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Molly was horrified when she saw her son, his bulging, toad-like mouth and long tongue protruding from his mouth. Virulent pimples spread all over his face. She couldn't look him in the eye. My baby is so ugly. Her son had burst into tears when he saw her face. The mother couldn't bring herself to comfort him. The sight of him repulsed her. She wondered what kind of curse had befallen her family. Who could have dared to do this to his precious babies?
In the week that followed, Molly did everything she could to get her children back to normal. Her husband did some research in the Ministry's archives to find a solution. But not a single spell worked.
She let out a sigh of relief when she saw that her son had lost his toad features. Molly had found it hard to be in the same room as him that week. However, his beautiful princess had not regained her magnificent hair. Not only that, but she lost her eyebrows and her skin began to discolor patchily.
The Weasleys can't afford to spend on anything other than their primary needs, not even to buy a potion from an apothecary or a visit to St Mungo's.
Severus checks that his husband is warm and protected. He cast many spells on him before he was satisfied. He did the same thing when Harry went to the lake. The vampire growls when he notices the amused look on his chalice's face. The Master of Potions redoubled his vigilance as they left the castle, even more so now that he was aware of his husband's condition.
"Can we go now?" Severus checks once more that everything is in place, then nods. They had decided that this afternoon they would go into Hogwarts' forbidden forest to gather ingredients. Well, it was Harry who insisted on joining his vampire. As it happens, the nymph is very stubborn, so add pregnancy hormones and you've got a bad cocktail. So Severus had no choice but to say yes. He was not keen on seeing his husband upset.
He still remembers that day. This happened one day after he became aware of his husband's pregnancy.
°Flashback°
"Honey." Severus looks up from his reading, knowing full well what his husband is thinking.
"Harry, I don't think it's a good idea for you to..." He stops talking instantly when he feels the temperature in the room drop drastically. He sees the eyes of his chalice radiating power. He feels the floor tremble beneath his feet.
"Don't even finish that sentence." Harry frowns.
"Calm down, Harry, think of the baby." Apparently it wasn't the right thing to say.
"That I should calm down." The young man said this in a low voice.
"So you don't think I'm always putting our child first!" He shouts almost hurt. The nymph takes a deep breath.
"I'm pregnant, which means I can't fly or go with you in your lab when you make potions. And if you haven't noticed, I'm running out of patience these days. Plus, you know I need to get out of the castle so I don't feel cooped up." He says with anger. Books began to fall on the Potions master's head. He couldn't avoid them or stop the spell. Fortunately, they weren't my potion vials.
"I used to think your overprotectiveness was adorable, but now it's getting on my nerves." The calice snaps.
"All right, I didn't say anything. But please calm down Harry." Severus gave up. Harry huffs before leaving the living room with a gift for the vampire. Severus's hair turned bright pink. I think I preferred books that fell on my head. He growls mentally.
°End of Flashback°
My hair stayed pink for the rest of the day and I did have a headache because of the falling books. He could still hear the twins laughing about it.
The vampire had to find a way to soothe his chalice, for even after spending a while with the lake's creatures, he was still upset with him. He took an hour to find something to make up for it. He promised his husband he'd let him braid his hair for a month. However, I feel like I've been tricked. He thought when he saw Harry lose his upset expression so quickly.
"Impatient brat." He leans in to kiss him and places a hand on his belly. Harry beams at him. He reluctantly removes his hand from the nymph's belly and takes her hand instead. Severus leads her through the forest.
The Ministry is in chaos, as several fractions of magical creatures have decided to overthrow the government. This is their chance to have more rights, and no longer have to hide or serve wizards. The country is in a fragile state, and the threat posed by the Dark Lord is over. They didn't have much to do - the moronic Minister of Magic ran with his tail between his legs when he saw them.
Representatives of the magical creature fractions approached the only impartial person at the Ministry, Amelia Susan Bones of the Department of Magical Justice, to draw up a treaty on behalf of magic. The treaty stipulates that anyone who discriminates, enslaves, kidnaps, kills or commits physical or sexual atrocities will be punished by magic. They defer judgment to magic.
Thanks to this treaty, magical creatures can have a job, a bank account or even be admitted to hospital. The extermination of species is forbidden and you will suffer the wrath of magic.
The dementors are now free to return to their original post at the Magic Police. They will no longer serve any human.
The beginning of a new era for England - one in which creatures can live, not survive.
They've been in the forest for about two hours, gathering ingredients for potions. They had come across a herd of thestrals on the way. They were very welcoming to his chalice. And thanks to Harry, the vampire was able to harvest some thestral milk. Fawkes joined them in their ingredient harvest barely 10 minutes ago.
