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
Power of the Prince Lineage
Chapter 17: Retrieving Slytherin's Locket and the Gaunt Ring
Three pairs of feet hit the ground as Sirius, Severus, and Lily Apparated to their destination, 12 Grimmauld Place. No one was on the street except them that night, so it wasn't surprising that no one noticed the invisible house appear between 11 and 13. They walked through the door and inside the home, being careful to stay as quiet as possible when they approached Walburga Black's portrait. Sirius had warned them that she could be very cruel if she was awake, especially to Halfbloods and Muggleborns, something that both Severus and Lily were. Once they were safely past the portrait they made their way into the parlor, Sirius closing the door behind him so their voices wouldn't carry out to where his mother could possibly here.
Sirius sighed before calling out, "Kreacher!"
There was a pop and an aged House Elf appeared, looking up at Sirius before bowing saying, "Master Sirius, welcome home. What can Kreacher do for Master Sirius?"
"I've been informed Regulus gave you a locket to take care of. I need you to give it to me."
Kreacher narrowed his eyes at Sirius and shook his head before saying, "Master Regulus left locket with Kreacher, told Kreacher to take care of locket and make sure no one else took it. Kreacher won't betray Master Regulus' last words."
Lily stepped forward and said, "But we really need that locket, Kreacher. It is imperative that we take it with us."
"Filthy Mudblood!" Kreacher hissed at Lily, to which Severus pointed his wand at the House Elf, not above harming the little creature. However Sirius held a hand out to them to tell them to wait a moment before stepping between them and looking his family House Elf in the eye.
"Kreacher," Sirius started, his voice hard and full of authority. "That locket is dangerous. It is a Horcrux belonging to You-Know-Who and it needs to be destroyed. You do know that, don't you?"
There was a moment of silence before Kreacher nodded and said, "Kreacher knows locket carries Dark Lord's soul piece. Master Regulus asked Kreacher to take care of locket, as well as destroy it. But no matter what Kreacher tried, the locket could not be destroyed."
"Well we know how to destroy it and I'm sure Regulus would want it destroyed after all of these years. Allow us to fulfill my brother's request, Kreacher. And I'm sure he will be proud of you for trying and keeping it this long."
Kreacher thought about what his master said for a while before nodding and popping away. Once he was gone Severus said, "I'm surprised that little talk worked."
"So am I," Sirius replied running his hand through his hair. A second later Kreacher popped back into the room, Slytherin's Locket dangling from his little hand. He held it up to Sirius for the wizard to take, to which Sirius took it and said, "Thank you, Kreacher."
The three adults left the parlor and were walking towards the front door to leave when the curtain covering Walburga's portrait suddenly flew open, sharp grey eyes glaring down at the unannounced guests. Looking at Severus with narrowed eyes she said, "Mr. Snape, it has been some time since I've last seen you step foot inside this house. I still don't understand what my Regulus saw in you to call you his friend."
Severus narrowed his own black eyes and said with no emotion in his voice, "Lovely to see you again as well, Lady Black."
"I can hear that attitude, Mr. Snape." Walburga glared at him before hissing at Lily, before her eyes settled on her son. "Sirius, I see you've finally decided to come home."
"I've actually come for a brief visit to get something, and now I'm leaving," Sirius replied.
Walburga ignored her son's statement and asked, "When are you planning to come back and take over the family, Sirius? You may not have been the best choice, but you are the firstborn and thus it is your right to take over, especially with your brother gone."
"I don't plan on taking over the family. I don't want to. But I might consider if you can accept my choice in wife."
"I can't have that filthy Muggle in my home. We can't have the Black name completely sullied."
Lily glared up at the portrait and yelled, "Hey! That's my sister you're talking about! And Tuney is twice the woman you ever were!"
Walburga's nose turned up as she repeated, "Tuney?"
Sirius glared at his mother before saying, "You know that is Petunia's nickname, as I've told you when you first met her before I married her. Listen mother, I am making no plans to come back and the Black family won't be living in Grimmauld Place any time soon, or ever. I will raise my children away from your toxic words and prejudice ways."
