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Severus' heart filled with something as he thought of Harry.
#Harry never needed to go to his other relatives.... he could have stayed with me.... his true father...#
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Harry woke up and saw white. #my cupboard is not white. It's black. All black. # He thought to himself before looking around. #Smells... different... Where am I? I'm going to be in so much trouble...#
Harry tried to move his legs, but a throb in them immediately stopped him. A lady with a blue dress and white apron and hat came out of a door on the opposite side of the room and smiled when she saw Harry.
"Up now? Good. I have a few potions to give to you." She said walking over to a cabinet near the door she just exited. Harry watched with wide eyes. Why was he here? Where are the Durselys? Where was he? Who brought him here? He vaguely remembered someone in his house that said he wouldn't be hurt ever again...Where was that person? Harry had felt...safe... with that man... but why? Harry was a no one, wasn't he? No one cared for him and he was just a nuisance, right?
Harry looked around for the man that had taken him away, but didn't see him anywhere. Harry's shoulders sagged. #He saw me... he saw what happened to me and decided to leave me here. He wouldn't care for a boy like me...#
The lady came over to Harry and put out a hand to check his temperature, but Harry's eyes grew wide and then shut tight and he backed down into the bed as far as he could and put his arms to protect his face despite the fact that they were screaming for him to stop moving.
Madam Pomfrey brought her hand back sharply. #What.... OH MY! He thought I was going to hit him! The poor dear... Maybe I should get Severus to talk to him... and take that charm off of him. # She thought with concern. The little boy had been in her care not even 24 hours yet and she already cared for him as if he were her own.
"Dear, I'm not going to hurt you, okay? I want to help you. I am Madam Pomfrey and I'm a healer. You may call me a doctor. You will never see the Durselys ever again, okay?" Pomfrey said soothingly as she sat by him on the bed. This boy needed some one to care for him, and she would be one of the many people that would give it to him.
Harry looked at the woman as if she'd just grown another ten heads and they all spoke gibberish. #Healer? Not hurt me? HELP me? Never see the Durselys again? What in the world is she talking about? I've never been anywhere but the Durselys. No one would ever care for a stupid little boy like me! Oh.... I think I'm going to be sick...# Harry thought before he got started to cough so hard he threw up blood.
#Oh no! Not again... she's going to kill me! # Harry flinched, expecting screaming and yelling and beating.
#the poor dear! # Pomfrey thought, and she gave Harry a blue bottle with pink potion inside it and told him to drink it all gone.
"What... is it?" Harry asked.
"It's a potion... a medicine... that will help you." She replied, taking out her wand.
When Harry saw the wand that looked like the thing the person from his dreams used to kill that read-haired lady and that black-haired man and also reminded him of the stick that Uncle Vernon used to beat him, Harry screamed and pulled the blankets over his head, making the potion get all over his blankets.
"SEVERUS! ALBUS!" Pomfrey called, gently pulling the covers away from Harry and cleaning up the blood and potion with her wand.
"Harry, dear, do not be afraid. Please drink this potion," She gave him another blue bottle, "And this potion," She gave him a glass vial when he finished the blue one. "Now rest for a while, okay? I'll bring up some breakfast later when you wake up. Now go to sleep, ok?"
Harry nodded with his eyes wide and drank the potion given to him by the strange, strange woman and lay his head down stiffly on the soft pillow.
#she is so...nice to me... I shouldn't have screamed. # Harry's last thoughts were soon forgotten in the deep sleep that consumed his mind only a few seconds later.
!?!?!?!?!!?!?!? 5 minutes later ?!?!?!?!?!?!?
"Poppy, how is Harry?" Albus Dumbledore asked. They were all in Poppy Pomfrey's Office just a little ways from where Harry was sleeping.
"Albus, I truly fear for the boy. He doesn't like anyone to touch him, and he screamed when I pulled my wand out." Poppy replied.
