Bella cooed at the baby in her arms as she sat in Grimmauld Place. The tiny little boy was fast asleep and ignoring her. She had tears in her eyes. She stood and gave the baby to her cousin.

"What is his name?" Cygnus asked, Bella was still overly emotional. Though the child was three weeks old. "we need a name or he wont appear on the tapestry."

"He is Corvus. " Bella said he voice breaking. "Corvus Rodolphus Lestrange. "

"That will do for his legal name." Cysmic Lestrange sighed. "But if you two wish to give him up and join the Dark Lord he will need a different name."

"No!" Bella sobbed, "I've changed my mind!" she grabbed her baby and rocked him. He had woken up and black eyes were looking at her. He looked nothing like his father but just like a Black. "Please revoke the marriage! He isn't the child's father!" she hit her knees sobbing. Her youngest sister Narcissa knelt next to her and took her in her arms. Her own son was only a little older than her nephew. "Please, Uncle!"

"I will allow it." Orion nodded as he watched the usually unemotional Bella break down. "Just tell me though who is the child's father?"

"and don't say Severus Snape." Sirius called from where he was sitting on the couch. It was a Black family meeting the whole family was here. "Don't give me that look you always liked younger men and you fawned over him."

"Severus Snape." Bella sobbed, "It was him. "

There was a collective sigh from the House.

Once the contract was signed no one would no about the marriage everyone would forget. That's how it worked in Pureblood families.

"I have no problem with that." Rodolphus scoffed, "I never wanted to marry Bella in the first place. It was father who set the damn thing up. " he signed, then knelt and held the quill and parchment out for Bella. "Come on, sign it." he was being calm and nice about it. "We made much better friends huh?"

Bella nodded and signed . Once Cysmic , Rodolphus' grandfather and Head of House and Orion signed the memories were wiped.

Severus Snape looked around as he was forced , rather roughly into the House of Black, by Sirius Black and Regulus Black.

"Sirius, I told you we don't have to be rough with him!" Regulus cried. " I could have just asked him to come over we didn't need to kidnap him!"

"You were taking too long!" Sirius snapped back forcing Severus , at wand point, into the sitting room. "Oi, Bella , I got him!"

Bella was too busy cooing at Corvus to care. Said baby was giving her what she had deemed an irritated look.

"Would someone mind explaining why I was just kidnapped on my way to work?" Severus asked straightening his robes. "and tell him to give me my wand back."

"I disarmed you fair and square." Sirius sang smugly.

"Hardly!" Severus growled back. "My back was turned!"

"BOYS!" Orion bellowed they both looked at him defiantly. "Sirius give Mr. Snape his wand back." Sirius huffed but complied. "We have much to talk about, Mr. Snape. The first topic being the baby in Bella's arms."

"I want a DNA test." Severus said instantly. "A blood test."

Several people chuckled and remarked about his brains.

Bella just rocked Corvus Severus Black in her arms and hummed to him after the blood was taken from her son.

"He didn't cry." Severus frowned absently adding his own blood and watching the positive test result ."Why didn't he cry? You prick a baby and it cries."

"This one hasn't cried once." Someone said, "He's a silent baby. "

"Then how do you know when he hungry? How do you know when he needs changed? How do you know when he needs to be held and comforted? "

"He lets you know." Bella answered. "I can just somehow feel it when he needs me."

Severus was stiff as she placed Corvus in his arms.

"Corvus Severus Black meet you're father Severus Snape." Bella cooed at the baby. "Severus your son, Corvus."

Severus stared into eyes that matched his own and fell in love with the tiny creature in his arms. He knew that he would do anything to protect this child. Even give his life.

Severus decided to prove to the Black's that he was worthy of being Corvus' father and showed them that he was in fact next in line to be Lord Prince when his grandfather died. The had then of course let his Grandfather know he was getting married and had a son. His Grandfather had suggested dropping the Snape name all together and taking up the Prince name. But Corvus stayed a Black.

Severus and his new wife were sitting in the waiting room at St. Mungos waiting on Corvus' check up time when two couples came in. Two couples they knew well. Corvus was now 18 months old.

"Severus!" Lily Potter cried in shock. "What are you doing here?"

"I am here for my sons check up, Lily." Severus' eyes tracked the walking 1 year old with curly black hair. "Corvus, no." Corvus turned to his daddy and blinked his big black eyes at him then set the crayon down. He'd been about to draw on the wall. He walked over to his daddy and held his arms up. Severus picked him up and set him in his lap. "Good boy, Corvus."

Bella smiled happily at the two. It was a happy marriage full of love.

"I didn't know you had a son, Snivllius." James Potter said, he was holding a baby the same age. "This is my boy, Harry James Potter."

"Hello, Bellatrix, Hello Severus." the male of the other couple said, "This is our son Neville Frank Longbottom."

"Frank. Alice." Bella said, "This is Corvus Severus Black."

Corvus looked up at his mommy showing that he knew his name.

"Not Snape huh, Snivillus?"

"My last name is no longer Snape." Severus replied, "I have taken my mother's maiden name of Prince." He was still focused on his son. He had to make sure Corvus didn't hurt himself because when Corvus got hurt Corvus never cried. " My family while older and more Ancient then the Black's have agreed to let Corvus take Bella's name."

Corvus was now looking at the two other little creatures like him. One was drawing on the walls the other sitting quietly with a ball. He got down and went to the one with the ball. He sat with his feet touching the boys. He played this game with Sirius. Sure enough the boy rolled the ball to him. It turned black when it reached him. He rolled it back and it turned blue.

The two played happily in silence.

"Oh, look, Severus." Bella laughed, "Little Neville has already figured out what Corvus' favorite game is. " Frank and Alice looked a little pensive and worried. "What a smart boy he must be."

The two relaxed a bit and offered smiles.