Chapter 10

"This trial is back in session," said the minister.

As people came back, taking their seats, the Wizengamot looking a bit pensive and worn. The lawyer that was with the Potter's called "I Call Harry Potter to the stand!" Harry looked terrified but the words Severus Snape seemed to tell him calmed him instantly taking a steady breath he went to the chair. Then the questions started.

"When did you realise you were adopted and not living with your real parents?" asked the man, who had not given Harry Veritaserum, hoping that the Wizengamot will not believe him, without Veritaserum there was no assurance that he was not lying.

"Petunia and Vernon are my mum and dad and always will be, don't matter if she never gave birth to me. She was there when I took my first steps, when I said my first words, when I did my first magic, when I did my first drawing. They were there. They worked their arses of just to make sure me and my brother was looked after!" said Harry getting annoyed with this arse. 'Who does he think he is?'

"They never adopted properly then?" asked the man, curiously with a knowing look in his eye.

"YES!" said Harry "They did adopt me through an agency, told them I was dumped on her door step and wanted to raise me and within a couple weeks it was ran through. Why do you think I was known as Evans-Dursley every where I went, sometimes I went as Harry Potter after I found out but not often because I hated them." He finished.

"You hate them when they only did what was best for you? They gave you away to stop the Death Eaters coming for you!" said the man as if it were an insult to the Potter's.

"No that's where you are wrong they gave me away because they were on the wanted by Death Eaters list. I was not adopted in the papers. I died with lung problems after birth remember?" said Harry as if he were bored, but inside he was crying for this to finish, he just wanted into the warmth that Sev generates. The lawyer seemed ruffled, huffing he thought of another question to ask the boy.

"You have been living with them since you defeated the dark lord?" asked the lawyer causing Harry to flinch as if he had been struck.

"Yes" he said in a small timid voice he did not like this one bit he just wanted his Sev.

"And did you like it there with your biological mother and father?" asked the man.

"No" was all he got in reply,

"You didn't like it. Do you hurt yourself on purpose and trying to make them pay for leaving you with the Evans family for abandoning you aren't you?" yelled the man.

"No!" yelled Harry face flushed, tears running down his face, the lawyer felt a twinge of sorrow for the kid, the signs were all there, even he could see that he was abused. You would have to be blind to not see the abuse in front of you.

"No more questions, your honour" said the lawyer as he took his seat again. Not looking at the lads face again, not wanting to see what he was guilty of doing, many would think lawyers were tough, but they were not they just did what they did to bring justice. This lawyer knew before it had finished that the Potters were going down.

It was the other lawyers time, he gave Harry time to compose himself before walking over a bottle clutched in his hand he then handed it to Harry and said, "Harry can you drink that for us please? It will help you with the answers I'm going to ask it's just Veritaserum it might make you feel like you are floating" he finished.

Harry was looking at the bottle as if it were going to get up and do a tap dance in front of him, with trembling hands he drank the contents and his face went slack and emerald eyes dulled as the man pulled back. Putting the bottle on his desk he began asking questions, he knew he would win after all there were pensive memories there and they were going to be used. No one knew about them yet.

"Harry did you want to go with the Potter's when they made you leave the infirmary?" asked the man.

"No." replied Harry answering in a bored monotone voice; he was not scared or happy.

"What happened after you caught Pettigrew?" asked the lawyer figuring that this was the best place to start the interrogation.

"Sirius Black and Remus Lupin had a fight with James Potter, they were to have been made Godfathers of me apparently, they got into a row, Sirius telling James that he was disgusted with him for lying and all that, saying they could have gone into hiding with me, or anything. Lupin was angry with him too" (I have decided to add this to the story people asking what happened to them they have fell out!)

"I see after that?" asked the man.

"They dragged me from the infirmary. I begged Severus to let me stay with him, but he told me he could do nothing, them being my parents I told him I hated him then was forced to go," said Harry.

"Did you try and get away from them at all? During your stay?" asked the man. Already knowing the answer but they did not know that.

"Yes I was good at wandless magic," said Harry a tear trickling its way down his eye at the thought of his magic never returning, unaware that Severus was brewing the antidote for the magic suppresser.

"What happened to your magic?" asked the lawyer getting ready for the screaming to start.

"After I unlocked the shackles they had on me I ran for the door, but magic sent me flying to the other end of the room. Before I knew it, he forced a potion down my throat I felt my magic start to go funny then felt it draining and leaving me. I tried to do magic again but I couldn't." said Harry, if he had been able to show emotion there would be total and utter fear across his face, but that didn't stop the tears from coming.

Realising that was enough the man said, "That's enough thank you Harry," said the man, Harry tried to get up only to fall back on all fours clutching his stomach the Veritaserum making him feel totally sick, Severus was up before anyone could think, opening Harry's mouth and pouring the anti dote to Veritaserum down it. Harry then slumped very sore, the energy potion long gone, he slumped more as he fell asleep.

The pensive was brought out and the lawyer spoke, grinning maliciously at the Potters especially James, when they paled they then knew they were totally doomed; they seemed to have forgotten James Potter telling Harry that he should have killed him while he had the chance.

They all watched in growing horror, as James Potter got more and more abusive towards young Harry Potter, having to look away when the young man had his magic taken forcefully from him. Nine of the Wizengamot were sick till their stomachs were empty, the other half looked green and others looked ready to faint even the people who had already saw it looked green. The Wizengamot looked like they wanted blood.

It was then the lawyer that was with Sev had a great idea the perfect form of revenge, yes that was going to be worth it he shouted after the pensive was gone saying, "Lily Potter gave birth to a baby girl some nights ago it's apparent that the child would not be safe at all. It's a shame for the child to be adopted from strangers when she could be adopted by Severus Snape and live with her brother and biological cousin, by adoption her older brother," said the man; if it were possible the Potter's went even paler.

Severus Snape tried hard to keep the smirk of his face, all that ran around his head was 'perfect revenge' with a smirk he nodded his head. That plan was plausible he would have someone else to bring up because Harry would not need him forever and would love a little girl to carry the Snape name. There had not been a girl in the Snape line for long enough.

"No Snivellus will not get another of my children fuck you! You can't do this I will give it up for adoption before I give it too you bastard" yelled James. Lily paled at the thought of never getting to see her baby girl again, she had not realised the seriousness of the situation.

"No don't take my baby away from me please, no, not my little girl" she pleaded but there was not a sympathetic face in sight they all thought that they were doing the right thing, after all she had watched as her only son was beaten. No, she does not deserve her child not now not ever.

"The Wizengamot grants Severus Snape custody of the baby girl Potter, soon to be Snape, bring her in and get the potion!" yelled a woman. The man took of to get the potion another flooed to ST. Mungos; the Potter's paled totally, the potion made it permanent. There was no going back no antidote; she would be made a Snape in blood and looks. It also hurt however with her being still small it would not be so bad.

A little girl with red looking hair and green eyes was carried in, she was wearing a white baby gown and a white blanket was over her. Severus gently took the newborn in his hand he had always wanted to be a dad and now he was and he had three children things were going great for him, better then he ever imagined them to be, and it was all thanks to Harry Potter who would be a Snape by tonight hopefully too.

He was soon handed the potion, he knew it tasted disgusting, he uncorked it cut his finger and let seven drops of his blood drop into it, healing it he then took the potion and poured it into the newborn babe's mouth. As predicted it didn't hurt, but the changes were obvious, the little girl opened her eyes, instead of the startling green they were a while ago they were now onyx colour, her red turfs were now purest black and the baby had whitened a little her face had took on a more graceful look, she was definatly a Snape now.