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Deeply Wounded	By : SnapesOnlyOne Category: HP Canon Characters paired with Original Characters > Het - Male/Female Views: 2044 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Poppy comes in an hour later and stirs Severus awake.
“I need to run another set of scans on them Severus, and then they need to eat”
Severus sits up carefully and unbuttons another button of his shirt, pulling out the first little one and handing her to poppy who wraps the now screaming child in a small pink blanket and moving from the room. Returning shortly after with a small purple blanket and taking out second daughter from Severus and disappearing again.
“How are you feeling Celestia?” Severus asks me, slithering out of the bed and standing, carefully buttoning up his shirt.
“Less pregnant, more concerned. Astra told me it took three hours to stabilize them?”
“They're premature, they couldn't breathe on their own and are unable to feed without assistance. It took awhile to get the spell rhythm right so they are getting enough oxygen, but not too much. She's been giving them supplemental milk while you were resting, but their immune systems are weak and they would benefit more from food from their mother.”
“Of course Severus, I planned on it actually. Do I remember correctly? Did Marietta finally speak to you?”
“Yes, she did, though I haven't seen her since they were born, I've been here”
“She's was out there with Astra, you should go see her. If she's finally opening up it’s a good thing, you should encourage it”
“I won't be long, but if anything changes send an elf” and he is gone.
I move to Poppys office where she stands over my screaming girls, trying desperately to calm them. I move forward and unwrap the smaller girl from her pink blanket and wrap her against her sister in the purple blanket. Instantly the two girls snuggle into each other and begin to settle.
“How on earth?”
“When I'm in need of comfort I always go to my sister, it's a twin thing, it's calming”
“I took a picture of Severus sleeping with the girls in his shirt” she whispers. “I would have never expected him to behave like that, it was instinctive for him to protect them. I've never seen that side of Severus”
“He is a good man, he's with me for that reason. He helped me, protected me from myself, from falling apart”
“I'm moving the girls to St. Mungos Hospital today. They need round the clock medical watch, probably for a few weeks at least. They will keep you all in a closed ward to keep them from becoming ill. You, Severus and the girls. They won't allow Marietta to stay there. You will need to make arrangements for her”
Astra appears beside me wrapping her arm around my waist.
“Narcissa and father want to talk to you Celestia, they're with Severus and Marietta, there's also a thicker ginger woman here” she whispers “I'll stay with the girls Celestia, go figure everything out with them”
Severus looks up when I appear in the main body of the infirmary.
“Poppy is moving us to St. Mungos, but Marietta can't come Severus”
“I can take care of her while you are there Celestia” Narcissa starts.
“I appreciate it, but I think both her and Lucius would be uncomfortable with that arrangement”
“I could take over her care while the two of you are preoccupied” the ginger woman smiles.
“Celestia, this is Molly Weasley” Severus drawls cooly
“Do you trust her Severus?”
“With my life” he responds calmly
“I have temporarily filled your positions” comes Minerva's Voice from the doorway as she glides gracefully into the room. “I have spoken to Mr. Potter this morning, and he is happy to step in as defence against the dark arts teacher, and Horace will be stepping in, in your place. It will be paid leave, I believe you have both earned it”
“Thank you Headmistress, I-“
“Potter? You are leaving Potter in charge of my class? It would surely do less damage to the class to just cancel it all together” Severus comments dryly.
“Severus, I am unsure if you are aware, but Mr. Potter, in his fifth year, organized and taught a group of peers the very things you are teaching your students. He even succeeded in teaching Mr. Longbottom to produce a fully formed patronus. I believe that Mr. Potter is capable of handling your class for awhile Severus”

Three months Later the order sits around the large table in number 12 Grimmauld place.
“There is still movement on the death eater front, they are uniting again and trying to ally forces. Even without the dark lord, they are willing to fight for their ideals” Lucius explains in his usual holier than thou tone.
“And where do you stand Mr. Malfoy” Kingsley Shacklebolt responds calmly.
