Severus and the Dark Lord were sitting in another boring staff meeting. It was almost the end of the year and everyone was working on the end of year exams and getting students ready to take their OWLs and NEWTs. They had almost weekly date nights, not always in Hogsmeade, but they tried to spend some time alone each week. Right now, however, they were a bit worried about what Dumbledore had planned for the end of the year.

The third floor was warded by Dumbledore, but they knew it wouldn't stop Dumbledore and whatever plan he had. They had heard from Neville that Weasley and Granger had been telling him about some stone that Severus was trying to steal. Neville wasn't sure what stone they were talking about but he told the duo he wasn't interested in it.

Draco mentioned that he had heard Weasley and Granger speaking about Nicholas Flamel in the library. Granger had been researching what might be hidden on the third floor. Weasley kept insisting to Granger that Severus was after whatever it was. Draco heard that whatever was hidden was now being protected by Dumbledore.

Sabastian ignored them. Whenever they tried to talk to Sebastian in the library, he would hold his finger up to his mouth and say "shh." If they kept talking to him, he would go and get Miss Prince.

"The examiners will be here next week to start their testing for the OWLs and NEWTs. I have made arrangements for them to stay in the rooms on the fourth floor." Dumbledore's voice droned on.

Severus glanced at the Dark Lord. Dumbledore usually had the examiners stayed on the third floor, since the floor wasn't really used. The wards should prevent anyone from entering the room where Fluffy used to be, but he had a sinking feeling the wards were going to disappear.

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Draco and Neville almost ran to Severus' quarters. Sebastian was studying with the Dark Lord as part of his weekly tutoring. They went to the library to do some reviewing for their upcoming yearly exams. Draco gave the override password and saw Severus sitting at his desk. "Uncle Severus, Granger and Weasley believe that since Dumbledore is gone you are going to go after that stone. They tried to drag Nev to the third floor."

"Draco arrived at Miss Pince's desk as they tried to pull me with them." Neville explained. "They are sure you are going for some stone, and when they saw Draco coming toward us, they warned me not to tell him, as they believe that Draco would warn you." Neville wasn't sure why they wanted him to come, but his grandmother warned him to stay away from Weasley and Granger.

"Stay here. Tina." Severus waited to the elf appeared. "I need to go to the Dark Lord and Bas." Tina would take Sebastian back to his quarters while the Dark Lord and he handled the two dunderheads.

Severus saw Sabastian and the Dark Lord were working on the spells that Sabastian had been assigned earlier in the week for reviewing for the end of the year exams. "Bas, go with Tina back to my quarters. Draco and Neville are there waiting for you."

"Am I bad?" Sebastian looked confused. He could see the worry on Severus' face. "I did my assignments."

"No you haven't done anything bad. I need the Dark Lord to help me with something. We need to prevent an issue on the third floor." Severus knew the Dark Lord would understand. He knew they should have added their own wards, but Dumbledore would have acted like a three year old if he discovered their interference.

"Bas, go. Everything will be fine." The Dark Lord reassured Sebastian. "We will be along shortly."

"Come little one. I will make you hot chocolate." Tina held out her hand. Sebastian grinned as they popped away.

"What happened?" The Dark Lord spelled his classroom back to normal. The training dummy went back into its corner as the desk and chairs returned to their normal positions.

"Granger and Weasley believe I'm after the Stone and heading to the third-floor. They tried to get Neville to join them."

"Dumbledore and his stupid ideas. Let's save the idiots."

The Dark Lord and Severus headed to the third floor and weren't surprised to find the wards removed from the door. They looked around the room, the pillar that Fluffy was attached to was broken, but the others around the room were intact. They entered the room and saw the trap door was up. They looked down and saw Granger and Weasley stuck in the Devil's Snare. "Don't move. We will get you up."

"Dunderheads." Severus muttered as they conjured two long ropes. They tied it off against one of the pillars in the room. Severus dropped the two drops ropes down to Granger and Weasley who were quietly arguing. "Wrap the ropes around your waists and we will pull you up."

