A year in the life of Harry Potter

by Fungi Fulton

Harry gets his Hogwarts letter and when he's told that it's true that he's a wizard,he runs away and ends up in the streets of London.Though he soon finds friends he is captured by the police and given to whom but Severus Snape, our beloved Potion Master.

27. August, 23

A year in the life of Harry Potter

Chapter 27: August, 23

As soon as Harry opened his eyes he knew he was in his bedroom in the Snapes' villa. As he reached over to the bedside table to get his glasses his hands felt something big, something book-like. On top of it were his glasses. He put them on and then took the book to see what it was.

A photo album.

As he turned the pages his eyes filled with tears. There were photos, photos of his parents, photos of him and them. To his great surprise the people in them were moving, waving at him, smiling. But then he thought what Quentin would tell him if he voiced his thoughts in her presence.

Harry, in the magical world hardly anything is impossible.

Then, as he came to the last page, there was a photo which had been token in Holland. It was of him, her, Lucy and Severus. He sniffed, hardly able to keep the tears back. How worried they must have been. Then he burst out in tears. He cried his heart out. He cried over his parents, over the stupid things he had done, over the fact that even now Severus and Lucy still wanted to have him as a son.

And then, when there were no more tears to come, when there was nothing else to cry about, he fell asleep.

He found himself in a room of white. The walls were snow white, the ceiling and floor too. There was no furniture. Everything was so white, so clean that it nearly blinded him.

Suddenly two people appeared, a man and a woman.

"Harry," the female said.

"M-Mum?!" Harry exclaimed, thinking he recognized her from the photos he had seen. "Dad?!"

"Yes, my son," the man replied. He smiled, but then his smile faded away and he looked sternly at Harry. "You did some pretty stupid things in the past weeks."

"I know," Harry said. "I know, and I'm sorry about it."

"You do not have to tell us," his mother said, hugging him. "Tell him. Tell Severus. It's him and his family you should apologize to."

"I don't want you to leave," Harry suddenly blurted out, clinging on to her. "I want to stay with you."

"It's not your time yet," his father said, shaking his head. "But always keep in mind that we love you and that we watch you from here."

"We're proud of you," his mother said, kissing Harry's forehead. Harry felt her slowly fade out.

"I love you," he muttered. "I love you, Mum, Dad!" And then they were gone.