Chapter 25: Son of Snape

Professor Severus Snape's Office, Hogwarts...

Draco Malfoy had been standing outside Professor Snape's office for several minutes trying to think of how best to approach the dour Potions Professor. He had not made it a habit of disturbing his uncle when he had been working but he had to know about Sebastian. The junior Malfoy steeled himself and entered the Potions Master's office. Snape had been sitting at his desk reading up on his syllabus when the young wizard arrived. Draco walked up to his uncle's desk just as the older wizard took off his reading glasses and put down his paper work.

"Uncle, I was wondering if I might have a word with you." said Draco. "Wizard to wizard."

Snape raised an eye brow at him. The boy had been a great deal like his father, fairly good looking, arrogant, maybe even a tad pompous, but he had all the sweetness and intellect of his mother and fortunately, Severus' own common sense. If this had been about him getting some witch knocked up he was going to be in for a rude awakening.

"What is it Draco?" asked Snape casually.

Before the young wizard could utter a word, the door to the office had shut and locked itself. He had no doubt that his uncle had placed a silencing charm on it so that they would not be heard. The Potions Master gave his Godson his undivided attention. Obsidian eyes meeting gray in the process. Draco took a breath and considered his words.

"Uncle, I don't think it's fair that you sent Sebastian away for saving Granger." he said meaningfully.

Snape raised an eyebrow in confusion at the younger wizard's words.

"Sebastian?" he asked as if he had heard him wrong.

"Yes Uncle, your son." said Draco a bit confused as to why he had not known of this already. "And speaking of...why didn't you tell anyone about him?"

The Potions Master had been utterly confused at this point. The boy was starting to sound as mad as Lupin.

"Draco, I have no idea what you are talking about." replied Snape evenly.

Draco scoffed.

"Uncle...there is no need for Slytherin tactics...it's only me." he said. "I figured you would be upset when you found us fighting death eaters but I never believed you would be so angry that you'd send your own son away...how could you do that Uncle Sev?...Sebastian is my God brother...I have a right to see him."

Snape looked at Draco for the longest time. The boy seemed to care a great deal for this Sebastian. He considered his next approach if he was going to have any idea of how to answer his Godson who believed he knew what he had been talking about. The Potions Professor did not believe that he had a son, but it could not have been a coincidence that both Lupin and Draco had spoke of the same boy in the same day.

The Potions Professor took a deep breath and leaned closer to Draco from behind his desk.

"Legilimens." he said in nearly a whisper.

In an instant Snape had been transported into Draco's mind where he saw just who the boy Sebastian had been. The Potions Professor had been stunned to see a 17 year old boy with lengthy unkempt raven hair and obsidian eyes walking the corridors with a Slytherin crest on his robes and a green and sliver tie around his neck. He had looked so much like him it was easy to see why everyone thought he might have been the boy's father.

Snape watched as Sebastian took on the death eater McNair and subsequently fell head over heels for the Gryffindor witch Hermione Granger.

Like father like son I guess.

The Potions Master could see the attraction. Hermione Granger was a brilliant young witch and quite beautiful, an interesting prize for any young wizard. Clearly the boy had good taste and he knew how to deal with her cheek and know-it-all demeanor. Snape imagined it must have been quite the turn on for the young wizard.

He had gotten as far as seeing himself arrive during the second battle with McNair when he raised an eye brow in confusion. The boy might not have been able to tell who it truly was but Snape knew in an instant just who the "Potions" Professor had been that arrived.

Lucius.

What the hell is he doing making a polyjuice potion?

Why is he disguised as...me? I'm going kill him.

Professor Snape pulled himself out of Draco's mind and glared at him for a moment in his best I'm-Your-Professor-You-Are-My-Pupil persona.

"It appears that Professor Slughorn had been lacking in his duties as Head of House if you, this Sebastian, Miss Parkinson, and Miss Granger were able to take quite a few liberties in the dungeons." he said narrowing his eyes at his godson.

