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This story sees Severus Snape as Harry's father. This is not a severitus story. Harry's appearance will not change, he will still look like James, (Lily's charm is not removable; it's permanent.)
The story begins before the maze event at the TriWizard tournament which Snape will watch. Snape and Harry share a strict father and son relationship however they do get on (sometimes, sometimes not...)
There are things to watch out for however..... so .... ŴĂŔŃĨŃĞ!!
There will be drinking in this story, attitudes, swearing, some violence and a little angst. Harry will get hurt a lot and even though the stuff isn't really very graphic, you read at your own risk!.....
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Harry was sat in the great hall beside his friends, it was the morning of the third task and he knew that he had to face the most tedious and energy consuming task yet.
"How are you Harry?" asked Hermione cautiously
"To be honest" replied Harry "I don't know"
"You'll be alright" put in Hermione quickly in a hopeful yet sure tone.
"We'll be here for you mate." Added Ron positively.
"Thanks guys" muttered Harry whilst shoving some bacon around his plate in a "U" shape, then stabbing focefully at his egg with his fork. "I don't think I'm that hungry though."
"It's nerves Harry, you must try to eat something, you're going to need all the energy you can get, you'll be nackered afterwards, especially if you have nothing."
"I know Hermione, it's just that sick feeling, you know that doesn't want me to eat... but my head wants me to eat." With that he slowly but surely ate his breakfast, which was a lot more than he normally ate. at least there's good reason for me to eat this stuff this time.... Harry thought as he continued to stab ungracefully at his breakfast.
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Harry was dressed in his black trousers and his little black and red top I swear the body has shrunk and the arms have stretched? He wondered thoughfully before proceeding to the edge of the maze.
His father Snape was stood beside the maze with a few of the other teachers beside him. And the announcement began. The contestants listened on intently and apprehensively.
"You will proceed into the maze in the order that was determined by your placings from the previous rounds. There are many things to watch out for within the maze and even though we are sworn to secrecy as to what those things are, I must warn you to all be on your guard." Dumbledore and Snape shot a quick glance in Harry's direction. He was stood there, stationary clutching tightly to his wand and staring at the ground beneath him with intense concentration. His body language portraying just how nervous he was feeling right now. The announcement continued after a short pause. "If there is an occassion where you find yourself in difficulty or danger and are unable to resolve the situation yourself then you must use your wand and send up the red sparks; upon seeing the sparks, the teachers surrounding the maze will come to your assisstance. The first one to the cup will be the victor of the TriWizard Tournament!" The end of the speech was greeted with huge applause and cheers of good will from the spectators in the stands. The bell sounded and Harry nervously wandered into the maze.
There was nothing standing before him, just an empty maze, What is with this game? Thought Harry glumly. He instantly turned upon hearing a muffled rattle behind him; the maze was closing and the spectators and area outside the maze was gradually fading alongside Harry's confidence. What the hell do I do now?" He wondered. His head was still confused yet his feet continued to take him further into the unpredictability of the maze ahead!
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and nothing had happend, the spectators had heard absoloutely nothing of the competitors yet they set there observing the maze's exterior in awe. Some people had become rather uninterested and had resorted to idle chit chat with their fellow students and some others were still sat motionless, unblinking staring pointedly at the maze's entrance.
All of a sudden, the crowds turned completely silent once more, upon hearing a whoosing sound in the distance; then they noticed it. They were mesmorised by the appearance of red sparks coming from the interior of the rows of green.
"I do hope that's not Harry" mumbled Ron slowly
"Ronald, it may be bad if it is, but just think, if it IS him then it surely can't be that bad, look, there's teachers everywhere!"
"he might be hurt though" replied Ron desperately, secretly hoping that his best friend was okay in there. Hermione bit her lip realising that she could find nothing to contradict that statement due to the fact that there was always going to be the posibility of it being Harry. Until they found out who it was that came from the inside of the maze, they had no idea as to the situation Harry was facing. The friends, and in fact all outisde knew that there were horrifying dangers lurking within the maze that they themselves would never dream of meddling with...
AlL ThEy cOuLd dO WaS WaIt.....