"He didn't seem to like contact with me when I got him from those... those... Things." Severus said angrily. He didn't like the idea of the Dursely's beating his son. Severus Snape despised child abuse, his child or not. He knew how it felt, for his own parents were abusive and he had tried all his life to not make anyone else's lives living Hells like his was. Severus was very confused. His only love had taken that away when she died, leaving Severus all alone with no emotion left in him, and yet he had a son. How was he going to take care of an abused four-year-old when he had no one to get tips from? Albus was the only parental figure he had ever had, but it was lacking something.
"Severus," Poppy's voice broke him out of his revarie, "Harry's going to need you. He looked around as if he was trying to find someone earlier and I think that person was you. You should visit him later and talk to him. He'll be fine tomorrow. Looks like the Durselys hadn't beaten him for a while until yesterday, but he is severely malnourished. I want to get someone to punish those people for doing that to Harry. I want to get a claim on Child Abuse, Neglect, Attempted Murder, and a few other choice things." Pomfrey said, her voice rising in anger as she spoke.
Albus raised a hand. "That is for Severus to decide. Harry is his child. Now, we need to get Harry all better and settled in with Severus and get adoption papers filled out. Poppy, will you please go get Professor Flitwick and Professor McGonagall?"
Poppy nodded and walked out of the room.
"Albus... I... err... I mean... How am I going to take care of a child?" Severus asked.
"You know how, Severus. You know exactly how." Albus replied, his eyes twinkling madly.
"I won't like this will I?" Severus asked with a long defeated sigh that made the headmaster laugh.
"You will. Follow your instincts, Severus. I believe Harry is awakening. Go talk to him and explain what will be happening tonight. Explain why he is here, how he got here, who the people are, and what will happen to him in the near future." Albus walked out of the room before Severus could complain.
#Okay.... calm down, Severus. I'm talking to myself, and I'm getting... nervous?! Severus Snape, the greedy haired git that favors Slytherins and hates Gryffindor with no feelings is getting nervous because of a mere four year old? #
Severus smacked his forehead and slowly stepped out of the room. He took a deep breathe to calm his nerves and put on his usual mask of indifference over the emotions that came to his heart as soon as he saw the broken boy in front of his eyes. The Bo- Harry. Harry sat in his bed, looking at the potion bottles beside him.
He took this moment to survey the boy and see him while the boy wasn't flinching or unconscious. Harry's eyes were a brilliant green and his short hair was jet-black and as messy as ever. Harry looked more like a 2 year old than a four year old, but that was probably due to the boy's bringing up and not because of heritage. Severus was never short in his class, and Lily was always in the middle. Not too tall, not too short. Harry's bruises and cuts were healing fast and it looked like he hadn't eaten for days.
Severus pulled his wand out and said "Brervent", and walked up to the boy, pocketing his wand for the moment.
"Hello." Severus said, sitting on a chair next to the boy.
Harry's head snapped up to look at the Potions Master and his eyes grew wide with shock and... And was that...yes! It was relief to see the man beside him. Harry's face didn't show it though. His face was blank, but his eyes told his life story. The pain, the loneliness, the hope that someone would take him away was obvious there.
Severus' heart filled again with anger and warmth. Anger for the Durselys for doing this to his son, warmth because he loved the boy.
#Love! I don't love! Lily was the only one I would love. But those... those eyes. They're Lily's eyes. So innocent. Like a doe's eyes. I can't say I don't love him. Our son... the last part of Lily I have. #
"Hello." Harry started Severus out of his thoughts.
"How are you doing?" Severus asked.
Harry looked surprised at this. #He's asking me how I'm doing!? Better answer him or he'll hurt you Harry...No he won't...Yes he will.... I don't feel scared like I do when Vernon's around... I feel safe, and he feel's familiar. #
This time Severus brought Harry back to reality. "Harry? Are you ok? How are you feeling?" Severus had to refrain from saying, 'Son' because he had to tell Harry when the headmaster was here.