“I am sitting here with you am I not? My daughter, my flesh and blood married a half-blood, a wedding that I put together and hosted for them. She is raising his child who was born to a muggle woman. I have three grandchildren and not one is pureblood. I have spent the last three years trying to atone for my previous actions and yet I am still doubted at every turn! What must I do to prove myself to you!” Lucius responds irritably, his voice raised slightly.
“Calm yourself my dear” Narcissa whispers moving to Lucius from behind Draco.
“Speaking of your grandchildren, is there any news?” Kingsley asks gently.
“No one has heard from them in two weeks, so no news”
There door to the room opens and Severus and I step through, the girls tied to me in a wrap, both snuggled into my chest where they a secured by the soft rich purple fabric. Severus pulls my coat off and hangs it up just it time to be hit in the side with Marietta.
“Father, you're back! I missed you!”
Severus picks her up and holds her to his chest in a tight embrace before putting her back down gently.
“ I am sorry we are late, we were supposed to be released last night, but there was an issue” I smile, hugging Astra and Narcissa. I move around the table to Lucius, tapping him on the shoulder and gesturing for him to stand. He stands slowly looking at me questioningly. I carefully wrap my arms around him, kissing him gently on the cheek.
“Thank you father, for everything you did to help”
“Celestia?” Severus calls looking at me confused.
“Care to fill everyone in Lucius?”
“I completed and filed the paperwork for Marietta. She is a Snape now, under the legal guardianship of Celestia and Severus. Her identification is at my manor, along with both Celestia and Astra's corrected birth records. Both women are now legally Malfoy heirs. When Narcissa and I are gone everything will be divided between Draco, Astra and Celestia, with funds put aside for each of the children, Marietta included” he finishes, looking down at my girls.. “What are their names Celestia?”
I reach carefully into the wrap, pulling out the larger of the girls and handing her to Lucius, who takes her carefully, resting her against his chest and sitting back down carefully. Her fluffy black hair tickling his chin as he rests his head on her gently, holding her close.
“That is Willow, and this” I pause gently pulling the smaller twin from the wrap “is Ember” I finish as Severus steals her from my arms and settles down into the chair beside Lucius.
“You said there was a problem? Are they alright?” Molly asks gently.
“Yes, they're fine” I smile “it was me they were worried about, I hadn't been feeling well for awhile and they were concerned that I had picked something up in the hospital”
“But you're ok?” Narcissa asks concerned.
“I'm actually more than ok, it just turns out that the illness is the result of another pregnancy” I smile.
“It turns out the two of you have far too much time on your hands” Lucius smirks “do you not already have enough on your plates between three children and your jobs?”
“We do, this child was not planned, but it welcomed nonetheless. I have actually decided at this point it is in my best interest to resign from my current post at Hogwarts to care for my family, Severus will be returning in September though seeing as the semester is over for summer”
“And who will take care of you with Severus away?” Lucius asks seriously and I snort at him.
“What are you sexist now? I need a man to take care of me?”
“Dear Merlin Celestia, do you listen to yourself? There are deatheaters rising again, it would be unwise to leave you unguarded, I don't know which of us is hated among them more, myself or Severus. You are tied to both. If they were to get ahold of you it would have a damaging effect on both Severus and I. I can guarantee with the utmost certainty that you will be a target, if not to exact revenge, then to punish you for turning against your bloodlines, you should be moved to the orders safe house and stay there until it's over”
“You want me to tuck myself away and hide? You have got to be kidding me! Severus, speak to him”
“I agree with him Celestia, I think you should stay here with the girls”
“Severus!”
“Silence witch! I will not allow any harm to come to you, or our children, this matter is not up for debate!”
“It never is when you put your stubborn damn foot down now is it? You aren't my boss! If there is another wave of this war coming I am going to fight too!”
“You will not! I will not lose you Celestia!” He roars, the whole room falling into silence, Severus rage is terrifying and I swallow hard.
“I could be useful Severus, why must you treat me like a child?”
