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A/N okay this may very well be my last update for two weeks that has been looked over by my beta. I'll still update if you want but I'm not promising you readers any spectacular grammar and spelling without my beta :P Okay about the chapter, It's short... give me a few days to get some actual time to myself before I can write it longer and make it progress some more. I swear.. no one leaves me alone anymore x.x I love people but I want time to write! ack. I'm sorry it took awile for this chapter. I'll try and get more soon :P
Thanx to Lady-Draconian-Sapphire I'm not the best with history stuff, I tried to make it historically correct but I find it's insane to find anything on how the city actually looked...anyways their supposed to be in Thebes. MistyShimmer,angelkitty77,Semma,inumoon3,UK All The Way Silver Angel 7, SeverusSnape'sLove, fifespice, Beautiful-Boy-Love, Bouncerok, Heather, andAlababa for reveiwing, much loves tto you all and I hope you enjoy this chapter, so sorry for the wait on it! Okay now I am so going to bed >. on with the cahpter!
James didn't know what to expect once they got to one of the more fancy looking buildings, but they didn't seem much different from the other houses, besides the additional stories. Not much really of showing status there.
It wasn't until the cart stopped in front of one house that James understood why they were rich. Veils had been placed around the house, each of different colours and it looked like someone had magically put blossoming flowers all over the place. Each blooming different colours along the bright cloths streaming down the house.
Having the charm Snape applied on them earlier placed back on them, James knew they would be able to hear, talk, and understand the language they were speaking. Sadly he didn't have a clue on what to say to the Greeks.
Then James noticed that was only one side of the house and on the other it seemed darker, more quiet. James could easily tell what was what; one side of the home had been created to look that way for Narcissa, the other for Snape.
"Here we are." Hermione said, looking at everything with fascination. James really didn't see much fascination about it honestly; it was just a house. But even so, they needed to get that Malfoy kid, so he'd follow them into the house, and hopefully he'd be able to get a peek at Lily, or talk to her even.
Climbing down from the cart, James and Peter followed Hermione and Ron closely through the courtyard and to the door of the house. Hermione stuck close to Ron for some reason, whispering to him what to do once one of the slaves came to receive them; or kick them out because the disturb the 'gods.'
A slave wasn't the one who greeted them, though; it was a man with a chubby form and greedy glint in his dark eyes. His clothes were decorated in a gold thread, and he held a staff in his left hand. "Were you sent here?" he asked in a tone that made James' skin crawl, like a bad taste in the back of your throat.
Ron nodded, looking discreetly over to Hermione with a confused expression, as if he was silently asking Hermione 'what do I do now?' James said something as the large man started to look at them suspiciously, figuring he couldn't bumble it up too much.
"Yes, Purse-" James said, but a quick glare from Hermione told him that was not the way to say the name, "Persephone sent us to get one of her followers. He's a blonde boy with rather pale skin." James said watching Hermione's mouth as she mouthed the words to him.
The man's greedy eyes narrowed before he spoke with his haughty tone. "Ah yes, the one Hades talks to so much. Why do you need him?" he asked and James tried to stare down the man while staring Hermione's mouth for what to say next.
"Well you see, there's an interesting…" James stalled as he couldn't figure out what Hermione's mouth was saying; wondering if there was an easier way to do this.
"Interesting?" the man said, looking thoroughly unconvinced as he leaned on his dark staff. James suddenly saw the word as Hermione mouthed it slowly and he wondered why the man's eyes hadn't fallen on Hermione yet, but his eyes were fixed on Peter's trembling figure.
"Interesting flower, of course, and we need him to come with the gracious goddess to give it a look over." James finished, hoping that Hermione's words were going to convince this man.
"Why would the goddess need you to tell her about a flower?" he said, looking ready to banish them when James noticed someone with red hair coming closer to them until she stopped behind the man.
"Oh, you're here finally." James heard Lily Evans' wonderful voice say, as if it was flowing over him and giving him relief to know she was alive. "Pankratios, what are you doing? Let them in!" Lily said, and the man looked disappointed, but finally stepped around from the entrance.
James never thought he saw a prettier sight; Lily Evans was robed in a cloth material that hid her body but was tied around her waist, glowing all the way down to her ankles. Her hair had been braded to circle around her head and miniature white water lilies had been stuck in her hair as well.
"I'm afraid we cannot let just anyone into the sanctuary to see the gods!" the man said defensively, looking grumpy about the fact a woman was bossing him around.
"I'm aware of that, but these people are other followers of the gods who took a little longer arriving to greet them. I'm sure Hades will make them pay for their laziness, but that's the gods job now isn't it?" she asked him, and he nodded, sulking off to the right side of the house.
