Well hello everyone, sorry for the long wait for this chapter, but i have been really busy with RL and the hetic things that come with it.

Hopefully i will have chapter of my other fics up soon. Any mistakes please say as Tiger butt is being kicked big time lol.

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Chapter 8

Albus Dumbledore sat behind his large desk in his office, looking across to Severus Snape and Harry Potter. He had just been informed of the bond between the pair and of Harry's pregnancy. It had shocked him momentarily, but his blue, twinkling eyes soon took over and he felt happy about the pair continuing on with their lives, and was glad that they had found happiness. Those he thought of as his children were going to be parents and he could do nothing, but be secretly excited. Poppy Pomfrey had just left the three wizards alone after telling the headmaster about Harry's stress levels and how they were too high. The young Fae needed to relax, but first he needed to find out the reason why Harry was becoming so stressed.

Dumbledore looked at Harry, his eyes still twinkling. "Now my boy, what seems to be causing your stress levels?" Harry moved his hand to take Severus'. He didn't want to answer the question, but he knew he had to. He got somewhat worried over all of it. He could feel his child kick at his bad feelings. He sighed and took a deep breath. There had to be some explanation as to his behaviour. Of course, he first had to answer that very question. Harry's eyes looked straight into Dumbledore's own. He first thought out the words before he said them. Of course, Severus gave his hand a gentle squeeze.

"Hermione," he said simply to begin with, when the headmaster indicated for him to explain he carried on. "She has something against me being a Fae and needing to be able to fly a lot. Every time I am able to go out, as I have finished all schoolwork, she tries to come up with a reason for me not to go. Four days ago Hermione confronted me, trying to follow me to where I was going. She said that my parents would be ashamed of me and that I would be a jobless nobody. She is trying to boss me around, and make me do what she wants me to do. I can't live like that again." Tears were in his eyes as he remembered what Hermione said about his parents. Severus looked over to the young Fae shocked, as this was the first he heard of what Hermione had said to his mate.

Dumbledore frowned. He never thought that Hermione could be so cruel. Severus went and picked Harry up from his chair and put the crying Fae into his lap. Harry just buried his face into Severus' shoulder and continued to cry. He didn't like how Hermione treated him. Dumbledore watched the two interact. Severus' eyes were focused only on Harry. He could see the love and caring in the man's eyes. He had never expected to see that in all his days of life. He watched and noticed that one of Severus' hands rubbed Harry's stomach. He couldn't even notice the swell, though it was getting larger quickly. It was then that Dumbledore realized that Harry's robes were overly large. "Harry, Severus, what do you two suggest we do about this? I recommend removing you from there."

It took a few moments for Severus to acknowledge the question from Albus. He looked up at the older wizard; still rubbing Harry's swelling stomach, trying to give him the comfort that he needed. "As you know we are mates. It would be good for Harry to move down to my quarters, but I am unsure on how the school will react to this. It may soon be time for others to know of myself and Harry's bond, as well as the child he carries. Is it possible for him to move in with me, it would help him a lot to be around, he will be able to relax away from the rest of the school and its eyes and ears," Severus answered, hoping to convince the headmaster that it would be a good idea for Harry to live with him.

Dumbledore nodded and waited for Harry to answer. He didn't want to just go by Severus' assessment, though he knew it was obvious that Severus was the dominate in the relationship. Harry was relaxed more and the tears flowed less. He looked at Dumbledore and gave the man a slight smile. "Sir, it would be a good thing. I know that I don't want to leave Ron alone with Hermione. He knows of the child and all that. He's been supportive. I do need away from Hermione though. She'll freak out when she discovers my pregnancy. I know she will." He stopped Severus' hand from rubbing it, as he got kicked right when he stopped the hand. It seemed that the child protested to the sudden stop of movement. This made Harry smile; it meant that the child found Severus relaxing, just like he did.

Dumbledore smiled at them both and nodded his head. "Well then Harry, I would suggest that you go back to the tower and pack your belongings. I will inform Minerva about your change of living arrangements so she will not worry when you do not appear in the dorm. I wish you both well, and if you ever need some help just come and talk to me," He told them both. "Oh and before I forget, congratulations, I wish you all the best." His eyes twinkled as he said those words his eyes and voice gave the impression to both Harry and Severus that he knew more than what he was saying.

