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Circumstances of Change	By : SummerRequiem Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male > Harry/Draco Views: 17343 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter, nor any of the characters from the books or movies. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.

Chapter List
- 11
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- 13
Disclaimer: Anything you recognize, not mine. Nor is the title. Thanks to Meagan for that!!
Warnings: Selective Weasley and Dumbledore bashing; Severitus
Beta'd by: Meagan! Thanks so very much!!!!
A/N: For the record, I looked it up and snakes aren't color blind. For some reason, I always thought they were. Anything in Italics is Parseltongue, by the way. Unless otherwise stated, like in a letter or article.
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"Tom, this has to end soon. He's slipped out of my control! Kill him this summer, and do it right this time!" Albus Dumbledore stormed from the office he was in.

Tom Riddle or Lord Voldemort sat back in his chair, staring out of the window beside him. He watched Dumbledore stride to the gates and Apperate away. "Enough of this," He picked up the black on creamy white, male viper beside the desk. "Now to your purpose, my friend. I need you to travel the country side to a place called Dunluce Castle. There you will find a man with dark, untidy hair and bright green eyes. Give him this message for me," Tom spoke to the snake. He gave it the message. "Have you got all that?" He asked it.

"I do. Shall I stay with this man?"

"If he wants you to. If not, you are free to go where you please."

"What shall I call him?"

"His name is Harry Potter," Tom answered. The snake slithered out of his hand and onto the floor. It left the room and Tom saw it no more.

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Hermione and Pansy had immediately told everyone how they'd found Draco and Harry the night before. As soon as the two wizards came down for breakfast they were subjected to a lot of good-natured teasing. They admitted to everyone that they were officially 'together' as of last night, though.

After lunch Harry wandered into the Head of Family office in the castle. It was the office for the Head of the Family, obviously, Draco had rolled his eyes when Harry asked about it. His father, he guessed, had never really used it as he preferred living at Godric's Hollow. It almost reminded him of the Head's office at Hogwarts. There were pictures of each Head of the Potter family lining all but one wall. That wall had the window in it, along with bookshelves on either side of it. The window, as it turned out, was not a window but glass doors that mirrored the wooden French doors to the office. He opened them and stepped out onto the balcony that faced the ocean. Below him, the waves crashed onto the edge of the cliff.

He stepped back into the office and turned to look at the desk. It was a huge, solid mahogany desk with drawers on both sides. He sat in the comfortable swivel chair and spun around a few times, like a child. He stopped, facing the desk again. Regaining his equilibrium, he noticed the scroll laying in the middle of the desk. How he'd not noticed it before, he didn't know. The scrap of parchment tied to it said that it was addressed to him. He unrolled the scroll and read his father's words.

Hello Harry,
The simple fact that you're reading this means I'm dead, and likely your mother is too. Know that we both miss you and love you very much, Son. It also means that her Memory charm worked...well, like a charm. To protect a few other people, we had to modify their memories a little bit. Let me explain.
Your mother and I were happy together, we really were, but we felt something was missing, and not just a child. Please do not think less of us for this, Harry. We decided that what we wanted was someone else. It was the most peculiar thing for me to find love in this other man. And we both loved him, Harry, and he loved us. Before you start to freak out, yes, I am your birth father. We performed a paternity spell just before I began writing this so I could tell you that. But this man, he is your father as well.
The reason it was strange for me to fall in love with this man was not because he's a man but because of who he is and who I am. When we were in school together, I was so mean to him. I look back on those parts of those days with shame. He had done nothing to me and yet, I tormented him.
Lily and I decided, when we first found out that the Dark Lord was after us and you, that it would be best if he could not be connected to us by anyone. Only our close friends and Albus Dumbledore knew that he was with us and so, your mother modified their memories. She felt it would be best if we modified his as well. That way he would feel very little pain in losing us. Their memories will return to them after you finish this letter. Your mum's a genius when it comes to charms, I swear.
Harry, your other father is Severus Snape. I do not know the Severus you know, but give him a chance. Let him try to be the second father to you he was supposed to be. He's a wonderful man, Son. He'll take care of you, I know he will. Tell him we miss him and love him. Tell Sirius, Remus, Peter, and Alice and Frank Longbottom that we miss them as well. We love you, Harry.
Your Dad,
James

The letter fell from Harry's hands. His parents had been in a committed threesome? With Severus, no less? Oh that was weird. He leaned back in the chair and thought about it for a few minutes. He and Severus had already grown close. Maybe not father/son close, more like favorite uncle/favorite nephew close, but still. And his father wanted him and Severus to become father and son.

