Author's Note: First let me thank everyone who had reviewed, alerted, or put this story on their favorites it means a lot to me. Here is the last chapter for today, I know I said ten chapters but since the last one was a little short I decided to upload this one also.
Yes I am that much ahead on this, I've been working on this like crazy to give this big update today.
Enjoy!
Disclaimer: Do I really need to say that I don't own them? I'm just playing with someone else's toys and do return them in the same shape I have found them (well that may not always be the case).
Hermione spent her morning getting her things in order, if she was going to be spending most of her time away she needed to have things for the house taken care of. Along with her financial and other important business.
By the time she arrived back home is was afternoon, she called Luna who was on her way out the door. She wished her well, setting up a day next week for Hermione to go dress shopping with her for her own dress for the handfasting.
She tried Harry next, but he was out and couldn't be reached. She tried Astoria next to get Draco.
"Granger, what's up?"
"I was wondering if Astoria was busy."
"She's not here right now, her mother has taken ill."
"Oh, I hope she will be okay."
"She should but Astoria wanted to go see her, is there anything I could help you with?"
"Well, if you wouldn't mind. I need my trunk out of the attic, but I don't want Severus to know yet and I don't trust my levitation skills so much since I haven't used them in years."
"I have Scorpius, but if you don't mind."
"No, not at all. I would love to see him."
"I'll be a few minutes."
"That's fine, thanks Draco."
"Anytime."
Draco ended the call only to throw powder in calling for Potter, when Ginny appeared he said,
"Tell your husband that plan is working."
"Really? She's going to come back to the wizarding world."
"That's what I just said. I've got to go, we'll see you all tomorrow."
Hermione was in the kitchen mixing up some juice when she heard the floo, she ended up having the thing connect totally to the network.
"Er Mione." She heard Scorpious running, she called out,
"In the kitchen dear."
When he came running in she bent down to pick him up when Draco said,
"Don't."
She stopped looking at him,
"He's too heavy, here."
Draco bent picking up his son then setting him on the counter so he could hug Hermione.
"Thanks, I didn't even think about it."
She handed the boy a glass of juice to which she received a kiss then she said,
"Well boys, how about a trip into the dusty old attic. I bet there are toys up there too."
They all went up stairs, then more stairs to the attic. She laughed when the toddlers eyes became round at all the things hidden up here.
"What this?" he asked running toward a toy bow and arrow set.
"That is Robin Hood's bow and arrow set, my favorite tale."
"What no Cinderella."
Hermione made a face saying,
"I don't think so, no I wanted to be maid Marion since I couldn't be Robin Hood."
She sat down on another trunk opening hers, she took her wand out then out of the box. When she picked it up she was surprised by the warmth that traveled up her arm into her heart. It was like finding a long lost friend and a lost piece of yourself.
She went over opening another trunk for Scorpius saying,
"I thought there were toys up here."
Draco and her watched as the boy looked in the box then went to pull something out but stopped. Hermione said,
"It's okay Scrop, you can play with them."
"So Granger what did you want moved?" Draco asked.
Hermione turned to him she seemed surprised before saying,
"I thought when I called that I wanted my trunk taken down, but I think I just didn't want to do this alone. I'm sorry, I didn't ever realize…."
"It's fine, don't worry about it. Is that stuff safe?" Draco asked pointing to his boy.
"Yes, I wouldn't have let him at it if there was anything in there that could hurt him."
"I know you wouldn't." Draco said as he looked over to see a stack of photos, "Who are these?"
Hermione looked over before saying,
"Family photos, they use to be around the house but I couldn't look at them so I packed them up here."
"Why are there none of you?" Draco asked without thinking.
"I removed myself from their life, it worked on photos and paper work and what was in my bedroom at the time."
Draco cringed, he forgot about that.
"I didn't….."
"It's fine Draco."
Scorpius came over carrying a small dress that made Hermione laugh,
"I had forgotten about that."
Hermione looked at Draco, then the toddler then pointed her wand at herself transfiguring her clothes into a maid Marion dress.
"This, it was the only dress up I ever played."
"I see."
They went through several trunks, in the process she had transfigured Scorpius clothes to that of Robin Hood in a loud whisper said to him,
"There, now you are my hero. Who should we make dad there, the mean sheriff of Nottingham?"
When Scorpius laughed nodding she shot the transfiguring spell at Draco who looked up from what he was reading to look disgruntled, but when he saw the look of pure joy on his sons face he smiled.
"Oh no," Hermione said, "The mean sheriff has me prisoner, you must save me Robin of Locksley."
Draco took off running when Scorpius went to chase him.
~~^~~SSHG~~^~~
Severus came through the floo to Hermione's house, when he heard voices from upstairs he went to investigate. As he got closer he heard a child laughing and Draco saying, "You'll never catch me."
Severus arrived at the top of the attic stairs unnoticed by them, he took in the scene before him smiling. Hermione was sitting on a trunk in the middle of the room in a beautiful dress, while Draco had a robe on that was long trimmed in fur running from Scorpius who was dressed in what he guessed was a Robin Hood costume. When the boy noticed him he yelled running to him.
"Sev'res," Severus bent down picking the boy up saying,
"What is going on in here?"
"I'm Robin."
"I can see that."
"I 'ave to save her." He pointed to Hermione, "From the mean 'errif." Pointing at Draco.
"You don't say."
Hermione was looking at him, he knew that look. She was about to do something, he saw her move her wand. Which stopped all other thoughts, she had her wand. The next thing he knew his clothes were transfigured and his hair changed a beard and mustache added and Draco had changed.
"That's much better, Uncle Severus can be the mean sheriff and your dad can be Will Scarlet your friend."
Draco looked up at Severus before saying,
"Damn Hermione he looks like him."
Draco picked up the magazine he had been reading earlier handing it to her pointing to a photo, she looked at it then up at Severus. She smiled as her insides turned to jelly, Draco was right he did look a lot like that actor.
Severus stalked toward her, there was no other word for it. He leaned down kissing her before saying,
"She's mine Robin of Locksley and you'll never have her."
Hermione laughed interjecting ever so often for Robin to save her, finally Severus let the boy catch him at her feet. The boy climbed on top of him saying,
"Give up?"
"You got me."
Scorpius climbed on Hermione's lap saying,
"She's my 'Er Mione."
They all laughed as Draco said,
"I think we should be getting home, I'm sure mum is home by now."
"See mummy?" Scropious asked.
"Yes, let's go see if mum is home."
Scorpius started to hand the arrows back to Hermione who said,
"If your dad doesn't mind you can keep them."
The boy looked at Draco who said,
"Yes, let Hermione spoil you. You can keep them if you want."
Severus stood picking up Hermione in his arms before saying,
"So it would seem Robin abandoned you to me my dear Marion."
He then set her down sliding her down his body until her feet were on the floor, she smiled up at him before canceling all the spells saying,
"That was a little…. Would love to remember it later though."
"You don't say."
"Well yeah, you do look like him. But I would never ask for something I'm not willing to do."
"We shall see, let's go see them off."
Author's Note: Comments really do make me smile and brighten my day.
Okay, Robin Hood is my favorite tale. My favorite telling of that tale is Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, which is the first movie that I remember seeing Alan Rickman in, which in turn made me fall in love with him (Something about the voice). Which in turn when I write these stories or read them I always see Severus as the Sheriff of Nottingham that Rickman played. I hope that made sense.
Oh and I could never see Hermione as being into the whole princess thing.
Also I wanted to let you know that I have a couple of Severus/Hermione videos on youtube, the link is in my profile.