Author's Note: Ok thanks for your review Scrappy8, this chapter is the answer of your questions as of how the Potters had survived, as for Lonely Warrior of Death, I appreciate your review because it will get much more insane than this. The character that is mentioned a lot on this series is Credence Barebones or Aurelius Dumbledore which was allegedly been revealed but with no confirmation until the third movie, is playing an important role of this story, and no, he is not the main antagonist, the main antagonist will always be Tom Riddle and his crazy ideas. Credence will serve like a yin and yang method, because he had saved Lily from the powerful memory charm Pettigrew had chanted, but of course, it always end up with a price, which I will reveal in later chapters, and he will cross paths with Lily, the question is when and where, I love mysteries, and I hope this will hook you all up for what I have in store for you. Also Pettigrew in this chapter is a very selfish, egotist, and the reason I made him like that will be revealed thoroughly as the chapter progresses. The previous chapter had made glimpses of how Pettigrew acts that way, but we don't know why, which I will slowly reveal as chapters follow through, so stay tuned about that, oh the memory charm is slowly breaking and look for an ultimate surprise at the end of this chapter and I will not spoil it to you. So without further a do, here is chapter 9 that is mainly Severus and Damian/Harry.
Chapter 9
3 years later, February 1991
It had been 3 years since Severus had discovered that Lily and her husband are in fact alive.
It still made him confused on how? because he was sure with their minds were completely shattered thanks to the powerful memory charm that Wormtail had made
It left him more questions than answers.
He knows Potter is very powerful, but to not extent, he also took a liberty on reading the subtle acts of Dark Arts, a permission from Dumbledore, in order to retaliate Wormtail for what he had done
He plans to learn subtle arts of revival potion making, a very ancient scriptures of potions that were used during the Qing Dynasty where the healers would revive those who are completely gone out of the mind
Apparently if it is studied well, and with care, he could revive Marlene.
He wanted to do it because he wants to finish the debts he owes to the gits.
Sirius Black means nothing to him, but Potter to some extent, but he will never admit it, means something, because despite the grudge, despite the animosity, Potter had risked his life to save him.
It is his birthday week, and he felt alone in Hogwarts, he couldn't admit that he misses his old teammates a bit
Not that much but because they were part of his life when he needed them, but the memories of kidnapping and torturing the girls had simmered down the longing to write.
And the connection of he and Olivia had flushed the urges, so he misses them, but not actually wanting to write. He will have to face them sooner rather than later, because there are rumors within the Death Eaters about some discovery to bring the Dark Lord back.
Narcissa had been bugging him for her son to meet Damian, he had told her a year ago that he had a son where he kept it from her, and she was disappointed at a very least.
He told Olivia by writing a letter about it, and Olivia had sent a letter back that she blankly refused, for a good reason.
He had a totally different reason, because Lucius, despite his pompous ways, is tied to Wormtail, and if Wormtail had discovered that Harry is alive, he will kidnap Harry in order to kill the boy, the boy is 10 for merlin sakes!
Somehow, he has another fish to fry, this Credence bloke. Somehow the old man has gone quiet for the past 10 years. since the disappearance of the Dark Lord.
He had informed Dumbledore about it, and Dumbledore agrees that it is too good to be true for someone to disappear without a trace for a decade.
Severus had assumed maybe Credence had liberated Grindelwald, but his eyes widened that Dumbledore's mouth seem to twitch as in annoyance by replying.
"He is still in Nurmengard" Dumbledore said.
"Well, there must be something headmaster, he cannot be disappearing right after the Dark Lord had disappeared, it is not a coincidence, I mean he also has a cult that were devoted to him" Severus assumes.
"I will get to it by speaking to my old friend Elphius Doge, he and I had a long history with Credence, so with that I can handle it. How's the boy?" Dumbledore asks.
Somehow Severus didn't want to look at Dumbledore, because a couple months ago, Christmas 1990 precisely. Damian began to shiver and twitch out of control, and Severus turns to check if he was ok. Damian looked at him in a weird way and then in a second, the sensation was gone.
"He is fine, a bit troublemaker like his father but he is fine. He does spend much time with Andrew Potter more though" Severus ponders.
"Ah I see, what about the memory charm? is it intact?" Dumbledore eyes over Severus, and Severus knows the mind games what Dumbledore is doing.
He sighs and shakes his head in defeat. He had to tell the headmaster that the memory charm is getting weaker and weaker, but he will counter Dumbledore by asking how Lily survives.
"Look I will tell you, but you get to tell me how did 'she' survive" Severus said, putting the emphasis on the 'she'
He watches Dumbledore sigh, and the smile was still there
"I promise" Dumbledore replies.
