A Father's Love

Chapter Five: A Father's Hate

Severus had run to Dumbeldore's office right after the feast was over and the old man had disappeared. "Albus I must have a leave of absence it would only be two, three days at tops."

"Severus I wonder if this would have anything to do with Draco? Hnn?" Albus glanced at the pale man from above his half-moon spectacles.

"Yes Albus, I need to get custody of that boy before Lucius comes after him."

"Don't you already have custody of him?"

"Partial and only during official Hogwarts vacations. So right now Lucius and Narcissa have custody of that boy, and if you think those boy's bruises are all from Lucius you should think again. There have been bad bruises where a fingernail polish has been mixed with a pain potion and while the polish was still wet dug into that boys skin. I will not let either one of those people have that boy! Since I don't have an actual blood connection to him I will lose him very quickly if I do not act now. He may call me his Uncle, but I am no such thing and you know that full well."

"Very well Severus, I will have Remus cover for you. Please don't get into any trouble."

"Thank you Headmaster." Severus bowed before leaving the room in a hurry.

"Well Minerva?" Albus said to the room. A gray striped cat walked out of the shadows and into the skin on Minerva.

"Albus, I hope for the boys safety and for Severus's sanity." Minerva said warningly.

"So do I Minerva, so do I."

"Harry!! Come with me!" Draco yelled, three days into term.

"Draco, what's happening?"

"My father is happening." Draco said calmly. He led Harry down to what Harry thought was their old bedroom but they went past the snake that hissed at them. 'you are safe here' It had been saying when he had woken. "Come on there is a secret room… only Remy know about. We have to hide there until he come to get us."

"Okay Drey."

"What did you call me?"

"Drey…"

"No one has ever called me that before, I like it." Drako smiled before opening the door to the hidden room. It was a small room with one twin bed and a small desk with extra copies of the textbooks and a cabinet filled with food. "I think Remy got to decorate…" The bed was a four-poster but it was scarlet curtains like the ones in the Gryfindor dorms. The walls were glowing with silver lights but still the room was a scarlet that only a Gryfindor could decorate with. "Hey Harry I am tired I am going to lay down for awhile, okay?"

"Yeah Drey, I will too, but umm... where should we sleep?"

"The bed… we can share." Draco said without thinking.

The two boys climbed in the bed. It was past midnight they knew because in the first year dorm they had heard the sixth and seventh year Gryfindors going to bed. Then Dobby the house elf had appeared to Draco and told him that his father was on the way from Malfoy manor. That's when Drako had woken Harry up and brought him down to the secret room.

"Severus Snape you have kidnapped my child." Lucius said quietly. "I want him returned to me."

"No, Draco is now mine, not yours. I now have full guardianship over Draco until he comes of age." Severus said smoothly.

"Snape I am warning you, you will regret this." Lucius turned his back to pale man and walked out of Hogwarts.

Severus turned to the headmaster, and left the great hall. Severus went to the Gyfindor common room to check on the two boys but before he reached the portrait Remus stopped him.

"I've already checked, they aren't there." Remus said quickly.

"Where they hell are they then!" Severus said angrily.

"Shh… They are safe, I can take you to them now be quiet." Remus said quietly to calm down the Potions Master.

Remus led Severus down to the dungeons where Remus opened a door that Severus had not seen before. "Neat trick right?" Remus asked him Sev only nodded when he saw the room that was defiantly decorated by Remy.

"Let's put them in the summer bedroom so that they know they are safe." Severus said picking Harry up from the bed. Remus nodded and picked up Draco to move the boy. Remus followed the pale man to the boys' bedroom and listened as the snake hissed something then fell silent before Harry woke. "It's okay now Harry go back to sleep." Severus whispered.

"Hnnn… okay goodnight." The sleepy boy said. Severus nearly dropped the boy then because as Harry spoke the dark mark on his arm started burning fiercely, Voldermort was alive and Malfoy was in touch with him. The pain meant that Severus was to report to the Dark-Lord for an explanation about the other sleeping boy. Harry woke up a little more at the slight yelp and sudden movement his father made but did not truly wake again.

"Sev?" Remus said after putting Drako on one of the beds. Severus put Harry on the bed and grabbed the upper part of his left forearm where the mark was.

"I have to go Remy…"

"No you don't, he will kill you and you know that. I forbid you to leave me with two boys to raise. You will not go and that is MY final word."

"You can't stop me." Severus told his lover.

"yes. I. can." Remus said in a dangerously low tone. "Do you want to test your theory or will you believe me on my word?" He finished pulling his wand out of his robes.

"Remy… don't. Please don't." Severus begged.

"Sev… if you make one move to leave I will stop you. I didn't follow you when you got Harry. I didn't stop you from getting custody of Draco, but I am stopping you now. Think Sev, when you die because you had to go, who gets Draco? Lucius does, or Narcissa. Which is worse, his mother or father? I don't get custody of Draco when you die. You leaving here now is the stupidest thing you could do. You will not only be committing suicide but you will be responsible for the death of Draco. I will NOT allow you to do this."

"You can take the boys into hiding, pick a secret keeper who knows me and will tell me where you are. I will find you when it's safe."

"NO! I refuse. You are not going to make me live in hiding. Besides what will happen during full moon? Harry and Draco are not animagi and could not protect themselves against me. Hogwarts is the safest place in the wizarding world."

"Remy… I have to go don't you understand that?"

"NO I DON'T! You can stay here! You would be safe HERE! Not somewhere else. You just got Harry back to health he has known for slightly less then a week that he even has a father and now you want to run out on him! You saved Draco a mere twenty hours ago and now you want to let Lucius have him back! And what about us… we are finally able to live together in peace and you want to run out on me too. You are a very selfish man Severus Snape and I will stop you from doing the stupidest thing you could possibly do!"

"Remy if I don't go the pain it will kill me. So what good is there in not going. Maybe I can convince him that it is in his best interest that I care for Draco and he lets me live." Severus winced as a fresh jolt of pain rendered down his arm.

"I can stop you easily and I will."

"Remy I am leaving." Severus turned around only to be hit by a paralyzing spell from Remus's wand.

Remus summoned a stretcher and lifted Sev's body onto it leading the body to the hospital wing.

Harry got up and went over to Draco's bed. "Drey… did you here that?"

"Yeah. Do you think Sev is hurt?"

"I don't know. But Remy wouldn't hurt him would he? I mean he couldn't could he?" Harry said shaking.

"I am sure he's fine…" Draco said not really believing himself. He had always been scared of the man himself when he was younger, he didn't know what the man could do or not do.

"We will see him tomorrow right he will be back to teaching instead of Remy right?"

"Sure he should." Draco said. "Come on now time to get some sleep."

Harry moved back to his bed listening to the snake 'you are safe' it hissed continually until Harry fell asleep.