A/N: Sorry it's taken so long for me to get this chapter up, I've been
really busy with classes and homework and all this other stuff and I was
having a mini-writer's block but I think I'm over it now. Now the potions
accident and aftereffects that is going to happen in this chapter I was
originally inspired by Lina Inverse the Dramata's "Child of Mine" fic
because that's where I first read it though I have come across a few fics
like that one since then so don't think that I stole the idea from somebody
else because I did give credit to the author that I originally got the idea
from. I'm sorry if this seems kind of random but ever since reading Lina's
fic I've had that little plot bunny running rampant through my mind and I
just couldn't help putting it into this fic since it has been discovered
that Snape is Harry's father. So I thought 'what the hay, might as well'
Well I guess that this note is long enough and I'm sure you're anxious to
get to the actual chapter now so this author is done rambling!
ENJOY!!!!!!!!! Oh thanks to the people that reviewed my last chapter!!!
You're great!!! *hugs and kisses*
Chapter 7- A big accident with little results
Harry awoke the next morning feeling very drained. Harry had not slept well that night and was haunted by nightmares of the third task. He slowly got out of bed and took a quick shower, got dressed and gathered his books for the day and went out into the common room to wait for Ron and Hermione. He didn't have to wait long though. About five minutes after Harry came out Hermione emerged and Ron about two minutes after Hermione. The trio then made their way down to the Great Hall for breakfast. Harry's head was hanging particularly low and Ron said
"Hey mate, you okay? You look like you're about to fall asleep, using the porridge as a pillow!"
Harry's head snapped up at Ron's comment and said "Oh yeah, I just had a rough night. More nightmares." He said with finality.
Ron dropped the subject because he knew that it was useless to try and get Harry to talk about his nightmares and continued eating in silence.
The trio finished breakfast and made their way down to Snape's dungeons for Potions and settled into their usual seats at the back of the room just as Snape came into the room and swept up to the front of the class. He noticed the bags under his son's eyes and instantly knew that he had had a rough night but he would have to wait until later that evening to talk to him about it.
"All right, quiet! Today we are going to be making a de-aging potion, though I doubt that any of you dunderheads will be able to get it right. Oh and we will be testing somebody's potion at the end of class."
With a flick of his wand the ingrediants and instructions were written on the board at the front of the room and said "Pair off and get to work. Potter, you work with Longbottom again."
At the mention of his name Harry's head shot up and then quietly moved his things over by Neville for the second time that week and said. "Neville why don't you add the ingredients this time while I stir. You should be able to do it." Harry said giving the clumsy boy a weak smile. Neville squeaked nervously and started to prepare and add the ingredients, but Neville being Neville he added several of the ingredients out of order. Mostly due to the fact that Snape was stalking around the classroom in his vampire-like manner saying the usual harsh words to the Gryffindors and praise to the Slytherins.
By the time their potion was done it looked like it was theoretically supposed to so Harry thought that it was fine. Snape swept over to Harry and Neville's cauldron and said
"Well let's see if for once in Longbottom's pathetic existance he managed to brew a potion correctly." Snape pulled out a vial and dipped it into the cauldron and held it towards Neville and said "Drink." Neville instantly got scared and shakily extended his hand to take the vial and looked at it apprehensively and started to very slowly lift the vial to his mouth. Then Harry jumped in and said "Neville, I'll drink it. It's only fair, you did most of the work, I only stirred."
A huge look of relief came onto Neville's face and he handed the vial quickly to Harry who downed it. Harry grimmaced at the disgusting taste as Snape said
"Now if Longbottom and Potter has succeeded Potter will age exactly 3 years."
Harry felt the potion taking effect and for a split second he thought that the potion had been correct but then his stomach exploded into pain and he started to scream and fell off of his stool and crumpled into a heap on the floor and continued to scream in excruciating pain.
