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The Phoenix Rises	By : greenwizard11 Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male Views: 44621 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 2
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Since the fifth year students were taking their exams,
Severus took the opportunity to work on potions.� Poppy was running out of calming draught, and
of course Remus needed his Wolfsbane potion.�

Sirius� head suddenly peaked through the fireplace.� �Psst�.� he whispered.

Severus jumped, nearly spilling the jar of salamander
eyes.� �Yes, can I help you?�

�Is the psycho with the stick around?� Sirius asked,
glancing around the room.

Severus couldn�t help but chuckle softly and run his finger
over the little red mark on his cheek.�
�No, it�s safe.� I assume you�ve
come for Remus� potion?�

Sirius popped out of the fireplace and dusted himself
off.� �Yeah, Remus said he was busy and
asked me to come for it.�

Severus motioned to a bubbling cauldron in the corner of the
room.� �It isn�t ready yet, but soon.�

�Oh, all right,� Sirius nodded.� �Do you mind if I wait then?�

�Not at all,� Severus said as he started stirring the potion
he was working on in a figure eight pattern.

Sirius quietly sat down at one of the desks and started
drumming his fingers on the table top.

�Would you please stop doing that?� Severus grumbled.� �I need to concentrate.�

�Sorry,� Sirius mumbled and laid his head down.� He�d been thinking about both James and
Severus quite a bit the past few days.�
The message of the stick had not been lost on him.� James had said a number of times that the
past should remain in the past.� They
were adults now, and they needed to stop acting like children.

Severus finished the calming draught and started to bottle
it.� �How did you and James become so
friendly?� Sirius asked.

Severus shrugged.� �He
apologized and started being friendly.�
You�d be surprised to discover how far a kind word can go.�

Sirius was starting to see the other man in a whole new light.� He started to see Severus as human, and not
some evil git.� The man had managed to
put everything aside and become friends with his former enemy.� That was something to be respected.

�You know, it really was decent of you to start making that
potion for Remus two years ago, even with the way things were,� Sirius said
without looking up from the desk.

�Was that your attempt at an apology?� Severus asked with an
amused expression.

Sirius nodded.� �Sort
of�� he frowned.

Severus� lips curled into a friendly smile.� �Well then, apology accepted.�

Just then the classroom door burst open and James strode in
looking very flustered.� �Severus, I have
a problem!� he cried.� �My robes don�t
fit anymore!�

James lifted his arms and turned around to demonstrate.� His custom fit robes were indeed rather tight
around his hips and belly.

�Wow,� Sirius commented, �You�re gaining weight like a
normal person.�

�I�m pregnant you idiot!� James snapped.

Sirius� eyes went wide.�
�You�re what?� Seriously?� And Severus knew and I didn�t?�

�Don�t worry, he didn�t tell me,� Severus said quickly to
avoid a scene.� �I figured it out.� James, calm down and breathe.� Go see if my robes fit you; you might have to
shorten them a little though.�

James closed his eyes and took a deep breath.� It was only then that his brain registered
Sirius� presence.� �I�m sorry, Siri; I�ve
just been a bit��

�Hormonal?� Severus finished the sentence.

James glared at the Potions Master.� �Watch it,� he growled and went to dig through
Severus� closet.�

He came back a few minutes later wearing a high-necked,
conservative black robe.� �All right,
yours fit, and I didn�t have to shorten it that much thank you��

�Well then, that�s one crisis averted,� Severus smiled as he
returned his attention to the Wolfsbane potion.

James hopped up to sit on top of the desk beside
Sirius.� �So you�re really pregnant?�
Sirius asked in awe.� �Does Lucius
know?� It is his right?�

�Yes, and not yet,� James answered.� �I don�t want to drop this on him in a letter
or something.� Today is the last day of
testing, so I�ll tell him soon.�

There was a knock at the door and Draco poked his head
in.� �Uncle Sev, Umbridge wants you in
her office.�

Severus groaned.�
�What does she want now?�

Draco frowned and glanced at James.� �Harry was caught using her fire place.�

�WHAT?� James shouted and started rambling very fast in
Elfish.

Severus sighed and shook his head.� �Sirius, you stay here.� James, remember to breathe.� We�ll go sort this out.�

The two men made their way up to Umbridge�s office.� When Severus opened the door, the scene they
saw before them was indescribable.� Ron,
Hermione, Ginny, Luna, and Neville were being held by Slytherin students, and
Harry was in a chair with Umbridge hovering over him, her wand pointed at his
forehead.

