Severus adjusted to being the in the memory rather quickly, right away he could tell that the memory hadn't been tampered with, as least not the whole memory. It was always possible for there to be patches, but he would have to watch the whole memory to discover that. Severus turned his attention to the actual focus of the memory, Sirius Black and James Potter cosied up on a loveseat watching two identical boys play on the floor.

"What are you playing Freddie?" Black asked on the boys with a smile. The toddler grinned and barked.

"Puppies!" The other boys nodded and barked back. Making the proud parents laugh.

"Way to go Sirius, the twins obviously take after you. Hopefully Harry will be a little fawn for me to love on, while you play with your puppies." James Potter said eyes flicking over the the side. Sirius' followed and he smiled when he saw his youngest bundled up, asleep in a baby cot in the corner of the room.

Severus scanned the room, looking for some kind of proof that Black had been lying to him. He searched hoping that this memory was a fake and that he would be able to happily and cheerfully turn the man in after he escaped. Severus tried not to think about Narcissa's involvement overly much in the whole fiasco, sure Lucius would handle his wife.

The happy family simply existed in peace for several minutes giving Severus a chance to just observe them. Black and Potter were more than content and their children were well cared for and happy. It didn't make much sense with the memories he currently had but he resolved to check himself for memory charms and mental blocks as soon as the memory was finished.

A knocking at the door disrupted the happy scene, quick as a flash, Potter had the three children bundled up and his wand drawn. Black had his own wand clenched tightly in his hand both looked ready to kill. Potter motioned for Black to go to the door, Severus honestly doubted it was death eater. They rarely knocked after all. It was interesting to see though, just how seriously they were taking the safety of their family.

Black left the den and made his way toward the front door where the knock had came from. Wand still at the ready he shouted through the door. "Identify yourself." There was a soft noise from beyond the door and Black cracked the door just a bit and grinned. On his doorstep, sat a large mountain lion that seemed to be glaring at him.

Sirius laughed and opened the door wide enough to allow the big cat entrance to his home. "Come on in, Sev, let me tell James it's all clear." Severus watched as the mountain lion gracefully transformed into a familiar face. His own. Severus drank in the sight of what a well rested, happy Severus Snape looked like. His hair was clean, his skin healthy looking and he had a small smile on his face. It was beyond astonishing.

"James you and the boys are fine. It's just Sev. Paddy's safe." Memory Severus didn't even bat an eye at the strange phrase at the end and followed Black back into the den and clasped hands with Potter. Memory Severus then crouched down in front of the twins and gave them hugs.

"How are you boys? Have you been helping with the new baby?" The toddlers babbled and Sev nodded along and praised them at just the right moments, before shooing them off to continue their game of puppies. "Now where's my godson? I haven't seen him in three days. Lily is demanding you visit soon, so she can see her little Harry-Bear." Potter and Black seemed to find amusement in the fact Severus could manage that all with a straight face.

"I guess if Lily is demanding it, we will have to come, visit. When's the baby due again? She needs some practice. I'm sure Rem, Frank and Alice would happily volunteer Nev too. You can never have enough experience, changing nappies."Potter smiled and handed the bundled baby to memory Severus without a worry. Snape watched the memory him, easily adjust his grip and how he held the infant easily. This obviously wasn't the first time he had held the infant.

"That's why I'm here, the baby." Severus said gazing down at his godson adoringly. "We found out we are having a little girl." A soft smile worked its way across his face, beaming smiles from Black and Potter answered him. "Lily wanted to be hear to tell you herself, but it's not safe to travel for her right now.

The memory ended abruptly but Severus had seen all he needed too. Situating himself on the floor the potions master easily slipped into his memories, his mental shield only yielding for their creator. He scoured his mind for any hint of foreign magic. It took two sweeps but he found it. A block, that he didn't recognize in his mindscape. Severus attacked the block with a ferociousness that would have surprised anyone else.

It took but a moment for the block to crumble under the man's sheer willpower and all at once, a proverbial flood of memories attacked him. Severus fell flat on his back, eyes wide open as he relived his whole life. The true memories easily overcame the fakes and soon the fakes were faded and easily distinguishable. Severus stayed in his spot for a long time, just accepting the life that someone had ruined. The potions master did not dare to dwell on what his life had been like since the death of his life and the disappearance of his daughter, he could not bare it. Instead he focused on the memories, that he had been denied access too. He remember his beautiful wife, and his perfect daughter. Rosemary. A little girl that was the spitting image of her mother, fiery red hair and jewel green eyes.

