They all stare at the results of the Heritage potion in shock. Those were not the results that they were expecting.
PARENTS: Lily Potter (Evans) Severus Snape
Muggleborn Half-blood
Severus looks at Albus in shock. "Did you know this? Did you know that I was his father?"
Albus shakes his head. "My boy. I had no idea. I never even thought that it was a possiblity."
Severus looks at Amelia, "Does this change anything? Does the process have to change?"
"No. It doesn't in fact you already share blood so that makes this much easier. All we have to do now is file the paperwork. Unless, you don't want to do this anymore?"
Harry starts to panic. "No! I want to do this! Please! Professor, I want to be your son. Please, I can't go back to the Dursley's!"
Severus feels his heart go out to the child. "If you want me to adopt you then I will and we will get it done tonight. I promise. You won't ever go back to those vile people." Severus says while pulling Harry into his arms.
Harry allows himself to be pulled into the man's arms and he buries his face in the older man's robes, trying to calm himself down. Severus starts to rub small circles on Harry's back in attempt to calm him down. Slowly Harry starts to calm down and he looks up at Severus.
"Are you okay now child?" Severus asks softly.
"Yes sir." Harry says, as equally quiet.
"Good. Do you want to finish the adoption?"
"Yes sir." Harry says with excitement.
"Alright. So Madame Bones what do we have to do next?" Severus says turning to Amelia.
"All we need is to sign the papers and then you will be set. Are you going to have Godparents or not?" Amelia asks.
"I have them and they should be here just outside the door." Severus says.
"Oh alright. Come in." Amelia says as she opens the door revealing Narcissa and Lucius Malfoy.
Harry is immediately uneased by their presence and curls himself closer to Seveurus. Severus feels this and looks down. He is shocked to find fear on the child's face.
"Harry. Child, what's wrong?" Severus asks gently.
Harry just sends a scared look towards the pair that had just walked in. Severus sees the look and it hits him. Harry hasn't met them yet and they are going to be Harry's godparents.
"They aren't going to hurt you. They are very kind and will love you very much."
Narcissa's attention is drawn towards the child in Severus's arms. She looks at the child that is clearly scared by their presence. She walks over to Harry and crouches down.
"Hi Harry. I'm Narcissa. But, you can call me Cissy if you want." Narcissa says gently to the young boy with a smile.
Harry watches as the woman approaches and crouches down so that she is eye level with him. He gives a small smile to the woman. "Hello ma'am. It is very nice to meet you."
Naricissa gives a small frown at the title. "None of the ma'am buisiness here understand? I am not old enough for that yet."
Harry just blushes slightly before attempting to bury himself back in his soon-to-be father's robes. Attempting is the key word. Severus doesn't allow Harry to hide again.
Severus smiles at Harry's antic. He holds Harry away from his chest so that he can't hide in his robes. "Harry. You are fine, there is no reason to be scared or to hide. They won't hurt you."
Harry just looks at Severus before nodding. His attention is turned to Lucius as he moves closer to Harry. Harry starts to grow uneasy again and Severus can tell.
It seems that Lucius sees this as well but he continues to move towards the child. He kneels next to his wife and smiles. "Hello Harry. I am Lucius. There is no reason to be scared, I promise that I won't hurt you. I believe that you are in good hands wiht Severus. I am so glad that you are finally getting a chance to have a proper family. I know that your parents woul dhave put you with those muggles if they knew that you would be treated like that."
Harry looks at Severus smiling. Severus sees the look on the child's face and knows what Harry is thinking. Severus then turns to his old friends. "Yes. About that, I have to tell you something."
Lucius raises his eyebrow knowing something is up with his friend becuase he can read Severus. "Go on."
Severus takes a deep breath. "Harry is my son."
"Yes. I think that was the point of the adoption wasn't it?"
"Yes it is… was. I mean that Harry is my son by blood. He is mine not James's."
"Oh. And why am I just now finding out about this?"
"I just found out not even 5 minutes ago myself. I never knew or Harry would have been removed from the Dursley's immediately."
"I have no doubt that he would have. You didn't know that it happened that night?"
"It was only one night no I had no idea that he was my child."
"I see. Well, I thought that we were here to become the Godparents of Harry so what are we waiting for?" Lucius asks.
Severus just smiles at his oldest friend. He turns to Amelia and says. "Where do we sign?"
"Well Harry has to sign first and become either, Harry James Potter-Snape, Harry James Snape-Potter, Harry Snape or remain Harry Potter."
The elders look at Harry but Harry only looks at his dad. Severus sees this and knows that Harry is waiting to be told what to do.
"Harry. I don't care what you pick. We will be together and that is all that matters." Severus tells the child that is looking to him for guidance.
"But what should I do?"
"I don't care Harry. If you want to keep your name as it is that is fine, I uunderstand that you wouldn't want the attention that would take place should you take my name."
"I want to take your name but I also want to keep the name of my fat...of James because he is the one I thought was my dad and he gave up my life for me."
"Okay so then you could use both names. You could hyphonate it so that you are representing both equally. If that is what you wish."
"Yes. I think I know what I want." Harry says his mind being made when he hears the options again.
"Okay then Harry. Just sign the papers."
Harry nods and obeys he writes Harry James before deciding the order of the last names. He makes his decision and writes the last name.
He sets the quill back into the ink before stepping aside allowing Severus to sign.
Severus picks up the quill. He glances over at Harry's signature and smiles. He quickly signs and walks over to Harry pulling him into a hug.
"I love you very much Harry James Snape." Severus whispers in Harry's ear. Narcissa and Lucius quickly sign the papers. Severus sees Lucius and Naricissa walking towards them so he pulls back from Harry, but he keeps a hand on his son's shoulder.
