Bobbity

Disclaimer: I own nothing of Harry Potter, all that is for the Lovely JK Rowling…
Warning: Child abuse, pedophilia, child rape. For mature audiences only

In the early morning hours of July 13th the sun was just coming over the horizon for Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Summer mad the old castle school quiet as the student population would not be back until the first of September. A figure in black could be seen jogging his way around the great lake, long black hair pulled back into a pony tail. Jogging pants and trainers adorned his tall frame as he kept his breath in rhythm with his running. Severus Snape, age twenty nine kept his pace steady as he had finished his laps around the great lake and was making his way back towards the school in which he taught. He was the youngest Potions Master in nearly a century and the youngest professor to grace the halls of Hogwarts in almost the same amount of time and he loved the quietness that came with the summer break. He himself had just returned back to start his lesson plans for the year himself. He slowed his pace and frown as he noticed the old wizard that stood a tthe entrance seemingly waiting on him. He came to a stop as he calmed his breathing.

" Ah Severus…I knew I would find you here…always with the morning jog…does help to stay in shape" the old man stated cheerfully as he popped at lemon drop candy into his mouth and offered another to the younger man who declined easily.

" How can I help you Headmaster?" he asked as he knew the old man wanted something otherwise he would not have taken the time to seek him out.

The old man frowned a bit.
"Severus ho many times must I tell you…call me Albus you have been a professor here for nine years now" the older wizard stated as Severus sighed and rolled his eyes.

" What do you want Albus?" he asked again as the older wizard gave him a smile.

" I need for you to run an errand for me…normally I would ask Minerva to do it but she is visiting her sick sister and I do not want to disturb her with such a trivial task" he stated as he looked over his glasses at the younger man. Severus of course rose a brow but nodded as he took a breath.

" And what is it…you need me to do?" he asked as Albus gave him another smile.
"I need to to make a walefare check on the Potter boy" he stated. Severus felt anger build up inside of him at this as he growled.

" Why do we need to check up on that spoiled brat..im sure he is just fine getting hero worshiped by his relatives…" he growled but Albus held up a hand to quieten him.
" Normally I would not do this but my source that usually checks on the boy has informed me that she had not seen him in a couple of days..which is uncommon" he said.

Severus shook his head and frowned.
" Probably too good to go outside in the heat of the summer" he grumbled as Albus shrugged softly.
" Then it will just be a quick trip then..I just ask you to check in on him…you after all know his Aunt" he stated and Severus frowned a bit deeper.

Severus indeed did know Petunia Dursley and he loathed the woman. He growled as he stalked past the Headmaster.

"Fine…I will go check on the spoiled brat…but this will be the only time..and you would be good to remember that!" he stated as he disappeared to his dungeons to change. He flung his door open as he stalked into his private quarters once he was in the dungeons. He peeled off and discarded his sweaty running clothes for the house elves to launder before stepping into the shower and washing away the sweat. He grumbled to himself about how unfair it was that he had to do this task, the boy had to be just like his father, whom he had loathed. The boy would be eight years old now and in only two years time would stalk the halls just like his father, the last James Potter had when they were students. Once he properly showered and dressed in his traditional frock coat and robes he called for a house elf to bring the tea service. Watching the fire and sipping his tea his mind raced and the more he thought about his task the more he loathed it. However somewhere in the back of his mind he reminded himself that the boy was also Lily's son and that Petunia was a horrible woman. Gulping down the last of his tea he slammed the cup back onto the tray and stood gathering his wand and making his way down to the school gates so he could make his way to checking on the little brat.

Mid day in Surrey in the middle of July was hot. Children were inside avoiding the midday eat as the air hummed with the sound of air conditioners at full blast. A distant pop could have been heard and mistaken for a car back firing. Severus disillusioned himself as to not bring unwanted attention as he was dressed in all black and long robes, not exactly muggle or non magic persons attire. His long strides brought him to the end of the drive of the perfect looking little house. There was no car in the drive which meant that possibly they were not even home, which made him growl at such a wasted trip.

" Homenum Revelio" he whispered as his wand indicated that there was a lone figure in the house. Frowning he approached the door. Using his magic to unlock the door he slipped inside easily. He felt a shiver run down his spine as he saw that the house was seemingly abandoned. His brow creasing as he had not been informed by Albus that the family was moving. He kept his want trained to where the spell was pointing him. His steps slow and calculated as the home was stuffy from lack of the muggle Air conditioning and if it were not for his own cooling charms he would have been sweating profoundly.

The hairs on his neck stood on end as he stopped in the small hall and his eyes fell on the small broom closet that his wand was indicating that the person he had revealed was in there. There were at least 5 locks all padlocked on the outside which sent alarms through the young man as he used his magic to undo them all. He hesitated to open the small door once the locks fell away but slowly he did and instantly wished he had not.