"I'm doing fine..." Harry stopped himself from asking 'Who are you' because he wasn't sure if he were allowed to ask any questions around this person.
"Harry, I know you're curious about where you are and how you got here... and maybe other things too. Ask any question you want answered about anything, I'll answer." Severus said.
#how thick can he get? Not asking any questions? A normal boy would be talking a million miles an hour, but this isn't a normal boy. What did he do all these years? Stay in his cupboard all day and get food once a week? # Severus thought. A house-elf ran up to Severus at that moment.
"Lika is here, master. What would master like Lika to do for hims today?" the house-elf asked.
"Lika, I would like you to get Harry and me chicken sandwiches, pumpkin juice, tomato soup, and chocolate. Can you do that for me?" Severus asked. Lika was his favorite house-elf. She had taken him to the infirmary many times after his Death Eater meetings and always did what she was supposed to do.
"Yes sir, Right away sir!" Lika said and ran out of the room.
"What was that?" Harry asked Severus. Severus almost didn't hear the question.
"A house-elf. They usually come with big mansions and the ones here are orphaned from their past homes and we keep them safe from their families." Severus explained.
"Where is 'here'?" Harry asked shyly. He was laying down, but wished he could sit up so he could see Severus better.
"Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. I took you from the Durselys and brought you here. You probably wouldn't remember."
"Who are you?" Harry was already beginning to feel like this person could be trusted. He really did answer his questions and he wasn't mean at all.
"Severus Snape. I teach potions... I'm you're..." Severus trailed off.
"It's ok! You didn't have to tell me! I'm sorry!" Harry exclaimed when he mistook Severus' hurt look for an angry look.
"No! It's okay Harry. Here's Albus now," Severus said as he saw the headmaster come in with a short little man, and strict-looking woman in red robes and a red cloak and the woman Harry saw before.
"Harry! You're awake! Severus what have you told him?" Albus asked as he walked in and saw the two occupants of the room actually facing each other and were obviously talking.
Harry thought this man looked like Santa Clause with that long beard and immediately warmed up to him. Something about this man made Harry just feel happy and want to forget all of his fears and his past.
"Only where he was, what Lika was, and that I'm the potions teacher." Severus said standing up.
"Okay. Now is the time to explain who HE is." Albus said gravely.
Severus sat beside Harry again while the other two people sat on the other side of the bed. Albus stood at the end of his bed.
#they're going to gang up on me! Too many people here...# Harry thought frantically as he tried to move closer to Severus. His attempts to hide discreetly were banished as Severus spoke.
"Harry?" Severus asked Harry.
#He won't hurt me... he wont let them hurt me...# Harry calmed himself down.
"Yes?" Harry asked softly.
"Do you know who your parents were?" Albus asked.
"No. Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia said they died in a car crash. That's where I got my scar." Harry said. He tried to pull his bangs back, but his arms protested and he gave up the action as he flinched.
"Harry... They didn't die in a car crash." The woman on his left said.
"What happened to them?" Harry asked Severus.
________________________________________________________ I'm sorry for the cliffy! I couldn't help myself and I wanted to get Flitwick and McGonagall there before I stopped for the day! As I said earlier, I LOVE reviews! They're my writing fuel! The little button down there isn't there completely for pretties! It's partly there to make me happies! Thank you for reading my story!
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Severus' heart filled with something as he thought of Harry.
#Harry never needed to go to his other relatives.... he could have stayed with me.... his true father...#
@$@$@$@$@$@$@
Harry woke up and saw white. #my cupboard is not white. It's black. All black. # He thought to himself before looking around. #Smells... different... Where am I? I'm going to be in so much trouble...#
Harry tried to move his legs, but a throb in them immediately stopped him. A lady with a blue dress and white apron and hat came out of a door on the opposite side of the room and smiled when she saw Harry.
