Summery: One day Severus Snape comes across a young teen crying in an ally. The boy says his name is Draco. But that is impossible for Draco has been missing for twelve years after being kidnapped at four by muggles.
Disclaimer: I have never, and will never, own any of the Harry Potter characters. If I had owned them then Draco and Harry would have fallen in love; Severus would have lived, Voldemort would have won (since he was being manipulated by Dumbledore) and Albus would have died a horrible messier death! My stories will not always end in Voldemort winning
Severus Snape was walking down his old neighbourhood. Christmas brake had just started and he had been told that he could go home for the break. For the next week he was free from the dunderheads.
As he turned on to 5th Street he could hear a child crying and their parents scolding them. There was also something else…a sniffing sound. Sniff…Sniff…whimper? Was that a whimper? Severus turned the corner and looked down an ally. The sounds grew louder as it started to rain.
There sitting on the ground, back to the wall, was a young teen. He could have barely been fourteen years old. He had blond hair that looked like it needed a wash. He was wearing some small red shorts and a big green baggie hoodie. His clothing was dirty and torn. The boy's head shot up as Severus looked at him.
"Lucius!" Severus gasped. The boy looked just as Lucius had at fourteen. All that was different was the cloths and the hair.
Draco POV
I looked up at the man in front of me. He had long black hair that was shiny from the rain. He also was wearing a long dark coat. He reminded me of someone. Didn't the man know that it was raining and he was going to get wet! I blinked when he was finished talking.
"No sir." I said in my smallest voice. Maybe if he didn't hear me he wouldn't see me. The tall man looked even more shocked then before.
"What? What did you say?" The man's eyes were filled with disbelief. I curled up in to a smaller ball and wiped at my eyes.
"I said 'No sir', my name is Draco." I shivered as the wind hit me; the tall man still stared at me. Why did he have such dark eyes? What had he seen? What could he see? I put my head in my knees. "Please sir, don't punish me."
Severus POV.
I stared at the boy in front of me. Draco! No that couldn't be, could it? Punish him, why would he think that I would ever hurt him. If this is Draco there was a lot to be done. This Draco was sick, wet, hungry and hurting. Now if this isn't Draco, I still felt that I had to help a boy that was in such a bad way.
"I won't hurt you Draco." The boy looked in to my eyes searching for something, but what? Could it be trust, lies or deception? "If you come with me I can help you." I knew how to deal with hurt boys. Being the head of Slytherin house, I had to talk to a lot of abused children. There were really just two types of abused children; angry and sad. This Draco was definitely the sad type and there for needed love and trust. Slytherin's house had a higher percent of abused people because of self preservation.
Draco stared up at me with wide eyes. "You are? I never had a grown up help me be for." He bit his lip in thought.
"Yes. If you come with me I can give you a warm house out of the rain. I could give you clothing that is not ripped or to small. You could sleep in a warm bed with soft blankets. I might be even able to give you a family to care for you." As I said this I slowly got closer to Draco until I was sitting beside him. "Would you like that Draco?" I stretched out my hand towards Draco and stood up.
Draco looked at my hand and then in to my eyes. He was searching for something but I did not know what it was. I gave a small smile, he had Lucius' eyes.
"Ok" Draco said as he grabbed my outstretched hand.