Part 6 : Again with explanations.
It was a tired and frustrated vampire who reached the grounds of
Hogwarts. Travelling by magical means always took a lot out of him
and left him feeling ill and disoriented. Having to walk the last
distance through snow with a heavy baby bag and a baby didn't help
much either. Xander hadn't been too happy with the portkey either;
the boy had started making unhappy noises which became whining when
they'd stepped out of the fireplace made available for their
arrival. During the walk the baby had started squirming and Spike
suspected Xander was cold and that a diaper change was needed.
But now they were finally at their destination. He had been worried
about the wards but there had no trouble with them, so he guessed
that they were either still keyed to him or they weren't supposed to
keep out vampires. He hoped for the former because that could mean
that Severus had hoped he would return. Spike felt strangely giddy
inside thinking that.
Entering the castle Spike went straight for the dungeons wanting to
find Severus as soon as possible. Xander was squirming in his arms,
and Spike suspected the baby would start crying any minute now.
Without thinking about it Spike went into game face and playfully
growled at the baby. Xander went still and blinked at the vampire
who growled again. Xander blinked again and then giggled. Spike
growled again and received yet another giggle. The vampire found it
odd that Xander who had expressed his hatred of vampires several
times in the past now appeared to be entertained and calmed by the
appearance of Spike's game face. The vampire suspected he should be
offended by this but found he couldn't be bothered as it came in
real handy at times like this.
Being busy with distracting Xander from his discomfort Spike failed
to notice the two boys hidden inside a niche in the dark corridor.
**
Harry was busy sucking on Ron's tongue when he heard a growl. He
reluctantly tore himself away from red-haired boy.
"Did you hear that?" he whispered.
"Hear what?" Ron replied while trying to catch Harry's mouth again.
"That growl…" He stopped hearing soft footsteps too now.
"Didn't hear a thing." Not succeeding in capturing Harry's mouth Ron
went on kissing the other boy's jaw.
"Ssh.. There it is again."
This time Ron heard it too. Both boys peered carefully out from the
niche they'd hidden themselves in for an early morning make-out
session. Their eyes widened comically when they saw a vampire
walking down the corridor with a baby in his arms.
"What is a vampire doing here?" Harry wondered out loud.
"Never mind that." Ron whispered hurriedly. "We need to save the
baby from that.. that *evil* creature!"
"But we don't know if he's evil, and the baby doesn't think it's in
any danger. It's giggling."
"*All* vampires are evil Harry. Everyone knows that." Ron said
exasperated. "You stun the vampire and I stop the baby from falling.
OK?"
"OK." Harry agreed a bit reluctantly.
Both pulled out their wands and pointed them at the vampire. "Ready?
OK, on three. One, two, three."
At Harry's shout the vampire dropped the baby, who floated in the
air while the vampire fell to the floor. The baby started wailing as
soon as it reached the floor after it's slow descent and it was a
sound both boys were sure could be heard all over the castle.
Worried they looked at each other, wondering what to do next.
The angry shout of "Potter! Weasley!" made them both jump.
**
Snape was making his way up from the dungeons together with Draco
when he heard the wail. Looking at Draco he started running towards
the sound. He was not very surprised upon seeing Potter and Weasley
when he turned the corner; he was however surprised to see a vaguely
familiar figure lying on the corridor floor next to a wailing baby.
"Potter! Weasley!" He shouted angrily as he made his way towards the
figure on the floor. Crouching down next to it he turned it over and
his jaw dropped when he saw whom it was.
"William." He breathed. Carefully he ran a finger over those amazing
cheekbones, not quite believing what he saw. He forgot all about the
two Gryffindors until Draco uttered a "Sir?" Snapping out of it, he
composed himself and got up to face Potter and Weasley.
Telling Draco to pick the baby off the floor he turned to glare at
the two boys who were now shuffling nervously next to each other.
"Please explain." He sneered.
"Uh..We .. " Harry started hesitantly and was cut off by Ron who
confidently stated: "We saved a baby from a vampire."
"Oh you did, did you? Might I ask why you felt the baby needed
rescuing?"
Both boys blinked.
"The vampire was going to eat it Sir. It was growling and all." Ron
said still sure that this time they'd done the right thing.
"I see. The vampire having made plans to eat a baby decides to sneak
past the Hogwarts wards so he can eat the baby while walking down a
corridor. It makes perfect sense." Snape drawled sarcastically.
Both boys blinked again.
