Chapter Two; Ronald Weasley

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After Harry finished cleaning the gunk out of the pumpkin, he and his father carved a spooky face on the front before they washed up for lunch. As they went down to the great hall together, Harry saw another little boy that he had never seen before. He had bright red hair and freckles and had a rather large family with him.

"Who are all those people Mummy?" he asked while gazing up at her questioningly.

"They must be another wizarding family here for the Halloween celebrations." She replied.

"But it's not for another few days." Harry said.

"I know but they must be staying here until then. My guess is that one of them is a student here." She said.

"Correction," Snape began. "two of them. Bill and Charlie Weasley." He finished. "A couple of troublemakers if you ask me. Not to mention long hair on a man is rather unattractive." He added with a scowl in their direction.

"But Severus, you have long hair." Lily pointed out.

"Not as long as Bill Weasley's." he said.

"Please don't tell me that you two are starting to get into a fight." Harry pleaded looking up at them with his sad green eyes.

"No, of course not." Snape told him with a shake of his head. "This has absolutely nothing to do with your mother." He reassured him. "Now come on, if you eat a really good lunch, perhaps I can persuade her to let you have an extra slice of pumpkin pie." He told him as he smiled down at him before he reached down and picked him up hoisting him inside his arms and planted a kiss on his cheek before carrying him over to the table.

"Honestly Severus, Harry's got you wrapped around his little finger." Lily said.

"Yeah, so, what of it? I'm his father now, isn't that the way it's supposed to be?" he questioned her before he set him down at the table. That's when all of a sudden the small red haired boy about Harry's age turned to look at him as he sat down next to his little sister.

"Look Mummy," he began with a point. "it's Harry Potter!" he cried.

"Why does everybody always know my name before I even get the chance to meet them?" Harry wondered as his father sat down next to him and his mother sat down a crossed from them. Before either of his parents had a chance to answer him the small boy leapt up from the table and ran over to them.

"Hullo Harry," he began with a grin. "I knew it was you because of your scar. My name's Ronald Weasley." He explained as Snape rolled his eyes.

"Honestly don't any of you Weasley's have any manners!?" he exclaimed. "Harry is trying to eat and you're already bothering him!" he snapped. "Besides, his name is Harry Snape now." He explained as Ron gulped while he looked up at him and started backing away from him.

"I'm sorry sir, I just wanted to ask him if he wanted to be my friend." He told him.

"It's alright Ronald, Severus didn't mean anything by it, he just gets a little grumpy and overprotective sometimes." Lily reassured him soothingly while Snape continued staring down at him.

"Ronald Weasley!" his mother (a plump little witch) called as she suddenly stood up and placed her hands upon her hips. "Get your little behind back here and leave the Potters alone!" she scolded as Ron hung his head sheepishly and heaved a heavy sad sigh.

"Sorry Mummy," he began before he turned to look back at Harry. "well see you later Harry. Maybe we can go and play in the woods later on. I'll take my teddy, he's been dying to see the spider monsters. Well bye!" he cried before he quickly hurried away.

"What is he talking about Mummy? What spider monsters?" Harry asked while looking over at her but it was his father who ended up answering him. Snape took a deep breath and let out in a huff.

"I knew the whole entire lot of Weasleys were troublemakers, it must be an inherited trait in their family." He began for he emphasized the last part because he knew that Harry's biological father had been what he had deemed to be a troublemaker, but he knew that Harry was a completely different story. For he was a sweet and innocent bright young child and it was that very reason that Snape fell in love with him in the first place and decided to adopt him after he married his mother.

"The spider monsters that young Weasley is referring to are in the Black Woods at Hogwarts, but you're not to go in there. It's completely dangerous and off limits, do you understand me?" he questioned.

"Yes," Harry began with a nod. "but why Daddy?" he asked him.

"Never mind why, I am your father and you do what I say. Now be a good boy and eat your lunch." His father responded.

"Alright Daddy, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make you angry." Harry apologized.

"That's alright, I do these things for your own protection. Someday you'll understand." He told him.

"Okay, I love you Daddy." Harry told him with a warm and loving smile.

"I love you too." Snape told him as he smiled back at him. "Now eat." He instructed. "You're a growing young wizard and you need food in your stomach." He told him as Harry took a spoonful of mashed potatoes and moved the spoon towards his mouth but it ended up plopping on his shirt. "I said in your stomach not on your stomach." He teased with a grin.

"I'm sorry Daddy, it was an accident. I'll get it." Harry said as he grabbed ahold of a napkin and started wiping it up.

"No, let me!" Snape cried as he grabbed ahold of him and pulled him into his arms before placing him onto his lap and started pretending to eat it off before blowing onto his tummy.

"Daddy, stop it!" Harry squealed as he burst into a sudden fit of giggles while Lily smiled as she watched them from afar.

Alright before I get any comments about this let me just say that I realize that Ron might have been younger when one of the Weasley twins (can't remember which one) turned his teddy bear into a spider in cannon, but obviously this is AU anyway, so I decided to be creative about it.