Harry's Snape: Chapter1: The beginning

Severus looked up as Dumbledore entered his sitting room. It was a small sitting room but with many a books covering the walls.

"Harry" Severus said standing up from his favourite armchair.

The boy looked up and instantly Severus saw his green eyes.

Severus crouched down on his knees, all the better to see his face, Severus put a hand down towards the boys face as if to stroke his cheek but the boy looked away. Severus could hear Dumbledore sigh. Severus quickly changed his hand into an outstretched hand with the thumb facing up.

"I'm Severus" He said out loud to the boy. Harry looked at the hand hesitantly, Harry was well aware that he was supposed to shake the hand but he looked scared. Harry thought for a moment, that man Dumbledore had been kind to him, he shook the man's hand.

Snape thought of nothing to do, how queer it was to have a child here like this, and lily's child too, if Snape had this silence with a man he would offer him a drink. "Are you hungry Harry?" He asked feebly.

Harry nodded. Severus pulled out a long thing stick from his pocket.

"Not in front of the boy Severus you will scare him." Dumbledore said quickly.

Severus nodded, remembering the boy was not used to magic, he walked out of the room he heard Dumbledore say to himself as much as to harry "Why are we both standing up? This is your home now." Severus would have grinned inwardly at himself at Dumbledore's madness if it wasn't for the eeriness of the situation Severus found himself in. Severus held out his left hand palm up, he had his wand in his right hand and swished it quickly, a tray appeared on his left hand with a flask of pumpkin juice, three glasses and some egg and cress sandwiches.
Harry's eyes did not light up instantly at the sight of food when Severus put the tray down on the table. Severus pulled out three glasses of pumpkin juice from the flask and gave one to Harry and Dumbledore before placing one in front of where he sat. Harry drank from the juice but still wasn't eating.

"Eat" Severus said. His face unreadable.

Harry slowly took one.

Apparently Dumbledore could not think of anything to say and Harry was too shy to talk, Severus thought it would be to rude to talk to Dumbledore about Hogwarts business with Harry sitting there not able to understand any of it so he talked mostly to himself but to Harry as well with Dumbledore listening in.

"I have a room upstairs for you, sorry it isn't furnished properly but it has a bed and a chest of draws in it." Harry was looking at Severus to show he was listening. "There are only three floors with a kitchen in the basement and the bedrooms and washrooms upstairs. We have a helper named Pearl she's a house elf, you can meet her tomorrow if you wish or else she can stay out of your way. I don't know what we shall do tomorrow...." Severus trailed off and realised he had no idea to look after a child, sure he was a teacher at Hogwarts but that job merely involved instructing and standing in front of the blackboard or else yelling at students as they battled in the corridors or else stood in front of him for detention. Making sure harry was up and dressed and keeping him entertained was completely different and Severus didn't have a role model to follow after either, great use his father was. Severus hopped Harry would warm to pearl so she could do the motherly duties.

"Didn't I tell you?" Dumbledore asked delightedly meaning only one thing, Severus would not find this news delightful. "I asked Remus to come around tomorrow, you know he was dying to see Harry. I thought you both could take Harry shopping."

Severus was struck, with relieve at not having to think of something to do tomorrow but also he was in shock with a day with Remus. If Severus had been paying any attention to Lily's son he would have seen an unhappy looking boy, but Severus did not know that shopping to harry meant trailing around in the footsteps after Dudley, carrying his shopping while his aunt and Uncle spent every penny on their son. Harry was lucky if he didn't get a slap around the face for dwarderling.

"Should Harry be up this late?" Severus asked Dumbledore as the clock striked 10pm.

Dumbledore laughed "you best get him to bed, will you be alright from here."

Severus nodded but he felt far from alright.

"Bye harry." Dumbledore said putting his hand out to Harry. Harry said bye as he put his hand feebly into the old mans. "I will come by in two days." and with that he was gone.

"Your bedrooms are up here." Severus said while taking the small rucksack of Harry's into his room and wondering when the rest of his things would be brought over.

"Here is your room" Severus said handing all of Harry's belongings back to him. "Good night." He finished looking into Harry's eyes Severus patted Harry's head in a tender way.

Back in Severus room , a cold but warm room at the same time, with a cold wooden floor but the loveliest lime green wallpaper Diagon Alley had to offer. It had been a weird few days, Severus thought to himself. In complete exhaustion Severus fell into sleep, dreaming of green eyes.