A Different Life
Chapter 3 - A night visit
They were going to travel by floo Powder, but Severus thought that might be a little too scary for Harry. So they went on there way to Hogsmeade. This time Harry was able to have a good look around the castle as they were heading outside.
Harry didn't think he had ever smiled so much in his life before. Everything was amazing, he couldn't wait to comeback here.
They made there way into Hogsmeade, which was basically empty. Severus grabbed Harry's hand and right before their eyes, Hogsmeade disappeared.
They appeared in a dusty old looking house. Harry heard Severus mutter something like "home sweet home" though he didn't sound very happy. Severus still had Harry's hand, but neither seemed to notice it, they were both looking around, Severus was taking in old surroundings, and Harry was taking in new surroundings.
"Sorry Harry, I haven't had time to get this place ready" Severus said, finally letting go of Harry's hand to get his wand out. He muttered another spell and all the dust disappeared. "That's a bit better." He continued muttering to himself, as he walked around, making a mental list of things to do. Finally he seemed to stop, and looked over to Harry.
"Come on, I'll show you to your room." Severus said as he began to walk up the stairs on the other side of the house, Harry following close behind.
Severus stopped outside a door about halfway down the hallway. He opened it to reveal a completely empty room. It had one window, and another door, which was a closet. He led Harry in the room, and told him he would be back in a couple of minutes. He wanted to check on his room, and he knew Harry should get used to his room, let him have a look around. Not that there was much to look at.
He left, leaving the door ajar.
He then went over to the other side of the hall, opposite to Harry's door, and opened the door that lay there. Opening it, he found everything the way he had left it, nothing had changed.
His old room.
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Harry liked his new room, even though it was reasonably bare at the moment, it was big, and with four years of being cramped in a small cupboard, this was heaven. He walked over to the window but it was too high up for him to see out of, he looked around for something to stand on, but the room was bare. He went over to the closet, to see if it had anything in it. He opened it, but it was too dark to see. He was about to step in closer, when he heard a noise. He immediately stepped back. Suddenly his uncle stepped out, looking as furious as ever.
Harry felt all colour slip away from his face. He backed away into the corner of the room, shaking with fear. All the while, his uncle stepped closer and closer. He too was shaking, not with fear, but with anger. His Uncle's fists were clenched at his sides, the way they always were before he was about to attack. He saw his Uncle's hand move backwards, getting ready to strike.
"No! Please don't." Harry started to feel tears falling down his face. He was now crouched down on the floor, trying to get as far away from his Uncle as he could.
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Severus was still looking around his room when he heard Harry's panicked voice. He quickly left his room and went back into Harry's room. What he saw was enough to make him stop dead in his tracks right by the door.
Harry was crouching on the floor, crying while his uncle was standing over him, looking angry as hell. He could tell that the man was about to hit Harry, so without even thinking, he took out his wand in record speed, and yelled "Stupefy!"
Harry's uncle stumbled backwards, but it didn't have the full affect of what should have happened. Severus was confused at this, but then he noticed that the closet was open, quickly piecing two and two together, and thinking that if he was wrong, no harm would be done, he pointed his wand at Harry's uncle and shouted "Riddikulus". And with a crack the boggart was gone.
Severus quickly walked over to Harry. The boy was still shaking, looking where his uncle had once been. He bent down so he was almost the same size as Harry was normally standing up.
"Harry" not getting a response he continued. "Harry, look at me." Severus held Harry's jaw and made him look at him. Tears were still falling down the boys face.
"It's okay, he's gone now." Severus said soothingly.
Harry looked back to where his uncle had once been, and then back to Severus. Still shaking, he jumped up onto his feet, and put his arms around Severus' neck, and hugged Severus tight. Severus put his arms around Harry and at the same time, picked him up. Harry's head buried into his shoulder.
Knowing he should check the rest of the house for anything like that, he took Harry and himself to the fireplace. Using his wand with his free hand, he lit a fire with it, then putting it back into his pocket, he threw some floo powder into the fire place that was in front of him. Once the flames were green, he stepped into it, and yelled "Lupin manor" and both Severus and Harry disappeared into the fire.
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When they reached Lupin's house, they were lucky to find that he was there alone, sitting on his couch in front of the fireplace reading the Daily Prophet in his living room. He immediately stood up at the sight of Severus entering his house with a boy in his arms.
"Severus? What are you doing here? And who is th- is that Harry?" Lupin said all at once.
"Yes, this is Harry, and he just had a bit of a scare, involving a boggart. I thought it would be best if I brought him here." Severus said calmly.
Lupin nodded, understanding. "Yes of course, you can both stay here as long as you need to."
