Chapter One; The Mysterious Man

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Enjoy the first chapter, and then I'll be posting the first part of A Very Happy Harry New Year right afterwards!

Harry James Snape tossed and turned inside his bed. He had been having continuous nightmares of his godfather's death and sometimes he still believed that Voldemort was trying to control his body.

"Neither one can live while the other survives."

That horrible thought still haunted him and rang through his ears, and he could see a replay of the prophecy smashing down on the ground in front of him. That's when suddenly his mother came into his room and turned on the light switch. "Alright sweetheart, it's time to get up." She told him while smiling warmly down at him. That's when suddenly Harry remembered that it was Sunday morning and that he was supposed to get ready for church.

However Harry really didn't feel in a churchy mood this particular morning. "Can't I stay home today?" he questioned her when all of a sudden she sat down beside him and felt his forehead.

"What's the matter are you sick?" she asked him as he quickly coughed inside his hand.

"Uh, yeah." He told her.

"Well, you don't feel very warm. But if you rather stay in bed you can. You've been through a lost these past few months anyway." She told him before she bent down and kissed his forehead. "Love you, get some rest." She told him before she stood back up and walked back over to the light switch and turned it off again and quietly shut the door behind her.

"What's wrong? Isn't he coming?" her husband Severus Snape asked her.

"No." she began. "He said that he didn't feel good, but I personally think it's because he's still grieving over Sirius." She explained.

"I know we had our differences but he was a good man, and he's in a better place now." He told her.

"I know that, and I think that deep down Harry knows it too. We just need to give him a little time. I'll go get the twins ready." She said before she turned around and walked away.

Meanwhile back inside his room, Harry had rolled over onto his back and was staring up at the ceiling. "Why?" he questioned softly. "Why have you done this to me?" he asked and waited for a few moments with silence. "Yeah, that's what I thought." He replied with a nod before rolling back over onto his side and felt a lone tear rolling down his cheek. "You don't give a shit about me." He said softly.

….

"Good morning everyone, and welcome to the house of the Lord." The preacher began as Tobey and Eve sat up straight inside their pew and had their eyes fixed on him but since Teddy and Heather were still very little they tended to fidget quite a bit.

"Good morning!" Lily and Severus answered back loudly.

"And what a fine morning this is. Now before we get started and send the children off to Sunday school, let's all stand up and sing a verse of Amazing Grace." The preacher said as everyone rose to their feet. That's when suddenly out of the corner of Eve's eye she saw a man standing at the back of the church. He looked an awful lot like Harry, but she knew that he had decided to stay home that morning. She scrunched up her face in confusion and disbelief before she started singing along with everyone else.

Amazing grace, how sweet the sound.

That saved a wretch like me!

I once was lost, but now I'm found,

Was blind but now I see.

They sung as the preacher asked for them all to bow their heads in prayer. "Heavenly Father we come before you today,.." he began as Eve bowed her head but wasn't paying attention to most of the prayer since she kept glancing up at that mysterious man. "This we ask in your name, amen." He finised.

"Amen!" everyone else exclaimed.

…

"I sure hope that Harry's doing alright." Lily said as soon as the service was over and they all headed back outside.

"Harry's fine, he was watching us the entire time." Eve said.

"What are you talking about?" Tobey questioned her. "I didn't see him." He said. "Listen sis, you know I love you, but you've really got to stop letting your imagination run away with you." He told her.

"But I wasn't imagining him! Honestly I wasn't!" she exclaimed with a shake of her head. "I think I know my own brother!" she snapped.

"Alright, alright that's enough you two. It isn't right to be fighting on the holiest day of the week." Their mother told them.

"Yeah, otherwise you'll go to Hell." Tobey told her with a sly grin.

"Don't scare your sister like that! Besides, I'm talking to you too Tobias!" Lily scolded when all of a sudden Teddy and Heather began to cry. "Oh come here my babies." She began before she bent down and scooped them up inside her arms. "Shh,.. it's alright." She whispered soothingly before kissing each of them on top of their head and then wrinkling her nose. "Phew! We really need to get you potty trained Teddy." She told him before they started making their way back towards the house.

Cowboy and Katie instantly started to bark once they went inside the house. "Harry!" Lily called. "We're home!" she cried before quickly closing the door behind her so that the dogs wouldn't escape. "Harry?" Lily questioned when she didn't hear him give an answer and started walking down the hall still carrying the twins before turning to knock on Harry's bedroom door. "Harry? Sweetie are you asleep?" she wondered before she slowly pushed the door open and let her mouth fall wide open when she found that it was completely empty. "Severus, come quick!" she cried.