Harry took Severus up to see McGonagall

" Harry, what a pleasant surprise, ah and Severus... it's so good to see you" McGonagall said in greeting

" Gama Min" Severus said with a smile and he held his arms out for her

McGonagall blushed at that, " I'm still not used to being called grandma by him" She said as she picked him up

" I hope you don't mind" Harry said

" I don't" McGonagall said with a smile then frowned, " How come his eyes are red and watery looking?"

" He got lost and was crying when Draco and I found him" Harry explained

" You didn't punish him did you?" McGonagall asked

" No Professor, I didn't" Harry said

" Harry, I'm not your professor anymore" McGonagall reminded him

Harry smiled, " That's going to take some time getting used to since last year you were"

McGonagall nodded in understanding

Harry and Severus stayed with McGonagall for a few hours, Severus was having fun playing with Gama Min

Finally it was bath time and Severus looked very tired

" You had a big day didn't you" Harry said

Severus nodded tiredly

" Tomorrow we're going to go see Hagrid and you can meet his dog Fang" Harry said

" Oggy" Severus said

" Yes, a big doggy" Harry said

" Ig Oggy" Severus said with a giggle

Harry smiled and finished giving Severus a bath

After the bath Harry made a bottle for Severus which Severus took happily and listened as Harry read a story from Tales of Beedle the Bard until Severus fell asleep

The following weeks until school weren't as bad as the first day back at Hogwarts, Harry made sure he had the safety ward around the playpen when he couldn't watch Sev, of course he got an earful from Hermione when Draco told her what happened but other than that, everything was fine

Severus liked going to Hagrids, he thought it smelled funny but not a bad funny and the doggy always licked his face. They went there a lot during those couple of weeks

" Looks like Fang here likes ye" Hagrid said to Severus

" Me wuv ang" Severus said giving the dog a hug around the legs since that's as far as he could reach

Hagrid couldn't help it, he got a magical camera and took a picture

" Does everybody have those?" Harry asked

" They're easy to conjure, you just have to wish you had a camera and a camera comes" Hagrid said, " Well as long as you're at Hogwarts and it doesn't matter if you have magic or not"

" So Mr. Filch could do that if he wished?" Harry asked

Hagrid looked shocked, " You know he's a... Squib?"

" Uh... Yah... I found out during my second year" Harry said awkwardly, " When he thought I killed Mrs. Norris because he's a Squib... when at the time, I didn't even know what a Squib was"

Hagrid nodded in understanding

Finally it was the day of the start of term feast and Harry was really nervous as well as excited

" Dada scawd?" Severus asked when Harry was pacing back and forth torying to remember if he got everything he needed to get done

" No... Dada nervous" Harry said

" Why?" Severus asked

" Because this is my first time being a teacher" Harry explained

" Wa dat?" Severus asked

" A teacher... a teacher is... kind of like a dada, Grama, grandpa, aunt and uncle... a teacher teaches kids things, like how I teach you right from wrong and how to drink from a sippy cup, well I'm going to teach other kids things" Harry said

" You be dada to other kids?" Severus asked with worry in his eyes, " But you mydada"

" I'm always going to be your dada" Harry said and he picked Severus up and hugged him, " I'm not other kids dada, just yours... I'm going to... pretend"

" Pwetend?" Severus asked and his eyes lit up

Harry nodded

" Me yike pwetend" Severus said and he gave his dada a hug

" Me too" Harry said with a smile and thought, " But real life is so much better"

Later that night, the sorting began and Severus was amazed at the amount of so many students

" Dada" Severus whined, " It loud in hew" Severus covered his ears to make a point

" I know Sev, everybody is talking because they're excited" Harry said

" Why?" Severus asked

" Because they haven't seen their friends for three months, or because they just started school, or... any other reasons" Harry explained

" Why?" Severus asked

" They're just that way" Harry said

" Is dada excited?" Severus asked

" Yes, dada is very excited to start school, because I get to be a teacher" Harry said

" Ony pwetend dada to dem wite?" Severus asked

Harry smiled, " Right"