Power of the Prince Lineage

SeverusxLily & Children

Rated T

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or its characters from the franchise. That honor belongs to JK Rowling

Author's Note: I apologize that this chapter is so late. I'm trying to finish out the school year before I can finally rest for the summer, and exams are literally two days away. Also, I made a mistake in the previous chapter where Roderick I was impressed that Roderick II was able to express great magic at 11 during their Christmas break. I forgot I made the triplets' birthday in December, so they are now technically 12, though they are still First Years. Anyway, I hope you all enjoy this chapter and stay tuned for the next one. XOXO, SehunsBae37.

Power of the Prince Lineage

Chapter 11: The Second Task

After Roderick and Tobias heard the clue in the egg with Harry, they had made sure to share the news with their sister the following morning after catching her on the staircases. The three of them were easily able to deduce that their older brother was to be swimming around in the Black Lake looking for something for an hour. However that was the tricky part that they were trying to figure out. How was Harry going to breathe underwater for an hour? Despite the seemingly impossibility of it, they were determined to figure it out in their limited amount of time.

Pretty soon the day before the Second Task came and the triplets were busy in their father's private quarters looking through advanced, at least for them, spell and charm books to try and figure out how to help Harry breathe underwater for an hour. They had learned magic up to Year Four by the time the First Task had come, and now they were almost finished learning material for a Fifth Year Hogwarts student. It was more learning than necessary for them at their age, but if they were going to help their brother, they were going to have to learn all they could, even if it meant learning all the material a Hogwarts student needed to learn in seven years compressed into one.

They had just gone through their fourth book when Tobias finally said, "I found something."

"What is it?" Eileen asked as she moved over to look into the book Tobias was looking in.

Pointing to a section he said, "Here, it's called the Bubble-Head Charm. Apparently it creates a bubble of oxygen around the head for a person that needs it in a place where air is bleak. It doesn't say it can be used for breathing underwater, though."

Roderick took the book and looked at the section saying, "Anything is something by this point. What's the incantation?"

"I don't know. You took the book from me before I could read that far."

"It's not in that book," a voice said from behind them. Turning they saw their great-grandfather looking at them from a portrait hanging on the wall. He looked down at the book in Roderick's hands before saying, "The incantation isn't in that book, as it is a bit outdated. Newer books have them, but I doubt Flitwick has said which ones."

Eileen stood and walked over to the portrait and asked, "Daideo, can you teach us the incantation?"

Roderick rubbed his chin thoughtfully before answering, "I suppose so. But may I ask why?"

The man's namesake stood as well and walked to stand next to his sister as he said, "Harry needs to breathe underwater for an hour tomorrow for the Second Task of the Tri-Wizard Tournament. He and his friends haven't found a solution yet, so we are trying to help him."

"And are you going to help him as well during the task?" At the triplets' nods, he said, "You do know that is illegal and that Harry could be disqualified."

Roderick held his head up and replied, "We know, but we aren't going to let our brother possibly get killed because he was somehow made a champion when he shouldn't have even been one. Not to mention the other three know more magic than him at the moment."

"And I believe you three know more magic than him at the moment as well."

Tobias held up his hand and said, "True and I've lost sleep over it because of these two. But if it's for Harry, than it's worth it."

Roderick smiled proudly down at his great-grandchildren before nodding and saying, "The incantation derives from Rome, the language being Latin. The incantation means in simple terms 'bubble of air surrounding the head'. The incantation is Ambientacaputtuum Caelibulla. Each beat or so is literally the breakdown of their words. The Ancient Roman wizard and witches liked to keep meanings as they were, rather than make it something else but still do what they wanted. Now repeat after me, as I will do it word by word: Ambientacaputtum.

"Ambientacaputtum," the triplets repeated.

"Caelibulla," Roderick finished, and nodded as the children repeated after him. "Good, now let me work with you one on one, five minutes each on pronunciation. Afterwards you will work on casting it on each other."

Eileen tilted her head and asked, "Is it safe?"

"Completely, if casted correctly. If the film of the bubble is too thin, it will burst or a hole will poke through. The film should be soft, but not breakable."

The triplets nodded and they began working with Roderick to pronounce the Bubble-Head Charm incantation properly, before moving on to practicing on each other. To make sure the bubble was impenetrable for the most part, they would used the Aguamenti Spell on each other. Their first attempt had been dreadful, as they ended up soaking each other. But as time went on and with strict instruction from Roderick, they were able to get it and hold it perfectly with not an ounce of water getting inside the bubble. It was about dinnertime when they finally stopped and were smiling up at their great-grandfather who was smiling at them with pride.

Roderick clapped his hands together and said, "Congratulations, you three have learned the Bubble-Head Charm. I am proud to call you my descendants. You are doing the Prince family well. Now when you can, share this information with Harry. It will be of great use to him."

