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Chapter 23

Things were going perfect. It had been three months since Harry had found out he was pregnant, and he was just starting to show. Harry stood in front of the mirror in the bathroom, staring at his stomach. A small bump was nestled between his hips and Harry was still in awe of it. In the next couple of months, it would be too large to hide from the world. Sighing, Harry slipped his shirt on and buttoned it before putting on his tie. It was his first day back to classes, and Harry was slightly nervous.

"Everything will be fine, Harry. You are ahead in all your classes." Severus said, leaning against the doorframe.

"I know, I just…what if I mess up, and do something stupid and the baby gets hurt, what if-"

Severus could feel Harry's distress and pulled him into a hug, cutting off his words. "You are going to be fine. The baby is going to be fine. Now come, its time for breakfast."

Harry didn't argue, and let Sev pull him out of their courtiers and to the Great Hall.

When they entered the chatter died down a little, but Harry held his head high, and walked over to the Gryffindor Table, sitting in the cleared spot Dean and Seamus left for him.

"Hey guys." Harry greeted.

"Morning Harry, you ready to be back in classes?" Dean asked conversationally. Harry nodded and before he could speak, Hermione cut him off. "Yes, he is probably way behind. He hasn't been studying, or anything."

Ron glanced at Hermione, and seeing her upset made him glare even more fiercely at Harry. Who was he to make his girlfriend upset? Sleeping with a Slytherin…Snape of all people! Harry was probably under a spell…

"Actually, Hermione Harry is ahead in his work. He is even helping me and Neville in Potions." Seamus countered, trying-for once, not to make a scene. Harry didn't deserve what she was dishing out on him.

She snorted, "And we all know why he is so good at Potions now. Whoring himself to a professor to get better marks. Who next, Harry? Are you going to try and seduce McGonagall?"

Harry blanched in disgust and stood sharply from the table.

"You know what, I don't need this. Not from you, or anyone else. And I'm tired of explaining myself to people who don't care. Sorry Seamus, Dean, Nev, I'll see you guys later."

Harry stood, and stalked over to the Slytherin Table, tapped Draco on the shoulder. He turned and glanced at Harry in surprise.

"Can I sit with you?" Harry asked.

Draco nodded and scooted over, putting Harry in between Blaise and Draco, with Theo sitting across from him.

"Thanks."

Draco nodded, worried for his friend. "What happened Harry?" Draco had never seen Harry so…tired. He seemed to drag.

Harry sighed, "Nothing. Just Hermione running her mouth again, I just couldn't listen to her calling me a whore again, and saying I'm only with Sev for my grade."

Theo frowned and glared at the offending table, Blaise putting an arm around Harry, and Draco took a deep breath. Granger needed to learn to keep her trap shut.

Harry didn't need to look at him to know Severus had watched the entire ordeal, and was fuming. Severus' magic was not happy, but he sent soothing waves to Harry, trying to relax him.

Harry's first class of the day was Transfiguration, and he made his way to the second floor with Seamus, and Neville. Dean had been asked to stay behind and was speaking with Sev about what Hermione had said.

Sitting down, Professor McGonagall smiled slightly at Harry. She was very sympathetic to him, and loved him dearly. She was livid at the thought of people treating him poorly due to his Creature and Mate. Severus had been good to Harry, that much she could see. His grades had improved, his eyes shone with happiness whenever Severus entered a room, and she could tell that he was with true friends now.

She watched with sharp eyes as the rest of her Gryffindors sat down. They were the ones that had been the least supportive. They were cruel to Harry, and called him a traitor.

Seamus, glared at the other lions as they glared at Harry. He had become possessive of Harry, and saw him as his little brother. He hated how Granger and Weasley had turned on him. Hated how everyone else took their example.

Hermione glared at Neville, who sat next to Harry, talking to him in hushed tones.

She-

"Today we are going to be working on animal transfiguration, or animagus, if you will."

The class perked up at that. "Now, being an animagus is very tricky. You have to know who you are to know your animal. I want all of you to read the chapter over animagi, and write a 2 foot essay over it, and then tomorrow we will begin to find your animal. The class groaned but got to work, and Harry, already having read that chapter, set out to write the essay. It was easy. By the end of the hour he was finished, and turned the paper in.

