Children of Fate
By: Illustrious Sorrow
Chapter 6: Lord of Fate
Note: More Harry-Snape bonding. A reminder, no slash, I hate slash. Harry discovers he's the lord of Fate and does whatever it
is that the Lord of Fate has to...Kinda.
When Harry woke up he was lying in the Hospital wing again and the sun was shining in his face from one of the open windows.
The sound of his daughters playing in their cribs made him jump up to ensure that they were alright. Or made him try to.
As soon as he sat up the world began to swim around him.
Groaning, he laid back down. With in seconds he heard Madame Pomfery bustling toward him. "Harry! You finally woke up. We
were getting worried." "We?" "Yes we, me, your daughters, and-" "Your father." A sleepy voice inturuped the nurse who promptly
scowled. "Why are you awake Severus? You should be asleep. You suffered multiple crudasious curses and need to heal."
She turned back to Harry. "I can't figure out what on earth is wrong with you though. It appears that you also had the
crudasious curse on you, but you were here the entire time." "I /did/ have the curse put on me." "What? How?" She squaked.
"I don't really know. I can't usually interact with my dreams." "I know how." Came another voice, one which only Harry and
Severus reconized, "Mother!" "Byrle!" "Hello son, Severus. It's nice to see you after so many years."
Snape gapped at the casual way she said it. "I'm just joking Severus, how are you? I noticed you didn't get married like I
told you to." "But-I-you-uhhh." "So articulate. You know we can't get married and I know you don't truly love me. Get over
it." She saw that Snape was finally excepting what she was saying and so she moved on.
"Now, one of your new powers Harry, is to be able to travel in the dream world. You have to be carful though, it can be a
dangerous place. You must insure that you never die there or your soul will die in reality.
(a/n Hmmmm, interesting possiblity...)
You were actually at that meeting
when you stepped up to save Severus." She turned to the man, "See how brave our son is? Risking his life to save his father."
She smiled fondly at Harry.
"You will discover more of your powers along the way, you can't expect me to give you all the information instently can you?"
"Mother, come on, tell me!" Harry pleaded, but Fate remained firm. "Anyway, you can heal yourself with the ancient magic
Merlin gave you. So do so. The only way you wouldn't be able to heal yourself is if you are unconcious, dead, (a/n duh!) or
very seriously wounded, like you were when your uncle beat you."
"Now, I have to go. Remember your childhood Severus, treat your son accordingly, and for gods sake, get a wife. You are a
slob. Just look at your hair!" She laughed at the blush speading across Snapes cheaks, "Don't worry, I know it's only an
illusion, I'm just kidding again. Harry honey, be good and listen to your father. Remember what I said about Aura and get to
work on your sleeping potion. That poor woman can't sleep in a chair forever. Now I really do have to go. Love you sweetheart,
bye!" And with a flash of bright light, she disappeared.
Harry instently got to work on healing himself. Poppy started to ask about a wand, but stopped at the bright light that came
out of Harry's palms. He ran his hands over his entire body untill it was covered in the same light that covered his hands
and then slowly died out, leaving Harry looking and feeling 100% better.
"Harry, that was..." "Amazing!" Poppy finished Severus' statment when he was unable to. "How did you do that?" "Huh? Oh, it's
no big deal. I'll be able to do better when I make my staff." "Staff?" Snape asked faintly. Only truly great wizards had staffs,
the last one to have one was...Merlin himself. Harry's ancestor. In order to make a staff, the wizard had to be a mage, had
to be able to do any type of magic wandlessly, and know every type of natural magical object in the world in order to know
what elements were the best for the indevidual.
"Yes, yes, of course." Said Harry distently, not really paying any attention to the converstion. He was too busy looking at
the picture that now adorned his forearm. Snape and Poppy finally saw what he was staring at and gasped. It was an Ancient
Eygption symbol called the eye of Horus, believed to be a sign of protection.
"Harry, what's that?" Poppy asked sounding bewildered. "The eye of Horus." "I know /that/ I mean, what is it doing on your
arm?" "I don't....oh." "Oh what" "It is the symbol of the lord of fate. I had forgotten." "The Lord of Fate?" "Yeah." "You're
the Lord of Fate?" "Yup." "What-what is that?" "You'll know later."
"Harry Potter! Tell me now!" "No." Snape watched with intrest while the increasinly frustrated Madame Pomfery attempted to
get Harry to divuldge what the Lord of Fate was. "I'm very sorry, I've told you all I'm allowed to." And that was that. "Fine
then." The disgruntled nurse huffed. "Just let me give you a check up and you can leave."
Submitting to this, Harry sat back down on one of the beds and rested. After a few minutes Poppy proclaimed him ready to go
and grugingly let him leave. "Severus, how are you doing?" "Fine Harry." He paused and then said, "Hey wait a second, I should
be asking you the same question!" "I'm fine." Severus snorted but left it at that.
"Are you sure you don't want help with them?" He asked, pointing at his grandchildren, who were currently hanging from Harry's
neck in the muggle baby carriers. "Nope. I barley even notice the weight and I like having them close." Severus shrugged
and asked another question.
"You're sure you don't mind living with me? I know things haven't been the best between us...ever." Harry looked down at his
father and smiled. "I'm sure. As long as you want me that is." The last was added anxiously. "I do Harry. More then anything."
Both of the men felt more at ease after this. Both had hoped the other would answer that way. They were slowly coming closer
together, finally finding the family they wanted.
They finally reached the dungon rooms where Severus lived. "Pepper imps." Severus mutterd, pointedly ignoring Harry's chuckles
behind him. "Alright, this is your room. I prepaired it as soon as I found out you were my son." He flung the door open and
Harry gasped in suprise at the room.