"Okay you guys, what do you want? I thought you weren't going to come for us for another week?" she asked and Hermione started to move over to the room on the left hand of the house, which seemed to be a kitchen.
Pots and pans were on roughly made tables, a small stone earth with white ash littering around the floor was there, along with a small chair which Lily sat down on. Hermione finally let out a big breath, as if the devil himself had been holding her tongue.
"There's something wrong with Harry, we need Draco right now before the child drains Harry anymore." Hermione said, and Lily's face turned from calm to shocked and worried. She stood up quickly, her clothes flying madly around her.
"Draco's in the andron, it's our equivalent of a dining room. He's with Snape, but I'm sure if Narcissa says so, Pankratios will back off and let Draco go. That priest is crazy so watch yourself around him." she said as they walked out of the kitchen and headed to another room that was more nicely furnished.
The man James now knew as the priest who had created this whole mess was sitting right next to Snape, and Draco was lying across a seat covered in a blue cloth. James was envying how Snape was living right at this moment in time when he had to sleep on the floor!
Lily walked over to the only woman in the room, Narcissa. She was dressed in something like Lily, only hers was left flowing down to her back. She didn't look too happy about her current situation, but as soon as Lily came in all conversation had stopped.
"Yes, Lily?" Narcissa asked, and Lily bowed down to them, and shakily James did the same, really hating the smug look Snape gave him. He didn't want to bow to them, but to look convincing he realized he had to bow down to Snape of all people, oh that bastard would pay for this.
"There's a flower-" Hermione was about to say before Narcissa cut them off. She really did look like a goddess with a commanding voice; the priest was probably having a field day with this James thought.
"I'm aware of that. I'll come and take a look." she said, motioning for Draco to follow her out of the room, while the priest just went on talking to Hades like nothing was happening.
Once they were out of the room and closer to the entrance Lily and Narcissa stopped as Draco followed the four back to the cart. James turned around and looked at Lily. "You're both not coming?" he asked, looking at Lily pointedly.
Lily sighed as Narcissa shrugged and went back into the house. "We figure it's best if we didn't all leave, Narcissa can keep herself scarce until Draco returns. She really detests being near that priest." Lily said in an uncaring voice, and James bet that Narcissa had called Lily mudblood a few times too many.
"Oh, and James," Lily said just as James was starting to turn his back away from her, "you never did kiss me goodbye." she said, looking at him seriously but James was feeling like he'd been hit in the head with a bludger.
"What?" James said, and she rolled her green eyes, moved closer to him and planted a chaste kiss on his lip before walking away from him back into the house. James just turned away looking dumbfounded and walking as if he were on air back to the cart.
"What happened to him?" Draco said, looking angry as a mad harpy when he picked up Harry's sleeping form off of the ground and cradled him in his arms. They had just gotten off of the cart and when Draco saw Harry laying on the ground out cold he jumped off of it right away.
The people in the village seemed to know who Draco was and they all were silent or very friendly as the cart passed their houses. Draco had made a comment about how they were living for the time being and James had made it known that it wasn't that horrible. He wasn't sure how his older self put up with his son's boyfriend, he really wasn't.
Snape was beside Harry, and Remus and Sirius were not to be found, but Snape spoke as soon as Draco had run over to Harry's side. "His child is draining him; the spell we used to get back here is obviously not good for people who are pregnant. I know Potter was the one who had the magic outbursts to create the child, but you now have to do the same for Potter." Snape explained.
"I'm not about to-" Draco said, eyeing everyone in the clearing before Snape let out an angry breath.
"Not that way, Draco! I want you to use a spell and send a bit of your energy through him!" Snape snapped at him, and Draco only glared at Snape before clinging to Harry closer. "Okay Draco, try adeptio on him."
Draco took out his wand from his robes and placed it on Harry's chest, close to where his heart should be, and whispered 'adeptio.' Harry in his sleep felt a jolt of energy flow through him, and the exhaustion that had been sweeping through his body so slowly left quickly.
Draco held Harry close to his body as Harry yawned and turned over in his sleep, breathing regularly. "Did it work?" Draco asked and Snape frowned, and slapped Harry in the face.
Harry felt a sharp pain on his cheek and jolted awake, finding himself in Draco's arms, as a few people were yelling at Snape for some reason. Harry looked around, totally confused about what had happened to him and why Draco was there.
"Hey, did you have to slap my son!" James growled indignantly, and Draco looked up at him with a raised eyebrow after glaring at his teacher.
"It worked, Draco." Snape said before stalking off and Harry looked up at Draco who was opening his mouth to speak. Harry put his finger on Draco's lips though, not wanting to hear a word since the pain in his cheeks was not dying down.
"Please, spare me the explanation till I'm awake." Harry said bluntly, before falling back down on Draco's chest, his head lolling to the side as he went back to sleep.
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