After dinner the triplets regrouped before looking for their older brother. It wasn't until bumping into Viktor Krum did they find out where he was, the big Bulgarian telling them, "Potter iz vith Hermi-owninny in library."

Entering the library they looked around for a bit before spotting Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Draco seated at a table. As they walked over towards them, they heard Hermione saying something that ended with 'potentially problematic'. Harry sat up and looked at his friend incredulously before saying, "'Potentially problematic?'When was the last time you held your breath underwater for an hour, Hermione?"

Hermione sighed and grabbed Harry by the shoulders before saying, "Look Harry, we can do this! We can figure this out!"

Tobias cleared his throat and said, "We have an idea."

The four Fourth Years all looked surprise at the presence of the triplets, as they hadn't heard them arrive; they all moved as swiftly and quietly as their father sometimes. Draco blinked before saying, "Well tell us, because Granger isn't getting any close to finding a solution."

"Why is it just me? You can't find anything either! Don't just pin all the research on me!" Hermione all but screeched, causing many students around them to shush her.

Looking at his younger siblings Harry asked, "What do you three suggest?"

The matching smirks the triplets put on their faces made both Ron and Hermione cringe a little, as it was the exact same smirk Professor Snape got when he was about to exact detentions on students he loathed. Roderick, Tobias, and Eileen all looked Harry in the eye and said simultaneously, "The Bubble-Head Charm."

Ron frowned and said, "Bubble-Head Charm? I've never heard of it before."

"Not surprising," Draco said, hissing in pain when Hermione jabbed him in his side.

Harry tilted his head and asked, "What does it do?"

Before the triplets could answer however, a voice suddenly sounded behind them spoke saying, "Granger, you're needed in Professor Dumbledore's office at once."

Turning to see Professor Moody Hermione said, "But sir, the Second Task is just hours away and Harry needs-"

"I'm sure Mr. Potter can figure out what he needs done by tomorrow, without any help from you."

Hermione took in a sharp intake of breath before looking at Harry who shrugged before waving her on. As Hermione walked away Moody looked at the triplets and said, "Snape, you are also wanted there as well."

Roderick, who had been staring warily at the Auror since his arrival, narrowed his eyes and asked, "Which one?"

Moody's real eye also narrowed at the oldest of the triplets and answered curtly, "Red."

Tobias frowned before nodding and leaving as well. Moody then turned around and left the library, five pairs of eyes watching him go. Once he was gone Roderick mumbled, "I don't like him. There's something weird about him, something not quite right."

Eileen looked at her brother and asked, "What do you think it could be?"

"I don't know, but I'm going to find out what."

Harry sighed and said, "Well thanks for telling me what to look for. Now I can find this Bubble-Head Charm in some Charm book and be prepared for tomorrow. Now it's time for you two to be heading to bed, it's getting late."

Eileen looked at Harry and said, "But Harry, the charm-"

"Will help me, I know."

Roderick frowned and said, "But you won't find-"

Draco turned Roderick around and began to push him towards the exit, him following as he said, "Come on, let's leave Harry alone to do his research. We don't want to miss him tomorrow during the Second Task."

"But Draco-", Eileen started, only to also be pushed by Ron. The two triplets huffed and looked at each other, both of them silently agreeing to meet with Harry as soon as possible the next morning to fill him in on what they learned about the Bubble-Head Charm.

As they walked down towards the Black Lake the next morning for the Second Task of the Tri-Wizard Tournament, Roderick and Eileen looked around for both Harry, as well as Tobias, both of them bundled up in the cold weather. They couldn't find either of them and Eileen asked Ron where Tobias was while Roderick asked Draco for Harry. Neither of them had seen them but were sure they would turn up eventually.

When they reached the crowd that was waiting excitedly for the Second Task of the tournament, they found their father standing overlooking the crowd, on alert to make sure no fights or any sort of unwanted excitement broke out. Eileen hugged Severus around his waist and smiled up at him saying, "Hi daddy."

Severus looked down at his daughter and smiled greeting in reply, "Hello Eileen." He looked at his eldest son of his triplets and greeted, "Hello Rod."

"Hi," Roderick said with a small smile.

Severus looked at them before looking over their heads at the still coming crowd before frowning and looking back at his children and asking, "Where is Toby?"

Eileen shrugged and answered, "We don't know. He went with Hermione last night to Dumbledore's office and I guess he never returned, because neither of them were at breakfast this morning. Now that I think about it, Cho Chang wasn't either."

Before their father could reply Harry walked up to them somewhat shivering and said, "Hi dad. Hi Rod. Hi Eileen."

"Hello Harry. Where are your brother and Ms. Granger? I'm sure they wouldn't miss you perform," Severus said to him, placing a hand on his shoulder.

