The Child Named Freak

by Snapegirl21

Severus is asked to do a favor for Albus, that is to move to Number Five Private Drive to keep an eye on Harry, what he see's shocks him to no end. Warning! AU, OCC, abuse, language, sad, maybe with a few changes and started by Severus Addicted. my family is moving so i wont have time to update i let you know when i will.

10. The Family reunion

Chapter Ten: The Family Reunion

A/N I do not own harry potter nor do I get paid to write this also I adopting this story from Severus Addicted with their permission so the first 12 chapters are from Severus Addicted.

Soon enough a knock on the door could be heard throughout the house. Severus quickly stood to answer it. When he opened the door he saw Bell, Zachary and their children; Reighly, Brittany, Mitch, and Derek. "Good evening Bell, Zach." He nodded towards the children in greeting.

Mitch smirked at him and said, "Evening... It's the morning Uncle Severus."

Derek smacked him on the back of his head in response, "Shut up moron!"

Mitch turned to glare at him, "You're not my boss!"

Derek stepped towards him in warning but was stopped when Zach put his hand on his shoulder, "Children, behave!" Zach sighed then turned to his brother-in-law and gave him a small smile, "Sorry about that Sev, they have been bickering all day."

Severus nodded in understanding, "It's quite alright Zach. How about we migrate to the living room and get you comfortable while we wait for the rest of the family to arrive?"

The family of six followed Severus into the living room and sat down to talk.

Bell smiled at Severus then asked, "So where is this new family member you told us about?"

"He's upstairs playing with Eli, Ethan, and Amanda. Would you like for me to call him down?" Severus asked as he poured drinks and handed them out.

"Sure I would like to meet him before everyone else comes and smothers him to pieces." She chuckled at her little joke then sipped her water.

Severus smirked at her joke then stood to call Harry, "Harry come down here!"

Soon they could hear Harry slowly making his way down the stairs then entered the living room, "Yes?"

Bell and Zach stood to greet him. Harry slowly shook their hands not sure what else to do. Seeing his son's discomfort Severus stood and put his hands on Harry's shoulders.

Bell smiled a sweet, small smile then said, "Hello Harry, I am your Aunt Bell. It's nice to meet you, child."

Harry slowly gave her a small smile too then said, "Nice to meet you too ma'am."

Zach could tell Harry was a bit uncomfortable so he lightly patted his shoulder and smiled at him, "Hey Harry what's up? I'm your Uncle Zachary; you may call me Uncle Zach for short." He gave him a grin then tussled up his hair.

This brought a smile to Harry's face as he looked at his new uncle, "Hi Uncle Zach, it's nice to meet you."

Zachary nodded towards his children and they stood to greet their new cousin. Derek was the first to arrive at Harry's side, "Hey I'm Derek. I'm the oldest of these hooligans here." He smirked at his three younger siblings behind him.

Mitch glared at him and said, "I am not a hooligan thank you very much." He then pushed Derek out of the way and shook hands with Harry, "Hey I'm Mitch, nice to meet you, man."

Harry smiled at them and laughed, "It's nice to meet you too."

Reighly pulled his brother away from Harry so he could introduce himself, "Hi... My name's Reighly, I heard we're the same age." Here he smiled at Harry warmly.

Harry nodded his head, "Yea we are. It's nice to meet you, Reighly."

The three boys went and sat back down on the couch.

'I thought for sure Severus told me I had four cousins in this family... Hm I just must have heard him wrong..' As soon as he was done thinking that he felt someone grab onto his finger in a firm grip. Harry tried to pull it away but the grip just got stronger. With a sigh Harry looked down to see who was holding onto his finger; a little girl with light red hair and shy, brown eyes was looking up at him. Harry couldn't help but smile at her which made her giggle and smile a cute, little smile. He slowly got down on his knees so he was her height, "You must be Brittany." Harry smiled when she started to nod her head.

She continued to nod her head then said, "Yes my name is Brittany and I'm four years old." Here she smiled a huge excited smile that made Harry laugh.

Finally he got his finger out of her grasp, "It's nice to meet you Brittany." He said to her before she ran off to her Mother.

Harry looked up to see Severus smiling down at him.

