Harry Snape by Lily Snape 2020

Chapter Four: The Little Visitor

Severus just simply looked at her completely dumbfounded. “You mean that you’re pregnant?” He questioned her with uncertainty.

“Yes Severus I am.” She began with a nod. “Why? Is that a problem?” She questioned him back.

“No.” Severus lied. “It’s just that you surprised me,.. that’s all.” He told her. The truth was in fact that he had just been starting to get used to Harry. Now he realized that the love of his life would be having another baby that didn’t belong to him.

That’s when suddenly Lily started smiling warmly at her son while she slowly walked over to him. “Guess what sweetheart? Mummy has a baby growing inside of her tummy. That means that you’re going to be a big brother.” She told him excitedly.

However, Harry currently seemed more interested in his bottle than in the news and Severus couldn’t help but chuckle. “He seems really rather impressed.” He said sarcastically while walking over to them. “Listen, I hate to be the bearer of bad news but I must be going. I have a class to instruct.” He explained.

“Okay.” Lily began as she continued watching Harry and then she scooped him up and hoisted him up inside her arms and placed him by her hip. “Harry, Severus is going bye-bye’s for now. Can you tell him goodbye?” She questioned him as Harry nodded and finished his drink of milk and then slowly pulled the bottle away from his lips and started rapidly waving his free hand up and down.

“Buh-bye Snappy, buh-bye.” He said and Severus couldn’t help but bring a smile to his lips. Lily smiled as well and gently kissed the top of Harry’s head.

“Alright, well I’ll see you later buddy.” Severus told him before ruffling his hair and then turned around and walked out the door.

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“Alright Harry, let’s get you all cleaned up and get your nappy changed and then get you ready for your nap okay?” Lily inquired before wiping up his mouth with his tiny blue bib and then removed him from his highchair and started carrying him into the kitchen to wash his tiny little hands clean.

Meanwhile, Severus,.. or as he was currently addressed as Professor Snape, was busy teaching a Potions lesson to the fourth year Gryffindors and Slytherins. “Now,.. can anybody tell me what the effects of a shrinking solution are known as?” He questioned and as no hands shot into the air he simply just heaved a sigh. “Anyone?” He repeated and that’s when suddenly he looked over at a blonde haired Slytherin boy who currently looked like he was inside his own little world.

“Mister Matthews, perhaps you can tell the class what the effects of a shrinking solution are.” He said.

“It shrinks things?” He questioned him in a tone that sounded rather rude to Snape.

“Yes,.. but there is more to it, and if you shall find that attitude to carry on any further then I will have absolutely no choice to put you in detention. And I strongly dislike removing any points from my own house, but ten points from Slytherin.” He told him before he turned around and went to the chalkboard and started to write upon it.

Back at the place where Severus was staying at, (and now allowing Harry and Lily to stay there with him as well) after Lily finished setting Harry down for a nap,.. she decided to take one as well. However, about twenty minutes later Harry decided that he wasn’t really all that tired and managed to once again escape his crib and wander out into the living room where the wind had blown the front door open a crack. Harry pushed the front door open and then he raced out into the hallway, and as soon as he reached the stairs he started crawling down them since he didn’t know how to go down them standing up yet.

“Now the effects of a shrinking solution won’t always necessarily shrink the drinker down to size, for it also can make the drinker younger. Which is why it is nicknamed the fountain of youth.” Snape explained while Harry pushed open the door and walked into the room. There were sudden gasps and whispers and a few of the girls giggled.

Completely unaware of the fact that Harry was in the room he abruptly spun around and crossed his arms angrily and narrowed his eyebrows. “Alright,.. so you find something in this room amusing do you? Well go ahead and share with the rest of the class. I like a joke as much as the next person.” He told them which nobody in class actually believed.

That’s when suddenly as Harry was running around the room, he tripped, and he fell right on top of his bottom and started to cry. Severus quickly turned his head over to look at him and simply just rolled his eyes. “For heaven’s sake child how did you even get down here on your own?” He questioned as Harry started crying harder and he quickly rushed over to him and scooped him up inside his arms.

“There, there, it’s alright.” He said while gently bouncing him up and down by his hip and rocking him inside his arms to try and soothe him and calm him.

“Aww,.. he’s so cute!” One of the Gryffindor exclaimed as Harry finally started to calm down but tears were still silently rolling down his cheeks.

That’s when suddenly a Slytherin girl with long dark black hair all pulled up into a ponytail and blackish brownish eyes noticed the scar on Harry’s forehead. “That’s Harry Potter isn’t it?” She questioned him with uncertainty and Snape quickly glanced over at her quite fearful that Harry’s secret location had been leaked out. “What’s he doing at Hogwarts?” She wondered.

Severus fearing for both Lily’s and Harry safety on whether or not this girl (although highly unlikely) was a death eater and a spy for Voldemort started backing up towards the classroom door. “That is none of your concern!” He snapped at her quickly before he vanished from the room and escaped out into the hallway.