As you all know, the four founders of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry are as followed, Godric Gryffindor, Salazar Slytherin, Helga Hufflepuff, and Rowena Ravenclaw, but what if history was wrong?
Warnings: Evil Albus/Ron/Hermine/Molly Abused Harry but no actual abuse scenes. Time Travel Fic.
It had been four days until Joul awoke. His mother had been by his side the whole entire time. Severus had changed Joul into hospital attire, its not like he hadn't seen the boy naked. He had changed his clothing a thousand times when he was younger. "Harry." Severus used the only name that Joul knew himself by, even if he hated to use it. Joul didn't know who he really was and wouldn't know what to think if he started to be called by his original name.
Joul's eyes snapped open and he quickly sat up looking down at his body. He started to pat it and found that it didn't hurt like he expected. It took him a moment to realize where he was and how he had gotten here.
"It was Dudley that had saved me." Harry realized and frowned. Dudley, the one that helped beat him and rape him helped him and saved his life?
He gasped when he saw that he was in hospital wear and looked up at Severus, his eyes widened as he grabbed the covers and brought them up to cover him. It made him feel safer. Maybe if he held on to the covers tightly they would shield him from the yelling that was bound to happen.
He froze when he saw the soft look in the potions professors face. He never looked at him with soft eyes or that small smile on his face. He knew. Joul started to hyperventilate and Severus frowned. Harry Potter was so very different from Joul. Severus had to resist the urge to flinch at the eyes he saw before him. They were pain filled and dull, the eyes that had seen many horrors in his life, the eyes that he had only seen in the Founders of Hogwarts after when they had died, the same eyes that they still had today.
"Calm yourself child." He said softly and held out a potion. "It isn't poison if that's what you think." He said looking at Harry's face. He knew that Harry Potter hated him, but he also knew that Jouls memories are still there, but locked away. Or possibly Joul took out all of his memories and they are in the many bottles stored in Severus office. Severus had instructed Joul to take all of his memories, make a copy of them, and give them all to him so that he would be able to keep them and give them to Joul when he needed them, which would be soon. He saw Harry Potter take the potion and noticed him shutter in discomfort. Severus took out his wand and Harry froze again.
"I shall not hurt you Harry James Potter." Severus said frowning as he used the name that was given to him and the way that his son reacted to him pulling out his wand. Did a Wizard torture him as well? He hated calling his son that. It wasn't his rightful name.
"The potion was a Calming Draught so you wont be quite as terrified." Severus said. Looking at him he gave him another potion. "Always ask what the potion is before you take it. This is a Nourishment Potion. You won't be able to eat solid food for about 3 weeks seeing how skinny you are. I did a few spells on you and you are very lucky to be alive…. Mr. Potter.
"I am not suppose to ask questions." Harry whispered. He stiffened and cringed like he was going to be hit. When he looked up, Severus was looking at him, but he wasn't mad like Harry thought he was. He knew there and then that Severus knew he was abused and possibly he knew about the rape part to.
"You are a child. You are suppose to ask questions, even if they are obvious, or you possibly might even know the answer." Severus said.
"His reactions to every little thing… they tortured him. I should know what it does to a person, pretending to be Uncles follower after all of these years." Severus thought to himself hiding his pain from Harry.
He put up the many masks that he had. If there was an ounce of Joul left in Harry Potter, then he would be able to see the pain and sorrow that one Severus Slytherin held.
"Is that a-an order?" He asked looking down.
"It is a request, which I would like to see followed. The only orders I shall give you is to listen to me when I ask something of you and if I ask you to do something you will do it without hesitation. Forget everything that your 'relatives' have taught you. You are under my care now and I will not allow you to continue what they taught you do." Harry nodded slightly and stared blankly out of the window.
"Why- "
"There are only a few things that I hate Harry and that is when someone starts a question and doesn't finish it."
"Why are you being so ni-nice to me?" He whispered.
