A/N: - I updated! I'm so pleased with myself
Disclaimer: - Same old, same old
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Previously on chapter 8
Remus nodded "Its to be expected. What about becoming a Snape? That was a difficult choice I would imagine."
"It was. I don't know if it was the right one though"
Remus studied the boy, no young man sitting in front of him. It was the right decision, Remus thought to himself. He will think so too in time. Once Severus and Harry opened up to each other. He smiled. Yes, it will be fun getting them to be father and son. They both disserve it.
Chapter 9 - Enrolment and job offers
Severus paced the pallor, waiting for his son to turn up. Harry had not come down stairs and had missed dinner. Severus was starting to worry.
Daemon Vaughan and Sir Fredrick sat in the chairs watching Severus pass them again.
"Snape, calm down." Sargood told the pacing man. Severus just glared and passed them again. "Well, then, think of the carpet. Your going to ware the it down."
Daemon pushed himself out of his seat "Walk me to the gate house if you want to stalk" Both man left the house and walked down the drive.
"Oh, yes" Daemon remembered another reason he came to Rippon Lea, "I've got you an appointment for you and your son to see the headmaster of Veneficus School of Magic tomorrow at noon."
Severus smiled slightly "Thank-you, Daemon. You didn't have to do that."
"Nonsense, Severus. What are friends for."
Friends. Something Severus never really had had. It fills strange, almost to good to be true.
The men entered the gate house to see Lupin reading a book and Harry asleep on the couch. Severus looked out Lupin under hooded eyes.
"Why is Harry here?"
"Harry helped me unpack. He had some dinner and fell asleep on the couch not long after. I didn't want to disturb him." Remus replied calmly, closing his book and standing up. "I'll see Mr. Vaughan off. Why don't you take Harry to his room, Severus? I think he would be much more comfortable in his own bed."
Severus nodded "Your right, Lupin." Severus turned to Daemon and clasped the mans hand "I'll see you later, Daemon."
"I should hope so. You're not getting rid of me that easily, Severus"
Severus scoped Harry into his arm and walked back to the manor. Reaching Harry's room he laid the boy down in the already turned down bed, took off his shoes and pulled up the cover. Harry curled up as soon as the covers were drawn up to his chin
Severus pushed back Harry's fringe and placed a fatherly kiss on his forehead
"Sleep well, Harry."
Severus was almost to the door when he heard a soft reply
"Good night, dad."
The potions master's heart swelled as he closed the door.
*****
Opaleye Island was in between Victoria and Tasmania. Veneficus School of Magic lay in the middle of the island. The island also had a village, shops, grasslands, a lake, a valley and a forest.
Severus and Harry had port keyed to the outside of the town, where they were to meet a carriage to take to the school, which happened to be two meters in front of them.
The person waiting by the coach was a short man that had the head and chest of a man and legs and horns of a goat. A Satyrs, Severus thought
He tilted his head slightly to the side "Are you the Snapes'?"
Severus step forward "Yes, I'm Severus Snape and this is my son Harry"
The satyrs step forward and shook both of there hands "I'm Adair Huxley. I'm to be your coachmen for today."
Severus and Harry climbed into the carriage, which happened to be drawn by a pure white horse and had eyes that looked like diamonds
It was a tense silence, in the carriage. Both men didn't want to bring up the subject of Harry calling Severus dad.
The shops they pasted in the town looked to be almost a copy of Hogsmead except the shops had different names.
Harry called to Huxley in the drivers seat. "What is the name of the town?"
"That would be Widdershins." Huxley called back "Lovely place it is. When the settlers set up the school on this island they made it to be the same as your Hogwarts in England, right down to every secret passage way. So they decided to make to the village the same as the one out side of Hogwarts. Hogsmead I think its called."
"Yes, Hogsmead. But the names are different." Harry said
"Well, you didn't expect it to be exactly the same, did you?"
Severus laughed at that. "What is your job, Huxley?"
