disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter

warning: mentions of mpreg

Hello all. So sorry I haven't updated in a long time. My muse had left me for awhile, but appears to be back. However my muse for my main story 'Going Beyond The Impossible' still seems to be on vacation. But I hope to hold you over with this new chapter of My Little Jewel.

"Hello Severus," Harry said tensely. He lifted Athene off his lap and walked towards the cupboard where the glasses were held. "Anyone care for something to drink?"

"Harry, stop playing host. That's my job," Andromeda walked over to wear Harry was fixing drinks for everyone.

"Something strong for me if you wouldn't mind?" Severus asked. This was going to be a long day, and the strangeness of it was already creating a headache. He watched awkwardly from the doorway as the family interacted as if Draco and Potter had not been missing for seven years and it was odd. He and Draco had been close once and now he felt like an outsider. He watched as the young boy tried to take a crayon from the Draco's daughter and his eyes widened as she levitated the crayon back without looking up from her picture. Severus turned when he heard a chuckle.

"Amazing, isn't she?" Draco asked. He had seen far stronger displays of magic than simply levitating a crayon into the air, but it was always amazing to him because his little girl was so powerful. It was amusing to watch Severus when he saw the first display of magic from Athene.

"Does she accomplish something like that often?" Severus asked curiously. A feat to the one he had just witnessed would have been difficult for most adult wizards. He watched as in retaliation, Teddy threw a paperball at his cousin. She ducked to the side and gave a smirk which had a dark glint to it. Suddenly Teddy and the stool he was sitting on, lifted into the air, causing the boy to give an undignified shriek.

"Oh yes, quite often and more," Draco said with a chuckle. He moved to wear Athene was sitting and gently placed a hand over her eyes. "Enough," he said calmly and his daughter carefully lowered Teddy back to the ground.

"Well played cousin," Teddy said as he righted himself and opened his book back up. "You may make a decent Marauder yet."

"Yet? I'm better at it than you," Athene said, still coloring. Severus looked around as the banter went on and saw that the adults were all smiling, making him believe this was a natural occurrence.

"Ah, but I am a direct descendent of one. You are merely a granddaughter to one," Teddy said as his hair turned to its natural tawny brown at the mention of his father.

"Papa, may I go into the study? I don't need to be teased like this," Athene asked. She could always find a good book to read to escape her cousin.

"Of course," Draco said and sat in the place his daughter vacated. Teddy left shortly after her, and so Severus took his spot across from Draco. They both looked up when Andromeda and Harry placed drinks in front of them. Draco looked at the cup Harry had. "Just juice?"

"My god, Draco. You would think I did not know the risks of alcohol at the moment. I'm not daft you know," Harry put his glass down onto the table, maybe a tad harder than he should. "I'll be with Athene."

"Harry-" Draco was cut-off by Andromeda placing a hand on his arm.

"Let him calm down Draco. Plus with earlier, I think he should stick close to Athene," Andromeda said. Draco nodded and sat back down. He stared blankly into his glass as he became lost in his thoughts.

"Why would it matter if Potter just plain juice or not?" Severus asked. There were a few quirks that had happened that he became curious about and with Potter now out of the room, he felt more comfortable asking.

"He's pregnant again. When he was pregnant with Athene, we almost lost her a few times because of his blood pressure getting too high. That's why I am so worried about him," Draco said as he looked towards the door, wondering if he should go after his husband. He startled when Andromeda suddenly wrapped her arms around him with a squeal of delight.

"Oh another child! How wonderful! When did you find out?" Andromeda said as she thought about a new nursery already for the new baby. "I did not even know you were trying for another."

"We weren't, I was going to ask Harry today if we could start trying actually, but when I did he said he had just found out he was pregnant," Draco stared off at a wall as he remembered a night spent in front of their fireplace, curled up on the sofa with his hands around Harry's belly. It was always amazing to feel their daughter moving around and he could not wait for this one to grow.

"Hogwarts will be overrun with Potters," Severus groaned.

"Malfoy-Potter, thank you very much. We combined our names," Draco said. "And I do not think Harry and I will be sending the children to Hogwarts at all. Or any school for that matter, unless it will truly be safe for us."

"Speaking of which, where will you be living now? You obviously cannot go back to your home in France," Severus questioned. "I would suggest Hogwarts, since Minerva took over as headmistress the wards around the castle have increased. But I doubt Potter would want to stay there either."

"You're right, he wouldn't. There are too many memories, too many bad ones, to consider living there. We will have to stop in at Gringotts and look into the Potter properties," Draco thought. He knew Harry had never cared about his finances. He had only taken out what he needed at the bank and never asked about his inheritance he gained from the Potter line. After being away from the wizarding world so long, even he had not bothered to think about his husband's vaults or properties.

"I think that is best, dear. But until then you can stay here," Andromeda offered.

"Thank you Andy."

The next morning, everyone was gathered around the small table in the kitchen enjoying a quiet breakfast. Harry and Draco sat to one side with Athene on her daddy's lap. Andromeda and Ted, who was filled in on the happenings from yesterday when he came home from work, sat on the opposite site. Severus and Teddy were both seated on either ends of the table. Severus had decided to stay the night and next day with his godson and his family. He had wanted to ensure Draco's safety after learning that somehow Lucius had escaped prison and was currently hunting for the amazing little girl seated in Potter's lap. Severus was pulled out of his thoughts on how to help his godson when Athene spoke up.

"Daddy, I am finished. May I go to the library now?" Severus was surprised by her manners and the level of intelligence she spoke with. It was like being in the presence of a young adult rather than a six year old girl. He felt pride for his godson having such an intelligent child.

