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A Godfather\'s duty	By : KusanoSaku Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male > Snape/Remus Views: 26565 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 4
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Title: A Godfather's duty

Pairing: SeverusxRemus?, LuciusxNarcissa and implied AndromedaxTed, future parental snarry

Fandom: Harry Potter

Summary: Lily's dead. Harry's missing. Severus' Magical bond to Harry as a godfather is screaming at him to protect him. Severus is in mourning. How does Severus mourn Lily and follow her wishes when everything is against him? He contemplates what to do with the rest of his life when fate takes a hand. Good Malfoys, Good Snape. Dumbles-bashing.

Warning: This chapter is dark and there are references to child abuse. I do not support Abuse in in form I merely show the affect it has on persons. There are things in this chapter that might squick you, so please don't scream at me because of this chapter. If this chapter is too dark or upsets you in anyway, I recommend for you please stop reading. The story will get worse before it gets better. Bad Things happen in real life and they affect people differently who experience them.

Chapter 10

Lolly was more than happy to provide him with the Prince Family ceremonial dagger and the family goblet.

A map of Britain was provided as well and a very sober Severus was ready.

Remus had Cora cradled in his arms. “Besides her blood what do you need?”

Severus shook his head, “Not much.”

He sliced his palm and squeezed blood into the goblet.

Remus winced, “Do you have to use a silver knife?”

Severus frowned, “Are you planning to be helpful or complain?”

Remus growled, “You are forgetting that I’m allergic to silver and that you’re calmly discussing hurting my daughter.”

“You think I want to do that? She’s half Prince! The addition of her blood will ensure that the scrying doesn’t make the mistake of searching out my Malfoy relatives.”

“Aren’t those Prince Artefacts?”

“Yes but I have Malfoy blood as well, I don’t want to harm her to find Harry but we have no choice. I’ll be gentle.”

Remus scowled and held Cora’s arm still so Severus could slice the girl’s hand.

She screamed and thrashed.

Severus caught the blood in the goblet and then with conjured string began to swing the knife like the pendulum of a clock with a flick of his wand.

The knife stabbed the map in Devonshire on the moors where Merrivale lay.

Remus rocked Cora and healed her hand, “Hush love. Dad’s here.”

“Myself and Cora by its force.” Severus muttered thoughtfully.

It hovered over Godric’s Hollow and near Remus’ home with the pack; it barely went to Little Whinging, Surrey at all.

The knife circled Britain but didn’t land.

Severus turned white, “He’s not…”

Remus scowled, snapping his fingers to summon an elf. He reluctantly handed a sniffling Cora to Lolly and pulled Severus into his lap. “”Hush…we’ll find him. I promise.”

Severus wouldn’t calm down.

Remus finally cast a powerful sleeping spell on his panicked lover and ordered Lolly to put him under the dreamless sleep potion.

Still anxious and furious, he flooed Malfoy Manor…

It didn’t take long for Lucius to arrive in the Receiving Room.

“What do you need Lupin?”

“We have talk. Now.” Remus snarled.

Lucius frowned at him but stepped through at once.

“I had to put Severus under a sleeping spell and request Lolly give him a dreamless sleep draught.” Remus hissed pacing.

“What is wrong?” Lucius asked confused.

“Severus tried blood scrying. Harry was traced from Godric’s Hollow to Little Whinging but he is not at present in Britain.”

Lucius toyed with the head of his cane. “Abuse…starvation…stone walls…the Sea…did Severus mention any sort of behaviour exhibited by the caregiver?”

“Her touches left impressions on Harry’s mind that felt bad…” Remus offered.

“Sexual in nature? Fuck. It’s well known in the upper class that one can retrieve sex slaves from the orphanages. Why didn’t I realize it before? Sir Richard Heart a former Prime Minister is well known for his procurement. I have a plan…I’ll hate myself for this but…I’ll need to speak to Kingsley, Amelia and Aurora. Narcissa will be furious but it might be our only chance.”

He stepped back through the floo leaving Remus behind.

Remus stared at the empty floo. “I hope he knows what he’s doing.”

Then he went to curse the hell out of conjured dummies until he fell to the ground his anger temporarily sated.

XoooooX

Lucius scribbling notes to Sanctus, Aurora, Amelia, Kingsley and Andromeda he requested their presence immediately.

He felt dirty…

He may have experience as a spy but this was beyond him.

