The rest of the week became pretty routine. Every morning Severus would take Harry up to the Astronomy tower to run around so that he would not be quite so hyper during the morning classes and after quite a battle he got his son use to taking naps in his office during the afternoon ones. Some of the teachers would stop by during their free hour once in awhile to help keep the child company. At night it was also becoming routine with the struggle to get the child bathed and in bed while he continuously tried different versions of what went wrong with the potion his son tried to make.
Finally the end of the week arrived and unfortunately Harry would not take a nap for anything. Of coarse now his speech had drastically improved other than still not being able to say his R's correctly, he could clearly say what he wanted to. Another big advantage was that he was no longer in diapers in which Severus was also very thankful of. "Harry, you need to stay in here today and I am going to have to ask you to be very quiet."
"Why?"
"Because I need to work with the seventh years on a serious potion that requires them to be able to concentrate on it without any distractions."
"Why?"
"Because it's part of their curriculum."
"Why?"
"Harry, that's enough of this. Class is about to start."
"Make a deal?"
"A deal? What kind of deal do you think you could make with me?"
"You sing fo me and I be good."
"I do not sing and you will behave yourself." Severus commanded
"Auntie sings fo me. Peeeeesssseee."
"Harry I do not have time for this foolishness. I do not sing, plain and simple."
"I WANNA HEAW YOU SING!" the boy squeeled.
Severus just glared at the child who turned around, folded his arms, and pouted. I cannot wait until this is over and done with. he thought as he left Harry on the floor with some toy cars that McGonagall transfigured for him.
While Severus was watching over some of the students from Hufflepuff as they messed up their potion, Harry quietly snuk into the classroom and saw a wand sticking out of one of the backpacks on the floor. He quickly took it and crept back into the office and hid it under the couch so that his father wouldn't see it when he entered the room between classes.
Once the class was over and the students had cleaned up their work area, Severus entered his office again and noticed Harry sitting by the couch bashing the cars into one another. Harry then turned and glared at him acting as if he was still mad.
"How long are you going to behave in this manner?" Severus asked
"Until you sing fow me."
"The day that I sing will be the day that I allow that insufferable house- elf in my lab again. There is only one class left today so I suggest you pickup your toys so we can leave for the estates tonight."
"Me doo?"
"Yes you will go too. I cannot leave you hear alone with Albus again."
"Why?"
"Look in the mirror and you will see why."
"Why?"
Severus looked at his son. "Now you are doing that just to try my patience."
"Why?"
"Because that is what you enjoy doing the most now, isn't it?" Harry didn't say anything; he just smiled at his father. "That's what I though." He said shaking his head then turned on his heal and went into the classroom leaving the door open as usual.
"Silence." Snape immediately commanded to the fifth year students. "Everyone put your things away now for your exam." The students all groaned as they followed directions.
~Meanwhile~ In the Charms classroom Fred was frantically searching through his book-bag. "George, my wand is missing."
"Did you leave it in the dorm again?"
"No I used it earlier, I put it in my backpack just before Snape's class."
"Do you think it could have fallen out somewhere?"
The twins looked at one another and then went to Professor Lupin. "Honestly Professor, it's not here."
"I am not having the two of you roam the hallways again by yourselves. Follow me." They then followed their teacher across the hall where Sirius was about to finish grading papers since he didn't have any class this hour. "Professor Black, would you mind watching my class while I take these two to Professor Snape's class to find their wand."
"How about if I take them down there instead?" Sirius asked and Remus gave him a very untrusting look. The idea of the three of them alone in the empty school corridors did not seem like a very good idea. "Fine, but hurry back."
~Back in Potions~
The class was quiet as the students took their exam. As usual Hermione and Jamie were done and handing in their papers while Harry was sneaking into the class as quietly as possible with the wand in hand. Harry crawled under the closest table and made it about half way to the middle of the class when another student's legs then blocked him. He then pointed the wand in his father's direction and simply said "sing song."
Severus looked around the room trying to see who had the nerve to cast a spell on him. Harry didn't realize that he had also hit his cousin and friend as well. Not being able to fight it any longer Severus opened his mouth and the whole class was treated to hearing.
~You've been caught with a soul, and left out in the cold.
~Every notions been passing us by, With this potion in hand
~We've been given the chance, It's time to turn the tide.
