Chapter 5

The days went by and Dumbledore did not show his face and for that both Harry and Severus were glad. It was not until halfway through the summer that Dumbledore came, smiling joyfully at Harry in a grandfatherly way. Instead of pleasantries, he got straight down to business saying.

"Ah Harry I see that Severus collected you from the Dursley's. Good good, now come on Harry, we will be getting back to Hogwarts" he said in a soft spoken commanding tone. He was totally surprised and unprepared for Harry's response

"The summer has not finished yet Headmaster and I am enjoying it where I am thank you very much" he said. Even Draco and Severus were taken aback; they thought he would have gone with the Headmaster without a fight. A smirk soon appeared on Draco's face as well as Severus', although he hid his behind his hand, biting it for all it was worth to stop himself laughing. It was not everyday that you saw the Headmaster lose his cool and apparently today was one of those days.

"I'm sorry Harry I can't let you stay here; there are Death Eaters after you. You will only be safe at Hogwarts, now come along. You can't impose on Severus all summer," he said as he walked over nearer to Harry.

Harry backed away, "You can't order me about Headmaster. Unless you have something to say about school then you have nothing to do or say" the Headmaster looked like he had just been slapped and everyone could see anger stirring behind the twinkling blue eyes.

"You can either come with me or go back to Privet Drive Harry," said the Headmaster angrily as he tried again to get to Harry; Harry just kept backing away from him.

"I'm of age in the muggle world and that is where I am; this is the muggle world Headmaster. I can do what I want and be with whom I want and you can do nothing to stop me" Harry practically snarled at the old man.

Draco and Severus silently congratulated him at the way he was standing up for himself.

"In the wizarding world it's seventeen Harry now come along" he demanded thinking to himself 'I can't let him be left here with Malfoy'.

"Actually my guardians are muggles meaning that they have no control over me. Sirius was my magical guardian and he is dead so there is nothing you can do without my consent." The Headmaster was stunned. Harry had done his reading; the Headmaster did not know what to do. So he turned to Severus and said

"Severus, do you want Harry here?" he asked hoping that Severus would get the hint that he did not want Harry to be here. However, Severus did not want his love away from him

"Yes, Draco needs some company apart from me Headmaster and they seem to be getting on a lot better" he said. All three of them did not miss the look of dread in the Headmaster's eyes.

The Headmaster finally having to admit defeat but not totally he then said, "Well Severus could you apparate Harry to the Burrow for the last week of the holiday's please? After all you are due to come to Hogwarts a week before term starts?" Severus nodded but before he could say what it was, he wanted to say Harry interrupted him.

"I'm not going to the Weasley's. I will stay where Draco is staying and I will be at school don't worry headmaster. Now, why don't you go and see if every other student is where they are meant to be for the summer? Goodbye".

He walked briskly out of the room followed by Draco. They both made their way to the library and started reading. The remaining weeks of the holiday went by rapidly with Draco and Harry advancing dramatically in defence as well as potions, transfiguration, charms and the dark arts themselves even though they were not taught at Hogwarts. Everything was going well, that was until the headmaster came with news that annoyed them all; the headmaster had become Harry's temporary guardian.

So he was forced to go to the Weasley's much to their (Severus, Draco and his) horror. They did not know how he would act being so close to the Weasley's. After he had packed, not once looking at the Headmaster Severus walked into his room leaving the Headmaster in the other room.

Severus pulled Harry into a kiss; Harry moaned forgetting his worries for at least five seconds as he cuddled into Severus wondering how he would get to sleep without him. They had had sex every night and every night was like there first time together. He loved it when Severus would whisper that he was his into his ear. He kissed Severus again taking his and Harry's trousers down. He ground himself against Harry for a good five minutes, rubbing Harry's cock. It was too much for Harry and he came explosively slumping against his husband. Severus, after whispering a cleaning spell over them, ran his hand through Harry's sweaty hair bringing Harry's head to his chest and growled into his ear 'mine, your mine'. Harry just clung on to him all the more loving the contact and savouring it. Harry did not believe he was worthy of love and he would take it from Severus as long as he would give it to him.

