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A Godfather\'s duty	By : KusanoSaku Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male > Snape/Remus Views: 26565 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 4
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Title: A Godfather's duty

Pairing: Eventual SeverusxRemus?, 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 Snape. Dumbles-bashing,

A/N: For ChaosLady who wanted an update for A Godfather's Duty or Thou Shalt Not. The second will take a while- it's not ready for editing yet. It is still a work in progress.

Chapter 5

Severus was in his room at Malfoy Manor glaring and snapping at Lucius’ elves.

The door opened behind him.

“Now Severus, that is no way to treat my house elves. They are doing you a service; packing the things you wish to move Merrivale. There is no need to move. As a son of the Malfoy Family, you and yours are always welcome here. There is plenty of room in the nursery for Coraline and Herodotus. An odd choice for a Potter heir, don’t you think Severus? It is not a very Potter like name…”

Severus glared at her, “It may not be a Potter name but it is a very suitable Prince name. We are as found of Latinate names as the Malfoys are.”

Narcissa waved her hand dismissively, “Draconis was a compromise. I wanted a constellation name and Lucius a Latin name for our son. Draconis Lucius is fine name for the Malfoy heir.”

Severus sneered, “Better than Severus Hamnon Snape you mean.”

“I think that Severus Aurelian Prince is a fine name.”

“Malfoy-Prince.” Severus snipped.

“You two bicker as if you were siblings and not social equals. I don’t remember either of you being like this in school...” Lucius said as he entered the room.

Severus snorted, “She is so infuriatingly nosy! My life is my life.”

“Then do something with it.” Narcissa grinned at him innocently. “You think you can share a house with Remus Lupin and have him not guess?”

“We don’t have to see each other.” Severus grumbled.

“Oh so you’ll just lock yourself away in your lab and cower like a Hufflepuff? I didn’t think we had Blood Adopted a coward.”

“Now Cissa don’t be so hard on him. He is still in shock. Severus have you changed a nappy before?”

“As if you have Lucius.” Narcissa smirked.

“I would if you would let me Cissa.”

“You were always away on the Dark Lord’s Business Bonded.”

“As a spy I have had to be Cissa, you know that.”

“She’s just a possessive mother.” Severus sneered.

“You wouldn’t know a nappy from a burp cloth, either of you.”

“What was it you said Narcissa? ‘Spies have no place in a nursery?’ So it would be your fault if we don’t.” Severus retorted.

“Is it not Lily’s as well? She had a son as well. How did Remus become a parent?”

“He left with Coraline soon after her birth. Perhaps, he babysat Dora when she was little? I don’t know. He is obviously her primarily if only caretaker. They are staying with an acquaintance of Remus’, a mated couple. I suppose Remus is a pack mate to one of them, that’s what he said anyway. He accepted my offer of course. Said something about as understanding as they are, being a bachelor with a child living with two ‘newlyweds’ was difficult. He said that a family seat had the strongest protection and that was where James and Lily should have been. He has some of Harry’s dirty clothes, he mentioned that his pack have keen senses of smell. They don’t admit to it but they are decent trackers. He said he’d ask if they could help search for Harry.”

Lucius nodded, “I’ll have money deposited into an account for Remus to pay out to them for expenses. Pack mates or not I wouldn’t expect them to do it for free.”

“I have to arrange to have Griphook come here so we can make arrangements.”

“Ask for a portkey. They can charge it to your personal vault. It will allow you to portkey to a meeting room and then out. Portkeys were created by goblins and only they are capable of creating a portkey that allows for leaving Gringotts.”

“I shall keep that in mind.”

“Lucius, I asked Dobby to keep any eye on Bella. The Dark Lord is at Lestrange Castle still. They are both still out for your blood. Be careful.”

Lucius kissed the top of her head, “Aren’t I always?”

Narcissa scoffed, “Draco should be waking soon. I will go make my way to the nursery.”

“If I am no longer a spy Cissa, may I finally be admitted to the nursery? It isn’t fair that you keep all the pleasure of caring for our son to yourself.”

“Life is not fair Bonded.” Narcissa said before leaving but she had not forbid him for accompanying her.

Lucius’ final word was, “Have Remus teach you how to care for an infant. It would be a shame to have Harry found and brought to Merrivale and for you to have no idea how to care for him.”

Severus groaned, why was it that they were relentless? You would think that as the Head of their family Lucius would be against his pureblood cousin bonding to a Halfblood who was a werewolf. Lucius was odd; he’d brought Xenos back into the family soon after Abraxus died having disagreed with cutting off Apollus’ younger son.

