I Don't Own Harry Potter

Chapter 1

Lucius looked around the house as he dropped one of the boxes; this was the last place he would have ever expected to find himself. He could hear Severus ripping open one of the boxes in the kitchen. Thinking back on the last two years he was astounded at just how much his life had been turned upside down. Just two years ago he was living in Malfoy Manner and had just gotten married to Narcissa. Snorting to himself, he should have realized that was a doomed relationship from the beginning, she was just as crazy as her younger sister Bellatrix. With Narcissa as his wife, he had no real choice but to join Voldemort's rank. Although between Dumbledore and Voldemort, Voldemort was the least evil of the two evils…and that was saying something. With a sigh, he straightened up. Narcissa was a sore subject for him. Their marriage was the typical Pure-blood marriage. They slept with each other once, and it had resulted in them conceiving Draco. A smile graced Lucius's lips as he thought of his son. A perfect child to carry on the Malfoy name…and he was the most perfect child in the world. He recalled with Narcissa had gone into labor, when Draco had been taken out and cleaned; the Med-Witch had given the child to him first. The Med-Witch had informed them that nothing was wrong with the child, but for the life of him he couldn't understand why Draco wouldn't cry. Yet one look into the small bundle in his arms, and Lucius wondered how was it that one person could love someone they had just met so much. Severus had been meeting with Lucius when Narcissa had gone into labor and stood right behind Lucius as he first held Draco. Lucius turned to let Severus hold him. Of all the other Death Eaters working for Voldemort, Severus was the one that he trusted the most. Seconds with placing Draco in Severus' arms, Draco released a wail that everyone in the room thought could rival a banshee, and it wasn't until Lucius had taken Draco away from him that Draco started to calm down. That was just the start of a horrible night as Draco would wail every time he came near Narcissa.

It seemed as if Narcissa didn't like the fact that Draco always cried around her and had tried to kill Draco when he was only a year old. Lucius had assumed something like that might happen and had kept a house-elf with Draco at all times. That House-elf was killed, but it had delayed Narcissa long enough for Lucius to disarm her, and rescue Draco. After that things went from bad to worse as Voldemort started to become all the more insane in his orders. Lucius knew he needed to get out of England. He knew that with the War going at full scale now, and that it became all that more likely for him to get killed in one of the skirmishes, and he knew that he couldn't leave Draco alone with that woman. He realized that the only safe place would be in the muggle world outside of England. Yet this had led him to a second dilemma. He had no idea how to operate in the muggle world, so he turned to Severus. He had discovered that Severus had been a spy, but had kept that knowledge secret from everyone, including Severus himself. It took some convincing but Severus finally decided to join him in leaving the war in Britain.

Careful to hide his tracks, Lucius apprated to a number of different spots around the world, and in each place looked for a viable new home. He found one in a small town outside of North Carolina. The town was a good 45 minutes away from Charlotte, but the town was a quiet one where everyone knew your name. The house was a white house with a white fence. There was an elderly couple who lived next door. The family who lived there were eager to sell the house. It seemed as if the husband had been transferred to another part of the country so the whole family had to move. Severus had told Lucius that buying a house would require documents that they just didn't have…that was unless he paid in full at the time of purchasing; which was exactly what he offered the family. While the family had been hesitant, they decided to just take the offer. Leaving the keys with Lucius, they moved out the next day.

Moving was hard, right before the three of them, Severus, Draco and himself, had left England, Lucius had spoken with Gringotts and had taken out about a million pounds, he could only hope that it would be enough to allow them to live once they arrived in America. He then told the goblins that no one besides himself or one of his heirs were allowed to open any of his accounts while he was gone. He had a feeling that whichever side won, they would use him as an example and try to take all of his family's money. Following that he filed the papers for his divorce of Narcissa. Using the claim that she had tried to kill his heir as a reason, he was able to get an immediate divorce to take place. When Narcissa was to be notified he would be in the air flying to Japan. Where they would switch planes and fly to Cairo and then to Munich where they would then fly to Atlanta where they would then pretend to get on a flight to San Diego when instead they would get on a plane to North Carolina. The whole plane swapping was to span over three days and if anyone tried to follow them, they would get lost, hopefully. The measures they went through to keep save. When they had arrived in North Carolina, Lucius was at a loss as to what to do. He was in a foreign "air-port" if that is what they were called; Lucius didn't see the ocean near them so he wasn't quite sure why they called it a port; but here he was standing with an infant in his arms. It was then that Severus took charge; he made his way over to the car rental place. Renting a car, he then drove the three of them to the new house. With no furniture, and just the plain basic things, they settled in for the night. The next morning they went on a shopping spree buying their furniture and a car. Still unsure about the car, Severus had to put his thought as easy about it. Their third day resulted in them getting all of their things delivered to them. Thus began them unpacking the many boxes they were given. The two of them had decided not to use any spells in fear that their wands might be detected so they had to do everything by hand. Already Lucius was starting to have second thoughts, but one look into Draco's grey eyes he knew he had done the right thing.

