Chapter six: A New Addition to the Family

A/N I do not own harry potter nor do I get paid to write this also I adopting this story from Severus Addicted with their permission so the first 12 chapters are from Severus Addicted.

Eli sniffled and slowly climbed out of his bed. As his butt slid across the bed, he whimpered lightly but kept going. He heard his father's door being shut almost ten minutes ago and he still couldn't fall asleep (he only slept for almost five minutes before he awoke to his behind smarting.)

As Eli crept across his bedroom he tripped over his toy Hogwarts Express train and landed on the floor on his behind. He yelped out and began crying again. Eli stiffened as he heard a door open and someone making their way to his door, whoever was coming had to be his father, Harry was fast asleep- but as the door to his room opened Harry peeped his face around the corner of the door.

Upon seeing Eli crying on the floor Harry quickly ran into the room and quietly shut the door behind him. Then he walked over and sat down beside him and grabbed his hand.

"Eli, what's wrong?" Harry whispered in a worried tone

Eli's red puffy eyes looked up at Harry and sniffed, "I tripped over the stupid train."

This actually got a smile out of Harry then he said, "Well why did you do that?"

Eli rolled his eyes and said, "Because I couldn't get to sleep, my bum hurt too bad."

Suddenly Harry's eyes filled with worry as he pulled Eli up and walked over to the bed, when Eli lay back on the bed Harry laid beside him and asked, "Why did your butt hurt, Eli?"

Eli looked at him and wondered if it would scare him. "Well I was being naughty all day and daddy kept warning me if I didn't stop he would spank me, and I didn't stop so he spanked me."

Harry looked scared and worried at the same time after Eli finished, "Did it hurt horribly?"

Eli looked confused, "No not really, when you get spanked it's just to make sure you don't do the same naughty thing twice."

Harry still looked scared so Eli squeezed his hand and whispered, "I'm alright, daddy would never do anything that would be permanent or leave lasting marks. He wouldn't ever do that Harry, never. My daddy loves me, he loves you now too, and he will never hurt us on purpose unless we were naughty. And even then the sting goes away after a while, he only smacks your butt and nothing else. I promise! There is nothing to be worried about Harry my daddy will take care of you and me." Eli tried to reassure Harry.

Harry sighed in relief then snuggled closer to Eli, "I love you Eli."

Eli smiled and closed his eyes, "I love you too, Harry."

With that said they both slowly drifted off to sleep. That is how Severus found them in the morning.

Severus smiled at the sight of the two boys snuggled close together fast asleep. Severus sighed and decided to give them a few more minutes to sleep. He went downstairs to write to the Ministry about him becoming Harry's adoptive father.

Ten minutes went by so Severus went to go wake the two sleeping boys in Eli's room.

"Eli, Harry come on boys' time to wake up." Severus lightly shook their shoulders.

Harry sat up and yawned. Eli on the other hand just groaned and turned the other way.

Severus sighed but smiled over at Harry. "Good morning Harry, go on to the bathroom and get ready for the day, breakfast will be ready when you're done."

Harry gave a small smile then made his way to the bathroom.

Severus sighed and looked at Eli, "Eli get up, and breakfast will be ready soon."

Eli groaned and threw the pillow over his face. Severus took a deep breath and repeated what he just said, again Eli did nothing. Severus glared at him and grabbed his arm then pulled him out of bed. Eli whined about it being too early and he didn't want to get up yet. Severus just rolled his eyes then sent him to the bathroom with a swat to his behind.

Fifteen minutes later two boys were sitting at the table eating scrambled eggs and buttered toast.

Severus looked up at them while he sipped at his tea, then he gently sat the cup down and looked at the boys, "Boys." They both looked up in question so Severus continued, "I called the Social Services on the Dursley's today so I want you both to stay inside the house until all is clear, understand?"

Eli nodded his head and said, "Yes dad I understand, no wandering around outside, no fresh air."

Severus gave him a hard glare, "Eli." He said in a warning tone making Eli mutter an apology and look back at his food, Severus then turned to Harry and said, "Do you understand?"

Harry gave him a confused look then asked, "What do you mean by we aren't allowed outside, why aren't we allowed outside?"

Severus sighed and scooted in his chair, "Harry I called Social Services on your relatives. They are going to be arrested child. Your cousin will be taken care of his aunt. I don't want you two outside today until everything is done and over with. Do you understand now?"

