A Different Life
Chapter one
Harry James Potter was a child of great talent and a child with a horrible past. At just the age of 2 and a half years he was being treated like the runt of the litter, uncared for, unloved and unwanted. He had learned not to scream and cry because no-one would come or they would shout and call him a freak. So far his little life at number 4 Privet Drive had been nothing but a very vivid nightmare, at least that's what Harry would fall asleep hoping every night was just the same, he was cold, hungry, needed a nappy change and frightened, he remembered his mummy and daddy who had cared for him and loved him, he wished more than anyone he could have that again. To be cared for, to be loved and to be wanted.
That very same night one Severus Snape lay in his chambers thinking of the only person he ever loved, Lilly Evans, and their son that he could never claim as his own. Known by so many people as Harry James Potter but always known to him as Harry James Severus Evans-Snape. The only people who had known of this was himself, Lilly and a healer at St. Mungos. Severus couldn't help feeling that apart of him was missing aside from Lilly. He had spent restless hours thinking about the slip of paper that proved Harry was his son and he wished so much to claim him as his own. This night Severus made a decision that would change not only his life but that of his little boy as well.
Two evenings later Severus made his way to number 4 Privet drive with the guardianship papers for one Harry James Severus Evans-Snape also know as Harry James Potter. He was finally going to claim his little boy as his own.