"No, you start" Severus counters, waiting for the headmaster to speak.
"I guess we have to ask them for that shall we?" Dumbledore smiles.
"But Albus, I have class" Severus eyes him, he wouldn't mind knowing, but how the students would explain that their professor does not show up, or the dreaded Weasley twins whom he loathes so much.
"I can handle that, now follow me" Albus said, ushering Severus to follow him on the floo fireplace and uttered 'Potter Manor' and then they disappeared.
Potter Manor, Scotland
It had been years since Severus steps foot at the manor, almost 10 years ago, he warned Lily of a betrayal from her friend, Peter Pettigrew, but she refused to adhere it.
Now, she looks alive and healthy, and she was surprised to see Severus coming foot.
To explain the shock would be an overstatement, because he hadn't seen her in the past 3 years.
"Professor Dumbledore! What a special surprise, and…. Severus" Lily smiles to the aging headmaster, and resorts to be expressionless over Severus.
Severus cringes that it is a big mistake to come here, of all places, he still remembers the ruins of Godric's Hollow, and how unconscious the three of them, they were still breathing but very shallow, he even manages to check their minds if it is working, shocked that it was beyond compare.
"What can I help you with?" Lily asks.
"How's Andrew and Elizabeth, Lily?" Albus asks.
"They are fine, playing with the Weasleys, I assume your son Damian was there too hmm?" Lily answers and looks onto Severus with a pondering look.
"I was informed by Olivia for that" Severus replies.
"How about James?" Albus asks.
"He is ok, Sirius though isn't, he still has those blank memories of what happened, I mean Marlene is still not waking up, but neither me nor James knows what happened that caused her in this situation" Lily replies.
Severus cringes mentally, he also knows what happened back then.
"That's why you are both here, you wanted to know how come Jamie, Sirius, and I had survived right?" Lily asks.
"Well, our dear friend Severus was in still denial that you are now awake, and your memories is still intact" Albus chuckles, and it made Severus flush a bit in embarrassment.
"Before I answer headmaster, I am not fully recovered, there are still…pieces that I don't know, like a jigsaw puzzle, I mean I just remembered 3 years ago, the pieces began to 'piece' together, not fully but it made one of a bloody headache out of me? Lily said, but flushed on realizing what she had said that caused the headmaster to chuckle
Severus closes his eyes a bit, it is only a matter of time where Harry gets to reunite with his mother, dreading that he wanted to keep the boy to himself selfishly.
"Like what Lily?" Albus asked.
Severus watches her sigh for a minute, and ushers him and the headmaster to sit down, offering them tea. Severus replies the 'usual' where he could've sworn, he saw her smiling a bit. The headmaster replies, Lemon Drop.
She nods and leaves to the kitchen, Severus was nudged a bit from the headmaster and the headmaster whispers to Severus, speaking.
"Do you think she is remembering that she has a son?" Albus asks.
"It is a stretch Albus but possible" Severus replies.
Before Albus counters, Lily returns with a tray of three cups, the tea for her, the special tea for him, and the Lemon Drops for the headmaster.
They accept the tray and the three of them took a sip quietly until she spoke.
"When I shook hands with the nice boy, I felt images flashing through me, it was very quick, but I caught glimpses of it" Lily said.
"The glimpses about an infant of mine, barely 1 year old. The infant had an unruly black hair like James, and a captivating emerald eyes like mine" Lily remarks.
"But what I don't understand is, how come I have a son who has green eyes, where I already have a son with hazel eyes like James?" Lily asks out loud.
The way she asked that question put shivers through Severus, he wanted to tell her that her son is still alive, and he is raising the boy, but the force of Dumbledore's stare told him not to.
He remains quiet and then continues to nod.
"As for the how I am alive, well, all I remember is I went on a coma on Halloween 1981, some accident happens and Jamie, Sirius, and I were heavily injured." Lily said.
"We were on Saint Mungos from November 1981 till January 15th, 1982. I was the first who woke up, I felt strong arms holding my arms, whispering some ancient language, I had studied many languages during my time in Hogwarts, but this one, it felt Latin, but it doesn't sound like Latin" Lily responds.
"Interesting, did you see the person who woke you up?" Albus asks, Severus kept staring at Lily in disbelief, wondering about how this person knows she is alive.
Ever since the news of the Potters tragic accident and the disappearance of the Dark Lord, he and the Death Eaters were disbanded, but he couldn't find the mysterious man named Credence, because he had disappeared coincidentally after the fall of the Dark Lord.