Draco looked down at his hands.

He had not expected him to go into his mind and see all that.

"As for Sebastian, he accepted the consequences for his actions and they were issued accordingly." continued Snape. "Fair warning, Draco...I hope that you have received your fill in the way of sexual gratification because there is no way in hell any of that is happening on my watch."

Draco nodded.

"I understand sir." he said. "I still don't know why you didn't want him...he was a decent wizard and a lot like you."

Snape sighed.

"Draco this my come as a shock to you but...I knew nothing of Sebastian until recently...and I highly doubt his mother would have told me otherwise." he said thoughtfully. "I am not a man that is particularly liked in the wizarding world...hero worship aside, I do have a great deal of enemies as you well know and perhaps she thought it best to keep this a secret...even from me."

Draco met Snape's gaze.

"Do you honestly believe that I would not have claimed my own son?" asked Snape seemingly surprised by the implication from his godson.

"N-No." replied Draco knowing the older wizard far better than that. "You would have...even with Voldemort around."

Snape nodded.

Perhaps the boy knew a little about him after all.

He had seen how much he thought of him when he witnessed his talks with Sebastian Prince. If this boy had indeed been his son Draco most definitely put in a few good words for him.

Draco got to his feet and headed toward the door when his Godfather stopped him.

"One more thing, Draco." said Snape a low tone.

Draco turned to face Snape who glared at him rather icily from the other end of his desk.

"I would appreciate it if you did not gossip about my personal life to your little friends." he said in a tone matching his glare. "And further more, if I catch you eavesdropping on my conversations again I will not hesitate to hex you, do I make myself clear...Godson?"

Draco nodded obediently.

He had forgotten about telling Sebastian about Snape and his mother's previous relationship. No doubt the wizard was furious that he had even known about them.

"It won't happen again Sir." said Draco meaningfully.

"Good." replied Snape bitterly. "Now...get...out."

Draco took his leave of his Godfather.

Snape turned his attention back to his own thoughts. The boy's memories had brought up some very valid points about this Sebastian boy.

Points that were weighing heavily on him now.

Could it be possible?

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The Corridors, Hogwarts...

Professor Minerva McGonagall had been fuming as she marched down the corridors toward the Slytherin Dungeons. A number of Gryffindor students had been up in arms about how Hermione Granger cost them the house cup because she made a bet with Professor Snape. The Transfigurations Professor was absolutely livid when they explained how Snape had used his shamelessly Slytherin tact to get the better of a student just to have an excuse to finesse the house cup out of Gryffindor's hands.

She caught sight of the Potions Master making his way toward the front doors walking as briskly as she had been.

"SEVERUS SEBASTIAN SNAPE!" she shouted irate. "HOW DARE YOU SWINDLE A STUDENT OUT OF HOUSE POINTS!"

Snape stopped briefly and glanced in her direction.

"Of all the sneaky underhanded..." she began.

"No time to talk Minerva, I have pressing business." replied Snape quickly.

"You have gone too far this time..." she continued in a huff.

Before she could get another word out Snape had darted out the front doors and apparated off the grounds. Professor McGonagall had been even more angry than she had been before she tried to corner him. Y

ou will not get away with this Severus Snape, mark my words.

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Malfoy Manner, Wizarding World...

Irate and with a mind full of questions, Severus Snape landed outside the luxurious estate of Hogwarts Governor Lucius Mathias Malfoy. The Potions Master made his way through the black gates that outlined Malfoy Manor and strode up to the door, his walk brisk and the intent clear on his face. There was only one person who could have known anything about him having a son and the aspect of it seemed so utterly daunting that he did not want to consider it but he needed answers and he needed them fast.

Snape knocked on the front door and had not at all been surprised when a house elf answered it.

The small gray looking creature with long pointed ears and rather unsettling gray eyes peered at him.

"The Snape has arrived Mistress." it said in that broken speech of elves.