Harry nodded and said, "Yea I understand."

Severus nodded his head in reply and said, "I have more good news for you two boys, you are both brothers now." As soon as he said this whoops of joy was heard from Eli and Harry just sat there stunned. "I just got the final adoption papers this morning and signed them, then I sent them to the Ministry and they signed too so you are officially my son, Harry."

Harry broke out into a huge smile then said, "So you're my dad now?"

Severus nodded his head and asked, "That is what you want right, Harry?"

Harry nodded his head vigorously, "Yes it is! Thank you."

Severus smiled and touched Harry's shoulder as he said, "No thanks are needed son."

Harry's heart felt as if it was filled with helium, he felt as if he could fly. He had a father and a brother, he had a family now that will love him that will care for him and actually want him. Harry was so happy he couldn't even describe it.

Severus smiled at his two sons and said, "So I guess this means a family reunion so you can meet the whole entire family."

Eli both groaned and whooped for joy at the same time making Severus smirk. "Yes Eli that means your cousin Ethan will be over."

Harry looked at Eli's scrunched up face and back to his new father's smirking one then asked, "Who's Ethan?"

Eli groaned again and answered, "He's Satan's wanna be. He is evil, vile, disgusting, horrid, unreliable, stupid-"

"ELI ENOUGH!" Severus shouted making Eli come to a halt and Harry jump, seeing this Severus apologized to Harry and glared at his oldest son. "You know perfectly well how I feel about you calling people those names; now go to your room now!"

Eli stood from the table and ran before his father could say anything else.

Severus sighed when he heard the slam of the door then he turned back to Harry and gave him a small smile, "So you will be meeting Ethan, who knows maybe you two will get along great."

Harry gave him a disbelieving look then said, "I'm sure of it." This of course was said sarcastically making Severus chuckle. "So who else will I be meeting?"

Severus started listing off the family members, "Well I have no siblings but my late wife had tons of siblings. You have five uncles and three aunts and their names are: Uncle Matthew, Uncle Levi, Uncle Zachary, Uncle Austin, and Uncle Andrew. Now your aunt's names are; Aunt Bethany, Aunt Suzie, Aunt Minerva who you may call Aunt Minnie. Now they are all married so I will tell you their wives and husbands names also seeing how they are also related to you. Uncle Matthew is married to Aunt Jamie. Uncle Levi is married to Aunt Trista. Uncle Zachary is married to Aunt Bell. Uncle Austin is married to Aunt Abigail. Uncle Andrew is married to Aunt Jane. Aunt Bethany is married to Uncle Jimmie. Aunt Suzie is married to Uncle Ozzie. Aunt Minerva is married to Uncle Albus. Are you okay for now? Do you want to hear the children's names? I know it's a big family." Severus asked Harry.

Harry nodded and said, "Yeah go ahead and tell me my cousins, you're right this is a mega huge family."

Severus smiled and continued, "Uncle Matthew and Aunt Jamie have two children named, Amanda and Ethan. Amanda is thirteen years old and Ethan is the same age as you. Uncle Levi and Aunt Trista have one child name Olivia who is thirteen. Uncle Zachary and Aunt Bell have four children named Reighly, Brittany, Mitch, and Derek. Reighly is the same age as you, Brittany is four years old, Mitch is twelve years old, and Derek is eighteen. Uncle Austin and Aunt Abigail have two children who are twins and their names are; Hailey and Ray, they are both fifteen years old. Uncle Andrew and Aunt Jane have three children named; Crissy, Jason, and Avery. Crissy is three years old, Jason is eleven years old, and Avery is the same age as you. Aunt Bethany and Uncle Jimmie have one child and his name is Milo, Milo is sixteen years old. Aunt Suzie and Uncle Ozzie have no children and neither do Aunt Minerva and Uncle Albus. So you have thirteen cousins."

Harry's jaw dropped open that is a huge family! Severus smiled at Harry and said, "I know, huge family but we all love each other horribly."

"So when will I be meeting all these people?" Harry asked.

"As soon as I get all the letters mailed out, so probably this weekend. First I want to move out of this house and move into my Manor."

Once again Harry's jaw dropped open, "You have another house?!"

