Severus and Lily Potter had married fresh out of school and had moved to Salem, Massachusetts to the Prince family estate. Severus was the last remaining Prince in the family so he had gotten the family Lordship. They wanted out of London do to the war. It was three years later when they were 20 when they had their first child. A lovely little boy. With Severus' black hair and Lily's green hair.

They loved the child from the moment he was born but they found out shortly after their little Harry was deaf.

Lily held Harry as she cried. Her son was oblivious to the distress she was in.

"It's okay, Lily." Severus told her and kissed her cheek. "My mother's mother was deaf. I can teach you and our son to sign and teach him to read lips. We'll get through this."

She gave him a wet smile and nodded.

"I love him regardless." Lily said, kissing her son's head. "Oh, Sev never think I don't but things are going to be so much harder for him. " she rocked the tiny child. " i can sign as well. I think that's why Harry was born this way. "

"What do you mean?" Severus asked,

"I mean we both had grandparents who were deaf." Lily said, "We could be carriers of the gene and passed it on to our son. " she took a shaky breath. "I've read about it. We both would to have the gene to pass it on. The same with blindness."

"Your son has perfect eyes." the Healer informed them. " We can't cure your son being deaf though. I'm sorry, Lady Prince."

Lily gave a weak smile."I'm surprised you knew that though." the Healer continued trying to fill the awkward void. " Have you been studying to be a Healer?'

"I'm a Charms Mistress. "Lily informed. "I looked it up when Sev and I decided to have children. " her eyes were all for the sleeping boy in her arms. "Sev, is a Potion's Master. "

The Healer smiled at the small family.

Harry was a year old and already learning to sign and read lips when his little brother was born. Tiberius Snape. He stood in his crib and looked at his brother in the other crib. He frowned and was suddenly in his brother's crib. The baby looked at him. Harry tilted his head and touched Tiberius' ears he pulled them gently. His mommy and daddy and the nanny were in shock. It was Harry's first use of magic and told them he was going to be powerful.

Lily got Harry's attention and signed as well as talked.

"Harry, let Ti sleep."

Baby hear? Harry signed back. He pulled gently at Ti's ears again. Ti grabbed his hand and giggled. Harry smiled sadly he couldn't hear but could tell that his brother was laughing. Baby laugh?

"Yes, Harry, " Severus said and signed, " Ti laughed. He likes you. " Severus bit his lip. "Ti can hear, Harry."

Baby Perfect. Harry told them and kissed Ti's head. He lay down with his little brother. Love, baby.

Severus and Lily smiled at each other and the nanny relaxed. They had thought that they would have a jealous Harry on their hands. They should have known better Harry was kind and seemed to love everyone. Harry was now holding his brother in his arms as they both settled in for a nap.

"Thank god." the Nanny sighed, " I was a little worried. But I should have known Master Harry would never hate his brother. " she sighed, "I've seen it before in deaf children. In this very family. "

Severus hugged Lily and kissed her head.

"We're doing everything we can to help him, Lily. " He told her. "It's going to get tough but we can do it, honey."

Harry was swinging in his tree swing while the Nanny sat feeding his brother on a blanket next to him. When a carriage pulled up. Three men got out. A Butler came out. He began talking and signing.

"Take the children in." he told the Nanny. " The Blue room."

The Nanny took both Harry and Ti in to the room . Severus took Harry while Lily took Ti. A few moments later the three men were shown in.

"Wow, you're doing well for yourself, Lils." One of the men said as they sat. "Two kids?"

What say? Harry asked his dad. I no get.

"It's okay." Severus told Harry "That's James Potter , Sirius Black, and Remus Lupin. We went to school with them. "

"Your kids deaf?" Sirius asked, eyeing the child. He gave Harry a little wave. Harry waved back. "So we're here to ..."

"We will not come back. " Lily said, speaking slowly so Harry could read her lips. " We aren't coming back to London or the Order. As you can see we have children and one needs constant attention. Tell Albus. ..."

"Woh." Remus said, " We left the Order as well, We moved here as well. We didn't know you were here until we heard about a Lord Prince living outside of town. We came to tell you we are living in town."

"Thank you for the information." Severus said giving Harry one of his toy cars and setting him on the floor. Harry began pushing it around. "You seem to have grown up." his voice was tight. "You haven't once called me that name and actually seem ..."

"My parents were killed. " James said , cutting Severus off. " I grew up pretty fast after that. It was around the time you two left. I began questioning and thinking about things that were happening and decisions that were made. Sirius and Remus were already questioning everything. So we got together and decided we should get out. They treat werewolves better here in America anyway."

Remus was too busy to talk. He was on the floor with Harry who had summoned his huge bag of Hot Wheels. He and Remus were now playing with his whole collection