Severus was about to tell him he could go back upstairs and play but Bell patted the seat beside her and demanded Harry to sit. Reluctantly he did and as soon as he was seated Bell smiled and said, "Alright so tell me something about yourself."

Harry looked over at Severus who only nodded his head, "I... My name's Harry..."

This caused Bell and Zachary to laugh, Bell shook her head and said, "Yes, child, I know that. Tell me something I don't know."

Once again Harry looked towards Severus, "Um..."

Bell tilted her head in a confused sort of way then said, "Surely you know something about yourself...?!"

Harry quickly nodded his head then said just as quickly, "Um I..."

Severus sighed and walked over to Harry, "We'll be right back Bell, Zach." He slowly grabbed Harry's hand and pulled him up from his spot on the couch. Then he led him into the kitchen and pointed to a chair, once Harry was seated Severus stood in front of him and grabbed his chin, "Are you alright, Harry?"

Harry blinked and looked away from the black orbs, "I-It's just a little awkward.."

Severus nodded his head in understanding. He pulled the seat from beside Harry so it was in front of him then sat down. "What is awkward about it?"

Harry huffed in frustration, "I don't know!"

"Harry lower your tone! Now I can't help you if you don't explain to me why it's awkward." Severus asked patiently.

Harry blushed at the reprimand but nodded his head and began to try to explain the awkwardness of the situation. "Well what am I supposed to say to that question?"

Severus just looked at him confused, "Just answer something about yourself..."

Harry looked away from Severus and huffed, "What if I don't know anything...?"

Now Severus was extremely confused, "Of course you know something! You are you... You have to know something about yourself..."

Harry sighed and looked at the floor, "Well what is interesting about me? Why would they even want to know something about me?"

Severus sighed a sad sigh and pulled his chair closer to Harry, "Because they are family, son. They want to get to know you."

Harry snapped his head up to look at Severus', "Really?"

Severus smiled and ruffled his hair, "Yes, child, really."

Harry smiled a small grin then asked, "Could you help me think of something to tell them?"

"Well... What is your favorite animal? We could start there..." Severus suddenly felt depressed when he realized He didn't even know his son's favorite animal... Let alone favorite color!

Harry smiled and nodded his head, "Sounds like a plan!"

Severus chuckled and together they entered the living room and sat back down.

Bell looked at Harry in concern and asked softly, "Are you alright, Harry?"

Harry smiled at her and nodded his head, "Yes ma'am. I know what I can tell you about myself now."

Bell smiled encouragingly and said in her annoying soft voice, "Oh really? That's nice what is it?"

Harry glanced over at Severus who nodded encouragingly then turned back to his new aunt and uncle and said, "My favorite color is Turquoise."

Mitch smiled and nudged Reighly, "That's Reighly's favorite color too. Mine's Red. What is your favorite... Animal?"

Harry slowly began to swing his legs back and forth as he thought, "Hm... My favorite animal would have to be a dog."

Reighly nodded his head and proclaimed happily, "We have two dogs at home, their names are; Webster and Chrissy. Webster is a boy and Chrissy is a girl. My favorite animal is a monkey."

Derek laughed at that then muttered, "You are a monkey."

Reighly heard and turned to glare at him, "Shut up, Derek!"

Derek only smirked, "Or what?"

Zach rolled his eyes at the boys and said in a stern voice, "Boys behave yourself or I will make you stand in the corner when everyone gets here!"

Both boys blushed at the thought and turned away from each other.

Zach smirked at them then turned back to Harry, "I'm sorry Harry. So.. What is your favorite thing to do?"

Harry suddenly got a blank look on his face... "I honestly don't know... I guess maybe hanging out with Eli."

Everyone nodded to that. Bell was going to ask another question when someone at the door interrupted by knocking.

Severus put on a smile then stood and announced, "I'll get that."

A minute later Severus entered the Living room followed by a brown haired, middle aged man and a black haired, middle aged lady.

Severus led them into the living room and offered them chairs then announced, "Matthew, Jamie; this is Harry. Your new nephew."

Matthew smiled towards him and nodded, "Hello I'm Amanda and Ethan's father. It's nice to meet you. You may call me Uncle Matthew."