"Up now? Good. I have a few potions to give to you." She said walking over to a cabinet near the door she just exited. Harry watched with wide eyes. Why was he here? Where are the Durselys? Where was he? Who brought him here? He vaguely remembered someone in his house that said he wouldn't be hurt ever again...Where was that person? Harry had felt...safe... with that man... but why? Harry was a no one, wasn't he? No one cared for him and he was just a nuisance, right?
Harry looked around for the man that had taken him away, but didn't see him anywhere. Harry's shoulders sagged. #He saw me... he saw what happened to me and decided to leave me here. He wouldn't care for a boy like me...#
The lady came over to Harry and put out a hand to check his temperature, but Harry's eyes grew wide and then shut tight and he backed down into the bed as far as he could and put his arms to protect his face despite the fact that they were screaming for him to stop moving.
Madam Pomfrey brought her hand back sharply. #What.... OH MY! He thought I was going to hit him! The poor dear... Maybe I should get Severus to talk to him... and take that charm off of him. # She thought with concern. The little boy had been in her care not even 24 hours yet and she already cared for him as if he were her own.
"Dear, I'm not going to hurt you, okay? I want to help you. I am Madam Pomfrey and I'm a healer. You may call me a doctor. You will never see the Durselys ever again, okay?" Pomfrey said soothingly as she sat by him on the bed. This boy needed some one to care for him, and she would be one of the many people that would give it to him.
Harry looked at the woman as if she'd just grown another ten heads and they all spoke gibberish. #Healer? Not hurt me? HELP me? Never see the Durselys again? What in the world is she talking about? I've never been anywhere but the Durselys. No one would ever care for a stupid little boy like me! Oh.... I think I'm going to be sick...# Harry thought before he got started to cough so hard he threw up blood.
#Oh no! Not again... she's going to kill me! # Harry flinched, expecting screaming and yelling and beating.
#the poor dear! # Pomfrey thought, and she gave Harry a blue bottle with pink potion inside it and told him to drink it all gone.
"What... is it?" Harry asked.
"It's a potion... a medicine... that will help you." She replied, taking out her wand.
When Harry saw the wand that looked like the thing the person from his dreams used to kill that read-haired lady and that black-haired man and also reminded him of the stick that Uncle Vernon used to beat him, Harry screamed and pulled the blankets over his head, making the potion get all over his blankets.
"SEVERUS! ALBUS!" Pomfrey called, gently pulling the covers away from Harry and cleaning up the blood and potion with her wand.
"Harry, dear, do not be afraid. Please drink this potion," She gave him another blue bottle, "And this potion," She gave him a glass vial when he finished the blue one. "Now rest for a while, okay? I'll bring up some breakfast later when you wake up. Now go to sleep, ok?"
Harry nodded with his eyes wide and drank the potion given to him by the strange, strange woman and lay his head down stiffly on the soft pillow.
#she is so...nice to me... I shouldn't have screamed. # Harry's last thoughts were soon forgotten in the deep sleep that consumed his mind only a few seconds later.
!?!?!?!?!!?!?!? 5 minutes later ?!?!?!?!?!?!?
"Poppy, how is Harry?" Albus Dumbledore asked. They were all in Poppy Pomfrey's Office just a little ways from where Harry was sleeping.
"Albus, I truly fear for the boy. He doesn't like anyone to touch him, and he screamed when I pulled my wand out." Poppy replied.
"He didn't seem to like contact with me when I got him from those... those... Things." Severus said angrily. He didn't like the idea of the Dursely's beating his son. Severus Snape despised child abuse, his child or not. He knew how it felt, for his own parents were abusive and he had tried all his life to not make anyone else's lives living Hells like his was. Severus was very confused. His only love had taken that away when she died, leaving Severus all alone with no emotion left in him, and yet he had a son. How was he going to take care of an abused four-year-old when he had no one to get tips from? Albus was the only parental figure he had ever had, but it was lacking something.