“Did you happen to know how many of the people in this room died during the last war?”
“Yet you are all still standing here so obviously it worked out in the end” I argue
“We still don't know how that even happened, we don't know why or how we are back Celestia, therefore I am not going to put my faith in that happening again” Severus responds lowering his voice.
‘Perhaps it's time Celestia” Astra starts
“No Astra, it will not ever be” I snap quickly
“Time for what Astra?”
Astra looks to me and I give her a warning glare but she ignores me.
“Celestia is the reason you are all here, she is the one who revived you”
I cover my face with my hands, shaking my head in frustration and drop into the armchair behind me.
“Celestia?” Severus asks coldly, moving in front of me and crouching down, pulling my hands away from my face. “Is that true?”
I nod quietly.
“How?”
“A potion I created”
“Why have you never told anyone? Why did you never tell me?”
“Imagine the knowledge of a potion that can bring people back from the dead gets into the hands of a death eater, or someone who wishes the dark lords return. It's too dangerous to risk Severus. I should have never made it, I'm grateful I was able to help you all. But I will never make it again”
“Do you understand how brilliant that is?” Severus asks me, a hint of admiration in his voice.
“Do you understand the burden that comes with it? Understanding you hold the power of life or death in your hands and have to choose not to use it for the greater good? To know that people die everyday and you could help them, but you can't at the same time?”
“Why did you create it Celestia?” Kingsley asks me seriously.
“There used to be three of us, myself, Astra and Luna”
“Triplets?” Kingsley asks confirming
“Yes, most of you don't know me at all, I don't speak of my childhood, ever. But to explain this to you I must I suppose. My stepfather was severely abusive to us starting as far back as I can remember. He hated us, he hated my mother. She had an affair with Lucius while she was here on business and had come back pregnant. He had been unable to produce an heir with her, his genetics had left him flawed an unable to procreate. So instead of tossing her he claimed the pregnancy to be his and carried on, knowing that the pregnancy was pure-blooded. From what I have learned all the spells they had used to try to conceive is what made the pregnancy multiply. He was horrified to find out she was carrying three girls and no actual name heir. I don't know when the abuse started, but I remember it wasn't originally targeted at us,but our mother instead. When we were about six” I hesitate and Astra nods sadly. “The three of us were in the parlour playing when we heard her screaming. It happened a lot, and we had always been told to ignore it, or the elves would silence the room. When the screaming got louder Luna went running to see what was happening, Astra and I followed her. She was on the floor screaming as he cursed her over and over in a drunken rage. Luna tried to get between them to break up the fight. He grabbed her and tossed her across the room. She hit the marble mantel of the fireplace then the floor, she was dying by the time I made it across the room to her. Her neck broken and head cracked open. He fled the house for the night, mother went and hid in her room. I laid with her while she died, I couldn't help her. I laid with her after she died, when I woke in the morning I was still laying on the floor, in dried up blood, but she was gone. Was the last I ever saw of her. I swore I would protect Astra from that fate, and I did at great cost to myself. He directed his rage at me for intervening and I became the abused one, always stepping in to defend Astra and my mother. I became obsessed with learning healing spells, and mastering potions. By the time I was eight I had completely mastered wandless nonverbal healing spells and knew how to brew basic healing potions. I was convinced that one day I would find my mother or Astra dead and became obsessed with making a potion for revival. Spent the next three years researching and making notes until I started school. I used the books at the school to complete my research and began attempting to brew what I had come up with. In my third year I suffered another devastating loss that I would prefer to keep to myself. From that point on it was serious. When I was fifteen it had figured out what needed to be done and just before I graduated I successfully brewed it for the first time. My owl had died that morning and became my test subject. When it worked I was thrilled. I bottled up the rest of the batch and hid it away. I never brewed it again, I destroyed my notes and my research and I only ever told Astra. I am the only living person who know how to make it, and that knowledge will die with me if I have any say over it.”
