Love Makes The World Go \'Round

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Suddenly Harry felt a rush of warm water pounding on his head. He screamed but then realized where he was. He was inside the Gryffindor boys shower room.

Severus Snape couldn’t believe it; one second he was listening to his son say ‘love you’ and the next he was standing alone, in Death Eater uniform, in the middle of the Forbidden Forest watching Voldemort and his ‘fellow’ Death Eaters vanish.

“What the Hell!” Harry shouted. He was just looking at his son, so how the hell did he end up here?! Naked! Quickly Harry got out of the shower, threw his school robe on, and ran out of Gryffindor Tower and into the entrance hall where he saw a sight that nearly floored him. More than half and most likely all of the Hogwarts’ students and staff were gathered in a large group; towards the back of the group, near Harry, stood Hermione and Ron.

“Oh good, we were just about to go and get…wh-what’s wrong Harry?” Hermione asked as she saw her friend enter the hall.

“Hermione! I thought I’d never see you again!” Harry cried lunging himself at her.

“What are you talking about” Hermione frowned at Harry.

“Attention Students…” Dumbledore began as Dobby ran into the entrance hall from outside.

“He’s gone He’s gone!” Dobby screamed

“I have…He’s gone?” Dumbledore asked.

“Who’s gone?” Hermione demanded.

“I was just about to tell you that…”

“Wait a minute” Harry gasped, “What’s going on?”

“As I was trying to explain…” Dumbledore began but was again interrupted by Dobby.

“He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named is gone Harry Potter, sir.”

“Well of…”

“Headmaster!” Severus Snape gasped as he entered the school. He was still partly dressed in Death Eater uniform.

“Oh my gosh! Professor Snape is a Death Eater!” a 3rd year Hufflepuff gasped.

“I knew it!” A 1st year Ravenclaw beamed.

“Now Now…” Dumbledore warned his children.

“Harry!” Severus gasped as he saw Harry over the crowd..

“Where’s Christopher?!” Harry yelled finally remembering his son.

“Who’s Christopher?” Ron asked.

“He’s not with you?” Snape nearly gasped.

“Who’s Christopher?” Hermione asked

“Oh god, Oh Severus! He’s missing, we have to find him.” Harry cried

“Severus?!” Hermione said.

“It’s *Professor* Snape, Harry.” Dumbledore said.

“We need to find Chris!” Harry demanded.

“Calm yourself, Mr. Potter.” Severus frowned as he took in the fact that something clearly wasn’t right.

“Harry what’s wrong?” Ron asked.

“Chri….Ron? You’re, you, you haven’t aged?” Harry gasped looking at his best friend for the first time since he arrived in the great entrance.

“No… I suppose I wouldn’t have aged since our shower.” Ron replied suddenly worried about his best friend, “of course you haven’t aged in the last hour either.”

“What…Hour!” Harry screamed.

“Calm down Mr. Potter,” Minerva McGonagall spoke for the first time.

“Calm down?!” Harry screeched.

“Yes, Mr. Potter, calm down.” Harry heard the voice of his lover say over the crowd

“Severus,” Dumbledore said turning away from Harry as he saw Minerva taking over the situation, “Dobby says that Voldemort is…”

“I knew you were Looney!” The Ravenclaw screamed at Dumbledore, “I had heard rumors that you’d hired strange people for your staff…a werewolf….a possessed man…a man under an unforgivable curse…a stuck up idiotic liar…but a DEATH EATER! That is just unacceptable.”

“I will not ask you again to quiet down Miss. Uber.” Dumbledore frowned.

“He’s a Death Eater!” Another Ravenclaw, named Liz, said.

“Shut up!” Ginny Weasely said punching Liz in the face. Liz fell backwards and into a group of very confused looking Slytherins.

“…Dobby said that Voldemort is gone.” Dumbledore said turning once more to Snape.

“Yes. He vanished.” Snape said.

“Vanished but…”

“You can’t push Liz around!” A big, male, Ravenclaw growled at Ginny.


“You can’t touch my sister!” Ron screamed as he ran to stand next to Ginny, “She has six older brothers and we’d glady…”

“Don’t! Stop!” Filius Flitwick said getting between his Ravenclaws and Ginny Weasley.

“Okay, calm down Harry. Now tell us who Christopher is and why you think you’ve lost him.” Hermione said.

“…but how can that be? The prophecy says…”

“I don’t know Albus but…”

“…curse you into oblivion! After we beat the shit out of you!” Ron screamed.

“Death Eater! Death Eater!” A group of second year Hufflepuffs and first year Gryffindors chanted while a group of 3rd year Ravenclaws and second year Gryffindors screamed, “Stone him! Stone him!”

“He’s my son!” Harry screamed.

