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Author's Note!: The poll is closed. I now know what I am going to have Lily have! Yay for me! Okay, I know some of you aren't going to like this very much, but people have been giving me reasons for this, and I really like the idea, so Lily is going to have 2 boys and 2 girls. I only need names now and I'm going to let AthenaKitty give them to me. 2 boy "H" names and 2 girl "H" names. Middle names have to be "J" names. It's like a tradition, okay? Athenakitty you don't have to if you don't want to, but you've been here since the beginning and were the 1st to review my last chapter. Thanks!
Questioning Queries: Harry didn't mean to hurt Hali? Will Harry get help? Will Fudge go through with his promise? Will Harry bond with Sirius? Will Harry and Hali bond more? More kids?
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#Noble sentiments.# Remus' voice sounded.
#Lupin, must you get into my thoughts?# Severus asked.
#Yes.# Remus replied.
#You're getting annoying.#
#Thank you!#
Now:
Harry had fallen asleep still crying in Severus' arms on the walk back to the rooms. Severus put the kids in their bed and went back out to where Remus and Lily were waiting for him.
"Why did they go?" Lily asked.
"I don't know, Lily." Remus responded.
"It's..." Severus checked his watch. "Err... 2 o'clock in the morning. Let's all just go to sleep, and ask them why they left in the morning."
"Okay." Lily and Remus said. After their "Good Nights" and Remus' "Good Morning", Lily and Severus went in to check on the children. Severus heard something in there, and put his ear to the door, motioning to Lily for her to be quiet.
"Hali?" Harry's voice asked.
"Yes Hawwy?" Hali's sleepy voice asked.
"I'm sorry." Harry said.
"It's okay Hawwy, you didn't mean to kick me, and I knows you was having a nightymare. It didn't hurt muches anyways." Hali said.
"Thanks Hali. I promise to not hit you agains, okay?" Harry's hesitant voice asked.
"Okays!" Hali exclaimed.
Severus opened the door a little to see Hali and Harry hugging.
"I see you two decided to wake up?" Lily asked with an amused face. Hali and Harry both nodded, breaking the hug and laying back down. Severus walked over, picked up Harry, and sat down with the boy laying his head on Severus' lap. Harry, however, had other plans, and sat in Severus' lap, laying his back on Severus' chest.
Lily followed suit, placing Hali on her lap on the other side of the bed.
"Will you two young ones please tell us why you were out tonight?" Lily asked.
"I was having a nightmare!" Harry said softly.
"Mummy, Harry was havings a nightymare and I tried to wakes him up, so I went into the bathyroom and filled up the cup with some waters and I poured it *all over Harry*," This is where Hali spread her arms out wide to explain, "Just like you said. And then I told him he was having a nightymare and that he kickeded me and hitteded me, so he got all huffeded up and said that he was going to be beatened for hitting me so he was going to leave. I said 'no', but he told me to go back to bed so I did but I followed him when he lefted. I got all sleepy so I fell asleep in the hallway and then I ended up heres!" Hali said, making her voice go up and down as she told her story.
When Hali had said that Harry thought he was going to be beaten, Severus had put both arms around Harry and hugged the boy.
"Harry!" Lily exclaimed.
Harry flinched and tensed up at his name. "Yes?" he whispered.
"You know we would never hit you, don't you? You know Hali, me, and your dad love you, right?" Lily asked.
Harry nodded hesitantly. He really didn't know.
"Harry, I told you I'd never let anything hurt you. You are safe with us." Severus reassured Harry.
"Harry, I wove you." Hali whispered.
Harry looked at Hali in wonderment. Did he love Hali too? What was love? Was it what he felt whenever his dad held him? Yes. Of course he loved his sister! "I love you too Hali Jade." Harry smiled. That is what he was going to call his sister. Hali-Jade.
Hali screwed up her face. "Hali Jade is what Mum calls me whenever I'm in twouble." she said.
Harry laughed a little. "Okay. I'll call you Hali."
"No. You can call me Hali Jade." Hali said with a smile.
Lily and Severus were listening in on their conversation, smiling as Hali and Harry spoke. Hali had the cutest little baby voice, and Harry was looking a lot more like Severus. Harry's hair had grown to touch his shoulders, his eyes were more of a blue-green color, but very bright and beautiful. His skin was slightly tanned, and his build was more like Severus' build. He didn't look much like James Potter anymore, but more like a Snape.
