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Chapter 4: Nothing will be the same
" YOU'RE MY WHAT?!" Harry shouted jumping out of his chair looking panicked.
"Harry, I know that this is difficult for you to process" Severus started.
Harry shook his head frantically, "No, getting a bad grade is difficult, having a bad haircut, that is difficult. This I cannot accept! You have to be joking, please tell me that
you are joking Professor!" Harry pleaded looking up at Professor Snape.
Professor Snape looked at him with sadness, "I assure you Harry that I am not joking, I did the test many times and all the results were the same. I am your-"
Harry paced back and forth interrupting Snape, "Don't! Don't say it! You're not. You're not my-"
"You're father. I am Harry, blood does not lie." Severus said gently, grabbing the boy's shoulders and forcing him to meet his gaze. Severus watched the boy patiently, his
heart wrenching at the sight of his son in so much pain.
"Headmaster, please don't tell me that you believe him! I am James and Lily Potter's son. I am a Potter!" Harry shouted ripping himself out of Snape's hold. Harry felt as
though the world was crumbling around him, it could not be true! His parents were Lily and James Potter! Everyone said that he was the spitting image of his parents!
They died for him, and his friends gave up everything for him! Sirius! Sirius would never speak to him again! He would hate him for being Snape's son! Harry thought
despondently. The elderly wizard looked over at the boy that held the world on his shoulders and sighed.
"Harry, we heard it from your mother's friend, she explained everything. Raven placed charms on you, to hide your true features."
Harry ran up to Professor Dumbledore grabbing his arm, " Then don't remove them! Leave it be! Nothing has to change then, no one needs to know about this! She must
be lying anyway, she could be working for Voldemort!" Albus looked at the small boy and shook his head sadly, " She did not lie to us Harry, and she is not a follower of
Voldemort. You are Severus' son. A secret of this magnitude will always surface Harry; it will not stay buried. It is not fair to anyone that you remain as Harry Potter. The
charms, Harry now that your father knows the truth, they will come off right away."
Harry's eyes filled with tears and he whipped around to meet the eyes of his hated Potions Professor pleading, " Why are you doing this to me? Its not like you want to
claim me. So why destroy my life like this? Can we not just pretend it never happened and just go back to hating each other? Please? Please Professor."
Severus felt as though someone punched him in the stomach. As he tried to regain his breath he pulled his boy to him and crouched down, " I can't do that Harry. You are
my son, my baby. I can't. No, I will not pretend that I did not receive this news. Lily and James were you parents and gave their lives for you, but I am just as much your
parent, I created you. If I had known, I would have gladly raised you Harry. But now that I know the truth, I will not deprive myself the chance to be a father to you. The
charms will be removed, your name will be changed, and you will be resorted. Everything will be okay, you are my son and I will take care of you."
Harry shook his head sobbing, " No. No. I can't. Please don't make me." Harry desperately wanted to wake up from this nightmare. Was this one of Voldemort's nefarious
plans to destroy him? Nothing made sense to him anymore. What about his friends? Remus, and Sirius? " You can and you will. It is for the best, you will come to see
that." Severus answered pulling his son closer to him.
" Everything will work out, besides Harry, don't you want to meet your twin sister?" Albus broke in gently trying to ease the tension. Harry wiped his tears away before
turning toward the Headmaster, " Sister?"
Severus nodded scowling at the Headmaster for ruining the moment with his son, " She is in an orphanage in the United States, she must be brought here with us. It
won't be bad Harry, we can be a family now." Harry looked up into his professor's eyes, feeling so many different things at once, " So what happens now? "
Albus stood from behind the desk grabbing both of their shoulders, " We are going to remove the charms, find your sister and introduce you both into society!"
" Um sir, don't you think it will be a little odd if I, I mean Harry dies and then two transfer students come along exactly the same age?" Harry interrupted still wiping a few
stray tears from his face.
Severus pulled a white handkerchief from his robe and gave it to Harry, " Hogwarts does not accept transfer students Harry. That is why we decided to de-age you and your
sister to your eleventh year." Harry's eyes widened, " You can't! What about Voldemort? My friends and Sirius, we will be a sitting ducks!"
Albus shook his head, " Harry, Voldemort will not be able to discover it is you. Everything about you will be different. We are even going to give you an American accent like
you sister to ensure credibility. Please Harry, let the Order worry about Voldemort, we are very close to destroying him."
" But I am destined to destroy him, isn't that my purpose?" Harry asked defensively. Severus grabbed his son's shoulders, " It isn't your purpose. We will deal with him. I
just want you to worry about normal things. Let yourself be a child, we can handle the rest."
" Severus is right Harry, while I have no doubt you will be involved with the ultimate demise of Voldemort, you will not be as actively involved as you have been. There was
a prophecy about you, but I see now that prophecies can be broken. You can help, but will not fight. Your father will no longer be a spy. He instead will be taking care of
you and your sister. I am sure he will have his hands full trying to curb your more impulsive behaviors, as I am sure your sister has developed." Professor Dumbledore
stated, his eyes twinkling.
Harry sat down on the chair tiredly; his brain was filled with way too much information. " What about my friends and Sirius? They are going to think I died? I can't do that
to them."
The Headmaster stared at the young boy, " Your friends Harry must not be told. Your friends natural responses are imperative to ensure everyone believe that you are
dead. Sirius will be told of course, but whatever protests he has will be overshadowed with the news that he is your uncle." Harry eyes widened, " Uncle? You are related to
Sirius?"
Severus and Professor Dumbledore smirked at each other before Snape responded, " Merlin no, your mother is Black's sister. I am sure Black never did forgive me for
marrying her. But he is your uncle, unfortunately." The Headmaster looked over at the pair in amusement, waiting until Severus was finished. Nodding to the younger
professor, he signaled that it was time to begin with the charm removal.
" We are going to break the charm Harry, you just close your eyes and when you wake you will look as you were meant to." Severus whispered softly running his hand
over the back of his son's head. As Harry closed his eyes, he thought of all the things he would gain from having a family, but he also thought of how much he would lose.
Nothing would be the same again.
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