Chapter Six
Harry woke up slowly the next morning. He climbed out of bed and looked over to his Draco's. Draco wasn't in there...a missed chance for a wonderful prank, Harry bemused. He shuffled into the bathroom and jumped into the shower. Then the Slytherin dungeon was filled with the sounds of Kade's screams and Draco's undying laughter.
Kade walked into the common room wearing only a robe. "DRACO!!!"
Draco stood and looked at his sibling. "Good morning, bro...I mean sister." He said, smirking. "You are quite pretty, you have mother's figure I note." Kade lunged at his brother just as Severus Snape walked in.
The potions master pulled the girl off of Draco Malfoy. "WHO ARE YOU?!" He demanded.
Kade looked up at his now-favorite professor. "IT IS ME, KADE! LOOK WHAT HE DID TO ME!" Snape's eyes grew wide, "Mr. Malfoy?", he asked disbelievingly.
"YES!" Severus' jaw dropped, "Draco, why did you do this to your brother?"
"He had it coming."
"What did he do?" Severus asked.
"He teased me and interrupted an intimate moment with a girl I am interested in."
Severus nodded. "Okay...Well you two had better get to breakfast...please change Kade back soon..." He started to walk off but then turned around to looking at his gawking, favorite student. "Oh, Kade, as a female, it is improper to not have your chest covered."
Kade looked down and notice the top of his robe was loose, he blushed and ran into the bathroom, leaving behind a laughing brother.
By the end of the week, Harry and Draco had got into an all out prank war. Hermione and Felicia had even got into it, against each other. So now it was couple vs. couple. Harry and Hermione woke up at the end of the week to find themselves bald and sunburned, Draco and Felicia walked to lunch that same day with hair sprouting from every part of their bodies.
A truce was called at the end of the week and Christmas was upon them. Lucius and Narcissa had made it safely to their hideout two weeks before holiday break.
The day before holiday break, Kade and Draco were working hard to get packed. The girls, who were coming with them, had already packed and were chastising their boyfriends for waiting until the last minute. At the holiday feast, a Malfoy owl flew in and dropped a letter between the two boys. They dove for it at the same time and Draco came up as the victor, letter in hand. He smirked at his brother, who scowled, and opened it.
Draco read it out loud.
Dear Draco and Kade,
I will not be able to meet you at Kings Cross tomorrow. But your mother will be picking you up. I have a meeting with the minister but I will be home at dinner. Wait for your mother by platform 9. Be there my 3 PM. Looking forward to seeing you both...the girls also.
Love, dad.
Draco smiled. "That has to be the warmest letter he has ever written to me."
"Well...maybe it is because he doesn't have to act like a bastard now that his cover has been blown."
Draco smiled. "Good has come of this...we actually have a REAL father in public."
Harry smiled back before standing. "I have to go down to Professor Snape's chambers to give him his present. I'll meet you and Felicia back at the dorm. Goodnight, see you in the morning Hermione." He kissed his girlfriend on the cheek and left for the potion master's chambers.
Kade knocked on the door after the long trek to the dungeons. "Who dares to disturb me?" He heard Snape's voice say. Severus opened the door and upon seeing who his visitor was, dropped his glare and smiled. "Good evening Kade."
"Good evening, professor."
"What are you doing here? Snape asked.
"Oh, you don't want to see me?" Harry said, turning.
"No not that, just curious. Come in." Severus opened the door and let Harry come in. "So what is your reason for visiting me? Just to chat?"
"No, actually I came to give you your Christmas present."
"Why didn't you just owl it to me?"
"I don't know...I wanted to give it to you in person. You can wait until Christmas to open it." Harry said.
"YEAH RIGHT! You offered it...I am opening it now."
"I knew you would say that." Kade said offering the gift.
"What is it?" Severus said, looking at the hole punctured box.
"Open it and find out."
Severus walked over to the couch and Kade sat across from him. Severus smiled and started to unwrap it. He gasped when he saw the snake inside. "Why did you get me this?"
