"I'm gunna get you Harry!" Severus yelled as he chased Harry around the Potter's garden.

"No ya not!" Harry yelled back laughing.

"Boys! behave!" Lily yelled as she laughed on the side lines with Teddy and Remus. Sirius and James were a little way off swimming in the pool and probaly planning their new school year prank.

"Make us Lils!" Harry yelled laughing as Severus pounced on him. Of course he then started to tickle the boy below him. "ARGH! SEVERUS S. . . S. . . STOP!" Harry yelled between giggeling. Severus laughed at the glare on Harry's face which was not very effective as the boy was giggling like a school girl. Severus felt something barrel into him and soon found himself under Teddy who began to tickle him. "AIEEEE!" Severus cried as he laughed.

"HA HA REVENGE!" Harry cried from the floor where he was still trying to get his breath back. Soon Lily walked over and helped Harry stand. "I CONSIDE!" Severus yelled.

"What?" Harry and Teddy asked.

"OK fine! I SURRENDER!" Severus yelled and Teddy stopped tickeling him and smiled.

"VICTORY IS MINE!" he yelled happily trying to show off his arm muscles.

"Yeah whatever Teddy," Remus said as he lifted his little brother up over his shoulder and stood there.

"Remmie!" Teddy whined.

"Yes?" Remus asked.

"Put me down!" Teddy pouted.

"Now why would I do that?" Remus asked.

"'Cause you love me?" Teddy asked while looking at Harry for help who was pretending he couldn't see anything, either that or was pretending to be intressted in the birds flying over head.

"Was that a question or a staitment?" Remus asked as he began to move.

"A staitment. Deffinatly a staitment," Teddy replied. Remus chuckled and threw his brother into the swimming pool. Teddy of course will deny he screamed like a little girl.

Elieen stood at the garden door watching her son interact and couldn't stop smiling as she saw how happy her little boy seemed to be. In-fact he seemed to be a new child he was smiling, laughing and not just thinking about school. He was acting as a sixteen year old boy should. She couldn't understand why she didn't leave Tobius before now but what's done is done and she had left him now and hopefully wouldn't see him again.

Severus sat by the fire in the Potter's livingroom deep in thought. He knew it was Harry's birthday soon but didn't know what to get him. He felt he owed Harry something for stopping the bulling but he didn't know what Harry would want. Of course he knew what Harry liked but it didn't seem fitting for Severus to get his friend. He had got Teddy the whole collection of a muggle book called the mortal instraments and he got Lily a charm bracelet with a Lily a Snake a lion and a snitch. Lily had by now added several more. But what to get Harry? Harry, Teddy and Lily had all chiped in to buy him several potions ingrediants which would have cost them a few fortune.

Severus sighed in aggetation and he could feel a headache comming along. "Sev?" a voice asked causing Severus to look up and see Lily.

"What are you doing up Lils?" Severus asked.

"I could ask you the same question," Lily replied smiling. Severus sighed and looked at his first and best friend.

"I can't think of anything to get Harry for his birthday," Severus finally admitted.

"Oh Sev. What do you mean? there are lots of things you could get Harry," Lily said as she sat next to his friends.

"But none of that stuff is special!" Severus cried.

"Why would you get a special presant for Harry?" Lily asked.

"Because I want to," Severus replied crossing his arms and pouting. Lily sighed and spotted a picture above the fireplace of all of the kids this summer.

"Oh Sev look," Lily gushed looking at the photo. Severus then smiled and hugged Lily.

"Lily you are a genius!" he cried and then ran out of the room to go to his room. Lily just sat there in shock.

Harry woke on the morning of his 12th birthday feeling happy and refreshed. But very wet for some unknown reason. He looked down and realised his whole bed was wet and Sirius was stood at the end with a bucket in his hands with a smiling James beside him. "HAPPPY BIRTHDAY BABY BROTHER!" James cried.

"JAMES! DID YOU THROW WATER OVER ME!" Harry cried with a smile on his face.

"Nope. Sirius did it," James replied.

"Hay it was your idea Prongs," Sirius deffended. Harry just laughed as the two argued. The door opened and the other four occupents of Hogwarts ran into the room.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY HARRY!" they all yelled and jumped on the bed only to jump strait back off again.

"Why pray is your bed wet?" Severus asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Ask these twits," Harry said pointing to Sirius and James while smiling. Remus wacked them both upside the head.

"Ow Moony!" Sirius whined and Remus kissed him to shut him up. Which it did. Harry rolled his eyes and kicked everyone out so he could get dressed and then hurried downstairs for presants.

"Happy Birthday my angel," Mrs Potter smiled and kissed Harry on the head.

"Happy Birthday son," Mr Potter smiled as he ruffled Harry's hair.

"DAD!" Harry cried as he tried to flatten his hair.

Harry opened his presants quikely, he got books from Teddy, Remus and Lily. Pranking supplys from Sirius and James, quidditch tickets for the chuddly cannons verses the holly head harpies as well as a sighned chuddly cannons poster and a new broom from his parents. Eileen even gave him a gallon. Harry felt quite upset when he realised Severus hadn't got anything until said person handed Harry a wrapped gift. Harry opened it and out fell what looked like a green jurnel. Harry opened it and smiled at all the pictures inside it. "This is brillent thanks Sev," Harry smiled.

So all in all not a bad birthday thought Harry happily.