"Okay, you two. Are you going back to bed tonight?" Severus asked.
Hali and Harry looked up at their father as if just now noticing he was there.
"Um... yep!" Hali said. Harry nodded.
"Okay, princess." Severus said. "You're going to have to be quiet and let Harry go to sleep, okay?"
"Okay Daddy. I promise!" Hali smiled at the nickname.
"Cub, you let Hali go to sleep too okay?" Severus asked.
"Yes Dad." Harry said, smirking.
"You look so cute when you do that Harry." Lily cooed.
Harry stopped smirking and blushed. He really was going to have to get used to so much attention.
Hali laughed when Harry blushed and didn't protest when Lily picked her up and placed her under the bed sheets.
Severus was doing the same to Harry, and said "Goodnight kids." and turned off the light to their bedroom.
"Good night, Dad." Hali and Harry chorused.
"Goodnight children." Lily said beside Severus.
"Goodnight Mum." Hali and Harry chorused again.
Lily shut the door to the kids' room and turned to Severus.
"You were serious when you said he was abused!" Lily exclaimed. Petunia, her *sister* abused her son for about three years? How could she have let this happen? Petunia and Vernon Dursely were going to get a serious visit from a bunch of angry people soon. And they were NOT going to forget it.
"Very serious. You should have seen him, Lily. He was bloody, broken bones all over. Those people are not human, hon. They're... They're... animals." Severus finished in a whisper.
Lily had always understood Severus. When James, Sirius, Peter, and Remus had picked on him, Lily had always gotten mad at the quartet and not talked to them for a while. James, Sirius, and Remus had had a soft spot for Lily and couldn't stand them not talking to them and always caved in. Lily knew that Severus was not your usual Slytherin, but a Slytherin not fit for words.
Severus was your big bad boy on the outside to anyone he didn't or couldn't trust. He was a big baby underneath. Severus kept hold of the people he loved and worried all the time about them, and the others never knew that. Of course Severus had been raised to not like anyone not a pureblood but he never had listened to his parents. After about three years, the Marauders finally saw that part of Severus and let him in on everything, including the Animagus incident. But Lily was the one to listen to Severus and his feelings.
Lily wrapped her arms around Severus from behind him, and Severus put his hands on hers and led her into their bedroom.
"Severus, I promise you, we will get them back for everything they've done to our baby." Lily promised.
"Okay. Can Remus and Sirius too?" Severus asked with a smirk.
Lily unwrapped her arms and crawled in the bed. Severus crawled in behind her. He lay his head on his white pillow, pulled the green sheets over him, and hugged Lily where she faced him to his body. Lily put her arms around Severus.
"Remus and Sirius too." Lily said. She kissed Severus softly, and he deepened the kiss.
Suddenly, Severus had an idea to get Harry to open up.
"Lily honey?" Severus asked sweetly.
"Yes Sev?" Lily asked.
"Can I take Harry flying tomorrow?" Severus asked, putting his head on Lily's shoulder.
"Severus honey?" Lily asked.
"Hmmm..." Severus murmured. He buried his face into Lily's neck, suddenly very sleepy.
"Can I take Hali shopping tomorrow if I let you take Harry flying tomorrow?" Lily asked laughing a bit.
"Okay." Severus said. He closed his eyes and fell asleep to Lily's rhythmic breathing.
Lily stay awake for a long while, thinking over the past couple of days. Just yesterday she was scared of being rejected. For leaving Harry with the Dursely's when he had a father at Hogwarts. For leaving Severus alone, for leaving Sirius alone when she thought he was raising Harry alone, for leaving Remus alone thinking she would never return. Just this morning, she returned to Hogwarts with her three year old daughter to live with her husband she wasn't even sure loved her still. Today she accepted back with flying colors. It was scary, really. She was so sleepy, but her head was too filled with thoughts about the past day that she couldn't sleep.
First she got to Hogwarts for the first time in three years, she reunited with her friends and family, took a nap while her husband and friend that could very well be her brother captured a lying traitorous rat and rescued Sirius, woke up not two hours before and had to go find her children that ran away, and tomorrow will go to Snape Manor and make it habitable for her and her family. It was all too much to handle. She didn't know what to do with all the emotion, so she fell asleep to worry about what to do later.
"Lily hon.?" someone, a voice she recognize but not place a face to, woke her up.