Harry *not knowing what else to do* nodded his head back then said, "It's nice to meet you too, sir."

"Hello, dear. You may call me Aunt Jamie, it's nice to meet you." Jamie smiled a small smile then turned to Severus and asked, "So did Amanda and Ethan behave well?"

Severus sighed and looked over at Harry who was slowly backing out of the room to escape the "awkwardness", "Define behave...?" Matthew opened his mouth to respond but was cut off when suddenly Severus said, "Harry where do you think you are going?" Severus asked as he saw Harry slowly start up the stairs.

Harry sighed when he realized his escape plan was ruined, "Um..."

Severus shook his head and pointed to the chair, "Well?"

Harry sighed and shook his head, "Never mind."

Severus knew something was wrong but Harry wouldn't look at him as he made his way back into the living room then took a seat beside Reighly.

Reighly gave Harry a small smile then whispered, "It was worth a try..."

This got an amused smile out of Harry as he whispered back, "Yea, if only he didn't have eyes like a bat..."

Reighly had to cough to cover up the laugh that was threatening to overtake him. Derek sent his brother a warning glare while Mitch smirked at them both in amusement.

Severus stared them down to try to figure out what was so funny... Before he could say anything though Matthew asked again, "So did they behave? And you know very well how I define behave, Severus."

Severus sighed and turned his gaze to his brother-in-law, "I dealt with it; that's all that matters."

Matthew just sighed and nodded his head in agreement. Severus stood and announced, "Let's move this party outback, huh?"

Everyone agreed and they all went outside to the picnic tables and tents. Severus made Amanda, Eli, and Ethan come outside too.

The rest of the family soon arrived and Harry met them all. To him they all seemed like nice people.. We'll all except Uncle Jimmie who seemed like a very uptight person; he kind of freaked Harry out truthfully. Harry learned in the five minutes he talked to Jimmie that he is a Auror and his Auror partner is Mad-Eye Moody *just the name of this man freaked Harry out*, he also learned the man was very strict about being respectful; which would explain why Milo was such a gentleman and polite. Aunt Minerva seemed like a nice lady but she also seemed like she had a nasty bite if you got her mad enough. Avery seemed pretty cool, although he acted a little like Ethan but not as bad. The twins, Hailey and Ray, seemed like little Einsteins who knew everything about anything; they made Harry feel stupid while in their presence. Uncle Austin seemed a bit strange... But a cool strange. Uncle Austin and Aunt Abigail definitely loved each other, they never left each other's side. Uncle Albus... He'd have to be Harry's favorite uncle, he was so cool! He kept packages of candy hidden in his pockets like a little kid which just made Harry's day. The only thing Harry didn't like about Albus was the fact that his eyes sparkled and made you feel like he could read your soul if you left him. But all in all the family was a nice one and Harry was proud to be in it.

Later that day while the adults were sitting around the campfire talking Amanda, Harry, Eli, Ethan, Reighly, Mitch, Hailey, Ray, Milo, and Avery were all on the other side of the house playing truth or dare.

Hailey smirked at her sister then turned to Milo and said proudly, "Truth or dare?"

Milo smirked right back at her as if daring her to beat him in this game, "Dare."

Hailey obviously wanted him to pick this because she squealed in delight and high-fived her sister, "I dare you to go to your father and ask, 'Is Mad-Eye Moody really mad? Or is he just psychotic?' Do it!" Hailey smiled proudly at her dare for him then leaned back against the tree and waited for him to get up to go fulfill the dare.

Milo just stared at her as if she was insane, "Are you serious, Hailey?!"

Hailey only smiled and nodded her head.

Ray giggled and nodded her head too, "Don't be a chicken."

Milo narrowed his eyes at his cousins then slowly began his way towards the other side of the house where the parents were gathered, "I am not a chicken."

The children watched as Milo went out of site to fulfill the dare.

Eli stared at Hailey in bewilderment, "I can't believe you dared him to do that."

Hailey smiled, "Why not?"

Ray nodded her head in agreement, "Yeah really, why can't you believe she did? Obviously she did if he's on his way to his dad now. Duh!"

Avery shook his head at Ray, "You shouldn't have dared him to do that."

