A/N here is the next chapter I want to thank all my reviewers hope this one answers some of your questions as usual I own nothing but the plot hope you enjoy this installment

Chapter six

Shadow Daemon

The next morning four Gryffindors had their breakfasts interrupted by pieces of parchment appearing in front of them all charmed so only they could read them. All four notes said the same thing for them to meet Harry on the third floor at the top of the staircase at 10:00.

Harry himself had spent most evening trying to find away to get them all up to the third floor without someone noticing. He had finally settled on traveling in small groups, Harry would show Draco and their friends the way and each person would escort the groups their and back.

Harry was currently leading Draco, Vince, Greg, Pansy, Theo, and Blaise to the third floor. Harry stopped when he saw a familiar statue and paced three times in front of a seemingly empty stretch of wall. Just as Draco was debating on questioning his brother's sanity Harry completed the third pass and a door appeared in the wall he had been pacing in front of. Harry led them into the room saying, "welcome to the Room of Requirement."

The others entered the room cautiously meticulously studying the room. Harry had made a large dueling chamber with reinforced walls to mask any noise and avoid damage by deflected spells. The center of the room was dominated by a dueling platform. The entire room was cushioned to make landings softer after being stunned or dodging curses. Along one of the walls a variety of weapons were displayed. This was clearly a place designed to maximize the training that was given in it.

Once Harry explained exactly how the room worked the group of Slytherins started escorting the others to the Room of Requirement. Half and hour later all the Slytherins were present including Severus who Harry had gotten a hold of as he was transporting the last group. Harry stood up in the middle of the raised dueling platform with Draco at his side and began speaking to the amassed Slytherins. "I wanted to start this little dueling program with all of you because at some point in time you will need it. In this room no one will be discriminated against for their political points we will teach each and everyone of you equally, but if you personally feel you need extra help come to me or Draco and we will see what we can do. This will not be easy, we will start slow but will eventually speed up so please pay attention and don't fall behind. We will learn both Magical and physical dueling techniques, also we will test to see if any of you have wandless capabilities or other specialties. As for other houses attending I don't think that will happen except for three or four people that have never betrayed me. So any questions?"

"Which people are you referring to?" Someone called from the back of the group.

"Ginny, Fred, and George Weasley and Neville Longbottom, all of them hold potential and they all stand by what they believe in even in the face of adversity. Does anyone have objections to these four people?" Harry was very surprised when no one spoke. "Alright if we are agreed I will go get them."

Harry then left to fetch the four Gryffindors. "Harry, what is going on?" Ginny asked. When Harry located them in the set meeting place.

"I am starting a dueling club with the Slytherins and I want you four to be there. I will explain the whole story later all you need to know now is that they have no objections to you being there and there has been some changes in Draco and Snape." Harry answered.

"Change how so?" She asked again.

"We found out some things this summer that's where I was at training with Snape and the Malfoys." He answered pacing in front of the same section of wall until the door appeared. "Let's go just remember no harm will come to you from the others." With that he reentered the room and all sound stopped.

The silence was broken by Draco coming over, "You four have earned the right to be here. None of us will harm you again," He held his hand out to Ginny who was in the front of the small group. "I offer my hand in an alliance that could change with time. If you deem it a satisfactory offer we will start with a clean slate like the last five years never happened agreed?" he offered.

Ginny looked him straight in the eye and held out her own hand. "My name is Ginny Weasley," she introduced herself as she took his hand like she was meeting him for the first time.

Draco playing along responded with, "I am Draco Malfoy."

When the interaction between Draco and Ginny was finished, Draco moved to the other three in turn and had the same exchange. Everyone was somewhat surprised by Neville who took Draco's hand with out fear. The scared young boy had grown up over the summer in more ways then one and it showed. Harry knew his original assumptions about Neville's potential were correct, they just had to work on his skill. That's when Harry got an idea and pulled Draco to the side.

"I have an idea why don't the two of us duel, we could show them all what we are capable of. I will hold back some against you so I can surprise them by challenging Dad. Then they will get the real measure of both of us." Harry added the last part as he saw his dad walking towards them having heard what Harry had said.

"That sounds like a good idea. I will announce it then you two can duke it out." Severus said the last point with amusement lacing his voice. He then moved to where Harry had addressed the Slytherins and called for silence and was rewarded with calm in less then ten seconds.