Severus loved it when Harry clung to him. That was the main reason he had said what he said. However, he meant everything that he said; Harry was his and no one else's no matter what. He would kill anyone who tried to take him. They just stood there savouring being with each other and the quietness. When they realised how long they had been standing there Harry muttered "shit" quickly using drying charms they both looked like they had when they went in.

He murmured quickly "Promise me you will come to the Weasley's and see me? Please? I want to see you before school starts and if there is anything important I need you to tell me. Please," Harry asked or more like begged Severus to do that for him.

Severus looked down at Harry; Harry had grown up since the start of the summer and came up to Severus' chin, which was ok with Severus as he liked being able to cuddle Harry into his neck. He thought about Harry's request and said, "Fine, at least once this week ok? At night - being able to fly will give me the advantage. Ok night time sometime this week. Remember I love you Harry" he gave Harry a long kiss and Harry left out of his room with his trunk full of clothes shrinking it with his wandless magic. He left the room whilst Severus apparated to the other side of the castle then walked towards Dumbledore.

When Harry appeared, Dumbledore and Severus where talking quietly together. Harry had to roll his eyes; he knew how much Severus hated the Headmaster's talks.

Together a silent Headmaster and a very, very reluctant Harry walked out of Snape Castle, Harry keeping his distance from the Headmaster the whole time as they walked away. The Headmaster had to touch Harry so they could apparate which he did and together they walked up to the Burrow. As they did so the Headmaster was surprised not to see a smile on Harry's face at seeing his friends again.

"Well Harry, you will have your own room here, next to Ronald's. Hermione is already here for the summer. I hope you have good fun this week before we get back to Hogwarts," said the Headmaster eyes twinkling like nothing had happened.

Harry just narrowed his eyes and kept his mouth shut and of course rolled his eyes. When he entered the Burrow Molly made to throw her arms around him saying "Ah welcome dear" as usual, but he moved out of the way nearly sending the woman flying across the room sending her a dark look as he did so. Looking hurt she just told him how to get to his room and that's were he went, the whole time Molly was thinking 'what happened to the poor dear?'

She asked this to Dumbledore "What happened to him? He has never been like this before".

Dumbledore just shook his head helplessly. He himself had been wondering why Harry had been like that. However, he could not understand why. What he did not know was that Harry knew Dumbledore wanted control over him as he was a powerful wizard, and also in order to make sure that he stayed on the light side.

He had been running Harry's life for too long; making sure he was down trodden at home, ensuring the Weasley's were there for him, picking his friends for him and everything else. But he did not realise that it was all starting to tumble down; that Harry would not confide anything in them, that Harry was discovering their betrayals one by one.

Harry stayed in his room, trunk across the door telling everyone that disturbed him to "Go Away" - even Ron and Hermione. He was thirsty for blood and it was annoying him that he could not get any. He was surprised when Severus came in though the window looking ready to blow a fuse. His whole face was red with rage. The look scared Harry so he did the only thing he could think of; he kissed him. It seemed to work, as he relaxed for a couple of seconds. Harry began massaging his shoulders helping him relax further. Still kissing him, he made sure he was very relaxed before he asked his husband what was wrong.

"What's wrong Sev?" he asked voice impassive he did not want to upset his love.

Sev looked at Harry and stroked his face lovingly wondering how to break it to his love that Sirius Black was alive and his friends were in the Order. However, he had to tell him.

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Flash Back

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Severus entered the House of Black. The place was still filthy as ever he sat down at the very end of the table beside the newest Defence against the Dark Arts teachers. The Headmaster had hired two people instead of one; Remus Lupin and Simon Rivers. Severus watched as everyone arrived, but was surprised at who arrived with the Headmaster although it did not show on his face - Ronald Bilius Weasley and Hermione Jane Granger.

