The Child Named Freak

by Snapegirl21

Severus is asked to do a favor for Albus, that is to move to Number Five Private Drive to keep an eye on Harry, what he see's shocks him to no end. Warning! AU, OCC, abuse, language, sad, maybe with a few changes and started by Severus Addicted. my family is moving so i wont have time to update i let you know when i will.

7. Snape Manor

Chapter 7: The Snape Manor

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.

When they arrived all Harry could do was gape. "This... This is your home?"

Severus smirked and said, "Our home, Harry. Now do you want a tour of the rooms and grounds?"

Harry nodded, "Yes sir."

Severus wrinkled his nose at being called 'sir' but decided to leave it go for the time being. He then lead Harry around the manor.

The first room they looked at was the parlor (the parlor is also called the living room at times). The parlor had three big, black leather couches in the center of the room. A lazy boy was in one corner of the room beside a stand with a lamp. The carpet was a forest green and the walls were wood. A window sat in the middle of the one wall with a view that had a beautiful pond with swans and ducks swimming in it. A grand piano sat in the left side of the room. There is a huge fireplace on the other side of the room. The room had a cozy feeling to it that made Harry want to flop on the couch and fall asleep.

The second room they looked at was the kitchen. The kitchen has a circle table with four seats around it, but there were no other cooking devices except a microwave and a medium sized refrigerator.

Harry looked at his new father in confusion and asked, "Where is the stove?"

Severus smiled and yelled, "Maggie!" A pop sounded throughout the room and suddenly there was a peculiar looking creature at Severus' feet. "Maggie meet my new son, Harry. Harry meet our house elf, Maggie. Maggie does all the cooking and cleaning in the manor, except she does not touch your bedroom, your bedroom is your responsibility. Keep it clean."

Harry was still looking at the small creature in front of him with awe as she popped away. Harry shook his head to get out of the awe feeling he was in then he began to look around the room again.

The floors were tiled charcoal black flooring. The walls were a lighter shade of charcoal with small wisps of gold every now and then. Plants hung in the windows that actually move! This room had a calming feeling to it that calmed Harry down, though he didn't know he needed calmed down.

The next room they entered was slightly bigger than the kitchen. This room was called the family room. The family room had soft chairs surrounding a coffee table. The coffee table had a board game on it that his Dad called wizard's chess. On the right side of the room there is a closet full of board games (muggle and magical), a T.V with a cupboard filled with movies, there was a clock on the wall that instead of numbers it had pictures of the family members, even Harry was on it now.

Seeing Harry looking at the clock Severus walked over to it and said, "This clock is not a normal clock, as you've probably guessed. This clock instead of telling me time it tells me where my children are every minute of the day, well not precisely but you get the point. I got Arthur Weasley to make me one, he has one exactly the same. You will meet the Weasley's soon enough, their children are my Godchildren."

Harry nodded his head in understanding then he went back to looking at the room. There was closet that had brooms in it, Harry closed the door wondering why someone would ever have so many brooms, who needs to clean that much anyway?

The carpet in this room is a brown color and the walls are a light shade of blue. This room, like the parlor had a nice cozy feeling to it.

Severus pointed to a door in the hallway and said, "This room is the bathroom." He then pointed to another door farther down the hallway and said, "And that is my office, you may not enter that room unless given permission, understand?"

"Yes, I understand." Harry nodded.

Severus then walked past his office and pointed to another door, "This room you may not enter at all. This room is my potions lab and if I ever catch you in here... Well just ask Eli, he'll tell you."

Eli scrunched his nose at the memory, "Not a good idea to go in there."

Severus chuckled and gave Eli a noogie. This of course made Eli laugh and try to get away, "Ah! Daddy stop!"

Soon enough Harry saw the library/study, Severus' room, another bathroom, a winter garden, an indoor pool, the cooking room where the elves prepare the food, and Eli's room. Now they came to Harry's room.

"Ready to see what your room looks like? Oh and remember if you don't like something we can change it." Severus said then slowly opened the door to allow Harry to see inside his room. Harry slowly stepped inside and looked around himself, once again Harry found himself in awe.

The room was a medium sized room with a twin sized bed in the corner of the one wall. There is a walk in closet that was already filled with his clothes, a small couch with a stand beside it, a bookcase (filled with the books Severus picked up), a window that overlooked the same pond as the parlor, the window has a window seat where Harry could sit and read or even sleep if he chose to. The walls were painted a midnight sky blue with a light green trim at the middle of the wall. The carpet was a darker shade of grey. A stereo with stacks of music sat in the one corner of the room, his guitar sat in the other corner.

Harry turned to look at his new father and said, "Thanks... Dad."

Severus smiled and said, "I really love you calling me that Harry, but if you are not ready yet don't feel pressured to do so just yet. Okay?"

