"Harry, I need you to run," Severus looked around wildly, for once forgetting his mask. Strict orders from Dumbledore were bound in the most secure way, the old man making sure that he gets what he wants in the end.

"Why do I hafta run?" Harry said, still half engrossed with a flower which was growing by the path.

"What have I told you about listening child? Now go, I am not going to waste time repeating myself. Make sure that you don't hide by ridiculously standing still and hoping no one would notice."

Honestly, thank Merlin that wizarding children develop faster. I pity the Muggles that have to take care of a small idiotic demon way past the time this one will smarten up.

Not using up more time and risking the possibility of angering his 'father' any further, Harry scampered off into the depth of the forest. Though he really didn't see any point as to why he should hide (no one was even playing hide and seek!), it wasn't smart to annoy a Snape after they're already testy. Still, however, curiosity won the better of his almost-about-to-be-five mind, and the child crept back to a brush not too far away from the path. From here, he could see and hear most of what was going on.

Severus composed himself as soon as he saw Harry run into the midst of trees. There was more to be heard now.

"But Daddy! I want to go and fly, don't want to do any work. I bet ya no other peoples have to do stuff when it's almost their special days," whined the small, yet shrill voice of Fayleese.

"I've told you honey," replied a slightly tired voice, "Your mum and I want you to grow up as strong and smart as you possibly could be, and so you need to practice. Uncle Albus is commig by later on and don't you want his to be proud of you for wanting to learn?"

"Uuuuh, daddy, you don't get it. What fun is having a wand if all you ever do is wave it? It is not fair, and I don't wanna sit in a room with Uncle Albus anymore, it's boring. It's so boring that I wanna turn him into a candy so he can be happy and not teach me anymore."

"Hold on a second sweetie, there's someone standing up in the road," said James, suddenly more alert. "Who's there!"

"Merlin Potter, must you yell so?" drawled Sev, sneer firm in place.

"Snape. What the hell are you doing here. No one but Dumbledore has a way of getting here," James didn't lower his wand. "And what in the world are you thinking, bringing that animal here? Look at the size of it, it's bigger than my Fay."

"Always ready to accuse, as always, aren't you Potter?" Snape's eyes briefly flickered off to the side, his entire body tensing up when he saw that his charge was still around.

"I don't believe I want my daughter to see extreme acts of violence, which is the only reason that you are still standing, so Slimeball, why don't you tell me why you're here and then hightail it out of here?"

Harry watched with amusement while he saw a messy raven haired man with hazel eyes and a dirty auburn headed girl with matching eyes walk up the path. Laughing, he imagined what would happen to his if he were to talk that way in front of Severus. His attention, however, soon wavered since watching your dog growl at strangers is only mildly interesting compared to the stuff you find around yourself. Seeing Sev look his way, Harry waved and started moving away, and deeper into the woods. A few meters away, there was a clearing, for which the boy was quite grateful.

It's kinda nice here, no thorns, no bushes, no yelling…

Looking around, Harry noted that there was a small black snake sleeping soundly on a sunbathed rock. Coming a bit closer, Harry reached out his hand and was about to touch the snake, when it woke and tried to snap at the boy.

Who are you, you bloody human to wake me up and try to attack me? No tact I tell you, no brains either. Here I am just minding my own business, but NO, I have to be woken up. Do you know how long it takes to fall asleep around here?

No.

Of course you don't, so why don't you just….did you just speak?

I think so. Well I know I can talk. Sev understands me, so I guess I can.

No child, I meant you could talk to me.

What's the difference?

I'm a SNAKE! Or are you by any chance blind. That would explain a lot, like you being rude and all that.

I don't think I'm blind. Doesn't blind mean that you can't see? I can see. I can see that you're black and you have yellow eyes and a pretty purple stripe on you. So I can see.

You talk too much child.

At that moment, both whipped around, startled by a noise coming from behind them. Unlike Harry, someone was not all too good at being quiet.

"Is there anyone there? Cuz I heard something, and if you're here and mummy and daddy don't know about it then you're gonna be in a lot of trouble," Harry recognized the voice of the small and bossy girl. Though he was told by Sev to not let anyone see him, there really wasn't that much time to hide.

"It's me you heard. Hello," the boy said slowly.

"Well maybe you shouldn't be so loud! I could hear you all over the place. It was giving me a migraine, it was. And I am Fay, but you should know that."

"Well sorry Fay, but what's a migraine?" Harry's heard Sev use the word before but never understood.

"You're dumb, and cuz you're dumb I wont tell you."

She doesn't know, stupid child. muttered the snake before falling back into slumber.

"Anyway, you're a boy, and I don't wanna talk to one, cuz boys are weird." With the little one left, but not before she dropped a maple colored piece of wood behind.

Harry , forgetting Fay, moved over to where the girl was to take a closer look. The small stick which she dropped now turned to a pure white, with a little silver band in the middle of it. Cautiously Harry touched the silver band, jumping back from the small shock he got. Looking at his finger, the boy saw that there was a little cut and some blood was still coming out. Sniffing a bit with unshed tears from the slight pain, he looked back at the offending object, and saw that instead of white, or maple as he saw with the girl, the stick had turned to a deep oak color. Taking the piece of wood, he tossed it from hand to hand, laughing at the way first silver then green and then blue sparks flew from it on ever throw.

After a few minutes of play, he looked back at the snake sleeping on a rock, and after a muttered bye, went back to find his Sev.

Ok, I'm BACK! It's been a year and four days since I last wrote, but I'm back. I'm going to sign off a kyamh, and eventually change my name to that, but since people know me as this I shall not yet. Thank you all for the updates. I promise there will be more this week.

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