"You're not done already are you?" Severus asked as he looked over at the blond.

"No…just thinking about what's happened?"

"Isn't it a little early to be regretting?" Severus asked.

"No…"Lucius looked away for a second. "Just thinking about everything…I mean really Severus…this is the muggle world, how am I going to survive here when I don't even know the basics of this world?"

"Time and Practice Malfoy." Severus replied.

"Don't call me that…since you will be living with us, I don't want Draco to think that friends call each other by their last names…call me Lucius."

"Fine…"Severus replied. "I really don't know why I even came…"

"Yes you do…you didn't want to be under either Dumbledore or Voldemort's thumb anymore." Lucius replied. "Besides living in a world of denial isn't very becoming."

"I gue…"Severus was cut off by a knock on the door. Both Wizards glanced at one another. They nodded at one another in mutual understanding; neither of them were waiting for anyone. Severus moved into the living room where they had set up a play area for Draco and picked him up. Draco started to fuss at being woken up, but calmed down as he realized the person who woke him up was Severus. Severus then hid behind a wall and glanced out towards the door where Lucius was opening it, his wand in his left hand for easy access.

"Hello" Lucius asked as he looked at the people standing on his porch.

"Why Hello dear…I am Susanna and this is my husband Albert…we live right down the street, and we have baked you a casserole as a home warming gift…is your wife in?" Lucius blinked as he started at the bubbly brunet in front of him. He noticed that the husband would probably want to be as far away from here as possible.

"Ca…I don't have a wife…um…"Lucius felt a headache coming on. Suddenly Severus was at his side; Lucius was pushed to the side and was given Draco as Severus turned his attention from the two blonds to the couple in front of him.

"Hello, my name is Severus, while this person is Lucius. The little one is Lucius's son Draco…thank you for the casserole?" Severus looked at the food.

"Oh…I didn't know you were that kind of couple…Oh dear…well um…"Susanna started; Lucius sent a confused look towards Severus before it dawned on both of them.

"No…we aren't like that!" Severus denied.

"Quite so, Severus is a friend of mine…since my wife and I have divorced, I knew I would need help in taking care of Draco…"Lucius left off.

"Oh, I see." Susanna giggled as a faint blush entered her cheeks, for some reason neither Lucius nor Severus actually thought she believed they were telling the truth. "Well then welcome to the neighborhood. If the two of you need any help, just knock on any of our doors and we'd be here to help you in a second." With that said Susanna and Albert turned around and left.

Once Lucius had closed the door he turned towards the casserole still in Severus's hands.

"You reckon it's safe to eat?" Lucius asked. "And what's a casserole?"

"I have no bloody idea." Severus replied answering the two questions at once.

The rest of the week followed that pattern. The two of them would begin to unpack when someone would knock, sometimes they would coo at Draco, other times they would both blush and giggle as if thinking that Lucius and Severus were in a relationship other than a normal friendship. Glancing at them with humor in their eyes every time they tried to deny it; and to make matters worse, every single one of them brought a casserole. After much debates and the use of a quick potion Severus had brought with him, they made sure that each one of the casseroles were safe to eat.

Closing the door once again, Severus growled to himself. He was sick and tired of receiving all these casseroles. Lucius had loved them, but Severus was tired of having the same things over and over again. Setting the new one in the freezer, Severus went to help Lucius in the library. The one thing the two of them shared in common was the acknowledgement that knowledge was everything. They had used only one spell to un-shrink their ten trunks of books, and Severus three trunks of Potion Supplies and equipment. Part of the deal of Severus staying with Lucius was for Lucius to supply Severus with a Lab, so after much thinking he gave Severus the basement.

