Harry listened as Ron and Hermione left, the door closing softly behind them, wearing his Invisibility Cloak. There was a tense silence for a few moments, all three wizards deep in thought. Harry was the only one who felt as if his head was going to explode. He just couldn't handle all of this in one night. However, the older wizards seemed more calm, as if they had handled this kind of problem before. Harry sat there, his eyes glued to the deep red carpet, completely lost in his own world. 'Great...just great...now they're gonna find out everything...and then Vernon will...' Harry gulped at the thought, 'kill me....god, I can't handle much more of this. All of this is too much to take in...I feel like I'm going to explode. I wish Sirius was here...he'd help me out... but maybe he wouldn't help me, I mean, I did kill 't blame him...I killed him...I killed him...' At the thought Harry felt tears burning in his eyes, and kept his eyes on the floor.

Harry must've been thinking for a while, and deep in thought, too, because he didn't hear Severus or Dumbledore call him several times, but he was lost in his mind. "Harry!" Severus called, and stood up and went over to his son. Severus was worried, and that was saying something, as he never got worried too easily, he usually stayed calm, even in the presence of Voldemort. Severus laid a hand on Harry's shoulder. And Harry, who was oblivious to the real world, snapped out of his thoughts when he felt someone touch his shoulder. His head snapped out, and he flinched away and curled into a ball against the chair.

Severus and Dumbledore exchanged worried looks, both of them wondering what Harry was pondering on. There was another moment of silence before Dumbledore broke it. "Harry, what were you thinking about?" Harry looked up into the headmaster's eyes and saw pure fear in the usually calm blue eyes. Harry tried to talk, but he felt a lump form in his throat when he tried to talk. He finally got past it and mumbled, "It was nothing important, Professor." Harry turned away from the Headmaster and looked at his father, and his face was also showing fear, though not as much as Dumbledore's, seeing as the former Death Eater was skilled at hiding his emotions. But that didn't help much in this situation. Dumbledore sighed, he would talk about that later.

"Harry." said Severus, a pinch of worry dripping his voice, "We only want to help you. If you don't want to talk about it now, I understand. We can talk later, but you will have to eventually. Ok?" Harry simply nodded. At least now he could plan what he would tell them, so that Vernon wouldn't hurt him more. "Now, Harry, I assume that you've noticed that your appearance has been changing." Harry nodded again, not being able to find his voice. "When the students return from their break, we will tell them that you have gone into training to defeat Voldemort, as everyone now knows that you are destined to defeat the Dark Lord, once and for all. We will also say that we have a transfer student from Durmstrang, you. Your surname will be Snape, while you are free to choose your first name." Dumbledore explained rather calmly.

Harry thought about that. What should be his name? He got to choose it, so it should be something he liked. He liked Harry, just Harry. Maybe he could keep that name, only one way to find out. "Professor, can I just keep my current name?" he asked, slightly anxious. Dumbledore sighed, knowing that Harry wouldn't understand. "I'm sorry, Harry, but people will become suspicious if you keep your name. You can't keep that name, my boy." Harry looked down, feeling a little sad. He really liked his name. Sirius had once told him that his parents, James and Lily Potter, had chosen that name together. Tears formed in his emerald eyes, but he ignored them.

"Harry, it'll be alright. We can still call you Harry in private if you want, us and your friends." said Severus, as if reading his son's mind. Harry seemed to accept that, as that would be the best he would get, he replied, "Fine." "So, what do you want your name to be, Harry?" asked his father, and that put Harry in deep thought again. 'Think...think...if I could change my name, well, actully, I AM changing my name, so...what should I choose? James? No, I don't want to remind Sna-...my father of him, then again, now that I know he's not my dad, I feel like I don't care. Um....what about Aaron? Nah, I don't want to think of my only Muggle friend...hmmm, what should I choose? Damn it! This is harder than I thought!'

While Harry was thinking, Dumbledore and Snape were concerned. Harry, or the former-Harry, was thinking for a long time. "Harry? Have you decided yet?" asked Severus. Harry snapped out of his thoughts, and looked up. "Um...yes...but.." "What is it, Harry?" asked Dumbledore. "I think that I want my new name to be Damien. If that's ok?" Harry said a bit too fast. Severus nodded, "Very well, then. You'll be sleeping in my rooms from now on. We'll talk about everything else tomorrow. Your things are already there. Come on." said Severus, and they both got up and left Dumbledore's office, leaving the ancient wizard to think about how to get Harry to talk about his problems at the Dursleys. Both Severus and Dumbledore were determined to find out and help Harry, or Damien, in any way possible.