It Started With Sweet Revenge

The first thing Sirius noticed when he slowly came wading back into consciousness was that it was quiet. He cracked his eyes open slowly blinking himself awake as he gazed over at what appeared to be a large white curtain drawn around the bed several feet away from it. Furrowing his brows he tried to sit up realising he was in the hospital wing lying in one of the beds on his own.
He yawned running his fingers through his hair he felt terrible like he could just go back to sleep for the rest of the day, his lower back was aching, he still felt a little light headed and slightly sick too. Glancing over at the bedside table his tiara and sash were resting there along with a large glass of water. Reaching out he picked up the glass and began to sip at the cold water trying to remember what had happened and how he ended up here.
He closed his eyes momentarily and recalled getting out of bed feeling incredibly dizzy and unwell, after getting dressed he had felt drastically worse and by the time they reached the entrance hall he could barely stand up and then fainted. Someone must have brought him here.
Just at that moment Madame Pomfrey came bustling behind the curtain she looked rather surprised to see him awake.
“Oh Mister Black, you’re awake I wasn’t expecting you to be up yet” she said closing the curtain behind her and heading over to his bedside.
“Call me Sirius” he grinned playfully resting the glass back on the night stand.
“Very well, how are you feeling any blurred vision or confusion?” she asked resting the palm of her hand against his forehead concluding he did not have a temperature. Sirius shook his head.
“No but I feel pretty rough though” he replied stretching himself out like a cat under the covers.
“Yes your friends seemed terribly worried about you, a Mister Lupin I believe it was explained you hadn’t been feeling very well for some time now that you were vomiting a lot particularly in the mornings, you were having cramps, dizziness and you could hardly stay awake during lessons” she nodded.
“Yeah for a few weeks now, I’ve been waking up with this horrible pang in my stomach and having to run to the bathroom to be sick, it usually wears off by lunch time but sometimes I feel nauseous all day, I’m always tired I need to pee constantly I just feel awful” Sirius replied.
“Yes and that is something I wanted to question you about to see if we can get to the bottom of this” she nodded. “For how many weeks has this been going on for now and have you changed anything in your diet or done anything in the past few weeks that could classify as strenuous?” she asked.
Sirius frowned for a few moments but shook his head. “Nope nothing at all out of the ordinary” he replied.
“Now, I do need to ask you these questions and you do need to tell me the truth” she said and Sirius nodded slowly. “Might you have taken anything consumed any sort of beverage or potion maybe to test it out or for entertainment?” she asked.
“I don’t think so, I would have remembered if I did” he replied with a confused frown wracking his brain trying to think back on what he had been doing for the past few weeks. The Marauders had been planning pranks before he was ill and hadn’t even practiced any spells or tried to hex one another. The only thing he could remember doing was going to that party at the start of term where had had gotten himself absolutely hammered and slept with Snape.
“Well I did go to a party on the first night back at the start of term” Sirius frowned. “There was alcohol there and I did have quite a lot to drink” he added slowly unsure whether or not it would be wise to tell the school nurse this information.
“Right.... is it possible that someone could have slipped something into your drink?” she asked again. “Did you feel anything or have any problems, perhaps a reaction to anything at the party?” she asked curiously.
Sirius chewed on his bottom lip for a few moments pondering on it. “Well I do remember putting my glass down for a minute or two so it’s possible someone slipped something into it, I remember a few minutes after I finished it I had really bad stomach ache and had to sit down, well to be honest I fell over and couldn’t get back up until someone helped me” he explained with absolutely no shame.
“Very well, did anything else happen at this party you think I should know about, it sounds as though your drink had been spiked as you would call it” Madame Pomfrey replied his eyes focused on the young boy’s face.
Sirius swallowed hard, should he tell her about what happened with Severus? If someone had spiked his drink and he slept with Severus could it have done some sort of lasting damage by now? If it had surely he would have noticed long before now it was two months ago. Come to think of it the sex didn’t feel quite right, nothing like how he had expected it to especially seeing as it was supposed to be his first time and having something slide up his arse it didn’t even feel like his backside.
“Mister Black?” Madame Pomfrey said breaking his train of thought and he stared at her.
“Sorry I was just thinking.... yeah something else did go on I don’t know if it’s relevant or not but the more I think about it the stranger it seems” he said thoughtfully.
“Care to explain?” she asked and he nodded very slowly.
“After the stomach pains and I managed to get up I went over to go and get some air when someone” Sirius cringed at the thought of admitting he had slept with Snape of all people. “A friend of mine, approached me and took me outside the room, he threw himself at me and the next thing I knew we were having sex but it didn’t feel right, the sex I mean not the whole doing it” Sirius cringed slightly starting to feel rather embarrassed about the situation, never had he ever thought he would be discussing his rather pathetic and frankly quite disturbing sex life with the school nurse.
“What do you mean when you say it didn’t feel right?” she frowned.
“Well your first time with another bloke is supposed to hurt right? It didn’t it felt strange, kind of like it wasn’t in the right hole” Sirius couldn’t stop the horrid blush firing up into his cheeks. He watched as an odd expression flickered across the nurse’ face.
Madame Pomfrey was quiet for a few moments, turning around she made her way over to the curtain stopping to speak to him. “I’ll be back in a moment I’m just going to fetch something” she said before disappearing.
Now Sirius was feeling really worried, what if it had something to do with that party, what if his drink had in fact been spiked. What if it was some sort of poison that was leaking into his system and was going to make him seriously ill, what if he needed to be shipped off to St Mungos for intensive treatment.
The curtain moved again as Madame Pomfrey came back through catching Sirius’ attention she was holding a small plain white cardboard box in her hand.
“Right” she said opening it and taking a small device from it handing it to him. Sirius stared, it had what appeared to be a screen in the middle with a plastic coating, one end smooth the other end had a sort of felt end with a clear plastic cap over it, his brows furrowed in confusion.
“Take it into the toilet just across the room, remove the little plastic cap and urinate on the material tip, replace the cap and when you’re done come back and see me” she smiled.
