It was Christmas and Severus was sitting in the armchair of his living room with the woman of his life sitting on his lap while his children played in front of the fireplace while he watched them with a small smile on his face
**Flashback**
Snape was making yet another of his routine visits to St. Mungos to check on the progress of his potions being tested, when he turned into a corridor, he had to quickly dodge because there was a child coming in the opposite direction
-Watch where you are going boy- Snape snaps adjusting his clothes, the boy looks at him and the older man sees his eyes full of tears, eyes so green that reminded him of the last person he wanted to be reminded of at that moment
-Sorry sir- He says trying to disguise his tearful voice
-Where are your parents? Why are you alone? -He says looking around and not seeing anyone
-I don't know, Mom brought me to do an exam because my stomach hurts- Snape realizes then that the boy clenched his belly with with his small fists- But I got lost from her and now I don't know where she is or how to get back to where we were
-Okay, come on, I pass through the pediatric ward, she will look for you there- The boy gives him a small smile- How old are you?
-I just turned five, sir- He says with a small, painful and proud smile, which makes Snape smirk a little
-When did your stomach start to hurt?
-After I returned from my uncle's house
-Maybe he tried to poison you- The boy's eyes widen and he stops walking
-He would never do that- The boy says indignantly and with a certain fear
-I was just kidding child, come on, we're almost there
-My name is Harry- The boy introduces himself
-Severus
-Sev'rus -Snape rolls his eyes at the sound of the wrong pronunciation
-We're here- He says indicating the door in front of them
-Thank you -The boy hugs his legs, surprising the man, who gives the boy a little pat on the head, who soon walks away and turns heading to the door, without waiting another second.
-Uncle Sev! -Harry overhears someone calling and turns to see the man who had helped him pick up a blond boy. Harry's mother was one of the most surprised when her son described and said the name of the man who had helped him
** End Flashback **
-What are you thinking about? -The redhead in his lap asks and gives him a kiss on the cheek
-When I first met Harry. How that moment was the beginning of everything good that I have in my life now
-I love you too- She says and kisses him
-Eeew -The twins say making the two adults laugh, lily getting up and going to them
-Eew? Ew? You will see the ewww- She says taking them and giving them several kisses making Harry and Severus laugh even more
-Who's hungry? -Snape asks getting up
-ME! -The other four scream and the potions master rolls his eyes at Lily making her laugh.
Soon everyone was back at school and the year progressed smoothly, as incredible as it may seem, it was just another school year, just like any other. Until the boys' first adventure.
They were returning from the Care of Magical Creatures class when Harry realized that Hermione was not among them.
-Where's Hermione?
-I don't know and I don't care- Draco
-Really Draco, she was with the rest of the students in her house and now she is nowhere
-And I should care because ...
-She's our friend?
-She's your friend, but if you're so worried we'll talk to the professor- Draco says rolling his eyes and turning to where the others should be- Great, where's everyone?
-I don't know, they were here
-Until you started arguing with me
-I believe it was you who started to argue with me
-Whatever, we need to go back- Draco says heading towards the exit
-And Hermione?
-What do you intend to do? Enter even more without knowing where she is and do what exactly? The best thing to do at this moment is to go back and look for the professor who can really do something, don't start acting stupid like the Gryffindors
-Hey! Look, let's go back to where we were having our class and if she's not there we'll go back to talk to the professor, we just came from there and there was nothing dangerous
-Okay- Draco says rolling his eyes and turning to go back to where he was coming from and with a small smile Harry follows him- Okay, she's not here let's go after a teacher
-She may have walked away, HERMIONE! -He screams
-Are you crazy? Do you have any idea what you can attract by screaming like a crazy person?
-We need to find her -When he finishes talking they hear a noise and Harry runs off thinking it's his friend
-Harry -Draco says with clenched teeths following his friend
-Mister Nott, could you tell me where Mr. Malfoy and Mr. Potter are? -Severus asks realizing three of his students where nowhere to be seen
-I don't know, sir. They were with us in the care of magical creatures class, but I haven't seen them since
-Do any of you know where Miss Granger is? -Snape asks staring at the Gryffindors, but everyone just shakes their heads- Open your books on page 137 and start- Snape guides getting worried he knew those three would never miss a class, especially his, unless something serious happened, he passed that whole class being even worse with the Gryffindors even his Slytherins realized something was wrong and behaved like never before
-Severus, can I help you? -Poppy asked when he saw the professor entering the infirmary
-Did Mr. Malfoy and Potter or Miss Granger stop by?
-No, why? -Raising her eyebrow
-They weren't in my class and those three would never miss my class if it wasn't something serious, I thought maybe they were here
-No, should I talk to the other teachers?
-I believe so, the last time they were seen was in the care class the magical creatures in the Forbidden Forest
-Do you think they got lost?
