****Taking the genius's characters where my feeble mind thinks they ought to go*****
"I love you, Hermione," Severus said as his hand made its way to her tummy also.
A couple of weeks after Ginny and Harry's wedding all three couples were sitting in the living room of The Manor. Poppy Pomfrey had told Severus and Hermione they were having a little girl during her first appointment at the beginning of January. "Do you have any ideas for names yet?" Ron asked as Lavender laid her head on his shoulder. "Serenity Elizabeth," Snape replied. "That's pretty," said Ginny. "Serenity is my mother's name and Elizabeth is Hermione's middle name," said Snape. "How far along are you again, Hermione?" Lavender asked always forgetting. "Twenty five weeks tomorrow," said Hermione rubbing her tummy. Hermione had almost completely given up on wearing most muggle clothes. She wore robes at all times unless she was at home and she wore one of five cotton house dresses Severus bought her. Actually, he sent Harry with the money to buy them. Snape wanted to surprise her for Valentine's Day. She wasn't having a problem with her clothes then, but he knew she would soon. For Valentine's Day, he also arranged for Ginny and Lavender to get her out of the house for the day so Wesley could come and decorate the nursery. The Potter & Weasley wedding was beautiful and Snape figured if Ginny and Harry left all of the planning up to him, he could trust him with something as important as the nursery. Snape and Hermione had discussed some possibilities, so he knew what she would like beforehand. It may have seemed very early to have the nursery decorated, but with Medical Wizarding, they knew there was no threat of something happening. After Wesley had finished, Severus sealed the room with a dust repelling charm. Wesley had done the walls in a cream color with pink lemonade trim. He put in a cream colored carpet that would magically repel any stain and honey oak furniture. There were glittery fairies painted here and there on the walls as well. The room was beautiful and Hermione cried when she saw it.
During that first appointment with Poppy, she was finally able to give Snape the ingredients for his eye potion. Since then, he had had no problem with light sensitivity and went without his dark contacts unless he was at Hogwarts. He had also gotten used to living with Ron Weasley, Lavender Weasley, Ginny Potter, and Harry Potter. It took him a long time to adjust to living with former students. It took everyone else as long to adjust also. Ron flinched whenever he passed Snape until mid-March.
Three owls flew in carrying a large roll of material. Hedwig, Pigwidgeon, and the snowy owl Dumbledore gave Hermione and Snape as a wedding present, Archimedes, dropped the material and it hit Ron on the head. "Damn birds!" he said as he rubbed his head. "What's all this?" Hermione asked Severus. "I asked Dumbledore if he could pick this up for us. It's a family tree cloth. We both prick our fingers and let our blood run onto the front and our family tree appears," Severus explained. "Really?" Lavender asked leaning forward to examine the material. "Mum and Dad have ours put away. Whenever a new baby is born, it's automatically added," Ron told Lavender. "That's sweet of you. When did you want to do this Severus?" asked Hermione. "Now?" Severus asked. Hermione shrugged and Severus got his pen knife out of his pocket. Lavender and Ron unrolled the massive length of material as Severus pricked himself and Hermione. Together they milked some blood out of their fingers and watched it drop to the cloth. A vine of names and dates unfurled across the black velvet. Hermione stuck her pricked finger in her mouth and watched. After five minutes, the vineing of names stopped. Everyone bent over to examine it. The very bottom had Severus and Hermione's names. "What the..." Harry began as he realized his name was on the chart linked to Hermione's. "Something's wrong here," Severus said as he Flooed Professor Dumbledore. "Yes, Severus," Dumbledore said as his head appeared in the fireplace. "The material you sent us is faulty. It shows Potter as Hermione's brother and Lily and James as their parents and... Merlin's beard..." he trailed off. "No, Severus it isn't defective. It holds the truth," Dumbledore said and with a pop he appeared in the living room of The Manor. He peered over the top of his half moon spectacles at the chart. "I suppose you want to know what's going on," Dumbledore said as he sat down. Everyone in the room nodded in shock he'd ask such a question. "After Tom Riddle had left Hogwarts, when he became Voldemort, Minerva McGonagall and I had an encounter, if you will. We were very much in love, and still are to be honest with you. We never got married because of the drastic age difference. She was only twenty and I was one hundred. It may sound morbid, but at one hundred years old, I was essentially forty in muggle years. Anyhow, we knew immediately a child was conceived. Nine months later, she gave birth to a beautiful baby girl with bushy brown hair and green eyes. She looked very much like Minerva when