Slowly Sirius climbed out of bed, slipping his shoes on he walked behind the curtain staring down at the device in his hands wondering what on Earth it was for. Making his way over to the bathroom he went inside and shut the door behind him opening the front of his trousers he pulled himself out, took the cap off the end of the device and began to urinate over the felt end a thousand thoughts running through his mind.
When he was done he replaced the little clear cap still holding the device in his shaking hands he closed his trousers and flushed the toilet before washing his hands and leaving the bathroom. By now he was so worried he couldn’t even think straight.
He walked slowly across the room and back behind the curtain, handing the device over to Madame Pomfrey he climbed nervously back into bed.
“Is there something seriously wrong with me?” Sirius asked in a worried tone of voice looking up at the aging witch.
“How have you been feeling in yourself?” the nurse asked completely ignoring his question only worrying the boy even further.
“Fine I guess, a bit up and down emotionally but I figured that was from being so ill and over tired” he swallowed nervously.
“What do you mean?” she asked watching him closely.
“I mean like one minute I’ll be laughing and happy the next I’m ready to burst into tears and I don’t know why, just up and down not really extreme though more like mood swings” Sirius said thoughtfully.
“Yes as expected to be honest” Madame Pomfrey replied.
“Expected?” Sirius frowned in confusion.
Madame Pomfrey reached onto the bedside table lifting up the little device an odd expression on her face and then she smiled. “Mister Black I think we’ve found the cause of your problems” she said slowly. Sirius was shaking with fright wondering what it could possibly be, maybe it was some serious illness but then why was she smiling.
“Congratulations Sirius, you’re going to have a baby” the nurse smiled gently at him.
Sirius’ jaw dropped and he stared at the woman in complete and utter disbelief. “What?” he blinked confusedly.
“You’re pregnant” she smiled.
Sirius’ face spread into a grin and he started laughing. Madame Pomfrey stared at him in complete and utter surprise. “That’s a good one, you had me there!” Sirius laughed.
“Sorry?” she frowned in confusion.
“You’re joking with me aren’t you, you know, as a kind of pay back or something because of my behaviour and all those times you’ve had to treat my friends because we hexed each other and stuff” Sirius said through fits of laughter.
“Mister Black I can assure you I am not joking” Madame Pomfrey said firmly.
Sirius gazed up at her his face filled with confusion, she handed the little test over to him and he took it nervously staring down at it in his hands. On the little plastic screen were the words ‘Pregnant 8 weeks’.
Sirius’ face dropped.
“W-what? How could I be pregnant, I’m a bloke?” he asked in confusion.
“From what you told me about that party and the possibility of someone spiking your drink, the fact you had intense stomach pains and you also had intercourse which felt like it wasn’t in the right place I am to say what was put into the drink was a contraceptive potion of sorts, relatively advanced level in fact” she explained. “Now if you want me to confirm it precisely then please remove your trousers and underwear spread your legs and lie back for me please” she gestured towards his legs ignoring the look of horror washing over Sirius’ face.
Sirius stared at her for a few moments watching her disappear back behind the curtain before he shakily got off of the bed and dropped his trousers slowly he pulled his underwear down his mind racing with thoughts. She had to be joking didn’t she, there was just no way he could be pregnant, he Sirius Black pregnant.
He had barely just climbed up onto the bed again when she reappeared pulling on a pair of clean latex gloves. Sirius instantly clamped his hands over his private’s blood beating into his cheeks as she made her way to the end of the bed.
“Please spread your legs and remove your hands so I can take a proper look” she instructed her face perfectly calm.
Sirius opened his mouth to argue but she held up a hand.
“Mister Black I can assure you that I have seen boys your age in the nude before so you need not panic I have seen it all before” the nurse said calmly pushing the boy’s legs apart. “Admittedly I was not looking for an extra entrance but the male anatomy is nothing alien to me” she added.
Slowly Sirius removed his hands staring up at the ceiling feeling hot and embarrassed at the nurse closely examining him. He yelped feeling a gloved finger sliding into something that definitely should not be there. Sirius’ eyes widened panic washing over him.
“What the-“
“As I expected” the nurse said withdrawing her finger. “This would be the work of the Trenceptous potion”
“The Trenceptous potion? What was that you put your finger in that certainly wasn’t my backside” Sirius swallowed his eyes wide as the nurse passed him his underwear and trousers which he yanked on quickly.
“Indeed it was not, the Trenceptous potion is a form of contraceptive potion used primarily with older women or infertile couples trying for a baby it can in theory make them fertile again and help them conceive, it is also used with gay couples who want to spice up their sex lives by creating an extra opening behind one man’s testicles it is very similar to that of the female anatomy only it is supposed to be temporary and should disappear within around two days after use, however although it is rare a male pregnancy can occur with such use” the nurse explained.
Sirius remained quiet for a few moments leaning back against the pillows letting out a long drawn out breath. “I still don’t believe you, this can’t happen to me I can’t be pregnant I’m only sixteen today!” he shook his head.
“Well I can confirm that you most certainly are pregnant and I’d like to run an ultra sound scan now to check the baby is alright, check for the heart beat and be able to date your pregnancy that way we can sort out your due date” Madame Pomfrey said calmly.
“You’ll have to run that scan because I just don’t believe you” Sirius swallowed staring up at the ceiling.
Madame Pomfrey sighed. “Okay I’ll be back in a second” she said pulling off her gloves and disposing them in the bin before disappearing behind the draping white curtain again.
Sirius closed his eyes in a long slow blink, this was far more than he had bargained for, if she was really going to prove he had a little baby inside then this was far more serious thank some stomach bug he had been expecting to have.
The curtain moved again and Sirius looked up to see Madame Pomfrey coming back through the pushing some sort of machine along in front of her. She stopped it towards the end of the hospital bed at Sirius’ side and reached into her apron snapping on a fresh pair of latex gloves.
“If you could just lie back and expose your whole navel for me, open the front of your trousers please” she said watching as he unbuttoned the front of his shirt spreading it open and un-popping the top button of his trousers. Reaching into her pocket she pulled out a plain white tube and leaned over the bed squeezing a decent amount of clear gel over the young boy’s stomach spreading it around with her fingers.
