It had been over a week since Harry had been brought back from the prison but even though his body was healed and he did not seem to be in a coma, he had not woken up. He showed no signs of life save for breathing and a heart beat. They had all taken turns with him but he would not wake.

Severus was sitting there holding his husband's hand when the door opened. "Severus?"

He looked up to see an anxious Remus standing in the door. "Lupin."

Remus came across the room. "I'll stay with him. You should go get some fresh air."

Severus did not move from the place by his husband's side. "I don't need any air. I'm fine."

Remus came and placed a hand on his shoulder. "My godson is going to need you when he wakes. He'll need you strong and healthy to help him."

Severus knew that the words were true. "I can't bring myself to leave him. I left him back in Romania and..."

Remus cut him off. "Harry made you leave him, you had no choice. Harry is safe here with us. If he wakes or is in danger, we'll send for you I promise."

Severus reluctantly let go of his husband's hand and got up. "Please, if anything changes at all."

Remus just nodded his head. "Anything."

Severus walked out of the room for the first time since his husband had been brought there. He had allowed others in to visit but he had not left other then the attached bathroom. He felt lost. He had no idea of where to go.

He was walking down the stairs in the general direction of the gardens when he heard a voice from behind. "Severus."

He turned around shocked and saw two hooded figures behind him. He could not see the faces but he knew the voice. "Luna?"

The figure in the blue cloak pushed back her hood and revealed it was indeed Luna, and the one in the yellow followed suit and seeing Luna, he was not surprised at all to find Susan standing with her.

Susan moved towards him. "Why didn't you send for us earlier?"

Severus wasn't sure how they had found out. "There was too much danger in alerting you. We don't need your lives placed in danger."

Luna shook her head. "We came out when we had Dumbledore removed from the school. We're not about to sit by while our brother is close to death."

He pointed them up the stairs. "He is in the fourth bedroom on the left. Remus is with him at the time. I have been ordered to get some air."

Susan started heading up the stairs but Luna stayed with him for a moment. "We know you're suffering Severus but you're not alone. We all love him."

Severus placed a hand on her shoulder. "I know Luna. Thank you for coming."

Luna walked up the stairs after Susan and Severus walked out into the gardens where he took a long deep breath of the cool out there. He stood looking at the flowers, remembering how much Harry had loved them. He tried to enjoy them but he couldn't.

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Severus came in from the gardens but before he could head up the stairs to his husband's room he was drawn into the library by Narcissa where he found a number of the order, including Luna and Susan.

As he took a seat Luna turned to him. "We think we may have a way of bringing Harry back to us."

Severus was shocked. "How?"

Lucius took a deep breath. "Through the founders right there is a possible way to call Lord Gryffindor back through your bond with him. All of yours."

Severus knew what they spoke of. "No. There is to much risk. The part of his soul that is Godric may come back alone, and Harry may be lost forever."

Moody grunted. "It's possible but we need Lord Gryffindor to win this war. You know your husband would die to save the world."

Severus was livid. "So you'd sacrifice my husband for this? Harry has given up everything for this war. I won't let you throw him away."

Lucius lay a hand on his arm. "We're not throwing Harry away. We all love him. We want him back as much as you do. We'll do everything to get all of him back."

Luna nodded. "I have looked at the charm. I believe there is a way to alter it, a way for us to call all of Harry's soul back and not simply the Gryffindor side."

Severus turned to her with a desperate need for hope. "What can we do?"

Susan smiled. "The founder's right works to call Harry back for his Gryffindor blood. We need to call Harry back, all parts of his soul back into his body."

Luna explained. "We need the blood of his different families added to the rite, in order to bring Harry back to us."

Severus knew it made sense but he saw problems in the plan. "But who will offer up the blood? Harry does have a lack of living relatives."

Regulus came forward. "You forget that I am his Uncle through Sirius. I can stand for my brother's bond, and for Lord Black."

"Okay well that does for his Gryffindor and Black, but how about the Potter blood. James was an only child as was his father." Severus pointed out.

This was where they knew things were going to get difficult. "The only possibility would be a child of Harry."



Severus blanched. "A child? Harry is not pregnant, thank God from the raping. Harry has no children."

Lucius turned to him. "You know with a fertility spell it is possible for you to get your husband with child even when he is unconscious."

Severus slipped into a chair. "You want me to have sex with my husband when he is asleep? It would make me no better then Percy."

Remus had come into the room. "That's not true Severus and you know it. You know Harry would be happy to have your children."

It was Poppy though who spoke. "Actually there is a muggle technique I can alter which can do this without you having to lay with your husband."

Severus knew something of muggle medicine but this was new. "You can make my husband pregnant without me?"

She shook her head. "Not without you. I'll use your sperm and with a spell transfer it into his body. The fertility potions will create the womb as usual."

Severus was starting to get it. "Is there any danger to the baby? I won't do this if we risk both my husband and any possible child."

Luna shook her head. "No. We just need a small bit of the baby's blood, nothing else. We can even do it when it's still in the womb."

Poppy added. "Harry would have to be at least three months along for it to be safe for the baby but after I should be able to without a risk to both."

Severus was reluctant to agree. He and Harry both wanted children. They had spoken of it many times before. He just didn't like doing this to his husband without his consent, even to save his life. How would Harry react when he woke and found he was pregnant? He needed time to think.

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A week later Severus was sitting next to his husband on the bed. He had called the others into the room and they all stood around him waiting to find out if Severus would agree to the procedure or not.

Poppy was the one who finally spoke. "Severus, are you willing to do this or not?"

Severus looked at his husband. "Harry wants children, as I do. I wish there was another way but if this will bring him back, I'll agree."

Poppy nodded and was about to start the spell when Fabian came in. "Does it have to be Harry who actually carries the child?"

Poppy was a bit taken back by the question. "Well no. I mean the egg from the created womb, once fertilized, could be transferred."

Fabian looked at his husband who nodded. "I'll do it. I'll carry the baby for Harry and Severus."

Severus was shocked. "Are you sure? We all know that male pregnancies carry risk and it's not even your baby."

Fabian nodded. "Harry is already in bad shape. It's safer he doesn't. And it would be too much of a shock if he woke and found he was pregnant."

Regulus stood next to his husband. "We have spoken of this for a week. We want to do this for our nephew and you. Not only to bring him back but for the baby."

Severus stood and hugged both men. "Thank you."

Poppy looked at Fabian. "We will take more time then. We'll need a second fertility potion to give you a womb to carry the child."

Fabian shook his head. "No need. I already have one. I'm pregnant."

Poppy was surprised but she cast a spell and she nodded. "You are, just barely though. You know there is a slight risk to your baby to do this."

Fabian's determination did not falter. "I will not have my mind changed. I will carry both babies and Harry will wake to see both his and my child born."

Severus was amazed at the love this man showed for his husband. As the hours passed by as Poppy performed the necessary procedures to create a womb and fertilize an egg in Harry and put it in Fabian, Severus battled so many emotions. He wanted his husband and his husband's baby so much but not like this. He didn't know how muggles did this all the time so clinically. He prayed that one day he and Harry would be able to have a second, maybe even a third, the right way.

Poppy finished her work. "It's done."

Severus looked at her. "How long until we know if it will work?"

"It will take a few days to know if the pregnancy takes, then at least three months before we can safely take blood." Poppy told him.

Severus looked at Fabian and the belly that possibly held his and Harry's future child. Even if the baby was made to save Harry, the baby was not for that alone he told himself. He and Harry would love that baby and be a real family. He prayed to Merlin that this would work.