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Chapter 12
The next morning, Lucius, Harry and Severus were already eating breakfast when Tobias walked in the dinning room.
"Good morning, dad." Harry said through a mouthful of cereal.
"Good morning, Harry," Tobias said. "and remember to chew and swallow before you speak."
"Oops, sorry dad." Harry said, after swallowing his food.
"It's alright." Tobias said, smiling.
"Dad, what are we going to paint the house?" Severus asked?
"I don't know, how about you choose the colors?" Tobias answered.
"Alright, Lucius you can choose the guest bedroom colors." Severus said.
"Why?" Lucius asked.
"Well, either you or your father will be sleeping in that room and you are practically part of our family now, so you get to help." Severus answered.
"You think of us as family?" Lucius asked, surprised.
"Yeah, we do." Severus answered.
"When did you start thinking of us as family?" Lucius asked.
"Last summer, we started thinking you as our brother and this summer we starting to think of Abraxas as an uncle." Harry answered.
"We think of you as family too, you know." Lucius said.
"Yeah, we know." Harry said, smiling.
"Lets get back to figuring out what colors our home should be." Tobias said.
"Alright, Sev, what color should our bedroom be?" Harry asked.
"Emerald green." Severus answered.
"Alright, I think all the bathrooms should be a light blue or green." Harry said.
"What the living room?" Tobias asked.
"A light orange and the kitchen should be yellow." Severus answered.
"Alright, Lucius have chosen what color you want the guest room should be?" Tobias asked.
"Um...blue or green." Lucius answered.
"Alright, and for my bedroom, it should be Eileen's favorite color, light blue." Tobias said.
"To honor mum's memory?" Severus asked.
"Yeah, to honor her memory." Tobias said, sadly.
"Where are you going to get paint, dad?" Harry asked.
"The paint store, near Spinners end." Tobias answered.
"Oh, okay." Harry said.
"Need me to take you?" Abraxas said, walking in the dinning room.
"Yeah, that would be great." Tobias answered.
"Alright." Abraxas said. After Abraxas ate breakfast they went to the paint store, leaving the three boys to their own devices.
"So what do you want to do?" Severus asked.
"I don't know, maybe we could pull some some pranks on our parents." "Harry suggested.
"Is that a good idea?" Lucius asked.
"It would be funny to see their reaction." Severus said, smiling.
"I suppose." Lucius said.
"Come on, it will be fun." Harry insisted.
"Yeah, we could have a little prank war with our parents." Severus said, smiling.
"Alright, fine." Lucius said, finally giving in.
"What should we do to prank them?" Harry asked.
"Um...does uncle Tobias like cookies and milk?" Lucius asked.
"Yeah," Harry answered. "Why?"
"Cause we can put some white paint in a cup, put the cup in the fridge, take some cookies and when they come back, give the cookies and milk to Uncle Tobias." Lucius explained.
"Alright, I know Uncle Abraxas drinks coffee, so we should take one of his coffee cups and write on it." Severus said.
"Like what?" Harry asked.
"Oh, I know," Lucius said, "we could write I'm a sparkling fairy princess on the coffee cup."
"Yeah, do we have any white paint?" Severus asked.
"We should, Lets look for it." Lucius answered. The three boys looked around the manor for paint and they eventually found some in the attic. "Oh good, we found some white paint." Lucius said, picking up the half empty can.
"Good, now lets get out of the hot attic." Harry said, following his friend, with Severus close behind. Once the boys were out of the attic, they poured some of the white paint into the cup ad let it dry, then they put it into the fridge to keep it cool. After that they took a permanent marker, wrote on the coffee cup and left it by the coffee maker.
"Lets hope this works." Harry said.
"Oh, it will." Severus told him.
"Now, how are we going to pull this off?" Lucius asked.
"Two of us will have to get the cookies and milk, while one of us gets the coffee." Harry answered.
"Alright, how about I get the coffee and you and Sev get the milk and cookies." Lucius said.
"Fine by me," Harry said, "How about you Sev?"
"Yeah, that's fine." Severus said. The three boys waited for their fathers to get home, so they could execute their pranks. When Tobias and Abraxas came home, they sat down on the couch.
"Where is the paint dad?" Harry asked.
"The paint is at our house on spinners end." Tobias answered.
"Oh." Harry said.
"Dad, would like some cookies and milk?" Severus asked.
"Sure, that would be great." Tobias said, smiling.
"Come on Harry, I need help pouring the milk." Severus told his brother.