Narcissa was right; he knew nothing about babies. While Narcissa clearly was still refusing him entrance to the nursery, she still expected him to learn.

If Remus lived with him, it was only proper that he learn to care for Coraline. He would disappoint Lily if he left Harry’s care to a house elf.

Where was Harry? Why was he not with Petunia? Something was wrong…he couldn’t satisfy the bond if he didn’t know where Harry was…

XoooooX

Remus was still wary of moving in with Severus but the man seemed very distraught. He remembered when Cora had a fever that James had arrived in a panic.

Where was Harry? What had that rotten woman done with him?

Remus changed Cora’s nappy after setting down Harry’s dirty clothes and bespelling his hands clean. He dressed her in a fresh body suit, woollen leggings and a blue wool dress. Her fingernails were a bit ragged since he trimmed them recently so he put scratch mitts on her hands. He gently brushed her soft strawberry blond hair, her honey coloured eyes found his.

“Da!”

Remus loved her. He would have even if she weren’t his by blood. He would have agreed to take her without the blood adoption but Lily was insistent. If anything happened to them, they wanted to be sure that Coraline would be safe. That no one knew about her and that she would be safest with her father. If he was merely her godfather, the Ministry might take her away because of his status as a werewolf. As her blood father, he had rights. No one could take her away. James and Andromeda had stood in as godparents. He’d known something was terrible wrong when he sensed something happening the other night.

James’ magic had poured into Coraline. The bond between a godparent and a godchild was a magical one; the godparents and blood parents gave magic to create protection for the child. If a godparent predeceased their godchild, their magic needed a living host. It found the child and it increased the magic inside their magical core.

Remus held her close so she could hear his heartbeat. He packed her clothes into his old Hogwarts trunk. He had already added his own possessions to it. He would leave the nursery furniture. If they were serious about having children of their own, he was sure that they would appreciate it. He did owe them for letting them stay there.

After all, his father died leaving him nothing having spent all he had on treatments for his mother’s cancer. He’d sold their home and paid some on his father’s debt to St. Mungos’ before declaring bankruptcy. It was too large a sum, prior to his adoption of Coraline he had been living at Sirius’ home.

He’d had an account that Sirius and James placed money into, Corey wasn’t as well known as Damocles. Either Corey or another member of their pack would go shopping for things. Remus wasn’t allowed to pay rent exactly but he did send money with his shopper for baby things and a few things he wanted. On occasion he would insist on cooking.

Remus made sure he had everything, including Lily’s research into Charms that Severus had given him. He shrunk his old trunk and put it in his pocket. He tested the bottle he’d prepared before Severus arrived and it was perfect. He gave it to Cora who drank it gustily.

Sighing he made his way to the parlour for lunch.

Waiting for him were Damocles and Corey.

“Remy! What took you so long?”

Corey Martin was about his age, early twenties but he had been taught at home due to his being a werewolf. He’d been quite intelligent and had taken his exams early. Corey had left his family at seventeen and found a group of lone Lycans. He formed a pack out of them.

Corey was welcoming to any wishing to escape Fenrir’s tyranny or his fanatical devotion to the Dark Lord who thought them diseased creatures but had no issue with using them for terror or cannon fodder. Corey didn’t think that they had to be like that, other than the full moon they were all naturally wizards. Any witch regardless of age attacked by a Lycan was not turned. They usually died of their injuries or survived scarred, there were no female lycan. Lycan was a term that the pack called themselves.

Remus smiled at them, “Sorry I’m late. I had a visitor…”

“I heard the elf arrive.” Corey said quietly.

“It was Severus.”

“Did he come because of James?”

Corey knew a lot…nearly everything. Which meant Damocles probably did though Remus never told him much.

Damocles was two years behind Lucius and Andromeda so he was about three years older than Remus and Corey.

“Yes and no.” Remus began. “He came because he found out about Cora…”

Damocles’ brow furrowed in confusion, “How?”

“James and Lily are both gone. Harry is missing. Sirius took him from the ruins after stunning Lucius and Severus. When Sirius was captured he didn’t have Harry. Severus wants to apply for custody. I am sure that he was named guardian in their wills. To better his standing, Severus assumed the title of Lord Prince by claiming the Family seat. Coraline was on the Family tapestry as Lily’s daughter. Harry is still missing. Severus offered to allow Cora to grow up a Prince Heiress since she is Lily’s daughter. We’ve been offered the protection of Merrivale Manor.”

Corey’s face fell, “You’re leaving us?”

