I can take care of you (under editing)

Chapter 13: ~Dragons and a forest Nymph~

Trigger warnings: mentions of child abuse and rape
~unedited~

The next day Sebastian sat at breakfast his head resting drowsily on Draco's shoulder as his eyes skimmed over the pages of one of Draco's Dragon books at a lightning fast pace. He'd been up practically all night binge reading all of the dragon books Draco owned along with the ones he and Draco had found in the library after tea. But so far there was no inkling on how to stop a dragon from eating you as a light snack. He let out a groan of frustration and smacked his forehead against Draco's shoulder. The blonde frowned and gently pried the book from Sebastian's hands. He put the snake shaped book mark in the page Sebastian had been reading and closed the book placing it on the table. Then he wrapped his arms around Sebastian's waist and pulled him into his lap. "Okay that's enough stressing for now. You didn't go to sleep until four in the morning and you haven't eaten yet. So eat something and rest a little. Thankfully we have double potions first so I can keep an eye on you." Draco said gently as he started spreading blackberry jam on his toast. Sebastian pouted but gave in as he grabbed a bread roll. He tore a small piece off and popped it into his mouth. He knew Draco and his dad would be upset if he only ate a bread roll so he put a kipper on his plate and a poached egg. He ate half the bread roll , three quarters of the kipper and all of the egg. Draco kissed his temple. "I'm proud of you~ you're doing a lot better at meals." He praised. Sebastian purred happily and cuddled into Draco's lap. He took his meal replenishment potion and then closed his eyes , taking a small nap in Draco's arms for the rest of breakfast. Pansy was admiring how adorable the two were. She started thinking of the little project she'd been working on. She couldn't wait to show the couple. After breakfast the slytherin fourth years headed to potions , unfortunately they met up with the Griffindor's with Ron at the head of the group. The red head sneered. "If it isn't snivelling Sebastian Snape." Ron teased. Blaise And Draco Growled protectively. Draco held Sebastian close to his chest and Blaise stood in front of the couple his wand pointed at Weasley's face. "Don't make me hex you Weasley." He threatened in a low voice. Ron took out his own wand and pointed his own wand at Blaise. Hermione grabbed his arm and tried to pull him away. "Ron stop! You can't treat them like that when they haven't done anything!" Ron Growled at her. "Their the Reason Harry's gone Moine! Them and their death eater buddies killed Harry. Since Dumbledore Can't find Harry it's obvious he's dead." He hissed venomously at her. She stared at him tearfully. "You can't just assume their death eaters simply because their slytherins Ron...it isn't fair." She tried to reason with him. She tugged his arm trying to pull him away however his anger only grew. He roared at her and shoved her over. That was the last straw for Sebastian. He could take Ron insulting him and beating him up. But he wouldn't let him hurt Hermione like that. Before Draco could react Sebastian had pulled out of his arms his cat ears pricked up and his tail swishing in aggravation. His pearly white fangs glinted menacingly and his his pupils were slitted , his almond shaped eyes glowed a bright emerald and screamed danger. He pounced on Ron his claw like nails digging into the red heads wrists. Ron had never felt so afraid. Not even of the Acromantula in second year. It was the first time Ron Weasley had ever stared into the eyes of someone who genuinely wanted to kill him. He struggled underneath Sebastian. "Get off me you freak!" He shrieked. Sebastian just hissed at him. "Not so nice being pinned down is it! Do you ever think of how you're actions affect others! Did you think about how I felt when you was breaking my ribs! Do you think about how Hermione feels when you treat her like shit! Do you!?" He yelled in Ron's face. Black and Green magic swirled and crackled in the air. Fred and George who had a free period arrived to look at the scene. They didn't feel the least bit of sympathy for Ron. And after seeing a tearful Hermione on the floor being helped up by Pansy and being asked if she as alright , they figured Ron had done something pretty horrid. Ron glared at his brothers. "Why aren't you helping me!" He screeched at them. "Because you deserve a good beat down after the way you've been treating people. I guess poor little Ron Ron Can't handle the fact that Harry's no longer around for him to milk glory off." George said shrugging nonchalantly. Fred nodded in agreement. Ron struggled and kicked Sebastian in the chest winding him. Sebastian didn't back down though. He lunged for Ron again but was grabbed by Draco. "Baby I know you're insanely pissed off and so am I but I don't want you getting into trouble. He's not worth it." He said softly as he gently brushed his fingers over Sebastian's tail that was currently rigid with anger. Sebastian pupils dilated fully and he slumped. "Fine. I'll