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The Mirror of Etamluos
"Luosruoy Fo Flahreht oehtnah treht ono it celferon wohsi"
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Chapter Twenty-One: Harry's Birthday
Summer went by slowly, Harry and Severus started to bring Bradley and Brenton outside on the castle grounds with Albus, Minerva, Sirius and Remus. Harry had his summer homework done within the first week of the summer to get it out of the way. Harry, Severus, Sirius and Remus worked together on stocking the Hospital Wing with potions.
Bradley and Brenton were getting bigger and capturing the hearts of all of the Hogwarts staff. Both boys had their Daddies and their Godfathers wrapped around their fingers and none of the four men realized it, much to the amusement of the rest of the Professors. Harry spent every spare second he could find with Bradley and Brenton, swearing that he would be there for his sons the way no one had for him.
The weeks went by and soon it was Harry's Birthday. Severus woke Harry up in the same way Harry woke Severus up on his birthday, by way of a quick birthday shag. Which would have been just as good had they not just finished and both twins suddenly started screaming and crying for their Daddies. Harry groaned and Severus sighed. Then they looked at one another, Severus muttered a few cleaning charms, they both threw on boxers and sleepily walked into the nursery.
Harry picked up Brenton, changed his napie, fed him, cleaned him, dressed him and then sat back down in the bed to wait for Severus to finish with Bradley so one of them could shower. He didn't have to wait long and soon Severus plopped down next to him with Bradley and said, "Your birthday, go have a shower, we'll sit here and maybe I'll get them to fall asleep."
Harry leaned over and kissed his husband before gently tickling each of his sons and running for the shower. He didn't take long and he was back in their room getting dressed listening to Severus try to bore their sons into sleep by reading aloud from a History of Magic textbook without much success as the two appeared to be riveted and hanging onto every word from their Daddy's lips.
Harry chuckled as he finished and said, "You know, Caro, if you're trying to get them to go to sleep you'll have to find something that doesn't peak their interests."
Severus mock-glared at Harry and said, "Let's see you try than."
Harry grinned and sat down next to his husband and sons before picking up a Potions textbook. Harry read one paragraph from the book and both boys were sound asleep. Harry smirked and Severus frowned before saying, "That'll change one day. They'll both love helping me make potions."
Harry leaned over slightly and kissed Severus's cheek before saying, "Don't worry, even if they don't its more alone time for us."
Severus chuckled and left for a quick shower before they did anything. While Severus showered, Harry got owls from his friends for his birthday. Ron and Hermione went in on Harry's birthday present together and got him a complete Quidditch set, after having a special case made for him with Godric Gryffindor's seal on the cover, and Merlin's seal as the clasp holding the case shut.
Harry made the mistake of opening the box just to see, and the noise of the Bludgers trying to get lose woke both boys up. Brenton and Bradley looked around for a minute, confused, and then burst into tears hoping one of their Daddies would come and pick them up. Harry shut the lid, picked up both boys and started to slightly rock them to help calm them down a bit.
Brenton didn't need anything other than for Harry to pick him up before he snuggled into his Daddy's arms and went back to sleep. Bradley however, took a few minutes to calm down and snuggle into Harry's arms. Harry shook his head slightly realizing that while Brenton clung to him continually, Bradley was more apt to be held by Severus or even Sirius before he would choose Harry. Harry figured it had something to do with the length of the black hair, rather than the person though.
Severus had apparently taken clothes with him into the bathroom because when he came out he was ready for the day just as Harry and the boys were. Harry handed him Bradley who had immediately cried out for Severus when he saw him. They made their way to the study, where Severus said that Harry's birthday present from Severus, Bradley and Brenton was.
Harry didn't know what he had expected, but he hadn't expected to see a pet snake and a Phoenix egg waiting for him in the study. The snake, more accurately was an Albino Monacled Cobra as she informed Harry, who promptly named her Athena. Harry, regardless of the twins pulled Severus close and kissed him passionately, trying to show Severus through the kiss just how much he appreciated the gifts.
Severus just smiled and said, "Well, I had to top a book written by Merlin himself!"
Harry laughed and kissed him again before telling Athena not to get into any trouble and not to eat his Phoenix while he was gone. Then the four left for the great hall where Albus, Minerva, Sirius, Remus, Isabella Sprout, Annalina Hooch, Filius Flitwick and Hagrid were waiting for them. Everyone greeted them with a cheery "Good morning" followed by a "Happy Birthday Harry."
