Harry rushed out of the Headmaster's office, tears of anger and frustration flowing down his cheeks. He could hear voices calling him back, but chose to ignore them. He was furious and deeply hurt by the attitudes and actions of his most trusted friends. None of them were listening to him. Even the Headmaster refused to believe the truth.

The last few weeks had been a constant stream of angry people and screams. Howlers were still arriving at the school and Sirius was still in the infirmary. Harry sniffed again and ran faster. Sirius had gone on a rampage two days earlier that had ended up with him being hexed by both Remus and Snape just to calm him down. Not that either man had come out of the confrontation unharmed. Remus had had to take a potion to regrow the bones in one leg and Snape had to have several tentacles removed from his face.

Harry wasn't too surprised by Sirius' reaction. After all, he really didn't know his godfather, despite their start. Not long after the death of Cedric Diggory, Sirius had been sent away on missions for the Order and they had barely any time to spend with one another. They were trying to get closer now that Voldemort was dead, but now he was certain Sirius would never speak to him again.

Then there was Ron and Mione. His two best friends. If anyone was going to believe him, he had thought it would be those two. He had found that that wasn't the case. Mione wanted to believe it was a case of Snape taking advantage of Harry. While Ron was just glad that Harry had finally gotten laid. Neither wanted to hear that nothing had happened and that Harry was still a virgin.

The Professors and the Minister also refused to believe the truth and Mr. Weasley was actually talking about charging Snape with a crime. Hagrid, however, had gone one step further. Bellowing at the top of his lungs that Severus had gotten Harry in a bad way and insisting that Severus do the right thing and marry Harry.

Harry leaned against the wall and sobbed. No one would believe that he hadn't had sex with Snape. Two weeks earlier, Snape had been tutoring Harry in Potions. He had gotten behind after he killed Voldemort and had been in a coma for three weeks from the drain of the curse he had used against the Dark Lord. Snape had been distracted by something, and to both their surprise the potion he had been working on exploded and got over both of them.

Harry had fallen on the Potion's Master and the potion had reacted in the complete opposite of the way it was suppose to. Now Harry was pregnant and the Wizarding world was certain that Harry had had sex with Snape. No matter what Harry said or did no one believed him when he told them about the potion. So, he was pregnant and, as of half an hour ago, married to Snape.

"Well, this is a surprise. What are you doing in Slytherin territory, Potter? Come to cause more trouble?" Pansy asked as she, Draco and several other Slytherins stopped in front of the smaller boy.

They were surprised when he looked up and they could see tears in sad, defeated eyes. "They made us marry," Harry said tonelessly.

Draco gaped at him in surprise and shock. "You're married to Snape?" Draco had to bite back a cry of rage when Harry nodded. He would never have a chance with the dark haired boy now.

Pansy looked at Harry and tried to work up her dislike of the Gryffindor, but couldn't do it. He looked so tired and so drawn. "What happened?" she asked gently. She was actually worried about Harry. After all, male pregnancies were unpredictable enough, but add all this stress and there was no telling what it might do to the powerful wizard.

"Ron tricked me," Harry said sadly.

\\Flashback//

"Harry, I'm sorry about the way I've been treating this whole thing. So's the Headmaster. He wants to speak to you in his office." Ron smiled engagingly at his friend and watched as Harry smiled shyly in return.

A pang of guilt went through the red headed boy, but he pushed it away. This was for the best. His friend needed the protection that marriage would provide and while he didn't like Snape, he didn't hate him either.

A lot had changed in the last few years and he had grown up. Along the way he had seen that his formidable teacher was on the right side. He was still a git, but then most people thought Ron was a git as well.

The War had changed Harry as well and not for the better. He was quieter and even more shy than he had been when he first came to Hogwarts so many years earlier. Hermione was appalled by the fact that Harry was pregnant by a teacher, but Ron was just happy that Harry was living.

He was beginning to doubt that Hermione and his father were right, though. Harry never lied to him about really major things. And this was a pretty major thing. No, Ron thought, I can't think about that. Harry was just lying to protect Snape. It was better this way; Harry would be safe and they would be married.

Keeping up a stream of inane talk Ron led the unsuspecting Harry to Dumbledore's office. They quickly reached the office and Ron gave the password to the gargoyle. Together they stepped on to the staircase and let it take them to the top.

