Chapter 5 The Truth About Harry...
"My babies! Melia please take them, keep my children safe!"
"Virginia don't worry just go! Seal your work before they kill you too, I will guard your children, now go!"
Virginia ran tears streaming down her face. 'This is what's best for them.' With that she apparated to the clearing without looking back to her twins.
Severus Snape burst through the door to Albus Dumbledore's office. "It's beginning, the time has come." As he spoke he watched the twinkle in the Headmaster's eyes grow, "So you mean to tell him. Albus how am I going to- how's he going to take it?" The older man grinned and simply said,
"Let us find out."
Harry Potter sat in front of the Headmaster's desk in absolute horror looking at his family tree in ink on the parchment in his hands. "No it... it isn't possible! …it's... it's…oh Bloody Hell!" Harry dropped his head into his hands as he thought about the piece of parchment in his lap. His line began with Malfoy's boy and went through many pure blooded families including the Weasley's and even the Snape's.Gabriel Michael and Paige Serenitywere the first Potters. The son and daughter of Virginia and Darien, their surname changed to protect them. Generations laterGabriel's line crossed with theSnape's.The spirit of Hades was placed in the Snape family until it returned to the Malfoy's in time for Lucius to be born. "So technically… I'm not a Potter... I'm a Malfoy?..." he said dazed.
"Well actually you're both but until we speak with…certain people. We shall see which name you are to take." Dumbledore said, the twinkle in his eyes growing. Snape stood in a dark corner of the office waiting to see if the boy was too daft to notice it. After all he had only been staring at that family tree for the last twenty-bleeding-minutes. Comprehension finally dawned on the Boy-Who-Lived and he dropped the parchment as if it was on fire.
"Is something the matter Harry?" Dumbledore asked, trying to conceal his mirth.
"I'm a… a… a Snape!" Harry said turning to Severus, "You're my...uncle?" he asked confused.
"Great uncle actually…surprise." He let out a nervous laugh. Harry's eyes rolled back as he fell out of his chair onto the floor of the Headmaster's office.
The Headmaster barely managed to say "Oh dear, that went fairly well." before he sank into his chair laughing, tears running from his crinkled eyes. "Lemon drop?" he asked as he held the tin of candy towards his Potions Master.
Harry woke to the voice of Hermione, who seemed slightly annoyed with someone who appeared to be draped across his legs at the moment. He opened his eyes to find that indeed someone was sitting on him, and when Harry threw his legs up Ron Weasley flew off the bed onto the floor. Hermione laughed and threw out a "That's what you get." Before helping him to his feet and telling Harry they would wait in the common room for him.
"Blimey Harry, I was just waitin' for you to wake up…" Ron was saying as Hermione ushered him through the door. When he met them in the common room they were the only ones there so he figured it was safe to tell them about Snape.
Severus Snape was a traitor to Voldemort and a loyal member of The Order of the Phoenix. He was also throwing himself into his work after the incident with Potter and Dumbledore. After Harry had passed out Severus turned to Albus, who was still laughing and holding the tin of candy out, and then picked the boy up and headed for the door.
"Where are you taking him Severus?" Dumbledore asked, his mirth subsiding.
"Back to his room, where he might wake up thinking this was all just a nightmare," the professor said, sorrow evident in his voice.
"The boy will come around. Give it time Sev, give him time…" he whispered as Snape was heading down the spiral stairs.