Worried about William and wondering why the vampire had come back
with a baby, Snape decided he didn't have the patience to deal with
the two Gryffindors right now and dismissed them with a 'We'll deal
with this later.' They hurried to get out of his way. Turning around
he saw a confused Draco cuddling the baby whom had gone quiet as
soon as someone picked it up.
"Draco, please take the baby to infirmary so madam Pomfrey can have
a look at it, I will take care of the vampire."
The blond boy nodded and Snape bent and effortlessly picked up the
unconscious vampire and started walking towards his own chambers. He
had a vampire to wake up and questions that needed answering.
When he reached his chambers he placed William on a couch and
produced his wand so he could wake the vampire up. He wasn't what
he'd expected to happen when he woke the vampire up, but it
certainly wasn't the panicked creature that jumped off the couch and
frantically called for a Xander.
He found it odd.
He saw William tense when the vampire noticed there was someone else
in the room. William jumped around to face him, obviously ready to
fight. Upon recognising the figure he relaxed slightly.
"Where's Xander?" The vampire demanded.
Snape just looked at him blankly.
"The baby Severus, where is he?" William clarified.
"The baby is with Mr. Malfoy and madam Pomfrey in the infirmary,
he's perfectly safe."
The statement brought relief to the slightly panicked vampire who
fell back on the couch and muttered something that sounded like
'Bloody whelp, making me care and scaring me like that.'
Realising that William wasn't going to offer an explanation on his
own, Severus decided to ask for one.
"Might I ask what brings to Hogwarts with a baby?"
He had a few seconds to contemplate the grin that appeared on the
vampire's face before he found himself sitting on the couch with
William on his lap.
"You may most certainly ask." The vampire said before he claimed the
Potions master's lips in a kiss. All questions were forgotten while
they reacquainted with each other.
**
"This had better be important." Madam Pomfrey said as she opened the
door. Her eyes widened in surprise when she saw Draco Malfoy
standing there with a very unhappy baby in his arms. When Draco just
continued to stand there she opened the door wider and ushered them
in.
"Well come in Mr. Malfoy and tell me why you're here this early with
a baby?"
"Uhm.. " Draco started, unsure of what to say. "We found him in the
dungeons. Professor Snape said I should bring him to you."
"Found?"
"A vampire had him. Potter and Weasley stunned the vampire.
Professor Snape looked like he was going to skin them alive."
"Oh. Did the professor mention a name for this vampire?"
Draco frowned as he thought back. A name? Yes, professor Snape had
said a name when he saw the vampire. "William."
"Ah, *William*." Madam Pomfrey said as if that name explained
everything. She ignored the curious glance from Draco and put her
arms out for the baby.
"Well let's have a look at this little creature then." The baby had
been whining softly the whole time and she suspected that he was
just hungry and probably in desperate need of a diaper change but
she did a quick medical scan just to be sure. It came out perfectly
fine.
"You're just wet and hungry aren't you?"
She put him on a high table and started to undress him. The
infirmary wasn't equipped for a baby, but she figured she should be
able to improvise.
"There was a bag." Draco said suddenly.
"Hmm?"
"With the baby. A bag. I have it here." The blond boy held up a bag.
Madam Pomfrey smiled; it looked like she wouldn't need to improvise.
"Good. Give it here."
The bag contained everything a baby bag should contain and she gave
Draco instructions to get a bottle ready while she dug out a diaper.
The baby stopped whining when she removed the wet diaper and when
she gently cleaned him with napkins she'd found in the bag, she
received a brilliant smile. Smiling back she put on a new diaper and
put the clothes back on.
"There, all better."
Picking the baby up she turned towards Draco who now had the bottle
ready in his hand. Telling him to sit down in an armchair she
carefully placed the baby in Draco's arms and told him to feed the
baby while she went looking for Snape. An explanation was wanted.
Draco accepted the baby and opened his mouth to tell the medi-witch
that he wasn't a baby sitter, he was Draco Malfoy and this treatment
of him was unacceptable. He didn't get a chance; madam Pomfrey was
already closing the door behind her. The baby made a noise and
wiggled in his arms. With a sigh Draco resigned himself to the task
of baby-sitting and offered the bottle to the baby who latched on to
the nipple and began suckling.
**
The door being opened and closed as someone stepped into the room
vaguely registered in the back of Spike's mind but he couldn't be
bothered. He was quite happy where he was sitting on Severus' lap,
sucking on the Potions master's very talented tongue. He was not
going to move any time soon. Someone grabbing his ear and trying to
drag him off the lap made him change his mind.