Harry nodded but he liked the way calling him 'Dad' felt like, it warmed his heart to say that simple, small word.

Severus could tell just by the way Harry only nodded that he liked the way 'Dad' sounded, and his little speech fell on deaf ears. Severus couldn't help but smile as he pulled the small dark green snake out of his pocket and handed it to Harry. He then whistled and the owl flew in through the open window. "These are your pets, Harry, you may name them whatever you like."

Harry grinned widely and threw his arms around his new father, "Thank you!" Harry squealed with delight.

Severus grinned widely too but then he looked at Harry and said, "Now Harry a pet takes a lot of responsibility, you have to feed it, water it, care for it, and love it. Do you think you can do that?"

Harry nodded against his chest and said, "Yes, I can do that!"

Severus smiled then asked the child who was still clinging to him, "What do you want to name them?"

Harry backed away and looked at the snake in his hand, "I'll name the snake Lysander and my owl Hedwig."

Severus nodded in approval, "Very good names Harry." Eli nodded his head in agreement.

Suddenly a little puppy came bouncing in the room barking happily, Eli laughed and bent down to pick up the pup, "Ossie what are you doing you silly pup?" Ossie happily licked his owner in the face.

Severus rose his eyes at the pup making it stop it's barks, "Eli where is he supposed to be right now?"

Eli sighed and started out the door, "bathroom."

"Yes and if he goes on the floor you'll be cleaning it up." Severus called after him.

Harry smiled at Lysander and said to him, "Hello my name is Harry." Harry didn't notice the shocked look on his new father's face.

Lysander nodded his head in greeting then said, "Hello owner, I ssssee you are a sssspeaker of the ssssnakess."

Harry almost screamed in fright, Harry quickly put the snake on the bed and backed away, he ran into his father who put his arms around him, "It's alright Harry."

"Did you hear him?" Harry asked with wide eyes.

Severus shook his head, "No I did not hear Lysander. What did he say?"

Harry gave him a wierded outlook then said, "How can you act as if this is normal? Snakes don't speak!"

Severus rose his eyes and said, "Watch your tone. No snakes that speak is not commonly normal, the gift is very rare indeed."

Harry gasped, "You mean I can actually speak to snakes?"

Severus nodded his head and replied, "Yes you can, the gift is called Parselmouth. Parselmouth is the language of the snakes. Do not worry it is nothing bad, you're perfectly fine."

Harry nodded and smiled down at Lysander then he said, "I'm ssssory about that, I didn't know I could sssspeak Parssselmouth."

Lysander nodded his head and said, "That'ssss quite alright, young sssspeaker."

Harry smiled and said, "Well I'm gonna go get the tour of outssside, wanna come with me?" it looked as if Lysander actually smiled while he nodded his head so Harry reached out his hand and left Lysander curl around his wrist.

"Ready to get a tour of outside?" Severus asked. He was very happy that Harry and Lysander get along so well, now he knows why getting the snake for him was so appropriate.

The outside was gorgeous. There was a pond that is actually heated, a huge quidditch pitch with a shed beside it that holds brooms (Severus had to explain what quidditch was to an amazed Harry), a playhouse in a mega huge tree, there was another small building that Severus explained to Harry he was not allowed to go in unless told otherwise (that building was a greenhouse for his potion ingredients), a trampoline was by the playhouse.

Later on that day found the small family sitting in front of the fire in the parlor.

"So did you like the house Harry?" Eli asked practically bouncing on the couch in excitement of being home at last.

Harry gave him a bright smile and replied, "I love it! It's so amazing!"

Severus smiled and said, "I'm glad you like it, son."

Harry's heart jumped out of his chest as he heard the last word, he knew he was his father now but being called his son and just knowing is so much different.

A silence fell over the family until finally Severus said, "Now children I sent all the letters to the entire family today so there will be many letters in the morning for us to read."

Eli said something under his breath. Harry heard but Severus had not. Harry gave his brother a small smile and said, "Do you think everyone will come to the family get-together?"

Severus nodded, "Yes Harry I do believe so. You see son, our family is a very close family. If something major happens in one part of the family, then we all get together and celebrate or mourn. You will soon see this."

Harry nodded but then suddenly he heard something tapping on the glass window. He looked over and saw a black owl with bright blue eyes.

Severus quickly stood and walked over to the window to allow the owl entry. "It's from Uncle Matthew and Aunt Jamie." He carried the letter over to the couch and left the boys crowd around him as he opened the envelope to read the letter. After he skimmed over the letter he smiled up at the boys, "They can come but seeing how Uncle Matthew has to work late the children will be coming over tonight to sleep over."

Harry scrunched his nose in thought then asked, "That's Amanda and Ethan right?"

Severus smiled and nodded, "Yes Harry. I'm surprised you remembered their names."

Eli groaned and rolled off the couch, "No!"

