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A Godfather\'s duty	By : KusanoSaku Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male > Snape/Remus Views: 26556 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 4
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Title: A Godfather's duty

Pairing: Eventual Severusx?, parental snarry

Fandom: Harry Potter

Summary: Lily's dead. Harry's missing. Severus' Magical bond to Harry as a godfather is screaming at him to protect him. Severus is in mourning. How does Severus mourn Lily and follow her wishes when everything is against him? He contemplates what to do with the rest of his life when fate takes a hand. Good Malfoys, Good Dumbledore/Dumbles-bashing,

Chapter 4

Severus woke feeling more refreshed. Waiting on his bedside table was a potion vial he recognized as blood replishing. He must have fainted from a mixture of exhaustion, relief and shock. He was not used to being this affected by external factors. He was going to have to try harder to act more worthy of the Malfoy name though he was now Lord Prince. He now actually cared about shaming his ancestors.

There was a soft almost silent pop.

Standing beside the bed was his house elf Lolly and another vaguely familiar elf..

Severus blinked, "Am I not at Malfoy Manor?"

"Lord Prince be there. Lolly be here to tell Lord Prince about our be finding Missy Cora."

Severus sat up and glared at the house elf, "Well?"

The house elf apparently called Barry swallowed, bowing, "My Lord, Missy Cora be with her father Remus. They are staying with a Potions' master who is in hidiing."

Severus was stunned "A Potions Master?"

Barry nodded, "Yes…a Damo…"

Lolly interupted, "Damocles sir."

"Why is the potions Master in hiding?"

"He be mated to a werewolf sir."

Severus was not pleased with that news, "Did you inform Remus that it was urgent that I speak with hin.."

Barry nodded, "Yes. He will allow you to be brought by house elf after breakfast."

Severus sniffed, "Tell Remus I shall be there. Thank him for agreeing to an audience. I must speak with Lucius and find out if there have been any developments. Have you found Harry?"

Barry disapeared at once.

Lolly shook her head, "Master Harry is not being in Little Whinging."

The bond tightened its grip and he found he could hardly breathe, "He's not? Where is he?"

Lolly handed him calming draught, "We is still looking Master. We is not giving up. It may take time. We elves will be searching Britian for him.".

Severus chugged the draught, "Then go! Find my godson." He threw off his covers and grabbed the pressed outfit that lay on the velvet covered armchair. He was not pleased and satisfying the bond would be more difficult since Harry wasn't with Pentunia.

He bathed and dressed for the day before making his way to the breakfast parlour.

Narcissa had Draco in a high chair and was coaxing him to eat peaches.

Lucius was reading the Morning Paper and sipping his customary cup of black coffee.

Narcissa he knew prefered white tea with lemon to drink with her breakfast.

There were baskets of fruit, a platter of sliced ham, a plate of toast, a dish of cottage cheese, a crock of butter, a pitcher of orange juice and another pre-made bottle for Draco.

His godson enjoyed his milk, he was a bit fussy about what foods he consented to eat. Draco babbled a lot and sometimes his babbling was of recognizable words. He mostly seemed to talk to himself…

Harry was a quiet observer, he didn't say much and hardly ever cried.

Severus felt a sharp pang as the magical bond connecting them tightened and almost sent a backlash at him. Harry was unhappy?

Narcissa must have noticed something wrong because she set down the obviously unwanted dish of peaches. She spoke breaking the mostly quiet meal, "Is something wrong Severus? Is the tea not to your liking?"

A house elf had been at his elbow when he sat with a fresh cup of his prefered morning beverage.

Narcissa had a mother hen quality, unusal to say the least in a younger sister especially one from the House of Black who were notorious for their belief that self out weighed others.

Lucius set down his newspaper beside his plate, "Stria mentioned Prince elves were here. You have news I take it?"

Severus staresd into his glas of tea, "Harry….isn't in Little Whinging. Caoraline has been found though. She is Remus and they are staying with a potioneer. Damocles…"

Narcissa's eyes narrowed, "You're jealous."

Severus grumbled, the bond was making him far too transparent. He really needed to rectify that.

"Damocles? Oh yeas, he was a Ravenclaw in Xeno and Sanctus' year. He was disowned for courting a werewolf." Lucius chuckled, "You're greatly mistaken if you believe it was Remus. Damocles is a Potions' Master but he is also a healer. He has ties to the Department of Magical Creatures. I believe he is a part of the group that helps Greyback's vitims recover from their condition."

