NOTE: This has been asked many times. Harry is one year and three months old. Hence the first chapter. It said October 31, 1981. All stories I read have Harry born in 1980, and if you think about it, that is the day that the Potters were attacked in the original Harry Potter books. I also think that it may have said Harry was born in 1980 in the books as well.
"My son's name is none of your concern," Severus said curtly.
IDIOT!!! What were you thinking? You're his uncle, or godfather, or something! Now how are you going to get out of this one Sev?
"Oh, well alright then. As I said he and Ron look to be about the same age, and maybe they could meet again. What with You-Know-Who and his supporters, there are hardly any children under five."
"May be it will be so. But now, I must ask you to kindly excuse us. We are in a bit of a hurry."
"Well, if you ever want to contact me, it's The Burrow by Floo," said the woman. "And my name is Weasley. Molly Weasley."
"Very well. Good day Mrs. Weasley."
With that, Severus walked away, leaving the red head to look for her twins in the quickly reducing crowd. Snape took out his wand and transfigured a rock on the ground into a forest green pushchair, and was amazed that he did not think of this sooner. Harry was soon inside, giggling loudly, but no longer able to bounce around or escape.
"Well that is smart," Sev's voice was dripping with sarcasm. "How clever of the Ministry to never include a toy store in Diagon Alley."
At the word toy Harry started twisting his head in every which direction, then up at Severus with a very confused look on his face. Severus's face almost broke into a small smile. Almost being the key word. By the time they stepped out of The Leaky Cauldron, Harry was no longer interested in anything in particular, and the elder's face was wearing a scowl to prevent muggles from approaching them. A few blocks away, they stopped and Snape looked around.
Toymaster, what sort of freak would name a store that? Well, it has toys in the name, so they must sell them.
"This is it Harry, the last of my misery for today."
Oh how wrong was he.
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Sev pushed the newly acquired pushchair into the store. The title held true; the store was filled top to bottom with toys.
"I refuse to be here for more than half an hour, so you have until then to chose." Quite a few people were staring now. What am I doing talking to a baby? You couldn't care less about what I have to say could you Potter?
"Yeha!" Harry paused his attempt at an escape to look at his guardian.
If I didn't know better I'd say that kid just read my mind. No! Minds are not read. There is no way to read a mind. Legamentis is the closest to it. It's not reading. Get a grip Severus.
"Come," Harry said, glancing up at the stuffed animal section with a gleam in his eyes. The stuffed dog was in his arms almost instantly. Again, Severus did a double take. Surely he can't be showing magic at just over a year of age. Still, he began to wonder.
When Harry was out of his pushchair, the first thing he did was knock the wand out of Snape's sleeve. The latter rolled his eyes and retrieved the wand, setting it inside the pushchair seat. Severus then leaned against one wall, and motioned Harry to look through the toys, occupying himself with a copy of The Daily Prophet, disguised as a muggle newspaper.
Soft thuds came and went as the child looked through the toys, and picked out a few. Severus marveled at his intelligence while looking over the top of the paper. When four animals: a bear, the dog, another bear, and a blob that Sev couldn't quite identify were in the basket of the pushchair, Harry quickly, almost too quickly sat back down in the pushchair.
"When I said you had half an hour, I didn't mean that we have to run everywhere." Severus shrugged a bit. "We have enough time."
"On. Go on now," said Harry seriously.
With another shrug, the Potions Master pushed the pushchair to another part of the store, and left Harry to his devises while he read the news. Thus they proceeded for about twenty minutes, adding a big set of blocks, a few muggle books, and some random toys from all over the place. Snape couldn't help but notice something strange with one of Harry's sleeves. When they got to the register, Severus let Harry look through all the things he picked out, and counted out the strange muggle money he exchanged at Gringotts a few weeks ago. A huge crash brought him out of his thoughts.
"Lookie!" Harry yelled gleefully from eight feet above, holding Severus's wand like a baton.
How in the world did he get that? The pushchair. Bad Sev. Note to self: never leave a wand in the seat of Harry's pushchair again.
Harry was laughing loudly, as he zoomed across the store. Severus knew this was bad. Already many muggles were panicking, and a few had called the muggle police. Severus focused all the wandless magic he could manage to apperate them to somewhere safe. Very slowly, their things faded, and eventually disappeared. Harry, still many feet above, was flickering in and out of sight. It was now that Snape was panicking. If this were kept up, both of them would end up splinched. He closed his eyes in deep concentration, and managed to dissaperate Harry entirely. With a little more ease, and coming very close to losing control, he did the same to himself.
Both fell into the Great Hall along with their things. Before Severus had a chance to do anything, Mrs. Norris came in, and was turned a second later into a bright pink eraser by the still-with-a-wand Harry. Harry's guardian grumbled to himself, got up, and snatched the wand out of the baby's hand. The man scowled, shrunk and gathered the items and the baby, turned the caretaker's cat back into its original form, and walked grimly the Headmaster's office.
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Dumbledore raised one eyebrow. Severus Snape stood before him, a sleeping Harry in his arms, looking more tattered than he had ever been seen before. (Not counting the Death Eater meetings of course)
"Interesting day Severus?" he asked.
"You could say that. No, actually don't. Just tell me where I'm staying, and leave it at that," was the half-hearted reply.
Albus snapped his fingers and a house elf appeared at his side.
"This is Eli. She will be staying with you for as long as she is needed. If you want it to be so, she can become your and Harry's house elf officially. She will lead you to the rooms. I expect to see you at breakfast tomorrow. Both of you."
Eli walked briskly ahead, and Severus and Harry followed after. They were lead down through the castle, via the hallways and many secret passages. After what seemed like hours, they stopped just inside the dungeons and down a hidden corridor. The wall was bare, but carved with many designs that were too complicated to separate from each other.
"This is the entrance to your rooms. The wall is password protected, and you may change the password as you wish. The password for now is prophecy. "
As Eli say the word, the wall carvings started to move like tiny little snakes, and within a second, a doorway was formed. The room they were in at the moment was probably the sitting or living room. The place was in whites, blues, and purples, with many couches, bookshelves, a small table, and a huge fireplace. To one side of the room, there was a staircase spiraling down. Severus guessed that that lead to his private potions lab and stores. A hallway a bit farther down, showed glimpses of a fair sized kitchen and dining room. Absent mindedly, Severus followed the house elf down a different hall, not taking in any detail. The room he was being led to was obviously Harry's, but Sev didn't bother to look around while quickly changing the sleeping boy into night clothes, and putting him to bed in silence. With eyes almost closed, he was led into a room that was his, and instantly collapsed from exhaustion.
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Well, there's another one. I think that I will post a bit less frequently to give people a chance to review and get a chance to read it through. I am really amazed with the number of reviews. I am still looking for a name. I have a few in mind, but did not include the name in this chapter since I was not sure yet, and did not want you to wait till I was done deciding to be able to read this chapter. Anyway ideas for names please.
I would really, really, really like to thank bichonfrise and blythemolliegalina for everything they are helping me with. Even though I'm writing the story, my friends help me all the way. Thanks.
The next update won't be as fast. I want you all to review.
~Miki
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