"My god Severus. I thought you hated Gryffindor!" His room was exactly like the one in the Gryffindor commen room, only
smaller. After staring for a few moments, Harry turned around and looked at the rest of the small apartment. It was decorated
in shades of turquoise and white. Colors that none of the houses claimed as their own.
"Lovely colors." Harry laughed as he saw the look on Severus' face. "All of the teacher apartments are decorated these colors,
I didn't pick them." "But Severus, they suit you so well!" "Shut up kid." "Always and Forever." "Grrr... Anyway, this door
leads to my room, this one is a bathroom as is the one over there." He waved his hand in a vauge direction. "This door is
my personal potions lab. You may use it if you wish. Did you want your daughters to sleep in your rooms with you?"
Harry nodded. "Yes, I have to be able to protect them." "All right then. You have all of their things?" "Yeah." Harry waved
his arm and a large trunk appeared in the middle of the floor. Harry then opened the trunk and unloaded his things. The
cribs were set on the side of his bed, a changing table went against a wall, a smaller trunk of clothes for the babies went
next to the changing table. Then Harry pulled out his books, the number of which had grown since he last saw them.
"Well, I guess my mother wants me to read these then." He said sarcastically before setting them on the bookshelf. When he
was done with all his stuff the room looked like it truly belonged to him. There were afew pictures on the wall of his friends
and his stuff lined the walls.
"Thank you Severus. This is the best thing anyone has ever given me." Severus looked alittle unsure of what to do. "Well,
don't get to comfterable. There's something else I have for you." "Really? What?" "You'll see. Come with me." He got up and
left the room, leaving Harry to quickly gather his daughters and follow him.
"Sit down." Harry quickly sat and put Raven and Lily on the floor. Severus ducked and pulled a large box out from under the
table. "Well, open it." Harry walked over to the box and was startled to hear something moving around. "What is it?" "Open
it and find out. It won't hurt you. I think."
Harry glanced at him suspiously but then gave up and opened the box. Three shapes flew out at him. A bird, a snake, and some
kind of cat. After the shapes settled down, Harry could see what they were. A gold and silver phoenix, a black and gold snake
that Harry reconized. A Crooked Fang! They were highly poisenous and rare but very loyal to their owners who they serve for
life. This one was very young and hadn't been bonded.
The Phoenix was a rare breed called a Moon Phoenix. While most Phoenix' got their healing and re-birth powers from the sun,
this breed came from the moon. They were the most powerful of the two breeds and could bond themselves to a human, just like
the Crooked Fangs could.
Finally Harry turned his eyes toward the cat shape. It was a winged fox! These too were rare and loyal. They were similar in
coloring to the Crooked Fang, Gold, Black, and deep Red. They had wings that were twice as long as their body and were able
to carry weights three times their weight. The cats themselves never got to be more then a foot tall but were fierce fighters
and had sharp claws and teeth. They also bonded with a human.
"Severus, where on earth did you get these?" "Well, to tell you the truth, I only got you the snake. The other two just showed
up with a note that they were for you. I got the snake in the Forbidden Forest, I was looking for some potions ingredients."
"Thank you so much." "Well, what are you going to name them?"
Harry looked at his three pets. Do you have a name fair phoenix? Harry asked, not really thinking the bird would understand
him. I do Lord of Fate. It is EvenSong Did you just /talk/ to me? I didn't know Phoenix's could speak english! We can't,
you're speaking Phoenixi' the language of the Phoenixs' Oh.
He turned to Severus who was looking like he was going to explod from shock. "He says his name is EvenSong." "Does he really?"
Asked Severus, half in amazment and half sacrastically. "Yup." He decided to ask the snake his name. He already knew he could
talk to them.
[What'ssss your name?"] [You can ssspeak to me? You don't /look/ evil.] Harry laughed (That must sound really weird in
parseltounge...) [I'm not. I'm Harry Potter, my father just gave you to me asss a pet and friend. I notice you are not bonded,
would you like to bond with me?]
The snake looked suprised at the request, [You assssk? Any sssnake would be thrilled to bond with you. Did you know that
mossst bond-matessss don't assssk before bonding?] [I did not. That isss very rude. Do you have a name?] The snake shook his
head, [That isss how we bond, our human'sss give us a name and we become bonded. If we love our mastersssss we give them a
name as well.]
[Very well, how about, Osssirisss?] (A/N Osiris if you can't tell.) Instently the snake changed slightly, his eyes became the
same green that Harry's had been before his change. Green is a very odd color for a snake's eyes. [Thank you massster.
Osssirisss isss a great name. Do you mind if I name you?] [Of courssse not.] [I name you Falorne Fate Ssssson] [Thank you
Ossssirisss.]
Harry looked up from his snake's eyes and turned to his father "His name is Osiris. We are bonded." "Osiris?" "I dunno, I
thought it sounded right some how." The snake crawled up his arm and curled around his neck, hissing contentedly. Finally
Harry turned to the Winged Fox,
Hello. Can you understand me? I can human. How is it you can speak with me? I don't know, it must be one of my gifts,
the ability to talk to animals. If you say so. Will you name me? Would you like me to? Yes. I want to bond with you. I
can help you with your children. I have been watching you for years. Do you have a prefrency for a name? No. Any name is
fine.
How about....StarBorn? The fox fell over in shock as her eyes changed to green. How did you know my given name? It seemed
right, why? That is what my mother called me before she bonded. Do you want a differnt name? No! I loved that name. I
thank you. Uhhm, Anytime? With that the fox nuzzled Harry's leg with her head and drifed over to the two babies, playing
contentedly on the floor with a toy Harry had bought for them.
"Well, it would seem I have the abilty to talk to animals." Harry anounced to Severus. "Perhaps we should inform Albus of this
new devlopment." "Sure, that's a great idea." Harry placed his children in the carriers, watching for Osiris as he looped the
straps over his shoulders.