"Your instructors have decided to duel each other so you can see what they are capable of, Draco, Harry come up here." He told them all and the two young men answered their father and came up next to him. Then Severus continued speaking. "The rules of this duel are no lethal spells anything else goes, dueling will consist of three rounds first round will be completely magical, second round will be swords, third round staves." When Severus finished the boys bowed to each other and took the required ten paces. And at a shout from Severus to begin they shoot their first spells. Their was no need for a testing round as they knew each others styles as well as their own style. The first round ended with Harry winning by a narrow margin.

Then they drew their swords and if the Slytherins had been impressed by the show of magic their admiration only grew. The two young men fought on and on the sound of ringing steal on steal as they swung parried and thrust was the only sound from the stunned group. The dance of death continued on in on the Slytherins barley breathing as two of their classmates battled so well they surpassed most people who trained their entire lives in combat. Then Harry used his astounding agility and executed a move that had a series of swings at the head and then a thrust at the midsection. Even though Draco knew what would come out of it he eventually had to raise his sword to block the swings at his head and quick as a viper Harry switched tactics and thrust his sword halting its progress as the cold metal touched the soft flesh of Draco's chest. The two boys stayed that way for a moment then straightened and re-sheathed their swords.

They then called their staves to them which had been altered slightly they had both carved their animagus forms on top of the staff. The two got right back to fighting the audience again not making a sound. Draco and Harry were so concentrated on each other the rest of the rooms denizens didn't register in their minds. This fight ended in a draw with both of their staves resting on lethal points at the same time.

Severus found his voice quickly after that. "The overall winner is Harry, I challenge you to a duel myself."

"Fine by me," Harry replied. The rest of Slytherin shocked, yes Harry had just beaten Draco but that wasn't by very much and Severus was much more experienced then Draco was.

"I set the rules this time and my rule is anything goes just don't kill each other use any magic wanded or wandless or elemental and use any weapon." Draco said to the other two.

Harry bowed to his dad and paced out the correct number of paces and at Draco's shout began to duel without any holding back and everyone watching could see the difference. Both Harry and Severus fought like cornered bears spinning and dodging sending spells or daggers sailing after each other drawing swords for close quarters using them as spell focuses. Then they would back away from each other to send fire balls (Severus) or lightning strikes (Harry) at each other molding the elements to their will. Soon they fell into a groove of advance and retreat only to advance again this duel lasting twice as long as the one between Draco and Harry both duelists enjoying themselves immensely. At an unspoken command they put away their wands and swords and took up staves. They then opened up and used every bit of elemental skill they had using the staves as focuses, they saw Harry engulfed in burning flames only to have Severus struck down by lightning each attack foiled by the skill of the other. Back and forth it went between the two titans of power, and when the power appeared to not be enough they meat with physical might Harry's Ash staff clashing with Severus' ebony one, the top of Harry's bared the emblem of a coiled cobra and Severus that of a bat in flight. The two creatures appeared to come alive as the wizards dueled there jeweled eyes glittering as the power rushed up the tall shafts of wood. Finally youth won out over experience and the end of the duel found Severus on the ground with the carved serpent trained onto his throat his own staff having been knocked out of his hands. Harry helped his father up in the ensuing silence. Father and son stood side by side bowed to one another then the crowd. That broke the silence as the body of Slytherins and four Gryffindors started clapping and questions came pelting their way from the crowd.

"You learned to do all that in a summer?"

"What else can you do?"

"You're an elemental?" (Harry hadn't told them exactly what his new powers were he just told them he had gained some new ones)

"Who taught you?"

Finally Harry stopped them by holding up his hand, "One at a time please. To answer the ones I heard, yes I learned it all in one summer, as for what else I will show you after I answer questions, yes Severus and I are both elementals, I learned from the best Severus Snape, Lucius Malfoy and Draco Malfoy." Another wave of sound followed those words, until someone repeated the question of new powers.

"Well as for new talents as you can see I am an Elemental I am also an Empath a Parselmouth and I have two Animagus forms."

"What are your forms?" Ginny asked curiously.

Harry didn't speak he just morphed into his wolf form first, leaving the most shocking one for last. Ginny reached out and stroked the soft fur of his ruff and Harry nudged her hand with his head acknowledging her. Ginny backed up then and told him to take his other form. The first thing you heard as he morphed into his cobra form was shocked gasps from the assembled students.