"I am the coachman as you can see and I am also the grounds keeper."
All conversation stopped as they carriage went through the gate. When Huxley had said Veneficus looked the same as Hogwarts he wasn't kidding. It was the exactly the same, right down to the very last brick. A moment later they pulled up at the front of the castle.
"Here we go." Huxley said to the men. "Like I said, the same as Hogwarts. And the headmasters office is the same too. The password is lavender drops ." Huxley laughed "The headmaster has a soft spot for muggle lollies."
Severus stopped dead in his tracks and turned to ask Huxley a question put he had already gone.
"'Father'?" Harry asked, wondering why he was acting like that.
Severus shook his head "Nothing. Shall we?"
The Snapes made there way though the school, which was becoming quite scary, the only things that was different from the school back home was the paintings and statues. They reach the statue to the headmasters office, which was of a Diricawl.
Severus said the password and the went up. Harry reach the door first and knocked
"Come in" The voice called from inside, unnerving Severus.
The entered and the first thing they noticed that it had portraits of headmasters and headmistress past and all around had things from all around the world. Harry would have liked to looked around except for his 'father's' intake of breath.
Harry turned to see what startled his father so and the sight made his jaw drop. The man standing behind the desk was none other then Albus Dumbledore's brother Alberforth Dumbledore.
*****
Alberforth Dumbledore chuckled at the two startled men. Alberforth had not seen Severus Snape since the first fall of Voldimort, just before he had left England. The boy next to Snape could be none other then James and Lily Potter's son Harry. Though to see these two particular people together is surprising.
"Severus, Harry, please take a seat. Could I offer either of you a lavender drop? It has chocolate in the middle."
Severus shook his head and took a seat, Harry nodded his head and took a seat next to his 'father'. Alberforth placed a tray of them in front of the boy to pick at. Harry took one will murmuring a thank-you.
Alberforth smiled "Your welcome, dear boy. Now I heard that you want to enrol here. May I ask why you chose to change schools?"
Severus went into the tail of how Harry and his appearance in Australia and even mentioning Lupin as well, while painting a black picture of the new minister.
Alberforth nodded his head thoughtfully, "Well, I can see why you are here now. I always liked to be insubordinate towards the English Ministry. Harry, you need not worry about not finishing school anymore. You will always have a place here as long as you need and that goes for you two, Severus, if you like."
Alberforth had that infernal twinkle in his eye, just like Albus. "What do you mean, Headmaster?"
Alberforth laughed "I mean, Severus, that our potion professor retired last year and we've been looking for a replacement for sometime except that some people a scared to take up the job for all the students acts up in that class, that is if you want to have grey hair by the end of the year, the job is yours."
Severus thought for a moment "I'll take it and I can promise you that I will not have grey hairs by the end of the year."
"Yeah, the students will" Harry mumbled under his breath, though both Severus and Alberforth heard.
Alberforth smiled "Well, that settled then. Severus will became the potions professor and Harry will become a student."
The headmaster was interrupted when there was a knock on the door.
"Come in" Alberforth called
The door opened and the Mistress of Magic, Danika Jostens and Lupin entered the room with a third person behind.
Severus and Harry turned in their seats while Alberforth rose from his seat "Danika, Remus. What can I do for you, both?"
Danika smiled at the elderly man "I just came to drop of Mister Snapes godson at his house" Severus stood quickly at that "but he turned out to be here and thought it better to drop the boy of here."
Remus step to the side and touched the boy on the should to step forward.
Draco Malfoy walked over to his godfather and gave him a large hug "Hello, Severus"
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I have a cliff hanger, YES! Love doing them but hate reading them. Always the way, isn't it.
Satyrs. These wild dwellers of wood and field had the head and chest of a man and the legs and horns of a goat.
Widdershins is a magic symbol that can be used in spells. It is like a horse shoe facing upward.
