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Chapter 7
The next morning when Severus and Harry woke up, they first went to James' room to wake him up and then the three sat on the bed and talked.
"That was scary." James said.
"What was?" Severus asked.
"Last night, with what happened to your hou-" James said, but was cut off by Harry.
"Don't, it's bad enough that this happened, we do not need to reminded of it again." Harry told James. James only nodded and changed the subject.
"So, will you at least try out for the quidditch team?" James asked.
"You do realize that we are in different houses and we would have to compete against each other, right?" Harry said.
"Of, course." James answered.
"Good." Harry said.
"Why?" James asked.
"Cause I plan trying out for quidditch!" Harry said. "Now the only thing I need to do is convince Sev to try out too."
"That's great!" James said.
"Hey, wait, what about me trying out?" Severus asked.
"Oh, I forgot you were in the room Sev." Harry said.
"Yeah, anyway, even if I were to try out," Severus said "I think the only positions I would be good at is either seeker or chaser."
"It doesn't matter what position you get though." Harry said.
"I know." Severus said.
"Hey, let's go down to breakfast." James said, his stomach growling.
"But, we don't know where the dining room is." Severus pointed out.
"Yeah, your right." James said.
"Wait, we could ask Lucius." Severus suggested.
"Yeah, his room is just a few doors down from ours." Harry said. The three boys walked to Lucius room and knocked on the door, he didn't answer so they did it again. He didn't answer the second time, so they decided too open the door silently and walk in. James conjured a bucket of water and handed it Harry, who handed it to Severus, as he was the closest to the bed. Severus poured the freezing, ice cold water on Lucius, who sat straight up and screamed. Lucius turned and looked at the three laughing twelve year old boys.
"Why, are you laughing?" Lucius asked.
"You screamed like a girl!" James answered.
"Did not!" Lucius said, crossing his arms.
"Hey, can you show us to the dinning room?" Harry asked.
"Sure, just follow me." Lucius said, walking out of his bedroom, still soaking wet.
"Hey, you do know that you are a wizard right?" Severus asked.
"Oh, right." Lucius said, casting the drying spell on himself. The four boys walked into the dining room and sat down at one end of the table by Mr. Malfoy, who was already eating.
"I wondered when you were gonna get up." Mr. Malfoy said.
"Yeah, I would've slept longer if they didn't pour a bucket of water me." Lucius said, pointing to Harry Severus, and James.
"So that was why you screamed." Mr. Malfoy said.
"Yeah." Lucius said sitting down in the chair next to his father.
"So, you must be Severus, Harry and James." Mr. Malfoy said.
"Yeah." The three boys answered.
"You can call me Abraxas." Abraxas said.
"Alright, will dad be alright?" Harry asked.
"I don't know, as he is still unconscious." Abraxas answered.
"Can we go visit him?" Harry asked.
"Yes, you may." Abraxas said "Lucius, please show them to Mr. Snape's room."
"Yes, Father." Lucius said as he took Harry, Severus, and James to Mr. Snape's room. Lucius opened the door and let them inside, but the moment they walked inside the room, Harry broke down into tears. Harry may hate his father, but he never wished him hurt or dead. Lucius walked over to Harry and held him tight. "Shh, it's gonna be alright, Harry." Lucius reassured. After five minutes of crying, Harry wiped his eyes and sat down by his father's bed. Severus and James also sat down by the bed, eventually Lucius shooed James out of the room and then left himself, leaving the two boys alone with their father.
"Dad, if you can hear this, then I want you to know that I never wished you hurt or dead, just that you'd change." Harry said.
"I hope you get better, dad." Severus said, a few tears leaking from his eyes. The two boys sat there in silence and waited for their father to respond, but he did not. Harry and Severus ate their lunch in their father's bedroom and two hours before dinner they saw movement.
"Dad, are you awake?" Harry said.
"Yes." Tobias said hoarsely. Harry hugged his father and then broke into a huge grin. "What brought this on?" Tobias asked.
"You've been unconscious since last night." Harry answered.
"Where am I and where is your mother?" Their father asked.
"We are at Malfoy Manor and mum past away last night, when deatheaters burned our house down." Severus answered. Tobias started crying, even though he thought it was a weakness.
"Why?" Tobias cried.
"I don't know why, dad," Harry said "They just did."
"Harry, I will answer one of your questions." Tobias said after he finished crying. Harry only nodded. "Why I do drink, you ask? Well, it all started when I lost my job, then I found you out were wizards, which scared me, so I drank my fears away until I became addicted to it." Tobias said. "I will try my hardest to be a better father."
"You actually answered two questions." Severus said, cautiously.
"What was the second one I answered?" Tobias asked.
"Why you abused us. You found out we were wizards and that scared you." Severus answered.
"Right you are, Severus." Tobias said. "So much like your mother."
"dinner will be on the table in two hours, so before that time, we would like to introduce you to our friends." Harry said.
"Alright." Tobias said, following his sons out the door. The two boys and Tobias made their way to the dining room, where Lucius and James were sitting and talking.
"Hey, I wondered when you would come out of your father's bedroom." James said.
"Hey, meet my father Tobias Snape." Harry said.
"Nice to meet you, I'm Lucius Malfoy." Lucius said, extending his hand. Tobias took his hand and shook it.
"I'm James Potter." James said.
"Nice to meet all of you." Tobias said.
"Dad?" Harry asked.
"Yes?" Tobias said.
"I want to go camping." Harry said.
"Alright, I will see what I can do." Tobias said.
