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Tangled Relations
Chapter 23 - Revelations
Harry remained in the infirmary for three days to be sure that all of the internal injuries were gone. On Wednesday he had Ron and Hermione meet him at the infirmary with his books for the day and they walked to the great hall together. Harry felt like a first year again with everyone staring and pointing at him. The fact that his scar was now faded seemed just as amazing to them as the fact that he had gotten a scar to begin with. He sat down at Gryffindor table and tried to peacefully eat his breakfast. Halfway through breakfast Professor Snape walked over to him from the head table.
"Harry, the headmaster has invited us for lunch up in his office. I will see you in class. Afterwards we will walk to lunch together. Don't be late to class. I'd hate to give you a detention already."
Harry smiled and nodded. He hadn't told Ron and Hermione about removing the charm. Boy were they in for a shock later.
Harry found double potions with the Slytherins to be an interesting experience. It seems that Crabb and Goyle aren't as good now that the professor wasn't forced to favor them. For the first time in fifteen years a Gryffindor gained points and a Slytherin lost points. Everyone was quite confused. It also seemed that not having to brew potions for that snake was doing Severus' hair good. It wasn't quite as greasy as usual. It was softer and shinier. When class was over and the stunned students left for the great hall, Harry and his uncle headed for the headmaster's office.
"You are sure you want to do this Harry? You can change your mind about the charms or the adoption. I will understand."
Harry stopped walking and grabbed his uncle's arm forcing him to stop. "I have never wanted anything more ever. I will not change my mind about anything. I want you to be my father and if they would let me I would like to take your last name as well. I'm serious about this."
Severus smiled at the young man before him, "I hadn't thought about the name thing. Are you sure you would want to change it?"
Harry frowned, "Of course. Or I suppose I could hyphenate it. I am the last heir of both the Snapes and the Potters."
They began walking again and quickly found themselves at the headmaster's office.
"Severus, Harry, please have a seat. I will go over the procedure with you first. I'm sure you already know all of this Severus but I want Harry to understand as well."
They both sat down and Harry nodded for the headmaster to continue.
"Removing a charm as powerful as this will be painful as your bones will be growing and several other changes all happening at once. What was placed on you is a type of charm that is closely related to transfiguration. That is why it is so strong. Your mother would have had to of chanted a string of enchantments for each change she made. What I will have to do is remove them one at a time. This will hurt Harry, alot. Maybe not as much as the cruciatus but you might even scream. It's okay to do that. We can't give you a pain-relieving potion until the change is complete. Harry you will need to be naked for this. Severus I need you to stay away. If you think that you will have problems watching this then you should leave."
Albus conjured a bed for Harry to lay on once he had removed all of his clothing. Severus opted to stay but blanked his expression and tried to control any emotions he might feel once Harry started screaming.
As Harry lay in the bed he could hear the headmaster start to chant and a warm glow started surrounding his body. The first thing to change was his hair. It started lengthening and straightening. He could feel the burning in his hair follicles but tried to keep from screaming. It didn't keep tears from filling his eyes. The pain became more intense as the charm making him shorter was removed. The pain of the bones growing, stretching his muscles was excruciating. He grasped the sheet on the bed and after five full minutes of bones lengthening he was forced to let out a scream. When the shape of his face started altering his uncle had to come over to hold his hands down to keep him from clawing at his face. The final charm, to correct his eyesight, was extremely irritating.
Severus whispered calming words in Harry's ear to try to calm him down. As the last charm was removed Severus pulled Harry into his arms, cradling him, as Harry continued to whimper.
"It's okay Harry. It's finished. You can take the potion now." Harry let Severus tilt his head back as he poured the potion down his throat.
Harry swallowed the potion and wiped the tears from his face, the relief was immediate. "That hurt alot. I would have to say that it was worse than the cruciatic curse. Especially when I was getting taller."
Albus nodded as he sat behind his desk. "Now I believe that we have some paperwork to complete. Let me summon the clerk who is supposed to witness this. We already had your muggle relatives sign where they needed to yesterday."
Albus floo-called Professor Lupin who had been chatting with the gentleman in his office. After several minutes Remus and a man with brown hair and brown eyes and a deep blue robe came in.
Remus did a double take when he saw Harry. "You look wonderful Harry. I didn't know you were removing the charms today too."
Harry smiled and said thank you before turning to the headmaster who had spread the papers out on his desk. "Now, each of these forms must be signed by both of you. Are you changing your name Harry?"
Harry looked at Professor Snape then to Professor Lupin. When Remus nodded Harry made up his mind. "I would like to have both surnames sir. I would like to be known as Harry James Potter Snape. The Potter could be like a second middle name."
Albus nodded and waved his wand over the papers changing the name to that. When everything had been signed the gentleman gathered up the papers and shook hands with Harry. "Congratulation Mr. Snape. I hope you enjoy your new family."
"I will sir, thank you."
After much discussion Harry, Severus, and Albus decided that the students would have to have all of this explained to them at dinner. While Harry and his new father wanted some privacy, Albus said that there would be too many questions and rumors and that the truth would be better. They decided to make the announcement together.
At six o'clock Harry was waiting in the chamber off the great hall where he had been in his fourth year. He wasn't as nervous as he'd thought he'd be because he new that no matter how the other students took the news he would always have his dad, and Ron and Hermione already knew. Harry was able to hear the great hall filling with students and five minutes later Harry could clearly hear the headmaster saying the speech they had prepared.
"Teachers and students, I know that it is unusual for me to make a speech during the term and it was just three days ago that I made one regarding the destruction of Voldemort. This next announcement is in regards to a teacher who has adopted one of the students. Professor Snape?"
Gasps filled the hall as Severus stood up and walked over to stand next the headmaster and began speaking. "It came to my attention several months ago that one of my students was actually a blood relative of mine. To protect both of us we chose to hide this information until the threat of Voldemort was gone. But now that the threat is gone the charms concealing this students true appearance were removed and he looks quite different from what he did before. Because this student was orphaned at a young age I have adopted him and he is now my son."
Hearing his cue Harry, who had put the Snape cloak clasp on his robe (without his father knowing), entered the great hall and stood next to Professor Snape at the head table. As Harry scanned the hall he could tell that about half of them had figured out who he was and the other half was still trying to figure. But they didn't have to wait long as the headmaster picked up where Professor Snape had left off.
"May I introduce Harry James Potter Snape"
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A/N: Still not quite done.