Disclaimer: I don't own the book characters or plot line, however I DO own the plot line of this fanfiction along with my own made up character, Hailey.

A/N: Happy Halloween!! This story has slash! (Don't like? Don't read!!) Celebrate Hogwarts style and make sure you watch Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone! (Philosophers Stone for those not in certain countries I guess)



Harsh Realities



Talking with Dumbledore



Severus and Harry appeared in the Headmasters office, with Pettigrew in hand. Waiting to bring Pettigrew to the Ministry for questioning and sentencing was Remus Lupin, Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody, Arthur Weasley, and three Aurors Harry didn't recognize. Sirius was in the room in his dog form, and barked excitedly when Harry and Severus appeared.

The minute Harry saw Sirius he broke into a huge grin and held up the stunned rat. Smiling at everyone in the room he said, "May I present Peter Pettigrew in his animagus form?"

Arthur looked at it with distaste and muttered, "I can't believe I bought that *thing* for my son."

Albus chuckled and said, "Now, now Arthur. Did everything go as planned?"

Severus smirked and said, "The Sorting Hat was right about Mr. Potter. Indeed, he would have done very well in Slytherin."

Harry just chuckled and handed the rat over to Alastor saying, "Watch him, his hand's made of silver. If he attacks Remus with that hand I want him given the Dementors Kiss without a second thought."

Alastor looked hard at the boy and said, "You ask it on behalf of Mr. Lupin, but not your parents?"

Harry smiled and said, "For my mother I would rather kill him myself to be perfectly honest. But I'll never ask it of the Aurors and I'll never do it, as I know she would not wish for me to become a murderer."

Albus smiled broadly at Harry and said, "Harry I'd just like you to know that Hailey, Linda and Garrett are here. They're waiting for you in your rooms. I'll have Severus bring down Remus and Sirius in a little bit."

Harry gulped and nodded, seeing his nervousness he added, "I haven't told anyone about how it is you came into getting Peter here, nor who Hailey, Linda and Garrett are. I'll allow you to tell Sirius and Remus on your own. Severus can help you if you like."

Harry looked over at Severus, who to the rest of the room looked like he was scowling, ready to kill all of them, and 'glaring' at Harry himself. But Harry saw the concern in the eyes and the little spark that told him their activities before they'd gone to see Voldemort would be repeated very soon. Harry smiled slightly at Severus before nodding to Albus and leaving.

Harry walked down to his rooms, took a deep breath and gave the password. On the other side of the door waited a girl his age, roughly 5'6" with curly red hair down to the middle of her back, tan skin and crystal blue eyes that sparkled. Next to her was a woman about the same height with long red hair that curled only slightly at the bottom, and light brown eyes and a warm smile, and a slightly taller man with blond hair, blue eyes and a similarly warm smile.

Harry smiled at the three and said, "Hello, I'm Harry. You must be Hailey, Linda and Garrett?"

Hailey smiled back at Harry and said, "I'm Hailey, this is Aunt Linda and Uncle Garrett. It's wonderful to meet you Harry, I'm only sorry you couldn't have come with me to their house instead of those Dursley's."

Harry nodded and said, "Please, sit down. Tell me about yourself."

Hailey grinned and said, "I'm told that while I look like Mum I act like Dad. I absolutely love to pull pranks, Transfiguration, Charms and Potions are my favorite and best classes. I'm a Chaser on the Quidditch team back in Beaux Batons. Anything else you want to know right off the bat, Harry?"

Harry shook his head and asked, "Is there anything you don't know about me that you'd like to know?"

Hailey nodded and said, "What exactly has been going on here these last few years? I've heard rumors about a possessed teacher, a basilisk, a Dementor, an escaped convict, and that tournament. You wouldn't mind clearing those up for me would you?"

Harry smiled and launched into the story of his life, starting with his childhood with the Dursleys, the truth about the Cupboard under the stairs, the Hogwarts letters, and the first five years of his Hogwarts experience. He was just finishing with winning the House Cup his fifth year, the first year of being Captain, when Remus, Sirius and Severus walked in through the portrait hole.

Harry smiled broadly at Sirius, Remus and Severus as they walked in before starting with, "Hailey, Linda, Garrett, this is my Potions Master, Professor Severus Snape, my godfather Sirius Black or Padfoot or Snuffles, and my former Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor, Remus Lupin or Moony. Severus, Sirius, Remus, this is. . . ."