With a roar of rage Severus flung himself upward. Someone had taken his family, and ruined his life. The half-blood screamed and broke the chairs with his bare hand. He beat on the wall wishing more than anything it was flesh and blood under his fists.

Sirius knew he was doing something foolish when he opened the door and one furious potions master rounded on him. Still weak from Azkaban and without a wand Sirius was helpless. For a moment he wished he had not left Severus' wand outside. "Sev! Please calm down, I understand but hurting yourself, or me, won't solve anything." Suddenly the houses wards came to mind, he didn't know if they would work like he was going to tell Severus they would but better safe than sorry. "You need to relax, before the ward see you as a threat to the House Lord and kick you out of the house. We can't risk that, it's too dangerous."

"What would it matter?" Severus snarled eyes flashing, "Whoever did this already took my life. I have nothing left for them to take." His voice was rough and full of emotion. Sirius felt his own chest tighten, he knew what the man was going through.

"Rosemary, might not be dead, Severus." Sirius tried to offer whatever hope that he could. "Whoever did this, didn't kill mine or 'cissa's kids. It's unlikely that they would kill Rosie. Please, Sev, we will get her back. I swear. If she's still alive, we will get her back to you." For a moment it appeared as if the pleading had fallen upon deaf ears but as more time passed the more Sirius could see his friend calm down. "Thank you Sev."

"Don't thank me, Black. I just don't want to be thrown bodily from the house."

Sirius snorted, "Good to have you back Severus. Good to have you back."

Narcissa Malfoy nee Black was a powerhouse when she felt the need. Many would assume that she was the perfect, pureblood wife; quiet, obedient, and of good breeding. Of course she was all three of these things, but it was only sometimes that she was quiet and obedient. At the current time, Narcissa Malfoy was the queen of her castle and every living thing in the Malfoy Mansion knew it.

"The mansion is to be secured and no one but the family may re enter after we leave this evening." She instructed. "Make sure Draco's room is properly packed up and his important items deposited in his new room at Grimmauld."

Each time she gave an order one or two house elves would nod and disappear with a sharp, "Yes Mistress."

Never a more commanding picture had the Lady Malfoy made. Her young son, playing happily at her feet, arms daintily crossed, her wand resting loosely in her dominant hand. That was the sight her husband walked in on when he arrived home.

"Daddy!" Draco yelled getting to his feet and rushing to catch his father's legs in a death grip. Lucius Malfoy greeted his son with a hand to the small blond head. He could do no more before Narcissa's voice called out to their son.

"Draco, no running in the mansion and remember your inside voice." Her tone brooked no argument and the little blond pouted for a moment before nodding.

"Yes, Mummy." Narcissa offered her son a smile before returning to her task.

Lucius raised an eyebrow at his wife and scooped his six year old into his arms. "What are we doing, dear?" He asked almost afraid to know.

Little Draco answered instead of his darling wife. "We are moving in with cousin Sirius!" He sounded so sure of himself and so happy and Lucius just met his wife's eyes and sighed. One would think that he would be use to this, it is after all what he deserved for going after Narcissa Black, Lucius could remember his father urging him to go after a different witch, women from the House of Black were known for either two things. Insanity, or for their powers, it was pure luck that Bellatrix had seemingly inherited all of the family insanity. The Head of the Malfoy family withheld a sigh, he would not win against his wife, not in this.

"Of course we are dear. Please remember to have the elves pack my good robes. I have a meeting with the French Minister next week and I would like to make a good impression."

After Sirius and Severus had gotten themselves as clean and calm as they could get in their situation, they were seated at the table where Sirius and Narcissa had their meal before Severus finished his journey into the memories. "We can't just go around kidnapping children, Black." Severus said sipping on his second cup of tea. He had cleaned up, and thankfully he no longer looked as if he went three rounds his a giant dust bunny and lost.

"If they are, our children then it's not kidnapping. It's saving them!" Sirius argued. They had been rehashing the same argument since he gathered at the table. As strange as it seemed the repetitive nature of the argument allowed Severus to continue to reorganize his ever reorganized his mind after performing the mental block had been good, but Severus was making sure that it could never happen again.

