A Chance at Normal

Disclaimer: You know the drill






Disclaimer:
You know the drill.

A/N: I am really starting to miss the Internet. I think I am going through
withdrawal. You know that I have it bad when I have typed

up four chapters in less than four days. And they are a lot longer, which I
felt that I owed to you guys for not being able to post

them for a while. Enough of my mundane ramblings, on with the story.

Chapter 8: Getting settled in and hearing the plan

Severus was carrying Harry to to their quarters when he decided that he was
going to swing by the kitchens to let the House

Elfs know to send down some food. " What would you like for dinner?"
he asked.

Harry thought for a few seconds before he made up his mind. " I can have
anything that I want right?"

Severus smiled. &quoes aes anything that your hedesidesires."

" Two peanut butter and blackberry jam sandwiches with cool whip on
it." He said with a huge grin on his face. " And some hot

chocolate with the tiny marshmallows."

Severus laughed at this " And here I was thinking that you were going to
order a huge seven course m&quo" He said sarcastically.

They finally made it down to the dungeons after being accosted by Dobby and
only getting away with a promise that he would bring

Harry back down to the kitchens before school started. Harry had sat down on
the couch and was happily eating away at his

sandwiches when Severus thought that now would be the opportune time to ask him
about Draco. "You know that those

sandwiches are my godsons favorites?" he said knowing that if him and
Draco were close he would know that he was his godfather.

" Yeah I know he is the one that got me hooked on them." Realizing
what he had just said he clapped his hand over his mouth.

"Shit, Draco is going to fucking kill me." He said his eyes wide.

" Ah, so its Draco now and not Malfoy huh." Severus said laughing.

" God, no one was supposed to find out. He doesn't want Lucius to find out
that he is gay.Goddamn it I did it again, please just

kill me now at least you will have mercy." Harry mumbled in the pillow that
he had dived under.

This made Severus laugh even harder. " Harry its alright I promise not to
say anything, besides I already knew that there was

something going on between you two. I saw you meeting out by the lake one
night."

Harry looked at his father astounded. "And you don't mind, about
me.uh.being gay?" he asked timidly.

Severus saw that Harry was very insecure about this, " Harry I could care
less, all that matters to me is that you are happy. That's

what counts. Plus you will find out that the Wizarding community is not as
biased as muggles when it comes to relationships,

whether it be with a man or a woman. Now, I have only one question, does Draco
make you happy?" he watched as Harry got a

sappy look on his face.

"Yeah, he does." He said with a goofy grin plastered on his mouth.
" Do you think that there is any way that he could come here

and visit?"

"That I don't know about. But you just reed med me about what we are
planning on doing about your safety. We are basically

going to say that Harry Potter died after being in a coma for several weeks
from an accident that he was involved in while at his aunt

and uncles house. And then you will be starting this fall as my son; we will
tell people that I wanted you to attend here because I

wanted you closer to me with all that has been going on. If you want to be
resorted then Albus said that was not a problem. And we

need to come up with a new name for you." Severus said summing up what
Albus had talked to them about before Harry had

woken up.

Harry sat there for a couple of minutes before he said anything. " Can
Draco know the truth? I don't think that I could keep

something like this from him."

Severus was silent for several seconds and Harry was afraid that he was going
to say no. "I'll see if I can arrange for him to come

here for you birthday, do you want him here for when the charms where
off?" Notlly lly sure if he wanted Draco here or not.

Harry shook his head vigorously, " Yes, I would really like for him to be
here. Do you think that he is going to flip when he finds

out that you're my father?"

Severus laughed, " Oh most definitely, I have been trying to find out from
him for months now what had been going on between

you two. How long have you two been sneaking around seeing each other?" he
asked teasingly he figured that they had probably

started seeing each other some time this year. But when Harry answered him he
was shocked.

"Since the end of our third year. I had been sitting near the lake the day
after the Quidditch game where I fell off of my broom,

going over and over in my head my mom's voice pleading with Voldemort not to
kill me. I had been so absorbed in my own

thoughts that I didn't hear Draco come up behind me. He put his wand up to the
back of my head and said, " I could kill you right

here and no one would know who did it."