Sirius interrupted with, "Let me guess, your girlfriend and her parents? Right Harry?"

Harry blinked at Sirius before saying, "Sirius I'm gay."

Sirius frowned and then said, "Then who is this Hailey and why are her parents here?"

Hailey's breathing took a drastic intake before Harry said, "Our parents aren't here. Linda and Garrett Evans are Mum's Aunt and Uncle, Hailey Potter happens to be my twin sister."

He'd let that information sink in before flinging the other piece of news on him. Sirius and Remus both moved for the chairs left open and Severus moved and sat next to Harry, glaring at Sirius the whole time. Sirius breathed out slowly and then said, "Harry, I don't know who those people are, but your Mum and Dad didn't have twins when they had you, they just had you."

Harry nodded and then said, "That's what you remember. My mum's pensieve shows otherwise. Hailey was hidden to protect both of us from what would have been found out had Voldemort known about both of us. Especially if he knew my true parentage, which he does now."

Sirius looked confused and asked, "What do you mean by that Harry? James and Lily had you, you're their son. There wasn't any doubt who's son you were that I can remember."

Harry nodded and said, "You're right. There wasn't any doubt, which is why I was kept with Mum and James. They couldn't risk him finding out, so they used memory spells on anyone who witnessed Hailey's birth after they handed Hailey over to Linda and Garrett."

Sirius blinked and said, "What are you getting at Harry?"

Harry frowned and looked at his feet as he said, "Tom Riddle, or Lord Voldemort, is my biological Father. I know from the memories in the pensieve that James Potter may as well have been my Father as he loved me as such and would have raised me as such."

A feather could have been heard dropping to the floor in the silence that followed this comment. Hailey patted Harry's hand trying to comfort him, but it was Severus's hand in the small of his back that kept Harry from exploding. Remus finally mused out loud, "Well, that explains your Parseltongue ability."

Sirius slowly asked, "Who told you that Harry?"

Harry answered simply, "Mum and Dad wrote a letter, time-spelled it inside another letter for Headmaster Dumbledore. I've seen my original birth certificate, and my adoption certificate as a Potter. I assume the Headmaster told you that was Pettigrew I handed over just now?"

Sirius nodded and then asked, "How exactly did you and Snape catch him?"

Exasperated, Harry snapped, "His name is Severus. And Pettigrew was a peace offering between my biological 'Father' and myself."

Sirius stared at Harry for a moment and then demanded, "Show me your left arm."

Harry raised an eyebrow, but pulled back his left sleeve where the Dark Mark would have been if he'd been marked to reveal his pale blank arm. Sirius performed several charms to remove disguise spells and illusions before Severus barked at him, "He doesn't have the Mark, Black. I was with him the entire time he was with Voldemort this time. He wasn't injured or Marked in any way."

Sirius finally sat back down and looked at Harry, then at Hailey and said, "Harry this is a lot to take in. I'm not mad at you, but I need to just go sort this out in my head for an hour or two."

Harry nodded, not saying anything and feeling as if he was losing his godfather. Severus merely sat there rubbing calming circles in the small of Harry's back. Sirius got up and left, while Remus stayed behind, looked between Harry and Severus and sighed. Remus blinked and said, "I see you left something out when you were making confessions to your godfather just now Harry."

Harry blinked and Remus chuckled before saying, "Honestly there's nothing I can do about it. You're of age, and there's not a single rule against a teacher and student dating or even marrying while still in a teacher/student relationship. I'd strongly suggest neither of you get caught by Sirius anytime in the next ten years."

Harry smirked and said, "But Daddy betrothed us this morning!"

Remus gapped slightly at Harry, who was struggling not to laugh at the look on Remus's face. Remus finally managed out, "Voldemort arranged your marriage already? Harry, there's more to this then what you told Sirius isn't there?"

Harry nodded and Severus said, "He'll be spying with me for the remainder of the war. Voldemort's consented to not giving him the Dark Mark. In a way it secures both of our positions as we can now justify any time spent together as preparing for our marriage, which he's insisted is practically the moment Harry graduates from Hogwarts."

