Hermione Riddle

Chapter 18

Severus and Tom both let out a long sigh, and looked at each other. This was going to be a pain in the arse to explain.

"Draco had to be a little pain in the ass muggle born hater so that we could keep appearances up. Some of the Death Eaters have gone rouge and killed muggles and muggle borns, but we quickly kicked them out, or obliviated them and sent them home to their families. Lucius is a completely different person than he puts on and is one of mine, and Severus' closest friends. I did go a little crazy after making two horcruxes and Severus and Lucius destroyed them. They helped me gain my sanity back. That was an interesting six months." Tom chuckled and Harry and Hermione looked at him quizzically. Severus cut in and continued explaining.

"Tom went after his father for abandoning him and the man starting spouting off awful things about how he had no right even live and so on. Tom let out an outburst of magical rage and killed the man, creating a horcrux, the other, well we are not exactly sure how he created it." Severus sighed and shook his head. "But we destroyed them and made sure there was no mental scarring on his part."

"S,o for the most part, all of this was made up by Dumbledore and you have merely just had to keep up appearances until you can find a way to take the man down? Hermione looked at her father with a single raised eyebrow and Severus chuckled, obviously her time in his classroom and immediate presence was wearing off on her. Harry looked at her then looked at Severus who raised his eyebrow at the boy and he burst out laughing.

"Hermione, you and Severus over here need to quit hanging out so much." He wiped at tear then looked at Hermione who gave him a Snape-worthy glare and he descended into giggles once more.

"Back to business please." Severus motioned to himself and Tom and Harry straightened up, but couldn't quite wipe the smirk off his face. "Now, I am going to explain a couple things then Tom will start drilling you on Occlumency and Legilimency. And I am going to brew the potion you need, I will be able to slip you more once we return, but you must come to me if you think something is off and act as if nothing has changed. Harry you are my son, Sebastian Severus Prince Snape, named after me, and my mother who was of the house of Prince. Sebastian was your mother's father. And Hermione, unfortunately we will have to unseal the records regarding your mother. Now we are not all related, even though you and Hermione adopted each other as siblings. I am assuming you had no knowledge of this?" At Hermione's nod of the head he continued. "It most likely occurred when you two swore something to each other and Lady Magic interveened and claimed you as borther and sister. You are not blood related but related by magics gift and blessing. Therefore, Harry you are not related to Tom and I am not related to Hermione. Does that clear that up some?" They both nodded and grinned at each other.

"I think it happened when Ronald and Harry had a spat in our fourth year and Ronald basically bailed on us. I swore to Harry that he was my brother in everything but blood and I would be with him through everything no matter what." She looked over to Harry and nudged him, causing him to sit up and finish off what she had started.

"I told her she was also my sister in everything but blood and that she was like the sister I never had. I told her that Ron was being a wanker and we would get through it like we always did. Then she hugged me and I thought she or someone sent a stinging hex at me. I didn't know what it was, but I am assuming now that it was Lady Magic giving us her blessing." Harry moved his hand up to scratch at his scar, something he did frequently when he was trying to remember something or deep in thought, only to find nothing there. "What the fuck." He cursed loudly and got up. He whipped his wand out and conjured a mirror. "Holy fuck." He cursed again as he took in his changed features. Hermione was so caught up in everything they were discussing she had not even noticed how different he looked now. And how much like Severus he looked, obviously some of his looks came from his mother as well, but there were noticeable things that came from his father. Hermione stood and conjured a mirror for herself looking at the changes.

"Well at least my hair is lest bushy." She said with a giggle then understood the magnitude of the situation. "How will we be able to go back to Hogwarts when we look so different?" Hermione looked to Severus then to Tom.

"That's a good point, not to mention Dumbledore could probably tell if we just put glamours up, not to mention after a while they would begin to wear off." Harry rubbed his head where his scar used to be and grinned when the area no longer hurt.