Severus calm down," Dumbledore said to the man. He knew that Severus was worried for the one that he regarded as a son but it would help no one if he wasn't calm enough to think and help them find Harry.
Severus took a deep breath to steady himself and put back on the mask of calm. His father was right if he was going to help Harry then he needed to be calm. Not trusting himself to speak yet he gave Albus a brief nod to show that his panic attack was contained.
Before the Headmaster could say anything he was startled by a rush of wings.
Hedwig had sensed the panic in her boy just moments before the bond that they shared went dark. She knew though that he was also bonded with the odd little snake that the Dark Man, as she referred to Severus because of his unending wearing of dark clothing held.
Hedwig landed on Severus's shoulder and hooted urgently at the snake asking about her boy.
Silver recognized the owl and because of the bond that they shared with Harry they were able to traverse the language barriers and he could understand her.
"I know where he is. I can take them there but I need your help."
"What can I do?"
"Carry me to the place and I can let them in so that they can rescue our boy."
Hedwig hooted in agreement. Quickly but gently she snatched the snake from Severus's hand and hooted loudly advertising that she wanted the two wizards to follow her.
Albus and Severus exchanged quick glances before they followed.
Ten minutes later Hedwig landed in the least used bathroom in the castle and placed the stuffed snake on the sink.
Severus and Albus walked in and approached in time to hear the snake hiss at the taps. There was a loud rumble and all of a sudden the sink was moving and there was an entryway.
"The Chamber of Secrets," both men breathed in the same moment.
"He's down there?" Severus asked.
He received a hoot and a hiss in confirmation.
After Albus sent a Patronus to call for reinforcements, both he and Severus hopped down the chute knowing that they had no time to waste.
/
When Harry had woken up he was surprised to find that he was no longer in the
Hospital Wing. Moments later he realized that he had absolutely no idea where he was.
"Finally awake are we?"
Harry jerked realizing that he wasn't alone. The man who had spoken was standing a few feet away over a boiling cauldron. He was a mousy looking individual, short in stature and balding. He was probably in his late thirties but it seemed like he was way older than that.
Harry tried to move and that's when his foggy brain registered that he was held close in the coils of what was quite frankly the largest serpent that he had ever seen in his entire life.
Then the short wizard was walking over to him and he pulled out a knife and cut his forearm and boy did it hurt! Going back over to the cauldron the man dropped in the blood from the knife and then chopped off his own hand!
'He's absolutely mental' Harry thought very afraid now.
Then the man threw in a blob of something that looked like a skeleton wrapped in a blanket and suddenly there was an explosion and Harry found himself face to face with a man that was more of a snake than a human. Harry's scar began to burn with a fierceness causing him to feel pain that made one of Vernon's beatings seem like a slap on the wrist.
Harry screamed in pain and fear. He knew that standing before him now was Voldemort and that he was going to die.
/
Severus Albus were down the chute and walking cautiously. Then they heard it. The sound of Harry screaming. At that moment Severus shot off like a bullet from a gun. Something was dreadfully wrong he had never heard Harry scream like that before.
Dumbledore was right behind the man knowing that whatever was going on it was not good at all.
Whatever the two of them had imagined the seen that they came upon was not it. The two of them quickly took in the scene. Harry was trapped in the coils of a Basilisk. Voldemort was taunting him and Peter Pettigrew was there when he was supposed to be dead. All this was taken in, in mere seconds.
Then all hell broke loose. Severus and Albus charged at Voldemort. Pettigrew tried to escape only to find himself held by the Basilisk.
The Basilisk didn't want to serve the monster that had fooled her into thinking that he was the heir of Slytherin but she knew that he would easily kill her if she didn't do as he wished. When had been reborn just now she had thought that she was in for another era of servitude doing things that would haunt her forever. But when the two wizards came in she saw her chance and released the boy to grab the other man.
She was about to take a bite at him when she was stopped.
