Hey guys glad to hear from those of you that enjoyed the first chapter. Thank you so much for the reviews they made me really happy! I thought that I should mention the date that Harry was rescued by Sev it was a week before his birthday July 24th When you read all those great review you realize that it's just worth it. Anyways only one of you commented on which house Harry should be placed in so I decided to just use my iPod spinning wheel app kind of lame aye? Sorry about the whole spacing issue I'm kind of new on this laptops word processor it confuses me greatly Lol well anyways here is the second chapter …
Oh forgot this in the last chapter
Disclaimer:
I do not own Harry potter, Severus, the Harry Potter world or any characters except most of the ones you do not recognize which are of my own creations all of this magnificent magic comes from the lovely J.K Rowling. I also do not own the Severitus challenge that belongs to the Author Severitus.
August 31st 1991 (The day before Harry's first day at Hogwarts)
"Dad wake up!" Harry called from the doorway to his father's room. Severus groaned "Harry it's too early go back to sleep." He said in a sleepy voice that was muffled from his pillow. "It's 9am dad!" complained the restless eleven year old. Sev sighed and sat up "I suppose that means I have to get up then." He muttered something unintelligible "Albus said that he wanted us at breakfast remember?" Harry said bouncing from where he stood. Severus raised an eyebrow "surely you aren't that eager to get to breakfast Harry, whatever could be the reason for you giddiness." He said sarcastically. "Diagon Alley of course, you promised we would go today remember?" Harry said eagerly. "Yes I don't tend to forget promises now do I child? Out I will be there momentarily just give me time to get organized." He said stifling a yawn. "Yes sir!" Harry said with a cheeky grin. "Brat!" Sev called out and heard a loud chuckle as his response.
Minutes later the duo was making their way to the great hall the younger of the two almost jumping out of his shoes. "Really Harry you must calm down a bit how are you going to sit and eat your breakfast without falling out of your chair?" Sev asked "Sorry Dad but weren't you this excited for your first trip for your school stuff?" He asked "I suppose but I didn't jitter uncontrollably…" he said pointedly at the shaking boy. "Okay I'm calmed now." Harry said trying to control himself as they reached the great hall. "Good morning everyone" Harry called out enthusiastically. The staff greeted them. "Albus why did you insist we eat here this morning?" Severus asked the headmaster who was basically a father to him. "I thought it would be nice to introduce Harry to his soon to be defence professor." Albus replied. Just then a door behind them opened.
"Ah Remus thank you for joining us" Albus said greeting his former pupil. "Headmaster, I apologize for being late still trying to unpack." Remus said taking a seat next to Severus who was gaping at him. "Now Remus you really must learn to call me Albus." He said. "Of course I suppose I'll get used to it eventually… Albus" Remus said chuckling. "I Believe introductions are in order, Harry this is Remus Lupin your new defence against the dark arts professor and-" Albus was cut off by Severus. "Your godfather Harry" Severus said looking at his son. "Godfather?" Remus asked. "Albus hasn't enlightened you Lupin?" Severus asked surprised. "He has told me about the dream and the will and you being Harry's father but not that I was his godfather." Remus said surprised but then turned to Harry. "Well Harry it's nice to meet you I'm Remus Lupin your Professor and apparently your Godfather as well, you may of course call me what you wish outside of class but Professor in class I'm sure your father has had the same speech as you." Remus said kindly to his godson. "Yes sir, and well I'm not really sure what to call you, my cousin Dudley always called his godfather Uncle Oscar would Uncle Remus or something similar work sir?" Harry asked his godfather. "Uncle Remus or Uncle Remy will do just fine Harry." Remus replied grinning widely at Harry. "What a great son you have here Sev" Remus said. "Indeed" said Severus who was pushing his eggs around his plate.
As soon as they finished breakfast Harry was back to his giddiness. "Dad can we go to Diagon Alley now?" Harry asked. "Yes son we will go momentarily, if you would go and fetch our cloaks I would like a word with Albus before we depart." Severus said. Harry nodded and dashed off towards their quarters. Albus chuckled looking after the boy "If only we had his energy." Severus nodded and then gestured for the headmaster to join him a little ways up the hall. "Albus why did you not tell me you had hired Lupin! And more importantly why did you hire him?" Severus demanded. "Now my boy I didn't think you would mind and I also thought it would be good for Harry to get to know his godfather." Albus said his eyes twinkling. "Be that as it may you should have consulted me, I should be involved in any decisions regarding my son." Severus said demandingly. "I apologise Severus, I promise to inform you before doing anything that involves Harry, Ah speaking of I was thinking of getting him a Pensieve for Christmas is that to your liking?" The headmaster teased at the glaring potions master. "Dad let's go!" called Harry skidding into the corridor. Severus rolled his eyes and led his son across the school yard and to the front gates where he side-long apparated them to Diagon Alley.
