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Chapter 3

'What should I do now?' Harry thought while Minerva carried him to the Hospital Wing. 'Do I tell anyone else about me? And if I do, to whom should I tell? I can't tell Professor Dumbledore. I don't trust him completely any more after what happend last year. And I don't know the other teachers very well.'

At that moment they arrived in the Hospital Wing.

"Poppy! Where are you?" Professor McGonagall yelled.

"I'm here. No need to yell!" Madame Pomfrey said exiting her office.

"Sorry, Poppy. Can you check this little one, please?"

"Of course! Might I ask who this little one is?"

"It's Harry Potter. I think that headmaster is planning on keeping it a secret that he's here, so don't tell anyone!"

"OK, Minerva. Now, let's check this young men!"

Poppy took Harry and did all kinds of tests on him. After she was done, she placed him on one of the beds and gave him the Dreamless Sleep potion. The toddler was asleep within five minutes.

The next morning, Severus entered the Hospital Wing feeling very rested and refreshed.

"Hello, Severus! What are you doing here?" Madame Pomfrey asked him.

"I came to pick up Mr. Potter!" he answered.

"He's still sleeping. I gave him a dose of Dreamless Sleep last night. He won't wake for at least another hour and a half."

"Fine. I'll take him to my quarters."

"Of course. He's right here." she said and pointed to the bed where Harry was sleeping peacefully.

"Excellent. Goodbye, Poppy!" he said and picked Harry up.

"Goodbye, Severus!"

Severus carried Harry to the dungeons, where his quarters were located. He was feeling very annoyed that Harry wasn't awake. Now he was losing more of his precious time waiting for the boy to wake up.

He placed Harry on couch in the living room and sat in the armchair. He picked one of his potions books and started reading, hoping that the time will pass quickly.

However, half an hour later he was interrupted.

"Severus, are you there?" Severus heard the voice of Albus Dumbledore through his fireplace.

"Yes, headmaster. What do you need?" he answered.

"Can you came to my office, please?"

"What about Potter, Albus?"

"Minerva will take him while we talk!"

"OK, Albus. I'll be there in five minutes."

With that he closed his book, picked Harry and started walking towards the headmaster's office. At the entrance he met Minerva. He handed Harry to her and walked into the office.

"Hello, Albus!" he greeted.

"Severus! Sit down!" Albus told him.

"How may I help you, Headmaster?"

"I wanted to talk with you about Harry."

"What about him?"

"About his name! If he stays here as Harry Potter, everyone will worship him and that will spoil him. And he will also be more vulnarable for Death Eather attackt. For some are still at large. This means that we have to change his name. It also means that you need to be either his father or a close relative."

"Fine, Albus. Do I have to decide now?"

"No, my boy! First go with Harry to muggle London to buy his stuff and tell me when you decide. Tomorrow at the latest!"

"All right, Albus. Goodbye." he said and exited the office.

After that he went to his quarters for his coat.

Meanwhile, Minerva took Harry to her office, and placed him on one of the chairs while she worked. After an hour Harry woke up and started thinking.

'I don't think I will tell anybody about me just yet. The headmaster said that I have to stay with Snape. I wonder how that will end. Maybe I can give him some clues about the truth. But nobody else can know. I have to tell Snape because I can't keep my guard all the time. I will have to act like a normal baby outside of his rooms. Thank god I studied about children psychology last summer. It will help me a great deal with this. At least I know what children my age can and can't do.'

His thoughts were interrupted with Snape entering the office.

"Minerva, is Potter awake yet?"

"I don't know, Severus. He wasn't fifteen minutes ago."

Severus turned his attention to Harry, noticing that he was awake.

"Never mind, Minerva. Goodbye!"

"Goodbye, Severus!" said McGonagall.

Harry and Severus went to the borders of the school wards where Severus apparated them to the dark ally of muggle London.

That's all for now. Many thanks to my beta, Sudden Dream!

QUESTION: Pick Harry's name:

1) Hadrian Orion Snape

2) Hadrian Ares Snape

3) Hadrian Alardan Snape

4) Hadrian Meltinir Snape

I hope you all liked this chapter! R&R