A/N: I know, it has been awhile, but I was in Orlando, thankfully right before the hurricane. My thoughts are with everyone effected by the hurricane.

Chapter 14

After Severus managed to get the ragged man back to the castle and down to the dungeons, he was all ready starting to sober up. Severus found some semi casual trousers and a button down shirt. He hardly ever kept anything than his school robes in his chambers at the castle, but luckily, he had bought these at Hogsmeade right before the Christmas break.

"Thank you again Severus." Remus said as he finished buttoning up his shirt in the adjacent washroom.

"Listen, I don't take compliments well, so how about you quit while you're ahead." Severus said.

"Fine. So is Harry really at your house?" Remus asked now that he was a bit more clear headed.

"Yes, I am afraid so."

"Is he there by himself then, now?"

"No, my wife is with him." Severus said, turning around to see his face.

"What?" Remus said quickly.

"You remember Eowyn, do you not?" Severus said smoothly.

"Lily's friend?" Remus's voice went up a half octave.

"Yes, Lily's friend, is there another Eowyn?" Severus said sarcastically.

"You married Eowyn MacDouglas?"

"Apparently when you have a wife, at one point you have to get married."

"When did you get married?" Remus asked as he finished buttoning up his shirt.

"A year after I started to teach."

"Oh." Was all Remus could say.

Dobby came running in to the Potion Master's classroom, his ears flopping as he ran.

"Professor Snape, sir Headmaster Dumbledore wanted me to ask if you have seen Professor Lupin, sir, or if you knew where he was." Dobby said nearly out of breath.

"You can tell the Headmaster to stop worrying." Remus said as Dobby spun around to see the man standing before him.

"Very good, sir, I will be going now." Dobby squeaked.

Severus remembered the promise he had made to Harry, and spoke up quickly.

"Dobby, tell the Headmaster that Mr. Potter apologizes for his behavior the other day." Severus said silkily.

"Anything for Harry Potter sir! Tell him I say hello, if you please." Dobby laughed.

"Very well, good day Dobby." Severus dismissed the house elf and made his way over to the fireplace.

"Can we go now, we are already two minutes late." Severus said naggingly.

"Yeah, sure." Remus put on his all purpose coat and walked to Severus's fireplace.

"Good, now to get to my household, you must pronounce 'Snake's skin'" Severus explained.

"All right." With that, Remus and Severus arrived a few moments later on his living room floor. Remus had some how managed to speed up and fall over Severus as they exited.

"Get off me, wolf!" Severus grumbled.

Remus did not respond, he was too busy looking around Snape's house.

"Well you certainly made an entrance." Eomer said trying hard not to laugh at the sight of the two men sprawled out on the living room floor.

"Sorry about that Severus, I guess my head is still a little foggy." Remus said dusting himself off.

"Remus?" Harry asked walking towards the commotion.

"Harry, it seems that I have been granted a visitation with you." Remus said looking Harry up and down.

"Yeah, well I suppose you heard then what happened." Harry said timidly.

"Yes, unfortunately I just found out, I really wish you would have come out and told me how bad off you were feeling." Remus said patting the boy on his back.

"I don't think I even knew how bad off I was until that night." Harry said.

"I hope you know that you can talk to me about anything, or talk to the Headmaster for that matter. There are people all around you who care for you."

"Thanks." Harry said looking at Remus.

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Eowyn was busy in the kitchen preparing the turkey and bussels sprouts. Sylvia was in the bathroom trying to put her hair in a ponytail.

"Uncle Eomer!" She yelled from the back bathroom.

"What is it Sylvia?" Eomer asked as he paused from talking to Severus about how his visit to the Headmaster's went.

"I can't get my hair up, can you do it for me?" She yelled back.

"Shall I ask your mother to help you?"

"No, I want you." She whined.

"Come on Eomer, I am sure a manly man like yourself can put a six year old's hair in an elastic in no time." Severus chided.

"Fine, but I would like to see you try." Eomer said as he walked back towards the bathroom.

"Eowyn, I have brought a beggar to Christmas dinner." Severus called out.

"Severus Snape, what on earth..." Eowyn asked as she wiped her hands on her apron and emerged from the kitchen.

"Remus?" She asked surprised.

"Eowyn MacDouglas, how are you?" Remus asked as he walked towards her.

"I am all right, and yourself? I haven't seen you in years!"

"I know, well, I thought you had disappeared, and here all this time you have been married, to Severus no less."

"I am standing right here." Severus said making his presence known.

"Yes, well, so glad you could come for dinner, it will be ready in a few minutes, then we can have a longer chat."

"Do you care for any help Eowyn?" Remus asked.

"No, I can manage, besides that is what husbands are good at." She said looking at Severus and smiled.

Eowyn practically drug Severus into the kitchen to help, while Harry and Remus sat alone in the drawing room.

"I didn't know you knew Mrs. Snape." Harry said somewhat surprised.

"I knew her along time ago, I had no idea she was alive, or even married."

"Well, I bet that came as a surprise to find out that she was married, and to Professor Snape no less."

"I know, I still cannot quite believe it." Remus said smoothing down the back of his hair.

"You haven't seen all of it yet." Harry said.

"What do you mean?" Remus asked.

Harry did not need to finish the question because there in front of him stood Severus's daughter, Sylvia, with her hair a mess of elastics and bumps.

"Hello, I am Sylvia Lillian Snape, and I am six, how old are you?" She asked without taking a breath.

"Hello there, I am very old, but not as old as your father." Remus whispered. Smiling at Harry as he said it.

"Dinner's ready." Eowyn called from the dinning room.

"Yay, I am starving, come on Harry, I want you to sit by me!" Sylvia exclaimed taking hold of Harry's hand.

"I see you have made yourself a friend." Remus said as they walked into the dinning room.

"Yes, it isn't so bad here, I actually am really liking it. Surprisingly Severus is a better father than a teacher, and well something about him when he is around his family, he is different."

"There is good in all people Harry, I think sometimes Severus forgets that he has goodness in himself, and it is obvious that his family brings it out in him." Remus said as they took their seats.

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Everyone took their seats around the table, Severus sat at the head, while Eowyn sat to his right, and Eomer to his left. Sylvia was positioned between Eomer and Harry, who sat across from Severus. That left Remus next to Eowyn and Harry.

"Severus, why don't you say something before we start eating." Eowyn suggested.

"Well this was not the Christmas vacation I was originally planning. Sitting across from me is my childhood enemy's son." He paused for a moment.

"I did not expect him to take a liking to my family, and I certainly did not expect that I would like him in return.

I am lucky this year to have my wife, my daughter and my brother in-law, while at times is not the best hair brusher, I have learned to over look his faults this year, and accept him at this table."

"Finally, it seemed as if fate truly had it in for me, running in to Remus Lupin. I suppose everyone deserves a chance, after all it is what the Headmaster gave to me. He may not be the best dresser, or have an appreciation to fine potion making, but he is the most loyal man I have ever met next to Dumbledore, and I am glad that we are on the same side." Severus said clearing his throat.

"All right, enough of this sappy holiday spirit let's eat." Severus finished.

Up Next: Dinner or lunch as we sometimes call it, is served.