Title: The Parturition of Snape
Author name: QuartzQueen
Author email: candieskels@yahoo.com
Category: Romance
Sub Category: Drama
Keywords: snape mpreg
Rating: PG
Spoilers: SS/PS, CoS, PoA, GoF, FB, QTTA, OoTP
Summary: An accident results in a problem that Severus could have
never imagined, and he's the one carrying the burden... literally.
DISCLAIMER: This story is based on characters and situations created
and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited
to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoast Books, and Warner
Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark
infringement is intended. Don't steal my ideas, people.
Author notes: This chapter is really short, but the others are longer.
If mpreg freaks you out, you best not read it. This chapter is called "A
Little Spill".
The next morning, Severus woke later than normal. Getting up at five
AM in the morning is a thing of the past, he told himself lazily
as he dressed for breakfast. Finding his now bloated-looking stomach
seemingly fatter than the night before seemed to comfort him, seeing
as he might get a few weird stares from his fellow staff, as well
as students, today. Climbing the stairs to the first floor definitely
didn't settle his stomach; if possible, it made it rumble more
than it would normally when he was hungry.
As he entered the Great Hall, his eyes ventured to Dumbledore; he
would have to tell him sooner or later. Severus took his normal
seat two down from the Headmaster, and immediately scarfed down
everything on his plate, some from the one next to it as well.
He was so hungry he could eat an owl! But as he reached for a fifth
slice of toast, his stomach rumbled uncontrollably, and his entire
bowl of porridge was spit up onto the table in front of him. At
the retching sound, almost all the teachers stared at him. He smiled
apologetically. But as he made to clean it up, Dumbledore stopped
him.
"
Everything alright, Severus? You ate quite a lot there."
He noticed a glint of something hiding behind Snape's eyes.
"
Is there something you're not telling me, Severus?"
He knew he couldn't hold it from the Headmaster anymore than he could
now fit into his old Hogwarts robes. He led him over to the Entrance
Hall, where no one would overhear them.
"
Sir, I'm pregnant."
Dumbledore looked at him as though this explained a lot.
"
Yes. You certainly look the part."
Severus agreed, and opened up his robes enough to see his now protruding
belly. He looked at Dumbledore fondly.
"
You believe me?"
Dumbledore nodded; "Why would you be lying about something like
this?" he ventured.
Thank god for Dumbledore, he found himself thinking.
"
But you don't wonder how I got this way?" Snape asked wearily.
To Dumbledore, it was an odd question.
"
I had thought it obvious. One of the fertility potions you have been
making for Madam Pomfrey has spilled."
"
Correct, sir."
They looked at each other.
"
May I ask who is the other parent?" Snape considered refusing,
then gave in halfheartedly.
"
Lily Evans-Potter."
"
Ah," said Dumbledore with so much as a twinkle in his eyes.
He agreed to let him on leave in two months.
Later that evening, Severus went up to the hospital wing, back pains
sharper than before, and more urgent. After lying down and confessing
about the pain, Madam Pomfrey gave him a clear concoction, which
made them disappear immediately. Then, after retrieving the blood
sample from her supply cabinet, she ordered him to drink it.
"
What good will this do? Surely the eggs aren't--"
"
Oh no, Severus. The eggs are already inside you growing. This blood
sample will make the eggs DNA half yours and half Lily's, as if they
were conceived the normal way."
He stared at her; the second he had downed the red liquid, somewhere
around his midcalf had started to shake uncontrollably; then it
stopped.
"
All ready, I think. Now Professor, have you told Dumbledore?"
He nodded; it had been hard not to. She sighed, then bustled around
him until hooking him up with some odd contraption that looked
like a mirror. He asked her what it was, and she explained it would
help them see what the babies looked like.
She hooked two fat suckers onto opposite sides of his rounded stomach,
and pushed a big blue button. Two images appeared in the "mirror",
seemingly floating there. One was a boy, the other a girl.
"
Looks to be fraternal," Pomfrey commented.
Severus smiled to himself; those were his babies... and no one was
ever going to hurt them.
*
After his visit to the hospital wind earlier, Severus was in awe
at his stomach, now coming a complete six inches off his normal
size.
And the babies aren't even developed yet! he found himself thinking.
New robes were definitely in order... and maybe a charm or two for
his stomach so no one would notice. After all, term had begun,
and tomorrow classes would too. He could only hope he would remain
unnoticed.