Diricawl is a plump-bodied, fluffy-feathered, flightless bird. Look in your copy of Fantastic Beast & Where To Find Them by Newt Scamander for more information on the bird
Disclaimer: - Same old, same old
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Previously on chapter 8
Remus nodded "Its to be expected. What about becoming a Snape? That was a difficult choice I would imagine."
"It was. I don't know if it was the right one though"
Remus studied the boy, no young man sitting in front of him. It was the right decision, Remus thought to himself. He will think so too in time. Once Severus and Harry opened up to each other. He smiled. Yes, it will be fun getting them to be father and son. They both disserve it.
Chapter 9 - Enrolment and job offers
Severus paced the pallor, waiting for his son to turn up. Harry had not come down stairs and had missed dinner. Severus was starting to worry.
Daemon Vaughan and Sir Fredrick sat in the chairs watching Severus pass them again.
"Snape, calm down." Sargood told the pacing man. Severus just glared and passed them again. "Well, then, think of the carpet. Your going to ware the it down."
Daemon pushed himself out of his seat "Walk me to the gate house if you want to stalk" Both man left the house and walked down the drive.
"Oh, yes" Daemon remembered another reason he came to Rippon Lea, "I've got you an appointment for you and your son to see the headmaster of Veneficus School of Magic tomorrow at noon."
Severus smiled slightly "Thank-you, Daemon. You didn't have to do that."
"Nonsense, Severus. What are friends for."
Friends. Something Severus never really had had. It fills strange, almost to good to be true.
The men entered the gate house to see Lupin reading a book and Harry asleep on the couch. Severus looked out Lupin under hooded eyes.
"Why is Harry here?"
"Harry helped me unpack. He had some dinner and fell asleep on the couch not long after. I didn't want to disturb him." Remus replied calmly, closing his book and standing up. "I'll see Mr. Vaughan off. Why don't you take Harry to his room, Severus? I think he would be much more comfortable in his own bed."
Severus nodded "Your right, Lupin." Severus turned to Daemon and clasped the mans hand "I'll see you later, Daemon."
"I should hope so. You're not getting rid of me that easily, Severus"
Severus scoped Harry into his arm and walked back to the manor. Reaching Harry's room he laid the boy down in the already turned down bed, took off his shoes and pulled up the cover. Harry curled up as soon as the covers were drawn up to his chin
Severus pushed back Harry's fringe and placed a fatherly kiss on his forehead
"Sleep well, Harry."
Severus was almost to the door when he heard a soft reply
"Good night, dad."
The potions master's heart swelled as he closed the door.
*****
Opaleye Island was in between Victoria and Tasmania. Veneficus School of Magic lay in the middle of the island. The island also had a village, shops, grasslands, a lake, a valley and a forest.
Severus and Harry had port keyed to the outside of the town, where they were to meet a carriage to take to the school, which happened to be two meters in front of them.
The person waiting by the coach was a short man that had the head and chest of a man and legs and horns of a goat. A Satyrs, Severus thought
He tilted his head slightly to the side "Are you the Snapes'?"
Severus step forward "Yes, I'm Severus Snape and this is my son Harry"
The satyrs step forward and shook both of there hands "I'm Adair Huxley. I'm to be your coachmen for today."
Severus and Harry climbed into the carriage, which happened to be drawn by a pure white horse and had eyes that looked like diamonds
It was a tense silence, in the carriage. Both men didn't want to bring up the subject of Harry calling Severus dad.
The shops they pasted in the town looked to be almost a copy of Hogsmead except the shops had different names.
Harry called to Huxley in the drivers seat. "What is the name of the town?"
"That would be Widdershins." Huxley called back "Lovely place it is. When the settlers set up the school on this island they made it to be the same as your Hogwarts in England, right down to every secret passage way. So they decided to make to the village the same as the one out side of Hogwarts. Hogsmead I think its called."
"Yes, Hogsmead. But the names are different." Harry said
"Well, you didn't expect it to be exactly the same, did you?"
Severus laughed at that. "What is your job, Huxley?"
"I am the coachman as you can see and I am also the grounds keeper."