Severus frowns, uneasy, something doesn't feel right. He let out low growls. It didn't take him a second to realize they were gone. Harry and his unborn child have disappeared. He knows they're no longer at Hogwarts as well as the phoenix.
Harry appears in a damp cellar. It's dark and foul-smelling, making his stomach turn in on itself. He unconsciously put his hand on his belly. The darkness of the room disturbed them, as he could detect obstacles by their temperature and also by the water. He knew there were many dead bodies in the room, not only by the smell but also by the water they contained.
Harry turns his head in the direction of the erratic breathing. You couldn't miss it, it was noisy and jerky. The chalice's eyes begin to glow dangerously. He'd know that magical signature anywhere. Suddenly, everything became clearer in his mind: sacrifices, that's what the bodies on the ground represented.
"Look at yourself. You've sacrificed so many for the sake of power. And all to become a decrepit old carcass just waiting to die." The nymph snarls.
Suddenly, a loud grunt could be heard throughout the cellar. The beast is awake. The old sorcerer is no longer human, but a creature eaten away by dark magic. The beast rears up and prepares to attack.
"Pathetic." The young man rolls his eyes. Harry was quicker, just using his hands to take the water's control and the creature's body temperature. He began to boil the blood and all the other fluids present in the sorcerer's body. The beast squeaked and whimpered in distress. Driven by a sadistic desire to see the man who manipulated his life in agony, he continued to raise the temperature until it exploded, scattering all its remains across the cellar.
Blood splashed onto the nymph, along with bits of flesh. Harry contemplates his work with a big smile. There's no danger now, my baby. You can be born in peace. He frowned as he felt the rune on his hip activate and a moment later his husband appeared at his side. Severus runs to his pregnant husband and inspects him from every angle.
"I'm fine, honey." The vampire grunts in displeasure but takes a step away from his chalice. He then becomes aware of his surroundings and growls again. His eyes darted back and forth between the carnage of blood and flesh and his husband. Despite himself he glups. Noted. Never piss Harry off. He snaps back to his senses as his nymph takes his hand. All around them was fire and flame.
"Let's go home." Severus nods. Fawkes appears and teleports them back to the castle.
"Why didn't you take me with you?" The married couple is sitting in the bathtub enjoying a nice soak. Severus had previously carefully cleaned the blood and bits of flesh from his chalice. The Potions Master was a little disappointed for not being able to torture the old fool himself. The blond shrugs.
"I'm not sure. I started thinking about our future and the baby's arrival. I had to get rid of all the threats hanging over us and our child. The next thing I knew, I was in the cellar." While he was talking, Harry had put his hands on his belly. His husband's hands quickly joined them.The vampire sighs and kisses the top of his shoulder.
"Don't ever do that again." Severus said in a voice filled with emotion. He thought he'd lost his source of light, his family, if only for a moment. He could no longer imagine a future without Harry and their child.
The younger man turned, cupped his husband's face in his hands and kissed him tenderly. The kiss conveyed a message that could not be expressed in words.
Harry stops their kiss to kiss all the way down his jaw, then his neck, which he titillates with his teeth. At the same time, he rubs his sex against his husband's.
"Harry." Severus moans.
"Yes, honey?" The blond's lustful voice sends shivers down his spine. Chalice feels the vampire's cock poking at his belly. He kisses her again and takes Severus's penis and positions it in front of his ring of flesh. Before you know it, Severus is inside Harry. He grabs the buttocks of his chalice and sinks deeper.
"Severus." The green eyes blow.
"So if I've understood correctly, the rune inscribed on us allows you to geolocate your partner and find out if he's all right." Harry rests his finger on his chin, tilting his head to one side. Severus' lips twitch when he sees how cute his chalice is.
"I think it's more complex than that." He wipes the chocolate smear on the corner of the young man's cheek with his finger, then puts his finger in his mouth. The nymph gives him a sultry smile, then opens her mouth.
"I panicked when I couldn't feel any of you at Hogwarts." The Potions Master rolls his eyes but he gives him a mouthful of chocolate mousse. Brat. They had dinner in their private wing. The vampire preferred to keep his pregnant husband close by.
"However, the rune activated and I was able to find out where you were and how you were doing. But I still had trouble finding you. It was strange to use the apparition with the rune." He handed him another mouthful. Harry swallows.
"My rune is only activated when you appear near me."
