The school week passed without Harry seeing anymore of the 'man in black' and soon it was the weekend. Having finished all of his inside chores, Harry went into the garden to finish up, when he saw the 'man in black' walking into Number 3, Privet Drive.

"Aunt Petunia, can I go somewhere, please?" Harry asked as he ran into the kitchen.
"Get back before ten or else you'll sleep wherever you're going to." She threatened.

"Thank you!" Harry called, rushing into his cupboard and changing into another long sleeved shirt of his.

Harry ran quickly towards the house and knocked on the door rather loudly. It was opened immediately and he ordered Harry to get in quickly.

"Yes, Potter?"

"Sir, can you tell me more about my parents?" Harry asked.

"Oh, Severus, is this Harry?" A strict-looking woman asked sweetly.

"Yes, Minerva, this is Potter." Severus said, glaring at her.

"So help me, Severus Snape, if I find out you have been mistreating this child under a preconceived notion about his father, I swear the biggest piece of you will be microscopic, you'll have preferred to be handed over to the Death Eaters instead." Minerva threatened, glaring at him as she went out the back door.

"Who was that?" Harry asked inquisitively.

"Minerva McGonagall, she taught your parents and I at the boarding school we went to, she still teaches there in fact."

"Oh. How did she know me?"

"She was there when you were born. Lily was her favorite student."

"Oh. Do you have any pictures of my mother?"

"Yes, Potter, wait here and I will give you a few." Severus said, walking towards a drawer and taking out a few pictures he had copied of Lily.

"Here." Severus said, thrusting the twelve pictures towards Harry.

"What's your name, sir?"

"Severus Snape."

"Thank you for the pictures, sir, I have to go home or my uncle will be mad."
"Come here, Potter. I want you to close your eyes and sit still on the couch for a few minutes."

"Yes, sir." Harry said, curious as to what he was going to do.

When Harry felt a tingling feeling wash over his body he opened an eye a bit and saw a stick the man was waving over him and a piece of paper.

"No! Get that away from me!" Harry cried, letting tears spill down his face.

"Potter, what is this nonsense?"

"That thing---is---is---it's scary. In a dream a snake faced man had it and he used it to kill Daddy and then Mummy. He laughed and there was a flash of green light. He turned it on me, but I don't know what happens after that because I wake up screaming!" Harry said, sobbing now.

Severus was horror-struck, if the boy did indeed remember the night his parents were murdered then he probably heard his part in all of that.

"Potter! Potter! Oh, for merlin's sake, Harry!" Severus said, shaking the child softly. "What else do you remember from that night?"

"I remember someone saying my mummy's name and telling her to leave fast because 'the Dark Lord' was coming. I remember her shouting at him and then my Daddy shouting as well. That's when the snake face man came." Harry said, his eyes glazed over with tears.

"Potter, what do you know of your parents' deaths?"

"Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon said they died drunk in a car crash and that's where I got my scar and that I should have died with them, 'cause I'm a freak."

"They were murdered, they didn't die in a car crash. The man you heard telling your mother to run and take you with her was me. I warned them of their murderer coming after them, but I was too late. The Dark Lord came in shortly after and they were murdered, but when he tried to kill you, you survived and it rebounded on him. The Dark Lord is by no means dead, but he is not killing others because of what happened four years ago."

"So I am a freak." Harry said, hanging his head.
"You most certainly are not!"

"But---"

"No buts Potter, you are not a freak, you are a wizard and I am one as well."

"But magic doesn't exist...does it?"

"Watch this, Potter." Severus said, taking his wand and drawing his name in the air with a serpent in the middle.

"Cool!" Harry exclaimed, his eyes getting wider by the minute.

"Mr. Potter, you should take this potion, it will help with the pain you are most likely feeling from the injuries your uncle inflicted on you."

"How do you know?"
"That was what I was doing before, taking a medical exam with my wand to see if you were injured."

"But how did you know I was?"

"I was abused by my father since before I was your age. It started with accidental magic, as I'm sure was the case with you."

"Yes, sir, it was."

"Go upstairs and stay in the largest bedroom, the only one not empty, I expect you to be asleep soon."

"Yes, sir, thank you." Harry said, downing the potion and making a face.

An hour later, when Severus was sure Harry was asleep he snuck into the bedroom and spelled Harry's too-large clothes into pajamas.

"Forgive me, Harry, for judging you by your father, you have your mother's nature as well as her eyes. I am glad her intelligence and ambition were not lost on you. She was the brightest star in the sky." Severus whispered, unaware that Harry had heard everything.

A/N:

This will be a Severitus fic, the Snape becomes Harry's father by adoption kind.