The stench of infection, human excrement, vomit and blood slammed into him as he lit his wand and stumbled back at the sight of the almost skeletal figure who lay clearly unconscious, badly beaten…and near death. The poor child was near death he did not have to be a genius to know that. His eyes took in the room as well a messily drawn picture " Freaks Room" adorned the wall. Severus seemed to snap out of his shock as a wheeze came from the small child and he snapped into motion. He reached down and gently picked up the boy who still clutched the torn bunny toy and a very filthy blanket. The boy weighted nothing and even through the blanket the heat rolling off of him gave him chills as he felt anger, sadness and fear all at once rolling off of himself. How dare Petunia let this happen how dare they treat Lily's son this way!
He Reached into his pocket and grabbed a small coin.

"Safe" he spoke quickly as he gripped the boy to him tightly as he felt the emergency port key activate.

Poppy Pomfrey had just come back to Hogwarts as well for the new year as she was taking stock of the items she would need fo the following year, making a list for the new year was always the first thing she did as Severus would help her brew most of the potions and she trusted few others to brew quality potions. She had just sat down at the small desk when a loud pop was heard and a port key hole opened, she stood as thee was only one port key that she knew that was trained to the Hospital wing, much less Hogwarts in general. Severus almost stumbled out but somehow kept from tumbling as he looked frantic.

" Severus!…what…who is that?!" she asked as she bustled forward to help the young man who was carrying a very ill child in his arms. Severus looked disheveled and his eyes wild.

" Harry Potter" he chocked out as she gasped but started going to work.
" Help me" she instantly stated as her healing training kicked in and he gave a firm nod as being a Potions Master he was also a fully trained MediWizard as well. He pulled the ragged bunny from the boys obviously broken arms and vanished the filthy rags almost gagging at the sigh of the almost skeletal form of Harry Potter. The boy was supposed to be eight years old but he barely looked five. Welts and scars littered hit tiny body. Poppy chocked back her own sob as she cast a diagnostics charm over him, her eyes wide as she cold not hold back the cry of disbelief at the injuries this poor boy had suffered at the hands of those who were supposed to be caring for him.

" We need to get him stable, I fear the infection will kill him if we don't hurry" she said as she went to work casting spell after spell. Severus aided her in getting potions and salves and then taking over the spell work when the matron had to take a break. It took almost six hours to get the small boy stable enough to even take some of the infection fighting potions but his breathing was better and the fever while still there was nowhere as high as it had been. She kept a statis charm on his brain however as high fevers often could damage a child brain function so cooling charms were applied and reapplied hourly.

" There is not much else we can do until he gets a bit stronger. I have him sedated…but I dare not keep him sedated for a long time…" she said tiredly as she looked at the broken boy. A strangled whisper coming from her lips as she pressed her hand to her mouth to chocked back a sob.

" That poor boy was raped brutally Severus…what…monster does that to a child?" she asked and Severus felt helpless to answer her.

" I need to inform Albus…I will be back" he said softly as she turned and nodded to him sadly as she went to sit by the boys bed.

The trek up to the Headmasters office seemed to take an eternity as he struggled to come to terms with that had just happened. The thoughts of a spoiled child had been shattered in an instant and now, shock, disbelief and anger filled him. Coming to the gargoyal guarding the Headmaster's office he spoke.
" Ice mice"

The statue jumped out of the way and he walked the stairs up to the door not even bothering to knock as he strode in. Albus was sitting at his desk writing and looked up sharply as the younger man entered.

" Ah Severus..there you are..I told you it would not take long, how is…" he however did not get a change to finish as Severus looked pale and shaken, so unlike the young man he knew. Severus narrowed his eyes slightly.

" Did you know?!..Was there even and inkling in your mind that Potter might be in danger?!" Severus growled as Albus's brows shot up in surprise.

" What …are you talking about Severus…what do you mean Abused?" he asked his face going a bit pale as Severus began pacing.

" The boy…Harry…he is in the infirmary..hanging to life… he looks like a Skeleton Albus! Abused…raped…" the last word came out choked as Albus looked stricken and stood.

" I had no idea…I was only informed they had not seen the boy in a few days…I had no idea that any harm had come to him!" Albus exclaimed as Severus shook his head and ran his hand over his face tiredly, he had used alot of his magic in healing the poor child.

" There were no signs of that bitch Petunia…or her family…believe me Albus if there had been…" he stated as Ablus understood that the younger man was saying as he nodded.

" I will go and see the boy" Albus stated as Severus nodded, following the older wizard into the floo to appear in the infirmary. Poppy was asleep next to the unconscious boy her hand atop his small frail one. The ever present twinkle in Albus's eye was long gone as he took stock of the injuries the poor boy that lay before him possessed. Guilt and sadness flooded the old wizard as he sank into a nearby chair himself.