"Severus," Poppy's voice broke him out of his revarie, "Harry's going to need you. He looked around as if he was trying to find someone earlier and I think that person was you. You should visit him later and talk to him. He'll be fine tomorrow. Looks like the Durselys hadn't beaten him for a while until yesterday, but he is severely malnourished. I want to get someone to punish those people for doing that to Harry. I want to get a claim on Child Abuse, Neglect, Attempted Murder, and a few other choice things." Pomfrey said, her voice rising in anger as she spoke.
Albus raised a hand. "That is for Severus to decide. Harry is his child. Now, we need to get Harry all better and settled in with Severus and get adoption papers filled out. Poppy, will you please go get Professor Flitwick and Professor McGonagall?"
Poppy nodded and walked out of the room.
"Albus... I... err... I mean... How am I going to take care of a child?" Severus asked.
"You know how, Severus. You know exactly how." Albus replied, his eyes twinkling madly.
"I won't like this will I?" Severus asked with a long defeated sigh that made the headmaster laugh.
"You will. Follow your instincts, Severus. I believe Harry is awakening. Go talk to him and explain what will be happening tonight. Explain why he is here, how he got here, who the people are, and what will happen to him in the near future." Albus walked out of the room before Severus could complain.
#Okay.... calm down, Severus. I'm talking to myself, and I'm getting... nervous?! Severus Snape, the greedy haired git that favors Slytherins and hates Gryffindor with no feelings is getting nervous because of a mere four year old? #
Severus smacked his forehead and slowly stepped out of the room. He took a deep breathe to calm his nerves and put on his usual mask of indifference over the emotions that came to his heart as soon as he saw the broken boy in front of his eyes. The Bo- Harry. Harry sat in his bed, looking at the potion bottles beside him.
He took this moment to survey the boy and see him while the boy wasn't flinching or unconscious. Harry's eyes were a brilliant green and his short hair was jet-black and as messy as ever. Harry looked more like a 2 year old than a four year old, but that was probably due to the boy's bringing up and not because of heritage. Severus was never short in his class, and Lily was always in the middle. Not too tall, not too short. Harry's bruises and cuts were healing fast and it looked like he hadn't eaten for days.
Severus pulled his wand out and said "Brervent", and walked up to the boy, pocketing his wand for the moment.
"Hello." Severus said, sitting on a chair next to the boy.
Harry's head snapped up to look at the Potions Master and his eyes grew wide with shock and... And was that...yes! It was relief to see the man beside him. Harry's face didn't show it though. His face was blank, but his eyes told his life story. The pain, the loneliness, the hope that someone would take him away was obvious there.
Severus' heart filled again with anger and warmth. Anger for the Durselys for doing this to his son, warmth because he loved the boy.
#Love! I don't love! Lily was the only one I would love. But those... those eyes. They're Lily's eyes. So innocent. Like a doe's eyes. I can't say I don't love him. Our son... the last part of Lily I have. #
"Hello." Harry started Severus out of his thoughts.
"How are you doing?" Severus asked.
Harry looked surprised at this. #He's asking me how I'm doing!? Better answer him or he'll hurt you Harry...No he won't...Yes he will.... I don't feel scared like I do when Vernon's around... I feel safe, and he feel's familiar. #
This time Severus brought Harry back to reality. "Harry? Are you ok? How are you feeling?" Severus had to refrain from saying, 'Son' because he had to tell Harry when the headmaster was here.
"I'm doing fine..." Harry stopped himself from asking 'Who are you' because he wasn't sure if he were allowed to ask any questions around this person.
"Harry, I know you're curious about where you are and how you got here... and maybe other things too. Ask any question you want answered about anything, I'll answer." Severus said.
#how thick can he get? Not asking any questions? A normal boy would be talking a million miles an hour, but this isn't a normal boy. What did he do all these years? Stay in his cupboard all day and get food once a week? # Severus thought. A house-elf ran up to Severus at that moment.
"Lika is here, master. What would master like Lika to do for hims today?" the house-elf asked.
"Lika, I would like you to get Harry and me chicken sandwiches, pumpkin juice, tomato soup, and chocolate. Can you do that for me?" Severus asked. Lika was his favorite house-elf. She had taken him to the infirmary many times after his Death Eater meetings and always did what she was supposed to do.