"Ginny don't panic its still me I just want to give them a show" Harry told Ginny implanting the thought in her mind.

"Harry how are we speaking I am not a Parselmouth?" She asked curiously.

"The type of snake I am is, telepathic I can put my thoughts directly in your mind and I can read yours don't try to speak to me out loud it produces a weird echo."

"Alright but what were you planning on doing to give the Slytherins a show?"

"You'll see" Harry said cryptically. Then he started moving forward across the floor towards her. He wound his six foot long body around her going up her leg curling around her waist with his head resting on her shoulder. He raised his head up and spread out his hood showing the silvery lightning bolt. He stayed that way letting the Slytherins ogle his form then slowly unwound himself from Ginny landing on the floor he changed back and looked at Ginny. She had an awed look on her face and Harry knew it was genuine.

"Wow, that was amazing Harry I thought snakes would be slimy and nasty like every Gryffindor says but they aren't. I could feel the power and grace of the cobra they rally are gorgeous snakes." She said this all in a low voice trying to make it so the Slytherins or her brothers couldn't hear her, but someone did.

Draco had heard the whole exchange and moved over to the pair and said quietly. "Who would have thought that a Weasley would have liked a snake? I don't think the other Slytherins are going to regret allowing you to be here." He then turned his attention to Harry, "That was one of the best duels you have ever had with Father what changed?"

"I am not sure I think we both relaxed when we were training this summer it was life or death situations we were preparing for." Harry replied.

"Wait Father, Harry I think you have a lot of explaining to do" Ginny said.

"Yes I do Ginny we are going to send the Slytherins back in groups to avoid attention go tell your brothers and Neville to stay after I will explain everything their." Harry explained and Ginny went off to find her fellow Gryffindors.

"Draco could you go and tell father to stay too, I think you two are going to have to help explain some of it." Draco nodded and stalked off to find Severus.

Harry then got started sending the Slytherins back to the common room, most off them till recovering from the shock of Harry Potter being a cobra. It took less time to send them back then to bring them so in fairly short order Harry, Draco, and Severus went over to meet with the four Gryffindors.

"Alright I need to have your oaths that none of this will get out of this room, it is not that I don't trust you it is just that an oath is one thing that can circumvent Veritaserum until Severus and I come up with an antidote." With that they quickly got the oaths out of the way.

"Why are you two working together last thing I knew was that you hated both of them?" Fred asked.

"Let me tell the whole story from the beginning ask me questions afterwords." Harry told them, he then began his tale. He told them everything even the parts he had glossed over with the Slytherins like exactly how powerful he was. He wasn't afraid around these people so he didn't fell the need to hold back. By the end of his tale the four Gryffindors were silent listening rapturously.

"So you have a family now I am really happy for you all of you." Ginny said saying the last part to include Draco and Severus in her statement. She then put all her attention back to Harry and took his hand, "you have seen so much and yet you ask for so little. I know you well enough to know you think you are in a dream and that when you wake up you will be back at the Dursleys. Don't do that to yourself everything you have now you earned twice over." She managed to shock Harry silent, he always knew she was perceptive but no one had figured that out yet. He really did think that this was too good to be true and everything would disappear as soon as he relaxed.

Someone placing a hand on his shoulder brought him out of his thoughts, he looked up to see his father looking at him with concern shinning in his eyes. "You really think that way?" He saw Harry's nod and continued speaking, "Ginny is right we aren't going anywhere don't ever think we would go away. I can be angry at you for some things but I have more pride in you then I could ever have anger." Severus was a little surprised by the small smile on Harry's face.

"Thank you Dad," Harry then caught something his father had said, "Dad you do realize you just called a Weasley by their first name?"

Severus realizing that he had in fact called Ginny by her first name confessed. "I can't really use her surname anymore, it would bring back to much for you. She is on your side and therefore deserves to be differentiated from her less sympathetic family. And that goes for everyone else in this room too." Severus finished by shooting his piercing gaze at each Gryffindor in turn. The last one he looked at was Neville who surprisingly didn't flinch under that gaze.

"Neville come here please," He asked surprisingly gentle for Severus. At this Neville did flinch a little but he obeyed Severus. "I am not going to hurt you I just need to cheek for something." Severus explained and though Neville looked a trifle reluctant he nodded. Severus placed his hand on Neville's forehead closed his eyes and concentrated. When he opened his eyes again he looked a little shocked but only those that knew him could read that.

