A Whisper Too Late
[I corected Harry's wand size, thanks to Lasy D for the new size and Anonymous for pointing it out]
Severus sr. stood stoically trying his best not to hold back his laughter when his two sons came tumbling through the door screaming about receiving their Hogwarts letter. It was obvious from the barely hidden grin that his loving wife was having trouble holding back her laughter as well. It had been obvious the two would be accepted- they had been written down since birth. But why spoil the fun? It's much more fun to see them like this.
"What is it?" Severus asked his sons innocently.
The two boys stopped panting enough to speak,
" Father!!! Mother!!! We were-"
"-accepted to Hogwarts. Can you believe it?"
"HEY!!! I thought you said I got to tell them because you held the letter?"
"Yeah, yeah ....but...umm.. I had my fingers crossed!!! That's it!"
"..."
"You still suck at lying Harry."
"For both of your information, I very much disapprove of lying and am quite pleased at Harry's natural ineptness to it, as for you Sevrin I find you seem to be quite proficient in that department. If you continue to grow up to be as good of a liar as you are now then I'm certain you will make a fine minister of magic someday."
The boys stared at their Father trying to detect any sarcasm or anger in the statement finding none the boys were completely puzzled. Although their father was a very kind man he very often spoke no more then two words in succession to the boys unless scolding them. This small turn events ended up being far too much for Makenai who ended up running out of the room trying to cover up small fits of giggles.
"Hey, Dad is mom broken or something?"
Sev glared at his brother's idiocy,
"No, Harry she was laughing at /you/."
"but that's not nice?"
" and neither is pushing me off the bed every night."
"Hey?! When did that become a part of the conversation, anyways it's not /my/ fault. You bring it on yourself by being such a blanket hog!"
"Ahh, you're right. It is far better to sleep on the floor with all of the nice, warm, cuddly blankets then on the cold, bare bed."
"Hmm... Maybe I should get the two of you separate beds, or better yet separate rooms. There's more then enough rooms in this house that's for sure."
Quickly Severus embraced his brother and the two reconciled;
" I'm sorry, my dear dumb brother it is my fault for believing you were as infallible as me."
"No, it is I who should apologize, Sevrin my dear /sister/ I should know by now that you are worried without the blankets to protect you from creepers you should be stolen away by the pixy queen for your youthful feminine beauty."
* enter waves of crocodile tears and well masked personal jabs *
The two fell asleep that night dreaming of wands, schools, wizards, and actually getting a good tasting every flavour bean.
" They are adorable aren't they?"
" Yes, but it's not my place to say that, its' your job ( ^__^ )."
" Why was it I married you again?"
"My irresistible charm and wit?"
"Nope. Must have been pity"
"WHAT???"
Severus sr. grabbed his wife and kissed her as passionately as he could.
" Yup, defiantly pity."
Makenai smiled at her husband and walked off towards their room.
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One week later
"Yay! We're going to Diagon alley!"
" I can't wait! I'm going straight to Olivander's"
" I hope my wand has a manti-core!"
" if it weren't for the fact that pun is 2465 years old I'd be rolling with laughter" Sev deadpanned as he looked pleadingly towards their Mother to let them go to the wand shop.
"No, we have an appointment at the Trilquin's Photographing Studio before either of you go running off. Come on your Father is meeting us there."
"Father's here? Why didn't he just come with us?"
" Because he hates flooing remember Sevvie?"
"So he apparated."
"Come on you two, I want to get at least one good picture of us all together. I swear the day one of these photos actually turn out is the day I die. Now move it!"
"Yes ma'am"
The photographer gave the family a toothy smile before asking them to sit together in front of a green screen. Ms.Snape did exactly as told and sat down on the far right while Severus sr. decided to stand on her left Harry cuddled next to his mother and Sevrin sat next to him, directly below his father. The picture turned out lovely occasionally the Sevrin and Harry in the picture would pretend to fall asleep but none the less it was the most successful picture Makenai had ever gotten with the boys.
The day continued fairly well and Makenai continued to torture her sons by making them get their wands last. As they neared Olivander's Harry yelled to Sevrin;
"Race you to the wand shop!"
"No way! I'll beat you."