"Hmmm..." she murmured, turning over.
"Wake up. We've got a long day today." the voice said.
"NNnnnnn." she murmured again. She wasn't ready to get up.
"Come on Lils." another voice said. She knew that voice too, but again, couldn't place a face to it.
Something pushed on her shoulder and something else pressed against her forehead. Lily opened one of her eyes to see what it was. Severus had one of his hands shaking Lily's shoulder. His face was really close to hers, evidently he just kissed her forehead.
"Come on you two, let's go see if Sirius is okay. I'll just go wake up Harry and Hali and get them dressed." the other voice said. Lily opened her other eye to look over to the end of the bed.
"Reemussss..." Lily muttered. Her voice was slurred with sleep.
"Hmm?" Remus asked. He was in purple robes today, fairly new, and his long auburn hair was tied back into a low ponytail.
"Wake up the kids and I'll get dressed." Lily said.
"Okay." Remus said. He got up and walked out the door, shutting it behind him.
Lily slowly got up and sat up. She looked around the room. The walls were an off-white color and the curtains were a dark green. The sheets on the bed were just a shade lighter than the curtains. The plushy carpet was the same color as the walls, and the furniture was a dark brown. The bed was on the right wall and there was a dresser with a mirror on it on the wall across from it. A side table was on the left side of the bed, and the door was currently closed shut.
Severus was beside her at the moment in his usual black robes with a smile on his face.
"Lily, are you okay?" he asked.
"Just... f-f-f-ine." Lily said with a yawn.
"Well then get dressed. We've got to get Sirius and get Snape Manor ready." Severus said.
"Right." his wife said, moving the sheets off her and getting off the bed. Severus got up and started to make the bed neat again as she walked over to the closet beside the dresser. "Sev, I didn't bring my things up here yet." Lily said, opening the door to see all of her clothes in it.
"House elves." Severus said simply.
"Oh..." Lily said, thoughtful. While she was in the states she taught her daughter that magic was real, but raised her in a Muggle environment. They had no house-elves, no self-cleaning things. She did everything (most of the time) by herself with no help. Sure, she did use her wand, but only on occasion although it was always with her.
"The blue one." Severus said. Lily had been holding a brown robe and a blue one, looking in the mirror to see which would do better.
"Oh, Thanks." Lily said.
"You're very welcome, Lils." Severus said. He was still sitting on the bed, but had moved to the end of the bed and had his legs over the edge. "I love you Lily. Never forget that."
Lily turned around. She put the robes on the dresser and sat in Severus' lap. She wrapped her arms around Severus' neck and placed her head on his shoulder as he wrapped his arms around her waist. "I love you too Sev. But right now I have to get dressed so we can go flying, cleaning, and shopping today."
Lily got up abruptly and started to pull her nightdress over her head. She pulled on a black skirt and a grey shirt, putting the blue robe over it.
Severus stood up and walked over to the closet, opening it to his side of the closet. He rummaged around for a moment before coming out with a light blue cloak with a lily flower fastening. All around the bottom, the words "Lily Jade Evans Snape" were inscribed in beautiful loopy silver writing. He walked over behind Lily and put it around her shoulders. He fastened it, still behind her, with the mirror as a guide.
"There. Perfect!" Severus said. Lily smiled.
"Thank you Severus, it's beautiful! I didn't know I had this anymore." She whispered, hugging Severus.
"Of course. Let's get to Harry and Hali. I daresay Remus needs help." Severus laughed. He put his arm around Lily's shoulders and walked out the door with her.
Meanwhile..
Remus knocked lightly on the door. Hearing giggling and whispers in there, he gently opened the door and peeked in. Hali was on the bed, holding a toy broom in her hands like a bat looking under the bed, while Harry was under the bed with his hands over his eyes.
"Harry?" Hali asked.
"I'm not here, Hali. I'm hiding." Harry whispered.
"Whachu hiding from?" Hali asked.
"Papa Moony." Harry said. He still had his hands on his eyes.
"Why?" Hali questioned.
"He's here and he's going to make me get up and I don't want to. I want to play today if I can." Harry said. He pulled one of his hands from his eye and peered up at his sister. Looking at the door, his other hand revealed his other eye and his eyes went wide.
"'Lo!" Harry yelled, crawling out from under the bed and walking slowly over to Papa Moony.