"I see." He handed him a mouthful of chocolate mousse, however his husband decided not to swallow it but to kiss him instead. The vampire is sure that there are other mysteries behind this rune.
"To sweet." The vampire groans.
"Brat." Severus says when he sees the young man's mouth dirty with chocolate. The nymph sticks out her tongue.
Harry smiled as he looked at the baby's room. He runs a hand over his little baby bump of 5 months. He's changed the layout of the castle with the help of Hogwarts. It's as if Hogwarts had never been a school. Hogwarts expanded their private wing to include 4 bedrooms in addition to their own and the baby's. She had Severus's laboratory set up in their wing. She also added a dining room.
The twins also had a wing of the castle to share. They have their own apartment, connected by a door. However, they share a potion laboratory together. The dormitories, classrooms and great hall have disappeared. Only the library remains, enlarged to accommodate all the books they own and inherited. It's run by three elves from the Prince household. All the remaining belongings of the people who had been thrown out were given to the house elves of their various estates. He leaves them in charge of what they want to do with them.
He and Severus had now met all their elves. The latter were happy to meet their masters, especially Kreacher. The house elf of House Black had expressed a strong loyalty to Harry and begged him to stay at the castle. He happily chased away the members of the Order of the Phoenix who were squatting in the ancestral House of Black, including the mutt, 12 Grimmauld place.
"You see, my baby, everything is almost ready for your arrival." They've decorated the nursery in neutral colors, not knowing the sex of the baby, although the chalice is sure it will be a little prince.
His smile widened when he felt his husband's hands on his belly. Since announcing his pregnancy, the vampire has been touching his belly all the time, but now that he's showing, the touch has increased. He is addicted. The young man hummed when his husband kissed his cheek.
"Harry." The blond sighs knowing already what it is about.
"I know you're worried about the progression of my pregnancy but I will not see a healer." Harry places his hand on that of his bonded.
"You can learn medical spells in our extensive library, including all the books inherited from our houses." He compromises. The black haired says nothing but infuses a little of his magic in Harry to connect with the baby magic.
"Here for you, master Harry Potter-Prince." Dobby appears delighted with a plate of the nymph craving, banana split with spicy sauce.
"Thanks Dobby." The chalice takes a mouthful and sighs of pleasure.
"Anything for the master and the young master or mistress." 'Pop'
"I don't know who is more devoted to you, Dobby or Kreacher." The vampire raises an eyebrow. The two house elves quarreled to serve the nymph. Dobby was delighted to learn that Harry Potter was alive. He found out the day after the castle was cleared of its other occupants when he served dinner that evening. The poor house elf cried his eyes out at the sight of him. The blond had a hard time calming him down.
The couple admire their future child's bedroom, eagerly awaiting his arrival.
"More, Severus. More." The young man moans under the heavy thrust of his husband. The vampire growls, increasing his pace without pressing too hard on the swollen belly of his chalice. At 9 months pregnant, Harry's belly is huge, even though he still has 3 months to go.
"Just like that! Yes, yes, SEVERUS!" The blond man ejaculates and her husband follows a few seconds later. This is the sixth time all day that Harry has called the Potions Master because he's feeling horny. The young man's sexual appetite has increased considerably with his pregnancy. The poor vampire is always interrupted when he's brewing potions by his husband. Sometimes he wondered if he was really the couple's vampire.
Fortunately, the house elves take care of Harry's cravings. From the 7th month onwards, the nymph began to experience back pain, foot pain and swollen breasts. Severus became responsible for massaging her back, stomach, feet and breasts.
Even though he complained, the Potions Master loved looking after his husband. He has become busy learning all the spells relating to pregnancy and childbirth. He wants to make sure her husband and baby are healthy. There have been other incidents involving the mood of the pregnant nymph. Everyone in the castle is taking good care of her.
Severus slowly comes out of Harry's room, casts a spell to clean them and lies down beside them. He puts his hand on Harry's huge belly and begins to stroke it. The blond grunts and turns to his husband to make himself more comfortable. The vampire makes sure to put a pillow under the chalice's belly. His blond husband kisses him tenderly to say thank you.
"You're a good husband." Harry says softly. The old man kisses him on the forehead.
"And you will be a good fath-oh!" The two soon-to-be parents froze. The baby had just given its first kick. It wasn't until the second kick that they came back to reality. Harry sniffed and tears began to fall.
"Hi baby it's mommy." Severus kisses his baby bump and he receives a little kick.
"We can't wait to hold them in our arms, little one." Harry puts his hand on top of his husband's.
