DISCLAIMER: i own nothing. i am not even close to being as talented at J.K. Rowling, or even most of the authors here so...yeah (this is for all chapter, i'm too lazy to type it more than once)

Deafening Silence

"speech"

writing

-thought-

:signing:

'parchment'

CHAPTER 1-

Severus Snape was not a happy man. -Damn twinkling-eyed bastard- he thought as he walked down Privet Drive. -Forcing me to take this spoiled brat shopping!- He walked up to number 4 and rang the bell.

A horse-faced woman answered "Can I help you?" she asked

"Yes, I'm here to take Mr. Potter to get his school supplies." Snape said, calmly

Her eyes widened. "He's not going to your freak school." She screeched and slammed the door.

Snape stood in shock for a moment. A muggle had just slammed a door in his face. He rang the bell again for good measure then when she didn't answer he opened it and went in.

He walked into the kitchen, Petunia Dursley was nowhere to be found but the was a small, black haired boy at the sink washing dishes. He looked about 9, maybe 10 at the most. He was wearing very baggy clothes. He hadn't noticed Snape yet.

Snape cleared his throat to make his presence known but the boy didn't move. "Excuse me?" he said. Still no reaction.

Getting frustrated he walked up to the boy and put a hand on his shoulder. The boy jumped and dropped the plate he had been washing, causing it to shatter.

The boy turned around and looked at the plate on the floor then looked up at Snape. "What are you deaf boy?" he asked angrily

The boy nodded, staring at Snape with bright green eyes. Suddenly a large man burst into the room "What did you brake this time, you worthless piece of shit?" he yelled, not noticing Snape. The man raised his hand to strike the trembling child but Snape caught it.

"Don't touch him." Snape said.

"You're the freak Petunia told you he's not going not get out of my house!" the man yelled.

"He is going and no muggle is going to stop him."

"Fine take him but don't you dare try to bring him back!" the man yelled and he turned and hurried out of the room, obviously scared of Snape.

Snape pulled out Harry's Hogwarts letter and handed it to Harry, who was now looking at him curiously. Harry read it, then he pulled out a small notebook and wrote Who are you?

He handed it to the strange man. Noticing hesitation he took it back and wrote I can lip read.

"I am Professor Severus Snape, Potions Master at Hogwarts," he said.

Magic is real? he wrote.

"Of course it's real. Now go get you things."

Harry nodded. He walked up to the cupboard under the stairs and crawled inside. He came out a minute later with a small box full of over sized clothes, notebooks and pens.

"Is that all you want?" Snape asked

Harry nodded

"Why was your stuff in the cupboard?"

Harry put down the box and wrote That is my room.

"Oh." He said, "Well me must get going. I'll shrink your things so we don't have to carry them all day." He shrunk the box and put it in his pocket. "I'm going to apparate us to Diagon Alley. Hold on to me and don't let go."

Harry cautiously grabbed his hand. Snape apparated them to the courtyard behind the Leaky Cauldron. He tapped the brick above the trashcan and watched the small boys reaction. When Harry looked up at him, he said "Welcome to Diagon Alley."