"Hello Harry. Hey Hali. How about we go about looking at your house today? We'll see if we can all move into it." Remus said brightly.
"Really?" Hali asked. She put the broom on the bed and jumped off it and ran over to Harry and Remus.
"Yep! We just got to get you two dressed." Remus said. Hali ran over to the dressers and pulled on a drawer. It revealed undergarments, and she closed it. She opened another to find two rows of blue, green, red and other colored shirts. Pulling two green shirts out, one from each row, she pulled on another drawer.
"Hali? What are you doings?" Harry asked.
"Gettin cloves." Hali said simply, pulling out two sets of robes and pulling out yet another drawer.
"Those aren't my clothes." Harry said, walking up to Hali. #Why would she need all those clothes?# Harry wondered. #Cause those sure are not mine.#
"Sure they are, Harry. Severus and I went shopping for you." Remus stated.
"When?" Harry asked, looking up at Remus. Hali pulled out one black skirt and one pair of black jeans for Harry and closed the drawer, opening another drawer.
"Just before Sev went and rescued you." Remus said. Hali pulled out two blue cloaks and gave one set to Harry.
"We're going out!" she exclaimed. "Papa Moony, does dis match?" Hali held out her clothes for Remus to inspect.
Remus took the tiny clothes and looked at the colors. A green shirt, black skirt, black robes, and a blue cloak. "Almost. Harry may I take your blue cloak?" Remus responded, holding a hand out to Harry. When Harry put the blue piece of clothing in Remus' hand, he put them both back in the drawer and pulled out two green cloaks. He handed one to Hali and the other to Harry and said "That's better. You need help with changing?" he asked the two kids. Hali nodded her head, but Harry shook his. "Okay."
As he helped Hali out of her nightdress and into her Witch's clothes, Harry quickly changed out of his pajamas and into his own Wizard's clothes.
"Now come on." Remus said, holding out a hand to each of the Snape children. Harry grabbed Remus' left hand while Hali held Remus' right. They walked out and into the Living Room/Common Room (whichever you want to call it) and turned into Moony after letting go of Hali and Harry's hands.
Hali giggled and Harry smiled as the wolf tugged at Hali's shirt with his teeth.
Hali patted the wolf's head and climbed up on it's back.
Harry laughed as the wolf pranced right over to Harry and nuzzled his hand. "You want me to get up too?" He asked Moony. Moony nodded his head up and down and Harry got up behind his sister making sure she couldn't fall off. A few moments later, after many times falling off Moony, Felaw bounded into the room and swiped a playful paw at Moony.
Harry and Hali laughed harder than ever at the two animals as the play- fought. Harry got off Moony and went onto Felaw's back and pointed a finger at Hali. "The enemy!" he exclaimed.
Hali, knowing what Harry was doing mimicked Harry. "Da Emany!" she yelled. Lily, Hali and Harry started to laugh as Felaw and Moony continued to playfully snap at each other, swipe at their 'enemies' and buck the kids off.
When Hali fell a little too close to a table for comfort, Lily made them stop and go visit Sirius.
When they got up there to the Hospital wing, Hali riding Moony and Harry riding Felaw the whole way, they found Fudge just waking up and Sirius reading a book.
Harry got off Felaw and Hali got off Moony and the two Animagi turned back into humans.
"Padfoot!" they both cried, running towards their friend. Severus tore the book from Sirius' hands and Remus placed a hand on Sirius' forehead. "Are you okay? What did Poppy do!?" Severus exclaimed.
"Boys, let him breathe." Lily said, putting her hands on her children's backs and pushing them foreword towards Sirius' bed.
Sirius had changed dramatically. Sirius was not as pale as he was yesterday, his hair was washed and cut to his shoulders (He refused to let it get any shorter) and he was much more healthy-looking now. He looked as if he had gotten a good night's sleep and a good meal or two.
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Author's Note: I left off here because I am getting out of ideas and I need to stop before it gets REALLY boring and I needed to stop cause we're holding a baby shower and I need to get this out TODAY. Okay, Please don't flame me for making it 4 kids (2 boys 2 girls) but I had gotten really good reasons why I should do it and I liked them all (You know who you are!). Thank you for reading, and I haven't had a flame b4 so I have no clue what they are so I'm not going to say "No Flames" ok? Thank you! BaiBaiBai!
Whoo hoo! TEN pages! A record 4 me!
