A/N: You people never cease to amaze me, I didn't know that you guys loved this
whole 'harry being a little kid again' But NEways, here's chapter 12. I started to
write it today in Chapel that my choir had to perform for, so while we weren't
singing I was writing. Hope it doesn't suck too bad because my brain is kind of
feeling wrung out right now from all of my midterms. ENJOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Chapter 12- Fun and Problems
Saturday morning Severus woke up to see Harry still snuggled tightly against his
side holding onto his father as if he was an anchor to reality. Severus looked at
his watched and groaned seeing that it was only 6:30 and after giving Harry a
squeeze fell back asleep. Harry felt the squeeze, sighed, smiled and snuggled
even closer to his father.
Two hours later Severus roused again only to find the bed empty. Quickly he
paniced and jumped out of bed and started to frantically search around the room
for Harry. Not seeing any sign of the boy in his room he quickly went out to the
main chamber and searched there. Panic really starting to take over he went
towards his bedroom and as he was about to open the door when Harry
emerged, tousel haired and rubbing his eyes and looked up at his father and said
"What?"
"Where have you been? You really scared me Harry."
"I had to go to the loo."
Severus let out a sigh and pulled the little boy into a one armed hug and said
"All right Harry. It's just as well that you had to go because it's time to go up to
breakfast. So run along to your room and get dressed, I want you out here in five
minutes" He said with a mock glare that still sent the, now six year old, running.
Harry emerged ten minutes later dressed in a pair of blue jeans and a yellow long
sleeved shirt to find his father already dressed, sitting on the couch and waiting
for him.
"Ready to go eat?" Severus asked
Harry eagerly nodded his head and took off after his father. They walked into the
Great Hall during the peak time for breakfast during the weekend. The students
looked up to see their Potions Master and a miniaturized Harry Potter enter and
slide into seats at the Head Table.
Harry happily tucked in to blueberry pancakes with maple syrup while Severus
ate scrambled eggs, toast, fried tomatoes and potatoes, both oblivious to the
furvent glances that the student body was giving the two.
It still was weird to the students to see their 'greasy git' of a Potions Master with a
little Harry Potter and have Harry seem perfectly happy and cheerful about it.
The school still did not know about Harry's true parentage and Harry was now old
enough to know not to call Severus 'father' in public. The staff knew about
Harry's parentage because Albus and Severus had felt that it was important for
them to know but Harry would tell his friends when he was ready to.
Through some miracle Fred and George had gotten Madame Hooch to switch
around the quidditch games due to Harry's accident owing that they couldn't play
with out their seeker and still were unable to hold tryouts for a keeper and
chaser.
Gryffindor was due to face Ravenclaw the last Saturday in November which
should give the team plenty of time to hold tryouts and train the new team
members.
Severus figured that at the rate in which Harry was aging that he would be back
to being 15 in the next 5 days. Give or take a few days.
Severus finished his meal and looked to Harry and said
"What do you want to do today?"
Harry cocked his head to the side and furrowed his brow and looked up into his
father's coal black eyes and said
"I don't know sir, I'd like to play outside though." Harry looked up to the ceiling to
see that it was a cloudless day and continued
"It looks like it's going to be a very nice day."
"All right, I suppose that will be all right. Maybe we can go into Hogsmeade if you
want to as well."
Harry's face lit up at the idea of going into the village and quickly jumped up and
grabbed his father's hand and unceremoniously dragged him from the Hall.
They quickly went down to Severus' rooms and Harry got some different toys to
play with outside, including the toy broomstick that his father had gotten him.
The two emerged outside a few moments later and Harry immediately went to
play with the broomstick.
Hovering a little above the ground Harry said, looking around to make sure
nobody was around
"Dad, when can I have a real broomstick?"
"When you get older."
Harry immediately pouted and retorted
"But you always say that! I am older!"
"Yes you are older Harry, but not quite old enough."
Harry knew that it was no use arguing with his father and instead got a
mischevious glint in his eyes and hopped off of the broom and yelled
"Catch me if you can" and took off running like Voldemort was chasing him
Severus was taken slightly aback but that didn't last long and a delightfully
wicked grin spread across his face and he took off after Harry.
He didn't think that Harry was as fast as he was because he was several yards
behind the boy and Severus was in fairly good shape, being a rather lean and
long man. Clearly his son had inherited his running legs.
He chased Harry for several minutes catching up to the boy only when Harry had
stopped and was laying on the ground at the bottom of a hill, attempting to catch
his breath. Severus was about to pounce on the boy and tickle him into the next
millennium but stopped as he heard Harry's wheezing. He knelt next to Harry
and said
"Harry, are you all right?"
Harry shook his head said breathlessly
"I fell down the hill and my chest feels tight."
At the mention of tightness Severus brought out Harry's inhaler and eased him
into a sitting position and gave the boy a dose.
The two sat in silence for ten tense minutes waiting for Harry's breathing to
regulate to a slightly more normal rhythm. Severus said
"Better? Or are you still tight?"
"Still tight." Harry said slightly breathlessly
Severus easily picked up the slight boy and started to walk towards the castle
and said
"Then we need to see Madame Pomfrey."