"Harry my son, Welcome to Diagon Alley." Severus said as Harry stared in awe at everything. "Whoa, this is so cool!" Harry cried out. A couple of passer-by's chuckling at his statement, he blushed. Severus smiled remembering that he had had a similar reaction for his first trip. "Where are we going first dad?" Harry asked eagerly. "Madame Malkins, you are going to need your school robes and we will probably get you a set of dress robes and some everyday robes, and I believe she also sells some muggle clothing we will probably select a few of those for you as well." Severus trailed on until they reached the robe shop. "Hello Welcome to Madame Malkin's Robes for All Occasions, Hogwarts I'm presuming?" The lady at the front desk asked. "Yes Ma'am" Harry responded. "Alright then, Madame Malkin is fitting another young man for Hogwarts at the moment right this way please." She said leading Harry and Sev through a purple curtain. "Another for Hogwarts Madame." The lady said to a plump witch with white poofed up hair. "Thank you Winona" The witch replied from her spot in which she was measuring a boy with platinum blonde hair and pale skin. Severus went to sit in the waiting area leaving Harry alone with the boy and the shop owner. "First year right dear?" Madame Malkin asked and Harry nodded. "Right you are I'll be back in a moment, and you don't move!" she said bustling through the curtain that took you to the front of the shop. "Hello, I'm Draco Malfoy, and you are?" the blonde boy asked holding out his hand to Harry. "Harry Snape, nice to meet you." Harry said shaking his hand. "Snape?" Draco asked "As in Severus Snape?" Harry nodded "Yes he's my father." Harry said "Well then that would make you my god brother then, Severus is my godfather I call him Uncle Sev I wasn't aware he had a son." Draco exclaimed. "Well we only recently found each other…" Harry said unsure of what to make of his newly found god brother. Just then Madame Malkin rushed back into the fitting room shrieking "Mister Malfoy! You've ruined your position now I must retake the measurements." She cried out. Draco sighed as she began to re-fit him, but he wondered about his god brother there was just something about him.
Meanwhile in the waiting room Severus had met up with his long-time friends Lucius and Narcissa. "Severus is it true that you have a son? And that this so called son is Harry Potter?" Lucius asked his best friend. "Yes Lucius it is true, Lily only married Potter to give Harry a stable family." Severus said sighing news had got out fast. "But he's the spitting image of James." Narcissa exclaimed. "A charm Cissy." Sev said matter of factly. "Ah yes I recall Lily was rather good with those." Lucius said thoughtfully. Severus nodded. "He must have met Draco by now I'm guessing, I wonder how they've gotten along." Lucius wondered. "You've got me there, Harry's personality is quite far off from Draco's, and in my opinion they'd either end up being the best of friends or the worst of enemies. They had no more time for comments on their son's personalities because the boys in question had walked through the purple curtain talking as though they had known each other all their lives. "Hey dad why didn't you tell me you had a godson?" Harry asked accusingly. "It never came up." Severus replied. "Harry meet Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy, two of my friends from back in school. Severus introduce him to Draco's parents. "How do you do Mr. and Mrs. Malfoy, it's good to meet you." Harry said smiling. "Oh what a polite young man!" Narcissa said beaming. "Please call me Aunt Cissy if you're comfortable with that." She said happily. "And I would be fine with Uncle Lucius if it is to your pleasing." Said the head of the Malfoy family. Harry smiled. "Alright Aunt Cissy and Uncle Lucius it is then." Harry said happily. Draco smirked as he watched Harry's introduction to his parents he had to admit he was pretty good. "Well Harry we must be going, we still have lots of things to pick up Lucius, Narcissa it was good to see you we will have to get together around Christmas" Severus said in parting. The Malfoys agreed and the Snapes went on their own way.