[Are you two coming?] Harry asked EvenSong and StarBorn. They responded by EvenSong landing on his shoulder and Starborn
walked up and purred around his feet. "Guess so. Ready Severus?" The still stunned man only nodded and followed Harry out of
the room.
Harry knew that he could have simply teleported to Albus' office with his daughters, father, and pets, but he felt that his
poor father had already had enough of a shock as it was. So after a few minutes they stood in front of the stone gargoyal.
"Blood Pops!" Severus said, and then waited for the statue to move. It didn't.
While Severus tried uselessly to guess the password, Harry unobstructivly leaned against the gargoyal. "Quidditch."
and with that the gargoyal slide open. Severus looked at Harry suspiously who only shrugged in return. "Wonder what's up? He
only has had candy passwords before."
With that Harry went up the stairs and pulled his stricken father after him. When they reached the top Harry knocked loudly.
"Come on in Harry!" "Hello Albus, how did you know it was me?" "Some people say I can read minds, others know that I have a
spell placed on the gargoyal that lets me see any person standing at the entrance."
Harry laughted at this, "I thought I sensed a spell. Guess that was it." "Did you have something you wanted to tell me about
Harry? Like how you knew my password?" "Oh, that," Harry waved an airy hand around, "It's just a little technique I have, I
can learn any password by touching the object. But that's not why I wanted to come up here. I have just discovered a new
ability as the Lord of Fate. I can talk to animals."
Albus' eyebrows shot up into his hairline. "R-realy? That's great." He was suprised but hid it well. "Severus are you ok?"
Albus asked, looking concerned. "Fine, fine, I've never been better." Fianlly Albus' eyes took in the three animals that had
accompanied Harry, Raven, Lily, and Severus into the office.
"Harry, did you know that there is a Winged Fox and a Crooked Fang and a Moon Phoenix with you?" Harry glanced around, "What?
oh, you mean StarBorn, EvenSong, and Osiris? Yeah, I knew." "You bonded with them?" "Yes." "Where did you get them?" "Severus
gave me the Crooked Fang, and the other two just showed up and I named them and bonded with them." "Oh." "Alright, I'm going
to head outside, Raven and Lily need to be outside."
"Ahh Harry, I need you to talk about what happend at the Dursley's." Harry whipped around, his face a deadly white. "Why do
you need to know about that?" He whispered, suddenly losing all his composure and looking extremly scared. This sudden
transformation in attitude not only comfermined that Harry needed to talk to him, but scared Albus more then almost anything
he had ever seen.
"I'm sorry Harry, but you know what I said last year at the end of the third task is true, if you talk about it it will help."
"No. I won't and you'll have to except that." With that Harry vanished, along with his daughters, leaving his father and
Albus alone.
"Albus does Harry really need to just yet? You saw how much it scared him, I doubt that even Voldemort scares him that much."
"What I saw only confirmed to me just how much he needs to talk. Something terrible must have happened to him, something he
didn't let Poppy see and we have to find out what it is."
Hestitating, Severus slowly nodded, "But how? It's obvious that he doesn't want to tell?" "I don't know, I just don't know."
Albus sighed deeply, sounding almost defeted, "I'm very worried for him, I can see how tortured he is by everything that has
happened. There is an ancient spell that might work if several people cast it on him, but it would force him not only to
tell it, but to relive it. I don't want to have to do that unless there is not other way."
Unbeknownst to Albus, the little rat in the corner had woken up just as Harry left and listened intently as Albus Dumbledore
explained the way the spell worked and how it could cause Harry an immense amount of pain, physically and pyscologically,
then him left to bring the information but to his master.
The next morning.
"Dad, I have to leave Raven and Lily with you for a few days." "Why?" asked Severus, alittle suprised by the use of the word
dad and by the fact that Harry was acting like yesterday had never happend as well as by the fact that Harry was hiding his
eyes with sunglasses again, likly so that the staff wouldn't know of his eye "condition". "I have to go and make my staff,
once I do that I'll be able to begin my potion to sleep. I would like to leave after breakfast and then I should be back in
a day or two."
"Have you talked to Albus about that?" Harry hesitated, "No. I will talk to him at breakfast. About making my staff." With
that Harry started down the hall with his familiars racing behind him and his daughters hanging from his shoulders like
always.
Suddenly he stopped, "Father, has the staff been told of my arrival?" "No, why?" "Oh, I just needed to know if I needed to
create an illusion. I will announce that you are my father at the beginning of the school year, until then I want to keep it
a secret." Severus nodded, aparently Harry had inherited the desire for privacy from him, thought he wasn't all to sure that
was a good thing.
"Of course it is Severus, it enables me to go around unknown for a while, all I have to do is hide my scar." "But, how did
you hear that?" "You said it right out loud, you said, and I quote 'Apparently Harry inherited the desire for privacy from me,
though I'm not all to sure that's a good thing.' " "No I didn't, you must have read my mind." They continued walking for a
second before the inplications of what Severus had said sunk in.
"Wait a moment! I can read minds!" Severus just stood still for a second, numb yet again. His son was proving full of suprises.
Finally they both snapped out of it and continued on to the great hall. When they walked in. The teachers already at the
table looked up and Aura and Albus waved to them, "Severus! H-" She stopped when her hair suddenly grew five feet, turned
bright pink and flew into her mouth.
"Hello Aura, what on earth have you done to your hair?" Severus asked curiously, having no idea what was going on. The
startled women gurgled angrily throught her hair and set about trying to get it out of her mouth. "Severus good morning, who
is this young man?" The Divination teacher asked brightly.
"Sybil. What a...pleasure. This is my son H-..." "I'm Falorne Snape at your sevice lovly lady." Said Harry smoothly.