let the prat live another day." He mumbled bitterly. Draco sighed in relief holding Sebastian close to him. Ron wasn't finished though. "You're nothing but a coward just like your slimy git of a father!" He didn't realise Severus was at the junction between the corridor. He'd had to deal with someone who'd been messing in one of the storage cupboards and had spilled ink all over their shirt. He'd had to brew a very strong ink removal potion so it could be cleaned. Now he'd gone to teach his potions class to find Weasley insulting him and his very angry son about to lunge for the red heads throat. Draco had started to panic when Ron said that , he knew he couldn't hold back Sebastian who was about to rip Weasley a new one. Thankfully Severus arrived to save the day. "Sebastian it's alright...if Weasley thinks he has the right to insult a teacher then let him. I need someone to scrub the cauldrons. Weasley can do that in detention. 20 points from Griffindor for cheek and verbal abuse." He said snarkily as he sneered At Weasley. He noticed Pansy helping Hermione stand. He raised an eyebrow silently asking for an explanation. "Weasley shoved her over when she grabbed him to stop him hexing Blaise." She explained. Severus sighed. "Another 10 points from Griffindor for attempting to hex a student..." he turned to Hermione. "10 points...to Griffindor , for standing up to a bully and protecting a student from another house..." he replied in his low drawl however there was a hint of warmth. "It's a pity you are let down by your arrogant house mates. If you was in another house you wouldn't have to deal with their idiocy." Hermione was surprised that Snape had awarded her house points. She looked at him in surprise. He rolled his eyes. "Miss Parkinson , take Miss Granger to the Hospital wing. Although she doesn't seem to have any obvious injuries it's best to be safe.." Pansy nodded and gently guided Hermione down the corridor and to the hospital wing. "Everyone else. Stop chattering like infants and get in class." He said sharply and everyone instantly shuffled inside. Ron's face was burning a deep crimson and both Severus and Sebastian smirked. Draco nearly laughed at the resemblance the two had. He and Sebastian partnered up like normal. Sebastian seemed drained after the whole ordeal that just went down. Probably because the adrenaline rush had worn off leaving him feeling heavy and sleepy. So he was more than content to just follow Draco's lead during the potions class. His eyes kept drooping as he tried to dice his mandrake root for the pepper-up potion. "I guess it's good we're brewing a pepper up potion because you look like you need one." Draco said softly putting his hand on Sebastian's back. Sebastian sighed. "Dealing with weasel is mentally and physically taxing...plus I didn't sleep last night. My insomnia really has awful timing." He mumbled. "Maybe you should ask uncle sev if you can go to the infirmary or something." Draco suggested. Sebastian shook his head. "I'm okay Dray don't worry." He reassured the veela boy gently as he put the diced mandrake root in the cauldron and stirred clockwise twice. Draco sighed and kept a close eye on his boyfriend as they continued to brew the potion. The second potion lesson was theory work. As Severus walked around deducting points from people who were talking and messing around he made it a point to stop near Draco and Sebastian. He'd noticed Sebastian looked pale , tired and sickly. He watched over his son as he wrote down the uses of a pepper up potion. When the lesson was over he stopped Sebastian just before he left. Sebastian looked up at his dad confused. "You don't look very well Son..." he said softly he picked up the pepper up potion That Draco and Sebastian had brewed. They'd gotten a perfect score. "I guess I picked the perfect lesson today hm?" He said with a small smile as he handed the potion to Sebastian who drank it quickly. Severus conjured a goblet filled with pumpkin juice for Sebastian to wash it down with. Sebastian gave his dad a thank you hug before running out with Draco for break. They met up with Blaise in the court yard. They were about to head to the infirmary to go see how Pansy and Hermione were when the two girls in question snuck up on them and scared the crap out of the three. Sebastian clung to Draco's shirt his tail tucked against his legs and his ears flattened. Tears filled his eyes and he was shaking. "Oh Sorry Seb I forgot you hate being scared." Pansy apologised as she gave Sebastian a cuddle. Sebastian sniffled and accepted her apology but he continued to cling to Draco like his life depended on it. Draco held him close protectively. Hermione apologised as well. She seemed a little awkward around the slytherins but Pansy was slowly making her feel more comfortable. Sebastian smiled glad that Hermione and Pansy we're getting along. Draco apologised to Hermione for his previous behaviour and Hermione forgave him. "How are things going with the first task? Fred and George said it's Dragons." Hermione asked , fear tinting her voice at the idea of big fire breathing Dragons. "Not