Chapter 12

Severus yawned and got up to baby screams, shivering as his bare feet touched the marble floor, he got a green Slytherin robe before getting to the crib. He had just taken her out of it when an elf popped in and gave him the bottle, he wanted to do it himself he knew the elf's would do it for him but he would rather do it personally. He let her feed content that she would always be his as well as Harry forever, no one could take them from him. He was glad that the dark lord was gone more now than ever. He changed her bum and set her down she was already asleep any way's having only drank half her milk.

He himself was falling asleep where he stood, flopping down on his bed with a yawn the young man fell asleep, he had places to go tomorrow, not just one shop three shops at the most probably more, where his luck was concerned, he was not great at transfiguration. Transfiguration spells at some point always wore away so for instance transfigure a crib it would some day fall apart depending on how good you were at it, so people didn't let their children anywhere near transfigured things, why else would the burrow not be full of new things? If you can transfigure!

Severus slept in later then he had ever slept before, he panicked for a bit before he realised Harry had her in the corner of his room. Cooing at her as well as talking, telling her he was sorry for making her mummy and daddy go to jail but saying she would be better off here, saying he would not want anything to happen to her. Severus could not help but smile at the pair of them, she would grow up one day looking exactly like his twin only difference is that the she is a girl and Harry is a boy.

He looked at his wizarding alarm clock. His eyes went wide it was ten o'clock in the morning it was the latest he had ever slept before on a school day he was always up at six in the morning and the weekend seven fifteen. He could not believe how revitalised he actually felt, a few more hours sleep had a brilliant affect on the man, he didn't look grumpy today just content to sit and watch his children, 'How I have always wanted to say those words, my children. My son and daughter legally and biologically.' The potion changes their blood and looks; if they tried a parental potion, Severus Snape would come up.

Severus swore he would tell his daughter before she entered Hogwarts about whom she really was born to. She did not want Potter or Evans to tell her when they got out and have his daughter hate him for keeping the truth from her and he would stick to his word, he was a man of his word after all.

"Good you are both up, I'm taking you to Diagon Ally today you are getting six months off to get better so its just the three of us today. We'll get you some new things and all that but first stop is Gringotts I don't need the Potter money but I guess it will come in handy eh?" asked Severus.

Harry who had jumped up on hearing his dad voice nodded his head, agreeing with his father. Never taking his eyes from his baby sister, he had always wanted a sister or brother to hold and spoil but his mother did not have any. He could not believe that Severus had gotten her, but was thankful none the less.

"Why don't you go and get cleaned and dressed, borrow one of Dudley's old outfits the elf will find them for you ok. Go on then, give your sister to me," said Severus unable to believe he could just speak of this casually, as if it was apart of every day life. I guess it will be apart of every day life, starting now that is.

Harry nodded his head and left, he would have loved to just sit there all day with his sister and dad in the one room, then he thought about it they were going out all day! Get new things he had not been able to for the past three years. Maybe it would not be a bad idea thought Harry as he started to run his bath.

He quickly got dressed in the clothes he had nicely asked the elf to bring to him, the clothes were great, nice colours too, and with a smile, he joined his dad for a very late breakfast. They probably would not be there for lunch anyway and told the elf, which was called Tara, that so she did not go into all that trouble to make a great lunch for it to be wasted.

Whereupon she replied, "Yes sir's I hope master and little masters have a good day out sir's and if you is needing anything call upon Tara sir's good bye."

Severus and Harry gave her a "Good bye" before she was gone with a pop, she was smiling, she was happy for her master she really was, because he had been a lonely snappy man before those children had stepped into his life. She remembered the days where he would come home and pace the floor, never eating and drinking except alcohol, before he apparated out and was not seen again until midnight looking for the child, which he obviously found. And in bad shape, she had heard the young master scream at night when she was cleaning his room; she had hit him with a sleeping spell hoping her young master would get a decent nights sleep.

After feeding the baby he got some bottles, storing them in a Wizarding bag he had, he portkey'd them to an alleyway entering the Leaky Cauldron. People looked at him curiously, letting him pass, no whispers about him being a Death Eater now, he almost smiled at them but didn't just held his daughter and son tighter and took them through the back.

After pointing his wand, he stood back as the gateway from the Muggle world and the wizarding world was opened. Admitting the Snape family entrance to Diagon Ally and they walked slowly, Severus letting his son see Diagon Ally for the first time in many years.

They entered the baby shop first; the woman was right over to him seeing him have a baby she asked, "Can I help you?" nicely.

"Yes, if you want to carry everything I point out," said Severus, no point and beating around the bush.

"Very well sir," she said not sounding miffed, many people came in pregnant and she got a lot worse off them for a start, she knew how busy it was being a mum for she had obviously had children of her own.

Severus went round getting clothes and booties, scratch mitts, jackets and let the woman point out some things he had not thought to get like hats, changing mat, a cupboard with drawers, a cot buggy, nappies, cream, baby wipes, bottles, milk, baby monitors. It was ages before he nodded at her to mount it all up. He paid over seven hundred pounds in English god knows how many galleons.

He kept the buggy and some covers out before putting her in it making sure it was stable and she was warm and dry, the buggy was a nice one; blue with wizard pooh on it a famous talking wizard teddy. Which had a green and blue top on it; all babies seemed to love it. He then went next door and got teddies, covers, tethers and toys for babies and all kind of things including a play wizard wand, when magic comes from the baby's hand sparks shoot out the end of it.

They made their way to the Leaky Cauldron, getting warm water and two meals for an adult and one child, as usual tom shouted, "Coming up!" and the three went to sit in one corner of the pub, Severus then picked her out of the buggy. Shushing her, she was getting cranky because it was feeding time, her nappy not being that bad Severus fed the little girl, it says its best not to magically heat the bottle so he does not but if he was in a rush he would. But its alright to magically heat water, he had just winded her when Harry took her of him so his dad could eat his meal and Severus did just that drinking his black tea which had cooled down enough.

Harry handled her with care that no eleven year old should have, fed her and winded her before he just held her like the new born babe she was, she is beautiful, the most beautiful being Harry had ever seen. Moreover, she was, and to Severus she was just as beautiful as his mother Eileen Prince had been.

They left after eating everything leaving the coins on the table, which Tom picked up, and put them in the till and the tip in his pocket, he always got lots of tips. They went around lots of shops they got the girl all new things as well as new things for Harry, getting magical things he saw and liked books, clothes Muggle and wizard ones alike. And a new bag, ink, notes pads wanting to use Muggle ones instead of parchment. He also decided to get Muggle pens and pencils, paint. Muggle and wizarding paints, the only difference being that there are more colours in wizarding ones. And a board for the things to go on, new shoes, they then got a cupboard, a new trunk with compartments drawers, a unit and nightstand and a plain box.

Harry had the hugest smile Severus had ever seen on him, since all the Voldemort business, since Petunia and Vernon had died. What no one knew was that Petunia had been pregnant, not even Petunia knew for she had only been two weeks along; she would have been expecting a baby girl. Harry had never even been able to go to the person he thought of as his mum's funeral, Dudley had and at least he had some closure, Harry had not. Promising to take him some time they went home, bags full of things it was way past dinnertime, he fed his little girl before they both fell asleep the elf covering for a bit while she put Harry to bed. She left the bags of things on the floor knowing her master would not like it if she put them away without his permission. He wanted to do it himself probably. She put the baby in the crib and Severus into his bed still dressed that was where he slept all night.