What do we do now

Albus Dumbledore stood looking out his window at a complete loss at what

to make of the pasteraleral days events. First Minerva’s daughter Jocelyn

shows up almost a week earlier than what she said in her response letter.

And when she does show up it is in perfect time to rescue Daylan. Who at

the time was a wolf puppy running around the school trying to keep away

from his father, for the simple reason that Daylan feared that his father was

going to reject him for his unusual ability. Albus shook his head slightly in

amazement; Daylan was a remarkable child. He had been especially

surprised and a little skeptical at Severus’s description of Daylan’s flawless

transformation in his chambers but when he had seen with his own eyes in

his office it had been truly amazing. The child most likely started shifting

into his animagus form as a type of defense mechanism, and from the way it

looked he had started doing it shortly after he had been placed with the

Dursley’s. Albus let his chin hit his chest in a sad sigh. At times like these he

wished that Cornelius Fudge had never been elected to be the Minister of

Magic. The mas tas too damn stubborn for his own good. It had been at his

insistence that Daylan was to be sent to his relatives instead of letting him

stay at the school. He had to talk to Severus at what they where going to tell

the Minister when it became apparent that Harry Potter was missing from his

relatives home. He had an idea but wanted to make sure that Severus agreed

with it.

Jocelyn’s early arrival couldn’t have happened at a more needed time.

Daylan would need to get started on his schooling as soon as she was ready.

The sooner that happened the better that it would be for everyone.

Albus thought back to what she had told him about her operation that she

had had to correct some of her hearing. He would have to look into that with

Poppy and see if it would benefit Daylan.

Albus slowly stood and walked over to his window. He would give Severus

the afternoon to get Daylan settled back down before he went down and told

him his plan for the minister.

Severus carried Daylan back down to their quarters; the boy had fallen

asleep in his arms while he had talked to Minerva and her daughter. His

thoughts drifted back to the woman that he had met for the first time in

Albus’s office. While talking with her and Minerva she had seemed to be a

very intelligent person and had taken instantly to Daylan. He knew that

Daylan would benefit greatly from having her as a teacher. He wondered

how he should go about telling her about Daylan’s alter identity.

Daylan started stirring in his sleep after Severus had laid him down on his

bed. He brushed his hand gently over his son’s forehead brushing the strand

of raven hair away from the offending scar. They needed to cover it up some

how, but he wasn’t sure what would work. A rather simple idea popped into

his head. He silently swept from his room and went to the fireplace. He

threw in a pinch of floo powder and called for Minerva. Several seconds

went by before her head popped into the fireplace.

“Is something the matter Severus?” Minerva asked worriedly.

Severus chuckled. “Actually I have come to ask you a rather strange

question that I hope that you will not smack me for.” He replied

Minerva glanced at the man in front of her imploringly. “And what would

that question be?”

“Would you happen to have any of that muggle liquid makeup that you

would use on your face?” Severus asked unsure if he was describing the

stuff correctly. He had only seen Lily using it once or twice but hadn’t really

paid that much attention to it.

Minerva sat thinking for a few seconds before she answered. “I think that I

do but if not I am sure that Jocelyn would. May I ask why you would need

it?”

“I would rather not say over the floo but if you could find it would you

please bring it down to my rooms.” Severus asked hoping that his idea

would work. He would only know when it was tried. If not then they may

have to resort to more drastic measures. He had thought about his son being

Harry Potter for a while and how he would deal with that knowledge. He had

talked it over with Albus a few days before and had decided that until

Daylan was fully adjusted with Severus and caught up with his studies he

would not let anyone else know the truth. But when it came time for Daylan

to start Hogwarts he would be enrolled as Harry Potter. They wouldn’t hide

that fact that Severus was Daylan’s father and hopefully it wouldn’t cause a

big stir in the news. But he knew that as soon as it hit the Prophet that Harry

Potter wasn’t truly a Potter there would be a huge scandal that paper would

make up. It sickened his to think of what would happen but hopefully by that

time they will have all been ready for the backlash.

Severus then thought of what would happen when the Ministry realized that

Harry Potter was not longer living with his relatives. He supposed that

would be another thing that he and Albus needed to sit down and figure out.

He knew that there was no way that they could let the Ministry know that

Daylan Snape was actually Harry Potter. He would loose his son for sure.

Severus stood and walked over to his kitchen sink and filled the teakettle

with water. He needed a cup of hot strong tea to clear his head.

Shortly after filling cup with his favorite tea he heard someone knocking on

his door. He quickly walked over and opened it revealing a very flushed

Jocelyn McGonagall.

Severus realized that it was time to tell Jocelyn exactly who his son had been

before he became Daylan Snape.