"None headmaster, the healer had described bits of him, they say he was tall, wearing a red cloak, he had a ring on his left arm, and was speaking very politely, not brash" Lily replies.
Severus turns to glance over Dumbledore, and he quickly agrees that this might be Credence, but why?
"Sooner when I regained my momentum, I was viciously attacked by memories, I remember the massacre of the ministry and Jamie coming to me, and I remember staring at the fear in his eyes while he subdues Mulciber" Lily replies.
"Soon thereafter, James and Sirius woke up and they too were confused on what happened, when James looked me into the eyes, his hazel eyes widened in some flashes that happened to me again 3 years ago. Since then, we had to close the subject on why and how and we decided to make a family hence Andrew coming to our lives" Lily said.
They took a last sip, and it was well evening, and Severus had to come back to his office, marking papers for the seventh- and sixth-year students altogether.
"Well, I hope you found your answers and it is getting late, James is coming shortly with kids along, so I am sure your son is coming back" Lily eyes to Severus
"Very well, thank you for clearing our curiosity, Lily. Severus, time to go. Until then, we meet again" Dumbledore said, standing up.
Severus follows thereafter and before he was on the fireplace, he was stopped by Lily's soft hand and she whispered "I remember James saving you, I am so sorry for me snapping at you, I was still having fresh memories of what you had done on our seventh year, I had forgiven you, but not fully for what you have called me, With that, you still have a long way for your redemption and Jamie, despite he would never admit it, forgives you" Lily replies.
Severus did a polite nod, and then with a handle of floo powder, they had disappeared back into Dumbledore's room.
"Curious, much curious" Dumbledore said.
Severus dusts off the soot and looked onto Dumbledore with a quizzical eye.
"Do you think he had done that?" Severus asks.
"Well, I had met him when he was wee lad, he was…. Humble with his magical abilities, but he was seduced by Grindelwald's deranged ideas, but that was in the past, we haven't spoken for 46 years, nor even meeting one another. He went on his way, and I went on mine, curious indeed" Dumbledore said.
"What again?" Severus grows annoyed on Dumbledore's cryptic message.
"The last time I had seen Credence was in 1945, the time of the great world war from the muggles, he had mysteriously vanished, and Tom had graduated from Hogwarts, on the same year" Dumbledore said.
"Wait, you mean" Severus dreads to reply.
"Somehow they had met, but at the same time they are vastly different people, you see Severus I had seen how he speaks fondly on Grindelwald, he idolized the man, and he was the one who originally owns Fawkes" Dumbledore reveals.
"Why are you telling me this? Why now?" Severus asks in a bit of sharp tone.
"It is because I see you trustworthy enough that you get to know the information and I know you have a very strong occlumency after me, if you somehow end up meeting Tom or Credence, I know you would mentally block them because you now know the hefty information about it" Dumbledore replies.
After hearing the headmaster's revelation. Severus suddenly feels a strong migraine on his temple, and he excuses the headmaster to head on his room portrait, to check the marks, and take a pain-relief potion.
He opens the door, and was surprised to see his wife, and Damian, bidding surprise to him.
"Olivia? Damian? How?" Severus eyes them warily.
"I asked a permission from Professor Flitwick, and I wanted to surprise you baby" Olivia replies.
Even though they were playing their parts as if they are married, Severus had to pull the switch that they are married, legally and form a soul bond, so far none wanted children, but the passion is there in their eyes.
"And I wanted to show Damy the school, he was very excited to be here, he was jumping up and down like a monkey" Olivia smiles.
"Yeah, Da, it is a magical place, I cannot wait to start Hogwarts this September!" Damian grins.
Severus stares at the 'son' and he feels a bit sad on the inside, wondering how he will tell the boy when the boy discovers the truth, he has to think impulsively on making a baby, just to let Damian not feel alone even when the boy knows the truth which is inevitable.
"Hello grumpy head!" Olivia snaps her fingers and Severus turns to stare at the beauty. She looks absolutely stunning, and Severus had never felt that way before, he was always alone, shy, and keeps it to himself, how does he end up with a very kind yet very beautiful woman and have a sort of a son, Lily's son, but he had grown attached to the boy.
"I am fine Olivia, I am just…surprised, it's all, As for you Damian, you will love this place more when you come this September" Severus said.
"Yay!" Damian jumps high and fists his hand on the air.
"Calm down, it is late in evening," Severus made a polite chuckle.
"Nope, we will celebrate mister, now blow the candle" Olivia eyes Severus, and Severus made another polite chuckle.
