Title: Daddy, look what I found!

A/N: All my thanks for my BETA Shamenka.

Chapter 4

Something licked him, Severus could almost taste the foul stench, which could only mean... he risked opening one to confirm his worst fears...

"Cosmo! Get off me! Or I swear to Merlin I will wash your mouth out." He muttered.

"Silly Daddy, Cosmo just playing." Damien chided him. Severus could hear a faint giggling in the background, it was Harry. Severus pouted at his sons, his black eyes glinted with amusement, as he could see the same amused look in both boys eyes as in his own.

"Oh really." Both boys nodded at him, as he tried to climb out from under Cosmo, who was as hyperactive as the kids this morning. "Well then, you don't have any option left except to... eat them, Cosmo." The dog barked at him in delight and jumped down from the couch, and ran after the boys who were screaming and laughing in delight. Of course, Cosmo would not eat them, just catch them, jump up at them, making them fall over so he could lick them easier. It was funny to watch them all playing together; he could not help but smile at their obvious delight.

He climbed to his feet and made his way to the bathroom, after he showered he wrapped a towel around himself and stepped out of the bathroom. He looked around he saw Damien laying on his stomach on the couch while Harry was in his armchair, Cosmo between the two boys, all three of them panted and looked up when he stepped into the room.

"I see that Cosmo hasn't eaten you yet... well, someone needs to go feed him before he changes his mind." said Severus. "It is your turn Damien, go feed the animals." The younger boy muttered and grumbled but did as he was told. They had a system everyone, had chores, the boys were to take turns feeding the animals, he was proud both his young sons, to be able to do that and not to whine about doing it too much while doing it. Severus watched as Damien left the room before turning toward Harry. "Harry, the bathroom is yours, hurry along." Harry smiled at him, one of his shy grins, as he slipped down from Severus' armchair.

"Yes Daddy" He said as he ran in to the bathroom. Severus stood dumbfounded, his boy, his Harry called him Daddy. He grinned, it was the first time he had done that, it would make it easier to ask Harry if he would allow him to adopt him. He had found the perfect ritual which would allow the boy to change, to become partly of his bloodline, while never fully giving up his orininal parentage. He stepped toward his wardrobe to select something to wear, something elegant and new, it was a hard pairing, most of his clothes were from when he went to school or gifts from Lucius, with the false pretense that he had out grown them. Both of them knew he, Severus, would not accept charity, but this fiction suited them both.

He pulled out a pair of his old black trousers, and a silk, a long sleeved black shirt. It would do just fine but he felt he needed some colors as well. He looked thought some of his coats Lucius had given him, most were for everyday use some of the coats he got from Lucius, most of them was for everyday use, his eyes stopped on one of them, it was a deep red, it was just perfect. He pulled out that as well and moved to the couch to get dressed. He saw Harry run in to the bedroom while Damien went into the bathroom, it was their routine, Severus was the first in the bathroom, then the kids, first the one who was not on call to feed the pets, then the other. While the boys finished up, Severus dressed and made breakfast. That way they were not in each others road not way here and it saved a lot of time as well.

He pulled on his trousers, shirt and boots, while he put his coat on the armchair; he did not want to dirty it while he cooked. He decide to make bacon and eggs, and weak tea.

A few minutes later Harry rushed in to help serve the dish. The time the table was laid Damien arrived as well, his hair was a bit wet yet.

After breakfast Severus cleared his throat.

"Boys, as you know today we will go to Diagon Alley, as I said yesterday as well I will put a glamour on myself when I go to the Flourish and Blotts and I want you to stay in the toy shop." Both nodded their promise, good so far. "As I said as well Harry you would need a disguise as well, but I hoped for a more permanent solution than just a glamour. I had hoped that you would allow me to adopt you." Harry looked a bit confused and said in a small voice.

"But I thought you did that when you let me stay."

"Yes, it was an adoption spell, but I want you to became my son by blood, like Damien, it will give you some of my features and skills, so no one will recognize you, so they can't hurt you" Harry nodded at his understanding. "I need you to say it Harry."

"I... I allow you to adopt me."

