A/N:  SORRY SORRY SORRY!  Sorry it took so bloody long for me to finish this chapter.  I took waaaay longer than I intended to.  Thank you to all whom have reviewed and all you wonderful petulant reviewers who make sure I get off my arse and actually do some work on my story.  *apologetic hugs to all*  enjoy.

Randomness of the Moraco:  I'm so proud of myself.  I actually managed to draw a HP coupling fan art that wasn't slashy.  I drew this interesting pic of Ron and Hermione and they're both naked, and Hermiones hugging Ron from behind so you don't see any of her and Ron's sitting there with this supid arse grin on his face….it's a rather interesting pic I think.  If you wanna see it I've got it up on my lovely site that I keep all my art at.  You have to go through my profile and go to my homepage link cause ff.net isn't friendly in letting urls be placed in with stories.
****rememeber…..   :: insert word ::  is a mental message, not said out loud.

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No One Can Stop Us Now
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Chapter 16
Tick
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            Severus, Harry and Amelia arrived at the manor to find Jaren waiting to welcome them.

            Severus stomped promptly up to his cousin and said through clenched teeth, 'You have some nerve.'

            'Severs, p[lease, I already told you-'

            Jaren was cut short by the door opening which revealed Emia and Breen as they entered the room.

            ::Severus!:: Emia rushed up and hugged Severus around the neck.  ::I've missed you.  It's a shame when one has to kidnap their favourite cousin's child just to see him.::

            Severus pulled her off of him and gave her one of his most deadly death glares.  'Is that why you took him?'

            ::No, there was a completely other reason, but-""

            'Daddy!' Breen yelled flinging himself at Harry.

            'Oh Breen.'  Harry hugged his son tightly as a few tears escaped the corners of his eyes.

            Breen noticed one of his most treasured possessions in one of Harry's hands.  'Mr. Siri!'

            Harry handed his son the stuffed bunny.

            Breen ran over to Emia and held Mr. Siri out to her.  ::This is Mr. Siri.  Mr. Siri, this is our cousin Emia.::

            Emia smiled and picked up Breen.  ::It's so nice to meet you Mr. Siri.::   She kissed the bunny and then kissed Breen on the cheek.

            Breen giggled.

            'What are you telling him?' Severus asked.

            Breen turned toward Severs.  ::She was just happy about meeting Mr. Siri.::

            Severus' eyes widened as he stared at his on.

            'Severus what is it?' Harry asked.

            'What have you done to him?'  Severus looked from Emia to Jaren as he asked.

            'We didn't do anything to him,' Jaren said.  'He has the ability to speak without words.'

            ::That's what I was trying to tell you, Severus.  That's why I took him.  I could feel it, and his power is  even greater than mine.::

            'How?'

            'It's a family trait Severus.  It's been past through generations since the first joining of the Snape and Malfoy families,' Jaren explained.

            'The Snape and Malfoy families?' Harry asked.

            'Yes,' Severus said.  'Many yeas ago, before even Albus' time the Snape and Malfoy families have always wed to each other, at least one a generation.'

            'You mean to say that now I'm married to you, that Draco is my cousin?'

            'Yes.'

            Amelia, who was standing next to Harry tugged at his robes until he looked down at her.  'Draco is our cousin?'

            'It would seem so,' Harry told her.

            Emia looked at Harry and smiled.  She sat Breen down and walked up to Harry.  She put her hands on the sides of his face and looked him in the eyes.  ::So you're the boy who lived?::  She moved one of her hands to push aside the strands of Harry's hair to reveal his scar.  ::So it's true.  My cousin did marry the famous Harry Potter.::  She smiled again and gave Harry a kiss on the cheek.

            'So, Breen has some kind of power?'  Amelia asked.  'What's my power?  I want a power too, Dad,' she whined.

            All the adults in the room chuckled.

            'Emia,' Severus spoke, 'you said something about Breen's power being greater than yours.  How?  And also why can he speak when you have the power and you can't?'

            Emia smiled and could be heard by Severus mentally giggling.  ::You really should pull your nose out of your cauldron and look into the family history and genealogy sometime.::

            'Yes, yes, yes, get on with it,' Severus urged her on.

            ::Breen can speak because your father married outside of the Snape and Malfoy families and so did you, and with that the vocal cord disorder passed out of your line.  As for the mental speaking, you, my dear cousin, have a dormant gene for it yourself.  You can't mentally speak though because the gene picks and chooses over the generations.  It's very odd indeed.::

            'What about him having greater power than you?'

            ::If he concentrates hard enough he can read peoples thoughts.  It seems to be rather extraneous though.  He was a bit tired after we practiced.::

            'Was not!'  Breen retorted.

            'Practicing?'  The corners of Severus' mouth began to twitch.

            Harry noticed and knew from experience that this sort of thing only happened when Severus was very angry.  He walked to his husband and grabbed his shoulders from behind.  'Severus, calm down,' he whispered.

            Severus didn't hear Harry though as he was too consumed in his thoughts.

            'Dad,' Breen looked pleadingly up at Severus.  'She didn't mean any harm.  She knows what she did was wrong…'

            'Don't apologize for her!  And keep out of my head!'

            'Severus, please,' Harry said still trying to calm his husband.

            'We're going,' Severus said.  He took Breen from Emia's arms and then picked up Amelia who'd been sitting in a chair close by.

            'Sorry,' Harry whispered to Emia.

            ::It's alright, it's just how Severus is.:: she replied.

            Harry followed Severus to where he stood by the fireplace.

            Severus look back around at his cousins.  'I haven't had anything in the way of family outside of my current one for many years.  I don't much care for having anymore at the moment.  Especially those who are menacing little telepaths whose actions spread panic and depression that I'd rather not feel or see my loved ones feeling.  Goodbye.'

            Harry took Amelia from Severus arms and they all flooed back to Hogsmeade and went back to the castle.

            On their way back to the castle Breen asked something he probably should not have.  'Dad, when can we see cousin Emia again?'

            'I don't know what you're talking about,' Severus said.  'We don't have any cousins Breen.'

            'But Dad-'

            'Breen, don't contradict your father, he's just being stubborn,' Harry told him.

            Severus glared and Harry.  'Excuse me?'

            Harry met his husband's glare.  'We'll talk later.  I've a few things to say to you that I'd prefer not be heard by young ears.'  He then looked at Breen.  'And no snooping in anyone's head.  Have you got that?'

            Breen nodded and for the rest of the way to the castle silently held on to Severus who was carrying him.

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A/N:  Holy bejubus sorry it took me so long.  I started the chapter and I was having this big contradiction in my mind if Sev should take it all in and be all merry and gay (double implication of the word), or if he should get really pissy, and I finally decided a couple of days ago in my biology class where I was doodling a picture, and then wrote some more of the story and finally got it typed up, so sorry it took so long, and I'll try not to take so long on the next chappie, but I really don't trust myself to make any promises.