“Is this going to hurt?” Sirius asked quickly watching as the nurse pulled out her wand and tapped it lightly against the machine which whirred into life.
“No, no, not at all just relax and let’s take a look inside shall we?” the nurse said lifting the scanner from the hook on the side of the machine resting it above his skin. “Ready?” she asked.
Sirius nodded very slowly suddenly feeling extremely nervous. He watched as she gently pressed the scanner to his stomach moving it around until the image on the screen came into focus.
“There, that’s your baby” she smiled.
Sirius turned to look at the screen and his mouth fell open. On the screen was a figure of a tiny baby. Madame Pomfrey zoomed in closer on it so Sirius could make out the shapes of its figure.
“As you can see you’re still in the early stages the baby in the past two weeks has been developing into a far more human like shape although it is a bit larger than a butter bean” she explained.
Sirius still stared at the screen in utter disbelief then down to his stomach. “T-that’s inside me?” he asked in a soft voice.
“It is indeed, you see the flickering? That’s your baby’s heart beating and it’s nice and strong and healthy” Pomfrey smiled looking into Sirius’ face a smile curling in the corners of his lips. “I’d say you were eight weeks along now and considering when the baby was conceived I will give you the due date of between the twenty fifth of May and the fifth of June purely because it is very difficult to predict a date, very few babies are born on the date they are due so it will be the end of May or early June time the baby will arrive” the nurse smiled.
Sirius couldn’t help but grin at the picture of his little baby on the screen. “Wow it’s just.... amazing....” he replied in awe.
“Everything looks absolutely fine just make sure you are getting plenty of sleep and plenty to eat make sure anything you have is well cooked and try to avoid nuts and fish in particular you may eat them but in very small amounts I will give you a book on pregnancy so you can read up about it for yourself” the nurse said removing the scanner placing it back on its hook and pressing a button on the machine. “You should also try and take it easy from now on but if you are worried about anything or have any more questions I will be happy to help don’t be afraid to come and see me any time you want” she added gently wiping the gel from his stomach with a tissue.
“Okay thank you” Sirius smiled doing his trousers back up.
“Now I am going to write you a note to take to Professor Slughorn today and he will be able to brew you a potion which will help with the morning sickness so it will buck you up a bit as well” she explained pulling off her gloves and disposing of them before picking up two little pieces of paper from the tray beneath the ultra sound scanner. She handed them over to Sirius who stared at them in shock they were two moving scan photographs of his little baby.
“Thank you....” he said unable to take his eyes off of them.
“I’m just going to fetch you that book and I’ll be back” she nodded with a smile and left Sirius on his own with his pictures.
He was actually pregnant, going to have a little baby in another seven months he would be able to hold him or her in his arms. Sirius actually felt happy at the prospect of this, delighted he was going to have a little baby, a fifth Marauder, but on the other hand he was utterly terrified, how was he going to cope, what would his friends say, what would the rest of the school think of him but mind you that did praise him and adore him anyway so he should be alright on that factor, his parents- Sirius laughed- of course they would disown him any way so it didn’t matter it was just one more thing to add to the list to piss them off, not so much the fact he’s pregnant, more the fact that he was pregnant with the child of a half blood.
Oh shit.
Sirius felt a horrible wave of nausea crash over him he wasn’t just pregnant he was pregnant with Severus Snape’s baby. It wasn’t the fact he was a Slytherin that upset Sirius, it wasn’t that he was unattractive, it wasn’t even that he was a know it all little swot, nope it was the fact he was Snape and Sirius was a Black. He had a reputation as a charming young Gryffindor defying his family’s beliefs by not being in Slytherin like his cousins and younger brother. He was a good looking boy he knew he was handsome and he used his looks added with a bit of charm to sweet talk some of the teachers, everybody liked Sirius apart from maybe the Slytherin’s, well maybe not Snape so much seeing as he was willing to sleep with him. Come to think of it that did seem a bit odd, it was definitely Snape he had slept with and judging by the boy’s reaction and the looks he shot Sirius at every opportunity he still had it on his mind.
Just then Madame Pomfrey appeared back round the curtain a thick book in her hand and a smile on her face. “Okay here you are then, I’ve also signed the note for you to take to Professor Slughorn so of course you will need to tell him about the baby, it is entirely up to you when you announce it usually people wait until after their twelve week scan but baby is fine now so if you want to tell them then it’s up to you, also you will need to make the other father aware” she said lightly watching Sirius’ expression closely.
“Not right now, I’m not ready for that” he snapped.
Madame Pomfrey’s eyebrows quirked.
“I mean, I want to get my head around this before I tell people the father and I aren’t exactly the best of friends” he said in a softer voice reaching across the bed to tuck the scan photos in his cloak pocket.
“Ah I see, well it’s best to tell him when you feel ready because he does have a right to know as the child’s father whether you like him or not, I don’t want to poke my nose into the incident with the father because that’s not my place however I will offer you any help I can give and if you need someone who isn’t in the direct line of fire then I am here if you need advice or just to talk about it and let off some steam” Madame Pomfrey said calmly and Sirius nodded.
“Thanks, yeah I just need to take it all in and when I’m ready I’ll tell my closest friends I just need to let it all sink in, I am happy though” he said quietly with a smile. “I know I can do this I know I can handle it it’s just the shock of it all to be honest”
“You will feel better when you get used to the idea it has been a bit of a shock but at least you know what’s been making you ill now” she replied. “If you are feeling up to it then you may go down and get some lunch provided you go straight back to your dormitory and rest for today, you may resume lessons tomorrow but for today you should rest I know it isn’t exactly convenient on your birthday however you are over tired and you have to think of the baby” she smiled.
“I don’t feel up do doing much besides sleeping and eating anyway” Sirius yawned climbing out of bed and pulling on his shoes and cloak, he stuffed his tie into his pocket and straightening his clothes.