There was of course, another reason that Severus was thankful for the argument. While sorting and correcting his memories Severus had stumbled upon the location of Sirius' youngest son. He knew that if he shared that information too soon, it could ruin any plan they came up with so, instead he chose not to mention it to the rather rash man, at least not until Lucius and Narcissa arrived.

"Look, Black, even if we know the children are ours, you have to understand that they haven't been raised by us. They have been in the custody of someone else for five years. We will be doing exactly what someone else did to us. Ripping away the children they have raised and loved for five years." Severus glared at the other man over the table willing him to understand. He wanted to get to his daughter as soon as he could, but without a proper plan they had no choice. To make matters worse, neither had the resources needed to pull this off, as much as he wanted to jump right in and get his daughter back, they needed the Malfoys.

Sirius growled under his breath and rubbed at his now clean shaven face. After calming Severus down he had taken the time to really bathe and clean himself up. As it turned out, Sirius hadn't really been aware of the date when he broke, but it was July 1st and that allowed for his favorite potions master to easily stay in Grimmauld without attracting any unwanted attention. "Fine but-"

The arrival of Kreacher stopped his sentence. "Kreacher has finished three new bedrooms, Nasty Master. Two for the Pureblood Malfoys and one for Master's nasty half-blood. Kreacher hopes Nasty Master chokes on his teas." The house elf popped away without another word, leaving an indifferent Sirius and a gaping Severus. Never before had the half-blood seen a house elf that acted like that.

"Isn't he worried about offending you and getting clothes?" Severus asked none of the Malfoy elves had ever acted like that. Severus was almost sure that any other wizard would have killed or set it free for what it had just said.

Sirius just shrugged unconcerned, that hadn't been the worse thing the elf had ever said to him, "When I was nine he pushed me down the stairs. I think mother hugged him."

"My darling sister sister nearly did." The clear voice of Narcissa Malfoy broke into their conversation. Sirius barked out a laugh and Severus merely shook his head. Both were well aware of the insanity that Bellatrix wore like a badge of honor, but neither sure if the witch would ever get that close to a servant.

"Severus, it is good to see you well." Narcissa said, little Draco stared curiously at the new person and his godfather as he clutched his mother's hand. "Lucius will here soon, he is sealing the mansion as we speak. Are rooms for us available?"

"Yes. Kreacher had them cleaned and readied earlier." Sirius stood from his seat and walked the few steps to his cousin and crouched down in front of the child. "Hello, you must be Draco. I'm your cousin Sirius, I am very glad to finally meet you." Sirius had met his cousin's son and daughter, many years ago, but with the child not able to remember it the Lord Black decided to reintroduce himself, he want the child to be comfortable.

The small blond child stared at his older cousin, assessing him for a moment before sticking out a small hand. "It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance, sir." The child sounded so formal and so much like a miniature Lucius that Sirius couldn't hold back his laughter. Hearing the older man's barking laugh and seeing the mirth on his face, Draco huffed, but Sirius just laughed harder and gently took the boys hand and gave it a firm shake.

"You are the spitting image of your dad, kiddo." The man said standing up. Narcissa watched her son and cousin's interaction with a slight smirk, she too thought her son was adorable when he mimicked Lucius. "Now then, I can have Kreacher take Draco and get him settled into his new room, so we can talk." Sirius met his cousin's knowing that she would want to begin planning as soon as possible.

The blond woman nodded, "Of course, and cousin, since I anticipate that Grimmauld will soon become overrun with family once again, I brought along an elf. Dobby!" The soft crack of an elf appearing punctuated her sentence and the creature bowed low before his Mistress.

"Yes, Mistress? How can Dobby serve?"

Sirius just shrugged when Narcissa gave him a bland look that he assumed was a want for an answer. "Go ahead."

She nodded, "Help Kreacher with settling in Draco. You will be working with us here in the House of Black." Finished with the elf, the witch turned her attention back to her son. "Now Draco, go with Dobby and have him set up your new room. I will send for you shortly."

"Mummy, can I say hello to Uncle Sev first please?" The small blond asked with his blue eyes impossibly wide. His mother's lips quirked slightly and she nodded.

"Quickly now, son."

Draco wasted no time, running to his godfather and latching onto a leg. "Hello, Uncle Sev, I missed you. Did you miss me? Can we play potion later?" The little blond bombarded the potions master with question after question, until Severus reached out and placed the child on his lap.