*Remus and the Weasley twins then entered the room.*
~Come join me and seize, missed opportunity
~I'll tell your destiny, What's in your heart
~Will be at hand, to put you on top.
*Fred started looking everywhere for his wand*
* Intelligence - Have a lesson today
* We owe it all to you.
*He then looked under the table he sat at and noticed Harry up towards the front of the classroom smiling*
~One notion, One potion, One ruler of all
~ It's a vision I've seen, It's the wild of your dreams
~It's the pearl in the palm of your hand
~The power of speech is all within reach
~We can swim to the promised land.
*Fred ran up to the toddler and instantly grabbed the wand away from him and yelled "Finite"*
All the students could do was sit there staring at the three and by the way their Potions Master was looking, they couldn't even think about anything other than holding in their laughter to keep from being brutally tortured. At first nobody knew who was the blame but the Weasley twins were in the room so they had to be involved somehow. A burgundy faced Severus glared at the boys and the only thing he could say was growl, "Both of you in my office now."
"But Professor..." George tried to say
"Silence! Not one world from either of you. Get into my office." As he escorted them into the adjoining room he was so furious that he didn't notice that there was someone missing. He then sat at his desk while the boys stood on the other side. "Of all the insufferable immature stunts the two of you have pulled in the past. I cannot comprehend what could have possibly been going through your feeble minds when you thought you could have possibly gotten away with a stunt such as thus."
"Severus, if I may." Lupin started to say as he entered the room.
"No you may not. These students were supposed to be in your class. Instead you let them roam aimlessly throughout the corridors."
"But Professor..." Fred stammered
"Silence!" Snape stood up and walked around to the opposite side of the desk. As he approached the boys Remus blocked his path. "Out of my way Lupin."
"No, I will no longer allow you to continue to make a fool out of yourself by continuing to badger these boys."
"A fool you say? The fool is the so-called Professor before me whom cannot keep his students in his class."
"Fred, George, if you would wait for me in the corridor while I speak to my colleague in private for a moment." The two boys took their chance to escape the wrath of Snape and eagerly did what they were instructed to. "I understand you are upset Sev..."
"Upset? I'm pissed off is what I am and you just let them go before I could give them their punishment."
"They are not the one's to be punished for this." Remus stated.
"If they are not the one's to be punished then by all means tell me who is."
"When was the last time you saw Harry?"
Severus looked around and finally noticed the toddler missing. "He was right over there before class. I told him to pickup his toys." He then started looking all over the office and in the closets for the child.
"Severus, he's in the classroom."
"Are you sure? I didn't see him in there."
"No you were pre-occupied with the twins. Unfortunately you didn't see what took place before Fred broke the spell."
"And you did? What are you doing here to begin with?"
"Sirius is watching my class while I brought the boys here to find the missing wand."
Severus sat on the couch putting everything together and realizing what actually happened. He then walked into the classroom and saw the boy sitting with Hermione and Jamie while the other students one by one finished their exams. Severus walked over to the three youngsters and glared at the green-eyed boy. "Hi Da."
"Don't you 'Hi Dad' me. Get your tail into that office right now." Harry gulped and ran as quickly as possible into the adjoining room and hid behind the couch. Severus then turned to his class and said, "As soon as you are finished with your exams you may leave. Miss. Granger, I would appreciate it if you and Mr. Black would remain in my office and keep your friend preoccupied until class is over."
"Yes professor." she replied then the two of them left for the office just as Remus left to return to his classroom.
When they entered the room they noticed Harry peering around the side of the couch to see who had entered. When he saw that it wasn't his father he was very relieved and hopped up onto the couch and sat between them. "I don't think I have ever seen the professor that mad. Not even when your dad escaped getting caught back in third year. I'm surprised Fred and George were actually able to walk out of the room."
"I know. I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't get a howler from Mrs. Weasly. Not that they don't deserve it."
"Why?" the toddler asked.
"Harry, they interrupted your father's class to pull one of their pranks on him. They..."
"Fwed not do it, I be good so da sing."
"Harry are you saying that you're the one who made us do that?" Jamie asked.
"You an Mioee acdent, da yes."
"Harry you should know you can't do things like that to your dad. He's a professor." Hermione stated.
"Don matta, we made deal."
"We did not make a deal. I told you that I do not sing." Severus said from the doorway.