He blew the candles and he hugged Olivia and Damian, He turns 31 this year, 10 years he had 'raised' Damian, 10 years since he and Olivia are sort of together, and 10 years for the short amount of time they are together or will be together. He couldn't have any other way and he is proud to see his wife and son, looking at him appreciatively.
April 1991
It was Easter, and time for Severus to spend the quality time with his family. He took of his belongings, not noticing a black raven coming towards him from the back of the window.
The raven gawked at him and he finally notices that the raven held a transparent green letter.
He took it and skimmed through the letter where it was plain with a Slytherin sigil.
Sighing, he tore the sigil and began to read the letter.
Severus,
I am writing this letter because I am afraid I am being watched, Dumbledore has assigned me on a very dangerous task, I cannot write it on a letter form, so it is better for us to meet in this evening in Hogsmeade, with there, we can apparate at my secluded location not even my brother knows about it. be there, alone.
Your humble friend
RAB
Severus skimmed the letter again, three times actually. He growls in annoyance because he has to meet this RAB and the tenacity to write that this man is his humble friend, nevertheless, he will have to write a letter to Olivia for being late in the night of Easter but he will make it up to her the next morning, so he took a parchment and began writing.
Dearest Olivia,
I am writing this letter as an apology that I will not come tonight to spend a quality time with you and Damian because I am being called on a secret mission on some friend of mine. Strangely he is not one of 'others' I had associated with him, so it should be interesting tonight. I will make it up to you by next morning, so should you be safe, you can visit my mother or you visit your parents. I had spoken to William Jensen, and he agrees with me on setting wards at your father's house, so it should be enough for both you and Damian to be safe, and a chance for Damian to meet his grandad and grandmum. I love you and I miss you
Love,
Severus.
He rolled the parchment, and summoned his family owl Ollie, and told the owl to deliver it at Snape Flat. Sighing in defeat, this will be a very long day.
Hogsmeade
Severus manages to take a shortcut from the halls of Hogwarts and went to meet at a designated location to meet this 'RAB'.
He waited for like 5 minutes, and he began to lose his patience, and then he felt a hand touching his shoulder, like an embrace, and he yanked away defensively.
"Is this is how you greet your old friend Snivelis?" The familiar sound he can recognize said.
"Regulus?" Severus whispers.
"As I live and say" Regulus bows.
They embraced a brotherly hug for a moment and then Severus spoke.
"H...how? I thought you died 10 years ago" Severus manages to ask.
"Oh that one? Well, long story, for now, lets just find a secluded place of mine, and I will tell you how did I survive and about a dangerous mission I am about to embark, let's go shall we?" Regulus said, smiling.
Severus smiles back, he rarely smiles, ever, but if there was one person, well two that would make him smile, ever. It would be Olivia, it was Lily but the feelings is over, shattered, and Olivia is his best thing, and Regulus, due to a strong brotherly friendship between them, and then he held his friend's arm, and they disapparated.
Unknown farmlands
Severus finds himself on a massive farmland and he has no idea where it is, he looks at Regulus for a moment, and then he began to ask him
"Where are we?" Severus asks.
"Ireland" Regulus smiles.
"Which one?" Severus smirks.
"I will let you find out yourself, it doesn't matter which one, as for the farmlands, I had just discovered that my family had owned this place, so should they arrest me or not, I can kick them out, since I am officially a Lord Black" Regulus smiles.
"You? how? I thought Sirius, since he is older than you" Severus said in a shocked tone.
"Well Sirius didn't want it, Mum and Dad had died on the same year, and the lordship had passed onto Siri. but he didn't want it. so he had legally transferred the lordship onto me, but he can still possess any Black Estates he wants, and we are already wealthy so that does not bother us. I had to do it, because Lucius would be so keen on taking it. Lucius 'trusts' me, thinking transferring the lordship would make a valuable asset to the pureblood line" Regulus made a gag sound.
"I see, you are playing neutral" Severus replies.
"More like it, look I am sorry for being a git, I am sorry for abandoning you 10 years ago, and assuming that I had been dead for so long, you see I was on a terrible state, almost losing my brother, and with the disappearance of Tom Riddle, I was on a frenzy, because Bellatrix had caught me stealing something, so I am a fugitive in the Death Eaters. I am no saint in the ministry also, because I had participated the massacre of the ministry 12 years ago, so it is only a matter of time until I end up in Azkaban, either this or murder by my own teammates" Regulus frowns.
"I... I have no words to say my brother" Severus said sadly.
"Eh, it makes me adventurous, like an outlaw. Well I am dating this hot muggle I had met during my keeping under the radar stage. She was a muggleborn, but she was French and she had just moved into London" Regulus said.