�What�s going on?� James demanded.

Umbridge looked up at him.�
�This is a manner of Ministry security.�
I will not have you
interfering this time!� she cried out.�
�Severus, Potter here was trying to contact someone.� I need more Veritaserum to question him.�

�I gave you the only bottle I had to question him the last
time.� You haven�t used it all have
you?� I told you three drops would
suffice.�

Umbridge started turning purple again and shaking.� �And to think, Lucius Malfoy said all those
wonderful things about you!� Since you�re
being of no help, leave me.�

James and Severus stood and stared at each other.� The woman clearly wasn�t right in the head,
and James found himself in a sticky situation.�
This unstable woman had her wand pointed at his son.� He tried to think of a way out, but with all
the recent stress and his hormones being so crazy his mind was one big ball of
fuzz.�

�All right, we�ll tell you!� Hermione blurted out, a few
fake tears welling up in her eyes.�
Everyone in the room turned their attention to her.� �I�m sorry guys, but we can�t keep this
up.� She�ll hurt Harry.�

Umbridge motioned for Hermione to sit down at her desk.� �It�s all right dear, tell me everything,�
she said trying to sound motherly, but coming from her it was just disturbing.

Hermione looked at James as if trying to silently
communicate with him.� Oddly enough,
James understood what she was doing.�

�We were trying to contact Dumbledore,� Hermione
started.� �He put the three of us in
charge of his weapon, and we were trying to tell him it�s ready.�

A triumphant smile appeared on Umbridge�s face.� �I knew it!� she cried.� �And of course you were planted here to stop
the Ministry from finding out anything weren�t you?� she said to James.

James let out a deep sigh.�
�What can I say� I�m caught.�

�All this nonsense is going to stop right now.� Mr. Potter, you�re going to hand over your
wand and take me to this weapon,� Umbridge said as she held out her hand.� �Professor Snape, you�ll stay here with the
children.�

�I don�t have my wand on me, but you�re welcome to search
me,� James said truthfully.� He didn�t
really use his wand much; and he didn�t even know where it was half the
time.� He almost always used wandless
magic, finding it much easier.

Umbridge searched him quickly, and upon finding no wand
hidden anywhere ushered him out the door.�
James couldn�t believe the woman was really that stupid.� She actually believed Albus Dumbledore had
entrusted a weapon to three students rather than adults, and now she was
following blindly James out into the Dark
Forest.� She had threatened Harry, and now James� mind
was planning what to do with her.� Until
now he had only been playing with her, but threatening his child was a
dangerous line to cross.

Meanwhile, back in Umbridge�s office, Severus had sent the
Slytherin students back to their classes.�
They were hesitant, but he threatened them with detention if they didn�t
obey.� As soon as the door closed behind
Crabbe, Harry confessed what he was really doing.� �I saw Sirius being tortured in the
Department of Mysteries!� he blurted out.�
�I was fire-calling Grimmauld Place
to check and see if Sirius was there, but he wasn�t.� Kreacher said-�

Severus interrupted him.�
�And you trust what that house elf says now?�� He probably should have told Harry that
Sirius was safe and sound in the dungeon, but his mind was too busy trying to
figure out what was going on.

�Stay here until I return,� Severus ordered and went over to
the fireplace.� He grabbed a handful of
Floo powder and threw it into the flames.�
�Malfoy Manor,� he called out and stepped in.� If anyone could tell him anything it would be
Lucius.

When he stepped out into the parlor of Malfoy Manor he was
met by a house elf.� �Tell your Master I
need to see him.� It�s an emergency,� he
ordered.

�Master isn�t here,� the house elf squeaked.

Severus swore under his breath.� �What about your Mistress?�

�Mistress is here!�
Twinkle will bring her right away sir!�

Severus paced the room while he waited.� �Is something wrong Severus?� he heard
Narcissa�s voice say moments later.

�Do you know where Lucius went?� Severus asked.

Narcissa frowned.�
�The Dark Lord ordered him to go to the Department of Mysteries at the
Ministry.� He wanted to contact someone,
but he thought it might be too dangerous.�
Is something wrong?�

�Only a fool brat who doesn�t use his head,� Severus
grumbled.� �Thank you, Narcissa.� I need to get back to the school.�

Severus stepped through the Floo again to return to
Umbridge�s Office and found that Harry and his friends were no longer
there.� The Potions Master grumbled under
his breath and went in search of them, hoping that Harry hadn�t rushed off into
a trap in the name of saving the day; though something told him that was
exactly what had happened.�
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