A/N: Well I decided to start this chapter while I was sitting in my
American Musical Theatre class while supposed to be taking notes on the
career of Bock and Harnett. But that's why the notes are posted online for
me to print off. So here's this chapter and I hope it doesn't suck too
much. ENJOY!!!!!!
Chapter 31
Harry woke up the next morning and remembered what had happened the night before. He got into his uniform and grabbed the books and homework that he would need for the day. No sooner had he shut his door than he was ambushed by Lei who hugged him and said,
"Oh Harry, I'm so glad you're back. I was so worried."
"Hi Lei. It's good to be back. I really don't like being in the hospital wing but I always seem to end up there." Harry said with a grin.
Lei smiled and said,
"I wanted to come see you but they woldn't let me."
"Yeah, well you wouldn't have seen much. I slept most of the time and when I was awake I was either eating or attempting to exercise and get my strength back. Which in turn made me even more tired and sleep more."
Lei snorted and said,
"I see your point and it doesn't matter anymore because you're all better and back here again."
Harry nodded and said,
"Lei I wanted to say thanks for helping create that curse for me to use to kill Voldemort."
"How did you know about that?" Lei asked
"Dad told me and I knew that there was no spell in existance and if Professor Flitwick asked any student for help it'd be you."
Lei narrowed her eyes, grinned and said,
"Sometimes I think you're too smart for your own good. But you're welcome. I couldn't pass up the opportunity to work on such a project."
Harry nodded and said,
"Of course Lei."
"Well Harry, I'm going to meet Doug so I'll see you around."
"All right Lei, see you later."
Lei waved as she left the hallway. No sooner had Lei left then Ron and Hermione emerged from their rooms and the three made their way down to the Great Hall.
They entered the Great Hall and when the students that were there saw Harry they started to applaud. Harry really didn't like the attention but he politely inclined his head in acknowledgement and quickly sat down and began eating. Dumbledore stood up and said,
"I know that we're happy to see Mr. Potter back in our midst. However; Mr. Potter only did part of the work. The spell that he performed was created by Professor Flitwick and Leilani McKinny."
Lei blushed furiously at the applause. After it died down Dumbledore said,
"That isn't the only thing though. It was recently discovered that Mr. Potter is not in fact an orphan. His father is very much alive and is on the faculty here. His father is in fact Professor Snape."
The quiet following that statement was absolutely deafening. The students were absolutely shocked that Harry Potter was the offspring of their evil git of a potions master. Though most found that they didn't care so chatter eventually broke out and everything returned to normal in the Great Hall.
Severus looked over at his house table and saw the looks on the Slytherin student's faces and shot them a glare that said if they dared tried anything that they would wish that Voldemort had gotten a hold of them before he did.
The Slytherins couldn't believe that Gryffindor's Golden Boy was in fact the spawn of their Head of House. Some of the children who's parents were Death Eaters were already very angry because their parents had either been all killed or taken to Azkaban. They had found out that Snape had fought on the light side. Some of them, despite their parents loyalty to Voldemort, did not share their parents views and were not planning on joining him.
They caught the glare that Snape was sending at them and they knew, that without their Death Eater parents to protect them that if they tried anything that they would be in a whole lot of trouble. They would just have to find another way to make the 'Golden Boy's' life a living nightmare.
Severus looked over and saw Draco Malfoy and knew instantly that that boy was going to be trouble. Draco was a very complicated person. He knew that he had plans to join Voldemort as soon as he possibly could. Lucius had raised Draco to be the perfect Death Eater and had done a good job at that. Granted the man got killed in the end and now Draco was the only surviving member of the Malfoy line and heir to a fortune and was almost exactly like his father. Almost being the key word
Severus would have to watch Draco very closely, he only hoped that he could turn the boy around before it got any worse. Lucius had named him Draco's godfather and knew that he would have to take the boy in until he was of age. That would prove to be a very complicated situation with Harry. The boys would either kill eachother or him or he would hope that Harry and Draco would finally get over their petty issues and squabbles.
Severus quickly finished his meal and swept from the hall to go down and get ready for his class. This would definitely be an interesting class.
Harry finished eating and looked at his watch. He grabbed his bag and said,
"Guy's we'd better go or we're going to be late for Potions."