Harry was a little wary as they came into the office and he saw how many people were there. Professor Dumbledore, Snape and McGonnagal were all there as well as a seated Sirius, who was glaring at Snape for all he was worth. Remus, Hermione, Hagrid, Arthur and Molly Weasley were there, as well as Lucius Malfoy. He had turned out to be a spy for the Order and a man of great personal integrity. He had saved Harry's life during the last battle and had made it possible for him to kill Voldemort.

"Harry, Ron come in." Harry walked in and found himself being gently herded to stand beside Snape. Dumbledore smiled at the pair before quickly pulling his wand and binding them together. Harry gasped and looked at his mentor with fear and confusion.

"By the Order of Merlin and the statute of binding, I, Albus Dumbledore, do declare Severus Snape, heir to Snape Manor and Harry James Potter, heir to Gryffindor and Potter Manor's souls bound forever and more." Then muttering several charms and casting them quickly on the stunned pair he released the bindings and stepped away from the pair.

"What have you done?" Harry asked tremulously.

"We are married!" Snape spat out.

"So, we'll get a divorce!" Harry cried panicked.

"Divorce is against the law in the Wizarding world," Snape spat out.

Harry paled even further and looked at his mentor and those he considered friends. "Why?"

"Because you slept with Snape and he got you knocked up," Sirius spat out.

"I DIDN'T SLEEP WITH SNAPE!" Harry screamed angrily.

"You don't need to lie any longer, Harry. As your husband, Severus is immune to prosecution," Albus told the distraught boy gently.

Harry screamed in frustration. "I'M NOT LYING! I DIDN'T SLEEP WITH HIM! I'VE NEVER SLEPT WITH ANYONE!"

They all stared at him in stunned silence. With a muffled sob, Harry spun on his heel and ran from the room, ignoring the calls for him to stop.

\\End Of Flashback//

Draco couldn't believe that they had actually done this to Harry. Wasn't it enough that they had destroyed his life? Pansy looked over at Draco with worry. She and the other Slytherins knew exactly how Draco felt about Harry. However, her main concern now was Harry. "Perhaps you should go get your godfather, Draco. I'll take Harry to the common room." Draco looked at her for a moment, then nodded.

Blaise Zambini stepped up beside the other girl and helped her lead the exhausted and dazed Gryffindor to their common room. "Gregory, go with them. Protect Harry. He's not really in the condition to do it himself," Draco ordered. Gregory nodded and followed the three away.

Draco and Vincent headed up the stairway to look for Snape. As they reached the entrance to the dungeons Severus and Lucius came rushing down the stairs.

"Severus, you can't remain here. The boy has finished his schooling and there are only a couple of days left. Take the boy and run. Go back to Snape Manor and visit your family. Call on the boy's relatives that are living and let them finally come to meet the boy. Get to know your husband," Lucius urged.

"I cannot believe that they have done this! The boy has been emotionally fragile since killing Voldemort. Now, because of my inattention, he's pregnant and married to a man he barely tolerates. There is also the fact that we must cement the bond before the night is through. All Poppy had to do was a bloody test and it would have proved that we had never had sex. Instead they marry us. I have to find the boy," Severus ranted.

"He's in our common room. We found him crying in the dungeons," Draco said, catching their attention.

Severus and Lucius looked down at Draco, and they could see the sadness and anger in the boy's eyes. Lucius sighed sadly. He had known this would be hard on his son. Draco had confessed his feelings about Harry not long before it came out that Harry was pregnant by Severus. He had wanted his father's permission to court the young Gryffindor. Now that would never come to be. Not unless Severus accepted Draco into his bed and marriage. Lucius felt that such a thing was a long shot at best.

"Let's go," Severus said gently. It would have shocked those who thought they knew the Potions master to see him show such care to Draco. Like Lucius, he knew of Draco's feelings for Harry.

When they reached the common room, Harry was still looking weary and exhausted. Though he also had a bemused look on his face as Pansy was using a wet cloth to gently wash his flushed face. She brushed his hair off his brow and placed the cool cloth on his forehead. "Thank you for being nice to me," Harry told her softly, before his eyes closed and he slipped into sleep.

Pansy stood and paced away from Harry angrily. Placing a muting charm around the sleeping boy she began to rant. "How dare they say Slytherins are dirty and underhanded. At least we know to check for bloody evidence and we don't turn on our own. Morons! They're all a bunch of morons. Miss high and mighty Hermione Granger doesn't even stand by her friend," Pansy raged.

