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Harry Potter And The Father

Chapter 22

Harry Disappears From Under His Father's Nose

It had been a tense week since Sirius Black had escaped from Azkaban. For once Dumbledore wasn't plotting on getting Harry away from Severus, but keeping him safe from the man responsible for his parent's deaths. Harry hadn't been out of his father's sight at all. Harry was sitting at his father's desk during potions; he didn't even trust the Professors to keep Harry safe. Harry didn't mind actually, he loved spending all his time with his dad. Although it was getting boring, he couldn't hear what his dad said during those times. Severus had erected a silencing spell, so his reputation wouldn't be shot to hell. He didn't want to scare Harry; never in a million years would he willingly do so.

Despite how tense things were Severus was pretty confident that Black could never harm Harry. Severus was a good dueller; it wasn't arrogance or belief in his own powers that made him think that it had been proven time and time again. He could take Black on no problem, especially considering he didn't have a wand. He wasn't stupid enough to think the bastard didn't have a chance though. He had gotten out of Azkaban when it was said to be impossible after all.

He knew Dumbledore wouldn't let anything happen to Harry as well, despite his attempts to get Harry returned to the Dursley's. Minerva, Filius and Poppy would also stop anything happening they loved Harry. Which was why he had written a will if anything should happen to him. He had also told the Goblins to ensure it was read the day he died so Harry didn't have to stay with a Ministry appointed official until the will was read.

Once Remus knew Dumbledore's office would be empty, he walked up the stairs. Muttered the password to get in, he would have rather floo'ed in but the wards would have alerted him to the fact someone was in his office. Thankfully he hadn't warded his door, something he really should do. Dumbledore wasn't too difficult to figure out; it was always sweets he chose.

It didn't take him long to find the invisibility cloak, it had James' scent all over it. He grabbed it covered himself with it and began his quick walk down to the Great Hall of Hogwarts. He just hoped Snape was there, he didn't want to go down to the Dungeon's Snape was just too damn sneaky and suspicious. He would have wards up all over the place, and he would be found out - invisibility cloak or not. It was a good thing he had seen James giving it to Dumbledore.

He sighed in relief when he saw the doors of the Great Hall were open, sneaking in he walked down towards the Slytherin table. He poked one of the seventh years harshly in the side. The seventh year snarled at the sixth year sitting next to him, the boy jumped in alarm. Confused as to why the boy was snarling at him, Remus waited until the boy was occupied again and poked him once more. It didn't take long for an all out brawl to start between those two boys.

Remus swept past them, right in the corner because at that minute Severus and a few teachers were running towards the fighting students. Severus had to go, as they were his students that were fighting. Remus knew he only had a few seconds to act, scooping the eating child into his arms; he held his hand over Harry's mouth and practically bolted for the doors. It would only be a matter of minutes before Dumbledore had the hall on lock down. He held on tightly to the wiggling boy, with his strength he was actually hurting the child.

Silent tears coursed down Harry's face, he wanted his daddy he didn't like this man at all. He was hurting him; he wasn't used to hurting anymore, not since his daddy had made him better. His bones weren't strong, nowhere near as strong as children his age were anyway. A lot of his bones had to be re-grown when he came here, which means they were still delicate despite how long he had been there for. He continued fighting at the strange man; he had seen him before at the meeting. He remembered him not looking very happy, like Vernon some times.

"LET GO!" screeched Harry, his demand muffled by his captor's hand.

"Hush" demanded Remus; he had to get out of Hogwarts before it went on lock down. He had just got to the doors when the doors banged shut, locking them in. swearing harshly he ran for the secret passageway. It was his only hope, he was thankful right now that he had been a Marauder or he would have been stuck.

He got through the passage and walked for ages, finally he was out of the school and into the Shrieking Shack. Nobody would look here for them; he put the three year old boy in the play pen he had created earlier. He had a potion to work on, before they left England all together. He would keep James' son safe from Severus Snape and Sirius Black.

"I want my daddy!" cried Harry getting afraid now, he didn't like where he was it looked awful worse than his cupboard had been. There were big scratches everywhere; doors were blown off its hinges. Big massive cobwebs in every corner and probably lots of ants and spiders too. He didn't like spiders, he loathed them in fact after seeing so many in his cupboard he wasn't afraid of them just didn't like them.

"Hush he's not your father." snapped Remus a twisted grimace crossing his features. He would get the boy out of that habit, James Potter was the boy's father and he would soon forget about Snivellus Snape.