Hermione and Ron grabbed their stuff and headed out of the hall after their best friend. They arrived in the dungeon classroom just in time. Severus swept through the door and up to the front of the classroom. He fixed a glare on the Slytherins almost daring them to try anything. For as much as Severus had changed he was not going to let the Slytherins get away with anything. He said directed at the Slytherin side of the room,
"Now, if you think anything is going to change in this class you have another thing coming. Don't you forget that I am still your Head of House and that commands a certain respect. If you have a problem with anything I highly suggest you take it to the headmaster and ask for a transfer to another school because I am not planning on leaving anytime soon. Mr. Malfoy you are to stay after class so I can speak to you."
He paused for the moment to let the words sink in then he said,
"Now, we are going to get on with class. Everybody open your books to page 450 and brew the potion on that page. Everybody is to work alone on this, I want to hear no talking whatsoever. Anybody caught will have detention. Now get to work."
The class snapped and slightly flinched at their professor's voice and quickly got out their ingredients and set to work on making the potion in their books.
Severus sat at his desk for a little while and inwardly smiled at himself for being able to still exhibit control over his Slytherin students.
The period passed by uneventfully and quietly due to Severus' threat. The bell rang and the students quickly exited the classroom. Draco made his way up to Severus' desk and said,
"You wanted to speak to me professor?"
"Yes Draco I did, let's take this to my office. I'll make sure that your professor is informed of your whereabouts."
Draco nodded and the two left the classroom and made their way to Severus' office. They entered and Severus motioned for Draco to sit in the chair in front of his desk, which he complied. Severus sat behind his desk and said,
"All right Draco. We're going to have to have a serious talk. We need to discuss specifically the living arrangements after this term. Now since your parents were killed in the battle I am now your guardian until you become of age."
Draco nodded because he already knew all of this. He knew that he had no other relatives because his father and mother were only children and his grandparents had died years ago. His attention snapped back to his godfather.
"Draco now that you know that I'm Harry's father I need you to finally get over whatever issues between the two of you. I'm going to speak to him about it as well. You should know that I'm having my manor cleaned and prepared for us to live in after this year."
Draco said in a bored voice,
"Sir, I really don't care."
Severus figured something like this would happen and got up and walked around to lean on his desk right in front of Draco and said,
"Draco you're going to find out very quickly that things have changed. Drastically. Harry might be my son but I just found that out. You have been my godson since the day you were born. I made a promise to your parents and I intend to fulfill it. You need to figure out what you want to do with your life now that a servitude to Voldemort is out of the picture." The last part said jokingly
Draco couldn't help but break under his godfather's joking and actually snorted and tried valiantly to hide a smile. Severus knew that he had won when he saw the smile playing on Draco's lips.
"Now, my plans for christmas were to stay here and have Harry stay down in my rooms. He has his own bedroom set up there from when he stayed here over the summer. I think that would be an excellent time to really get to know and spend time with Harry if you don't before hand."
"And where am I supposed to sleep while I'm down there? That's assuming I want to."
"You'll share Harry's room. Harry and Lei shared it this summer without any problems." Severus said simply
"Harry shared a room with a girl?" Draco said disbelievingly
"Yes. For almost a month." Severus replied
"Well I might as well get used to being around him since I'll be forced to next summer that I'll be joining you. Now why was he there this summer."
"I might as well tell you. It came to the Headmaster and I's attention that the Dursleys were not providing adequate care."
"In what way Sir?" Draco was thoroughly confused
"To put it bluntly, they abused him. I was the one to get him out of that hell and even if Harry wasn't my son I still would've kept him anyways to keep him away from them."
Draco paled and said,
"I never would've guessed."
"Well nobody had, Harry's been dealing with this on his own since he was brought to them. It was just now that it got beyond his control and he slipped up and it showed. Harry hid this from everybody, nobody had a clue that this was going on during the holidays."
Draco was completely dumbfounded and speechless. He couldn't believe that Harry had to endure it. Still he was curious.
"Sir, if I may ask how bad was he and it when you found him?"
Severus got a slightly distant look in his eye. He was remembering something that he really didn't want to remember but knew that it was important to tell so that Draco would know where Harry was coming from. He took a deep breath and began,
"When I got there Harry was passed out on the floor in a pool of his own vomit and blood. His uncle was beating him with a cane. Apparently Harry being unconscious wasn't good enough for him. After I stunned his uncle and eventually his aunt and cousin I brought him here and Madame Pomfrey told me everything that was wrong."
