Harry wasn't sure why but the next morning when he headed up for the Great Hall for breakfast with Draco, Blaise and several other snakes as well; he knew something was wrong or going to go wrong. It wasn't until he was leaving breakfast with Draco and Blaise that he found out what.

Ron appeared in front of him with his sister and Dean and Seamus. "The little queer is even more disgusting then we thought."

Harry glared at them for Ron's voice had been loud to make sure he drew attention. "We know what you think of me. Get out of my way Ron."

Ron stood his ground though and with the others behind and beside him it would have taken Harry pushing through them and at that point he had no desire to make any more of a scene then already was happening.

Ginny sneered. "No wonder you dumped me. You needed an old man to fuck you nice and good. No wonder you shot down Seamus' kind offer."

Harry stared at her. "Not this bull shit again about me wanting to be fucked by my Uncle. I have had enough of this. Get the hell our of my way."

Dean grabbed him. "Is that why you got the headmaster fired and sent to prison? You were a jilted lover? Your Uncle not old enough so you went older."

Draco and Blaise were both even more livid then Harry at that point and Harry could see every eye in the room was on them. They had been joined by Greg and Vince as well as Neville and a few others.

Draco pushed Dean's handoff Harry. "Get your filthy lying hands off of my brother. It's not bad enough you taunt him with his Uncle, but Albus?"

Ginny shrugged. "I would not have thought it myself but now that he has lowered himself to fucking the dungeon bat, I am starting to wonder."

Harry tried to hide how pale he went and he could hear gasps of shock rippling through the hall and knew the entire school was soon to be talking but at that point most of them thought the red heads had gone nuts.

Harry stared at her like she had gone mad. "What are you lying about this time Ginny? You know Professor Snape and my fathers are best friends."

Ron smirked. "Well then I wonder how your fathers feel or maybe they set this up for you. Do they know you were fucking him last night after your win?"

Blaise held Draco back as he looked ready to slug one of them. "You little weasel, how dare you spread such disgusting crap about my brother?"

Harry\s mind was racing and he remembered the fact that he and Severus had been kissing outside of his rooms the night before, before he returned to Slytherin for the rest of the party and to spend the night with his brother. Was it possible one of them had seen him kissing Severus? But why would they be in the dungeons?

Dean smiled. "We were taking a little walk to see if there were any little snakes to have some fun with after your cheat yesterday and had quite the show."

Ginny spoke up so the rest of the hall could hear. "You and Professor Snape snogging outside of his painting, before you slipped away to Slytherin."

Harry shook his head. "You guys really think anyone will buy your lies? You lions don't have the backbone to be down in snake territory without back up."

The rest of the hall was talking again and they could tell that most of the people believed Harry as they knew his former friends were jealous of him and had been spiteful as of late. The thought that the Golden boy was shagging the potions professor, was preposterous to the rest of the school.

Seamus shook his head. "You know you were there for a quickie last night. We saw you. He warned you about not being in the halls alone."

Tom had come up beside them. "He was at out victory party all last night, heck he spent the night with the house. You're off your rockers."

Ron spat. "Who is the school going to believe, the snakes who are protecting their precious star weaker and head of house, or us? Really."

Luna though had come up beside them. "There were a number of lions and eagles at the celebration party Ron. We all saw him there all night."

Shouts started coming from the other tables that Ron and the pricks with him should shut the hell up and know when they were beaten. If even Harry's reputation had not been enough to have their back up, the fact that two other houses were attesting to his location that night, just cemented the truth for the school.

Ron poked a finger at his chest. "We know what we saw and we will prove it to the rest of the school. You won't keep making fools out of us forever."

Harry smirked at him. "Why would I need to Ronald? It seems you're doing a good enough job of it yourself, without any help from me."

As the guys stormed off Ginny remained. "You better watch your back. The broom was a warning. You'll pay for this and leading me on you little queer."

When they were gone Harry must have gone a deathly shade of white for Draco and Blaise steered him out of the hall and down towards the dungeons. Harry sagged into the couch there but he knew he was going to need to face his friends for even if they had backed him, they knew he was not in Slytherin all night.

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To say they were a bit surprised to all be there in the room of requirements was an under statement. Katie, Neville, Luna and Hermione had been gathered with all the Slytherins in their year and a few others like Tom. After what happened in the Great Hall they all had questions though and were waiting for Harry to arrive.

When Harry came in with Blaise and Draco it was Tom who asked. "Not that we mind giving you back up but you weren't there last night. Were they right?"

Harry looked at Draco who nodded so Harry took a deep breath. "Yes. Professor Snape and I have been involved since this summer. He spent it with my family."

Hermione looked a bit pale at the news. "Harry, I mean we'd be happy for you but is this not against school rules? And I mean he is so much older and after all you..."