"Professor, may I go?"

McGonagall, could see how tired Harry was, and nodded. Harry thanked her and all but bolted for the door, waving at Seamus, Neville and Dean before dashing to the dungeons. He was itching to be under ground again, but more than that he was itching to see Severus.

Harry didn't bother knocking, as he entered the Potions classroom and sighed. Severus looked up sharply, and the first years, smiled when they saw it was Harry.

"Hey guys, Sev."

The class greeted him, and Harry passed by Brendan, and peered into his cauldron. "Sleeping Draught?"

Brendan nodded as he sliced the bat wings. Harry nodded in approval. "It looks good."

"Thanks Harry."

Harry nodded and walked to Severus, kissing him briefly.

"Why aren't you in class?" He asked worriedly, hands fluttering to Harry's stomach covertly.

"I finished my essay early, and asked to leave. I needed to be…well here."

Severus nodded. "You look exhausted."

Harry nodded, and laid his head on Severus' chest, closing his eyes.

Severus pushed a vial into his hands, Drink this and lay down."

Severus transfigured a chair into a couch, and Harry lay down, putting the empty vial on the floor, and promptly fell asleep.

"How is he?" Draco asked worried, glancing at the sleeping Elemental. Severus sighed and glanced at the eight people he had grown to rather enjoy.

"He is fine, just tired. With the baby, its harder for Harry to be to far from the Earth, but Albus has deemed him safe for classes, so he must attend."

Blaise frowned. "Even with Earthen Laws?"

Severus nodded. "Yes, until Harry announces his pregnancy the Laws cant help him right now."

"Luna smiled. "Your son is going to be very powerful."

They all stared at her, mystified. Severus choked a little. And Draco could tell he was imagining a little boy running around.

Blaise was the first to recover and smiled at her with warmth, and she turned to him, a smile on her pale face. "I would love to go on a date with you." She said in her whimsical, knowing voice. Blaise froze, and then smiled, "Hogsmeade?"

Luna smiled and entwined their fingers, and nodded. Draco just shook his head and smiled at the pair. Blaise had been pinning over Luna for a while now. It was about bloody time.

Theo rolled his eyes and Neville grinned. The two were standing next to each other, and both missed the calculating looks that their peers sent them.

Severus was ignoring the bunch in favor of sitting next to Harry, who was still very much asleep. He placed his hand on the small baby bump, and smiled.

Brendan walked over to the pair, and smiled down at Harry. "Professor?" he asked quietly.

Severus brought his head back up, and looked at his favorite first year. "yes?"

Brendan blushed, and stared at his shoes nervously, finding them very fascinating. "How…um, I was wondering…how is the baby supposed to be born?"

Severus frowned, and glanced at Harry. He wasn't sure how the birthing process worked exactly.

The others having heard the question also turned to hear the answer to the question that had been plaguing their minds. Severus glanced at them, and then down to Harry's sleeping form.

"I'm not sure exactly. Harry hasn't mentioned it, and I haven't asked."

Brendan frowned. "Oh, okay."

"Has he been to see a healer?" Draco asked curiously. The others were paying rapt attention, and Severus now felt an inkling of what Harry must have gone through-does go through being the 'Chosen One'.

"No, Harry refused to go until he was far enough along for the baby to be some-what safe. We have argued a lot over this, but he wont see a Healer until he…knows."

"Knows? Knows what?" Seamus asked in bewilderment.

Severus took a deep breath. "I don't know. He wont tell me."

The group looked at Harry worried, and curious.

Theo cast a tempus and Brendan gave a very manly shriek. "Crap! I'm gonna be late to Charms." He bent down and gave Harry a hug before dashing out of the room. The others all had Advanced Potions next, so they weren't worried.

Luna walked over to Severus and laid a pale hand on his shoulder. "Harry is smart. He knows what he's doing."

For some reason Luna's words reassured him more than anything else.

Neville and Theo shared a look at her soft assurance. Luna had become a young sister to them both.

"Blaise waited to long, if Luna has to spell it out for him like that." Theo said in his calm, confident voice that Neville had come to really like.

Neville snorted in amusement. "Yeah, but Luna has always been that way. She just knows stuff. Blaise is lucky, but he has his work cut out for him."

