Chapter 7: Dumbledore and Severus talk


Chapter 7: Dumbledore and Severus talk

As Severus headed off to the Gryffindor dorms he met with both Professor McGonagall and Professor Dumbledore. Severus smiled to both of the teachers and asked "Professor McGonagall (remembering that boys could not climb the stairs in the girls dormitory) if she would go and pack Hailey's trunk for her since she would be spending the summer with him and Draco."

Minerva was slightly skeptical but agreed to do as requested particularly for her adoptive granddaughter, and rushed off to pack all her things up.

After Minerva left Severus turned his attention fully to the headmaster and said "Professor Dumbledore the town of Forks is where I would have wanted to raise Hailey and Draco had the Dark Lord not found out so much about me and also about Lily. I have some questions since I have not been back there since Lily died. First these vampires that live there are they like me anyway?"

Dumbledore smiled and said "in some ways Severus yes they are similar to your particular vampirism for example they feed only on animals as do you, they also do not go out in direct sunlight as do you." At the mention of sunlight Severus said "Professor I can go out in the sunlight but I am simply not very comfortable in it after all when the blood manifestation occurs it makes my kind of vampire very sensitive to the sun." Albus smiled and said "yes Severus I know but the Cullens have a few other things where they do not have magical powers a few of them have special gifts like: reading somebody's mind or moving things with their minds. Those type of gifts Severus."

Severus stood there for a minute and Dumbledore said "come on let's go back to my office and I will explain about the Cullens in greater detail, but Severus I am not going to divulge all of their secrets not even to you my old friend."

Severus nodded and followed Dumbledore to his office thinking "man this is going to be the last time I walk the halls of Hogwarts, and I am thinking about what this change is going to mean for my children I mean one of them is going to be an elf and the other a vampire. I mean the blood manifestation takes place on the day of your birth 16 years after you are born which will be in a couple of weeks." Severus was shaken out of his thoughts by Dumbledore clearing his throat and said "Severus have you forgotten how to get on the stairs I mean they are not going to scoop you up and put you on them Dumbledore said laughing at his own joke."

Severus merely glared and stepped on the stairs and said "not all of have simple thoughts Dumbledore I was thinking about the next couple of weeks for my children and what they are going to be going through following that. I mean if Lily were here I would not be worried because she is an elf and I am a vampire so whichever one of our children is the elf and vampire we could help them through it Albus, but with Lily not here I have to do it alone and I know next to nothing about helping a hormonal elf."

Albus laughed at the last few words and it took several minutes for him to calm down enough to speak with Severus more.

After his laughing fit had ended Albus said "Severus do you know which one of your children is the vampire and which one is the elf?" Severus sighed and said "no sir it is impossible to know until the blood manifestation even Lily said we would not know until then, but it does not help that elves are short only reaching around 5'7" and vampires are tall reaching 6'4" and Draco is only 6'0" even and Hailey is 5'10 1/2" so one of them is going to get shorter and one of them is going to grow."

Albus nodded and said "well hopefully it will be Hailey who is the elf Severus I mean she is always been uncomfortable being so tall it is normal for boys to be tall it is not so normal for a girl to be that tall so I hope it is her but I have to tell you it might not be her you will just have to do your best with the situation you are in Severus."

Severus nodded and said "Albus let's get back to talking about the Cullens I will discuss the children with you more in a bit. I need to know more about the Cullens I mean are my children going to be in danger being around a coven of vampires like them?"

Dumbledore sat back thinking about the question and said "well in some ways yes Severus they may be in some danger, but first I want to point out that your son is very tenacious and is not to be taken lightly and as for your daughter well good lord man she is the girl-who-survived and she is much stronger than anybody has ever given her credit for. Oh yes Severus they will have challenges around the Cullens but I doubt you would find more perfect friends for your children Hailey and Draco need them and the Cullens need your kids (not in the food way) but still needs them."

Severus nodded at Dumbledore and said "so they would be safe around the Cullens I am more worried about Hailey getting hurt than Draco? I mean right now she must be so damn fragile having fought the Dark Lord Professor Dumbledore."

Albus smiled and said "yes Severus she will be fine I think she would finally be free to live her life the way she has always wanted to live it. Don't you think that your daughter has done wonderfully well for a girl who has faced the dark lord a total of 5 times Severus. I mean let's think about it she has done what no other witch or wizard has ever done she survived Lord Voldemort more times than anybody else and she is still among us I doubt very seriously anything the Cullens could go through would be the end of her. Severus if you don't trust me or them at the very least trust your daughter she is stronger than we have ever truly realized, and I will always have the utmost faith in her for what she can and what she has done Severus."

