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Chapter 18: Breaking News
A ministry owl set off for Ottery St. Catchpole around noon the next day. Molly Weasley after reading the letter responded to the sense of emergency found within and passed along the letter to Dumbledore via floo. She immediately sent letters out calling in the older boys that bad left her nest. If Percy's cover required the whole family for cover; they would all be there to give it. A family dinner sounds nice, with a touch of Order on the side.
The meeting/dinner went off without a hitch. Percy ate crow, introduced Penelope formally to the family, and then after she left spilled his guts like he was under Veritaserum, about Fudge's plans."
After Percy's report there was general chaos as people struggled with the fact that even though Harry left their world he was still being used as a political pawn. Now the question was how to stave off the bad press. The Order and Dumbledore were already too public as it was. If the world blamed them for his precipitous exit more people might turn towards the Dark side of the war.
"People, please your attention." Dumbledore shot sparks in the air with his wand trying to regain control of the meeting. "I know who the boy's secret keeper is. Let me send a letter via Fawkes to find out how Harry wants us to deal with this situation."
Fawkes was quickly dispatched, and other Order business was brought up. There were the recruitment reports from Tonks, and weapon inventions for the Weasley twins, a few updates also about the goings on in the ministry, and the debriefings from those who were out on missions. Dumbledore waited until everyone who had a report that day finished before he dropped his bomb.
Fawkes was quickly dispatched and other business that the Order needed to discuss was brought up. There were recruitment reports from Tonks, and weapon inventions from the Weasley twins, and a few updates about the goings on in the ministry. Dumbledore waited until everyone who had a report that day finished before he dropped his bomb. "Earlier today an old pure-blood family prophecy came into play."
That caused an immediate chain reaction. First there was a loud whisper, and then there was a total drop into silence. A pure-blood prophecy was a rare thing to come into play. Many times they are known, but used as a status symbol, because most either did not seem plausible or happen very quickly after said prophecy was made. In this instance, there had not been a prophecy that has not been confirmed immediately in over a century. The excitement overpowered the tension that was in the air over Sloan.
"Well, Albus tell us what family it is." Molly was the first to break the silence not being known for her patience.
"Molly, what if not everyone wants to know about this momentous occasion?" Dumbledore's eyes twinkled as he teased the whole group.
"Whaa!" was the general consensus as they stared at the man that many thought may be closer to mentally insane than they thought. The silence was officially broken, as random people called out, "Tell us, please." "You wouldn't be that cruel would you Albus?" "I want to know."
After assuring that all were in agreement. He quieted them with a look. "The Snape Family prophecy has been answered. There is a boy; a son of Severus' who has came forward recently. It appears that early in his youth Severus was found to be caught in a prank perpetrated by his fellow Death Eaters. He was already playing the role that I set him too. It is common knowledge among the elite and inner circle the reason Severus is the only one without prodigy is because his attraction to the same sex. While this is not true--- it kept Voldemort from marrying him off to a pure-blood woman who was loyal, and could question where his loyalties lay. It was not common at the time in our world for these types of relationships to be held out in the open, or even someone acknowledging the fact that they had similar taste.
The death eaters figured that Severus would need some help. After getting him tossed at a revelry he was taken to W.A.R.T.S. (wizarding assisted reproduction technology sciences) where his … donation was stored and then used. Unknowingly to him, biologically he has had a son in this world for the last sixteen years. Recently while his son was away at school the boy's father passed on, and he was left without any relatives of his known ancestry. The ministry gave the boy permission to use the ancestry spell to see if he had any relatives within Europe to help him during this period in his life. It came out that he has another biological father, and the ministry contacted me to help the new family along. The boy's name is now officially Sloan Bishop Snape, very bright. He is to go into his seventh year, but he and another boy are currently getting reviewed and tutored to take their O.W.L.S. as they both have not yet.