Harry merely nodded and closed his eyes and tried to concentrate on his
breathing. Seeing Harry close his eyes Severus said sharply
"No Harry, don't close your eyes. Keep them open for me, okay?"
Harry's eyes snapped open and he nodded again and the two continued their
trek to the castle in silence.
In next to no time Severus arrived in the Hospital Wing. Madame Pomfrey was
there attending to a quidditch player who'd been hit with a bludger in practice.
Upon seeing the Potions Master enter carrying Harry she said
"Back again so soon Severus? What happened now?"
"Harry was playing a game with me and took off running and he ran too much
and he started wheezing. He's already taken a dose of the inhaler and it only
helped a bit and he says that he still feels tight."
Poppy unconsciously paled and pointed to the nearest bed and went over to the
closet and pulled out, what Severus recognized to be, a nebulizer box. He had
seen Lei's before and had at one point seen the girl use it so he of course knew
what it was.
Severus gently set Harry down, much to the boy's protest and pulled a chair over
as the matron came back and started to prepare the treatment all the while
explaining to the frightened child what she was doing, what was happening to
him and what he needed to do.
She situated the mask over Harry's nose and mouth and turned on the machine
as Severus held onto and stroked Harry's hand with one of his and ran his fingers
and smoothed Harry's bangs and brushed his forehead with the other.
Thirty minutes later and the treatment was complete and Harry was feeling
better. A little groggy and tired, but better.
Madame Pomfrey put away the nebulizer box and walked back over to Severus
and Harry and said
"He is to rest for the rest of the day, if not tomorrow as well. That was a pretty
big ordeal for him and he needs to fully rest and recover from it, so no active
activities. You can do quiet activities if you must but he is to stay in bed, only
getting up to go to the bathroom, for at least until this time tomorrow. All right?"
She said giving Severus a stern look
Severus nodded and bent over and picked up Harry gently and turned to walk out
of the ward and headed for his dungeons.
A/N: I hope that that chapter was okay, since so many people have been
emailing me and asking me for Harry to have an attack. I thought this would be a
little bit more interesting since he is a little kid and all. Besides this is just what
my screwed up brain told my fingers to type. Hope it was all right and I think
chapter 13 is either going to be posted at the same time with this chapter or fairly
soon after. Since I've had so much time to write since I've been home and ff.n
has been freaking down longer than it said it was originally supposed to be!
*glares at notice on computer screen* But I hope that chapter didn't suck too
much! Now you know the drill with pushing that little button in the bottom left
hand corner of the screen!!!
whole 'harry being a little kid again' But NEways, here's chapter 12. I started to
write it today in Chapel that my choir had to perform for, so while we weren't
singing I was writing. Hope it doesn't suck too bad because my brain is kind of
feeling wrung out right now from all of my midterms. ENJOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Chapter 12- Fun and Problems
Saturday morning Severus woke up to see Harry still snuggled tightly against his
side holding onto his father as if he was an anchor to reality. Severus looked at
his watched and groaned seeing that it was only 6:30 and after giving Harry a
squeeze fell back asleep. Harry felt the squeeze, sighed, smiled and snuggled
even closer to his father.
Two hours later Severus roused again only to find the bed empty. Quickly he
paniced and jumped out of bed and started to frantically search around the room
for Harry. Not seeing any sign of the boy in his room he quickly went out to the
main chamber and searched there. Panic really starting to take over he went
towards his bedroom and as he was about to open the door when Harry
emerged, tousel haired and rubbing his eyes and looked up at his father and said
"What?"
"Where have you been? You really scared me Harry."
"I had to go to the loo."
Severus let out a sigh and pulled the little boy into a one armed hug and said
"All right Harry. It's just as well that you had to go because it's time to go up to
breakfast. So run along to your room and get dressed, I want you out here in five
minutes" He said with a mock glare that still sent the, now six year old, running.
Harry emerged ten minutes later dressed in a pair of blue jeans and a yellow long
sleeved shirt to find his father already dressed, sitting on the couch and waiting
for him.
"Ready to go eat?" Severus asked
Harry eagerly nodded his head and took off after his father. They walked into the
Great Hall during the peak time for breakfast during the weekend. The students
looked up to see their Potions Master and a miniaturized Harry Potter enter and
slide into seats at the Head Table.
Harry happily tucked in to blueberry pancakes with maple syrup while Severus
ate scrambled eggs, toast, fried tomatoes and potatoes, both oblivious to the
furvent glances that the student body was giving the two.
It still was weird to the students to see their 'greasy git' of a Potions Master with a
little Harry Potter and have Harry seem perfectly happy and cheerful about it.
The school still did not know about Harry's true parentage and Harry was now old
enough to know not to call Severus 'father' in public. The staff knew about
Harry's parentage because Albus and Severus had felt that it was important for
them to know but Harry would tell his friends when he was ready to.
Through some miracle Fred and George had gotten Madame Hooch to switch
around the quidditch games due to Harry's accident owing that they couldn't play
with out their seeker and still were unable to hold tryouts for a keeper and
chaser.
