What Happens Now?
Severus watched Draco closely. The story the boy had come to Albus with was next to impossible to believe. He was asking Dumbledore to consider that Lily Potter hadn't died. Poppy herself had seen the body. But now both people were working on the unconscious Narcissa Malfoy. Albus believed the boy. He groaned inwardly.
He could sense reluctance from Draco. It prevented the boy from coming into the infirmary. He wondered if it was just a delayed reaction to finding out he was as much a Mudblood as Potter if not Granger. He didn't want to think that it had to do with the woman lying on the bed. Draco didn't need emotional attachments. He'd proven that already.
He noticed Draco slip out of the doorway and he followed the boy into the hall. But it was there that Severus lost him. The boy had simply vanished. He went back into the infirmary. "The boy's gone."
Albus looked up, "Do you fear for his safety?"
"No."
"Then leave him be for now, Severus. He's lost three parents in the last two weeks. He's needs some time."
"Of course, Albus." He looked down at the woman he'd known many years ago. "What will we do about…"
"Yes, Albus. What now?"
The older wizard sighed deeply. "We'll need to contact Remus. Sirius wouldn't be able to control himself around Lily. He'd scare her. Remus will have to be told first." He brushed a lock of hair away from Lily's sleeping face. "We'll also have to find Fudge. Sirius Black is about to become a free man once again."
Severus watched Draco closely. The story the boy had come to Albus with was next to impossible to believe. He was asking Dumbledore to consider that Lily Potter hadn't died. Poppy herself had seen the body. But now both people were working on the unconscious Narcissa Malfoy. Albus believed the boy. He groaned inwardly.
He could sense reluctance from Draco. It prevented the boy from coming into the infirmary. He wondered if it was just a delayed reaction to finding out he was as much a Mudblood as Potter if not Granger. He didn't want to think that it had to do with the woman lying on the bed. Draco didn't need emotional attachments. He'd proven that already.
He noticed Draco slip out of the doorway and he followed the boy into the hall. But it was there that Severus lost him. The boy had simply vanished. He went back into the infirmary. "The boy's gone."
Albus looked up, "Do you fear for his safety?"
"No."
"Then leave him be for now, Severus. He's lost three parents in the last two weeks. He's needs some time."
"Of course, Albus." He looked down at the woman he'd known many years ago. "What will we do about…"
"Yes, Albus. What now?"
The older wizard sighed deeply. "We'll need to contact Remus. Sirius wouldn't be able to control himself around Lily. He'd scare her. Remus will have to be told first." He brushed a lock of hair away from Lily's sleeping face. "We'll also have to find Fudge. Sirius Black is about to become a free man once again."