"Let me guess, you shagged her into an oblivion" Severus smirks.
"I might have done that, but enough pestering my life, before we proceed, and don't worry, I already made the area in Fidelius charm and I am a secret keeper. How are you? How is Olivia? yes I had known her and dated her a long time ago, but I was a git, so I am sorry for taking her from you" Regulus made a silly smile.
"Prat, I am fine, Olivia is fine too, we had a son, named Damian. He is a good boy, a bit reckless but a good boy, as for how I am in a well-being, well it is complicated because after the fall of the Dark Lord, the Death Eaters had gone into frenzy, everyone got disbanded and Wormtail had disappeared, vanished out of trace. The worst of all is this mysterious man named Credence Barebones had disappeared right after the Dark Lord had fell" Severus responds.
"Interesting" Regulus said, stroking his clean shaven chin.
"And not to mention Lily is alive and well" Severus said.
"I know that, Sirius just sent me a message about it" Regulus said.
"Care to explain how did you know?" Severus' eye brow rose in amusement.
"I had just known Severus, I had personally met Peter, he may have a very twisted mindset, but his intentions to make an actual dark arts is weak. He is afraid the charm would wear off, also Marlene is slowly coming back, which explains why he had disappeared, out of trace" Regulus replies.
"But why?" Severus manages to ask.
"Which is why I want to speak to you about this, I have an insider reports that he is spotted in Albania" Regulus said.
"Why would the coward rat would be hiding in Albania?" Severus ponders.
"Don't you know? sources had said, Tom's spirit is in an Albanian forest" Regulus replies.
"Why would you speak the Dark Lord's name?" Severus manages to ask the burning question
"Oh please, don't tell me he is still influencing you about it. I say his name Tom because it his name. Tom Marvolo Riddle, a half-blood. Yes I said it, Dumbledore had said it, and soon the world will say it. He is gone for now, but he wants to linger fear still in our worlds. If I die, so be it." Regulus said.
They were silent for moment and then Regulus broke the silence.
"What do you know about Horcrux" Regulus ask out of a blue.
"I...I don't know, I haven't heard about it before" Severus felt dumb a bit.
"That's because it was never taught in school before." Regulus replies.
"Then why you are including this word 'Horcrux'?" Severus asks.
He heard Regulus sigh, and brought a plastic bag that had a locket inside.
"This is a locket of Slytherin, when I stole it from the Riddle Manor in which Bella had caught me, I was being very careful not to touch it, because it has a very dark and twisted magic inside." Regulus said.
"Ok, then I don't get it, it had dark magic, what's that related to the term 'horcrux'?" Severus asks, eyeing on the glistening locket.
"A horcrux is a vile act to split one's soul and placing it on an object. Once the person had been vanished or killed, he or she is not dead, because the soul is in here, intact" Regulus said.
"Wait, so you thought The Da...T...Tom had split his soul?" Severus said, baffled on saying his old master's true name.
"Knowing Dark Arts from my dear father, it is plausible." Regulus said.
"But how does someone splits his or her soul?" Severus asks again.
He watches the dark haired man, with rough stubble and the once full of pale grey blue eyes hesitate a bit, as if saying the words would gag the man
"Murder" Regulus said.
"Then what are you going to do about it?" Severus asked.
"I...I don't know, I was planning to give it to Dumbledore for more examination, but I was afraid I am being watched, not to mention I was hanging out with the cute French Muggleborn" Regulus said.
"Then why dragging me all the way here?" Severus asks in annoyance.
He heard an another sigh from his old friend, and then his friend spoke.
"I am afraid and have a hunch that this is not the only object Tom had done. I don't know how, I don't know why, but I have a feeling he had done more than one, the question is where to find and how? If I managed to destroy what I find, we can end Tom for good, I mean I was blindly following the monster's regime, and his regime had killed my mother and father. It almost made me loathe my brother for what? for the world to be pure? Tom is a half-blood hypocrite, why would he want the world to be pure? What's wrong to integrate with the muggles? they are actually fun and interesting people to cooperate. Which is why I am renouncing my views and work alone, if you want to help me, I am ok with it. If you don't want to help me, then I am also ok with it." Regulus said.
It took a considering moment for Severus to grasp it, but how would he be of help to Regulus on something he doesn't know or have ever heard about, but then again Regulus is right. It is Tom's regime that caused division rather than unification. He took a moment to think and stared at his closest friend with such determination that he nods.
