Chapter Ten; Tobey's First Pet

Gee thanks guys! I've been trying to do as many different things as I can as well as minor twists, and I thought that it just worked better for the story that Gryffindor lost. Plus it gives the Gryffindors (except for Ron and Hermione) an even bigger reason to hate somebody from their own house as well as the rest of the students.

By the way, the song I wrote for this chapter is called Hero, and I thought it would reflect about how much Snape loves and cares for his son. So hope you enjoy it!

Anyway, I apologize for not updating too much yesterday, but like I said rough day. Anyway, today's a whole new day and I'll probably be doing lots of updates since tomorrow I'm rather busy spending some time with my fiancée. So enjoy the next chapter!

Harry couldn't believe it! With the exception of Ron and Hermione, the whole school started turning against to him just for the simple fact that he could talk to snakes. Nobody ever spoke to him or made eye contact with him except for Ginny and his other friends.

Although even Ginny would just gaze up ever so slightly into his direction. Even Yasmine and Jasmine the Ravenclaw twins (Yasmine had four fingers on her left hand while her sister had six toes on her right foot and they both had dark skin and dark hair) who talked to everybody, even Draco Malfoy (although it wasn't usually in a very nice manner) didn't acknowledge him. It was now more than ever that Harry wished he could go back to being the most popular kid in school, it would have been a whole lot better than this.

That evening after supper Harry got up from the table without a word without realizing the fact that his father had been studying him closely all day. He had ran into the boy's lavatory when all of a sudden the door opened and Snape was standing there in front of him. Harry didn't make eye contact with him. "Harry are you alright?" he asked him nervously but Harry just simply shook his head.

"No! Mrs. Norris, Nearly Headless Nick, Colin Creevey and Justin Fletchley are all petrified. The whole school thinks that I did it." He told him with another sniff.

"Well I don't, and I know for a fact that your friends don't either." Snape told him.

"But it's so unfair! Everyone has always treated me differently, whether it was because of my scar, or the fact that I can talk to snakes. It isn't my fault! I wish I could be normal like everybody else!" he exclaimed before Snape turned him around to face him while he squatted down in front of him.

"Listen to me Harry, no matter what anybody else tells you, you're not normal. You're one of the most special and wonderful boy that I have ever known. You would have to be to win me over. Don't you remember how much you have accomplished just by setting your mind to it?" he questioned him while Harry just simply shrugged before he started singing softly to him.

Don't you remember way back when, when you were just a boy?

All the things that you taught me that I never knew a four year old could know.

Somehow you changed me, you lifted my spirits and helped me to grow.

Yes, you made me see,.. just special you are to me.

Didn't you know that you're my hero?

Didn't you know how much I care?

Yes you were always there, when I needed a smile,

Then we'd sit for a while before we ran in the sun and talk hours upon hours.

Didn't you know that you're my hero?

When my heart was dark and turned to stone, you found the way somehow,

To shine a light that lit it up and made it bright again.

Didn't you know that you're my hero?

And I'm a proud man to call you my son.

Yes, I am a very proud man to call you my son.

Snape sung before Harry threw his arms and embraced him tightly. "I love you." He told him softly while his father hugged him back and rested his chin on the top of his head before kissing it softly.

"I love you too." He told him as he gently started rubbing his back and kissing him again. "My son."

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Pretty soon Harry was back home for the Christmas holidays. All that he really wanted for Christmas was for everyone to believe his innocence about opening the Chamber of Secrets. However, as long as his family and friends and all of the staff believed him, it was good enough for a start. As usual, once Christmas morning came, Tobey and Eve sprang out of bed still in their pajamas and raced down the hallway to open their presents.

Harry would have overslept if it wasn't for his mother waking him up. Even Teddy and Heather were still fast asleep inside their cradles until after he got up. "Well since you're awake now, do you want to feed one of them before you open your presents?" his mother questioned him as Harry just simply nodded before continuing to yawn and stretch and rub his eyes. Harry decided to feed Teddy his bottle while he sat down on the couch next to his mother who was breastfeeding Heather.

They both drank their milk up happily while their older brother and sister continued tearing into their presents. Eve decided to suck on one of her candy canes from her stocking while Snape started walking over to Tobey. He was pleased with all of the new puzzles, games, action figures, and toy weapons that he had gotten, but the thing that he had wanted most for Christmas was a pet turtle, just like Harry had wanted ever since he was his age.

So while Cowboy and Katie chewed on their new bones, Snape told his younger son that Santa Claus still had one more surprise present underneath the Christmas tree. Harry grinned down at his brother, he had never seen him more excited to receive his own little special aquarium.

He didn't even remember him getting this excited about his brand new bicycle the previous year. Teddy finished drinking all of his milk and as usual let out a small belch before Harry even had the chance to place him over his shoulder to burp him. Later on that day after lunch while Teddy and Heather were busy taking their naps, Harry went to go investigate the new turtle that Tobey had now taken to his room.

"So is it a boy turtle or a girl turtle?" he asked him but Tobey simply shrugged.

"How should I know?" he questioned him back.

"I'm not sure. I was just wondering what you were planning on calling it." Harry replied.

"I guess I'll name it Shelby. That way it doesn't matter." He told him.

"That's a good name since turtles can't tell you their genders like dragons can." Harry said thinking about the time he had found Diamond and originally thought that she was a boy just by assuming that she was until she corrected him and then showed him her nest of babies afterwards. Harry breathed a heavy sad sigh while he thought about his friend.

"What's wrong Harry?" Tobey asked him.

"Nothing, I'm fine." Harry said before he looked in on Shelby the turtle that was now busily sunning him or herself on top of a rock and closing its eyes while it basked in the light.