The next day while Harry and Severus were down in the lab, they finished their calming draughts and bottled them
" I'm going to owl these to madame Pomfrey, why don't you start cleaning up? I'll be down in a bit" Severus said
Harry nodded and started to clean up
Harry cleaned up the mess from the calming draught potion and then started to look around the lab, he was wondering if he could make a new potion, like his dad makes new potions, he knew where everything was and he got started, he was putting in ingredients that he knew weren't dangerous because he used these ingredients in class, chopped daisy roots, skinned shrivelfig, sliced caterpillar, one rat spleen, dash of leech juice, knotgrass, fluxweed, shredded boomslang skin, lacewing flies, some of his own hair, boom slang skin, leeches, and powdered bicorn horn
After he stirred it all up there was an explosion from the potion and it knocked Harry over and he knew no more
Severus stopped writing a letter to Madame Pomfrey when he heard the explosion coming from down in the lab and he rushed down there to find out what happened, he was afraid something bad happened to his son, when he saw his son, he gasped
When Harry woke up, he was on the livingroom couch with a blanket around him, he had a massive headache and when he sat up he groaned
" What happened?" Harry asked
" There was an explosion down in the lab" Tobias said, " Your father and grandmother are cleaning up your mess"
Harry's face paled, " I better go help them"
" I wouldn't if I were you, they're pretty upset right now" Tobias said, " What in the world happened boy?"
" I don't know, I just heard an explosion and the next thing I knew everything went black and I ended up on the couch" Harry explained, " How long was I out?"
" A few hours" Tobias said, " It's 4:30 in the afternoon"
" When did the explosion occur?" Harry asked, " There's no clock down there"
" About 12:45" Tobias said, " You missed lunch
Harry nodded and his stomach growled in agreement
" Before you do anything... I think you should go have a look at yourself in the mirror" Tobias said
" Why?" Harry asked
" Just go take a look" Tobias ordered
Harry shrugged and headed towards the main bathroom on the main floor, but the trouble is, he couldn't see himself in the mirror because he was too short
" Ok that's odd" Harry thought to himself and he climbed up on the toilet and then on the counter and looked at himself in the mirror and screamed
" I'M A BLOODY TODDLER" Harry yelled
Severus and Eileen came up from the lab, they were both tired from cleaning everything and getting everything back in order
" I am never letting him go down there ever again" Severus seethed, " A simple direction and he couldn't even follow it... Bloody Gryffindor, always breaking the rules, just like his... step dad and Godfather"
Eileen sighed, " At least we fixed everything, and nobody is hurt"
" Yes... but all of the ingredients are gone and that cauldron is ruined" Severus said, " I just told him to clean up, clean up and what does he do? He destroys my lab"
" Severus before you go and chew him out, let him tell his side of the story" Eileen said
" Oh, his side of the story will be good" Severus said dryly
They stopped talking when Harry screamed and yelled, " I'M A BLOODY TODDLER"
" Looks like your son saw the side effect to his naughtiness" Eileen said with a smirk
Severus rolled his eyes, " Now what?"