Running through the crowd Harry was pushed aside until he was lost. Not knowing where he was Harry wandered further and further back into the alleyway he'd been pushed into. It seemed as if the alley just got darker and darker.
'weird, I don't remember mom ever telling me about this place?'
That's becausssse not many motherssss would approve of this place. You child have entered the snake's den and don't even realize it. It's funny in a way, I would warn you but you won't understand me anyway
"Understand what? Who are you where are you?"
WHAT? A parseltongue? It's not possible!
"parsel-huh?"
A snake slithered onto the sleeve of Harry's robes.
Nevermind, for now. I'll lead you out of here in return for letting me stay with you wherever you are going. As well, I would recommend you make it quick... this place and everywhere around here won't be all that pleasant soon.
The snake lead Harry our of Knockturn alley while explaining it too him and warning him to be more careful in the future. Once they reached the wand shop Harry saw his Mother glare at him.
"THANK MERLIN! WHERE WERE YOU? I WAS WORRIED!!! WHEN WE GET HOME YOU WON'T LEAVE YOUR ROOM UNTIL THE TIME THE TRAIN LEAVES!!!"
After a huggle Harry was brought into the shop to see Sev holding a beautiful oak wand.
" Mine, has a Silver phoenix core." Sev waved the sleek wand menacingly towards his brother. " Now, What are you going to get? Still want a manticore?"
Harry gulped and looked at the old man at the counter.
"Which is your wand arm young lad?"
Harry stretched out his right arm.
"Good, Good now let's see here, let's see here. Aha! Holly 4 2/3?
Nope...Beech 7 5/6? Hmm... that's not it either. Ah! Here's one Cherry 9 3/4?
Wonderful! That will be 16 galleons please."
" What is the core of my wand sir?"
" Oh yes, completely forgot! Basilisk fang."
"What?!?"
The boys stared in shock at Mr.Ollivander, very few people in the world are compatible with Basilisk fang cores so they are generally not made very often and after the defeat of Grindiwald the making of wands with said core was made illegal and many of the previously made wands like it were destroyed. To that same effect Makenai showed a glance of worry at her young son uncertain whether to be pleased or disappointed. Maybe another time and another place /that/ wand would have been a blessing but in this day an age Makenai Snape could see no good in anything remotely related to He-who-must-not-be-named.
"How much will that be Mr.Ollivander? I believe we are in somewhat of a hurry."
" I will accept the same amount I did for young Severus' wand. It would only be /fair/. * insert toothy grin here *
Hurrying her young sons out into Diagon Alley, Makenai was unaware a very crucial moment in her sons' lives was about to occur not to mention hers, well more or less so.
AN: Yayies! I updated, I hope this is ok I know it's short but school is evil...somewhat. Umm... I will be doing the whole sorting thing in hopefully the next chapter or beginning of the one after, it sort of depends on how it works out. Anyways if anyone has any ideas of where to put Harry and Sevvie then suggest away my only thing is no Gryffindor Harry...that would be too close to the alternate/not exactly Harry.
Here are my reviewy responses *Yay, I got 4 reviews! *
Deity: You liked it? I'm very ... ecstatic {i.e. bouncing around with bunny ears on and cheering}
Aurelius: I plan on doing just that, I'm /inspired/! ^__^
Lao-chan: Ohayo! Or it's night hmm, well I guess it's continue or haunt you forever for me! ^___^
Tidmag- Hooray! I can't fully answer your questions because it's sorta twisted in my mind and stuff but future/alt Harry is the same Harry we are seeing now, technically from their birth I've been showing the past of Harry's true time, Harry's appearance is his appearance, not a perfect carbon copy of James. Yes they are similar but what is to say there is no Potter blood in the Snape family? From the Pureblood explanation it seems as if they all sort of mix together to keep it pure so it's conceivable they may have characteristics of people from other pureblood families. ... Yeah, well this is just a temporary excuse I'll try and think up a more plausible one later. ^__^ I am really glad you reviewed and are interested. Oh, and like I wrote before the house thingy will be a reader choice it doesn't really matter which house the boys are in the only stipulation is Harry can't be a Gryffindor in this time.
Yay! I love reviews!!! Thankies reviewers! Bai Bai ! [I'm still going to do the weekly updates, what day should I put it up though?]