"Ow! Lemme go Poppy." He whined when he'd untangled himself. Severus
stayed seated on the couch looking slightly dazed.
"I will let you go and get back to what you were doing as soon as I
get an explanation of why you've returned with a baby. I suspect
Severus would like to know as well."
"Oh.. Right. I was just getting to that."
Poppy just looked at him before letting go of his ear and turning to
slap Severus out of his daze. Spike was sure she was the only one
who could get away with something like that.
The Potions master blinked at the two figures standing before him
and brought his hand up to cradle the cheek, which was now sporting
a nice pink handprint. He tried to glare at the medi-witch but she
pointedly ignored him.
"I believe William has something to say." She said and made her
comfortable in one of the large armchairs. Spike took the other one
and prepared himself to tell them about the potions mishap that had
brought him to Hogwarts again.
"Well it's like this: the baby, Xander… How is he by the way?"
"He's perfectly fine. Mr. Malfoy is feeding him and will be looking
after him."
"Good, good. So anyway, Xander has a friend who is very fond of
playing with magic. She's one of those muggles who's managed to tap
into the magic hidden within them, but as this is very difficult she
does quite a bit of damage sometimes."
Witch and wizard nodded knowingly at this. Spike continued.
"When I left all those years ago I took a potions book with me. She
somehow found this and decided to experiment. And we ended up with
Xander as a baby. His true age is actually 19."
Witch and wizard blinked.
"No one knew that he was a wizard before this happened. There was
always an off feeling about him though. That feeling went away as
soon as he was turned into an infant and he felt like a wizard.
Anya, Xander's girlfriend, sensed it too. According to her something
must have happened that made Xander hide his magic and forget about
it. She was also the one who sent us here after she realised that
even if a way to fix this mess was found, Xander wouldn't be *her*
Xander anymore and that he really would be better off in the
wizarding world. And here we are." Spike decided not to mention
anything about Xander's parentage just yet. He wasn't sure; he
needed to confirm his suspicions before he told someone.
"Exactly how was this Anya able to send you to the wizarding world?"
Severus, still paranoid. Spike had to smile.
"Anya would be better known as Anyanka, vengeance demon. She was
turned into a human because of a wish gone wrong, but her boss
promised she'd get her powers back if her heart got broken or when
she died. The realisation that she'd lost Xander broke her heart and
she regained her power and was able to send us here."
Witch and wizard gaped.
"I see you've heard of Anyanka?"
Nod.
"Well, can you fix it or not?" He asked the Potions master. Spike
was bored with this explanation business now. He wanted to know if
Xander was fixable, if not how long would take for him grow up, he
wanted to see the baby now, being separated from Xander for this
long made Spike anxious (which was something he'd never admit to if
asked), and he wanted to shag Severus.
Snape frowned and looked at Poppy who just shrugged, she didn't have
any answers, potions were his area of expertise.
"I will need to know exactly which potion was used and so on."
"Not a problem. Brought the book with me along with a note
describing what they think went wrong."
"Good." Severus replied distractedly, he was mentally going through
a list of potions that could have had this effect.
"Let's go fetch these items and see how Draco and Xander are doing."
Poppy said and got up to leave. Spike followed immediately.
"Come along Severus, you'll need to speak with the headmaster about
this too."
Severus didn't reply, but got up and together the three of them
headed to the infirmary. Where they found a slightly confused
headmaster. His gaze was firmly placed on the blond boy sleeping in
a large armchair with a baby, also sleeping, cradled against his
chest.
"I am having doubts about my eyes." Dumbledore said. "Am I really
seeing Draco Malfoy sitting in that chair sleeping with a baby in
his arms?"
Poppy patted the old man on his arm. "Your eyes are just fine Albus.
William is back and has brought a baby with him. Severus will tell
you all about it." With that she took the book Spike had dug out the
bag, gave it to Severus and ushered a distracted Potions master and
a confused headmaster out of the room.
"Wake Draco up William, he need to be in the Great Hall for some
breakfast before his classes. You can take the baby and lie down to
get some sleep. I will go and have breakfast myself."
Spike nodded and did as he was told. A sleepy, confused Draco handed
Spike the baby without a word and went together with Poppy to the
Great Hall. Spike almost fell into the nearest bed, and with Xander
settled on his chest he fell asleep.
