Chapter 4 Dumbledore's Office
"What's that?" I asked, feeling my stomach tie into knots.
"Severus."
"What about him?" I asked trying not to let my emotions show. I didn't really like talking about what had happened with Severus. He left me to follow Voldemort and when that decision was made, the Severus I knew was gone.
"Severus is the Potions Master here."
"You do know about him being a... a dea..." I couldn't say it. I honestly didn't want to believe it after all these years, although I finally had to give up home of him turning around and coming back. "A you know what." I said unable to bring myself to say it.
"Yes I am aware of his past. Someday he will let you know the whole story. Someday soon I'd expect." Dumbledore smiled at me. "Your nephew will be arriving with in a few hours." He said.
"Harry? Why is he coming early to school? I would have thought that he'd be like James was about summer vacation, doesn't come soon enough and doesn't last long enough."
"Ah, well. Harry spends most of his summers with Lily's muggle sister and her husband and son."
"What?" I asked. "Harry has been living with Vernon and Petunia?" I couldn't believe this; my only living relative has been living with the worse kind of muggles imaginable.
"Yes. When the time came to decide where Harry would live we couldn't locate you and then you were doing the work for the Ministry which was rather risky business if I recall correctly."
Suddenly there was a loud bang, a puff of green smoke, and... James?