Harry was confused, why was this man saying his daddy wasn't his dad? What was he doing and why? He had seen his daddy brewing potions. He looked once more around the room and didn't even realize tears were running down his face. Where was his daddy and why wasn't he coming? Had he finally realized Harry was a freak and told this man to take him? Is that why this man said Severus wasn't his father? Harry curled his arms around himself shivering with cold. It wasn't very warm, it was winter and the bitter cold was seeping into Harry. He didn't even have a cloak on; Severus hadn't bothered with one since it was always warm in the castle.

Severus was furious at two of his Slytherin's would start something in the Great Hall of all places. All conflict was supposed to be sorted in the Common room, or in his office. Now he had no choice but to take one hundred points from his house, once they were sent to detention with Filch. It was only once he turned back that his heart just about gave out, his son wasn't in his seat.

He ran up to the head table, and looked around but he wasn't there, and Harry had never, ever strayed far from him before. He did the point me spell, but nothing happened he wasn't within twenty feet of Severus. Which was how far you had to be from the one saying the spell, one thing was for sure - Harry was missing.

He told Dumbledore, before telling Minerva, Filius and Poppy, who promptly broke up and began looking for him. Using the point me spell every five minutes, trying to get a lock on the missing child. Dumbledore did indeed lock the school down; no one was getting in or out. They just had to find Harry, before anything happened surely it wouldn't have given Black enough time to get out of Hogwarts.

The longer Harry was missing the more Severus felt like he had failed. The thoughts of what could be happening to his son made his heart run cold; if Black touched one hair on his head he would kill him. He felt like killing himself for falling for the oldest trick in the book. Distracting your opponent then getting them at the opportune moment.

Black, Potter, Pettigrew and Lupin had used it on him enough.

"Any luck?" asked Minerva coming up looking very frazzled and sounding it too.

"Nothing." said Severus unable to stop the hoarseness of his throat if he tried.

"We will find him Severus, don't give up." said Minerva her voice suddenly curt and terse her face going stony.

"We better." said Severus his voice back to its normal snarl but the concern in those obsidian eyes.

"Let's look somewhere else perhaps the common rooms?" asked Minerva.

"I guess it cannot hurt." sighed Severus looking sick.

So they went their separate ways once more, Minerva going up to Gryffindor tower they couldn't dismiss anything no matter how absurd it may be. Severus checked over every single room in Slytherin his face closing off even more every five minutes that passed.

Sirius Black, otherwise known as Padfoot in his animagus form was finally in Hogwart's. He had snuck into the sweet shop, Honeydukes and without any bother and after years of practice had the right stone square lifted up. Stepping down the stairs he replaced the stone slab. He knew that's where Harry was, or rather he hoped it was before he had been put in Azkaban Snape had become a teacher at Hogwarts. Actually he had been a teacher for a year before he got sent down. No doubt it was after he became a spy for Dumbledore on Voldemort who thought he had a spy in Hogwarts. Sirius Black had no doubt he truly was a spy. Severus Snape had adored and worshiped the ground Lily walked on; she would have got with him if not for the fact he was her brother.

James knew that Lily had come to him to get over Severus, and James had wooed her and worked very hard to win her love. It was Sirius who actually made James get his head out of his arse and stop parading his money around. By snapping if that's what Lily had been after she would have dated him from the word go. Severus Snape had never flashed money about, only because his father hadn't allowed him any allowance but Sirius Black didn't know that. With that James had settled down and showered Lily with his affection and small tokens and nights out.

It had only taken him a year to win her affections; they were engaged for a while then married. To the joy of both parents Lily ended up pregnant with Sirius' godson. Harry had been a beautiful boy, and Sirius longed to know what he really looked like. Lily had told him about the glamour she wore and the one she put on Harry. He had been furious with her with that, for Harry's safety or not she had used a painful glamour on her son. She explained she had added a bit of children's dreamless sleeping potion into his mouth during a feed and did it at the hospital.

Sirius found himself already at the entrance he needed, he opened the entrance, a statue of the humpbacked witch. He was on the third floor corridor, near Gryffindor common room but that wasn't where he wanted to be. Changing into his animagus form he quickly slinked through the school. He had to go down three flights of stairs to get to Filches office - where the map resided.

He skidded into the squibs office when he heard footsteps, he could smell feline - a cat probably. He couldn't help but wonder if that bloody damn Mrs. Norris was still alive; it smelt like her he rolled his eyes at his thoughts honestly.

"Did you see anything?" asked Minerva McGonagall, he couldn't forget that voice if he tried. Sirius listened in, what did she mean by find him? Was a student lost…curious.

