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Ignorance Isn't Bliss

Chapter 9 - It's A Boy

Severus Snape was pacing around his dungeons when the headmaster called him for. He was nervous and almost shaking as he approached the office. What would happen? What had Harry decided? He had decided that he wouldn't blame Harry no matter what he decided to do. Harry had basically been brainwashed by the headmaster and Voldemort had killed his mother. But Severus was hoping that Harry would except the Dark side.

Severus immediately noticed the lack of a twinkle in the headmaster's eyes and had to hide his smirk.

"Thank you for coming Severus. Young Harry here seems to have decided what he wants to do. Harry?"

Harry turned to his father and tried to keep his face expressionless and his voice even but he couldn't keep the sparkle from invading his eyes. "Professor Snape, I don't like what you did to my mom but you are my father. I know that you don't think much of me but my muggle relatives don't treat me very well and I'd like to be your son. I don't want to be the boy-who-lived anymore. I want Harry Potter to disappear so that I may take my rightful place as your heir."

The potions master was shocked. What ever he was expecting the Gryffindor to come up with this wasn't it. He would have his son back for good. 'It sounds like he has accepted everything I have to offer.'

"Potter, surely you don't expect me to treat you any better than the muggles do you? I don't intend to spoil you just because you share my blood." 'Have to keep up appearances,' he mused.

Harry clasped his hands behind his back as he paced the room. "No sir, I don't expect anything from you. I have money and I will be an adult in a year. All I want is a new identity and to never go back to the Dursleys. If you don't want me you have little choice. I can have tests done to prove my paternity and then you would be forced to take me and the wizarding world would find out who I am. If you agree to my plan than your other master needn't know that Harry Potter is your son. I can become the son you didn't know you had." Harry stopped pacing in front of his father and gazed into his eyes and relished in the pride he saw in those eyes.

"I see your point Potter. I suppose I have little choice. I will go along with your plan. Now where did this long lost son supposedly come from?" Severus raised an eyebrow at his son.

"Well, sir. I, Marcus Servius Snape was raised in Italy and went to the Venetian Wizarding Academy. I had questioned my mother but she insisted my father, Severus Snape had died when I was a baby. But this summer my mother died of a sudden illness and I had no living relatives so I was put in an orphanage. I was determined to find a relative so I sent my owl to deliver a letter for me to any Snape in the British Isles he could find. The letter was delivered to one Mr. Severus Snape who came and took me from the orphanage. How is that?"

Severus was amazed at the thought that had gone into this story. It left little room for dispute. "That is a reasonable story. But what shall we say happened to Harry Potter?"

Harry smirked, "As far as the wizarding world is concerned he's missing. The two of you are the only ones who know that he was found. Just don't tell anyone. I really don't care. Now, can you have the paperwork drawn up for Marcus Servius Snape?"

The headmaster nodded resignedly with no twinkle in his eyes. "Yes Harry, I will have it here tomorrow. I hope that the two of you can get along."

Harry and Severus both nodded and left the room.

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Harry headed straight out the doors to the lake.

"Marcus! Wait for me."

He turned to see his father storming out from the castle to join him. Harry slowed his pace to let the other man catch up. As Severus approached Harry smirked at him and sat down on a mound of grass.

"Marcus, I'm so proud of you. You know, that was one of the names that your mother and I had considered. I really like it. So, now that you have made this decision, have you thought about what will happen with Voldemort? He will of course want to meet you. I suppose it's your decision whether or not you tell him the truth."

Harry - Marcus, grinned, "I have this planned out years into the future. Voldemort will know the truth once he knows of my loyalties. I am less worried about him than I am with Dumbledore. He basically threatened both of us and I threatened him back before he called you up. He will be watching me closely. He almost expects me to turn dark now, but we need to keep up the appearance that it was because of his meddling in my life so that he can't blame you in any way."

"I agree Marcus. I'm sorry that I keep repeating your new name but I want it to seem natural by the time school starts. It will help that the charms should be completely worn off by then. I suppose you will be sorted with the other new students. Of course you'll probably go back into Gryffindor. The hat doesn't lie."

Marcus couldn't help but to laugh out loud. It was his first real laugh in a while, his eyes lighting up to match his smile. "You ... you think I'm a Gryffindor? After what I've done lately? I should be the poster boy for Slytherin. Ah, but of course you don't know that the hat tried to put me in Slytherin do you? I had already been so brainwashed by Dumbledore that I argued with the hat to put me in Gryffindor. You're funny, you know that?"

Severus gaped, which was rather abnormal for his face, and stared at his son, wondering if he had gone mad with all this chuckling going on. "Do you think you'll be okay Marcus? I suppose you are a Slytherin. I suppose I should tell you that you are actually decent at potions also. I'm sorry I was always so hard on you in class. Now lets go back to the castle shall we Mr. Snape."

Marcus stood up and helped up his father, "Certainly Professor Snape, I am rather hungry."

They both chuckled but smoothed their features before entering Hogwarts.

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