Hailey huffed then stood to go bring Milo back before it was too late. As she was running towards Milo she shouted behind her, "You guys are no fun!"

When Milo and Hailey returned to the circle they sat down then Hailey said, "Do you still want dare?"

Milo nodded his head and smirked at her, "I could've done that dare-" He was interrupted by Mitch who said, "Uh no you couldn't have."

Milo sighed, "Whatever. I want a dare."

Hailey suddenly turned to Ray and began whispering dares for him. When they finally agreed upon one she said, "I dare you to run around screaming, 'The muggles got me! The muggles got me!'" This made everyone start to laugh, even Harry.

Milo smiled and stood up, "Alright that's easy."

Harry laughed when he saw Hailey stick her tongue out at Milo and call him a chicken.

Suddenly Milo began running in circles screaming, "THE MUGGLES GOT ME! THE MUGGLES GOT ME!" The children fell over from laughing so hard as they watched Milo run and scream. It was definitely a site to be seen, that was for sure.

When Milo got back and sat down he smirked at Hailey, "Told ya that was easy."

Hailey smacked his shoulder, "Shut up, Milo!"

Milo just laughed at her then turned to stare everyone down, "Who shall be my victim...? Shall it be you?!" He suddenly pointed to Eli then shook his head and turned his head to stare at Amanda with an evil smirk, "No... It shall be you!" He pointed his forefinger at Amanda in a creepy fashion.

Amanda rolled her eyes at him and said, "Bring it."

Milo's smirk deepened when she said that then he replied with, "Oh trust me, darling, I will."

Amanda glared at him, "Then do it already."

Milo chuckled then asked, "Truth or dare?"

Amanda smiled innocently, "Truth."

Milo glared at her, "CHICKEN! GOD YOU'RE SUCH A GIRL!"

"I AM A GIRL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH!" Amanda shouted at him.

Eli smirked, "Don't believe her Mi."

Milo laughed as Amanda's face turned red in anger. "Trust me Eli, I don't."

Amanda suddenly stood, "I'M TELLING!"

Milo and Eli exchanged wide eyed looks when she started towards the house.

Milo sighed, "Amanda come back here we were just joking!"

Amanda slowly stopped and turned to look at Milo and Eli, "Fine but you have to do something for me or I'm telling."

Ethan rolled his eyes at his sister while everyone else just sat still waiting for the response of the two boys.

Eli sighed, "Fine, what do you want me to do?"

Amanda smiled slyly then came back and sat down, "I want you to do everything and get whatever I ask for the next time I come over. Same with at your house Milo!"

Milo and Eli exchanged glances then gave one nod and said in unison, "Agreed."

Amanda smiled happily then said, "Now what is my truth?"

With a sigh Milo began to think of one, "Is it true that you suck up to Uncle Severus?"

Amanda shook her head, "No."

This caused everyone to roll their eyes and call her a liar.

"Hey! I am not a liar!" Amanda glared them all down.

Ethan smirked, "Right and I'm not your brother.. Oh damn I am... Well fuck." He suddenly got a depressed look on his face and sighed causing everyone but the girls to laugh.

"Don't let anyone hear you swear, Ethan!" Ray said warningly.

"I know. But I don't really care." Ethan shrugged as if that were the best answer in the world.

Looks of shock was written on everyone's face as they stared at Ethan.

"You're joking... Right?" Avery asked as if horrified.

Ethan just rolled his eyes at his cousin then said, "No. Seriously it's not that bad and besides it's not like they will know I swore unless someone told and I doubt any of you would tell on me if you know what's good for you." Ethan narrowed his eyes dangerously at them all.

Milo rolled his eyes at his cousin's stupidity, "Whatever. Let's get back to the game, huh?"

Everyone agreed then sat back down in the circle and began.

"Amanda, it's your turn." Milo said in a cheerful tone attempting to get everyone back into the good mood once again.

Amanda smiled happily and turned to Eli, "Truth or dare?"

Eli smirked at her then replied in a daring tone, "Dare."

Amanda giggled evilly as she began thinking of a good dare for her younger cousin. When she finally thought of one a smirk grew and spread across her face, "I dare you to give Uncle Jimmie a hug and tell him to smile because frowning gives you bad wrinkles."

