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IMPORTANT NOTE: I'm still writing this story; I need to format scenes to post them here. Stay tuned.
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'Go introduce yourself to your godson,' Snape told Remus.

'Are you sure, Severus?' Remus inquired in a whisper.

Snape glared, which prompted Remus to obey.

'Your adoption of Harry makes the werewolf the child's new godfather,' Malfoy told Snape.

Snape looked at the wizard on the bed and snorted.

'Gee! Sev didn't know that,' Abby snorted.

Malfoy blinked, and his wife chuckled.

'I'm sure Remus will be a good godfather,' Abby told her boyfriend.

'He's a much better option than the traitor,' Snape hissed.

Abby rubbed Snape's forearm and said, 'Everything will be fine.'

'The good thing is that my decision doesn't imply that he'll have to move in with us,' Snape growled.

Abby smiled at him and said, 'You've got to get used to having one brother. Adding another one so soon might be just a little too much.'

'You know what Lupin did to me! He'll never be my brother,' Snape growled.

Abby wrapped her hands around Snape's biceps, put her chin on his shoulder and said softly, 'You told me it wasn't his fault. Read his thoughts, Sev.'

He knew that she wouldn't leave him alone until he'd done so – and she would know if he'd listened to her or not.

Snape turned to Remus, who was sitting next to Harry and Draco. The boys were asking him many questions about his life, as if they could learn everything about him in the next five minutes.

When Snape invaded Remus's thoughts, he was almost overwhelmed by the strength of the werewolf's feelings. Remus was trying not to cry, in spite of the fact that the only child of his only friends was next to him, safe and sound, even though Dumbledore had entrusted the baby to Muggles who loathe magic.

Remus knew he had to be patient for Harry's wellbeing – and Snape saw that Remus was ready to do anything for Harry, even if it meant that telling the boy about Lily and James would have to wait. The other thing that surprised Snape was that Remus found Abby a truly charming lady, and he was truly grateful to Snape for allowing him in Harry's life.

Snape groaned and then glared at his girlfriend.

Abby just squeezed his arm and whispered, 'You'll have to get used to my instincts. And if you want confirmation, just ask Gibbs; I swear the man has a built-in truth detector.'

'Speaking of Jethro, Abigail, we should go to work,' Ducky said.

'Will you be all right?' she asked Snape, who nodded and squeezed her hand.

Abby turned to the Malfoys and said, 'I guess I'll see you tonight, then. Get some rest.'

'I should go back to my office,' Arthur Weasley said. 'I'll Floo from here.'

'Arthur, can you keep what happened here secret?' Dumbledore asked.

'Of course, I'll tell Fudge that the Malfoys were found, and he'll forget about the episode,' Arthur said. He turned to Abby and added, 'I'll come back tonight with something for the acromantula. That'll thank him for what he did, and it'll allow us to talk.'

'Let's do that,' Abby said.

The two American Muggles kissed Harry's brow and went to Washington. On the way down to Snape's quarters, they both agreed to put off mentioning Abby's adventures in the Forbidden Forest to Gibbs for as long as they could.

'Lupin, could you cast a Silencing spell around you and the boys?' Snape asked.

Remus obeyed instantly.

'Since you'll have to stay here for the day, I can start working on something for you,' Snape told the Malfoys.

'Do you know a potion that would help us have another child?' Narcissa asked.

Snape cast a Diagnosis spell and traded looks with Pomfrey.

'There is a potion,' Snape said. He paused theatrically and added, 'Or there's another way. More radical. Dangerous, but with positive results.'

'What is it?' Narcissa inquired.

'Headmaster?' Snape asked Dumbledore.

The old wizard nodded.

'You can help us destroy the Dark Lord,' Snape declared.

Narcissa gasped, and Malfoy paled.

'You'll all get killed! Our Master is immortal,' Malfoy said.

'Not if we destroy the Horcruxes he's made,' Snape stated quietly.

'Horcruxes?!' Malfoy gasped.

'That explains his mental state,' Narcissa declared as if she were giving the time of day.

Snape almost laughed at her husband's shocked expression.

Narcissa turned her head towards her husband and said, 'I love you, Lucius, but I refuse to endanger our son in a war that could last for decades – or more.'

'Our Master cannot be defeated,' Malfoy mumbled.

'Lily would have killed him if it weren't for the Horcruxes he's made. Harry freed me from the Dark Mark because the Dark Lord had transferred the gift of being a Parselmouth into Harry when he attacked him. That ability died when I destroyed the part of Riddle's soul that was trapped in Harry. Riddle wants us to believe that he's invincible, but he's not. He never was,' Snape said.