Hali Jade/Katzy/Chelsee (All me!)
Author's Note!: The poll is closed. I now know what I am going to have Lily have! Yay for me! Okay, I know some of you aren't going to like this very much, but people have been giving me reasons for this, and I really like the idea, so Lily is going to have 2 boys and 2 girls. I only need names now and I'm going to let AthenaKitty give them to me. 2 boy "H" names and 2 girl "H" names. Middle names have to be "J" names. It's like a tradition, okay? Athenakitty you don't have to if you don't want to, but you've been here since the beginning and were the 1st to review my last chapter. Thanks!
Questioning Queries: Harry didn't mean to hurt Hali? Will Harry get help? Will Fudge go through with his promise? Will Harry bond with Sirius? Will Harry and Hali bond more? More kids?
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#Noble sentiments.# Remus' voice sounded.
#Lupin, must you get into my thoughts?# Severus asked.
#Yes.# Remus replied.
#You're getting annoying.#
#Thank you!#
Now:
Harry had fallen asleep still crying in Severus' arms on the walk back to the rooms. Severus put the kids in their bed and went back out to where Remus and Lily were waiting for him.
"Why did they go?" Lily asked.
"I don't know, Lily." Remus responded.
"It's..." Severus checked his watch. "Err... 2 o'clock in the morning. Let's all just go to sleep, and ask them why they left in the morning."
"Okay." Lily and Remus said. After their "Good Nights" and Remus' "Good Morning", Lily and Severus went in to check on the children. Severus heard something in there, and put his ear to the door, motioning to Lily for her to be quiet.
"Hali?" Harry's voice asked.
"Yes Hawwy?" Hali's sleepy voice asked.
"I'm sorry." Harry said.
"It's okay Hawwy, you didn't mean to kick me, and I knows you was having a nightymare. It didn't hurt muches anyways." Hali said.
"Thanks Hali. I promise to not hit you agains, okay?" Harry's hesitant voice asked.
"Okays!" Hali exclaimed.
Severus opened the door a little to see Hali and Harry hugging.
"I see you two decided to wake up?" Lily asked with an amused face. Hali and Harry both nodded, breaking the hug and laying back down. Severus walked over, picked up Harry, and sat down with the boy laying his head on Severus' lap. Harry, however, had other plans, and sat in Severus' lap, laying his back on Severus' chest.
Lily followed suit, placing Hali on her lap on the other side of the bed.
"Will you two young ones please tell us why you were out tonight?" Lily asked.
"I was having a nightmare!" Harry said softly.
"Mummy, Harry was havings a nightymare and I tried to wakes him up, so I went into the bathyroom and filled up the cup with some waters and I poured it *all over Harry*," This is where Hali spread her arms out wide to explain, "Just like you said. And then I told him he was having a nightymare and that he kickeded me and hitteded me, so he got all huffeded up and said that he was going to be beatened for hitting me so he was going to leave. I said 'no', but he told me to go back to bed so I did but I followed him when he lefted. I got all sleepy so I fell asleep in the hallway and then I ended up heres!" Hali said, making her voice go up and down as she told her story.
When Hali had said that Harry thought he was going to be beaten, Severus had put both arms around Harry and hugged the boy.
"Harry!" Lily exclaimed.
Harry flinched and tensed up at his name. "Yes?" he whispered.
"You know we would never hit you, don't you? You know Hali, me, and your dad love you, right?" Lily asked.
Harry nodded hesitantly. He really didn't know.
"Harry, I told you I'd never let anything hurt you. You are safe with us." Severus reassured Harry.
"Harry, I wove you." Hali whispered.
Harry looked at Hali in wonderment. Did he love Hali too? What was love? Was it what he felt whenever his dad held him? Yes. Of course he loved his sister! "I love you too Hali Jade." Harry smiled. That is what he was going to call his sister. Hali-Jade.
Hali screwed up her face. "Hali Jade is what Mum calls me whenever I'm in twouble." she said.
Harry laughed a little. "Okay. I'll call you Hali."
"No. You can call me Hali Jade." Hali said with a smile.
Lily and Severus were listening in on their conversation, smiling as Hali and Harry spoke. Hali had the cutest little baby voice, and Harry was looking a lot more like Severus. Harry's hair had grown to touch his shoulders, his eyes were more of a blue-green color, but very bright and beautiful. His skin was slightly tanned, and his build was more like Severus' build. He didn't look much like James Potter anymore, but more like a Snape.