Severus not only has his personal problems, but his actions earlier this summer have lead to another unexpected event. His relationship with Mr. Potter improved greatly when Severus showed up at his home earlier to help him. It seems that I made a mistake assigning Harry's housing situation when he was younger. Vernon Dursley was very abusive, mostly verbally and through neglect, but recently it changed to physical abuse. When the Wizengamot terminated the Dursley's rights Harry requested that Severus be made his temporary guardian until his birthday which occurs soon. The Minister disagreed, hence the problems that have occurred recently. Though he still partially got his way; Harry arranged for his cousin who shall be entering the wizarding world to be taken care of by Severus. He also arranged for Severus to be the executor of his estate while he is away. There is not anything that the ministry can do about it either."
Dumbledore's ramblings were once again met with silence. It was not a surprise to all about the new Harry/Severus relationship, but that must trust given to someone who many thought were mortal enemies was quite the change. There was little more said on Order business, and since it was already long into the night it was agreed that they would deal with the Minister situation the next day.
Fawkes appeared before Sloan just as he was waking up the next morning. He trilled a hello, and in the process woke up Sloan's bed companion. This caused Fawkes to trill even more, he approved of the budding relationship between the two. Luna rubbed her eyes clear, and grabbed her glasses only to have her vision become even more unfocused. Sloan was having the same problem with his glasses. They both giggled and then switched spectacles before exiting the bed. Sloan spotted the letter that was tied to the phoenix then.
Luna and Sloan scrunched together to read the letter. Luna let out a gasp, and Sloan…well he lost his temper, and set it on fire without trying. It was a big mistake on the Minister's part. Sloan was livid, and the power surges started again. Only this time he had a partner. Luna and Sloan's magic combined was compatible, and combustible to say the least. They generated so much power that their power levels were registered at the ministry as new magical portal opening. (Think wormhole from start trek.) It was short lived though Fawkes managed to absorb all the excess energy that they were releasing. He would need a burning soon, but not before the children were completely safe from harming themselves.
Sloan was the first to fully recover, and he started his reply letter to Dumbledore. He gave the warlock implicit instructions on what he needed, and how it was going to play out. Luna stood over his shoulder and through in suggestions in weak spots just to make things more air tight. Once the list was finished Sloan and Luna headed down stairs sharing with the others what Albus' letter had said, and then showing them what they had planned. Severus added that it would be perfect if Cassius went under polyjuice as Sloan, and Sloan as "Harry". It would take some work but Sloan could closely resemble Potter again, and the wizarding world would be frothing at the mouth to hear from him so soon after he renounced the wizarding world. Severus added his instructions on where to get already stored vials of polyjuice that he made up. In the end the list looked had six items listed on it, and plans were already in the making for the speech and interview that "Harry" would give.
Contact Rita Skeeter with an offer of an exclusive interview with me.
Announce that you have managed to reason with me to give a press conference for any and the entire wizarding world.
Let Fudge start his smear campaign thinking before you make the announcement.
Publicize my life with my Uncle ONLY HINT AT WHAT OCCURRED HERE. DO NOT GIVE ANY DETAILS.
Release information about how you found out; paint Severus as the savior that he is so that we will receive more sympathy when we announce he was rejected as my choice of guardian.
Have a polyjuice switch set up to announce the newest Snape addition at the same time stop the rumors of Harry/Sloan identity cross.
Fawkes was still waiting patiently for the reply. He knew that it was very important for the headmaster to repair his relationship with the boy, and this was a definite way of accomplishing that goal. He fire jumped to the headmaster and delivered the letter before burning to replenish his energy. He did not want to ever do that again. Those two children are super powerful, and he felt a small amount of pity for Voldemort. That man was in for some serious pain.
A/N: Here it is the next chapter. Thank you for all of you who have been patient. Hopefully it will not take this long again to update. RL got super busy, and the circumstances with my grandmother extreme. If you read my profile, I explained about my Gran, and she is doing better. Thank you all for the reviews, and please continue with them.