"What was wrong Sir?" Draco said shakily
"For starters he had a case of pneumonia that caused him to develop a case of mild asthma. He had food poisoning from being fed food that was spoiled and rotten if he was fed at all. He also had appendicitis, malnutrition and blood loss. Then there was the damage that his uncle had inflicted. He had broken ribs, a punctured lung, moderate concussion, a dislocated shoulder, broken wrist and cuts and bruises on 85% of his body."
Draco was completely speechless and slackjawed. He finally found his voice and said,
"I can't believe it. I really can't believe it. Though I do commend his acting skills if he was hiding it this well for all these years."
Severus snorted thinking 'there's the famous Malfoy sarcasm' then he said,
"Would you like to have me be there while you speak to Harry or do it by yourself."
"To be completely honest I would like to have you there that way we can talk about what's going to happen." Draco admitted.
"All right Draco. We'll arrange a meeting for all of us sometime soon. Now you should be getting on to your next class now. You know where my rooms are if you need anything. You know you can always talk to me."
"Thanks Professor."
"You're welcome Draco and when we're in private or around Harry after we've talked call me Severus or Sev. Or have you forgotten how long it's been since you used to call me 'Uncle Sev' ?"
Draco smiled and said,
"I remember calling you that but I thought once I started school that I had to stop but I'll call you Severus now. So I'll see you later."
"See you later Draco."
Draco left the quarters and Severus sat thinking for a few minutes and then left his office and went to his classroom to teach his next class.
A/N: I figure that's a good stopping place. I've been a bit sick lately and school is been getting hectic and the work is just piling up on me and slowly driving me nuts!!! *glares at contextual analysis project and music theatre conducting book* I've got a break starting on tuesday evening and I'll be going to my grandparents house who finally has a computer but I don't know if I'll be able to get on it but I'll be bringing my notebook with me so I can at least hand write the chapters and get them typed and posted when I get back. I might be able to write this weekend but I'll have to see how I feel. So be patient with me and I hope that chapter didn't suck too much so push that little button and tell me what you think but you know by now how flames are treated! So leave one for me, just so I know my story doesn't suck as much as I think it does!! TTFN!!!!!
Chapter 31
Harry woke up the next morning and remembered what had happened the night before. He got into his uniform and grabbed the books and homework that he would need for the day. No sooner had he shut his door than he was ambushed by Lei who hugged him and said,
"Oh Harry, I'm so glad you're back. I was so worried."
"Hi Lei. It's good to be back. I really don't like being in the hospital wing but I always seem to end up there." Harry said with a grin.
Lei smiled and said,
"I wanted to come see you but they woldn't let me."
"Yeah, well you wouldn't have seen much. I slept most of the time and when I was awake I was either eating or attempting to exercise and get my strength back. Which in turn made me even more tired and sleep more."
Lei snorted and said,
"I see your point and it doesn't matter anymore because you're all better and back here again."
Harry nodded and said,
"Lei I wanted to say thanks for helping create that curse for me to use to kill Voldemort."
"How did you know about that?" Lei asked
"Dad told me and I knew that there was no spell in existance and if Professor Flitwick asked any student for help it'd be you."
Lei narrowed her eyes, grinned and said,
"Sometimes I think you're too smart for your own good. But you're welcome. I couldn't pass up the opportunity to work on such a project."
Harry nodded and said,
"Of course Lei."
"Well Harry, I'm going to meet Doug so I'll see you around."
"All right Lei, see you later."
Lei waved as she left the hallway. No sooner had Lei left then Ron and Hermione emerged from their rooms and the three made their way down to the Great Hall.
They entered the Great Hall and when the students that were there saw Harry they started to applaud. Harry really didn't like the attention but he politely inclined his head in acknowledgement and quickly sat down and began eating. Dumbledore stood up and said,
"I know that we're happy to see Mr. Potter back in our midst. However; Mr. Potter only did part of the work. The spell that he performed was created by Professor Flitwick and Leilani McKinny."
Lei blushed furiously at the applause. After it died down Dumbledore said,
"That isn't the only thing though. It was recently discovered that Mr. Potter is not in fact an orphan. His father is very much alive and is on the faculty here. His father is in fact Professor Snape."