Harry looked at Severus and shrugged. Severus stood up and made Harry stand up on his own. He gave the boy a kiss on the forehead and led him out of Dumbledore's office. The two just walked hand in hand until they reached Gryffindor tower. Severus held Harry in front of him for a bit, not moving and not letting Harry move. "I will be down in my rooms setting things up for you. Come down when you finish, and you can bring Mr. Weasley with you." Severus leaned in and gave Harry a deep kiss. Harry responded to the kiss. He then let the hand go and turned away, he walked off, giving Harry a good view of his ass. Harry just stood there, staring at the man walking away from him.

Harry gave a goofy smile as he walked into the common room, seeing Ron and Hermione sitting down, doing their homework assignments. He nodded to Ron, ignoring the glare he received from Hermione as he made his way up to his soon to be former dorm room. He began to put away all his clothes first. He didn't have to wait long for Ron to join him in the room. "Hey Ron, I'm moving out of the dorm. Hermione is causing me too much stress and they think it would be better for me to be in an environment that is stress free. I'm sorry about leaving you here on your own with Hermione," he said to his friend as the red head sat on Harry's bed.

Ron just watched Harry for a moment. He didn't say anything. He was just watching the boy move around and do things. He could tell that Harry was larger from his pregnancy and moved a little bit like a person in late pregnancy. He had seen Fleur pregnant earlier in the summer and even she was moving in that manner. He had to smile a bit. When he was able to get away from Hermione he had managed to find some books about Fae pregnancy in the library, of course, he had to get permission to go into the restricted section. He thought that Harry should have the books. "Harry, I have something you should probably read." He got off the bed and grabbed the books from on top of his trunk and held them out to Harry.

Harry looked up at Ron and then down at the books. They were about Fae pregnancies, his head titled to one side, wondering why he would have something like this. Before Harry could ask the question Ron gave him the answer. "When you told me about the pregnancy, I wanted to know what you were going through. You're my best friend and I wanted to be prepared in case something happened, like if you had a fall. So I took these out to make sure you were eating healthy at meals, oh and sorry about telling you what you should eat. I also took out a few Medi books so I could help in that way as well. I just want to make sure that you will be okay. As far as I am concerned you're not just my best friend, but my brother as well."

Harry smiled at Ron. It was nice to see his friend be concerned. "You're forgiven Ron. Severus has also been helping me. He's told me what I need to eat and what not. So I'm grateful for this. And yes, your suspicions were right; Severus is one of my mates." He took the books and set them in his trunk as he dropped a few other objects into it as well. He was smiling happily at his friend. It was nice thing. He then stopped for a moment and settled his hand on his stomach. "Ron, give me your hand." Ron raised an eyebrow, but did so. Harry took Ron's hand and set it on his stomach. A few moments later he was kicked right where Ron's hand was.

It was now Ron's turn to have a goofy smile on his face. "Wow," he said softly as though he would scare the child inside of Harry if he said it any louder. "Hello little one, I'm your uncle Ron. Oh and Harry how did you know I was suspicious about Severus being one of your bonded? And are you going to tell me who the other one is. I would like to know, but if you are not ready for me to know your other mate then don't worry. And what does Severus think about you moving, I bet he is really happy about it," he said, hesitating over Severus' name and the unfamiliarity of it.

Harry chuckled and let go of Ron's hand, though Ron kept it there. "Not yet, we can't tell anybody yet. And I know because I saw the look on your face when Severus came up to me. You're not good at hiding your emotions Ron." He then moved away and closed his now full trunk. "And of course he's happy, I'm moving in with him. He said you could come down if you wish to." He stopped and sat on the bed. He had to admit that being up moving around wasn't that easy. It was the basic matter of the way things were.

Ron watched as Harry sat down next to him, he knew the Fae wizard was feeling the strain of being up and around while pregnant. He stood up from the bed. "I'll do the rest of your packing Harry, you take it easy. We still have the Hermione challenge to get past yet, you will need your wits and strength," he joked as he finished packing up Harry's personal belongings. "I will like to join as I'd like to get to know Severus Snape, Harry's Mate, than the greasy git potions master we had before." His smiled, taking the insult out of his words and telling Harry that he wanted to know what Severus was really like and not the mask he showed to everyone else.

Harry smiled. "That's great." He rubbed circles on his stomach. "Thanks for the help Ron. I know what you mean; the Hermione challenge will be difficult. Just have to make it seem like we're going to the library." He sighed and looked around the room. He had to admit that he would miss being in the dorms. Of course, he was somewhat glad that he was leaving; it meant he wouldn't have to continue to hide when in the Gryffindor common room. He knew that he didn't have long before his pregnancy would not be able to be hidden. Large clothes could only hide so much. Harry started to chuckle as the image of him in maternity robes started to flash through his mind. Ron looked at him with a raised eyebrow. Harry just shook his head, indicating that Ron didn't want to know.