"What is it Father?" Draco asked.

"Harry do you remember how when you were hiding your power you seemed to have less?" he saw the nod then continued. "Well Neville has the same problem, Tell me Neville why have you been holding back? More importantly why have you started trying this year?"

Neville took a deep breath then spoke in a surprisingly confidant voice, "I trust this wont get out of this room right?" everyone agreed so he told them, "After the feast in first year I was summoned to Dumbledore's office he told me that their was something important that Harry had to do and that it was possible that it could have been me as well. When I was confused at this he broke down and told me of a prophecy that was made before either of us was born it wasn't clear on which one of us it was. When Voldemort attacked and marked you with your scar he said it was definitely you, but that if the general pubic ever found out about the prophecy and I showed signs of great power people might follow me and not Harry which I now know was being groomed to be the perfect weapon. He told me he couldn't have me cluttering up the playing field as he put it and then cast a spell forcing my compliance with his every whim. The spell was not Imperius just very similar, he also bound my magic and altered my family's memories of my magic. As for why I can now talk about it he said the spell would only last as long as Harry Potter existed, in the beginning of August I found that the spells were unraveling and my power was growing again. I think it is because of you Harry, you no longer think of yourself as a Potter and that broke Dumbledore's spell on me. I do know he is severely angry at your resorting he is waiting for the perfect time to confront you and if I know Dumbledore like I think I do then he will do it in a publicly humiliating way that doesn't trace back to him so that you two come running to him to fix it."

"That's it Neville you will definitely be training with us, Harry told us he thought you had more potential then you used. We were going to ask you anyway but this settles it, it sounds like you will need it." Draco said forcibly. Harry felt his brother's anger pouring off him like body heat. He put his hand on Draco's shoulder and feed him calm.

"Thank you, Brother." Draco said to Harry.

"What did you do?" Ginny asked seeing the exchange.

Harry looked at Draco for permission and at Draco's affirmative nod he spoke. "Draco and I are both Empaths I just used that to calm him down. It is much easier to send emotions if your touching. We help each other control our emotions because if we lose control it affects everyone around us, I told you he helps me with my nightmares this is how."

"That makes sense," Ginny replied storing the information for future use.

"It's time to head back to your common rooms it is passed curfew but prefect rounds don't start for another hour I suggest you hurry." Severus said to them. Soon the four Gryffindors had left leaving Severus to walk Draco and Harry back to the Slytherin common room.

Once the two brothers had entered the room they were immediately swamped by the rest of Slytherin. They spent the rest of the night talking about the demonstrations and what hey would be learning in the dueling club. They had classes in the morning so they finally went to sleep right before midnight.

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The fifth year boy's dormitory was awoken by piercingly loud screams of agony they woke to find the raven haired Harry Potter thrashing around on his bed in absolute agony. This confused Draco because he couldn't sense the fear the accompanied his nightmares the blond knew this was something different and old Crabbe and Goyle to go get Severus.

Severus came into the room very quickly and laid a hand on Harry's forehead, it was burning with fever. "It looks like a magical inheritance but his birthday was long ago I don't know what is happening now. I will take him to my chambers something tells me this is something that must be kept from others I trust your discretion." With that he put a silencing spell on the violently convulsing teen and carried him out of the dorm and into a secret passageway to his own quarters.

He entered his rooms and put his son down on the couch, he took Harry's shirt off because it was so permeated with sweat that it was plastered to his body. It was when Severus saw his bare back that he knew what might be occurring. He muscles beneath the skin were violently writhing and contracting, it looked like his very anatomy was reshaping. Then with Severus' growing horror the skin split but there was no blood instead out of the wounds sprung two long, thick, and beautiful wings. The feathers were a silvery color tipped with black, his wings stretched five feet on either side of him and were four feet wide at the base and tapered towards the ends. Severus knew what his son had just become but he also knew one hadn't been created for centuries, a Shadow Daemon.

He waited until his son was sleeping soundly again wrapped up in his wings then went over to his bookshelf and found the correct book. He had always had an interest in rare magical creatures because they offered a range of equally rare potion ingredients. This particular book held descriptions of all magical creatures that remained in the Being category instead of Beast. In this book was a small passage on Shadow Daemons that he marked for his son. Severus knew Harry would not be enduring classes the next day, but if he missed teaching Dumbledore would really notice something was wrong.