"Children? I have grandchildren? I have Halfbloods for grandchildren?"
"Only one is magical, the other is Petunia's child from her first marriage."
"You're fathering a filthy Muggle child?!"
"Goodbye mother."
Sirius quickly left his family home, Severus and Lily right on his heels. As soon as they were back outside in the night air, Lily let out a yell of rage and ranted, "How dare she? That woman is bloody awful! She has no right to talk about my sister like that! She has no right to talk about Tuney, Dudley, or Kurt like that! Oh, I just want to march back in there and burn her picture!"
Severus placed a calming hand on his wife's shoulder before saying, "Calm down, Lily flower. Don't get too worked up. We came here for one purpose and we've done it, so that means we don't have to come back."
Lily took a deep breath before letting it out saying, "You're right, Sev. But still, she was so rude."
"That's my mother for you," Sirius said before handing Severus the locket. "Here you are. Now take that thing and the others you've gotten and destroy it. If that bastard is coming back as you say, let us at least give ourselves an advantage to beat him."
Severus nodded and thanked Sirius, Lily hugging her brother-in-law before the two of them Disapparated away, Sirius doing the same to return back home to his wife and children.
Severus and Lily stood outside of the wards of Prince Manor, having Apparated there after leaving Grimmauld Place. Looking up at her husband Lily said, "Well, that's another Horcrux to add to the ones you have."
Nodding Severus replied, "Yes, and all that leaves is two more. Though one of them will be tricky to get."
"Why?"
"Because it's a snake, a living thing that can move freely wherever it wants."
"Well, I suppose you will just have to try and capture it so you can kill it."
Severus nodded as he placed Slytherin's Locket in the pocket of his robes before he said, "Speaking of snakes, Roderick has recently been discovered to be a Parselmouth."
Lily's green eyes widened at the news before she closed them. Taking her hands she covered her face before dragging them down over it. She placed them on the back of her neck before looking up at Severus asking, "By chance, is there something about Toby that you need to tell me as well?"
"No, it doesn't seem as if he has a unique ability like his siblings, though daideo says he is expecting him to develop one at some point now."
"I hope not, especially with Eileen having more visions in this one year than she has in a lifetime. Not to mention that these visions are all about You-Know-Who. And now Rod has been found to be a Parselmouth."
Severus thought for a moment before saying, "You know Lily, I think Roderick may be one for a reason. And I believe that reason to be obtaining the snake Horcrux."
Green eyes looked into black before Lily tiredly closed her eyes and replied, "Maybe, but we don't know for sure. I'm not even sure how it is that I'm handling this news as well as I am. But Severus, with the final task of the Tri-Wizard Tournament being this weekend, do you think it will be possible to get Harry and the triplets here to spend time together with us before Saturday?"
"I'm sure I can get them here Friday afternoon. And Dumbledore has informed me that the Third Task will be held around five or six that evening, so Harry can stay at least up to three o' clock Saturday."
"Good, good. Well I'll be looking forward to it." Lily hugged Severus close, melting into his strong embrace before pulling away. Kissing him softly yet lovingly she told with a soft smile, "I love you."
Severus smiled in return and kissed his wife once more before replying, "And I love you."
The two of them shared one more kiss before Lily passed through the wards and Severus Disapparated back to Hogwarts.
Eileen and Holly were sitting together in the library, both of them working on an essay for Charms when Holly suddenly asked, "Is that Roderick with a Hufflepuff girl?"
Looking up black eyes fell on her older brother, seeing Roderick standing next to a bookshelf with Julia Bingle. As she watched the two of them talk, looking rather comfortable and standing pretty close—at least Julia was standing rather close to Roderick—Eileen nodded saying, "Yeah, that's Rod's friend Julia Bingle. She's a Second Year in Hufflepuff and it's painfully obvious she has a crush on Roderick."
"Cute."