"We need to buy some muggle books." Severus stated.

"I guess you are right…besides you need to teach me how to get around in this world." Lucius replied. "Have you thought of a job?"

"A Professor at the local High School." Severus answered. "Muggles have a class called Chemistry which is very much like potions except there are different ingredients." Lucius nodded.

"What do you see me as…job wise?" Lucius asked. Severus narrowed his eyes for a second before nodded to himself.

"You'd be some sort of business person…you were very good at organizing Voldemort's operations and you had no problem in finding money for Voldemort's operations either."

"That was just simple investing; most Pure-bloods can do it..."

"But not as well as you did." Severus responded. "Besides we have the small problem of what we are going to do with Draco."

"What do you mean? We'll leave him with the house…"

"You didn't bring one." Severus replied. "But in the United States, they require that children when they reach the age of five be enrolled in school, I can wait until then to start working…it'll give me time to work on a couple of potions I've been wanting to create."

"I see."Lucius replied with a slight smirk. "Thank you." He wouldn't say it aloud, and he knew that the real reason Severus decided to stay with Draco was more for the fact that he now thought of his son as his own…it wasn't hard to do since Draco could capture the heart of almost everyone who saw him…well everyone except his mother's.

"Don't look at me like that…it's not what you are thinking." Severus growled.

"I forgot you're a Legilimens." Lucius replied. Severus remained silent, staring at one another for several moments before they both hear Draco starting to cry. With a sigh, Severus made the first move towards Draco, leaving Lucius, alone, in the room.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door, and Lucius had no choice but to answer. Opening it slowly he hoped it wouldn't be like any of the other times he had opened this door. If he got one more neighbor insinuating he and Severus was something other than just friends he would bypass the no-magic rule and hex them to next week. Looking out the door he saw a short plump older woman and a gruff looking older man.

"Hello" Lucius stated as he stared at them with a critical eye.

"Hello dear, my name is Marta Wilson, and this is my husband George…we live next door…over on your left…we've brought you a jello mold…"Martha was interrupted by a shout from indoors.

"Thank bloody Merlin."

"Umm." Martha glanced behind Lucius and then looked over at her husband.

"Please ignore him."Lucius replied.

"Oh, yes…well if you ever need any help. We are right next door…"Martha replied. "and…" She glanced at Severus who was standing right behind Lucius with Draco in his arms. Draco was scrumming to get to Lucius.

"Lucius…your son is being difficult." Severus stated calmly. Lucius nodded and turned to grab Draco, who immediately latched onto his shoulder length hair. "Hello Madame…my name is Severus Snape. I believe my FRIEND, here, hasn't introduced himself." Severus replied, putting the emphases on 'friend'.

"Right, my name is Lucius Malfoy, and this is my son, Draconis."

"Well it's a pleasure to meet you." Martha stated, Severus and Lucius noticed how George had paled drastically when he had seen Draco. Martha noticed their glances and placed a trying smile on her face. "Oh, don't take it personally, but George here had some…difficulties with the boy that lived here before. He was a sweet child…but he had a tendency to cause some trouble for George."

"That boy was a menace." George muttered.

"George!" Martha exclaimed. "Well, it was nice meeting you…we…George and I are having a picnic tomorrow evening. We'd like it if the three of you could attend."

Lucius casted Severus a glance, after several second he turned back towards Martha. "Is a picnic a formal event?" He asked.

"No…"Martha replied giving them an odd look. "It's very casual."

"What might one wear then when you say casual?" Severus asked. He didn't know why, but for some reason he felt as if this woman was trustworthy.

"Well, a pair of jeans and a t-shirt will be fine." Martha replied again with a confused tone to her voice. Again Lucius and Severus shared a look. Immediately they both understood that they better not asked any more about what to wear.

"Are we to bring anything?" Lucius asked.

"Just that cutie-pie of a son." Martha smiled. "I understand that you must still be moving in…it must be such a hassle with an infant with you."

"It isn't so bad." Lucius replied. "Draco is very well behaved, for the most part…well then, we shall see you later." Lucius replied as he made movement to close the door.

"Yes, well then we shall see you tomorrow then." Martha replied as she grabbed George's arm and led him off their porch. "Good bye."