Harry smiled and leaned into Severus a bit. The group talked for the rest of the afternoon, and then went to dinner with the rest of the staff and Albus. Hailey was introduced to everyone as Harry's sister, while Linda and Garrett were introduced as their Aunt and Uncle. Hopefully this plan of theirs would work, and Ron and Hermione would understand.

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Reviews:

'Mes:

I love my plot too ( Keep reading!

Works well doesn't it? Voldie Shmoldie thinks he thought it up allllllllll on his own. Stupid bastard. That'll teach him (

I reckon I could've sold tickets had that event even been acted out. I imagine Draco's face would have been one of someone loosing their favorite toy, while being beaten to death and kissed at the same time. I imagine even Voldemort would've had a hard time to keep his face straight.

I much prefer the Slash as well. But hey, once you start something you should really finish it. Ya know? I'm glad you like my work, I do try to write well. Keep reading and reviewing! (Suggestions welcome!)

Mnemosyne:

So sorry it took so long dear!

Kalih: Here's more!

Dark-One Shadowphyre:

**Squeals** Someone realized that! Yes I'd be wondering too. Who wouldn't?



Scrat:

I have plans for Draco. . . but you'll just have to wait!

Sassy 93 96 @ yahoo:

If I gave you a hint you wouldn't read it silly!

No, honestly though, I usually don't know. I've started one now that I've planned down to almost every darned detail for a few good years (story wise) before it wraps up. Beyond that I start with enough to get me through the first two chapters of my story & then go with the flow. Keep reading! I'm glad you like the results of what simply comes to me while I'm writing!

Lady Geuna:

I'm thrilled you like it. Keep reading!

Moonlight:

Thanks!



Rae:

Me neither! I honestly have no clue where it's going. (Which is probably why the chapter update took me so long this time. It was hard when I could only think a sentence at a time.)

Janai:

I don't do 'Evil Harry'. 'Showing the Slytherin side Harry' is what I do. (



Cerra Snape:

I'm thrilled you love the story, and please keep reading. Hopefully the updates will come quicker now that I've un blocked a bit of my brain/writers block. (

MistWalker:

Great to hear! I hope this chapter was worth the wait! Keep reading and reviewing!

The Kuro no Tenshi:

**Grins** I'm just getting started. . . .

Lunar Mist Darkness Eclipse:

I have many evil plans for Draco.

Things, in my opinion, had to go fast at first. They'll slow down a bit now.



Npetrenko:

How's this?



Sev Rickman:

'Course he is. He's trying to make sure the lovely darling boy who lived sides with him when the shit hits the fan. But like you said, that'll be remedied later on. Thank's for reading, review again please!

Mnemosyne:

Thank you! Keep reading! It'll get better I promise!



Ephiny:

**Laughs evilly** Yes, Harry is indeed showing off his Slytherin side isn't he?



The Red Dragons Order:

Well he WAS almost put in Slytherin you know. (



Kday2:

Don't you just love Wicked Harry's? I know I do. Keep reading, there's more where that came from.



Tracev:

Thank you!



Lunar Bard:

He's supposed to so far. He's trying to convince Harry to trust him instead of the Grandfather-like figure that Harry trusts in Albus Dumbledore. Once he thinks he has Harry roped into it enough, he'll return to his normal, cranky, full of hexes, bastardly self. Keep reading!



Hippy Flower=Voldie's kid:

Sorry for the wait, hopefully the next one will come out quicker.



Princess Pearliest:

Thank you dear (





Elvin Goddess:

I've said it before and I'll say it again, I love that part too!



Kylee:

Thank you Thank you Thank you!

Severitus:

Harry hugging Voldie was my favorite piece of the entire chapter, isn't it just brilliant? If one of the Death Eater's did it they'd call it purely suicidal. When Harry does it, it's looking for that 'father/son' bond.

Ron and Hermione's reactions will be written in soon.

Thank you for the praise, keep reading. By the way-I LOVE your work. And would love to see you update soon!



Ryuuko Megami:

I'm glad you like it, even if you disagree with it. I have issues with the whole Harry being someone other than James Potter's son at times. However I like to be vindictive and evil sometimes and this story just lets me have fun with that. Keep reading please! (And review!)



Cyan:

**Bows** Glad you like it.

Yes, it's evil. But of course I can't just let Harry be that monster's son without giving him some good news too, now can I?