Ron packed the last of Harry's belonging away in the trunk and shut the lid. "I think that is everything, if there is anything else here and I find it I will give you it back as soon as I see you. I hope Severus won't mind me down in your rooms most of the time, as I cannot stand Hermione anymore, she has been nonstop moaning at me about you and trying to find out what you confided in me. Hey, maybe Severus can teach me how to have a poker face, to hide my give away emotions." He laughed as he shrunk Harry's trunk and handed it over to Harry who placed it into his pocket.

Harry pushed himself up. "Maybe. You'll have to ask him. Now let's go and deal with Hermione." Harry led Ron downstairs, careful in how he walked. As long as he walked a certain way, he wouldn't have to worry about anybody suspecting that he was pregnant. Hermione looked up from her work and saw them. Her eyes hardened as she saw them heading towards the portrait hole. Harry saw this and smiled kindly at her. "We're heading to the library Hermione. Need to get some texts for one of the projects." He was doing his best to ignore the kicking he was receiving from his child. He knew that the child didn't like Hermione either.

"Then maybe I'll join you. It would do me good getting out of the common room for a little while, and the library is the best place to study," she said as she began to put her things away into her large bag. Harry and Ron tried their best to hide there shock and terror at the young witch following them.

Harry shook his off. "No Hermione, this is something Ron and I need to do alone." He wasn't in any mood to deal with her. Of course, just being around her was stressing him out, and if he didn't get away from her, he would probably collapse from the stress. He was in no mood to deal with her. He could still feel the child kick. He worried how the extra stress would react to the child. This was the last thing Harry wanted. He didn't want the child to come to any harm.

Hermione shook her head. "I don't mind coming with you both, maybe I can help a little with your project, I need to get some books myself as well, so I shall at least accompany you," she said in that annoying and commanding tone she used a lot of over the years they had been friends.

Harry was trying to be fine, but he began to walk off. Ron followed and so did Hermione. She didn't get the idea. Harry looked at her. "I meant it Hermione. I just want to do this with Ron." His stomach was getting upset again because of the stress. He had been out earlier that day to fly and it had helped, but right at that moment he could feel the pain that wished to overwhelm him. He didn't like having an upset stomach; it always made him feel as if something was wrong. Ron gave Harry a worried look; he knew that there was something wrong with the Fae. The only thing he could connect it to happened to be Hermione. He didn't want anything back to happen to his best friend, that was the truth of the matter.

Ron was worried, very worried. He could tell from looking into Harry's eyes that he was in pain and was trying to brave it out. He turned and faced Hermione as she brought up the rear of the group. "Hermione can you go away, me and Harry want some time together so we can do our project without you overshadowing us constantly," he told the young witch, he was slightly angry at her always bossing herself into everything they did.

"You need my help," Hermione said. "You two don't know the library well enough to know what you're looking for." She could see that Harry had stopped walking for some reason. She had no idea what was going to happen. She had her hands on her hips and she was staring at Ron, giving him a hard look. Harry's hands were clenched at his sides. She thought it was because he was angry at her. Ron was able to see that it was because of the pain he was in. He seriously didn't need that sort of thing, and it wasn't helping him in any sort of sense.

Ron snorted and turned around to Harry he saw how the pregnant Fae was standing, in pain, a lot of pain now. He turned back to Hermione and shouted at her, "Hermione go away, we want some lad's time got it, now go!" He had to get rid of her somehow and the only thing left was to shout at her, he wanted to take Harry to the Hospital Wing to get him checked out and to make sure everything was okay.

Hermione glared. "If you two are going to be bossy." She then stormed passed them in her anger. Once she was around the corner, Harry collapsed against the wall. He was taking some deep breaths and was trying to calm himself down. He knew it wasn't good on him. He saw Ron come over to his side in worry and he just smiled at him, it was a reassuring, I'm fine smile. Of course, that's just how Harry was. He always made light of his own pain sometimes, though right now he figured that being with Severus and Draco would help him a lot. That's all he wished was to be in their arms.

