Chapter Four
Time goes by
Over the course of the following months, one would think having some quiet time would be the go, especially after a stint like destroying a building... but nope. During the duration, Raphael meets someone name Casey Jones, a hockey mask wearing vigilante who is somewhere between having similar temper to Raphael and perhaps nuttier than Michelangelo. They find a hidden elevator that was walled up, until Michelangelo tried to hang a picture up and caused the bricks to fall and revealing the magnificent doors, that led right up to a garage style building on the surface.
"This has magic of the old written all over it," Remus comments when he got a better look.
"How do you know?" asks Leonardo.
"The writing for one, and just the feel," said Remus.
Ever since learning about the Magic of the Old, Remus and Severus had been on their little personal quest to find out more about, so they best understand what they've become and what their children were, too. Some of the designs on and in the elevator door were a snippet of what the two men had found in the books and scrolls and whatever else they could find.
Michelangelo got his wish of the Battle Shell. Everyone helped with configuring it, even Kimika and Christian were overjoyed when they got to join in by designing the hub caps that needed to be welded and moulded. So a nice mix match of flames and love hearts were put on, no one was going to upset little Kimika by not putting those love hearts on!
There was also the meeting of members of the Purple Dragon gang. Learning why Casey was so hell bent on going after them so much.
"Haven't you ever wanted to just make someone pay so much?" he does ask.
"Oh, there are some commonality on that," Severus mentions, not mentioning just how much he wanted to make certain persons pay and how.
Nano-bots, the city going dark, collecting a powerful sword that the some Ninjas were trying to steal from a museum and... well... why not throw in an initiation of the Purple Dragons of which Casey was trying to stop a teenage girl he knew from doing and getting into serious trouble.
None of this going unnoticed by any means.
While Freya and Athena weren't permitted to join the Turtles and Apollo on majority of these missions and their fathers only tagged where it was needed, otherwise stayed out of it, they were on someone's radar once more.
"What do you intend to do, Master?" Hun asks, as Saki studies the footages.
"Unfortunately, nothing at this present time," Saki wasn't pleased to say these words, but he knew patience was truly a virtue and some things need to wait. "Being that their daughters are part of a group of elite witches and wizards where their stardom ensures that if anything were to happen to them, the consequences would be dire. That is why I forbade you from ordering your Purple Dragons from going to their studios and causing an unwanted scene!"
Saki's eyes glowered at Hun, who was quick to bow and speak;
"My humblest apologies, Master, the men who disobeyed that direct order will be dealt with accordingly, I was waiting for your orders to carry out their punishment, it will not happen again, unless you give the word."
Appearing to be pleased by this, Saki speaks; "The order to attack the goddesses won't be for some time, and with the news are all over what your men have done, it meaning there is the police to attend with, not something I wanted for my company to have the headache of doing. I hope you hadn't made those men useless to speak, for we're going to need them to confess or whatever needs to be done to blow everything on them, and away from us."
"I'll do whatever you feel necessary, Master Shredder."
"Good."
Plus, just as it was predicted by Severus and Remus, Freya and Athena received their letters to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
"Remember, you don't have to go if you don't wish to," Severus tells them. "You will still get your first wands, as it's necessary for you both to have one."
"When will I get to have my first wand?" Christian asks.
"Not until you're eleven," Remus answers.
This disappointed Christian a little.
Of course, cannot forget about when Splinter, Apollo and the Turtles faced Shredder for the first time. (Kimika was taken to a more safer place with the Lupin-Snape family).
Adding that not too much long after that Apollo and the Turtles went to explore some strange happenings that was coming from further underground, by this time, Severus and Remus took their children back to their home in the UK, as it was agreed that they needed to just be the five of them for a while, while Splinter and his family were doing their own thing.
By the time the Turtles and Apollo got back from their adventure in discovering the old ancient city of Atlanta, Splinter and Kimika were waiting for them. The Foot were searching for them, thankfully, they were able to find shelter in April's apartment above her shop 'Second Time Around'. They managed to send word via owl to notify the Lupin-Snape part of their family.
Unfortunately more trouble ensued. Leonardo, whilst on an exercise run, got swarmed by the Foot and met with the no-so-dead Shredder, that eventually caused April's home to be ambushed and everyone had to run for it, sheer luck Casey came by and helped.
It was snowing out in the North Hampshire, where Casey's old family farmhouse stood.
Things weren't so great for Severus over in Scotland, once again having to place his foot down on Dumbledore's persistence in getting him and Remus to relent on having the girls attend Hogwarts.
"But surely, having Harry Potter be united with the children of his late father's friend would be reason to sway you both?"
"Potter is doing just fine with that Weasley boy and Miss Granger," Severus presses. "My promise was to keep an eye on the boy for you, as you bloody well requested of me since the whole prophecy thing where you set me up to listen in on... you just weren't counting on your brother to catch me and toss me out."
"But you did do what I told you to, by informing your former Master."
"When you threatened my daughters' lives and force Remus to watch," Severus spat.
"I did nothing of the sort," Dumbledore was defiant.
Severus looked at the Headmaster with utter disgust. Just being in the same room as this man made him recoil, but he did his best to keep it under control.