The Potions Master was smiling for the rest of the day.
In the last few months the couple have helped the twins open their prank shop for wizards wheezes.At first, it was difficult because there were no customers, and the magical creatures and wizards were getting used to the new laws. Then, a month later, the first customers appeared and that was the start of their breakthrough.
Fred and George both returned to the castle after spending their holidays with their partner's family. Of course they both continued to use the Weasley family as guinea pigs.
Harry slowly emerges from the bathroom in his kimono. He finds it hard to move with his huge belly leaning forward. It's early afternoon and he's just had a bath because he's been having hot flushes. He's been suffering for two days and his belly is much firmer than usual. He knows that the baby is going to be born today. The nymph had to chase her husband out of the room because he was performing a spell to check their vitals every minute. This was getting on her nerves. The opening of the canal so that the baby can pass is happening gradually and is very uncomfortable.
Harry puts his hand on his huge belly, wincing as he feels a contraction. They started 3 hours ago.
"Will you let me go as far as the lake, baby?" Their baby has been moving around a lot over the last few weeks, shortening his nights' sleep. He begins to walk slowly out of the room towards the lake. That's where he wants to give birth to his baby. Severus had no say in the matter. The blond man knows that his husband will soon join him, alerted by the gates of their wing of the castle to his disappearance. The young wizard paused to catch his breath. The contraction he had just experienced was particularly violent. As he resumed walking, he felt a liquid running down his legs. Harry sighed. Hurry to come into the world, my baby? He fondly pats his belly.
He reached the lake after stopping several times because of the contractions. He moved forward a little in the water and then tried to sit down. Chalice smiles as he feels his husband's hands supporting him to help him sit up.
"Stubborn brat." The vampire growls.
"Love you too, honey." Severus rolls his eyes and he places himself in front of his husband. He casts a spell to check his chalice and baby vitals then he verifies if the canal is open enough. He swallows in spite of himself when he sees that his husband is ready to give birth.
"Ho-honey?" Severus looks at his nymph with compassion.
"Come behind me, honey. Let them look after us." The vampire reluctantly sits behind his chalice. Mermaids have risen to the surface to help with the birth. Some of them are singing. They are joined by the phoenix, which appears alongside its master.
Harry grabs his husband's hands as he feels another contraction coming on. Severus is grateful for his creature status as he believes his hands are already broken. The nymph is trying to work on her breathing but it's becoming increasingly labored. This time. He straightens up and starts to push.
"Hmmmm!" He moaned, his face was red from the effort. The songs of the magical creatures cheered him on.
"Hmmmmm...huf huf." His hair falls in front of his eyes. And his forehead is wet with sweat.
"I was right, it's a boy, honey. Our precious baby boy." The vampire simply nods too overwhelmed. I have a son. I'm a father now.
It wasn't until nightfall that their son gave his first cry. After more than 5 hours' labor, their little prince was born.
"Hi my baby boy, it's mommy." Harry says with a wobbling voice. Severus had just cut the umbilical cord and handed the baby over to his husband. The newborn calmed instantly in his mother's arms.
"Honey, he's so beautiful, so perfect." A solitary tear rolled down the vampire's cheek. One of his fingers is caught by his son's tiny hand.
"He is." The little man has a few blond locks on his head and his face is a mixture of his two parents. He also has a blue flame on his forehead like his mother and a rune on his hip signifying "unconditional". The two parents have not yet had the chance to see the color of the son's eyes, as he has not yet opened them.
"You did great, Harry." Severus kisses his temple.
"Thank you for this beautiful gift." Harry gave him an exhausted smile.
"I love you, Severus Prince-Potter." Severus's eyes widened in shock.
"I love you too, Harry Potter-Prince." The vampire whispers. But the blond did hear him and smiled at him fondly.
"So Harry?" Luna asks, seated next to her boyfriend. Half an hour later, Fawkes brought the family back to their room. The phoenix was still singing after the birth of the little man. Severus gave the newborn his first bath and dressed him in a bodysuit. He bathed his husband, dressed him and did the same for himself. He carried him husband, who had their son in his arms, to the living room where four wizards were waiting for them. Luna and Neville had just arrived a minute earlier, having been notified by the twins of the baby's birth. Severus and Harry had decided that Luna and Fred would be the godparents of their first child. Severus sat down in an armchair.
"May I present Caspian Potter-Prince. The first son of the Potter-Prince family." The blond smiled adoringly as he looked at his son then he kissed his husband cheek. I will always be grateful to this rune. I wouldn't be as happy with my family without her. Thank you.
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