Harry had gained four more lbs but was still twenty lbs under weight. Not to mention that he hadn't grown at all. That was worrying everyone but Harry didn't seem bothered by being the shortest people in school. He was sitting in Ari's lap in Arithmancy class. He was working on a sheet of his own while Ari took his test and the class tried to avoid him. Ari had once again put Ron and this time Hermione in the Hospital Wing. It was Halloween and the two of them had tried to hex Harry to fall down the Grand Staircase. They'd hidden in a secret passage way just at the top of the stairs. Ari and Seria had gotten them first but Harry had gone into another fit and Ari had had to bring him to class.

"NO FAIR!" Seria cried, out. Getting a glare from Septima Vector. "Sorry, but as I already handed in my test I decided to take a look at Harry's and he got a perfect score!"

Vector grabbed the test. She was soon patting Harry's head.

"You're mother had a gift for Arithmancy as well." she told him. Harry gave her wide eyes. "Very good , Mr. Harry."

Harry's eyes lit up brightly.

"Really, she did?" He asked, "Like really really?"

"Really. Really." She said, "I must talk to Dumbledore about this." She collected the rest of the tests with a flick of her wand. "Oh, my doing O.W.L. level Arithmancy!" she squealed more to herself. "Oh, I must get him in to my class!"

"Class with Ari?!" Harry asked excitedly, and didn't stutter. "I get to have a class with Ari?!"

Seira had been reduced to a giggle fit and Ari was smirking at him. Only Harry could make him smile or smirk or just show any emotion at all.

Harry excitedly told Severus and the other teachers in the staff room, which he'd burst in to dodging Ron again, about how he was going to have a class with Ari.

"Well, I still have to talk to the Headmaster about it, Sweetie." Vector told Harry. "Uhm, not that I'm not happy to see you because I am but what are you doing in here?"

"Dodging Weasel." Harry told them, "I mean Weasley sorry everyone in my year calls him that." The teachers shrugged, "He was going on about Cannon Scores I didn't understand..."

"Chudley Cannons." Hootch said, "It's a Qudditch Team."

"What's Qudditch?" Harry asked, "I don't think I came across that word yet."

Hootch suddenly had him sitting next to her showing diagrams with her wand and forcing him to eat carrots, dip and drink milk. Harry was getting a very detailed break down of just what Quidditch was.

"Quick while Yolanda has him distracted." Vector hissed, "I bet he's still in the Entrance Hall looking for him."

Everyone forced Severus out of the Teacher's Lounge only to find Ron trying to get in. Severus took great pleasure in giving a week detention then returning to the lounge.

"Has anyone seen the Headmaster since the Welcome Feast?" He asked, trying not to distract Harry who was firing off questions left and right. Everyone shook their heads. "Minerva, and Poppy with me. Someone make sure Harry gets back to Mr. Riddle before curfew, please."

"Uh. Ari!" A seventh year called, later that night. "Madam Hootch is demanding you come out of the Common Room."

Ari stood and made his way out only to receive Harry and watch the teacher make her escape. He walked back in and got a few chuckles Harry was clinging to him.

"What were you doing with Madam Hootch?" Seira asked.

"I dodged Weasley again and ended up learning what Quidditch was." Harry explained, he put his finger to his lip. " I may have asked too many questions. "

"oh, I did forget to explain our sport to you on the train." Ari said, with a nod. "Sorry about that."

"It's okay, Weasley has a week detention with Filch for trying to get into the Teachers Lounge and tell about the Cannons Scores in the League this year."

Draco made a scoffing noise and muttered something that sounded like he was mocking the Cannons and Ron's family.

It was breakfast the next morning when everyone found out why they hadn't been seeing Dumbledore around. Minerva stood up and the hall fell silent.

"I regret to inform everyone that Professor Dumbledore has been found dead at his desk in his office." Several people gasped and began talking she called for silence. "After the feast he told several staff members that he'd like to be alone to study for the next few days so we only just found him. It has come to our attention that he died that very same night. His cause of death is choking on a Lemon Drop. I have been elected to take over as Headmistress." she waited out the loud cheering from the Gryffindors, " The new Deputy Headmaster is Prof. Snape..." she waited out the loud cheering from the Slytherin's ." I will tell you now things will be changing in this school and I do hope that it's for the better. Today classes are cancelled as a day of mourning. "

Severus was not happy to be named Deputy he had enough things to worry about the main one attached to his leg as soon as he was in the Entrance Hall. Looking down sure enough Harry Potter was staring up at him his eyes cautious. Severus sighed and gently rubbed his hand into Harry's growing hair. He'd used to much hair growth potion on purpose trying to make Harry look less like James. It had worked. Harry gave him a shy smile it was then that Severus remembered that he'd promised Harry a potion for his eyes today. He nodded to Harry and lead him down to his office. As soon as they were there his two fifth year Prefects appeared and would not be turned away. He rolled his eyes at them as he used the potion to put drops in Harry's eyes. This was to fix Harry's eyesight so he wouldn't be the only one in school wearing glasses and of course it would once again make him look less like James. Though Severus had to admit that didn't matter anymore .

He cared about Harry. He was ready to take over Harry's Guardianship and was ready to tell both Lucius and Aries and by extension Siera the problem was that he didn't know how to tell Harry.

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