He could not believe the nerve of the two. He really could not. Inside he was nearly boiling with rage. 'How dare they do this to his husband' was all he could think. There were many displeased people there as the realisation came that the two were spying on their best friend. That would not include Remus Lupin and Simon Rivers.

They sat down looking superior especially Hermione. She held her head high as it was her first full meeting in the Order. The meeting lasted longer than most talking about the Ministry as well as Death Eaters before Dumbledore asked Severus to make a potion only the Order were aware of - a twenty-four hour polyjuice potion.

"Severus, can you brew your polyjuice potion that you have developed please? The twenty four hour stuff for Sirius here" asked the Headmaster, twinkle back in full force.

"Sirius as in Sirius Black?" spat out Severus, eyes narrowed into tiny slits full of anger hate and promised pain.

Then Sirius materialised in front of everyone from the place where there had been one defence teacher Simon Rivers. That only made Severus hate him all the more; not that he wanted the job – he just wanted someone who was a master at the subject in the post. He hated people who could not teach. He wanted his Slytherins trained to face the outside world, but that was impossible with crap defence teachers all the time.

As soon as the meeting was over, he headed out of Grimmauld Place and back to his castle before he decided to go to see Harry. He now had to tell his love as he could not keep something like that from him. Now if Harry hated Black it was all the better for him, because now he really hated him.

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End Flash Back

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"Harry there was an Order meeting tonight and there were people there that you need to know about. They were spying on you and they have been for a long time."

"I know that Ron and Hermione joined the Order and have been spying on me. I heard them talking while I was under the cloak last year. They are going out behind my back too. That's why I made friends with Draco because he was the first person to offer me my first real friendship before Ron ruined it all," said Harry sadly.

Sev felt his heart constrict at what he was going to have to tell Harry. 'If this was how he acted when his best friends had betrayed him. How was he going to react to this?'

"That's not all Harry, Sirius Black is alive and been living with a charm on. I've been asked to brew a potion to keep him in another form. He is the new Defence against the Dark Art's teacher along with Lupin. They all know what you're going through but they don't want to tell you he is alive" said Severus sadness entering his voice. As he had thought would happen, Harry broke down.

Severus threw up a silencing charm and let Harry sob his heart out. He just pulled him closer. Severus decided to keep him there until he fell asleep and that he did, after crying himself dry he fell into a troubled sleep.

Harry woke up three hours later to find himself wrapped up in Severus' arms. When Severus noticed he was awake he leant down and gave him a reassuring kiss. However, Harry had other ideas; he deepened the kiss. They could not do much more than night and they knew it. He stripped and went to bed, Severus following him before worshipping Harry's body in an attempt to comfort him.

That night he had made love slowly to Harry. Harry felt like he was going insane; he did not know he could ever feel like he felt now. He bucked his legs up under him to get more contact only to receive a chuckle in response. All Harry could do that night was moan. He did not think he would ever stop. He came explosively into his husband's mouth as he slumped onto the mattress not able to keep his eyes open. All he felt before he fell asleep was being taken into his husbands arms and cradled into his side, a kiss placed at his temple and

"Yes your mine always and I'm never going to let you go never" said Severus as he watched as his husband fell into a better sleep. He too fell asleep though not before he took the silencing spell off and locked the door with so many spells that it would be impossible for even Dumbledore to get in.

The next day Harry woke up he snuggled back into Severus with a smile on his face feeling content. He had needed that. He had needed his love with the news that he had been given. It did not bother him as much as he did though it would. He was not going to be James Potter so Sirius would not like him anyway, especially not considering whom he had fallen in love with. He knew he would have to choose between the two of them and he knew whom he would choose too.

Severus.

Who had been there for him? Whom didn't fake the fact that he was dead and not talk to him making him think that he was dead when he was not. Who saved him from the Dursley's when no one else would. Not even his friends had done that. He would go everywhere his husband went and would kill Voldemort so he could live in peace with his husband. He would be fighting for Severus and his parents and Cedric no one else. Sirius would have been part of that list as well as Hermione and Ron but not anymore. Not ever, he would never forgive them.