12.
It had been three weeks since their visit to Gringotts. They still hadn't been able to locate the other madman. They had no concrete clues, and the old fool was clever enough not to leave any. Severus and Harry left the twins to question the brother of the rotten lemon. But his brother had no information. It had been years since Albus Dumbledore had paid his brother a visit.
To tell the truth, the vampire had become highly protective in recent days. He didn't want Harry to leave Hogwarts or to be separated from him. The Potions Master wasn't even aware of his overprotective behavior. The nymph found her husband's behavior cute. It doesn't bother her in the least. He feels important in his husband's eyes.
The vampire is currently sipping his coffee, reading the newspaper while his chalice enjoys his breakfast. Suddenly, he perceives something. He spits out his coffee and widens his eyes. Harry had watched the scene confused, but you could see the amusement in his eyes. What could he have read to put him in such a state? He tilted his head to one side, realizing that his husband was staring at him.
"Honey?" Severus swallowed again in shock. He didn't know if he was ready. Would I be a good father? What if he doesn't like me? What if I don't have enough patience with him? He didn't want to be like his genitor. The distant dream of starting a family was within his grasp, but it terrified him more than anything else.
"Ha-Harry...ahem...you're pregnant." He tells him.
"Oh! I know." The green eyes say softly. Something snaps in the vampire's mind.
"You, what!" Severus lost his composure.
"You know. You know! He knows!" The Potions Master slammed his head on the table. He knows! Harry tries to hold back his chuckle as best he can. I might break your father, baby. He stands up, walks over to his husband and starts stroking his hair.
"Honey, look at me." The vampire grumbles but raises his head regardless.
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"You said you will feel it, so. Why do I bother to tell you?"
"You...You...You." The vampire couldn't help but stutter.
"Pff pwa ah ah ah!" The nymph bursts into uncontrollable giggles. It's not every day you see the famous cauldron bat, stuttering. A light blush appears in the cheeks of the vampire. He turns his head away.
"Dear Lord! I have to put this memory in a pensive." Harry holds his belly so hard he laughs.
"Cheeky brat." Severus groans while pinching his nose. His cheeks are not red anymore.
"Oh, come on honey." The younger leans in to kiss him. Severus resists at first, then reciprocates the kiss. The chalice separates from him, then takes his husband's hand and places it on his still flat belly.
"Can you feel it, Severus? This is our baby magic." Harry says softly.
"It's not Severus." This escapes the vampire's lips as he concentrates on feeling the baby's magic.
"By Merlin's socks!" Harry giggles again. He really likes this nickname.
"Did you just?"Severus had already vanished, but his husband had time to see his face turn all flushed.
"Baby I think your father is shy." The nymph says, stroking her belly fondly.
"I'm not!" Harry hears his vampire yell out and he chuckles.
It couldn't be possible. No, it couldn't happen. I have to finish my studies. I've got to finish. She had already sent a letter to the vice-principal to enroll at Beauxbatons or Durmstrang, but still no reply. She had been pacing her room for two weeks since she returned to her parents' house. Professor Mcgonagall had apparated her in front of her house as she was a Muggle-born. The professor did the same for the other Muggle-borns.
She couldn't understand why Hogwarts had kicked them out. Well, someone's in control of the castle, but she's sure it's not the Headmaster. She was sure he couldn't do that.
She lets out a small noise of utter frustration before dropping onto her bed. She'd already lost two weeks without studying.
Yet she reread all her books, even if she knew them by heart. Nothing was going the way he'd planned. Her parents were planning to send her to a Muggle school. It was out of the question for her to go to a Muggle college, but if that meant she would cast an unforgivable curse on them.
"Aaaahhhhhh! This little piece of shit! How dare he! How dare he say we stole him." Molly yells. The Weasley receive a letter from Gringotts to return the agent with the interest they stole from a Potter vault.
"This brat is how he thanks us after all we've done for him!" Her husband puts a reassuring hand on her shoulder.
"Don't worry, darling, he won't go away like that." Molly nods and sighs.
"And now the kids can't go to Hogwarts. I'm scared, Arthur. I'm afraid for our children's education. Our children deserve so much better." And with Albus still nowhere to be found. Everything is falling apart.
"Aaaahhh! If I lay hands on him again I'll imprison him until my precious Ginny is old enough to marry him and bear his child, then I'll kill him. I'll kill him! He dares to make our lives miserable!" She snarled.