"Well...coral snakes make good familiars and I thought you might like it. Do you want to name it or have it tell me what it is?"
"What do you mean have you tell it was it's name is?"
"You can't tell anyone, professor."
"Okay." Severus said, looking confused.
"I am a parseltongue."
Severus' eyes grew wide. "REALLY?"
"Yes. Now do you want to name it or..."
"I am perfectly capable of finding out what its name is." Severus said, smirking.
"YOU are a parseltongue?" Harry said, disbelievingly.
"Yes." Severus then looked at the snake. [What is your name?]
The snake looked confused. [Are you my master?]
[Yes, do you have a name?]
[Silvia is my name.]
Harry interrupted. [Hello Silvia, this is your master, Severus but some pay call him Professor Snape]
Severus looked at Harry. "You know you can call me Severus when we aren't in class, don't you?"
"No...I didn't."
"Let's face it...you are probably the closest person to me at this school. I don't want you calling me 'sir' or 'professor' when you don't have to."
"Yes, si...Severus." Harry said, catching his mistake.
Severus smiled. "Well...thank you for the present, Harry. I will give yours to you on Christmas morning when I visit."
"Visit? I could have given it to you then."
"You could have...but this way I got my present early." He said, smirking.
"YOU TRICKED ME!"
"Yes...and as a Slytherin, I had expected it to be harder..."
Harry laughed and pushed his friend, professor, and godfather. "Well, I better be going. Are you going home tomorrow?"
"No...I have to stay at the school for an extra two days before going home."
"Oh okay...see you when you get to my house."
Severus smiled and opened the door. "Good night."
"Good night, Severus." Kade then walked off leaving behind his favorite professor with his new gift.
Far to early the next morning, the four teenagers were on the train ride home. Felicia and Hermione were quite nervous. They were really going to meet their boyfriends' parents. Kade and Draco spent their ride trying to calm the girls down.
"What did you get for your parents?" Hermione asked.
"We got dad a new cane. He lost his old one when he was uncovered as a spy. It is really nice. It's head is a ball with an "m" on it with emeralds and diamonds encrusted in it. We got mom a necklace for protection. It has dozens of charms on it. It's shaped like a flower made of amethyst." Harry explained.
Soon the train ride was over and the boys pulled out their bags and grabbed their girlfriends. They walked out and saw their mother's face and ran to her. They were hugging their mother, with the girls standing behind them when the first hex was thrown. A long dagger came out of nowhere and sunk into Narcissa's back. She gasped and fell into her elder twin's arms. The boys and girls then noticed all the death eaters and they started fighting. Harry gave Narcissa to the girls and they went onto the warded train.
Several of the seventh years were fighting with their parents against the death eaters. Draco saw Lucius appear and fought his way over to them.
"Where is your mother and Kade?" Asked Lucius as he threw a stupify at a death eater.
"Mum's on the train, Kade is fighting." Draco replied breathlessly.
Soon aurors appeared and the fight was over. Lucius smiled as Kade ran up to him and gasped when he saw the gash threw Harry's torn robe.
"Are you okay?" He asked as he inspected the cut.
"I am fine...we better get to mum."
"Isn't she on the train?" Lucius asked.
"Yes, but she was hit in the back with a dagger...Hermione and Felicia went to fix her up." Draco replied.
Lucius nodded. "Okay...let's go."
They walked down the hallway and opened compartment doors. They opened one to see Hermione, Felicia, and the school matron facing the other side of the compartment.
"How's Cissa? Asleep?" Lucius asked.
Hermione then turned around her eyes streaming with tears and ran into Harry's arms. "I am SO sorry." She said to him, crying.
Kade's eyes grew wide and he pushed Hermione away. He walked to where Felicia and the Matron were standing. Lucius and Draco were standing next to the crying Hermione, scared with wide eyes.
Felicia pulled away when Kade tapped he shoulder. Then he saw. Narcissa was lying on a stretcher. She was lying on her back with one hand off the stretcher. Blood was on her and her eyes were opened, lifeless.