"Alright, I'm coming." Harry said, following his brother to the kitchen.
"Dad, would like some coffee?" Lucius asked his father.
"Sure, but do you know how to brew it?" Abraxas asked.
"Yeah, I do." Lucius answered.
"Alright then, go ahead." Abraxas said. Lucius walked off into the kitchen to get the coffee.
"Why do you think they are all of a sudden doing things for us?" Abraxas asked Tobias.
"Maybe they are starting to appreciate the things we do for them." Tobias answered.
"Maybe." Abraxas said. The three boys came back a few minutes later with cookies, milk and coffee. Harry and Severus handed the cookies and milk to Tobias, while Lucius handed the coffee to Abraxas. The three boys then sat on the couch and waited. Tobias tried to dip his cookie in the milk, but failed several times. Tobias soon gave his cup to Abraxas to try and see if was really hard or not, only too see the writing on the bottom of his friends cup. Tobias burst out laughing.
"What is so funny?" Abraxas asked, confused.
"Are you really a sparkling fairy princess?" Tobias asked between laughs.
"No, why?" Abraxas asked.
"Look at the bottom of your cup." Tobias told him and then went back to try and dip his cookie in the milk. Abraxas looked at the bottom of his cup and there was no writing there at all. "Why can't I dip my cookie in this damn milk!" Tobias yelled, frustrated.
"Its not milk, Uncle Tobias." Lucius said.
"Lucius, son, tell me, is there writing on the bottom of my cup?" Abraxas asked before Tobias could even speak.
"Yes." Lucius answered simply. Severus and Harry just sat there laughing at their father and uncle.
"Whats so funny, boys?" Tobias asked, turning to look at them.
"The milk is hardened white paint, dad." Severus said, still laughing.
"Lucius put a spell on the coffee cup so uncle Abraxas could not see the writing when he looked." Harry said, smiling.
"We will get you back, boys," Tobias said, "So I would watch your back."
"Will you take the spell of the cup and remove the writing, please?" Abraxas asked.
"Sure." Lucius said, quickly removing the spell.
"Thank you." Abraxas said.
"Your welcome." Lucius said to his father.
"Severus, Harry, can you please take this hardened white paint please and maybe actually getting me some milk." Tobias asked.
"Yeah, dad." Severus answered. Severus went to dispose of the white paint and plastic cup, while Harry went to pour some more milk for their father. A few minutes later both boys came back and Harry handed Tobias the glass of milk.
"Thank you." Tobias said to his sons.
"What will be doing tomorrow?" Lucius asked.
"We will going to the house on spinners end and painting it." Tobias answered.
"Okay, how about over the next week?" Severus asked.
"Putting new furniture in the house and replacing any damaged clothes or other things that were important to you." Tobias answered.
"Oh, alright." Severus said.
"I'll get the house elves to prepare dinner and then afterwords we can all relax." Abraxas said, getting up and going to the kitchen.
"Hey, lets go flying before dinner." Lucius said.
"Sure, dad want to come watch?" Severus asked.
"Alright." Tobias answered, following the three boys outside.
"Hey, Why don't we play pass the quaffle?" Harry asked.
"Sure, then afterwords we could play find the snitch." Severus said.
"Yeah, after all, you both need to practice." Lucius said. The three boys passed the quaffle, Harry getting the most goals, with Severus at second place and afterwords they released the snitch and it was Severus who spotted and caught the snitch. After that the three boys decided to fly around and show each other tricks. When Severus went for a dive and nearly hit the ground, Tobias nearly had a heart attack. Tobias yelled at Severus, who just pulled up just in time.
"Severus Tobias Snape, don't you ever do that again, you nearly gave me a heart attack!" Tobias yelled.
"Sorry, dad!" Severus yelled to his father. Five minutes later, Abraxas came out and told them that dinner was ready and then went back inside. The three boys landed on the ground and went inside, with Tobias following them. They all sat down to eat and talk.
"Boys, did you have flying?" Abraxas asked.
"Yeah, but Sev here almost gave uncle Tobias a heart attack." Lucius answered.
"Did he do one of those dives?" Abraxas asked.
"Yeah, he did and scared me thinking that he had lost control of his broom." Tobias answered.
"Yeah, it can be scary," Abraxas said, "I remember when Lucius was seven or eight and he got a broom that didn't have height limits on it and he flew up in the air, then came diving down earth at a really fast pace and nearly crashing down to earth, but pulled up just in time, thank Merlin."
"Dad, you know I excited to have a broom that wasn't a kids broom." Lucius said.
