HELLO, it's me again… I started this story on my Ipod and thought I'd put it on the web. Soooooooooo tell me what u think and maybe I'll add more to it. Thanks.

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter…although I wish I did!

Harry's new family

Harry sat by the black lake watching the giant squid.

"I wonder if you have another name besides 'The Giant Squid'."

The giant squid shook get her head no. Harry smiled.

"Well, I guess I'll give u a name. Are you a boy or girl? Put up two tentacles for girl and one for boy."

She put up two tentacles. Harry thought of a name.

"How about Rachel or Samantha?"

She shook her head no.

"Riviera?"

She nodded in agreement. Neither noticed Professor Snape coming up behind Harry.

"Mr. Potter, why are you out here and not in your dorm room?"

"Because I don't want to be there. Beside you're not my head of house."

Severus then noticed the letter beside Harry. He picked it up and gave it a quick look over. He sighed.

"But I am your father. So, answer my question. Why are you down here and not in Gryffindor tower?"

"Ron read the letter before I could hide it and freaked out. The entire tower heard."

"So? That doesn't excuse why you are down here."

"They know the truth just like you do. Maybe I should be in Slytherin. Just like the Sorting Hat wanted to put me there."

"Really? How did you convince the hat not put you in Slytherin?"

"Asked him not to."

Just then the squid splashed them.

"Riviera!" Harry shouted.

The squid did a little noise that sounded like a laugh. Harry laughed. Severus spelled them dry.

"You gave the Giant Squid a name?"

"Yeah. She needs a name not just 'The Giant Squid'. Everyone and everything needs a name." Harry said.

"I see. Well, tell Riviera that you have to go get your bottom warmed."

"I'm too old to be walloped!" the thirteen year old said as he stood, covered his backside and stepped away.

"Having a parent at the school has its advantages and disadvantages" Severus said.

"Yeah, but getting my backside walloped isn't advantage. I'd say it's a cruel and evil thing. All I did was come down here to think and get away from Ron and the rest of the tower. I lost track of time. "

"That doesn't excuse why you didn't come to me or to your house prefect. Your thirteen, Harry. Learn to think before you act. Also, I was told that you did more than just left the tower. Now, come, we'll talk more in my- our quarters."

Harry sighed and followed Severus. Once in Severus's quarters, he was showed to his new room.

"Get ready for bed and then come to the study. It's down the hall and has the writing 'Severus's Study' on the door. All your things should be here call a house elf if you need something else."

"Yes, sir."

Fifteen minutes later Harry knocked on the study door.

"Enter."

Harry did as was told and opened the door, stepped in and then shut the door.

"Come stand in front of the desk, Harry."

Slowly Harry did as told.

"Do you understand why you are here?"

"Because I was out past curfew down at the lake when I should have been in the tower."

Severus nodded and opened the bottom drawer of his desk and withdrew a sturdy wooden back hairbrush. Harry's eyes went wide and he took a step back, both hands going back

"Harry, you going to receive a sound spanking with this brush. 26 swats. Thirteen for each year of your life and thirteen for your disobedience." Sev said standing up and moving to stand in front of him.

"But I lost track of time. I didn't mean too."

"That doesn't matter, son. You were out past curfew and down at the lake. You should not have left the castle. You broke the rules. Just because you're my son doesn't mean I'll be any easier on you." Severus said as he then guided Harry to his private quarters and then to the couch where he sat in the middle.

"No, you'll just make it so I can't sit for a day." Harry said as Severus pulled him over his lap and proceeded to bare him from the waist down.

Harry gasped as he felt his clothes being pulled down and the cold air if the dungeons on his backside. Satisfied that Harry wasn't going to move or fall off he raised the brush and brought it down in a hard smack across his the center of his son's backside.

Harry yelped his way through all 26 swats and tried to keep from crying but in the end failed.

"Professor, please! No more! I'm sorry!"

Severus nodded and righted him after placing one finial swat to his sit spot. Then he raised him and placed him on his feet. He pulled him down to sit on his lap and rubbed his back to calm him down a bit. Once calm, Severus half carried, half lead Harry to his new room that was another small library turned in to a bedroom.

Harry woke early the next morning. Forgetting where he was he started to panic. A house elf came to him.

"You is awake now. Master Snape says you stay in room till he come back from breakfast."

"But it's 6:30 in the morning! Who would eat breakfast at this hour?" Harry said getting and going to the bathroom that was connected to his room.

After a nice warm shower, Harry got dressed and went back to his room to find his own breakfast sitting on the small side table to the left of the door. Harry looked at his meal and noted that it was porridge.

"Eeww, gross." Harry said and left it.

He didn't notice that Severus was sitting on his bed. Severus smirked. Harry backed away for the table and continued till he was almost on top of his father as he went to sit down on the bed.

"You have to eat it, Son." He said.

"BLOODY HELL, that's not nice!" Harry jumped and turned too glared at his father.

"Watch your language." Severus said with a grin.