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Chapter 9- The Scare
Severus woke up the next morning and looked down at his son and was greeted with a pair of emerald eyes. Not moving for a moment Severus said
"Oh you're up I see. Ready to eat and get ready for the day?"
The only response that Severus got was a smile and a gurgle and he quickly sat up and slid out of bed and over to the changing table after stopping at the dresser to get an outfit for Harry and quickly changed the boy and dressed him in a red onezie and blue jeans overalls and a pair of red socks and baby sneakers.
After dressing in his customary black robes he quickly picked up his son and walked out of the quarters and made his way up to the Great Hall for breakfast.
Severus quietly entered the hall and sat Harry in his high chair and saw a bowl of porridge on the tray. Severus enjoyed the mostly empty hall, because he was an early riser and preferred to eat in peace. At the moment there was only a handful of Gryffindors and Ravenclaws, a couple of Hufflepuffs and no Slytherins. They always liked to sleep in as late as possible without missing breakfast and usually came into the Hall as a big sworm.
Severus alternated between feeding Harry bites of porridge and eating himself and soon they were both done. Since the hall was still pretty empty he picked up Harry and walked over to Dumbledore and said
"Albus what shall I do with Harry while I teach today?"
"Did you have any problems with him yesterday in class?" Albus inquired
Now that Snape thought about it he hadn't had a single problem with Harry yesterday while in class.
Seeing the expression change on his Potions Master's face Dumbledore said
"Have a good day Severus."
Snape nodded and left the Hall with Harry and returned to his rooms for a moment to pick up the boy's bag with diapers and toys and all the little things that babies seem to somehow or other need. He then made his way to his classroom and settled Harry into another high chair and put a piece of parchment and a muggle crayon on the tray and got settled for the first period of the day which was to be 3rd year Hufflepuff and Ravenclaws.
Just as the class started and Severus started to lecture he caught a brief glance at Harry and saw that the boy was 'writing' on the parchment as if he was taking notes. Severus attributed this to the fact that that was what every student was engaged in in the room and Harry was copying them because they were older.
Inwardly smiling at his son's behavior once again he finished the lecture and ordered the students to begin to make the Shrinking Solution that they were instructed to brew (a/n: that's the potion that they used in PoA so I figured that that would definitely be an appropriate potion to brew for this class!)
Severus briefly walked over to Harry and upon seeing the page full of scribbles he picked up the full sheet of parchment and set down a fresh sheet and went to make the rounds to supervise the student's attempts at work.
After subtracting several points from both houses the period was over and not one student had managed to successfully make the potion. Severus assigned 4 feet on what the students had done wrong and how they could have corrected it to be handed in at the next class and dismissed them just as the bell rang.
He sank into his seat at his desk and looked over at Harry who gave his father a questioning look then went back to scribbling on his paper quite contentedly as the next class, 6th year Gryffindors and Slytherins, started to trickle in.
Severus quickly gave the lecture and set the class to work on the Dreamless Sleep potion and went into high gear in berating the Gryffindors and praising the Slytherins as he patrolled around the class.
At the end of class Severus assigned their homework which was to bottle up the potion and take it that night to see if it worked and to write a yard on the effects if the potion did not work, or if it did what the student felt while asleep.
He then dismissed that class as the bell rang and only then did he realize that it was time for lunch. Going over to Harry's high chair he saw that his son had gotten bored with the parchment and had contented himself with coloring any surface on the chair that the crayon would reach.
Smiling Severus picked up the boy and stood next to the chair and looked at his son and said
"Harry, what am I going to do with you? You were supposed to draw on the parchment, not the table!"
Harry gave Severus a look that said 'well what do you expect! I don't know any better and I'm too cute to be mad at!'
Severus smiled, picked up Harry's bag and walked out of the classroom and up to the Great Hall for lunch.
Before Severus knew it and lunch was over and he was approached by Hermione and Ron.
After going over the instructions that they had gone through the night before he sent the two fifth year prefects and his son off and left to go teach 1st year Hufflepuff and Ravenclaws.
Hermione and Ron started the trek up to Gryffindor Tower and Hermione said
"He seems to be doing a really good job with Harry, he really cares about him."
"Hermione are you sure you haven't gone mad?! This is Snape we're talking about! The slimy git of a Potions Master!"