Not knowing what else to do the Slytherins began to sing, “Weasley is Our King…”

“Harry, you don’t have a son.” Hermione sighed.

“Stop it!” Pomona Sprout screamed at her second years, “No student of mine should chant such horrid things!”

“Shut up Hermione!” Harry screamed.

“You’re a Death Eater, Professor?” A small Slytherin student asked Severus.

“…Weasley cannot save a thing…”

“Harry! What’s wrong with you?” Hermione cried.

“I told you!” Harry screamed again

“Death to the Weasel!” The big Ravenclaw said!

“No..I mean yes…it was a long time ago.” Snape told his student.

“Stop!” Flitwick screamed.

“…He cannot block a single ring…”

“It wouldn’t make sense for Voldemort to just disappear.” Dumbledore said again to Snape.

“Then why are you wearing the uniform now?” The student asked Snape.

“…That\'s why Slytherins all sing…”

Suddenly a parade of seven Aurors burst through the door, one of which addressed Dumbledore. “Dumbledore, we heard He-Who-Must-Not Be Named is dead!”

“Death to the Death Eater!” A crazy eyed Hufflepuff screamed.

“Shut up!” Snape snapped at his Slytherin.

“Oh God Harry, did you get hit with some sort of curse?” Hermione cried.

“…Weasley is our King…”

“Well we have reason to believe that he simply vanished although it doesn’t make much sense now does it?.” Dumbledore told the auror.

“Mr. Potter why don’t you come with me to the infirmary.” Minerva said sweetly

“You’re right Headmaster, but nonetheless he did vanish, along with the rest of the Death Eaters.” Snape said.

“I will kill you!” Ron screamed lunging for the Ravenclaw.

“…Weasley was born in a bin…”

“Hmm. But then why didn’t you vanish…” Albus said.

“Mr. Weasley Please!” Flitwick said.

“You know,” Professor Sibyll Trelawney said aloud, “I predicted this.”

“We’ll go search the forest!” Said one of the Aurors

“I am not sick!” Harry screamed.

“…He always lets the Quaffle in…”

“I don’t know Headmaster.” Snape sighed.

“Are you a spy?” Asked the small Slytherin.

“Die you fucker!” Ron screamed.

“Yes, we’ll split up to look for any remains. Good day Headmaster Dumbledore.” Said the lead auror.

“…Weasley will make sure we win,…”

“AHHHH!” The big Ravenclaw screamed.

“Ron stop.” Ginny cried.

“Harry you’re scaring me!” Hermione cried.

“…Weasley is our King”

“Stop!” Professor Sprout said pulling apart Ron and the Big Ravenclaw.

Suddenly it all became too much for Harry so…He fainted. Which of course caused the whole student body to stop what they were doing and turn to the fainted Boy-Who-Lived.

A few two seconds later….

“So did I miss anything good” Draco Malfoy asked Pansy (who was also at the end of the crowd) as he and his two goon friends walked in to the entrance hall.

“Harry!” Severus said running over to him.

“Get that Death Eater away from The-Boy-Who-Lived!” The big Ravenclaw screamed.

“All right that’s enough. All prefects take your houses to their common rooms. While I deal with this here.” Dumbledore demanded

“Don’t let the Death Eater live.” The big Ravenclaw murmured to Flitwick as he followed his prefect.

“All right I want my heads of houses to stay here, as well as Miss. Granger, and Mr. Weasley.”

“Put we’re prefects.” Hermione said.

“It doesn’t matter the fifth year prefects will take care of your housemates.” Dumbledore explained.

“Hey. I want to know what’s going on too.” Draco said.

“Go on Mr. Malfoy take your housemates to Slytherin.” Pomona Sprout said.

As the students departed from the entrance hall Harry began to wake up.

“Harry?” Severus asked.

“Oh Severus, I had a horrible dream.” Harry groaned.

“Harry! You’re all right!” Hermione said pushing Severus aside.

“Harry?” Ron said.

“Oh it wasn’t a dream?! Severus we need to find Chris!”

“Why do you keep calling Snape Severus?” Ron asked.

“He’s my husband.”

“What?!” Ron, Hermione, Dumbledore, Flitwick, Pomfrey (who had just entered), Sprout, and McGonagall asked at the same time.

“Something’s happened Dumbledore.” Severus explained.

“I think we need to get you to the hospital wing right away.” Pomfrey said.

“No I…”

“Just do it Harry, you’ve hit your head very hard.” Severus ordered.

“Fine but you need to look for Chris.” Harry said as he was carried out the hall by Pomfrey, followed by Flitwick, Hermione, Ron, and Sprout.

Severus nodded.

“What’s happened Severus?” Dumbledore asked.

“Why does Mr. Potter think you’re his husband, and he has a son?” McGonagall asked.

“Because he does.” Severus answered.

