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The character in this chapter belongs to Snapegirlkmf i am simply just borrowing him from her. Thanks Again Snapegirlkmf.
Ch 7
The walk to the dungeons was quiet as Harry walked alongside Snape. "Mr. Potter I should amend my rules. You asked me what would happen if you broke the rules I have set?" Severus said. Harry nodded. " What I should have said was if you break the last two then you shall receive the swats since I can not stand liars nor for a child to place himself in danger. Your punishment for breaking one of the other rules will be simple. You shall write lines, do chore by hand, or write an essay on why you should never break them." He said never noticing Harry relaxing slightly at this.
"Yes sir." Harry answered softly. Harry wanted to ask another question but wasn't sure how to. "Um what should I call you sir? I mean now that your my guardian?" he finally asked. Severus thought for a moment.
"When your in school Professor or sir is fine when we are alone you may call me Severus or Sev whichever is good for you." He answered. Harry nodded at him to know he heard. They arrived shortly at Salazar Slytherin an two snakes on his arm.
"Hello Severus. Whose this?" asked Salazar.
"This is my new ward. Harry, Salazar the founder of my house." Severus said but before he could give the password the snakes started hissing
"He's a young one"
"Will he be sssstaying?"
Severus was startled when he heard a hissing next to him and looked at Potter.
"Hello, My name issss Harry. What'sss your namessss?" Harry asked. Salazar looked at him pleased.
"Well hello fellow ssspeaker. It'ssss been a long time sssince there wasss another ssspeaker." He said. "Thessse are my familiarsss SSSthye and SSSia."
Severus forgot that they had spoken about his ability to speak to snakes. 'I'll have to tell him not to do that in front of the others since they won't understand.' He thought before giving Salazar the password. They walked inside and Harry was shocked at how cozy it looked. The living room was in a warm brown with tan carpet . There was a fire going in the fireplace and a mahogany bookshelf filled with books. He saw the master bedroom open and saw that it was the same color as the living room and saw a midnight blue comforter on the bed. The kitchen was small but was quaint. Severus led him to a spare room. "The castle added another room for you since you are now my ward. We will go to Hogsmeade and get some things for you to decorate." He said. The room was a soft blue with an oak poster bed,bookshelf and dresser. On the bed was jade green sheets and quilt. "We can change the color of your sheets in colors you like. Now let's get you unpacked." He said unshrinking Harry's trunk from his pocket. Harry helped him move all his books onto his new bookshelf. He gulped when they got to his clothes. "What are these rags doing in your trunk they are much too big for you." He asked.
"Um well there my clothes sir. I was given Dudley's cast offs since I was the unwanted nephew. " Harry said. Severus cursed the Dursleys again in his head before counting to ten to calm down.
"Is there anything in these rags you want? No, then put them in a pile over there." He said before setting fire to them. Once that was done he summoned a parchment and quill and started writing down what Harry needed. He then found the coveted Invincibility Cloak. "Ah, yes. Your father's cloak...I will let you keep this if you promise to not use it unless it's an emergency." He said looking at Harry. Harry nodded. " Ok then. Let's see, it seems we have quite a trip to Hogsmeade tomorrow." He added before closing Harry's trunk and placing it at the foot to the bed. "Well, Mr. Potter do you want to go into the living room and read or would like to go to the pitch and fly for a little bit while i make up a schedule for you?" Severus asked.
"I wouldn't mind going into the living room sir." He said. Severus nodded leading him back into the living room and grabbed a book from the shelf and handed it to Harry. "This is a journal that your mother and I started when we were kids, I thought maybe you would like to read it." He said. Harry nodded and walked to the couch and started reading as he passed a hand over his mother's writing. A couple of hours later a plate of cucumber sandwiches and a goblet of pumpkin juice appeared in front of him.
"Eat Harry, you need something in your stomach." he heard Severus say. Severus watched as a hand would come from behind the journal and grab a sandwich and disappear behind the journal every couple of minutes.
Next Day
Harry awoke the next day in his new bed and snuggled into the quilt. He felt warm inside his new room and comfortable but he knew he had to get up and get dressed to go into town with Severus. He got up and changed into a pair of jeans and a striped shirt before going into the kitchen to find Severus dressed and drinking a cup of coffee on his shoulder was a black raven. "Good Morning Harry,meet Munin, my familiar." Severus said as Munin flew off his shoulder and onto Harry's head.
"Well good morning, Sev has told me you will be living with us from now on." Munin said before he started preening Harry's hair. " Welcome." He added.
"Thanks Munin." Harry said reaching to pet him
"Careful Harry he is known to bite." Severus warned but his warning was for not since Munin let him pet him on his head.
"Wow your feathers are soft Munin." Harry said as Munin flew back onto Severus' shoulder.
"Harry, come and eat so we can get the shopping out of the way." Severus said pushing a bowl of porridge with fruit and a glass of milk. Harry nodded and ate half of the porridge and all of his milk. Severus tapped the table and out the door they went into Hogsmeade. First they went to the furniture store and got Harry a matching desk to do his school work and read, some candy striped sheets,blue and black sheets for his bed and matching quilts. Then they went to the supply store and got him more parchment, ink and quills, and some books for him to read. The last stop was the clothing store to get new robes, slack, jeans, dress shirts,and regular shirts, socks, and underwear all to be shipped back to Hogwarts. Harry was surprised at all that Severus got him but remembered that was what a guardian was for.