"Stop" Harry shouted in Parseltongue. He did not know the man and yes he had brought about the return of Voldemort but the man didn't deserve to die.
On the other side of the Chamber Voldemort was losing ground against Severus and Albus. So he aimed an Avada Kedavra over at Harry and while Severus and Albus threw up twin Protego's to protectHarry, Voldemort retreated through a secret exit that he had installed in his youth just in case a situation like this arose .
Breathing hard the older wizards ran over to where Harry and the Basilisk were and saw that the enormous serpent had held on to Pettigrew.
"Harry!" Severus exclaimed once he realized that his son was still next to the serpent and still in danger. Severus raised his wand.
"Stop!" Harry said. "Freya is safe to look at right now. She has a spell on her that allows her to make her gaze harmless if she wants it to be. She had only held me because old Moldy Shorts would have killed her if she hadn't."
Severus stood shocked for a moment. At first it was the sense of déjà vu of Harry protecting a snake that he was about to harm then it was from the amazement that Harry had made fun of the Dark Lord's chosen name.
Albus himself outright laughed at that.
Slowly Severus put away his wand. Then a sense of relief passed over him. "Harry!" he called once more but this time it was infused with happiness that his boy was alive.
"Papa," Harry cried in reply and then suddenly Severus had a hundred and some odd pounds of preteen wizard rammed into him.
Albus watched his two boys with twinkly eyes.
Seeing this as an opportunity Pettigrew tried to escape but was promptly hit with the body-binding curse.
"Ssshall I take you out of here?" Freya asked.
"You can speak English!?" Severus asked in amazement.
Freya laughed. "Not my favorite language but I do ssspeak."
All three wizards climbed onto her back behind her head, first Harry then Severus, and Albus. She rewrapped her tail around Peter's still form and if the ride was a bit bumpy for him than no one saw fit to mention it.
When Freya came out of the Chamber, McGonagall and Hagrid were at the top of the chute along with Madame Pomfrey. Silver and Hedwig were also waiting there hissing and hooting happily as they saw that their boy was alive and well.
All of the wizards hopped down and then Freya handed Peter up to them.
McGonagall gasped as she realized who it was and Hagrid looked ready to kill him.
All this Harry didn't notice because he was petting Freya and she was tickling him with her tongue making him laugh.
"What will you do now?" Harry asked.
"I'll go back down into the Chamber. Will you vissit me youngling?"
"May I Professor?" Harry asked.
"What happened to Papa?" Severus asked him.
Harry blushed and looked down in embarrassment. Then he gathered all the courage that he could, although he still felt vulnerable, and said, "May I … Papa."
"Yes." Severus said blushing a bit himself at the sound of his-soon-to-be-if-he-had-any-say-which-he-did son calling him by that name again.
With a parting tickle of her lounge Freya climbed back down into the Chamber and let the door close behind her.
/
After Harry was once again returned to the Hospital Wing and under Severus's watchful eye Albus went about correcting a mistake that had been made quite a few years ago. Sirius Black had been imprisoned in Azkaban under the suspicion that he had betray the Potters and that he had killed Peter Pettigrew. But that theory was shot the second that Albus found that Peter was alive and had basically revived Voldemort. Albus could tell that it was going to be a long night for him and a few others since they were responsible for the imprisonment of an innocent man in the worse prison possible.
Severus on the other hand had a more pressing matters than the fact that the mutt was innocent of the crime that had sent him to Azkaban. He knew that eventually that would be a problem because the mutt would no doubt try to take his son away from him and also there was the fact that he would have to be the one to tell Harry about Black. Then as soon as Black was out from prison there was no doubt that he would contact the werewolf and that would open another can of worms in time since the wolf was unofficial the other godfather for the boy.
But right now he could punish someone that had hurt his boy. Albus had basically given him permission to dole out the punishment of his choice upon Umbridge as long as he didn't kill her or leave evidence of certain types of… correction.
