Laundry Chute Chaos
Severus entered the sea theme bathroom and looked everywhere. From inside the bathtub to under the sink. till he bumped into the laundry chute. which was open. Lily had mentioned at the party that Harry seemed to be drawn to the silver door in his bathroom. and she had taken to keeping an eye on him in the bathroom since he figured out how to reach it. Who knows what he might put down it. but Severus quickly thought. It was big enough. And if Harry managed to get onto the counter using his step stool. he could get to it. But where did it go? There was no basement to the house. And he never recalled seeing a laundry machine anywhere.
There was a note about laundry on Lily's desk he recalled. racing back downstairs to check. Sure enough. there was a neatly written reminder for Lily to ask Simon to use a detergent with less scent on Harry's clothes, as he seemed to have developed and allergy to strongly scented detergents and soaps.
Simon was James' person house elf, but there were no house elves at the cottage in Godric's Hollow.. Just at the Potter Estate, which had been closed since their move to the cottage as far as he knew. but just maybe. Severus turned off the lights and extinguished the fire. Closing the door behind him, he reset the wards around the house and apparated to the Potter Estate in Scotland. He was lucky that the Estate wards still allowed him through. He strode right up to the house, and although he had to use a strong unlocking charm on the door, he had no problems getting in. It seemed that the house elves had abandoned the Estate however, judging by the dust on the floor and the furniture covers. He easily located the stairs down to the dimly window-lit House Elf quarters, as the Estate was similar in its design to Snape Manor. He tried door after door down there.. Finding small beds, storage areas, and lots of closets full of boxes but no washroom yet.
Severus headed back toward the stairs and noticed a silver chute on the wall next to the stairs that went into a closet under the stairs. Curious, he followed it down another set of smaller stairs into a very cold pitch- black hallway. Lighting his wand, he made his way to a closed door, which turned out to be the laundry room. Trying to turn on a bright light, he figured out that the power had been disconnected. He glared a little at the stupid power company and brightened his wand some more. Blinking in surprise at how dust-free this one room was. He made out two chutes with baskets of clothes under them. once he got closer he saw that the one filled with toddler-sized clothes was tipped over. another patch of blood on one of the small shirts. He knew Harry could not open doors, and he had closed the door to the laundry room behind him. so Harry was in this room somewhere. "Harry?" he called softly. not wanting to frighten the toddler.
He dug into the other basket, but there was little in it. and no Harry. Turning to look around the bare room he saw a large pile of bedding on the far side of the washer. just as he stepped in a pile of poop. He groaned silently and rubbed it off on some of the laundry on the floor. He knelt next to the pile, calling Harry's name again softly. but there was no movement. So he slowly started digging into the pile, finding a small set of PJ bottoms, a diaper, and small socks partway in. He kept digging and felt a body under a few more layers, but it was shivering. "Harry. it's uncle Severus" he said softly. but the shivering continued. He pulled away the last few layers of bedding and revealed a small husky like wolf cub, in a PJ top, that was curled up shivering fiercely, and so weak that it could not lift it's own head to look at him. Severus "just knew" that this was Harry as he wrapped him up in some of the bedding to keep him warm before tucking the bundle into his robes with a warming charm. From the cubs coloring, which was a mix of James and Lily's in wolf form, to the short glimpse of tired emerald eyes that he had gotten when wrapping the cold cub up.
He immediately headed upstairs and contacted Albus @ Hogwarts by firecall. who had him floo with Harry directly to his office.
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Will Post Next Chapter Soon.
Thanks for the comments purplefirepheonixx and kate potter.
I was a little skeptical about posting the first chapter too. as it is a little short I know. but I needed to finish fixing up this chapter and the next.
I heart3 reviews!
-Confuzzzed-
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Severus entered the sea theme bathroom and looked everywhere. From inside the bathtub to under the sink. till he bumped into the laundry chute. which was open. Lily had mentioned at the party that Harry seemed to be drawn to the silver door in his bathroom. and she had taken to keeping an eye on him in the bathroom since he figured out how to reach it. Who knows what he might put down it. but Severus quickly thought. It was big enough. And if Harry managed to get onto the counter using his step stool. he could get to it. But where did it go? There was no basement to the house. And he never recalled seeing a laundry machine anywhere.
There was a note about laundry on Lily's desk he recalled. racing back downstairs to check. Sure enough. there was a neatly written reminder for Lily to ask Simon to use a detergent with less scent on Harry's clothes, as he seemed to have developed and allergy to strongly scented detergents and soaps.
Simon was James' person house elf, but there were no house elves at the cottage in Godric's Hollow.. Just at the Potter Estate, which had been closed since their move to the cottage as far as he knew. but just maybe. Severus turned off the lights and extinguished the fire. Closing the door behind him, he reset the wards around the house and apparated to the Potter Estate in Scotland. He was lucky that the Estate wards still allowed him through. He strode right up to the house, and although he had to use a strong unlocking charm on the door, he had no problems getting in. It seemed that the house elves had abandoned the Estate however, judging by the dust on the floor and the furniture covers. He easily located the stairs down to the dimly window-lit House Elf quarters, as the Estate was similar in its design to Snape Manor. He tried door after door down there.. Finding small beds, storage areas, and lots of closets full of boxes but no washroom yet.
Severus headed back toward the stairs and noticed a silver chute on the wall next to the stairs that went into a closet under the stairs. Curious, he followed it down another set of smaller stairs into a very cold pitch- black hallway. Lighting his wand, he made his way to a closed door, which turned out to be the laundry room. Trying to turn on a bright light, he figured out that the power had been disconnected. He glared a little at the stupid power company and brightened his wand some more. Blinking in surprise at how dust-free this one room was. He made out two chutes with baskets of clothes under them. once he got closer he saw that the one filled with toddler-sized clothes was tipped over. another patch of blood on one of the small shirts. He knew Harry could not open doors, and he had closed the door to the laundry room behind him. so Harry was in this room somewhere. "Harry?" he called softly. not wanting to frighten the toddler.
He dug into the other basket, but there was little in it. and no Harry. Turning to look around the bare room he saw a large pile of bedding on the far side of the washer. just as he stepped in a pile of poop. He groaned silently and rubbed it off on some of the laundry on the floor. He knelt next to the pile, calling Harry's name again softly. but there was no movement. So he slowly started digging into the pile, finding a small set of PJ bottoms, a diaper, and small socks partway in. He kept digging and felt a body under a few more layers, but it was shivering. "Harry. it's uncle Severus" he said softly. but the shivering continued. He pulled away the last few layers of bedding and revealed a small husky like wolf cub, in a PJ top, that was curled up shivering fiercely, and so weak that it could not lift it's own head to look at him. Severus "just knew" that this was Harry as he wrapped him up in some of the bedding to keep him warm before tucking the bundle into his robes with a warming charm. From the cubs coloring, which was a mix of James and Lily's in wolf form, to the short glimpse of tired emerald eyes that he had gotten when wrapping the cold cub up.
He immediately headed upstairs and contacted Albus @ Hogwarts by firecall. who had him floo with Harry directly to his office.
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Will Post Next Chapter Soon.
Thanks for the comments purplefirepheonixx and kate potter.
I was a little skeptical about posting the first chapter too. as it is a little short I know. but I needed to finish fixing up this chapter and the next.
I heart3 reviews!
-Confuzzzed-
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