Seeing his father look at him added maliciously, "My father has told me /so much/ about you." "Well aren't you a sweet young
man? Your have a good boy there Snape." Everyone at the table looked suprised that a Snape could be civilized as well as the
fact that Trewlany wasn't predicting his death or an injury, all they could do was sit at table and stare at the boy who
managed to charm the deary professor into being a normal human being.
"Hello, it's nice to meet you all." Said Harry grinning at the shocked faces of the entire staff, including his father. In
fact, the only person who looked totally unsuprised was Albus. "Hello Professor Dumbledore, it's nice to see you again. Thank
you for allowing me to stay here with my father over the summer. I apolagize that my school was unable to allow me to stay
over the summer."
"You're quite welcome Falorne and there is no reason at all to apologize, you're schools situation is not your fault at all."
He said, speaking with a double meaning. "Why don't you come and sit down, bring your father with you, he seems alittle
shocked at something, perhaps he didn't get enough sleep." This woke Severus out of his shock and he grumpily muttered about
getting plenty of sleep and that he should mind his own business and then walked over to the table, leaving a place for Harry
next to him, with his god mother on the other side, still trying to undo the curse on her hair.
Harry/Falorne, casually slid into the seat next to Aura and whispered to her, "Sorry about that, you were about to say my
real name, I want to keep my identity a secret for awhile, remember, I'm Falorne Snape." Aura nodded her head frantically and
then gagged as her hair spun out of her mouth and went back to normal.
"Thanks alot." Her voice was sarcastic. "I could do do it again if you want. Let no one know I am here or that I am the Lord
of Fate. I will tell them myself." "Of course."
"Falorne, would you mind coming to my office after you are finished eating?" "Actually Professor, I have to leave to make
that thing I told you about so that I can make the potion." Dumbledore looked slightly confused for a moment but then rememberd
the conversation where Harry had told him about the staff.
"Where do you want to go?" "I will go to the center of the Ways. Do not worry, nothing will harm me there, I am their master
and I control everything that enters." Albus sighed, he knew that Harry would leave even if he said no. "Very well then, how
long will you be gone?" "A few days. Hopfully no more then three." "What are you going to do with your daughters?" "I'm leaving
them with my father. They should be fine. I will have to take my familiars though so if you wouldn't mind checking up on
them everyonce in a while I would be very grateful."
"Yes, of course." "Thank you. If you don't mind I think I'll leave now." "Your luggage?" "Shrunken and in my pocket." "Will
you talk to me went you get back?" "Perhaps." Harry turned to his father. "Goodbye father. I'll miss you and I'll be back in
a few days. Plese take good care of my daughters. They are my life now."
"Don't worry, they'll be fine, what are you? A mother hen?" "No, it's just that they're so young and this is the first time
I'll be leaving them." Now he turned to his daughters, "Raven, Lily, I promise I'll be back in afew days, you will always
have a family. I love you and I want you to behave for your Grandfather." The girls seemed to understand so Harry hugged them
gently and kissed them before handing them to Severus.
"Aura, check in on them for me will you? This is my father's first time alone with them, you know what I mean?" "Of course.
Be carful Falorne, if not for yourself for your daughters and your father." "I will never leave my family like I was left."
Harry promised and then dissappeared in a flash of golden light.
The professors who didn't know what Harry was were astounded and confused. This boy looked no older then seventeen and yet
he had two daughters and why was he so worried about abandoning them? He had a father, he wasn't abandoned. And most of all,
how could he apparate inside Hogwarts?
In the Ways
Harry stood on the top of a mountain dressed in black leather pants and shirt with a loose gold robe over them. In his hands
was a long piece of pure white Rowen wood. He had been gone for a day now collecting all that he needed. Chanting, Harry
wove spells into the wood, slowly turning it from white to a reddish-gold.
The chanting went on for hours and when it was done Harry held three objects to the wood and let them sink in. The feather of
a phoenix, the poisen of a crooked fang, and the wing feature of a winged fox. He could have used less powerful animals, but
he wanted the staff to be strong and so this is what he needed. His bond with the animals giving the ingredients would make
it stronger still.
For the last step Harry had to place his wand into the staff. With a bright flash the wand melded with the staff and the spell
was done. Exhaused, Harry leaned on his new staff. He would have taken time to rest but he felt his spell that connected him
to his daughters going off. His daughters were in danger. Hogwarts was under attack!
TO BE CONTINUED...
Note: I am so incredably sorry about the wait for the chapter. I relize that it's been months since I last updated, but my
computer broke down and had to be taken in to be fixed so I haven't had my computer in ages. On top of that, I didn't back up
my story on a disk so I thought I was going to loose the whole thing, and I have several chapters written so I was really mad.
Anyway, I apoligize again and would like to thank everybody who has waited for the chapter so long. What did you think?
I have big plans for our hero! Harry bashing to come in the next chapter! Review!
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By: Illustrious Sorrow
Chapter 6: Lord of Fate
Note: More Harry-Snape bonding. A reminder, no slash, I hate slash. Harry discovers he's the lord of Fate and does whatever it
is that the Lord of Fate has to...Kinda.
When Harry woke up he was lying in the Hospital wing again and the sun was shining in his face from one of the open windows.
The sound of his daughters playing in their cribs made him jump up to ensure that they were alright. Or made him try to.
As soon as he sat up the world began to swim around him.
Groaning, he laid back down. With in seconds he heard Madame Pomfery bustling toward him. "Harry! You finally woke up. We
were getting worried." "We?" "Yes we, me, your daughters, and-" "Your father." A sleepy voice inturuped the nurse who promptly
scowled. "Why are you awake Severus? You should be asleep. You suffered multiple crudasious curses and need to heal."
She turned back to Harry. "I can't figure out what on earth is wrong with you though. It appears that you also had the
crudasious curse on you, but you were here the entire time." "I /did/ have the curse put on me." "What? How?" She squaked.