"There are woods by Malfoy Manor, if you want use them." Lucius said.
"Alright, thank you." Tobias said.
"I want you to come too, Lucius and James." Harry said.
"I would love too." James said "good thing my parents told me, I could stay tonight too."
"I can come too." Lucius said.
"Great!" Severus said.
Later that night, Tobias, Harry, Severus, James and Lucius went down into the forest and set up camp. Tobias was now showing them how to start a fire, without magic.
"Cool!" James shouted. Tobias smiled and showed them how to carve pieces of wood into the shapes they wanted. They were all busy carving when Harry spoke up.
"Hey, Sev, what's yours gonna be?" Harry asked.
"Mine is gonna be a leopard. Yours?" Severus answered.
"A Snake." Harry said.
"Mine is gonna be a lion!" James said
"Mine is going to be a hawk." Lucius said.
"Those are all cool designs." Harry said. Harry looked over at his father and saw him working on a bigger piece. "Dad, what are you working on?" He asked.
"I am making a carving of our family," Tobias said "before we lost a member." Harry nodded and went back to his work. A few hours later after they had finished and gone to bed, Harry couldn't sleep, so he got up and walked over to where his father was sitting, Severus soon followed, but Harry didn't notice. The small family was mourning their loss and it was silent until Severus spoke up.
"So, what do we do now, dad?" He asked.
"I don't know son, I don't know." Tobias answered.
"Lucius said we could stay with him until he find another place to live." Harry said.
"Okay, we can stay at the Malfoys until we find another place to call our own." Tobias said.
"We will get back on our feet, dad," Harry said "I know we will."
Eventually the trio went bed and when Harry fell asleep he started having strange dreams. When Harry woke, he found himself in the same place he fell asleep. 'Geez, that was a freaky dream.' Harry thought to himself.
"Hey, Harry." Severus said.
"Hey, sleep well?" Harry asked.
"Yeah, you?" Severus answered.
"Yeah." Harry answered, not wanting to tell Severus about his dream. The boys went down to the lake they found and fished. The two boys brought two fish back to camp, each and cooked them for breakfast. The smell of the fish woke the three that were still sleeping and they got up and sat around the fire.
"That smells good." James said, sniffing the air.
"Ever had fish before?" Severus asked.
"No." James answered.
"Yes." Lucius answered.
"It's good, you should try it." Severus said.
"Hey, it's done." Harry said. The five grabbed a piece and ate. After that they packed the camp and walked back to Malfoy Manor. Once they got back, they all took showers and went to hang out in the living room, with Tobias talking to Abraxas.
"Hey, Lucius, want to play Wizards chess?" Severus asked.
"Sure." Lucius agreed. Severus and Lucius engaged in a chess game with Harry and James watching them.
"Wow, I've never seen a game played this intensely before." James said.
"Yeah, me either," Harry said. "though it would be hard to beat my brother, anyway."
"Is Severus an expert then?" James asked.
"No, he just has a lot of great strategies." Harry answered.
"Oh, I guess that makes sense." James said. The game finally came to an end, with Severus has the winner.
"Good game." Lucius said.
"Good game." Severus said. The four boys sat in silence until dinner that night and after dinner James' father came to pick him up.
"Bye." James said, as he stepped through the floo.
"Bye!" The three boys said. Later that night the three boys went to bed and fell soundly asleep, with no dreams to keep them up.
The next morning, they ate breakfast and went to get their school supplies early. When they got home they decided read ahead and teach their father a little bit, so he would understand what they were doing. After that, they went out back and rode on brooms until lunch. A house elf came to get them for lunch, and the trio followed the elf to the dinning room. They sat down and ate in silence, that is until Tobias broke the silence.
"Abraxas, would it possible for you to help fix my home?" He asked.
"Yes, I would gladly help." Abraxas said.
"Oh, thank you." Tobias said to the man he considered a friend and who was helping him rehabilitate.
"Your welcome." Abraxas said. After lunch Harry, Severus and Lucius played chess and Severus won most of the games. Tobias and Abraxas went to the broken down home of the Snapes and worked little by little and by the time they got back to Malfoy Manor, it was late and they went bed, knowing the three kids were already fast asleep.
The months went past and it was august thirty-first, the last day of summer break. The three boys spent it talking and finishing up summer homework.
"Hey, Lucius can you help me?" Harry asked.
"Sure, what do you need help on?" Lucius asked.
"Um...Transfiguration." Harry answered. Lucius helped him in that subject and then went to look over Severus' homework, which was good. After that the boys played more chess, Harry and Lucius trying beat to Severus at least once. At dinner, they boys were talking about quidditch.
"So, what position do you think I could play?" Severus asked.
"Seeker or Chaser." Lucius answered. "Same with you, Harry."
"I plan on trying out as Chaser." Harry said.
"You know, pretty soon people are going to hear about the death eater attack that happened earlier this summer." Severus said.
"I know, but there is nothing we can do about it." Harry told Severus.
"I wish there was." Severus said.
"I do too," Harry said. "at least, we still have dad."
"Yeah." Severus said.
"I have to tell you something." Harry said.
"Yeah?" Severus asked.
"I have been having these weird dreams." Harry answered.
"About what?" Lucius asked.
"The future, well I suppose it was the future, but it was weird. It was about a boy named Harry Potter." Harry answered. "It was like I was him."
"You can't be him because you are Henry Snape and that Harry dude would have to be James' future son or something." Severus said.
"I agree." Lucius said.
Later that night, the boys went to bed and fell asleep peacefully, with no dreams or nightmares.