The Dark Lord heard a spell and the two lions disappeared. "Idiots. They are going to try and do the maze."

"Tina." Severus summoned the elf.

"Master Professor?"

"Get Minerva McGonagall." Tina popped away. "They won't believe we aren't out to hurt them. Minerva will have to talk some sense into the dunderheads." They pulled up the ropes as they waited.

Minerva was a bit confused when she appeared with Tina in the room. "What is going on? She wouldn't give me an answer."

"Weasley and Granger are down below the Devil's Snare. We tried to pull them up, as you can see, but they didn't believe we would rescue them." Severus explained. Tina popped away, she was going to stay with Sebastian, Draco, and Neville.

"There weren't any wards on the room either." The Dark Lord added.

"I'm going to kill him. Let's go and get my wayward lion cubs." Minerva looked down at the Devil's Snare. "They learned about this during the first term." She was not happy with seeing what was set up to protect the Stone.

"I don't want to burn the plant; the two dunderheads already damaged it a bit." Severus knew Pomona wouldn't want her plant destroyed. The plant was very old.

"Is there a way down to that area of the castle without going through the trap door?" The Dark Lord knew there had to be a way to get around this as he didn't believe Dumbledore would want to go through the Devil's Snare or the rest of the course each time he checked on the Stone.

"Yes, there is a door hidden in a storage alcove. It will take us to where he set up my chessboard." Minerva sighed as Severus closed the trap door. They exited the room, reset the wards and headed to the second floor. Minerva glared at the lack of wards on the door in the storage alcove. "That man, he knows there are students who come into this room." She wasn't going to mention why.

They entered the room and found Granger and Weasley standing on the chessboard. Minerva pulled out her wand "Cease" ending the chess game. She walked to the chessboard. She knelt down. She waved her wand in a figure eight motion as she said "release and reset." The pieces went back to their beginning positions, after the dumped Weasley onto the board.

"Get off of there." Severus ordered. The two lions got off of the chessboard. "You ignored my instructions about using the rope to get you out of Devil's Snare. You damaged the plant when you disobeyed my orders."

"But you were there to steal..." Weasley stopped talking as Granger kicked him in the leg.

"Yes, I planned on stealing it by bringing Professor Quirrell and McGonagall along." Severus wasn't impressed. He wondered how the boy managed to speak and walk at the same time without killing himself.

"The pair of you was warned by me that the Stone wasn't in danger." Minerva wasn't happy. "I told you earlier today that it was protected." She looked at the opened door; she could see the frozen keys lying on the floor. She knew that the keys weren't meant to be that easy to get through.

"They went to you and still did this?" The Dark Lord was thankful they got to them before they could get hurt. He noticed the frozen keys and knew that Severus did too. There was no way the two of them should have gotten through the keys and door that fast. The stage had to be set much lower than it should have been. It was designed for first years to get through the course.

"Yes. The Headmaster is attending a meeting." Minerva pointed to the door they entered. "Go." Once they left the room, Minerva added wards to the door.

The group headed to the Headmaster's office. As they were walking to the main staircase, they saw Dumbledore heading up the stairs. The man was a bit surprised to see them waiting for him. "Headmaster, you are just in time."

"Minerva?"

"We discovered Mr. Weasley and Miss Granger in the area they were forbidden to be in."

"We thought Professor Snape was going to steal the Philosopher's Stone." Granger defended them. She looked at Dumbledore. She looked a bit guilty for accusing her professors, but she thought the stone was in grave danger.

"Yeah, who else would be after it?" Weasley backed up his friend. He believed that because Severus was mean to them that he had to be the thief.

"I see. I'm sure it's a slight misunderstanding, but let's discuss this up in my office." Dumbledore led the way to his office.

Severus and the Dark Lord knew the two were not going to get into trouble for their actions. Severus was willing to be Dumbledore would find a way to give them points.

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"Lemon drops?" Dumbledore asked as he sat down in his chair.

Weasley took one while everyone else declined. Severus moved to stand in his usual corner by the bookcase. Granger and Weasley took the two chairs in front of Dumbledore's desk, while Minerva summoned two for her and the Dark Lord.

