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Growing Up Royal: After TTTC	By : ladyedgecombe Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male > Harry/Snape Views: 10373 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Disclaimer: I do not now, nor have I ever contributed to the Harry Potter stories by J. K. Rowling. I do not make money at writing this fanfiction nor any others. But, I sure do like to borrow the characters and play for awhile. I promise to put them back so others can share too.

Summary: After The Third Time Charm, Harry, Severus and company start to raise Harry Potter while trying to help the Potter parents recover. AD was right about something, Becca said, all this fame could go to his head. Time Travel AD GnW RW HG MW bashing, Abuse, Anal, AU/AR, M/M, OC, Oral, Spank, Yaoi

Growing up Royal: After TTTC

Posted: 21 May 2011

I am so sorry for the delay; I just couldn’t get some of the details for the warding right. A few other details kept eluding me also. The next chapter will be up much faster.

Chapter 15: Cooperation is the only Option

Harry woke up the next morning with the sun just peeking over the horizon. It was a bright clear day with barely a cloud in the sky. He stretched and moved around a little even as his husband's arms were wrapped around him. This would be the third day he was without his children and he was ready to return back to his normal schedule.

He rolled over and spun to get up but all of a sudden he was extremely dizzy. He sat back down for a minute and waited for his equilibrium to reassert itself before getting up again. After getting ready for his day and fixing breakfast in the little kitchenette, he went into the bedroom to find his husband also up and dressed.

"I miss the kids," the green eyed minx told the older man.

"I miss them too. Today is the last day until the solstice. No one will be staying in the castle after that. Actually, I was just thinking about Narcissa and the Potters. I am sure they are having fun with all the kids around. Didn't they consider this a late birthday celebration? I think Draco was having a few of his other friends over as well."

"You know," Harry speculated, "I really don't know how Muggles do that without house elves to help."

"Harry, Muggles don't have children with accidental magic," Severus said, laughing under his breath.

"Yeah, I forget about that sometimes."

They both partook of the excellent breakfast in a companionable silence before making their way once again to the Headmistress' office.

Just as he and Sev arrived at the gargoyle, an attractive, slender young woman in her late twenties came running up to the two men. "Wait, Harry, I wanted to see you for a minute!" she said breathlessly, her long blond hair swinging behind her.

"Hey, you made it!" Harry greeted the woman with a hug. "I didn't expect you to get here so fast!"

"Harry, it only takes a minute to apparate," the young woman replied jokingly. "I was ready as soon as I received your parchment last night."

They both spoke excitedly while going up the stairs. Sev was having trouble even understanding them as they were talking so fast. When they arrived in the office, Salazar was already there with the goblins, but the others had not arrived yet.

"Becca won't be joining us this morning, she is not feeling well. I gave her something to settle her stomach, but told her to rest." Sal told the two Prince men before he noticed the woman standing behind them.

"Marlene! When did you get here?" He greeted the woman warmly. "I was just thinking about you."

"Should I be worried?" she joked with him.

"Actually, I wanted to ask if you would be willing to help us with something." Salazar returned her banter.

The young woman’s face turned serious and she queried "I thought I was here to help with my cousin's daughter?"

"I actually didn't know about that. What I want to ask you is if you would replace Becca in our coven. We are building new wards for the school starting on the solstice."

"Wow, you know I will help any way I can. I am only here because Harry sent an owl letting me know I had a cousin that is going to school here but living in the Muggle world. I didn't know anything about the school wards. Are they bad?"

"Bad enough. Becca is pregnant and her ‘magic is a little wonky' right now. Becca's words not mine, but I am sure she will feel much better knowing you can take her place."

"Sure, Sal; let me get my cousin situated and I will come back to the castle. When does the ritual have to be started?"

"It starts on the eve of Summer Solstice. Just as the sun is setting. We want to meet two hours before sunset so we can go over what everyone needs to do. That's only three days from now. The students leave tomorrow as well as all the staff."

"I will be here." She turned to Harry and asked, "Now, what about my cousin?"

"Head Assistant Hally!" Harry looked around for the elf he wanted. When she appeared in front of him he told her, "Go and get a fifth year student named Kristan Bannerson in Gryffindor tower. Tell her to bring her parchment." The elf, all decked out in her uniform of gold silk, bowed her head and popped out of the room.

"You really have made some changes here," Marlene speculated as she took in the room and the other creatures around. "Dumbledore never had this kind of help before."

"Only because he didn't want it,” Sal interjected. “But now that you brought up the subject... Have you ever seen Aberforth Dumbledore around when you were going to school here?"

