Chapter 5
"O Romeo Romeo! Wherefore are thou Romeo?
Deny thy father and refuse thy name.
Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,
And I'll no longer be a Capulet."
Harry and Draco sat both on another side of the dungeon, and Severus asked the to come over to sit down in front of him. Then he first turned to Harry.
"I'm sorry I didn't tell you this before, Harry, but I simply couldn't." Severus saw Harry's not-understanding look. "You'll understand me in a few moments."
"What are you talking about?" asked Draco.
"I have to tell you something. The same, very important thing. I know you loathe each other, but I am sure that, deep inside, you like each other." said Severus.
Draco and Harry exchanged looks, he might be right, but he also might be a lunatic. Now Severus turned to face Draco.
"Draco, you know about our chat yesterday in my office, don't you?"
"Yes, but I…" begun Draco, but Severus cut him off.
"I've had the same chat one year ago with Harry." Draco was stunned. Did this mean that… but they couldn't be… No, that was impossible. Harry still didn't understand.
"What have I missed? Wait… you haven't… you aren't… Malfoy is my brother, that's what you wanted to tell us?" said Harry. Severus sighed.
"Yes, that's what I wanted to tell you, have you never noticed some similarities?"
"No, I have not." spat Draco shortly at Severus. "And I don't want to have
similarities with Potter!"
"Well, you both are good Quidditch players, Seekers both too…" said Severus.
"I don't care! Even if we would look the same!" protested Draco. Harry still sat looking shocked at Severus.
"If we're brothers… how come Malfoy's blonde then? I mean, our mother isn't blonde… or… isn't she Malfoy's mother too?" asked Harry, with a slightly trembling voice.
"You have the same mother. We also don't know how it is possible Draco's blonde. It's still a mystery, even Dumbledore doesn't understand," said Severus. Then he saw the looks on the faces of his sons. "Yes, of course he knows. But this doesn't mean you're not the Boy Who Lived, Harry, because you have been living with the Potters and You Know Who has tried to kill you."
"Now it makes sense…" murmured Draco. Severus and Harry didn't understand him at al at this point.
"You lost me, Malfoy. Please be a bit clearer," said Harry.
"About Fath… about the man of who I thought he was my father…" said Draco,
but Severus and Harry still didn't understand.
"Draco this isn't the right time to be mysterious. Please, explain what you want to tell us!" pushed Severus a little.
"At first he didn't want me to go to Hogwarts, but to Durmstrang. I always thought he wanted me to go there, because there they're teaching real Dark Arts, and not only the Defence-stuff we get here. But in fact he was just afraid of me finding out that you're my father." explained Draco.
When Voldemort was captured last year, Lucius Malfoy was imprisoned because he was a Death Eater. And now he really saw Severus as his father, he didn't understand why he could feel it this quick, but he did. Then suddenly he did something neither Harry nor Severus expected; Draco stood up from his chair and embraced Severus. He flung his arms around his father and began sobbing onto his shoulder. Severus was stunned at first, but then answered the hug. After a few moments he let go of Severus and turned to Harry.
"I'm sorry I was always mean to you, but that was merely because you're from Gryffindor and a friend of Weasley's and Granger's. I hope you'll forgive me this once…" and then he suddenly hugged Harry too. But Harry didn't answer the hug as quickly as Severus had done, although he answered it…
"Harry, I love you as a brother," said Draco. Severus quickly turned his back to the boys. He didn't want them to see tears rolling down his cheeks…
A/N: this was quite a sentimental chapter, wasn't it? Not my standard actually, I hope the rest will turn out to be less sentimental… I don't want you to cry your way through my story…