'Because I am your father and fathers are suppose to be nice to their children. It is an unspoken rule and if you had your memories back then you would know who you rightfully are.'" Because, it is my duty. Hogwarts has sealed the room so that only I am able to enter. I don't want you to be out of this bed unless I say that you may. Do I make myself clear?" he asked the boy just to make sure that he understood. "Things are not safe for you at Hogwarts at the moment. That is why Hogwarts herself as sealed the room from anyone but me from entering. Very soon though, when you are able to travel then we are going to be living at my quarters until the start of the knew school year."
"Sir, you act like Hogwarts is living." Harry whispered.
"She is. She was made by the founders from nothing but pure Magic Mr. Potter. Now what are my rules?"
"To listen to you when you ask something of me and if you ask me to do something I will do it without hesitation. Forget everything that my relatives have taught me. I am under you care now and you will not allow me to continue what they taught me do." He said repeating word for word what Severus had told me, only changing the I's and You's when appropriate.
Severus nodded. This was a different Harry, but abuse changes children anyone really. "Now, Harry, how about we play a game of Chess. I know the Muggle way of Chess and am quite good. Do you play?" He asked the boy conjuring up his old Chess set, a higher chair, and brought the lunch tray on wheels over to him and started to set up the old falling apart board. His father had given him this and he really should be playing on the Chess set he had bought 20 years ago, but it was a special occasion.
Harry shook his head. He couldn't believe that the Potions Professor was acting like this. Like he cared. Harry saw the small twitch of a smile. The faintness sorrow and pain. He knew right when Severus concealed him emotions. He stood a millimeter higher, his eyes turned a darker black, the small twitch of a smile was no more. Even though everything was concealed, he knew that Snape showed something of carring. He had seen 'caring' many times with Ms. Weasley and everyone of his children and his Aunt over Dudley. He didn't even know the Potions Master knew the emotion.
No. He isn't caring for me. He hates me to the ends of the earth. If we were the last people on the earth, he would kill me just so he wouldn't have to put up with me. Who would want to stay around a freak like me. Why is he being so nice, is it just to break my walls so he can destroy me like every one else? Well it is not happening.
"Verbal answer if you would Harry."
Why didn't he hit me? Harry thought to himself.
"No sir. I don't know how to play."
"Its about time you learn then don't you think?" He asked smiling softly. Harry nodded but quickly answered.
"Yes sir." So Severus taught Harry Potter how to play chess and for the rest of the day they played with the founders of Hogwarts and Joul's mother watching, invisible to the teen, but not to the grown man in billowing black robes and Harry was still not letting in the greasy haired Potions Master.
"Harry, we will be leaving for my manor in the morning. I have already gotten you things from your Uncles, but there is something that I need to tell you. Something that you may not believe and certainly not coming from me….." Severus said slowly as he was taking care of the centuries old chess set. "Harry, Albus Dumbledore is a very evil man. I know that he has been trying to kill you all of these years, and I have stopped him from doing so. He is a very evil man but I cant stop him forever. He will find out one day that I am not only a Spy for the Dark Lord, but also for him. Let me give you an example. I spy on Dumbledore for the Dark Lord and I spy on the Dark Lord for Dumbledore, but I spy on both of them for my mate and the Founders of Hogwarts." He decided to leave it at that. He didn't want to revile too much information at a time.
"I know Sir. Ron and Hermione... they-"
"Go on."
Shit, now I have to answer him. He could give me a potion that could slowly kill me, painfully no doubt.
"They are mean to me. They keep telling me that I am going to die." He said quietly. " They try to make things up, like if I talk to someone then I will die. I told them... about.. about my home... and they laughed at me and told me that I was betting off there. Maybe I might actually die and then everyone in the world will be better off."
"Harry they are not your friends! Friends don't treat you like that. I will never let them see you ever again. They are worse then Dumbledore! At least HE portended to care about you! If I ever see them near you again... Harry, there are a few things you need to know about me but I am just going to tell you this right now. I will never strike you, never hurt you intentionally unless it is for a smack on the bum if you disobey me. That is the only physical punishment I will ever give you. I will treat you with respect if you give me the same. I will listen to what you have to say if you listen to what I have to say. If you yell at me I will yell back, give you a smack on the bum and make you do extra chores for example. Do I make my self clear? Do you have any questions?"