"Bud, I was good today."
"Tell me. How did you get Mr. Weasley's wand?"
"It was on foow."
"Was it on the floor here in my office?"
"No casswoom."
"And weren't you told to stay in here?" Severus asked.
"Yes bud."
"Miss Granger, thank you for staying with him. Would you let the others know that we wil be leaving after dinner tonight?" Hermione nodded at her professor and then her and Jamie left the room. Severus then shook his head as he turned his attention back to his son. "You were told to stay in this room but you went into the classroom anyway and you still say that you behaved yourself."
"Ony fow a momen."
"You still were told not to go in there and you did. You need to understand how dangerous it is for someone your age to be in there while there are potions brewing."
"Bud you say you coud fix any cass potion acdent."
"But if you had hit the table and knocked over someones cauldron then I wouldn't have been able to fix the damage the fire from the burner or the hot liquid that could have burned you or one of the students. Because of today I'm going to have to see if Albus will watch you during class."
"No!" Harry shouted
"Why not? There isn't anyone else, they all have classes of their own to teach."
"He bowing. Pease I not do it again. Pwomis."
"Harry I refuse to take any chances."
"How bout Hagid?"
Severus thought for a few moments. "Well let me talk to him about it and we will see."
Harry's eyes lit up and he went running over to Severus and hugged his leg. "Tank you!"
Severus was stunned for a moment of coarse the force of the child running into him not to mention where the top of this head came to didn't help matters any.
Later that night when everyone arrived at Snape Estates Severus assigned the girls rooms up on the second floor with Dannie while the guys all took the rooms on the third floor. While the girls were each able to have their own room the guys on the other hand had to share rooms. Harry of coarse shared a room with his father while since nobody wanted to share a room with either Sirius or Draco they put the two of them together.
"How do you ever expect me to be able to sleep with him snoring all night long?" Draco complained.
"How do you think I feel with you smelling up the room?"
Severus looked at the two of them; "If I hear one more complaint from either of you again then you will both be spending the weekend sleeping in the catacombs. Didn't I tell you last week when we went through this same fight that you should pack nose plugs?"
"I thought you were joking. Besides why don't you put Jamie with Mr. Black, afterall it's his father"
"Because if I did that then you would share a room with Mr. Weasley and I do not feel like dealing with the two of you fighting all night long." Severus continued "Now put your things into your room and meet me downstairs so that I can go over everything with you."
Due to Harry wanting to help, by the time Severus was able to get his and Harry's things put away the group had already waiting on him for a good half an hour. Meanwhile Remus was searching the catacombs for any sign of rats that may have recently moved in since their last visit but as they feared there were none as of yet. This made it quite difficult for them to try to teach the Weasley children and Hermione the curses so that they could get caught up with the others. As he continued searching he did find one or two bat nests.
When he told Severus of his findings Hermione overheard the conversation. "You expect us to do what?"
"Practice the Cruciatus curse on the bats." Remus replied.
"You have bats here?" Ginny nervously asked.
"Only down in the catacombs. There use to have rats also but they were all killed off." Jamie stated.
"You guys sat and killed rats? How cruel." Ginny stated
"No not really, we were just hitting them with Cruciatus, it was Harry who killed all of them."
"Well how big are these catacombs?" Hermione asked
"They run underneath the whole property." Severus replied
"Da, can I bast bats too?" Harry asked as he tugged on Severus' pant leg.
"No you have to let your friends learn and practice." Remus replied
Harry pouted, "I wanna bast bats."
"Harry remember what we talked about."
"I don cawe. I wanna bast bats," he said as he flopped onto the couch with his arms folded and glaring at his dad.
"Maybe when your older your dad will let you join them and you can blast all the bats you want." Sirius stated.
Harry changed his glare towards his uncle and stormed over towards him. "Wrong thing to say Black." Severus said
"I'm just as old as dey awe!" Harry loudly announced as he kicked him in the shins.
"Harry, what your uncle meant to say was when you are back to your rightful state and your powers are strong enough." Remus said.
"Accio wand" Harry quietly stated and a few moments later his wand appeared in his hand.
Everyone stared at the small boy. "Severus I thought you packed his wand away in his trunk until he returned to normal state. Why did you bring it with?" Remus asked
Severus was stunned. "I didn't bring it with. Harry, where did that come from?"