"I knew I can count on you, You are my brother Severus, not with blood, but you are my brother. Until then don't contact me nor send an owl, I will lay low a bit, meeting Monique, and then I will let you know should I find anything remotely interesting, ok?" Regulus offered his hand
Severus stares at his friend's offered hand, and he took it, without hesitation
"Ok my old friend" Severus made a small smile.
"Now hold my arm, I will take you to your place so you can spend a quality time with your family" Regulus said
"Take me to Spinners End" Severus replies
"Your mother's house? ok mate" Regulus said.
He held Regulus arm tight and then they disapparated into Spinners End
Spinners End
Severus and Regulus had arrived on the outskirts of the cottage, and they embraced themselves for a last time until Regulus disappears.
He stares at the dimly lit cottage, and sighs.
He has to help his friend, but he doesn't want to, not because out of fear, it is out of the unknown territory he doesn't know.
He had read far too many dark arts to count, but had never ever heard nor read anything about horcrux, but the word does sound a bit intriguing, in a twisted way
To split a soul, one must make a murder, it baffles Severus because he had killed Timothy 12 years ago, but why he didn't split a soul back then? there must be way more than to just take a life of someone, and Severus will get to the bottom to this, but after spending a quality time with his family.
He opened the door quietly, and he sees Olivia, sleeping on the chesterfield. He manages to walk quietly toward the first stair and sees the room half-open.
He sees his son, sleeping in a crimson color of Gryffindor bedsheet. His son was sleeping safe and sound, and he smiled at his son, whispering 'good night' to Damian.
He went to check his mother's room, and it was locked. She always lock the door whenever she wants privacy and it made him smirk a bit.
He went downstairs to check Olivia, and was surprised that she was half-sleeping.
"Where have you been mister?" Olivia asks.
"I had a long day Liv, which is why I want some rest, and to do that, is to make a bit of love-making session" Severus smirks.
"Who are you and what have you done with Severus?" Olivia smirks.
"I think you have to know I am much more than just a..." Before Severus remarks, Olivia continues to scold him playfully
"Git, greasy, snivelis, and stubborn?" Olivia grins.
They were very close, and she made small kiss under his collar bones.
"Yeah I was that" Severus closes his eyes, groaning under her soft lips
"But I like the way you are, you are still a git, but a mellowed git" Olivia said.
That must have ticked it, and he devoured her with the aching kiss. Blessed to have a woman who cares about him.
July 31st 1991
Snape Flat, London
Today is Damian's 11th birthday, the best thing is, he gets to invite his friends!
Well he had told Andrew and Ginny that his muggle friends are muggles, so no funny business or accidental magic.
Today also makes it much more special that he will get his Hogwarts letter, so he ran to check on the post office if there was mail, and there wasn't, which left him very disappointed
He heard a loud giggle from his mother, and he groaned to see her enjoying him getting embarrassed.
He sat on the table, sulking that he did not receive a letter.
"What's the matter Damy? You did not receive a letter from Hogwarts?" Olivia asks in concern.
"Please don't destroy my mood mum, I am still waiting for my letter from Hogwarts, but at least I have a birthday party in order to make it bittersweet" Damian groaned.
"Patience my boy, you will get it, it is a busy day actually, I had just received a letter from your father, that the teachers had to be in Hogwarts in July for a brief moment. He mentioned that there were some meeting he had to attend" Olivia said.
"It doesn't make it any better mum" Damian shook his head.
"You are my son after all, you took after me" Olivia giggles.
"Really or do I smell sarcasm" Damian smirks.
"Watch your tone mister, yes. I remember when I first got my letter. I was a muggleborn yeah, but my father was a pureblood wizard, so I did not get the letter from Professor McGonagal unlike your m... friend's mum Lily" Oliva almost slipped.
Damian caught the slip but didn't bare in mind, he was too distracted on not getting the letter.
He felt soft hands, touching his shoulder for an embrace where he took it, and he finds himself calm very quick
"Happy birthday sport, now bring your friends, today will be a perfect day to celebrate eh sport?" Olivia winked.
Damian finds himself smiling, and made a nod to his mum, and ran to send letters to his friends, both muggle and wizards.
Several hours later.
Damian wouldn't believe how his house had been enchanted to fit many guests, he had invited his best friend Heather, and she brought her mum, Da, her older brother William whom he really enjoys spending time playing football with, and her baby sister Daisy who had just turned 4 last month.
She gave him a huge and a bit heavy present, and he eyed her quizzically and all she had done was smiling.
"Not telling" Heather said
"You are a tease" Damian smiles.
"And you like me" Heather smirks
They embraced a hug, and he heard a cough from his other friend Gareth Edwards
"So I have been replaced a best friend category?" Gareth smirks.