The quiet following that statement was absolutely deafening. The students were absolutely shocked that Harry Potter was the offspring of their evil git of a potions master. Though most found that they didn't care so chatter eventually broke out and everything returned to normal in the Great Hall.
Severus looked over at his house table and saw the looks on the Slytherin student's faces and shot them a glare that said if they dared tried anything that they would wish that Voldemort had gotten a hold of them before he did.
The Slytherins couldn't believe that Gryffindor's Golden Boy was in fact the spawn of their Head of House. Some of the children who's parents were Death Eaters were already very angry because their parents had either been all killed or taken to Azkaban. They had found out that Snape had fought on the light side. Some of them, despite their parents loyalty to Voldemort, did not share their parents views and were not planning on joining him.
They caught the glare that Snape was sending at them and they knew, that without their Death Eater parents to protect them that if they tried anything that they would be in a whole lot of trouble. They would just have to find another way to make the 'Golden Boy's' life a living nightmare.
Severus looked over and saw Draco Malfoy and knew instantly that that boy was going to be trouble. Draco was a very complicated person. He knew that he had plans to join Voldemort as soon as he possibly could. Lucius had raised Draco to be the perfect Death Eater and had done a good job at that. Granted the man got killed in the end and now Draco was the only surviving member of the Malfoy line and heir to a fortune and was almost exactly like his father. Almost being the key word
Severus would have to watch Draco very closely, he only hoped that he could turn the boy around before it got any worse. Lucius had named him Draco's godfather and knew that he would have to take the boy in until he was of age. That would prove to be a very complicated situation with Harry. The boys would either kill eachother or him or he would hope that Harry and Draco would finally get over their petty issues and squabbles.
Severus quickly finished his meal and swept from the hall to go down and get ready for his class. This would definitely be an interesting class.
Harry finished eating and looked at his watch. He grabbed his bag and said,
"Guy's we'd better go or we're going to be late for Potions."
Hermione and Ron grabbed their stuff and headed out of the hall after their best friend. They arrived in the dungeon classroom just in time. Severus swept through the door and up to the front of the classroom. He fixed a glare on the Slytherins almost daring them to try anything. For as much as Severus had changed he was not going to let the Slytherins get away with anything. He said directed at the Slytherin side of the room,
"Now, if you think anything is going to change in this class you have another thing coming. Don't you forget that I am still your Head of House and that commands a certain respect. If you have a problem with anything I highly suggest you take it to the headmaster and ask for a transfer to another school because I am not planning on leaving anytime soon. Mr. Malfoy you are to stay after class so I can speak to you."
He paused for the moment to let the words sink in then he said,
"Now, we are going to get on with class. Everybody open your books to page 450 and brew the potion on that page. Everybody is to work alone on this, I want to hear no talking whatsoever. Anybody caught will have detention. Now get to work."
The class snapped and slightly flinched at their professor's voice and quickly got out their ingredients and set to work on making the potion in their books.
Severus sat at his desk for a little while and inwardly smiled at himself for being able to still exhibit control over his Slytherin students.
The period passed by uneventfully and quietly due to Severus' threat. The bell rang and the students quickly exited the classroom. Draco made his way up to Severus' desk and said,
"You wanted to speak to me professor?"
"Yes Draco I did, let's take this to my office. I'll make sure that your professor is informed of your whereabouts."
Draco nodded and the two left the classroom and made their way to Severus' office. They entered and Severus motioned for Draco to sit in the chair in front of his desk, which he complied. Severus sat behind his desk and said,
"All right Draco. We're going to have to have a serious talk. We need to discuss specifically the living arrangements after this term. Now since your parents were killed in the battle I am now your guardian until you become of age."
Draco nodded because he already knew all of this. He knew that he had no other relatives because his father and mother were only children and his grandparents had died years ago. His attention snapped back to his godfather.
"Draco now that you know that I'm Harry's father I need you to finally get over whatever issues between the two of you. I'm going to speak to him about it as well. You should know that I'm having my manor cleaned and prepared for us to live in after this year."
Draco said in a bored voice,
"Sir, I really don't care."
