Albus Dumbledore informed the Great Hall that tonight was a night of celebrations, and merely sat down. The Great Hall then burst into a low-pitched hum, resonationg with the flying rumors and whispers from table to table.
"The woman.. she looks really.. I just can't place it.." Harry whispered to Ron, biting his lip. "I mean..I just have to know who she is."
"Yeah, mate. I mean, who would marry Snape!?"
"Ronald Weasley!" Ginny and Hermione both hissed, as Mrs. Weasley turned her head towards Ron, as if tuned-in to her son's rude behavior. Ron swore she had some kind of radar in her mind, so fine-tuned to her childrens' behavior.
"Severus?"
"Yes?" Severus whispered, eyes shifting over to Lily, studying her green eyes. "Ah.. You want to know about Potter, hmm?"
"It only seems fair, he's my son." Lily whispered, leaning to whisper into Severus's ear. "Tonight?"
"Tonight in Albus's office....Is that all right, Albus?"
Harry Potter was startled when Snape came over to their table, with his new wife on his arm.
"Potter, Headmaster Dumbledore wishes to confer with you in his office after supper tonight. Don't be late." Snape said in a sneering tone of voice as he eyed Hermione and Ron. "Don't even think about hovering near the door, you two." Snape added as he glided away, Lily on his arm. As the two walked away, the woman turned her head, locking her eyes with Harry's.
A shiver ran through Harry's spine, knowing his life would change, but how?
"Harry? Are you all right?" asked Hermione as she frowned lightly and began to get up to go to Molly. Harry nodded, smiling a faint smile and leaving his seat, mumbling about his meeting with Dumbledore.
"Harry, my dear boy, have a seat." Dumbledore said with a smile as Harry entered and decided to sit on a wingback chair, as far away from Snape as he could get, studying Snape and his wife with curious eyes. There was something very odd about his wife, she looked too familiar for comfort, Harry thought. He was brought back to reality by Dumbledore's offer for Lemon Drops.
"No thank you, Headmaster. Just begin." Snape said dryly, as he conjured himself up a drink of firewhiskey.
"Very well. Harry, Did you know your mother was one of Hogwarts' finest students, second only to Severus?"
"No." Harry whispered, his eyes wide.
"She was. She is a clever woman, and she managed to surprise me and Severus by her actions. Harry, you remember what Tom Riddle did with his diary?"
"Yes. He saved his soul or something like that in the diary." Harry explained, shivering at the mention of Tom Riddle.
"Very well, Harry. You see, there is a similar spell to that very spell, only it works with love. Your mother was deeply and completely in love her seventh year, spurring her to begin that very spell and contain her love in a diary which she hid in the Hogwarts library for years, until our dear Professor stumbled upon it in a drunken stupor."
"Headmaster!" Snape snapped, spilling his drink and then disposing of it completely, choosing a butterbeer instead under Dumbledore's nearly withering stare.
"...As I was saying, before I was oh, so rudely interrupted by Severus, Your mother explicitly put down her wishes that in case of her death, she was to be reserructed using that very spell by her lover or their child, if they ever survived the war. Do you understand all of this, Harry?"
"pretty much so, Headmaster... you're telling me my mother can be brought alive by me?"
"No." Dumbledore said sadly. "Alas, your mother hated your father with a passion, that, I only recently discovered last night. Why don't we let Severus and Lily explain their story?"
*Mum and Snape!?* Harry gasped out in horror.
"Harry, let us explain. Oh my sweetheart, you've grown so big." Lily began with a smile, her green eyes sparkling. "Oh, Harry, will you allow me to explain to you why I did this?"
A long pause stretched through the room, as Harry gasped for breath, trying to blink back tears of anger and happiness. He didn't know whether to attack Snape or hug his mother. Finally, a nod from Harry allowed Lily to begin her tale.
"I was in love with Severus ever since I saw him in that carriage the beginning of my sixth year. He was so smart, we used to study together in the library all hours of the night." Lily said, her face becoming slightly flushed, and a giddy smile made a brief appearance on her lips. Shaking her head, she continued "He and I somehow began a relationship. It lasted for years, until my death. He insisted I marry James Potter for my own protection... and the two of us hadn't counted on James's desire for a heir. You resulted from our marriage. Severus was so angry, he wished you were his. We both agreed to marry after the demise of You Know Who- Voldemort- and raise you as our own son, we already had chosen a new name for you, Peren Snape. We had our life all lined up and then I had to go and die." Lily sobbed, turning to Snape, burying herself into Snape's chest. Snape remained still, only his hands moved to stroke her hair, leaning down slightly to whisper some words of comfort in her ear.
"Mr. Potter, you need to understand your mother's posistion. She had given birth to a child through a rape by her husband. She didn't expect to die. Clever girl she was, she did prepare for it. I certainly did not foresee this, but this has given me the happiness I lost all these years ago. I will allow you and your mother to have a relationship, but if you do anything to upset her, you will pay. Do you understand?" Snape said in a dark whisper, his eyebrow raised high on his forehead and his mouth an harsh line. Harry nodded dumbly, his eyes locked on his mother, who had recovered from her crying spell.