While sitting at Harry's bedside he mused on different things that he could do in order to correct her misconception that she could do anything that she wanted and just get away with it. She would learn that it was never wise to anger a former Death Eater and that it was even more foolish to anger Severus Snape.
/
The next day after Harry was released from the imprisonment of the Hospital Wing with a warning not to do anything strenuous he followed Severus down to the dungeons. Silver was around his neck and Hedwig was flying behind them. She wanted to keep her by in her sight after such a close call.
When they got to Severus's quarters the older wizard turned to face the boy.
"I was going to show you this yesterday I didn't get to."
Harry blinked up at him wondering what he was about to be shown. His Papa directed his attention to the door that was across from the one that led to his own room. Harry had never noticed that door before.
"Where does it lead?" Harry asked.
"Take a look." Was all that his Papa would say.
Harry opened the door and nearly passed out with shock. Inside was the most wonderful room that he had ever seen. There was a bed a bit larger than the one that he had in Gryffindor tower. There were three shelves for books and a desk on one wall underneath a magic window.
There were also toys and a new wizard's chess set. The room was painted in Gryffindor colors but a lot of the furniture was in Slytherin ones. Oddly enough they didn't clash at all. By the bed was his trunk and on top of that was his Nimbus 2000. There was a huge closet and there was also another door that was open far enough for him to tell that it was a bathroom.
Harry really wanted to say something. He tried really hard to speak but no words were coming out. This was absolutely the best gift that he had ever gotten in his entire life and he had no idea what to say.
Severus was watching Harry and so the shocked expression that was on the boy's face. He had half expected him to run around like he was on some kind of a sugar rush. What he didn't expect was for the boy to start crying.
It wasn't even gentle tears either. It was giant sobs that before long were impeding Harry's ability to breathe. For a moment the older man stood there startled. Then he bent down to Harry's level and tried to pry away the hands that were rubbing fiercely at the leaky eyes.
"What's wrong?" He asked gently.
"I…I'm h-happy," Harry stuttered out still crying or chocking depending on how you looked at it.
Severus was a bit scared. If the boy reacted like this to something that was a need then what would happen at Christmas when he got things that he wanted.
Eventually Harry was able to stop crying and Severus left him to explore the room while he called the house elves to start an early lunch.
After lunch Harry went up to the Gryffindor common room so that he could talk to Ron and Hermione.
When the little devil had scampered off Severus himself went to take care of a certain Professor.
/
The next morning at breakfast in the Great Hall all the students were surprised to see that Umbridge wasn't there. It was a sign of how much Umbridge was disliked that the Professors didn't stop the cheering at all when Dumbledore made the announcement that due to special circumstances the DADA Professor was on indefinite hiatus.
Meanwhile somewhere in the Antarctic
Delores Umbridge was mad and cold and lost. She was in her undergarments with nary a robe to keep in heat. She didn't have a wand and that vile Snape had cast spells on her that made her untraceable and mute. Added to that he added a heating charm that would only kick in when she was in danger of freezing to death. Along with that he had done a spell that allowed her to eat her least favorite food when hungry and get hot water when she was thirsty.
When-if- she got back to civilization she was going to kill him.
/
About a month after Umbridge's impromptu departure Severus received word that Black had been out for two weeks and he had recovered enough and wanted to meet his godson.
Severus really didn't want Harry to meet his godfather because he had grown to lo- like the boy very much and he knew that once Harry met the mutt the boy would realize that he didn't need Severus anymore and once again Severus Snape would be abandoned.
Shaking it off he called Harry down after his last class.
When Harry got to their shared rooms which he privately called 'home' he took one look at his Papa and saw that whatever was about to be talked about was very serious.
"What's wrong Papa?" Harry asked.
Snape was no longer startled by the name that Harry used for him. It was natural somehow. Harry had even told him why he decided on Papa. Dad was reserved for James and Daddy was a bit childish. Father was too formal. So that left Papa and that was what had stuck.