"Yeah, but you shouldn't have been so reckless either," Abraxas said, "even today, you are reckless, sometimes I wonder if the hat placed you in the right house."
"Of course it did, anyway I may still be a little reckless, but I grew out of most of it." Lucius said.
"I know, but you are seventeen years old and all grown up." Abraxas said, smiling.
"I will be coming back after seventh year and can't we save the tears until the end of summer please?" Lucius asked.
"Sure, son." Abraxas said. After dinner the small family went to the living room and spent some quality time together playing boardgames Tobias and Abraxas bought when they went out to buy paint. After playing many games Tobias told the boys to go to bed, so they could getup early in the morning to paint the house. The three boys went to bed, grudgingly, as they weren't tired yet, but obeyed anyway.
"Lucius, want to hang out in our room?" Severus asked.
"Sure, but only for a few minutes." Lucius answered. The three boys went to Severus and Harry's bedroom, sat on one of the beds and talked for awhile, soon the three boys fell asleep peacefully.
The next morning, the boys woke up, showered, got dressed and went to the dinning room sporting rainbow colored hair.
"Nice hair, boys." Tobias said.
"Thank you, I think it suits us just fine." Lucius answered.
"Yeah, totally." Severus and Harry said at the same time.
"Glad you like it, now eat your breakfast, boys." Abraxas said, smiling. The boys ate their breakfast and then went upstairs in to Lucius' bedroom.
"Lucius, can you change our hair back to normal?" Severus asked.
"Sure." Lucius answered, changing their hair back to normal.
"What are we gonna do too get them back?" Harry asked.
"Well, we could put dye in their shampoo and put a bucket of water on their doors, so when they open it it pours on them." Lucius answered.
"That sounds great." Severus said.
"Boys, time to go!" A voice downstairs called.
"Coming!" The three boys yelled at the same time. The three boys ran downstairs and into the living room, where Tobias and Abraxas were waiting.
"Alright, hold on." Abraxas said. The group held on as Abraxas apparated to Spinners end.
"I can't wait till I get my apparition license." Lucius said.
"Why?" Severus asked.
"Cause then, I could you and Harry, while dad takes Uncle Tobias." Lucius answered.
"That would certainly be easier." Abraxas said.
"I suppose we should start painting now?" Harry asked.
"Yeah, lets get to it." Abraxas said.
"Alright, Abraxas and I will paint the living room, and you can do one of the bedrooms upstairs, then we will go from there." Tobias said.
"Alright, Muggle or wizard way?" Abraxas asked.
"Muggle." Tobias answered. The three boys went upstairs to Severus and Harry's bedroom, Lucius carrying a can of emerald green paint.
"Alright lets get started." Harry said, picking up a paint brush. Lucius flung some green paint over Severus, which landed on his shirt.
"Hey, I'm trying to keep my shirt clean." Severus said, flinging paint into Lucius' hair.
"and I'm trying not to get paint in my hair, thank you very much." Lucius said. Harry was laughing the entire time. "You think its funny?" Lucius asked.
"Yeah." Harry answered.
"Then, here!" Lucius shouted. Green paint was flung onto Harry's shirt and into his hair.
"Hey!" Harry said, flinging paint over to Lucius and Severus. When the boys got the bedroom done, they were covered in emerald green paint. They went downstairs to get the can of blue paint for the guest room, they heard gasps from Tobias and Abraxas.
"What on earth happened to you three?" Tobias asked.
"Lucius started it! He started flinging paint!" Severus shouted.
"I did and we had the grandest time." Lucius said.
"Well, I'm glad." Abraxas said.
"Can we have the can of blue paint?" Lucius asked.
"Sure." Abraxas answered, giving the can of blue paint over reluctantly.
"Thanks!" Lucius called over his shoulder. The three boys started on the guest bedroom and by the time they were done, they were covered head to toe in paint. They walked downstairs and again, heard the gasps from Tobias and Abraxas.
"Yeah, we flung paint at each other again." Lucius said.
"Here, this may help." Abraxas said, muttering the cleaning spell.
"Thanks!" The three boys said at the same time.
"I think we've had enough fun today, so lets go home." Tobias said.
"Alright, I like that idea." Severus said yawning. Abraxas apparated the group home. Once they were back at Malfoy Manor, Abraxas told the boys to go straight to bed, which they did, with no second thoughts. A few minutes later, after checking on the boys, Tobias and Abraxas went to their own beds, falling asleep as soon as their heads hit the pillow.