Sure he knew many of his fellow Death Eaters enjoyed rape but he had never indulged in that.

He sought out his wife in her conservatory.

“You’re scuffing your shoes again. What are you coming to confess now?” Narcissa asked spritzing her latest floral crossbreed.

“I think I know how to find Harry. Unfortunately, it will require me to infiltrate a Muggle sex ring.”

“What sort of ring?” Narcissa asked in a strangled voice.

“Paedophilic in nature is my suspicious. Severus is not taking the news well. An attempt at blood scrying has show that Harry is not in Britain.”

“I don’t want to know about it. You will stay in London at Number Seven until this is over. We will never speak of this again. Go!” Narcissa said as her shoulders started to shake.

He changed the notes to request their presence at Number Seven Malloy Place before sending them with Stria.

They all appeared in less than an hour.

“What is so urgent?” Kingsley frowned.

“I have a lead on Harry. He is in a Muggle Orphanage connected to a sex ring. I know who I need to make contract with to find him. I would like your assistance.”

“Who would it be?” Amelia asked.

“Sir Richard Heart, a former Prime Minister. I’ve sometimes slipped into Muggle elite circles and his name is spoken of with reverence. He and a few actors are known for their parties and tastes. I will need to retrieve my yacht and go out and about in London as Luke Malloy with a few glamours and tossing around Muggle money. I will need to spend time with them and make them think I enjoy and share their proclivities.”

“You can’t be serious, you’re in enough trouble.” Kingsley frowned.

“You think I really want to do this? Harry is nearly the same age as my son Draco. Narcissa told me to stay away from the Manor until this is over, she wouldn’t even look at me.” Lucius tugged on his hair nervously. “I hoped I could borrow Kingsley as a bodyguard. He is an Auror and I would need a witness that I am not truly one of this monsters. I don’t know how long it will take me. We also need permission to use hypnosis and memory charms on Muggles.”

“It is a shame that Nymphadora isn’t older. She is keen on being an Auror just like Uncle Sirius. She’s a Metamorphmagus and would have been extremely helpful.” Andromeda frowned speaking almost to herself.

Aurora glared at her, “Andromeda are you mad? This is a paedophile ring that Lucius is talking about infiltrating. Your daughter is what nine? How could you even think that?”

“A Metamorphmagus can change their appearance and even their gender. If he’s looking for a new sex slave that looks like Harry, can you think of a better choice?” Andromeda glared.

“She’s a child!” Aurora snapped.

“Who has lived through a war! Her parents bring the war home with them! I’m a healer at St Mungos and Ted counsels victims of all sorts of assault including rape. She is more intelligent then I want her to be. She maybe klutz and messy but she has a good heart and would want to help. She is very skilled at her Metamorphmagus skills; she can even look like a wall! Tell me what child you know has that much control of their magic? Nymphadora has spied on Ted and my pillow talk. I know it isn’t wise but he tells me things, no names mind but he has to tell the terrible things his patients tell him.” She shivered.

“Nymphadora has been listened two them for two years. A pity but she’s close to her father and his work upsets him. I’ve tried everything to keep her from hearing us. Well I confronted her about her spying, she told me that bad men like that had to be stopped. She was going to be an Auror when she grew up and lock up bad guys like that. I begged her,” she scowled, “that did little girl.”

“You’re a heartless bitch Andromeda.” Aurora glared.

“I am a realist and she would be mad if we didn’t ask her.”

“Narcissa will not forgive me if I introduce her niece to that world Annie.” Lucius protested weakly.

“She can talk to the other kids, you can’t. Be reasonable Lucius, she can be taught magic that won’t be noticed because of her age. Use a magic shielding charm on her and it would be non-existent. Talk to Nymphadora and tell me she wouldn’t be a help.”

“She’s nine…” Sanctus sighed, “I would never want my Daphne to do this if she was the same age…”

“Your daughter isn’t a Metamorphmagus who wants to be an Auror.”

“Do you have any idea what horrors she could learn?” Aurora glared.

“Do you know what stories she’s overheard from Ted? He never uses names but he’s told me ghastly tales of rape and torture. My daughter spies on us all the time and she knows more than I want her too.”

“You should want to keep this from her.” Amelia sighed.

“She knows bad people like that exist. She would want to help stop them. Nymphadora would see this as a test to see if she could make it as an Auror.”

“I am so against this!” Aurora snapped.