And of course the minute they walked in Sirius and Remus went into Godfather overload, Remus taking Brenton and Sirius taking Bradley. Harry sat down sighing and watching his sons get fussed over before looking at Severus who was looking back at Harry. Harry raised an eyebrow and nodded towards the door before both of them bolted from the room leaving Bradley and Brenton with their godfathers.
Everyone in the hall looked confused for a minute before bursting out laughing. Harry and Severus didn't stop running until they were back in their rooms, jumping onto their bed and attacking one another's clothing and throwing it to the floor. Harry got up once an hour later to change the password to their rooms and turn off all the fireplaces, making it so that only a house elf could enter the small apartment.
Harry and Severus didn't leave their rooms until dinnertime and when they did, both looked the same way they had after their honeymoon, completely sated and happy. Harry grinned at his godfather and said, "Thanks for watching the boys by the way, best birthday gift you could've given me."
Sirius looked without words for a second before he grinned a rather lopsided grin and said, "You've got a rather large hickey sticking out from under your robes just there under your right ear you know. And watching the boys wasn't a problem; all you had to do was ask you know. Your Mum and Dad were the same way after they had you. The minute Lily felt up to it they'd drop by to say hello, wait till you were in my arms and then apparate home."
Harry blushed and said, "Sorry, it's been stressful with Bradley and Brenton though. Not that I blame them, it's just been a while. A long while since we did anything without being interrupted half way through or right at the end or beginning completely ruining the mood. We're both very, very frustrated."
Sirius blanched, "I officially know more about Severus Snape's love and sex life than I ever wanted to."
Remus grinned and handed Harry the boys, both of which were sleeping. Harry smiled and asked, "So are they just taking little cat naps or did you two wear them out?"
Sirius grinned from ear to ear as Remus explained, "Oh, we didn't let the boys take their afternoon naps. So while we put up with two very cranky little boys, they should sleep a lot longer than they normally do."
Harry chuckled slightly before moving back to his dinner. Severus mentally asked him, 'Did you want me to take one of the boys, love?'
Harry smiled down at the boys and answered mentally, 'If you want to, it would make dinner easier don't you think, Caro?'
Severus just smiled and gently extracted Bradley from Harry's arms. Harry and Severus both ate in silence until Sirius announced, "Present time!"
Remus took Brenton from Harry so he could open up his birthday presents. Sirius and Remus gave Harry a pensieve full of memories of his parents, all happy ones from both of them. They had the pensieve completely full of memories; including several Harry himself was a part of. Sirius explained that there were several from the year Sirius watched Harry in his Animagus form while Remus taught, from one of their points of view. Harry couldn't find the words to thank them, but a mental wake up call from Severus snapped him out of it enough to say how much it meant to him.
Albus and Minerva decided Harry deserved to know just what he had inherited from his parents and what he would inherit, in much bigger detail then he already knew, when they died. Harry was floored to read just what he had inherited. The Potter inheritance included several vaults in Gringotts that Harry didn't know existed with amounts listed under the vault number that Harry couldn't really comprehend. Along with a vault full of personal artifacts, memories and photo albums that Harry decided he would visit when the war was over.
The paper work went on to explain that Harry owned two castles in Northern Ireland, two small manors in Scotland, a handful of Villas throughout the world (Italy, France, Greece, Hawaii, California, Switzerland, India, Egypt and Kenya) and three houses, one that was dubbed 'Godric's Hollow', the place where his parents were murdered, one dubbed 'Griffin's Manor' and a third dubbed 'Lion's Den'.
When Harry read the long list of House Elves he groaned out loud and banged his head on the table repeatedly before Sirius asked, "Harry? What is it?"
Harry said out loud, "Do any of you remember Hermione going mental over House-Elf Liberation? And by chance have you looked at the sheer number of House-Elves I own? Hermione's going to kill me!"
That sent most of the Professors into hysterics for quite a while, picturing Hermione Granger losing her temper like that. Harry just shook his head and mused out loud, "I wonder if she'll just lecture me for a good three or four hours or if she'll just go straight to bashing my brains out with the largest book she can find in the Library. Honestly, there are at least a hundred house-elves on this list. How on earth did no one guess that the Potter family obviously had some major family history?"
Albus answered this one, "Harry, everyone knew. No one said a word to you about it because they assumed I'd already told you. That's all, though most of the time the Potters were always a very quiet family and really you never would have known that they were anything above making ends meat."
Harry nodded in understanding. Severus, Harry, Bradley and Brenton left shortly after that, and spent the rest of Harry's birthday just the four of them cuddled up in front of the fire. Harry put the boys down that night and then climbed into bed with Severus, both of them happier that night than they had been in years.