"I have to tell you something very important," Severus said attempting to adopt the mask of impassiveness but not having much luck. "Do you remember last week when I told you that I knew your mother?"
Harry nodded that had been a great conversation.
"Well when I was in school I did something really bad. I called Lily a… a mudblood. It's the worse insult that you can call one of Muggle parentage," Severus whispered. "That led to us falling out and then she started dating your father. I used to hate James for the way he treated me back then. He was an arrogant bully. But I can't fully hate him anymore because, as much as I loathe to admit it, he became a good man and he is halfway responsible for you being here."
"Anyway I was angry and lonely and that was how Lucius Malfoy found me. He convinced me to join Voldemort. I was so stupid!" Severus spat in self-disgust putting his head in his hands.
"Eventually I overheard part of a prophecy, I swear I thought it was total rubbish! But then the Dark Lord went after your parents. I turned to Dumbledore and became a spy in an effort to save her. But they were betrayed. At the time everyone thought that it by was your Godfather, Sirius Black. But then down in the Chamber the very man that supposedly died that night aided the Dark Lord in his return. Sirius got out of… prison a little while ago and he wants to meet you now."
Severus didn't dare look at Harry lest he see the hatred in those expressive green eyes. He was still on edge from his confession so it was no surprise to him that he began to cry, silently, since yes he still had a modicum of dignity, when a timid hand began to pat his hair in a motion that was soothing and comforting. Harry wouldn't comfort him if he hated him would he?
"It's okay Papa. Don't cry," The boy pleaded softly.
That of course had the reverse effect of making Severus's tears rain harder because not only was Harry still willing to call him Papa- and thank Merlin for that! - The boy had said that it was okay and it wasn't. But it would never be, at least not for him. He would always be guilty and there was nothing that could be done about it.
Harry stopped his petting of Severus's, not at all greasy, mane of hair and tried to figure out how he was going to get him to see that, yes, he did do a bad thing but he didn't know that nor did he know the consequences of it until it was to late and he even tried to make up for it in the only way that he could do so and if that didn't make him a good person Harry didn't know what would.
The only person that Harry had ever seen hip Papa listen to was Dumbledore. With that he went over to the fireplace and flooed Dumbledore's office.
"What can I do for you Harry?" Albus asked surprised that his almost Grandson had floo called his office.
"If you're not too busy would you mind coming down to the Dungeons for a bit."
"I'll be right down." Albus said. After putting the document he had been reading down Albus flooed down to Severus's rooms. He found Harry at the table by Severus. Severus was silently crying and Albus could only tell that because he could see the man's shoulders were shaking slightly.
"What happened?" The Headmaster asked.
"Papa told me about what happened when he was still loyal to old Bald with Warts and he think it was his fault and he wont let me convince him otherwise so I was hoping that you'd have more luck.
"Severus, my boy, look at me." Albus said gently.
"Father," Severus whispered shakily lifting his head only a bit.
"Calm down my son. The only one here that feels that you were solely responsible for what happened that night is yourself."
"But-" The potions master tried to protest.
Only to be cut off by both of the others in the room.
A little while later Severus was in bed. The man had slept badly the previous night since he had been busy visualizing the worse case scenarios added to that was the extra strain that was incurred with the confession and it was easy to see why the man was asleep so fast.
"So you adopted him?" Harry asked as he walked the Headmaster back to the fireplace.
Dumbledore looked at the boy. Neither Severus nor he had said anything about that but the boy was sharp and easily read that in their actions.
"Yes but for now it's only between us okay."
Harry nodded happily. "Yes Grandpa," he said quietly as Albus stepped through the flames.
Meanwhile, Severus was having a very interesting dream. He and his father along with his son were on a picnic. Harry was energetically running about and it was making both of the older wizards tired just watching.