"My daughters will not be attending Hogwarts until Remus and I decide to send them, or they believe they can handle this place. We will not force them into doing something they do not wish to do... especially where we believe they might be harmed in a certain manner."
"You enjoyed it, Severus," Dumbledore wasn't going to admit his guilt, he never has.
"Enjoyed what? The only thing enjoyable about you sticking your dick in me was the fact that you couldn't keep it up?" Severus shot without caring, pleased that it did make the old man flicker a little. "Extra pleased that you have dud shooters! Guess you're not as superior as you thought, Albus, trying to force me to bear you a god of your own blood. I will not have you try and do the same to my girls. I would go as far as encouraging them to find a matching mate when their first mating cycles start, just to make sure you won't dare touch them."
"And have grandchildren before you're forty years old, Severus?" Dumbledore thought the whole spiel was amusing.
"Rather them be bought on willingly, than forced, old man!" Severus sneered, the water within the glass on Dumbledore's desk was starting to ripple, and this made the Headmaster uneasy. He knew how powerful Remus and Severus really were now, that they were not ordinary wizards anymore, they were gods, like the ones of the ancient times, born again... all because of other people's greed and want to create a superior race once more and picked the wrong men to try it on, for the men turned on their captors and used their awakened suppressed passed along genes to do good, instead. "Now... you are going to listen to me. Freya and Athena are not going to Hogwarts until said otherwise, you are going to deal with that fact. I will keep an eye on Harry Potter, but not just for the reasons you have set for him, no... I will be keeping an eye on him to make sure you don't harm him, if you catch my drift..."
"I wouldn't..."
"Oh, please! You and I both know you have a thing for men several years younger than you! I've caught you enough times perving on some of the Prefects in their private bathroom, getting a little stiff... or as stiff as it can get... muttering how you'd like to go in there."
"Is that what Sirius Black said when he cornered you?"
Water splashed over Dumbledore's face and desk, soaking everything, it was then turned into a small, but intense little waterspout, or mini cyclone.
"How do you know about that?" Severus demanded, voice dangerous.
Dumbledore didn't answer. Severus knew then... he knew that all the time Sirius forced his way on to him, Dumbledore was there... watching... and not doing a thing to stop it...
He left the office in fury, but not before he caused the cyclone to make a massive mess of Dumbledore's possessions, saying how lucky the old man was that it wasn't his life!
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"Dad!" Christian cries with excitement as Severus walks in through the backdoor, into the kitchen dining area, where Remus was sorting out dinner, and Christian was helping him.
"Hey," Severus returns the hug. "Where are Freya and Athena?"
"Upstairs, they should be down in a minute or two," said Remus, then he saw and really sensed his partner. "What's happened?"
Severus shakes his head, not wanting to talk in front of their young son.
"Later!" Remus said in a firm tone, Severus couldn't help be amused by it.
"Fine!"
Remus also filled him in on the updates about Splinter and his children, and their two friends, April and Casey.
"Leonardo is going to be okay physically, but his mental health needs to go through the motions. Apollo, Donatello, Michelangelo and Casey got into a run in with some nut case named Abigail Finn."
"The Monster Hunter?" Severus cocks an eyebrow.
"You've heard of her?"
"Through Donatello, she's a squib obsessed with exposing certain things Muggles aren't really meant to see."
"Yes, well, thanks to Apollo, Don, Mike and Casey, the 'Monster Hunter' won't be doing any exposing for a while. They sent us a hilarious screen footage of Casey covered in mud."
"I can see a bunch children poking fun at that for a while."
"Kimika sent over some work you had set her up with, and got to tell you, she's looking like she needs a bit more of a challenge."
"She was able to write the word library!" Christian announced. "I wish I could spell like that."
"Well, if you keep practicing, you'll get there," Remus tells him. "Not everyone is at the same level, and we don't all have the same strengths and weaknesses."
"We don't?"
Both of his fathers' shook their heads.
"But I would still like to learn how to spell library."
"Well, when we're doing your studies tomorrow, we can see if we can fit that in," Remus suggested.
"Okay."
"Now, can you go and call your sisters down, dinner is about to be served and they were meant to get down here."
Christian hurried off to run up the stairs to retrieve Freya and Athena.
"Mind telling me what happened, now that we have a moment without young ears?" Remus asks, setting the plates on the bench.
Severus hesitated. "Albus Dumbledore knew," he then said.
"Knew what exactly? There are a lot of things that bastard knows," Remus frowns.
"About Black... what he did... and he didn't do anything to stop it... he just watched."
Remus places a hand on his husband's clutched pair, holding it firmly. Whenever the subject of 'that person who was once a friend' crops up, Severus always tried to be delicate over it, but Remus never once faltered in supporting him. Just now was, once again, proof of that, the small gesture was enough to know that Severus still had Remus, no questions asked.
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A number of times during the next couple of years, Athena and Freya did get caught up with the Foot Soldiers, just by being with the Turtles, (amongst other adventures including learning about the Utroms and venturing to another part of space where the Federation and Triceraton Republic resided, there were many quips about Star Trek, Star Wars and even Stargate upon that escapade). Plus being able to get front row seats with Master Splinter to watch the Turtles battle it out in the Battle Nexus... where Michelangelo won.