“No he…”

Severus explained everything that had happened to them, the sudden darkness, the waking up in a random forest, the rundown library, the pixie tribe, the promise of marriage, the small cabin, Christopher, and the ocean. “According to my calculations” Severus explained, “we were there for two years and eight months.”

“Well then we must go look for young Christopher.” McGonagall said.

“No, Minerva, What Severus is saying is that two and half years of their life is gone. Including their son.”

“But how can you be sure.” McGonagall gasped.

“It’s just one of those things, Minerva.” Dumbledore said.

“Oh Albus! Someone has to tell Mr. Potter”

“I’m not going to explain it to him” Severus sighed

“You’re his husband Severus.” McGonagall said.

“No! Don’t you understand? It was all a lie, I am not his husband. He isn’t mine. There was never a Christopher.”

“Severus.” Dumbledore comforted.

“This is all your fault you meddling old fool.” Severus spat.

“Severus, you don’t actually believe I had something to do with this do you?”

“Of course I do!” Severus screamed.

“Albus wouldn’t do such a thing! Would you?!” Minerva said.

“Of course not. Severus please. You go stay with Harry and I’ll send a search party to look for your son.”

Severus nodded and headed toward the infirmary where Pomfrey was having a hard time with Boy Wonder.

“Fuck off Pomfrey, I’m fine. I need to find my son.” Harry shouted.

“Harry, please.” Hermione said, tears in her eyes.

“Mr. Potter if you do not calm down I will be forced to use a binding spell.” Pomfrey scolded.

Just then Severus walked into the Infirmary. “Pomfrey. I am here to inform Mr. Potter that he should stop…”

“Severus! Have you found Christopher?”

“I have no idea what you are talking about Mr. Potter.”

“Of course you do! Don’t be an arse!”

“Calm down Mr. Potter.” Pomfrey warned.

“How the hell can I calm down? My son is missing and my husband…”
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After much hassle Pomfrey finally cast a sleeping spell lay both boys on a large bed where she magically strapped them down in case they woke up.

“It’s best if you leave. I’ll send some one for you when he’s awake.” Pomfrey told Ron and Hermione.

“No way!” Ron said

“Yes. Madam Pomfrey. Let’s go Ron.” Hermione said. As Ron and Hermione left Dumbledore entered.

“How are they?” Dumbledore asked.

“They wouldn’t stop bickering so I put them to sleep.” Pomfrey sighed.

Dumbledore sighed and nodded.

“What’s going on Albus….?.”

As Dumbledore explained what Severus told him to Pomfrey Hermione and Ron walked toward their common room.

“What’s going on Hermione? You can’t honestly trust Harry with Snape?” Ron said.

“Obviously some kind of horrible curse has been placed on Harry, or perhaps on us! What if we really did miss three years of our lives?!”

“That wouldn’t make sense Hermione.”

“Well the fact that Harry clearly remembers a life he never had or perhaps one that we never had…”

“Maybe it was Voldemort.” Ron said.

“No. He’s dead.” Hermione said.

“There is no proof and he wasn’t dead whenever Harry supposedly lived those three years!” Ron protested.

“Ron. Listen. Dumbledore said Voldemort was dead and that’s enough for me, as for Harry well obviously there has to be some explanation other then Voldemort, as far as we know he was in the shower when it happened. There is only one thing to do now…let’s go to the library.”
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By the evening rumors of what supposedly happened to both Harry Potter and the Potion’s professor had spread through the school as well as rumors that Snape was a Death Eater. Some people guessed that Snape cursed Harry; others believed Snape was a spy, and some even believed that it was Harry who cursed Snape.

Pomfrey had determined that it was necessary for both Harry and Severus to stay until at least the next day at the infirmary so she could run tests. Every time she left them to run a test the two men would start bickering. How could they not? They were strapped into the same bed.

“Dumbledore has sent several Aurors out to find him. Not to mention half of the Order members.” Harry told Severus

“They won’t find anything! He never existed.” Severus screamed.

“I won’t believe it!” Harry cried.

“They are not going to find him!” Severus shouted.

“Stop being so difficult. You and I both know what happened and I won...” Just then Dumbledore walked into the infirmary, “Dumbledore! Did you find anything?!”

“No.” Dumbledore mumbled, “I’m sorry Harry.”

“I can’t just lay here!” Harry screamed, “Not while my son is out there…”

“We don’t know that he is out there. We don’t know if he ever existed,” Dumbledore said.

“What?”

“I’m sorry Harry.” Dumbledore said again.

“No!” Harry cried and buried his face in Severus’ chest.

When Pomfrey got back to the infirmary and saw the obvious distress Dumbledore had bestowed upon Harry she forced Harry to take a sleeping potion. Meanwhile in the library, Hermione and Ron searched every book they could find on dark curses.