"Hello Draco, I have missed you as well. I am very glad to see you. I am sure that we can find time to 'play' potions." The hook nosed man gave his godson a quick hug and ushered him back to his mother. "Go up to your room for now and I will see you later."

Complacent for now the child easily followed the house elf up to his new room, leaving the three adults to their boring adult talk.

"What's the plan? How are we dealing with Lucius? The house won't fix his memories and he isn't a master at the mental arts like Sev, how do we fix him?" Sirius asked the question that had been weighing on his mind since Narcissa announced she was moving in.

It was Severus who answered the question. "I will simply have to unblock his memories myself. It will not be easy but I am sure that he will be able to redirect the pain and anger to more appropriate targets after a while." Narcissa hummed in agreement.

The floo suddenly flared letting all three adults know that Lucius had just arrived. More planning would have to be taken care of later, it seemed. Severus stood and left without a word he knew it was better to get the memories taken care of as soon as possible.

Not knowing how long the process would take and not wanting to be there when it happened Sirius stood from the table. "I'm going to go set the wards. They have been lower then I would like with all of the people coming and going."

The woman nodded her agreement. "I will help you." She offered a small teasing smirk, "I too paid more attention to your father when he discussed the wards then you did." Sirius' laughter echoed through the kitchen, sometimes family wasn't so bad after all.

The raising of the wards took more than an hour, luckily it took that same amount of time for Severus to break the mental block on Lucius' mind. Similarly to his wife, Lucius didn't rage, nor did he speak overly much, instead, he demanded to be shown his daughter's name on the Black family tapestry. He was unwilling to take the memories at face value and needed proof. After their various tasks were completed and Draco fetched, the four adults and one child settled into Grimmauld Place's sitting room.

The Malfoy family had settled themselves onto a loveseat with Draco playing with two small toy dragons at their feet. Severus and Sirius had snagged two large sitting chairs as their own. Luckily after settling in Draco the two elves had began cleaning Grimmauld Place rather thoroughly, it had been neglected after the death of Sirius' mother a few months before.

"The house is starting to look actually hospitable again." Sirius said not so jokingly. "It's not fair, I'm Lord Black and the blasted elf listens to Lucius more than he listens to me!"

The normally stoic Malfoy smirked at his cousin in law but didn't comment. The blond was slightly uncomfortable with Sirius and Severus, now that he had his true memories back.

Severus scoffed, "From what I remember you complained about that elf all throughout school and he obviously preferred your brother."

Sirius scowled and waved his hand dismissively, "Fine, fine, elves, Malfoys and my brother aside." His expression had darkened significantly. "How are we going to do this? I want my kids back and I know you do as well." Sirius's mind drifted to his brother and best friend as well. He needed to contact Remus somehow, but with the werewolf thinking we was a murderer and that he had betrayed Lily and James it was going to be more difficult than he needed it to be. Then there was his brother's husband, Kingsley, it seemed he had more to do then he thought.

"We will have to get the wolf," Surprising it was Severus who said it. "Lily would have my head if we were to leave him out." He paused and laced his fingers together before restarting. "Also unless I am mistaken, he has two children that he is missing out on. Though I do believe that Augusta has custody of his son."

Sirius nodded, "Yeah, Neville and Nerissa. I don't know what happened to 'rissa, but Neville is with his grandmother. I found a copy of the Daily Prophet that confirmed that. Kingsley will be difficult to get, he's an auror right?"

"One moment, cousin, Dobby!" The witch only had to wait a moment before the elf appeared. "A quill and a roll of parchment." Another moment passed and the house elf appeared holding the requested items that were swiftly given to his Mistress before he disappeared again.

She gave the men a blank look. "We are going to do this properly. As our memories are still...unstable at best, it is prudent to make sure that nothing is left out or overlooked." With a wave of her wand the quill and parchment were floating in front of her. "First thing we would need to do is get the werewolf, like Severus suggested and of course, dear Regulus' Kingsley." She nodded to the potions master and Sirius.

"Send an elf with a letter to the werewolf, and I will approach the auror." Lucius said, he had seen Kingsley Shacklebolt many times at the ministry. It would not be hard to slip the man a portkey or something similar. Narcissa gave her husband a look that he interpreted as understanding and a little fond amusement. "I will offer the man a portkey or something to bring him to the house. Just make sure the wards will accept the portkey and keep him locked away until Severus can undo the mental damage."

