Author's Note – I hope that this chapter is long enough….Seemed long when I was typing it…
But YAY! lots 'a people like fluff!
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Rating – PG-13 / T
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CHAPTER 10
Getting Ready for the Year
The school year was approaching fast, and it was down to only a few weeks before September the first. The potion master was currently harbored in his lab getting this year's plan perfected. Every day he would spend at least nine hours finishing his work while his son spent time with his godfathers. They were not Severus' first choice to watch his son, but his options were rather limited.
Most of the others at school right now were also teachers whom also had to finish the next year's schedule. Remus was simply a back up teacher so he didn't have to worry about any work. No one else around was available so he had to…settle.
Harry had been becoming more comfortable around the general idea of magic, and having a father. Now, he could walk down the hallways without flinching, and even his daily nightmares had begun to decrease. Though every other few nights Severus would be awaken by Harry, and he would comfort him with his best.
Black and Lupin were showing Harry how Quidditch. Severus had made them promise that Harry would not actually get on the broom himself. He had his doubts that they'd listen, but if he found out that they did other wise he'd neuter them.
Dipping his quill in the ink pot he scribbled down the final steps in the second years' lab.
Finally done he stood up and rolled his shoulders back to relive the tension building up in them. A few pops were heard, but not many. Feeling his hair he sighed when he could practically wet his hands with the amount of grease in it. Flicking his wand around his head he mumbled a small cleaning charm to be rid of the grease. As always the majority of it was removed, but his hair was still left greasy. There never was anything that he could ever do about that. His fathers hair was like that, and being near potions constantly hadn't helped.
Quickly spelling his supplies to their proper positions he collected his notes and newly written lesson plans. Walking out of his lab and into his study he disposed of the parchment onto the desk.
Being Potion Master in Hogwarts usually gave a few more privileges. Since Potions was held in the dungeons where there was more space then the rest of the castle he received the largest commons of all the teachers. He was also graced with a lab mainly because he, as a Master not only for Hogwarts, practiced creating potions. Usually the potions teacher was simply there to teach the students and that was it, Severus did much more than that.
Currently he was working on werewolves - curing the curse, healing the silver allergy, lessening the pain of transformation, any thing along that line. He supposed that he began this research because he had a werewolf to test on that was always handy. But being responsible as he was he made sure that any potion he completed was perfect in theory so as not to intentionally hurt the werewolf, as Black had been so worried about. Most of his trials had been complete failures seeing as there was never meant to be a cure for such ailments. His greatest success had been the wolfsbane potion. It took years to be able to get the proper amount of Aconite for it to work as a sedative, yet not be poisonous.
Reaching the main commons, which had Harry's toys flung all about, Severus set his self on the couch and closed his eyes to try and get some rest. Not sleep mind you, but just that peaceful feeling that you get when you can sit in absolute silence of your own little world.
Unfortunately for Severus however, no one in the world would leave him to his peace. Some one was knocking at the door, Snape didn't move for a few seconds as if trying to decide whether whom ever was at the door was worthy of this time. The person outside of the door decided for him, Dumbledore opened the door and walked in rather giddily, as always. Severus just groaned, not caring in the least what the headmaster had to say to him, praying that he would take the hint and just leave. Again because all in the world seemed out to get him Albus just stood there looking about the room.
Giving up and with out opening his eyes Snape just muttered in his annoyed drawl, "What do you want."
"Not at all that much Severus we just need to discuss the arrangements for the upcoming year, and how atrociously you keep your chamber." Severus would have rolled his eyes were they open, Harry had been whisked away before he could clean up his mess, and he himself had begun to work.
"I know that you really could care less about how tidy I am seeing as how you really never venture down here." Dumbledore simply chuckled at Severus' answer.
"And what do you mean by 'arrangements?'"
"Meaning simply that we need to think about where we shall place Harry while you are teaching and such. I have some ideas, but of course it is ultimately up to you."
Severus gave the headmaster an incurious look, "And let me guess, those ideas have to do with the mutt and werewolf." Severus had once again gone back to his favorite nicknames for the two.
"Unless you can think of someone better…"
Severus started massaging his eyes, and simply shook his head. "As sad as it is, there really is no one else that would work. And will he be eating meals at the head table with us?"
Albus nodded, still looking giddy for some reason, "I see no where else to place him, he is not yet sorted, and it is not like we can just shove him in the dungeons."
Closing his eyes once more, the Potion Master leaned his head back against the couch, "If that is all Headmaster…"
"Albus," he corrected, and then strode out of the rooms.
Severus moaned wondering how he was going to explain to the populous of Hogwarts that he had a child.
Why hadn't Dumbledore spoken to him about that part of it? He had never been all that creative so how was he going to think of a story to tell the rest of the teachers. Dumbledore must find some sort of amusement in all of this, was he to tell the truth, or come up with something totally off.
Clearing his mind from all this he let himself try and doze off.
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The school year began in two days, the rest of the teachers were arriving. Most of them, the teachers whom taught less dangerous classes and didn't need the supplies that Hogwarts had to offer, had finished all their work at home. As soon as all of the teachers arrived Dumbledore apparently called a meeting of the teachers. Every one but Snape. Severus latter found out that Dumbledore had told them about Harry. Not giving all the details so they knew that Severus was the father, his old home life was less then adequate, and he was staying here from now on.