Severus sighed and tried to ignore him, "They should be arriving in a hour. Eli I expect you to behave while Ethan and Amanda are here."

Eli continued to groan on the floor and mumbling 'no'. Harry smiled and said, "Eli you make it seem like it's the end of the world."

Eli's head shot up fast to look at Harry with shock, "Oh you haven't met Ethan yet! You'll know what I am talking about! Now his sister Amanda, I get along with perfectly fine. I mean she can be a bit..." Eli shot a look at his father then said, "Blondie if you know what I mean at times."

Harry got a laugh out of that, "So you're telling me she can be dumb?"

Severus shook his head and said, "Now Harry we do not speak about our family members in that way."

Harry nodded and mumbled, "I'm sorry."

Severus nodded his head, "It's fine just do not do it again. Now Eli get up from the floor I am not sure if the house elves cleaned the floor yet today and I do not want you to be dirty when our guests arrive."

Eli slowly pulled himself up onto the couch and said, "Yes father."

Suddenly seven owls came flying into the parlor through the open window that Severus left open. Severus walked over to the light brown and black eyed owl and pulled the letter off, he skimmed over then went through all the other letters. Once all the letters were read he said, "Well everyone can come children."

The flames in the fireplace turned bright green and out stepped Ethan and Amanda. Harry looked at Ethan and noticed he had dark brown shaggy hair with blue eyes. He then looked at Amanda and immediately took notice of how gorgeous she was. Amanda had long curly brown hair with bright emerald eyes.

Severus put down the letters he was holding and walked over to his niece and nephew but before he could say anything Amanda threw her arms around him and squealed, "Hey Uncle Sevvie!"

Severus rolled his eyes at his little nickname and said, "Hello Amanda how are you?"

Amanda left go of her uncle and smiled, "Great! I got my results for school the other day and got all straight E's!"

Severus smiled, "I knew you would, you're a smart young lady."

Ethan snorted and flopped on the couch, "Not all the time she isn't. Sometimes she can be a real dumba- um an idiot."

Severus raised his eyes brows at his nephew and said, "Ethan you know better than that in this house. Please watch what you say later on."

Ethan nodded and said, "Anyway Uncle Severus are you going to introduce us to your new son?"

This got Amanda's attention and she quickly turned to stare at the couch, as she turned her hair flew back and hit Severus in the face. Harry and Eli saw this and tried not to laugh.

Severus blinked and stepped away from Amanda before he had a hair ball. "Amanda, Ethan this is my son Harry. Harry is your age Ethan."

Ethan smiled and tilted his head, "Sup, I'm Ethan!"

Harry mocked Ethan's move and said, "Yo I'm Harry!"

Eli snorted and had to cover his face before he burst into laughing hysterics.

Ethan rolled his eyes at Eli and was about to slug the smirk off his face when Amanda pulled him back and then stepped in front of him, "It's nice to meet you I'm sure we will get along great."

Harry smiled back and said, "It's nice to meet you too."

Ethan pulled his sister away so he could talk to Harry then said, "So what do you want to do?"

Eli glared at his cousin and mumbled something, Harry smiled at his brother and shook his head, "I don't care what we do."

Ethan shrugged then said, "Fine, let's go swimming in the pond."

The rest of the children agreed then went to ask for permission. "Dad, can we go swimming in the pond?" Eli asked his father who was sitting at the kitchen table reading the Daily Prophet.

Severus looked up from the paper and gave them all a suspicious look then asked, "Do you all have swim suits?"

Ethan and Amanda nodded their heads so Severus nodded, "Go get changed."

The children said their thanks then ran off to get changed into their swim suits. Once they were all dressed they met each other at the backdoor.

"Alright let's go." Eli took one step out of the house when he heard his father ask, "Do you have towels?"

They retreated their footsteps and grabbed towels then headed out to the pond.

An hour later Severus came out to give them drinks (actually it was to make sure everyone was still alive but...) "I want you four in the house in a half an hour, no longer. Understand?"

When all four children nodded their heads he walked back to the house to finish replying to all those letters.

Ethan smiled slyly then went under the water and snuck up on Amanda, he quickly grabbed her legs and pulled her down. She screamed in shock as her brother pulled her down into the water.

As soon as Ethan left go of Amanda's legs she bolted up and glared furious daggers at her younger brother, "You little monster! Wait until I get my hands on you!" With that said Amanda lunged at her brother's throat only to miss when he splashed her in the face. "Come here you little twit!"

Harry and Eli slowly got away from the fighting siblings and watched in amusement as Amanda dug her nails into Ethan's skin making him yelp. Suddenly a shadow fell over the children making Harry and Eli stop smiling, Amanda and Ethan unfortunately did not notice the shadow until it was too late. "What is going on here" Severus' booming voice said as he pulled Amanda off of Ethan, "Get out of the water and go inside. You all know better then to fight, and you two should know better then to just stand there and do nothing, you should have came to me." He said to his sons then turned and walked back to the house. He held open the door to show them they should hurry. Which the children did, they quickly grabbed their towels and ran for the house.

