Growing Up Royal: After TTTC

Disclaimer: I do not now nor have I ever contributed to the Harry Potter stories by J. K. Rowling. I do not make money at writing this fanfiction nor any others. But, I sure do like to borrow the characters and play for awhile. I promise to put them back so others can share too.

Summary: After The Third Time Charm, Harry, Severus and company start to raise Harry Potter while trying to help the Potter parents recover. AD was right about something, Becca said, all this fame could go to his head. AD GnW RW HG MW bashing, Abuse, Anal, AU/AR, M/M, OC, Oral, Spank, Yaoi

Growing up Royal: After TTTC

Posted: 04 April 2010

Chapter 2 A Real Fairy Princess

When Doc came rushing in, he thought he was called because something happened to the Potter adults. He did not expect the children to be lying unconscious on the bed between them. The first thing he noticed was the little girl, dressed like a princess with her little toy scepter. Both Little Harry and she were holding it like it was some sort of wand.

“What happened in here?” The healer asked urgently while running scans on all four of the people lying on the bed.

“I think they were trying to do some magic.” Harry replied, still in shock at what he had seen.

“Where did the scepter come from? It looks like a toy.” Doc carefully pulled the object out of the children’s hands to take a closer look.

“I was given to Lillian a few weeks ago from the fairies. They said she was a fairy princess and needed a scepter and a crown.” Harry replied. “Severus and I both thought it was a cute idea. We looked at it and it didn’t present any harm.”

“Did you notice that it is full of fairy dust?” Doc asked looking at the staff carefully. It was like a muggle toy with a hollow plastic handle that was full of fairy dust, enough fairy dust to buy half of Prince Conglomerate if they sold it on the black market. It even had gold fairy dust which was the most expensive and hard to come by. He wondered if Harry knew how much this was worth.

“I don’t see what the problem is.” Harry replied with a puzzled expression on his face.

“What exactly were they doing with it?” Doc questioned. He was just as puzzled as the other men in the room.

“I would assume they were trying to wake up Lily and James. Lillian saw me do a ‘rennervate’ spell when Teddy tripped and hit his head and passed out about a week ago. They both held the little scepter first to Lily and then to James while saying ‘up’.” Harry explained. “I thought it was cute until they passed out.

“The children are merely sleeping and will do so for a few hours. They are magically exhausted. As for the Potters, they are no longer in a coma. They are also just sleeping. I would have never believed children this young could do intended magic, and I have seen some strange things. The more I am around you and Severus, the stranger things become.” Doc shook his head in confusion. “I don’t understand how they could do, what we could not.”

“Are you saying the James and Lily are waking up?” Sirius asked in hope of the words being true.

“From what the scans say they should be awake by tomorrow. Not only that but some of their power has regenerated and their cores are twice as strong as they were this morning. That still leaves much room for growth because of the vast depletion, but it is better than we have been able to do thus far.”

The three conscious adults in the room turned their attention back to the two small children on the bed. They were curled together as if they had tired themselves at play and were just resting, instead of just having produced an incredible bout of magic.

Meanwhile, back at Prince Manor…

Severus had been watching his son and Teddy when all of a sudden; Evan undid the sticking charm on his broom and fell into the pool of water. Teddy started to scream even as his ‘Unca Sev’ (Uncle Sev) gently levitated his son out of the pool. He was surprised at the pulse of accidental magic that led to the dunking, as the child was only seventeen months old. Usually children didn’t start showing magic until they were three or four.

Evan was crying and at first Severus couldn’t understand what he was saying, but as he dried him off with a quick charm and put him in his lap, the child was still inconsolable. “Lili, Papa, Lili seep” he cried over and over again. He wondered why his sister Lillian sleeping would be so traumatic for the child and how would he know?

While holding Evan, he called Teddy to him and helped him dismount, leaving one of the elves to clean up the mess. Teddy’s little footprints were left behind as he walked with his wet feet until they dried. Severus took the children back to their quarters just as Sirius and his husband were arriving from their outing.

“Harry,” Severus exclaimed in relief. “How is Lillian? Evan has been crying for her and I can’t get him to settle down.” Severus looked at his sleeping daughter in his husband’s arms and didn’t notice anything wrong, she was just sleeping. Little Harry was in Sirius’ arms and he looked to be blissfully sleeping as well.

“We need to explain some things, but for now, let’s put the kids down for a nap. Have the other two had lunch?” Harry asked Severus.

“We had lunch by the pool, I made them take a break from ‘fwrying’ as Teddy would say so they are ready for a nap,” was Severus’ response.

After the kids had been settled, the three youngest in the same crib, Harry, Sirius and Severus were in the sitting room. The two men had just finished explaining what had happened at the medical center.

