What do we do now

Chapter 19: Discussions of the Truth

Albus Dumbledore had been sitting behind his desk dozing; Fawkes was

sitting on his perch, with his head tucked under one feather in a deep sleep.

But that uninterrupted sleep did not last long. Albus jerked out of his chair

when he heard someone banging on his door rather harshly.

“Come in!” he yelled out stuttering slightly from being shocked out of his

nap so abruptly.

Seconds later a very plooklooking Severus Snape entered with Lucius Malfoy

following closely behind him.

“Is there something that I can help you with lemelemen?” Albus asked the

two men standing in front of him. Severus he could understand being there

but to see Lucius Malfoy in his office voluntarily was somewhat a surprise.

Severus could see the unasked question in Albus’s eyes and he knew that

after Lucius left he and the Headmaster were going to have a very long

conversation. “Is there any way that Voldemort is alive?” he blurted out

rather abruptly not dancing around the subject at all.

To say that Albus was surprised at the question was something of an

understatement. “Oh my, what on earth brought this up?” he asked seeing

for the first time the terror in Lucius’s eyes at the mere mention of

Voldemort being alive. He had hoped that when young Draco was born that

Lucius would understand the seriousness of what he had gotten himself into

and then try to change his ways. He then thought back to the actual question

that had been asked of him. One that he had hoped would not come about for

a very long time.

“The truth of the matter is that Voldemort had never really been killed to

begin with, during his peak in power he had ensured a way to make it nearly

impossible to kill him in every sense of the way. The night of the Potter’s

demise his soul had been cast out of his body when the curse failed to kill

Harry, so yes he is still alive although I had hoped that it would take him

longer to regain the power and strength that he had lost that night.” He

paused and then after seeing the expressions on the two men’s faces he

continued, “What happened that you would feel the need to ask?”

Severus glance out of the corner of his eye and seen that Lucius had dropped

his head into his hands, something that he would never seen him do in the

presence of anyone outside his family and to see him do it in front of Albus

Dumbledore was something thatke vke volumes. He saw that Albus also had

caught the significance of the action as well.

Lucius Malfoy would not bow before Lord Voldemort ever again.

Severus knew that if they wanted to keep Daylan and Draco safe Lucius

would have to know the truth about Daylan. There was no other way around

it.

Albus took the matter into his own hands, “Lucius I need your word that

what ever is discussed in this office, stays in this office. What you are going
be tbe told could cause an uproar in the wizarding world.” He said staring

Lucius directly in the eyes neither of them breaking contact.

Lucius nodded his head seriously; “Nothing will leave this room I swear to

you on my wizards honor. I can’t let that madman come back to power; I

can’t let him get to Draco. He and Narcissa are the only ones that are

important now.” He said in complete sincerity.

Albus nodded his head in understag, “g, “ There is something that you need

to be made aware of about Daylan Snape. He wasn’t always known as

Daylan Snape. For the first five years of his life he went by the name of

Harry Potter.” He said waiting for the realization of what he had just said

sink in.

Lucius was shocked, “But he looks so much like Severus!” he said still

trying to wrap his mind around that revelation.

Severus smirked, “Who said that he wasn’t my son?” he asked his long time

friend loving the look of pure confusion that marred his perfect face.

“But, but Lily would never…” he said trailing off as he suddenly looked at

Severus. He knew that Severus would never have an affair with a married

woman, so that left only one other option. “James was never married to her

was he, you were.”

“Merlin it is so refreshing that someone thinks that I have some morals. I

was seriously going to hex you if you even tried to say that I had an affair

with a married woman.” Severus said smiling at Lucius.

“Why wasn’t he with you after that night, the last I heard was that he was

staying with Lily’s muggle sister?” Lucius asked not knowing of the hell

that Severus had went through that Halloween night and what had transpired

after that.

“I couldn’t get him because I was in Azkaban. After Hagrid dropped Daylan

off at Lily’s sister’s home the Minister and his personal aurors barged into

my rooms and arrested me for being in league with Voldemort. They

whisked me away before anyone realized that they had even came.” Severus

said not wishing to relieve those memories of the time that he spent in the

Ministry’s holding cells or his three months in Azkaban.

Albus knew that this was a very touchy subject for Severus, “It took me

almost three months to convince the Wizagamot to grant a t a trial. They let

him go on the counts that I had testified that he was spying for the Order of

the Phoenix.” He said quietly, not wishing for Severus to get stuck in past

memories.

Lucius looked at Severus and knew that they had a lot to talk about. He

hadn’t known that he had been sent to Azkaban or that he had even been put

on trial. The Minister must have kept everything under wraps. Then again he

had a nagging feeling that wasn’t the first time that the Minister had done

something like that. He just couldn’t remember what he was trying to

remember, but he was sure that it would come to him when he didn’t have so

much other things on his mind.

“Now what is going on with Voldemort and how did he manage to get into

Daylan’s dreams or at least that it what I gather has happened.” Lucius said

as he sat back into the chair glancing once over to Severus and seen that he

was looking at Albus intently.

Albus looked at Severus expectantly, “Now could you please continue with what

had happened this evening with our young Daylan.”

Severus nodded and then proceeded to explain everything that had happened

this evening including Lucius meeting Jocelyn, which had the old man’s

eyes sparkling like mad. Severus explained what had happened when he had

ran in to Daylan’s room and the amount of pure magical energy that was

rolling off his young son after Daylan had the nightmare about Voldemort.


After the detailed explanation of the dream Albus’s demeanor changed

dramatically, “You said that he told you that there was too much green light

and that he didn’t want it get you like it did Lily. Do you have any ideas how

long he has been having these nightmares?” he asked as he folded his hands

on top of the desk.

Severus shook his head, “I imagine for as long as he could remember what

happened that night, not exactly the best memory to have of your mother. He

said that after the dream it changed from all of the others, Daylan said that

he heard a rough and scary voice saying to him that he was coming for him

and his ‘traitorous father’.” Severus said shaking his head trying to dispel the

images of horror that started spilling through his head of everything that

Voldemort was known to do to young children. He hoped that it would never

come to that again. Severus knew that Lucius and Albus were thinking the

same thing.