The two went to flourish and blots, then carried on to the apothecary and caldron shop, when exiting the cauldron shop Harry spotted Quality Quidditch Supplies. "Whoa Dad can we go look at brooms please?" Harry asked. And Severus reluctantly agreed for he knew that Harry had enough birthday money left to purchase a broom if he wished. While browsing the brooms Severus seen another familiar face. "Hello there Severus, how are you today." Asked Arthur Weasley hair as red as ever. "I'm quite well thank you Arthur, allow me to introduce my son-" Severus said before Arthur cut him off. "Well bless my soul! It's Harry Potter." Arthur cried out before Severus clamped a hand down on his mouth. "Good Merlin Man keep your mouth shut! We don't need a mob in a quidditch shop right now." Severus hissed. "Sorry, I didn't realise, he's your son isn't he Severus? Looks just like you the spitting image really I imagine his former appearance was Lily's doing?" Arthur inquired. Severus nodded "Yes indeed and I would appreciate it if you would keep this under wraps, I don't fancy my sons face on the cover of the Daily Prophet any more than it already is." Arthur nodded his agreement. "Well I must be on my way good seeing you Severus, Harry it was good to meet you as well." Arthur said in parting. "It was nice to meet you too Mr. Weasley Sir" Harry called after him.
The two stayed in the quidditch shop a bit longer before Harry asked the question Sev knew had been bugging the boy. "Hey Dad… do you think I could buy a broom? I have enough money saved up and I know first years aren't really aloud a broom but I could keep it in our quarters and ride it on holiday's maybe?" Severus smirked at his son's long explanation and nodded his consent. Harry hugged Severus and went to look at the brooms. In the end he chose the newest model a nimbus two thousand. As he was paying Severus came up in the line behind him with another nimbus. Harry gave him a questioning look. "Well you don't actually think I'm going to let Madame Hootch teach my son to fly do you?" Severus said in mock horror. Harry laughed and said "You're the greatest dad." Which made Severus fly, his angel eyed son thought he was the greatest could the day get any better?
"What's left to get dad?" Harry asked after Severus had shrunk their purchases and put them into his pocket. "Well you are allowed a cat, owl, or toad and your wand. "Do you think I could get an Owl? I mean owls are really handy to have they do make great post men." Harry pointed out and Sev chuckled "I suppose they do, alright we shall get you an owl." He stated and with that they headed to Eeylops owl emporium where Harry immediately spotted a great sooty owl.(a species) "Dad I want that one" Harry said pointing to the owl. "Good choice son." Severus said summoning the owner with the gesture of his hand. "My son would like to purchase this owl." Severus stated. The shop owner nodded and took the cage to the counter. "Sir we like to register all animals sold here, do you have a name picked for the owl?" the owner asked. "Griffin." Harry replied nonchalantly "Griffin the owl?" Severus said raising his eyebrows. Harry nodded and grinned as his father shook his head in humour. Soon they were on their way to Ollivanders Severus carrying Griffin the owl.
"Ah Mister Potter I was wondering when I'd be seeing you." Mr. Ollivander stated as they entered the shop. "That's Snape, not Potter." Severus Snapped. "Ah Severus Snape, 12 ½ inches Alder with a Dragon core slightly springy" Severus nodded. Ollivander smiled "Well Mister Snape time to find you a wand!" Ollivander said happily and pulled out boxes of wands from the shelves. On the seventh try Harry was fed up. "Now now Mister Snape the wand chooses the wizard we will find you the right wand, Hmm I wonder" He said. Ollivander pulled out a dusty old box from underneath the counter, he cleaned it off and stated " This one is Hazel with a Leprechaun hair core 13 ¾ inches give it a wave." Ollivander told him. Harry waved the wand and instantly purple and blue sparks shot from the tip. "Marvellous! Now that will be 9 galleons" Ollivander said. Severus paid the man and the two left after a long half an hour of wand waving. "I found the shop quite warm, how about some ice cream?" Severus asked his son who nodded eagerly and they made their last stop of the day at Florean Fortescues Ice cream parlour.