“A good night’s sleep and some potion and you’ll be feeling right as rain but still be sure to take good care of yourself” the nurse replied watching Sirius put his tiara back on and his sash straightening them up and flashing her a dazzlingly white smile.
“I’ll be sure to sort myself out” he replied picking up his schoolbag slinging it over his shoulder and stuffing his new pregnancy book inside.
“Very good, remember any problems or concerns come back and see me your next scan is at twelve weeks pregnant I will notify you closer to the time and I hope you feel better soon” she smiled.
“Thanks a lot I really appreciate it” Sirius grinned before hurrying off behind the curtain and out of the hospital wing thankful to be out.
He strolled along the corridor and down the staircases rather happily, he was seeing everything in a new light now he was pregnant nothing seemed quite the same any more even the castle itself, maybe it was because he would be on the look out for hazards and having to be careful all the time for the sake of his baby or maybe it was just his instincts kicking in.
Sirius walked through the entrance hall and into the great hall, students turned to stare at him partly from the fact he was wearing a fluffy tiara and a sash and partly because he had been one of the main topics of conversation for half of the day.
James, Remus and Peter all looked up at him as he approached looking rather bright and cheerful.
“You’re out! We were going to come and see you after lunch old Pomfrey threw us out this morning we’ve been worried!” James said excitedly as Sirius dropped down next to Remus.
“Yeah, well I’m out now so you won’t have to” Sirius replied piling his plate with food.
“So what was wrong why did you pass out?” Remus asked curiously.
Sirius went quiet for a few moments chewing on his food and pondering on whether or not to tell them. They were his best friends after all, more like brothers they told each other everything but Sirius just couldn’t bring himself to mention the baby around them how would they react? They didn’t mind at all when Remus admitted he likes boys but this was on a different end of the scale entirely, he was not only a pregnant teenage boy still at school, he was also pregnant with their arch enemy’s child after someone spiked his drink at a party and Snape took advantage of them. No they would probably not want to speak to him after this what on Earth would they think of him now. Nope, he decided he wouldn’t tell them about the baby he would make up some excuse.
“Oh I was just over tired, Pomfrey says I have to go back to the dormitory for the rest of the day and she gave me a note to take to Professor Slughorn later on after lessons and have him make a potion for me to stop me throwing up” Sirius said calmly not meeting anyone’s gaze.
“Right but what’s been making you ill?” James said staring worriedly at his friend.
Sirius shrugged. “Tiredness and that”
“And that?” Remus quirked an eyebrow suspiciously.
“Would you just give it a rest? I’ve only just come out of the hospital wing I’m tired and I don’t feel well I don’t want you badgering me today, please just stop” he snapped.
The three boys stared at him in shock.
“Sorry” Sirius replied quickly finishing off his lunch and downing his drink before getting up and leaving the great hall without another word leaving his friends to stare after him with confusion and worry.
Sirius yawned making his way across the entrance hall he headed towards the staircase when footsteps hurrying towards him made him jump and swing round in time to see his brother skidding to a halt in front of him.
“I just wanted to say Happy Birthday” Regulus smiled handing Sirius a rather lumpy present wrapped in shiny gold paper.
“Oh thank you” Sirius said smiling down at his little brother.
“I didn’t get to see you this morning apparently you fainted, are you alright? It’s nothing serious is it?” Regulus frowned.
“No it’s nothing serious I was just over tired that’s all, I haven’t been feeling very well recently” Sirius replied.
“Oh, mind telling me what’s up?” Regulus asked curiously.
Sirius stared at him, could he really trust his brother? Regulus could be quite the little shit when he wanted to be and he was a Slytherin but that didn’t necessarily make him evil. Sirius was unsure of what his little brother’s reaction would be but he had been kind enough to get him a birthday present and show genuine concern and after all Sirius really did need someone to talk to.
“I’ll tell you, but not here, come with me” Sirius said in a low voice.
“Alright” Regulus nodded. Sirius began to walk towards the stairs beckoning him to follow.
The two brothers walked up the staircases together Sirius by now was feeling very worried. Neither of them spoke as they headed up towards the Gryffindor tower, Sirius pulled Regulus along the corridor and round a corner.
“If you swear to me that you’ll keep this a secret I will go and fetch something that will get you into the Gryffindor common room without any hassle” Sirius said resting his hands on his brother’s shoulders.
Regulus looked into his brother’s eyes and nodded vigorously intrigued by what his brother was going to do next.
“Okay then, wait here and I will be back in a second” Sirius said quickly before he disappeared around the corner leaving Regulus to stand alone in the corridor up against a dark wall waiting for his brother to return. The thought did cross Regulus’ mind that Sirius may just leave him standing there on his own like an idiot all afternoon just for the fun of it, Sirius could be a little unpredictable at times when he wanted to be. On the other hand he couldn’t help but feel slightly nervous and intrigued to know what was going on with his brother, quite a few people had approached him earlier that day asking if he knew anything but alas he did not.
His thoughts were interrupted by his brother appearing back around the corner his hand buried in his school bag. Sirius glanced up and down the corridor making sure nobody was looking before pulling a long piece of silvery material from his bag and wrapping it around Regulus.
“Sirius what are you-“ Regulus looked down and almost doubled back with shock, his body had disappeared completely.
“Shh, and you can’t tell anyone about this either it’s James’ cloak he will go crazy if it gets confiscated by Filch or McGonagall” Sirius hissed and Regulus nodded.
“Now, stay close and don’t take the cloak off until I tell you too, okay?” Sirius said and Regulus nodded again. “Good” he smiled lifting the hood up over Regulus’ head making his younger brother disappear completely. “Come on” he whispered grabbing Regulus by what he knew to be his arm and dragged him along the corridor up to the portrait of the Fat Lady.
“Dragons egg” Sirius smiled to the portrait who giggled and fluttered her eyelashes at him before she swung forward allowing them through.
Sirius gaze Regulus’ arm a gentle squeeze as he grinned at the portrait before pulling his brother through the portrait hole and into the common room.