"Sure, but what isn't cute is how oblivious Rod is to his own crush on Julia. I swear he is so out of touch with his own feelings sometimes, it's like trying to explain something to a wall."
Holly giggled before changing the subject. "The Third Task is this weekend. Are you excited to see your brother face this last challenge and possibly win the Tri-Wizard Tournament?"
Eileen actually was not excited about this. The Third Task was just two days away now and there were still two Horcruxes that needed to be gotten. She knew she could get the ring if she had another vision about it and just Apparated there through her vision like Muirrean had shown her. However it was such a big risk and drain on her magic, but she was willing to do it again. Knowing her best friend was waiting for an answer she opened her mouth to speak, but was interrupted by Tobias.
"Sis," Tobias said as he walked up to the table his sister and her friend were seated at. His green eyes looked at Holly and Tobias blushed a little as he greeted, "Hello Holly."
"Hi Toby," Holly replied with a blushing face.
Not wanting to be caught in the middle of this Eileen asked, "What is it, Toby?"
Tobias blinked before focusing back on his sister and saying, "Rod and I want to talk to you. Can you break for a moment?"
Eileen nodded and stood up, packing her things and telling Holly they would finish later. Once her things were packed she followed Tobias out of the library, Roderick following them after telling Julia he'd talk to her later. The triplets all walked up the stairs until they reached the Seventh Floor. They walked past the entrance to Gryffindor Tower before stopping in front of a bare wall. Tobias paced back and forth in front of the wall a few times before a door suddenly appeared in the wall. Eileen's black eyes widened in amazement before following her brothers inside. As they stepped inside she asked, "What is this place?"
"It's the Come and Go Room, or the Room of Requirement as others call it," Roderick answered as the room transformed itself into a version of the parlor that their great-grandmother's portrait hung in at Prince Manor. As they sat down Roderick continued speaking. "The other day when you were asleep the whole day, dad told us that you Apparated through your vision and captured a Horcrux. He said that because it magically drained you, you were unconscious and thus had to sleep to regain your strength and magic."
"Yes, it was rather taxing."
"The reason I bring it up now is because there are only two days until the Third Task and there are still two Horcruxes out there. Eileen, you're the only one who knows where they are; or should I say, the only one that can reach them without particularly knowing their exact location. Do you think you can get at least one of them?"
Eileen frowned as she looked at her brothers asking, "Right now?"
Tobias nodded and said, "If you can."
"I…I can try. I'm just afraid I won't be successful like I was the first time."
"We believe in you, Eileen; you can do it."
Eileen looked at them before sighing and nodding. Standing up she held her wand tightly in her grip before closing her eyes and clearing her mind. Before long her vision of the Horcruxes appeared in her mind's eye and she focused specifically on the ring. Wind filled the room and blew around the First Year girl, Tobias closing his eyes from the strong wind as Roderick held his hand at his hairline to keep his hair from flying into his eyes. The wind lifted Eileen off the ground the harder it blew, causing the boys to hold on tightly to the chairs they were sitting into. Eileen felt that same sharp pain go through her head before opening her now glowing white eyes. And then in a flash of bright light, she was gone.
Opening her eyes Eileen looked around a dark, drab looking room before flicking her wand saying, "Lumos."
Her wand now casting light, she hurriedly looked around the room as she knew her vision would begin to wane soon. When she couldn't locate the ring she huffed before waving her wand again saying, "Accio ring."
There was a small banging noise and she looked to see a golden box open and about three rings fly her way. She caught them and looked at them in the palm of her hand. Recognizing the one that was in her vision, she grabbed that one with the hand that was holding her wand and dropped the others just as the vision waned and completely disappeared. She was quickly snatched back as the vision disappeared and she was back in the Room of Requirement with her brothers, landing on the floor between them with a grunt.
"Eileen! Are you alright?" Tobias asked.
Looking up at the redhead Eileen nodded before holding up the ring saying, "Got the Horcrux."
