What the Hell is Going on?

Chapter 7: Mates and Mating

Severus was sitting in the living room waiting for Damien to come in. He was going to tell Damien what happened if a Kinta found their mate so soon after their change. He was quite nervous about it.

“Sev, calm down. It will be fine. You know that Damien has always been mature for his age. He takes after you in that way.” Sirius said sitting down beside his husband.

“I know. It’s just that we will be telling Damien about Orion.”

“Severus, he will understand. The one at fault is in Azkaban where he belongs. You did all you could to save Orion.” Sirius said.

“I know. I just feel bad that Damien will first be hearing about him tonight.”

“All we can do is explain it all to him. I think he will understand.”

That was when the door opened and Damien walked in.

“Dad, Papa, I’m home.” Damien said from the doorway.

“Come in here, Damien.” Severus said. “There are some things that we have to tell you now that you have already found your mate.”

Damien sat down in the chair closest to the couch were his parents were sitting.

“First I need to explain about something about Kinta’s. If a new Kinta found their mate soon after their change, they will soon go into heat and will need to mate. So in all, you and Lucius will have to bond soon.” Severus said. “The same thing happened to your father and I. We were bonded January 18, 1975. But I had gone into heat earlier that week. Lucius had a hell of a time trying to keep me away from Sirius.”

“There is a sad part that we must tell you. Thanks to the curse, we didn’t realize until this morning that you didn’t know about something.” Sirius said.

“We didn’t mean not to tell you, Damien. On October 15, 1975, I gave birth to your older brother Orion Severus.” Severus said. “But something happened in December just before the holidays.”

“A Hufflepuff by the name of Peter Pettigrew pushed Severus who was holding Orion, down the stairs. Orion was killed.” Sirius said.

“No, he wasn’t.” Damien said. “Orion is alive. I have been asking about him since we started to get our real memories back.”

“I never heard you ask, Damien.” Severus said. “How did Orion live? The fall would have killed him.”

“Papa’s and Uncle James’ best friend Remus Lupin. He was on the landing when Pettigrew pushed you, Dad. He moved and caught Orion before he fell. As you know, he’s a Werewolf, so he knew that Orion was his mate. He wouldn’t let him be killed.” Damien said. “Pettigrew went to Azkaban for attempted murder of a magical creature’s baby son and the young mate of another magical creature. He’s the same age as Aunt Sonya.”

That was when Severus and Sirius noticed the family photographs on the mantle and around the room. In the most recent picture, Orion looked like the perfect bend of his dad’s like Damien. The only difference was his eyes. Orion had Severus’ gold eyes.

 “We think that it would be best if you and Luc bond this weekend.” Severus said. “That will give us enough time to get everyone together and hopefully you won’t go into heat that soon.”