- 10 -
'Snape Manor' was curved into the marble wall that ran along the outskirts of Severus' land. Severus, Sirius, and Remus landed the Nimbus 2001s in front of the oak doors. "This is cool!" Sirius yelled, grinning at him, "Why didn't you tell anyone about this place?"
"I prefer to not brag about my wealth," Severus said softly, Hermione wiggling in his arms. She blinked the sleep out of her eyes.
"Severus, this is your house?" she asked. Severus nodded. Harry and Ron looked at the manor in awe, their mouths hanging open.
"This has to cost a fortune!" Remus gasped, as Severus opened the door. They walked into the giant hall, dropping the trunks they had on the floor.
"I'll go get lunch ready, while you get the cribs and playpens set up," Severus said, putting Hermione down. He disappeared into the kitchen, Hermione walking after him.
"Well, let's go set up..." Sirius suggested. They dragged the trunks up the stairs. "Which way?"
It was nothing but doors and halls. Sirius and Remus found themselves at a dead end hall, Harry and Ron behind them, squealing in chatting in delight. "We..." Remus started.
"...are completely lost," Sirius finished dryly, dropping his trunk. They sat on the trunks to rest, Harry and Ron looking up at them.
"I'm thirsty!" Harry whined. Ron glanced at Harry, and started whining too. Sirius took two sippy-cups out of the diaper bag, and gave them to Harry and Ron.
"What are we going to do?" Remus asked, "We can't use the Marauder Map here, because it is for Hogwarts..."
"I hope Severus comes to find us," Sirius pouted, watching the babies. He fiddled with his wand, and snapped his fingers. "Hey! Why don't we just cause an explosion, so that Severus will come see what happened?"
"Good idea, except it involves destroying something," Remus sighed. Harry and Ron wandered off, while Remus and Sirius talked.
A half-hour later, Sirius looked around, frowning. "Harry? Ron? Where are you?" he asked.
"Oh, great!" Remus muttered, "We lost them!"
"Dumbledore will hex us, if Sev doesn't first!" Sirius cried,. Remus rolled his eyes.
"We have to find them!" he said, using a spell to make the trunk follow him. Sirius did the same, as they started the search.
"Were did they go, Hermione?" Severus asked, sitting down at the table. She was in her high chair. Hermione frowned.
"I don't know!" she squeaked. A crash upstairs answered Severus' question. He jumped up. Grabbing Hermione, he went upstairs.
"What just happened?" he asked, walking into the first library. Books were scattered on the floor, two piles lying on the floor near the case. They moved.
Severus ran over, and picked them up. Harry and Ron looked up dazedly at him.
"Things fall over!" Ron muttered thickly. Severus picked him up, and nodded to the door. Hermione and Harry followed him, uncertain of him.
Sirius and Remus bumped into Severus. Crying, Sirius hugged him. "We got lost!" he sobbed, "Help us! We lost-"
"They are right here," Severus sneered, looking pointedly at the babies. "Lunch is ready."
Once Sirius and Remus learned their way around the manor, things settled down...as much as they could with four two-year-olds, if you included Sirius.
The next two weeks went by without event, except a few statues broken and portraits torn, and Harry, Ron, and Hermione aging to three.
"Hmmm, Ministry arrested 5 Death Eaters..." Remus murmured at breakfast one morning. A black raven flew in, and landed on the table in front of Severs, a letter tied to its leg.
"Whath's thath?" Sirius asked through a mouthful of bacon. Severus frowned at them, and opened the envelope. He read it, and gasped.
'Snape Manor' was curved into the marble wall that ran along the outskirts of Severus' land. Severus, Sirius, and Remus landed the Nimbus 2001s in front of the oak doors. "This is cool!" Sirius yelled, grinning at him, "Why didn't you tell anyone about this place?"
"I prefer to not brag about my wealth," Severus said softly, Hermione wiggling in his arms. She blinked the sleep out of her eyes.
"Severus, this is your house?" she asked. Severus nodded. Harry and Ron looked at the manor in awe, their mouths hanging open.
"This has to cost a fortune!" Remus gasped, as Severus opened the door. They walked into the giant hall, dropping the trunks they had on the floor.
"I'll go get lunch ready, while you get the cribs and playpens set up," Severus said, putting Hermione down. He disappeared into the kitchen, Hermione walking after him.
"Well, let's go set up..." Sirius suggested. They dragged the trunks up the stairs. "Which way?"
It was nothing but doors and halls. Sirius and Remus found themselves at a dead end hall, Harry and Ron behind them, squealing in chatting in delight. "We..." Remus started.
"...are completely lost," Sirius finished dryly, dropping his trunk. They sat on the trunks to rest, Harry and Ron looking up at them.
"I'm thirsty!" Harry whined. Ron glanced at Harry, and started whining too. Sirius took two sippy-cups out of the diaper bag, and gave them to Harry and Ron.
"What are we going to do?" Remus asked, "We can't use the Marauder Map here, because it is for Hogwarts..."
"I hope Severus comes to find us," Sirius pouted, watching the babies. He fiddled with his wand, and snapped his fingers. "Hey! Why don't we just cause an explosion, so that Severus will come see what happened?"
"Good idea, except it involves destroying something," Remus sighed. Harry and Ron wandered off, while Remus and Sirius talked.
A half-hour later, Sirius looked around, frowning. "Harry? Ron? Where are you?" he asked.
"Oh, great!" Remus muttered, "We lost them!"
"Dumbledore will hex us, if Sev doesn't first!" Sirius cried,. Remus rolled his eyes.
"We have to find them!" he said, using a spell to make the trunk follow him. Sirius did the same, as they started the search.
"Were did they go, Hermione?" Severus asked, sitting down at the table. She was in her high chair. Hermione frowned.
"I don't know!" she squeaked. A crash upstairs answered Severus' question. He jumped up. Grabbing Hermione, he went upstairs.
"What just happened?" he asked, walking into the first library. Books were scattered on the floor, two piles lying on the floor near the case. They moved.
Severus ran over, and picked them up. Harry and Ron looked up dazedly at him.
"Things fall over!" Ron muttered thickly. Severus picked him up, and nodded to the door. Hermione and Harry followed him, uncertain of him.
Sirius and Remus bumped into Severus. Crying, Sirius hugged him. "We got lost!" he sobbed, "Help us! We lost-"
"They are right here," Severus sneered, looking pointedly at the babies. "Lunch is ready."
Once Sirius and Remus learned their way around the manor, things settled down...as much as they could with four two-year-olds, if you included Sirius.
The next two weeks went by without event, except a few statues broken and portraits torn, and Harry, Ron, and Hermione aging to three.
"Hmmm, Ministry arrested 5 Death Eaters..." Remus murmured at breakfast one morning. A black raven flew in, and landed on the table in front of Severs, a letter tied to its leg.
"Whath's thath?" Sirius asked through a mouthful of bacon. Severus frowned at them, and opened the envelope. He read it, and gasped.