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Professor Moody came hurtling out the maze with a totally terrified Fleur Delacour in his arms, she clearly was not too gravely hurt yet it was clear to everyone that there was a lot more in that maze than was made out to be.
"See Ronald" Hermione retorted "It's not Harry, it's Fleur"
"I can see that Hermione, but does that mean that Harry's okay"
"I honestly can say Ron that I don't know. It could mean that he is because no sparks have appeared, but it could mean something a lot, lot worse you know..." she trailed of in thought.
"I hope it's the first part and I hope you're right Hermione." replied Ron with a nervous edge to his voice. Hermione glanced at him momentarily then put her hand to his shoulder in a comforting gesture, then the two returned their glances to the maze as Harry and what looked to be Cedric appeared before them holding the cup!
"They're OUT!" Bellowed Ron standing instantly almost knocking Hermione backwards. She jumped up beside him. Their relief was obvious as their hands raged together in furious applause alongside the remainder of Hogwarts (beside a few jealous Slytherins). The crowd was wild... but Harry was still on the floor, Cedric hadn't moved. Hermione, Ron and Hagrid all looked to each other in confusion yet the crowd continued to roar! No offense but you'd of thought Cedric would be peed of with having Harry half laying on top of him for that long - what is he doing? thought Ron amusedly, totally unaware of the situation.
The crowds' cheers faultered to silence as Fleur let out a strangled cry and Cho burst into tears at the side of the ring. Hagrid turned his attention to Harry once more and realised that something was amiss, why was Cedric still not moving. Dumbledore came to his senses and rushed down before everyone else and approached the two. Snape who had come to the front of the maze when he heard the cheering ending suddenly caught sight of his son on the floor with the diggory boy and immediately raced over to them.
What was going on? He wondered.
"Harry?" He questioned, and got no reply, he reached his son and caught sight of the tears that were trailing down his son's cheeks with immense speed and were not letting up any time soon. "Harry?" He asked again, more forceful this time, with punctuality. There was still no recognition from Harry. Snape stood and with Dumbledore and the rest of the crowd observing in fear and worry, he went to Harry's other side. Harry was bent over Cedric, appearing as if he had been in a fight, obviously not with diggory; Harry wouldn't have done that, the two got on very amicably, especially throughout this year and this tournament. Harry's face was a mess and his rumpled and slightly risen up, askew shirt spoke of a struggle. He reached down and took Harry under his arms and attempted to remove Harry and pull him away. This went to nothing, it was futile. He reached for him again and took him round his waist and hauled him away with force. He slid away with Harry wriggling profusely in his grasp into a small sideway that led to a coridoor. The remainder of the school was spoken to by Dumbledore and ordered straight to the Great Hall right away for an emergency meeting.
Snape struggled with Harry all the way to his quarters in the dungeons. He got inside and stood still, still holding Harry tightly, one arm round his waist and the other round the front of his upper body preventing him getting away or doing anything silly. His head was clearly not in a normal place. His thoughts were obviously still in the graveyard and back at the maze, possibly still inside it too! God knows what the poor boy had been through. It was however very clear that "you know who" was back.
Harry was fighting his father's grip continuously and with a suprising amount of force. "Harry calm down" ordered Snape both forcefully yet comfortingly at the same time. Harry wriggled more and lunged forwards almost escaping Snape's grasp but Snape's relexes had never let him down before and he caught Harry by the back of his shirt and hauled him onto the adjacent leather couch that sat to the left side of the living room area of the quarters. He leant over Harry with his hands gripping onto Harry's shirt pressing to Harry's back whilst he spoke words of comfort until the boy had restored himself to just ocassional gasps for breath and slower breathing. Until he was calm enough to sit up.....
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A/N: Hope it was okay, I promise the rest will be A LOT better, I just needed to put this in to set the scenes and atmosphere for the remainder of the story, to allow you guys to identify the reasons why Harry will become what he becomes in further chapters... (if that makes any sense...)
Just a passage to set the tone of the rest of the story, the proper story starts in the next chapter. In the next chapter we will start with Harry waking up two days later, after the event when everyone knows what happend and when it is the morning of the summer holidays.
BTW - Ron's going to come over for two weeks of the summer and Harry will graually begin to change for the worse. He will go to live with his father in Snape mannor for the summer too.