"Skool?"
"Severus how far away are we from the school?" Sirius questioned
"Over 200 miles." he replied as the three men stared at the boy in shock.
Remus grabbed Severus by the arm and pulled him into the other room. "Sev, what is going on here. Are you absolutely sure that you locked his wand away."
"Yes I know for a fact I did."
"Then how was he able to Accio it from that distance, not even a fully trained wizard is capable of it."
"Remus, I am well aware of that fact. I am also aware of how dangerous it can be for a child at his age with these powers if not properly trained."
"Are you still going to let him work with the other children?"
"I know he needs to, he needs all the practice that he can get but with his level of comprehension at this point I don't believe it would be wise. You saw what happened this afternoon in class, he didn't even understand what could have happened by crawling under the table while the older students were working."
"What do you expect to do with him while we are working with the other children? He can't go out there, he's too young still."
"I heaw dat, I not to young!"
"What did I tell you about sneaking up on people?" Severus asked
"Don't yell boo if dey don know yoo awe dewe?"
"No that is not what I said."
"But it's true."
"I did not ask for your advise Lupin." Severus grumbled
"Dat it's wude. But I didn't sneak up on yoo. De doow was open and I walked in, it's not my fault yoo didn't see me." Harry paused. "Is it wude to tak abut people behin daw bak?"
"Yes, what would you ask?"
"Yoo wewe takin abut me an I was in dewe."
"We were not talking about you persay, we were talking about what to do with you while the others are training."
"Bud I wanna twain doo."
Remus went back into the other room while Severus continued his argument with his son. "I know you also would like to train for you have missed quite abit compared to the other children but at this time with your size it isn't wise. Once we get you back to normal state I will work with you alone."
"When will dat be?"
"Although I am unable to figure out what went wrong with your potion, I am still working on it and I plan on it until I find out what you did." Severus held out his hand and continued "Now Harry, I must ask you to hand over your wand."
"But my wand. I need it."
"What could you possibly need it for?"
"Twinning."
"I told you that you will not be tw.training this weekend."
Dannie and Remus then knocked on the door and Severus motioned for them to enter. "Den wat do I get to do?"
"Why didn't you tell us the twin's birthdays were this weekend?" Dannie asked.
"With everything that has been going on you expect me to remember when their birthdays are? What difference does it make?"
"What difference? Do you realize your neice is going to be Sweet Sixteen? That's a big time in a girl's life." Dannie snapped.
"Then yell at her father for not letting you know. I have had my hands full as it is."
"She already did. He used the excuse that he didn't remember due to all the years he spent away from them and that if anyone should remember then it would be you."
Dannie glared at Severus, "Well what do you expect me to do for them? Throw a party? There are more productive ways for them to spend their time such as the whole reason we are here, training."
"Yes I expect there to be a party. They spend all their time studying and training, they need to relax a little." Dannie said
"Relax? They just started back to school a week ago."
"Yes after spending their vacation training and doing homework. This is the first school I've known of to have homework over vacation time."
"Nobody ever said that their time away was going to be a vacation."
"Ok then Holiday as you call it. Either way it is time away from school which means it should be time to relax."
"Maybe in the states it is. No wonder your muggle schools have so many problems."
"I did just fine in a Muggle school thank you very much and so did Bria before she came here."
"Ok you two, this is not the time to argue which schools system is better. Sev, would you mind if we have a party here for the twins tomorrow night?"
"And how many people do you plan on inviting to this affair?"
"I'm not asking for you to allow all their friends from school, just a family event so that they know that we didn't forget about them with all that has been going on lately."
"Do as you must but I will not partake in any of the preparations and I expect that none of this will interfear with their training."
"That's fine, I didn't need your help anywise but I was wondering if Little One wanted to help me tomorrow." Dannie said as she knelt down to Harry's height.
"Can I bow baoons?"
"I don't know if we will be able to find any around here but you can help me with the cake if you want."
Severus sighed "I'm sure that we can scrounge up some sort of parafanalia for this fieascle."
"I told you he would allow this, Sev was never one to pass up one of the many parties that took place when we were younger." Remus stated
"As long as they don't get out of hand like they did back then."
"You really think that we are going to let the kids get out of hand?" Dannie asked.
"It's not the kids I'm worried about."