"Yes sir, Right away sir!" Lika said and ran out of the room.
"What was that?" Harry asked Severus. Severus almost didn't hear the question.
"A house-elf. They usually come with big mansions and the ones here are orphaned from their past homes and we keep them safe from their families." Severus explained.
"Where is 'here'?" Harry asked shyly. He was laying down, but wished he could sit up so he could see Severus better.
"Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. I took you from the Durselys and brought you here. You probably wouldn't remember."
"Who are you?" Harry was already beginning to feel like this person could be trusted. He really did answer his questions and he wasn't mean at all.
"Severus Snape. I teach potions... I'm you're..." Severus trailed off.
"It's ok! You didn't have to tell me! I'm sorry!" Harry exclaimed when he mistook Severus' hurt look for an angry look.
"No! It's okay Harry. Here's Albus now," Severus said as he saw the headmaster come in with a short little man, and strict-looking woman in red robes and a red cloak and the woman Harry saw before.
"Harry! You're awake! Severus what have you told him?" Albus asked as he walked in and saw the two occupants of the room actually facing each other and were obviously talking.
Harry thought this man looked like Santa Clause with that long beard and immediately warmed up to him. Something about this man made Harry just feel happy and want to forget all of his fears and his past.
"Only where he was, what Lika was, and that I'm the potions teacher." Severus said standing up.
"Okay. Now is the time to explain who HE is." Albus said gravely.
Severus sat beside Harry again while the other two people sat on the other side of the bed. Albus stood at the end of his bed.
#they're going to gang up on me! Too many people here...# Harry thought frantically as he tried to move closer to Severus. His attempts to hide discreetly were banished as Severus spoke.
"Harry?" Severus asked Harry.
#He won't hurt me... he wont let them hurt me...# Harry calmed himself down.
"Yes?" Harry asked softly.
"Do you know who your parents were?" Albus asked.
"No. Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia said they died in a car crash. That's where I got my scar." Harry said. He tried to pull his bangs back, but his arms protested and he gave up the action as he flinched.
"Harry... They didn't die in a car crash." The woman on his left said.
"What happened to them?" Harry asked Severus.
________________________________________________________ I'm sorry for the cliffy! I couldn't help myself and I wanted to get Flitwick and McGonagall there before I stopped for the day! As I said earlier, I LOVE reviews! They're my writing fuel! The little button down there isn't there completely for pretties! It's partly there to make me happies! Thank you for reading my story!
Coward In The Shadows: Thank you for your constructive criticism (sp?) I don't have spell check on my Word Pad, no clue why, but I'll try to look for it if this...thing.... does have it! Thank you for pointing that out. I'll try harder, Kay? Thanks again!
HawaiianPotter: Thanks! I'm posting now!
Phisper: Thank you, too! I love these HP rescued by Sev, too. All the authors I've seen do these have great imaginations! (Most of my fav. stories are H/G or the Harry-rescued-by-Sev thing!)
Zetes Hikaru Yuuki: Thank you, and thank you for telling me what an AU is. I think this is an AU, no? I'll see what I can do about the whole "Anonymous" (sp?) thing, Kay? I didn't know they couldn't review on this! Oh no!
Anora: Posting soon... Hmmm.... I'll try! Thanks!
MarsMoonStar: If I didn't know better, I'd think your name was from Sailor Moon, another Thing I'm a fan for. Thanks, I like interesting!
BookCrazy77: Thank you. I'm trying my best! This is coming off the top of my head!
Stray Dog Song, Corsair: Thank you! I'm updating... no worries!
BugEyedMonster: Yay! 2 people telling me what an AU is! I'd like the link, if you can! Thank you!
SweetSpirit13: Thank you! I'm trying!
Me: Great name! I know, I've read a few like that, and it makes me mad! Here's another chapter!
Katzy/HaliJade/CJ