At the first scream that issued from his son's mouth Severus was on the floor next to his son as himself and the rest of the class watched in horror as Harry stopped screaming and his body disappeared from view. Severus and the rest of the class unconsciously held their breath until they heard a whimper and saw movement within the lump of robes.
Severus reached down and started to move aside the pile of clothing and soon rested on a very tiny Harry Potter. Apparently the de-aging potion had worked too much and had turned Harry into a baby that didn't even look to be a year old. Severus reached down and picked up the much younger version of his son and wrapped him up in his outer robe and said
"Mr. Longbottom I want you to bottle up that potion and leave it on my desk. Miss Granger and Mr. Weasley go and get the headmaster and bring him to the infirmary. The rest of you get moving to your next class."
The rest of the class, not even Draco Malfoy dared to try and contest Snape's order because they all knew in the back of their minds that it would be hell to pay if they disobeyed.
Severus quickly swept out of the room with Harry, who was staring up at his father with wide emerald eyes, in his arms and soon was in the infirmary. "Poppy, get out here quick!" Snape bellowed
Madame Pomfrey came out of her office to see Severus Snape holding a black bundle and hurried over to him and said "What happened? Who is this?"
"There was an accident in potions and Harry drank the potion and this," He said holding out his son "is the result! I just need to know if anything's wrong with him, any side effects of the potion. He was screaming rather loudly before he fully transformed."
Madame Pomfrey took the, thankfully quiet, infant and went over to the nearest bed. That quiet didn't last for long, because as soon as Harry discovered he wasn't in his father's arms anymore he let out a mighty wail that would've put a banshee's shreik to shame! At his son's wail Severus ran over and took Harry back in his arms and immediately the boy was silent again. "Well I can understand why he would only feel secure with you, you are his father afterall." Madame Pomfrey said then continued
"You'll just have to hold him while I examine him then."
Severus nodded and sat down on the bed that Poppy was originally steering for just as Dumbledore entered with a very flushed Ron and Hermione. Upon seeing his Potions Master with a miniature version of his student in his arms he cracked a smile and said "Well, I see that Harry is no longer fifteen years old."
"Thank you for pointing out the obvious Albus! I still don't understand how this could happen!" Severus said exhasperadly while Madame Pomfrey carefully worked on Harry.
Less than a minute later Madame Pomfrey made her pronouncement "Well other than being turned into an infant there is nothing wrong with him Severus. He's just a bit cold, that's all. And that is easily remedied."
The group all let out a collective sigh of relief as Madame Pomfrey continued "Severus, you do know how to take care of an infant, don't you?"
Snape shook his head and said "No, I've never had the opportunity."
"Well then come along and I'll show you how to do the basics."
Severus quietly followed Madame Pomfrey who showed him how to diaper, dress and do the little idiocincies of taking care of an infant. Severus really never knew how much work it was to take care of an infant but of course he had no choice since this was his son.
Severus picked up the newly diapered and clothed Harry and started to walk out of the Hospital Wing but Madame Pomfrey stopped him as he got to the door. "If you need anything or have any questions Severus, you know where to find me."
"Thank you Poppy." Severus said gratefully then swept out of the ward and made his way down to his dungeon rooms. Upon arrival in his rooms Severus sat down on the couch and sat Harry on his lap. Poppy had told him that Harry was about 11 months old and could support his own head and sit pretty much on his own, but still needed a little bit of support. The two sat in silence. Harry for obvious reasons. Black stared into emerald and emerald locked into black. Harry then lunged forward and tried to put his little arms around Severus' chest, looked up into his father's eyes and his mouth split into a smile and he squealed with glee.
Severus couldn't help but smile at his son's antics then went to stand up and get some food since it was nearing lunchtime. No sooner had he stood up than a knock came upon the door to his chambers and upon opening it found Madame Pomfrey standing there with a rather large box floating behind her.
"I completely forgot to give you this stuff, you're going to need it to take care of Harry." The matron said as Severus bid her inside and said
"Where shall I put this stuff?"
