Firework

Title: Firework

Fandom: Harry Potter

Pairings: LuciusxSeverus, mentions of past/unrequited NarcissaxRegulus, one-sided HarryxDraco?, mentions of TedxAndromeda

Summary: A little AU after the First Task for all his apparent forgiveness of Ron for abandoning him, he's incapable of forgetting. The Triwizard Tournament forced Harry to grow up and changed the way he looked and things as well as what he focused on. Complete AU from the day of the Third Task. Harry doesn't want to participate in the Tournament; he has said he has no wish to win. What happens when he refuses to search for the Triwizard Cup?

A/N: The title is in reference to the song by Katy Perry. If fit the story so well when it came on the radio after I took a dinner break while writing. Prior to that song playing this fic had no name. Its just a random story idea that I couldn't shake but it seems to be shaping into a nice storyline.

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Chapter 13- Surprises?

 

After the shocking repercussions of his dream orb experiment and the appointing of Ted Tonks to Hogwarts as their official Mind Healer, Severus had decided to toss out his plans for normal OWLS instructions.

He stood before his students, arms clasped behind his back, “A little distraction from our OWLS preparatory work. This in an intricate potion, not often taught but it will test your mettle. It is the parentus divinus potion. For Muggleborns it will reveal who in your family was a wizard. For those descended from all wizard families it will merely be an exercise in proper brewing.” He waved his hand and potions cupboard opened. “You will brew in pairs. Partners are on the board. Now once your potion is complete you will request parchment. For this potion requires a specially treated parchment.”

Hermione Granger raised her hand, “Professor?”

Severus glared at her, “Yes?”

“Why are we not working on OWLS work?”

Severus scowled, “I am under orders from the Headmaster to postpone OWLS related lessons until Weasley is off suspension. This assignment will take three class periods. You may begin.”

Draco was thrilled he had been partnered with Harry but Harry seemed less then pleased.

 

Hermione was less then enthusiastic to be paired with Neville but she’d make the best of it.

 

XoooooX

It was their second Potions lesson since beginning the Parentus divinus potion.

Severus sighed, “If your potion looks as described you may send one person per table to pick up parchment from the table at the front of the class.”

Harry smiled at Neville; the boy was too shy to really betray anyone and had been bullied mercilessly in the past by Draco. “Why don’t you go pick up the parchments for us?”

Neville blushed and nodded scurrying off to fetch them.

Hermione smiled, “That was really nice of you Harry.”

Harry shrugged, he expected despite the intricacy of the potion that it would reveal little he didn’t already know.

Neville returned with four large sheets of parchment.

Harry and Hermione were surprised at the size; they were the same width as a poster was long.

“Now,” Severus began, “you will each slowly pour one ladle’s worth of potion onto the bottom of the parchment. Then taking a clean silver knife you will draw blood, a small amount mind and add it to the potion. At which time the potion and blood will be absorbed into the parchment.”

Draco added the potion to his parchment first and then handed the ladle to Harry.

Harry dipped the ladle into the potion, pouring it where Draco had but on his own potion.

Draco took up his silver knife and cut his left forefinger letting one drop fall into the potion.

Harry copied his action using his own knife.

Draco’s parchment saw the first reaction.

Bloodlike ink streamed from the bottom centre of the parchment.

First came name…followed by that of his nearest relations.

Draco read avidly.

 

Lucius Ramirus Malfoy                       Narcissa Maia Black

V

Draco Lucius Malfoy

b. 5 June 1980

 

Abraxus Malfoy    Aelia Pucey

V

Lucius Abraxus Malfoy            

1. 21 December, 1955

 

 

Atticus Malfoy            Muriel Prewett

V

Abraxus Galatyn Malfoy                   Apollus Gawain Malfoy

 

 

Apollus Malfoy             Jacquelina Flint

 

Xenos Dagonet Malfoy           Sancus Kay Malfoy                  Clarita Ragnall Malfoy

     b. 8 October 1957                 b. 8 October 1957                  b. 13 March 1960

 

       Xenos Malfoy                   Demeter Lovegood

V

Luna Avalon Lovegood

b. 9 February 1981

 

Cygnus Black               Drusilla Rosier

V

 Andromeda Penelope Black               Bellatrix Media Black     Narcissa Maia Black

 b. 27 September 1955       b. 5 October 1957                  b. 18 November 1959

 

Andromeda Penelope Black            Edwin Chaim Tonks

V

Nymphadora Edwina Tonks

b. 9 April 1973

Draco thought this was the coolest assignment ever.

