A/N: Thank you all for the great comments, suggestions and theories! Keep them coming - they sometimes inspire me to write something totally different than what I had planned ;)

Mizzrazz72: Yes he does ;) But since my story is mainly about the Prince - Slytherins, it won't play a big part...

tefe203: Here it is, here it is - hold your horses! ;)

mandancie: Yes, you missed it. Sev raised wards to ONLY permit elves entrance. So they can get in and fetch them if there is anything. Yes all better again :)

Randomplotbunny: Yes it is always fun when all his secrets are revealed since it seems to be his greatest pride in life to keep as many of them as possible. Of course a week is ages for teenagers in puberty :D

Zoysite: Danke, mir geht's wieder gut :) Ja ich bin einfach so ein kleiner teufel der sich ins Fäustchen lacht jedes Mal wenn sie wieder unterbrochen werden ;) Es passiert hald im Moment so viel, dass es schwer ist, Zeit zu Zweit zu finden ;) Was wir dem armen Sirius alles antun...

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JasminSky: I completely understand - it sometimes takes me ages to get up to date with reading... Not at all - what do you think I was imagining? ;)

Guest: Thank you for being honest and do what ever the heck you want ;) It doesn't matter if you are squealing like a girl - even boys are allowed to have fangirl moments ;) Especially if they are about my story :D

Dixie.f.9: No I don't either. Can you imagine how he must have felt sitting with two coupes in love on the same table? Poor guy...

Disclaimer: Harry Potter belongs to J.K. Rowling - I just played a bit in her universe.

Thanks to miu-sama95 for prereading, betaing and helping with the storyline ;)

Chapter 42: Women can be scary

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It was an exhausted Weasley couple that returned home shortly after their youngest son had left the burrow. After the emotional roller coaster they had been on yesterday they had stayed up all night long with their daughter.

Ginny had had a very restless night and they had to soothe her constantly as they used to do when she was sick. Thankfully their two oldest children were sitting with the girl now.

Molly and Arthur had their arms around each other for support when they stepped out of the floo. They had not felt awake enough to attempt travelling on their own.

Before they even registered who was sitting in the room, Percy was there and steered them to their bedroom – thankfully it was on the ground floor.

"Get some rest." Was all their son said before he closed the door behind them. For once they listened to one of their children without question. Within minutes they were snuggled up under the covers and fast asleep.

When they next woke up, it was late afternoon and Molly was sure she only woke because her inner clock told her it was time to start dinner. Arthur thought it more likely to be the need for the toilet and hunger that woke them. They both had a nice hot shower and dressed themselves in fresh robes before they rejoined their family.

While Molly made a beeline for the kitchen, Arthur went in search of their sons and found Percy in the living room quietly reading a book.

"Good afternoon, Percy. Where are the others?" He asked and was amused to see the boy nearly fall out of his chair in surprise.

"Dad! Don't sneak up on me like that! You nearly gave me a heart attack!"

"Sorry, Percy."

"It's alright. Did you have a good sleep? You looked dead on your feet when you came in."

"We did, thank you. Where are your brothers?" Arthur asked again.

"Bill and Charlie are still with Ginny. They called around lunch to say that she's doing okay. The twins are in their room experimenting and Ron is at Harry's."

"Great. That's all six of you." Arthur nodded while he mentally made a head count of his family. It took him quite some time to get the meaning behind the last part of Percy's sentence.

"Wait! How can Ron be with Harry? Isn't he with his muggle relatives?"

"Oh! Erm… You should ask the twins. They know a lot more about that than I do." Percy stammered.

He was thankfully rescued by his mother who called them all down for tea and biscuits.

The young man hurried past his father towards the kitchen to get out of the inquiry that was sure to come.

It didn't take long until they were all seated with a cup of tea and a scone and Molly noticed what the rest of them already knew.

"Where is Ron?"

While the kids all tried to get away with stuffing their mouths with food, Arthur was curious about that as well.

"I'd like to know that as well. Percy said that he is with Harry."

"With Harry?" The woman of the house asked. "How can he be at those muggle's house?"

She had a good look at the three children in attendance to decide who knew more although the decision was more like the twins or Percy since there was nothing the twins wouldn't share with each other.

"Alright, Fred and George! Out with it!"