"Good bye" Lucius replied. As soon as he closed the door he turned towards Severus. "What exactly is a picnic? Does that muggle actually think I'll turn my son into a pie?"

"No…I believe she might have been referring to the fact that he was cute. It is a common American saying to say when things are 'cute'. While for the picnic, I believe it is much like a gathering of muggles…I am not sure how one part takes in such events but from what I have observed they talk and children run around. They seem quite chaotic."

"Yes…quite odd for us if you consider things…But Severus, how are we able to wear 'genes'?"

"I am not quite sure…as you know muggles are an odd sort."

The following evening both Severus and Lucius dressed in a pair of black slacks; Severus wore a blood red shirt with the top few buttons undone, his shoulder length black hair was pulled into a low pony-tail at the base of his neck, and as any true Slytherin he wore a black belt with a silver snake on the buckle. Lucius wore a navy blue dress shirt with a silver tie. He then wore a black blazer over his shirt. With his silver blond hair pulled back. Draco was dressed in a mini pair of black trousers with a light blue button up shirt. His blond hair brushed back. All in all, the three of them looked like they were heading to a dinner party, not to a picnic. Grabbing a bottle of Pinot Noir from their collections, they begrudgingly headed over to their neighbor's house. With a sigh, Severus knocked on the door, in his arms was the bottle of wine, while in Lucius, there was Draco, who carried enough joy in his smile for the three of them.

"This wine better suffice, I do not want to eat my child…that sounds like something the Blacks would do." Lucius muttered.

"Hush Lucius. Theses muggles don't know a thing about that sort of thing…just remember the words you aren't supposed to use."

"You remember them too Severus." Lucius replied. Suddenly the door opened and Martha looked out to greet them, whatever she about to say was caught in her throat as she stared at them.

"Oh my…I…you are all quite dressed up." Martha stated. Lucius and Severus exchanged glances.

"Forgive us, but this is casual for us." Severus replied as he noticed what she was wearing, like the average person going to a picnic, she was wearing a pair of jeans and a flower patterned shirt.

"I see…well next time, jeans will do." She motioned towards her own pair. Severus's eyes narrowed as he quickly analyzed the situation.

"I see, but we don't own any…jeans." Severus replied. He quickly used his eyes to dart towards her pants, hoping Lucius noticed his movements, and he then saw Lucius give a slight nod, understanding what he was trying to say.

"Oh…well, I guess that is understandable." Martha replied. "But please, do come in." She moved out of the way to allow them to enter her house. "Everyone is in the backyard. Tell me how do you like your hamburgers?" Lucius felt a headache come on as he grew more confused by the moment. Going on a limb he replied.

"Well done?"

"Oh, alright, I'll tell George…well everyone is in the back…I'm sure they have already introduced themselves to you." Martha smiled as she led them to the back.

" Martha…this is for you." Severus stated as he handed her the wine. Her shock face almost made his take back the gift.

"Why talk you…quite unorthodox for a picnic, but the thought is what counts." Martha smiled. "Let me put this in the kitchen and I'll be right out there to join you." She then left the three men standing there in the middle of the room.

"This was a bad idea Severus." Lucius replied.

"Well we'll look bad if we hide in our house forever." Severus replied. "We will look suspicious, and that is the last thing we will need to have happen."

"That doesn't look as bad as…Hello." Lucius paused in his complaints as one of the wives, he thought her name was Susanna but he wasn't sure, came up to him.

"Hello Lucius, Severus, I heard Martha said she invited you. I'm glad you could come…although, I must admit you all sure did dress up."

"Why yes, Martha explained that it was casual, so we dressed casual." Lucius replied.

"Well…you sure do look nice…and Draco is absolutely adorable." Susanna cooed as she looked at Draco. Draco grew a bored look as he stared at the woman. She then straightened up, "Come, we have been having the most fascinating conversations…"She dragged the two men over to a group of women. "You must tell us, we have been driving ourselves crazy, where are the two of you from. We've been trying to place it."

"We're from England." Severus replied.

"Really, is it nice there?" One of the women asked.

"Isn't Martha also from England?" Another commented.

"So what brought you two over here…you two look so young." A third stated.

"Actually, I'm 24 and Severus is 21, we aren't all that young." Lucius replied. After all in the Wizarding World they were both considered adults at the age of 17.