she was a young girl. We named her Elizabeth Lily Dumbledore. We named her Elizabeth after Minerva's mother, and Lily after mine. Minerva became a Professor in the sixties after we raised Amelia. Elizabeth Lily Dumbledore later married John Evans and had Lily and Petunia. Lily and James met at Hogwarts as you know and married. Shortly after they were married they conceived a baby girl. They named her Hermione Elizabeth Potter. Two months after they had Hermione, they conceived a little boy who would be Harry James Potter. The night before Voldemort attacked the Potter house, Lily and James sent Hermione to stay with some muggle friends of theirs. This happened to be Emma and Robert Granger. That evening, Mrs. Figg, was supposed to pick up baby Harry, but was running late. The plan was to separate the children and hide them in safe places just in case. We knew there would be an attack within the week, thanks to Severus. Granted, we knew Harry and James would be the main targets, but we were able to place Hermione first. We did a minor memory charm on you, Hermione, after the attacks. We felt it would be in your best interest to stay with the Grangers and have them adopt and raise you like their own," Dumbledore said. "How come I didn't know anything about Lily and James having a daughter? How can something like this be hidden?" Severus demanded. "When Lily was pregnant, you were still a Death Eater, Severus. After you came back as a spy, The Original Order of the Phoenix had formed. Lily and James never brought the babies to the meetings. The focus of the meetings was to keep James and Harry out of Voldemort's reach. He had no interest in Lily and Hermione, so there was no point in mentioning Hermione," Dumbledore finished. "How was the Order supposed to keep my dad out of Voldemort's reach if he still got killed that night? It didn't seem to work," Harry shouted angrily. "Alas, Harry. James is not dead," Dumbledore said as all faces in the room went pale and all jaws hung open. "At my suggestion, Remus and James did a switching spell to trade bodies. Nobody knew about this, not even your mother, Harry," Dumbledore said. "So what does this mean?" Severus said eyeing the old man. "It means, Severus, that the Remus Lupin we knew back then is dead. He died for James Potter. James Potter lives in Remus Lupin's body. He goes through all of the changes Remus went through. Initially, he did not, but he asked me to make him go through Remus's hardships. He felt obligated to put himself through that for what Remus did. He never wanted Remus to die. He felt if Remus died for him, he could handle living in his shoes completely. Which also included becoming a werewolf," Dumbledore stated. "So, when Lupin was teaching at Hogwarts, that... that was my father?" Harry asked. "Yes, Harry. I asked him to not say a word to you about it until I felt the time was right. I admit, I waited quite a long time to tell you, but I couldn't quite find the proper way to tell you," Dumbledore admitted. Everyone looked at each other. Hermione was in the most shock of all. Harry was her brother, her biological parents were dead, and the people she knew to be her parents her whole life were not. "Hermione, don't be upset with Robert and Emma for never telling you. I made them promise they wouldn't. They gladly adopted you because they could not have children of their own and wanted a child very much. They fell in love with you the minute you came into this world. They were in love with you too Harry. Lily and James were about to make them your godparents until the severity of the possible Voldemort attack made them push it back a bit. They never got to become your godparents officially, Hermione. Sirius volunteered to become your godfather as well, but everyone thought it would be best if we had separate godparents for you both, just in case something happened. Harry should have gone to live with the Grangers as well, but after learning about the magic Lily cast trying to keep Voldemort from Harry, we had to send him to live with the Dursleys. Hermione was also blood, but the power of an infant is not as strong as the power of an adult. It was Petunia's choice for not accepting who and what she was, and that was why she never received a letter. She has powers but she convinced herself she was something she wasn't," said Dumbledore.
After Dumbledore left The Manor, everyone sat around in a stunned silence. Severus went to the kitchen to get a bottle of Ogden's Fire Whiskey. As he was in there, he Flooed Madam Pomfrey to ask if it was alright if Hermione had a glass. Madam Pomfrey said it was alright because Wizarding World fetuses were not affected by alcohol, but it was no reason for her to get drunk. Severus decided to tell Hermione Poppy said it was alright for her to have two glasses and no more. He poured the whiskey into glasses for everyone. As Hermione gulped hers down and shuddered, she looked at Severus and asked him to please get her water instead. She seemed a bit calmer and Severus obliged. Hermione turned to look at Harry, "So...little brother...when would you like to go see...Dad?"