"Now, Hermione why don't you explain what happened tonight?" Dumbledore ran his hands down his beard. Severus wondered if the man did it to get the sugar off of his fingers.

"Yes, Sir, we knew you were gone and we knew the Stone was in danger. We went to Professor McGonagall, but she didn't believe us." Granger paused as she looked at the disapproving frown on Minerva's face. "We knew that the Stone was originally at Gringotts, and when Hagrid went to get it, it was the same day that Gringotts was broken into. Someone just had to be after the stone. Hagrid mentioned getting it for you."

"Hagrid mentioned Nicholas Flamel, and on your Chocolate Frog card is how you worked with Nicholas Flamel and he crafted the Philosopher's Stone." Weasley added. "Potter is always showing his cards to Longbottom and Malfoy, we heard him reading it to them."

Severus could hear the bitterness in Weasley's voice that he wasn't friends with his son. He didn't bother to even try to correct the name. He knew it was a worthless endeavor as Dumbledore still called his son Harry Potter. He would have to find a way to give the pair a detention for trying to drag Sebastian and Neville into this adventure.

"Yes and since it's almost the end of the year, we figured that someone had to be after it. The troll was released for a reason." Granger explained their reasoning. "So we put it together and since you were gone tonight, we figured that Professor Snape must be going after the stone tonight. We had seen him up by the third floor numerous times."

"Yes, as I was patrolling and checking the wards." Severus knew that Dumbledore used Hagrid to get the information out. Everyone knew that Hagrid couldn't keep a secret. He started making a list of potions to use on Dumbledore. He knew the man wanted either his son or Neville to go with the idiotic duo to get the stone.

"Professor Snape would never steal." Dumbledore held up his hand as Minerva and the Dark Lord were about to add their own defense of Severus. "Since no one was hurt…"

"You mean besides the poor Devil's Snare." Severus added. "Professor Stout isn't going to be happy."

"Oh dear, she won't. Well, Hermione and Ron, you will serve your detention with Professor Stout. I will inform her. I will remove ten points from Gryffindor." Dumbledore gave them his grandfather smile. "I will speak to her about the plant, too."

"That is all?" The Dark Lord was a bit surprised.

"Two nights of detention is enough, they weren't harming anyone. A little adventure is all." Dumbledore reasoned.

Severus and the Dark Lord knew they wouldn't be able to talk Dumbledore into a harsher punishment just as they knew Minerva would accept whatever Dumbledore decided.

"No one was hurt because we stopped them. They were on my chessboard and from their positions at least one of them would have been hurt in order to continue."

Severus was a bit surprised; he didn't think Minerva would have supported their view point. "This was after they ignored our attempt to get them before they hurt the Devil's Snare."

"I believe the two nights are plenty. They have learned their lessons." Dumbledore dismissed what Severus was saying. "It's almost curfew, why don't you head to your dorm, Hermione and Ron."

"Yes, Sir." The two lions rose and headed out of the office.

Once they were gone, Dumbledore gave his staff a smile. "The stone is safe and that is all that matters."

Severus and the Dark Lord didn't respond, as Minerva huffed.

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The Dark Lord waited until the three boys left Severus' quarters. They were going to be sleeping in their dorm room. "I think we need to get that stone."

"I agree. I think he has plans for it, even if the two idiots didn't make it to stone." Severus knew the Dark Lord was right. He was willing to be that Dumbledore was going to claim the stone was destroyed. The Mirror had already been reported stolen, even though Severus and the Dark Lord had seen Dumbledore moving it from the fourth floor.

"We can't do it tonight; he is going to want to check on the stone." The Dark Lord smirked. "We need to review the memory of Minerva creating the wards and the reset on the chessboard. We go through the storage door."

"I agree. I'm sure Mr. Flamel would like his stone returned." Severus wasn't sure who owned the Mirror of Erised, but knew it wasn't Dumbledore's and didn't belong to Hogwarts. "We need to find out who owns the Mirror of Erised."