good...I have absolutely no idea to avoid getting eaten." Hermione hummed thinking for a second. "You're a good flyer right?" She asked. "Um I guess?" Sebastian replied shyly. "You're just being way too modest. You're an amazing flyer. But how's flying going to help against the dragon that can breathe fire. He'll be cooked alive before he could ever get off the ground. Plus they won't allow him to take his broom with him it would only be allowed if he could conjure it once he's in the arena." Draco said in confusion. "Exactly. If he uses the Accio charm he can bring his broom straight to him." Hermione smiled. "It could work...but I don't know the Accio charm." Sebastian sighed dejectedly. "I'll teach you silly~" Hermione smiled. Sebastian smiled shyly and hugged her. "Thanks Moine~" he then remembered Hermione didn't know he used to be Harry. "Sorry..." he mumbled hiding his face. He heard her suddenly giggle and then hug him. "It's okay I don't mind." Draco smile watching the two. Suddenly Hermione glared at something , they followed her gaze and found Ron , who'd just gotten out of detention , teasing someone. Sebastian recognised that it was Neville. They quickly ran over. Ron had grabbed Neville's Herbology book and was threatening to rip pages out. "If you don't pledge your allegiance to get rid of those nasty death eater slytherins I'm going to destroy your book!" Ron yelled at Neville. Hermione stormed up to Ron and delivered one of her famous right hooks straight to his nose. He reeled back whimpering more than Draco did. "Bloody hell Moine have these Slytherins cast Imperious on you or something!" Rom accused as he held his nose with his free hand. "No they didn't. I punched you because you deserve it Ronald. Your being an idiot and a bully! Now give Neville his book back!" She cried angrily. Ron sneered at her. "Fine if you want to throw away your loyalty to hang with the dungeon bats be my Guest." He tore the pages from the book ripped them up and chucked them on the ground. Hermione was about give punch him again when something unusual happened. Neville glared at Ron sharply. Gusts of wind started to blow the trees and the sun became hotter and brighter. Neville's appearance started to chance. His eyes became pools of pure gold. No pupils , no white sclera just pure glowing gold. His hair became a beautiful shade of Green. His skin was tanned a beautiful pale bronze dotted with freckles. Vines and flowers grew up his arms and intertwined in his hair. And a set of shimmering pale green translucent wings burst from his back. They fluttered delicately In the wind. "Give. Me. My. Book." He commanded angrily. "I'm not scared of a stupid fairy!" Ron yelled. "He's not a fairy , he's a forest nymph Ronald and you should probably start running before Neville impales you with thorns." Hermione warned. Ron gulped and dropped the book before legging it. Neville blinked and changed back to normal before collapsing to his knees tired and dazed. Sebastian kneeled down besides him , Blaise on Neville's other side. Draco and Pansy gathered the ripped up pieces of book parchment and Hermione cast the Reparo charm to fix it before gently handing it back to Neville. "Thank you...but what just happened to me?" He asked softly , his voice tinted with confusion. "I think you just had a creature inheritance Neville." Sebastian said. "Wait you know my name?" Neville asked. "Well my dad's a professor so I know a lot of people's names." Sebastian was glad he had become good at lying from years of pretending he was fine and happy. Neville blinked at him for a few seconds before turning to Hermione. "You said I'm Forest nymph? What exactly is that? I'm not good at Care or magical creatures....or anything really...except Herbology....but I did faint in the mandrake lesson in first year so maybe I'm not good at herbology either..." he rambled. Hermione smiled fondly. "Neville your rambling." The boy flushed in embarrassment. "Oh um sorry..." Hermione shook her head and smiled kindly at him. "It's okay. A forest nymph is nature deity from Greek mythology. So your pretty special Neville , it'd also explain your affinity with plants and nature." Hermione explained. Neville nodded slowly. "Okay...that's a lot to take in." He mumbled feeling very dizzy. He collapsed sideways but Blaise caught hold of him. "I'll take him to infirmary. You guys go help Seb prepare for the trial." They nodded and split ways. Blaise gave Neville a piggy back to the infirmary receiving a few confused looks from onlookers , meanwhile Sebastian , Draco , Hermione and Pansy we're discussing where they should train. They decided the room of requirement was too obvious. Sebastian said they could use the chamber of secrets since only he could open it. Hermione and Pansy looked confused. "How do you know about the chamber secrets and your a parslemouth?" Hermione asked confused. Sebastian panicked. He couldn't really find a way out of this one. He looked at Draco but Draco was just as panicked as he was. There was a lot of people around so he sighed and whispered. "I'll explain later when Blaise is here too okay?