"Well actually, I was hoping you could look after Harry, while I go back to my house to check and make sure there are no more surprises around there." Severus said, looking down at the boy who hadn't moved an inch, his face still hidden in Severus' now wet shirt.
Lupin nodded, and motioned for Severus to put him on the couch.
Severus made his way over there. He carefully sat Harry on the couch, which he took up barely any room on. The boy was still wide-awake. Severus knelled down so he was in front of him.
"Harry, I'm going to go in a minute, but I'll be back as soon as I can, in the meantime, Remus is going to look after you, you can trust him." Severus said looking deep into boys beautiful emerald eyes.
Harry just nodded
"It's probably a good idea for you to get some sleep, okay Harry."
Harry shook his head, saying no, a panicked look coming over him.
"Harry, what's wrong?" Severus asked, concern shown on his face.
"I can't sleep, I can't..." Harry said, looking towards the ground.
"Why not Harry?" Severus asked
"He'll be there" Harry whispered.
"Who?" Severus asked, fearing that he already knew the answer.
Harry didn't answer, but a few tears escaped his eyes, rolling down his check.
"Who Harry?" Severus asked, this time taking Harry's chin in his hands, and making him look in his eyes.
"M-my Uncle" Harry whispered, pulling his chin from Severus' grasp, and again looking at the ground.
Severus stood up, and faced Remus, who had his mouth cupped in his hand. Severus wasn't sure if he was shocked at what Harry had just said, or by the way Severus was treating Harry, James' son.
"Do you have any Dreamless-sleep potion?" Severus asked, choosing to ignore the shock on his face.
Remus nodded, and then left to get some. He quickly returned, handing the potion to Severus.
Severus bent back down so he was again, eye level with Harry.
"Harry, I want you to drink this, it will make you feel better." Severus said holding the bottle out to Harry.
Harry nodded.
And with the help of Severus, Harry drank the entire potion.
Once Severus was sure Harry had gone to sleep, he got up and again, faced Remus.
"Thankyou once again, I'll be back as soon as I can." Severus turned towards the fireplace when he heard Remus talk to him. He stopped but didn't turn around.
"You are really good for him Severus, I'm sure James and Lily appreciate everything you are doing for Harry." Remus said, with a lot of emotion in his voice, just from talking about his friends.
Severus just continued walking until he reached the fireplace, he chucked some floo powder in there and stepped into it, he turned around so he was facing Remus' living room, and shouted "Snape Manor" and just before he was whisked away, he saw Remus by Harry's side, pulling some hair away from his face.
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Remus watched as Harry slept, he looked so much like James. He placed a blanket on the boy, and a pillow under his head. He wished that he had been able to take care of Harry when James' and Lily had died, he had defiantly tried. Damn Ministry. Did they really think that he would have put Harry at risk when he turned into a werewolf! He would have took Harry somewhere else for that night, even Dumbledore had volunteered, but they wouldn't listen, all they knew was that Remus was a werewolf, and that was all they wanted to know, they had already made their decision as soon as they all knew.
Once it was starting to get into early morning, Remus wondered where Severus was, it had been quite a while, what was he doing? But he was beginning to fall asleep, and wasn't awake enough to ponder those questions. So he took his wand and waved it, producing a warm blanket, and a pillow. He placed it besides Harry, and then after making sure the fire was still going in the fireplace, left to go to his room.
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3 hours later
Severus got back to Remus' house very early morning. He hadn't realised it would take so long to check his house and to fix it up. It was now a creature free house, and a furnished one. But now he was exhausted. All he wanted to do was sleep, he almost did on the way to Remus' house, and even the bumpy ride there didn't help to keep him awake. But the fact that he kept getting burnt by fire did help to keep him awake.
He walked over to Harry and saw that he was still sleeping. He looked like he was in the same position as when he had left him, except now there was a blanket covering him and pillow under his head. Severus sat down next to Harry, not realising there was something there until he had already flattened it, but luckily it was nothing breakable. He pulled the items out and saw that they were a pillow and a big warm blanket, they were obviously for him, but he just wanted to go back home. But his eyes prevented that, by the fact that they refused to open. He finally gave in, falling asleep, next to him, lay Harry, peacefully sleeping.
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At around 9am, Remus woke up, he never could sleep in. He walked out, completely forgetting that Harry was still there. He got up and stretched, he went out to go put some coffee on when he saw something that made him smile. Severus lay sleeping with Harry asleep on his lap. They both look so peaceful. He couldn't help but think that that was meant to be Harry and James. Not Harry and Severus. The smile turned into a sad smile. He was still glad that Harry had someone.
He left and went into the kitchen, to get breakfast ready.
