Harry Potter and Changing Destinies

Chapter 48

The moment Harry, Ali, Draco, and Hermione stepped through the doors of the Hospital Wing they were met with a hustle and bustle that showed them more than anything what it cost to free the world from Voldemort. There were kids, elders, and usually very healthy young to middle aged people all here either being bandaged up for minor bruises and cuts to those in critical condition. Harry sighed heavily and said to the others, “You guys go see who you want, I’ll be a bit.”

“Huh, why?” Draco asked confused but when he saw Harry’s face set in determination he knew. Harry being Harry felt he had to see what he could do these people who had risked their lives to help in the fight. This was just one of the many reasons why Draco respected Harry more than he would ever know. So why Harry went over to the nearest person being taken care of Draco, Ali and Hermione went off to see how their friends were doing.

Just as the trio was going to join Harry they heard a very familiar cool voice say, “Damn woman leave me be! I will not drink that God forsaken grub, its the wrong color. Its Orange Spice not Poppy Glow. It’ll make me puke my guts out not help my headache, which your mere idiotic presence is making worse might I add. Just tell Poppy to go get my Potions from my own collection you fool.”

As they stepped closer Draco began to grin like a child at Christmas, but as they stepped closer to the man in his bed he just smirked and replied to the medi-witch trying to give the man something, “You may want to listen to him. He doesn’t like it when people don’t obey his every word. And no offense but if he says you or whoever made that potion brewed it wrong, it probably is. He is the Potion’s Master of this school. Aren’t you Sev?”

The man and his unknowing victim both looked over at the trio and as the man began to smile the medi-witch ran away with a squeaked out, “yes Sir.”

“Draco, my boy. How have you been? Lady Potter-Black. Lady Malfoy-VanLint, I presume.”

“How did you know that?”

“Let’s just say I got in touch with my spiritual side for now. Now you didn’t answer me how have you been, Draco?

“I’m good. I’m better than good actually. I just learned that I’m going to be a father,” Draco smiled pulling Ali to stand in front of him as he wrapped his arms around her.

“Well, congratulations both of you. And you Lady?”

“Thank you, Professor?” Hermione answered shyly this was not a side of Severus Snape she thought she would ever see.

Once greetings were through they each sat down around Severus’s bed to catch up. As they caught up Severus kept drifting off looking sadly over the hustle and bustle.

“What is it, Severus? What’s wrong?” Draco asked touching his shoulder.

“Oh, nothing just thinking,” he said distractedly.

“Its something Severus or you wouldn’t be acting like a Hufflepuff with a crush.”

“Okay, you got me. I was just thinking how much I miss my partner.”

“Your partner? You never told me you were gay.”

“I didn’t think I had to,” Severus looked at Draco with a look only father’s can master and that’s what Severus was to Draco, maybe not by blood but in everything else. He was Draco’s father.

“You didn’t, but it would have been nice to know.”
“What happened to him?”
“He left a couple years ago for good, but he was locked away for a long time until he got out a few years ago, I just didn’t get to see him as much as I would have wanted before he die…left or before that because he was always hiding out. I just miss him a lot I guess.”

“Well, that’s to be understandable Professor” Hermione put in.

“Please call me Severus. You aren’t a student anymore and plus I did really like you Hermione. You remind so much of Lily, she was a great friend before we got sorted into different houses and the hate between the two drove us apart. I was just playing a part to keep my cover up, please don’t feel afraid of me.”

“Oh, I don’t Professor…Severus. And thank you for the compliment.”

“Your welcome, my dear. Now Lady Malfoy-VanLint how are you doing?”

“I’m fine thank you for asking.”

“And the baby?”

“A very healthy baby boy if I do say so.”

“A boy! Well congratulations again.”

“Wait a second!” Draco who had been silent for a long time taking in what his godfather had told him exclaimed.

“What Drac?”

“Is…is Sirius Black your partner, Sev?” Draco asked in confused shock having tied everything together.

“Yes, he was. Why do you think you got his middle name?”

“I thought it was because he and my mum were best friends as well as cousins when they were younger.”

“Yes, that’s true but its also because when I became your godfather he also became your godfather because he was my partner.”

“Wait a minute that would mean when he became Harry’s godfather you too became his…”

“Godfather, yes Draco I did. I am.”

“Whoa this is too much.”

“Then you may not want to hear what I’m going to say but I wasn’t the only spy for the light in the dark ranks so was your mother. That’s why you went to Ali’s place, that’s why I told her where you were, that’s why she and Marion made a contract for the both of you, that’s why she had me make an Unbreakable Vow to protect you.”

“Oh, whoa” all three of the young adults around Severus said together when all the implications of what they had just learned about Narcissa, about Severus and Sirius hit them.

Once another hour or so passed Harry finally found them and joined them to talk to Severus. They talked for a long time until Poppy came around to give him his night potions and sent them on their way so Severus could sleep.

Harry elected to stay and help out some more instead of going back to the house so the others stayed as well. They joined the many others back in the Great Hall and found a small area to sleep. Harry being unable to sleep got up and went to the owlery where he found Hedwig already there. He didn’t even wonder how she got there she always seemed to be where he needed her.

He just called her down, wrote a letter to Remus who he knew was off in hiding with a now very pregnant Tonks to tell him of the news and see how everything was. He wrote to a few other people as well and then went back down to bed.

A few hours later, close to midnight, a restless Hermione woke up and wrote a letter to Bri to see if she could get some items Hermione was going to need rounded up for her and sent it off with one of the school’s owls. Once she got back downstairs she joined Harry in their blankets. He was so exhausted he didn’t even notice her disappearance or reappearance.

As she watched Harry sleep she thought, “I hope I’m doing the right thing not telling him until I have everything set up.”

Once this thought joined the air Hermione lay down to sleep and fell right into a dreamless sleep until woken up the next morning by Harry kissing her neck to wake her.

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