Harry did the only thing he could think of. He screamed. The next thing he knew, Draco's arms were around him and Lucius had run out of the compartment.
Harry sat there for a while. He cried with his brother and when his eyes had dried from tears, the headmaster walked in.
Albus looked somberly at the dead lady. He then turned to the two crying boys. "Your father is at his home. I asked him what to do with you...you are going to Severus's home." Severus walked in looking like he could barely hold back tears. Harry raised his eyes and in a flash he was in his godfather's arms. He cried and buried his head in Severus's robes. Severus just held him. Albus sighed. "Draco, are you okay with going to Severus' house?" Draco nodded. Albus turned to the girls. "You two are going to be going to Hermione's house. I have already arranged it." With a final goodbye he flowed out of the room. Harry pulled away from Severus and started to walk out of the room when he felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned around and Hermione kissed him. "I love you, goodbye." She said. Although she had never told Harry's she loved him and he would be happy to hear it, he didn't respond and didn't kiss back.
He turned away from her and walked out of the room with Draco and Severus behind him.
Soon they were at Snape Manor. Severus showed them their rooms. Draco walked into his and went to lie down on his bed. Severus then walked Harry down the hall to another door. "Here is your room. Kade if you want to..." Kade didn't say a thing and his only reply to Severus was the slam of a door in his godfather's face.
Severus sighed and walked down stairs to prepare dinner. When he was done cooking what he knew to be his godson's favorite dishes he went to the bottom of the stairs and yelled, "Boys, dinner time, come on down." Draco appeared soon, his eyes puffy and red, but nevertheless came down. Kade didn't appear. Severus walked up the stairs after waiting for five minutes. He knocked on his favorite students door. "Kade?"
No one answered. "Kaden? It is time for dinner."
"I am not coming down." Was Harry's muffled reply.
"Come on, Kade, you have to eat." Severus said desperately.
"Conjure it into my room."
Severus sighed, what could he do? "Okay...I'll see you in the morning." Harry didn't answer and Severus walked off.
Harry woke up slowly the next morning. He climbed out of bed and looked over to his Draco's. Draco wasn't in there...a missed chance for a wonderful prank, Harry bemused. He shuffled into the bathroom and jumped into the shower. Then the Slytherin dungeon was filled with the sounds of Kade's screams and Draco's undying laughter.
Kade walked into the common room wearing only a robe. "DRACO!!!"
Draco stood and looked at his sibling. "Good morning, bro...I mean sister." He said, smirking. "You are quite pretty, you have mother's figure I note." Kade lunged at his brother just as Severus Snape walked in.
The potions master pulled the girl off of Draco Malfoy. "WHO ARE YOU?!" He demanded.
Kade looked up at his now-favorite professor. "IT IS ME, KADE! LOOK WHAT HE DID TO ME!" Snape's eyes grew wide, "Mr. Malfoy?", he asked disbelievingly.
"YES!" Severus' jaw dropped, "Draco, why did you do this to your brother?"
"He had it coming."
"What did he do?" Severus asked.
"He teased me and interrupted an intimate moment with a girl I am interested in."
Severus nodded. "Okay...Well you two had better get to breakfast...please change Kade back soon..." He started to walk off but then turned around to looking at his gawking, favorite student. "Oh, Kade, as a female, it is improper to not have your chest covered."
Kade looked down and notice the top of his robe was loose, he blushed and ran into the bathroom, leaving behind a laughing brother.
By the end of the week, Harry and Draco had got into an all out prank war. Hermione and Felicia had even got into it, against each other. So now it was couple vs. couple. Harry and Hermione woke up at the end of the week to find themselves bald and sunburned, Draco and Felicia walked to lunch that same day with hair sprouting from every part of their bodies.
A truce was called at the end of the week and Christmas was upon them. Lucius and Narcissa had made it safely to their hideout two weeks before holiday break.