“You mean the Potter’s are waking up already?” Severus wanted to be sure he understood what his daughter had done. This would put the Potter recovery time months ahead of schedule.

Harry nodded and said, “Apparently the children are capable of intended magic and not just accidental. Perhaps it was the great need for Little Harry to have his parents awake and he wanted it so badly. It could have been more wish magic than an actual intent.”

“I think we should see if one of the fairies can come and explain about Lili’s gift,” Severus speculated.

They waited over an hour after sending a house elf to locate the fairies. Severus was getting worried. They didn’t have instant communication with some of their allies, the fairies being one of them. They may not be able to speak until tomorrow or the next day if they couldn’t find them right away.

Harry was watching his husband pace back and forth. He knew Severus was worried about Lillian, he was too, but right now he was focused on the swish of the man’s hips and military type style he put into his pacing when he turned to pace the other way. That man had such well developed and rock hard thighs and … No, he shouldn’t be thinking about that they were worried about Lili and they needed some answers.

Sirius was in the other chair smirking at Harry as he squirmed in his seat while staring at Severus pace. Oh that young man had it bad. He gave a soft laugh, not wanting to be heard then decided to ask, “Harry, I can leave if you want me to. I don’t have anything else planned; I thought we would be with the Potters for a longer time. When Little Harry went to sleep, I just thought it would be better to bring him home.”

“No, you should stay Padfoot. This is about your godson too. We have to know exactly what happened and how to avoid it again.” Harry replied slightly wistfully. He knew he came back in time to help these very people, but he had so wished someone would have cared for him like that as a young child.

The green fairy popped in just as the second hour was coming to a close. She giggled and looked at the three men in the room and asked in her high pitched squeaky voice. “You called for me? Is something wrong?”

“We would like to know about the present you gave Lillian a few weeks ago,” Severus butted in. “She has done a few highly unusual things in the past week and we were wondering if it had something to do with her toy scepter.” He was remembering that he had seen her summon one of her toys while waving the scepter. He had not thought much about it at the time, thinking it had been Teddy that summoned her toy for her, but now he wasn’t so sure.

The fairy gave another little high pitched giggle and said, “Not a toy, Master Severus, a scepter, she is the fairy princess.” Yes, they had been told that before, but what did it mean?

So Harry decided to ask a few questions. “What do you mean ‘she is the fairy princess’? Why is there fairy dust in her scepter? It looks like a regular muggle toy.”

“We had to hide it by looking like a toy so she could carry it. She has been deemed our fairy princess. Her crown and scepter are made by the fairies and have protection properties in them. They also enhance her unique magic.”

“You mean as in a REAL Fairy Princess?” Harry burst out in doubt and unbelief.

The fairy, who didn’t know why these men didn’t seem to understand, looked at them. She put her little hands on her hips as her wings were fluttering around her ferociously, keeping her in the air. “Do you know of any other kind? Of course a real Fairy Princess!”

Severus slumped in his chair and he knew Harry wasn’t much better. When they had been told their daughter was getting the present because she was a fairy princess, they had thought it was make believe.

Harry suddenly got suspicious and shouted, “Seamstress Sissy!”

When the little elf popped into the room, she was holding another dress for Lili and looked at her master. “Yes, Master Harry, sir?”

“Did you know Lillian was a real fairy princess?” He asked the little elf.

“Oh course, Master Harry, all the house elves know the royalty of the races.”

Padfoot, by this time, was rolling on the floor at the expressions of the two men. Evidently everyone knew of Lillian’s status except her fathers. The nonplussed look on the two faces was exceedingly hilarious to the dog animagus and he knew he would be sharing this moment many times. It wasn’t often that these two men were completely flabbergasted and the others would flip when they saw a picture of this.

Severus was gaining control of his emotions by this time and spit out, “Black, have you no decorum at all. Cease that ridiculous caterwauling this instant. It is not that funny.”

But the dog animagus only started laughing harder. Severus and Harry might not be amused, but he found the whole thing highly entertaining.

Just then the green fairy popped in after checking on her princess. “What have you done? Her magic is depleted and she was not holding her scepter. She needs that to replenish her magic!”

Harry answered as Sirius got himself under control. “I am sorry Fertility, I didn’t realize her scepter was magical and she tried to wake up the Potter parents with Little Harry’s help today. I guess she wanted to help Little Harry get his parents back for Christmas.”

“If she is feeling weak or ill, the scepter is filled with fairy dust to help her. I also put her crown back on her head. These items are imbued with her magic and can help protect her. It was during your bonding ceremony that she was bound with the special magic that is unique. We understand that and want to help protect her.” The green fairy explained.

Harry stood and bowed to Fertility who was one of the Fairy Royal guards. “My most humble apologies. We will not let it happen again.”

“Hump!” she exclaimed with a snarl on her face, and with that popped out of the room.

