Tobias: See this following chapter? Wulfric just took JK's amazing characters and began manipulating them.. so..

Wulfric : Shut UP Tobias.. I was about to say that!

Tobias: Oh you were? Hmm.. didnt seem like it to me Forgetful..

Wulfric: Bite me..

Tobias: That can be arranged..

Wufric : Not Literally you moron!

(chase ensues..)

Tobias: Enjoy the chapter while we run about

"Well Harry, do you like it?" Albus asked the gaping teen. After Minerva had left, the old man had set to work on creating a room for Harry. The room was adjacent to his own bedroom, and connected by a door in the corner. Since Harry was a Gryffindor as well, he decorated it in the house's colors, much like his own room. Dumbledore made sure Harry had everything he needed in his room, as well as a small library of the headmaster's own books.

"Like it? I love it.. sir. It's perfect. Thank you," Harry said as he launched himself into the headmaster's outstreched arms. He could really get used to this family business.

"Well I'm glad you love it. Seeing as we're to be a family, I needed to make sure the proper.. 'paperwork' went though. If you wouldn't mind, I need your signature to complete the guardianship forms and then, well we will get to the rest later,'' Dumbledore said with a full twinkle in his eyes.

"Of course, sir. I'll sign whatever it is you need me to." Dumbledore lead the way to his office where there was a small pile of forms in the center of the desk. Handing Harry a quill, his grandfather showed him were to sign his name, where to put his initials, and in one place where to place a drop of his blood. When Dumbledore said that was everything, Harry turned to him and said, "Professor, you began saying about something else..What was it?"

Dumbledore hesitated before he started speaking, " Well, Harry. Seeing as I offered you a home, if you would like, I could also.." The headmaster looked like he had run out of steam, which was an unheard of thing with Albus Dumbledore.

" You could what sir? " Harry probed.

" I could, adopt you if you would like me to, " Dumbledore said in a small voice. Harry didn't answer the man, but he launched himself at him again and hugged him as tightly as he could. Chuckling Dumbledore said, " Well, I take it this means you're willing?"

"Of course sir. What do I have to do to make that official?" Harry inquired.

Pointing to a smaller form under the guardianship papers the old man said, " Just sign that Harry. Most of the guardianship papers are the same as adoption papers, so if you are doing both at once you need only to add this last page to it.Oh, and before I forget, in my family, members have more than one middle name, if my name is any indication. So, if you're willing, I'd like to give you two more middle names."

Thinking on it Harry asked, " And what would my full name then be?"

With a small smile Dumbledore replied ," Harry James Godric Orion Potter "

With a large grin on his face he said, "I like it." Harry eagerly grabbed the form to sign it, and as soon as he was finished, the paper began to glow a soft blue. The glow grew in size till it surrounded both Harry and Dumbledore.

After a minute, the glow died down and there was an offical seal on the stack of forms. " There we go Harry, the glow means the forms went though and were accepted, plus you and I were 'bonded' so to speak. I was going to give you one of my names, but I felt Orion fit better after Godric. Now I think we should head and get some dinner don't you think?"

"Yes sir, I'm starving."

Chuckling Dumbledore headed out the door of his office with Harry right beside him. " You should be, I've seen how you can eat over the years. But you are a growing boy, so it's off to dinner for us. And one more thing Harry."

"What is it sir?"

"You don't have to keep calling me professor."

Harry looked up at the Headmaster a moment before he asked, "What shall I call you then?"

"If you're comfortable with it, I'm happy with being called Albus," replied Dumbledore.

"Alright Albus."

Once the pair of them were in the Great Hall, the headmaster steered Harry up to a seat at his left while Professor McGonagall sat at his right. With a look up and down the staff table, the food appeared and the meal began. Professor Snape walked into the hall about five minutes after everyone began seeing as he had been working on a batch of potions and he came to a dead halt when he saw Harry.

" Might I ask why Potter is sitting at the staff table, let alone why he is here?" the man sneered. As he heard the voice, Harry looked up and glared at Snape. He had to bite his tongue to keep from calling him a 'greasy git', and only because he knew his guardian wouldn't like that.

"Severus, Harry is here because I want him to be, and because he is legally in my carenow," Dumbledore replied calmly. To say Snape was shocked would be an understatement. The man tried to talk for a good five minutes, but he could do no more than studder. The rest of the staff present had semi shocked expressions on, because they had been waiting for this day.

"Y-you a-adopted .. P-P-Potter!" came the response finally from Snape.

Harry rolled his eyes at Snape's face, as Dumbledore answered calmly, " Of course I did. And seeing as I did. Harry will now be living with me, which means he'll be here for the summers and such." This information was too much for Severus Snape, as he turned and walked out of the Hall in a daze.

" Well Albus, I never thought I'd see the day when Snape was at a loss for words," Harry said as he finished his meal.

"Professor Snape, Harry" his guardian corrected him. " He's a Hogwarts teacher, and weither or not you and him get along, you still must address him as 'Professor' ".

Harry looked at his plate and mumbled a "Yes Sir." A few members of the staff chuckled, Harry Potter wasn't about to get away with anything with the headmaster being his guardian.

After dinner, Albus challenged him to a game of chess. "Albus, if you haven't heard already, I am the worst chess player there is."

Looking at Harry over his glasses, Dumbledore replied, " Now, now. That cannot be true" .

At this moment, the door to the office swung over and Professor McGonagall came in with a small stack of parchments. Seeing the chessboard, and the fact she heard the slight conversation between the two, she rolled her eyes and said, " Albus, he's right, he is an awful chess player. But then again, so are you, well to me you are." Seeing the old man's expression of slight annoyance she continued, " You have yet to get more than two games up on me when we play. How many am I up by now, eight? Anyways, these need to be looked over in the morning. Goodnight you two, and Harry, you may be an awful player, but Albus can be just as bad, just distract him."

With that she left the office and Harry erupted in laughter. Albus sent him a small glare, but that caused Harry to laugh harder. " Oh can we just play?" Albus stated.

When his laughter finally resided, Harry said, " Of course." As the game continued on, Albus thought Harry could be as merciless as Minerva when playing chess. His skills weren't up as high as hers, but when he made a good 'kill' he gave the same slight smirk that she did. After an hour and a half, Harry cornered Dumbledore's king, and the game was finally over.

Cleaning up the chessboard Harry heard his grandfather mumble, " As merciless as Minerva, and I thought I had a chance.."

Chuckling Harry turned to the old man and said, "Well then, I'll be sure to tell her that." The headmaster just rolled his eyes and told Harry it was getting late and he should head off to bed. "Yes sir. Goodnight Albus." Harry went into his room, and found a house elf had laid out a set of red nightclothes for him. He changed into them and slipped under the covers. Right before he went to sleep, he raised his hand and mumbled a silencing charm out of habit.

A few hours later though, Harry awoke in a cold sweat trembling.

a/n: Another rewritten chapter.. go me.

Well, The reason I have Albus calling him 'child' is because well, when he's as old as he is, everyone seems like a child pretty much, and Dumbledore really cares about Harry, so 'child' just well.. fit..