Chapter 13 The Capture Of Snape and Malfoy
Junior's escapades continued and displayed its' inner marauder during the next few weeks. Several times during classes, music would start playing. During Charms Junior had a habit of levitating the object of the person that Hermione happened to be working with, unless it was Harry or his object. Professor Flitwick insisted that they work together from then on. Transfiguration was a total nightmare since Junior constantly transfigured its parents' assignments to toys, mostly dolls, which made Harry and Hermione suspect that Junior was a girl.
Andrew had written Harry back with his most sincere congratulations. He suggested that they make a formal announcement at the Christmas Ball, that was an annual event for the castle. His advice had Harry blushing. He told Harry that he probably needed to continue to feed from Hermione once a month, since she was his mate. It seemed that that was all that was needed. Morgana, the healer, said that it would not hurt Lady Potter or the infant and that it was actually beneficial to the child. She was also very excited about the baby and offered to be the one to deliver another generation of Potters.
Halloween had passed as well as November. Before Harry knew it, it was almost time for the holidays. Hermione had told him that all the Weasleys were going to stay at the castle for the holidays. Ginny was beside herself at the thought of spending three weeks with Nicholas. He had already arranged for the local seamstress to visit Hogwarts for an entire new wardrobe. It was her Christmas present, just early. He spared no expense for her and she found that she was now the envy of her housemates. Much to Ron's horror, he was measured for new robes as well. His only consolation was that they were not maroon, instead they were dark blue. His mother had insisted that he keep them as Nicholas had, as part of his courtship obligations in proving that he could provide for his future wife, paid for new robes for the entire family.
The Patils and the Browns were also coming to finalize Pavarti and Lavender's betrothal to Nathaniel. Harry had already told Andrew to find a large cottage or room for the tri-bonded couple far away from the master suite. Nate had replied that he had found one of the older stone homes perfect for them and was already in the process of having it remolded and repaired.
Lord and Lady Potter were busy, finishing their homework and finalizing the guest list for the ball. Harry made sure that none of the Ministry employees, other than Mr. Weasley, Percy, Tonks, and Kingsley Shacklebolt, were invited. Harry had invited most of the professors and Madam Pomphrey, even though he knew that most wouldn't attend. He was pleased to hear that Poppy, McGonagall, and Flitwick had accepted. He hoped that this would be a happy holiday.
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Severus Snape led the way to a house that the Order used for supplies. He knew that the wards would announce his presence and that either the Order or Potter's vampires would come after them. He hoped for the latter. Draco silently followed behind. The two had had many conversations about what was to happen and how their lives would change. Both knew that Nicola would have to do a lot of talking and pleading to convince Potter not to kill them outright. He truly hoped that she knew what she was doing.
Severus opened the door and held it as Draco passed him. He shut it and lit his wand with a Lumos. He led the way down the hall and into a kitchen of sorts. Severus started to make tea while they waited. Draco sat down at the table.
"Do you think that this is the right thing to do?" asked Draco, for the hundredth time.
"Honestly, Draco, we have been over this. Yes, it is the right thing to do otherwise we will end up like your father. Potter values family above all else. If his cousin claims us as her mates, there is nothing that he can do but allow it. He will not be happy about it and will do everything he can to stop it. However as ruler of the Vampires he has to uphold the laws, including those that deal with the claiming of mates."
"You seem to know a great deal about that. Why? Even the Dark Lord knows that you do."
Severus sighed. It was a part of his life that he would rather forget. "What I am about to tell you is to remain between us until it is revealed. I was the mate of James Potter. But he rejected me and his heritage so that he could marry Lily. Harry could have been my son. I was ashamed and angry that James refused to even consider me as his consort. I would have allowed him to continue his relationship with her if he asked, but he flat out refused to accept me and turned his back on his people. There was nothing that I could do, so I remained unclaimed."
"Is that why you hated Harry so much?"
"Partly. I saw myself looking at him as his father's son but not mine. I was denied the chance to carry and raise him, so I took that bitterness out on him, much to my shame. The Dark lord is aware that James Potter rejected me and used that as an incentive to get me to join. I realized that I had made an error in judgment when I saw what the Dark Lord really did. I wanted no part of it and offered my services as a spy to Dumbledore. The Dark Lord thought that I had done it so that I could gain his favor but I truly didn't want to be like him or his other followers, including your father. Now I find myself stuck in the middle even worse than before."
"We'll pull through Sev, I know we will."
Just at that moment six vampires entered the house. "Severus Snape. Draco Malfoy. You are now in the custody of the clan of the Potter Vampires. You will come with us quietly or we will be forced to subdue you. You will not be killed or harmed until you face our Lord. Do you concede?"
"Yes we do."