" I had no idea" he whispered in horror knowing that the ghost of Lily and James Potter would surely kill him if they knew of this.

Severus's anger left him as he saw the older man look so defeated and his own eyes looked at the boy.

"His family left him to die..it did not look like they had been there in days…he was…locked in a cupboard under the stairs…and it…it looked like it was where they kept him." He said as he thought back to the drawing he had seen his heart aching, even his childhood had not been that bad. At least his mother had loved him. His eyes then traveled to the filthy rabbit that lay discarded on the floor as he went over and picked it up. His eyes looked over the blood and filth covered item he boy had so desperately clung to as he turned on his heels and stalked out of the infirmary the grip on the stuffed toy tight.

Once in the dungeons he placed the toy on a table and pulled out a cauldron and filled it with water an placed it atop a low fire. He went to his own potions cupboard and selected several vials and dumped them all into the cauldron before placing the bunny and using a wooden spoon to submerge it. The blue concoction was soon a filthy mud color as he took out the toy and discarded the mixture and repeated the process no fewer than ten times before the blue liquid no longer turned colors. He then took the toy and placed it in a small tub he used to clean the cauldrons in and filled it with soap as he tried not to rip the toy any more than it had been until it looked clean. He then dried it out and mended it with his wand. After two hours of cleaning the stuffed toy, while not looking brand new, at least looked only slightly worn and was clean and stain free, the torn parts mended and the missing black eye replaced with a small green button he had found. He looked down at the toy and frowned a bit but nodded before making his way back up to the infirmary.

Upon his arrival Poppy almost asked him where he had gone but her eyes fell on the toy and she closed her lips a sad but pleased smile gracing them as the young man gently placed the now clean and mended toy beside the small boy before looking to the matron.

" I will sit with him while you finish your inventory…" he stated as the older woman gave a nod and left him as he summoned a more comfortable chair. Albus had long since left the child in their hands. Severus wondered what would happen to the boy now. He had heard rumors of blood wards, but obviously those were long gone and the threat of Deatheaters was next to nothing. The safest place for the child was here but who…would take care of him. His flea bitten godfather Sirius Black was in Azkaban for the murder of Peter Pettigrew and the betrayal of the boys parents that caused their deaths. The Wolf and second Godfather Remus Lupin would not get a chance to help the boy due to his condition. He felt a tightness in his chest as he thought back to the last time he saw Lily.

" Severus! Thank you for coming..James..is out for a bit and I wanted to talk to you!" the beautiful red head stated as she gave him a smile. Severus scowled a bit at the mention of Potter but it faded as he looked at her, she was holding a chubby baby who looked up at him with bright green eyes, his mothers eyes. He felt his breath catch as the child gave him a toothless grin and grabby hands to be held. Lily of course moved to hand him off to the taller man who tensed as he took the child looking rather nervous and unsure.

" I…do not think I should be holding him…I am horrible with children…I almost dropped my own Godson Draco…" he stated warily as Lily only chuckled and waved him off and motioned for him to sit.

" Yor are doing fine Sev… that is why I have asked you here…with the war…and…everything" she frowned a bit.
"I know your a good man Severus…I…I was prideful to not forgive you sooner for what was said all those years ago" she said softly as she looked to her hands.
" James…and I…mostly I…I want you to be Harry's godfather…in case something happens to us…Sirius and Remus are of course the first in line but…" she bit her bottom lip.

Severus tensed as he looked disbelievingly at her.

"Potter…agreed to let me come anywhere near his precious son?" he asked as Lily frowned a bit.
" James is a good man Severus and despite your…past with him yes…he and I both feel that it is a good idea" she said as she smiled to him gently as she got up and motioned for him to stay there as she got a scroll with ink and quill as well as a small knife. She also came back with a camera as she took a few photos on a wizarding camera before sitting back down.

" We have it all drawn up we just need your signature and blood signature" she said softly as she looked to him.
"Please Severus..I don't want him to be put into the hands of my sister…and that awful husband of hers" she pleaded. Severus took a deep breath and handed the child back to her and gave a nod as he leaned over and signed the scroll and placed his blood on it as it flashed away with a pop and he saw Lily relax a bit as she gave him a loving smile. He stood before looking down to her.

" I do hope you and Potter go into hiding soon, muggleborns are going missing…" he stated softly as he looked to his best friend as she flashed him a smile.
" It will all be alright Severus…"

The memory faded as his hands clenched into fist. When Lily had died he had been told that the blood protection that Lily had used to protect Harry from the Dark Lord would keep him safe until Remus could claim him but that had never happened. The ministry had barred Remus from taking him due to being a werewolf and his claim to the boy he had ignored, he had honestly thought that Petunia would have love for the boy after the death of her sister. Placing his head in his hands he cursed himself for being so wrong.