"Yes Sir I understand and no Sir, no questions."
"There is also another thing that you need to know. I did this for a very good reason. I told Albus that you are dead, because you were for a while and your magical core stalled for about 15 minutes, but a bit of your soul was still in your body even though you mind had left, that was how I was able to get you back. The ministry as already been notified that you are dead and since your Magic stalled, they know that Harry Potter is dead They have documented proof. Any questions?" He asked looking at the green eyed boy who was looking at the sheets on his bed. It took him about half and hour to answer as he was thinking everything through and then he looked up at Severus.
"No Sir. I don't have any questions." Harry answered and looked at the old case that had the even older Chess set.
"If you would like, we can play tomorrow when you are settled into my Manor." He said quietly. Harry looked up at Severus and decided that he loved this new Severus. He wasn't scary at all and he looked like he actually cared about him, but just because he looked like he cared doesn't mean he actually did. He didn't have the hidden emotions of hate and despise like he had seen every time he looked at Ron, Hermione or the Headmaster. He knew it was always there, but he didn't see it in the Potion Masters eyes at all.
"I would like that very much Professor." He said softly. Better try and act like he was warming up to the Potions Master. Maybe that why when he figured out what a horrible person he was then he wouldn't kill him. Let him work as his house elf or something.
"Its Severus, Harry, not Professor." Severus said softly and almost reached out to ruffle his son's hair but quickly caught his mistake, his fingers twitched slightly as he held back his normal reaction to ruffle his sons hair. He use to do it all of the time when he was back in his own time. Harry saw all of it and flinched away from Severus who was looking away from Harry and didn't catch it.
"Severus." Harry said trying out the Potion Professors first name for the first time. He smiled slightly and nodded.
"Now if you will excuse me, I am quite hungry and tired. I bid you a good night." He said handing Harry a Potions in a purple flask.
"Sir- Severus. What is it?" Harry asked and Severus smiled. He was learning very quickly.
"Dreamless Sleep Potion." He said walking away with a smile still on his face.
Harry stood by his Hospital bed in a Hospital gown looking at the clothing that Severus had asked him to change into. There was a red button up shirt, black dress pants, black dress shoes, red socks, and a black jacket with gold trim. The pants, jacket, and shoes, all had the Hogwarts crest on them; right over the heart and the pants had it on the front left leg close to his waist. He blushed slightly noticing the boxers, but when he put everything so to not offend Severus and not get a beating for not wearing it, he found out that everything was the perfect size.
"Thank you for the clothing Severus." Harry said politely when he walked into the hospital room.
"Don't thank me Harry for I am not the one that gave you the clothing. Hogwarts did. If fact, she gave you a whole wardrobe." 'Well, it is your clothing, just modernized, cleaned and transformed. More magic was put into the wardrobe then what I am capable of doing. "
"Thank you Hogwarts..." He said slowly, not sure of himself. He suddenly felt very calm and relaxed. Severus saw him visibly relax and he smiled.
"That is her saying that you are welcome." Severus said and smiled softly. " Let us get a move on. I have all of your new clothing packed in your trunk, but I saved your old ones so that we can burn them, I didn't think that it is my right to burn them without you being there to help me.
I was fairly positive that you didn't want to wear them or even keep them seeing as you have a new life now. Your school books and everything is in there as well- there are some people that would like to say goodbye to you but it won't be forever. Just for the summer and possible the whole school year, but you will be back."
"But Sir- Severus, how will I be able to come back, if I am dead?"
"Ah, a very good question that shall be answered later. Now straiten up and be polite. A S-Potter is never rude nor not presentable." Severus caught himself just in time before Harry would have been able to notice the slip. Soon 5 ghosts were in the Hospital Wing.
"Hello Harry, I am Gudrica Gryffindor and this is Salazaria Slytherin, Helga Hufflepuff, and Rowena Ravenclaw. We are the founders of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry."
