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Ties of Friendship, Bonds of Fate	By : KusanoSaku Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male > Snape/Remus Views: 5675 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Title: Ties of Friendship, bonds of Fate
Pairings: Future JamesxLily and RemusxSeverus
Rating: K to start but future M.
Summary: snupin prequel to Bound to You set pre-Harry Potter Era Hogwarts in a Marauder era AR/AU. Traces the bonds between snupin and jily as well as the falling out/distancing of Peter from the others.

Chapter 24- Princes at Merrivale
Severus’ first thought after arriving at Merrivale Manor the family seat of the Princes was that it was huge.
Why in Salazar’s name had his mother left here?
“Severus do keep up I don’t want to have the house elves looking for you all the time. Since you are sixteen it wouldn’t do to have you in the nursery wing so I had a room in the family wing prepared. This is your home and while we have house elves I do expect you to be tidy.”
Severus shrugged, “I did much of the cleaning at home. I don’t expect to be waited on.”
“Hmph, the house elves will want to look after you. I suppose we should join my uncle’s family for the observation of the spring equinox. I may vanish on occasion; I have been serving as the Head of the Prince family since father took ill. He had a stroke after learning of my sister marrying a Muggle and delivering his child.”
Severus flinched, “I am sorry that my existence has been such a trial, I never meant to be a problem.”
“Since I have no child and when Uncle Aurelius bonded to Madam Burbage, he gave up all claim to the Prince Estate, you would be the only heir. Thank Salazar you were born under a legal contract even if it was to a Muggle sire.” Sofia muttered darkly. “While I was considering emancipating you early I would have to see if you have what it takes to hold our Wizengamot seat or our Governorship. While you would be inheriting, I am unsure of your suitability for politics.”
Severus shrugged, “I have little interest in politics.”
“Hmph.” Sofia sniffed, “Lolly will take you to your rooms. Eventually I will have to, I suppose, escort you to our family’s potions lab. Princes are known for two things our skills at brewing and our heightened mental magic abilities.”
Severus had to say he didn’t really like her and was more then happy to be separated from her…
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Severus was surprised to be informed that they were having company for dinner…
He frowned, “Really?”
Aunt Sofia nodded sharply, “My godfather, your great uncle Aurelius is coming with his family.”
“We have more family?” Severus asked nervously.
Sofia sniffed, “You didn’t really think that the two of us and my embarrassment of a sister are the last of the House of Prince did you?”
Severus shrugged, “I don’t really know, we could have been.”
“Honestly…” Sofia said under her breath.
Severus reluctantly followed the witch, he just hoped that his other relations were more…personable then Aunt Sofia.
Sofia led him to what was presumably the main floo room and Severus followed along like a dutiful ‘chick’ even if it stuck in his metaphorical craw.
No sooner had they entered the room then the floo lit up.
Out of the floo emerged a man who looked quite a bit like himself…
Then came three vaguely familiar teenage blondes and one dark-haired teenage witch along with an older but unfamiliar blonde witch.
“Sofia.” The wizard said after he escorted his family out of the floo. “So this is Eileen’s son? He is extraordinarily of Prince stock. I can tell from here, out of my four daughters only one is a Prince…”
Sofia nodded, “This is Severus, Uncle Aurelius. I’ve filed for him to be added to the House of Prince as Severus Antonius Prince.”
“A pleasure to meet you Severus. This is your Great-Aunt Hope Amnity Burbage and my Bondmate. Our daughters Faith Amaltheia, Constance Agrippina and Charity Chryseis Burbage; Faith and Connie are in Ravenclaw while Charity is a Hufflepuff. Irma Prudence Prince is a year ahead of you in Slytherin, so it is understandable if our Irma is a bit more familiar to you.” Aurelius said with a booming sort of welcome that reminded Severus strangely of Sirius’ Uncle Alphard.
“My Aurelius is a Senior Hit Wizard and you may call me Aunt Hope, Great-Aunt makes me feel far too old especially when you are of an age with our daughters…” Hope said in a voice that was more relaxed then Aunt Sofia’s.
Severus watched Sofia greet his ‘cousins’ with more relaxed emotion then she treated him…
To be honest he was a little jealous…
To his surprise, Uncle Aurelius threw an arm around his shoulders, “So tell me about yourself Severus.”
“He is under the patronage of the Honorable Lucius Malfoy who claims that he is being courted by the Lupin grandson of George Potter and Lyall Lupin.” Sofia said stiffly.
“A Lupin? While they aren’t a titled family, it seems that they are still extant. Lyall is certainly infamous in Magical Creature circles due to his gift with trapping boggarts. Given that Marrok bonded beneath him, it would be difficult for Lyall’s grandson to bond to anyone. Not many would consider Eileen’s son a worthy match given his sire.” Aurelius shrugged. “Pardon me goddaughter but I was addressing Severus in hopes of getting to know him.” Aurelius chided.
“Unlike us, he’s not indestructible. I can find no record of his being properly Wiccaned, an oversight that we can’t correct given that he is definitely over the age of two.” Sofia muttered.
“Eileen was never one for conventions.” Aunt Hope shrugged.
They had made their way out of the main floo room by now and into the family dining room.
Aunt Sofia sat between his cousins Faith and Constance at one end of the table with his Uncle Aurelius taking the opposite end. Aunt Hope and himself were gently steered to sitting on either side of Uncle Aurelius leaving Irma to set beside him and Charity to sit between Constance and Aunt Hope.
Dinner was ham and spring vegetables…
Severus wasn’t used to eating like this away from Hogwarts and the Evans’ table…
Severus was asked about his classes, his future endeavours, his status as a prefect and just how serious the Lupin heir was…
Severus nervously admitted that James and Remus were or had been designing betrothal and bonding rings.
Which Aunt Sofia thought was presumptuous while Uncle Aurelius thought was quite telling about Remus Lupin’s intentions…
Severus thought he might actually come to like Uncle Aurelius if not respect him as well...

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