 

XoooooX

Harry watched the blood and potion soak into the parchment with a sigh. Like it would show something he didn’t know…

 

First came his name.

 

Herodotus James Potter

Written in ink the colour of blood.

Then above his name was:

 

James Seff Potter

He expected to see Lily Evans.

That however was not what appeared….

What appeared was:

 

Liliana Anise Snape

Harry shouted, “Professor! The potion’s not working….”

The parchment currently read

 

   James Seff Potter     Liliana Anise Snape

V

Herodotus James Potter

Then came his father’s side

 

Charlus Weylyn Potter and Odoratia Bay Black

His grandmother was a Black?

It was his mother’s parents that made him feel faint.

Eileen Demetra Prince and Tobias Hamnon Snape

Beside his mother’s name was that of his professor…

 

Severus Tobias Snape

 He tugged Draco’s sleeve, “This can’t be right…”

The rest of the genealogy was filling itself in but all Harry saw was the absence of Evans and Dursleys….

 

XoooooX

Severus hurried to Harry’s side to see what had upset the poor boy.

His eyes fell upon his name, why would his name be on Harry’s family tree?

There it was:

 

Eileen Demetra Prince   Tobias Hamnon Snape

V

Severus Tobias Snape     Liliana Anise Snape

b. 9 January 1960

Severus stared, “We were twins? That’s…” that explained his immediate connection to Lily, since they were obviously fraternal that would explain the difference in appearance. Had Petunia known? She couldn’t have or else she would have sent Harry off to an orphanage. The Evans adopted Lily? They’d even kept the name Lily Anne…

His heart felt full to bursting, Harry was his nephew? Then he remembered all the times he’d verbally attacked the boy and he wanted to weep. He’d tormented his own nephew? How could he not have realised? Merlin help him…

Yet, it would help keep Harry out of Sirius’ hands. Blood trumped all, as Harry’s biological uncle he would be awarded custody easily. That is custodianship, he and Harry had a long way to go before they might be capable of a relationship fitting an uncle and nephew.

Severus ruffled his hair, “It explains a lot, why your mother was so magically talented. We were a lot alike, so Lily was a Prince? It seems young Harry Potter that you are at present heir to three titles…”

Potter, Black and through his mother, Prince because as the current holder of the time Severus had no blood descendant.

Yet according to Harry’s parchment they were related to Theo Nott through Severus’ Aunt Evelyn…

 

XoooooX

“Professor? I think there is something wrong with the potion…”

Severus sighed, there couldn’t be anything wrong with the potion. There could always be something wrong with one’s preconceptions. Dutifully he made his way to Dean Thomas’ cauldron.

“See professor? That’s not my birth father’s name. His name was Carey.”

Severus glanced at the parchment.

With Draco’s overly curious eyes peering around him.

 

Diana Williams            Caradoc Dearborn

 V       

Dinadan Kay Dearborn- Dean Kay Thomas

b. 27 December 1979

 

Caradoc Dearborn            Jasmine Creevey

     V   

Colin Ryan Creevey                     Dennis Bryan Creevey

b. 8 December 1980            b. 10 February 1983     

 

Gawain Ernest Dearborn      Clorinda Aludra Crouch

                                         V 

Caradoc Munimos Dearborn      Alys Lysistrate Dearborn     Galiene Kleio Dearborn

 b. 9 December 1953         b. 9 December 1953            b. 21 May 1957

 

“What’s wrong? Apparently your sire wasn’t entirely honest, odd. Caradoc was a Hufflepuff. I thought he was bent but to father three sons I must have been mistaken. He disappeared in July of 1980 I wasn’t aware he was disappearing to the Muggle World. Maybe he planned to hide there.” Severus mused.