The day before holiday break, Kade and Draco were working hard to get packed. The girls, who were coming with them, had already packed and were chastising their boyfriends for waiting until the last minute. At the holiday feast, a Malfoy owl flew in and dropped a letter between the two boys. They dove for it at the same time and Draco came up as the victor, letter in hand. He smirked at his brother, who scowled, and opened it.
Draco read it out loud.
Dear Draco and Kade,
I will not be able to meet you at Kings Cross tomorrow. But your mother will be picking you up. I have a meeting with the minister but I will be home at dinner. Wait for your mother by platform 9. Be there my 3 PM. Looking forward to seeing you both...the girls also.
Love, dad.
Draco smiled. "That has to be the warmest letter he has ever written to me."
"Well...maybe it is because he doesn't have to act like a bastard now that his cover has been blown."
Draco smiled. "Good has come of this...we actually have a REAL father in public."
Harry smiled back before standing. "I have to go down to Professor Snape's chambers to give him his present. I'll meet you and Felicia back at the dorm. Goodnight, see you in the morning Hermione." He kissed his girlfriend on the cheek and left for the potion master's chambers.
Kade knocked on the door after the long trek to the dungeons. "Who dares to disturb me?" He heard Snape's voice say. Severus opened the door and upon seeing who his visitor was, dropped his glare and smiled. "Good evening Kade."
"Good evening, professor."
"What are you doing here? Snape asked.
"Oh, you don't want to see me?" Harry said, turning.
"No not that, just curious. Come in." Severus opened the door and let Harry come in. "So what is your reason for visiting me? Just to chat?"
"No, actually I came to give you your Christmas present."
"Why didn't you just owl it to me?"
"I don't know...I wanted to give it to you in person. You can wait until Christmas to open it." Harry said.
"YEAH RIGHT! You offered it...I am opening it now."
"I knew you would say that." Kade said offering the gift.
"What is it?" Severus said, looking at the hole punctured box.
"Open it and find out."
Severus walked over to the couch and Kade sat across from him. Severus smiled and started to unwrap it. He gasped when he saw the snake inside. "Why did you get me this?"
"Well...coral snakes make good familiars and I thought you might like it. Do you want to name it or have it tell me what it is?"
"What do you mean have you tell it was it's name is?"
"You can't tell anyone, professor."
"Okay." Severus said, looking confused.
"I am a parseltongue."
Severus' eyes grew wide. "REALLY?"
"Yes. Now do you want to name it or..."
"I am perfectly capable of finding out what its name is." Severus said, smirking.
"YOU are a parseltongue?" Harry said, disbelievingly.
"Yes." Severus then looked at the snake. [What is your name?]
The snake looked confused. [Are you my master?]
[Yes, do you have a name?]
[Silvia is my name.]
Harry interrupted. [Hello Silvia, this is your master, Severus but some pay call him Professor Snape]
Severus looked at Harry. "You know you can call me Severus when we aren't in class, don't you?"
"No...I didn't."
"Let's face it...you are probably the closest person to me at this school. I don't want you calling me 'sir' or 'professor' when you don't have to."
"Yes, si...Severus." Harry said, catching his mistake.
Severus smiled. "Well...thank you for the present, Harry. I will give yours to you on Christmas morning when I visit."
"Visit? I could have given it to you then."
"You could have...but this way I got my present early." He said, smirking.
"YOU TRICKED ME!"
"Yes...and as a Slytherin, I had expected it to be harder..."
Harry laughed and pushed his friend, professor, and godfather. "Well, I better be going. Are you going home tomorrow?"
"No...I have to stay at the school for an extra two days before going home."
"Oh okay...see you when you get to my house."
Severus smiled and opened the door. "Good night."
"Good night, Severus." Kade then walked off leaving behind his favorite professor with his new gift.
Far to early the next morning, the four teenagers were on the train ride home. Felicia and Hermione were quite nervous. They were really going to meet their boyfriends' parents. Kade and Draco spent their ride trying to calm the girls down.
"What did you get for your parents?" Hermione asked.