Malfoy was still unsure, but Narcissa helped him make a choice.

'I simply refuse to endanger our son,' Narcissa said.

'Being my son should be a protection,' Malfoy said.

'Lucius, we're talking about a man who split his soul, a man who welcomed a demented werewolf among his followers,' Narcissa said. When she saw that her husband was still unconvinced, she added, 'He welcomed Bellatrix among his followers, for Merlin's sake!'

Malfoy flinched at the mention of his not-so-sane sister-in-law.

'What if one day he comes back and orders you to hand our son to Bellatrix? I don't want that to happen. Besides, now Abby and Severus are Draco's godparents. We are magically linked with them, and I say we work with them. I don't know about you, Lucius, but I will help them. For our son, and for you,' Narcissa said.

'Without the Dark magic in your body, you wouldn't need any potion to have another heir,' Pomfrey intervened.

'What is your plan?' Malfoy asked Dumbledore and Snape.

'Find and destroy the Horcruxes, and then locate Riddle and finish what Lily started. I don't want that warlock to come after my son and try to hurt and kill him,' Snape said.

'Are you mad, Snape? You talk about this as if it were something as simple as a Levitation charm! This is the Dark Lord we're talking about! And stop calling him that name!' Malfoy said.

'Riddle? That's his real name, not the pompous name he gave himself,' Snape said coolly.

Dumbledore was surprised, and Pomfrey was quite happy to see that Snape was recovering from whatever he'd had to do since he'd joined the Death Eaters – and later as a spy for the Order of the Phoenix.

'Abigail said she knows a Voodoo priestess. I've sent a message to her,' Snape said.

'Why didn't you tell me?!' Dumbledore barked.

Snape glared at the old man and barked back, 'I didn't tell you because it was merely a note to see if she'd be interested in helping us, because it's about protecting my son, and because you were otherwise occupied with Donald.'

Dumbledore blushed at the mention of his boyfriend. Narcissa and Pomfrey chuckled as discreetly as possible.

'Riddle was particularly demented by the end, but he can't have made a dozen Horcruxes,' Snape stated.

'No, but six would be possible,' Dumbledore stated.

'Logical,' Malfoy conceded.

'The part inside Harry must have been an accident,' Narcissa said.

Snape nodded, in full agreement.

'That snake of his was always protected by potent spells,' Malfoy pointed out.

'He doesn't strike me as the kind of pet-loving man,' Snape said.

'The only thing he loves is himself,' Narcissa murmured.

'Did he ever entrust documents to any of his followers? Parchments that would hold clues as to the hiding places of his Horcruxes,' Dumbledore asked Snape and the Malfoys.

'Not to me. We talked about potions, but not about other operations,' Snape said.

'I'm not familiar with the magic required to make a Horcrux. Can anything be used?' Narcissa asked.

'Any object will do. Why?' Dumbledore inquired.

'A few weeks before he disappeared after attacking the Potters he entrusted Bellatrix with something. Bellatrix pretended that it was a cup that had belonged to Hufflepuff herself,' Narcissa explained.

'Do you know where Lestrange put it?' Snape asked.

'In her Gringotts' vault, I think,' she answered.

'Did she trust you to have access to it?' Dumbledore asked eagerly.

Narcissa shook her head.

'There might be a way,' Malfoy said softly.

'What's your idea?' Dumbledore asked.

'If Malfoy threatens the goblins to withdraw all his money from his vault, he plans to convince them to allow Narcissa to enter her sister's vault. Besides, Bellatrix has been sent to Azkaban, and there could be some family issue to settle,' Snape said.

'I always suspected that you were a Legilimens,' Malfoy said.

'I was merely being logical, Malfoy. Is that not what you're planning to do?' Snape lied easily.

Malfoy blinked; he had no way to be sure that Snape had read his thoughts.

'Well, you're right,' Malfoy said.

'There's something bothering you,' Narcissa said.

Malfoy sighed. He had to change his loyalties, and it was difficult. He looked at his son, a child who looked so much like him; the boy was playing with a werewolf and with the child who had survived an encounter with the Dark Lord.

Malfoy made up his mind and said, 'The Dark Lord gave me a diary to keep.'

'Does it say where the Horcruxes are?' Narcissa asked.

'No, it's blank,' Malfoy said.

'Or is it?' Dumbledore said.

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