Thou Shalt Not!

Title: Thou Shalt Not!

Fandom: Harry Potter

Notes: Post-Battle of Hogwarts fic in part. Non-Epilogue complient. AR/AU. Evil Dumbledore.

Summary: Severus Snape survives the war, only to realize he has nothing left to live for. While musing what he might have done differently, he is interrupted by the arrival of Dumbledore who is doing some 'housekeeping'. A duel begins and in an attempt to save himself, Severus does the unthinkable and breaks one of the greatest tenets of Magic!

What has he done and where has he gone?

The Past - Ch 29

June 1, 1972

It had been April before Alaric had declared his estate in order and allowed Lady Cassiopeia into his chosen home.

After being officially granted their Wizengamot and Governors posts, Alaric and Aurelius had pushed for the return of the Triwizard Tournament and managed to get Augustus Rookwood to dig the Goblet of Fire out of the Department of Mysteries as their impartial selector.

Headmaster Flitwick and High Master Tolstoy hadn’t taken much nudging to gain their agreement.

With their connections through the Death Eaters it hadn’t taken much to gain the British Ministry’s support.

With Abraxas and Walburga’s French relations to push their local Ministry into agreement, all that had been needed was the agreement of Beauxbatons’ Headmistress who was still Madame Olympe Maxime.

She was newly appointed but eager, not quite the woman that Aurelius remembered from his previous life as a Hogwarts’ professor but it was hinted in her mannerisms.

Maxime had been eager to agree once it was proposed to allow Beauxbatons to host.

It had taken a mere six months to make the arrangements unlike the years that Fudge had struggled to bring the ill-fated Tournament of 1994 to Hogwarts.

Yet before that was the bonding of Alaric to Cassiopeia.

That wasn’t the most interesting thing to happen to the House of Black.

Prospective Head Girl Andromeda, the eldest of her Generation had been first be asked to represent Hogwarts.

Lucius had been a close second but they were both representing Slytherin as Hogwarts prefects and prospective champions.

Andromeda’s cousin through her uncle Alphard Emelia Bones was also invited.

The others were:

Chadwick Montague and Tiberius Pucey also of Slytherin, Mairsile O’Flaherty and  Edwin Tonks of Hufflepuff, Alvin Wood to represent Gryffindor [the future father of Oliver Wood] as well as Prefects Aurora Sinestra and Septima Vector of Ravenclaw.

With a handful of prefects and other Sixth years spending the year at Beauxbatons, Hogwarts would be quite dreary.

XooooooX

Despite being the Dark Lord Voldemort and the Lord of Slytherin, Alaric had chosen to merely sign the existing contract between the House of Gaunt and the House of Black.

It was Lady Cassie’s second bonding and she had agreed to less ceremony this time around.

Her three Adult daughters from her previous bonding had begrudgingly accepted the bonding.

Alaric was gaining Hera Lovegood, Athena Hitchens and Pomona Sprout.

All three witches had attended.

Hera was present with her bonded Madam Daria Greengrass, their twin daughters nicknamed Lady ‘Day’ Demeter Lovegood and Lady Night Aurora Greengrass.

Athena was there with Walburga’s sister-in-law’s brother Altair Hitchens who was a descendant of Izar Black and Bob Hitchens.

Luckily for Izar, she’d had a wizard son Caelum who joined blood with the Rosier family, Etruscus to be specific reclaiming his blood and had one child Eltanin.

Although Aurelius was a bit wary of it, Eltanin Rosier was the sire of Andromeda’s mother Drusilla and Altair Hitchens.

The blood was too close for Aurelius; perhaps that was why Bellatrix was a bit crazy.

There was a quiet reception for Alaric and Cassie before they left for Greece to stay in a Wizarding resort called Atlantia.

It would be strange at Merrivale without Alaric around…

What do you think? Outstanding? Exceeds Expectations? Acceptable? Poor? Dreadful? Troll?