Harry shook his head and replied, "I don't know, because neither of them returned to the Common Room last night."

Roderick frowned and looked off to the side, wondering where their brother and Harry's friend could be when Eileen suddenly gasped. Snapping his head to look at her he saw her eyes cloud over and she tilted back as if she was going to fall. Usually when she was about to fall over from a vision, it was because it suddenly slammed into her. Quickly grabbing her he said, "Eileen. Eileen, talk to me. What did you see?"

Eileen acted as if she was struggling to breathe before finally taking in a huge gulp of air, only to gasp out, "Underwater. Toby is underwater."

"What? Why?" Harry asked alarmed.

"I don't know, but he's in some sort of suspended animation and he's being guarded by the mermaids, along with Hermione, Cho, and Fleur's little sister."

Severus' eyes widened as he took in what his little Seer had said, before they hardened along with the scowl appearing on his face. Both Harry and Roderick flinched and backed away a bit from the murderous aura surrounding their father, Eileen still recovering from her sudden vision. Before they could say anything his swiftly turned and stalked to where the Professors were all standing, intent on finding Dumbledore and hopefully restrain himself from wringing his wrinkled old neck. It wasn't long before he found the old man and stepped in front of him. Before Dumbledore could even greet the younger man, Severus immediately began to speak.

"What in the name of Merlin is wrong with you, Albus?! How dare you use my son for this damn task!" Severus all but yelled.

Albus sighed and said, "Severus, we've talked about this. Harry is not your real son."

"Harry is my son, but I'm not talking about him. I'm talking about Tobias. Why is he being held underwater waiting to be rescued by Harry?"

"How did you know he was there?"

"Doesn't matter. Albus I swear, if anything happens to my son, either of them, I will take that thing you call a beard, wrap it around your neck, and choke you out with it. And if it sends me to Azkaban I will gladly go."

Severus said no more, knowing he did not have to, and stalked away without waiting for Dumbledore's reply. He moved to sit with the other professor's and sat down, his eyes trained on the moving water of the Black Lake, all the while praying that both Harry and Tobias would resurface within the hour.

Roderick and Eileen both watched in confusion as Harry ate something, nearly spitting it out before Moody slapped his back and making him swallow it. As soon as the cannon went off, the Tri-Wizard champions jumped in the water, Harry seemingly falling in. However the way he did he seemed to be choking, possibly drowning. After a moment Eileen began to panic and grabbed her brother's arm anxiously.

"Rod!" Eileen whispered anxiously. "Do something!"

Frowning Roderick looked at everyone around them before slipping away to get close to the lake without being noticed once that was done he casted the Bubble-Head Charm on himself before jumping in. His head was, to his delight, surrounded by the air of bubble that he had projected just the day before. Nodding to himself he began to swim to where he thought Harry was. It wasn't long before he found him. His brown eyes however did widen when he took in the state of his older brother.

Harry was looking at himself in wonder as well. Harry's feet had turned into…well, flippers. They had elongated and were webbed, as were his fingers. And his neck, there were gills! What in the world had Harry eaten to do this? Roderick thought for a moment before nodding as his thoughts connected. Gillyweed, of course! But where had he gotten it and on such short notice? That didn't matter though as at that moment in time, Harry swam to the surface, jumped out, then landed back in before swimming towards the center of the lake where the Merfolk's kingdom was, and most likely where Tobias and the others would be. Roderick took off after his brother to help him as far as he could. Not long swimming in the water, Roderick noticed a few Grindylows that were trying to snag Harry as he swam by. Taking his wand he pointed it at them and said, "Stupefy!"

As the Stunning Spell hit the water creatures, the Grindylows were stunned for a moment before swimming off, leaving Harry alone. Looking somewhere not far off, Roderick saw another set of Grindylows grab Fleur Delacour and pull her into the underwater weeds where they were all hiding. Hurrying over to her he saw her trying to fend the water creatures off of her and when he got close enough, stunned them with the Stunning Spell. He made sure to hide before Fleur, who was recovering from the sudden attack, could spot him.

He watched as she looked around for a moment before turning and continuing to swim towards the Merfolk to get her sister. Nodding he turned and swam away back towards he had first jumped in, knowing Eileen was most likely waiting there for him. When he could spot his sister peering into the water he resurfaced, the air of bubble around his head bursting. As Eileen helped him out of the water and spelled his clothes dry he told her, "He used Gillyweed."

"Gillyweed? I wonder where he got that," Eileen said. "But at least we know he figured out a way to be underwater for an hour."

"Yes, but let's hope it lasts long enough for him to get to the bottom and back with Toby."

