Disclaimer: I think everyone's memorized the thingy by now. Some characters/ideas/sentences/parts are from yaoigirl22 (on )
Warnings: Cursing from Voldemort, Severus, and other characters.
Chapter 1: The Next Day (Part 1)
The next morning, Severus awoke from the sounds of a baby stirring awake from its sleep. Sitting up, he turned his head to the right and was greeted with the sight of little baby Harry cooing at him softly while he played with his tiny feet. Lifting the child up, he smiled softly and quietly murmured a good morning to the child.
"Da!" Harry squealed as he was lifted high into the air. Lowering the child back into his arms, Severus quickly walked into the bathroom to wash Harry and himself. When he came back out into the bedroom, he let out a small noise of frustration when he realized that he didn't have any diapers or baby things for Harry. Sighing, he called out for his house-elf, Luna.
At once, the house-elf appeared and curtsied.
"You is called me, Master Severus?" Luna inquired as she lifted her head up and saw Harry in her master's arms. Severus saw the question in Luna's eyes and answered"The child is Harry Potter. His parents were going to dump him in an orphanage, so I took him."
Luna nodded in understanding - after all, her master was a kind man who was just badly misunderstood.
Curious as to why her master called her, she asked "What is you be needing Luna for, Master Severus?"
"I need you to take some money then go out and buy some baby things for Harry, Luna." Severus answered as Harry cooed at Luna and reached a tiny hand out to her.
"Yes, sir." Luna replied before Disapparating.
Harry blinked as the house-elf disappeared before his eyes. Startled, he began to coo questioningly at the man who was holding him. Severus couldn't help but chuckle before poking Harry's tummy gently. As a result, Harry giggled and tried to bat his surrogate father's hand away.
"It's time for breakfast, little one." Severus said quietly before leaving the room and heading downstairs into the kitchen with Harry tightly held in his arms.
After breakfast - a very messy breakfast - and a quick warm bath, Severus left Harry on a play-mat Luna had gotten while he went to get a book from the library. After checking that the play-mat had the necessary spells on it, he quickly walked into the library to get a random book. Coming back out, he saw that Harry was playing with his new rattle when a voice sounded from the fireplace.
Not sure who it could be, Severus fingered his wand in his robe pocket as his grip tightened on his precious child. Seeing that it was only the Headmaster, he waved his wand and allowed Albus Dumbledore to climb out of his fireplace.
"What are you doing here, Headmaster?" Severus asked in surprise. But before Albus could answer, his Floo went off again.
"Who is it this time?" Severus questioned curiously, but allowed the visitor to come through.
"Hello Severus." Lucius's voice could be heard as he climbed out of the fireplace with his 1 year old son in his arms and wife following him.
"What are you three doing here?" Severus asked, his annoyance clear in his voice and unconsciously moving closer to baby Harry, who was looking at the strangers with big questioning eyes.
"The Lord informed us all about you and Harry Potter, so we thought we should come visit. Not only that, you missed out on some vital information." Narcissa Malfoy answered as her eyes landed on Harry. Severus blinked before turning back to Albus and asked "Your purpose?"
Albus simply smiled and answered "I came to check on you two, of course."
Severus's eyes narrowed before he gestured for his guests to follow him to the living room. Sitting in an armchair, Severus watched as his guests seated themselves all around the room. Then at Harry's coos and gurgles, Severus sat Harry upright on his lap. Seeing the unfamiliar people, Harry whimpered a bit before he turned his head around to stare at his new father. Seeing his father's calm and blank look, Harry decided that the people were good and cooed at them. At once, Narcissa squealed and dashed over to coo over the small boy.
"You're so adorable, little one. How are you?" Narcissa cooed at the baby then took baby Harry out of Severus' arms without warning. Severus stared at the spot where his baby was sitting blankly, but decided not to kill Narcissa at the moment.
He was already turning into an overprotective parent, wasn't he?
Narcissa brought Harry back with her to her seat as Draco tried to get away from his father to look at Harry.
"Mama!" Draco cried when Harry looked at him. Narcissa smiled down at her own child as Harry tugged her hair before continuing her cooing at Harry.
"Why don't you take the children with you to another room?" Severus suggested. Narcissa nodded and scooped Draco up with her other arm before taking them to the dining room. Once Narcissa was gone with the children, Severus sighed before looking at the two wizards in front of him.
"What?" Severus snarled when he noticed that the two wizards were staring at him.
"Nothing, my dear boy, nothing at all." Albus replied as Lucius snickered.
Severus raised a brow before turning to Lucius and stating "Lucius, I need you to get me some adoption forms."