At that moment, Sirius, Remus, and Severus burst into the office. Silently, Harry held Severus' gaze. Sirius and Remus were silent as well, watching the two of them. Finally Harry spoke, "Dad said, in his letter, that he wanted me to tell you that they love you and miss you. And that they miss Sirius and Remus too," He glanced at the two Marauders as he said this. Then he locked eyes with Severus again. "He also said that he wanted me to give you a chance. To let you try to become my second father like you were supposed to be. So I have a question. Can I call you dad, now?"

Severus' face split into a huge grin. "Of course you can."

"Good," Harry jumped up from the desk and hugged Severus, burying his face against the man's neck. Severus held him tightly against his chest. After a few minutes the two of them broke apart.

Severus and Sirius seemed to have come to some sort of understanding over Harry's shoulder as the two of them smiled at each other and embraced like old friends. He then turned to Remus and the two of them embraced. "Come on, everyone's probably wondering why we ran up here like that," Remus stated.

"And why Severus was here in the first place," Sirius added.

"Is it just another check up or is something important going on?" Harry asked.

"It's something important, but I want everyone to hear it at the same time," Severus answered.

"Can I tell them all why you rushed upstairs first? Ya know, good news before bad news?"

"Sounds like a plan," Remus answered first.

Once again everyone was sitting outside. It seemed to be the best place for everyone to gather, especialy when there were a lot of them. Today, a number of the DA members were there. Luna, Neville, Seamus, Dean, the Patil twins, Katie Bell, and Lee Jordan were there. Minerva had been called and brought by Severus as well. Which, together with everyone who stayed at the castle on a regular basis, Sirius, Remus, the Weasley twins, Charlie, Fleur, Bill, Draco, Pansy, Blaise, Ciara, Harry, and Hermione, made their number 23 and there was just way more room for them outside.

"So, what was so vital that the three of you had to run back inside?" Minerva asked.

"Me. See, my mum put a memory charm on them to make them forget this. Mum and Dad were in a threesome relationship with Sev and when I finished reading the letter, the memory charms broke and they remembered. So Severus is my dad too," Harry announced happily, sitting down beside Draco.

Everyone smiled and said how happy they were for them. "I hate to be the downer here, but weren't you going to tell us something, Snape?" Charlie asked after a few minutes.

"Thank you, Mr. Weasley. We have a bit more of a problem, even though it was kind of expected. I went to Dumbledore earlier to tell him that the Dark Lord is planning to attack on your birthday, Harry. He's somehow found out where this castle is. Dumbledore only said, 'I had hoped for a little sooner, but it will have to do'. Harry, I think he may be intending to kill you if the Dark Lord fails," Silence met Severus' announcement.

'Well, that sucks," Harry stated finally. "What about the Order? Does any of them know?"

"Not that I'm aware of."

Harry nodded in acceptance. "Do you know who he might send to kill me or if he's going to do it himself?" He asked calmly.

"How can you be so damn calm about this?" Katie demanded.

"I've had a madman after me for my entire life, Katie. And Dumbledore won't come after me until I kill Voldemort so I don't really have to worry about him right now," He responded. "I'm used to it."

"This isn't something you should be used to, Harry," She insisted.

"No, it's not. But I am," He shrugged. "We should tell the rest of the DA though. 'Mione, will you call them and tell them to be here sometime after dinner?" He turned to her.

"Sure thing," She pulled out her coin, and sent the message to the rest of the DA members.

