Chapter 8: Shopping Part 2

"C'mon Emrys let's go check out the toys!" Yelled Sean as he pulled Emrys in the direction of a department store.

Severus shook his head, 'boys will be boys'. After grabbing a cart he followed the two. As they reached the toy section Severus told Emrys that he could pick out some toys and that Sean could help him while he waited. After about twenty minutes the boys came over.

"Daddy I got some things and Sean says that they're all mostly cool! They look fun!"

Severus took a look through the cart, Emrys looked as if he would be really into sports as he found a variety of balls, a football(soccer ball), basketball, a little scooter, he also found a remote control car, some hot wheels cars, a tonka truck, a rug that had roads all over it to use with the cars. He'd picked up a Microscope and Telescope kit, something Sean would not have suggested. As well as some art supplies, Emrys had picked out, some paper, paints, and crayons.

"Is that good Daddy?" Emrys asked excitedly.

"Perfect Emrys, thanks for helping Sean. Now we just need to pick up some school supplies as Emrys will start at Sir Knight with you Sean in a few days."

They picked out a nice blue backpack, some notebooks, a pencil case, erasers, pencils, pens, a geometry set and the other necessities for school. Severus then realized that he would have to pick up a few pieces of furniture for Emrys room as it was a bit bare with just a set of drawers and a bed.

Sean then asked Severus, "Are we almost done now?"

"Ya...." Piped up Emrys.

"Almost you two, lets just head over to the bookstore, I'll pick up some furniture for Emrys room when you two are at school, since I'll have a few days off when Emrys first starts".

At the bookstore Emrys picked out a very very wide variety of books, Severus had told him he could pick out 15 books and that Sean could pick out 5 new ones. He was still trying to interest Sean in reading, but since he already had a small collection he didn't need nearly as many as Emrys.

"Remember you too they don't ALL need to be stories.."

Severus browsed around while he waited.

Sean to no surprise came back first he'd picked out: a Gamer magazine, Artemis Fowl, Everything on a waffle, Holes, A series of unfortunate events #1.

Emrys finally came back with: the The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The hobbit, Dune, The first two books of the Redwall Series: Martin the Warrior and Mossflower, Also, A wrinkle in time, Lost in the barrens, The Golden Compass, The subtle knife, the Amber Spyglass, And surprisingly a few textbooks, The First Fossil Hunters: Paleontology in Greek and Roman Times, The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality, The universe in a nutshell, a book on electromagnetism, and finally a Chemistry book.

Emrys choices really surprised Severus, he wanted to have a look at his child's report cards, the books the kid was buying at age seven was enough to bewilder him. He figured tomorrow he would stop by the Dursley's first-punish them, although he would have to place unspeakable charms on them so that they could not inform others of what he had done, and then stop by the school Emrys used to go to.

For now though they loaded into the Jeep to go home. Sean and Emrys actually arguing about who chose the better books,

"My books aren't nerdy like yours Emrys!" Sean argued sticking his tongue out.

"Mine aren't nerdy.." whispered Emrys.

"Buddy I was just kiddin with you, you're the best little bro a guy could have okay?" Sean felt bad for hurting Emrys confidence.

"Dad..can we all go swimming when we get back?" Sean asked.

"Sure buddy, first you'll have to help unload the car though".

As they pulled in the driveway, and got out they unloaded the car which surprisingly did not take to long with all three of them. They loaded the things into the respective rooms and while Sean unpacked his new clothes and put them away Severus helped Emrys fold his clothes and place them in the drawers and hang up the things that needed to be hung up. After telling the two boys to change into their swim trunks and to meet him downstairs he himself go changed.

Seeing Emrys with only his slightly large trunks on still scared Severus, he looked so fragile, his full ribcage could be seen and he was very pale. He looked especially small next to Sean. He rubbed suntan lotion on the two and himself. And the two boys ran out to the pool. Severus noted that Sean was developing a slight waddle as his thighs pushed slightly against each other.

Sean asked Emrys, "Buddy have you ever been swimming before?"

Emrys answered, "No..."

Sean yelled over Severus "Dad Emrys doesn't know how to swim, but I'll teach him.."

"We both will Sean..."

They spent the rest of the afternoon teaching Emrys who caught on very quickly and swam very well despite his size.

Severus hopped out of the pool leaving the boys playing in the pool, to start dinner. He figured that he would do something healthy, he was surprisingly a good cook, as he threw together a salad, and some grilled chicken with a nice teriyaki sauce, he also made rice to go with the chicken. As the family sat down outside to eat, one could see the progress being made in regard to Emrys, who actually ate about half of what was put in front of him.

"Hey dad can I have seconds?" asked Sean.

"Sean no I'm sorry but you can't tonight okay, you need to watch what you eat a bit okay."

"But but but, it tastes so good, just tonight?"

"Nope, now c'mon lets go inside and watch a movie together okay boys?"

They got up and followed Severus inside, getting changed into pajamas and curling up on the couch to watch Spiderman. As Severus put the two boys to bed he figured that although Sean would be at school the next day, Emrys would still be with him so he should visit the Dursley's tonight, it would be scarier for them. He grabbed his death eater garb and apparated over.

As he crept up to the door, a whispered Alohamora was heard, he snuck into the fat boys room, stunning him and headed to the two adults rooms, he performed silencing charms on them so neighbours would not hear, watching their terrified faces as he woke them, knowing he looked scary with his death eater garb on, he performed a variety of hexes on them and cursed them to feel all the pain they brought onto Emrys onto themselves. Leaving them to their nightmare he apparated home and to sleep, glad to have taken revenge but even revenge would not change the past.

Thanks for all the great reviews, and to those who said that it was too Americanized, well I'm not American but Canadian, still I've never been to England so I don't know what type of things kids over their do, what types of cars they drive etc, sure I could look it up, but I like the story so that it can be related to North Americans, sorry to anyone who doesn't like that but that's the way I'm going to write it.

Now a vote, should Sean be:

1. A bully

2. A bully to other kids, but nice to Emrys

3. A nice kid

And another should Emrys be (either way this kid is going to be a genius):

1. Smart and Good at Sports

2. Smart and Lazy

Thanks and read and review, enjoy!