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"Harry the train will be arriving soon it's time you meet up with Hagrid." Severus called through the quarters to his son. "Yes dad I'm just grabbing my scarf its cold outside." Harry responded. "Wimp." Severus muttered. "Heard that." Harry called back to him causing him to roll his eyes his son had ears as good as his angel used to. "Bye dad I'll see you at the sorting" Harry said stopping to say goodbye to his father. "Harry I want you to remember I don't care if you're a Hufflepuff, Slytherin, or Dingledimer your still my son and I love you no matter what." Severus told him. "Dingledimer? Dad your loosing it." Harry chuckled. "Love you too dad and thanks I'll see you soon." Harry said and with that left to go meet Hagrid so he could take the boats with the other first years. "Ello there A'rry!" Hagrid greeted as Harry caught up with him as they walked along the edge of the black lake. "Hi Hagrid!" Harry greeted breathlessly. "Arr ya excited bout tha feast?" Hagrid asked him and Harry nodded and they walked in silence the rest of the way. "They reached the area where the black lake and hogsmeade met. "All righ Firs years Ov'er ere!" Hagrid bellowed causing some of the first years to jump. Harry waved Draco over when he seen him. "Hey Draco how was the train ride?" Harry asked. "It was long, why weren't you on it?" Draco asked "I live at Hogwarts remember?" Harry said in an obvious tone and Draco nodded. "These are my friends Blaise Zabini and Theodore Nott" Draco said. "Oy that's Theo, Drake you know I hate my full name!" the brown haired boy said irritably. "Why do you think I use it?" Draco responded and Harry laughed. "Nice to meet you, you guys want to share a boat?" Harry asked and they all agreed and hopped into one of the magically propelled canoes. "They're she be!" Hagrid said to everyone. Suddenly a frog jumped onto Harry's head. "Is anyone missing a frog?" Harry called out and heard the boy in the next canoe over call "Trevor!" a few people chuckled. "Thanks, I'm Neville Longbottom by the way." The boy with the toad said. "Harry Snape." Harry replied nodding at Neville. The boats then docked and the first years made their way to the front doors where Hagrid knocked twice.
"Good Evening" Minerva McGonagall said in a no nonsense tone. "My name is Professor McGonagall, in a few moments you will join your classmates in the great hall where you will then be sorted into one of four house; Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, Gryffindor, and Slytherin, while you are here your houses will be like you families." She said stiffly and with that she returned to see if they were ready for the first years. "This place is bloody amazing!" Harry heard a voice behind him say. "It's pretty neat isn't" it Harry said to the red headed boy. "My names Harry, and you are?" he asked. "I'm Ron, Ronald Weasley it's nice to meet you, and you wouldn't be Harry Potter by any chance would you?" Ron asked. "No I was once Harry Potter but it was a false identity." Ron nodded in understanding. The professor then returned and said "They are ready for you now." She lead the first years into the hall. "The ceilings charmed to look like the night sky, I read about it in Hogwarts a history." Said a girl's voice from behind Harry. "Welcome first years." Albus said. "Let the sorting begin." Harry noticed a stool with a ratty old hat upon it. Professor McGonagall stepped next to the stool and said. "When I call your name come sit upon the stool and I will place the sorting hat upon your head."
"Hannah Abbott!" she called out and a blonde haired girl went and sat on the stool. A few moments later the hat called out "HUFFLEPUFF!" and the hufflepuff table broke into cheers. "Susan Bones!" McGonagall called. "HUFFLEPUFF!" the hat cried again. "Michael Corner." McGonagall said. "RAVENCLAW!" the hat called out. "Draco Malfoy!" McGonagall said. Severus held his breath he knew Lucius wouldn't be happy if Draco got anything except Slytherin, he wouldn't do anything drastic but Draco would most likely belittle himself for it. "SLYTHERIN!" the hat called and Severus let out a breath of relief. "Hermione Granger!" the deputy headmistress said. "RAVENCLAW!" the hat called and Hermione happily skipped over to her new table. "Theodore Nott!" McGonagall called. "Actually professor I prefer Theo." Replied the boy cheekily, McGonagall glared. The boy sat on the stool and had the hat placed on his head and it called out "SLYTHERIN" and Theo joined the Slytherin table. Ronald Weasley, Neville Longbottom, Dean Thomas, and Lavender Brown and more were sorted into Gryffindor and Blaise, Seamus Finnegan, Vincent Crabbe, and Gregory Goyle were sorted into slytherin along with a few others. Finally it was the moment Severus had been waiting for it was time for his son to be sorted. "Harry Snape!" McGonagall called. And the hall went silent for most of them knew that Harry Snape was the former Harry Potter.