Eli's smirk disappeared and left him just staring at his cousin in shock, "Um.. Alright I'll do it."

Amanda smiled happily and stood, "I'm coming with you to make sure you do it; but I will be hiding underneath the table in case Uncle Jimmie freaks." Here she giggled and began walking towards the edge of the house. She suddenly came to a stop and turned to look at Eli, "Are you coming or what? If not you're a chicken."

Eli glared at her and stood, "No, I'm coming."

Harry patted Eli's shoulder to give him some support. Milo just rolled his eyes at Eli and said, "You should a picked the chicken...". Everyone else was giggling in excitement of what was about to happen.

As Eli slowly began following Amanda all the other kids stood and followed too so they could watch. This didn't happen every day you know and they weren't going to miss it!

When they arrived at the edge of the house Amanda smirked once again and pushed Eli forward, "Go!" Everyone giggled except Harry and Milo who only came to watch for support.

Eli glared at Amanda, "Jeez you're so impatient-" "GO!" Amanda cut him off with a sharp whisper. Eli glowered at her but began the long, dreadful journey to his Uncle Jimmie anyway. When he reached the big circle the adults *plus Derek* had made around the fire he took a deep breath then walked over to Uncle Jimmie and wrapped his arms around him in a hug.

Jimmie stiffened and stared down at the child in shock, "What in the world do you think you are doing, child?"

Eli continued to keep his arms wrapped around his feared uncle then slowly pulled back and said, "You know Uncle Jimmie you should really smile more often; frowning gives you bad wrinkles." Soft giggles could be heard if you listened close enough by the house. The look he was receiving from his Uncle when he was done speaking made Eli want to run for his life. With wide eyes Eli stepped back away from his uncle not really sure what to do.

"ELI AVIAN!" Severus shouted angrily. When his son turned to look at him Severus narrowed his eyes and said, "I am very shocked, Eli. Apologize to your uncle immediately."

Eli sighed, "But I was just giving him advice." Again you could hear soft giggling sounds coming from beside the house.

Severus narrowed his eyes and looked toward the house, "CHILDREN! Come here, now!." He wasn't stupid, he knew they were back there.

As the kids emerged from their hiding spot Milo said, "I told you to shut up, but no. You laughed and now we're caught, good job!"

Jimmie stood from his seat as they arrived, "Is this some kind of sick joke? Because it's not funny."

Amanda smiled sweetly at her uncle then said, "I think it is." she batted her eye lashes in hopes she could melt his anger.

This just made all the adults even angrier. "Amanda! I am ashamed of you, apologize right now!" Matthew said angrily as he glared at his daughter.

Amanda sighed, "You always told me not to lie."

Harry stared at his cousin in shock when he heard her say that. She definitely has some nerve! Harry on the other hand wanted to run and hide.

Milo sighed and nudged her in the shoulder, "Stop it you're going to get them even more mad then we're just going to get in even more trouble."

Jimmie glared at his son, "Why in Sam's heck would you even dare think about allowing them to do this childish stunt?!"

"This isn't only my fault!" Milo argued angrily.

Jimmie stepped closer to Milo making Milo step back, "Really?! Well you are the oldest you should know better and tell them differently."

Milo glared at the ground and huffed, "Whatever. That's stupi-" Milo was cut off when suddenly Jimmie backhanded him across the face. "I'd watch the way you speak to me. Look at me when I am speaking to you!"

Milo touched his cheek as he felt hot tears well up in his eyes, when he looked up to his father he noticed he still looked angry, "I-I'm sorry, sir."

Jimmie only turned from his son to look at the other children, "One at a time you will tell me what happened. Starting with Eli, now."

Eli looked from his father to his uncle and back again, "We were just playing a game!"

Jimmie narrowed his eyes and said strictly, "Watch your tone, boy. Make eye contact when you speak to me."

Eli snapped his eyes up to his uncle's and shivered, "I'm sorry, Uncle Jimmie. It was just a joke..."

"Joke or not, you do not do that. Next!"

Milo sighed, "We were playing Truth or Dare and it just got out of hand; I'm sorry, sir. It won't happen again."

"You're right; it will not happen again, boy." Jimmie said strictly then said, "Next."