The twins shared a silent conversation about what they would share but in the end they thought telling their parents everything could be a good move against the headmaster.

"Well…"

"… You see…" They began in their usual twin speak.

"Boys, please speak in complete sentences." Arthur interrupted them and for once they obliged.

"The short story is that Harry found out that he is not the biological son of James Potter. We have no background information whatsoever but it seems as if James wasn't able to sire children and Lily went and coerced a man to sire her child." Fred explained before George took over.

"The man had no memory of that night and only recently found a letter from her which he had lost ages ago. In that letter she confessed and apologized. She led the man to find Harry since he should have gotten guardianship after the Potter's deaths."

"So Harry is now living with his biological father?" Molly asked worriedly. "How does he know it is the truth and not all a lie? Does Dumbledore know?"

"Yes. Harry lives with him. They went to Gringotts last week to get it officially confirmed. Remember when we met him in the Alley last week? They had just come from the bank."

"Also Dumbledore doesn't know because he obviously kept Harry from his father and instead sent him to the abusive Dursleys. Maybe you should talk to Harry's father about Ginny, although I'm sure Ron already told them."

"Alright. I'm still not completely convinced. Who is this man anyway?"

The twins shared another look before Fred answered (or was it George?).

"Harry's biological father is Professor Snape."

"WHAT?!" Both Weasley parents exclaimed.

"Severus? Are you sure?" Arthur asked once he had gotten over the shock.

"Very sure. Ron was in his private chambers back at Hogwarts when he visited Harry after the tournament."

There were a few minutes of silence while Molly and Arthur gathered their thoughts and the twins had another scone each.

"All this does not matter right now. I still don't know where Ron is. Do you know the floo address he used?" Molly finally decided.

"Not really. But Harry sent him a letter with it written down."

"Shall we go looking?" George asked and after getting a nod from their mother they rushed upstairs all the way to the top where Ron's room was.

It didn't take them very long to find the letter in question since it was lying on Ron's bed – in plain sight. When they came back downstairs their mother was already waiting at the bottom of the stairs with a determined look. The twins both knew that look only too well and quickly handed over the sheet of parchment before retreating back to the kitchen.

Molly marched to the floo and threw some powder into the fireplace before kneeling down to fire call her son and Harry.

"Snake Pit! Serpens Mortiferum!"

Harry and Ron had gone back to Harry's room after lunch. The teens just wanted to spend some time alone together. Neither knew where any of the adults were at the moment and they also didn't care. They were snuggled together on the black haired boy's bed kissing and talking quietly. There was no need to whisper but it felt so much more intimate to them.

They hadn't felt the need to lock the door so both of them jumped a good foot when they suddenly heard a loud voice echoing through the manor.

A loud female voice.

A female voice they knew only too well.

Molly Weasley was calling.

"Ronald Bilius Weasley! Get down here right now!" Her voice boomed through the halls.

After a moment of shock they both jumped out of the bed and scrambled downstairs. You didn't defy that tone of Molly Weasley's voice if you wished to live another day. That woman could be scary if she wanted to.

When they reached the entrance hall the adults were already there since they had obviously been closer to the floo.

"Molly! Don't scream that loud around my house! I would not appreciate if a cauldron exploded just because you had to scream your head off!" Severus berated her, but that backfired on him when she turned her full attention on him.

"You! You, mister, owe me an explanation! Why didn't anyone bother to tell me?"

Harry decided to step in before things escalated.

"Would you like to step through for tea, misses Weasley?"

"Oh no, Harry dear, I wouldn't want to impose." She answered him kindly before turning her attention back to her son. "I expect you to be home in ten minutes, Ronald!"

While Ron gulped (he knew he was in trouble) Marvolo and Sirius were having a hard time keeping their laughter quiet and Severus couldn't decide if he should join in or scowl at that woman's manners.

As soon as her son had nodded in confirmation Molly pulled out of the fire and ended the call.

The second the flames turned regular orange Marvolo and Sirius burst out laughing. The Dark Lord had never personally met the Weasley matriarch but it seemed as if all those tales he had heard were true. She truly was a force to be reckoned with.

Once they had their emotions back under control the youngest Weasley boy spoke up. "I better get home or mum's lecture will be even worse. Thank you for lunch, Professor."

"You are welcome, Ronald. My condolences to what awaits you at home." Severus answered before pulling his husband out of the room. "Come, Marvolo, we still have some work to do in your office."