"I turned and looked at him and told him to do it because it would serve
people right for putting the fate of the Wizarding world in a

child's hands. He sat down next to me and asked me what had happened on the
Quidditch pitch and I told him. He offered to call a

truce for when we were alone because in public we both had to keep our acts and
masks up. From then on we got to be really close

friends and by the end of the year a lot more. We came up with code names so
that we could write to each other without anyone

becoming suspicious. During our fourth year he was the one that helped me find
the ingredients to make the Wolfsbane potion and

he was the one that borrowed them out of your stash. I made sure that I gave
him enough money to replace them before you noticed

that they were gone." Harry said not realizing how thoroughly shocked his
father was.

" Are you telling me that all of fights that you two have had have all
been staged?" he asked impressed with both his son and

godson.

"Yep, and I'll tell you a secret do you remember when the fake Moody
turned Draco into a white ferret. Well after I was bit he

decided that he wanted to become an animagus, and guess what his form is."
He asked laughing.

"A white ferret." Severus said laughing so hard that he almost fell
off of the couch.

" He actually has two forms. The other one is a pure white Abraxan."
Harry said still laughing.

" You never did tell me what you look like when you transform."
Severus said when he thought about what Harry would look like.

Harry smiled smugly, " And you'll just have to wait until tomorrow
night."

"Alright, alright do you want me to show you your rooms?" He asked
knowing that Harry would be very surprised.

Harry stood up shakily and slowly followed after his father. They passed by
what looked like a storage room that had cauldrons and

potions equipment everywhere. When they came to the end of the hallway Severus
turned around so that he could see his sons face

when he saw his room. Harry walked passed his father and looked into the room.
It was incredible. The bed was huge and had a

forest green and black satin comforter and pillows that matched. There was a
beautiful desk that had all of his schoolbooks and

other book on the various shelves. Rolls of parchment were slid into slots
under the books and a full inkwell along with several

different types of quills was there as well. He saw that Hedwig's cage was
hanging on a decorative stand but what was the best was

the closet. It looked like it was as big as the room and it was full of
different color and style of cloaks and robes as well as an

assortment of muggle clothes. It was amazing. He was so used to having cast-
offs from Dudley the dhe didn't know what it was

going to be like to wear clothes that fit him and ones that he likes. He turned
back around and saw that his father was still standing in

the doorway. He ran over to him and threw himself into his arms. " Thank
you so much. You have no idea what this means to me."

Severus smoothed his son's hair down " You have no idea what it means to
me to hear you say that. It's all yours and you deserve

it. You didn't even finish looking around the room." He teased. " The
fireplace is over there," he said pointing at the wall opposite

of the bed. " And you have your own bathroom."

Harry walked over to his bed and flopped unceremoniously onto it. "Have
you thought about my name yet?" he asked wondering

what he had come up with.

Severus walked over and sat down on the bed beside his son. "Your mother
and I had talked about names for when we decided to

have kids. We came up with Lucian Salazar Snape, that can be yours if you want
it to be." He said quietly. He remembered Lily

talking about names a lot the week before he was given the mark. Looking back
now he knew why.

Harry thought this over for a few minutes and tested saying it. It rolled off
his tongue. He knew that was the name that his mother

had picked out for him when she first found out. He just knew it was, it felt
right. "I want it changed as soon as possible. Now are

you going to tell me how you are going to get Draco out from Lucs grs grasp so
that he can come and stay here?" He asked

hopefully. He really missed him and he needed to talk to him. Plus it would be
great to see his reaction to who his father is.

" Yeah, I guess that I could go firecall Lucius and tell him that I need
his help brewing some sort of dark potion, you said that you

and Draco have code names. What are they so that in case I need to use them to
get Draco to agree to come here." He said knowing

that he would have to use them in order for Draco to come willingly to brew
potions.

Harry nodded his head, " Ok, mine is Onyx and Draco's is Dragon. His is
rather obvious but mine was the one that needed to be

totally unable to trace back to me." He said laying his head on his pillow
and closing his eyes. Tomorrow night was going to be hell.

He had so much pent up anger and hatred that he was afraid that the wolfsbane
wouldn't work. That was why he wanted Draco

here for tomorrow night. He needed Draco there to ground him, if not all hell
could break loose.

Severus slipped out of his son's room and quietly closing the door behind him.
He walked into his own room to make the firecall,

that way if Harry woke up there was no danger of anyone seeing him here. He
picked up a handful of powder and threw it in the

flames. "Lucius Malfoy's Study, Malfoy Manor." A few seconds later
Lucius's head appeared in his fireplace.

"Ah, Severus I was just thinking about contacting you. I wanted to know if
there would be any problems with Draco staying the rest

of the holiday with you. Narcissa and I have been called out on urgent
business." Lucius said smoothly.
veruverus knew what 'urgent business' they were being called for. They were being
sent around the country to try and locate Harry.