Damian smiles and ushers his best friend for a group hug.
"Happy Birthday mate" Gareth said, handing him a small present
"Thanks mate" Damian said
Minutes later Daniel joined in, and he also bid on saying happy birthday to which Damian grins.
Later, his other friends, magical to be exact had showed up. Ron came with a small present, along came a small, chubby boy behind him. He has a blonde hair, this boy's parents showed up and the boy looks just like his mother.
"Happy Birthday mate!" Ron almost yells.
"Thanks mate, no need to shout" Damian chuckles.
Damian felt a pat on the back, and then his friend introduced the shy boy.
"Oh, this is Neville. Neville meet Damian, Damian meet Neville" Ron said.
"Hi" Neville manages to say
"Hello" Damian smiles, offering a polite handshake, and he saw the chubby boy flush in embarrassment where he didn't introduce himself fully.
"Oh, my manners, my name is Neville Longbottom, this is my parents Frank and Alice Longbottom" Neville said, introducing his parents, who were passing by
"Nice to meet you" Damian said, giving a polite handshake to the parents.
"What a gentleman, are you sure you are Severus' son?" Frank said
"Frank!" Alice scolds.
"That's ok Mrs. Longbottom, I can tell my father has an influence on those around him" Damian smiles.
"If my husband is mature here. Nice to meet you. Now I will leave you boys, I haven't seen Olivia in ages. Ta Da" Alice smiles.
"Where's your sister Ron?" Damian asks.
"She is coming with Andrew and the rest of the family, father was on an emergency call, so I went to Neville first" Ron said.
Damian frowns a bit, he was really looking forward to see Ginny again, not that he would admit it.
As if fate read his mind, Ginny came, and Andrew came along, holding what looks to be the boy's sister. she had a dark red hair, and a hazel eyes like her brother. Mr. and Mrs. Potter came after, and they look very tired, Andrew told Damian that they are Aurors, and it was evident of how sleep-malnourish they have.
"Happy Birthday Damian!" Ginny smiles, giving him a small present, and he accepts it.
"Happy Birthday Damian" Andrew smiles, giving him a large present.
"Oh this is my baby sister, Elizabeth Flower Potter, she had turned 3 two months ago" Andrew said, grinning.
Damian offered a polite handshake to the shy girl and she proceeds to hug him, catching him off guard.
"Oh she is a hugger alright" Damian chuckles.
"Yeah she is clingy sometimes" Andrew chuckles.
For some odd reason, there is warmth, in a brotherly way. Damian felt also protective over Andrew and felt like he knew the boy all his life.
"I can see Liz already found her best friend eh" James smirks.
Damian flushed in embarrassment, and felt Elizabeth shrinking back to her father.
"I am joking Damian, Elizabeth is very clingy when she is comfortable with someone she chooses, and she chooses me, Lily, Andrew, and somehow you" James ponders.
"Maybe I am being too polite, it's all" Damian courtesies.
"Are you sure...'"Before James continue his sentence
"That I am the son of my father, yes Mr. Potter, I had heard that, many times." Damian smiles.
He grins to see how Andrew's father is in shock, but quickly masked it.
"Now best to let you children off, I am off to see Lily right over there" James said, flushing.
"Your father is funny" Damian whispers
"Oh he is, he is a bit over himself, but he is funny" Andrew grins.
And so the party begins, the children were playing the sitting on the chair game, and it was a close match between Heather and Damian, Ginny almost got it, but Heather was too fast, and then they played the charade game.
Luckily Andrew knows about it, because of his muggleborn mother, and it took quite a bit of explaining to Ron, Neville, and Ginny, since they have no knowledge on muggle related stuff.
It was two teams, Heather and Damian, Ginny and Ron, Gareth and Daniel, and lastly Andrew with Neville.
He has to admit, Heather is very quick to find out clues which Damian does, and vice versa.
He had a small doubt that she might be magical, because he could've sworn he saw her one time, getting very angry and the lights were flickering, maybe it is a fluke, but it could be a slim chance that she is magical, if she was, it would be perfect, since they had known each other, and she is like a sister to him.
And the last game, before the cake, and finally his father shows up. He looks tired and disheveled, and Damian came close to give his father a hug, and was surprised a bit that his father embraced it also, He is used to his father's hugs, but his father had always been distant, lone on stuff like that.
"Happy Birthday Damian, here take these two" Severus said, handing him a small present, and a letter from Hogwarts.
Damian's eyes widens, the letter bears the sigil of Hogwarts and his name was in it, with green letters.
"Open it after the party ok son?" Severus asks.