Then all of a sudden Severus looked behind him and there stood Lily and James Potter gazing lovingly at their son. When they saw that Snape had seen them both of them smiled at him and Lily mouthed 'thank you Sev' then the two of them faded away.
Severus awoke to find himself in bed and for a moment he wondered how he had gotten there. Then the conversation that he had, had with Harry came back to him and then the fact that Dumbledore himself had come down to calm him came back as well.
Then he noticed that Harry was next to him on the bed curled up like a puppy. With a glance at the clock he decided to go back to sleep knowing that the house elves would wake them in time for dinner.
/
Eventually the weekend came around once more and it was finally time for Harry to meet the mutt. Severus was a bit nervous, not that he would show it of course, but he was. Not only was he concerned that Black would want to take Harry away there was also the fact that the events from his childhood still haunted him to this day and Black had played a key role in the torment that he had received as a young child.
Lupin was sure to be there to and since the full moon was a week away Severus wasn't to worried about letting him be around Harry. He had met the wolf on occasion since he sometimes had to personally deliver the wolfsbane potion to him.
They chose to meet on the castle grounds since it wasn't really safe for Severus or Harry to be outside of the school's protection.
After Severus and Harry ate breakfast and washed up it was time to go. Severus had decided that it would be safest to meet them over near Hagrid's cottage. Hagrid was away on business so it was empty and not many students passed that way in any case.
When Harry and Severus arrived Harry saw that there were two men were sitting on the front steps of the cottage. One was a blond man. A bit ragged looking dressed in faded robes but with kind eyes.
The other man was darker-haired. A bit more handsome than the first but still a bit ragged. He had on new robes and his eyes were dark and a bit wild.
Harry knew that he should be a bit wary of these strangers but for some reason he wasn't. it felt like he knew them and knew that he could trust them. He realized with a start that if they had been his fathers friend as Severus had explained in more detail that morning then he might very well have known.
Severus stopped a few steps away from the two men. He greeted them with all the kindness that he could muster. Neither of the other men reacted to Severus's prickliness mainly because they were staring at the youngest male amongst them.
Lupin cleared his throat. "Hello Harry, I'm Remus Lupin. You can call me Remus if you like." Lupin offered putting out a hand.
Harry looked up and smiled at ease now that he wasn't being stared at and accepted the hand.
Sirius came up next to Remus. "Hey Pup I know you probably don't remember me but I'm Sirius." Sirius shift a bit obviously debating something. "Will you let me hug you Pup?" He finally asked.
Harry was a bit shocked at the request but he supposed that he would want to hug his godson if he had spent years in jail too. Internal debate over he nodded. Sirius wasted no time in hugging his pup.
Severus turned away. He didn't want to interrupt the moment but in his eyes Harry was one step closer to leaving him and that hurt. Lupin was the only one to note Severus's reaction.
"Paddy let him breathe," Remus said after a moment.
"Shut it Moony, your just mad you didn't ask first." All the same Sirius released Harry.
After Lupin wrapped Harry in a hug Sirius went over to Severus. "Hey…um… Snape. I… uh… wanted to say thanks. Dumbledore told me what you did for Harry and well thanks. I also wanted to say that I'm sorry. I had a lot of time in that cell and one of the things I thought a lot about was you and how I treated you back then… so yeah I'm sorry.
Severus looked at his old tormentor with startled eyes. An apology from him was something that he had never expected. Honestly he didn't know how he felt about it but nevertheless he said, "Accepted mutt."
"Hey I'll have you know that I am purebred thank you very much."
"Children, please do not argue, " Harry said in a said in a stern voice that sounded oddly Dumbledorish in tone.
Both Sirius's and Severus's eyes went to Harry in shock and the preteen burst out in laughter their expressions were priceless!
After Harry calmed down he turned to Sirius and asked, "Why did Papa call you a mutt?"
