Chapter Five
"Dat doesn't feel right," Harry said, squirming. "Take off!"
"Harry," Sirius said. "I'm not taking that off. I just finally put it on!"
"Take nappy off," Harry ordered. "You got wrong!"
"No, I don't," Sirius said calmly. Harry scowled.
"Do too!"
"No, I don't."
"Do too!"
"I don't."
"Do too!"
"Do not."
"Do too!"
Sirius gave an exasperated sigh. "I don't have your nappy on wrong, Harry!"
"Why it no feel right, then?" Harry asked stubbornly.
"What's going on? I could hear you all the way down in the DADA classroom," Remus joked as he joined the two. Remus still looked a bit pale after his transformation, even if it did happen two days ago. He looked at the diaper that was fitted on Harry. "Whoever put that on did it wrong," he informed them. Harry gave Sirius a triumphant smile.
"See? You got wrong."
"Oh? And how would you know if I got it on right or not, Moony?" Sirius asked, ignoring Harry and raising his eyebrows. Remus shrugged.
"It's obvious, Sirius. You can tell just by looking at it."
"Fix, peas!" Harry said impatiently.
"All right, all right," Sirius said with a sigh. "I didn't know changing nappies could be so hard."
"Beckfast in the Gate Hall, Siwi?" Harry asked.
Sirius had to smile at Harry's vocabulary when trying to pronounce that. "We can have breakfast in the Great Hall if you want, Harry."
"Malfwoy have 'Tention today," Harry informed them with a smirk. Sirius and Remus exchanged glances.
"I'm afraid you do, too, kiddo." Harry mouth hung open.
"Me have 'Tention for nothing? How rude."
"I couldn't convince him to not give you a detention," Sirius said apologetically.
"He just mad 'cause I call him Mr. Snapey in fronta the whole class."
"Did you really?" Sirius asked with a grin. Harry nodded enthusiastically.
"Siwi—let go down now. I hungry."
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"Ready for your detention tonight, Potter?" Snape asked with a smirk. Harry scowled.
"Yes, Mr. Snapey."
"So," Sirius said, saying anything before a war started out between Harry and Snape. "Did you get the potion done?" Snape sighed and pulled out a potion bottle that was filled halfway.
"Here is your potion." He thrust the bottle into Sirius's hand, glaring at them before turning away.
"I drink that?" Harry asked, screwing his nose up in disgust. "All of that?" Sirius, too, found that the potion looked very…good.
"I think so. You want to turn back to thirteen, don't you?" Harry shrugged.
"When you finish your breakfast how about we go back to our room and you take the potion?" Harry reluctantly nodded, still feeling uneasy about drinking something that Snape had made…
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"I have to drink it?" Harry asked, biting his lip. Sirius nodded. Slowly and warily, Harry brought the cup up to his lips, taking a small gulp of it.
"So? How does it taste, kiddo?" Sirius asked. Harry smacked his lips together a couple of times, looking thoughtful.
"Can't taste nothin'," Harry said with a smile, drinking the rest of the contents. He wiped his mouth and handed the cup back over to Sirius.
"Do you feel any different?" Sirius asked. Harry shook his head.
"Nope. Do I look diff'rent?" Sirius shook his head.
"No. You look the same." Harry suddenly put his hand on his head.
"I don't feel good," He moaned. Sirius was immediately by Harry's side.
"Is it your stomach, kiddo?"
"No," Harry replied. "My head. It feel funny." Sirius froze, looking down at Harry expressionless.
"I-I think you should go look in the mirror, kiddo."
"Why?" Harry asked, looking perplexed. "I older?"
Sirius shook his head slowly. "No…"
Harry, with the help of Sirius, went to the bathroom and looked in the mirror. "My…my hair," Harry managed to get out, tears bubbling in his eyes. "Why you let me drink somethin' Mr. Snapey gave me? You know Mr. Snapey don't—" By now, Harry was sobbing.
"Shhh," Sirius said, trying to hush the little boy. It wasn't working. "How about we go have a little talk with Mr. Snapey, Harry?" Harry sniffled, tears still running down his cheeks.
"We go talk Mr. Snapey? Ask him why he do this?" Harry asked, tugging at a lock of his hair which was now the Slytherin colors. Dark green and silver.
"Yes."
"Wha' 'bout my 'Tention?" Harry asked. Sirius looked thoughtful.
"I think I have something up my sleeve…" Harry looked at Sirius blankly.
"You no wearing any sleeves, Siwi."
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Harry coughed, wiping his head. "You po'ton no work, Mr. Snapey," he said as he stood in front of Snape. "I no feel good."
"My, my," Snape drawled, a smirk on his face. "What happened to your hair, Mr. Potter?"
"Why you give me bad Po'ton?" Harry asked, trying to look sick and innocent. "Why, Mr. Snapey?" Harry yelled the last part out, causing several girls to walk by go, "Aww" and the boys to snicker.
"I'd appreciate it if you didn't call me that," Snape said coldly.
Harry shuffled his feet. "You made me sick. You gave wrong Po'ton on pur…pur—no acc'dent."
"Surely you are not that sick," Snape said, his cold voice never changing.
"I is sick enough. Siwi said no 'Tention for me," Harry said with a shrug, coughing some more. "'Cause I gots fever he says, and runny nose and coughs." Just to make sure Harry wasn't lying, Snape put a hand on Harry's forehead. He was burning up.
"Should you go see Madame Pomfrey?" Harry was not surprised to hear the coldness still clinging to his words.
"Nope. Siwi says he gots it under control," Harry replied. "Siwi also wants me to tell you that he's still waitin' for the right Po'ton." Harry turned to leave. "Bye, bye Mr. Snapey!" He rounded a corner to see Sirius.
"Did it work?" Sirius asked. Harry nodded enthusiastically.
"No 'Tention for me!" Sirius smiled.
"Great. I really didn't know hairdryers could come in that handy."
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A/N: Well, I hope you liked this chapter. I'll be posting the next chapter probably tomorrow. It'll most likely be a week later, and Harry'll be five.
I don't know much about how five-year-olds talk, so I'm just going to go by how my brother talks (He's five.) All right…so…thank you for the reviews so far and be sure to check for the next chapter (most likely) tomorrow!
Just a note: I'm getting pretty clueless for the next chapters. Meaning I don't know what to write for the next chapters. I'm working on the sixth chapter, that's going pretty good, but I think that Baby Blues is only going to have two or three more chapters before it finishes. And yes, for everyone that wants to know, there will be a sequel to this story (Baby Blues)!