"Fine then I'll make sure I collect yours and Sirius' wands before it even gets started."
"Not funny Lupin."
~Next morning~
"GET OUT!"
"AAGGHH!"
Dannie was startled awake by the girls starting to yell from their rooms and thought If those boys are going on another of their prank fests I will kill them. She then put on her flannel shirt and moccasins and opened her bedroom door. "Stop right there little one. What do you think you are doing going into the girl's rooms?" She said as she noticed Harry starting to open Bria's bedroom door.
"Da said dat I spend day wit you. So I was lookin fow you."
"Well you are suppose to knock on the doors before you open them. You don't go barging into the girl's rooms." Dannie said. She then noticed Hermione and Ginny emerge from their rooms in their bath robes. "You two might as well start getting ready now while there is hot water and the bathroom is empty."
"Yes ma'am." they replied in unison.
"As for you. Where is your father?"
"Taking a sowea."
"Why aren't you dressed yet?" Dannie asked.
"He tought I was seeping when he left so he didn't take any codes out fow me an what I have huwts to put on."
"Well you can't run around in the buff. Come over here and I'll give you something to wear until he's done." The small naked boy followed her into her room where Dannie reached into the dresser and pulled out a Def Leppard shirt and put it on the child. Harry looked down as it hung down to his shins and he smiled. "Come on you." she said as she took his hand to lead him back upstairs. As they reached the top of the staircase she heard some of the boys talking. "Female on deck, hide what you don't want seen." Dannie then waited a few moments as she heard some scampering and at least one door slam shut before she continued.
"Luv, what are you doing up here?" Remus asked before he greeted her with a kiss.
"I caught Little One here about to walk into Bria's room. He was already chased out of Hermione and Ginny's rooms."
"Oh really." Remus replied as he looked at the boy. "And what were you doing down there?"
"Looking fow Auntie."
Just then they heard the bathroom door open and as Severus emerged in nothing but a towel around his waist and carring his clothes. Remus then cleared his throat to grab his attention. As soon as he looked up and saw Dannie he turned on his heal and re-entered the bathroom. "Now I know where he gets it from." she stated.
"Where does who get what from?" Severus asked as he exited the bathroom once more while fastening his pants.
"Your son and his, how should I say it. Um, revealing nature." Dannie replied as Harry peeked around the couple.
"Harry, what were you doing down stairs."
"You said I was spending da day wit Auntie so I was looking fow hew."
"Now where did you get that shirt and why aren't you dressed yet?"
"See gave me siwt and codes huwt again."
"I apologies for your inconvience this morning. I will get the shirt back to you as soon as it has been cleaned."
"He can keep it as long as he promises he won't go running around in the buff again."
"Please tell me nobody else saw him."
"If it weren't for Hermione and Ginny's screaming at him to get out of their rooms then I would have never known he was there."
"Well they weren't..."
"I'm not sure. As far as I know they were only sleeping."
"I hope so. Come along Harry, it's time we got you dressed." Severus said as he took Harry by the hand a lead him to their room.
Later that morning Harry was running around the house calling out, "Auntie"
"I'm in here."
"Auntie?"
Dannie stepped out of the kitchen, "Little one, I'm in here."
Harry went running into the hallway that led to the kitchen then slid to a stop stopping just before he rammed into the wall. "Can I bow baoons now pease?"
"The party isn't until tonight. You can blow them up after you take a nap."
"I don wanna take a nap."
"If you want to be able to stay awake for the party you will have to take a nap."
"No nap."
"Then no party for you."
"Dad will let me stay up."
"I don't think he will that late at night. At least not without a nap."
Harry thought about how many time he had been able to stay up past 2100. "You pwomise if I take nap I can stay up fow pawty?"
"Yes I promise. Now how would you like to help me with lunch?"
"You not able to cook, no magic."
"Your uncle charmed the oven to work for me for today."
"Wat awe we having?"
"Fry bread tacos." Harry gave her a puzzled look. "You run upstairs and get the shirt I gave you this morning. The dough is messy and I don't think your dad would like your clothes to be all sticky. And in the meantime I will measure everything out for you to mix together." Dannie said as she braided her hair. By the time Harry got back to the kitchen everything that he needed was measured out and she had just finished wiping down the island counter. "Ok now wash your hands then hop on up here and you can mix everything into the bowl."
