Harry awoke in his pushchair again, dressed, this was starting to become regular and he wasn't sure that he liked it. He was still a bit tired after his late night but he was starving, he called for his Mummy "mama" but there was no answer "mama" he tried again but again no answer "MAMA" he screamed fearing he had been abandoned, finally Cassie was unbuckling him and leading him through a passageway into what looked like a very majestic set of quarters which was all open plan, his grandma Minerva was whispering fiercely with his Daddy who was sat opposite her with a tumbler of what looked like fire whisky in his hands. Harry was seated on the floor in front of his mother and given a couple of slices of toast and a bowl of yogurt to devour. He ate quickly, very hungry from the night before and was just finishing when Minerva started shouting at his Daddy, it startled him and he dropped his yogurt spoon into his lap in surprise.
"YOU CANNOT GO THREATENING STUDENTS WITH AZKABAN AND THE DEMENTORS KISS SEVERUS AND YOU KNOW IT." Minerva sounded angry and the air was crackling.
"THEY PUT BOGGARTS IN MY CHILDRENS ROOMS MINERVA, I HAVE FOUND AT LEAST THREE IN HARRYS NURSERY ALONE, SHALL WE TELL THEM TO APOLOGISE AND SEND THEM ON THEIR MERRY WAY." Harry was terrified of boggarts they were mean nasty creatures and could threaten to reveal his secret if there was a boggart in the apartment.
Cassie noticed Harry tearing up, thinking it was due to the shouting, he picked him up cuddling him on her lap and giving him a bottle of pumpkin juice.
"Will you two calm down and be reasonable, you are scaring Harry. Now that you have found these culprits they should be dealt with very seriously but I agree with you Mum you cannot put them in Azkaban." Severus and Minerva looked at each other apologetically. "Now I have to go pick Charlie up from playgroup, I hope that by the time I get back you two will have decided upon a reasonable punishment and we will have sorted out what we are going to do about being homeless for the next three days because last night I ended up with three crying children in my bed due to nightmares and the worst night's sleep on record." Cassie then picked him up a roughly buckled him into his pushchair, tucked a blanket around him before leaving the quarters to walk into Hogsmede.
Lunchtime was a quiet affair which was taking place in the great hall because their kitchen was still being fixed, Harry hated it but there was no other alternative so put up with it because he had to. After lunch Mummy and Daddy left him and Charlie with Grandma and left to sort out some of their apartment and collect more of their things. It was boring in Grandma's she was sat in the office doing paperwork and Charlie was playing with a ball taunting Grandma's cat. Harry decided that seeing as Grandma was busy he would just have to find something useful to do, first he crawled to the sitting room where he had been earlier and tried to find anything fun in there, all he found were cushions and they weren't fun. He then thought about his walking and decided he would practise that, lifting himself up using the couch he walked to the coffee table and back, that was easy, the next attempt he tried a run but fell over quickly, leaving a graze on his knee, a cut on his trousers and a bruise on his elbow. This was no good he thought, Harry suddenly got an idea he would practise his talking with the portraits, he found the one he wanted straight away and beamed at it "ello" he said quietly so not to disturb Charlie and Minerva next door as Minerva was escorting Charlie to the toilet.
"Hello Harry" Headmaster Dumbledore greeted "I know what's happened to you by the way, it was partially my fault. How are you settling in there as a Snape?" Harry was astonished why Dumbledore would do this to him.
"ood, dad and mama ood, neva, ugh nnnn for." Dumbledore looked puzzled and tried to work out what the baby had just tried telling him.
"No I guess you've not really had any memories of having a mother and father before, you have as long as you need to come up with a conclusion about your life in the previous world, the one where you saved yourself instead of Snape. Do think about it my boy, look at the differences, I know it's difficult to look past your immediate family, but remember how loved you were, how loved you still are. I better go Minerva will be back any minute but know this, you will only have fifteen year in this world before you will be unable to go back at all so make your decision wisely." And with that Dumbledore left the portrait and Minerva entered the room with Charlie in tow.
