Chapter One; Hide and Go Seek
It's FINALLY here! Happy Easter to everyone! (only fifteen days away) Oh and by the way this will be my last story ever here on fanfiction… JK! April Fools! I'm probably going to be writing stories and posting them until the day I die which hopefully won't be for a very long time even though I'm ready to go to whenever God wants me, I'm really enjoying my life down here on earth for the moment. So anyway, God bless and enjoy the story! As always you guys are absolutely one hundred percent amazing!
Harry Snape was a very happy nine and a half year old kid. He twirled and spun around in circles and tilted his head back while he caught raindrops on his tongue. He had quite a few of his bottom teeth missing now. He bent over and did a cartwheel over a couple of puddles before his mother stuck her head out the door and called to him. "Harry, it's time to come inside now sweetheart! Your lunch is ready!" she exclaimed.
"Coming Mum!" Harry called back to her as he leapt back to his feet and rushed through the pouring rain towards the front door. His dog (a Jack Russell terrier poodle mix) Cowboy was there to greet him as he came inside.
"Make sure that you leave your boots on the rug." His mother instructed as he slid both of his red rubber boots off his feet and then removed his yellow rain jacket by pulling his arms through the sleeves and then hung it up on its proper hook. Then he took off his rainhat and set it down next to the coatrack before removing his glasses from his face and breathing on them.
"I don't know how you can see anything when your glasses are all fogged up like that." His father said while Harry used the hem of his shirt to rub them dry again before he walked into the kitchen and sat down at the table in-between his mother and his little brother Tobey before taking a bite of his grilled cheese sandwich. Tobey grinned and eagerly took a bite of his sandwich even though it was very tiny and not as big as Harry's was.
"That's a very good boy Tobey. Now it's your turn Evie." Lily told her daughter but the five year old little girl simply just shoved her plate away in protest.
"I don't want it! I'm not hungry!" she cried.
"That's alright, you still have to sit here with everyone else though and you won't get dessert if you don't eat your lunch." Her mother told her as Eve slowly pulled back her plate and took a tiny bite of her sandwich while Lily smiled at her warmly. "That's my big girl." She said while Snape sat down on the other side of her so that he could start eating his lunch.
"Don't forget, we're all going out to supper tonight." He said.
"That's right and tomorrow we're going to busy coloring eggs for the Easter Bunny." Lily told them excitedly. "Because Sunday's Easter." She said as an extremely large and excited grin stretched a crossed Harr's face while he took a drink of his pumpkin juice.
"That's when we have our annual Easter egg hunt!" he cried enthusiastically as both of his parents laughed.
"Yep that's right, and I take it that you're excited." His mother said.
"Of course I am, Dad and I win every single year." He told her.
"Well, I do have to admit. Harry and I make quite a team. But you know Harry, there's more to the Easter egg hunt than just winning. The reason that our church even has it at all is because it's a fundraiser to help support the children's hospital." His father told him.
"I know that, but we're still going to kick their butts!" he cried out of pure enthusiasm.
"Yeah! That's my boy!" his father exclaimed before he gave him a high five.
After lunch was over Lily decided to take Tobey and Eve to see the Easter Bunny while Harry stayed home with his father (and since it stopped raining) catching fairies in the backyard. The children were very excited about going to the mall to see him, but when it finally became their turn for their mother to set them both down on top of his lap the two children started to cry. They were still very upset when they got home and Lily still was trying desperately to calm them down while Harry rested his head up against his father's chest watching the television.
Snape planted a soft and tender kiss on the top of his head before turning his own head around and watching as his wife carried his daughter and youngest son out into the living room. "Something tells me that things didn't go as well as we originally had hoped." He said.
"Yeah, everything was fine until we got there." Lily replied while she sat down on top of the couch a crossed from them and cuddled both of her children close to her chest before giving them each a kiss on top of their heads.
"Don't worry, they'll cheer up when they realize that the Easter Bunny will be leaving them their Easter baskets full of candy in a couple of days." Harry told her and sure enough both of the children instantly stopped crying and turned to look at him and grinned. "See? I told you so." He said as his father chuckled and planted another kiss on the top of his head.
"Tell you what? I have a great idea. Why don't we all play a game?" Lily suggested.
"What game is that Mummy?" Tobey wondered while he glanced up at her questioningly.
"How about hide and go seek?" she questioned him back.
"Yay! I love that game! That's my favorite!" he cried excitedly.
"Alright, you and your brother and sister go ahead and hide and I'll count." She told them as all three children quickly leapt off the couch while she closed her eyes and covered them up with her hands before she started to count. "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty! Alright, ready or not, here I come!" she cried as she opened her eyes and uncovered them with her hands before she stood up and started walking through the living room.
"Harry's generally the hardest one to find so I'll look for him last. I'll try looking for either Tobey or Eve first." She said to herself as she walked into the dining room and sure enough she caught a glimpse of her five year old daughter hiding under the table with a huge grin on her face. "I wonder where Evie could be,.." she said before she bent down and peered underneath the table. "There she is!" she exclaimed as the little girl squealed and giggled.
"Alright darling, you can help me find your brothers." She said before she took ahold of her hand and helped her out from underneath the table and helped her back up to her feet. "Alright boys, ready or not here we come!" she yelled. "Harry,.. Tobey!" she called as she went into the bathroom and turned on the light before she pulled back the shower curtain and looked behind it. Sure enough a little boy was standing behind it. "Okay Tobey, I see you. You can come out now." She told him as he shyly smiled at her before climbing out of the bathtub.
"Wow, you both picked very good hiding places." She said as she took each one of her children by the hand again. "Now here comes the hardest part since Harry's the only one left to find." She said as she went inside Harry's bedroom and flipped on the light switch before looking underneath his bed. "Nope, he's not here." She said to herself before she looked inside his closet and turned on the light. "He's not here either which to tell you the truth I'm rather surprised because considering the fact that it's an absolute mess, it would make a very good hiding spot." She said before she turned off the lights again.
"Hey Tobey, can you please turn off the light for me in the bathroom sweetheart while I go check in your room?" she questioned him. "Because I forgot to while I was in there." She told him.
"Yes Mummy." He told her with a nod before he quickly hurried inside the bathroom and flipped off the switch for her. Meanwhile Lily continued searching the whole entire house for Harry.
"Alright Severus, I need some backup. I've looked everywhere for Harry and I still can't find him anywhere!" she exclaimed with pure and utter astonishment and disbelief but Snape simply just grinned at her before Harry came out from behind the couch.
"Not everywhere." He said swinging one leg over it and climbing back onto the cushion and sitting down on top of it.
"Wow Harry, I'm surprised that you can still fit behind there." His mother said as Harry grinned at her revealing his missing baby teeth.
"Yep, I'm still the hide and go seek champion!" he cried as both of his parents laughed.
"You must certainly are." Lily told him. "And I have to admit, I'm rather impressed at how good you are at this game." She said.
"My turn!" he exclaimed before he turned his head around and hid his face in the side of the couch and started to count.