lets just go and set up..." he mumbled. His insides were twisting and turning. The two girls nodded in bewilderment as they followed Sebastian to the chamber of secrets. He hissed in parsletongue and the stone snakes moved revealing the entrance. When they laid eyes on the basilisk skeleton everyone but Sebastian screamed. Draco moved closer to Sebastian and whispered in his ear. "You had to fight THAT?!" Sebastian nodded nuzzling into him. He sighed and transfigured a jar , shrunk down the basilisk fangs and put them in the jar them disposed of the rest of the skeleton. He figured the fangs might come in handy. Sebastian then sent a Patronus to Blaise to let them know where they was and to tell him to yell loudly so they could hear him so Sebastian could let him in. A few minutes they hear Blaise yelling loudly to be let in. Sebastian disappeared for a few minutes and reappeared with not only Blaise but Neville as well. Sebastian decided he could trust Neville with the secret as well. He was shaking with nerves. However he didn't realise he'd left the entrance open and that a trio of people had been tailing Blaise and Neville. Hermione clapped her hands. "Alright now that everyone's here , You need to explain Sebastian." She stated. This sparked confusion from Neville and Blaise but before either of them could voice their confusion , someone else did. "Tell them what exactly?" Everyone turned to look , there stood Destiel , Izora and a very shy Adrien. "How'd you get in here?" Blaise asked. Destiel shrugged. "We followed you here and Sebastian left the entrance open." He said simply. Sebastian face palmed and let out a string of vulgar curse words that Severus would throw a fit over if he ever found out. "And speaking of...Sebastian was about to tell us how he is a parsletongue and how he knew the chamber existed , especially considering it was confidential information that wasn't supposed to leave hogwarts and everyone was sworn to a magical biding oath never to tell anyone outside of hogwarts....so if someone told you it'd be illegal and they'd lose their magic." Everyone turned to Sebastian expectantly making him tremble. He didn't know if he could trust Destiel , Adrien and Izora yet. He wanted to but he was scared. Draco sighed and wrapped a strong , comforting arm around Sebastian. "It's okay....tell them. I think we can trust them. And if it turns out we can't , then they'll all find out what being torn apart by a hurricane feels like. The. Hard. Way." He glared threateningly at everyone in the room his silver eyes glowing like the moon. He then turned back to Sebastian gently urging him to go on. Sebastian took a deep breath and then exhaled. "Okay...I Uh don't know where to start really....the truth is...I'm not Professor Snape's biological son...I'm adopted...and I used to go by the name of...Harry Potter...." he paused to let that information sink in. "Wait...Harry?!" Hermione and Neville both exclaimed. The slytherins stood there awe struck. Pansy then started fangirling. "This means Draco is finally dating Harry. Thank god I never have to hear him whine about how much he wants to snog saint potter again. His pining was killing me." She giggled making Draco choke and flush red and Sebastian giggle softly. However his laughter quickly faded , he knew if he didn't tell them the full truth now he probably never would. He remembered how nice it had felt when people finally knew , like Draco and Severus. He had felt safer because he knew there were people he could turn to when he needed them. So he sighed and continued. "There's more..." that got everyone attention. "More...? What do you mean Ha-I mean Sebastian." Hermione said softly. Sebastian smiled a little at Hermione's conscious effort to use his new name. "I mean...the reason that Professor Snape adopted me...and why I took a new name. It's not easy for me to speak about this but i trust you guys...Everyone knows that I lived with my muggle relatives...and everyone assumes that they worship me for being a wizard...but they didn't. They hated anything that remotely abnormal. Especially magic. They lied about my parents death , told me it was a car crash. They only took me in because they thought the blood wards would protect my cousin Dudley. They didn't care about me and they planned to try and beat the magic out of me. I slept in the Cupboard under the stairs , I was made to do all the chores from the time I could walk. I would cook , clean , garden , do everything for them like I was a slave. I was never allowed to eat at the table , I was given table scraps in an old dog bowl when they saw fit to actually give me any food. If I asked for food I'd be beaten. If I said the word magic i'd be beaten , if I took too long cooking or doing the chores I'd be beaten. If I burnt the food even the slightest bit I'd be beaten. I was beaten for everything. My cousin would breaks things then blame it on me so I'd be punished. If I told them the truth I was accused of lying. If I did any accidental magic my uncle would throw a fit. My aunt wasn't that bad...sometimes