**
end 6
TBC
It was a tired and frustrated vampire who reached the grounds of
Hogwarts. Travelling by magical means always took a lot out of him
and left him feeling ill and disoriented. Having to walk the last
distance through snow with a heavy baby bag and a baby didn't help
much either. Xander hadn't been too happy with the portkey either;
the boy had started making unhappy noises which became whining when
they'd stepped out of the fireplace made available for their
arrival. During the walk the baby had started squirming and Spike
suspected Xander was cold and that a diaper change was needed.
But now they were finally at their destination. He had been worried
about the wards but there had no trouble with them, so he guessed
that they were either still keyed to him or they weren't supposed to
keep out vampires. He hoped for the former because that could mean
that Severus had hoped he would return. Spike felt strangely giddy
inside thinking that.
Entering the castle Spike went straight for the dungeons wanting to
find Severus as soon as possible. Xander was squirming in his arms,
and Spike suspected the baby would start crying any minute now.
Without thinking about it Spike went into game face and playfully
growled at the baby. Xander went still and blinked at the vampire
who growled again. Xander blinked again and then giggled. Spike
growled again and received yet another giggle. The vampire found it
odd that Xander who had expressed his hatred of vampires several
times in the past now appeared to be entertained and calmed by the
appearance of Spike's game face. The vampire suspected he should be
offended by this but found he couldn't be bothered as it came in
real handy at times like this.
Being busy with distracting Xander from his discomfort Spike failed
to notice the two boys hidden inside a niche in the dark corridor.
**
Harry was busy sucking on Ron's tongue when he heard a growl. He
reluctantly tore himself away from red-haired boy.
"Did you hear that?" he whispered.
"Hear what?" Ron replied while trying to catch Harry's mouth again.
"That growl…" He stopped hearing soft footsteps too now.
"Didn't hear a thing." Not succeeding in capturing Harry's mouth Ron
went on kissing the other boy's jaw.
"Ssh.. There it is again."
This time Ron heard it too. Both boys peered carefully out from the
niche they'd hidden themselves in for an early morning make-out
session. Their eyes widened comically when they saw a vampire
walking down the corridor with a baby in his arms.
"What is a vampire doing here?" Harry wondered out loud.
"Never mind that." Ron whispered hurriedly. "We need to save the
baby from that.. that *evil* creature!"
"But we don't know if he's evil, and the baby doesn't think it's in
any danger. It's giggling."
"*All* vampires are evil Harry. Everyone knows that." Ron said
exasperated. "You stun the vampire and I stop the baby from falling.
OK?"
"OK." Harry agreed a bit reluctantly.
Both pulled out their wands and pointed them at the vampire. "Ready?
OK, on three. One, two, three."
At Harry's shout the vampire dropped the baby, who floated in the
air while the vampire fell to the floor. The baby started wailing as
soon as it reached the floor after it's slow descent and it was a
sound both boys were sure could be heard all over the castle.
Worried they looked at each other, wondering what to do next.
The angry shout of "Potter! Weasley!" made them both jump.
**
Snape was making his way up from the dungeons together with Draco
when he heard the wail. Looking at Draco he started running towards
the sound. He was not very surprised upon seeing Potter and Weasley
when he turned the corner; he was however surprised to see a vaguely
familiar figure lying on the corridor floor next to a wailing baby.
"Potter! Weasley!" He shouted angrily as he made his way towards the
figure on the floor. Crouching down next to it he turned it over and
his jaw dropped when he saw whom it was.
"William." He breathed. Carefully he ran a finger over those amazing
cheekbones, not quite believing what he saw. He forgot all about the
two Gryffindors until Draco uttered a "Sir?" Snapping out of it, he
composed himself and got up to face Potter and Weasley.
Telling Draco to pick the baby off the floor he turned to glare at
the two boys who were now shuffling nervously next to each other.
"Please explain." He sneered.
"Uh..We .. " Harry started hesitantly and was cut off by Ron who
confidently stated: "We saved a baby from a vampire."
"Oh you did, did you? Might I ask why you felt the baby needed
rescuing?"
Both boys blinked.
"The vampire was going to eat it Sir. It was growling and all." Ron
said still sure that this time they'd done the right thing.
"I see. The vampire having made plans to eat a baby decides to sneak
past the Hogwarts wards so he can eat the baby while walking down a
corridor. It makes perfect sense." Snape drawled sarcastically.
Both boys blinked again.
