The first few days after the so called make over was hell.

No it really was! He was not being his dramatic self the least bit. He still managed to keep his belowing clock and black robes- thank Merlin!- but his reputation was damned. His nose didn't get a reduction, but it straightend and lost its mangled hook. It cost Andromeda more than a few Galleons, but she just rolled her eyes.

" what am I to do with my inheritance then?and yes, disowned or not, I did get my dowry and inheritance. Maybe because my daughter turned out to be a metamorph? Who knows! And Nymphadora has a good sum of money in her vault, she doesn't need more. Me and Edward still work for saint mungo, pays a lot better that Hogwarts, so now you and Hermione are my family too. And I refuse to be related to some neglectful unhygenic self loathing moron."

He heard better insults from Blacks, but she considered him family, so she may have held back? Also like a proper Black heiress she was raised to,She did not take no for an answer, so his nose suffered for it. Then came his teeth.

" no, her parents are dentists! And don't get me wrong but I think if (you know who) knew about what they did with their little drills and injections to their patients teeth and gums, he would have defenitly used it for toture. You do not want to be subjected to that"

And days later, when he looked at some muggle medical book , he felt he was lucky she had done so. She had him tidy his hair and to use another potion- a costly one- which both served as the safty measure for his brewings and styling his hair. No, he hadnt turned into Lucius or Merlin forbid Lockhart, but he now looked like his age, still a bastard, but a roman regal looking one.

Minerva had sequelled like a firsty, Hootch pincehd his bum, and Albus twinkled like a mad wizard he was, he even had the audacity to call for drinks. Now he had to fidget in his seat as both Aurora and Septima eyed him like predators, and Trelawny tried to seat next to him and said nonsense like:

" the mind eye see a wedding approaches"

Or

" the tower looks quite lovely this time of year for a picnic"

How Albus managed to find this one was beyond him. A picnic? In freaking winter?

The last straw was Lockhart winking at him and asking him to have a drink in Hogsmead.

The bumbling fool was two years his junoir! He was present in Madam puddifoot's when he had his awkward date with Avery's sister! He fucking knew he didn't sweep that way!

Sodding hell! He wasn't being paid enough for this shit. Did he turned the perfect bahelor of the year, the most desired man by witches into a homo? And all he did was fixing the nose, hair and teeth. He had not changed his manner, nor shown an inch of skin or dressed in illicit colors. He imagined himself in that damned dark blue tuxido, when he went to Grangers dwellings….

If Lockhart flirted again he would shove his wand in his…no no no , he did not want that picture in his mind! what the hell! Why his mind was turning as dirty as a 15 year old!

Ok, imagine Albus in a pink princess dress with cinderella shows dancing tango….

He sighed in relief. All was well.

Speakinf of well…

The meeting the Grangers did not turn well, or good, or so so.

It was bad.

Andromeda sat there the whole time, grinning like a cheshire cat and asked about the things they did with their teeth.

At first, Mr Granger thought they were from taxes until Mrs Granger corrected him.

" Robert, they are from our doughter School"

And then he deflated.

Severus started like his usual head of house visits, which was a mistake.

"I assure you that …

And he froze. Should he say "your doughter?" Miss Granger was his also! But "our doughter" seemed off somehow. Miss Granger was too formal, and not appropriate when he wanted to inform them of his rule in the matter.

Hermione? He cringed. He still wasn't used to the idea of her being his doughter…in for a sickle, in for a Galleon.

" Hermione education has not suffered at all. She is unaware of our visit and in fact our visit doesn't have anything with her achievements.She is the top of her year and as dedicated to her studies as ever…"

When he was interrupted.

" suffered? Suffered from what? If your visit is not about her classes, then what is it?"

They looked at each other with fear.

Robert? Sighed.

" so she knows about the seperation? Are you here to talk about that?"

Seperation? Ha? Were they trully this ignorant? Why would her parent's seperation affect her studies when there was a monster petrifying Muggl…she wasn't a muggleborn now was she? But she didn't know that she was a halfblood!

"of course not. I do not know whether she is aware you are in the process of seperation or not. I meant the Slytherin monster petrifying Muggleborns"

Then there was shouts, tears, threats.

"I will not allow my doughter to remain in that stupid school of yours, no, I shouldn't have allowed it in the first place!"

Severus rolled his eyes.

"calm down Mr Granger. It is not you're your place for three reasons. First: the ministry wont allow you. Second: she wouldn't want it and third: you are not even her father by blood"

As soon as he said that, he reakized he had put his foot in his mouth.

Robert was more surprised than alarmed.

"maybe not. And I wont ask how you know that, you will probably say some Magic hucus pocus! But blood or not,I will fight for her. I will remove her from that hazardous situation. You do have courts don't you?"

Enter Andromeda, who made things 10 times worse.

"Mr Granger, as a muggle you have no authority over her in court, and she is required to finish her studies and magical control by law. Even there are muggle laws- yes we communicate with your system too- by your own goverments that say so. Her gaurdian needs to be magical to take decisions in her case, like taking potions or participating in quidich games which you can not even SEE, let alone decide about."

Not Mrs Granger said" well, who is this magical Gaurdian so we can go to them?"

Andromeda chuckled" why Severus here of course!"

And shit hit the fan.

He had to explain for three times straight how he was the "doner". How magic did not give a shit about anything but blood. How hermione was now his heiress, and showed them both magical, and muggle evidence that he was the father. It took a good 100 minutes or so.

Then Andromeda had to step in again( even if the whole mess was her fault)

" I am his godmother"

And again, tedius discusions followed.

Apparently, the Grangers conflict started when they found about Hermione being magical. Robert was of opion that they should tell her he is not the father, and therefore she is not maybe a muggleborn( he hated being called muggle). That she would be treated differntly if she went to that school beiliving to be a magiclessborn.

Jean Granger, soon to be Dowson, thought she was still a child, and would take it hard. They should go according to schedule telling her at 18.

During the monthes she was not home, they went their separate ways. Robert wanted to travel around the world with charities and help poor people, Jean wanted to go to America to continue her studies in Harvard.

They wanted to do all that when she turned 18. They lived in different houses from the start of this school year and planned to break it to her later, after christmass.

They were worried that he steal her from them ( how one steals a child from those who raised him with passion?), that they wouldn't be allowed to visit her ( ????), that she was in danger (Severus would die before that) and so on. He lied to them abit, telling the monster whatever it was, would leave her alone because she was now ( a halfblood) and ( heir to a pureblood ) family.

Andromeda told him straight that magic had accepted Severus, and now his doughter. The end. The disinheritance only stuck if there were any other prince, which there were not.

Some families identified with blood (Blacks), Some with Magic (Princes) and some with bonds, emotional, adoption, whatever(Potters). Some with combination of those or only with runes craved in their flesh (ow).

He had no option but to inform her, train her and if the day come that the dark lord returned and she was still underage, give her custody to Andromeda.

Andromeda also told the Grangers about the war, the dark lord and Severus being a lord and a spy.

They were not impressed.

After another two hours, when his eyes hurt and his mouth hurt and his ears hurt, Andromeda smiled at him ( the infuriating woman!)

" it all went well, told you , you shouldn't have worried."

Worry his ass.

Now a week passed, he hadnt told her a thing, She didn't know about the seperation and donation and wars and spies and Lordships.

He just stared at her when nobody was watching, trying to figure a way.

Even weasly and Potter were suspicious.

Damn Andromeda! It was all her fault!