"I don't really know. I can't usually interact with my dreams." "I know how." Came another voice, one which only Harry and
Severus reconized, "Mother!" "Byrle!" "Hello son, Severus. It's nice to see you after so many years."
Snape gapped at the casual way she said it. "I'm just joking Severus, how are you? I noticed you didn't get married like I
told you to." "But-I-you-uhhh." "So articulate. You know we can't get married and I know you don't truly love me. Get over
it." She saw that Snape was finally excepting what she was saying and so she moved on.
"Now, one of your new powers Harry, is to be able to travel in the dream world. You have to be carful though, it can be a
dangerous place. You must insure that you never die there or your soul will die in reality.
(a/n Hmmmm, interesting possiblity...)
You were actually at that meeting
when you stepped up to save Severus." She turned to the man, "See how brave our son is? Risking his life to save his father."
She smiled fondly at Harry.
"You will discover more of your powers along the way, you can't expect me to give you all the information instently can you?"
"Mother, come on, tell me!" Harry pleaded, but Fate remained firm. "Anyway, you can heal yourself with the ancient magic
Merlin gave you. So do so. The only way you wouldn't be able to heal yourself is if you are unconcious, dead, (a/n duh!) or
very seriously wounded, like you were when your uncle beat you."
"Now, I have to go. Remember your childhood Severus, treat your son accordingly, and for gods sake, get a wife. You are a
slob. Just look at your hair!" She laughed at the blush speading across Snapes cheaks, "Don't worry, I know it's only an
illusion, I'm just kidding again. Harry honey, be good and listen to your father. Remember what I said about Aura and get to
work on your sleeping potion. That poor woman can't sleep in a chair forever. Now I really do have to go. Love you sweetheart,
bye!" And with a flash of bright light, she disappeared.
Harry instently got to work on healing himself. Poppy started to ask about a wand, but stopped at the bright light that came
out of Harry's palms. He ran his hands over his entire body untill it was covered in the same light that covered his hands
and then slowly died out, leaving Harry looking and feeling 100% better.
"Harry, that was..." "Amazing!" Poppy finished Severus' statment when he was unable to. "How did you do that?" "Huh? Oh, it's
no big deal. I'll be able to do better when I make my staff." "Staff?" Snape asked faintly. Only truly great wizards had staffs,
the last one to have one was...Merlin himself. Harry's ancestor. In order to make a staff, the wizard had to be a mage, had
to be able to do any type of magic wandlessly, and know every type of natural magical object in the world in order to know
what elements were the best for the indevidual.
"Yes, yes, of course." Said Harry distently, not really paying any attention to the converstion. He was too busy looking at
the picture that now adorned his forearm. Snape and Poppy finally saw what he was staring at and gasped. It was an Ancient
Eygption symbol called the eye of Horus, believed to be a sign of protection.
"Harry, what's that?" Poppy asked sounding bewildered. "The eye of Horus." "I know /that/ I mean, what is it doing on your
arm?" "I don't....oh." "Oh what" "It is the symbol of the lord of fate. I had forgotten." "The Lord of Fate?" "Yeah." "You're
the Lord of Fate?" "Yup." "What-what is that?" "You'll know later."
"Harry Potter! Tell me now!" "No." Snape watched with intrest while the increasinly frustrated Madame Pomfery attempted to
get Harry to divuldge what the Lord of Fate was. "I'm very sorry, I've told you all I'm allowed to." And that was that. "Fine
then." The disgruntled nurse huffed. "Just let me give you a check up and you can leave."
Submitting to this, Harry sat back down on one of the beds and rested. After a few minutes Poppy proclaimed him ready to go
and grugingly let him leave. "Severus, how are you doing?" "Fine Harry." He paused and then said, "Hey wait a second, I should
be asking you the same question!" "I'm fine." Severus snorted but left it at that.
"Are you sure you don't want help with them?" He asked, pointing at his grandchildren, who were currently hanging from Harry's
neck in the muggle baby carriers. "Nope. I barley even notice the weight and I like having them close." Severus shrugged
and asked another question.
"You're sure you don't mind living with me? I know things haven't been the best between us...ever." Harry looked down at his
father and smiled. "I'm sure. As long as you want me that is." The last was added anxiously. "I do Harry. More then anything."
Both of the men felt more at ease after this. Both had hoped the other would answer that way. They were slowly coming closer
together, finally finding the family they wanted.
They finally reached the dungon rooms where Severus lived. "Pepper imps." Severus mutterd, pointedly ignoring Harry's chuckles
behind him. "Alright, this is your room. I prepaired it as soon as I found out you were my son." He flung the door open and
Harry gasped in suprise at the room.
"My god Severus. I thought you hated Gryffindor!" His room was exactly like the one in the Gryffindor commen room, only
smaller. After staring for a few moments, Harry turned around and looked at the rest of the small apartment. It was decorated
in shades of turquoise and white. Colors that none of the houses claimed as their own.
"Lovely colors." Harry laughed as he saw the look on Severus' face. "All of the teacher apartments are decorated these colors,
I didn't pick them." "But Severus, they suit you so well!" "Shut up kid." "Always and Forever." "Grrr... Anyway, this door
leads to my room, this one is a bathroom as is the one over there." He waved his hand in a vauge direction. "This door is
my personal potions lab. You may use it if you wish. Did you want your daughters to sleep in your rooms with you?"
Harry nodded. "Yes, I have to be able to protect them." "All right then. You have all of their things?" "Yeah." Harry waved
his arm and a large trunk appeared in the middle of the floor. Harry then opened the trunk and unloaded his things. The
cribs were set on the side of his bed, a changing table went against a wall, a smaller trunk of clothes for the babies went
next to the changing table. Then Harry pulled out his books, the number of which had grown since he last saw them.