Severus reluctantly lay down in his own bed after leaving the book and a note next to his still slumbering son. He got a few hours sleep then woke and headed to breakfast, he didn't want to leave his son to go teach fools that didn't know the right end of cauldron. He knew he had to but that didn't mean he was in a good mood about it, any students he met in the halls that day whether they were first or seventh years started quaking, all his thoughts devoted to the raven haired youth that was safely cloistered in his chambers.

Meanwhile back in his chambers the raven haired boy in question was stirring beginning to wake. His first thoughts consisted of wondering where he was at, until his awareness caught that fact that he was not covered in a blanket but was in fact shrouded in feathers. He had wings! He stood quickly and stretched them out to their full length which was quite impressive. After starting to panic a little he noticed the note and the book. The note read in Severus' elegant handwriting.

Son,

I know this change comes as a surprise but don't panic I know what you are. Read the passage I marked for you it will tell you what you need to know for right now, I will be back down after classes we will discuss this further then.

Your Father.

Severus

Harry carefully picked up the book on magical beings and found the place his father had marked. Their wasn't much,

Shadow Daemons are one of the rarest magical creatures known to wizards. These creatures are not born they are created. A Shadow Daemon is created when someone of great innocence with an even greater destiny is exposed to great evil. The change takes place when the Shadow Daemon learns of the evil it has been exposed to. The first shifts come in as mental power all Shadow Daemons in History have been Empaths, the physical shift unlocks the other powers a Shadow Daemon develops, in the form of Telepathy and Telekinesis. In other words they can manipulate thoughts, emotions and physical objects with their minds, a shadow Daemon is also excellent a wandless magic. After the Shadow Daemons shift and charms or glamours that conceal the Shadow Daemons true form will be canceled.

The wings of a Shadow Daemon shows several things, the base color of every Shadow Daemon's wings is silver the color that tips the feathers show how much power the Shadow Daemon posses the darker the color the stronger the Daemon is, how far up the color reaches on the feather shows how much evil the Shadow Daemon has been exposed to. The wings can fold up and become very compact and no one can see a Shadow Daemons wings unless they are in use, or the Shadow Daemon knows the person and deems them a non threat.

Not much is known about how or why Shadow Daemons came into existence but many hypothesize that the Shadow Daemon only forms in time of great need. Every Shadow Daemon has had a great destiny laid before them, so many think the species evolved in order to give the innocence the strength to overcome the evil. The last known Shadow Daemon came into existence to hide the isle of Avalon from invading creatures.

Harry closed the book with a snap. 'So this is what I am,' he thought to himself, 'Another thing to make me different.' To take his mind off his dark thoughts he inspected his wings. The base color was silver as the book said it shimmered like liquid mercury, his wings were tipped in black signifying he was at the strongest power level and the black reached half way up the feathers. 'I wonder why this happened now instead of the summer. Oh, maybe it's what Neville said maybe I needed to know Dumbledore did that before I could shift.' He continued thinking along those lines until one particular line in the book caught his attention, any charms or glamour concealing his appearance; did that include the Adoption charm? He rushed to the bathroom in his father's quarters to inspect his appearance.

He got quite a shock, his Hair was still raven colored but it was soft and slightly wavy reaching to his shoulders, his complexion was paler like porcelain. His eyes were such a deep green they almost looked black, he realized then that he wasn't wearing glasses. His scar was still there but he had grown some more he was probably taller then both of his fathers Lucius being taller then Severus. His face had a decidedly elvin cast to it but it had the angular appearance that Severus had. There was no way anyone could be mistaken on who his father was, he looked so much like Severus it was uncanny, but their was some things he got from his mother. Thinking about a mother other then Lily Potter was strange but it did get him to be curious about his real mother.

He knew he had some time to kill until Severus got back from teaching so he summoned the parchment his family tree appeared on after the potion he took, and the year book Severus had given him when he had asked about the people Severus knew in school. Something had been nagging at him ever since he first saw his mothers name and now was as good a time as any to search it out.

He looked over the parchment to make sure he remembered right, and there it was his mother's maiden name. He then opened the year book and started looking through it until he got to the P's. It was arranged by name rather then year so Harry got his question answered. There was his mothers name Marie Parkinson, and beneath that she had a brother Orion Parkinson. He searched his mothers face closely and he saw where he had gotten the elvin cast to his features and his dark green eyes and the nose were the same. Then his eyes dropped down to her brother Orion, he saw some of Pansy's features in that picture. 'I wonder if Pansy knows we are cousins?' he thought to himself.