"Okay, you two. Are you going back to bed tonight?" Severus asked.
Hali and Harry looked up at their father as if just now noticing he was there.
"Um... yep!" Hali said. Harry nodded.
"Okay, princess." Severus said. "You're going to have to be quiet and let Harry go to sleep, okay?"
"Okay Daddy. I promise!" Hali smiled at the nickname.
"Cub, you let Hali go to sleep too okay?" Severus asked.
"Yes Dad." Harry said, smirking.
"You look so cute when you do that Harry." Lily cooed.
Harry stopped smirking and blushed. He really was going to have to get used to so much attention.
Hali laughed when Harry blushed and didn't protest when Lily picked her up and placed her under the bed sheets.
Severus was doing the same to Harry, and said "Goodnight kids." and turned off the light to their bedroom.
"Good night, Dad." Hali and Harry chorused.
"Goodnight children." Lily said beside Severus.
"Goodnight Mum." Hali and Harry chorused again.
Lily shut the door to the kids' room and turned to Severus.
"You were serious when you said he was abused!" Lily exclaimed. Petunia, her *sister* abused her son for about three years? How could she have let this happen? Petunia and Vernon Dursely were going to get a serious visit from a bunch of angry people soon. And they were NOT going to forget it.
"Very serious. You should have seen him, Lily. He was bloody, broken bones all over. Those people are not human, hon. They're... They're... animals." Severus finished in a whisper.
Lily had always understood Severus. When James, Sirius, Peter, and Remus had picked on him, Lily had always gotten mad at the quartet and not talked to them for a while. James, Sirius, and Remus had had a soft spot for Lily and couldn't stand them not talking to them and always caved in. Lily knew that Severus was not your usual Slytherin, but a Slytherin not fit for words.
Severus was your big bad boy on the outside to anyone he didn't or couldn't trust. He was a big baby underneath. Severus kept hold of the people he loved and worried all the time about them, and the others never knew that. Of course Severus had been raised to not like anyone not a pureblood but he never had listened to his parents. After about three years, the Marauders finally saw that part of Severus and let him in on everything, including the Animagus incident. But Lily was the one to listen to Severus and his feelings.
Lily wrapped her arms around Severus from behind him, and Severus put his hands on hers and led her into their bedroom.
"Severus, I promise you, we will get them back for everything they've done to our baby." Lily promised.
"Okay. Can Remus and Sirius too?" Severus asked with a smirk.
Lily unwrapped her arms and crawled in the bed. Severus crawled in behind her. He lay his head on his white pillow, pulled the green sheets over him, and hugged Lily where she faced him to his body. Lily put her arms around Severus.
"Remus and Sirius too." Lily said. She kissed Severus softly, and he deepened the kiss.
Suddenly, Severus had an idea to get Harry to open up.
"Lily honey?" Severus asked sweetly.
"Yes Sev?" Lily asked.
"Can I take Harry flying tomorrow?" Severus asked, putting his head on Lily's shoulder.
"Severus honey?" Lily asked.
"Hmmm..." Severus murmured. He buried his face into Lily's neck, suddenly very sleepy.
"Can I take Hali shopping tomorrow if I let you take Harry flying tomorrow?" Lily asked laughing a bit.
"Okay." Severus said. He closed his eyes and fell asleep to Lily's rhythmic breathing.
Lily stay awake for a long while, thinking over the past couple of days. Just yesterday she was scared of being rejected. For leaving Harry with the Dursely's when he had a father at Hogwarts. For leaving Severus alone, for leaving Sirius alone when she thought he was raising Harry alone, for leaving Remus alone thinking she would never return. Just this morning, she returned to Hogwarts with her three year old daughter to live with her husband she wasn't even sure loved her still. Today she accepted back with flying colors. It was scary, really. She was so sleepy, but her head was too filled with thoughts about the past day that she couldn't sleep.
First she got to Hogwarts for the first time in three years, she reunited with her friends and family, took a nap while her husband and friend that could very well be her brother captured a lying traitorous rat and rescued Sirius, woke up not two hours before and had to go find her children that ran away, and tomorrow will go to Snape Manor and make it habitable for her and her family. It was all too much to handle. She didn't know what to do with all the emotion, so she fell asleep to worry about what to do later.
"Lily hon.?" someone, a voice she recognize but not place a face to, woke her up.