"Bye Ron!" Sirius said cheerfully before he also left for the library. "Good luck!"

"Bye Sirius."

Once only the two teens were left they embraced and kissed each other for a long time before finally stepping back.

"Good luck, love. Greet everyone from me."

"Thanks. I will. See you soon."

With one last kiss Ron picked up some floo powder and threw it into the fireplace.

"The burrow!" He called out and with one whoosh he was gone.

Harry was sad that his boyfriend had to leave so suddenly but he knew Ron would already get the lecture of a lifetime once he got home and he wouldn't want to be the redhead's shoes then.

Molly's lectures were awful but the Weasley's secret weapon was Arthur. He gave you a dressing down that made you feel about two inches tall and guilty enough to cry. He just hoped Ron wouldn't have to sit through one of those.

The teen had not even left the room completely when the floo flared again and a woman stepped out.

Amelia had spent all afternoon sorting through the information she had gathered during Dumbledore's interview. It was tiring work and even with two aurors helping her it was a long process to double check everything.

Only once all major occurrences were covered did she leave the rest to her subordinates. She still had a few more interviews to conduct and she needed to swing by Gringotts before they closed for the day. Since it was Sunday they would close earlier than during the week.

Amelia would have never made it there in time if it wasn't for the auror apparition room. And even then she was cutting it close. She quickly hurried through the open office area and as soon as she was past the ward she apparated as close as possible to the bank without slowing her stride.

Thankfully there was an apparition point in an alley right next to the bank. Without stopping to righten her robes she nearly ran into the bank and to the nearest free teller.

"I need to speak with Griphook please." She said while trying to get her breath back under control.

"And you are?" The goblin sneered.

"Madame Bones, DMLE. He knows I am coming."

Without another word the teller waved a younger goblin over and told him something in their own language before the young goblin guided her down the hall where she knew Griphook's office was.

"Good evening, Madame Bones." He greeted her once she stood in his office.

"Good evening, Griphook. I am sorry to disturb you this late in the day."

"Not to worry. What can I do for you?"

"Could you please open a floo connection to the Prince-Slytherins for me?" She asked.

"With pleasure."

Griphook walked over to his fireplace and after throwing in floo powder murmured a few words she couldn't understand before stepping back.

"This will take you directly to their entrance hall. Gringotts will not be open for you to return here."

"That won't be a problem. Thank you for your help, Griphook."

With that Amelia stepped into the flames and emerged in a modern entrance hall.

Before she was able to have a proper look around there was movement in front of her that drew her attention. Standing at the threshold of the door was none other than Harry Potter.

"Madame Bones!" He exclaimed surprised.

"Lord Gryffindor Potter." She greeted him back with a smirk on her face that pulled him out of his shock.

"Welcome to Snake Pit Manor. What can I help you with?" He asked formally.

"I wish to speak to you and the Lords Prince, Slytherin and Black about Dumbledore's misdemeanors."

"Oh. Well we better move this to the library then."

With a wave of his hand he indicated she should follow him and started out of the room.

They walked down a long hall with only two doors on each side. Harry stopped and knocked on the first one on the left.

"Yes?" Came a voice from inside.

"Papa, Dad, Madame Bones is here to talk to us. We'll be in the library." Harry told the door before moving along.

Amelia was rather surprised the teen hadn't entered the room and it must have shown on her face because Harry answered her unasked question with a grin.

"They are more hormonal than my whole dorm together. You never know what you walk in on when you open that door."

"Oh."

Thankfully Amelia didn't have to say anything else since they had reached their destination. The teen opened the second left sided door and waved her inside in front of himself.

"Ami!" Sirius exclaimed once his brain registered who had just stepped into the library.

"Sirius!" Amelia squealed when said man grabbed her in a bear hug and spun her around. "Let me down!"

"Only if I get a kiss."

"Put me down this instant, Black! I'm here on official business."

"As my lady commands." He finally complied. "Just so you know, you are no fun anymore."

With a big pout he threw himself on the couch which caused all the others to chuckle. Severus and Marvolo had joined them as well although they both looked a bit rumpled.

"Please have a seat, Madame Bones." Marvolo offered politely before calling an elf for tea.

Once the little elf was gone again they all had a seat and Amelia immediately started her questioning.