"Good. Give me your hand, this may hurt a bit." He nicked the small hand as well as his own and touched together the two before he started chanting. "Sanguis et Prosapia" When he finished he started again, three times he repeated it. He felt his blood flow through into his new son and felt as the magic made an irreversible bond between them, when he finished a faint glow surrounded Harry, he watched as the boy changed, his skin became paler, his eyelashes longer, his hair silkier and darker, more an ink black them his original dark brown. His eyes turned a darker shade of green, but their change was significant, but Severus was sure the boy would inherit his eyesight. His body transformed as well, Harry became slimmer, and taller. By the time his change stopped, he was as tall as Demian. Not tall enough for his age, but with proper care and food he would gain an average height. Harry told him once he wanted to be tall, Severus did not have the heart to tell him, the Potters were always average height, while the Snapes were tall as adults, they came to their proper height just in their later teens. The transformation that Harry had undergone changed his feature enough that no one would recognize him, if he did not look at them too closely, maybe Albus Dumbledore, but if they were lucky Harry won't be Gryfindor, and maybe even a Slytherin, the old man never took any notice of Slytherins. It was a perfect mask.

"Wow, Harry, you look different." exclaimed Damien as hold out his hand to touch Harry's face and hair. On Damien's small face Severus could see wonder and awe. "Daddy, what will Harry's name be?" Both boys looked at him.

"Snape, of course. If Harry wishes we can change his first name as well, but, it is not really important." In spite his calm words Severus would have liked nothing better than to change Harry's name, just to be safe then sorry. But he did not want to take that choice away from Harry. The last few weeks he had unconsciously called Harry his son, but now he was by his blood as well. He looked in Harry's green eyes and said. "The choose is yours, I would like you to think on it a bit, what ever name you choice it will became your name for the rest of your life, or until you reach your majority and change it if you want to."

"Can I change my name as well, if I reach ma... majori...majority?" asked Damian, he twisted his face up tryingto pronouce the strange word..

"Yep, you could do that, if you want."

"Good," nodded Damien, then looked seriously in his father eyes. "I don't want to." He said causing the other two to smile at him.

"Okay, and you Harry? What is your choice?" asked Severus as he turned his gaze toward the older boy. Harry looked at his hand which followed the patterns on the table and said in a small voice.

"I like Harry, I did not want to lose my name but I would like to have a new name too."

"It is possible, to have two name." Severus nodded his head in encouragement at Harry´s amazed expresion. "My full name is Severus Seth Snape; I usually use only the Severus Snape. Which name you would choose?"

"Nicco. I heared it in the TV and I liked the sound of it."

"All right Harry and how you would you like your name Nicco Harry Snape or Harry Nicco Snape."

"The first."

"Well then, our name will be Nicco Harry Snape, from now on, son." Severus announced in his best majestic voice, he stole the tone from Lucius which caused both boys to giggle, he himself cracked a smile. He let them laugh for a bit while he put away the left over food and spelled clean the dirty dishes.

"Now boys, it's the time for us to visit Diagon Alley. And remember to use your new name, and don't speak with strangers and don't leave the toy shop while I am away. Clear?" he asked them, both boys nodded and dutifully said "Yes, Father."

"Good." He looked for his coat and found it on the armchair he put the jacket on and turned toward the mirror which hung not far from his wardrobe. He looked in the mirror and he imagined how he would like to look as he whispered the glamour charm. "Glamurus" his eyes became a greenish-blue, his nose change to be a bit smaller, and strange, his features softened, and his hair become longer and a bit wavy. He was pleased with his work, he looked different all right. A faint giggle caught his ear he looked up and saw in the mirror the reflection of his boys laying on the couch and laughing themselves silly.

"What so funny?" he asked with a mock glare. The two barley could hold back their laugh to say innocently. "Nothing Daddy, just..."

"...just you look funny" added Harry, no, not Harry anymore, Nicco. Severus could not help but roll his eyes, they were sometimes just too much for the general good of those around them.

"Sure, now move out." he stepped closer the fireplace and dropped the floo powder in it, it turned the flames to green. He held out his hand for his sons to take, he waited while his sons clasped his hands firmly before he stepped inside with them and called out their destination.

"Diagon Alley."

Sanguis et Prosapia Latin, Blood and Family