the story with her voice higher than when she started. It was the most excitement she'd had since last summer.

"Good for zem," Fleur said, "I 'ave always liked zat 'Arry."

Molly turned to her daughter-in-law looking at her like she had lost her mind. "Well, let's talk about something else. What's everyone doing today?" Molly and Arthur exchanged looks, both knowing the other was thinking the same thing, "This Cannot Happen."

As the week wore on, the Weasleys all found time to get together in small groups or couples to see where each other stood on the Harry/Snape issue. They discovered they were divided pretty evenly with Ginny, Fred, George, Bill and Fleur on Harry's side and Molly, Arthur, Ron and Hermione on the other. They all agreed on one thing though, none of them truly trusted the Potions Master despite the fact that Sirius did.

After two days of tiptoeing around the issue and trying not to talk about it, the house was like a multi-level tower of tension. No one wanted to talk about it anymore and yet, they all knew they needed to do something to help Harry or stop Harry.

On the third day, Bill sent an invitation for the kids to come to dinner and movie night at his place and they all jumped at it. Molly and Arthur were really looking forward to a night alone. It had been so long since they had had a chance to talk freely.

Once the house was empty, Molly put the kettle on the stove for tea and Arthur went into the garden and conjured a plush love seat for the two of them to snuggle on while they watched the sun set. Molly, weary from all the tension, brought out the tea and conjured a table for it and sank down into the love seat next to her equally weary husband and put her head on his shoulder.

Arthur poured the tea and handed a cup to Molly saying, "This is the most beautiful sunset I have seen since our honeymoon" and planted a kiss on her head.

Molly smiled and hummed her agreement adding, "I love these quiet evenings. Thank heaven for Bill."

They sat quietly watching the falling sun and sipping tea and as the last rays of light were fading, Molly finally touched on the subject they really wanted to talk about, "He shouldn't be with Snape. There's got to be something we can do."

"Well, I plan to have a discussion with Sirius when he returns and find out what is going on in his head that he would allow this."

"Shouldn't we talk to Albus?" Molly sat up and turned toward Arthur, "He seems to be able to get through to Harry when no one else can. And I doubt anything we could say would change Sirius' mind at this point."

"But maybe Sirius can make sense of this for us. There has to be good reason for this. He wouldn't just indulge Harry without a reason."

Arthur pulled Molly back into his embrace and wrapped his arms around her saying, "I find it hard to believe that Harry is really in love with Snape. They've always been at odds and that doesn't just change overnight. No, I'm sure there's something else at play that we don't know about."

"Arthur!" Molly exclaimed as she popped out of Arthur's arms, "You don't suppose they're bonded do you?" She was horrified at the idea. Snape could not be trusted. He was a death eater after all. He still wore the mark.

"No, I think that would have come out before the engagement," Arthur said thinking about the situation. "Maybe, your right dear. Let's talk to Albus and see what we can do before Sirius gets back. Maybe we can fix this so he doesn't have to deal with it."

Molly wrapped her arms around her husband and planted a loud kiss squarely on his lips saying, "Oh thank you so much. I know I'll feel better when this is resolved. Can we send Errol now please?"

Pleased at how happy his wife was, he summoned a quill and parchment from the house and scrawled a note to Albus asking to meet as soon as possible. As Errol flew off to Hogwarts, the couple retreated into the Burrow to enjoy the rest of their evening alone. In every room they could manage.

Albus unrolled the scroll as the owl waited for a reply. He couldn't believe his luck. The Weasleys were wanting to meet and talk about Harry. This couldn't have worked out better if he had planned it himself. It looked like he would have some support in his effort to split the men.

He penned a return message asking the Weasleys to meet him for lunch at an address in Godric's Hollow the next afternoon and attached it to Errol's leg, sending the bird on its way. He hoped he could put forth a convincing argument for his point of view. He was looking forward to this meeting very much.

Molly and Arthur arrived at the address in the Hollow, commenting on what a lovely little house Dumbledore had here. It was a surprise that he had this home, but it made sense that he should have someplace away from the school to retreat to.

Albus greeted them at the door with a large smile and welcomed them into the house with a sweeping gesture. He watched as they looked around at the sparse furnishings, taking in the room as they sat on the love seat that sat across from Albus' chair.

"Oh Albus," Molly began as he sat across from them. "This is such a lovely little home. Not much in the way of furnishings though. And why no pictures?"

"Molly dear, this isn't my home. This is Lily and James Potter's home. I have been fixing it up for Harry so he has a place of his own upon graduation. I haven't furnished it much as the furniture that was here is now in Sirius' house and I thought Harry might want to bring it here."

"What a wonderful idea!" Molly exclaimed.

"Albus, we know you are busy so we'll get to the point." Arthur knew Molly was nervous so he thought he would take the lead. "We don't believe this engagement is a good thing for Harry and we still don't trust Severus. We thought you might be able to help us come up with a convincing argument we could make to Sirius to get him to stop this."

"Well, I have been giving this a lot of thought since the wedding. I don't know that we can really do or say anything to convince them to part at this point but I do think we can prove to Harry that Severus isn't worthy of him. We need to get Harry away from everyone for a few days and remind him of whom Severus really is. Reformed or not, who can say for sure, he is a death eater and that won't change. The Dark Mark can be reactivated by any death eater, if he has enough power."

Molly had been listening intently and jumped at the idea Albus planted saying, "How can we convince him to come to the Burrow not that he is supposedly in love?"

"I will require Severus to come to the school next week to get ready for the coming year, and as students aren't allowed until the first night, Harry will not be allowed to accompany him. I don't believe that Sirius and Lucius will be back before the start of term so that would be the perfect time to have the boy come to you."

"When will the letters be going out?" Arthur asked, finally fully onboard with what was happening. It was obvious Albus only had Harry's best interests at heart.

"They will go out in the morning. Here are the letters for Ron, Hermione and Ginny. Ron will be a prefect and Hermione will be Head Girl, here are their badges." Albus leaned forward and presented envelopes for each of the kids to the couple.

Molly and Arthur rose to leave, thanking Albus for his counsel, and headed towards the door. Albus watched as they walked a discreet distance from the house into a shaded area and apperated back to the Burrow. He turned and looked at the living room and smiled as the glamour began to fade. This was the Potter's house, but he hadn't been working on it. He thought he might, but he wanted to include Harry in the decision. Tear it down or refurbish it? He hoped to use it as a way to draw Harry to him, but only time would tell.

Albus took one final look at the nearly destroyed home before him, and without a care, he apperated back to the school not caring who saw him.