It was Regulus’ first chance at ever seeing the Gryffindor common room. It was a warm cosy room with a roaring fireplace, a large comfortable red sofa, small bookcases, a table and many Gryffindor decorative banners. The common room itself gave off a warm cosy feel to it unlike the feel of the Slytherin dungeon.
“This way” Sirius murmured pulling his brother through the half empty common room and towards the dormitory stairs. He pushed Regulus through first and shut the door behind them guiding his younger brother up the staircase and into his own dormitory he shut the door tightly behind him before reaching out and pulling off the invisibility cloak.
“Your common room is much different to mine” Regulus commented watching Sirius throw the cloak onto James’ bed.
“Yeah probably because you’re in a cold, dark and miserable dungeon” Sirius replied kicking his shoes off and hanging his cloak on the end of the bed.
“It’s not cold in there at all, well the dungeons are but the common room and dormitories are nice and warm they just appear cold” Regulus replied as Sirius pulled off his tie and sat down on his bed patting the space beside him for Regulus to sit down.
Kicking his shoes off and pulling off his cloak and tie, Regulus sat down next to his brother.
They remained in silence for a couple of minutes, Regulus watching Sirius very closely as his brother fidgeted with the hem of his shirt nervously and pulled the curtains closed around the bed.
“Regulus I’m in trouble” he spoke slowly.
“Why what’s happened now?” Regulus asked quickly a thousand thoughts running through his mind.
“You have to swear to me that you won’t tell anyone about this and I mean it Regulus” Sirius said in a stern voice looking his brother straight in the eyes with a piercing glare.
Regulus nodded slowly feeling all the more curious and intrigued to know what was going on. “I promise I won’t tell anyone” he said quickly.
“I’m pregnant” said Sirius.
For a moment there Regulus just sat staring at his brother before he started to laugh. “You brought me all the way up here to tell me some stupid made up-“
Regulus stopped talking abruptly when Sirius pushed one of the scan photo’s into his brother’s hand.
“How could-“
“It was at the start of term, you remember that party my friends and I organised that got a bit out of control, well I ended up so drunk I fell over and couldn’t get back up, someone spiked my drink with a potion I’m pretty sure I know who it was and I had these pains in my stomach, I didn’t know why at the time but anyway I was so drunk I went to try and get some air when S- this boy kind of threw himself at me” Sirius began nervously watching the mixture of expressions washing over Regulus’ face. “Long story short we then ended up having sex but the sex didn’t feel right it was like it didn’t go in the right hole but obviously at the time I was so drunk I was lucky I managed to remember my own name” he continued.
“If this story wasn’t quite so serious it would be rather amusing” Regulus commented with a sigh.
“Yeah, anyway I somehow managed to get back up here and it wasn’t until I’d sobered up and had a long think about it that I realised something was a bit dodgy” Sirius frowned. “A few weeks later and I started throwing up every morning, I was over tired, cramping, nauseous, light headed and I had no clue as to why then I started needing to pee every couple of minutes and this has been going on about two or three weeks now and this morning I passed out on my way to breakfast because I was over tired and when I came round Madame Pomfrey gave me a pregnancy test and it confirmed I’m pregnant so she did an ultra sound scan and gave me the pictures, everything is fine with the baby it’s nice and healthy” Sirius smiled gently watching his brother grin at the little scan photo.
“It’s cute, how far gone are you?” Regulus asked nodding at Sirius’ almost flat stomach he had gained a small amount of weight but not really enough to be that noticeable.
“I’m a little over eight weeks so two months gone” Sirius replied as Regulus handed him back the scan photo.
“And the father?” Regulus asked watching Sirius’ face pale. “Sirius?” he asked searching his older brother’s face worriedly. “You do know who he is don’t you?”
“Of course I know who he is I’m not a man slag” Sirius replied putting his head in his hands.
“Well why won’t you tell me, is it one of your friends?” Regulus asked.
“No”
“Is it someone embarrassing?” the younger boy tried.
“Yes”
“Sirius just tell me who is it, I promise I won’t laugh” Regulus whined impatiently.
Sirius was quiet for a moment before taking a deep breath. “It’s Snape” he said quietly.
Regulus froze on the spot. “What?”
“The baby’s father is Severus Snape” Sirius replied calmly his eyes focused on the bed covers unable to even look at the expression written across his little brother’s face.
“Snape?” Regulus asked feeling utterly surprised he had always thought that they never got along, loathed each other in fact.
“Yes” Sirius sighed. “At the party he just sort of threw himself at me, I was too drunk to know any better and he seemed very attractive then so we ended up sleeping together, the potion I took created an extra opening behind my balls and that’s what he used and I ended up pregnant”
“Oh god” Regulus breathed moving closer and wrapping his arms around his brother. “Does he know?”
Sirius shook his head. “No I’ve only just found out today before I went to lunch I was on my way back up here when you found me” Sirius replied. “I’ve been a little bit worried about his behaviour though”
“What do you mean?”
“He’s just been winking at me, looking at me as if he knows something I don’t, making his usual snide comments, smirking at me, looking very pleased with himself, it’s basically just the way he’s looking at me as if to say he hasn’t forgotten what happened and he could tell any minute it’s worrying” Sirius replied hugging Regulus back.
“Best not to pay him any attention on that level, or have words with him I mean if you don’t want to tell him about the baby yet you don’t have to but you could warn him about telling people you slept together, they will find out eventually any way but for now you could make him keep quiet” Regulus suggested.
“Yes but it’s just the idea of him of all people having something over me and I know if I do anything to him he could spill and what would that do to my reputation?” Sirius asked worriedly.
“It doesn’t matter, people like you for a reason and it’s not because you haven’t shagged Snape, surely they will still like you if they knew” Regulus said sensibly. “Your friends for example-“
“No they don’t know anything and I’m not planning on telling them any time soon, I want to wait until I’m at least twelve weeks gone and I’ve had my scan before I can even think about telling them I’m pregnant” he said quickly.
“What about mum and dad?”
“Don’t you dare tell them Regulus, I want to be the one to tell them and get myself disowned, go out with a bang if you get what I mean” Sirius chuckled.