Severus smirked and nodded his head, "Yes child I do, it's called the Snape Manor. I have already had my House Elves arrange a room for you so you already have a room decorated and well taken care of. We will be able to move into the house later today if we're lucky. Now if you will excuse me I need to go have a talk with your brother." With that said he stood from the table and made his way up to Eli's bedroom.

Harry sighed and thought, 'You just can't stay out of trouble can you Eli?'

Harry got up and walked around taking in the place, he looked at all the pictures and one individual picture stuck out of all the rest, this picture was of Severus laying on the ground under a tree with Eli attacking him with tickles making Severus laugh, there was also a brunette lady in the background laughing along with them Harry guessed it was Eli's mother.

After he looked at all the pictures Harry went to the bookcase and flipped through the books. Harry saw a black hard cover book high up in the shelf with a green snake wrapped around the binding so Harry pulled over a chair and climbed up to grab the book but when he touched the book a green glow came out and wrapped around him Harry screamed as it started screaming at him. Suddenly Harry felt arms around his waist pulling him out of the green glow. When he was finally out he looked up and saw Severus glaring down at him, uh oh.

"Are you alright Harry?" Harry mutely nodded his head, "Things you cannot reach child are out of bounds for you and everyone else, understand?" Harry nodded once again, "A verbal answer would be nice Harry."

"Yes sir I understand." Harry said quietly.

Severus sighed and sat him on the couch, "I am not mad son, I promise." This made him feel much better.

"I'm sorry!" Harry exclaimed sadly.

Severus sighed and said, "Hush son you are not in trouble. Now sit here and I'll be back."

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Eli was pacing back and forth in his room but stopped when he heard the knock on his door telling him his father was ready. Eli silently groaned then walked over and left him in.

Once he was fully into the room Severus said, "Now Eli what have I told you about calling people names?"

Eli lowered his head in shame and said, "It's not nice and if you ever caught me calling someone a mean name I would get my mouth washed out with soap and if it's really bad I would be spanked. I'm sorry daddy!"

Severus nodded and said, "I'm sure you are but if I let this pass how will you learn?"

Eli gulped, "But- But I promise I understand!"

Severus ignored him and walked into the bathroom then grabbed a wash cloth and soaped it up; once he was ready he called for Eli, "Eli, come here."

Eli groaned and slowly made his way to the bathroom, he apparently wasn't fast enough because Severus said, "If you do not come here this instant I will not only give your mouth a washing but I will give your behind a walloping too!" That was it and Eli ran to the bathroom.

"Good now open up." Eli gulped again and slowly opened his mouth, soon he felt the taste of soap as his father whipped the cloth over his tongue making sure he soaped up the whole thing then he took the cloth out and said, "Five minutes then you may spit."

Eli had tears in his eyes from the taste of the soap, soon the five minutes were up and he gratefully spit into the sink. Severus summoned him a cup and filled it with water for him to rinse.

Severus gave him a smile then ran his hand through his Eli's hair making Eli flush and try to get away, "Now you go pack your things up we are heading back to Snape Manor today, I don't think it would be exactly wise of us to continue to live here when Harry grew up in a not so stable home right next door."

Eli nodded his head in agreement, "I understand daddy. I'll go pack now."

Severus nodded and started his way back down the stairs but stopped when he heard Eli's voice again, he turned and headed back to his older son's room in question. "Yes Eli?"

Eli gulped and nervously looked down at the floor while swiping his foot along the floor, "Um… Daddy do we uh….. Have to invite Ethan?"

Severus gave him a stern look and said, "Yes Eli we do, he is family too even if you two don't get along-"

"But Harry would be better off not meeting him!" Eli pouted.

Severus sighed and closed the door behind him. He then walked over to Eli's bed and sat down while motioning for Eli to come sit beside him, once Eli was seated Severus began, "You may think so but who knows maybe Harry will get along with Ethan-" he was interrupted from a snort of disbelief from Eli, he gave him a hard glare and said sternly, "Boy you're really pushing it today."

Eli sighed and apologized so Severus continued, "Do not interrupt me again Eli. Now as I was saying, Harry may actually get along with Ethan and if he does then you need to respect that, understand." Eli nodded his head but as he saw his father opening his mouth to demand a verbal answer he quickly said yes. "Good boy. Oh and while he is here I don't want to catch you two fighting on the ground with your cousins surrounding you two, understand?!"

Eli smiled at the memory but then flinched as he remembered the consequences of that day, he quickly nodded and said, "Yes Dad I understand, no fighting… But what if it is just wrestling, can we do that?"