" I say you go confront him in the bathroom where he's most likely looking over himself in the mirror, the nose and the hair is quite a big change" Eileen said
Severus smirked " Ah yes, the Snape nose, I wonder how he made that potion counter affect Lily's potion"
" You can figure that out later, after you and I create a counter affect to Harry's potion" Eileen said, " Now go to him, and don't yell at him until he said his share"
" That'll most likely get him in more trouble" Severus said
" Maybe, but you want all the facts before you sentence him" Eileen said
Severus nodded
Harry looked at himself in the mirror, he didn't look like his normal little kid self, he looked like... well like a Snape, he had his dad's and Grandpa's nose and hair and features, there was no ounce of his... step dad left
" At least I have my mother's eyes still" Harry said to himself
The only thing he found good about looking like a Snape was that he didn't need to wear glasses anymore and he took them off so things weren't fuzzy anymore
He was still looking in the mirror when Severus appeared and stood in the doorway
Severus stood there for five minutes and Harry still didn't see him, he was too busy looking at himself in the mirror
" Are you done getting over the shock yet?" Severus said gruffly
Harry jumped and turned around on the counter to look at his father who looked very annoyed
" H...How long h... have you been s... standing there?" Harry stuttered
" Five minutes and counting" Severus said
Harry nodded and looked at the floor
" I suggest you get down from there and head up to your room" Severus said
Harry nodded and jumped from the counter and fearfully went passed his dad and faced his backside purposely away from him and ran up to his room and headed to the closet
" I am in so much trouble, sweet Merlin, why didn't I just do as I was told?" Harry thought to himself, " Now I'm a bloody toddler and I look like a Snape"
Harry kept beating himself up over how stupid he was for a half hour and then Severus came into his room without knocking
" Harry" Severus called in a no nonsense tone
Harry squeaked but that was enough for Severus to know where his son was hiding
Severus opened up the closet door
" Get out of there and sit on your bed" Severus commanded
Harry nodded and obeyed his dad
" Now lay down on your back" Severus said
Harry looked confused
" I need to see how old you look and to see if there was any other side effects to your nau... potion" Severus explained
Harry cringed, he knew his dad was about to say naughtiness but he did as he was told and closed his eyes and waited
Severus ran his wand over Harry's body and it said that Harry was four years old, but it also said Harry was underweight by fifteen pounds
" Stupid Dursleys" Severus whispered and shook his head
He also checked to see if there were anymore side effects to the potion but their weren't any
Severus sighed with relief, Harry was just underaged and he looked like a Snape
" You can open your eyes now, don't know why you closed them anyway" Severus said, " And you may sit up"
Harry slowly opened his eyes and sat up
" Why'd you call the Dursley's stupid?" Harry asked
" You're underweight by fifteen pounds, the average weight for a four year old is forty pounds, you weigh twenty five" Severus said
Harry groaned, " I'm four?"
" You're four, and you're the only one at fault for being this way... would you like to explain to me what you were doing?" Severus asked and he crossed his arms and glared at his son
" Um... Not really" Harry whispered and he looked down at his bed covers
" Well thats too bad, because you will tell me what you were doing and if you don't then I'll use other means and your punishment will be worse" Severus said fiercely
Harry winced at that
" Well?" Severus asked with his arms still crossed
I... I wanted to experiment, try to invent a new potion like you do and it just... exploded" Harry explained
" Did I give you permission to experiment with potions?" Severus asked
" No" Harry said
" What did I tell you to do?" Severus asked
" Clean up" Harry said gloomy
" Yes, I specifically told you to clean up, nowhere in there did I give you permission to experiment, I would never let you experiment without either me or your grandmother down there with you, there are reasons for that and you were unfortunate enough to be the victim of the side effect" Severus said, " Luckily it just deaged you and countered Lily's potion, but it could have done a whole lot worse than just that"
Harry winced again, his dad's voice was getting louder and louder
" Look at me when I'm speaking to you" Severus commanded
Harry looked up, more in fright then anything
"You young man are no longer aloud down in the lab ever, with or without me, do you understand me?" Severus asked firmly and scary
" Yes sir" Harry said fearful, he might be sixteen in a four year old's body but either way his dad was scary when he was angry
" Further more, you just added on to your punishment... you will no longer be helping me in the lab for your punishment next week, you will be writing lines while in the corner and you will be going to bed at 7:30 every night until school starts, whether you're back to normal or not. At school you will have detention with me every night for a month and you will be grounded to our quarters, and there you're going to bed at 10:00 each night, hopefully some time away from your friends will keep you in line Mr. Snape" Severus lectured
