Disclaimer:I officially own nothing; expect my flip-flops and I will fight to the death for them. I don't own anything Harry Potter. I am really sick of putting this on every chapter. But I fear if I don't someone maybe forget I'm not J.K. Rowling and try to sue me. Oh the life of a fan fiction authors
Voldermort shut the door behind him softly as he followed the other two men into the room. A man with dark hair was standing at the window and had not yet turned around. Severus and Harry walked a bit further into the room and looked at the man before them.
Severus' body stiffened as he took in the sight before him. "James?" He barely managed to get out in a whisper, as the man finally turned to face them.
James Potter looked exactly as Severus remembered. His jet-black hair was sticking up in out at all angles, the just shagged looked still there, and his deep green eyes were still as bright as stars. He looked a bit on the thin side and his skin was pale from obviously not getting enough sun exposure.
"Hello Severus." James said in his smooth deep voice as he stepped towards the other man. "You look wonderful." He said with a bit of a laugh. The man then turned his attention to Harry who had his wand trained on him.
"Hello Harry, a bit more grown up then when I last saw you. And you do look like Severus more than myself. Well come on then why not give your old man a hug? No need for that wand. I am not planning to jinx you or anything." James said as he watched Harry simply stare at him, the wand still aimed at his chest.
"You can't be James Potter. My father died when I was a year old. Dumbledore killed him. Who are you and what are you doing pretending to be James Potter?" Harry asked in a growl.
Harry was startled when Voldermort laid a hand on his shoulder. "I assure you Harry this is James Potter. When Dumbledore attacked your parents at Godric's Hollow that night, he merely stunned James; he wanted to get information from him.
When he went up stairs to kill Lilly and you of course, I had arrived at the house. I was coming to warn then of Dumbledore's betrayal.
Dumbledore and I dueled and sadly James was hit with a curse that I did not know. Before I apperated away I grabbed James to bring him with me. He has been here ever since. Helping me and attending meetings." Voldermort said slowly. He knew that Harry had a temper worse than James' and he did not wish to upset his ally so soon into their partnership.
Harry frowned, "And he would have stayed hidden had we not agreed to meet and join each other. Do you have any idea what you have put my Dad through? He was so in love with you and to lose you almost killed him. Not only did I lose one parent but almost another one as well."
"Harry you don't understand. I couldn't approach Severus; if Dumbledore knew I was alive we both would have been dead. I had to wait for the right moment before I came back. I wasn't trying to hurt you; I was trying to protect you." James said to his son.
"Protect us, lot of bloody good that did. I've been almost killed every year since I was 11 and started Hogwarts. I lived with the Dursleys. They beat me and made me their servant. Oh yes you protected me quite well didn't you?" Harry yelled at the man standing in front of him.
James sighed, "I understand why you are mad Harry. But you know that if I was known to be alive that things would have been far worse for you. I can't change the past, but I can change what happens now. We are finally together as a family."
Harry snorted, "Yes we are finally together as a family, Severus and I. I don't know you and as of right now I don't want to." The angry teen turned to Voldermort. "I don't know why you brought me here, but it was a mistake. I would like to leave now."
The Dark Lord nodded and led Harry to the door, before turning to Severus. "What about you Severus?"
The potion master finally found his voice. "I will be right there." With a nod Voldermort took Harry from the room and back down to the Library. Severus turned to James once again.
"I'm sorry Severus. I'm sorry for everything you went through. I'm sorry for allowing Dumbledore to take you away from me. But most of all I'm sorry that you lost not only me but our son as well. Please don't walk away from me. I don't think I could handle it not right now." James pleaded.
"You look just as I remember. Even that one piece of hair still sticks up in the back like I remember. I always knew you were alive. Something told me that you would never willingly die. I have missed you so much James." Severus said walking until he was standing right before the man. His hand moved up to gently stroke James' cheek.
James leaned into the touch, sighing with content. "I have missed you Severus. More then you will ever know. Please tell me we will be able to give our relationship another chance. I don't want to lose you twice."
Severus chuckled, "You won't lose me this time. I promise you that. And don't worry about Harry he will come around. He was the same way when he learned the truth about me. He loves you James. I know he does. Just give him some time to adjust."
James nodded before wrapping his arms around his true love; he smiled more when Severus returned the embrace.
As Voldermort led Harry through the manor, the boy was trying his hardest not to cry, 'Don't cry Harry, here, now. You are stronger then this. It means nothing. Wait until you are at school. You can talk to Neville. Just don't cry in front of Voldermort.'
The boy-who-lived straightened his back and held his head high. "Thank you Tom for everything. Will you let my father know that I have gone back to the school? I have a few essays that need some attention. Once again thank you. And I will be sure to owl about the meetings and everything. We will need to discuss announcing you have changed side, though I think it best to leave it as a surprise for now. No need to tip our hand before needed. Oh and remember no little missions for the death eaters. We are trying to change your image here." Harry said.