"Nae sign of Harry Snape Ma'am." said Filch shaking his head adamantly, he had a lantern lit beside him even though it was daylight. He must have been checking part of the dungeons that hadn't been used in years.

"Damn it, Severus' is going to be devastated!" snipped McGonagall, boy Sirius hadn't heard her sound so damn vicious before. It wasn't the first time he had heard her angry, she went utterly apeshit at them for what happened in the Shrieking Shack. Fortunately for them at the time Dumbledore had taken over their 'punishment' which was a few detentions. He had found himself grateful at the time, but now he knew it had stopped him growing up. Accepting the consequences of his own actions and look where it landed him - Azkaban. If he had been punished at school as he should have been, maybe his actions wouldn't have been so rash and thoughtless. He knew if he had been taught to think before acting maybe he wouldn't have landed in Azkaban.

He waited until they both left before turning back into human form; he opened the drawers and spent the next ten minutes looking for a certain map. Finally the familiar yellow crusted map was in view; grabbing it he opened it out and said the words with his finger on the paper. He hoped to god it worked, he left out a whoop of air when the spidery ink began splashing across the page.

His breath got caught in his throat when he finally after searching found Harry - he was with Remus Lupin. He was alone with him, breathing heavily his only consolation was that Remus wasn't anywhere near Harry. Dropping the map he transformed into Padfoot and hunted out the nearest student, it was easier than he thought possible to steal their wand. He could only hope it worked as he bolted for the Shrieking shack he didn't even bother with the secret passageway.

Severus was getting beyond desperate now; he was resorting to checking in every single classroom and office in the Dungeon's. His mind was going over all the ways to skin Black alive, torturing him for months. The means were getting more and more horrific as the minutes passed. Snape was going from worried to pissed, those who had thought they had seen him mad were wrong. He radiated fury, his magic sizzling off him and into the castle not harming anyone.

Severus checked Filches office growling angrily; as he turned to leave he noticed a piece of paper on the floor. Glancing at he turned to leave, when he realized what exactly he had seen he stopped stunned.

Filches office - Severus Snape.

With abrupt eagerness, not caring about the fact it nearly ripped in two he looked around the entire school within minutes. He found what he wanted, and he could barely believe his eyes. Harry was with Remus Lupin, and Sirius Black was running towards them. Lupin had been helping Black all along; Lupin was a Death Eater too. It seemed completely absurd even to him, then again it had shocked the hell out of him that Black was one years ago. Black was worse than Lupin, it was Black that had tried to kill him after all.

Sliding the map into his pocket he took the same road as Black had, not even bothering about secret passage ways. He knew how to stop the Whomping Willow from moving; he didn't pass any teacher along the way which made him curse. So as he exited the castle he sent a Patronus message to Minerva.

He ran harder and faster than he had ever done before in his life hoping he got there in time to stop anything happening to Harry.

"I want my daddy!" repeated Harry once again looking exhausted it had only been five hours since he had been taken but it felt like forever. He was hungry; he hadn't been able to eat his breakfast before he was taken. He was also thirsty with the dust from the Shack getting into his lungs by breathing it in through his nose and mouth. He was shivering badly, in fact he was chilled to the bone he hadn't been this cold since that time his Aunt locked him outside all night.

Remus rolled his eyes in agitation; the boy had been saying the same sentence for the past few hours. He was very extremely angry with the boy, despite the fact he had repeatedly told him Severus wasn't his father the boy wasn't listening. In his obsessed mind, he began thinking it might be best to Obliviate Harry of any memory he had of Snape which would be a few months worth of them.

It was dangerous but in Remus' deranged mind he felt it was needed.

"Daddy where are you?" whimpered Harry, he wanted his daddy why wasn't he coming.

"SHUT UP OR I SWEAR I'LL…" snarled Remus angrily going forward his arms outstretched as if he wanted to shake sense into Harry.

Harry's green eyes widened in fear and he scrambled back into the corner of the play pen he had been stuffed in. his already pale features took on a sickly turn and he raised his own hands to protect himself. Curled into a ball whimpering piteously Remus paled at his own actions. It was close to the full moon, he wasn't himself right now otherwise he wouldn't have done that. He was sure of it, Harry was all he had left of James - Harry was his cub and his mate or would be when he was sixteen.

Harry wasn't really his mate but Remus had wanted James so badly he had turned his obsession from James onto Harry. In his mind Harry was his, his mate and nobody else's. James shouldn't ever have gotten with Lily, James had been his, but now he had Harry so he didn't care too much.