All conversation stopped as they carriage went through the gate. When Huxley had said Veneficus looked the same as Hogwarts he wasn't kidding. It was the exactly the same, right down to the very last brick. A moment later they pulled up at the front of the castle.
"Here we go." Huxley said to the men. "Like I said, the same as Hogwarts. And the headmasters office is the same too. The password is lavender drops ." Huxley laughed "The headmaster has a soft spot for muggle lollies."
Severus stopped dead in his tracks and turned to ask Huxley a question put he had already gone.
"'Father'?" Harry asked, wondering why he was acting like that.
Severus shook his head "Nothing. Shall we?"
The Snapes made there way though the school, which was becoming quite scary, the only things that was different from the school back home was the paintings and statues. They reach the statue to the headmasters office, which was of a Diricawl.
Severus said the password and the went up. Harry reach the door first and knocked
"Come in" The voice called from inside, unnerving Severus.
The entered and the first thing they noticed that it had portraits of headmasters and headmistress past and all around had things from all around the world. Harry would have liked to looked around except for his 'father's' intake of breath.
Harry turned to see what startled his father so and the sight made his jaw drop. The man standing behind the desk was none other then Albus Dumbledore's brother Alberforth Dumbledore.
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Alberforth Dumbledore chuckled at the two startled men. Alberforth had not seen Severus Snape since the first fall of Voldimort, just before he had left England. The boy next to Snape could be none other then James and Lily Potter's son Harry. Though to see these two particular people together is surprising.
"Severus, Harry, please take a seat. Could I offer either of you a lavender drop? It has chocolate in the middle."
Severus shook his head and took a seat, Harry nodded his head and took a seat next to his 'father'. Alberforth placed a tray of them in front of the boy to pick at. Harry took one will murmuring a thank-you.
Alberforth smiled "Your welcome, dear boy. Now I heard that you want to enrol here. May I ask why you chose to change schools?"
Severus went into the tail of how Harry and his appearance in Australia and even mentioning Lupin as well, while painting a black picture of the new minister.
Alberforth nodded his head thoughtfully, "Well, I can see why you are here now. I always liked to be insubordinate towards the English Ministry. Harry, you need not worry about not finishing school anymore. You will always have a place here as long as you need and that goes for you two, Severus, if you like."
Alberforth had that infernal twinkle in his eye, just like Albus. "What do you mean, Headmaster?"
Alberforth laughed "I mean, Severus, that our potion professor retired last year and we've been looking for a replacement for sometime except that some people a scared to take up the job for all the students acts up in that class, that is if you want to have grey hair by the end of the year, the job is yours."
Severus thought for a moment "I'll take it and I can promise you that I will not have grey hairs by the end of the year."
"Yeah, the students will" Harry mumbled under his breath, though both Severus and Alberforth heard.
Alberforth smiled "Well, that settled then. Severus will became the potions professor and Harry will become a student."
The headmaster was interrupted when there was a knock on the door.
"Come in" Alberforth called
The door opened and the Mistress of Magic, Danika Jostens and Lupin entered the room with a third person behind.
Severus and Harry turned in their seats while Alberforth rose from his seat "Danika, Remus. What can I do for you, both?"
Danika smiled at the elderly man "I just came to drop of Mister Snapes godson at his house" Severus stood quickly at that "but he turned out to be here and thought it better to drop the boy of here."
Remus step to the side and touched the boy on the should to step forward.
Draco Malfoy walked over to his godfather and gave him a large hug "Hello, Severus"
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I have a cliff hanger, YES! Love doing them but hate reading them. Always the way, isn't it.
Satyrs. These wild dwellers of wood and field had the head and chest of a man and the legs and horns of a goat.
Widdershins is a magic symbol that can be used in spells. It is like a horse shoe facing upward.
Diricawl is a plump-bodied, fluffy-feathered, flightless bird. Look in your copy of Fantastic Beast & Where To Find Them by Newt Scamander for more information on the bird
