The trio arrived back in the lounge room of the Granger house and instantly sat down. Severus rubbed his hands over his face a few times, trying to think how to start, before sighing and going from the beginning, "Years ago, there was this man, an evil man, who wanted to take over the Wizarding World and make it changed for the worse. There were two factions, the Dark and the Light, fighting every day, trying to destroy the other. While I was at school, I did the stupidest thing of my life, I joined up with the Dark Lord to try and make a girl I loved come back to me. She didn't but she did forgive me for what I had done, both things.

"She, her husband, one of my friends from childhood and his wife are 4 of the main people in this story, but that's not now yet. November 1990 I was called for by the Dark Lord, he had just kidnapped two demigods, 5 month old children, and needed me to check them over. Looking down at them, I was caught by them, and swore then and there to rescue them from his grasp. It took me a month but finally, on Christmas Eve, I took them and delivered them to two couples who wanted nothing more than a child each. That's where those 4 people come into play.

"Wade and Kelly, good friends of mine, tried for years to get pregnant but it wasn't happening. I knew that they really wanted a daughter, set up the nursery for her in hopes that would let it happen. That night I left a wonderful little girl with them, changed their memories to make them think that they had been approved for her adoption too quick to even tell anyone about her.

"Next were my friends Lily and James, I'd known Lily since we were 7 years old, I was the one who told her she was a witch. James though, he was only my friend the last year of his life, before that he had actually been my bully and worst nightmare as he had married the girl I loved. They fell pregnant, told everyone they were having a boy, happy as anything, until when she was 8 months pregnant, Lily had a third trimester miscarriage, the baby was born dead. They were so devastated, told no one but me only because I was there when it happened, which worked in my favour when I rescued this green eyed boy. Changed their minds to make them believe that they never lost the child, he was born alive and well, and they loved him so much that they died for him."

The kids were gobsmacked, it was them that he was talking about, but how could that be? Meanwhile, Severus continued, "I knew your first name Hermione, it was on your clothes, but I'm certain that yours isn't Harry, Harry, it was just what Lily was going to call her son. Your birthdays are wrong, you got yours from Lily's due date Harry, while I just chose a date from the calendar for you Hermione, you probably aren't any older than Harry is. I've watched over you both since that day, made sure you were fine, and when you were placed with the Dursleys, Harry, I would come in every night to clean you, heal you, spell food into your stomach, make sure that you were somewhat cared for. I even put it in that fat slob's mind that if he ever touched you in the wrong way, death would come for him."

"I knew I knew you, I saw you one night, you healed my wrist after Dudley broke it by sitting on it. Thank you," Harry said softly.

"I'm sorry for not saying anything before now, I just, well I have no information other than that, except that the language that you keep talking is actually Ancient Greek, which is what your books will be in once I get them tonight."

Hermione asked, hopefully, "Do you have any idea who our parents are?"

"I have a list of the Greek gods and goddesses, one of them must be a parent, and I've narrowed them down from seeing your practicing, Harry manipulating air and yourself breathing underwater, but there are just so many that are gods of those talents that the list is still far too long. I am sorry."

"They're our fathers," Harry told the man, "We are the children of gods not goddesses."

Severus didn't bother asking how he knew, he just removed the list he carried everywhere with him and removed all females, and sighed, "Okay, so that removes a few from each list but I need to know if you get anymore powers to narrow down the list. Are you both alright?"

"Yeah, just a lot to take in," the pair responded.

Getting up, Severus decided to make them all some lunch, and by the time he was floating the plates out, the kids were more alert. Hermione was first to ask something, after finishing her food, "So we read and speak Ancient Greek because we're demigods? Is it like that with all demigods?"

"Nearly all demigods can read Ancient Greek, during school, if no one knows what they are; they get placed in the same boat as you both were, classed as dyslexic and placed to the side. Now I've not heard of a demigod in recent centuries being able to speak such fluent Ancient Greek, but there could be many reasons for that. When I first took you both, I did a ton of research on the gods, trying to see who may have had a child recently, if you know who to ask and where to look it's easy, but came up empty; no one was saying a word."

"We'll find out at some stage. So there are other demigods around?"

Severus laughed lightly, "Yes, mostly over in America but sometimes one will pop up in Greece or some other country."

The kids quirked their eyes, "America?"

"Yeah, in the early 1900's the 12 Olympians move the entrance to Olympus from Mt Olympus to New York city somewhere. Must have realised that was where the new world was going to end up or something like that."

The trio had a good laugh over that, when an idea shot through Harry's mind and he faced his friend, "We can ask Severus for help training Mia, what do you think?"

"Brilliant idea Harry," the witch then turned to a grinning Severus, "You have to stop doing that."

"I've done it for so long; it's become habit, one I will attempt to break for you both. As for training, I will gladly help, starting with getting your books for you to read through. We can start tomorrow, and as I think you've gone through enough for one day, how about we go for a swim?"

The kids agreed to that, racing up to their room to change and put their school stuff away, Severus changing his pants into a set of swimming trunks. The trio spent the rest of the daylight hours in the pool, the wizards pruning up while Hermione never even got wet and took much pleasure in scaring the older one of the males, Harry could sense when his friend was trying and she hadn't for years, there was no fun when he knew it was coming.

After dinner with Wade and Kelly, Severus said goodnight to the young pair, who were fading quickly, and apparated to Diagon Alley. He jogged through the near empty alley to the bookstore and knocked on the door. Mark Flourish opened the door with a large smile, "Severus, got them all, plus a couple extra ones after I found out whom they were. You always were a sneaky bastard when you wanted to be, honestly Harry Potter can only read Ancient Greek and you don't tell me? I should be offended."

"Please tell me you haven't told anyone about this Mark, the last thing he and Hermione need is too much attention," Severus groaned.

"The boy's been through enough, I'm not about to add to his problems by running my mouth. So his magic screwed with his reading?"

"Something like that," Severus looked at one of the first books and sighed, "Good, this is excellent. How much was it all?"

Mark chuckled, "You're lucky I found out about the kid Severus or it would have been worse, Potter family helped the founders to open up and they get a 25% discount on everything. I've already taken the money from your vault."

"Thanks Mark," the men embrace again, "I owe you one. I'd ask you to teach me the spell but…"

"Then I'd lose the business but if you swore it be for just Mr Potter and his friend, then I will teach it to you," Mark told his old friend and excellent customer, "Come around when you have a few hours to spare."

"I'll be sure to do that, thanks mate" Severus shrank the books and pocketed them, before leaving, apparating to his small apartment, excited about the next day but currently exhausted, he was getting far too old for this.