Remus felt a bit guilty. “Yes but I shall visit. We are friends.” He swallowed, “I’d like to ask a favour of my Alpha.”

Corey stiffened, his childishness vanishing, “What would that be?”

“Harry was left by Dumbledore at Lily’s supposed sister’s. Prince elves have searched there and he is not there anymore. He was there. It’s a Muggle area so they can’t be seen and can’t ask questions. I know we don’t like to publicize that we are sometimes excellent trackers…I have some of Harry’s recently worn things…”

“I’ll ask some of the pack if they would consider tracking. Where was he last?”

“Little Whinging, Surrey. Lily said that Petunia lived at Number 4 Privet Drive. It’s near Magnolia Street I think.”

XoooooX

“Leave the clothes here then. I will see that someone goes looking.” He had a man in mind, while Remus was here. His friend had served as his beta, his confidant and advisor. Remus was quite knowledgeable about a lot of things. Remus had sold him his family’s property for a reasonable sum. It had been hard to part with but it had helped give homeless members of the pack a place they would feel secure.

None of them ran around half-lycan like Fenrir, they did however learn to co-exist with their wolf. They lived like wizards who were Animagi most of the time. They shifted and even hunted on the warded property. The warded basement was enlarged with wizardspace by Remus and partitioned so each pack member was alone during the full moon. That way they couldn’t hurt each other.

They spent the hours before the full moon running through the woods on the property, it helped calm them.

Damocles and the other mates were learning how to become Animagi so they could run with them. Remus had confided about ‘Marauder time’- that the company of his friends during the full moon and romping around the Forbidden Forest helped him keep his mind.

The idea that a werewolf could keep their mind had intrigued Damocles. His lover who was a healer and a Potions Master, First Class had become obsessed with creating a potion that would accomplish that. He spent more time experimenting with recipes than practicing to be an animagus.

Having Remus move away might be bad for the moral of their small pack but they had to put the safety of their pack’s pup first. They were the most accepting pack in Britain. Most of their members were abandoned by their families for being Lycans or for being the human mate of a lycan. Some relationships were where both mates were Lycans. Lycan weren’t allowed to mate to non-Lycans in any pack that was under Fenrir. Which was hard on the straight Lycans, mostly because there were no females. They had to find mates’ amoung the human Wizarding population or mate to another person with a Creature inheritance.

“The safety of a pup outweighs all. You are still a part of this pack. I will still call on you to discuss matters. This territory is still your territory.”

Remus bowed his head, “I am sorry this is such short notice.”

“Leave the clothes. I will talk to the pack. Any sibling of Cora’s is a pup in our pack. We would defend him as well as her. If he is missing or in danger we will do anything to find and protect him.” Corey held out his hand. “It is an honour to be your friend.”

“Floo me if you need any potions.” Damocles said quietly.

Remus shook his head, “I’m moving in with Severus. He is a First Class Potions Master. If I had anyone else brewing for us, I’m afraid he would take it as a personal affront. I can’t afford to upset him. He’s in a delicate place right now. Harry’s being missing is unsettling him. Severus is his godfather. Harry is suffering in some ways and it is taking a toll on Severus.”

“Severus? I remember him from Slug Club. I think if he’s reaching out to you that’s wonderful. He was always so shy and unfriendly. Except with the Evans girl. They were joined at the hip. Many thought they’d make a match of it. Until they had that falling out.”

Remus chuckled, “You can’t make a match of it if you’re siblings. Lily and Severus had the same birth parents.”

Damocles smirked, “That would pose a problem then. I hope you two will get along amiably. We shall miss you company. You are welcome anytime.”

Remus seemed thoughtful, “I briefly mentioned your research. Severus seemed intrigued. He is willing to discuss it with you anytime. He said sometimes brewing requires a second set of eyes or something. I remember when he was studying for his Potions Masters exams he and Lily were often closeted in her lab. She had a potions lab as well as a charms lab. She was a researcher. While she didn’t seek certification as a Potion’s Mistress she was fond of brewing. She found it relaxing.”

“Well if you have Cora brought up well, I’m sure she has a good chance of being a decent brewer.”

Remus snorted, “I’m dreadful. My place in a lab should be limited to reading the receipt.”

“Or being a test subject.” Corey teased.

“Well if Severus and Damocles are both working on this potion we’ll both be test subjects.” Remus retorted.

“If it works it would take away much of the fear the Wizarding World has for lycan. Not all are like Fenrir.” Damocles protested.

“True.”