Gryffindor was due to face Ravenclaw the last Saturday in November which
should give the team plenty of time to hold tryouts and train the new team
members.
Severus figured that at the rate in which Harry was aging that he would be back
to being 15 in the next 5 days. Give or take a few days.
Severus finished his meal and looked to Harry and said
"What do you want to do today?"
Harry cocked his head to the side and furrowed his brow and looked up into his
father's coal black eyes and said
"I don't know sir, I'd like to play outside though." Harry looked up to the ceiling to
see that it was a cloudless day and continued
"It looks like it's going to be a very nice day."
"All right, I suppose that will be all right. Maybe we can go into Hogsmeade if you
want to as well."
Harry's face lit up at the idea of going into the village and quickly jumped up and
grabbed his father's hand and unceremoniously dragged him from the Hall.
They quickly went down to Severus' rooms and Harry got some different toys to
play with outside, including the toy broomstick that his father had gotten him.
The two emerged outside a few moments later and Harry immediately went to
play with the broomstick.
Hovering a little above the ground Harry said, looking around to make sure
nobody was around
"Dad, when can I have a real broomstick?"
"When you get older."
Harry immediately pouted and retorted
"But you always say that! I am older!"
"Yes you are older Harry, but not quite old enough."
Harry knew that it was no use arguing with his father and instead got a
mischevious glint in his eyes and hopped off of the broom and yelled
"Catch me if you can" and took off running like Voldemort was chasing him
Severus was taken slightly aback but that didn't last long and a delightfully
wicked grin spread across his face and he took off after Harry.
He didn't think that Harry was as fast as he was because he was several yards
behind the boy and Severus was in fairly good shape, being a rather lean and
long man. Clearly his son had inherited his running legs.
He chased Harry for several minutes catching up to the boy only when Harry had
stopped and was laying on the ground at the bottom of a hill, attempting to catch
his breath. Severus was about to pounce on the boy and tickle him into the next
millennium but stopped as he heard Harry's wheezing. He knelt next to Harry
and said
"Harry, are you all right?"
Harry shook his head said breathlessly
"I fell down the hill and my chest feels tight."
At the mention of tightness Severus brought out Harry's inhaler and eased him
into a sitting position and gave the boy a dose.
The two sat in silence for ten tense minutes waiting for Harry's breathing to
regulate to a slightly more normal rhythm. Severus said
"Better? Or are you still tight?"
"Still tight." Harry said slightly breathlessly
Severus easily picked up the slight boy and started to walk towards the castle
and said
"Then we need to see Madame Pomfrey."
Harry merely nodded and closed his eyes and tried to concentrate on his
breathing. Seeing Harry close his eyes Severus said sharply
"No Harry, don't close your eyes. Keep them open for me, okay?"
Harry's eyes snapped open and he nodded again and the two continued their
trek to the castle in silence.
In next to no time Severus arrived in the Hospital Wing. Madame Pomfrey was
there attending to a quidditch player who'd been hit with a bludger in practice.
Upon seeing the Potions Master enter carrying Harry she said
"Back again so soon Severus? What happened now?"
"Harry was playing a game with me and took off running and he ran too much
and he started wheezing. He's already taken a dose of the inhaler and it only
helped a bit and he says that he still feels tight."
Poppy unconsciously paled and pointed to the nearest bed and went over to the
closet and pulled out, what Severus recognized to be, a nebulizer box. He had
seen Lei's before and had at one point seen the girl use it so he of course knew
what it was.
Severus gently set Harry down, much to the boy's protest and pulled a chair over
as the matron came back and started to prepare the treatment all the while
explaining to the frightened child what she was doing, what was happening to
him and what he needed to do.
She situated the mask over Harry's nose and mouth and turned on the machine
as Severus held onto and stroked Harry's hand with one of his and ran his fingers
and smoothed Harry's bangs and brushed his forehead with the other.
Thirty minutes later and the treatment was complete and Harry was feeling
better. A little groggy and tired, but better.
Madame Pomfrey put away the nebulizer box and walked back over to Severus
and Harry and said
"He is to rest for the rest of the day, if not tomorrow as well. That was a pretty
big ordeal for him and he needs to fully rest and recover from it, so no active
activities. You can do quiet activities if you must but he is to stay in bed, only
getting up to go to the bathroom, for at least until this time tomorrow. All right?"
She said giving Severus a stern look
Severus nodded and bent over and picked up Harry gently and turned to walk out
of the ward and headed for his dungeons.
A/N: I hope that that chapter was okay, since so many people have been
emailing me and asking me for Harry to have an attack. I thought this would be a
little bit more interesting since he is a little kid and all. Besides this is just what
my screwed up brain told my fingers to type. Hope it was all right and I think
chapter 13 is either going to be posted at the same time with this chapter or fairly
soon after. Since I've had so much time to write since I've been home and ff.n
has been freaking down longer than it said it was originally supposed to be!
*glares at notice on computer screen* But I hope that chapter didn't suck too
much! Now you know the drill with pushing that little button in the bottom left
hand corner of the screen!!!