Severus pulled himself up short, "So Remus isn't mated?"

Narcissa sighed, "You are a fool. You've been interested in Remus Lupin since you're Fifth Year Lily and I tried to help out. "

While not friends perse Narcissa and Lily got on nominally when they were assigned prefect duties together.

Severus glared at her, "How many times Narcissa do I have to tell you to keep your nose out of my personal life?"

Narcissa hummed trying to affect an innocent air, "Pardon me brother for wanting you to be as clearly well off in a suitable relationship as the rest of the family."

Severus took a gulp of still too hot tea and coughed.

"Now now, there is no need for such dramatics. Tell me Severus, have you had any missive from Remus?" Lucius chose to ignore their antics.

As usual Narcissa chided and Severus fumed when his personal life was mentioned. Narcissa knew as well as he did that Severus was gay and very much attracted to Remus Lupin. Lupin wouldn't be his first choice as a cousin but he was not going to perpetuate his father Abraxus' mistakes. Besides, Severus seemed quite firm in his determination to remain single.

Severus glared at Narcissa, "Remus sent back through one of my elves that he would receive me after breakfast."

Narcissa dished him up a plate, "Well then, eat. You've had quite the shock and you're still need to recover physically from claiming Merrivale."

Severus sighed, silently accepting the plate and starting to eat.

Lucius sipped his coffee and started to eat since he had finished the paper.

Severus raised and eyebrow, "Anything interesting in the Daily Prophet?"

Lucius shrugged, "More nonsense about Black. They are still trying to paint him as a Death Eater. It's pathetic. All they have to do is check his left arm. No one is admitted to the Dark Lord's presence without it unless they are about to be Marked."

Severus grumbled, "He's no Death Eater. The Ministry is full of Dunderheads if they persist in believing such utter nonsense."

Narcissa sniffed, "They're like terrified children lashing out."

Severus stiffened; he was still highly embarrassed about his Fifth Year treatment of Lily when he inadvertently called her a Mudblood…

Narcissa reached over to pat his arm, "Present company excluded."

Severus tugged his arm away and went on eating.

He pointedly ignored her hurt face.

"Sebi!"

Severus turned to see Draco reaching out to him.

"Sebi!"

Severus handed over a piece of toast from his plate for Draco to gum on. His godson has his first few teeth

Narcissa seemed to smile at him fondly.

XoooooX

The instant he was finished with his breakfast Lolly returned, "Master is being ready to go?"

Severus sighed, "As ready as I'll ever been."

Lolly took his arm and grasped it with her spindly fingers and then they Apparated away,

They emerged in the entry of a n unfamiliar house.

"Where is this place?"

"That is need to know information. As this is not my home, I am merely a guest here. I cannot and will not put my daughter in danger. If you mean to hurt her I will not hesitate to remove your head from your shoulders."

"With my spell no doubt." Severus muttered. He sighed, "I'm here because I wish for your assistance. Harry is missing."

Remus stiffened, "Harry missing? How?"

Severus glared, "Your idiot friend Black, that's how. I placed a ward on the cottage. It went off when the Dark Lord attacked. Lucius and I were hiding out in Malfoy Manor when the ward went off. We left at once, arriving in time to see the flash of the Killing Curse. We found James and Lily dead. Harry was alive but the Dark Lord vanished. Sirius arrived soon after muttering about treacherous rats. Perhaps, he meant Peter. Sirius demanded Harry and when we insisted that James and Lily's wills be consulted because as his godfathers we had equal rights he stunned us. Narcissa had a house elf return us to the Manor and brought Andromeda to the Manor to examine us. Harry is not at Petunia's. I have Prince elves searching for him. I assumed the title by claiming Merrivale by blood, which is how I found out about Coraline. I am offering you the safety of Merrivale Manor which is Coraline's birthright."

Remus was speechless at first, "You want us to live with you?"

Severus swallowed, "Very much. The nursery was set up for both infants. I can arrange for you to have a room in the children's wing if you wish or you may have a room in my wing. I need someone to be home at all times in case a house elf returns with news of Harry."

"What are you doing to find him?"

