Chapter Twenty-Eight: Make New Friends

"Harry," Lily began as she knocked on the door. "It's Mummy, can I come in?" She questioned him softly and she waited a few moments for him to answer her.

"Yes, come in." He replied and Lily slowly turned the knob, opened the door, and went inside before sitting down on his bed beside him. She gently started rubbing his back while he laid his head down on top of the pillow and he faced the wall.

"Would you like a hug?" She asked him and he just silently nodded and then sat up and threw his arms around her and started sobbing hysterically inside her chest. "Oh sweetheart," she began softly and soothingly while continuing to rub his back and kissed the top of his head.

"There's no need to cry. It wasn't your fault. You're an extremely young wizard and you can't control your powers because you won't be able to learn how to control them until you're much older." She told him. "And you know before I found out I was a witch I had a really difficult time fitting in as well." She told him.

"Weely? How?" Harry questioned her while looking up at her with his eyes full of tears and sniffed before wiping his nose on the back of his hand.

"Well when I was nine years old my mum and dad let me go to sleep over at my friend's house for the very first time. She was a muggle since I didn't know I was a witch then I often hung out with muggles. So we wanted to play dress up but she grabbed the dress I wanted to wear, so I grew so angry at her that I accidentally shrunk it." She told him.

"Huh?" He questioned her with uncertainty.

"It means that I accidentally used magic to make her dress really, really small." She explained. "So she got mad at me and called me a freak and we haven't spoken since. The point is that I came to meet other friends both magical and muggle who accept me for who I am and someday you will too." She told him while smiling rather warmly and lovingly at him.

"Well, I weely like Won." He told her and before she could say anything else the doorbell rang.

"Don't move, I'll go ahead and get it." Severus said while walking over to the front door and answering it. It was Ashley with her mother. "Never mind. Harry! It's for you!" He called over his shoulder as Harry got off the bed and hurried over to the door.

"Hullo Ashley." Harry said.

"Hullo Awee." Ashley replied. "Is what Hermione said twoo? Are you weely a wizard?" She asked him and Harry glanced up at his mother as she entered the room and then back over at her and nodded.

"Yes, I am." He replied.

"Weely? Wow, that's weely cool. I didn't know that magic was weel. I just came over to let you know that I'm not mad at you for what happened at school. It isn't your fault and I was wondering if you would like to be fwends." She explained as a rather wide grin stretched a crossed his face.

"I'd love to." He told her before glancing back up at his mother who just simply smiled and winked at him. "Would you like to come see Nugget?" He asked her.

"Sure, who's Nugget?" she wondered.

"He's a baby unicorn." He replied when suddenly her face lit up with excitement.

"A unicorn!? My mummy and daddy won't even let me have a dog!" She cried.

"Welcome to my world." Harry replied with a groan and a roll of his eyes before leading her out towards the backyard to meet Nugget. As time went on, Harry and Ashley became closer and closer, (they played with Dudley as well) but of course he still spent time with Ron as well. Before Harry knew it it was August 31st and his father would be going back to teach at Hogwarts the very next day.

That night Harry found he couldn't sleep and wandered into his parents bedroom in the middle of the night. "Daddy,.. I can't sleep." He said and that's when suddenly Severus' eyes shot wide open to the small child who was now standing in front of their bed in his pajamas. He quickly got out of bed and scooped Harry up inside his arms before carrying him over to his bed and sat him down on top of his lap.

Once Lily was awake as well, he knew that it was safe to turn on the light. "Harry darling, what's wrong?" She questioned him anxiously out of concern.

"I don't want Daddy to go!" Harry sobbed before grabbing onto Severus and hugging him tightly. Harry sobbed before grabbing onto Severus and hugging him tightly and that's when Severus turned to Lily and gave her a rather worried glance.

"Oh honey, I know that you don't want Daddy to go, but Daddy has to go to work. He'll still be back for Christmas, Easter, and the summer holidays." She pointed out.

"But it won't be the same." He told her while blinking away his tears.

"No, I know it won't be the same, but it'll just take some time getting used to. Just like with your potty training. Now you're only wearing diapers for naptime and nighttime and someday you won't need them at all." She reminded him.

"That's right and you'll be having so much fun here with Ron, Dudley, Ashley, and Nugget that time will just fly by. Also with Stevie going back to school, Nugget is going to need extra attention." Severus pointed out before kissing him on the top of the head. "Would you like to sleep with us tonight?" He questioned him as Harry silently nodded and sniffed.

"Alright, do you need a fresh diaper first?" He asked him and Harry nodded again. Severus quickly changed his diaper and got Harry's stuffed dragon and then they all cuddled up together and went to sleep.