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Child of New Beginnings

By: triz
folder Harry Potter › Het - Male/Female › Snape/Hermione
Rating: Adult ++
Chapters: 35
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Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter, nor any of the characters from the books or movies. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.
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Chapter 6

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Chapter 6



As Lucius stepped into Hermione’s flat, he wasn’t expecting the place to be silent. He expected to hear Sebastian’s shrill cries. The ones that he could hear over the mobile earlier. There was nothing he could hear however, and this worried him. His feet quickly led him upstairs and towards the nursery.



“It all stopped as soon as I held him,” Hermione spoke as Lucius froze when he stepped into the nursery. She was seated on the floor next to the crib, holding Sebastian.



Lucius was shocked at the way the nursery looked like. Instead of it all being well organized, they way he and Hermione fixed it, the place was thrashed. There were stuffed toys scattered everywhere, along with shards of glass. He suspected that the glasses and bulbs had exploded. “You are hurt,” he noticed and walked over to kneel next to her. Her arm was gashed with some glass shards.



“Just a scratch,” Hermione said as he examined her arm.



“Not at all,” he disagreed. He pulled out his wand and started to heal her. “It seems that Bastian has performed his first baby magic.”



“What?” Hermione frowned. She knew exactly what it was, but it couldn’t be possible. “He’s too young.”



“He’s special,” Lucius told her. “And the only way to calm him is for him to be held by a parent. Now I’m afraid to scare him,” Lucius smiled down at Sebastian.



“You wouldn’t hurt Uncle Lucius now would you?” Hermione smiled down at her son.



The little one answered with a gurgle as he raised his hand.



“He trusts you Lucius. I don’t think that he would hurt you at all.”



Lucius was slightly relieved to hear Hermione’s words. She also knew that she was right. Even if little children had their magic go out of control, they never really harmed the ones that they knew and trusted. Still, he was amazed and terrified at the baby’s capabilities. He was still a baby, and not yet a small child. What more then? And what more when he was a full grown man? Sebastian was already more powerful than he had suspected. After healing Hermione, he stood up and with a few flicks of his wand, the room was clean and organized.



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“He’s asleep,” Lucius said softly as he watched Hermione walk into the living room with some tea in a tray. He lay back along the couch with Sebastian sleeping peacefully on his stomach, sprawled on Lucius’s chest. He always slept that way when he was with Lucius, whether it was a nap, or when he slept over.



“Probably exhausted from using his powers,” Hermione said as she set the tray down on the coffee table. She sat herself on the edge of the couch, next to Lucius’s hip, and looked at both him and Sebastian. It was very much a father and son scene to see. Hermione regarded Lucius as Sebastian’s father at times. He acted like one in every way.



She tried to imagine Severus in the same position as Lucius. Him being in a very fatherly position, and raising Sebastian as his own, for he was his own flesh and blood. It was hard to imagine. The Severus she knew despised children, and she wouldn’t be surprised if he did despise Sebastian. Could he be a good father? No. He couldn’t know.



“Hermione, we have to talk about it you know,” Lucius said as he gently patted Sebastian’s little bottom with a hand. He knew that she would try to avoid talking about magic, but the subject could not be ignored for him.



Hermione shook her head. “I don’t want to talk about magic. I haven’t even used it since I moved here into the muggle world. My wand is in the closet, and hasn’t been touched since.”



Lucius was surprised to hear what she just said. She hadn’t touched her wand since? He should have known. He always noticed that Hermione did everything manually like muggles with no magic. “Are you going to pretend that what just happened never happened? Like I said, Sebastian is special, you cannot deny that.”



“Of course he’s special,” Hermione said in anger. “He’s my son.”



“It is completely unheard of that an infant has powers such a he has. Young children show their abilities at around five onwards. Sebastian has powers well beyond any child’s capabilities—even grown-ups. You cannot deny and try to ignore it forever.”



“And what if I choose to? I am his mother. I am not ready to go back, and I don’t know if I’ll ever be. I do not want him to grow up in a world that caused me such loss and pain. I do not want him to grow up in fear.” She stood up and headed towards the window nearby. The rain was cascading down the window, like the tears that were falling from her eyes.



“Hermione,” Lucius called her as he approached her from behind. Sebastian was being held onto by one arm with his head, firmly secured on Lucius’s shoulder. He wrapped his other arm around Hermione’s waist and pulled her against him.



“I’m scared Lucius,” she said softly. She turned in his arm and laid her head on his chest, wrapping her arms around his waist. “I’m scared, not just for me, but for Sebastian as well.”



“I promise you Hermione, I will try my best to let no harm come to the both of you.” He planted a kiss on her brow. “I will sacrifice my life for you and him if I have to.”



Hermione sobbed into his chest. The thought of something terrible happening to Lucius, a man that had become a very good friend to her, had made her feel terrible. The thought alone, she couldn’t stand it. And if it did happen, she couldn’t bare it.



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AN – Sebastian, the all powerful! Review!
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