Marlene looked at him strangely in response to the question. "No. Rumor had it that they had some big falling out as youths and never reconciled. Of course, that was many years ago and may have been only a rumor. Why?"

Sal hedged and said, "Oh, no reason; just wondering."

Marlene was about to ask him something else when there was a knock on the door. When the door opened, a young girl about fifteen stood in the doorway. She was shy and hesitant, her long hair down to her waist and her crystal blue eyes shining. In her hand was a parchment that she was holding onto tightly.

"Mr. Prince, you wanted to see me?"

Marlene couldn't help approaching the young girl. "Oh, my," she said as she put out her hand to touch the girl's face, "you look just like your father. He was one of my favorite cousins even though he was about ten years older than me."

Kristan flinched slightly, but allowed the woman to touch her. "You knew my Dad?" she asked even as her eyes started to water and you could see she was holding back her tears.

"Harry, would it be alright if I want back to Kristan's dorm and stayed for awhile? I would also like to go with her on the train tomorrow. Half of the excitement of going to Hogwarts is being on the train. I don't want her to miss it."

"We were going to take her back home tomorrow and speak with her Grandmother," Harry said informing of their plans.

"Don't worry about it. I can do that. If you don't mind, I will use an owl and send a message to my parents. They were excited to find out she was found."

"You were looking for her?" Sev ask her.

"Her parents were killed in the war. That was the reason I joined the Order. Then, when you intervened in the attack on our family, we went underground for a while, but afterwards we couldn't find Kristan. We thought she was probably a Muggle like her mother and with that side of the family. I don't know why we never thought to look for her here."

Harry went over to Gorbink's table and retrieved some papers. Then handing them to Marlene he whispered, "Guardianship papers. You need to get the grandmother to sign."

Marlene McKinnon wrapped her arms around Harry and gave him a kiss on the cheek. "Thank you," she whispered in his ear. She winked at Severs, because of course he wouldn't really want a hug from her, and then let the younger man go.

With a huge welcoming smile directed at Kristan, Marlene slid her arm across the girl's shoulders and they made their way to the Gryffindor tower, a bag hanging on Marlene's other arm with the essentials for a one night stay.

When the Headmistress caught sight of them, they were running up the stairs laughing like two sisters. Minerva went to her office to find out what was going on.

"I told Marlene she could stay the night. She is going to leave with Kristan tomorrow and ride with her on the train," Harry explained after her query.

"Only school students and faculty are allowed on that train, Harry. You had no right to allow something like that and family members are not allowed to stay overnight," the stern woman said. It was bad enough they had commandeered her office for the last few days; now they were interfering with her students! "You can't just come in here and take over! We have rules!"

Salazar butted in and said, "I told Harry to do it. Kristan lives in the Muggle world and has now found a magical cousin. They need some time. I don't think anyone would believe Marlene McKinnon was here for nefarious reasons. Wasn't she in the Order with you?"

"Well... yes, but it doesn't excuse her from the rules." Actually, Minerva never liked that Marlene and her family went into hiding, even if it was towards the end of the war and another force had been helping them.

"It will be fine; they both need some time to get to know each other and Marlene will be here helping with the wards in a few days."

"That is actually what I was coming to talk to you about. Some of the faculty is a bit upset that they have to leave. We have never done that before; why are we not part of the ritual? Hogwarts staff has always renewed the wards. What is going on?" Minerva still had her stern expression, lips tightly pursed, back ramrod straight. Harry wondered if she ever looked really happy.

"How have the wards been renewed in the past?" Sal asked. Perhaps he could find out why the wards were so bad in the first place.

"The other professors and I do it during the summer using the ritual that Albus Dumbledore taught us. It's simple, and performed in the Headmaster's office."

"And no one ever left the building?"

Minerva shook her head and said, "We were never told to, only that the students had to leave."

"I see. Thank you, Headmistress McGonagall. You can tell the others this is different because we are trying something new. You may have your office back as we have to make the arrangements for warding."

"Wait, what do I do about the staff that doesn’t want to leave?"

"There is no choice; they have to leave. I have already said we will accommodate them somewhere else if need be."

"The problem is not accommodations, it’s that they don't want to leave," Minerva reiterated.

"Who doesn't want to leave? I realize it is an inconvenience, but we must do this."

"Filch for one, he never leaves this castle. He won't go anywhere without his cat either."

"He can go to the Prince estate. Snape promised to give refuge to anyone from the school. He will have a separate suite away from the others and can take his cat. I don't know what else he would want us to do."

"He said he has to clean and inspect the castle and make it ready for the next term. He can't possibly do that in a week before the students arrive on September first."