Lucius pats Severus on the back and ruffles Harry's hair. "Congrats you two. I am sure that you will be very happy."
Narcissa hugs Severus. She turns to Harry and kisses him gently on the forehead. "Congrats Severus and Harry. I am glad that you can give each other what they deserve." Narcissa says.
Lucius smiles before talking again. "Let's go out and celebrate the adoption. We can go to the Leaky Couldron. Albus and Amelia are welcome to come of course."
"I would love to come but I am afraid that I have to finish some paperwork so that I can finish the work for the new school year."
"I wish I could but I don't want to impose on your new family. I wish you luck and have a fun time." Amelia says smiling at Severus and Harry.
"Thank you Amelia. I hope so. Are you staying here Albus?" Severus says before turning to Albus.
"For a little bit. There are some things that I want to talk to Amelia about."
"Very well. Be safe on the way home."
"I always am Sev. I promise that should there be any problem I will let you know." Albus says knowingly.
Severus just gives a nod before turning to the Malfoy's. "Shall we go then?"
"Yes we should. If you don't mind can we stop and get Draco. You know how he gets when he is left alone for long periods of time."
"Of course. Let's get Dragon, we should put an end to all this adversity between the two boys now." Severus says seeing the face that Harry
makes when Draco is mentioned. "And I am sure that they will both be on their best behavior because they know the outcome of fighting." Severus adds while landing a soft pat on Harry's bum.
Harry glares at Severus at the pat. Severus just sends a warning look towards Harry. Harry sighs and nods knowing that he isn't going to win this argument and still have his dignity.
Lucius sees this exchange and smiles to himself. He knows exactly what Severus is referring to and knows that Harry clearly doesn't want that to happen. Although, not many 11 year-olds enjoy being spanked. He has had his fair share of arguments regarding spanking with Draco. His arrrguent is always the same, 'I am 11 that is far too old to be spanked' and his response is always the same, 'Yes you are. You are my child and are living under my roof. If you want to have your own house with your own rules be my guest I will show you some house listings for you to look at.' That last phrase always gets Draco to admit defeat and accept his punishment.
"I will go get Dragon, you go on and get us a table." Lucius says.
Amelia has heard everything and says, "if you wish you can use my floo."
The adults share a look and before Lucius starts talking. "That would be much appreciated. Thank you Amelia."
"Of course. Anything I can do to help." Amelia says offering a pot of floo powder to Lucius.
Lucius takes a handful and walks over to the fireplace, throws the powder in and calls out. "Malfoy Manor." Lucius is overtaken by the green
flames and disappears.
Severus motions for Narcissa to go ahead. "I will take Harry with me becase he is still getting used to this form of transportation."
Narcissa nods knowing that the Floo Network takes time to get used to. She follows the same procedures that her husband followed but instead calls out, "Leaky Couldron." She, like her husband, is overtaken by the green flames before disappearing.
Severus turns to Harry as Narcissa disappears in the fireplace. "Are you ready to go child?"
"Yes sir….Severus." Harry corrects at a look from his father.
"Good come here." Severus says. Harry obeys and they walk over to the fireplace. Severus throws the floo powder in a steps in the fireplace pulling Harry with him.
"I am not going to hold you this time okay. You are still going to come with me still but you are going to have to follow my lead."
"Yes si...Severus."
"Good. Leaky Couldron!" Severus says.
Harry feels the uncomfortable sensation. He sees the sign 'Leaky Couldron' coming up and on instinct he steps as soon as the grate appears.
Harry falls on the floor of the Leaky Couldron. Severus steps out still on his feet. He offers a hand to the child, which Harry takes.
"You did very well for your first time. It is nomal for people to fall the first few times. All you have to do is take a smaller step when you leave the network."
Harry nods making a mental note to remember that tip for the next time. That is when Harry remembers that Narcissa is there. He makes eye contact with her before looking away blushing.
Narcissa sees this and walks over to the small child. "Harry look at me." Narcissa commands. She continues when Harry does as he was told. "I want to get one thing straight with you. I don't want you to be embarrssed when you show your emotions. Alright? You have been abused and haven't been allowed to act your age. I have raised Draco since he was born and I can't tell you how many different emotions I have seen on his face. I promise, neither Lucius or I will make fun of you for showing your true emotions…."
"Of course we won't make fun of you why would we?" Lucius asks while getting out of the fireplace with his hand on Draco's shoulder.
"Because he is a Scarhead." Draco mutters.
Lucius hears this and his voice turns to steel. "That is enough Draco."
Draco winces at the tone of his father's voice and whispers a quiet, "Sorry."
Draco then looks up at Harry. "Potter."
"Malfoy." Harry says back. Both of them know that they won't get away with anything with both of their parents there.
Severus and Lucius watch this exchange and smirk at each other. They both know that the boys are putting on a show because neither one wants to get into trouble. 'Next week is going to be interesting.' Severus thinks to himself.
An/ Soooooooooo. Was that what you expected? What is going to happen during the meal itself? Let me know what you think is going to happen. Also, sorry for the irregular posting. Due to recent events regarding Covid-19 my sister has come home from college and is still doing her classes online. Unfortunately, that means that I am unable to be on the Wifi as often because two people can overtax the internet because of our location. I will update as much as I can but I don't have a hope of being regular as I myself still have to do school work online which is, of course, my first priority. Luckily my school switched to a Credit/No Credit system which will help out with stress tremendously. So once again sorry, I hope that you are all well and are staying safe during these hard times.