-It is possible, I'll talk to Albus
-I'll alert the other professors- He nods and leaves and it doesn't take long for a search to start in the forest
-Look what you did, now we're lost and we haven't even found Granger, congratulations- Draco says angrily as he looks around and doesn't recognize where they were
-Calm down, we will find her and we will leave here, otherwise they will come after us
-That is if they aren't already, we missed potions- Harry's eyes widen- I honestly don't know if I want to go back and face Uncle Sev, I think I'd rather stay here- They hear a noise behind them and turn around and see who they are were looking for coming towards them with her eyes red as someone who had been crying
-Hermione! -Harry says and goes to her
-Where were you Granger? -Draco says angry at the girl
-I don't know, I ran out and when I realized I didn't know where I was
-Great, we can all get lost together now
-Why did you run?
-I heard Ronald talking about me and ...
-Ah great now we are all lost because of weasel, it just gets better
-How so?
-We came after you
-He came after you I came after him and the idiot made us get lost
-Hey!
-And how many times have I said to ignore what Weasel says, all the intelligence reserved for that family was divided between those who came before him and he was left with nothing- Malfoy says making her smile a little and he rolls his eyes
-We need to get out of here it's getting dark- Hermione
-If we start walking without any purpose we risk losing ourselves even more- Draco, they are silent for a while looking around you
-I think we should go in that direction- Harry
-My ... My siblings and I enjoy to look at the stars and the sky the sun is over there- It points west- Which means that the castle is over there- Pointing in the opposite direction- I don't know where we will get out, but it will be easier to find the castle like this
-Okay, so let's go- Draco says and goes in the direction indicated
-What did you do to my nephew? -Sirius asked when approaching the others professors who were gathered near the forest preparing to start the search, Severus just rolled his eyes
-Since we are all here, we can start, soon it will be dark- Severus says and turns to enter the forest without waiting for anyone else, only when he was alone did he activate the tracking charm he had putted on his son
They were already walking for about ten minutes when they heard a noise coming from the left, the three stopped and turned to see what it was and saw the shadow of something big coming in their direction and without thinking too much they were already running
-Harry! -Draco yells at his friend who was a little ahead of him- Where's Granger? -He says stopping and not seeing her
-AHHH! -They hear her scream and Harry runs in the direction of the scream and they find her lying down with what seemed to be a troll lifting a piece of wood and she crawling on the floor trying to escape from the blows that until then she was lucky they were just hitting the floor
-Hey! -Harry screams throwing a stone that hits his head it turns to Harry and strikes, but Harry is faster and gets out of the way quickly, Draco went to Hermione and helps her to get up, but then Harry stumbles and falls, the Troll raises the log and Harry just looks scared, he had nowhere to run
-Wingardiun leviƓsa- Hermione says pointing her wand at the log making it leave the Troll's hand
-Stupefy -Draco says, the spell hits the back of the creature that is thrown forward and hits its head against one of the trees and falls on the unordered ground, but one of its arms falls on Harry who moans from the lack of air that the weight caused
-HARRY! -Draco and Hermione scream as they go to their friend, Snape, who was not far away when he hears the screams, forgets all his composure and runs to the children
-Harry! -He says when he arrives and sees the creature over his son
-He's fine- Draco reassures the professor- He's just trapped under the Troll's arm- Snape approaches and levitates his son's upper arm who is helped by the other two to get up
-Now can someone explain to me what happened here?
-My fault, sir, they came looking for me- The girl speaks with all the courage that is known from her house
-Even if I don't completely disagree, it's actually that poor ginger carrot named Weasley, he's been bullying Granger since the beginning of the year because under all that hair she has a brain and under that red mop he only has air- Draco accuses and Hermione's eyes widen
-Mr. Malfoy ...
-It is also the fault of the professor who was responsible for first year students in the forbidden forest and he didn't even bother to check that he wasn't leaving anyone behind- Draco continues his accusation, amusing Snape more than he would like to admit
-Are you okay, Mr Potter? -He asks worried
-I think I hurt my ankle when I fell
-Okay -Snape conjures his patronous and the beautiful doe appears and he sends a message to McGonagall saying that he found the children and was returning to the Castle. He picks up Harry and then the other two follow him- How did you two end up here?
-It seems that Harry's Gryffindor genes are more present than imagined and he decided to run after Granger and I couldn't let him kill himself because of his idiocy- Snape took advantage of the fact that the girl was behind him and smiled a little
-I hope you know that I will arrange for you to be grounded for the rest of your school life, right? -He says looking at his son, then his godson and finally his student- Who knows maybe you can learn not to put yourself in unnecessary danger- They lower their heads and they go to the infirmary.
That event was a check point in the friendship of those three, making their friendship even more solid.
Author's note: Again I'm sorry for any mistakes, there's being a long time since I translated something so my grammar is not that sharp, sorry :)
Guest: Yes, you will find what happend to James and a little bit of the backstory the next couple chapters will explain a bit, so just hang in there
Now, I hope you enjoyed and please review and tell me what you think ;););)