Gregory pulled her into his arms and just stroked her back until she calmed somewhat. This was a side to the Slytherins that no one ever saw. No one, that is, but their fellow Slytherins.

"Pansy," Draco called. The girl turned to face them and smiled shyly at her Head of House and Mr. Malfoy.

"I'm sorry, sir, but my uncle nearly died from stress after he became pregnant last year. It has to be even more dangerous for Potter, with him being so much more powerful and this being a magical pregnancy," Pansy said sheepishly.

"I understand, Miss Parkinson. I agree with all that you said. It seems deplorable that the only ones who seem to be worried about the stress that the boy is being put through are those he dislikes," Lucius said sadly. The others could only nod in agreement.

They were all startled when Dobby suddenly popped into view. When he saw Severus he let out a cry. "Master Severus, you must be getting Harry Potter away from here! Minister Fudge is being here! He's demanding the Headmaster bring him Harry Potter! Minister Fudge is trying to take Harry Potter's baby from him!" Dobby was sobbing.

Lucius snarled and Severus swore. "Dobby, go get all of Potter's belongings and take them to my rooms. Parkinson, you and Goyle go to the Headmaster's office. Tell him that I need help searching the forest, that I saw Harry run in there. Lucius, I need you to start a fire while I pack up all of my things. I want out of Hogwarts and fully merged to Harry before that idiot Fudge gets near Harry and gets himself killed. While I would be happy to see the idiot dead I would hate for Harry to have to kill anyone else. Go!" Severus cried as he moved swiftly to the sleeping boy. Lifting him carefully, Severus spun on his heel and hurried away to the hidden corridor between his rooms and the common room. Draco, Lucius, Blaise Zabini and Vincent Crabbe followed behind him while the others hurried to carry out Snape's orders.

Fudge was a fool, but a dangerous one. Lately, he had been going on about reinstating an ancient law that dated back to the time of Merlin himself, and that Merlin had had overturned. It would have made Harry and any child he bore the property of the Ministry and therefore ensure the future protection of the Wizarding world. So far he had gotten nowhere with the proposal, and had in fact been degraded over the idea.

It seemed he wasn't going to wait for the law to be reinstated; he was just going to take what he wanted. Severus had no intention of letting anyone take his husband or his child from him.

An hour later, all of Severus and Harry's possessions had been packed up and shrunk to fit into Severus' pocket, while Hedwig had been sent ahead to the Snape family owlery. Lucius had made a unauthorized port key, and with one final look around, Severus held out the hand not cradling Harry to him; after the box dropped in his hand, with a nod he and Harry disappeared from Hogwarts. More than likely neither of them would ever return.

"Sev?" a sweet female voice called as they reappeared in the main salon of the Snape Family Manor. Severus stood up from where he had landed, having decided to sit on the floor so there would be no chance of falling and hurting Harry or their child.

"Hello Talia," he said, greeting his younger sister.

Talia smiled in delight and surprise at the sight of her big brother. She raised an eyebrow when he stood and revealed the boy in his arms. "Who's that?" another asked from beside her.

"This is my husband, Harry Potter-Snape," Severus told his mother baldly.

"What?" his father bellowed in shock. His bellow jarred Harry awake and the boy struggled for a few minutes in Severus' hold.

"Easy, Harry, you're safe. No one will harm you," Severus said soothingly, calming the boy down until he lay quietly in the older man's arms. Harry was too exhausted to realize they were no longer at Hogwarts. He was reassured that he was safe and with someone he could trust. Knowing this he fell back into an exhausted slumber.

"Severus, what is going on?" Sergio asked his son.

Severus rubbed his forehead then went over to the nearest chair. Sitting down he shifted Harry so that he would be more comfortable. Then he looked at his surrounding family. Both the Snape and the Malfoy side had come closer to the small sitting area. "Harry is pregnant with my child-"

"WHAT?!" His father bellowed again. This caused Harry to jerk awake again and he nearly fell out of Severus' arms.

"I'm sorry Uncle Vernon! Please don't hit me!" Harry cried confused, before he realized who held him. Blinking in surprise and confusion for several moments, then he realized that he was in Snape's arms.

Snape was trying not to growl in rage. In those few moments of confusion Harry had confirmed what he had begun to suspect for the last few years. During the war, Severus and Lucius had become close to Harry. He had learned quiet lessons from the two Slytherins, and their ideas about him had changed. Both he and Lucius had begun to suspect that the boy had been abused. Now he knew it for a fact.