Harry was shocked, he didn't think he could sink this low, 7:30 bedtime from now until school, detention for a month and grounded, he couldn't even see his friends outside of class, he was just starting to get along with his family then he had to mess everything up again... Harry was trying to hold back tears that were threatening to fall, he looked at the bed again
" What did you put in that potion?" Severus asked
" Chopped daisy roots, skinned shrivelfig, sliced caterpillar, one rat spleen, dash of leech juice, knotgrass, fluxweed, shredded boomslang skin, lacewing flies, some of my own hair, boom slang skin, leeches, and powdered bicorn horn" Harry whispered
" So you know what you were doing then" Severus said
" Not... really" Harry whispered
" You just added the ingredients to the shrinking solution and Polyjuice potion and mixed them together... I have a feeling I know how to get you back to your regular age, but it'll take a while since all my ingredients are ruined"
Harry winced at that, " Sorry"
" Not yet you're not" Severus said threateningly and he sat down on the side of Harry's bed and pulled Harry towards him
Harry tried to struggle free but Severus had his ankle in a vise grip
" Fighting makes it worse" Severus said
" Please dad don't, I'm sorry, please dad don't spank me" Harry said letting the tears fall
" You know the rules, when you're naughty, you get spanked" Severus said unbuttoning Harry's pants and pulled them down
Harry shook his head no
" Not bare, please dad not bare" Harry begged
" Harry you destroyed my potions lab which could have destroyed you, you have been VERY NAUGHTY" Severus said and he smacked the now bare bottom
" OW" Harry yelled with tears in his eyes and he tried to wiggle free but it wasn't working
Harry was sobbing when Severus finished with his spanking, Harry's backside was a nice shade of red and Severus could feel the heat coming from it
Severus turned Harry over and sat him up and just cuddled him while rubbing soothing circles on Harry's back
Harry buried his head in Severus's robes and cried and cried and cried
" Calm down Harry, you're going to make yourself sick" Severus said while rubbing his back
Harry was not letting up on his crying
" Harry what's wrong? Spankings don't hurt that much where you cry for an hour" Severus said
Harry still didn't let up
Severus began patting firmly but gently on Harry's back to calm him down some
Harry finally began to let up and eventually he stopped and just had sniffles and hiccups
Severus stopped patting his back and started rubbing circles on Harry's back, " You want to tell me what that was all about?"
Harry shook his head no and just wrapped his arms around Severus's neck and laid his head down on Severus's shoulder and sighed
They stayed like that for five minutes and Severus finally figured out why Harry was crying and why Harry wrapped his arms around his neck and laid his head on his shoulder, it all made sense now, "Harry never got to cuddle after a punishment or any other time while growing up, he really didn't get the chance while being a teenager because that's a little weird when they're older, but now that he's a little kid, it's perfectly normal and he's taking advantage of it while he has the chance" Severus thought
Severus silently accioed the salve that will make Harry's bottom not sting anymore and he put some on Harry's bottom at Harry's confusion
" Lay down Harry" Severus said
Harry hugged Severus tighter and laid back down on Severus's shoulder
Severus pulled Harry's underwear and pants back up
" Sorry dad" Harry whispered
" I know you are Harry" Severus said quietly
They kept hugging each other not letting up
" This is nice" Harry whispered
Severus smirked and agreed and began rubbing circles on Harry's back, " Is it awkward in anyway for you?"
Harry shook his head no, " I guess it's easier when I'm deaged to actually be treated like a little kid... can we continue it... until it wears off? I never really had a real childhood before"
" Sure son, we can continue this for a while... but the punishment still stands" Severus said a little firmly
" But we can keep the hugs, and stories right? And we can still hang out together right?" Harry asked fearful
" Of course Harry, and even when you're back to normal and off of punishment, we can still hang out together... if you don't think you're old man is too old" Severus said with a smirk
Harry smiled and hugged tighter, " I'd like that"
Severus smiled, " Good... how about we go downstairs? I think Grandma is baking cookies and I think she needs some help"
Harry sat up with a smile on his face, he was glad his dad forgave him and he nodded with red eyes
" Go wash your face and we'll go downstairs to help" Severus said while putting Harry down then he conjured a stool and sat it in front of the sink
Harry hurried towards the sink and washed his face so he was tear free then together both father and son headed downstairs and Eileen was making cookies and she enjoyed her son and grandson's help, she loved how her young boy's were getting to be the father and son they never got to be before