Severus gave him a misbelieving look then said, "With you two? I doubt it would only be just wrestling so no." Eli left out a huff so Severus said, "And besides I don't think you would want to be in the corner in front of all your aunts and uncles again, do you?"

Eli blushed as the memory came back to him then he shook his head violently and said, "No! I promise I won't even go near him!"

Severus smiled and nodded his head, "Good, but I doubt you won't go near him son, so just promise me not to fight him again."

Eli nodded and said, "I promise daddy."

"Good, then get packing." With that said Severus stood and went back downstairs to Harry who was still sitting on the couch looking as guilty as ever. "Child I already told you, you are not in trouble. How were you supposed to know that the books on the higher shelves were off limits? I never told you the rules and consequences yet, but they can wait until later today when we move to Snape Manor because that is where we will be living and there are different rules there then here. Now come with me we will go get you packed for the move. Eli is packing as we speak" Together the new father and son walked up to Harry's bedroom and started to go through his small red, blue, and yellow backpack. The small backpack wasn't even completely full of clothes or anything at that so Severus quickly summoned a notebook and pen (he likes muggle style paper better and pens because they cause less messes) then began jotting down all Harry needs.

After he finished writing down the list he took Harry's little bit of clothes he had and threw them out, "We will go shopping as soon as Eli is done packing, he most likely needs new clothes as well."

Harry blushed and nodded his head. Seeing this Severus pulled Harry into his lap and said smoothly, "It is not your fault Harry that your relatives did not take care of you like normal guardians should, there is no reason to be embarrassed, understand?"

Harry nodded and whispered, "I guess."

Severus sighed and stroked Harry's hair, "Well I will get you to understand son sooner or later." He gave a small smile to the child on his lap then looked up when he heard small footsteps running down the hallway with a trunk rolling behind him, Severus sighed and stood Harry up then he too stood to go check on Eli. "Eli, what on Earth are you doing?"

Eli stopped abruptly and turned to look at his father, "I was bringing my trunk downstairs so it's ready to leave… Did I do something wrong, Daddy?"

Severus rose his eyebrows and said, "Yes and you know it child. You do not run in the house. Now bring your trunk in here so I can go through your clothes, we will be going to Diagon Alley soon to pick up new clothes for Harry and you."

Eli smiled and happily brought his trunk into the room where his father went through and bagged up the too small clothes and worn out ones.

Harry gave him a confused look then asked, "Why are you putting the clothes in the black bag… Why don't you just throw them out like mine?"

Severus tied the black bag and said, "Because I will be dropping these clothes off at Clothes For Children Inc. so they can be distributed to other children all around the world who either don't have enough money to buy new clothing or are going through a hard time. Have you heard of the Hurricane that hit America?" When Harry nodded he continued, "These clothes will most likely be going over there to help out the muggles and even some wizards who were victims of the Hurricane."

Harry smiled, "That's a nice thing to do."

Severus smiled too and replied, "I'm glad you think so."

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Fifteen minutes later the small family was standing in front of the fireplace. Harry looked totally bewildered while Eli kept bouncing on his heels.

"Now Harry to get to Diagon Alley we must floo there." Severus explained as he picked up some floo powder.

Harry still looked confused; bless the child, "What is 'floo'?"

Severus then began to explain all the different ways of traveling, he then showed him the floo powder and explained to him that when you throw the powder into the fireplace the fire turns a bright green and then you shout out your destination. "Now come boys, it is time we must get going."

The children climbed into the fireplace alongside Severus. Severus then put his hands on each of their shoulders and shouted very clearly and precisely, "Diagon Alley."

Harry gasped as he was swept away, he would have panicked but the feeling of his new father's hand still on his shoulder calmed him down.

Soon they were falling out of the fireplace of what looked like a restraint. Severus quickly used his wand to clean off all the dirt and soot from their clothing. "Alright now let's get to it." With that said he began to lead the children to the exit door while pulling out the list of items they needed to get.

