AN: These first few chapters are pretty short but they do get longer promise, and obviously the standard disclaimer applies.


Chapter 2

When Potter reached the hospital wing, he was nearly forced to use his head to knock on the heavy oak doors. He really did not want to yell in fear of waking the younger professor in his arms.

"Madame Pomfrey, you need to open this door now." Harry spoke at the door, which conveniently swang open on its own.

"What seems to be the problem Mr Potter?" She said as she left her office, stopping in the middle of the room as she saw what Harry was carrying. "What happened? I thought you had a detention with Professor Snape?"

"I did, but he didn't show up. So, I went to his office and found him like this."

"Like this?" Harry nodded." The mediwitch stared down at the boy who had been carried up from the dungeons. She brushed her hand through his small head of medium length straight black hair. "What have you been doing this time, Severus?" She took him from Harry and placed him gently onto one of the hospital wings beds. While performing a scan on the child version of Snape, she turned back to Harry and said: "Go and get Professor Dumbledore, please."

"There will be no need Poppy, I am right here." Dumbledore had as usual foreseen an issue and arrived exactly when he'd meant to.