Tobias nodded before saying, "Just don't put it on; I'll bet it's cursed or something."
"I wasn't planning on it, but thanks for the heads up, Toby."
As Tobias helped his sister from off the ground Roderick asked, "How are you feeling? Are you alright?"
Eileen looked at the eldest of them and answered, "Yes, I feel alright. Actually, I feel a bit dizzy."
Roderick nodded before saying, "You should get back to Ravenclaw Tower and lie down. I'm sure your magic would like a moment to rebuild itself. We'll take the Horcrux to dad."
Nodding the girl picked up her things and left the Room of Requirement, her brothers right behind her. As they descended the stairs, Eileen handed the ring over to Roderick before stopping off on the Fifth Floor, waving at her brothers as they kept walking down the stairs to head to the dungeons to visit their father. After answering the riddle of the bronze knocker, she walked inside the Common Room and headed straight to the First Year Girl's Dormitory. Eileen placed her wand on her bedside table before dropping her school bag on the floor. She then proceeded to take off her school robes and uniform, changing into a pair of grey cotton shorts and a black t-shirt. As she finished that she pulled the sheets of her bed back and climbed inside.
Another sharp pain ran through her head before settling in her eyes, causing her to hiss in pain and press the heels of her hands to her eyes. She held them there for a moment before taking them away. She blinked a few times to clear her vision, noticing that it had gotten a bit blurry. Her vision suddenly began to shake as more pain filled her eyes before darkness surrounded the edges of her vision. Before she knew it she fell unconscious into the softness of her pillow.
A familiar gyrfalcon flew through the wards of Prince Manor late that night as Lily slept, flying through an open window and through the manor until it flew into the parlor where Roderick's portrait was hung. Roderick, who had been resting with his eyes closed, opened them as he heard the flap of wings. Black eyes watched as the gyrfalcon dropped a letter on the floor before leaving the parlor, presumably on her way back to her owner.
Muirrean entered his portrait and said, "I heard wings flapping. Was it Brigid?"
"Yes, it seems that Caol has sent us a letter," Roderick answered. Looking down at the letter he called out, "Inka!"
A pop sounded and Inka appeared saying, "Yes, Master Roderick?"
"Would you be so kind as to hold that letter up for us to read from Caol?"
"Yes Master Roderick."
Inka picked up the letter and took it out of its envelope before snapping her fingers. Her elf magic caused the letter to unfold itself as she floated it up to the couple in the portrait. Once the letter was in their faces for them to read, Muirrean and Roderick began to read it.
Dear Máthair and Athair,
I understand that it has been a while since I have visited home. I have been very busy with my work with familiars and animals all alike. They needed my help and to be taken care of; I hope you can understand. It just so happens that I have this weekend off and am writing to let you know that I will be returning to the manor for the weekend to visit. I cannot wait to see you two again. I have missed you both and I love you very much, Máthair and Athair. I will see you both soon.
With love,
Caol Prince
Muirrean smiled brightly as she looked at her husband saying, "Our son is coming home to visit us!"
Roderick smiled and replied, "Yes he is. Finally, after so many years of not seeing him."
"It'll be a shock to him when he sees Severus and his family living here now. You know if I think about it, Severus reminds me very much of Caol."
"I think that as well. Let us leave Caol's visit a surprise to Severus and Lily as well. I can't wait for our son and grandson to see each other again. Caol hasn't seen Severus since he was a baby. I'm sure he'll be proud of the man his nephew has become."
Muirrean nodded with a smile before leaning her head over on her husband's shoulder, sighing contentedly as Roderick placed a kiss on the top of her head. Yes, they were both looking forward to the upcoming weekend.
Author's Note: I hope you all enjoy this chapter, and a huge thanks to my Beta kcrutcher123 for the idea of a visit from Caol and for helping just in general. Also, what special ability do you guys think Tobias would end up developing, if he does develop one? Let me know in your reviews. Again, I hope you all enjoy this chapter and stay tuned for the next one! XOXO, SehunsBae37.