New Beginning

Temptation figured out what I was going to do. Good guessing.

Chapter 15


Over the rest of the week, Severus tried to avoid Hermione on the topic of the reversal spell. He was kicking himself now, he didn’t want to do it. The sickening feeling in the pit of his stomach wouldn’t go away, so now he was in the library looking for anything that would help solve this problem other than what he knew he had to do. Also he was trying to buy some time, Hermione had been hell on wheels the last part of this week. She was jumping on everyone for the least little look she received or word said to her.

Everyone had been avoiding her. Darien had been with Severus for the last two days, every time he was with him mother he picked up on her emotions and would scream and cry. Hermione wasn’t upset with Darien at all, Dante had told her that Mage could sense another’s emotions, and to a Mage the effects were ten times as greater. So Darien was extra sensitive around her. Severus was looking through a book while Madam Pince was entertaining Darien. Severus was in the restricted section and there were to many books back here that Darien could get a hold of and cause things to go wrong.

Dante came into the restricted section. “Someone neeo geo get that woman drunk or laid or something. She is driving me stark raving mad.”

Severus looked over at Dante. “She’s driving everyone mad right now. I’m almost tempted to tell her to put the suppressing spell back on.”

“It would save everyone from the headaches she’s giving us.”

Severus went back to the book.

“Found anything that will help, with the jealousy spell?” Dante asked.

“No. If I can’t any anything I’m going to talk to Draco, he has all of his father’s books. Lucius has boun hav have something that would help.”

Dante leaned up against the shelf, “How is your Godson, you haven’t talked about him in a while.”

Severus disgusted with yet another book put this one back on the shelf. “He’s fine, expecting his second kid. Now I’ll be a great-godfather of two. He’s wanting a little boy, I have a feeling this one is going to be a girl too.” Severus grinned at Dante, “Pansy told Draco she wasn’t going to have anymore after two.”

“Bet that was a f wai waiting to happen, if he wants a boy.”

“I left before I could see any of the nasty side of it. That was at the start of summer, poor woman is probably as big as a house by now.”

Dante shook his head, “You got to love them though, like we would ever want to tote around that extra weight. Have you looked into a potion that would help?”

Severus gave Dante, ‘you have to be kidding me’ look. “That was the first thing I looked for. There isn’t anything. I’m looking through spells, charms, hexes, anything.”

Dante patted him on the shoulder. “You’ll come up with something, just make sure you wait until her raging emotions have settled down.”

“If I can hide that long.”

Dante left snorting at his last remark.

Severus gave up, he’d been through every book in the restricted section that contained anything remotely close on love spells, jinxes, and hexes. He ran his fingers through his hair and headed to get Darien, if he was lucky he could be at the Malfoy manner and could have lunch there. He had yet to tell Draco about Darien, his Godson would have a fit knowing he had a son.

Darien was sitting in Madam Pince’s whenwhen he walked over, she was reading ‘Quest for the Dragon’, a wizard fairy tale for children. Darien was ooh’ing and aah’ing in the right places. Severus leaned across the counter balancing his chin on his hands watching his son. When Madam Pince came to the end Darien clapped and said. “More, more.”

“Tonight. Daddy will read you a story.”

Darien hopped out of Madam Pince’s lap and headed straight for Severus after he came around the counter.

“Thank you, Madam Pince.”

“It was my pleasure Professor Snape.”

Severus scooped Darien up and took him out of the library, both of them headed for the nearest floo that would let the out of Hogwarts. Darien’s eyes were wide when they stepped out of the fireplace inside Malfoy Manner, ta in in the huge immaculate room they were in.

“This is Draco’s house.” Darien looked back at him. “Yes that Draco.”

Severus walked through the house calling for Draco, but only found a very pregnant Pansy and Tristin their two-year-old daughter.

Pansy squilled when she saw Darien, “Oh, you’re in trouble. Draco will have a fit, why didn’t you say anything.” Pansy came up to Severus and Darien, Darien lay his head on his father’s shoulder. “Oh, he is too cute.”

“Thank you.” Severus couldn’t help but smiling, and Tristin started pulling on his pant leg.

“Up! Uncle Sev. Me want to see.”

rus rus bent down and Tristin’s eyes got wide. “What’s his name?”