Severus figured something like this would happen and got up and walked around to lean on his desk right in front of Draco and said,
"Draco you're going to find out very quickly that things have changed. Drastically. Harry might be my son but I just found that out. You have been my godson since the day you were born. I made a promise to your parents and I intend to fulfill it. You need to figure out what you want to do with your life now that a servitude to Voldemort is out of the picture." The last part said jokingly
Draco couldn't help but break under his godfather's joking and actually snorted and tried valiantly to hide a smile. Severus knew that he had won when he saw the smile playing on Draco's lips.
"Now, my plans for christmas were to stay here and have Harry stay down in my rooms. He has his own bedroom set up there from when he stayed here over the summer. I think that would be an excellent time to really get to know and spend time with Harry if you don't before hand."
"And where am I supposed to sleep while I'm down there? That's assuming I want to."
"You'll share Harry's room. Harry and Lei shared it this summer without any problems." Severus said simply
"Harry shared a room with a girl?" Draco said disbelievingly
"Yes. For almost a month." Severus replied
"Well I might as well get used to being around him since I'll be forced to next summer that I'll be joining you. Now why was he there this summer."
"I might as well tell you. It came to the Headmaster and I's attention that the Dursleys were not providing adequate care."
"In what way Sir?" Draco was thoroughly confused
"To put it bluntly, they abused him. I was the one to get him out of that hell and even if Harry wasn't my son I still would've kept him anyways to keep him away from them."
Draco paled and said,
"I never would've guessed."
"Well nobody had, Harry's been dealing with this on his own since he was brought to them. It was just now that it got beyond his control and he slipped up and it showed. Harry hid this from everybody, nobody had a clue that this was going on during the holidays."
Draco was completely dumbfounded and speechless. He couldn't believe that Harry had to endure it. Still he was curious.
"Sir, if I may ask how bad was he and it when you found him?"
Severus got a slightly distant look in his eye. He was remembering something that he really didn't want to remember but knew that it was important to tell so that Draco would know where Harry was coming from. He took a deep breath and began,
"When I got there Harry was passed out on the floor in a pool of his own vomit and blood. His uncle was beating him with a cane. Apparently Harry being unconscious wasn't good enough for him. After I stunned his uncle and eventually his aunt and cousin I brought him here and Madame Pomfrey told me everything that was wrong."
"What was wrong Sir?" Draco said shakily
"For starters he had a case of pneumonia that caused him to develop a case of mild asthma. He had food poisoning from being fed food that was spoiled and rotten if he was fed at all. He also had appendicitis, malnutrition and blood loss. Then there was the damage that his uncle had inflicted. He had broken ribs, a punctured lung, moderate concussion, a dislocated shoulder, broken wrist and cuts and bruises on 85% of his body."
Draco was completely speechless and slackjawed. He finally found his voice and said,
"I can't believe it. I really can't believe it. Though I do commend his acting skills if he was hiding it this well for all these years."
Severus snorted thinking 'there's the famous Malfoy sarcasm' then he said,
"Would you like to have me be there while you speak to Harry or do it by yourself."
"To be completely honest I would like to have you there that way we can talk about what's going to happen." Draco admitted.
"All right Draco. We'll arrange a meeting for all of us sometime soon. Now you should be getting on to your next class now. You know where my rooms are if you need anything. You know you can always talk to me."
"Thanks Professor."
"You're welcome Draco and when we're in private or around Harry after we've talked call me Severus or Sev. Or have you forgotten how long it's been since you used to call me 'Uncle Sev' ?"
Draco smiled and said,
"I remember calling you that but I thought once I started school that I had to stop but I'll call you Severus now. So I'll see you later."
"See you later Draco."
Draco left the quarters and Severus sat thinking for a few minutes and then left his office and went to his classroom to teach his next class.
A/N: I figure that's a good stopping place. I've been a bit sick lately and school is been getting hectic and the work is just piling up on me and slowly driving me nuts!!! *glares at contextual analysis project and music theatre conducting book* I've got a break starting on tuesday evening and I'll be going to my grandparents house who finally has a computer but I don't know if I'll be able to get on it but I'll be bringing my notebook with me so I can at least hand write the chapters and get them typed and posted when I get back. I might be able to write this weekend but I'll have to see how I feel. So be patient with me and I hope that chapter didn't suck too much so push that little button and tell me what you think but you know by now how flames are treated! So leave one for me, just so I know my story doesn't suck as much as I think it does!! TTFN!!!!!