A/N: This is my new story! I apologize for the massive amount of time I've been away!
Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN HARRY POTTER
In Godrick's Hollow stood a house. The house that was, until an hour ago, James and Lily Potter's. Now the entire structure was a smoldering wreck that lay cooling in the midnight darkness, the last of the Forbidden magic emanated from the building and buried itself deep in the ground or evaporated into the black sky.
Severus Snape stood motionless across the street staring at the wreckage. Inside that house had been his life, his heart. And it moved too quickly; making a beat to the uneasiness pulsing through the wizard's frame as he stepped quickly across the deserted street and pushed open the garden gate to walk up to the doorway that was vacant, for the occupant of the doorway lay on the floor, shattered by a curse of some sort. Snape stepped over the broken door and pulled out a roughly hewn stick from his robe, with a whisper, "Lumos," the wand lit up and bathed the demolished living room in a bluish glow. The man moved through the room to the staircase that would lead him to the upper level.
He quickly inhaled as the glow illuminated the still body of James Potter. He looked as if his body had just been dumped on the floor, the limbs were limp and flung at odd angles while his eyes stared wide open at the ceiling; a puppet with its strings cut.
Snape proceeded to the stairs and climbed to the second floor. The very last door on the right, things were strewn from the entrance and a small cry could be heard. The man raced into the room to find a small boy of no more than one year of age sitting in his crib staring with watery green eyes at the woman who lay on the ground.
Snape cried out and fell to the ground to pull Lily Potter's body into his arms. He had startled the boy who began to cry at the sight of yet another strange man in his room. Snape was wailing and rocking back and forth on the floor, letting his feeling of loss and despair fill the room. After what seemed like an eternity Snape stopped crying and set Lily on the floor. He then turned his attention to the boy who had also been crying. Severus stood up and walked over to the crib and lifted the sniffling child out and into his arms.
"Shh Harry it's alright. I've got you now. No one is going to hurt you." Harry sniffed and looked up at the man holding him; green into black. He has his mother's eyes, Severus thought unconsciously. He grabbed a blanket to wrap the infant in and walked out of the house. He crossed the street and stood under the lamp post.
Soon two figures drifted out of the shadows and walked up the wizard and orphan, a wrinkly old man that had a complacent smile on his wizened face and an older severe looking woman with a bird like nose but yellowish cat eyes.
Snape nodded and said, "Hello Albus, Minerva." Albus
Dumbeldore smiled slightly and Minerva Mcgonagall remained still with her ever permanent flat line mouth.
"Hagrid should be here soon to take the boy. Tell me. What happened to Voldemort?" Minerva shivered at the name but Snape answered," He was not in the house." Dumbeldore moved forward suddenly and brushed back a thatch of black hair from Harry's forehead, gave an ahh of understanding and looked up at Snape, "He is destroyed. For the time being at least."
Snape began to ask for an explanation but a loud bang of a motorcycle drew their attention to the large thing flying towards them. With another bang the old motorcycle that had been flying until a few seconds ago landed on the street and screeched to a stop in front of the trio under the lamp post. A large figure got off the motorcycle and lumbered over to Dumbelore.
The old man turned and looked expectantly at Snape who unconsciously tightened his hold on the little bundle in his arms. Dumbeldore nodded in understanding and turned to the giant.
"I have changed my mind. Young Harry will not be going to the Dursleys. Is that correct Snape?"
The younger wizard's eyed widened and he looked quickly at the baby and then at the old man. He was crazy. There was no way he could take care of this child but as his mind said no the words," I'll take care of him." came out of his mouth. Minerva and Hagrid looked at Snape in surprise but quickly nodded their approval when they saw Dumbeldore nodding his head. "Very well then. I expect to see the boy in 10 years Severus."
The old wizard winked and then Apparated out of the neighborhood. The witch transformed into a cat and disappeared down the street while the giant got on his motorcycle and drove down the road before lifting into the sky. Snape smiled at the boy in his arms and then lifted the dark hair up to see the lightening bolt scar on his forehead.
"Harry James Potter. You are the boy that lived."
A/N
Whoop for OOC Severus! This is going to be very OOC but it's an idea that's been sitting in the back of my mind since the scene in the last movie when Snape is in the house and crying over Lily's body. I already have death scenes written out cause I'm a morbid person!
Reviews would be nice!