Chapter Five; The Little Runaway

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Snape quietly walked back out into the living room. He was relieved that Dumbledore had given him the rest of the year off to spend time with his family because of the fact that his youngest son had just been born, and in another few months school would be over. He realized now more than ever that something was seriously wrong with Harry.

"Well Harry's asleep." He told his wife.

"I just put Tobey down for his nap too." She told him. "It seems like Harry might not be the only person with a scar problem." She said while she gently rubbed at her own.

"I don't like this Lily, I'm afraid this has to do with something about Sirius Black and that's why Harry dreamed about him." Snape told her.

"That's just it Severus, I still don't believe that Sirius was the cause of James' death and almost mine and Harry's. He was a friend of ours."

"Well then why would Harry have a dream about it? You know as well as I do that the night the dark lord tried to kill you that he gave you each a scar. However for some strange reason, a piece of him only clung to Harry himself and that's why only he can have those visions." He said.

"Then why does my scar hurt too?" Lily wondered.

"I don't know." Severus admitted. "But I am going to find out what's happening if it's the last thing I do. Whatever is going on right now is causing Harry to have terrible side effects and it's making him sick. And if it is because of Sirius Black then I'm going to take his spot in Azkaban!" he shouted on the top of his lungs.

"Shh! Severus, you'll wake the boys!" Lily exclaimed quietly while pressing a finger to her lips as Cowboy leapt up at him and stood up on his hind legs folding his paws together in a pleading way while starting to whimper. Snape took a deep breath and sighed heavily as he patted the top of his head and scratched him behind the ears.

"Look, I'm sorry alright? It's just that I love you and our boys so much, and if anything ever happened to either one of you I don't know what I would do." He began before taking another deep breath and letting it out. "I think I'm just going to take the dog for a walk, that might calm both of us down." He finished as Cowboy perked up his ears and began to wag his tail as he leapt back down on all four paws while Snape went to go get his leash off the hook.

The tiny puppy raced the front door as Snape attached it to his collar. "I'll see you later, if Harry wakes up, tell him that I'll be back in a little bit." He told his wife before he exited out the front door with Cowboy sprinting after him as Lily just stood there sadly watching them as the door shut behind them.

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Snape's theory had been incorrect. If anything, he was even less calm before he had left the house. For one thing, Cowboy had wanted every dog in town to know where he had been, marking every tree and fire hydrant that had come into sight, and then racing and barking after every squirrel. For another thing, every second that he spent away from Harry and the rest of his family made him even more worried than he was the second before.

He was especially worried about Lily and Harry. What if either Sirius or Peter Pettigrew came to the house and threatened to kill Harry while he was gone, and what if they threatened Lily in the process if she refused to surrender him. That's when all of a sudden, he spotted a drastic change in Cowboy's mood. For he came to a sudden halt and froze while he stared out into the bushes that were right by the entrance to the dog park.

Every hair from the back of his neck to the tip of his tail stood up on end as his whole entire body narrowed and his head dropped. He showed his tiny pointed teeth and started to snarl. That's when all of a sudden Snape became concerned. Even though they had just gotten him yesterday, he never showed any sign of aggression up until now.

"Cowboy no!" he snapped as he tugged back on the leash. "Cut it out! Stop it, bad dog!" he scolded but the puppy didn't pay him the slightest bit of attention. It was only a few moments later that he found out the reason why, for a small brown rat had darted out of the bushes. Snape gasped and widened his eyes gaping his mouth wide open down at the rat who quickly glanced up at the puppy and squeaked before it started to run away.

That's when the small dog had decided that he had had enough. He started to bark while growling at the same time deep inside his throat before quickly running away. Snape held the leash tightly inside his hands while trying to hold him back, but it wasn't any use. For being as big and strong as he was the leash slipped out of his fingers and the puppy started to run away. Snape gave another rather large gasp.

Harry would be devastated if he found out that he had lost his puppy and Snape couldn't bear to disappoint him. "Cowboy come back!" he cried as he took off running after him. "Here boy!" he yelled as he quickly rounded the corner but the dog wasn't anywhere in sight. At least, the dog he had lost. For instead of a small black and white tiny adorable little puppy, he now came face to face with a gigantic furry black dog and he didn't look friendly at all. For he looked rather hungry instead.