A few hours later as Harry sat reading one of his father's books laying on his stomach because his wings had been getting in the way. He heard his father's footsteps coming down the corridor and felt his father's headache through his Empathic gifts and sat waiting. When Severus came striding into the room he was met y his son sending him a slight smile and holding out a headache cure potion. He gratefully swallowed the potion, and allowed a few minutes for it to work. When his eyes finally came into sharper focus he looked at his son in his true form for the first time.

He just sat there shocked silence, he saw himself staring at him. He could make out some of his Marie in him too. Then Harry unfurled his wings slightly bringing Severus out of his trance. "Did you read what I left for you?" He asked.

"Yes I did, so I am a Shadow Daemon I haven't heard about those before." Harry confessed.

"Well as the book says they are very rare and the circumstances for one to be created are equally as rare. I can see you carry an equal amount of Innocence and Evil it is a fitting thing after all this talk of Light, Dark and Grey. You also have a great amount of power both natural and now gift from the Shadow Daemon." Severus said more for his own benefit then Harry's.

"I think we have a problem though, the wings hide themselves but when I tried to use a glamour to return me to looking like I used to it wouldn't stick. We are going to have to reveal are relationship earlier then planned." Harry explained.

"I think we will be able to pull it off, tomorrow at breakfast I will announce that I have a son and that he couldn't attend yesterday because the charms that concealed him were being taken off or something like that. I can also use that time to announce Lucius and my bonding." Severus said after some thought.

"Can we bring Draco and the others in now I want to explain it to them first. I think most of the Slytherins will be able to see my wings along with the four Gryffindors other then that no one else should be able to see them."

"You are probably right I will go get them you stay here. I will only tell them that your appearance changed I wont say how much or why." Severus explained to his son.

"Fine just get them." Harry said. Severus left quickly leaving Harry to his own devices. Finally he returned with the six anxious looking Slytherins.

When they caught sight of Harry standing there looking like their head of house with the ten foot wingspan they were all speechless. Finally Draco broke the silence by running towards his brother and hugging him. Harry knew the hug was to reassure himself that the creature before him was still his brother. Harry opened his mind to his brother to calm him.

"Harry what are you and I see the adoption charms are off. You look a lot like father." Draco said trying to recover some of his dignity in front of his friends. He rarely displayed affection beyond the boundaries of family.

"I am a Shadow Daemon, Draco," Harry said then repeated what the book said about them. "That is why the adoption charm isn't working anymore. We are going to announce Severus and my relationship at breakfast tomorrow, we wont tell about me being a Shadow Daemon the only ones who can see my wings are those I seem trustworthy and other then those who were at the dueling meeting I cant think of anyone I trust."

"Harry I think you are going to need a new name Harry Snape just doesn't sound right." Pansy said.

"I thought about that today to, what was my name before Dumbledore's men took me?" Harry asked his father.

Severus got a slight smile on his face, "We named you Sheldon Salazar Snape," he replied.

"I think that should be my name it is more my name then Harry Potter was anyway. Would that work for you Dad?" he asked.

"I would like that," Severus replied with a small smile hugging his son trying to avoid the wings.

"I think the school is in for a big surprise," Blaise said to the rest of them.

The group of Slytherin sat talking together until it grew late. "Alright all of you time for bed Draco you may stay with Sheldon tonight the rest off you go." Severus told them. "I will make the announcement tomorrow at breakfast so I suggest you all be there." He saw that they all agreed as they wondered out of his private quarters and back to the common room. He then turned to Draco and Sheldon, "take care of each other tomorrow this is going to rub some people the wrong way don't leave yourself open to attack."

"We understand Dad." Sheldon replied.

"Good now get some rest I have a feeling you will need it." Severus told them. Both boys listen to their father and settled down on the huge couches and slept. Severus watched the boys sleep for a few moments he felt over whelming love and pride for both boys. Ginny's words from the night before ghosting to him, they really had finally found a family, he just wished the fourth member of their family could be. With these thoughts he went to bed looking forward to seeing Albus' expression the next day but worried about his reaction he had expected to be summoned to his office as soon as the resorting occurred Severus knew he was waiting for something, for what he had no idea.