"Hmmm..." she murmured, turning over.
"Wake up. We've got a long day today." the voice said.
"NNnnnnn." she murmured again. She wasn't ready to get up.
"Come on Lils." another voice said. She knew that voice too, but again, couldn't place a face to it.
Something pushed on her shoulder and something else pressed against her forehead. Lily opened one of her eyes to see what it was. Severus had one of his hands shaking Lily's shoulder. His face was really close to hers, evidently he just kissed her forehead.
"Come on you two, let's go see if Sirius is okay. I'll just go wake up Harry and Hali and get them dressed." the other voice said. Lily opened her other eye to look over to the end of the bed.
"Reemussss..." Lily muttered. Her voice was slurred with sleep.
"Hmm?" Remus asked. He was in purple robes today, fairly new, and his long auburn hair was tied back into a low ponytail.
"Wake up the kids and I'll get dressed." Lily said.
"Okay." Remus said. He got up and walked out the door, shutting it behind him.
Lily slowly got up and sat up. She looked around the room. The walls were an off-white color and the curtains were a dark green. The sheets on the bed were just a shade lighter than the curtains. The plushy carpet was the same color as the walls, and the furniture was a dark brown. The bed was on the right wall and there was a dresser with a mirror on it on the wall across from it. A side table was on the left side of the bed, and the door was currently closed shut.
Severus was beside her at the moment in his usual black robes with a smile on his face.
"Lily, are you okay?" he asked.
"Just... f-f-f-ine." Lily said with a yawn.
"Well then get dressed. We've got to get Sirius and get Snape Manor ready." Severus said.
"Right." his wife said, moving the sheets off her and getting off the bed. Severus got up and started to make the bed neat again as she walked over to the closet beside the dresser. "Sev, I didn't bring my things up here yet." Lily said, opening the door to see all of her clothes in it.
"House elves." Severus said simply.
"Oh..." Lily said, thoughtful. While she was in the states she taught her daughter that magic was real, but raised her in a Muggle environment. They had no house-elves, no self-cleaning things. She did everything (most of the time) by herself with no help. Sure, she did use her wand, but only on occasion although it was always with her.
"The blue one." Severus said. Lily had been holding a brown robe and a blue one, looking in the mirror to see which would do better.
"Oh, Thanks." Lily said.
"You're very welcome, Lils." Severus said. He was still sitting on the bed, but had moved to the end of the bed and had his legs over the edge. "I love you Lily. Never forget that."
Lily turned around. She put the robes on the dresser and sat in Severus' lap. She wrapped her arms around Severus' neck and placed her head on his shoulder as he wrapped his arms around her waist. "I love you too Sev. But right now I have to get dressed so we can go flying, cleaning, and shopping today."
Lily got up abruptly and started to pull her nightdress over her head. She pulled on a black skirt and a grey shirt, putting the blue robe over it.
Severus stood up and walked over to the closet, opening it to his side of the closet. He rummaged around for a moment before coming out with a light blue cloak with a lily flower fastening. All around the bottom, the words "Lily Jade Evans Snape" were inscribed in beautiful loopy silver writing. He walked over behind Lily and put it around her shoulders. He fastened it, still behind her, with the mirror as a guide.
"There. Perfect!" Severus said. Lily smiled.
"Thank you Severus, it's beautiful! I didn't know I had this anymore." She whispered, hugging Severus.
"Of course. Let's get to Harry and Hali. I daresay Remus needs help." Severus laughed. He put his arm around Lily's shoulders and walked out the door with her.
Meanwhile..
Remus knocked lightly on the door. Hearing giggling and whispers in there, he gently opened the door and peeked in. Hali was on the bed, holding a toy broom in her hands like a bat looking under the bed, while Harry was under the bed with his hands over his eyes.
"Harry?" Hali asked.
"I'm not here, Hali. I'm hiding." Harry whispered.
"Whachu hiding from?" Hali asked.
"Papa Moony." Harry said. He still had his hands on his eyes.
"Why?" Hali questioned.
"He's here and he's going to make me get up and I don't want to. I want to play today if I can." Harry said. He pulled one of his hands from his eye and peered up at his sister. Looking at the door, his other hand revealed his other eye and his eyes went wide.
"'Lo!" Harry yelled, crawling out from under the bed and walking slowly over to Papa Moony.