"I have few contacts in the Muggle World. At present I am using my house elves to search Britain for him. Other magical means are difficult due to the wards my elves say are on Harry. It took them only a few hours to find you."

Remus looked worried, "I had hoped that we would be safe here."

Severus looked away, "Coraline has Prince blood, she is the daughter of a Prince heiress and she has enough of our blood to be traceable. I doubt anyone else would know of her. Her name was added to the Hogwarts' Registry at birth no doubt but she is under the name Coraline Lupin so I doubt anyone would guess she was Lily's."

"Except Andromeda."

Severus blinked, "What?"

"Andromeda was Lily's birth healer. She delivered Coraline and Herodotus Potter."

Harry had been born Herodotus James Potter but generally called just Harry. He should have guess something because of the name, it was Latin and meant given to the hero. Herodotus was not a very Potter name. It was however a Prince name- they had names like Tiberius, Severus, Aurelius and Julius amoung others in their history.

Severus knew that if Lily had made Andromeda take the healer's oath Andromeda could not speak of Coraline. It would have been useless to ask…he twisted his hands into his robe, "Will you come?"

Remus nodded, "We will. A properly warded property like a family seat would be far safer then this place. I like Damocles and Corey well enough, they've been kind to me but they are newly weds practically and having a bachelor with a baby is difficult for them."

"Are they going to try for a child?" Severus was curious due to his feelings for Remus. Remus Lupin had been one sexy, muscular bookworm in school while he had merely been scrawny.

Remus shrugged, "It's none of my business. I think Damocles is distracted with his latest potions project."

Severus was interested, "What is it?"

"A potion to lesson the effects of the moon on a us. Corey lets him test his potions on him because it makes Damocles happy. We are a small pack but we are rather close."

Severus smirked, "Leave my name with Damocles. I would love to discuss his research with him. Sometimes you need a person to discuss things with. I remember him from Slug Club. He was talented even then. He was alright for a Ravenclaw."

Remus glanced at him strangely, "You were pretty talented yourself."

Severus preened. "I will have Lolly send an elf to bring your things. I suppose I will leave the library floo open. You are welcome to floo when you are ready." He suppressed his pleasure so he would give away how pleased he was by Remus' choice to move to Merrivale with Coraline.

It will take a while. We will most likely arrive about six."

Severus stood and held out his hand, "I shall have Lolly hold dinner back until seven then. I shall have to see how far along they are in removing the contents from Spinner's End. I still have to decide what from Malfoy Manor is needed at Merrivale."

"How is Narcissa? I remember her form my prefect days."

"Quite well. She have matured nicely and has proved a good helpmate to Lucius. She is very much the Lady of the Manor. She takes pride in making sure the house runs smoothly and caring for Draco. She prefers not to leave him to house elves. She wants to make sure that he is older and well-adjusted before she tries to have another child. They want a big family."

Remus was surprised, "Sirius said they would never work. That Narcissa was too much of a ninny to be up to Lucius' weight and that Lucius was too much under his father's thumb."

Severus chuckled, "All heirs are expected to be under their father's thumb. Sirius' father was a different sort. His mother welded the family wand despite her gender. Which is no doubt why Sirius could abandon his family the way he did despite his status as the Heir to the House of Black."

Remus shook his hand and then a soft cry was heard.

Severus felt a tug again and nearly stumbled.

Remus caught him, "Are you alright?"

Severus winced, "I hope so. Harry is unhappy. When he's unhappy the bond snaps like a Muggle rubber band."

Remus nodded, "We have to find him. I'll help however I can. I'll see if the pack will look for him. Can you retrieve some of Harry's things? Like his blanket or dirty clothes? We don't like to make a big deal of it but we are capable of tracking. That's why some of us going into private detective work."

Severus summed a house elf and had them bring some of Harry's dirty clothes from the cottage. The house elf seemed disturbed that he would want dirty clothes. So he ordered them to obey. He handed off the clothes to Remus before turning to be Apparated away by the house elf.

"Thank you Severus." Remus said quietly, reaching over and pressing his hand.

"Any assistance would be appreciated."

Severus went home feeling as if he'd accomplished something.. his hand felt pleasantly warm where Remus had touched it. He wondered how long he could hold out before Remus discovered he liked him…

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

A/N: Sorry about the wait I was having trouble deciding on the ending of the chapter. I hope the length makes up for the shortness of the previous chapters.

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