Remus and Sirius thought that they had scared the Muggles into caring for Harry better. All they had done was make Harry work harder to hide the abuse.

Sergio was also upset by the young wizard's reaction to his raised voice. He felt guilty for waking the boy. It was obvious that he needed sleep.

Harry looked at his new husband. "Where are we?" he asked in a husky voice.

"We are at my family home. We left because Fudge showed up," Severus told him before he could ask. Harry snarled and his green eyes flashed with rage. Those around him raised an eyebrow at the power that danced crossed their skin.

"What did that overblown flubberworm want?" he growled.

Severus had to bite back a grin. Harry's hatred of Fudge was well known, and though the Minister knew how dangerous Harry was, he only went by what he saw. What he saw was a fragile child. Harry had not grown beyond the growth spurt he had had at fifteen. So he was still short. He also had an elfin-like appearance that made him seem even more fragile than he was. It was shocking to those who only knew Harry as the saviour of the Wizarding world. Often times he was discounted as not a threat.

It was the one thing that made him even more dangerous. There was a reason why Voldemort went from only fearing Albus Dumbledore to fearing Harry Potter as well.

"He had come to seize you and our child," Severus told him truthfully. Harry began to tremble with rage and he had to take several deep breaths to keep from losing control of himself.

Since the battle with Voldemort his magic had seemingly doubled. Now he had to be careful not to lose his temper too badly or he did wandless magic the way he had as a child, only with harsher results.

"If he so much as breathes in the direction of our child I'll show him just how much I've learned fighting Voldie the Moldie," Harry spat out.

Sergio roared with laughter, "Voldie the Moldie! I like you boy. Welcome to the family."

Harry blushed at this, then he smiled shyly at Sergio and the others in the room. Severus sighed and hoped that Harry would be overcome his shyness in time.

"How did you get away from him?" Harry asked suddenly.

"Dobby came and warned me. With the help of Lucius and my Slytherins we were able to leave undetected. You can contact the mutt and your friends tomorrow if you like. It will be safer then," Severus told him.

Harry looked away and sadness crossed his face. "I doubt they'll want to hear from me," Harry said sadly.

"Why is that?" Severus asked carefully.

"They refused to believe anything I had to say," Harry reminded him.

"True, but Ron Weasley threatened to gut me if I did not care for and protect you," Severus told him, amused. The red head had been the first to get his voice back after Harry had stormed away. From the look on his face he was beginning to see just how wrong he was.

Harry looked at him in surprise, then smiled blindingly at him. Severus felt his heart clench. It was the first time that Harry had ever really smiled at him. The boy was heartbreakingly beautiful.

Harry's breath caught in his throat at the look on his husband's face. Harry wasn't foolish, he knew what was going to happen tonight, what had to happen. Blaise and Pansy had explained the laws governing Wizarding marriages, particularly the ceremony that had been used to bind both himself and Severus together.

They would have to have sex. Harry shivered at the thought of it and prayed that it wouldn't hurt. While Harry had never given himself to anyone, he knew a little about sex. It was overwhelming to the young man.

"Perhaps you should take Harry up to the cabin to rest and the two of you could get to know one another without any interference. Also, when the Ministry comes here looking for you, we can honestly say you're not here," Sergio said suddenly.

He watched his son relax and nod at him. Severus had always been a private boy and having to have his first few days with his new husband under the watchful eye of the family would have been hard on him and the boy.

"That's an excellent idea! Twiny!" Anistana called. A small female house elf appeared. Harry could tell that she was female by the pretty green dress she was wearing. It looked like something a toddler would wear.

"Yes, Mistress?" Twiny asked clearly. Harry was glad to see that the Snape family house elves were well treated. It had come out after Voldemort's death that Lucius had never intended things to get so far out of hand. The diary was suppose to have been found long before it was. No one counted on Ginny keeping the diary or being taken over by the teenage Dark Lord. Dobby had never actually left Lucius' employ. He had returned to his master that evening and had received orders to stay with Harry and guard him the best that he could.

Harry hoped that Dobby would be coming to the cabin and the Snape family as well. He considered the little house elf to be his friend.

"Twiny, take Dobby and Winky to Master Severus' cabin and open it up and prepare it for his and his husband's stay. Then tell Nila to prepare for two more at dinner," Severus' mother ordered. Twiny nodded and did as she was told.