"Hello Harry. Hey Hali. How about we go about looking at your house today? We'll see if we can all move into it." Remus said brightly.
"Really?" Hali asked. She put the broom on the bed and jumped off it and ran over to Harry and Remus.
"Yep! We just got to get you two dressed." Remus said. Hali ran over to the dressers and pulled on a drawer. It revealed undergarments, and she closed it. She opened another to find two rows of blue, green, red and other colored shirts. Pulling two green shirts out, one from each row, she pulled on another drawer.
"Hali? What are you doings?" Harry asked.
"Gettin cloves." Hali said simply, pulling out two sets of robes and pulling out yet another drawer.
"Those aren't my clothes." Harry said, walking up to Hali. #Why would she need all those clothes?# Harry wondered. #Cause those sure are not mine.#
"Sure they are, Harry. Severus and I went shopping for you." Remus stated.
"When?" Harry asked, looking up at Remus. Hali pulled out one black skirt and one pair of black jeans for Harry and closed the drawer, opening another drawer.
"Just before Sev went and rescued you." Remus said. Hali pulled out two blue cloaks and gave one set to Harry.
"We're going out!" she exclaimed. "Papa Moony, does dis match?" Hali held out her clothes for Remus to inspect.
Remus took the tiny clothes and looked at the colors. A green shirt, black skirt, black robes, and a blue cloak. "Almost. Harry may I take your blue cloak?" Remus responded, holding a hand out to Harry. When Harry put the blue piece of clothing in Remus' hand, he put them both back in the drawer and pulled out two green cloaks. He handed one to Hali and the other to Harry and said "That's better. You need help with changing?" he asked the two kids. Hali nodded her head, but Harry shook his. "Okay."
As he helped Hali out of her nightdress and into her Witch's clothes, Harry quickly changed out of his pajamas and into his own Wizard's clothes.
"Now come on." Remus said, holding out a hand to each of the Snape children. Harry grabbed Remus' left hand while Hali held Remus' right. They walked out and into the Living Room/Common Room (whichever you want to call it) and turned into Moony after letting go of Hali and Harry's hands.
Hali giggled and Harry smiled as the wolf tugged at Hali's shirt with his teeth.
Hali patted the wolf's head and climbed up on it's back.
Harry laughed as the wolf pranced right over to Harry and nuzzled his hand. "You want me to get up too?" He asked Moony. Moony nodded his head up and down and Harry got up behind his sister making sure she couldn't fall off. A few moments later, after many times falling off Moony, Felaw bounded into the room and swiped a playful paw at Moony.
Harry and Hali laughed harder than ever at the two animals as the play- fought. Harry got off Moony and went onto Felaw's back and pointed a finger at Hali. "The enemy!" he exclaimed.
Hali, knowing what Harry was doing mimicked Harry. "Da Emany!" she yelled. Lily, Hali and Harry started to laugh as Felaw and Moony continued to playfully snap at each other, swipe at their 'enemies' and buck the kids off.
When Hali fell a little too close to a table for comfort, Lily made them stop and go visit Sirius.
When they got up there to the Hospital wing, Hali riding Moony and Harry riding Felaw the whole way, they found Fudge just waking up and Sirius reading a book.
Harry got off Felaw and Hali got off Moony and the two Animagi turned back into humans.
"Padfoot!" they both cried, running towards their friend. Severus tore the book from Sirius' hands and Remus placed a hand on Sirius' forehead. "Are you okay? What did Poppy do!?" Severus exclaimed.
"Boys, let him breathe." Lily said, putting her hands on her children's backs and pushing them foreword towards Sirius' bed.
Sirius had changed dramatically. Sirius was not as pale as he was yesterday, his hair was washed and cut to his shoulders (He refused to let it get any shorter) and he was much more healthy-looking now. He looked as if he had gotten a good night's sleep and a good meal or two.
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Author's Note: I left off here because I am getting out of ideas and I need to stop before it gets REALLY boring and I needed to stop cause we're holding a baby shower and I need to get this out TODAY. Okay, Please don't flame me for making it 4 kids (2 boys 2 girls) but I had gotten really good reasons why I should do it and I liked them all (You know who you are!). Thank you for reading, and I haven't had a flame b4 so I have no clue what they are so I'm not going to say "No Flames" ok? Thank you! BaiBaiBai!
Whoo hoo! TEN pages! A record 4 me!
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