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He should have taken them straight to Hogwarts the moment morning came, but he wasn't in the mood to deal with Dumbledore not yet anyway.

Maybe taking them to the seaside in November wasn't the greatest idea even if it was the best magical seaside in Britain. However, the boys seemed to be enjoying themselves even though it was cold.

He was thankful that it wasn't the summer holidays and those with children who weren't old enough to attend Hogwarts were not there in their droves.

Somewhere between the novelty of building castles with sand that kept changing colors wearing off and going to buy them ice cream, he'd been dubbed Uncle Sev. Why they wanted ice cream was a complete mystery to him when there were much warmer food for them to eat.

The fact he'd managed to avoid any questions or protests of boredom all morning was something he was extremely grateful about, but around noon the good day they were having become complicated by the arrival of Narcissa Malfoy and his godson.

It wasn't that he wasn't happy to see them and any other time it would be brilliant to run into them.

"Hello Severus," Narcissa says, peering down at Harry and Dudley, who both decide to stand beside him looking at awkwardly at their feet.

"Are you aware that half the ministry is looking for you?".

"Who are the Ministry and why are they looking for Uncle Sev?" Harry asks looking up from his feet.

"Harry it's rude to ask people who haven't been introduced to you yet questions," Severus tells him, his facial expression blank, but on the inside, he was angry that Dumbledore would get the ministry involved.

Harry rolled his eyes and muttered something Severus didn't quite catch.

"I'm Mrs. Malfoy and this is my son Draco. You are Harry Potter and Dudley Dursley now we've been introduced and to answer your question, people are worried that you were both taken from your home without any explanation and no attempts to contact anyone to let them know where you are," Narcissa explains, and Severus can see amusement in her eyes.

Trust her to find the situation amusing Severus thinks but doesn't say out loud.

"Harry, Dudley, why don't show Draco how big of a sandcastle you can build? While Narcissa and I have a little chat," Severus asks in a tone of voice, which makes all three boys present know it's an order not a request.

The three boys trotted off with Draco saying something about Quidditch.

"You better have a really good explanation for this Severus,"

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Harry found it amusing watching Draco and Dudley trying to out boss each around.

Although he'd prefer to hear what Narcissa and Severus were talking about, but he was used to being kept out of the loop by adults.

First, his aunt and uncle didn't tell him about magic, then his aunt kept the extend of what his uncle Vernon had done from him and Dudley, letting them hear it around the playground instead.

It was amazing once the expensive days out, and the gifts, dried up how Dudley found himself friendless.

Not just Dudley but his aunt Petunia found herself friendless and the only person who would still talk to them was Mrs. Figg more than once giving Harry money for cereal, bread or milk.

Dudley not having friends or his dad buying whatever he wanted had made him a nicer person to live with, but the same couldn't be said for Aunt Petunia.

She changed from being horrible to either laying in bed for days at a time or disappearing for hours or days depending how much money she had then rolled home drunk. But none of that mattered anymore because Severus had promised that they wouldn't be returning to number four privet drive any time soon.

"Harry, will you tell him I know how to build a sandcastle" Dudley growls in frustration.

"Dudley knows how to build a sandcastle, although mine is better than both of yours," Harry says, with a smirk while watching the clump of sand he had in his hand turn from green to purple.

"Potter, yours looks nothing like a castle," Draco tells him looking at the sand that looked as if had been clumped together with very little thought going into it.

"If these were real castles yours would be attacked because it looks good, but mine would be left alone because it looks rubbish," Harry explains.

"That is so stupid if it was me, I'd attack both," Dudley tells him, glaring at Draco, who, for some reason thought he could boss him around.

Why he had to build his sand castle with Draco while Harry got to do build his on his own he didn't know.

Dudley's comment led to the boys bickering about whether someone would attack a shabby looking castle or not while they bickered Severus and Narcissa were having an argument of their own.

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"As sad as I find that little tale Severus I need to know have you lost your mind?," Narcissa hisses, her folded across her chest.

Severus let out a sigh this was the reaction he knew he'd get, but it didn't mean it annoyed him any less.

"No Narcissa I have not lost my mind. I am doing the right thing for Harry and Dudley something that people should be grateful for,"

"You want to raise the boy-who-lived and his Muggleborn cousin," Narcissa huffed, looking at him like he'd lost his mind. "Our friends will never accept this, they barely accept your continued presence at Hogwarts and if you didn't favor their children you'd already be dubbed a traitor."

"Our friends as you put them Narcissa will accept it, especially when you and Lucius support me," Severus says, like this was an undisputed fact of what was going to happen.

"What makes you think we'll support it?," Narcissa asks, trying her hardest to resist the urge throttle one of her oldest friends.

"Because you'll tell Lucius I plan to turn the boys into a weapon against Dumbledore, which will make him more than happy and I in return will keep my mouth shut about certain business deals of yours that Lucius knows nothing about, and the Ministry would love to hear about."

"I can't believe you're trying to blackmail me with a business you have helped fund more than once," Narcissa said, glaring at him.

"I'm a Slytherin blackmail is the first thing we are taught now the boys have only had ice cream to eat so I'm sure they would care for a spot off lunch you and Draco are welcome to join us," Severus tells her and smirks when she tells him, he's paying.

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