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Rawling.
Chapter 2: Snape was wrong
Snape indeed did as instructed, he went to his rooms and discontinued his potion, changed his clothes and off he went to Hogsmeade. He apparated onto Privet Drive took an invisibility potion and then entered the house as quietly as possible. He had a look around the house as never having been there before. Nothing in the house would show that there were 2 boys living there, everything on the walls showed only 1 boy, a very portly boy and Severus knew at once how wrong he had been to ever think that Harry was spoiled
It wasn't quite dinnertime yet so Severus went upstairs to have a look around, luckily all the doors upstairs were open so he had no worry of making noise by opening and closing doors. He found a small bedroom with a mattress in the corner and a dingy looking sheet on top of it. This couldn't be Potters room; Snape continued to look around upstairs and came to the conclusion it was indeed Potters room. He looked around the room again and noticed the cage, Hedwig's cage, he had not seen it before, this was in fact Potters room. Snape thought to himself "how could I have been so wrong about him, no one should live his badly"
Severus remained in a corner quietly waiting for Harry to come up after dinner, about 7 in the evening he heard who hw assumed to be Vernon yelling at Harry to do something but he couldn't make out what it was. He heard a very small voice follow saying "yes, sir, I'm sorry sir" and then rustling of feet and then Harry came upstairs.
While Harry was changing into his pajamas, Severus was horrified at what he saw. Scars over scars on Harry's back and chest, he could also visibly see he was malnourished as well. Harry was taking something out of his pocket, it was food, and he then put it in Hedwig's cage so she could have some food. This touched Severus to know he cared more for others then himself. Harry then walked over to his mattress and moved it and lifted the loose floorboard in that he had found and used it to hide things from the Dursley's. Severus watched as Harry pulled out parchment and ink and quill and wrote a letter Severus wondered who he was writing too, but it was a short letter, he got Hedwig out of her cage and said to deliver it to Ron then Hermione then Sirius. With a quiet hoot she was off. Severus was quite curious as to what the letter contained but as it was gone he would never find out. Harry then quietly removed one of his schoolbooks and began working on one of his essays he needed for the following school year at Hogwarts.
Severus wondered if the boy was ever going to go to sleep. Harry finally went to sleep about 2 in the morning, but at 3 he woke up screaming. Uncle Vernon was quick to come in and beat Harry for waking him during his sleep. The whole time Harry did nothing but take it and apologize profusely for interrupting Uncle Vernon's sleep. After a 5 min beating Uncle Vernon went back to his room. Harry just layed there in the moonlit room sobbing quietly until he fell unconsious. This was more then Severus could take, he spoke to Harry, ever so quietly as to not waken Vernon again, since it would be awhile before the invisibility potion would wear off.
"Harry are you alright?" Severus said quietly. Harry did recognise the voice but not the tone, he knew it had been Professor Snape, but it sounded as if Professor Snape was genuwinely concerned.
"I'll live" was Harry's snide reply to the caring voice. Severus was shocked at the reply, but brushed it off.
"Harry, where are all of your school things?" asked Severus patiently .
"Why do you care? why are you here? you just want to gloat about the infamous Harry Potter being beaten don't you? you 've seen what I go through now leave me be" Harry said rolling over and finishing into the wall.
"Harry, I mistook your circumstanses, I do appologize, now if you want to get out of here, you need to tell me where your things are and very soon, it's almost daybreak" Severus tried to remain calm, he knew Harry wasn't intentionally being mean. Severus also know how he had treated Harry himself and couldn't blame the bout at all for his reaction.
"My trunk is in my old room and I have a few things up here an.." he dropped out and grabbed his forehead and curled into a tight ball. Severus couldn't imagine for the life of him what was going on. He waited and Harry started a convulsion, this worried Severus greatly, he waited it out. Then Harry woke and his eyes were filled with all the bad feelings a person could have, fear and hate the most prominent feelings he could see in Harry's eyes. Harry instinctly rolled over into Severus's shoulder and weeped a bit but not for long.
"Voldemort is on the move again" Harry said bluntly. He looked and he still couldn't see Professor Snape but he could feel him. Harry thought about this and wondered how long he had been there.
"Professor Snape?" asked Harry
"For now Harry you can call me Severus, we are not in school and you have been through a very rough thing, but what is it Harry?" Said Severus, trying to be as comforting as possible.
"Profe..Severus, tell me, how long have you been in my room?" Asked Harry with great trepidation, he wasn't sure he really wanted to hear the answer.
"Harry, I have been here long enough to know you need to be taken away from here, that is all i will say."
"Then you saw what.. what my Uncle did to me, didn't you?" asked Harry very uneasily
"Yes, Harry, I did see what he did" answered Severus reluctantly.
"OH, well, just so you know, he doesn't do that sort of thing very often at all" Harry said trying to convince himself the same thing.
"Harry, I saw your back and your chest when you changed into your pajamas." Severus said cornering Harry into admitting they needed to leave and soon.
"Very well then, my trunk is in my old room and I'll gather everything from in here, when we get where we are going can you send an owl so Hedwig will know where we have gone? Where are we going anyway?" asked Harry, he actually seemed to perk up knowing he was leaving the Dursley's.