“Do you guys ever do anything like a normal person?” Sirius asked after the fairy left, laughter still shaking in his chest. “I have never seen so much magic in one place and so many people with the levels of power this family has. No wonder my mother is impressed with you.”

“I didn’t ask for it Padfoot,” Harry said wearily. “Though, to be honest, I don’t mind it if that is what it took to keep you alive in this time line and to keep Little Harry safe.”

The two shared a rare look, as if seeking the soul of the other and finding the answer they wanted. They seemed to reach some understanding then nodded to each other without saying another word.

Just then they heard all three children start to wake up from their naps and went in to help the nanny elf get them up for their afternoon snack.

It wasn’t long before the other extended family members started to arrive after their day’s activities. Remus Sr. came in after a successful day with the Department of Regulation and Control for Magical Creatures, Tonks arrived from Malfoy manor, Regulus arrived from the publishing house and Moony and Snape arrived from the potions laboratory. Becca and Salazar had come from setting up their new quarters, still within the underground fortress, but in a different section for more privacy and even Granddad and Grandfather Prince arrived from Between Manor. Everyone had been called to discuss the Potter adults and the news that they would be up soon.

Severus was the first one to speak, “The Potters are expected to awake sometime tomorrow and we wanted to let everyone know in person so the information could not be intercepted. We will, of course, inform Gringotts goblins when they do wake.”

He then went into the explanation of Lillian’s strange power and her and Little Harry combining forces of magic by saying “up”, without going into the fact that she was a real fairy princess.

But it seems the others knew. Several of them just nodded their heads and did not seem to be surprised about the power she displayed. When Harry asked them about it Becca answered him.

“Harry, you and Severus were told the day they presented her with the gift. Tonks and I were there with you. They explicitly said she was their fairy princess.”

“I thought they meant figuratively, not realistically!” Harry defended himself.

It was Sirius that decided to change the subject. They had already rehashed this earlier and he had other things to worry about. He had been concerned about what he was going to tell his best friends about their baby being involved in a marriage contract and being sold by his relatives.

“Alright everyone, we need to plan on what to tell the Potters about their son. What are we going to do about that infernal marriage contract?”

Becca looked at him kind of funny and asked, “Why would we need to do anything about it?”

Sirius got a little red in the face and said, “I don’t want to be the one to tell them that their son is already contracted to be married when he is only seventeen months old.”

“But he is not in a marriage contract, Sirius. I was the one to sign it.” Becca explained, still not understanding what his problem was.

“Exactly, you signed it and he is contracted to marry Ginny Weasley. I don’t really want him to be obligated to marry her. Especially not after what that family did in the other time line.” Sirius was starting to lose his temper a bit. How dare they put him in this position and act as if it was nothing?

“Sirius, I signed that contract as Petunia Dursley. I forged Petunia’s name to that piece of paper. Our part of it is not legal. Petunia was the guardian and did not sign the contract. However, Molly did sign the contract with a magical signature no less. Her part of the contract is most legal and binding. So according to the laws that govern magical contracts, Ginevra Weasley is contracted to marry Harry Potter if he so chooses. Also she is not allowed to take another spouse nor is she allowed any other dalliances. Harry Potter, however, has no such bindings on him. The contract can be canceled at any time by Severus Snape, being Harry’s legal magical guardian or it can stand forever as it is as he is free to choose whomever he wishes.”

“I thought I was going to have to explain to two of my best friends that we put him in a magical marriage contract. How did you convince Molly to sign something like that?”

“Switched her contract with one of our own when she wasn’t looking.” Becca smirked at the younger man. He was sporting a look of unfounded relief at the moment. “I was raised by the quintessential Slytherin and married the original. Need I say more?”

“So it’s alright to tell them everything when they wake up? I don’t want to overwhelm them,” Sirius asked the others around him.

“You should ask Doc how much information they can handle at one time. We are keeping no secrets from them and they are more than welcome to stay here as long as they wish. They will have a hard time until their magic is restored in some way and they will have to spend many hours at the medical facility as they research exactly how to accomplish that.” Severus told the young man.

Everyone around the table nodded in agreement to what Severus said.

As the evening progressed, dinner was served and they were in the planning stages of one other thing they all wanted to take care of. This one thing was a concern to all of them and everyone had a different idea on how to handle it. As soon as Christmas was over, they would start on the most important project they had to worry about at this time and it would take all of them to accomplish it.

Let the games begin…

A/N Thanks to everyone who reviewed the first chapter. I can’t tell you how good it makes me feel even if it was mostly recap. I will be updating once a week as my duties at work have been increased for awhile. I also have two other stories I have ‘adopted’ and will start posting them soon.

This chapter is dedicated to Shadowwold03 as my very first review for this story. Thanks also to kasaan, Ladieraie and Crazy Pedantic.