Severus had no idea that this happened, he only found out when one of the teachers asked where his son was. He was deeply surprised at first, but once he got over his shock he marched up to the Headmasters office ready to kill. But in reality he was relived that he wouldn't have to be the one to explain it.
Despite his lack of enthusiasm at 'parading his son around' he did bring Harry out once to let him see the rest of the teachers. It was rather a mistake because most of the woman crowded around him cooing and such, and that made him less then comfortable. Harry had secured himself to Severus' leg when things began to get to be too much, but the staff only found that to be another cute thing. They finally left him along after Dumbledore told them too after seeing how badly Harry was shaking. Severus was left to bring him to bed and try to calm him.
That had been two days ago, and Severus had not wanted to risk another outing, but Harry needed to get used to others.
And that was why Snape was carrying Harry down the hallways towards the library. Both liked to read and Snape needed to do some research. Though he brought some lower level books along for Harry. Normally he would just let a house elf bring him the books he needed so that him and his son could just stay in the rooms, but bringing Harry there would maybe get Harry used to Hogwarts while other new people were there.
Reaching the library Severus was surprised that he didn't see Madam Prince at her 'post.' She was usually there before the school year cataloguing all the new books and making sure that everything was organized.
Choosing one of the first tables he set down the few books that he brought for Harry to read, and then he placed Harry down in one of the tall chairs.
"I will be gone for only a moment Harry, I just need to go and grab a few books."
Harry just nodded slowly and shakily reached over to the pile of books and grabbed the top one. Severus gave a curt nod and walked over to the potion section of the library.
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Harry slouched in the large chair that he was sitting in, he was more then a little afraid of this new place. He wasn't at first, but now that his….father had left it all seemed so much scarier.
He still was rather used to having a father; he didn't know what to do. Uncle Vernon had always showered his son with treats and presents, but Harry wasn't all that sure that he wanted that in a father. So he just let his father decide how it was all going to work, it seemed like the best thing to do at the time.
During his time here he had really grown to like Padfoot and Moony, as they told him to call them. They showed him a lot of fun stuff. He was frightened when he first saw Padfoot fly around on a broom. Why, he thought that brooms were only used for the cleaning purpose, and for that matter he had no idea that anything could do that.
They tried to teach him….Quittish….he still hadn't gotten the name right, but they said that that was okay. It was like football, the game that his cousin used to watch on the telly, but a little more complicated. He still didn't have most of the rules down, but it was fun to just watch the two of them fly around on brooms. Padfoot was even going to let him ride on one of the brooms with him, but then Moony went over to him and whispered something in his ear that made him stop. But he had fun with them anyways.
That didn't mean that he didn't like his father, he was there after he woke up because of his bad dreams. No one else had ever done that. And he was teaching him things, not games like Padfoot and Moony, but important stuff. Like, manners, using grammar, and he was even showing him how to do some potions.
Sometimes though his father was really grumpy, Harry wasn't sure if it was because of him or something else. He tried to stay away from him then. But he was usually only like that when some one came to visit him, which Harry could not understand.
Hearing foot steps approaching Harry quickly schooled his eyes to his book and began reading again as his father started walking over.
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After the two of them left the library Severus told Harry what would happen when school began. Snape was kind of put out at how happy Harry seemed to get to spend some more time with 'Padfoot' and 'Moony.' Why his son went by those half-baked names was beyond him.
At least Harry seemed less afraid of people in general, they had gone to eat in the Great Hall for dinner. Most teachers ate in their rooms because they had to finish off some work, but a few were there. Lupin and Black were both there, which lead Severus to believe that the mutts innocence was also talked about during the meeting, Minerva was also there, and of course Dumbledore was there as always. Even if no one was in the Great Hall he would eat there alone.
Minerva seemed to know how to handle Harry, as she didn't coddle him as the other females whom were here.
She simply smiled at him, they exchanged introductions, she ruffled his hair, and then she went back to eating. She was better at this then Severus was, but being a teacher for so many years had to leave her being at least minimally good with children.
Harry seemed content after dinner; he didn't shake at all like he usually did after meeting new people. Severus assumed that this was a good thing.
He finished tucking Harry in before he went about the common rooms cleaning up the small mess that was made this day. Most of it was his papers that had fallen; some was a few of Harry's toys that he had over looked. Tidying up the rest, he gave one last glance towards Harry's door before he went to his own room.
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Author's Notes –I hope that this chapter had a little more point to it then the other one. Showed how the school year was going to go, what Harry thinks, and how he is with others. I was going to add the sorting in but then I would have to wait to post this for a few days. I will be going to my grandparents for a few days and wanted to get at least this chapter up; I hopefully will get the chapter for my other story up….hopefully.
But if you have any suggestions I would really like them, hopefully my grammar isn't totally bad…I'm not all that good at it or commas, I look through it to try and catch my mistakes but I don't always catch them.
Anyways please review, it makes me happy.