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"I love you, Hermione," Severus said as his hand made its way to her tummy also.
A couple of weeks after Ginny and Harry's wedding all three couples were sitting in the living room of The Manor. Poppy Pomfrey had told Severus and Hermione they were having a little girl during her first appointment at the beginning of January. "Do you have any ideas for names yet?" Ron asked as Lavender laid her head on his shoulder. "Serenity Elizabeth," Snape replied. "That's pretty," said Ginny. "Serenity is my mother's name and Elizabeth is Hermione's middle name," said Snape. "How far along are you again, Hermione?" Lavender asked always forgetting. "Twenty five weeks tomorrow," said Hermione rubbing her tummy. Hermione had almost completely given up on wearing most muggle clothes. She wore robes at all times unless she was at home and she wore one of five cotton house dresses Severus bought her. Actually, he sent Harry with the money to buy them. Snape wanted to surprise her for Valentine's Day. She wasn't having a problem with her clothes then, but he knew she would soon. For Valentine's Day, he also arranged for Ginny and Lavender to get her out of the house for the day so Wesley could come and decorate the nursery. The Potter & Weasley wedding was beautiful and Snape figured if Ginny and Harry left all of the planning up to him, he could trust him with something as important as the nursery. Snape and Hermione had discussed some possibilities, so he knew what she would like beforehand. It may have seemed very early to have the nursery decorated, but with Medical Wizarding, they knew there was no threat of something happening. After Wesley had finished, Severus sealed the room with a dust repelling charm. Wesley had done the walls in a cream color with pink lemonade trim. He put in a cream colored carpet that would magically repel any stain and honey oak furniture. There were glittery fairies painted here and there on the walls as well. The room was beautiful and Hermione cried when she saw it.
During that first appointment with Poppy, she was finally able to give Snape the ingredients for his eye potion. Since then, he had had no problem with light sensitivity and went without his dark contacts unless he was at Hogwarts. He had also gotten used to living with Ron Weasley, Lavender Weasley, Ginny Potter, and Harry Potter. It took him a long time to adjust to living with former students. It took everyone else as long to adjust also. Ron flinched whenever he passed Snape until mid-March.
Three owls flew in carrying a large roll of material. Hedwig, Pigwidgeon, and the snowy owl Dumbledore gave Hermione and Snape as a wedding present, Archimedes, dropped the material and it hit Ron on the head. "Damn birds!" he said as he rubbed his head. "What's all this?" Hermione asked Severus. "I asked Dumbledore if he could pick this up for us. It's a family tree cloth. We both prick our fingers and let our blood run onto the front and our family tree appears," Severus explained. "Really?" Lavender asked leaning forward to examine the material. "Mum and Dad have ours put away. Whenever a new baby is born, it's automatically added," Ron told Lavender. "That's sweet of you. When did you want to do this Severus?" asked Hermione. "Now?" Severus asked. Hermione shrugged and Severus got his pen knife out of his pocket. Lavender and Ron unrolled the massive length of material as Severus pricked himself and Hermione. Together they milked some blood out of their fingers and watched it drop to the cloth. A vine of names and dates unfurled across the black velvet. Hermione stuck her pricked finger in her mouth and watched. After five minutes, the vineing of names stopped. Everyone bent over to examine it. The very bottom had Severus and Hermione's names. "What the..." Harry began as he realized his name was on the chart linked to Hermione's. "Something's wrong here," Severus said as he Flooed Professor Dumbledore. "Yes, Severus," Dumbledore said as his head appeared in the fireplace. "The material you sent us is faulty. It shows Potter as Hermione's brother and Lily and James as their parents and... Merlin's beard..." he trailed off. "No, Severus it isn't defective. It holds the truth," Dumbledore said and with a pop he appeared in the living room of The Manor. He peered over the top of his half moon spectacles at the chart. "I suppose you want to know what's going on," Dumbledore said as he sat down. Everyone in the room nodded in shock he'd ask such a question. "After Tom Riddle had left Hogwarts, when he became Voldemort, Minerva McGonagall and I had an encounter, if you will. We were very much in love, and still are to be honest with you. We never got married because of the drastic age difference. She was only twenty and I was one hundred. It may sound morbid, but at one hundred years old, I was essentially forty in muggle years. Anyhow, we knew immediately a child was conceived. Nine months later, she gave birth to a beautiful baby girl with bushy brown hair and green eyes. She looked very much like Minerva when she was a young girl. We named her Elizabeth