Harry stopped her and after taking one last long breath he explained in short form everything that had happened since that summer like Severus helping heal him and walking in the garden, their first kiss and their recent dates. He admitted that the lions had not been lying when they said he had been kissing Snape the night before.

"Blaise and Draco walked me over there for a bit and I was kissing him in the hall. I didn't see anyone. I had no idea I was spotted." Harry ended with.

He stood waiting for some kind of reaction and he was not surprised the first people to jump up and hug him were Neville and Luna who really he would have been shocked if they had not. Their loyalty was so strong that they both should have been badgers.

Neville smiled. "You know such age differences are really not uncommon. I mean gran would probably say you were just acting like the pureblood family you are in."

Pansy nodded. "You know the fact that he is a friend of your dads is common enough. I mean many until recently had arranged marriages from their parents."

Hermione hugged him. "You know I support you. That prat Ron is a fool. And your red headed brothers will have your back as always, you know you can be sure."

Harry was a bit worried but his brothers had made it clear that summer that they were not so easy to get rid of and though he knew he would probably be the brunt of jokes for some time from them, Hermione was right he believed deep down. He knew it would again be the younger Weasleys against him and their family. Or so he hoped for he had his heart set on being a groomsman on Boxing Day for Charlie as he had asked.

Katie smiled. "I should have known why you went snake. But seriously I support you in this. As would our old buddies and you know it. I'm totally cool with this."

Luna kissed his cheek. "We understand why you kept it hidden and if you don't want anyone else to know, you know we will keep it. We're your friends here."

Vince agreed with his girlfriend. "You already have the rest of the school convinced. You keep your snogging in private until you're ready to come out, and it is good."

Harry was definitely relieved to hear that those gathered here had no trouble with him being with Severus. Some thought it extremely strange and they would need a bit of time to get used to seeing them together when it came out, but they wanted him happy. They also could tell from what he said that Severus was good to him.

Tom came over as the others were leaving. "You just made keeping our star seeker safe a bit harder. But keep low profile for a few days and this should blow over."

Harry wished it was so simple. "The rest of the school might stop talking about it but I doubt that little group is going to forget about this so easy. Not my luck."

Draco pulled his brother into a headlock. "Well you already had goons for back up so nothing changes here. Might just have to be a bit more careful about things."

Blaise saw Harry groan. "I know that this is already enough of a headache but you were the one snogging Snape in the hallway for the whole world to see."

Knowing they had some what of a point and just grateful for the back up, Harry did not point out that at that time of the night there really should not have been any lions in that part of the school other then the few who had been invited to their party, all of whom were in the room only moments ago.

Draco and Blaise were going to take him home but Harry wanted to go to the owlery. "I want to write my brothers. They should hear this from me and not from Ron."

After a moment Draco agreed. "Ron or Ginny will go to them eventually and try to turn them on you. But I am sure that you have nothing to worry about."

Harry smiled as he finished writing the note up in the owlery. "Just remind them that they told me that I was their brother and stuck with them for all eternity."

Blaise looked at Draco. "You seem to have a number of stubborn brothers including this one here. I think I am glad I am an only child."

Harry shook his head for he had been an only child and orphan for years and he would not trade in Draco or any of his red headed older brothers for anything. He could take their over protective nature and good natured teasing for he knew they loved him and protected him, and that meant the world.

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It seemed the good luck of Harry had run out. He had been invited by Hagrid to go out and spend some time with him checking on some new unicorn foals and after gaining permission from his dads, he was only happy to accept. Since he would be with Hagrid and Fang, and Hagrid collected him at the school doors, he had been believed safe. He was to wait for his dads to come and pick him up when he was done.

He was out with Hagrid at the paddock when the sun was still up a bit when Hagrid stopped. "I forgot the onions. I need to go back and get them from my hut."

Harry looked around for they were not even in the forest. "Do I need to come back with you?"

Hagrid shook his head. "No. You're not in the woods yet and Fang will stay with you. Just stay put here and I'll be back in a moment or two."

Harry rubbed the head of the dog. "I don't think this dog will be much protection but I guess the man eating spiders won't come out of the woods."

Hagrid laughed and swore he would not leave Harry if he thought he was in any danger from the woods and he'd be back right away. Harry had never been a huge fan of the class but he had to say that the baby unicorn were quite beautiful to look at.

He heard some footsteps and he thought Hagrid was returning until he heard Fang start snarling and barking. "Fang what is it boy?"

Harry noticed the sound was not coming from the woods or deeper into them but just off to the side but before he could turn to see what was coming his way or scaring the dog, he was hit by something and the entire world went black.

The last thing he remembered before he passed out was feet next to him and a voice. "The little queer will pay for what he has done to us."