“Lupin got really sick after the war, is that anything to do with the potion? Because we still don't know why”
“It was the potion, I had no idea he was a werewolf, nor did I know at that point it would have that effect. I never had a human subject to test it on, nor did I want one, it was either going to work or not. I got the job teaching potions because I came forward with a stronger anti venom for Nagini’s bite, the reason I knew Severus needed it was because I tended to him for the two weeks his body was missing. It took two straight weeks of round the clock potions and care to keep him alive. I hated myself for having meddled, he was beyond repair, but I had revived him anyways. When I revived him he didn't spark back like everyone else. He when into convulsions, he couldn't breathe, his entire throat torn apart. I apparated him back to our house and went to work trying to heal him. The anti venom he created for Mr Weasley wasn't strong enough to cure the amount of venom in his body, blood replenishing potions weren't working fast enough to keep him from bleeding out. The venom in the tear of his throat was preventing me from healing him, it was a constant loop of potions and spells until I was able to break down Severus’ anti venom and add to it to increase it's effect. Once that was done it was repairing all the tears in his body and trying to increase his blood volume again. I couldn't give him anymore anti venom and I had healed him to the best of my abilities. He was breathing on his own and was stable when I left him in front of Hogwarts. If he woke while under my care there was no hiding it, I had to leave him there. I came forward a few days later after reading in the paper that he was fighting for his life again because the venom was spreading again. I brought Poppy the anti venom I had brewed and told her I had made it for fear that the snake bites were going to become a more common occurrence. I got offered the job because I had proven myself, Astra got the job because I asked for a position for her. I made sure from a distance that he made a full recovery, and was glad when his story came to light that I had. Been teaching and keeping to myself since then.”
“Firstly, I am sorry about your sister, and your childhood. I had no idea, didn't even know who you were until you married Severus. I learned of the abuse from your sister the day you killed Viktor Vicer and was the reason I chose not to charge and arrest you for murder. I don't see you as the type for murder under any circumstances but those”
“I have no desire for blood on my hands, I don't know what overcame me that day. I'm not proud of it”
“He deserved it” comes Fred’s voice from the end of the table. “I get your obsessiveness, that day when I watched George die, I felt a piece of myself slip away. Only when I saw him alive again did I feel whole again, I can imagine that that must be a pain you still bear, both of you. No one in this room understands that bond like we do”
“What happened to her?” George asks quietly.
“Her body I have no idea, my father reported her as a missing person days later, only found that out a few years ago when I saw her name and picture on a missing persons board at the Canadian ministry when I went in to gain entrance to the UK.”
“You must hate your Mother” comes Hermione’s voice from the end of the table. “ I mean, it was her job to protect you, but she didn't, and she never told anyone”
“I did , I started hating her when I was old enough to understand she had failed us as a mother. But I forgave her the day I saw her at my wedding. She was broken, she had no more control over the situation than we did. What were her options? Try to run and get us all killed, leave and abandon us? Or stay and try her best to keep him away from us. That's what she did, she's nothing but a shell now, the years of abuse have broken her down. I haven't seen her since that day. I have no idea where she is now, I've wondered, wondered if she is ok, or even still alive”
I look to Lucius who seems to have a different understanding of the situation now. He looks torn and slightly emotional.
“What are you thinking, my love?” Narcissa asks him quietly “you didn't did you?”
“No I didn't, I let her leave the wedding that day and haven't seen her since, but I'm wondering if I should perhaps pay her a visit and check in on her?”
He looks to Narcissa who is giving him a sour look and shakes his head.
“There is nothing between us Narcissa, it was a one time spur of the moment thing, it was before I married you and you know it, I am loyal to you Narcissa”
“If you're going, so am I” I comment standing up.
“Celestia..”
“Severus, it's a floo trip and back, I'm taking Lucius, he scarier than the elves in the house, I will be back within the hour I'm sure, if not send Kreacher after me”
Lucius stands and joins me at the floo. I grab a handful of powder and toss it into fire. “Piccune Manor” and we are gone.
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