A Godfather\'s duty

Title: A Godfather's duty

Pairing: N/A

Fandom: Harry Potter

Summary: Lily's dead, Severus is in mourning. He contemplates what to do with the rest of his life when fate takes a hand.

A/N: For

Chapter 13

The books Remus had David and Niles pick up on pregnancy and wizards had warned strenuously that stress was bad for the development of the child.

Given the situation with Harry, was it any wonder Severus was stressed? His mate seemed haunted by the things he saw through Harry's eyes…

Just what was the connection between them? Was it part of the bond between godparent and child? Was it because they shared blood?

Remus couldn't sleep and was watching Severus, his brow furrowing beneath his fingers.

If only he could help…

Remus wanted to tear Petunia from limb to limb. They wouldn't have to worry like this if Petunia hadn't had Harry sent to an orphanage…

XoooooX

Kingsley stood stiffly behind his chair while Dora knelt at his feet.

Sex with children was everywhere.

Lucius weaved about five different mirages to play on a varying cycle while he and Dora were behind them.

He gave Dora a book and told her to read.

Dora had been horrified at the party, it seemed even worse then the place they went to before. She didn't look up from her book.

Lucius noticed Ricky coming towards them and spend up the current mirage, weaving another to hide Dora's reading.

He called out, "Evening Ricky…interesting party."

"See any morsel you like other then your own?"

"I saw a green-eyed blond but they weren't my type. The only one with the right hair was a girl so no." Lucius drawled.

Ricky chuckled, "We can't get you to try a bodacious blonde? Don't you know they are the most fun?"

Narcissa's laughing face flitted through his mind, Lucius winced, "My estranged wife is a blonde, and I have no need of any such reminders. Since I see none of my liking, I am content with my Eddy."

"Married a blonde eh?" Ricky winked.

Lucius shrugged, "For all intents and purposes it was arranged. Our parents didn't really give us a choice. We're...catholic so for her divorce is not an option. I'm the Christening, First Communion and Marriage sort of catholic. I have no real use for religion or the archaic notion of sin."

"Good man, guilt and sin are merely a psychological trap that society created. I believe that one's own choices shouldn't be dictated by society, I think that paedophilia should be decriminalised. Someone with your position would be quite a boom to our fight." Ricky drawled.

Lucius sniffed, "You mean money."

Ricky clapped, "I like you Luke, you're not afraid to call a spade a spade."

'I loathe you,' Lucius thought disdainfully, as he shrugged his regal shoulders, "Perhaps, while I might spend to procure for my vice I have little interest in throwing in with your crowd in such a manner. I told you I don't see myself as a paedophile, I'm a pederast."

"I don't see much of a difference Luke, it's all a matter of word choice." Ricky chuckled.

Lucius' wandlessly allowed Dora's mirage to yawn, he picked her up after plucking away her book and slipping it into his pocket. "I think I'd better get him home. His mother will worry."

"That wench is lovely, if she were ten years younger I might have made a pass at her. Too bad she's not your type." Ricky purred.

Lucius flinched, "I've known Eddy's mother too long for that."

Dora resisted the urge to tell him off, the despicable man was leering about her mum and he hurt kids! Thankfully, Uncle Lucius' hand on her hair kept her from seeing anything bad. She hadn't gotten a chance to talk to any of the kids tonight…then again she was pretty sure it was pretty bad if she had been made to sit behind a mirage and read the entire time.

The moment they were in the car, Lucius felt a silencing privacy ward cast on the panel that separated them from the driver. He raised an eyebrow at Kingsley, "Really?"

"How can you stand it? Watching all of that so stoically?" Kingsley sputtered.

Lucius winced, "Painfully, I suppose being around Death Ears that raped was good training."

He hoped Kingsley never did deep cover if he couldn't handle this…

"You're inhumane if you can't be appalled by all that." Kingsley whispered.

Lucius snorted, "I am appalled. I hope you're taking good notes. You can turn it in to the Prime Minister. Tell them that the family of a missing child hired you as a private detective. Severus would back you up on that; you can take your findings and shut the whole ring down. You really think I only asked you to be involved to keep myself out of trouble?"

The limousine was suffocatingly quiet after Kingsley took down the ward.

Lucius sent Dora up to bed in the care of one of his house elves to be put to bed rather then let her stay up this time.

"Was it really that horrid?" Andromeda asked with pursed lips.

Lucius nodded pouring himself two fingers of whiskey and tossing it back not once but twice. " I made her read a book the entire time and kept her blind to it. it was worse then last time. That perverted scum said if you were ten years younger he'd have a go at you."

Andromeda grimaced, "As if I'd let such a person touch me."

Lucius reluctantly imparted to her the events of the night and how Ricky had approached him before he left about money for the cause.

"You won't give him any to boost your position would you?" Andromeda frowned.

Lucius snorted, "I'm not paying them anything, it will be faked. They won't receive one knut and I won't pay anything until I find Harry."

The three broke up to prepare for bed haunted in their own ways…

A/N: Sorry for the wait! What do you think? Outstanding? Exceeds Expectations? Acceptable? Poor? Dreadful? Troll?

Genuka- I promise they will find him!

ChaosLady- I am glad you liked that scene. I think that Severus needs Remus to hold him to rules like taking care of himself by eating and sleeping regularly. Severus wants to be good, he wantxz to live under the strict standards that someone like Remus could give him. He doesn't want to be abused though and he knows Remus is too good hearted for that. As for Lucius, he's made contact with persons who could find Harry and by discussing a specifica type over ad over he's convincing them of his surety. Plus he's been proved to be wealthy which is something a procurer wants to know. I think Lucius is going to have to find a mind healer when he's done because this episode wil haunt him almos as much as the activities he witnessed as a Death Eater.