Later they evening they were walking into their sleeping chamber in the cabin and Severus was watching Harry. He could tell that the boy was nervous. Tonight would be their first time together, and the boy's first time with anyone, ever. It was hard for the older man to control his rage when he thought about that. Between their so called friends and that idiot Fudge they were now bound together for life.

Severus walked over to Harry and turned the boy to face him. He could see the nervousness and fear in the boy's eyes. "It's alright, Harry, I won't harm you, I promise."

Harry nodded shyly and took a deep breath to control his nerves. Then he looked at his husband again. Since the death of Voldemort, Severus' appearance and personality had undergone a change. Not a major one, but he had been less cruel, and his classes had actually been easier to complete. He had even been nicer to Neville. Though it helped that Neville had become more competent and self assured these last few years. He and Luna Lovegood were engaged to be married later that summer, and Harry thought that the pairing was solid; they had both gained stability through the other.

Severus' appearance had also changed. The disguise he had worn for centuries had been dropped after the defeat of Voldemort. A battle that Harry didn't want to think about, because of the number of losses on both sides.

The older man was extremely attractive and the greasy git comments could no longer be used towards him. His hair was a deep lustrous black and shone with blue highlights. His skin was no longer the ugly shallow color that it had been spelled to show. His teeth were an even gleaming white and his eyes were a warm jet black.

Harry shivered at the look in Severus' eyes and sighed in pleasure as the older man caught his mouth in a sweet kiss. Soon, sooner that either could believe, the kisses changed from sweet to heated. Severus growled low in his throat and lifted the smaller man into his arms. Carrying the boy to the bed, they both fell onto it. Severus moaned at the instinctive parting of Harry's thighs and settled himself fully between the boy's splayed legs.

Severus broke away from the sweet mouth and they both gasped for breath. Seeing the flushed beauty before him, Severus growled out a spell and then plundered Harry's mouth again with a hard, demanding kiss.

Harry was writhing under him, caught in the hot demanding kiss and mindless to anything but the body pressed against him and the feel of their cocks rubbing together. Never had he felt anything so intense, not even when taking his flesh into his own hands.

Severus moved down his new lover's body. Licking, kissing and nipping each bit of exposed flesh. Taking a firm hold on Harry's hips, he smiled around his young lover's flesh as he began to give him an expert blow job.

Harry screamed in pleasure at the feelings racing through his body. He was too distracted by his pleasure to realize when Severus released his aching flesh and muttered a lubrication spell. Nor did he feel it when he slid the first finger into his hot entrance. Severus released the tasty prick from his mouth and moaned at the sight of Harry with his head thrown back and his hips unconsciously thrusting up for more. Soon he had three fingers working the tight, slick canal that was Severus' alone. It was a turn on to know that he was the first and only lover that Harry would ever have.

Harry moaned and pushed back on the firm cock making its way slowly into his body. Begging for anything, not sure if he wanted the feelings to end or reach completion.

As soon as he was seated in Harry's body completely for the first time, Severus growled and kissed the boy thoroughly. For several minutes he held himself still, only beginning to move when Harry began to beg him to move. Laughing breathlessly, Severus did as his husband demanded. Hot, deep thrusts, moans and calls to each other seared their way into Harry's mind and he knew that he would always love doing this and that he would never forget their first time.

All to soon Harry could feel his orgasm approaching and cried out in pleasure. Severus moaned in pleasure and thrust faster into the pliant body beneath him. As they reached their climax Harry screamed out the final words to their binding without knowing it was what he needed to do. "Yours always and forever." Severus looked down at Harry and watched the beautiful green eyes glaze with pleasure and echoed his husband's words. "Yours always and forever." Then he to lost himself to orgasm.

Harry leaned up and looked down at the man who held him so tenderly. He wasn't foolish enough to think there would be no problems in the future, but he was happy with how things had ended. Kissing Severus, he lay his head back down and fell asleep, feeling safe for the first time in his entire life.

Severus smiled contentedly and soon joined his husband in sleep. He, too, slept peacefully for the first time in too long to remember. Both men were so deeply asleep that they didn't see two ghostly figures appear at the foot of their bed.

The tall, elegant man smiled down at them and looked over at the man who had been his lover and his friend, before lies and jealousy had forced a wedge between them.

"We are truly free, my love. Now that a Slytherin and a Gryffindor have found happiness together, we can rest and be together." The other ghost smiled and drifted into the arms of his long lost lover.

While Severus and Harry slept, Salazar and Gordic were getting a long needed rest and that night true harmony was reached, and all because of a potions mistake.

The End