Harry looked over all the ingredients. "Wat owder?"
"Any order, just mix it all together."
"No, any owder bad."
"Harry this is not potions class. You are just making dough, you just mix everything in the same bowl."
"In cooking, Aunt Tuna say must mix in owder." Harry said nervously.
"Well your Aunt Tuna isn't here and you are cooking with me so have some fun and just mix it all together."
"Awe you suwe?" Harry asked but Dannie just smiled so he started dumping in the flour, wheat flour, baking soda, salt and water into the bowl being very careful not to spill any one the table or floor.
After she got the meat was cooked and the cooking oil started she turned around to check on Harry's progress. Unfortunatly she noticed he was getting a bit frustrated with his hair falling into his face. "Ok sit up." she said as she pulled a rubberband off her wrist. She then gathered his hair up and put it into a ponytail for him. "Now let's check how your dough is coming along."
"It Gooey." Harry said as he started shaking his hands.
Just then Ron came up the back stairs from the dungeons. "Mr. Black would like to....hey!" he was interrupted by some dough being flung across the room from the little fingers.
"Sowwy Won." Harry said as he smirked and Dannie handed the red-head a washcloth.
Ron sighed. "That's alright mate. Ms. Dannie, Mr. Black would like to know how much longer until lunch."
"Tell him it will be about another half hour." she replied as she added more flour into Harry's bowl. Ron ran back down the stairs with the news as Harry continued to mix in the new flour. Once the dough was to the right consistency Dannie broke off a small piece, flattened it, then dropped it into the hot oil. Once it floated to the top she flipped it over and waited about 30 seconds before pulling it out again and put it on a plate to cool.
"So has he started to drive you compleatly mad yet?" Severus asked as he entered the kitchen. "Ooff" he then groaned as Harry jumped off the table onto his back latching his arms onto his shoulders while Dannie cleaned up the countertop along with the dough that Harry managed to splatter in different directions.
"He's actually been pretty good. He was just helping me with lunch." she stated as she placed some powdered sugar and honey onto the table.
"I can see that." he replied as he pried the small very messy hands off of him and noticing the mess they left behind. "Harry why don't you go wash your hands now."
"Wait a second Little One." she said as she walked over and pulled the t- shirt over Harry's head. He then took off for the downstairs bathroom.
When Harry was finally cleaned up and on his way back into the kitchen he noticed all the kids entering the house. "Bwe!" he called out before he ran up to her. "I got to make fy bwead."
"No you didn't. Mom wouldn't make it without me."
"See did, I sow you." he replied as he drug her into the kitchen by her hand. By the time they entered she had gotten Severus started on cutting up the lettuce and tomatos while Dannie continued to fry the bread. "See I tod you."
"Mom, that's always been my job to help you with the fry bread." Bria pretended to whine as Harry climbed onto the counter infront of the fresh cooked bread. He then started very generously started pouring honey all over the bread.
"Well you weren't here. Besides what harm does it do if he helps out this time." she replied and watched as the boy now started coating the honey with powdered sugar.
"None I guess." Bria sighed. Harry then tried to cheer her up by giving her a piece of his fry bread. Bria looked at it as the powdered sugar coated honey oozed off of it. "Um, no thank you."
"Well, well, well, what do we have here? Severus is actually helping with the cooking?" Remus said as he entered the room. Harry then held the piece of bread towards his dad who took it without looking at it.
"Just replaying the favor of her keeping him preoccupied." Severus replied as he popped the item into his mouth. "Oh good grief. What did you do to this?" he continued as he spit it out into a napkin and glared at Harry.
Dannie glanced over and said "Looks like he's got quite a sweet tooth." as they watched Harry pop a piece into his mouth while the honey dripped down onto his bare chest. "I don't think he'll get any sort of sleep for a long time now. Bria would you set the table for me?"
Bria nodded and took the dished and utinsils into the dinningroom followed by Remus who was carrying some bowls of the meat mixture and the vegetables.
"Well if he doesn't sleep he won't be able to stay up for the birthday party." Severus stated.
Harry looked down at his treat and then back at his dad and aunt and pushed the plate aside. "Save fow latew."
"It won't be worth eating later, it will be more of a soggy mess than it is now." Dannie replied.
"I still eat it aftew my nap."