Before the hour was up Cedric Diggory popped up out of the water along with Cho Chang, the crowd cheering and clapping loudly as they did. After that was Vicktor Krum with Hermione Granger. By the time the clock struck the end of the hour, Fleur Delacour emerged with her little sister Gabrielle, as well with Tobias. Seeing Tobias however made everyone wonder where Harry was, considering he wasn't with them.

As Fleur and her sister swam to where people would help them out of the water, Tobias treaded the water a bit looking down into it to try and spot Harry. However the water was so dark he couldn't see a thing, let alone Harry. Worried he called out, "Harry!" before ducking back under and casting the Bubble-Head Charm on himself. He swam down to see his older brother being attacked by the Grindylows, before he was able to finally stun them off. He quickly swam and grabbed him, trying to pull him up with all his might.

Harry, through his daze, was able to Tobias struggling to pull him to the surface. Tobias was doing his best, but it wasn't enough and the First Year seemed to be tiring out with the extra weight. Realizing his younger brother might drown himself trying to save him, having missed the bubble around his head, he grabbed him by his wrist and pulled him close to him, wrapping his arm around him and holding him close. Pointing his wand up, he said through the water, "Ascendio!"

Like a rocket Harry and Tobias shot up through the water and out, landing harshly on the deck that was set up. Several hands grabbed them and wrapped towels around them, a lot of chattering going on in their ears. Tobias was suddenly ran into by a small body, only to realize it was Eileen. Wrapping his arms around her he said, "Hi sis."

"Toby!" Eileen cried, her dark eyes standing with tears.

Roderick, who had hurried over as well, dropped next to his siblings and wrapped them both in a hug as well, the three of them clinging to each other. Eileen looked over at Harry and grabbed him by his arm, ignoring his hiss of pain as she had grabbed him from where a Grindylow had attacked him, and pulled him into their group hug as well. Harry was surprised by the action at first, but smiled and wrapped his arms around his siblings as well telling them, "It's alright. I'm fine. Toby and I are fine."

Everyone that was watching them all smiled at the sight as the four siblings hugged each other. Even Karkaroff smiled a bit before it dropped from his face. Severus made his way towards his children and dropped down next to them saying, "I'm so glad you both are alright. I would hate to have to explain how you both got hurt to your mother."

Harry laughed softly and replied, "Good thing you don't have to, huh."

"Indeed," Severus replied before pulling a Pain-Relieving Potion from his cloak and handing it to his stepson. He turned to Tobias and was about to ask him was he in pain anywhere, but was interrupted when Dumbledore silenced everyone using the Sonorous Charm.

"The winner of the Second Tri-Wizard Tournament Task is," Dumbledore said to everyone's attention. "Mr. Diggory!"

Cedric smiled brightly as Hogwarts students cheered, Cho smiling and kissing his cheek happily. Once the noise quieted down Dumbledore continued saying, "In terms of second place, the representatives and I have discussed this and came to the conclusion that second place will be awarded to…Mr. Potter!"

Harry looked confusedly at Dumbledore as the man explained that the representatives took into account of how Tobias risked saving Harry, followed by Harry saving them both, thus showing strong familial bond as well as showing courage to save someone, no matter how young or difficult it might be. That left Fleur and Viktor, both of them sharing third place. As the crowd cheered Severus looked back at his children and said, "Let's get you all back inside now."

"Monsieur Snape, wait!" a voice called behind them. Turning they saw Fleur walking towards them, pulling Gabrielle along with them. Once she got to them she grabbed Roderick gently by his face and kissed both of his cheeks whispering, "Thank you."

Roderick's eyes widened as Fleur pulled away, looking at how she smiled brightly at him before winking. How did she…did she know he helped her? She had to have if she singled him out directly. Gabrielle smiled up at Roderick before stepping up to him as well, telling him 'thank you' in French before standing on her toes and kissing him on his cheek as well. Roderick's face, which had already been a bit pink from Fleur's kisses, completely flushed red after Gabrielle's. Tobias and Eileen snickered while Harry smiled and Severus raised an eyebrow in interest.

As the Delacour sisters walked away Severus asked, "What was that about?"

Before Roderick could answer or make up a quick, witty excuse, Tobias suddenly sneezed before doing so again three more times. Severus turned to his middle child and said, "Come along, Toby. If you are starting to catch a cold in this cold weather while wet, we need to stop it before it can continue."

Tobias nodded and followed his father back to the castle along with Harry, leaving Roderick and Eileen standing there before following behind. While walking Eileen whispered, "That was close. Good thing Toby caught his attention before he could question you further."

Roderick nodded before looking back, his brown eyes finding those of Gabrielle's, before moving and landing on Moody who was looking after Harry strangely. The hairs on the back of his neck stood on end and Roderick narrowed his eyes, wondering just what exactly it was that the Auror could be up to concerning his brother.