"WHAT!" All the women shouted.

"You don't look a day over twenty…" Susanna stated as she looked at Lucius.

"I didn't even get married until I was nearly thirty…and you already have a son and have been married." One remarked.

Lucius's eye grew cold. "Yes, well Narcissa and I believe it would be best if we went our separate ways after she tried to kill Draco…besides our parents arranged our marriage. We had little choice in the matter."

"Oh, how could a mother do that to their child?"

"I didn't know they still did arrange marriages…"

"This explains so much."

"No wonder you two came here. I bet she has harassed you ever since." Susanna stated.

"Let's hope not…the divorce became finalized about two weeks ago." Lucius replied. "I left her with her crazy sister. Honestly, the only member of that family that had any sense was Andromeda…and she disowned for her choice in husband."

"Was she in your year?" Severus asked. Lucius sent him a glare.

"I…am not that old Snape." Lucius replied frostily. "Andromeda would be about seven years older than me, when I was a first year she was a seventh."

"Yes, I recall that caused quite a stir in the Black household."

"Not just in that one but in a number of other ones."

"So the two of you met at school?" Susanna asked. Severus and Lucius snapped their attention back to the group.

"Yes…we were in the same house." Lucius replied. "I was two years ahead of Severus."

"Oh, how cute." One of the woman squealed.

"Why don't you harpies leave these young men alone?" A voice called from behind. At the word 'harpies' Severus and Lucius immediately started to look around for the beautiful forms of Harpies. "You don't have to spend all your time with them…come on and join us men over by the grill…let me introduce myself again. I'm Albert, Susanna's husband."

"Aw, yes. I'm Lucius Malfoy, and this is Severus Snape."

"So where do the two of you work?" Albert asked as he brought them over to the group of guys.

"We're not." Severus replied.

"I shall be looking at companies to work at next week, while Severus will be getting his teaching certificate in…Chemistry?" Lucius looked over at Severus in order to see if he had said the right word. Seeing the slight nod he knew what he had said was the right thing.

"Really, well what are your qualifications?" Albert asked.

"What do you mean?" Lucius replied as he shifted Draco.

"Well what is your area of expertise?"

"Management and Finance." Lucius replied. "Back in England, I helped this organization get the money and resources they needed in order to finance their operations."

"I see, well at my company we have just got an opening in our Finance department…it's a pretty good job, if you are interested, I can put in a good word for you." Albert stated. Giving Albert a confused look, Lucius asked.

"Why?" It was Albert's turn to look confused, before it finally clicked.

"Here in this town, we are all pretty close…we don't mind doing something for one another if it means that we can help out a friend, be them a new one or old." Albert explained. As soon as he finished, both Severus and Lucius groaned.

"Bloody Hell, you chose a town full of Hufflepuff." Severus exclaimed as he glared at Lucius.

"Excuse me?" Albert asked. Lucius glared back at Severus.

"At school, we were divided into four houses depending on our characteristics; Severus and I were both in Slytherin…people who are very generous went to Hufflepuff." Lucius answered. "Therefore it has become habit to describe people depending on which House they would fall into…Where we come from, almost everyone went to our school at one point or another so the names are common place for everyone."

"Oh, so it's like a fraternity." Albert summarized. "That's interesting. I didn't know people did that in…where are the two of you from again?"

"England." Severus and Lucius replied at once.

"Really," One of the guys stated. "I was in London last month…was there some problem going on…the air in the city was really tense."

"No." Lucius and Severus replied together.

"I'm from Northern England." Severus replied. "Lucius is from Wales to be exact."

"Ah…that's too bad. I'd hope you'd have some insight as to why."

"Sorry." Severus replied. "But we don't." Severus and Lucius both weren't going to reply that the tense air he felt was the tenseness of the war that they had just escaped from. Even though both Severus and Lucius both dreaded the picnic, they both enjoyed their time there and what more Draco seemed to have enjoyed Martha's company. Once she had returned outside, Draco started to struggle in Lucius's arms and strained his arms towards the older woman. Lucius was hesitant but let her pick him up. Seeing the bright smile of Draco's lips as he laughed, he knew that Draco was safe at the moment. Especially since Severus had moved to spend the rest of the picnic near to Martha, keeping an eye on Draco.

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