Snape glared at the creature as it opened the door wider for him to enter.

"Narcissa!" he called trying to keep a lid on his temper.

Lady Malfoy herself came at the call of her long time friend. She wore a dazzling white evening down with gold swirl patterns that hugged her slender frame in all the right places and wore her hair in her usual loose braid manner. The contrast of her black/blond hair and her out fit had been quite a sight. Her pale skin as smooth as porcelain and her eyes as black as mid-night had been part of the lure when it came to overall beauty. From first glance one might have though her parents clever to have named such a beautiful woman Narcissa as a girl, but this witch had been nothing like her Mythological Greek namesake.

She had brilliance, poise, tact, and a sweetness that had not at all been dampened by the years of strife and isolation. Once Severus had thought her beautiful, like a work of art locked away in some museum in some respects.

"Severus, what a pleasant surprise." said Narcissa sweetly.

"This is not a social call." replied Snape in an icy tone.

Narcissa noted the barely concealed rage behind his eyes.

"Severus, what's the matter?" she asked a touch concerned.

"I am going to ask you a question Narcissa and I require the truth in answer." replied Snape. "In fact, I demand it."

Narcissa raised an eyebrow at this.

"What's Lucius done now?" she asked.

"So far from what I can tell this has nothing to do with him." replied Snape.

"What has Draco done then?" asked Narcissa.

"Aside from Pansy Parkinson, nothing." replied Snape.

"Pansy Parkinson?" asked Narcissa as if scandalized. "You can't be serious!?"

"Oh I most definitely am." replied Snape meeting her eyes. "But, that is not why I am here."

Narcissa looked at him for a moment. She could not think of a single thing that they would have to talk about that would make him so upset.

"W-What is it?" she asked finally.

"D-Did you ever get pregnant during our time together?" asked Snape plainly.

Narcissa looked at him stunned.

"Severus, what brought this on?" she asked utterly confused.

Snape sighed impatiently.

"Just answer the question, Cissy." he replied evenly.

Narcissa blinked for a moment. It had been quite some time since Severus Snape had referred to her as "Cissy".

"No." she said honestly. "Severus, I was never pregnant during our time together."

Her reply had only served to confuse him more.

"At any time during our service to the dark lord did you become pregnant?" he asked with an arched brow.

Narcissa had been stunned that he would even ask that.

"No." she replied honestly.

Snape did not seem at ease with her answers.

"Severus, will you tell me what this is all about?" she asked confused. "You've never brought up those days before."

Snape sighed unsure how to make sense of all this.

"I think it's best if I show you." he replied.

Narcissa barely heard him utter the incantation before she found her mind bombarded with images of a 17 year old raven haired Slytherin in the company of Draco, Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Pansy Parkinson, and Hermione Granger.

She gasped seeing the boy in action.

"S-Severus, he looks just like you did when we attended Hogwarts...only he doesn't lack confidence." she replied. "I can see why you have questions."

Snape pulled out of her mind and turned his attention back to his own thoughts.

"I-I have another stop to make." he said.

Narcissa nodded.

"I wouldn't doubt it." she replied.

Snape walked toward the front door and Lady Malfoy followed.

"I apologize for bringing up ancient history." he said.

Narcissa took hold of one of his hands as he made to walk out the door.

"Severus." she said with her expression growing soft. "If I had, had your child...I would have kept it."

Snape tried not to look at her. It was hard enough to have to bring all this up in the first place. They had parted amicably despite her decision breaking both of their hearts and she found happiness with Lucius. Severus never brought up anything pertaining to what went on between them until today and he had a damn good reason for it.

"I know." he replied in a low tone. "Good-bye Narcissa."

"Good-bye Severus." said Narcissa pleasantly. "Do drop by for dinner some time."

"Will do." had been the last thing Severus Snape said before he walked out the door and disapparated away.

The Potions Master left Malfoy manner with more questions than answers concerning the matter of Sebastian Prince.