"But I thought that Gryffindor and Slytherin were males-" Harrys eyes widen and he looked down quickly waiting to be hit.
"When they saw hello Harry you are suppose to bow and tell them hello back. Now apologize to them." Severus said softly but sternly.
Harry quickly bowed and told them how sorry he was for being rude. "Its quite alright Harry Potter, but that doesn't excuse what happened. Just don't do it again." Salazaria Slytherin said to him and smiled softly. " Yes, you are right young one. We made it be known that Gryffindor and Slytherin were both males. We wanted it written down in History to be that way, but in reality we are four mates that made Hogwarts, not four friend, two male and two female that met and became friends after dueling each other. Usually if you meet someone from the time line that you have read or been taught about, for example us, there are very different stories. It was only about 500 years ago that the real truth started to be told. You see history is told so many times that it gets confused over the years and then lies start being told to make history sound more interesting." She continued. " Maybe when you come back to Hogwarts then we will tell you some of the real stories. Of the Founders of Hogwarts. How does that sound?" She asked and Harry nodded.
"I would like that very much Lady Slytherin." He told her and she smiled.
"We best get going." Severus said and nodded to them bowing. Harry did the same. " If you will excuse us ladies." Severus said and led Harry to the fireplace where they flooed to Prince Manor together.
Severus caught Harry before he could hit the floor and gently set him upright. He was coughing so he gave him a Lung Clearing Potion and before the Gryffindor could ask what it was he told him. No use in having him ask questions that he was going to tell him anyway.
"Muffy." Severus said and a House Elf popped in. She was wearing rather nice clothing, unlike Dobby who was the only House Elf that Harry had seen before.
"Unlike most House Elfs Muffy here has clothing and was set free, but willingly stays here to be my personal House Elf. She use to belong to Hogwarts but adopted me when I came to Hogwarts." Severus explained to the young Gryffindor. The house elf bowed.
"Hello Master Severus, is this the young master you have been telling Muffy about?" She asked and smiled at the boy.
"Yes, this is Mr. Harry Potter of Gryffindor House and is now in my permanent care." Severus said proudly to the House Elf and the Elf beamed walking over to Harry. Harry didn't miss the proud yet sad voice that was used by Severus.
"It is a pleasure to be meeting Young Master Harry Potter. I am Muffy, the personal House Elf of the one and only Severus Snape." Muffy said proudly to the Young charge.
"It is proper, to restate your name after greeting someone, even if they already know who you are. Remember that." Severus told Harry and smiled softly to the House Elf.
"Hello. I am Harry Potter. and you can just call me Harry." Harry said softly flinching when he had been called Master.
"Yes Mast- Harry." The elf said looking at Severus questioningly but decided not to press the matter.
"Muffy, would you please escort Harry to his rooms while I go to the lab and get the necessary potions ready for him." Severus said and turned to Harry. "Once you put your things away in your room I want you to come down to the potions lab. If you ever need to stay in bed longer or feel the need to sleep during the day do not, and I repeat, do not hesitate to tell me or any of the House Elfs. It will take about a month for you to get use to being here and getting use to my rules, but that doesn't mean I am going to force you to wake up before dawn, do chores all day, skip meals, or anything of the sort.
I ask that you work on your homework for two hours a day, take all the potions that I give you, after I have told you what they are and if I refuse to tell you, you refuse to take it. I would like you, even though you can't eat yet, to be seated at the dinning table during meals, spend at least two hours a day with me, weather it is reading or talking or helping me with the potion.
Never go into the potions lab without me because there are things there that could harm you. Now, go to your room and unpack everything in your trunk and then Muffy shall show you to the potions lab, you can put a password on your door but I have to know it." Severus nodded and walked away. The elf Muffy took Harry's trunk from him, but Harry tried to take it back and the House Elf refused to give it to him.
Harry gasped at how nice the room was. There was a four poster bed, much like at Hogwarts but it was white, there was a wood dresser, nightstand, desk, closet doors, window frame. The walls were white as was the ceiling and floor. It was carpet.