"Ron! Watch your mouth! And he's not that bad, I mean he is Harry's father after all and Harry doesn't seem to have a problem with it. So as Harry's best friends, why should we?" Hermione retaliated
The two arrived at the Fat Lady and gave the password and as they stepped through the portrait hole Ron said
"You're right Hermione, it's just wierd. Seeing Harry like this right after finding out that whole thing about Snape and Harry. You have to admit it's a bit odd."
Hermione nodded her agreement and they both turned to survey the common room and were pleased to see that they had the room all to themselves. An impish grin comes across the two fifteen year old Prefects faces and they quickly set down the blanket that was in Harry's baby bag in front of the couch in front of the fireplace.
After setting a bunch of toys and Harry on the blanket Ron and Hermione settled down on the couch and pulled out books each and pretended to read for a few minutes but ended up casting their books aside and ended up cuddling, which very quickly turned to kissing.
During this whole ordeal Harry quickly got bored with his toys and took to crawling around and exploring. He ended up crawling over towards the portrait hole and upon shoving on it found that the covering moved easily to get out. Harry looked back at the couch where his watchers were and saw that they were kissing.
Doing a baby shrug Harry pushed on the portrait hole and crawled out. He crawled along for a while, not knowing where he was going and soon discovered that he was lost. Instead of going on Harry sat on his bottom and started to cry, whimpering 'dada' every once in a while.
As luck would have it Remus Lupin was walking along the path towards Gryffindor Tower to discuss something with Ron and Hermione and the faint sounds of a small child crying. Following the sound and turning a corner Remus saw a very scared looking Harry and plucked the boy up.
Harry feeling somebody strong lift him up, he looked up with tear filled eyes and said
"Mooey"
"Harry what are you doing out here by yourself? I thought Ron and Hermione were watching you this afternoon."
Harry merely shrugged and sniffled and Remus started to walk towards Snape's dungeons since the last class was going to be released in five minutes anyways. He was going to take Harry back to his father since Harry kept mumbling 'dada' and mentally reminded himself to have a talk with Ron and Hermione about this.
Chapter 9- The Scare
Severus woke up the next morning and looked down at his son and was greeted with a pair of emerald eyes. Not moving for a moment Severus said
"Oh you're up I see. Ready to eat and get ready for the day?"
The only response that Severus got was a smile and a gurgle and he quickly sat up and slid out of bed and over to the changing table after stopping at the dresser to get an outfit for Harry and quickly changed the boy and dressed him in a red onezie and blue jeans overalls and a pair of red socks and baby sneakers.
After dressing in his customary black robes he quickly picked up his son and walked out of the quarters and made his way up to the Great Hall for breakfast.
Severus quietly entered the hall and sat Harry in his high chair and saw a bowl of porridge on the tray. Severus enjoyed the mostly empty hall, because he was an early riser and preferred to eat in peace. At the moment there was only a handful of Gryffindors and Ravenclaws, a couple of Hufflepuffs and no Slytherins. They always liked to sleep in as late as possible without missing breakfast and usually came into the Hall as a big sworm.
Severus alternated between feeding Harry bites of porridge and eating himself and soon they were both done. Since the hall was still pretty empty he picked up Harry and walked over to Dumbledore and said
"Albus what shall I do with Harry while I teach today?"
"Did you have any problems with him yesterday in class?" Albus inquired
Now that Snape thought about it he hadn't had a single problem with Harry yesterday while in class.
Seeing the expression change on his Potions Master's face Dumbledore said
"Have a good day Severus."
Snape nodded and left the Hall with Harry and returned to his rooms for a moment to pick up the boy's bag with diapers and toys and all the little things that babies seem to somehow or other need. He then made his way to his classroom and settled Harry into another high chair and put a piece of parchment and a muggle crayon on the tray and got settled for the first period of the day which was to be 3rd year Hufflepuff and Ravenclaws.
Just as the class started and Severus started to lecture he caught a brief glance at Harry and saw that the boy was 'writing' on the parchment as if he was taking notes. Severus attributed this to the fact that that was what every student was engaged in in the room and Harry was copying them because they were older.