“Let her choose. If she agrees that’s it. Send an elf for her Lucius.”

“Don’t Lucius.” Aurora hissed.

“You promised to help the House of Prince. Infiltrating this ring is the only way…” Lucius sighed.

“Then use Polyjuice to make someone Nymphadora! Don’t ask this of a child!” Aurora glared.

“You think I want to? That I would want to expose my niece to this? I want Harry back safely but if Prince elves can’t track him and blood scrying proved he isn’t on British soil what choice do we have? He’s being starved. He was made to sit in a soiled nappy for hours if not days. There was a dead baby in the room with him! We can’t talk to a kid like a child can. If adults traumatize them, they won’t trust us. I wouldn’t hurt her, if I did her mother and my bonded would kill me.” Lucius reluctantly admitted. “We’ll ask her. It will be up to her. After we get her to show her bragged skills at physical mimicry…”

“Then send for her Lucius.” Andromeda sniffed.

Reluctantly, Lucius sent Stria for his niece.

Leaving them trapped in strangling angry tension…

Stria ever obedient arrived with an excitable nine-year-old girl.

Her hair was purple and her eyes yellow like a cat’s.

“Hey Mum! Who are these folks?”

“Your uncle Lucius, my sister Narcissa’s bonded. This is his cousin Sanctus and his bonded Madam Aurora Greengrass. This gentleman is Auror Kingsley Shacklebolt, the lady beside him in Madam Hit Wizard Amelia Bones.”

“Oh! Is this a planning session like Uncle Siri used to tell me about? Oh please let me listen! Mummy I’ll be good I promise. I never ever tell anyone what I hear at home. I want to help.”

She changed herself into a smaller copy of her mother, then she looked like a small Kingsley, quick as a wink she was a tiny Lucius.

Sanctus whistled, “You’re right she is skilled. Pity she isn’t older. She is still too young.”

“To young for what?”

“Can you be a boy Nymphadora? For a long time? A couple of hours?” Kingsley asked softly.

“Kingsley! You can’t be going along with this mad plan!” Aurora hissed.

“Please call me Tonks or Dora, I hate Nymphadora it’s such an odd name.” The girl pouted. “I can look like a boy for hours.”

“How much like a boy?”

“If you mean if I’d have male bits, sure. I’ve looked at mum’s medical books, so I know what a boy’s body looks like. I get bored and practice looking like people in my parents’ pictures. I copy the looks of the people I see in the streets. I can’t be taller but I can look like them.”

“Can you have wild curly black hair and green eyes like your mother’s older Slytherin robes?” Lucius asked morbidly curious.

“Sure.” Nymphadora frowned and changed her looks to the asked for ones.

Kingsley whistled, circling her. “James’ hair and Lily’s eyes. Merlin. It’s startling…”

“What do you need me for? Is this about the missing baby?”

Andromeda shook her head, “I told you she spies and sees all. It’s impossible to keep things from her. Even with magical knowledge I have acquired at my age.”

“Actually he’s a bit older then a year. I believe he was fifteen months on Samhain.” Lucius added. “Well he’s being hurt by bad people. We tried sending house elves to find him; we’re tracking him by scent and even blood scrying. Do you know what blood scrying is…Dora?”

Dora scowled, “I maybe nine but I am not an idiot. It’s using blood to track family. The more blood you use the stronger its ability to track. Why didn’t it work?”

Lucius sighed. “Because he’s not in Britain.”

Dora gasped, “He’s being hurt? You have to let me help. Oh please I’ll be good. I’ll do anything.”

Lucius’ eyes went cold. “The people who have Harry are really bad. They are all like the bad men your father has talked about. Except instead of hurting adults like your mother, they are hurting kids like you and Harry.”

Dora’s hands clutched into fists, “There are bad people like that? Oh please let me help stop them. What do you need me to do?”

“I am still against this.” Aurora said standing. “I want nothing to do with this. I don’t want to hear about this expedition. Come Sanctus, you can be part of this after it’s over.”

“Aurora, she is as matured as Andromeda said. That is no child I’ve ever met. The war has changed her. This is something that we have to prevent from happening to others. Imagine the horrible stories that forced Dora to grow up. Aurora dear, please think what experiencing those sort of things could do to someone the same age as our Daphne. It is a horrible thought but we must do what we can. You are concerned about protecting innocence I understand that. Yet, I see none to protect.” Sanctus said quietly, calmly as he tried to convince his bonded to listen to reason.