Severus thought for a moment and said "I think it best to put it in my room so that way he's closer to me during the night especially just in case."
Poppy smiled knowingly and said "All right then." Then followed Severus into his private bedroom.
An hour later a crib, changing table, dresser and a bunch of little things were set up in Severus' room and Poppy bid them good afternoon. Only then did Severus realize that it was time for lunch and made his way up to the Great Hall, still holding Harry who had contented himself to sucking on his thumb.
Chapter 7- A big accident with little results
Harry awoke the next morning feeling very drained. Harry had not slept well that night and was haunted by nightmares of the third task. He slowly got out of bed and took a quick shower, got dressed and gathered his books for the day and went out into the common room to wait for Ron and Hermione. He didn't have to wait long though. About five minutes after Harry came out Hermione emerged and Ron about two minutes after Hermione. The trio then made their way down to the Great Hall for breakfast. Harry's head was hanging particularly low and Ron said
"Hey mate, you okay? You look like you're about to fall asleep, using the porridge as a pillow!"
Harry's head snapped up at Ron's comment and said "Oh yeah, I just had a rough night. More nightmares." He said with finality.
Ron dropped the subject because he knew that it was useless to try and get Harry to talk about his nightmares and continued eating in silence.
The trio finished breakfast and made their way down to Snape's dungeons for Potions and settled into their usual seats at the back of the room just as Snape came into the room and swept up to the front of the class. He noticed the bags under his son's eyes and instantly knew that he had had a rough night but he would have to wait until later that evening to talk to him about it.
"All right, quiet! Today we are going to be making a de-aging potion, though I doubt that any of you dunderheads will be able to get it right. Oh and we will be testing somebody's potion at the end of class."
With a flick of his wand the ingrediants and instructions were written on the board at the front of the room and said "Pair off and get to work. Potter, you work with Longbottom again."
At the mention of his name Harry's head shot up and then quietly moved his things over by Neville for the second time that week and said. "Neville why don't you add the ingredients this time while I stir. You should be able to do it." Harry said giving the clumsy boy a weak smile. Neville squeaked nervously and started to prepare and add the ingredients, but Neville being Neville he added several of the ingredients out of order. Mostly due to the fact that Snape was stalking around the classroom in his vampire-like manner saying the usual harsh words to the Gryffindors and praise to the Slytherins.
By the time their potion was done it looked like it was theoretically supposed to so Harry thought that it was fine. Snape swept over to Harry and Neville's cauldron and said
"Well let's see if for once in Longbottom's pathetic existance he managed to brew a potion correctly." Snape pulled out a vial and dipped it into the cauldron and held it towards Neville and said "Drink." Neville instantly got scared and shakily extended his hand to take the vial and looked at it apprehensively and started to very slowly lift the vial to his mouth. Then Harry jumped in and said "Neville, I'll drink it. It's only fair, you did most of the work, I only stirred."
A huge look of relief came onto Neville's face and he handed the vial quickly to Harry who downed it. Harry grimmaced at the disgusting taste as Snape said
"Now if Longbottom and Potter has succeeded Potter will age exactly 3 years."
Harry felt the potion taking effect and for a split second he thought that the potion had been correct but then his stomach exploded into pain and he started to scream and fell off of his stool and crumpled into a heap on the floor and continued to scream in excruciating pain.
At the first scream that issued from his son's mouth Severus was on the floor next to his son as himself and the rest of the class watched in horror as Harry stopped screaming and his body disappeared from view. Severus and the rest of the class unconsciously held their breath until they heard a whimper and saw movement within the lump of robes.
Severus reached down and started to move aside the pile of clothing and soon rested on a very tiny Harry Potter. Apparently the de-aging potion had worked too much and had turned Harry into a baby that didn't even look to be a year old. Severus reached down and picked up the much younger version of his son and wrapped him up in his outer robe and said
"Mr. Longbottom I want you to bottle up that potion and leave it on my desk. Miss Granger and Mr. Weasley go and get the headmaster and bring him to the infirmary. The rest of you get moving to your next class."