"Actually, Harry, Hermione, could the two of you come here for a minute?" Bill and Fleur both stood up. Harry and Hermione followed them both into the castle. Once in the sitting room, Bill turned to his finacee.

"We 'ave a dress for Ginny but I do not want her up there. We were 'oping that you two would do it. It will not be hard to get new dress robes for you 'Arry or to fix zee dress for you 'Ermione," She insisted.

Harry and Hermione grinned at the same time. "Are you sure?" Hermione asked.

"Positive," Bill insisted. "You will?"

"Absolutely," Harry answered while Hermione just nodded enthusiastically.

"Oh, zis is wonderful!" Fleur hugged them both. "Zank you both! Come, Bill, we must tell my muzzer," She insisted, pulling her fiancee with her. She stopped. "I will bring 'er 'ere so she can measure you both, yes?" She turned to face them both.

"Okay," Harry responded. With a grin, she pulled Bill to the front yard and they Apparated to her parents' house. "I can understand wanting to replace Ginny with you. Obviously, they've already got the dress. But why put me in there?"

"Because, Harry, you saved Gabrielle during the Tournament, remember? Fleur still adores you for that," Hermione answered simply. "Come on, your boyfriend's probably wondering where you got off to," She linked her arm through his and steered him back to everyone else.

"What did they want?" Draco asked.

"They're replacing Ginny with me for the wedding and Fleur wanted Harry to stand with them as well," Hermione answered.

"That's exciting. When's the wedding again?" Sirius asked.

"August first," Hermione answered again.

"Dad," Harry's eyes had narrowed and he looked at Severus. "You can't go back to Dumbledore. Mum had modified his memory as well so he'll remember now too. You can't go back there," He insisted.

"I have to," Severus argued.

"No you don't. Anything important that happens, I'll be sure to let all of you know. But Harry's right, you can't go back," Minerva spoke up.

For a few minutes, he was silent. One look at Harry's pleading eyes, though, and he caved. "Fine, I'll stay here," He sighed.

"Thank you!" Harry rushed to his dad and hugged him.

The DA came after dinner and were filed in on everything that happened. Including Severus being Harry's second father and Harry and Hermione being in Bill and Fleur's wedding. Most of them expressed the same view as Katie when Harry was so calm while telling them that Dumbledore intended to kill him if Voldemort didn't do it.

Mrs. Delacour, Apolline as she insisted Harry and Hermione call her, came to the castle with Gabrielle to measure the two of them the next morning. Gabrielle remembered Harry and immediately hugged him, smiling the whole time. The two women spent awhile at the castle before returning to France shortly after dinner.

Six days passed with nothing important happening. Some DA members came to the castle and stayed a night or two and then left, but there were always at least two DA members there. One this particular afternoon, the Patil twins, who hadn't yet left, Ernie MacMillian, Justin Finch-Fletchley, and Cho Chang were there.

"HARRY!" Justin shouted for him. He was out on the front lawn with Ernie. "HARRY!" He shouted again.

Harry came running out of the castle, Severus, Sirius, Remus, Draco, and Hermione behind him. "What? What's happened?"

Ernie and Justin both pointed to the black on creamy white viper in the grass. It was staring at Justin and hissing. It wasn't saying anything, just trying to frighten the Hufflepuffs. "That's only vaguely familiar," Draco drawled, no doubt remembering Second year when the snake that he had conjured had hissed at Justin, prompting Harry to speak to it.

"Not funny," Justin insisted.

"Why are you here?" Harry asked it.

"Is this Dunluce castle?" It countered.

"Yes."

"And you are Harry Potter?"

"Yes."

"Then I am here for you. I was asked to bring a message to you, Harry Potter."

A/N: It's only a little bit of a cliff hanger. ;) I will make sure that I won't keep you waiting for very long. I will do my very best to have one out as soon as I get home from vacation. I leave on the 18th and will be back around the 24th. I may even get the next one out before I leave. Possibly. Maybe. Also, it's now been 20 days since the start of the story and Harry's birthday is in 7 days. Because the story started on July 4th. Just for the sake of Harry's birthday being in a week.

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