(HP) When Time Isn't Enough

Chapter 19

Ares, Greek God of War

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Saying we were a happy family might have been pushing it, but we loved each other to death. My papa and my daddy adored each other and they both doted on me. They would have done the same for Lils.

Sometimes, I like to think back on how my birth would have happened. The decision to have a child when they were in that position couldn't have been an easy one. I mean, how many couples don't procreate because of money reasons? I wish it was something that simple. No; my parents had a crazy bastard wanting the both of them dead.

It was comforting to know that they wanted me. There was nothing more heart-warming than to know that your parents had gone to such lengths just to bring you into their world. Dad had tried for so long to figure out how that potion would have worked, and had tried so many different combinations that should have worked. I wish I could have seen the happiness on his face when he discovered he had finally worked it all out. It would have been so good to see the look on Papa's face when he told him.

Papa always told me that they knew who my surrogate mother was going to be the moment they met her. He knew straight away that she would be the one to carry the child of him and his loved one.

I like to imagine I was created out of love.

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Scorpius couldn't remember how it happened. At one point, he, his dad and his papa were enjoying their time together, and then they were split up. His papa was taken off to Dumbledore's office to discuss the final step they had planned in the war. It was official. This attack on the Death Eaters would be their last. From what Severus had passed on, the Death Eaters were at their worst yet, and Voldemort's attention would be divided.

He didn't say how or why Voldemort wouldn't be completely focused, though.

He had also brought back with him someone who shocked their system.

Bellatrix Lestrange, tied down to a chair, was positioned in the middle of Albus' office, cursing them all for their attempts on her Lord's life.

Even though Voldemort had betrayed her for a snake, she said nothing that would have endangered him.

"You all will die," she hissed, leering at Remus. "The Dark Lord..."

"Betrayed you? Sold you out for his pregnant snake?" Severus smirked, eyeing Bellatrix. "You were, after all, meant to be his lover, weren't you? It was you who was supposed to provide him with an heir?"

Her eyes narrowed as she glowered at the spy. "Do what you will to me, but I will never betray my Lord's trust in me."

Severus snorted. "He kicked you out for attacking Nagini. He doesn't care about you anymore. He told me to do anything I wanted to do to you..."

"He got his pet snake pregnant?" Harry asked, his brain finally catching up. He hoped to hell that his stomach would never get that information. He was certain the knowledge would surely cause him to empty his stomach. "That's just sick...and impossible..."

"The Dark Lord can do anything he puts his mind to," Bellatrix bragged haughtily.

"Including his snake. That's more than a little bit disgusting."

Her eyes flickered with rage at that. "My Lord found out how to turn her human. It's not as disgusting as you assume." It clearly pained her to say such things.

"Why defend him?" Remus asked, sighing heavily. "Why defend a man who left you for an animal? I know that if my lover ran off with any pet we might have, I'd want to hex his balls off at the least."