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Four hours later and they had everything on the list completely checked off. Harry got: twelve pairs of trousers (which he didn't understand why he would ever need so many but Severus soon got him to understand), he got more shirts then he could count, six sweaters, three sweatshirts and sweatpants, tons of socks/underwear, five undershirts, six robes, two dress robes, one winter coat and fall coat, six long sleeved shirts, sneakers, two pairs of dress shoes, flip flops, crocks (which Eli and Harry thought were the worst things in the world but Severus made them get them anyway, he kept insisting they were comfortable which made Eli say "I don't care if they are comfortable or not, you'll never catch me alive in those ugly things." Which was obviously the wrong thing to say…) Severus had all the bags flown back to The Snape Manor for them later.

They then went and got ice cream, which Harry thought was amazing since they had every flavor he could imagine (actually truth be told Harry thought everything that day was amazing.)

Once they were all finished with their ice cream Severus asked them, "So do you guys want any toys while we are here?" This of course made both the boys grin excitedly. Severus quickly found himself being pulled down the street by Eli, who led the way to the toy shop.

The toy shop had two Jack in the Box statues by the door, everything was so color and bright. Harry's jaw dropped open when they entered the shop, toys were everywhere! Anything you could imagine was there, Harry would have never been able to dream all of the toys in the shop!

Severus smiled at the look on Harry's face, "Go on now, go get things you want."

Eli smiled and jumped for joy then started to run off but stopped when he noticed Harry hadn't followed him. "Come on Harry!"

Harry looked from Eli to his father and asked in a small voice, "Are you sure I'm allowed to play with the toys?"

Severus felt his heart break into tiny pieces for the child in front of him, he knelt down so he was Harry's size and said, "Yes son you are allowed to play with the toys, in fact you are allowed to get as many toys as you like. Make sure to inform Eli of that too." With that said he quickly sent Harry off with Eli.

Severus smiled as he saw Eli grab Harry's hand and drag him towards the stuffy section. Severus turned on his heel and went to the children's book area.

While in the book area he picked up plenty of books that he thought Harry might enjoy, including Hogwarts: A History. Then he went to the children animal familiar section and looked at the animals. One particular animal caught his eye, it was a dark green snake with silver eyes; it was perfect for Harry. He also bought Harry his own owl, the owl is called a Snowy Owl. He sent his belongings back to The Snape Manor then went to find his sons and see what they collected.

He found Harry and Eli in the toy Quidditch section. "Hell boys, what have you collected?"

Eli happily showed him his toys: A dragon stuffed animal, a magical toy train that looked exactly like the Hogwarts Express, three Quidditch players that flew around, a broom, puzzles, find me or not books, and a big bouncy ball that had black goo inside it.

Severus nodded and said, "I am perfectly fine with all of your findings but instead of a real broom how about we get you this broom? And you also Harry, neither of you are allowed that broom yet."

Eli went up to the broom his father indicated and groaned, "But dad! That broom only allows you to go as far up as a guardian or parent allows. Please can we get the other broom, we promise not to go too high!"

Severus made his mind and nothing could change it, Eli sighed heavily as he realized that, "Fine." Then he picked up the broom his father showed him and put the other one back, Harry did the same.

Severus nodded, "Good job, now Harry what findings did you get?"

Harry slowly held up the toys he collected: A white and dark green Higly Puff, the broom his father indicated, three Quidditch players, a golden snitch that flies around and you have to catch it, a children's wizard chess, marble chasers (you make your own slope and race the marbles), and a guitar with music.

Severus smiled and said, "Very good. Do you know how to play the guitar?"

Harry nodded happily and proudly said, "Yes I had secret lessons with the man downtown at the music store, and every time the Dursley's were out I would quickly do my chores then run down there to learn."

Eli's jaw dropped, "So you know how to play the guitar?" at Harry's nod Eli asked excitedly, "Can you teach me?"

Harry smiled and said, "Of course, Eli." Eli jumped for joy and gave his brother a hug then he ran and picked out a guitar and a beginner's book/other music books.

"Don't you two want cases for your guitars?" Severus asked as he looked at some of the cases.

They both quickly picked out a case, and Severus took them to get their names stitched on. Once that was done Severus said, "Alright, anything else before we leave for Snape Manor?"

Eli looked thoughtful for a minute then smiled broadly and asked, "Dad…" Eli looked over at his new brother and ran to whisper in his father's ear, "Daddy can we get those cool necklaces that allows us to speak to each other through our minds without anyone knowing?"

Severus thought a while then whispered back, "Not until you are older." This made Eli sigh in disappointment.

"Alright then let's head home." He led them back to the fireplace and together the family floo to their house called The Snape Manor.