Nobody missed the proud look on Severus's face when Harry called him that. Sirius choked for a second and Lupin whacked him on the back a few times. Under control again Sirius looked at his Godson with a mischievous expression and said "Because," and then to Harry's amazement where Sirius had stood there was now a very large black furred dog.
"Do you do tricks?" Harry asked jokingly.
Dog-Sirius barked.
"Walk on two paws," Harry said.
Dog-Sirius knew that he meant back paws but where was the fun in that. Quickly the animagus got onto his front paws and walked.
"Backflip?"
Dog-Sirius rolled his eyes. That was a walk in the park. He did a tripled backflip instead.
"Play dead," Severus suggested.
Dog-Sirius glared and laid on his back. Placed all four paws in the air and went stiff as a board. Then changed back into his human form.
"Papa do you have a animagus form?"
"Yes," Severus said choosing not to elaborate.
"Will you show me?"
"No."
"Pretty please?" Harry asked looking up at his Papa with puppy dog eyes.
Severus tried to say no again but in the end the look was just to much for him. Merlin forbid the boy ever used that look for something big. "Alright but if any of you ever tell anybody…" he let the sentence trail off. Moments later there was a bat where he had stood. Then he turned back.
Harry turned to Lupin. "Do you have a form too?"
"I really don't know. See I'm a werewolf."
"I know Papa told me plus I read about them in a book. Does that mean you can't be an animagus though?"
"You should try." Harry advised.
Remus thought about it for a movement and figured that no harm could come from it. After all he was there for most of the lessons when his friends were learning how to do it.
A few minutes later there was a gray wolf with a stripe of black down his muzzle.
"See I told you so," Harry smiled.
"How did you...?" Remus asked after he was back human.
"I could sense it. Now all of you can get to your second forms."
"What!" The three of them said in unison.
"Here let me show you. I have my two already."
A second later Harry was a light-green dragon. Then Harry changed back and turned into a phoenix.
After that demonstration he said "So whose first?"
Sirius approached and Harry grabbed his hand. Then Sirius felt a string of magic pulling his and then he transformed. Sirius's second form was a large dog with three tails and a set of jet black wings.
After Sirius Remus approached. Remus's second form was a Pegasus. He had black wings with white tips and his body was a steel gray.
Last was Severus. His second turned out to be a basilisk. But he quickly transformed back not wanting anyone to get hurt. He would have to ask Freya about that spell she had on her.
When all of them had recovered from the euphoria of the second forms they all looked at Harry in shock.
"My magic was pulling me to do it," He said in explanation. Suddenly he felt outrageously tired and he closed his eyes just for a second.
When Harry began to fall all three reached out to him. After a quick diagnostic that revealed only exhaustion to their relief Severus convinced the other two to let him carry Harry since he knew the quickest way to his quarters.
Less than ten minutes later the party arrived in Severus's and Harry's quarters and Severus carried the still to light boy into the child's bedroom. After taking off Harry's shoes Severus placed the boy under the sheets and plucked Silver up from the dresser and laid him with the boy before leaving the room.
Only to realize that Black and Lupin had seen all of that.
"You really love him don't you?" Black said
Severus couldn't deny it so he nodded.
In that moment all three of them felt that something that had been hanging over them since their school days had faded somewhat and maybe, just maybe, they could learn to get along.
The next morning the three older wizards woke up to the sound of breakfast cooking. After the chat Remus and Sirius stayed over since they were still worried about the pre-teen in the next room. Sirius and Remus had slept on the floor in Harry's room. They had changed into dog and wolf for comfort. Severus had spent the noght in that room as well in his bat form so it kind of ended up as an impropmtu sleepover of sorts.
After they ate Harry asked if they could go visit Freya. Severus said yes and they marched right along to the girl's bathroom.
"Hello Harry," Myrtle said.
"Hi there Myrtle." Harry had grown used to the ghost since she was there everytime he went down to visit Freya.
"Who is Freya?" Sirius finally asked.
"You'll see," Harry said.