[I corected Harry's wand size, thanks to Lasy D for the new size and Anonymous for pointing it out]
Severus sr. stood stoically trying his best not to hold back his laughter when his two sons came tumbling through the door screaming about receiving their Hogwarts letter. It was obvious from the barely hidden grin that his loving wife was having trouble holding back her laughter as well. It had been obvious the two would be accepted- they had been written down since birth. But why spoil the fun? It's much more fun to see them like this.
"What is it?" Severus asked his sons innocently.
The two boys stopped panting enough to speak,
" Father!!! Mother!!! We were-"
"-accepted to Hogwarts. Can you believe it?"
"HEY!!! I thought you said I got to tell them because you held the letter?"
"Yeah, yeah ....but...umm.. I had my fingers crossed!!! That's it!"
"..."
"You still suck at lying Harry."
"For both of your information, I very much disapprove of lying and am quite pleased at Harry's natural ineptness to it, as for you Sevrin I find you seem to be quite proficient in that department. If you continue to grow up to be as good of a liar as you are now then I'm certain you will make a fine minister of magic someday."
The boys stared at their Father trying to detect any sarcasm or anger in the statement finding none the boys were completely puzzled. Although their father was a very kind man he very often spoke no more then two words in succession to the boys unless scolding them. This small turn events ended up being far too much for Makenai who ended up running out of the room trying to cover up small fits of giggles.
"Hey, Dad is mom broken or something?"
Sev glared at his brother's idiocy,
"No, Harry she was laughing at /you/."
"but that's not nice?"
" and neither is pushing me off the bed every night."
"Hey?! When did that become a part of the conversation, anyways it's not /my/ fault. You bring it on yourself by being such a blanket hog!"
"Ahh, you're right. It is far better to sleep on the floor with all of the nice, warm, cuddly blankets then on the cold, bare bed."
"Hmm... Maybe I should get the two of you separate beds, or better yet separate rooms. There's more then enough rooms in this house that's for sure."
Quickly Severus embraced his brother and the two reconciled;
" I'm sorry, my dear dumb brother it is my fault for believing you were as infallible as me."
"No, it is I who should apologize, Sevrin my dear /sister/ I should know by now that you are worried without the blankets to protect you from creepers you should be stolen away by the pixy queen for your youthful feminine beauty."
* enter waves of crocodile tears and well masked personal jabs *
The two fell asleep that night dreaming of wands, schools, wizards, and actually getting a good tasting every flavour bean.
" They are adorable aren't they?"
" Yes, but it's not my place to say that, its' your job ( ^__^ )."
" Why was it I married you again?"
"My irresistible charm and wit?"
"Nope. Must have been pity"
"WHAT???"
Severus sr. grabbed his wife and kissed her as passionately as he could.
" Yup, defiantly pity."
Makenai smiled at her husband and walked off towards their room.
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One week later
"Yay! We're going to Diagon alley!"
" I can't wait! I'm going straight to Olivander's"
" I hope my wand has a manti-core!"
" if it weren't for the fact that pun is 2465 years old I'd be rolling with laughter" Sev deadpanned as he looked pleadingly towards their Mother to let them go to the wand shop.
"No, we have an appointment at the Trilquin's Photographing Studio before either of you go running off. Come on your Father is meeting us there."
"Father's here? Why didn't he just come with us?"
" Because he hates flooing remember Sevvie?"
"So he apparated."
"Come on you two, I want to get at least one good picture of us all together. I swear the day one of these photos actually turn out is the day I die. Now move it!"
"Yes ma'am"
The photographer gave the family a toothy smile before asking them to sit together in front of a green screen. Ms.Snape did exactly as told and sat down on the far right while Severus sr. decided to stand on her left Harry cuddled next to his mother and Sevrin sat next to him, directly below his father. The picture turned out lovely occasionally the Sevrin and Harry in the picture would pretend to fall asleep but none the less it was the most successful picture Makenai had ever gotten with the boys.
The day continued fairly well and Makenai continued to torture her sons by making them get their wands last. As they neared Olivander's Harry yelled to Sevrin;
"Race you to the wand shop!"
"No way! I'll beat you."