“They are going to flip, not so much that you’re having a baby but probably entirely the fact the kid will be a half blood” Regulus laughed.
“Yes exactly, but Reg, there is nothing wrong with being half-blood” Sirius said.
“Better than being a mud-“
“REGULUS ARCTURUS BLACK!!” Sirius shouted making his younger brother cower slightly a look of fear crossing over his handsome face.
“Sorry” he grumbled.
“Good, your little niece or nephew is going to be a half blood so I suggest you sort yourself out a bit” Sirius replied.
“It’s not that it’s just I can’t believe you had sex with Snape” Regulus sat shaking his head. “Snape’s not bad of course he’s sort of my friend we get along but I can’t believe it’s you that slept with him and not somebody else”
“Let’s face it, who else is going to want to sleep with Snape unless they’re in the state I was?” Sirius chuckled.
“Oh come on Sirius he is not that bad” Regulus sighed. “But don’t you think this all seems a little odd?” he frowned looking his older brother straight in the eye.
“What do you mean by that?” Sirius blinked confusedly.
“Well maybe it’s just me over thinking things again but if someone spiked your drink with a potion, this potion had to be pretty difficult to make right?” Regulus questioned and Sirius nodded quickly. “Then someone would have to have found the list of ingredients, researched it and brewed it then spiked your drink with it, Snape would have had to make it and slip you it just to sleep with you”
“I gathered that, Reg” Sirius nodded.
“Yeah but did you think that maybe there was a reason for it?”
“Well yeah, the dirty git obviously fancies me and that was his only hope of getting a shag so he took advantage with some messed up little potion of his” Sirius shrugged.
“But what if-“
“Reg, I’m tired I don’t want to keep talking about Snape or I might lose my cookies” Sirius yawned lying down on his back staring at his brother.
“Do you want me to go then?” Regulus offered.
“No stay, come here” Sirius replied stretching out an arm. Nervously Regulus lay down next to his brother staring up at the canopy over the bed. It was like old times when they were small children they would sneak into each other’s rooms and lie awake at night together talking and would end up falling asleep snuggled up together for their mother to find them in the morning.
“Sirius I-“ but Sirius was already asleep.
Several hours passed by the time the Marauders were heading back up to the dormitory worried about Sirius. It was almost time for dinner by the time they decided to go and collect their friend thinking he needed some time alone to rest and recover.
They passed through the common room and up the dormitory stairs heading into their room to find Sirius’ bed curtains drawn.
“I’ll wake him” Remus said as James and Peter threw their bags down on their bed and Remus made his way over to Sirius’ bed.
He pulled back the curtain enough to poke his head through and his mouth fell open with shock.
“What the fuck?!”
“What is it Moony?” James said as he and Peter hurried to their friend’s side, peering through the curtain they saw Sirius and Regulus snuggled up to one another sleeping peacefully.
“WHAT THE HELL?!” James shouted startling both of the boy’s awake. Regulus blinked up slowly before a dawning expression of horror washed over his pale handsome face.
Sirius on the other hand stared up at his friends calmly as though this was a regular occurrence. “Back now are you?” he yawned.
“What is Regulus doing here?” James asked quickly looking from one to the other.
“We were talking and I guess we fell asleep a couple of hours ago, is that a problem?” Sirius asked curtly.
The three others exchanged glances before shaking their heads.
“But he’s a Slytherin” Peter pointed.
“Well done for noticing Peter it’s great how easily you can state the obvious” Sirius replied sarcastically.
“Alright no need to bite my head off” Peter said holding up his hands.
“We were wondering if you were planning to come down for dinner with us you seemed kind of off at lunch?” Remus asked quietly.
“Yeah I’m feeling kinda hungry now anyway” Sirius yawned stretching himself out as Regulus sat up and did the same.
“Cool, we’re going down now it’s practically dinner time already” James said thumbing towards the dorm door.
“That’s alright, just gotta pee” Sirius said getting to his feet, pulling on his cloak and making his way into the bathroom leaving Regulus alone with the three Marauders staring at him.
“Soo, haven’t spoken to you in a while” James said trying to strike up some casual conversation.
“Yeah you haven’t exactly been on my most desperate to talk to list either” Regulus said awkwardly.
“Your voice has broken” Peter said.
“Yes that’s generally what happens to boys my age” Regulus said sarcastically.
“You’re just as sarcastic as your brother” Remus chuckled.
“Is that good or bad?” Regulus cringed slightly and they all started to laugh.
Sirius came out of the bathroom surprised to see them all laughing together, none of them were being horrible to his brother or questioning him as to why he was there.
“Right then guys and gays, are we going to get some dinner or not?” Sirius asked brightly as they all looked to him.
“Yeah just coming” James said.
“Throw the cloak over Reg, he won’t tell anyone about it” Sirius said gesturing lazily towards the silvery piece of material on James’ bed.
James hesitantly picked it up and tossed it over to Regulus whom climbed off of the bed and walked to Sirius’ side pulling it on taking Sirius by the hand.
“Let’s go” Sirius said. They left the dormitory and passed through the common room James, Remus and Peter talking as usual, the left through the portrait hole and Sirius pulled Regulus up the corridor and back round the corner, pulling the cloak off smiling at his little brother.
“Thanks for hearing me out, Reg” Sirius smiled.
“No problem, Siri” Regulus smiled back.
“See you can be nice when you want to be, I hope you will keep your promise not to tell anyone about this” Sirius replied.
“I won’t tell anyone I promise, you can trust me I’m worth more than you give me credit for”
“Okay Regulus, maybe we could talk again sometime soon?” Sirius asked hopefully.
“Yeah of course, I understand you’ll need support right now and even though our houses and circle of friends makes things awkward we’re still brothers and I will still help you especially now, if there’s anything I can do for you just let me know” Regulus smiled.
“Thanks, Reg” Sirius grinned throwing his arms around his little brother.
“I am pissed as hell at Snape though” Regulus sighed as they pulled apart and headed round the corner back to the three Marauders. Sirius handed the cloak back to James who shoved it under his cloak tucking it into the belt of his trousers and covering it with his shirt so nobody could see it.