Severus smiled and said "your right Albus I am sorry I will trust the Cullens. It is just that I have major concerns about Hailey and Draco! I mean in appearance they are so bloody different can you explain why that is so Professor Dumbledore?"

Albus laughed and said "well why don't you tell me what you see with your kids in appearance and after you have finished I will tell you anything that I know about why they look the way they do?"

Severus nodded and said "ok well first there is Draco. He is 6'0" tall and he is strong but he is built along the lines of a basketball player or a swimmer (which I guess is good for quidditch) he has blonde hair, hazel eyes and seems to have a great deal of power radiating from him Albus."

Dumbledore merely nodded at this and indicated for Severus to continue.

Severus said "he is smart, extremely good in school (particularly potions-he has my touch in school with that), but he has Luscious' firm jaw, steely eyes, cold disposition, and makes me think he might be dangerous for others to be around him at times. He also has a muscle tone that his sister does not have he looks like he works out about 3 days a week."

Albus started laughing from the beginning of the firm jaw statement and continued for several minutes after Severus stopped.

Severus looked perplexed by the laughter he received from Dumbledore but waited until Albus was finished laughing to get his theory on Draco.

After Albus had laughed and everything for about 6 minutes he said "ok Severus yes you are right on a few things Draco looks every bit like Luscious but that is neither a good thing or a bad thing and I will explain that when you have described your daughter."

Severus sighed and said "this one is more difficult Albus I mean Hailey is 5'10 ½" inches tall which that in itself is most unusual girls are not normally quite so tall and Hailey does not really look like a girl she looks like a smaller version of a boy. She has no definite curves that anybody really notices…" Before Severus could go any further Dumbledore started laughing again at Severus' statement. So that Severus was forced to wait until Dumbledore finished to continue, but upon him finishing Dumbledore said "Severus close your eyes and now describe your daughter to me you have mentioned her height so exclude that from your description."

Severus nodded with his eyes closed and said "well (and this is not going to be seen as vulgar right Albus.)" Albus smiled and said "no Severus this will not be seen as vulgar now continue." Severus said "well she is attractive she has an average body not supermodel attractive but not homey either kind of right down the middle of the line she prefers clothing that dress down her natural assets I think but cannot be sure as I am her father and really take no real notice of them." Dumbledore smiled and said "continue Severus." Severus suddenly opened his eyes remembering that Lily had been the same in appearance before her blood manifestation and Severus said "Albus if Hailey is an elf then everything makes since she is going to look like a supermodel or stripper when it is finished with her it is perfectly normal for elven boys and girls to be so ungodly tall and then to dramatically shrink when their 16th birthday hits, but if she is vampire she will grow taller."

Albus merely nodded and said "now Severus first I am hoping Hailey is an elf not due to the advanced sexual drive she will have, but due to the fact she has in the past indicated how ungodly uncomfortable she is being so very tall. As to why your children bear a resemblance to both James Potter in Hailey's case and Luscious Malfoy in Draco's case I know exactly why that is so as I was here when it was done to them. You see Severus, Lily felt that if the two of you simply gave your children to the Malfoy's or James with them looking the way they did at birth that the Dark Lord would know that Lily and you had children and might harm them so what Lily did was combining her witchly magic with her elven magic she was able to make the children resemble their adoptive father's it insured that they were safe, Lily was safe and as Lily gracious put it above all else you were safe."

Severus was speechless after hearing this and after several minutes of looking like a gaping fish managed to pull himself together enough to say "so they will always look like this Albus they will never look like me or their mother?"

Albus closed his eyes rubbing the bridge of his nose from behind his glasses and said "actually Severus when the blood manifestation occurs the magic on them to look the way they do now will end as well, but Severus they are still going to act the way they have always acted that is never going to change I trust you know that."

Severus nodded and said "thank you Albus I just need to let you know one other thing we (my kids and I) will be leaving first thing in the morning I think we may need a portkey to get us to Forks." Albus sighed and said "unfortunately the ministry will not allow the use of a portkey you will have to travel by an airplane Severus, and besides neither Draco or Hailey have ever flown in one before and they may rather enjoy it."

Severus smiled and nodded and said "alright will you make the arrangements for us Albus?" Dumbledore nodded and said "of course, oh and Severus once you are settled I may be sending a big surprise to you and may drop by on my own at some time in the near future so have fun."

At that Severus left to see how his son was doing packing.