Running through the crowd Harry was pushed aside until he was lost. Not knowing where he was Harry wandered further and further back into the alleyway he'd been pushed into. It seemed as if the alley just got darker and darker.
'weird, I don't remember mom ever telling me about this place?'
That's becausssse not many motherssss would approve of this place. You child have entered the snake's den and don't even realize it. It's funny in a way, I would warn you but you won't understand me anyway
"Understand what? Who are you where are you?"
WHAT? A parseltongue? It's not possible!
"parsel-huh?"
A snake slithered onto the sleeve of Harry's robes.
Nevermind, for now. I'll lead you out of here in return for letting me stay with you wherever you are going. As well, I would recommend you make it quick... this place and everywhere around here won't be all that pleasant soon.
The snake lead Harry our of Knockturn alley while explaining it too him and warning him to be more careful in the future. Once they reached the wand shop Harry saw his Mother glare at him.
"THANK MERLIN! WHERE WERE YOU? I WAS WORRIED!!! WHEN WE GET HOME YOU WON'T LEAVE YOUR ROOM UNTIL THE TIME THE TRAIN LEAVES!!!"
After a huggle Harry was brought into the shop to see Sev holding a beautiful oak wand.
" Mine, has a Silver phoenix core." Sev waved the sleek wand menacingly towards his brother. " Now, What are you going to get? Still want a manticore?"
Harry gulped and looked at the old man at the counter.
"Which is your wand arm young lad?"
Harry stretched out his right arm.
"Good, Good now let's see here, let's see here. Aha! Holly 4 2/3?
Nope...Beech 7 5/6? Hmm... that's not it either. Ah! Here's one Cherry 9 3/4?
Wonderful! That will be 16 galleons please."
" What is the core of my wand sir?"
" Oh yes, completely forgot! Basilisk fang."
"What?!?"
The boys stared in shock at Mr.Ollivander, very few people in the world are compatible with Basilisk fang cores so they are generally not made very often and after the defeat of Grindiwald the making of wands with said core was made illegal and many of the previously made wands like it were destroyed. To that same effect Makenai showed a glance of worry at her young son uncertain whether to be pleased or disappointed. Maybe another time and another place /that/ wand would have been a blessing but in this day an age Makenai Snape could see no good in anything remotely related to He-who-must-not-be-named.
"How much will that be Mr.Ollivander? I believe we are in somewhat of a hurry."
" I will accept the same amount I did for young Severus' wand. It would only be /fair/. * insert toothy grin here *
Hurrying her young sons out into Diagon Alley, Makenai was unaware a very crucial moment in her sons' lives was about to occur not to mention hers, well more or less so.
AN: Yayies! I updated, I hope this is ok I know it's short but school is evil...somewhat. Umm... I will be doing the whole sorting thing in hopefully the next chapter or beginning of the one after, it sort of depends on how it works out. Anyways if anyone has any ideas of where to put Harry and Sevvie then suggest away my only thing is no Gryffindor Harry...that would be too close to the alternate/not exactly Harry.
Here are my reviewy responses *Yay, I got 4 reviews! *
Deity: You liked it? I'm very ... ecstatic {i.e. bouncing around with bunny ears on and cheering}
Aurelius: I plan on doing just that, I'm /inspired/! ^__^
Lao-chan: Ohayo! Or it's night hmm, well I guess it's continue or haunt you forever for me! ^___^
Tidmag- Hooray! I can't fully answer your questions because it's sorta twisted in my mind and stuff but future/alt Harry is the same Harry we are seeing now, technically from their birth I've been showing the past of Harry's true time, Harry's appearance is his appearance, not a perfect carbon copy of James. Yes they are similar but what is to say there is no Potter blood in the Snape family? From the Pureblood explanation it seems as if they all sort of mix together to keep it pure so it's conceivable they may have characteristics of people from other pureblood families. ... Yeah, well this is just a temporary excuse I'll try and think up a more plausible one later. ^__^ I am really glad you reviewed and are interested. Oh, and like I wrote before the house thingy will be a reader choice it doesn't really matter which house the boys are in the only stipulation is Harry can't be a Gryffindor in this time.
Yay! I love reviews!!! Thankies reviewers! Bai Bai ! [I'm still going to do the weekly updates, what day should I put it up though?]