"I already know. It's part of the Peverell family treasures. He had to have taken it out before you took custody of Sebastian."

"I only checked the Potter list." Severus had been delayed looking into the other vaults that belonged to his son. "I had the goblins send me the statements, but I didn't see anything unauthorized being removed."

"We can check over the summer on all of the different titles or even vaults left to him." The Dark Lord made it part of his to-do list. "Just a few more weeks and we get a break from Dumbledore."

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Severus and the Dark Lord stood in front of the Mirror. "This is pathetic. I would have expected him to add protection to it after we stopped the duo from doing this."

"I thought he would have too. He removed my potion area. It was to be before the entrance into this last room. There aren't even any wards around any of the rooms." Severus had tested to see if there was anything protecting the Mirror. He had felt the stone in his pocket. "There isn't anything protecting the mirror."

The Dark Lord smirked. "I say we move it and put it under a Fidelius Charms that I can do in parsel."

"Dumbledore is going to have a lot of explaining to do." Severus and the Dark Lord had already provided Lucius and Lady Longbottom with their memories from the night the Idiotic Duo tried to do the course. They were going to send the stone back to the Flamels with a copy of the memories.

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Sebastian sat down next to Severus on the couch. Severus had been reading. The students were leaving in a week for the summer holiday. They would be leaving a week after that. Severus had already created the schedule for cleaning up his classroom and the potion labs.

"Bat?" Sebastian had Chaos in his lap, petting him, for comfort.

"Yes?" Severus could hear the worry in Sebastian's voice. The duo hadn't been bothering anyone, but that didn't mean that he trusted them.

"When do I go back to Auntie's?"

"You aren't going back there, ever. You live with me, remember?" Severus hadn't expected that question. He was a bit surprised as he thought Sebastian knew he wasn't going anyplace. The muggles were released after Dumbledore got them off in Wizengamot.

According to Dumbledore the muggles couldn't see Azkaban and therefore couldn't serve time there. Dumbledore used the Statute of Secrecy to prevent them from being charged by the muggles. It didn't mean that the Dark Lord and he weren't going to find a way to punish them. Lucius had tried to prevent it, but Dumbledore had his supporters all primed and ready for his motion.

"Not just when in school, Bat?" Sebastian looked up at Severus' face. His face was full of hope.

"No, it's not just during the school year but all the time. You are my son, you won't be going anywhere without me. We will be staying at my home, and visiting Draco at the Manor. The Dark Lord will visit us."

"Oh, Weasel told me I was going to be staying with him for two weeks after I went to my Auntie's. I don't want to go to either place. I don't want to visit Weasel, he is mean to me." Sebastian leaned a bit into Severus.

"You won't be, I promise. Remember we are family. A family we selected to create and no one is going to separate us." Severus wanted to kill Dumbledore. He knew it was Dumbledore who had to tell Molly Weasley that information and Molly passed it to her son. "Why do you think I would allow you to return there?"

"Weasel and Mouthy said that you work for the Headmaster and had to obey him, just like we are to obey him. They kept telling me I need to obey the Headmaster." Sebastian didn't lift his head. "They keep telling me things about the Headmaster when they sit behind me in class."

"The Headmaster has no say where you are going for your summer holiday. He can't do anything about you coming home with me. You're my son. Remember what I said about the two lions?"

"Yes, they are dunderheads and I shouldn't listen to them."

"Exactly, they can say whatever they want. They have the right to say what they want, but it doesn't make it true. Now, why don't you go and get ready for bed, you have to a tutoring session with Professor Flitwick tomorrow. He is going to give you some extra work for over the summer."

The staff agreed to give Sebastian extra work to help him keep up with the rest of his year mates. Some of it would enable Sebastian to keep the skills he already learned intact but also would help establish some building blockers for later.

"Draco and Neville can visit, right? When we go home?" Sebastian stood up, leaving Chaos hanging from his arms. The cat didn't seem to mind as long as he was secure.