Harry made his way to the stool and sat upon it and got ready as McGonagall placed it on his head. "Hello" the hat said in his mind. "Hi can I ask a favour before you sort me please Mr. Hat?" Harry asked in his head. "What do you have in your mind that the sorting hat can't find?" the hat said chuckling at its rhyme. "Harry let his thoughts play for the hat." Indeed quite cunning Mister Snape you would make a fine Slytherin but perhaps… "BETTER BE DINGLEDIME!" the hat called out. The hall was silent in confusion but Severus jumped up and shouted "WHAT THE BLOODY HELL?!" and everyone burst into laughter and Harry smirked at his father. The hat called "LET IT BE SLYTHERIN." Harry ran to join Draco at the Slytherin table. "Merlin's beard Harry how on earth did you manage that?" Blaise Zabini asked him. "I just had a chat with the hat." Harry chuckled. "You sure got a reaction out of Uncle Sev." Draco said cheerfully gesturing towards Harry's father who was glaring at his son with humour in his eyes. "Ah dad's going to laugh about it later." Harry said. Dumbledore rose to his podium "Well after that exciting Sorting let the feast begin!" he said and raised his arms food appeared on the table. After everyone had eaten their fill the potions master came to the Slytherin table and said. "We will be having a house meeting in the common room in ten minutes prefects you are to guide the first years to the dungeons." He said and with that he left.
Marcus Flint and Cora Nott (Theo's sister) led them down to their dungeon common room where Severus was waiting. "Welcome to Slytherin house, My name is Professor Snape in this house we stick together within these walls you are free to bicker with each other all you wish but outside of them you are to be saints to each other the best of friends, we Slytherins have earned ourselves bad reputation in this school and we are trying to rebuild that anyone set on destroying any progress we have made towards this will suffer detentions with myself as punishment. My quarters are down and hall the picture of Salazar Slytherin, if it is an emergency you can reach me there my office hours are posted on the board, Also there is one more thing a former rule has been removed and I was told to inform you that first years may try out for the quidditch teach so I suggest you start owing for your brooms and brooms can also be in your possession." Severus smirked. "You are dismissed, Harry come see me in my quarters please." Severus said before turning to leave. "You're in for it Harry." Theo said. "I'll be fine Dad's pretty lenient." He said smoothly. "Okay first years!" Marcus Flint called. "Everyone receives 1 roommate only here because we have plenty of dorm space so please listen while I call your dorm arrangements." He said. "Okay Blaise Zabini with Theodore Nott, and Vincent Crabbe with Gregory Goyle, and last we have odd numbers so it's a paring of three Draco Malfoy, Harry Snape and Seamus Finnegan." Marcus said and pointed to the direction of the dorms. Harry turned to Draco. "I better go see dad can you get me the bed closest to the window or door if Seamus doesn't want it?" he asked Draco who nodded and wished him luck.
Harry knocked on the door three times he forgot that his dad had decided to change the password. Severus opened the door and gestured him inside. "Hey dad! Aren't you glad I made slytherin?" Harry smiled cheekily. "You brat!" Severus joked. "How did you get the hat to say that I swear you should have been a pranking Gryffindor boy." Severus said grinning. "That was brilliant son! Absolutely hilarious." Severus said laughing. "I'm glad I amused you, I thought you'd be pretty mad to be honest." Harry said "Mad? Heavens no, I suppose it shouldn't surprise me your mother was just as devious that little angel she claimed to be should have been a devil." Harry laughed. The two enjoyed tea before Harry headed back to meet Seamus and Draco in their dorm. "Night Dad" Harry said getting ready to leave but stopped "Before I go what's the new password to our quarters?" Harry asked. "Dingledimer." Severus said bluntly and walked into his room without another word but heard his sons thundering laugh followed by a slammed door.
Harry went to dorm number 3 and knocked he didn't know the password yet. "Hey guys he said when Draco let him in. "What did you make the password?" Harry asked "Dingledimer." Seamus smirked. "Bloody hell I've created an epidemic!" Harry cried out collapsing on his bed which was closest to the window. Soon Seamus, Drake, and Harry were all sleeping resting for their classes to come the next day. Harry the resident Dingledimer was the most excited for his father's class because he had been learning potions with Sev over the summer. He wondered what awaited him for the next four years who knew what his life would become.
Well that was a fairly long chapter I really enjoyed righting it sorry how the sorting was kind of boring. Also I apologize if anyone wanted him in ravenclaw blame my ipod it said to go with slytherin lol well I recommend my other story to you guys "The Delacours" Which is a work in progress just like this one. I'm really enjoying writing fictions as well as reading them thanks guys please Review it really makes people happy I'm sure fellow authors on fanfic know what I mean til next time!
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