A/N: Ok, I rewrote this chapter

A/N: Ok, I rewrote this chapter! I fixed a few things and I added some detail or changed a few things! Hope this chapter is better than the others!!

His New Life

Harry was 3 years old. He was sitting next to Dudley at the kitchen table. Well, he was trying to sit, but it was a little hard because Dudley was so fat, Harry didn't fit. (A/N: Yes, Dudley was extremely fat at that age too in my fanfiction) Little did Harry know that soon his life would soon be changing.

Ding Dong!

"Vernon, dear, could you get the door while I feed my Diddykins... and him." she said, jerking her head towards where Harry was.

"Yes dear" he grumbled. He walked, (more like wobbled) to the door and opened it to find a strange-looking man wearing a black shirt, black pants, and black cloak. He had black hair, which looked awfully greasy. His lip was curled as he looked at Vernon, and he had a oddly pale face.

"What do you want?" Vernon growled, shocked by this strange man standing there.

"I am here to pick up a boy by the name of Harry Potter." He said quietly, looking vicious, as though if Vernon dared to say no he would attack him and then run through the house like a crazed maniac.

"What do you want with him?" Vernon asked, making no means to move.

The man's lip curled again and he smirked a little, "I believe I already said that. To pick him up." Not waiting for an answer he pulled out his wand, muttered "Stupefy!" to Vernon which caused him to keel over, and he walked in casually.

He looked around the house, so clean it was, that the man didn't think even his store cupboard was this clean. He walked to the first room he saw, the kitchen.

"Who was it Ver-Aaah!!" she yelled, dropping the baby food as she noticed the scary looking man, and grabbed Dudley She backed away slowly, as though he was a vicious tiger waiting to pounce.

"What do you want? Go away! Vernon!?"

"I would merely like to pick up Mr. Potter here, and your husband is… not able to respond at the moment," he said with a smirk. He walked forward, grabbed Harry out of his chair, walked back through the hallways to where Vernon was, took the spell off him, and apparated to the Leaky Cauldron, where he met Dumbledore and Hagrid.

"Albus. Rubeus," he said quietly, holding Harry awkwardly against him. Hagrid nodded his head and Dumbledore merely smiled.

"Well," said Dumbledore, watching as Snape held the little boy. "You will take him back to your house, and you will raise him until he is old enough to go to Hogwarts, When he is old enough, you will return to your teaching position. Ok then, is everything settled?"

"Excuse me – Albus, but- I had no idea I would be taking care of him! I can't-surely-" Snape said, outraged! He couldn't take care of a little boy!

"Well, I am sorry, but that is the way it has to be," Dumbledore said in a mystical way, peering at him through his half-moon glasses.

He looked back at Snape, "Toodles," he said, and walked out of the door, with Hagrid lumbering behind him.

Severus apparated back to his rundown house, where he lay Harry down on the couch, sighing, as he thought of what was to come

A/N: There (sing-songy voice)I redid it! I redid it! (end sing-songy voice here) Well… I added changed, made it make more sense… hope it's a ton better!! Review! Email me at emogirlbroken (at) aim . com

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