"Of course Angel. Let me know if you find something you might need help with," Harry gave a kiss to his daughter's head before pushing his chair back to let Athene down and watched as she left the kitchen. He gave smile to Draco when his husband grabbed his hand and gave a small squeeze. Harry turned back to his breakfast and grudgingly ate more than he normally would. He never ate much for breakfast, but now that he was pregnant again, he needed to change his eating habits.

"At least she had your intelligence Draco," Severus drawled. He grinned inwardly at the dig against Potter. Severus was extremely happy that Potter had allowed her access to the library so readily upon request. He was worried Potter may try to keep her away from books and gave her some meaningless toy to play with instead.

"Severus-" Draco was interrupted by a small explosion that happened to be Harry's cup that had been in his hand. He reached out to calm his husband, but was stopped by a stinging hex. Draco was about to warn Severus to either leave or apologize quickly when he saw his godfather's eyes barely widen at the murderous stare from Harry.

"You seem to forget who I actually am, Snape. I may not be the best at potions or etiquette, but it was I who started occulemncy training with my daughter when I learned she was a telepath. If she had been in your care, you probably would have written her off as a whiny child, but imagine suddenly growing the ability to hear others' thoughts. I was the one who learned and developed a device that acted as a guide to her magic so Athene could understand her magic when it became overwhelming for a four year old child at the time. And it is also thanks to me that you are even alive," Harry smirked at the shiver that was barely noticeable go through Snape at the mention of his near death. Harry took a calming breath before clearing away the remains of his cup. "Now that the question of my intelligence has bee answered, I am going to spend time with my daughter."

Draco knew better than to stop Harry. His husband needed to calm down and staying in the same room as Severus was not going to help. After Harry exited the room, Draco lifted his own cup, but rather than drink from it, he threw it. The cup promptly shattered against the wall behind Severus's head.

"I tell you about the biggest fear of our life on Athene's birthday and also that my husband is pregnant and has a problem with high blood presure and you mock his intelligence like he is a common dog! How dare you?! And after saying that you are like a father to me! I have half a mind to disappear again! I asked you one thing since you have arrived and that was to not upset Harry and you completely disregard my request. Not only have you disrespected my family and myself, but also Andromeda for acting in such a way in her home. I needed your help, but forget it! Harry and I will survive on our own." Draco drew in a breath before leaving the kitchen. He walked out to the garden where he proceeded to curse and blast at the ground. He would have to ask Andromeda for forgiveness about the treatment of her garden.

Severus sat stunned in his seat. Yes he knew he shouldn't have mocked Potter like he did, but old habits were hard to kill. It was also easier to praise his godson because of hos much he had a part of raising the boy. It was easy to get a rise out of Potter, it was something he enjoyed and he did not feel guilty about it. But it had hurt that Draco would denounce him so easily and he realized just how much his godson cared for Potter. He had just gotten Draco back in his life and to keep it like that he was going to have to apologize to Potter. Severus cringed at the thought, he also cringed at the light throat clearing from the woman seated next to him. He turned and saw both Tonks and Lupin's son glaring at him. It appeared he had incurred the wrath of Potter, Malfoy, Black, Tonks and the son of a werewolf. Severus hoped he would survive today.

Meanwhile, Harry angrily stomped to the library as he thought of ways to torture Snape. However, his anger dissipated as he saw his daughter standing in front of a group of shelving with her 'Malfoy face' as Harry had dubbed it. She stood with her hands behind her back, eyebrows furrowed, and her lips just shy of a sneer. She might have just turned six, but she had the soul of a forty-something witch.

"What are you looking for Angel?" Harry asked. Even though she seemed to be focused on the books before her, Athene did not startle. Harry knew that she was perfectly aware of her presence. His daughter was always able to sense when someone entered a room that she was in. She described it as there being tiny bells on string all over the room and when someone walked in, they would ring. Harry and Draco learned that she was able to sense disturbances to the magic around her when someone came near.

"Something about Grandpa, Uncle Moony, and Uncle Padfoot," she replied. Harry had been adamant that Athene knew about the Marauders, just like Teddy. And so she had taken to call them Grandpa and Uncles respectively. It was endearing that she thought so much about them.

"Well no one has any books of their pranks, so you must mean their animagus abilities?" Harry walked over to his daughter and lifted her up. She may act mature, but she was still a little girl and therefore Harry had every right to hold her. He looked to where he thought Andromeda may have kept books on animagus training and pulled out a book. Looking at the publication date and feeling satisfied, he walked over to the small sofa by the fireplace and handed the book to Athene.

"Thank you Daddy!" Athene said before beginning to read. Harry shook his head at his daughter's enthusiasm and hunted down a book for himself. He stopped when he saw a book on constellations and pulled it out. They had given Athene a name based on the Greek Gods and thought they should name their newest child a constellation name. It never hurt to begin looking at possible names so early in the pregnancy. Harry sat down with his book next to Athene and pulled his daughter into his side and began reading.

"Daddy?" Athene asked and looked away from the book in her lap. Harry looked down at his daughter and smiled at the look on her face. He knew what she was about to ask. This always happened when she read a book about a new kind of magic and decided she wanted to try it out.

"Yes, love?"

"Do you have an animagus form? I want to try it, but I want to see someone shift before trying," she asked. Harry was actually surprised to realize that he had never learned to become an animagus and felt disappointed in himself because he would not be able to help his daughter.

"I'm sorry Athene, but I actually don't and neither does Papa," Harry started contemplating on what he should do. "We can't ask Teddy because of his abilities as a metamorphagus. Maybe we should go ask Aunt Andy and Uncle Ted and see if they can help us, hm?"

A/N: Well how did it do? I know technically, Ted Tonks died, but in my story he's still alive. I like Ted and I think Harry should have both a mother and father figure in his life. As Always R&R