He thanked Merlin again that Harry was safe with him in Hogwarts. And this
definitely would work in his favor. "I was just calling

you ask you if I could take young Draco, I need someone that is as competent in
potions to help me make some 'important'

potions." He knew that if he doubted on whether it was a good idea or not
to let him take Draco, hearing that he was making the

potions would smooth things over.

"Yes, that would be good. I think that you may need to persuade him
though. He is quite adamant that he is staying." Lucius said

smirking.

Severus knew that Lucius thought that he would never get Draco to leave the
house. But he did not want Draco to be anywhere near

Lucius or Voldemort when they find out that Harry Potter died and not by their
own hands. A couple minutes later Draco came

into the room.

"And I suppose that you are going to try and convince me that I really
want to come and spend the rest of the Holiday with you."

He smirked wondering what in the world he was up to.

" Well Dragon, I need your help on a certain potion and I found a
particularly interesting Onyx that you left at school. I put it on the

bed in the spare room." He said trying not to laugh.

Draco stood there stunned. He quickly composed himself and stood up. "I
just need to grab a couple things and I'll come through

now." He said and then practically ran out the door.

Lucius looked at Severus astonished. "What was that all about? He told me
that he was not going with you no matter what."

"At the end of the term I told him of a potion that I had just come
across, one that was particularly illegal and highly dangerous. I

told him that I wouldn't be able to get a hold of the ingredients until the
beginning of the school year. But I got therly.rly." Severus

lied smoothly.

" I am glad to see that you haven't stopped practicing your 'Art' while
you are teaching under that muggle-loving old fool." Lucius

said as Draco came walking back in slowly but it was obvious that he had ran to
his room and ran back. "Do be on your best

behavior Draco, you know what will happen if I find out otherwise."

Severus saw Draco stiffen with that underlying threat. Something else that he
needed to find out when he had his chat with Draco.

He'd be damned if he would sit back and watch Lucius do the same thing to Draco
as what his bastard of a father did to him. Not

if he could prevent it. "Well let's go Draco. We need to get started on
this Potion as soon as possible." Severus went back through

the fireplace and few seconds later Draco joined him. Draco was about ready to
dart out the door toward Harry when Severus

stopped him. "Before you go in and see him there are some things that you
need to know. The first thing is that Harry has been in a

coma for the past two and a half weeks. He just woke up this evening."
Draco interrupted him.

"What happened, how did he get here, is he ok is there anything wrong with
him. Who did it to him, I swear to god if it was that

good for nothing fat fucking bastard of a muggle that has the gall to call
himself his uncle I will kill him. I knew that if Harry went

back there this summer something would happen." Draco stopped his tirade
and buried his head in his hands, "Merlin Sev, I don't

know what I would do without him. I don't think that I could handle loosing
him."

"You are going to loose him, in a way, but I need to wait for Harry to
wakeup before I say any more. It is up to him on what he tells

you." He said wondering when Harry would hear Draco and wake up.
"Now, I have some questions for you. What is going on

between you and Lucius? And don't give me that bullshit that it's nothing
because I know better."

Draco sighed and slumped downthe the floor "he keeps threatening to make
me get the mark now instead of waiting until after I

graduate. But I don't want it period. I can't do what he does to people. And on
top of that if he ever found out that I was gay he

would kill me. Not to mention that my boyfriend is number one on their 'who
needs to be killed at all costs' list. Honestly I don't

think that I would have lasted against Lucius as long as I have with out
Harry." He finished quietly.

" Draco, you don't have to go back there you know. You are always welcome
to stay with me." Severus told Draco.

"Please Draco don't go back."

Draco jumped up and launched himself into Harry's open arms. And for the first
time since he had left school he felt like he was

home. Draco looked at Harry and stared awestruck.

"My god Harry you look totally different, you hardly look like yourself
anymore and what happened to your voice?"

Harry laughed and looked over at his father and he shook his head. "Well
Father," he stressed the father part. "I see that you have

left a lot of news out."

Draco looked at Harry and then to his Godfather, and them back to Harry,
"Did you just say Father, as in he is your Dad?"

Harry saw his father's body shaking with silent laughter, "Yep. We found
out when he had brought me back to the school from the

Dursley's.

Draco glanced back at Harry and promptly passed out. Harry caught him before
his head hit the ground.