"Yes, they will be visiting as you will visit them." Severus wasn't going to allow Sebastian to spend the night unless he was there. He didn't think that Sebastian was ready for that.

"Good. Pair comes with us?"

"Yes, you know he will join us." Severus knew the Dark Lord was going to set up a permanent glamour for when he was at Hogwarts, but during the summer holiday he would be himself. Lucius and Narcissa had already gathered the required ingredients for the ritual that would be used to return the Dark Lord to his original body.

"Chaos is coming too?"

"Yes, everyone and everything is coming with us. I wouldn't leave Chaos behind." Severus reassured Sebastian. He was preparing himself for the upcoming fight he knew Dumbledore was going to give him. He bet Dumbledore was going to try those Blood Wards for protection.

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"Albus, you wanted to see me?" Severus had been busy making sure all his snakes had everything packed for tomorrow. He didn't want his snakes to wait until the last minutes to get their belongings together. The train wouldn't wait for anyone.

"Yes, Severus, please take a seat." Dumbledore smiled at Severus. "I am sure you are aware of why I had Harry remain at his relatives."

"Sebastian." Severus corrected. "His name is Sebastian Snape." He was going to kill the old man, the only reason why he wasn't cursing the man was because the portraits would be witnesses.

Dumbledore ignored what Severus said and continued "he needs to return to his relatives' house. It's for his protection as well as his relatives'."

"No. Sebastian is not returning to that house, ever. You know what they did to him. He is my son. You also know I did a blood adoption on him, so therefore, he is of my blood."

"Severus, you know Voldemort will return. We must do what we can to protect Harry and his family."

Severus almost growled. "No, my son isn't going to that house ever. You have no say in where he goes; you are not his magical guardian. I'm his father; he will come home with me."

"Severus, you are going to endanger his family."

"No, you endangered them by allowing them to escape their punishment. My son is going to remain with me, that is the end of the discussion, Albus."

"Severus, you know..."

"Don't even say the name." Severus warned. While the name no longer hurt, he wasn't going to tell Dumbledore that information.

"He will return. We must protect Harry to the very best of our abilities." Dumbledore's eyes started twinkling.

"No, and you better tell Mr. Weasley that my son isn't going to visit him or remain at the Burrow for any time period." Severus rose from his chair. "Leave my son out of your plots. I already warned you about bringing my son into your plans."

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"Bat, I don't want to ride the train." Sebastian had his stuffed bat in his hand. He had climb into Severus bed late last night and the alarm clock had woken them up. Chaos was sleeping by Severus' feet.

"Why?" Severus knew that Sebastian had never ridden the train so he wasn't sure why Sebastian was objecting to riding it. He was still lying on his back; Sebastian was curled into his side.

"All the students will be on train. It will be loud, crowded, and no place to run from the mean Weasel and Mouthy." Sebastian looked at him. "You and Pair won't be there either."

Severus gave Sebastian a kiss on the tip of his nose. "That is true and it's a good thing I already made arrangements for you not to take the train. You will get to spend some time with Madam Pomfrey as we attend the staff meeting. After that, the Dark Lord is going to take us out to lunch."

"We get some Frogs?"

"Yes, since you have been very good, I believe we can arrange that. Now, let's get up." Severus threw back the blankets. "Your fresh clothes are ready for you in the bathroom, like normal."

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The Dark Lord was about to fall asleep as he listened to Dumbledore drone on about nothing. He knew he wasn't the only one. Severus was sitting next to him and giving Dumbledore his death glare, which everyone saw. Dumbledore hadn't directed anything at Severus as if sensing the man would curse him.

Sebastian was on the floor, coloring in his coloring book, over in the corner. Severus hadn't let Sebastian out of his sight since Dumbledore had wanted to have Sebastian go to the Dursleys. Sebastian didn't want to be away from Severus. The Dark Lord figured that once they were out of Hogwarts both of his favorite humans would be back to normal.

The staff was ready to leave Hogwarts for their summer holiday. All the classrooms were cleaned, the exams were graded, and the dorms were cleaned and ready to be prep for the return of the students in six weeks. Poppy even had the beds cleaned and a fully stocked medicine cabinet for emergencies over the summer. Severus had even brewed some potions that had a longer shelf life for her to have a steady supply of them.