"You had better." Severus said.
Later that afternoon about a half hour after Harry first laid down for his nap Dannie then spent the next 5 minutes convincing him that he didn't have a long enought nap and that he had to remain in his bed for the next two hours weather he slept or not. Harry didn't like the idea at all but before he knew it his dad was in his room two hours later waking him up.
"Did anyone dwow away my fwy bwed?"
"No they didn't, I jsut saw it in the kitchen right where you left it." Severus replied.
"Can I have it now."
"Yes you may." Severus replied.
Harry ran down the two flights of stairs as fast as his little legs could carry him and headed straight for the kitchen. When he got into the doorway he looked up at the counter but the only plate he could see was the one that was now almost empty infront of Sirius who happened to be putting a fork full of goop into his mouth. Harry climbed up onto the counter and stood there glaring at his Godfather/Uncle. "Good afternoon Harry. Did you have a good nap?" Harry stood there holding his breath turning redder and redder each second while his small hands balled up into fists at his sides. "Harry, are you alright? Harry your scaring me now breathe."
Before Sirius could blink the small boy opened his mouth and yelled as loud as he could "THAT WAS MINE!" Dannie and Severus being the only other two adults in the house at the time went running into the room to see what was wrong. They were surprised to see Sirius sitting on the floor rubbing his head with plate remains scattered around him while Harry was curled up and hugging his knees sobbing. Harry immediatly went running to Dannie and burried his face in her shirt.
"What in Merlin's name is going on in here?" Severus said as he looked around. "Black, you didn't. Not again."
"Your right I didn't. I didn't have a chance to do anything. I was sitting in here eating that sweet stuff that was on the plate when that little monster came in and attacked me."
"Do you not remember being told that the Fry Bread on the counter was Harry's for when he woke up from his nap?" Severus continued. "He worked hard this morning on helping make lunch and you turn around and eat his food. How on earth you ever were named his Godfather is beyond me, you have done nothing but torment him the past few weeks."
"Snape, trust me if I had known that the stuff on the plate what his I would have never touched it. I am sorry." Sirius stated as he slowly and unsteadily made his way towards the staircase.
"Sirius you cannot go down there, you are too wobbly." Dannie stated as she sat Harry back onto the counter. "Sit down and lets take a look at your head. Severus, I had Remie take the charm off the stove, would you mind putting one back on it so that I can use it."
"Isn't it a bit early to start dinner?" he said as he started up the range top.
"I was going to get started on the cakes, but I also have a bad habit of always making to much dough." Dannie removed a ball of dough from under a towel next to the stove and just as before she flattened it and as soon as the oil was hot enough she dropped it in while Harry watched anxiously.
"Don't worry about the cakes, I have already spoken to Albus and he is sending them over with one of the house-elves." Severus stated as he tended to the gash on Sirius' head. "Looks like you have a concustion here. Now how is it that he caught you off guard to smash the plate on your head."
"That I'm not sure of. I didn't take my eyes off him the whole time because he looked as if he wasn't breathing then all of a sudden that shrilling yell he let out. The next thing I know of I was on the floor and you two were in here."
"Harry, do you care to explain this? Didn't we talk just last week about you hitting people?"
"But Dad, I not touch ta pate."
"Then how is it that it was smashed over your uncle's head?" Severus asked.
"I don know. It just happened." Harry sniffeled. "I sowwy."
"Can you remember doing anything at all like this before?"
"I tink so, I not to suwe."
"If at all you remember anything I want you to let me know immediatly, understand." Severus stated.
Harry nodded as he looked at the new plate that Dannie handed him with the fresh fry bread on it this time with only a small amount of honey and powdered sugar on it. "Be careful it's hot." she said.
"It's starting to get dark out, I'm going to make sure the kids come up shortly. By the way Black, how did they do this weekend."
"I think we were much better off with the rats. The bats keep diving towards the girls causing them to not only duck and miss but they leat out the most horrible screaches as well that seem to echo throughtout the catacombs. As for Ron, he seems to keep having a problem with his wand backfiring on him."
"I wonder about that boy sometimes, if memory serves me correctly he just got that wand two years ago."
Later that night after the kids except Harry fell asleep early due to exhaustion Allbus showed up with all sorts of party decorations. "I would have sent a house-elf like I originally told you but unfortunatly the only one who wasn't busy was Dobbey and I highly doubt you would have wanted him here."