“Fine. I don’t want to see you until this is over. Stay with your cousin if you want to help. I do hope Narcissa does not discover the lengths you will have gone and the mire you plan to delve into to find the child. I do hope that Severus is grateful for the sacrifices you are going to make and the compromises.”

With the sharp tap tap of her heeled slippers, Aurora was gone.

Sanctus sagged in his seat, “In our years of bonded life I have never done such a thing. She is a smart woman but she lives according to rules, sometimes laws must be bent or tossed out to do the right and proper thing. Tell me cousin, how might I help?”

“I need money transferred from my main Gringotts vault to a Muggle bank. A lot of it, I’ll need to make contract with the Malloys.”

“Yes, the descendants of our squib ancestors. You are going to come in as a rich, former recluse in search of a new…play thing?”

“A recently separated one whose wife has taken off with their child. To protect him from my base desires.” Lucius scowled, “Which is partially true, Narcissa has tossed me out but not because I really am sexually attracted to children.”

“I shall be about it at once.”

“I suppose I ought to come as a bodyguard to ensure Dora’s safety. I can best evaluate her natural skill and offer advice.” Kingsley drearily agreed.

Dora grinned, “I’d be glad to learn from a real Auror.”

Amelia nodded, “I’ll procure some magic dampening shields that will prevent you from being traced. I’m not fully in agreement mind, I just want this to be over and the child retrieved as soon as possible.”

“We’ll tag as many magical children as possible. Kingsley can slip you the information so you can hopefully slip in retrieve them and wipe the minds of any who might have harmed them.” Lucius added dryly.

“Then we’re agreed.” Andromeda said in a clipped voice.

“What will your job be?” Amelia frowned.

Andromeda raised an eyebrow, “Mine? My job is to be his housekeeper. I’ll also be crafting the glamours for the house elves so they appear to be human servants since the persons we will be involved with will want to see his home to judge his wealth. I’ll Muggleproof the home by Glamouring the pictures to be still and the portraits to appear still and be silent. I might not be able to rein in a child who is intent on learning more that she ought but I can still do things like that.”

“So I will have the room with secret passage to the mistress’ quarters readied for myself. Dora can sleep in the Mistress’ room. That way if we are forced to have Muggle guests Dora can slip away to her own room after it appears that she has come to bed with me.” Lucius sighed.

“That will do, the more we can do to farther the game without actually putting Nymphadora in danger the better.” Andromeda frowned.

“When do we start?” Kingsley asked with a grimace.

“As soon as Sanctus has the money exchanged and transferred. I shall have to toss a lot of it around. It will take some preparation; Dora will have to practice holding her boyish appearance as long as possible. She will also have to be quiet and not speak unless I give her permission. She’ll have to act as if I’ve beaten her often. You must act afraid of me; can you do that? You want me to be happy so I don’t hit you with my cane, even if I still hurt you in ways you’ve overheard your father describing.” Lucius frowned at her.

Dora nodded swallowing, “Okay. I’ll do my best. How do I need to behave?”

“You must never look anyone in the eye except Lucius and only if he orders you to do so. You keep your eyes on the ground and you must always look afraid. You may shiver but never flinch.” Andromeda ordered. “He will make it appear that he is touching you in ways that are bad using magic. He will uses Legilimency to tell you where it seems like he is touching you and how to react.”

They talked for hours discussing the dangers of this foray into the underbelly of upper class Muggle culture.

What do you think? Outstanding? Exceeds Expectations? Acceptable? Poor? Dreadful? Troll?

A/N: I know where this is going and I sort of hate myself for it. It might have happened...what happens to Harry I mean, not how he might be rescued. So I am sure you're upset that I'm using Tonks this way, remember this is the same woman who might have grown up to abandon her baby to fight in a war. She grew up in a war, I don't think she would have let them leave her behind. Tonks would have tried to join even if her mother objected. If this doesn't cure her of wanting to be an Auror nothing will. Tonks has skills they need, she is very adapt at controlling her Metamorphmagus abilities. A person under polyjuice couldn't learn fast enough to try to rescue Harry before he is irreparably damaged

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delia cerrano - Remus and Sev are together, Remus will do his best to help keep Sev together but it will take a collaboration of persons to find Harry and delving into a dark world that no one sane would wish to go.

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