"Well, I guess my mother wants me to read these then." He said sarcastically before setting them on the bookshelf. When he
was done with all his stuff the room looked like it truly belonged to him. There were afew pictures on the wall of his friends
and his stuff lined the walls.
"Thank you Severus. This is the best thing anyone has ever given me." Severus looked alittle unsure of what to do. "Well,
don't get to comfterable. There's something else I have for you." "Really? What?" "You'll see. Come with me." He got up and
left the room, leaving Harry to quickly gather his daughters and follow him.
"Sit down." Harry quickly sat and put Raven and Lily on the floor. Severus ducked and pulled a large box out from under the
table. "Well, open it." Harry walked over to the box and was startled to hear something moving around. "What is it?" "Open
it and find out. It won't hurt you. I think."
Harry glanced at him suspiously but then gave up and opened the box. Three shapes flew out at him. A bird, a snake, and some
kind of cat. After the shapes settled down, Harry could see what they were. A gold and silver phoenix, a black and gold snake
that Harry reconized. A Crooked Fang! They were highly poisenous and rare but very loyal to their owners who they serve for
life. This one was very young and hadn't been bonded.
The Phoenix was a rare breed called a Moon Phoenix. While most Phoenix' got their healing and re-birth powers from the sun,
this breed came from the moon. They were the most powerful of the two breeds and could bond themselves to a human, just like
the Crooked Fangs could.
Finally Harry turned his eyes toward the cat shape. It was a winged fox! These too were rare and loyal. They were similar in
coloring to the Crooked Fang, Gold, Black, and deep Red. They had wings that were twice as long as their body and were able
to carry weights three times their weight. The cats themselves never got to be more then a foot tall but were fierce fighters
and had sharp claws and teeth. They also bonded with a human.
"Severus, where on earth did you get these?" "Well, to tell you the truth, I only got you the snake. The other two just showed
up with a note that they were for you. I got the snake in the Forbidden Forest, I was looking for some potions ingredients."
"Thank you so much." "Well, what are you going to name them?"
Harry looked at his three pets. Do you have a name fair phoenix? Harry asked, not really thinking the bird would understand
him. I do Lord of Fate. It is EvenSong Did you just /talk/ to me? I didn't know Phoenix's could speak english! We can't,
you're speaking Phoenixi' the language of the Phoenixs' Oh.
He turned to Severus who was looking like he was going to explod from shock. "He says his name is EvenSong." "Does he really?"
Asked Severus, half in amazment and half sacrastically. "Yup." He decided to ask the snake his name. He already knew he could
talk to them.
[What'ssss your name?"] [You can ssspeak to me? You don't /look/ evil.] Harry laughed (That must sound really weird in
parseltounge...) [I'm not. I'm Harry Potter, my father just gave you to me asss a pet and friend. I notice you are not bonded,
would you like to bond with me?]
The snake looked suprised at the request, [You assssk? Any sssnake would be thrilled to bond with you. Did you know that
mossst bond-matessss don't assssk before bonding?] [I did not. That isss very rude. Do you have a name?] The snake shook his
head, [That isss how we bond, our human'sss give us a name and we become bonded. If we love our mastersssss we give them a
name as well.]
[Very well, how about, Osssirisss?] (A/N Osiris if you can't tell.) Instently the snake changed slightly, his eyes became the
same green that Harry's had been before his change. Green is a very odd color for a snake's eyes. [Thank you massster.
Osssirisss isss a great name. Do you mind if I name you?] [Of courssse not.] [I name you Falorne Fate Ssssson] [Thank you
Ossssirisss.]
Harry looked up from his snake's eyes and turned to his father "His name is Osiris. We are bonded." "Osiris?" "I dunno, I
thought it sounded right some how." The snake crawled up his arm and curled around his neck, hissing contentedly. Finally
Harry turned to the Winged Fox,
Hello. Can you understand me? I can human. How is it you can speak with me? I don't know, it must be one of my gifts,
the ability to talk to animals. If you say so. Will you name me? Would you like me to? Yes. I want to bond with you. I
can help you with your children. I have been watching you for years. Do you have a prefrency for a name? No. Any name is
fine.
How about....StarBorn? The fox fell over in shock as her eyes changed to green. How did you know my given name? It seemed
right, why? That is what my mother called me before she bonded. Do you want a differnt name? No! I loved that name. I
thank you. Uhhm, Anytime? With that the fox nuzzled Harry's leg with her head and drifed over to the two babies, playing
contentedly on the floor with a toy Harry had bought for them.
"Well, it would seem I have the abilty to talk to animals." Harry anounced to Severus. "Perhaps we should inform Albus of this
new devlopment." "Sure, that's a great idea." Harry placed his children in the carriers, watching for Osiris as he looped the
straps over his shoulders.
[Are you two coming?] Harry asked EvenSong and StarBorn. They responded by EvenSong landing on his shoulder and Starborn
walked up and purred around his feet. "Guess so. Ready Severus?" The still stunned man only nodded and followed Harry out of
the room.
Harry knew that he could have simply teleported to Albus' office with his daughters, father, and pets, but he felt that his
poor father had already had enough of a shock as it was. So after a few minutes they stood in front of the stone gargoyal.
"Blood Pops!" Severus said, and then waited for the statue to move. It didn't.
While Severus tried uselessly to guess the password, Harry unobstructivly leaned against the gargoyal. "Quidditch."
and with that the gargoyal slide open. Severus looked at Harry suspiously who only shrugged in return. "Wonder what's up? He
only has had candy passwords before."
With that Harry went up the stairs and pulled his stricken father after him. When they reached the top Harry knocked loudly.
"Come on in Harry!" "Hello Albus, how did you know it was me?" "Some people say I can read minds, others know that I have a
spell placed on the gargoyal that lets me see any person standing at the entrance."