she'd sneak me extra food or bandage up my injuries when Uncle Vernon had been particularly rough. They tried to take my Hogwarts letters away from me so Hagrid had to deliver it personally. They gave me Dudley's second bedroom after that because they were scared I would hex them but when they found out I can't do magic outside of school they locked me back up in the cupboard and locked away all my school supplies. My Uncle's abuse got a lot worse...i'd rather not go into detail. Then Hagrid rescued me. Professor snape and Madame Pomfrey healed me and then I went through some weird magical adoption process to make me Snape's son. I also found out that most of the Weasley family and Dumbledore had been embezzling money from my vault and Dumbledore had placed many wards and blocks on me. I changed my name because I don't want to be the golden boy and the saviour and the boy who lived , I just want a childhood. But I guess I can't have that because now I have to enter this stupid tournament and Dumbledick is still trying to look for me so he can manipulate me only to send me back to the Dursley's at the end of the summer so I can be whipped and punched and kicked and chain up by my wrists and have my bones broken and left to sleep in a puddle of my own blood and be r-raped..." he had started to ramble before he had realised it. He stopped realising what he'd just said. Even Draco didn't know about that. "Oh God...Sebastian I'm so sorry you had to go through that. I should of been there for you..." Hermione cried. "It's o-okay Moine...you didn't know.." Sebastian whimpered through his tears. He was shaking and Draco could feel he was close to having a panic attack. "Do you want your dad?" He asked softly receiving a tiny nod. He quickly sent a patronus to Snape , when Severus arrived he saw the group standing look shocked and disgusted. Sebastian was sobbing into Draco's chest and Draco looked like he wanted faint. "What in Salazar's name happened. "Sebastian confessed everything but now he's having a panic attack and he wants you." Draco said gesturing from the group of shocked students back to the terrified Neko in his arms. Severus sighed gently dislodging Sebastian from Draco's arms and picked him up with one hand. He transfigured two long sofa's so everyone could sit. Sebastian latched onto him tightly his face buried into Severus's neck. "Daddy I'm scared...he's scawy...he wanna hit me for 'bein a fweak...am I a fweak?" Sebastian whimpered in broken babble and Severus felt his heart break as did everyone else in that room. "No honey your not a freak. He can't hurt you anymore , he isn't here. Your safe dove...your safe." He spoke in a soft voice few had ever heard from him. Sebastian started to relax and his sobs calmed down. He didn't move from hiding in Severus's robes but he was calmer now and that was good enough for Severus. "Why exactly are we in the chamber of secrets anyway? Someone care to explain..." he drawled. "Hermione was going to teach Sebastian how to use the accio charm so he can accio his broom and get past the dragon trial. I know it's technically against the rules to help the champions but Everyone has probably broken that rule already and Sebastian deserves the help since he was forced into this tournament despite being younger than everyone else." Draco huffed indignantly. Severus shook his head wryly. "I never said you couldn't help Sebastian. Just don't get caught." Sebastian slowly removed his head from Severus's shoulder and wiped away his tears. Severus patted his head and once he was sure Sebastian was okay he bid goodbye to his son before leaving. Hermione clapped her hands and rounded everyone up. They all decided to join Sebastian in learning the Accio charm. They practised with cushions to avoid injuries. They practiced four hours , getting hit in the face with cushions , laughing and teasing each other and cheering and hugging when they were able to do it properly. For once Sebastian flet truly happy , knowing what it was like to have real friends. He feel asleep quickly that night. After sneaking into Draco's bed of course. He tucked himself into Draco's side using the Veela's chest as a pillow. He was tired out from the crying and training. Between the physical and mental exhaustion he was asleep within minutes. The other three people in their dorm room smiled watching them. Blaise , Destiel and Adrien. Adrien was sat on Destiel's bed trading chocolate frog cards with him and Blaise was laying on his back thinking about a certain forest nymph. Eventually Blaise fell asleep as well. Adrien was curled up on Destiel's chest , his eyes fluttered closed a few times before he nodded off his head tucked under Destiel's chin. The other boy smiled playing with the blondes hair until he to fell asleep. Severus nearly laughed when he came to do his rounds and saw that two beds were empty because their occupants had decided to sneak into the beds of others. He shook his head and turned out the light with his wand. He wished life could stay like this. Sebastian being happy with his new friends.