"Harry what has happened now?" she asked worrying about the large bleeding graze now covering his knee. She lay him down and carefully removed his trousers, cleaning his graze and putting a plaster over it. With a kiss to the plaster she announced him "all better" and picked him up. She was finished with her paper work for now and decided to take her grandsons to the lake to watch the giant squid. Changing and dressing Harry in some jeans and a coat she put him in the pushchair Cassandra had left and dressed Charlie similarly. She let Charlie take his ball and run ahead of her as she pushed her youngest grandson through the silent halls of her school.
When they reached the lake she watched her grandsons play ball until they were both tired, she handed Harry and Charlie some bread and putting Harry back into his pushchair wheeled him towards the lake shore and held Charlie's hand so they could both feed the ducks, the ducks came very close to them and after feeding them Harry was pushed to the rock beside the lake where he spent most of his teenage years, Minerva sat on his rock and they watched the giant squid playing in the lake and Charlie feeding the ducks, the sound of the lake and the stillness in the air sent Harry to sleep.
Even Harry couldn't predict where he woke up next, it was the great hall, he was yet again strapped into his pushchair, soon though he ate quietly from his father's lap until Minerva demanded the attention of the hall.
"Sudents, as you will know by now a prank was pulled yesterday which has all but destroyed the living quarters of Professor Snape and his family. You will notice four of the Gryffindor table missing tonight as the perpetrators have been expelled and one of them has had their wand snapped for casting illegal spells in a child's room. This behaviour is inexcusable and will not be tolerated. If anyone knows of any other students who have done this," she paused holding up the pieces of Harry's crocodile, Harry sat shocked before bursting into tears "or have planted boggarts and traps in the rooms of Professor Snape's children you need to come forward immediately." Harry was beyond angry at the state which he saw his best friend and even though Daddy was trying to calm him down he felt something snap within him and suddenly all of the plates and cups on the Gryffindor table had smashed, after this he collapsed into his father's arms limbless.
That had been incredible, Severus and the entire great hall were sat staring at the young boy not unconscious on his lap. Harry was only 10 months old, how had he managed to use that amount of accidental magic? Madam Pomfrey had bustled over and was casting diagnostic spells around Harry declaring him magically exhausted as Minerva was finishing clearing the students out of the great hall.
"Daddy was that Harry that broke the glasses?" Lily asked she had only done accidental magic a couple of times but only ever summoning dolls or books and Charlie had only ever broken a cup magically. Severus nodded,
"it seems that Harry is stronger than any of us ever thought" he breathed astounded with what he had seen happen.
Minerva rushed up to the table "are you all ok?" she asked worried about her family.
"Yes mum" Cassie replied holding Lily and Charlie close to her.
"That was amazing Harry" Charlie said towards his brother.
Minerva nodded "I would definitely agree with that, Severus your family can stay in my quarters tonight and you are free to join them, Lily, Charlie and Toby can have Molly's old room and Cassie, you and Severus can share your old room, you can put Harry where you think is best. The password is 'Honeyduke' I am going to retire for the evening, do stay safe." Minerva then turned on her heel and walked quickly out of the hall. The family followed at a slower pace all exhausted from what had been a long couple of days.
When the children had been put to bed, Severus and Cassie spent another night lying awake staring at Harry who was asleep in a crib next to their bed.
"Severus I have never seen accidental magic as powerful as that before," Cassie whispered.
"I have, Harry Potter, maybe his spirit really is with our Harry." Severus paused before continuing, "Cassie, do you believe that someone's spirit can be transferred after death, Harry does seem to enjoy and dislike all of the same things as Harry Potter did and their characters are so similar too." Cassie smiled at him "you still miss him don't you?" she asked, Severus nodded "every day. He was the last piece of Lily that I had, he was so like her, and now he's gone and he didn't get to know how much I cared for him, that's all he ever wanted, one adult to be on his side for more than a couple of weeks, I was that person but he never knew it." Cassie stroked his hair "our children will always know how much you care for them, Harry is special, the fact that he is named after Harry Potter will always mean we compare him to Harry Potter, the fact that he's magically very powerful will simply add to this. We just have to raise him as we always planned and try our best, and will never forget the Potter's, maybe James but never Lily and Harry I know how much you cared about them."
Severus turned off the light, "do you know how much I love and care about you Cassie?" Severus asked, "yes Sev, every day."