Harry laughted at this, "I thought I sensed a spell. Guess that was it." "Did you have something you wanted to tell me about
Harry? Like how you knew my password?" "Oh, that," Harry waved an airy hand around, "It's just a little technique I have, I
can learn any password by touching the object. But that's not why I wanted to come up here. I have just discovered a new
ability as the Lord of Fate. I can talk to animals."
Albus' eyebrows shot up into his hairline. "R-realy? That's great." He was suprised but hid it well. "Severus are you ok?"
Albus asked, looking concerned. "Fine, fine, I've never been better." Fianlly Albus' eyes took in the three animals that had
accompanied Harry, Raven, Lily, and Severus into the office.
"Harry, did you know that there is a Winged Fox and a Crooked Fang and a Moon Phoenix with you?" Harry glanced around, "What?
oh, you mean StarBorn, EvenSong, and Osiris? Yeah, I knew." "You bonded with them?" "Yes." "Where did you get them?" "Severus
gave me the Crooked Fang, and the other two just showed up and I named them and bonded with them." "Oh." "Alright, I'm going
to head outside, Raven and Lily need to be outside."
"Ahh Harry, I need you to talk about what happend at the Dursley's." Harry whipped around, his face a deadly white. "Why do
you need to know about that?" He whispered, suddenly losing all his composure and looking extremly scared. This sudden
transformation in attitude not only comfermined that Harry needed to talk to him, but scared Albus more then almost anything
he had ever seen.
"I'm sorry Harry, but you know what I said last year at the end of the third task is true, if you talk about it it will help."
"No. I won't and you'll have to except that." With that Harry vanished, along with his daughters, leaving his father and
Albus alone.
"Albus does Harry really need to just yet? You saw how much it scared him, I doubt that even Voldemort scares him that much."
"What I saw only confirmed to me just how much he needs to talk. Something terrible must have happened to him, something he
didn't let Poppy see and we have to find out what it is."
Hestitating, Severus slowly nodded, "But how? It's obvious that he doesn't want to tell?" "I don't know, I just don't know."
Albus sighed deeply, sounding almost defeted, "I'm very worried for him, I can see how tortured he is by everything that has
happened. There is an ancient spell that might work if several people cast it on him, but it would force him not only to
tell it, but to relive it. I don't want to have to do that unless there is not other way."
Unbeknownst to Albus, the little rat in the corner had woken up just as Harry left and listened intently as Albus Dumbledore
explained the way the spell worked and how it could cause Harry an immense amount of pain, physically and pyscologically,
then him left to bring the information but to his master.
The next morning.
"Dad, I have to leave Raven and Lily with you for a few days." "Why?" asked Severus, alittle suprised by the use of the word
dad and by the fact that Harry was acting like yesterday had never happend as well as by the fact that Harry was hiding his
eyes with sunglasses again, likly so that the staff wouldn't know of his eye "condition". "I have to go and make my staff,
once I do that I'll be able to begin my potion to sleep. I would like to leave after breakfast and then I should be back in
a day or two."
"Have you talked to Albus about that?" Harry hesitated, "No. I will talk to him at breakfast. About making my staff." With
that Harry started down the hall with his familiars racing behind him and his daughters hanging from his shoulders like
always.
Suddenly he stopped, "Father, has the staff been told of my arrival?" "No, why?" "Oh, I just needed to know if I needed to
create an illusion. I will announce that you are my father at the beginning of the school year, until then I want to keep it
a secret." Severus nodded, aparently Harry had inherited the desire for privacy from him, thought he wasn't all to sure that
was a good thing.
"Of course it is Severus, it enables me to go around unknown for a while, all I have to do is hide my scar." "But, how did
you hear that?" "You said it right out loud, you said, and I quote 'Apparently Harry inherited the desire for privacy from me,
though I'm not all to sure that's a good thing.' " "No I didn't, you must have read my mind." They continued walking for a
second before the inplications of what Severus had said sunk in.
"Wait a moment! I can read minds!" Severus just stood still for a second, numb yet again. His son was proving full of suprises.
Finally they both snapped out of it and continued on to the great hall. When they walked in. The teachers already at the
table looked up and Aura and Albus waved to them, "Severus! H-" She stopped when her hair suddenly grew five feet, turned
bright pink and flew into her mouth.
"Hello Aura, what on earth have you done to your hair?" Severus asked curiously, having no idea what was going on. The
startled women gurgled angrily throught her hair and set about trying to get it out of her mouth. "Severus good morning, who
is this young man?" The Divination teacher asked brightly.
"Sybil. What a...pleasure. This is my son H-..." "I'm Falorne Snape at your sevice lovly lady." Said Harry smoothly.
Seeing his father look at him added maliciously, "My father has told me /so much/ about you." "Well aren't you a sweet young
man? Your have a good boy there Snape." Everyone at the table looked suprised that a Snape could be civilized as well as the
fact that Trewlany wasn't predicting his death or an injury, all they could do was sit at table and stare at the boy who
managed to charm the deary professor into being a normal human being.
"Hello, it's nice to meet you all." Said Harry grinning at the shocked faces of the entire staff, including his father. In
fact, the only person who looked totally unsuprised was Albus. "Hello Professor Dumbledore, it's nice to see you again. Thank
you for allowing me to stay here with my father over the summer. I apolagize that my school was unable to allow me to stay
over the summer."
"You're quite welcome Falorne and there is no reason at all to apologize, you're schools situation is not your fault at all."
He said, speaking with a double meaning. "Why don't you come and sit down, bring your father with you, he seems alittle
shocked at something, perhaps he didn't get enough sleep." This woke Severus out of his shock and he grumpily muttered about
getting plenty of sleep and that he should mind his own business and then walked over to the table, leaving a place for Harry
next to him, with his god mother on the other side, still trying to undo the curse on her hair.