Once he had added the appropriate ingredient into the cauldron, and stirred it he walked over to Harry. He had spent every single Sickle he owned to get the ingredients he needed for the potion. The blood was tied around his neck in a bottle, once he had kept since his school days.

"Don't worry Harry, everything will be alright soon I promise." said Remus picking Harry up and cuddling the child or trying too. Harry kept whimpering away from him, flinching away in fear.

"Let me go." whispered Harry.

"I can't you're mine, nobody will take you away ever again…I'll kill anyone that tries." snarled Remus angrily thinking about Dumbledore, Black and Snape. Oh no he would kill them both before he allowed anyone to separate them.

Clutching Harry to him, he paced up and down the Shrieking Shack in agitation. He wished the potion would hurry up and be ready; he needed to get them as far away as possible. He wasn't even thinking about the fact that it was soon to the full moon. He didn't even seem to realize Harry was disgusted with him, or that he was shaking in complete and total fear.

Harry was shaking, he didn't like this man even as young as he was he knew what kill meant. He knew deep down there was something wrong with this man, and he was scared his daddy got hurt. What if he already was? Could that be the reason he wasn't coming? That scared the day lighting lights out of him. The thought of anyone harming his daddy made him utterly furious. Or if what his daddy did find him and was hurt by this man? He couldn't allow that to happen.

He began to kick and wiggle against the man; he kicked him in a very delicate place between his legs. Causing the man to drop him in surprise and agony, the man himself dropped to his knees and moaned in agony. Harry scrambled back his little legs running as fast as they could. He was about to run through the entrance before he was barrelled into by a large black dog.

Thankfully he wasn't hurt too badly, just ended up on his backside, watching wide eyes as it turned into a human.

"Stay away from him." snarled Black angrily. Harry whimpered in relief, despite the man's ragged, black and disgusting appearance he was protecting him. Protecting him from the furious man with amber eyes. It wasn't his daddy but anyone would do, he didn't want that man to get him again.

"I'm protecting him from you!" snarled Remus furiously his own wand raised.

Harry watched the two men face off warily, both had wands, both were raised in defend so far no spells had come out. They were just standing there as if daring one or the other to use a spell.

"I did not betray Lily and James; I wasn't their secret keeper Pettigrew was. Once I know he's safe from you I'll go quietly." said Sirius calmly his yellow teeth bared in a very animalistic manner.

"Safe from me?" scoffed Remus his own teeth bared he looked more like the werewolf he possessed to hate at the moment.

"James told me of your…obsession with him and Harry" said Sirius sadly, this was his best friend. He had already lost Pettigrew, James now he was loosing Remus too. His godson came first, before friends before anything really. He had meant what he said he would turn himself in as soon as Harry was safe from Remus. He was just glad he had had ran when he did. He had realized what Remus would have done if Harry didn't look like James. Which was why he had busted out in the first place, he knew Snape would remove the glamour's. Hell if it had been his family he would have done the same thing, nobody deserved to live their whole life without knowing what they truly looked like.

"What are you talking about?" asked Remus his tone becoming guarded and wounded now.

"Come on Remus, no need to pretend, James didn't like the way you looked at Harry. Why do you think you were hardly invited over? We never told Pettigrew, we just let him think we thought he was the spy" said Sirius. Well he had thought Remus was a spy but there was no need to go into detail not now. He had to get Harry back to Hogwarts, first he had to make sure Remus dropped the wand. He wasn't about to turn his back and leave Harry defenceless.

He had failed him when he was only a baby, tender age of one year and three months old. He wasn't about to do something stupid again, it had indeed taken him being thrown in Azkaban to grow up. He was rather hoping when he saved Harry they would listen enough to give him a trial.

"James loved me he just didn't know it!" snarled Remus furiously.

"Does the same go for Harry?" snapped Sirius.

"YES!" snarled Remus viciously his wolf even more at the surface than ever before.

"LOOK AT HIM! REALLY LOOK AT HIM HE'S FUCKING TERRIFIED OF YOU!" Snarled Sirius Black completely raging.

"He'll come to love me…he will." said Remus adamantly gripping his wand.

"No he won't! What do you plan on doing during the full moon? Make him a wolf as well and ruin his life?" hissed Sirius his entire face red with suppressed rage.

"I'd never do that to him!" cried Remus indigintly.

"Then what did you plan on doing then?" snapped Sirius.

"I don't know!" hissed Remus amber eyes flashing wolf like causing Harry to whimper and shimmer back even further against the wall.