Chapter 2: Snape was wrong
Snape indeed did as instructed, he went to his rooms and discontinued his potion, changed his clothes and off he went to Hogsmeade. He apparated onto Privet Drive took an invisibility potion and then entered the house as quietly as possible. He had a look around the house as never having been there before. Nothing in the house would show that there were 2 boys living there, everything on the walls showed only 1 boy, a very portly boy and Severus knew at once how wrong he had been to ever think that Harry was spoiled
It wasn't quite dinnertime yet so Severus went upstairs to have a look around, luckily all the doors upstairs were open so he had no worry of making noise by opening and closing doors. He found a small bedroom with a mattress in the corner and a dingy looking sheet on top of it. This couldn't be Potters room; Snape continued to look around upstairs and came to the conclusion it was indeed Potters room. He looked around the room again and noticed the cage, Hedwig's cage, he had not seen it before, this was in fact Potters room. Snape thought to himself "how could I have been so wrong about him, no one should live his badly"
Severus remained in a corner quietly waiting for Harry to come up after dinner, about 7 in the evening he heard who hw assumed to be Vernon yelling at Harry to do something but he couldn't make out what it was. He heard a very small voice follow saying "yes, sir, I'm sorry sir" and then rustling of feet and then Harry came upstairs.
While Harry was changing into his pajamas, Severus was horrified at what he saw. Scars over scars on Harry's back and chest, he could also visibly see he was malnourished as well. Harry was taking something out of his pocket, it was food, and he then put it in Hedwig's cage so she could have some food. This touched Severus to know he cared more for others then himself. Harry then walked over to his mattress and moved it and lifted the loose floorboard in that he had found and used it to hide things from the Dursley's. Severus watched as Harry pulled out parchment and ink and quill and wrote a letter Severus wondered who he was writing too, but it was a short letter, he got Hedwig out of her cage and said to deliver it to Ron then Hermione then Sirius. With a quiet hoot she was off. Severus was quite curious as to what the letter contained but as it was gone he would never find out. Harry then quietly removed one of his schoolbooks and began working on one of his essays he needed for the following school year at Hogwarts.
Severus wondered if the boy was ever going to go to sleep. Harry finally went to sleep about 2 in the morning, but at 3 he woke up screaming. Uncle Vernon was quick to come in and beat Harry for waking him during his sleep. The whole time Harry did nothing but take it and apologize profusely for interrupting Uncle Vernon's sleep. After a 5 min beating Uncle Vernon went back to his room. Harry just layed there in the moonlit room sobbing quietly until he fell unconsious. This was more then Severus could take, he spoke to Harry, ever so quietly as to not waken Vernon again, since it would be awhile before the invisibility potion would wear off.
"Harry are you alright?" Severus said quietly. Harry did recognise the voice but not the tone, he knew it had been Professor Snape, but it sounded as if Professor Snape was genuwinely concerned.
"I'll live" was Harry's snide reply to the caring voice. Severus was shocked at the reply, but brushed it off.
"Harry, where are all of your school things?" asked Severus patiently .
"Why do you care? why are you here? you just want to gloat about the infamous Harry Potter being beaten don't you? you 've seen what I go through now leave me be" Harry said rolling over and finishing into the wall.
"Harry, I mistook your circumstanses, I do appologize, now if you want to get out of here, you need to tell me where your things are and very soon, it's almost daybreak" Severus tried to remain calm, he knew Harry wasn't intentionally being mean. Severus also know how he had treated Harry himself and couldn't blame the bout at all for his reaction.
"My trunk is in my old room and I have a few things up here an.." he dropped out and grabbed his forehead and curled into a tight ball. Severus couldn't imagine for the life of him what was going on. He waited and Harry started a convulsion, this worried Severus greatly, he waited it out. Then Harry woke and his eyes were filled with all the bad feelings a person could have, fear and hate the most prominent feelings he could see in Harry's eyes. Harry instinctly rolled over into Severus's shoulder and weeped a bit but not for long.
"Voldemort is on the move again" Harry said bluntly. He looked and he still couldn't see Professor Snape but he could feel him. Harry thought about this and wondered how long he had been there.
"Professor Snape?" asked Harry
"For now Harry you can call me Severus, we are not in school and you have been through a very rough thing, but what is it Harry?" Said Severus, trying to be as comforting as possible.
"Profe..Severus, tell me, how long have you been in my room?" Asked Harry with great trepidation, he wasn't sure he really wanted to hear the answer.
"Harry, I have been here long enough to know you need to be taken away from here, that is all i will say."
"Then you saw what.. what my Uncle did to me, didn't you?" asked Harry very uneasily
"Yes, Harry, I did see what he did" answered Severus reluctantly.
"OH, well, just so you know, he doesn't do that sort of thing very often at all" Harry said trying to convince himself the same thing.
"Harry, I saw your back and your chest when you changed into your pajamas." Severus said cornering Harry into admitting they needed to leave and soon.
"Very well then, my trunk is in my old room and I'll gather everything from in here, when we get where we are going can you send an owl so Hedwig will know where we have gone? Where are we going anyway?" asked Harry, he actually seemed to perk up knowing he was leaving the Dursley's.