"We got dad a new cane. He lost his old one when he was uncovered as a spy. It is really nice. It's head is a ball with an "m" on it with emeralds and diamonds encrusted in it. We got mom a necklace for protection. It has dozens of charms on it. It's shaped like a flower made of amethyst." Harry explained.
Soon the train ride was over and the boys pulled out their bags and grabbed their girlfriends. They walked out and saw their mother's face and ran to her. They were hugging their mother, with the girls standing behind them when the first hex was thrown. A long dagger came out of nowhere and sunk into Narcissa's back. She gasped and fell into her elder twin's arms. The boys and girls then noticed all the death eaters and they started fighting. Harry gave Narcissa to the girls and they went onto the warded train.
Several of the seventh years were fighting with their parents against the death eaters. Draco saw Lucius appear and fought his way over to them.
"Where is your mother and Kade?" Asked Lucius as he threw a stupify at a death eater.
"Mum's on the train, Kade is fighting." Draco replied breathlessly.
Soon aurors appeared and the fight was over. Lucius smiled as Kade ran up to him and gasped when he saw the gash threw Harry's torn robe.
"Are you okay?" He asked as he inspected the cut.
"I am fine...we better get to mum."
"Isn't she on the train?" Lucius asked.
"Yes, but she was hit in the back with a dagger...Hermione and Felicia went to fix her up." Draco replied.
Lucius nodded. "Okay...let's go."
They walked down the hallway and opened compartment doors. They opened one to see Hermione, Felicia, and the school matron facing the other side of the compartment.
"How's Cissa? Asleep?" Lucius asked.
Hermione then turned around her eyes streaming with tears and ran into Harry's arms. "I am SO sorry." She said to him, crying.
Kade's eyes grew wide and he pushed Hermione away. He walked to where Felicia and the Matron were standing. Lucius and Draco were standing next to the crying Hermione, scared with wide eyes.
Felicia pulled away when Kade tapped he shoulder. Then he saw. Narcissa was lying on a stretcher. She was lying on her back with one hand off the stretcher. Blood was on her and her eyes were opened, lifeless.
Harry did the only thing he could think of. He screamed. The next thing he knew, Draco's arms were around him and Lucius had run out of the compartment.
Harry sat there for a while. He cried with his brother and when his eyes had dried from tears, the headmaster walked in.
Albus looked somberly at the dead lady. He then turned to the two crying boys. "Your father is at his home. I asked him what to do with you...you are going to Severus's home." Severus walked in looking like he could barely hold back tears. Harry raised his eyes and in a flash he was in his godfather's arms. He cried and buried his head in Severus's robes. Severus just held him. Albus sighed. "Draco, are you okay with going to Severus' house?" Draco nodded. Albus turned to the girls. "You two are going to be going to Hermione's house. I have already arranged it." With a final goodbye he flowed out of the room. Harry pulled away from Severus and started to walk out of the room when he felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned around and Hermione kissed him. "I love you, goodbye." She said. Although she had never told Harry's she loved him and he would be happy to hear it, he didn't respond and didn't kiss back.
He turned away from her and walked out of the room with Draco and Severus behind him.
Soon they were at Snape Manor. Severus showed them their rooms. Draco walked into his and went to lie down on his bed. Severus then walked Harry down the hall to another door. "Here is your room. Kade if you want to..." Kade didn't say a thing and his only reply to Severus was the slam of a door in his godfather's face.
Severus sighed and walked down stairs to prepare dinner. When he was done cooking what he knew to be his godson's favorite dishes he went to the bottom of the stairs and yelled, "Boys, dinner time, come on down." Draco appeared soon, his eyes puffy and red, but nevertheless came down. Kade didn't appear. Severus walked up the stairs after waiting for five minutes. He knocked on his favorite students door. "Kade?"
No one answered. "Kaden? It is time for dinner."
"I am not coming down." Was Harry's muffled reply.
"Come on, Kade, you have to eat." Severus said desperately.
"Conjure it into my room."
Severus sighed, what could he do? "Okay...I'll see you in the morning." Harry didn't answer and Severus walked off.