Chapter 3 - A night visit
They were going to travel by floo Powder, but Severus thought that might be a little too scary for Harry. So they went on there way to Hogsmeade. This time Harry was able to have a good look around the castle as they were heading outside.
Harry didn't think he had ever smiled so much in his life before. Everything was amazing, he couldn't wait to comeback here.
They made there way into Hogsmeade, which was basically empty. Severus grabbed Harry's hand and right before their eyes, Hogsmeade disappeared.
They appeared in a dusty old looking house. Harry heard Severus mutter something like "home sweet home" though he didn't sound very happy. Severus still had Harry's hand, but neither seemed to notice it, they were both looking around, Severus was taking in old surroundings, and Harry was taking in new surroundings.
"Sorry Harry, I haven't had time to get this place ready" Severus said, finally letting go of Harry's hand to get his wand out. He muttered another spell and all the dust disappeared. "That's a bit better." He continued muttering to himself, as he walked around, making a mental list of things to do. Finally he seemed to stop, and looked over to Harry.
"Come on, I'll show you to your room." Severus said as he began to walk up the stairs on the other side of the house, Harry following close behind.
Severus stopped outside a door about halfway down the hallway. He opened it to reveal a completely empty room. It had one window, and another door, which was a closet. He led Harry in the room, and told him he would be back in a couple of minutes. He wanted to check on his room, and he knew Harry should get used to his room, let him have a look around. Not that there was much to look at.
He left, leaving the door ajar.
He then went over to the other side of the hall, opposite to Harry's door, and opened the door that lay there. Opening it, he found everything the way he had left it, nothing had changed.
His old room.
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Harry liked his new room, even though it was reasonably bare at the moment, it was big, and with four years of being cramped in a small cupboard, this was heaven. He walked over to the window but it was too high up for him to see out of, he looked around for something to stand on, but the room was bare. He went over to the closet, to see if it had anything in it. He opened it, but it was too dark to see. He was about to step in closer, when he heard a noise. He immediately stepped back. Suddenly his uncle stepped out, looking as furious as ever.
Harry felt all colour slip away from his face. He backed away into the corner of the room, shaking with fear. All the while, his uncle stepped closer and closer. He too was shaking, not with fear, but with anger. His Uncle's fists were clenched at his sides, the way they always were before he was about to attack. He saw his Uncle's hand move backwards, getting ready to strike.
"No! Please don't." Harry started to feel tears falling down his face. He was now crouched down on the floor, trying to get as far away from his Uncle as he could.
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Severus was still looking around his room when he heard Harry's panicked voice. He quickly left his room and went back into Harry's room. What he saw was enough to make him stop dead in his tracks right by the door.
Harry was crouching on the floor, crying while his uncle was standing over him, looking angry as hell. He could tell that the man was about to hit Harry, so without even thinking, he took out his wand in record speed, and yelled "Stupefy!"
Harry's uncle stumbled backwards, but it didn't have the full affect of what should have happened. Severus was confused at this, but then he noticed that the closet was open, quickly piecing two and two together, and thinking that if he was wrong, no harm would be done, he pointed his wand at Harry's uncle and shouted "Riddikulus". And with a crack the boggart was gone.
Severus quickly walked over to Harry. The boy was still shaking, looking where his uncle had once been. He bent down so he was almost the same size as Harry was normally standing up.
"Harry" not getting a response he continued. "Harry, look at me." Severus held Harry's jaw and made him look at him. Tears were still falling down the boys face.
"It's okay, he's gone now." Severus said soothingly.
Harry looked back to where his uncle had once been, and then back to Severus. Still shaking, he jumped up onto his feet, and put his arms around Severus' neck, and hugged Severus tight. Severus put his arms around Harry and at the same time, picked him up. Harry's head buried into his shoulder.
Knowing he should check the rest of the house for anything like that, he took Harry and himself to the fireplace. Using his wand with his free hand, he lit a fire with it, then putting it back into his pocket, he threw some floo powder into the fire place that was in front of him. Once the flames were green, he stepped into it, and yelled "Lupin manor" and both Severus and Harry disappeared into the fire.
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When they reached Lupin's house, they were lucky to find that he was there alone, sitting on his couch in front of the fireplace reading the Daily Prophet in his living room. He immediately stood up at the sight of Severus entering his house with a boy in his arms.
"Severus? What are you doing here? And who is th- is that Harry?" Lupin said all at once.
"Yes, this is Harry, and he just had a bit of a scare, involving a boggart. I thought it would be best if I brought him here." Severus said calmly.
Lupin nodded, understanding. "Yes of course, you can both stay here as long as you need to."