"I'm sorry to come unannounced but I am trying to get all of this solved as fast as possible."

"That's alright. We knew you would come at some point."

Severus said.

"Good. Now Lord Gryffindor Potter first, I think." She decided and set up a dicta quill.

"Harry, please."

"Harry. It was accusations the goblins made in your name that started this whole investigation. Can you tell me everything you remember about your life at the Dursleys?"

The teen had known this was coming so he took a deep breath and started talking.

He told them about the cupboard under the stairs (which caused his Dad to take his hand), all of the chores he had to do while Dudley did nothing. About having to cook but not being allowed to eat. How they called him freak and let Dudley hit and mob him.

It was painful and relieving at the same time to talk about the horrors of his childhood. He even told them about the Dursleys reaction to his magical outbursts and the owls delivering his Hogwarts letter.

Once he didn't know what else to tell them he, looked up at Madame Bones but her horrified look had him looking down again. He took a few sips of tea to moisten his parched mouth. It took the adults a few minutes to regain their composure again.

"So the first time you heard anything about magic being real was when?"

"Right on my eleventh birthday. Hagrid came to bring me my letter and take me school shopping."

"Rubeus Hagrid, I take it?"

"Yes."

"Where did you get your money from?"

"Gringotts, of course. Hagrid had gotten my key from Dumbledore."

"What happened to the key once you had your money?"

"Hagrid took it again for safe keeping."

"How did you buy your school supplies before second year?"

"Well I was at the Weasley's after Fred, George and Ron had rescued me and Dumbledore must have sent it there because misses Weasley gave it to me."

"Rescued?"

"My uncle had locked me in my room – with bars on the window and everything – because he found out I couldn't use magic outside of school…" Harry trailed off, carried away in the memory of that awful day. Noticing how hard this was for his son, Severus quickly drew the teen into his side and quietly murmured into his ear.

"It's alright, Snitch. You can tell us everything. We all love you here."

It took a few moments until Harry was back in the present and once he had made eye contact with Amelia she asked her next question.

"You said your uncle found out you couldn't use magic – how did that happen?"

Still snuggled close to his Dad for comfort the teen told them about that awful day Dobby dropped the cake on the Dursleys guests. He also told them about the treatment he received from them afterwards until the boys rescued him.

"You only were allowed out of the room once a day?" She asked disbelieving.

"Twice if I was lucky or there were chores."

"What happened during the summer before third year?" Amelia asked after she got over her anger at that family's treatment of the boy.

"Aunt Marge came to visit. She loved to send her dog Ripper after me and if I was not fast enough in climbing a tree he bit me. She also loved to talk about my parents being the lowest scum on earth when she was drunk. She had been telling me as long as I can remember that my uncle should have drowned me when they found me on their doorstep."

"I found a notice on underage magic that summer. What happened?"

"I blew her up." Harry said with a small smirk. "I got so angry and my magic just blew her up like a balloon. It was rather funny looking back but back then I was terrified. Not only of my uncle's wrath but also because of the warning I had gotten the year before."

"Wasn't that the night I first met you?" Sirius injected curiously.

"Yes. I just took all my stuff and ran out of there as fast as I could. I had just dropped down on a bench to think when something startled me. Since I thought I would be expelled anyway I drew my wand to see what those eyes in the bushes were when suddenly the Knight Bus appeared."

"Yes that was me!" The animagus exclaimed excitedly.

"You scared me shitless! But at least I was then able to take the bus to Diagon Alley."

"Did you stay there for the rest of the summer?"

"Yes. The Minister himself was waiting for me at the Leaky Cauldron and assured me that I was not being expelled and that I should just stay at the pub until the Hogwarts Express left London. It was the best summer I had had until then."

"Was there anything special happening last summer?"

"You mean besides the quidditch World Cup disaster? No. The Weasley's picked me up from Privet Drive and I spent the rest of the summer with them."

"Alright. Then let us move on to your years at Hogwarts." Madame Bones decided.

TBC

Happy Easter everyone!

I know I left you all hanging in the middle of the interview there ;) But that just heightens the suspense ;)

You all have to wish Miu good luck or think of her (we austrians say "pressing your thumbs") because she has the most difficult exam ever in existance on April 4th!

First posted on: 01. April 2018

Next update planned: 15. April 2018