Worried about William and wondering why the vampire had come back
with a baby, Snape decided he didn't have the patience to deal with
the two Gryffindors right now and dismissed them with a 'We'll deal
with this later.' They hurried to get out of his way. Turning around
he saw a confused Draco cuddling the baby whom had gone quiet as
soon as someone picked it up.
"Draco, please take the baby to infirmary so madam Pomfrey can have
a look at it, I will take care of the vampire."
The blond boy nodded and Snape bent and effortlessly picked up the
unconscious vampire and started walking towards his own chambers. He
had a vampire to wake up and questions that needed answering.
When he reached his chambers he placed William on a couch and
produced his wand so he could wake the vampire up. He wasn't what
he'd expected to happen when he woke the vampire up, but it
certainly wasn't the panicked creature that jumped off the couch and
frantically called for a Xander.
He found it odd.
He saw William tense when the vampire noticed there was someone else
in the room. William jumped around to face him, obviously ready to
fight. Upon recognising the figure he relaxed slightly.
"Where's Xander?" The vampire demanded.
Snape just looked at him blankly.
"The baby Severus, where is he?" William clarified.
"The baby is with Mr. Malfoy and madam Pomfrey in the infirmary,
he's perfectly safe."
The statement brought relief to the slightly panicked vampire who
fell back on the couch and muttered something that sounded like
'Bloody whelp, making me care and scaring me like that.'
Realising that William wasn't going to offer an explanation on his
own, Severus decided to ask for one.
"Might I ask what brings to Hogwarts with a baby?"
He had a few seconds to contemplate the grin that appeared on the
vampire's face before he found himself sitting on the couch with
William on his lap.
"You may most certainly ask." The vampire said before he claimed the
Potions master's lips in a kiss. All questions were forgotten while
they reacquainted with each other.
**
"This had better be important." Madam Pomfrey said as she opened the
door. Her eyes widened in surprise when she saw Draco Malfoy
standing there with a very unhappy baby in his arms. When Draco just
continued to stand there she opened the door wider and ushered them
in.
"Well come in Mr. Malfoy and tell me why you're here this early with
a baby?"
"Uhm.. " Draco started, unsure of what to say. "We found him in the
dungeons. Professor Snape said I should bring him to you."
"Found?"
"A vampire had him. Potter and Weasley stunned the vampire.
Professor Snape looked like he was going to skin them alive."
"Oh. Did the professor mention a name for this vampire?"
Draco frowned as he thought back. A name? Yes, professor Snape had
said a name when he saw the vampire. "William."
"Ah, *William*." Madam Pomfrey said as if that name explained
everything. She ignored the curious glance from Draco and put her
arms out for the baby.
"Well let's have a look at this little creature then." The baby had
been whining softly the whole time and she suspected that he was
just hungry and probably in desperate need of a diaper change but
she did a quick medical scan just to be sure. It came out perfectly
fine.
"You're just wet and hungry aren't you?"
She put him on a high table and started to undress him. The
infirmary wasn't equipped for a baby, but she figured she should be
able to improvise.
"There was a bag." Draco said suddenly.
"Hmm?"
"With the baby. A bag. I have it here." The blond boy held up a bag.
Madam Pomfrey smiled; it looked like she wouldn't need to improvise.
"Good. Give it here."
The bag contained everything a baby bag should contain and she gave
Draco instructions to get a bottle ready while she dug out a diaper.
The baby stopped whining when she removed the wet diaper and when
she gently cleaned him with napkins she'd found in the bag, she
received a brilliant smile. Smiling back she put on a new diaper and
put the clothes back on.
"There, all better."
Picking the baby up she turned towards Draco who now had the bottle
ready in his hand. Telling him to sit down in an armchair she
carefully placed the baby in Draco's arms and told him to feed the
baby while she went looking for Snape. An explanation was wanted.
Draco accepted the baby and opened his mouth to tell the medi-witch
that he wasn't a baby sitter, he was Draco Malfoy and this treatment
of him was unacceptable. He didn't get a chance; madam Pomfrey was
already closing the door behind her. The baby made a noise and
wiggled in his arms. With a sigh Draco resigned himself to the task
of baby-sitting and offered the bottle to the baby who latched on to
the nipple and began suckling.
**
The door being opened and closed as someone stepped into the room
vaguely registered in the back of Spike's mind but he couldn't be
bothered. He was quite happy where he was sitting on Severus' lap,
sucking on the Potions master's very talented tongue. He was not
going to move any time soon. Someone grabbing his ear and trying to
drag him off the lap made him change his mind.