"Tell him he doesn't need to do that this summer; he has the holiday off with pay." Salazar was getting a little frustrated. He didn't need to pull people out of here kicking and screaming; he needed cooperation.

Minerva started to object but Salazar cut her off.

"Headmistress, non-cooperation is not an option. Everyone needs to leave the castle. The staff has no choice." Sal was getting more than a little frustrated, and then said exasperatedly, "Never mind, I will take care of it. For right now, the others and I will need a classroom to meet in so we can give you back your office. I will speak to Filch later." Sal turned to go get the others out of the office. He was beyond frustrated. How could seven magical communities come together within hours, pledging to do what was needed to reconstruct the wards and then the castle's occupants give so much grief?

What did they have to hide?

While the others were plotting and planning the biggest group of warding ceremonies they had ever participated in, a lone figure was walking slowly on his way to town. There hadn’t been any time to go into town with all those busybodies around and the extra elves and board members roaming the halls. The students were too scared to do anything wrong with Salazar Slytherin there. Not that the staff thought he was the real one, but the fact that he held the name was enough to put the fear of Merlin in them.

As the staff member approached the main street of Hogsmead, a small detour was in order so no one could see the cloaked figure. Stealthily the person hid in the shadows of the alleyways and backstreets until finally approaching the desired destination.

When the creaky back door was slowly opened, a hand on the inside quickly grabbed an arm and pulled the person all the way into the back room.

“What is going on at that school” the entrepreneur asked gruffly as the Hogwarts staff member barely got enough breath into their heaving lungs from the surprise that had been given.

“I can’t stay long. They are re-warding the castle at the solstice and all staff members are to be out of the castle the same day the students leave. They said they would pay for our accommodations but everyone has to leave. Secondly, there is a Deputy Headmaster by the name of Salazar Slytherin that is taking care of the whole thing and he has brought a huge group of elves that have been educated to help the Headmistress. You promised me that there were be some changes at the school, but you didn’t say anything about this. I was looking for better punishments for the miscreants in the school--not more elves to cater to the little brats.”

The spy finally stopped talking to the old acquaintance he was reporting to. Several of the staff didn't want to leave the castle and the spy felt it would be easier to sneak back in before everyone else if they were to stay nearby.

“Hmmmm, my friend, I believe that in order to keep down suspicions you would be better off checking into The Three Broomsticks. They should be able to accommodate you and your familiar. I know Rosmerta will charge you though. If the school is paying the extra expense you should have it arranged as soon as possible.”

“I could stay here. It would be easier to make plans and find out what they are doing up there.”

“No, if you stay here, there will be some suspicions. The Three Broomsticks is better. You could come over here when she has too many customers saying you want a quieter place and still spend some time here. Is there anything else you can tell me?”

“Yes, they have blocked the floo for the testing but have decided to not reopen it as everyone is leaving. Evidently, they are changing some of the books they study from, too; they are also doing an audit and helping the Headmistress with her final reports. They say that all the summer work is done and the grades are already out with the new book lists for the next term.”

“They are really making a goodly amount of changes,” the old man speculated. “Do you know why?”

“Yes,” the staff member said. “They were talking about becoming accredited with some international something; I don’t remember which, but anyway it’s so we can have exchange students. They are just bringing in more brats to pick up after, and that will be more trouble. I sure wanted to see some more stringent manner of punishment.

“Soon, my friend, soon.” As their conversation closed, the older friend reminded him, “Don’t forget to talk to Rosmerta about your room.”

As he watched his spy move across the street staying in the shadows until he got to the main street, he wondered what else he could find out before the solstice.

He didn’t see one of his vampire guests in the dark corner of the room watching everything that was said.

Meanwhile, at the castle the final planning session was going on, making sure everyone was ready for the replacing of the Castle’s new wards. Everyone was getting excited about being able to play a part in something that was so monumental. They would probably never see a ritual like this again. Salazar had gathered some of his people and everyone else in the other covens. A few others were there including the portraits of the other founders just in case anyone had a question no one else could answer.

Before he started speaking he asked for an oath, “I need everyone here to swear on their magic that you will not disclose this information to anyone not in this room. Also that you will not discuss this information anywhere it could be heard by others that don’t need to know. I have already received the same oaths from the staff members that will be leaving with the children tomorrow.”

As everyone gave their oath, Salazar still had something nagging at the back of his mind, but as he couldn’t place where it was coming from, he focused his attention on the matter at hand.

“The first thing we need to do is go over the perimeter of the property and check on all the original runes that were placed when the school first opened. If any of them have been moved or changed, although the wards should have prevented that, we need to set them right before the rituals begin.”

