Chapter Nineteen; A Bond of Brothers

"Dad!" Harry exclaimed as he sprung up to his feet and hurried over to him. They both wrapped their arms around each other in a tight embrace as Harry started to cry again burying his face inside his chest.

"Shh,.. it's alright son. I'm here." His father told him rubbing his back soothingly. A few seconds later they broke apart and Harry sniffed and wiped away his tears.

"What are you doing here, how did you find me?" he asked him as Snape turned over to look at Hermione and wrapped an arm around her.

"Actually it was Hermione who figured it out." He told him.

"I just figured that it was like regular disapparting." She began. "We just concentrated on where we wanted to go and who we wanted to see and here we are." She explained as Harry glanced over at Jenny who slowly got to her feet.

"Guys this is my friend Jenny. I've been staying with her parents the last couple of days and she's been keeping me company." He told them as Snape reached out his hand and shook hers with his own.

"Well it's a pleasure Jenny, thank you for looking after him for me." He told her.

"In all honesty I think we've been looking out for each other." She told him as they let go of each other and smiled before Lily and James stepped out of the church.

"Jenny, who are you talking to sweetheart?" Lily inquired when suddenly she locked eyes with Snape. "Severus, what are you doing here?" she asked him. All of a sudden it hit him that they were inside an alternate universe.

"Well, I'm Harry's father." He told her.

"Really? Well I'll be darned. Who would have known that you would have ended up raising our son when we hated each other as much as we did." James said with a chuckle.

"That's because Harry isn't like you at all, he was a brilliant child to raise and other than our Lord Jesus Christ he's the most amazing and wonderful man in the universe. His heart is probably as big and soft as the clouds in Heaven itself." He told him as Harry smiled shyly and felt his cheeks start to turn pink.

"Well then, it looks like that we really don't have to worry about him after all. You've done a great job raising our boy Severus and Harry sure is lucky to have you in his life." Lily told him smiling warmly at her but Snape just placed a hand on top of Harry's shoulder and grinned back at her.

"No, I'm the lucky one." He told her when suddenly Jenny threw her arms around Harry and embraced him tightly.

"Please don't go Harry, I'm going to miss you so much!" she sobbed as Harry wrapped his arms around her and hugged her back.

"I know and I'm going to miss you too. But there's a little boy back home who needs me. Along with the rest of my family and friends." He told her as they broke out of the embrace and she let out a sniff and nodded while wiping away her tears.

"I understand, just promise me that you'll never forget me." She said as Harry smiled warmly back at her.

"Of course I won't." he assured her softly before all three of them disappeared. It was at that moment when Harry realized too late that he had forgotten to hug his parents.

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"Harry!" Ginny exclaimed as she saw him walking into the Gryffindor common room with Ron and Hermione and raced towards him throwing her arms around his neck and kissing him passionately. "Where the hell have you been!? I've been worried sick about you!"

"I know, and I'm sorry. I've been worried about you too. But it's a long story, I promise that I'll tell you later but right now I want to know where Tobey is." He said.

"He's outside down by the Qudditch pitch, c'mon, I'll take you there." She told him as she took ahold of his hand and interlaced her fingers in-between his and the two of them headed back out the portrait hole together.

Tobey heaved a heavy sigh as he looked down from the stands at the pitch. "Well so much for becoming the Gryffindor seeker. Not like anyone else cares anyway." He said to himself.

"Guess again." Harry said as he started climbing up the steps with Ginny right beside him.

"Harry?" Tobey questioned before quickly turning his head away from him. "Hmph! I'm not speaking to you!" he spat as Harry grinned and chuckled before he and Ginny sat down beside him.

"Well if that's the case then you really aren't off to such a great start." He began. "Tobey," he said while slowly reaching over to him and placing his own hand on top of his. "Tobey, look at me." He told him as Tobey quickly snapped his head back at him.

"I can't." he began sadly as a tear rolled down his cheek. "I can't see a thing anymore. I'm blind." He told him. "You don't know how difficult it was climbing up here when I couldn't even see the steps." He said.

"No that's true, I don't know. But there is something that I do. You see after Mum died I was hurt and I thought that I'd never be happy again knowing that she was gone forever. But do you know something? She was never really gone in the first place, and just because you can't see anymore, it doesn't mean that you are either." He told him.

"But what else can I do?" Tobey sobbed before brushing away his tears. "I can't see, fly, or do magic. I'm useless." He told him with a sniff.

"No you're not. God doesn't make mistakes. He loves you very much." Harry told him.

"Then why doesn't He show it and act like it!?" Tobey snapped with another sniff.

"He did." Harry began while smiling warmly at him. "When He sent His Son to die on the cross for our sins. He did by giving us hope that we'll see Mum again someday, and not only that, but He did when He made us brothers. Because what we have is a bond that cannot be broken. No matter how far apart we are we'll always find a way back to each other, and no matter how many arguments we have, we'll always be there for one another and love each other. And I promise that I'm going to be there right by your side for the rest of my life." He told him before they wrapped their arms around each other and embraced and Harry kissed the top of his head before resting his chin against it and rocking him gently inside his arms.