Harry/Falorne, casually slid into the seat next to Aura and whispered to her, "Sorry about that, you were about to say my
real name, I want to keep my identity a secret for awhile, remember, I'm Falorne Snape." Aura nodded her head frantically and
then gagged as her hair spun out of her mouth and went back to normal.
"Thanks alot." Her voice was sarcastic. "I could do do it again if you want. Let no one know I am here or that I am the Lord
of Fate. I will tell them myself." "Of course."
"Falorne, would you mind coming to my office after you are finished eating?" "Actually Professor, I have to leave to make
that thing I told you about so that I can make the potion." Dumbledore looked slightly confused for a moment but then rememberd
the conversation where Harry had told him about the staff.
"Where do you want to go?" "I will go to the center of the Ways. Do not worry, nothing will harm me there, I am their master
and I control everything that enters." Albus sighed, he knew that Harry would leave even if he said no. "Very well then, how
long will you be gone?" "A few days. Hopfully no more then three." "What are you going to do with your daughters?" "I'm leaving
them with my father. They should be fine. I will have to take my familiars though so if you wouldn't mind checking up on
them everyonce in a while I would be very grateful."
"Yes, of course." "Thank you. If you don't mind I think I'll leave now." "Your luggage?" "Shrunken and in my pocket." "Will
you talk to me went you get back?" "Perhaps." Harry turned to his father. "Goodbye father. I'll miss you and I'll be back in
a few days. Plese take good care of my daughters. They are my life now."
"Don't worry, they'll be fine, what are you? A mother hen?" "No, it's just that they're so young and this is the first time
I'll be leaving them." Now he turned to his daughters, "Raven, Lily, I promise I'll be back in afew days, you will always
have a family. I love you and I want you to behave for your Grandfather." The girls seemed to understand so Harry hugged them
gently and kissed them before handing them to Severus.
"Aura, check in on them for me will you? This is my father's first time alone with them, you know what I mean?" "Of course.
Be carful Falorne, if not for yourself for your daughters and your father." "I will never leave my family like I was left."
Harry promised and then dissappeared in a flash of golden light.
The professors who didn't know what Harry was were astounded and confused. This boy looked no older then seventeen and yet
he had two daughters and why was he so worried about abandoning them? He had a father, he wasn't abandoned. And most of all,
how could he apparate inside Hogwarts?
In the Ways
Harry stood on the top of a mountain dressed in black leather pants and shirt with a loose gold robe over them. In his hands
was a long piece of pure white Rowen wood. He had been gone for a day now collecting all that he needed. Chanting, Harry
wove spells into the wood, slowly turning it from white to a reddish-gold.
The chanting went on for hours and when it was done Harry held three objects to the wood and let them sink in. The feather of
a phoenix, the poisen of a crooked fang, and the wing feature of a winged fox. He could have used less powerful animals, but
he wanted the staff to be strong and so this is what he needed. His bond with the animals giving the ingredients would make
it stronger still.
For the last step Harry had to place his wand into the staff. With a bright flash the wand melded with the staff and the spell
was done. Exhaused, Harry leaned on his new staff. He would have taken time to rest but he felt his spell that connected him
to his daughters going off. His daughters were in danger. Hogwarts was under attack!
TO BE CONTINUED...
Note: I am so incredably sorry about the wait for the chapter. I relize that it's been months since I last updated, but my
computer broke down and had to be taken in to be fixed so I haven't had my computer in ages. On top of that, I didn't back up
my story on a disk so I thought I was going to loose the whole thing, and I have several chapters written so I was really mad.
Anyway, I apoligize again and would like to thank everybody who has waited for the chapter so long. What did you think?
I have big plans for our hero! Harry bashing to come in the next chapter! Review!
ReviewerDateChapterType
Jessica Black- Glad you find it interesting, hope you enjoyed this chapter.
andreapotter-Sorry about the wait! Hope you liked this chapter.
Thelvyn- I don't know about Ron getting drunk...That was suggested by a reviewer, but that probably won't happen.
bdb869- Glad you like it. Hope this chapter is up to standards.
howling wolf- Thanks, glad you like it.
Velmatakesthestand-nice to know you enjoy my plans, I don't think that Ron will spill most of them. Maybe....I dunno.
asdf-Glad you like the story!
Max - Thanks! I love weird. Weird is most definetly good. Wahahahahahaha! I love the idea of Snape as a father! Were you to
overly weirded out by this chapter? More "Fatherly love"!
Kagona Yanoshi- I don't know how funny it will be, I don't really do well with humor, but I'll try. Sirius' reactions won't
come untill a much later time. I want to savor the goodness. Hmmmm, kidnapping Aura...I may have to use that....
Anyway, Nice to know you support my "Snape as a Father" story plan. Don't worry, when Sirius finds out...Dursley Bashing!
Phoenix of Light-Sorry about the seven foot tall Harry but I couldn't resist. That is my tribute to myself. I am only 5'1 so
it is my greatest dream to be tall.... Yes, I like twists...Snape as Harry's father is one of my favorites.
Phoenix Flight-Yup, seven foot tall Harry! Yey!
PheonixFire-Sorry if the Snape thing was confusing. No, Snape didn't know Harry was his son. Harry explained Lily's name to
Harry because I imagine that Snape would be pretty bewildered at the time and since he was explaining Raven's name, it just
kinda fit.
Teri-Thanks glad you like it.
WittchWay-Glad you like it.
Afiyah B.- Thanks for clearing that up, hope you liked the chapter.
kitty- I'm not sure whose babies they will say Lily and Raven are. I haven't thought that far ahead yet. If you have any ideas
I would be trilled.
Tiger of the Fire- Ummmm, oookay? Thanks for explaining...I think. Hope you liked the chapter.