Ron placed a hand on Harry's shoulder in comfort. "Harry I want to take you to the Hospital Wing, I know you don't like the place, but I just want to make sure you are alright, you're in a lot of pain, and don't even think about lying to me as I can see it in your eyes. We'll get Pomfrey to check you out and make sure you're okay and then I'll help you to Severus okay Harry?" he asked, unsure of how Harry would react. "Or I can leave you in the hospital wing and get Severus to come to you?" He added another suggestion.

Harry shook his head. "I need to get to my mates Ron. They'll be the ones that can help with the pain the best. They can take the stress away." Ron bit his lip. He knew that in some sense Harry was right, but he still wanted to take his friend to the hospital wing. Harry's hand came to rest on his stomach. He was getting the hell kicked out of him by his child. The two were unaware that Hermione hadn't left completely. She was listening to them with the use of a charm to hear what they were saying. Her eyes were narrowed at what she was hearing. A lot began to make sense her though. She was also glancing around the corner and saw Harry's hand on his stomach. With his hand on his stomach, it was easy to see that the boy was pregnant.

Harry stepped away from the wall and his knees gave way beneath him. Ron reacted quickly and helped support Harry. They slowly made their way down to the dungeons. Hermione was behind them, following at a safe distance. "You sure you don't need to go to the hospital wing. I can always get him to come to you in the hospital wing," he said softly as he supported Harry as they got closer to Severus quarters.

Harry nodded. "Yes I'm sure. As long as Severus holds me, I should be fine." They got to Severus' quarters and Harry pushed away from Ron. He knocked on the door and waited for Severus to respond. He looked to be in pain and he sighed. It didn't take long for Severus to open the door. He saw Harry's appearance and caught the boy into his arms, picking him up into his arms. Harry snuggled into him. "Hi Sev…Don't worry, Hermione just stressed me a bit. I told Ron to bring me here, I usually feel better when I'm around you." Severus looked at Ron and motioned him inside. Ron walked in and Severus closed the door. Hermione was left standing in the hall. She had been around the corner. She then walked up to the door. She glared at it. She was no pleased at all.

Severus carried the young Fae to the couch and sat down with Harry sitting in his lap. "Please sit down Mr. Weasley," he said as he gently rubbed Harry's stomach, feeling the child kicking up a fuss. "He is kicking a lot today isn't he?" he asked the young man, now ignoring the red head that sat across from him in a wing back chair. Ron sat back, watching the two of them; he could see the love and care the Potions Master gave to his friend.

Harry nodded. "Yes, been doing so since Hermione started getting on my case again and then wouldn't leave us alone." He relaxed into Severus some more. "And who said it's a boy?" He gave a smile and sighed as he felt the kid start to calm down. His pain also eased up in the process as well. He then looked at Ron. "You're gaping." He chuckled a bit as the hand rubbing his stomach moved the fabric in a way that it caused him to get a little bit tickled. He placed his head on Severus' shoulder and let out a soft sigh.

Ron lifted his hand up and shut his mouth, causing Harry and Severus to laugh at him. "That better?" he joked with the two. "It is a pleasure to meet the man behind the mask Professor," he said with a little formality. He was pleased with how Severus was already calming down Harry and how when he looked at his friend he could see the lines of pain were disappearing as he relaxed.

Severus nodded. "You're not to tell a single soul Mr. Weasley. The way I am here and the way I am in public are two different personas. Do you understand?" Ron just nodded in response. He could see the stern teacher appear, but it was obvious that Harry was still happy. Harry's hands were over Severus' own and the smile on Harry's face was something that Ron had missed. It was rare to see Harry smile, and he had stopped to some extent when it came close to defeating Voldemort. It was nice to see it there, even if it was being caused by Severus Snape.

"I understand Sir, and I wouldn't, Harry means too much to me just to betray his trust in me. Oh and congratulation to you sir, on your bonding and on the child. I know there is another in the bond, so pass on my congratulation to him as well. I'm just happy about seeing a true smile on Harry's face since before Voldemort was defeated, he is happy and that's all that matters," he tried to explain to the older wizard.

Severus nodded. "Alright, I will." He then looked at Harry and noticed that the fae had fallen asleep in his arms. "It appears that Harry here has fallen asleep. You can show yourself out Mr. Weasley." Severus then stood up with Harry in his arms and walked off to the bedroom. Ron watched him go before he left. He was smiling; it was nice to see Harry in such a good mood. He made his way up the corridors, seeing nothing suspicious or attention drawing. He was just in a good mood and glad Harry was well taken care of.

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