Hadrian trudged outside with his briefcase. He found a spot near the back of the first row of brooms. He was probably the third or fourth person outside. He set his briefcase behind his chosen broom. 

"Hazel!"

Hadrian jumped as fellow first year boys, Dean Thomas and Ronald Weasley ran to him, forcing him into a hug.Hadrian could smell potions on their clothing instantly recognizing it as a compulsion potion. Hadrian started panicking and started to try to push them away them away. 

Hadrian - "N-n-no my n-names not H-Hazel!" 

Ron - "What're you talking about Hazel? We're your best mates, Ron and Dean."

Hadrian - "N-no! Wednesday, help me!"

Wednesday - "Unhand and step away from my brother."

Hadrian was wrenched from the boy's grasp behind Wednesday. He didn't bother to stay. He rushed to grab his briefcase and ran into the castle. He didn't stop running until he burst into the potions classroom during a the third year Gryffindor and Hufflepuff class. 

Pugsley - "Hadrian?"

Pugsley's voice broke through his panic and he launched himself at his older brother. 

Pugsley - "Hadrian what's wrong?"

Hadrian's silent sobs soaked into Pugsley's uniform. 

Severus - "Mr. Addams, take your brother into this room. I'll join you in a moment."

Pugsley placed a stasis charm over his cauldron, lifted his baby brother, and walked through the door. He found himself in a quaint sitting room with cushy brown couches, a quaint bed with dark green covers, and a large fireplace with vibrant dancing flames. Hadrian was cradled in his arms as Wednesday came running through the door with an uncharacteristic frazzled look.

Wednesday - "You have him, is he okay? Is he hurt? Let me see him."

Pugsley quickly scooped her into his arms, to keep his baby siblings close. Severus rushed into the room, after having sent Wednesday through. 

Severus - "Wednesday, what happen to Hadrian?"

Wednesday - "I don't know, Uncle. I only heard him yell for my help so I hurried to help him. I saw him being forcibly hugged by two Gryffindors."

Pugsley - "What'd they look like? I can identify them, since I work with each and every one of the first years with transfiguration in the common room."

Wednesday - "Ron Weasley, and a black boy with short black hair."

Pugsley - "Sounds like Dean Thomas, I could be wrong though. Hadrian, bud. You up for talking?"

Hadrian made grabby hands for his briefcase. Severus quickly gave it to Pugsley. 

Pugsley - "Creepy and Kooky."

The briefcase snapped open, and Hadrian grabbed his uncharmed mechanical pencil and started writing in his flowery script on a piece of parchment. His hand was shaking as he wrote. 

"Weasley and Thomas ran up to me, deadnaming me. Uncle has to run a diagnostics over me. I could smell some sort of compulsion potion in their clothes."

Severus, after reading the parchment, cast the spell over both him and Wednesday. Hadrian had traces of compulsion. Wednesday had some in her system, but not nearly as strong as Hadrian. 

Severus - "Pugsley, you stay here. Marnie."

A well kempt house elf in a sacramento green pillowcase with matching slippers on her feet. 

Marnie - "Master called for Marnie?"

Severus - "I did, I want you to answer to these three as well as myself."

Marnie - "As Master Sev wishes."

Severus - "Children, this is my personal house elf Marnie. She will bring you your lunch and school work for the following period. Hadrian, she will also accompany you in your classes to protect you from people like that. I will return momentarily with some counter potions for both of you. Pugsley, you are in charge until I return."

Wednesday - "Understood Uncle."

Hadrian looked at Marnie and held out his hand. She dutifully smiled and held his hand. They both established a magical bond to tie them together. 

Pugsley - "Marnie, please bring our lunch here. Hadrian will have some steak and kidney pie with grape juice and I'll have a hot turkey and cheese sandwich with a butterbeer. Wednesday?"

Wednesday - "Garden salad with chicken and my vial of cyanide."

Marnie popped away and returned when Severus walked in with two small vials of potion. Hadrian and Wednesday clicked their glasses after the potion was mixed into their juice. Wednesday enjoyed the taste, while Hadrian gave a full body shudder and made a face. 

Severus - "Pugsley, go back to class and take charge. I'll take over from here."

Severus was sneaky. He snuck in a dreamless sleep potion with the antidote for the compulsions. He sat with his youngest niece and nephew until they both collapsed on him. He lifted them both up and tucked them into his bed. He started grading papers in his comfy navy blue and silver lined hammock near the twins' sleeping corpses. 

Severus - "Expecto Patronum."

A large wolf flew from Severus's wand dutifully awaiting orders. 

Severus - "Go to Pomona, Hey Pomona. I've got my sweet little niece Wednesday with me. If you could possibly excuse her for her for the next two classes. Her brother ran into my class in hysterics. She was seething and close to hysteria. I gave them both a dreamless sleep potion for them both to calm down and destress. They will be on time, in not early for herbology, so fret not. I look forward to our tea party this weekend."

The large wolf flew off through the walls. He finished grading his students work, when he saw movement from the corner of his eye. 

Hadrian - "Un...cle?"

Severus - "Hadrian. Why're you up? You should've been out for another hour yet."

Hadrian - "Potions don't...work on me as...well as other people."

Severus - "I understand. Some people have natural resistances to potion effects. I'm one of them. In fact, because of this natural resistance, I don't get poisoned easily."

As Severus spoke he levitated Hadrian into his hammock and charmed the hammock to sway back and forth. 

Severus - "Do you want to tell me what happened earlier?"

Hadrian - "Weasel and Thoma started hugging me out of nowhere saying that they were my best friends. They kept calling me Hazel. I'm not Hazel, I'm Hadrian."

Hadrian laid his head down on Severus's chest, starting to doze back off. 

Severus - "Yes, my dear nephew. You are a strong, sweet little, Slytherin boy. You are an Addams. Wonderfully creepy, kooky, unique, and a great wizard at that. I guarantee that you'll be famous for all the right reasons."

Hadrian - "Thank you Un...cl Sev."

Hadrian started sleeping again and Severus placed him back in bed with his sister. 

Severus - "Expecto Patronum. Go to Minerva right away. Minnie, I need to have a word with you about two of your cubs."

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