 

 

Franciscus Denzil Longbottom       Alys Lysistrate Dearborn    

  V

Neville Leonides Longbottom

b. 30 July 1980

 

         Dour Alec Dunbar        Galiene Kleio Dearborn

  V

            Fay Saundra Dunbar            Craig Pelles Dunbar          Blanche Catriona Dunbar

            b. 21 Sep 1979                   b. 17 January 1982            b. 1 May 1983

 

Draco laughed, “It proves the theory that two Muggleborn witches or wizards are impossible. The three of them aren’t Muggleborn, they’re Halfblood. Well things are looking up for you Thomas. You’re the firstborn to an old and respected family. I believe your grandmother was a Crouch and your great-grandmother was a Bones. That means you’ve got cousins. I hope you like Susan Bones and the Creevey brothers.”

Draco didn’t mention the Dunbars or Longbottom mostly because well, Longbottom was still a bit of an embarrassment to his House- both his birth House and his Hogwarts House not that he dared to say anything about it.

Severus gripped his shoulder, “Draco, that’s enough.”

“This so cool. I’ll have to update Father’s records. It seems our book is incomplete. It will be remedied.” Draco smirked.

“What book?” Dean asked confused.

Draco blinked at him and then with an air of superiority, “Why the Almanach de Foy, we have one of the oldest and most complete copies. After all the First Lucius Malfoy, who wished to publish something as magnificent as the Almanach de Gotha, wrote it. He is said to be a one-time suitor to a Queen of England but it has never been proven. The Almanach was tied to our blood magic, it can only be added to by a Malfoy and published by a Lucius. It’s father’s duty to publish a new edition. Knowing Father he’ll wait as long as possible before having it published.”

Severus shivered; Lucius wait as long as possible? Did that mean he would wait to his deathbed? Merlin, he felt ill… “Draco, be still. You are welcome to update the Almanach later.” He was suspicious that the Almanach didn’t have the connections from either of the three.

 

XoooooX

Draco walked back to his table and skimmed Granger’s parchment.

He saw a handful of generations of unknown but mundane names, meaning they probably belonged to Muggles.

She was a descendant of the defunct Dagworth-Granger family on her father’s side but centuries back but also had a few other that were closer in her maternal lineage. It was said the squibs bonded to squibs in the hope of siring magical children. In Granger’s case it was indeed proven. There was Izar Black a squib that foolishly married a Muggle- siring a Muggle and a wizard if he remembered correctly, there had been a Hitchens in Ravenclaw when his godfather was in school. It had been hushed up but Burke who bonded to a Brown had sired a girl squib, their great-grandchild married the great-grandson of Izar Black; there was even a Potter relation who was the daughter of a Prewett and granddaughter of a Nott in her genealogy. Was that a Lovegood?

Interesting, her squib ancestors were as blood entangled as her magical ones.

No wonder she was so strong magically, not that he would ever admit it out loud. All those squibs, the magic had to manifest at some point.

 

XoooooX

Not only could Severus file to have Harry removed from the Dursleys; he had definite proof that they had no right to have Harry under their care for they weren’t blood relations. Dumbledore! That self-righteous prig dared say the boy needed to be raised by a blood relation for Lily’s protective magic to work?

That settled it! He’d sell Spinner’s End finally and get Andromeda to fix up Merrivale Manor. Live with blood? Harry was going to live with him during the summers! Remus would have to stay as well. Maybe he should take Lucius’ offer if he wanted him to join him on an overseas trip. It was about time he and Harry saw something of the world. He sneered to himself, there was no way that horse-faced woman with a too long neck would have taken Harry anywhere.

Well Harry’s life was going to change, drastically and for the better. Lily as his witness he was going to change everything that poor boy had ever known. His heart twisted just thinking about how he’d treated Lily’s son, his own nephew. Salazar’s cauldron he had been so blind…

 

 

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