"Yes, yes, soon they'll all see how powerful I am. It's just a matter of time. They will all submit to my supremacy when I defeat the Dark Lord." He lets out a machiavellian wry laugh. "Damned brat, if only you hadn't disappeared all this wouldn't have happened." The old sorcerer finishes inscribing the rune on the ground. He used his own blood to make it.
The great Albus Dumbledore looks like nothing now. He's lost several teeth, all his hair and a lot of weight. His eyes have become dull and his skin gray from using dark magic.
"Only a few weeks to go before everything's ready. A few weeks before my big comeback." He looks at the bodies of the children lying on the ground.
"I was forced to do it. You forced me to do it, my boy. Why did you do it? Why did you kill them?" He howls in a damp cave near the sea. But he can't hear the sound of the waves because it's dug so deep into the rock. "All those lives you could have saved, my boy." He whispers.
"Little brother Luna says congratulations but she doesn't mention about...what?" Forge barged into the great hall, interrupting Harrykins and Snapey's kiss.
"I can come back later if you like? Then you can baptize the great hall." He says this while making waves with his eyebrows. His little brother smiles at him, not in the least embarrassed, and Snapey has an deadpaned expression on his face.
"Don't worry, Fred, I'll let you know when I do. And how's Luna?" The redhead shakes his head at Harry's bluntness and sits down opposite them. Where's my shy, naive little brother?
"She's fine, enjoying her round-the-world trip with her father." Following the Hogwarts incident, Luna's father had decided to take his daughter on a world tour for the time being.
"Neville asks about all of you." Gorge has meanwhile settled in beside his twin.
"And he says he misses our cold because Russia's is dreadful. But otherwise he's adapting well to Durmstrang." Neville's grandmother had decided to move with her grandson to one of the Longbottom manors in Norway. She also enrolled her grandson at Durmstrang for the rest of the year and perhaps for the rest of his school course. She also transferred her son and daughter-in-law to a hospital in Norway.
"I'm glad they're doing well." The nymph beames.
'Chirp' 'Chirp'
Fawkes appeared in the great hall and flew to his new master before landing on the table. Harry stroked his feathers with a smile. The phoenix twittered in delight, then moved closer to the nymph and rested its forehead on hers. They stay like this for a while before the phoenix moves away and jumps onto the shoulder of the emerald eyes. Harry frowns.
"Apparently, Fawkes has detected a major source of dark magic on the east coast of England. And he thinks it's rotten lemon. Moreover, Voldy continues to terrorize England with his attacks. But I don't want to talk about that right now." The vampire puts his hand on his husband's belly, feeling his annoyance. Fawkes rubs his head against Harry's cheek to calm him. Harry relaxes. Thank you. He places his hand on his vampire's. While his other hand pets the phoenix's plumage. He glances at the Potions Master. Severus nods.
"We have something to share with you." The twins exchange glances before nodding.
"I'm pregnant."
"Oh Merlin..." Forge starts.
"Congratulations Little brother, Snapey!" The twins speak at the same time. Harry beames but Severus groans about the nickname.
"Thank you. Fred, you have to give our thanks to Luna."
"And is your pregnancy as long as that of humans?"
"No, longer. About a year. And I'm in my 2nd month."
"One year!" The two redheads shout.
"I know." The vampire mumbled. I don't know if I look forward to living the next months with a hormonal Harry.
"Anyway..." Gred says.
"We are..." Forge continus
"Happy for you. You deserve to be happy with a family the most." They say. The couple give them a genuine smile.
"Dear Lord! Snapey gives us a smile. An authentic smile. This day needs to go down in history." The vampire grunts but the nymph bursts out laughter. What have you done to my reputation Potter-Prince? The older thinks.
"You're lucky I can't put a curse on you in your condition, brat." Harry rolls his eyes, not really convinced and kisses his husband.
"Better, honey?" He heard his vampire growls and the twins snicker.
The dishes appear in front of them and they begin to dine.
The Dark Lord could feel his victory approaching. No one could beat him now. His only obstacle disappeared and Dumbledore vanished into thin air. Even though England was almost completely deserted by most wizards, he sensed that his hour of glory was finally at hand. For the past few weeks, he has been sending his followers on raids to show the world their power.
England is mine now and soon it will be the rest of the world. Muggles will have to kneel before the domination of Magic.
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