"Ow! Lemme go Poppy." He whined when he'd untangled himself. Severus
stayed seated on the couch looking slightly dazed.
"I will let you go and get back to what you were doing as soon as I
get an explanation of why you've returned with a baby. I suspect
Severus would like to know as well."
"Oh.. Right. I was just getting to that."
Poppy just looked at him before letting go of his ear and turning to
slap Severus out of his daze. Spike was sure she was the only one
who could get away with something like that.
The Potions master blinked at the two figures standing before him
and brought his hand up to cradle the cheek, which was now sporting
a nice pink handprint. He tried to glare at the medi-witch but she
pointedly ignored him.
"I believe William has something to say." She said and made her
comfortable in one of the large armchairs. Spike took the other one
and prepared himself to tell them about the potions mishap that had
brought him to Hogwarts again.
"Well it's like this: the baby, Xander… How is he by the way?"
"He's perfectly fine. Mr. Malfoy is feeding him and will be looking
after him."
"Good, good. So anyway, Xander has a friend who is very fond of
playing with magic. She's one of those muggles who's managed to tap
into the magic hidden within them, but as this is very difficult she
does quite a bit of damage sometimes."
Witch and wizard nodded knowingly at this. Spike continued.
"When I left all those years ago I took a potions book with me. She
somehow found this and decided to experiment. And we ended up with
Xander as a baby. His true age is actually 19."
Witch and wizard blinked.
"No one knew that he was a wizard before this happened. There was
always an off feeling about him though. That feeling went away as
soon as he was turned into an infant and he felt like a wizard.
Anya, Xander's girlfriend, sensed it too. According to her something
must have happened that made Xander hide his magic and forget about
it. She was also the one who sent us here after she realised that
even if a way to fix this mess was found, Xander wouldn't be *her*
Xander anymore and that he really would be better off in the
wizarding world. And here we are." Spike decided not to mention
anything about Xander's parentage just yet. He wasn't sure; he
needed to confirm his suspicions before he told someone.
"Exactly how was this Anya able to send you to the wizarding world?"
Severus, still paranoid. Spike had to smile.
"Anya would be better known as Anyanka, vengeance demon. She was
turned into a human because of a wish gone wrong, but her boss
promised she'd get her powers back if her heart got broken or when
she died. The realisation that she'd lost Xander broke her heart and
she regained her power and was able to send us here."
Witch and wizard gaped.
"I see you've heard of Anyanka?"
Nod.
"Well, can you fix it or not?" He asked the Potions master. Spike
was bored with this explanation business now. He wanted to know if
Xander was fixable, if not how long would take for him grow up, he
wanted to see the baby now, being separated from Xander for this
long made Spike anxious (which was something he'd never admit to if
asked), and he wanted to shag Severus.
Snape frowned and looked at Poppy who just shrugged, she didn't have
any answers, potions were his area of expertise.
"I will need to know exactly which potion was used and so on."
"Not a problem. Brought the book with me along with a note
describing what they think went wrong."
"Good." Severus replied distractedly, he was mentally going through
a list of potions that could have had this effect.
"Let's go fetch these items and see how Draco and Xander are doing."
Poppy said and got up to leave. Spike followed immediately.
"Come along Severus, you'll need to speak with the headmaster about
this too."
Severus didn't reply, but got up and together the three of them
headed to the infirmary. Where they found a slightly confused
headmaster. His gaze was firmly placed on the blond boy sleeping in
a large armchair with a baby, also sleeping, cradled against his
chest.
"I am having doubts about my eyes." Dumbledore said. "Am I really
seeing Draco Malfoy sitting in that chair sleeping with a baby in
his arms?"
Poppy patted the old man on his arm. "Your eyes are just fine Albus.
William is back and has brought a baby with him. Severus will tell
you all about it." With that she took the book Spike had dug out the
bag, gave it to Severus and ushered a distracted Potions master and
a confused headmaster out of the room.
"Wake Draco up William, he need to be in the Great Hall for some
breakfast before his classes. You can take the baby and lie down to
get some sleep. I will go and have breakfast myself."
Spike nodded and did as he was told. A sleepy, confused Draco handed
Spike the baby without a word and went together with Poppy to the
Great Hall. Spike almost fell into the nearest bed, and with Xander
settled on his chest he fell asleep.
**
end 6
TBC