“Come on boys let’s get something to eat” James said slinging an arm around Remus and Sirius as they strolled down the stairs. Regulus walked a little way in front of them.
The group headed down into the entrance hall by now Regulus was a little way ahead he looked back over his shoulder and smiled before he walked into the great hall alone.
“Did I miss much this afternoon?” Sirius yawned as they took their seats at the Gryffindor table he glanced up and saw his brother sitting down amongst some of his friends at the Slytherin table.
“Not really mate, Moony was the only one of us who actually paid attention as usual” James shrugged piling food onto his plate.
“Yes and I’m probably going to be the only one of us who actually passes my exams this year” Remus stated.
“Oh shush, you know I know everything I don’t even need to study so I’ll be outside enjoying the sun whilst you’re there working your backside off in the library tearing your hair out over the Arithmancy plots” Sirius teased. Remus went red in the face with anger bitterly taking another bite of his dinner.
They ate their dinner quite happily laughing and joking amongst each other.
“Wanna head up to the common room boy’s?” James said getting slowly to his feet.
“Yeah I’ve got some homework to get done” Remus yawned.
The four of them got to their feet stepping away from the table they turned towards the door as Snape walked into the great hall for his dinner, Sirius positively glared at him as though trying to corrode vicious holes in the Slytherin’s skin as he made his way over to the Slytherin table.
Regulus took a long gulp of his drink listening intently to the conversation his house mates were having about their latest scheming plot when something caught his attention and he looked up.
Severus Snape was walking towards the group looking as blank and gormless as usual, anger boiled up inside Regulus and before he could stop himself he slammed his fists down on the table abruptly catching the attention of his friends and seemingly the Marauders.
Regulus marched right up to Snape his hands balling into fists.
“YOU DIRTY BEGGAR!” he shouted his fist colliding with Snape’s cheek. The older boy staggered back tripping over his own feet he fell to the ground a hand flying up to touch his marked face with shock.
Without another word, Regulus marched on past and out of the great hall heading for the dungeons leaving half the school staring after him in confusion and utter surprise.
“What’s gotten into him?” James asked confusedly and Sirius shrugged.
“Beats me” Sirius replied he couldn’t help but wear a proud smirk on his face, Regulus had clearly only done that because of him and because of what Snape had done even though seemingly he wasn’t aware of the baby yet. They walked from the great hall Sirius stopped before he reached the stairs.
“I’ve got to go and see Slughorn, Pomfrey gave me a note for him to make me a potion that will help me recover and I need to ask him about it tonight” Sirius replied.
“Want us to come with you?” Remus asked.
“No!” Sirius said quickly. “I mean, no it’s fine I’ll go by myself” he nodded slowly backing away.
“Alright, see you in a bit” James said staring hard at his friend.
“See ya” Sirius waved turning and headed off down the dungeon corridor leaving his friends to stare confusedly after him.
Sirius let out a long drawn out breath as he walked alone down the dim dungeon corridor. Now he was going to have to reveal his secret to the second person that day he was just hoping that Professor Slughorn would understand and help him without telling the whole world, he really didn’t want the rest of the students or the teachers to know right now, Regulus knew and so did Madame Pomfrey and he was comfortable with that provided they kept to their word and said nothing.
He stopped outside the heavy wooden door to the potions master’s office he had seen the man leaving the great hall whilst he was eating dinner so he knew that gave him plenty of time to be back here. Lifting his hand to the door he knocked loudly and waited.
“Come in”
Taking a deep breath, Sirius pushed open the door stepping inside he shut it tightly behind him. He had been in the aging man’s office many times, the jars of pickled who knows what sitting on shelves around the room, Slughorn’s large wooden desk sitting towards the back littered with papers and books.
“Oh, Mister Black, do come in and have a seat” Slughorn said slightly surprised to see the young Gryffindor down here out of class.
Sirius smiled weakly and made his way over to the desk, he pulled out the chair directly opposite the potions master and sat down nervously fidgeting his hands in his lap.
“Ah Sirius, how may I help you this evening?” the old man asked brightly.
“Sir, I’ve gotten into a bit of trouble” Sirius began slowly shaking slightly with nerves, if this was anything else he would be his usual bright over confident self but this was far more serious than anything he had dealt with before.
Slughorn frowned slightly. “Isn’t that something more suited to Professor McGonagall, she is your head of house after all”
Sirius shook his head. “No”
“Then whatever is the matter?” the potions master asked in confusion observing the young boy’s strange nervous behaviour.
Sirius closed his eyes in a long slow blink. “This morning I fainted on my way to breakfast, when I woke up I was in the hospital wing my friends had taken me there” he began slowly. “Remus had told her I hadn’t been well for a while and I described my symptoms to her, she started asking me personal questions and made me do a test and well....” he reached into his pocket pulling out one of the scan photos and handing it over to the older man.
Slughorn too it cautiously and stared down in utter disbelief at the little pictures of a baby moving and flickering around.
“I’m pregnant” Sirius breathed observing Slughorn’s reaction.
“Oh my dear boy, how on Earth did this happen?!” The potions master blurted out his eyes moving back up to stare at Sirius.
“At the start of term there was kind of a.... party.... I was drunk and fell over and someone spiked my drink with a potion I think it’s called the Trenceptous potion” his grey eyes flickered up to Slughorn who nodded slowly. “Long story short it created an opening behind my balls, I was too drunk to know any better or different for that matter, anyway the other guy threw himself at me when I went to get some air and we had sex and now I’m knocked up” Sirius half sighed trying to be as relaxed as possible about it.
“Oh my goodness” Slughorn replied, he couldn’t actually believe it one of his students was pregnant a male student no doubt, was going to have a baby in school.
“Madame Pomfrey gave me this, she said I needed to come and see you today” Sirius replied pulling the slip of paper from his pocket, unfolding it and handing it over to his teacher.
Slughorn took it and stared at it for a few moments before dropping it to the desk and reaching for his quill apparently signing it.