Inwardly smiling at his son's behavior once again he finished the lecture and ordered the students to begin to make the Shrinking Solution that they were instructed to brew (a/n: that's the potion that they used in PoA so I figured that that would definitely be an appropriate potion to brew for this class!)
Severus briefly walked over to Harry and upon seeing the page full of scribbles he picked up the full sheet of parchment and set down a fresh sheet and went to make the rounds to supervise the student's attempts at work.
After subtracting several points from both houses the period was over and not one student had managed to successfully make the potion. Severus assigned 4 feet on what the students had done wrong and how they could have corrected it to be handed in at the next class and dismissed them just as the bell rang.
He sank into his seat at his desk and looked over at Harry who gave his father a questioning look then went back to scribbling on his paper quite contentedly as the next class, 6th year Gryffindors and Slytherins, started to trickle in.
Severus quickly gave the lecture and set the class to work on the Dreamless Sleep potion and went into high gear in berating the Gryffindors and praising the Slytherins as he patrolled around the class.
At the end of class Severus assigned their homework which was to bottle up the potion and take it that night to see if it worked and to write a yard on the effects if the potion did not work, or if it did what the student felt while asleep.
He then dismissed that class as the bell rang and only then did he realize that it was time for lunch. Going over to Harry's high chair he saw that his son had gotten bored with the parchment and had contented himself with coloring any surface on the chair that the crayon would reach.
Smiling Severus picked up the boy and stood next to the chair and looked at his son and said
"Harry, what am I going to do with you? You were supposed to draw on the parchment, not the table!"
Harry gave Severus a look that said 'well what do you expect! I don't know any better and I'm too cute to be mad at!'
Severus smiled, picked up Harry's bag and walked out of the classroom and up to the Great Hall for lunch.
Before Severus knew it and lunch was over and he was approached by Hermione and Ron.
After going over the instructions that they had gone through the night before he sent the two fifth year prefects and his son off and left to go teach 1st year Hufflepuff and Ravenclaws.
Hermione and Ron started the trek up to Gryffindor Tower and Hermione said
"He seems to be doing a really good job with Harry, he really cares about him."
"Hermione are you sure you haven't gone mad?! This is Snape we're talking about! The slimy git of a Potions Master!"
"Ron! Watch your mouth! And he's not that bad, I mean he is Harry's father after all and Harry doesn't seem to have a problem with it. So as Harry's best friends, why should we?" Hermione retaliated
The two arrived at the Fat Lady and gave the password and as they stepped through the portrait hole Ron said
"You're right Hermione, it's just wierd. Seeing Harry like this right after finding out that whole thing about Snape and Harry. You have to admit it's a bit odd."
Hermione nodded her agreement and they both turned to survey the common room and were pleased to see that they had the room all to themselves. An impish grin comes across the two fifteen year old Prefects faces and they quickly set down the blanket that was in Harry's baby bag in front of the couch in front of the fireplace.
After setting a bunch of toys and Harry on the blanket Ron and Hermione settled down on the couch and pulled out books each and pretended to read for a few minutes but ended up casting their books aside and ended up cuddling, which very quickly turned to kissing.
During this whole ordeal Harry quickly got bored with his toys and took to crawling around and exploring. He ended up crawling over towards the portrait hole and upon shoving on it found that the covering moved easily to get out. Harry looked back at the couch where his watchers were and saw that they were kissing.
Doing a baby shrug Harry pushed on the portrait hole and crawled out. He crawled along for a while, not knowing where he was going and soon discovered that he was lost. Instead of going on Harry sat on his bottom and started to cry, whimpering 'dada' every once in a while.
As luck would have it Remus Lupin was walking along the path towards Gryffindor Tower to discuss something with Ron and Hermione and the faint sounds of a small child crying. Following the sound and turning a corner Remus saw a very scared looking Harry and plucked the boy up.
Harry feeling somebody strong lift him up, he looked up with tear filled eyes and said
"Mooey"
"Harry what are you doing out here by yourself? I thought Ron and Hermione were watching you this afternoon."
Harry merely shrugged and sniffled and Remus started to walk towards Snape's dungeons since the last class was going to be released in five minutes anyways. He was going to take Harry back to his father since Harry kept mumbling 'dada' and mentally reminded himself to have a talk with Ron and Hermione about this.