"Harry, Severus brought me back to life. I love him with all my heart, and you need to understand that. We have recently followed through with our plans, and married. I do not care if you choose to awkenoldge James as your father, but you do need to understand that another child will result of our marriage, perhaps more will follow. I love you fiercely as a mother loves her own child, do you understand that? I already explained all of this to Severus years ago, and now I am explaining this to you, Harry."
Harry tried to absorb all of this information, and sighed, studying his mother with a keen intrest. She looked so happy, leaning on Professor Snape. Ew, Professor Snape, could she have picked someone else like Remus to be her new husband?
"Why Snape, why not Remus or Sirius?" Harry asked. Lily laughed long and hard at that statement, as Snape sat there with a small smirk on his lips, choosing to take a drink and let Lily explain the story behind Lupin and Black.
"Everyone thought I would marry Remus. James had been stalking me for a week, and Severus was angry. We wanted to be together, and we agreed for Severus to take a polyjuice potion and go out on the field as Remus Lupin so we could be together out in public for one day. It kind of backfired on us, though." Lily said in between giggles, sounding like a young bride of twenty.
"Yes, when Lupin came storming down into the Great Hall the next morning, and then the four of them proceeded to locate me and have it out." Severus said dryly as he slammed down his glass. "I have papers to mark. I will see you later tonight, Lily. Mr. Potter, Albus." Snape said as he swooped out of the room in a wave of his robes, leaving the room seeming even emptier without his presence.
"This is all too weird..." Harry mumbled to his mother and Dumbledore, shaking his head.
"Don't worry, you will get used to having Severus as your stepfather. Why don't you go visit with Remus? He can tell you some stories about your father if you like."
"Don't you remember my father?"
"To be honest, I spent as much time as I could away from him and at Severus's side. I was at his flat in London nearly the entire time I was pregnant with you. I went in labor at his house, he was the one who brought me over to St. Mungo's. That, is a very good story for another time, and I can't wait to see what happens this time." Lily said with a chuckle, her hand lightly resting over her slihgtly swollen belly.
"....this time....?" Harry croaked out, and then everything went black.
"Oh dear, should we get Poppy?" Lily asked as she leaned over Harry.
A/N: thanks for bearing with me. For any of you who are confused, Harry is in fact James's son. But as a nice bonus to this story, she currently is carrying Severus's child. Please do read/review.. I would love it! :)
"The woman.. she looks really.. I just can't place it.." Harry whispered to Ron, biting his lip. "I mean..I just have to know who she is."
"Yeah, mate. I mean, who would marry Snape!?"
"Ronald Weasley!" Ginny and Hermione both hissed, as Mrs. Weasley turned her head towards Ron, as if tuned-in to her son's rude behavior. Ron swore she had some kind of radar in her mind, so fine-tuned to her childrens' behavior.
"Severus?"
"Yes?" Severus whispered, eyes shifting over to Lily, studying her green eyes. "Ah.. You want to know about Potter, hmm?"
"It only seems fair, he's my son." Lily whispered, leaning to whisper into Severus's ear. "Tonight?"
"Tonight in Albus's office....Is that all right, Albus?"
Harry Potter was startled when Snape came over to their table, with his new wife on his arm.
"Potter, Headmaster Dumbledore wishes to confer with you in his office after supper tonight. Don't be late." Snape said in a sneering tone of voice as he eyed Hermione and Ron. "Don't even think about hovering near the door, you two." Snape added as he glided away, Lily on his arm. As the two walked away, the woman turned her head, locking her eyes with Harry's.
A shiver ran through Harry's spine, knowing his life would change, but how?
"Harry? Are you all right?" asked Hermione as she frowned lightly and began to get up to go to Molly. Harry nodded, smiling a faint smile and leaving his seat, mumbling about his meeting with Dumbledore.
"Harry, my dear boy, have a seat." Dumbledore said with a smile as Harry entered and decided to sit on a wingback chair, as far away from Snape as he could get, studying Snape and his wife with curious eyes. There was something very odd about his wife, she looked too familiar for comfort, Harry thought. He was brought back to reality by Dumbledore's offer for Lemon Drops.
"No thank you, Headmaster. Just begin." Snape said dryly, as he conjured himself up a drink of firewhiskey.
"Very well. Harry, Did you know your mother was one of Hogwarts' finest students, second only to Severus?"
"No." Harry whispered, his eyes wide.
"She was. She is a clever woman, and she managed to surprise me and Severus by her actions. Harry, you remember what Tom Riddle did with his diary?"
"Yes. He saved his soul or something like that in the diary." Harry explained, shivering at the mention of Tom Riddle.