In his mate’s work at the Ministry before he went into hiding, he’d brought together many lycan who had nowhere to go or were unhappy with Fenrir’s rule. Fenrir was not a Lycan; he was a werewolf. He was the epitome of a ‘monster’; he lived to torment others. He preyed on children, teens and young adults. The younger and more naïve the better he liked them. He sought to cause panic and mayhem…

XoooooX

They began to eat their meal. Remus hadn't prepared it.

He knew Corey had been busy with pack business so it had to be Damocles. Corey was an early riser and so was Cora so either of them made breakfast. Damocles either made lunch or dinner unless he was buried in his lab.

Damocles was determined to create a potion to make full moons easier to bear.

It would be nice to not have to worry about how badly you would be injured when you gained consciousness the morning after.

However for a potion to be produced for the number of persons in their pack, which numbered less than thirty, but over twenty at present. Remus was too anxious to focus...

Living with Severus who was so distraught worried him...

Harry had to be found and soon...

Remus felt a lot better. He had worried how Corey would take his leaving. Corey seemed to accept it as for the best. Cora was the pack's only pup, which made her special. They all loved her.

Some Lycan worried that they would be terrible parents. Many came from broken homes or were abandoned by their families. Cora had all of her mother's sweetness. It was impossible not to love her. If they were fiercely protective of Cora, it was only proper that they extend that to her brother. Harry was missing. That was wrong.

His pack would search for him. Remus had more faith in his pack. While Severus claimed the protections on Harry were stronger than those on the pack's territory, a pack mate could do something an elf could not. They could question Petunia. They could scent out lies. They could give the impression of intimidation. Lycans were imposing most of the time.

Remus was more bookish and not much of a leader. He worked best as a supporter. Corey was young for an Alpha but he had everyone's respect. It was imperative that an Alpha be respected but also be capable of getting them to work together. It was luck that they had not only a healer but also a potions master in Damocles. Damocles was fiercely devoted to Corey despite their age difference.

Since many of the pack didn't have the benefit of a Hogwarts education; Damocles, Corey and himself helped get them wands as well as teach them how to defend themselves. Some of their pack had been treated as vilely as squibs. Yet they hadn't found solace in Fenrir's pack. While they had no wish to do anything but live in peace, Fenrir wanted them to cause terror.

XoooooX

After Lunch, Remus left the house with Cora to speak to the other pack members.

They ran into Davis and Niles, two seventeen-year-old lycan who had run away from home.

They had been best friends and lovers.

They had grown up together and had been attacked by Fenrir while they were making love.

Their parents hadn’t taken their attack well and turned them over to the Department of Magical Creatures.

Damocles had met them before going into hiding and brought them here.

Niles was shy but sweet, the tiny Irish teen’s face spilt with a grin.

“Remy! Cora.” Niles kissed Cora’s cheek.

Coraline gurgled happily.

Remus hugged the young lycan, “We’ve come to say goodbye.”

Niles looked crestfallen. “You’re leaving?”

Remus hugged the teen with his free arm. “We’re going to stay with her uncle. He’s offered to let us stay. Her mother was killed and he’s taking her brother in. As Head of her Family he wants them to grow up together. We’ll come for visits.”

“He’s not one of us is he?” David asked stiffly.

“No, but he’s never treated me different. He knows I’m a Lycan. My friend tricked him into following me to where I spent my full moons. A mutual friend of ours, the Bondmate of Coraline’s mother protected him and kept him from being in danger but not before he saw me transform. We became friends because Coraline’s mother was friends with both of us.”

“He won’t hurt her would he?” Niles asked worried.

Remus shook his head, “He’s the godfather of Coraline’s brother. I don’t think the bond would let him.”

“Okay then. Be sure to come visit. We’ll miss her.”

Remus chuckled and kissed his cheek, “She’ll miss pulling on your ears and tail.”

Many of the younger pack members shifted into wolves and rolled around with Coraline. She tended to pull on their ears and tails like any baby would with a dog. They were more understanding and gentle because they knew their strength.

They were a young pack but they were all very loyal to each other.

Remus left the two, they were barely past the cub stage themselves but everyone looked out for them.

He spent the next few hours with Cora drowsing in his arms as he said goodbye to the rest of the pack. As their beta he owed them all that. Besides, he wasn't expected at Merrivale until supper, no need to rush.

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

delia cerrano - Returning readers are wonderful. I'm glad you were going to give me more time to try to get you hooked on this story. I can understand why you'd be wary about a twin. I haven't really written it a twin but a sister before so it's a new experience to create a twin from nothing but my own imagination.

Phoenix - Glad you liked it. Here is my update. I've been editing it for a while so apologies for the wait.
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