A few times their own fathers, as well. The girls were never harmed, and the Foot couldn't hold a candle to Remus and Severus, but the fact that they kept coming... it was unnerving.
"It just feels as though they're deliberate," Leonardo gives his view on it. "As soon as the girls are seen, even without us there!"
"To the point where they're given body guards whenever they leave the studios until they're with us," said Remus, nodding. "Those notices aren't getting through are they?" he then asks Severus.
Severus shakes his head. "From what I am aware, no," he said. "Those particular ones are still being intercepted and bought to me."
"Yet Saki knew of their existence," Splinter says. "I have a feeling, he's known for years, given he's backed Stockman Enterprises, for as long as he had. We've known for some time of the possibility that the girls would be under threat a heck of a lot more now than before. It is luck that they don't know about your son, yet."
"We've come to the conundrum of being damned if we don't send them to Hogwarts, or damned if we do," Remus shakes his head.
"This will be something I believe you will be needing to talk over with Freya and Athena," said Splinter.
"We heard our names? Are we in trouble?" Freya asks, as she and Athena entered the Lair via the lift, where Splinter, Leonardo, Remus and Severus were not that far away from.
"Did you do anything that would get you into trouble?" Severus counters.
"Not of late, Daddy!"
"Then I don't believe so."
"But we are going to need to discuss matters that are of importance," said Remus.
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"But what about your careers?" Apollo asks, when it was just him, the Turtles and the twins.
"The cover story is we're simply needing to take a break from the limelight," Athena replies. "But we know that the Foot have come close to crossing the line, never mind what their orders were."
"Daddy and Dad were really stuck between a rock and a hard place and really had to get us to help figure it out. As much as they were hoping we'd wait until we were fifteen, meaning OWL year, but... yeah... we're going sooner than intended," Freya explains further, not too fond of the idea of being stuck in a classroom for most of the day.
The girls may have had schooling from their own fathers, but they weren't confined. This is going to be very, very different.
"But, who's going to check out the latest Silver Sentry comics with me?" Michelangelo sounded very down on this.
"Or make sure I am not stuck playing tea party and Barbie with Kimi?" says Apollo.
"We all get stuck playing tea party and Barbie with Kimi," Leonardo reminds him.
"We'll blame these two for that!" Raphael looked directly at the twins.
"What? Kimi has been eyeing them for yonks and we weren't playing with them, so... you could have easily said no and walked away, but no Raph, you decided to make sure gymnastics Barbie needed a day at the spa with the other Barbies... and one very lucky Ken when Kimi walked out of the room," Freya blurts out, sending everyone into deep fits of laughter, and one Raphael into a shade that might have him blend into his bandanna if he wasn't green.
"I thought I swore you to secrecy on that!" Raphael mutters.
"At least I made sure Ken grabbed the corvette and got the hell out of there!" Donatello declares.
"Ken went flying across the room... by accident... not that Kimi was convinced... went and told Splinter... got stuck making sure that freaking chunk of plastic had all his boo-boos covered and he was able to get out of the hospital," says Michelangelo.
"At least Raphael was smart enough to make sure she wasn't in the room when that poor Ken got mobbed by all those Barbies!" says Freya.
"Do I want to know what exactly those Barbies even did to Ken?" Leonardo dares to ask his brother in red.
"What happens in the Sunshine Dream Day Spa, stays at the Sunshine Dream Day Spa," was all Raphael said, putting an end to that conversation.
"And trust me, you don't want to know, Leo," Freya puts a hand up to convince him to not go further.
"I am going to miss this," Athena admits.
"One positive is that we'll have the holidays, and the occasional weekend when your Dad can spring you out when he does," said Donatello.
"Well. Dads, actually."
"Come again?" says Apollo.
"Daddy suggested for Dad to take the Defence Against the Dark Arts class, knowing that he would only get knocked back again. Pretty sure Dad nearly fell out of his chair when Daddy was willing to give it up to him."
"How will that work in keeping Chris hidden?"
"From what we know is that it is being taken care of," said Freya.
"When do you leave to go back to the UK?" asks Donatello.
"In a few days," Athena answers. "Just to so we have time to organise everything."
"Guess we'll be making the most of our time together until then," said Leonardo.
"I vote for a late night skate night!" Michelangelo puts his hand up.
"Can't forget a movie or a TV show marathon," speaks Raphael.
"That is usually our traditional last night together until whenever we meet up again, so that won't be forgotten," says Freya.
"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's get planning."
So much for waiting until they're going into Hogwarts fifth year... just watching the episodes of the TMNT to get a refresh of what happens in them and integrating them into the Harry Potter world, I realised that it made sense to combine them sooner than first thought, so the girls will be entering Hogwarts in the third year.
Don't worry, folks, Christian is still an unknown to the ones who know of the girls, Severus and Remus – and of course their daughters, would be ensuring he's remained that way until a time where it comes out.
So... off to Hogwarts and back and forth between them and New York City we go...