Sirius looked back, keeping one eye on Remus and his heart nearly broke in two. If he did end up in Azkaban again he knew this was what he would see for his entire time. Harry curled up terrified, crying and scared out of his mind. He backed away from Remus getting closer to Harry causing Remus to snarl savagely.

"Come here Harry, climb on" said Sirius, Harry did as he was told climbing on the man's back. Almost chocking Sirius in the process, as his arms wrapped tightly around his neck.

"MINE!" hissed Remus ferociously.

"Expelliarmus!" shouted Sirius, hoping the wand would work for him. Remus was distracted by his actions that he couldn't respond in time. His wand went flying from his fingers, and Sirius caught it with a swift move. For someone that had been in Azkaban he was sure fast.

Remus was just about to tackle Sirius by physical means when a black clad presence made himself known. A quick stupefy had Remus out like a light, in the middle of the Shrieking shack.

"Severus" said Sirius.

"DADDY!" shrieked Harry at the same time. His arms were outstretched towards him; Severus practically snatched Harry from Sirius. Curling his son in his arms, the relief shone though his onyx eyes.

Severus could see the tear stains on his son's face and nearly snarled ferociously at Remus. However, he didn't want to scare his son anymore than he already probably was. However, when he saw the potion that was bubbling at the other side of the room, he spelled Harry asleep before placing him in the play pen. Withdrawing his wand he cursed Remus Lupin with the silver mist charm.

"What was it?" asked Sirius eventually, he had just watched Severus with hooded eyes casting silver mist charm after silver mist charm at Remus Lupin. He seemed to forget for the moment that he was in fact a wanted criminal on the run.

"It would have changed Harry's looks permanently to James Potter." said Severus savagely.

"Why aren't you cursing me?" asked Sirius cautiously. Wondering if the Dementors were on their way, and Snape was just lulling him into a false sense of security.

"I heard enough to know you were protecting my son," scoffed Severus stopping his actions and picking Harry back up. He grimaced when he felt his son, he had peed himself. How scared was he to have actually soiled himself, as he stood there he felt like an utter failure as a father.

It's when he thought about it, Black hadn't responded to the fact he was calling Harry his son.

"So why aren't you furious that I've taken the place of James Potter's son in his eyes" grunted Severus wrapping his cloak around his son. He decided to wait for Minerva before they moved, as he cast a warming charm so his son would warm up. He was freezing cold, still in the thin t-shirt and trousers he had put on him. He spelled the pee away and cleaned the trousers it was as good as it was going to get until they got him home.

"Lily told me that you were Harry's uncle, her brother…before they went into hiding. She thought something was going to happen you know…guess we should have listened to her. I thought you of all people would show up even if it was just to curse me senseless. I thought I'd have a chance to tell you at my trial, of course I didn't bloody get one" hissed Sirius looking very put out.

"It was tempting Black but I was in Azkaban myself" sneered Severus furiously.

"I have more information…Crouch's son Barty Jr is still alive…his wife went in with him to see their son. They took poly juice potion, and switched…she was buried in Azkaban while Barty was taken home…with his father…has there been anything happening?" demanded Sirius.

"Nothing it's all quiet on that front…not even the Death Eaters are trying anything" grunted Severus pacing back and forth with his son answering Sirius Black. He didn't need to ask what he meant by anything happening. Black obviously knew he was a spy or wouldn't have asked such an absurd question.

"Severus!" came McGonagall's stern voice.

"In here" replied Severus right back stopping his pacing.

"Black!" said Minerva as soon as she was through the door her wand up in defence.

"He's innocent he was helping Harry" said Severus.

"Remus? What on earth happened?" asked Minerva clearly bewildered and stunned by the happenings around her.

I wanted to leave a big cliffhanger but i thought i better not :P what did you think? i love making remus the bad guy for a change! it's fun to write. Will remus end up killed or in azkaban? thats the question! will it come out that Dumbledore LET a werewolf into a school full of children ...even if he was in the shrieking shack? get him fired as headmaster of hogwarts? if that were to happen who would replace him? filius as deputy and minerva as head? will dumbledore be sent to azkaban for endangering students? by allowing it like twenty years after the crime had been commited? will minerva even believe sirius black? will harry take a liking to sirius but always prefer severus? will severus even be at work for a good year after what happened? will severus and his mother reconcial? will harry take to Eileen though? just becuase he hadnt heard it doesnt mean he didnt know the tension between them. children are very good at spotting tension between adults...will harry not warm up to her on principle? R&R PLEASE!