The rest of the class, not even Draco Malfoy dared to try and contest Snape's order because they all knew in the back of their minds that it would be hell to pay if they disobeyed.
Severus quickly swept out of the room with Harry, who was staring up at his father with wide emerald eyes, in his arms and soon was in the infirmary. "Poppy, get out here quick!" Snape bellowed
Madame Pomfrey came out of her office to see Severus Snape holding a black bundle and hurried over to him and said "What happened? Who is this?"
"There was an accident in potions and Harry drank the potion and this," He said holding out his son "is the result! I just need to know if anything's wrong with him, any side effects of the potion. He was screaming rather loudly before he fully transformed."
Madame Pomfrey took the, thankfully quiet, infant and went over to the nearest bed. That quiet didn't last for long, because as soon as Harry discovered he wasn't in his father's arms anymore he let out a mighty wail that would've put a banshee's shreik to shame! At his son's wail Severus ran over and took Harry back in his arms and immediately the boy was silent again. "Well I can understand why he would only feel secure with you, you are his father afterall." Madame Pomfrey said then continued
"You'll just have to hold him while I examine him then."
Severus nodded and sat down on the bed that Poppy was originally steering for just as Dumbledore entered with a very flushed Ron and Hermione. Upon seeing his Potions Master with a miniature version of his student in his arms he cracked a smile and said "Well, I see that Harry is no longer fifteen years old."
"Thank you for pointing out the obvious Albus! I still don't understand how this could happen!" Severus said exhasperadly while Madame Pomfrey carefully worked on Harry.
Less than a minute later Madame Pomfrey made her pronouncement "Well other than being turned into an infant there is nothing wrong with him Severus. He's just a bit cold, that's all. And that is easily remedied."
The group all let out a collective sigh of relief as Madame Pomfrey continued "Severus, you do know how to take care of an infant, don't you?"
Snape shook his head and said "No, I've never had the opportunity."
"Well then come along and I'll show you how to do the basics."
Severus quietly followed Madame Pomfrey who showed him how to diaper, dress and do the little idiocincies of taking care of an infant. Severus really never knew how much work it was to take care of an infant but of course he had no choice since this was his son.
Severus picked up the newly diapered and clothed Harry and started to walk out of the Hospital Wing but Madame Pomfrey stopped him as he got to the door. "If you need anything or have any questions Severus, you know where to find me."
"Thank you Poppy." Severus said gratefully then swept out of the ward and made his way down to his dungeon rooms. Upon arrival in his rooms Severus sat down on the couch and sat Harry on his lap. Poppy had told him that Harry was about 11 months old and could support his own head and sit pretty much on his own, but still needed a little bit of support. The two sat in silence. Harry for obvious reasons. Black stared into emerald and emerald locked into black. Harry then lunged forward and tried to put his little arms around Severus' chest, looked up into his father's eyes and his mouth split into a smile and he squealed with glee.
Severus couldn't help but smile at his son's antics then went to stand up and get some food since it was nearing lunchtime. No sooner had he stood up than a knock came upon the door to his chambers and upon opening it found Madame Pomfrey standing there with a rather large box floating behind her.
"I completely forgot to give you this stuff, you're going to need it to take care of Harry." The matron said as Severus bid her inside and said
"Where shall I put this stuff?"
Severus thought for a moment and said "I think it best to put it in my room so that way he's closer to me during the night especially just in case."
Poppy smiled knowingly and said "All right then." Then followed Severus into his private bedroom.
An hour later a crib, changing table, dresser and a bunch of little things were set up in Severus' room and Poppy bid them good afternoon. Only then did Severus realize that it was time for lunch and made his way up to the Great Hall, still holding Harry who had contented himself to sucking on his thumb.