Sirius and Severus agreed unable to think of a better plan. The four continued to plan how to gain more allies and other people that could have mental block similar to their own. It wasn't until a lull in the conversation that Sirius asked the question that everyone had wanted to ask.

"How are we going to find the children?" Sirius asked drawing a dark look from Narcissa.

No one spoke for a long time, only Draco making roaring noises kept the room from being completely silent. It was Lucius who came up with an idea. "The Hogwarts student book!" The two dark headed man and the blond woman turned their attention to the blond man.

"It records,as you know, every magical child that is able to attend Hogwarts. Our children were all magical," The of course was unspoken up easily heard, "The book cannot be fooled, it displays the child's true name and makes note of any name changes. Years before it was used to clear up paternity issues. So it will be perfect for finding the children. " The blond man smirked superiorly at the others until Severus shook his head.

"The book can only be opened by the current headmaster of Hogwarts. I do believe that we are not to trust that particular institution, am I correct?" Sirius had sat everyone down and explain the letter from Regulus when they had first retired to the sitting room. Lucius' smug look melted into a more pensive one as they all tried to think of a way around their current obstacle.

Draco listened to the boring adult conversation but when they talked about not being able to get something Draco was confused, pausing his game the child reached out and patted his father's leg. When his father's blue eyes met his, he asked, "Daddy? Why don't you just tell them to let you see it? You're a Malfoy." Everything he had even been taught was that Malfoys got what they wanted, when they wanted.

"Really, Lucius? You've taught your son that?" Sirius said incredulously, Severus just nodded and Narcissa just blanked out her face and refused to comment.

The head of the Malfoy family simply ignored the other and gave his son a considering look. "Very good, Draco. You have given me a perfect idea, son. I am very proud of you." The child beamed up at his father before returning to his game, pleased that he had managed to help.

"Well? Are you going to share this perfect idea, dear husband?" Narcissa asked her husband skeptically. She adored her family but she was doubtful of the supposed perfect idea her husband had come up with after a few sentences from their son.

"I am a concerned father and Hogwarts board member, simply insisting on a check of the Book of Names. After all the number of children attending Hogwarts had decreased since the war, and the Ministry should investigate and if Draco happens to be next in line for a distant relatives inheritance then I cannot in good conscious ignore that fact ." Lucius was pleased as punch with his idea and even prouder of his son, who had given him the idea. Obviously he was doing a good job with raising Draco.

"That might work, but we are still getting too close to Hogwarts. Lucius you will have to be careful." Sirius told his cousin in law, while he was eager to get his children back, he could not risk his cousin's husband to the mysterious threat that lurked in Hogwarts.

No one knew for sure just who had taken their children, but they had very definite ideas that no one was willing to voice.

"I will be careful, Sirius, you were not the only one to lose family because of the threat. Worry not, Severus, will you join me? For extra protection?" It wouldn't be unusual for the man to be there. Since he was a professor, head of house and Draco's godfather, Lucius could explain him being at the meeting.

"Of course, so tomorrow, Lucius and I will attend to the book and Lucius, will you be approaching Kingsley so soon? What will you two be doing?" Severus asked the other three.

"I might, if the opportunity arises, but the book will be our focus, tomorrow." Lucius remarked having thought it through. While he knew his wife would have liked for him to have Regulus' husband within the walls of Grimmauld place as soon as possible they needed to focus on the book.

"I'll get into contact with Remus and hopefully bring him in to be fixed up." The escaped man said already writing the letter out in his head. "May I use Dobby? Kreacher isn't right for this."

"You may, cousin. Tomorrow I will begin, working on getting Sirius pardoned. It will allow us more movement and power." Lady Malfoy said primly, she flicked her eyes to her son and stood. "Come now Draco, it is time for bed. "Lucius? Join us?" It wasn't a true request and he knew it. Without a word, Lucius stood and the Malfoy family disappeared to their rooms for the night, leaving Sirius and Severus alone in the sitting room.

"This isn't going to be a quick process is?" Sirius asked Severus morosely the more he thought about it, the more things that needed to be done popped up.

The potions master shot Sirius a disgruntled look and shook his head. "You know better than that, mutt."

Sirius sighed, "You're right I do."