Dumbledore had brought the Weasley family to Hogwarts three weeks ago, as a way to try and get Sebastian to play with Ron and Ginny Weasley. Ron and Ginny weren't in the room as Molly had told them it was for adults, and even tried to get Sebastian from entering the room for the meeting.

"Albus, we would like to go home. There isn't anything left to discuss." Minerva put her tea cup down. "We have even submitted our next year's lesson plans." Minerva ignored the plate of snacks that Molly Weasley set on the table. "I want to see my grandchildren sometime this summer."

Everyone was very good at ignoring Molly Weasley's presence. The woman had been driving them all slowly crazy with her always trying to get her two youngest to be friends with Sebastian. Molly was making the extra time even worse with all her comments about what Sebastian should do and how he should act. She had even tried to get her two kids into the tutoring lessons that Sebastian had.

Since they had been stuck at Hogwarts for two extra weeks trying to meet Dumbledore's demands, they were all short on their tempers. Everyone was at the end of the tether and wanted to leave. Molly presence was making it worse for everyone. The woman believed she was right about her children and how to handle Sebastian. She even insisted that everyone call Sebastian, Harry.

"Why doesn't Harry join my Ronnie and Ginny out on the Quidditch field? I'm sure he doesn't want to continue listening to the adults discuss Hogwarts." Molly put another biscuit on Dumbledore's plate.

"No." Severus stated. "My son's name is Sebastian, use that name." Severus already added a few potions to Molly's tea and he knew Tina added things to her food, as well as adding things to Dumbledore's food and tea.

"I'm sure it will be fine. Harry and my children will get along just fine." Molly bent down and closed the coloring book that Sebastian was coloring in.

Sebastian frowned, he didn't like the woman, but didn't say anything to her as he stood up and walked to Severus. "Bat, you said no more flying." He still had one of his crayons in his hand. "She took my book." He pointed to Molly. "Isn't she too old to be taken things that don't belong to her?" He quietly whispered. "She not bright, keeps calling me Harry."

Severus had to agree with his son, Molly wasn't very bright. "Don't worry; you don't have to go flying. You will get your book back." Severus lifted Sebastian and settled him on his lap. "Are we done?" He felt the Dark Lord squeeze his hand. Severus was close to losing his temper with Molly Weasley. She had been bossing her son around since she arrived with her kids.

"Yes." Minerva held up her hand when Dumbledore went to continue. "No more Albus. You have kept us longer than necessary for no reason. All of us want to go home and see our families. You have guests here; you need to take care of their needs. It's not up to Sebastian to entertain your guests' children."

Severus stood up, shifting Sebastian so that he settled on his right hip. The Dark Lord gathered Sebastian's coloring book and the rest of Sebastian's crayons. "I'm heading to home tonight. I'll see everyone in six weeks."

The Dark Lord and the rest of the staff added their agreement. No one wanted to remain at Hogwarts any longer. They all had vacation plans and wanted to actually have time to enjoy them. They also didn't want to listen to Molly Weasley dictate their lives.

"Bat, we go home? We get to see Uncle Lucy and Aunt Cissy?" Sebastian once they were out of the staff room.

"Yes, we are all packed and we are going to apparate home." Severus saw the Dark Lord waited until everyone was out of the staff room except for Molly and Dumbledore. He wondered what the man was doing as he saw him cast a few spells. He arched a brow as the Dark Lord finally joined them.

"Simple eavesdropping charm with a prank on each of them, I don't trust them. They had to keep us here for a reason. I hope the pranks won't be blamed on the twins." The Dark Lord wasn't happy; he had missed a few dates because of Dumbledore and Molly Weasley. They also had to delay the ritual to get his body back because they missed the full moon.

"Let's get out of here." Severus didn't want to be delayed any longer. He was liable to kill Molly or Dumbledore if they stayed any longer. "I can't take any more dunderheads."