As soon as they got the front room decorated Dannie went to wake up the girls except Ann while Harry and Remus went to wake up all the boys except for Jamie. Once all the kids were downstairs Sirius headed back up the stairs to wake the twins. Unfortuantly his way of waking them up was not all that pleasant unless you enjoy being strayed with ide water in the middle of winter while you are sound asleep.
After waking them both up they chased them downstairs and were actually surprised at the decorations, actual muggle music from Ann's charmed tape recorder, and the cakes. It was now 11pm and their party was just starting. Ann went running up to her father giving him a huge hug, "Thank you dad."
Sirius hugged the girl back and glanced over at Dannie and Remus and mouthed "Thank you" then he pulled out of the girl's embrace and said "I just wish your mum was here today."
"At least you're here this time." Ann replied.
The music began and the kids all started dancing around while Harry was jumping up and down on the furnature. Finally it was 11:57 pm when Dannie started to bring out the cake for the girls. She then turned around and motioned for Remus to follow with the one for the boys. "Not yet he replied. His birthday isn't for a few more minutes. Leave it to Sirius and Pattie to have twins only five minutes apart but on two separate days."
"Well it explains why the two of them are so different." she replied as she left the kitched with the pink flowery cake while everyone broke out singing Happy Birthday.
Just as Ann started serving the cake to her friends Remus entered carring a green iced cake and once again the singing broke out again. During the comotion Harry was starting to get tired and headed towards the couch when he caught sight of a shadowy figure in the window. He immediatly started pulling on his dad's pants leg and when Severus bent down to find out what was wrong Harry whispered that there was someone in the window. Severus then slowly moved over to Sirius and Remus and told them what Harry saw. Remus looked at Dannie who overheard and nodded knowing to keep the kids occupied while the three men stepped outside the door to investigate.
As soon as she saw the men leave the room the intruder transformed into a jet black panther and ran off the grounds as quickly as possible sticking to the shadows. Remus stood on the porch and caught an almost familiar scent in the air but brushed it off as Severus and Sirius walked around the house looking for tracks. Unfortunatly due to the days training session there were so many tracks that they were not able to tell if any belonged to the person that Harry saw.
When the guys entered the room again Remus walked up behind Dannie and wrapped his arms around her waist as he whispered "We will tell you later." and she just leaned back into the embrace letting the kids believe nothing was wrong so they could enjoy their special day.
As the evening wore on Severus sat down in his chair then allowed Harry to curl up on his lap laying his head against the arm rest while the others sat on the couches. Finally around 1 am Albus said his fairwells and floo'd back to the school then Sirius announced that it was time for the kids to turn in for the night.
When the complaints started the kids were quickly reminded that they would be returning back to school first thing in the morning . They slowly made their way up the stairs and as soon as they were sure the kids were gone for the evening Dannie asked. "Did you guys find anything?"
"Unfortunatly there were too many tracks to track." Sirius said
"There was a scent though but I cannot place it." Remus stated as the two men looked at him.
"That could have blown down from anywhere in the mountains. The wind unfortunatly was quite strong and none of us saw anyone out there." Severus replied.
"Pantew" Harry mumbled.
"What was that Harry?" Severus asked
Harry turned over onto his back and stretched his legs across the other arm of the chair as he looked at his dad. "See tuwned into a back pantew."
"Harry is this the same lady from your visions?"
"I tink so."
"And you are sure she turned into a Panther?"
"uh-huh."
"Well this eliminates any females we knew in school who could change. Severus was the only panter around back then." Remus stated
"Then why does she claim that she use to know me?"
"Are you sure you don't remember another one?" Sirius asked.
"I'm possitive. The only female I knew who could have been a student the same time as us who was also an Anigmus was Lily but she was a white tiger."
"Listen why don't we all get some rest and we can talk about this with Albus tomorrow when we get back to the school." Remus stated.
Everyone agreed and they all headed up to their rooms.
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A/N: In case you don't know or are like me and live in the states where the movie has not been shown yet....The song that was used is from the cartoon "Help I'm a Fish" and is actually sung by Alan Rickman. (how perfect)
The actual website I found the recording is at: http://www.geocities.com/harry_potter_caps/snape_sounds.html