Lily Dumbledore. We named her Elizabeth after Minerva's mother, and Lily after mine. Minerva became a Professor in the sixties after we raised Amelia. Elizabeth Lily Dumbledore later married John Evans and had Lily and Petunia. Lily and James met at Hogwarts as you know and married. Shortly after they were married they conceived a baby girl. They named her Hermione Elizabeth Potter. Two months after they had Hermione, they conceived a little boy who would be Harry James Potter. The night before Voldemort attacked the Potter house, Lily and James sent Hermione to stay with some muggle friends of theirs. This happened to be Emma and Robert Granger. That evening, Mrs. Figg, was supposed to pick up baby Harry, but was running late. The plan was to separate the children and hide them in safe places just in case. We knew there would be an attack within the week, thanks to Severus. Granted, we knew Harry and James would be the main targets, but we were able to place Hermione first. We did a minor memory charm on you, Hermione, after the attacks. We felt it would be in your best interest to stay with the Grangers and have them adopt and raise you like their own," Dumbledore said. "How come I didn't know anything about Lily and James having a daughter? How can something like this be hidden?" Severus demanded. "When Lily was pregnant, you were still a Death Eater, Severus. After you came back as a spy, The Original Order of the Phoenix had formed. Lily and James never brought the babies to the meetings. The focus of the meetings was to keep James and Harry out of Voldemort's reach. He had no interest in Lily and Hermione, so there was no point in mentioning Hermione," Dumbledore finished. "How was the Order supposed to keep my dad out of Voldemort's reach if he still got killed that night? It didn't seem to work," Harry shouted angrily. "Alas, Harry. James is not dead," Dumbledore said as all faces in the room went pale and all jaws hung open. "At my suggestion, Remus and James did a switching spell to trade bodies. Nobody knew about this, not even your mother, Harry," Dumbledore said. "So what does this mean?" Severus said eyeing the old man. "It means, Severus, that the Remus Lupin we knew back then is dead. He died for James Potter. James Potter lives in Remus Lupin's body. He goes through all of the changes Remus went through. Initially, he did not, but he asked me to make him go through Remus's hardships. He felt obligated to put himself through that for what Remus did. He never wanted Remus to die. He felt if Remus died for him, he could handle living in his shoes completely. Which also included becoming a werewolf," Dumbledore stated. "So, when Lupin was teaching at Hogwarts, that... that was my father?" Harry asked. "Yes, Harry. I asked him to not say a word to you about it until I felt the time was right. I admit, I waited quite a long time to tell you, but I couldn't quite find the proper way to tell you," Dumbledore admitted. Everyone looked at each other. Hermione was in the most shock of all. Harry was her brother, her biological parents were dead, and the people she knew to be her parents her whole life were not. "Hermione, don't be upset with Robert and Emma for never telling you. I made them promise they wouldn't. They gladly adopted you because they could not have children of their own and wanted a child very much. They fell in love with you the minute you came into this world. They were in love with you too Harry. Lily and James were about to make them your godparents until the severity of the possible Voldemort attack made them push it back a bit. They never got to become your godparents officially, Hermione. Sirius volunteered to become your godfather as well, but everyone thought it would be best if we had separate godparents for you both, just in case something happened. Harry should have gone to live with the Grangers as well, but after learning about the magic Lily cast trying to keep Voldemort from Harry, we had to send him to live with the Dursleys. Hermione was also blood, but the power of an infant is not as strong as the power of an adult. It was Petunia's choice for not accepting who and what she was, and that was why she never received a letter. She has powers but she convinced herself she was something she wasn't," said Dumbledore.
After Dumbledore left The Manor, everyone sat around in a stunned silence. Severus went to the kitchen to get a bottle of Ogden's Fire Whiskey. As he was in there, he Flooed Madam Pomfrey to ask if it was alright if Hermione had a glass. Madam Pomfrey said it was alright because Wizarding World fetuses were not affected by alcohol, but it was no reason for her to get drunk. Severus decided to tell Hermione Poppy said it was alright for her to have two glasses and no more. He poured the whiskey into glasses for everyone. As Hermione gulped hers down and shuddered, she looked at Severus and asked him to please get her water instead. She seemed a bit calmer and Severus obliged. Hermione turned to look at Harry, "So...little brother...when would you like to go see...Dad?"
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