"Of course father, now come, cake has arrived" Damian smiles, dragging his amused father onto the scenery
The huge cake, stood towering on the table, and Damian had to bring a chair, in order to stood close to the cake.
Everyone gathered in, and they wished him a 'Happy Birthday' ceremony, and Damian was a bit overwhelmed
7 years ago, Damian had no friends, he was always picked on, always described as skinny and lacky, for once he gets to feel his father, and then Heather and Gareth came to his life.
They had defended him when he was bullied by Dudley Dursley, since then, they are inseparable
3 years ago, he became friends with Ron Weasley who was incredibly kind, a bit aloof on food, but his heart is big, and along he meet Andrew, Ginny, Newly Elizabeth, Neville, Mr. and Mrs. Potter, and Mr. and Mrs. Longbottom. He had met the Weasleys and they were very kind, so in a way, it was overwhelming to him
He had never had a birthday party like that before, it was just him, Gareth, and Heather. It had been like that for 5 years, and then these wonderful people came to his life, and the unbreakable bond with his best friends, it made him smile, and with that he will return the favor, which they are giving to him.
He looked at the large crowd with a moment, and then blew the candles. He manages to slice the cake by himself, and gave it to his mother
He does the same, and gives it to his father, and then he helped himself one. He took a bite, and it was delicious, with the help of his mother, Mrs. Potter, and Mrs. Weasley.
After the crowed delved in, and ate with peace. He couldn't hold what was wrapped inside him, and he had to tell them that they mean everything to him now.
He stood up, and brought their attention with a clink of the glass. "I am sorry for this, but I wanted to say...Thank you. Thank you all for coming to my birthday. 4 years ago, I had celebrated my seventh birthday with only Gareth and Heather. Daniel came later, but it was only three of us. Now I am overwhelmed to see all of you here, coming to celebrate my eleventh birthday. I mean thank you all, you all mean everything to me, and I hope to return the favor soon" Damian said.
They clinked their goblets and they took a sip, the adults taking sips of firewhiskey and butterbeer, as the children, taking a sip of pumpkin juice.
The adults were chatting animatedly with his parents, with the exception of Mr. and Mrs. Potter, as the tension is real between his father and the Potters.
Regardless the awkward interaction, Damian is blessed on day like this, and nothing will ever replace it ever again.
Several hours later, midnight
The guests had left, and Damian is too excited for a sleep, because he had received the best present a child ever dreams of
His parents were holding themselves comfortably on the chesterfield, and they were chuckling on his exaggerated reaction
"Go on, open it" Olivia said.
Damian took a time to break the sigil and begins reading the letter
To Mr. Damian Snape
London
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore
(Order of Merlin, First class, Grand Sorcerer, Chief Warlock, Supreme Mugwump, International court of Wizards,
Dear Mr. Snape,
We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Students shall be required to report to the Chamber of Reception upon arrival, the dates for shall be duly advised. Please ensure that with the utmost attention be made to the list of requirements attached herewith .We very much look forward to receiving you as a part of the new generation of Hogwarts' heritage.
Yours sincerely,
Professor McGonagall
Damian felt an another letter attached to it, and it was indeed the list of requirements that were needed. He is too excited that he will delve on the requirements later, well sooner than later.
"I got accepted!" Damian yells.
"Oh Congratulations my boy" Olivia begins to cry
"Oh don't cry mum" Damian half smile, half flushes.
"It is just, My boy is growing up, and now he will leave me to Hogwarts!" Olivia now begins to sob
"At least I have father to be with me whenever I am there" Damian flushes a bit
"Doesn't make it better" Olivia said, in between her sobs.
"Your mother is too proud for you my son, I am too. What are the list of requirements?" Severus asks.
"Well I haven't looked on it, I was just too focused on receiving the letter out of excitement" Damian shrugged.
"Brat" Severus smiles.
"We will look on the books in given time, remember Damian you must be on Kings Cross on 1st of September, I will not be around because I must be on Hogwarts a week before" Severus said.
"Don't worry about him prat, I will take him there" Olivia playfully slap his father's arms.
"And you love me for this" Severus smirks, embracing for a kiss
"Eww!" Damian shuts his eyes
"It is getting late, now let's head to bed, and then we shall do what the letter pertains right?" Olivia smiles.
"Right" Damian nods.
He bid goodnight to his parents, and he found himself, collapsed in bed, and then without a stretch, sleep took over, smiling for a brand new day.
Ok, I made a big mistake on chapter 8 where I wrote 'Harry' instead of Damian. It is Harry but on disguise as Damian, so there you have it, also next chapter will be fire, so stay tuned