Voldermort rolled his eyes at the boy and said, "Of course not Harry. I am sorry if I did anything to upset you. I merely thought you would want to see him."
Harry waved a hand to dismiss him, "You did nothing wrong. Good bye for now Tom Riddle." With a flash of green flames the boy flooed back to Hogwarts.
When he was finally alone, Harry rubbed a hand over his face. The night's events were finally catching up to him. With a heavy sigh Harry left Severus' private rooms to search for Neville. Harry wasn't surprised to find the boy in the common room with Draco.
When Neville saw Harry he stood up and asked , "Harry you're back so soon. What happened? What's wrong?"
"Can we go somewhere and talk about this privately? I don't want to be over heard." Harry asked looking from Neville to Draco. "You can come to Draco." Harry said with an almost pleading look to his classmates.
"We'll go to the room of requirement." Neville said leading the other two boys out of the common room and up to the 7th floor hallway. He walked in front of the blank wall for a few moments before a doorway appeared.
When they entered the room, they saw a large couch and fireplace, with not many other furnishings. Neville and Draco sat on the couch and watched Harry who was standing in front of the fire.
"Come one Harry, tell us what has happened. You look like someone murdered your puppy. Where is Snape? Does he know where you are?" Neville asked curiously.
"Voldermort has accepted our offer. He will join us and has agreed to stop all Death eater activity. We have decided to keep his switching sides a secret, gives us the element of surprise." Harry said.
"That's great news. But I know that's not all that happened. What's wrong Harry?" Neville asked again.
"James Potter is alive. He was never killed. Voldermort saved him from death." Harry said quietly as he sat down between his two friends. "My other father has been alive my whole life. And he never tried to find me."
"Oh Harry, I am so sorry. What did he say?" Neville asked as he began to rub Harry's back gently.
"He wants to get to know me, and he wants to have a relationship with me again. To fix things and become my father." Harry said his head buried in his hands.
"I don't understand, what's the problem Harry?" Draco asked in confusion.
"He lied to me like Severus. Everything I went through was for nothing. Instead of growing up with my family, I grew up with someone else's and they didn't love me. I don't know what to do. What If I lose him again? Or what if I lose both of them? I don't think I could handle that not after just finding them for the first time. This is what I have always dreamed of Draco. But everyone I care about leaves me or dies. I can't let that happen again." Harry said never looking up.
As Harry talked his tears began to fall. To Neville's surprise Draco wrapped his arms around the golden boy and whispered soothing words to the sobbing young man.
"You can't think about the bad Harry. If you do then you will never get close to anyone and you will be alone. What happens, Happens and pushing someone away won't change that. Give them both a chance. Get to know them. Fight for what you have always longed for. If you don't then you are just playing into Dumbledore's hands." Draco said softly, rocking Harry back and forth in his arms as the boy cried himself to sleep.
Neville smiled at his boyfriend. "You Draco Malfoy are a great friend and an amazing boyfriend." Neville said leaning over and kissing him softly.
A bed appeared in the room and Draco carried Harry over and laid him down. The two boys joined him also falling asleep.
Meanwhile back at Malfoy Manor, Severus and James were catching up with each other. James was lying with his head in Severus' lap as the man played with his hair.
"Tell me more about Harry. I want to know all about him." James said closing his eyes.
"He's not your ordinary boy. He's head strong, stubborn, gentle, hard, forgiving, and kind. He's too smart for his own good and he takes risks like someone else I know. He really does look just like you James. And his whole life in the wizarding world he has been told that he is just like you. Just the other day he asked about you. What you were like. We have a wonderful son James." Severus said with a smile.
"I only hope he can find it in his heart to forgive me. I don't know if I can stand to lose him again. The first time was hard enough. And I went years without knowing where he was, whom he was with, or if he was even still alive. It was so hard to go without knowing anything about him." James said quietly.
Severus nodded and said, "I know James, I went through the same thing. And when Dumbledore took him from my arms, I almost collapsed. I never knew I could feel loss like that before, until I lost you."
"Don't think about that Love. You will never have to feel that way again. We are together again, and this time for the rest of our lives. We have our baby back. We are a family." James said sitting up and kissing Severus softly.
"Yes a family again, life we should have always been." Severus said as an echo of James' words/ The two men settled down again, simply enjoying being together once more.
Back at Hogwarts, Dumbledore was pacing his office. Harry hadn't been at the feast that night. Something was going on, and he was determined to get to the bottom of it. The boy would not get the better of him; he was merely a boy after all. Harry Potter was not going to upstage one of the greatest wizards of all time.