“Of course I’ll make this for you, it will probably take around an hour or so to make so it’s up to you what you do in that time” Slughorn said scribbling on the slip and tucking it into the top drawer of his desk, pulling out his wand he summoned a cauldron, another flick of his wrist and his store room door creaked open.
“Would it be alright if I stay in here? It’s just I’m too tired to walk up and down to the tower and it’s probably not a good idea to loiter around in Slytherin territory” Sirius asked.
“Yes that would be absolutely fine my boy, so do tell me, how are you feeling?” Slughorn spoke heading into his store room.
Up in the Gryffindor tower....
“I’m getting really worried about Sirius” Remus sighed flopping down on his bed dressed in his plaid red pyjamas.
“Me too, ever since he came out of the hospital wing this afternoon he has seemed a little bit.... strange” James replied pulling on his t-shirt.
“Since this afternoon? He’s been acting quiet for ages” Peter commented.
“Yeah because he was ill, I don’t know it just seems strange to me, he’s not acting like his usual self” Remus replied.
“What do you mean?” said James.
“He seems quiet, edgy, perhaps even a little sensitive, he didn’t exactly tell us what’s wrong with him I did tell Pomfrey he wasn’t well before we got thrown out and she said she’s investigate it for us” the werewolf replied thoughtfully gazing up at the canopy over his bed.
“Maybe he’s just feeling a bit tired and weak, he did faint this morning Moony” James replied.
“Nah it’s not that, you don’t think something is seriously wrong with him do you?” Remus asked worriedly.
“No if there was he would have told us” Peter said bluntly.
“He might not if it’s really serious and he doesn’t want us to worry” James sighed sitting down on his bed.
“We should definitely ask him when he gets back, maybe it’s nothing but it could still be something” Remus said worriedly.
“Remus you really need to stop over thinking things” James chuckled. “I’m sure it’s nothing”
“But it’s still worth a shot” Remus said quickly.
Slughorn’s office....
“Have you broken the news to any of your friends yet?” Slughorn asked stirring the faintly smoking potion gently.
“Not yet, but I’ve told my brother” Sirius replied watching the older man intently.
“Regulus?”
Sirius nodded. “Yeah I told him today he’s the only other person to know, I made him swear to secrecy”
“How did he react?”
“Very well actually he wants to be there for me which is really good of him considering this child will be half-blood”
Slughorn stopped and stared. A member of the Black family actually having a child with a half blood and keeping it? Curiosity abound.
“May I ask who the err, other father is?” the older man asked gently as he lifted the cauldron off of the fire.
Sirius was quiet for a few moments. “I can’t tell you”
“Do I by any chance know this student?” Slughorn asked pouring the bright blue potion out into a clear wine bottle.
“Yeah”
“Is it one of your friends?” Slughorn tried and Sirius shook his head watching the older man cork the bottle.
“Have you told him about the baby yet?”
“No I haven’t even told my friends the only people that know are Madame Pomfrey, myself, Regulus and you” Sirius sighed. “Please don’t tell anyone I’m not ready for them to find out yet it’s still early days and I want to relax without all of the hassle of the questions and stuff” Sirius said worriedly.
“You secret is safe with me” the older man smiled. “Although I do recommend you tell the other father, this is his baby too he has a right to know you’re going to have his baby” Professor Slughorn replied.
“Thanks Professor, I’ll think about it when I settle to the idea myself” Sirius nodded.
“Okay, now” Slughorn said handing the bottle over to Sirius. “It needs to be taken twice a day, a cupful in the morning and another one at night before bed, if you feel a bit sick during the day which hopefully you shouldn’t then you can take another half cup and that should sort it out” he explained and Sirius nodded. “If you need any more or want me to make any adjustments to it then just come back and see me”
“Thanks a lot Professor I really appreciate it, I’ve been hanging off the toilet every morning for the past couple of weeks” Sirius smiled.
“Well now that should come to an end, you’ll be alright and I do hope you start feeling better soon” Slughorn replied. “Congratulations” he nodded as Sirius made his way over to the door.
“Thanks and you won’t tell a soul, not even the other teachers will you?” he asked.
“You have my complete confidentiality” Slughorn replied. “I’ll see you soon” he smiled.
“Thanks again Professor, bye” Sirius said before leaving the office closing the door behind him. He sighed with relief that was another weight off of his shoulders and if Slughorn was going to keep quiet that would be absolutely perfect.
Smiling to himself he rested a gentle hand on his tummy and headed off back up to the Gryffindor tower.
He reached the dormitory and headed inside ignoring the stares from his friends as he went straight into the bathroom. He emerged a few moments later heading over to his best trying to avoid their awkward stares. He put the bottle down on his bedside table and poured himself a cupful sipping at it lightly.
“Soo, what did Madame Pomfrey say was actually wrong with you? Remus told her you haven’t been well” James tried and Sirius shrugged.
“It’s nothing serious or life threatening”
“It’s just you seem a bit.... quiet” Remus said slowly catching Sirius’ gaze.
“Why are you treating me like an invalid? If it was something I thought you should know about then I would tell you” Sirius finished his drink angrily pulling on his night shirt.
“Sirius-“
“I’ve heard enough, just leave me alone!” Sirius snapped yanking the drapes shut around his bed burying himself in his nest of blankets. He really shouldn’t have shouted at his friends but they were behaving like mother hens over him. Sirius sighed. He would deal with everything tomorrow he had a little baby growing inside of him to think about now. Smiling to himself he drifted off to sleep dreaming of the excitement of the coming months.
Down in Slytherin....
Severus leaned closer to the mirror staring at the enormous red and purple bruise appearing on his cheek. Stupid Regulus, what on Earth had gotten into him? Severus had innocently walked into the great hall for dinner, been shouted at and punched in the face then the little swine had gone back to his dormitory full of praise.
Severus frowned to himself washing his hands, he was usually alright with Regulus Black they were sort of friends and he was sure he hadn’t done anything to the boy.
Sighing Severus left the bathroom and clambered into bed, he would have to talk to Regulus when he had a chance to calm down....