“Whoa, Sal, Sev and I were hoping to get to see the kids. That’s a lot of ground to cover. Will we even be ready for the solstice?”

“Don’t worry Harry; we'll cover the ground by broom, and only the four corners and the star points in-between. I actually thought the Grandpas would come and help do that with us as we prepare ourselves.”

“Yeah,” Harry said, brightening at the prospect. “They would certainly get a kick out of it. I’ll send a message as soon as we leave here.”

It only took about another hour to set everything in motion. The elves were alerted to clean the castle from top to bottom as well as make sure everyone was packed to go. With the help of the other Prince elves all the castle was being made ready, including every classroom in the building, and the unused areas. There were to be more classes and more instructors, so more of the school would be in use.

The students were finally packed and ready to go as well as all the Hogwarts staff. A few of the more reluctant staff members had opted to go to The Three Broomsticks and stay there for a few days before making their decision on where to go for the remainder of the holidays. Even Salazar's Basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets had been released into the Forbidden Forest.

The student's test results as well as their book lists had already been issued and Minerva only had to make her appointments to visit the new Muggleborn students that were to be invited to come to Hogwarts for their first year in September.

About an hour after everyone had left, Harry heard a shout from the entrance of the castle.

"Hey, everyone. Look what we just found!" the voice shouted to anyone within hearing range. "We have captives here that insist on being reunited with their parents!"

Lucius, Harry and Sev quickly made their way to the entrance of the building. Well, that is, Harry was running, but Sev and Lucius were too dignified so they were 'briskly walking' while keeping pace with the younger man. They came to a full stop when they saw who was at the doors.

Joyous shouts of "Papa," "Dad," "Uncle," and "Father" resonating through the stone walls--the sound reverberating with an echo that would do a mountaintop proud. The children started running toward their respective parents; Lucius being surrounded by four heads of blonde hair and Severs and Harry with their two.

They all looked up when they heard a chuckle come from directly ahead. "Thought you guys could use a little company, now that the castle is empty. They missed you."

Behind the Grandpas were James and Lily Potter and Little Harry waiting for the other children to settle down so they could greet them, also.

"Hello, everyone, I am surprised to see you here," Sal called from the back of the group over the children’s' squeals of excitement. "We didn't expect you so soon, or so many of you."

"The children were restless and we thought we would give Narcissa a break. We actually have been at Malfoy Manor since yesterday to help with the birthday celebrations." Grandpa Sev answered.

Meanwhile, during the time the adults were speaking, the kids were getting louder and louder--all trying to talk at once about the ponies and clowns and swimming they had been doing during their stay with the Malfoy children. At some point, Little Harry left his parents’ side to go to his Uncle Harry and add his rendition of events with Evan and Lili.

Suddenly a very loud shrill whistled through the hallway. Everyone put their hands over their ears and looked to see who had done that. Then Lucius Malfoy, the epitome of decorum, said in his most formal manner, "We are not using our inside voices."

The children all giggled (including Lucius' own) and Harry asked him, "Are you the one who whistled like that? How did you get it so loud?"

The blonde aristocrat smirked at the younger man, and replied, "Magic."

It took a good half hour to get the children to settle down before they could leave the Great Hall. After the children (and adults in some cases) calmed down, it was time to take a look at the ritual room. For the kids, it was a great adventure to the dungeons. The adults were a little more reserved about the quest, but were looking forward to seeing the room as much as the others were.

The group of adults, goblins and future students made their way down to the center of the Chamber of Secrets, to the very nexus of the castle where all magic combined together in the center of the castle.

"Wow, Daddy, it's really old down here and damp. Do you think we can find another Seven in this place?"

Harry heard the little wistful note in his daughter’s voice, and decided to put a stop to this way of thinking immediately. "Lili, we have enough pets in the house and this area has been very well searched. There is only one Seven; please don't wish for more."

"But it would be so cute, Daddy, to have more slithers in the house." Lili looked up with her big green eyes imploring her father to let her have more.

"Lili, I have told you before they are called snakes and, no, we are not getting any more. You already play with the extras that come from outside."

"Alright, Daddy, maybe some other time." she replied sweetly.

Finally, they arrived at the ritual room. On the floor was a map of the Hogwarts grounds. Centered in the grounds was a pentagram and runic markings at nine star points. More runes were assigned at the North, South, East and West. Salazar quickly removed the dust from the floor with a flick of his wand.

The founder studied the floor for a few minutes before looking up and telling the others in the room. "I know what is wrong with the wards."
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