Snogging Pox

Road to Recovery

Last Time:

"Of course. Also, to assist Mr. Lupin during those full moon nights I will personally step in to help. Now, please everyone relax and eat ... and don't pester the newlyweds." Lucius added jokingly succeeding in winning over a few students already.

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Severus glared at the cowering muggles, "Mercy? I saw what you did to a child, your own nephew, and you want mercy?!" He pointed his wand at Petunia and Vernon who looked pale, in pain and weak as they tried to crawl away. "I'll let you live."

'Thank you! Thank you!" Petunia cried out, but she paled as Severus waved his wand sending three blue balls of light at them. The balls hit her, Vernon and Dudley, who was trapped in a body bind spell, but it seemingly did nothing. "What did you do?" Her blood turned ice cold in fear when Severus did nothing more than smirk before apparatimg away. "No! Wait! What'd you do?!" She screamed, terrified at what fate awaits her.

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Dobby looked up when Severus returned, "Dobby moved your room and locked the potion lab."

"Why?" Severus asked quite annoyed that the house elf would do something like that. "Who told you to? Harry?"

The elf shook his head frantically, "Dobby did it for the baby!"

"I don't car-" Dobby's words finally sank in and Severus stumbled back in a daze. "How do you ..." Severus let his sentence trail off a little too overwhelmed by his thoughts.

"Dobby just sensed it today! All house elves with good strong bonds with a master can sense when a baby is coming, but Master Severus left before Dobby could tell you. Master has been in school a week so if Dobby just started sensing Master's babies then you're all about a week along. Should Dobby tell Master Harry?"

"Wait ..." Severus desperately tried to get his thoughts collected. "What do you mean babies? Are any of the others pregnant?"

Dobby pondered a moment, "It's a little far for Dobby to tell exactly who, but two others are pregnant. Dobby can't sense Master Harry-"

"What?! Why? When did you last sense him?! I'm going to Hogwarts!" Severus was about to leave when Dobby popped onto his shoulder to stop him.

The small elf clung to the black robes desperately, "Master Severus, please don't go! Percy hasn't ok'd the paperwork for your new identity yet! You can't be seen! Master Harry should be in the training room!" Dobby breathed a sigh of relief when Severus stopped trying to shake him off. "Master Harry disappears when he goes into the training room because of the runes ... that's why Dobby didn't worry like he should have when that monster took him. It was Dobby's fault!" The elf sniffled sadly as he slid off Severus.

"No ... no it's not." Severus said a little unsure how to deal with the emotional elf. "Wasn't there a secret way out of the Chamber of Secrets? The one Draco, Blaise and Greg escaped through?"

Dobby's ears perked and all evidence of the tears vanished making the wizard suspect Dobby was sneaker than he first thought, "Dobby knows where it is!"

"Good. Take me to the hidden path." Severus ordered.

The house elf apparated Severus into the east forest where he found the tunnel opening not far away. Dobby stayed behind knowing very well that the expecting wizards needed some time alone so he waited as Severus descended into the tunnel. The potion master quickly went through the tunnels with the rune lights as a guide and easily found the Chamber. It took no time at all to get up to the room he was looking for.

"Interesting." Severus found the floor of the nearly circular room open unlike how he saw it the last time he saw it. The sounds of fighting drew him down the spiral staircase and he soon found Harry fighting hand to hand with some very complex illusions. He licked his lips as he gazed at Harry's sweaty naked torso.