Theo nodded and put his hands in his pockets, wondering if he should take Luna's approach. Just tell him that they had a date. Glancing sideways at the handsome Gryffindor, Theo knew that wasn't such a good plan. Neville would probably freak.

Neville could feel Theo staring at him and fought a blush. He had gotten a crush on the quiet Slytherin when he first had lunch with them for the first time. He had just boldly asked about the day at the ministry. It had been such a Gryffindor thing to do, it had intrigued Neville.

The door opened and students started trickling in, afraid of Snape's rage if they were late. Hermione was one of the first people to walk in, and she bit her lip to quell the words of disgust that threatened to tumble out.

Severus didn't see her face, instead focusing on Harry, shaking his shoulder.

"Harry, Harry wake up." Harry shifted, but stayed asleep, and Severus fought a smile of endearment. Not thinking about the idiots behind him, Severus leaned down and kissed Harry's forehead. "Harry, its time to wake up"

Harry shifted and groaned. "Sev…" Harry's eyes fluttered open, and Severus was almost blown away by their beauty.

"Harry, love, its time for class." There was a gagging sound, but Severus ignored it, Draco however did not.

Draco turned and glared fiercely at the bushy haired girl.

"Why don't you stop gawking like a common idiot, and try and focus on your school work, as your grade I hear could improve."

Draco knew just what buttons to push, and academics was one of them.

Hermione huffed and was about to say something when Harry stood, and stretched, a bit of his shirt riding up, the baby bump becoming visible.

"Why don't you shut it Hermione, we all know Draco and I have the highest Potions grades in the class. And considering I proved my skill against you in detention, you should stop blabbing nonsense about me whoring myself for grades. Who knows maybe you should try it, you seem to be lacking in the intellectual field nowadays." Harry deadpanned. Draco snorted in laughter, and Blaise openly laughed, Theo just smirked in amusement, while the Gryffindors looked ready to defend Harry should things get violent.

Hermione didn't say anything, her eyes firmly glued to Harry's stomach. Her mind quickly coming to a conclusion, then smirked, not saying anything.

Severus drew order, and class continued. Harry was partnered with Draco, Luna with Blaise, Seamus with Dean, and Theo with Neville, all quite happy with arrangements.

A week had past since Hermione had figured it out, after a lot of research, Hermione was very certain that Harry was pregnant. She went to the one person she knew would spread the word quickly, and viciously. Rita Skeeter.

She gave the interview, gave the memory so they had an actual picture to put in the paper, and gave her word Harry wouldn't say anything about her animagus.

So it was Wednesday morning, and Harry was seated at the Slytherin Table, in between Blaise and Draco, Theo and Neville sat across him, Luna next to Blaise, and Seamus and Dean next to Neville.

The tell tale screech of an owls, alerted the hall to the arrival of the mail. A large Eagle owl presented itself in front of Draco, laying down a letter and the daily prophet.

Seamus unrolled his copy of the Daily Prophet, just as many loud exclamations of surprise and outrage were heard.

Seamus cursed loudly. "Harry…look."

There was a picture of Harry stretching in Potions, his shirt riding up, exposing his baby bump.

BOY-WHO-LIVED PREGNANT?

The title glared at the group and Harry sat blinking at the image slowly. Then stood, as a blind rage filled him. He ignored the calls of his friends and walked confidently to the Gryffindor Table. As he walked small designs began to decorate his skin as the Magic within him began to whip around in fury.

Severus stared in wonderment as his Mate took on his true form. He felt paralyzed by his beauty.

Harry had deep woven designs glowing from his skin, his eyes shinning bright. The hall grew silent at his form and watched as he stopped just in front of Hermione Granger.

Harry's Magic was whipping around the table knocking things over, and the Gryffindor's screamed, diving away from him.

"You, Hermione Granger." He started calmly. "have severely pissed. Me. off."

Severus stood and ran to his Mate. "Harry, calm down, it's alright."

Harry couldn't think, all he wanted to do was punish the girl who just put his baby at risk.

"Harry!" Severus put his arms around Harry, and wrapped his magic around him, soothing him and the baby.

Harry closed his eyes and lashed out one last time, making Hermione fall to the ground in a heap of limbs, unconscious.

"Okay, Severus, take me home."

And he did.

*End Chapter*

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