NOTE: This is becomming waaay too common. When they all flooed to the place, the other two dogs were lost. If you reread the part you will note that Severus came tumbling out ALONE. Neither really mentions the fact that they are gone because Harry's a kid and has a short attention span and Sev kinda has bigger problems. The two others will later come into the story...truthfully I wanted all three in there, but it would have been chaos for me to try to write with three dogs being there in that situation, so they will come later.
Pocketing the small stick, Harry cautiously crept back through the bushes. Personally, he thought that he was making completely too much noise, but the two feuding adults could not hear anything aside from their argument. Silently congratulating himself on not being caught, Harry sat down and peered through a crack in the leaves. Severus and the dark haired man were standing ten feet apart, and in a very adult sort of way, were yelling at the top of their lungs. The small boy smiled and chuckled at seeing his guardian so loud and emotional. His charmed onyx eyes glistened in the sun and occasionally the deep emerald green of his eyes shined through.
A bit further off Fay was running around a tree, apparently not noticing that she was getting no where. Kaden looked up and sniffed the air, noting the fact that Harry was back. She softly padded over and dropped down by the bush Harry was hiding in.
"I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANY MORE OF YOUR SHIT SNIVEL!" James roared for what was just about the fiftieth time.
"I AM NOT THE ONE TALKIG WITH NO REASON, YOU ARROGANT JACKASS! HOW DARE YOU INSULT MY LINE WHEN YOU'VE GOT NOTHING TO BRAG ABOUT YOURSELF?" was the response.
"AT LEAST MY BLOOD MANAGED TO PRODUCE A FUTURE HERO AND ALL YOURS HAS ACCOMPLISHED IS TO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL LINE OF DEATH EATERS."
"A LOT YOU KNOW. I DON'T SEE WHY THE HELL LILY MARRIED SOMEONE WITH YOUR BRAIN CAPASITY, THE ONLY THINGS YOU KNOW HOW TO DO IS PLAY CATCH ON AN OLD BROOM AND CREATE LIVING HELL FOR THOSE AROUND YOU!"
Fay finally got bored of running in circles and started to toss pebbles in the air, most of which hit James.
"DAMNIT SNAPE, JUST GET OUT OF MY HIDEAWAY, MY SWEET INNOCENT DAUGHTER," please stop that sweetie, it's starting to hurt a little, "SHOULD NOT HAVE TO LISTEN TO A SLIMY IDIOTIC SNAKE SUCH AS YOURSELF!"
"Oh, but I was good enough to entrust your son to?" Sev's voice came back down to a tone he normally saved for the first years.
It seemed to take James forever to comprehend what his rival just said.
I can not believe that that arrogant moron already forgot about his son.
The Potions Master took the elder Potter's moment of hesitation to scan around for a sign of Harry. He though that he had seen something near by, but the dog had obscured a lot of the view. Thinking back to the last few years, Severus was amazed that he had gotten as far as he had. The small baby boy he was entrusted with grew fast and into one intelligent being. Though barely through his fourth year of life, he had an understanding most don't have until they are six in the very least. It wasn't as if he didn't let Harry be a kid, on the contrary, Severus encouraged every minute during which Harry was off playing and out of his hair. Looking back at his charge's twin, for a second doubted the choice made by the headmaster about the kids, but those thoughts were squished quite sufficiently while he watched Faylese levitate bigger and bigger rocks at will and chuck them at her father. Speaking of the father, Sev noted that the man had yet to answer his question. A soft chime was going off in the distance.
"That would be Dumbledore coming, Snake. Why don't we ask him why you have graced me with your presence," with a last scowl, James turned around and headed back the other way, Fay running up ahead.
Harry looked out onto the path, and shivered a bit. He had never seen his Sev that angry and loud before. Even back last year when he constantly kept coming in and ruining his potions, the Professor was not nearly this upset. The two quarreling men did not keep the toddler's interest for long, and she scampered off to find himself a bit of clean dirt. Finding a spot, the child scrawled out with shaky letters: Harry was here. He admired his handy work and proceeded to leave small and pointless messages on the ground. He could read now, and he felt very, VERY accomplished. Early in the mornings, when there was nothing to do, the child would wander about the castle with Eli, his house elf, and stop by the library to tell his Aunt Irma about all the new words he knew and how he could pick up a book and read some of them to her. Harry frowned when the yelling stopped, and moved back to his hiding spot to investigate. On the other side of the path he could see the auburn headed girl chucking small stones at her father. He smiled a bit and waved to her. Not seeing him, the small girl ran ahead of her father, though with an annoyed look on her face and muttering about how she wanted to be half way around the world. Harry looked from the two retreating figures, to Sev, to Kaden, and deemed it alright to stop being sneaky.
"Hey Sev, you can yell really loudly. Am I that loud when you tell me I'm loud?" Harry didn't wait for an answer and continued mumbling to himself about how loudly he really spoke.
Severus checked his watch and saw that there were still hours until the portkey was ready, not nearly fast enough for them to get away, and James was on his way to tell Dumbledore everything.
"Harry," he said, half addressing the small child, "what are we going to do? Albus will not be pleasant to talk to after this." The older man sighed.
"Well why can't we just go to Uncle Al and ask his to get us otta here?"
"Child, we are not supposed to be here, we can't go to him."
"So why can't we hide and sneak in and get a key out. They have to have some, I mean, who would wanna be stuck here for ever?"
"And how are we going to accomplish that?" Said Severus, still lost in his own thoughts.
"Magic," stated Harry simply, and went back to playing with his chin length hair.
The Potions Professor looked at a child in wonder and then berated himself for being shown up by a child.
You know, for a four-year-old he's very intelligent.
You know that wizarding children are more advanced until they go to school. How else do you think we get along without sending the kids to Primary school?
No, but he's REALLY smart.
So maybe you have a point, but that doesn't mean anything.
Just keep telling yourself that.
The pair took off down the same way the Potters had gone previously, Kade following in their wake. As soon as they had rounded the corner, Severus and Harry could see a pure white, there was no there word for it, castle. Possibly even more extravagant than the Malfoy Manor, if Sev's opinion it was completely over the top for a couple and their toddler. The entire population of Hogsmeade could have fit into the grounds the building itself covered. However there was also a lake, a muggle pool, a Quidditch pitch, and a small forest on the grounds.
"Hey Sev, if this the home of a king? Cause I read about them. There was a king and he wanted to have the best clothing ever and then he ended up walking around naked, but I don't know why cause I didn't' have time to read everything because it was time for lunch and so I read the beginning and had Auntie Irma read the very end, because she can read faster and better than me."
Not listening to Harry's ranting, Severus took a few steps closer to the castle and watched James and Fay come closer to the door, dreading the moment James opens his mouth in front of Dumbledore.
Hey everyone...I told you I'd update this week, and here it is...or there it was anyway. I thank my reviewers!
Kyamh (who used to be Miki)