At once, Lucius stopped snickering and turned to look at Severus with confused eyes.
"Why do you need adoption forms?" Lucius asked.
"To make sure that the Potters can't get Harry." Severus answered just as Voldemort Apparated into the room.
At once, Lucius bowed as Severus merely nodded and Albus rose to his feet with his wand in his hand.
"Tom." Albus greeted as Voldemort said "Albus."
"You are not killing the child, Tom." Albus stated then jumped in surprise when Voldemort burst into laughter.
"Please, Headmaster, I have no need to kill an innocent child." Voldemort said after he was done laughing. Lucius stood up from his bow and smirked before asking "Do you really think Lord Voldemort really killed those people, Headmaster Albus?"
Albus stared in wide-eyed shock at Lucius and nodded before frowning. Lucius and Severus sighed despairingly as Voldemort chuckled before replying "You really need to get your facts straight before you begin accusing people, Headmaster. Please have a seat while I explain."
Hesitantly, Albus sat back down in the armchair he had been sitting in before while the man known as Voldemort, A.K.A. to him as Tom Marvolo Riddle Jr., began explaining.
"After you refused me a job as a teacher at Hogwarts, I began to travel around the world to seek for other jobs. I didn't want a job that wouldn't provide excitement or paperwork, so I travelled to Romania to see if I could help with the Dragon Breeders there. However while I was there, I fell under the control of a man named Edward Lettermore. He's not very well known, but that is to be expected since he was very powerful and was able to wipe any memories of him and any trace of him in the Wizarding World."
Voldemort paused for a second then continued "He used his control over me to kill those Muggles and other innocent children, but he can't really be blamed since the Dark Magic he had been using for a long time had begun to affect both his mind, body, and soul. Approximately 3 or so months ago, I broke free of his control and I went to confront him after he had issued me the order to kill the young Potter heir. Once there, he had enough sense left in himself to beg me to kill him and end his tyranny. And as he wished, I casted the Killing Curse and relieved him of the horrors of what he had done."
Finished with his explanation, Voldemort looked at the Headmaster to see his reaction and wasn't surprised in the least when he saw the old man pale and slightly shaking. His two followers also watched Albus Dumbledore with calculating (Severus) and uncertain (Lucius) eyes. A tense silence fell over the four wizards, but it was broken by the loud wail of a baby.
4 heads snapped around to see Narcissa rushing over to them, Harry crying loudly in her arms. At once, Harry was out of his arms and in Voldemort's when he was seen by the Lord. Harry's loud cries died down slowly until he wasn't crying anymore and he was cooing curiously up at Lord Voldemort. Severus could only sigh as all the wizards, the witch, and his godson crowd around Harry.
This has to happen now, doesn't it?
Having had enough, Severus grabbed hold of Lucius's hair and tugged harshly, earning himself a yelp of protest.
"Come on, you egotistical prat, go get me those adoption papers." was all Severus muttered as he threw some Floo powder in his fireplace then shouted "Ministry of Magic!", and tossed Lucius in.
Then turning back to the rest of his guests, Severus stiffened and grew angry when he heard the loud wails of his son. Sensing impending doom, Voldemort, Dumbledore, and Narcissa turned around to see a glaring and murderous Severus Snape.
"What the bloody hell did you three do?" Severus asked, his voice blank of any emotion. Normally, they didn't feel this small or powerless, but against an enraged and overprotective Severus, Voldemort and Dumbledore felt really small and powerless.
Severus waited a few seconds for them to answer, but took Harry from them anyway. In the safety comfort of his father's hold, Harry stopped crying and began to laugh and gurgle again. Everyone sighed in relief that Harry stopped crying, but gulped nervously when Severus glared at them.
Then without another word, father and son disappeared upstairs as Narcissa, Albus, and Voldemort exchanged looks of wonder between themselves.
"Never piss Severus off." Narcissa concluded.
"Never make Harry cry." Albus added.
"All of the above." Voldemort amended before leaving and going to his room.
"Well, I must be off. Have a good day, my dear girl, and you as well, Tom." Albus said as he waved goodbye to Voldemort, Draco, and Narcissa before leaving the house and Disapparating. Narcissa looked at her child before lifting him up and throwing some Floo powder into Severus' fireplace.
"Malfoy Manor!" called out Narcissa before she tightened her grip on her child and stepped into the fireplace. After they left their guests, Severus and Harry could be found in Severus's bedroom where Severus was putting Harry to sleep in his crib that Luna had bought.
"Sweet dreams, my little one." Severus whispered gently as he stroked Harry's hair soothingly before leaving the room and heading down to his potions lab.
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