"Well actually, I was hoping you could look after Harry, while I go back to my house to check and make sure there are no more surprises around there." Severus said, looking down at the boy who hadn't moved an inch, his face still hidden in Severus' now wet shirt.
Lupin nodded, and motioned for Severus to put him on the couch.
Severus made his way over there. He carefully sat Harry on the couch, which he took up barely any room on. The boy was still wide-awake. Severus knelled down so he was in front of him.
"Harry, I'm going to go in a minute, but I'll be back as soon as I can, in the meantime, Remus is going to look after you, you can trust him." Severus said looking deep into boys beautiful emerald eyes.
Harry just nodded
"It's probably a good idea for you to get some sleep, okay Harry."
Harry shook his head, saying no, a panicked look coming over him.
"Harry, what's wrong?" Severus asked, concern shown on his face.
"I can't sleep, I can't..." Harry said, looking towards the ground.
"Why not Harry?" Severus asked
"He'll be there" Harry whispered.
"Who?" Severus asked, fearing that he already knew the answer.
Harry didn't answer, but a few tears escaped his eyes, rolling down his check.
"Who Harry?" Severus asked, this time taking Harry's chin in his hands, and making him look in his eyes.
"M-my Uncle" Harry whispered, pulling his chin from Severus' grasp, and again looking at the ground.
Severus stood up, and faced Remus, who had his mouth cupped in his hand. Severus wasn't sure if he was shocked at what Harry had just said, or by the way Severus was treating Harry, James' son.
"Do you have any Dreamless-sleep potion?" Severus asked, choosing to ignore the shock on his face.
Remus nodded, and then left to get some. He quickly returned, handing the potion to Severus.
Severus bent back down so he was again, eye level with Harry.
"Harry, I want you to drink this, it will make you feel better." Severus said holding the bottle out to Harry.
Harry nodded.
And with the help of Severus, Harry drank the entire potion.
Once Severus was sure Harry had gone to sleep, he got up and again, faced Remus.
"Thankyou once again, I'll be back as soon as I can." Severus turned towards the fireplace when he heard Remus talk to him. He stopped but didn't turn around.
"You are really good for him Severus, I'm sure James and Lily appreciate everything you are doing for Harry." Remus said, with a lot of emotion in his voice, just from talking about his friends.
Severus just continued walking until he reached the fireplace, he chucked some floo powder in there and stepped into it, he turned around so he was facing Remus' living room, and shouted "Snape Manor" and just before he was whisked away, he saw Remus by Harry's side, pulling some hair away from his face.
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Remus watched as Harry slept, he looked so much like James. He placed a blanket on the boy, and a pillow under his head. He wished that he had been able to take care of Harry when James' and Lily had died, he had defiantly tried. Damn Ministry. Did they really think that he would have put Harry at risk when he turned into a werewolf! He would have took Harry somewhere else for that night, even Dumbledore had volunteered, but they wouldn't listen, all they knew was that Remus was a werewolf, and that was all they wanted to know, they had already made their decision as soon as they all knew.
Once it was starting to get into early morning, Remus wondered where Severus was, it had been quite a while, what was he doing? But he was beginning to fall asleep, and wasn't awake enough to ponder those questions. So he took his wand and waved it, producing a warm blanket, and a pillow. He placed it besides Harry, and then after making sure the fire was still going in the fireplace, left to go to his room.
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3 hours later
Severus got back to Remus' house very early morning. He hadn't realised it would take so long to check his house and to fix it up. It was now a creature free house, and a furnished one. But now he was exhausted. All he wanted to do was sleep, he almost did on the way to Remus' house, and even the bumpy ride there didn't help to keep him awake. But the fact that he kept getting burnt by fire did help to keep him awake.
He walked over to Harry and saw that he was still sleeping. He looked like he was in the same position as when he had left him, except now there was a blanket covering him and pillow under his head. Severus sat down next to Harry, not realising there was something there until he had already flattened it, but luckily it was nothing breakable. He pulled the items out and saw that they were a pillow and a big warm blanket, they were obviously for him, but he just wanted to go back home. But his eyes prevented that, by the fact that they refused to open. He finally gave in, falling asleep, next to him, lay Harry, peacefully sleeping.
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At around 9am, Remus woke up, he never could sleep in. He walked out, completely forgetting that Harry was still there. He got up and stretched, he went out to go put some coffee on when he saw something that made him smile. Severus lay sleeping with Harry asleep on his lap. They both look so peaceful. He couldn't help but think that that was meant to be Harry and James. Not Harry and Severus. The smile turned into a sad smile. He was still glad that Harry had someone.
He left and went into the kitchen, to get breakfast ready.