Ray quickly apologized to her uncle then ran off. Hailey did the same thing as Ray and followed her into the house.

Amanda sighed as she stared after her two cousins who were running into the house as if their lives depended on it, "I'm sorry, Uncle Jimmie. It was an inappropriate Dare and I should not have dared him to do it, I apologize."

Jimmie gave a firm nod of his head then waved her away.

Avery thought this was the most stupid thing he ever had to do but if it got him out of trouble he'd do it. "Sorry, sir."

When it was Ethan's turn to apologize he just rolled his eyes and walked away leaving all the adults glare after him.

Matthew closed his eyes and counted to ten before he stood to follow his son.

Jimmie turned to stare at the last child standing; Harry. The boy looked so frightened it even made him feel bad for the child. "What do you say for yourself?"

Panic began to creep up in Harry's mind as he stared from Uncle Jimmie to Severus then to all the silent on lookers sitting around the fire. Harry suddenly found it hard to breathe and the world began to spin.

Severus quickly saw Harry's panic then rushed to his side. "Harry, it's alright calm down. Close your eyes and take small breaths it'll be ok, I promise."

Everyone stood and rushed over to Severus' side and began asking what they needed to do. "Just stay quiet and go back to the fire, we don't want to intimidate him."

When everyone was away Severus looked back down to Harry who was slowly beginning to breathe correctly. "See? It's okay, you're fine."

Harry opened his eyes and sighed, "I'm sorry..."

Severus slowly smiled down at him and said, "You alright?"

Harry nodded his head, "I'm sorry."

"Harry, child, it's alright. Just calm down and breathe." Severus instructed, "I know Uncle Jimmie can be intimidating..."

Harry's wide eyes met Severus' black ones, "Intimidating is an understatement..."

This made Severus laugh in amusement and smile, "Very true..."

Harry giggled, "Yeah.."

Severus sighed and stood, "I know you don't want to Harry but you must apologize to Uncle Jimmie; then you may go play with the other kids."

A look of fear flashed through Harry's emerald eyes, "D-do I have to?"

Severus nodded his head and pulled Harry up from the ground, "It'll be okay, just take a deep breath and get it over with."

Harry slowly nodded his head and made his way over to his Uncle Jimmie. With his eyes lowered to the grass he slowly said, "I'm sorry, Sir.

A finger slowly pushed his chin up so he was staring into brown eyes, "Look at me when you speak to me." Jimmie softly reminded the child.

Harry gulped and closed his eyes. Harry slowly opened his eyes and stared up at Uncle Jimmie, "I'm sorry, Sir."

Jimmie nodded his head in approval then patted Harry's shoulder and said, "You may go play now. Your apology is accepted."

A grin appeared on Harry's face as he looked up at his Uncle Jimmie. Harry had the great urge to give him a hug but then he remembered the last time someone hugged Uncle Jimmie so he walked over to Severus and gave him a hug instead.

Severus smiled proudly at Harry and said, "See? I told you that you could do it. Now go play, everyone will be leaving shortly."

Harry nodded then ran inside to play with the rest of the kids.

Twenty minutes later and everyone was gone. Severus entered the house only to find Eli and Harry sitting in the middle of the floor having a staring contest. "Boys it's time for you to go to bed."

Eli put his hand up to stop his father from talking, "Shh!"

Eli narrowed his eyes at Harry, Harry narrowed his right back.

Severus stared at Eli in shock, "Eli Avian that was rude."

Eli ignored him and glared at Harry, Harry couldn't help it and blinked. Eli jumped up from the floor and shouted, "YES I WON!"

Severus narrowed his eyes at his son and waited patiently for him to talk to him.

Seeing this, Harry nudged Eli in the foot and pointed to Severus.

"Oops. Sorry Dad, now what did you say?" Eli asked softly then yawned very widely.

"I said that it was time for you boys to go to bed, now go. I love you both and have wonderful dreams!" Severus placed a light kiss to their foreheads then sent them off to bed.

As they were heading towards their bedrooms Eli said, "You know I think Uncle Jimmie is actually just a softy inside.."

Harry stopped in shock then said, "Since when is a rock soft?!"

Severus chuckled in amusement as he closed his door behind him to get dressed for the night.