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The Mirror of Etamluos
"Luosruoy Fo Flahreht oehtnah treht ono it celferon wohsi"
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Chapter Twenty-One: Harry's Birthday
Summer went by slowly, Harry and Severus started to bring Bradley and Brenton outside on the castle grounds with Albus, Minerva, Sirius and Remus. Harry had his summer homework done within the first week of the summer to get it out of the way. Harry, Severus, Sirius and Remus worked together on stocking the Hospital Wing with potions.
Bradley and Brenton were getting bigger and capturing the hearts of all of the Hogwarts staff. Both boys had their Daddies and their Godfathers wrapped around their fingers and none of the four men realized it, much to the amusement of the rest of the Professors. Harry spent every spare second he could find with Bradley and Brenton, swearing that he would be there for his sons the way no one had for him.
The weeks went by and soon it was Harry's Birthday. Severus woke Harry up in the same way Harry woke Severus up on his birthday, by way of a quick birthday shag. Which would have been just as good had they not just finished and both twins suddenly started screaming and crying for their Daddies. Harry groaned and Severus sighed. Then they looked at one another, Severus muttered a few cleaning charms, they both threw on boxers and sleepily walked into the nursery.
Harry picked up Brenton, changed his napie, fed him, cleaned him, dressed him and then sat back down in the bed to wait for Severus to finish with Bradley so one of them could shower. He didn't have to wait long and soon Severus plopped down next to him with Bradley and said, "Your birthday, go have a shower, we'll sit here and maybe I'll get them to fall asleep."
Harry leaned over and kissed his husband before gently tickling each of his sons and running for the shower. He didn't take long and he was back in their room getting dressed listening to Severus try to bore their sons into sleep by reading aloud from a History of Magic textbook without much success as the two appeared to be riveted and hanging onto every word from their Daddy's lips.
Harry chuckled as he finished and said, "You know, Caro, if you're trying to get them to go to sleep you'll have to find something that doesn't peak their interests."
Severus mock-glared at Harry and said, "Let's see you try than."
Harry grinned and sat down next to his husband and sons before picking up a Potions textbook. Harry read one paragraph from the book and both boys were sound asleep. Harry smirked and Severus frowned before saying, "That'll change one day. They'll both love helping me make potions."
Harry leaned over slightly and kissed Severus's cheek before saying, "Don't worry, even if they don't its more alone time for us."
Severus chuckled and left for a quick shower before they did anything. While Severus showered, Harry got owls from his friends for his birthday. Ron and Hermione went in on Harry's birthday present together and got him a complete Quidditch set, after having a special case made for him with Godric Gryffindor's seal on the cover, and Merlin's seal as the clasp holding the case shut.
Harry made the mistake of opening the box just to see, and the noise of the Bludgers trying to get lose woke both boys up. Brenton and Bradley looked around for a minute, confused, and then burst into tears hoping one of their Daddies would come and pick them up. Harry shut the lid, picked up both boys and started to slightly rock them to help calm them down a bit.
Brenton didn't need anything other than for Harry to pick him up before he snuggled into his Daddy's arms and went back to sleep. Bradley however, took a few minutes to calm down and snuggle into Harry's arms. Harry shook his head slightly realizing that while Brenton clung to him continually, Bradley was more apt to be held by Severus or even Sirius before he would choose Harry. Harry figured it had something to do with the length of the black hair, rather than the person though.
Severus had apparently taken clothes with him into the bathroom because when he came out he was ready for the day just as Harry and the boys were. Harry handed him Bradley who had immediately cried out for Severus when he saw him. They made their way to the study, where Severus said that Harry's birthday present from Severus, Bradley and Brenton was.
Harry didn't know what he had expected, but he hadn't expected to see a pet snake and a Phoenix egg waiting for him in the study. The snake, more accurately was an Albino Monacled Cobra as she informed Harry, who promptly named her Athena. Harry, regardless of the twins pulled Severus close and kissed him passionately, trying to show Severus through the kiss just how much he appreciated the gifts.
Severus just smiled and said, "Well, I had to top a book written by Merlin himself!"
Harry laughed and kissed him again before telling Athena not to get into any trouble and not to eat his Phoenix while he was gone. Then the four left for the great hall where Albus, Minerva, Sirius, Remus, Isabella Sprout, Annalina Hooch, Filius Flitwick and Hagrid were waiting for them. Everyone greeted them with a cheery "Good morning" followed by a "Happy Birthday Harry."