"Go get showers then come down to the parlor, we need to have a discussion about fighting." Severus told each of the children, "Go."

The four children quickly made their way up the stairs to get their showers.

Severus sighed and rubbed his temples as he watched them climb the stairs. He turned and slowly made his way to his favorite chair, soon he heard the sound of the water being started. Then a few seconds later he heard the shower turn on showing another child just got in the shower in the other bathroom.

Severus clapped his hands and a house elf appeared, "Maggie could you please bring me some coffee?"

Maggie nodded her head making her floppy ears go up and down, "Yes Master Snape. I will bring it right away." Then with that said she popped away leaving Severus to think.

"Hurry up Ethan, I need in the shower too!" Eli's angry voice yelled and he pounded on the wooden door frame of the bathroom.

Severus sighed and walked to the stairs, "Eli!"

Hurried footsteps were hears running across the hallway towards the stairs and Eli appeared at the top, "Yes dad?"

"Do not yell like that, use your inside voice son. Just be patient and wait for him to finish in the shower." Severus told Eli.

A popping sound came suddenly and Maggie appeared, "Here is your coffee, Master Snape."

Severus took the offered cup and nodded his head, "Thank you Maggie. Oh and could you please get some milk and cookies ready in the kitchen?"

Maggie nodded and said in her squeaky voice, "Of course Master Snape. Is there anything else Master Snape?" When he shook his head she popped away.

Severus turned back to this son and said, "Go back and knock politely then see if he hurries up."

Eli grumbled but walked back to the door anyway and knocked politely although he ruined it when he yelled, "Hurry up Git!"

Severus shook his head and yelled up the stairs, "Eli Avian! Do not make me come up there!"

"I'm sorry Dad!" Eli's voice floated down to him.

Severus shook his head and said "Apologize to your cousin not me."

Eli sighed but lightly knocked on the door and mumbled "I... I'm sorry Ethan for calling you a git."

The water turned off and a few minutes later Ethan opened the door, "You should be, loser."

Eli glared at him and was about to smash him good but suddenly Harry came up behind him and pulled him back, "Eli don't! We're in enough trouble as it is, what are you going to prove by hitting him anyway?"

Eli glared at Ethan then went into the bathroom and slammed the door behind him making the pictures on the wall shake.

Ethan turned to Harry and smiled slyly, "I think I like you."

Harry glared at him and said, "Yeah well I don't like you."

Ethan glared right back at him but instead of doing or saying something he walked down to his uncle and waited for everyone else to get ready. Soon enough all the children were ready and they migrated to the parlor. Severus pointed to the couch for the children to sit down, once they did he paced back and forth in front of them. "Fighting is against the rules in this house and you know that. So what pray tell is your reason for doing this anyhow?"

Amanda and Ethan both started to explain at the same time making Severus put his hand up and saying, "One at a time. Ladies first, Amanda?"

Eli snorted and said, "Well actually dad that would be Ethan then."

Ethan rounded on him and glared furiously, "I am a boy thank you very much!"

Eli smirked, "Prove it."

Severus shook his head, "Stop this bickering at once! You are not in trouble for fighting earlier I was just going to give you a lecture but if you continue this childish bickering you will be."

Eli and Ethan immediately turned from each other and crossed their arms against their chest.

Severus left out a long sigh then said, "Now Amanda please explain to me what happened."

Amanda sent a withering glare towards her brother then said, "We were swimming when all of a sudden Eli pulled me under the water by my legs."

Severus nodded, that sounded like Ethan. "Anything else?"

Amanda shook her head so Severus turned to Ethan. "Ethan, it's your turn."

Ethan looked from Amanda to his uncle then sighed, "She is telling the truth, I did pull her under but I was just playing around, after I left go of her legs she attacked me like a wild animal with rabies. She called me a monster and a twit and dug her finger nails into my skin."

Amanda glared at her brother then said, "Can you prove it?"

Ethan looked down at his arm to see if he could find the finger nail marks, sadly there were none. "Yes I can! Ask Harry and Eli they saw her attack me!"

Eli smirked, "I didn't see anything."

Severus turned to Harry who was fidgeting on the couch, he didn't know what to do. Lie and say he saw nothing or tell the truth and make everyone mad at him. Harry gulped and looked over at Eli who shook his head, he then glanced at Amanda who was smiling like she already won, and then at Ethan who was looking intently at him with pleading eyes.

The room began to spin around him as he started to panic, what should he do? Lie to his new father or tell the truth and make Amanda and Eli mad at him?! Suddenly Harry felt his throat clench up and he couldn't breath. As the darkness took over he saw Severus run over to him and yell something about Poppy Pomfrey and the fire.