"Very well, Harry. You see, there is a similar spell to that very spell, only it works with love. Your mother was deeply and completely in love her seventh year, spurring her to begin that very spell and contain her love in a diary which she hid in the Hogwarts library for years, until our dear Professor stumbled upon it in a drunken stupor."
"Headmaster!" Snape snapped, spilling his drink and then disposing of it completely, choosing a butterbeer instead under Dumbledore's nearly withering stare.
"...As I was saying, before I was oh, so rudely interrupted by Severus, Your mother explicitly put down her wishes that in case of her death, she was to be reserructed using that very spell by her lover or their child, if they ever survived the war. Do you understand all of this, Harry?"
"pretty much so, Headmaster... you're telling me my mother can be brought alive by me?"
"No." Dumbledore said sadly. "Alas, your mother hated your father with a passion, that, I only recently discovered last night. Why don't we let Severus and Lily explain their story?"
*Mum and Snape!?* Harry gasped out in horror.
"Harry, let us explain. Oh my sweetheart, you've grown so big." Lily began with a smile, her green eyes sparkling. "Oh, Harry, will you allow me to explain to you why I did this?"
A long pause stretched through the room, as Harry gasped for breath, trying to blink back tears of anger and happiness. He didn't know whether to attack Snape or hug his mother. Finally, a nod from Harry allowed Lily to begin her tale.
"I was in love with Severus ever since I saw him in that carriage the beginning of my sixth year. He was so smart, we used to study together in the library all hours of the night." Lily said, her face becoming slightly flushed, and a giddy smile made a brief appearance on her lips. Shaking her head, she continued "He and I somehow began a relationship. It lasted for years, until my death. He insisted I marry James Potter for my own protection... and the two of us hadn't counted on James's desire for a heir. You resulted from our marriage. Severus was so angry, he wished you were his. We both agreed to marry after the demise of You Know Who- Voldemort- and raise you as our own son, we already had chosen a new name for you, Peren Snape. We had our life all lined up and then I had to go and die." Lily sobbed, turning to Snape, burying herself into Snape's chest. Snape remained still, only his hands moved to stroke her hair, leaning down slightly to whisper some words of comfort in her ear.
"Mr. Potter, you need to understand your mother's posistion. She had given birth to a child through a rape by her husband. She didn't expect to die. Clever girl she was, she did prepare for it. I certainly did not foresee this, but this has given me the happiness I lost all these years ago. I will allow you and your mother to have a relationship, but if you do anything to upset her, you will pay. Do you understand?" Snape said in a dark whisper, his eyebrow raised high on his forehead and his mouth an harsh line. Harry nodded dumbly, his eyes locked on his mother, who had recovered from her crying spell.
"Harry, Severus brought me back to life. I love him with all my heart, and you need to understand that. We have recently followed through with our plans, and married. I do not care if you choose to awkenoldge James as your father, but you do need to understand that another child will result of our marriage, perhaps more will follow. I love you fiercely as a mother loves her own child, do you understand that? I already explained all of this to Severus years ago, and now I am explaining this to you, Harry."
Harry tried to absorb all of this information, and sighed, studying his mother with a keen intrest. She looked so happy, leaning on Professor Snape. Ew, Professor Snape, could she have picked someone else like Remus to be her new husband?
"Why Snape, why not Remus or Sirius?" Harry asked. Lily laughed long and hard at that statement, as Snape sat there with a small smirk on his lips, choosing to take a drink and let Lily explain the story behind Lupin and Black.
"Everyone thought I would marry Remus. James had been stalking me for a week, and Severus was angry. We wanted to be together, and we agreed for Severus to take a polyjuice potion and go out on the field as Remus Lupin so we could be together out in public for one day. It kind of backfired on us, though." Lily said in between giggles, sounding like a young bride of twenty.
"Yes, when Lupin came storming down into the Great Hall the next morning, and then the four of them proceeded to locate me and have it out." Severus said dryly as he slammed down his glass. "I have papers to mark. I will see you later tonight, Lily. Mr. Potter, Albus." Snape said as he swooped out of the room in a wave of his robes, leaving the room seeming even emptier without his presence.
"This is all too weird..." Harry mumbled to his mother and Dumbledore, shaking his head.
"Don't worry, you will get used to having Severus as your stepfather. Why don't you go visit with Remus? He can tell you some stories about your father if you like."
"Don't you remember my father?"
"To be honest, I spent as much time as I could away from him and at Severus's side. I was at his flat in London nearly the entire time I was pregnant with you. I went in labor at his house, he was the one who brought me over to St. Mungo's. That, is a very good story for another time, and I can't wait to see what happens this time." Lily said with a chuckle, her hand lightly resting over her slihgtly swollen belly.
"....this time....?" Harry croaked out, and then everything went black.
"Oh dear, should we get Poppy?" Lily asked as she leaned over Harry.
A/N: thanks for bearing with me. For any of you who are confused, Harry is in fact James's son. But as a nice bonus to this story, she currently is carrying Severus's child. Please do read/review.. I would love it! :)