And of course the minute they walked in Sirius and Remus went into Godfather overload, Remus taking Brenton and Sirius taking Bradley. Harry sat down sighing and watching his sons get fussed over before looking at Severus who was looking back at Harry. Harry raised an eyebrow and nodded towards the door before both of them bolted from the room leaving Bradley and Brenton with their godfathers.
Everyone in the hall looked confused for a minute before bursting out laughing. Harry and Severus didn't stop running until they were back in their rooms, jumping onto their bed and attacking one another's clothing and throwing it to the floor. Harry got up once an hour later to change the password to their rooms and turn off all the fireplaces, making it so that only a house elf could enter the small apartment.
Harry and Severus didn't leave their rooms until dinnertime and when they did, both looked the same way they had after their honeymoon, completely sated and happy. Harry grinned at his godfather and said, "Thanks for watching the boys by the way, best birthday gift you could've given me."
Sirius looked without words for a second before he grinned a rather lopsided grin and said, "You've got a rather large hickey sticking out from under your robes just there under your right ear you know. And watching the boys wasn't a problem; all you had to do was ask you know. Your Mum and Dad were the same way after they had you. The minute Lily felt up to it they'd drop by to say hello, wait till you were in my arms and then apparate home."
Harry blushed and said, "Sorry, it's been stressful with Bradley and Brenton though. Not that I blame them, it's just been a while. A long while since we did anything without being interrupted half way through or right at the end or beginning completely ruining the mood. We're both very, very frustrated."
Sirius blanched, "I officially know more about Severus Snape's love and sex life than I ever wanted to."
Remus grinned and handed Harry the boys, both of which were sleeping. Harry smiled and asked, "So are they just taking little cat naps or did you two wear them out?"
Sirius grinned from ear to ear as Remus explained, "Oh, we didn't let the boys take their afternoon naps. So while we put up with two very cranky little boys, they should sleep a lot longer than they normally do."
Harry chuckled slightly before moving back to his dinner. Severus mentally asked him, 'Did you want me to take one of the boys, love?'
Harry smiled down at the boys and answered mentally, 'If you want to, it would make dinner easier don't you think, Caro?'
Severus just smiled and gently extracted Bradley from Harry's arms. Harry and Severus both ate in silence until Sirius announced, "Present time!"
Remus took Brenton from Harry so he could open up his birthday presents. Sirius and Remus gave Harry a pensieve full of memories of his parents, all happy ones from both of them. They had the pensieve completely full of memories; including several Harry himself was a part of. Sirius explained that there were several from the year Sirius watched Harry in his Animagus form while Remus taught, from one of their points of view. Harry couldn't find the words to thank them, but a mental wake up call from Severus snapped him out of it enough to say how much it meant to him.
Albus and Minerva decided Harry deserved to know just what he had inherited from his parents and what he would inherit, in much bigger detail then he already knew, when they died. Harry was floored to read just what he had inherited. The Potter inheritance included several vaults in Gringotts that Harry didn't know existed with amounts listed under the vault number that Harry couldn't really comprehend. Along with a vault full of personal artifacts, memories and photo albums that Harry decided he would visit when the war was over.
The paper work went on to explain that Harry owned two castles in Northern Ireland, two small manors in Scotland, a handful of Villas throughout the world (Italy, France, Greece, Hawaii, California, Switzerland, India, Egypt and Kenya) and three houses, one that was dubbed 'Godric's Hollow', the place where his parents were murdered, one dubbed 'Griffin's Manor' and a third dubbed 'Lion's Den'.
When Harry read the long list of House Elves he groaned out loud and banged his head on the table repeatedly before Sirius asked, "Harry? What is it?"
Harry said out loud, "Do any of you remember Hermione going mental over House-Elf Liberation? And by chance have you looked at the sheer number of House-Elves I own? Hermione's going to kill me!"
That sent most of the Professors into hysterics for quite a while, picturing Hermione Granger losing her temper like that. Harry just shook his head and mused out loud, "I wonder if she'll just lecture me for a good three or four hours or if she'll just go straight to bashing my brains out with the largest book she can find in the Library. Honestly, there are at least a hundred house-elves on this list. How on earth did no one guess that the Potter family obviously had some major family history?"
Albus answered this one, "Harry, everyone knew. No one said a word to you about it because they assumed I'd already told you. That's all, though most of the time the Potters were always a very quiet family and really you never would have known that they were anything above making ends meat."
Harry nodded in understanding. Severus, Harry, Bradley and Brenton left shortly after that, and spent the rest of Harry's birthday just the four of them cuddled up in front of the fire. Harry put the boys down that night and then climbed into bed with Severus, both of them happier that night than they had been in years.
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