“This is Darien, Darien this is Tristin.”

Darien stayed right where he was just looking at the blonde headed little girl. After a few minutes he decided it was okay after his father shook his head yes and got down. Tristin led him off to her toys and the two started playing. rus rus sat down at the table were Pansy was she had different colored baby print patterns out for the nursery.

“What do you think?” She pushed some of them over to Severus.

“That is Draco’s department not mine. Where is Draco?”

Pansy was just about to answer when Draco answered for her. “Right behind you.”

Severus turned to see Draco, he turned out to be a very handsome young man, and he had his father’s style for the flashy walk. Draco walked over to Tristin when she started calling out Daddy, Daddy. He stooped down and looked from Severus to Darien.

“Explain this.” He commanded his Godfather.

Over the course of lunch, Severus laid out his predict wit with Hermione, and how he came to be Darien’s father. Draco, who is smarter than some people think he is picked up on the fact that Severus wasn’t telling the whole story, He had seen Hermione in the University, even had some classes with her. She never once had appeared to be pregnant. Adoption was logical, but she was a single witch, so he knew the Ministry wouldn’t have allowed it, unless the parents had solely given her custody of the child. But even then, most parents dn’tdn’t have allowed the child, to be given the paternity potion.

Pansy was pissed, by the time Severus told them about the spells that Weasley had placed on Hermione. “I may have never really gotten along with Hermione in school, but I can’t believe the fat Weasel would do that.”

Darien snickered anytime in the conversation that Weasel was said. Draco kept watching the little boy, he knew from the Ministry or at least the rumors that had started was that Harry Potter was missing. And Draco found it interesting that it seemed Darien could understand what they were talking about, he even noticed his Godfather giving Darien funny looks.

“Well, we can look through father’s books, but why not use a potion?” co aco asked.

“Yeah, why not use the Polyjuice Potion. Like in second year, Draco found out Harry and Ron used it.” Pansy stated.

Darien startedghinghing as soon as Pansy said this. Draco narrowed his eyes at Darienn lon looked to his godfather, he was going to say something, but decided against it seeing that his godfather was now thinking.

Severus sat back. He hadn’t thought of this. The potions he was looking through had been to nullify the effect of the jealousy spell. It would still be him, just looking like Weasley. His mind kept working on it.

“You know, that might work.” Severus looked over to Pansy.

“I don’t see why it wouldn’t. It would be you, but not look like you. I still can’tieveieve he did that to her. I was sure those two would have been married.” Pansy said.

Draco pointed his fork at her, “But I told you last year some time I saw Potter kicking the crap out of the Weasel. Never figured out what that was about, guess we know now.”

“Now, I have some planning to do.” Severus looked over at Darien and said the spell to clean him up from his lunch and picked him up. “You reao goo go home?”

Darien gave him a yawn while he was nodding his head, then he laid his head down on Severus shoulder.

“I heard some rumors about Potter being missing. It’s been going around the Ministry. Have you heard anything?”

Severus looked at Draco. “We had some Aurors search the castle last week. Other than that I haven’t heard anything, not even in the Daily Prophet.”

“Seems a little strange, there is no Auror investigation going on at the moment. I would have heard of that before they even started searching.” Draco gave Severus a thoughtful look. “Seems to me, someone is jumping the gun.”

Severus sat up straight, Pansy picked up Tristin and carried her out of the room. “Do you want me to take him, Severus. I can lay him down.”

“Thanks, but no. I’ll be leaving soon.” Severus turned back to Draco. “So they didn’t have authorization to come into the castle.”

“Authorization on any Auror investigations goes through my department. Pissed the Weasel off that I can deny or accept any investigation. I haven’t seen any paperwork for searching Hogwarts, I wouldn’t have allowed that. A letter from Dumbledore is all you need with anything with Hogwarts.”

“And nothing investigating Potter yet.”

“Nope.” Draco frowned at him, then had a snarl on his face. “I’ll take care of getting Weasel’s hair. You need anything else let me know.”

“I will.” Severus left to go back to Hogwarts, feeling a little better about the whole situation. He knew Draco would start piecing stuff together, but he needed to talk with Hermione before they told him who Darien used to be.