Severus wondered what the boy was waiting for and then he saw Harry nod toward the tap. Then he remembered his second form was a huge snake so he should be able to speak now. Concentating on the snake on the tap he pulled a thin string of magic and suddenly the entrance opened.
One by one they jumped down and landed on the floor. The bones were cleaned up and a nice plush carpet took their place. Also around the place were lumos balls that were motion sensitive and gave off a dim glow.
Soon movement could be heard and Harry ran forward. "Freya" he shouted happily. As usual when around the basilisk the boy had unconcioussly slipped into Paseltongue.
"Moony you're seeing what I'm seeing yeah?"
"If you see a basilisk Paddy then yes I am."
"Don't worry little Gryffindors she's perfectly safe." The Slytherin in the room said.
Freya laughed and moved closer. She tasted the newcomers scents on her tongue so that she would know them. If they were improtant to her younglings they were valued by her.
"Freya do you know the spell that is on your eyes?" Severus asked.
"Yess." Freya said. Laughing at the startled looks that she was getting from the other two men.
"I need to know it." Severus said and at her questioning look he transformed into his newfound form.
The wizards watched as Freya looked Severus over. "You are very handssome youngling." Freya said.
Sirius started humming the wedding march causing Harry and Remus to laugh so hard that they fell to their knees.
Severus turned back to his human self so he could glare at the idiot Gryffindors that were now rolling around the chamber. People had often thought that his looks could kill but he didn't want to kill them, hex them yes, kill them no.
Harry was the first to gather himself from the floor and so it was he that preformed the spell. Severus's eyes felt clouded for a moment but then he was seeing clearly again. His vision was a bit worse than it had been but if it made his gaze safe then he would deal with it after all it wasn't that bad.
Eventually they left the Chamber so that they could go and get lunch. They decided that they would eat in Severus's rooms again.
"So where are you staying?" Severus asked Sirius while they ate.
"Grimmuld Place and Moony sticks around to keep me company."
"Will you come back soon?" Harry asked since they were leaving after lunch.
"Actually yes," Sirius said. "Dumbledore offered to allow us to co-teach DADA since apparently the last professor um deserted her post as it were."
"Oh you mean Umbridge? Yeah everyone is glad that she's gone 'cause she didn't teach us anything but how boring a bad professor can make DADA. Oh and she used a Blood Quill on me but luckly that was taken care of before she could use it on anyone else."
Remus and Sirius both stopped eating and identical dark looks came over them. They both had the same thought running through their minds. 'How dare that bloody witch use a blood quill on my Pup.' Oh how they wished they knew where she was so that they could rip her to shreds.
Suddenly they caught sight of Severus looking at them.
Severus knew exactly what they were thinking and as soon as he made eye contact with them he gave them the image of Umbrige walking around icy terrain in her knickers. They looked at him for comformation and when he nodded the dark look dissipated in exchange for choking laughter.
Harry looked from one man to the other with a question in his eyes.
"I'll tell you when you're older," All three of them said at the same time. Sirius and Remus laughed again and Severus settled for a genuine smile.
Harry rolled his eyes. After all he had been through he should be considered older already. But then again it was nice to see the three getting along. He had been a bit worried since yesterday Severus seemed so ill at ease about meeting up with them. Then a warm feeling settled in Harry chest because he realized that he truly had a family. Sure the Weasly's cared for him 'cause they sent him presents after all but this was a family alll his own. It was uncoventional but all the same it was a family.
A/N well that is the end of the chapter. This note actually brings the word count to 6000 words. No cliffie this time but I will be brining in Draco and his family soon and next chapter should be taking care of old Voldy in a way I think will be unique, at least I have read a story that has done what I have in mind. Any suggestions for the story? If so leave them in a review. Oh and thanks again to all the reviewers and the followers. I hope you like it. At this juncture I will ask do you guys want faster updates with less words or updates like my previous ones with high word counts?
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