Baby Serena

A/N: I own nothing, it all belongs to J.K., except for the challenge, that belongs to Dahlias. I am making no money from this, I do it for my own pleasure. Please vote on who I should pair Severus with, the link for voting is in my bio, on my profile. I will not pair him with anyone until the voting has finished on Nov. 21, 2004.


Thanks to Tarallynne, the best beta in the whole world.


Chapter 10


Severus walked across the room and sat down across from Harry and Draco. “Sirius, Remus, the elder Weasley children and I re-built the house that your parents lived in when you were a baby,” He einedined. “We repaired the damage to the house and put up wards. Not even Albus Dumbledore could break through these wards. Even if he comes here, he will see nothing but the damaged house that was here a week ago.”

Harry leaned forward, “This is my house?”

Draco ran his fingers through the hair at the nape of Harry’s neck. “It’s your house, and you get to decide who is going to stay here with you.”

Severus glared at the blonde. “I was getting to that. Since this is your home, if you would like for Draco and I to leave, we can go and stay at Hogwarts until school starts.”

Harry looked from his potions professor to the young man sitting next to him, holding his hand. “No, I think that the house is just perfect with everyone here. It’s like having a family.” He smiled and squeezed Draco’s fingers.

“I have taken it upon myself to hire the staff,” Severus said. Harry’s eyes grew as large as saucers. “What do you mean?”

Severus chuckled. “Molly went to the ministry and called in a few of Arthur’s favors. You no longer have to worry about Albus’ interferinou hou have four guardians until you turn 18, and they must agree on what is best for you.” Harry looked ready to protest. Severus held up his hand, “Let me finish,” he said. He watched as Harry leaned back against Draco, “Your guardians have decided that they will consult you before making any decisions on your behalf.”
Harry squeezed Draco’s hand harder. “Who are my guardians?” he asked.

“Remus, Sirius, Molly and I have taken on the responsibility,” he said.

Harry sat up, “You did that for me, sir?”

“We all did it for you,” he said. Then he explained exactly what Molly had found out when she had gone to the ministry.

“So if he had gotten his way, Harry would have never gotten his inheritance?” Draco asked.

“It seems like that is what he intended. That is why he insisted that Harry return to his muggle relatives.” Severus looked toward the kitchen where he could hear Molly talking to the staff. “Would you like to meet your staff?” he asked.

Harry looked fearfully at the kitchen door. “Are you sure that we can trust them?”

Severus snapped his fingers and with two soft pops, Harry’s new servants appeared. “Harry, I’m sure that you already know Dobby and Winky.”

Dobby threw himself at Harry. “Harry Potter, sir. Dobby is happy to be serving you.”

Harry hugged the house elf. “How did you get them to livre?”re?” he asked Severus.

“Well, I remembered Lucius telling me that you had lost him a house elf. I knew that he was working at Hogwarts and that he was extre att attached to you. I sent an owl to Dobby, asking him if he would like to be employed by you, telling him that he must tell no one where he was going. He sent the owl back telling me that not only would he be happy to serve you, but that he would be bringing Winky with him.”

Dobby nodded his head enthusiastically during Severus’ answer. “Dobby is wanting to have a family with Winky, and Winky is wanting a family to work for. Harry Potter gave Dobby and Winky a family to serve, and now Dobby and Winky can have a family of their own.”


Severus left the two boys in the sitting room while he went into the kitchen with the elves. “Molly, do you need help with anything?” he asked.
Molly smiled and pointed to a chair. “Have a seat Severus. I’ll fix you some tea.”


Draco ran his thumb over the top of Harry’s hand. “So, what do you think?” he asked.

Harry looked around the room. “I can’t believe that this is my house.” He stood up, dragging the blonde with him. “With everyone here it’s like I have my own family.” He walked over to the portrait of his parents. “Since I can’t have my real family, this is the next best thing.

Lily watched her son walk toward her frame, and waited until he was finished talking to interrupt. “Harry, where are Sirius, Remus and Pete
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James put his arm around his wife and waited for their son’s answer. “Peter sold you out to Voldemort. Sirius spent 12 years in Azkaban for turning you over to Voldemort and killing 12 muggles and Peter. Peter killed the muggles and hid in his rat form for those 12 years. He lived with the Weasleys until my third year, when Remus came to teach at Hogwarts. Sirius escaped Azkaban and came after him.” He paused to catch his breath and see the reaction of his parents. James looked shocked, but Lily looked sad.

“If Sirius was in Azkaban, and you didn’t meet Remus till your third year, where did you live?” she asked.

“I lived with Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon until this summer. Dudley got a witch pregnant and when she was killed the baby was sent to them. It was either ‘let Uncle Vernon take her to the orphanage’ or ‘take her and leave.’ I left,” he told her. “Sirius didn’t get cleared until Christmas of last year, when we caught Wormtail sneaking around Gryffindor Tower. Remus and Sirius got married right after school let out. I finally defeated Voldemort in May, but I was in the hospital wing until a little over a week ago.”

James walked out of the painting and started shouting for Sirius and Remus. “He wants to make sure that they’re okay, he’ll be back,” Lily told the two boys standing in front of her.

“Well,” Harry said. “I guess I should tell you about the people that are staying here with me.”