The Elvin Consequence
Chapter eleven
"NO!" Harry practically shouted, sitting up in bed and turning away from his boyfriend. "It can't be true, I won't believe it."
"He does not know, he believes you to be Harry Potter." Severus said sitting up and placing a reassuring hand on the young Elf's shoulder.
"Are you sure, is there any possible way that you could be wrong " Harry asked turning to Severus and looking at him pleadingly.
"No, I am afraid that there is no other way. I checked the records so many times. Your mothers name was Amelia Elwend, she was sixteen when you were born, she was never married."
"I can't believe this, I'm his son?"
"Yes, it would appear so, your mother named you Ervin after your grandfather."
"They're all dead now aren't they?"
"A few Elves did survive but very few and none of your family I am afraid."
"No wonder the sorting hat wanted to put me into Slytherin, in fact a lot of things about me now make a lot more sense, my ability to speak parseltongue, the similarities between him and me, but what about my scar?"
"Have you looked at it recently?" Severus asked, Harry shook his head. "It was part of the disguise of Harry Potter, there had to be something after being attacked by such a powerful curse. If you look under your hair it is no longer there and hasn't been for a long time."
"And if I wanted to back out of the war is there any way that I could prove to Voldemort that I'm not actually Harry potter without letting him know that I'm his son?"
"You look nothing like Harry potter any more, I think that if you buy this house out right you could switch to your birth name, no one but the two of us would have to know."
"I couldn't change everything, not my name or who I am, as far as I'm concerned I am Harry Potter but I won't fight Voldemort."
"Thank goodness, I could not watch you go off to fight. We will work this out somehow." Severus said lying back down on their bed and Harry followed suit. Harry cuddled up to Severus and let out a sigh.
Just thinking about being the son of the most feared wizard in the world was a lot to take in; his brain was practically on overload from everything that Severus had told him.
"I'm hungry" Harry decided suddenly, "I was in the middle of cooking before you turned up, would you like something to eat?"
"Yes, that would be nice, you seem to be taking the news extremely well, if you need to vent just do it, it is a lot to take in and bottling it up would not be healthy for you."
"It hasn't properly sunk in yet" Harry said as he climbed from the bed and began pulling his clothes on and Severus did the same. "I think you'll know when it does."
"As long as you are okay."
"I don't' know how I can be, I mean, everything has changed for me, I'm a direct descendent of Salazar Slytherin and am the son of Voldemort, how could anyone be okay with that?"
"You told me yourself right before I told you that no matter what you would still be you. Knowing who you came from does not change who you are or what you have done. You were raised to be Harry Potter, unless you chose to be otherwise that is who you are."
"Thank you Severus."
"What are you thanking me for?" Severus asked.
"For keeping me grounded, will you help me decided what to do next?"
"I think that only you can do that Harry."
Over the next two weeks Severus lived at Hogwarts during the week and with Harry at Godric's Hollow on the weekends.
The Elf hadn't quite figured out what he wanted to do but he had had three offers from Quidditch teams all over England, Wales and Ireland. He had agreed to join Oliver Wood's team and see how it went from there.
The school term was now in full swing and he had heard nothing from Albus, Ron or Hermione. He knew that that would change after Friday when the Montrose Magpies Quidditch team announced Harry Potter as their new seeker in Quidditch weekly.
Harry was due at their training grounds all day for the interview and photo shoot that Friday but he hoped to be back home when Severus came home. The older wizard had officially moved in to their home and was glad that Harry was finally doing something other than cooking and gardening.
They had been extremely happy together with Snuffles in their home. Not even Severus could complain about Snuffles. Their sex life was still excellent and they seemed to have the perfect life together.
On Friday morning Harry apparated into the Montrose Magpies official home stadium, it was the only way to gain entry inside and was well hidden from all muggles.
"Harry!" Oliver Wood shouted upon spotting the other wizard and running over to greet him.
"Hey there Oliver," Harry said with a smile.
"How are you Harry, it's been ages and you've changed so much!"
"I'm good, left Hogwarts early and I'm living in my parents old place with Severus."
"Snape?" Harry nodded, "Well it'll certainly be good to have you on our team, our previous seeker wasn't very good, everyone is dying to meet you, come meet the team."
Harry was dragged over to meet the team by Oliver who seemed overly enthusiastic about everything now that Harry was on their team. There was Andy, Louis and Cassie who were the chasers, Stevie and Malcolm who were the two beaters and Oliver of course the keeper.
The reporter showed up as they were chatting, Harry was relieved that it was not Rita Skeeter who was conducting the interview but actually an older wizard who took down all the facts and finally asked for some shots of the team in their Quidditch robes which were black and white with a magpie on both the front and back. Finally they got a few single shots of just Harry and then they left.
"Do you want to come down to the Leaky Cauldron for a drink with the rest of the team Harry?" Oliver offered as they changed.
"I would but I haven't seen Severus all week and he's due back home tonight."
"Okay, we'll see you next Wednesday at eight a.m for training, don't be late okay."
"Got it, see you Oliver." Harry said as he disapperated back home.
On Saturday morning the news of Harry Potter's appearance on the Montrose Magpies Quidditch team had made front page news at the Daily Prophet, which was extremely unexpected as Harry had only expected it to be in Quidditch weekly.
Severus was sat reading the article when Harry came downstairs for breakfast. The two of them had had a long and extremely tiring night together and Harry had slept in a little.
"You have made Quidditch Weekly and the Daily Prophet. The former has a detailed profile on you, including address and relationship status, it claims that you are single Harry." Severus said somewhat bitterly without looking up from the paper.
Harry poured himself a large mug of steaming coffee and grabbed Quidditch Weekly and sat down opposite Severus.
"Magazines make mistakes, doesn't mean that I care about you any less than I did before this stupid article was published." Harry tried to reassure his boyfriend. "Don't know where they got my address from. I suppose Oliver could have told them unless the grounds were bugged somehow."
"We will have to see what happens next now, I doubt it will be long before Albus makes an appearance here and I suppose that you would like to be dressed for that." Severus said commenting negatively on the fact that Harry was only wearing boxers.
"Okay, I've been awake for less than five minutes and I've already managed to piss you off."
"You seem very unconcerned with the fact that anyone can see these details, including the Dark Lord!"
"I've already set up plenty of protection wards Sev, now what else is bothering you? Is it the whole single thing?"
"Not entirely" Severus sighed calming himself a little; Harry always seemed to see right through him. "We have been dating for a month now and we have only a sex life, I do not want a relationship based only on sex."
"I don't know what to suggest, I know that I love you, I thought that everything was okay between us."
"It is okay and I love you too but is that enough?" Harry could sense that Severus did not mean what he said when he spoke the words 'I love you' but Harry let it slide.
"Neither of us is ready for marriage but I know what you mean. How about I sign over half of this house over to you, we could own it together?"
"I agree that neither of us are quite ready to get married and I think that for the time being putting my name to the property is good as long as you are okay with that, it means that we have something more than just a promise based on words, it makes us a little more serious. I also feel as if we do not see each other as much as I would like."
"Well I'm always here Sev, my only commitment is training three days a week, if you wanted to come home then you could do, I miss you during the week, I'd be more than happy to see you."
At that moment there was a knock on the front door. Both men groaned and Snuffles ran into the living room barking madly at the front door.
"You go and get dressed and I will get the door." Severus said getting up and heading through to the living room.