As the sun came up the next morning Harry and Severus were told they could leave the infirmary. Which Severus did promptly causing a drowsy and sad Harry to run after him.

“Talk to me!” Harry called to Severus who was several strides ahead of him.

“I have no reason to talk to a student.” Severus said turning around abruptly.

“Severus please, why are you pretending that the Wondering Trout never happened.”

“Fifty points from Gryffindor.”

“You don’t mean that!”

“Yes I do Mr. Potter and I will not tell you again to stop harassing me.” Severus said. Hermione, Ron, and Dumbledore, who had shown up at the infirmary earlier and told when the boys’ were leaving, surrounded the fighting duo.

“Severus please call me Harry!” Harry cried.

“No Mr. Potter.”

“God Severus!” Harry screamed.

“Let’s go Harry.” Hermione sighed tugging her friend away from Severus.

“I’m going to go prepare for classes.” Severus mumbled to Dumbledore.

“Oh Severus, you can’t expect us to have classes tomorrow?” Dumbledore sighed.

“Fine then I’m going to my rooms.” Severus said.

“Severus…”

“Leave me alone, Albus.” Severus said as he strode away to the dungeons.
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“I am here to say my goodbyes Headmaster.” Severus said as he entered the staff room. It was Monday evening the time when Dumbledore held his staff meetings.

“What are you talking about Severus?” Dumbledore said.

“I had sex with a minor…my student. I understand the…”

“He wasn’t a minor when you slept with him Severus nor was he your student. I can understand you may be confused right

“Where is everyone?”

“Minerva and Filius are researching, and Pomona and Sibyll are helping a group of Aurors that are looking for your son.”

“but…why?”

“Regardless of what you think, we do care about you and Harry of course. No one blames you for what happened and although I am usually highly against student/teacher relationships I know that what happened between you and Harry is an exception. ”

In the Gryffindor Common room Hermione and Ron were comforting Harry.

“He needs time to think Harry.” Hermione said for probably the seventh time that day.

“I just don’t understand. I need him right now. I need my husband and I need my son.”

“Harry, tomorrow you can try to talk to him. I just think that it’s too early. Snape is also dealing with um…the loss of your son,” Hermione said still not comfortable with the idea that Harry had a son, “but he is also dealing with the fact that he is your teacher and you his student, not to mention you’re a minor now.”

Neither Severus nor Harry had slept that night so the next morning when Harry showed up at Severus’ quarters neither had the strength to argue.

“I need to lie down with you Sev.” Harry said as he entered Severus’ rooms. He had dark circles around his eyes from crying and lack of sleep. “Please? For my sanity.”

“Yes.” Severus said quietly. He too had cried most of the night.

Harry lay next to his husband, took off his glasses and placed his head on his chest. “I love you, no matter what.” He said. Severus didn’t reply but instead laid his head on top of Harry’s. Harry cried in the arms of his lover for a while until he fell asleep; once he did so Severus fell asleep. By the time they woke up it was already dinner.

Because classes had been canceled that day the majority of the students had spent the day gossiping. The rumors about Harry and Severus had gotten so bad that by lunch time Dumbledore had to explain that Severus was a spy for the side of the light (which was something that caused a lot of Slytherins to get angry about). After that most of the rumors had stopped and everyone just went to enjoying their day off. Hermione and Ron however, along with Ginny and strangely enough Draco Malfoy, who had been told by McGonagall what supposedly happened between his Head of House and Harry Potter, stayed in the library researching so by the time it was dinner the four were starving.

“I have news.” Dumbledore said at Dinner. Everyone stared at the Headmaster. “It seems that it is indeed true that Voldemort is no longer with us, his nor any of his Death Eaters have been spotted nor has their magic been felt anywhere since Sunday.”

The hall erupted into cheers and claps, even Crabbe and Goyle whose parents were very active death eaters clapped, but most likely that was only because Malfoy was doing so.

“As I know most of you will want to celebrate this wonderful news I have postponed classes until Thursday.” Dumbledore said.

Everyone cheered and the Great Hall was bursting with noise until Harry Potter and Severus Snape entered. All the chatting stopped abruptly and no one knew what the appropriate response should be. Some had the urge to clap, some could not stop but to stare at the two men and many decided that staring blankly at their food was the best answer.

When both Severus and Harry had sat down the students began to eat and converse with one another.

“Ah good. You made it. Sit down and eat. You haven’t eaten all day and I can’t have my best Potion’s master fainting on me.” Dumbledore said to Severus.

At the Gryffindor table Harry sat and stared at the food..

“So you had sex with Professor Snape?” Seamus asked Harry.

“Yes but…”

“Gross!” Neville said.

“Leave Harry alone.” Hermione said hugging Harry.

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A/N: Hooray! Just one more chapter.
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