"You can change it to however you like. Master Severus said anything but black or yellow. He doesn't like yellow and he wouldn't like you to have black either because then you might be depressed and he doesn't want that either. Master Severus said that everything in this room you now own so you can do what you would like it to. Muffy shall give you half an hour to make the room how you want it and put away your things. If M-Harry would like Muffy to move any of the things in the room just say my name and Muffy shall appear to help Harry.
"Thank you Muffy." Harry said and started to put away his things. Suddenly the four poster bed turned into a darker wood with gold and red bedspread with white pillows and gold trim. The walls turned a deep blue, the closet doors turned gold and black, the window seal turned white, the dresser turned all of the house colors and on the biggest wall in the room, the Hogwarts crest appeared, being centered and taking up most of the wall.
Harry looked around his room in amazement. He hadn't even thought about how he wanted it, yet the room changed by itself and as he looked around he knew it felt right. Harry put his clothing in the dresser and put all of his school books, according to year on the shelf above the desk and put all of his homework on the desk. His trunk being empty he didn't know what to do. He still had twenty minutes left if he was reading the Hogwarts clock that was on the wall correctly.
"Harry. You needed Muffy?" Muffy asked popping into the room. Harry stared at the Elf in shock and the Elf just smiled.
"Muffy doesn't need an aloud order. Muffy can tell when her Master needs her. Including Harry Potter, the young Master but since Young Master wants Muffy to call him Harry Muffy shall call him Harry." Muffy said and smiled. " What can Muffy be doing for Young Harry." Muffy smiled.
"I am done unloading my trunk like Severus has said and I didn't know what to do seeing as I still had twenty minutes left." Harry explained.
"Young Harry doesn't need to wait if Young Harry is finished. Muffy shall show Young Harry to the Potions lab where Master Severus is brewing his many potions for Young Harry to take in order for Young Harry to be strong once again." Muffy said and lead Harry out of the room. The Manor was big, that was for sure. It took them about ten minutes to get to the potions lab. They could have gotten there in under a minute but Muffy explained to Harry that Severus didn't want the young charge to floo or Apparition any more until he was fully better as it might cause more harm to the already weak body. Harry didn't mind though. He was just fine with walking as he hated both Apparition and the Floo.
"Master Severus, Young Harry has finished with the unpacking you requested for him to do." Muffy said as she bounced happily into the Potions lab. Severus looked up and motioned for Harry to come in and told him to sit in the chair that was across from him.
"Did you change your room the way that you wanted it?" Severus asked.
"Actually, my room changed on its own after Muffy left. I didn't even think about what I wanted." Harry explained to him. Severus hid his shock so well Harry almost didn't see it.
"I see. I hope that you didn't mind the walk." Severus said trying to get the boy into a conversation and open up a bit.
"I prefer walking." Harry said, cursed himself for letting himself slip and before sitting down in the chair he was instructed to sit in.
"I see. I prefer it as well. I don't like the soot that gets into your clothing when you use the Floo and in Apparition your stomach gets upset with you for the first hour after using it. Walking causes almost no pain unless you are walking miles in a day, which sometimes happens when I am looking for a certain potion ingredient. " Harry just sat there quietly listening to Snape talk away. He was glad for the quite. Neither of them minded it even though Harry was still on high alert. Severus could change his mood suddenly and he could end up on the floor withering in pain from a curse.
"Its the Dreamless sleep, Nourishment, Bone Growth, and Strength Building Potions." Severus said putting them in front of his charge and biological son to drink. The potion that he had been brewing before was Memoria Augeret which is a memory potion. A Memory Potion is a type of potion which presumably causes the drinker to have improved access to their memories. Jobberknoll feathers are known to be an ingredient, which supports this theory, considering the Jobbernoll's ability to "remember" sounds quite easily. It was a complicated potion but it needed to be brewed if Harry didn't agree to look into the Pensive.
Severus watched his son drink them, cleaned the flasks and sent Harry to take a shower after showing him around a bit.
