Shouting can be heard from the corridor. Anyone not accustomed to the everyday screaming matches between Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter would soon get use to it. Some of the eighth years just want to leave them be, others want it to stop.
"You don't even know me you fuckin"
"You just don't want to admit you hate my guts!" Harry shouts. "Just like everyone else in this stupid fucking place." Silence can be heard within the dorm. Now obvious that Harry, Ron and Hermione and their 'gryffindors' have had a falling out. From within the dorm, Seamus and Dean hold Ron down, Hermione cries into Neville's shoulder. But they all know there is worse to come.
"Yes yes you and your little gang have had a falling out boo fucking who." Draco taunt.
"I don't need your shit, it'd be better if I wasn't here, right?" Harry's voice gets louder. "That's what you all want! Every single one of you!" He shoves past Malfoy and into the dorm, up the stairs, to his room and slams the door.
His door slams open as he opens his window.
"You don't get-" Draco pauses and closes the door again and walks to Harry's side. They stay there in silence before heading down for dinner.
-----skip dinner- - - - -Harry was ignoring everyone-----
Draco's shoved into Harry causing him to fall. Draco glares at Ronald who had shoved him. Harry sits up and hears the crunch of his glasses being stepped on. Draco looks down at Harry. "HEY!" Draco turns only to be hit with a bright white light. Harry blinks as his minds fight over the right to take over. His eighth year mind gives out to his two year old brain and he looks around. High ceilings, dark hallway, big windows, moving paintings, hard floors. People begin to gather around the two young boys. They both look around. The blond begins to wail loudly and the black haired begins to suck his thumb.
"Clear the way, clear the way!" A woman- madam Pomfery- shouts before coming into view of the young boys. She walks over and picks up the blond and calms him down. She looks down and sees a small dark haired boy with Avda Kenevra green eyes, and familiar lightning bolt scar. Harry notices the move move her hand towards him and he flinches. She frowns but doesn't try touch him again. Students from the dorm gather as teachers arrive. Severus Snape walks up from the dungeons and as Harry spots him, Harry's young mind wants the man who came to his house and was nice to him last year (it would be last year in his baby mind) . He stands in the shadows and looks at his godson.
"Who did this?" Severus asks as he walks into the light.
"We believe it to be Potter." Flinwick says quietly. Harry looks up at his name.
"I don't think-" madam Pomfery tries but the teachers ignore her. Harry crawls, as though not to draw attention to himself. He gets to Severus and sits at his feet. He looks down and grabs the bottom of Severus's robes. Severus looks down to see a small darks haired boy sucking on the end of his robe. Harry looks up feeling eyes on him and meets the eye of Severus. The robe drops out of Harry's mouth and he stretches up to Severus. Severus scoops up the two year old and they stare at each other for a while.
"Well Severus-" Professor Dumbledore begins but stops when he sees the child in the mans arms.
"Harry, is that you?" Hermione questions as she walks towards the potions teacher. The two year old turns and looks at her, he notices everyone staring at him and he hides his face in the mans shoulder. The girls coo and the boys laugh. Severus looks at the headmaster and raises an eyebrow at the shocked expression. The headmaster snaps out of his daze and looks at the other boy whose now standing at Madam Pomfery's feet. Harry looks up from Sev's shoulder and down the dark corridor. He sees a snake a short distance away and he smiles. He wriggles out of Sev's arms after promising to not go far. He crawls to the snake. He sits in front of the snake and hisses hello quietly.
"(Hello young one.)"
"(What you doin hewe? It a weally big place.)" Harry says quietly and the snake laughs.
"(I live here, young one. Why are you here? How did you get here?)" Harry's lip wobbles and tears threaten to fall. Harry shakes his head.
"(I don't know, I don't know whewe I am, why is Dwaco and Sev hewe? Who dey? Where's mummy and da?" Tears stream down Harry's face and the snake curls it's tail around the child's body. As though sensing the younger boys distress, Draco wriggles out of Madam Pomfery's arms. She sets him on the ground and everyone continues to argue. Draco makes it to the boy and stands nervously in front of the snake. The snake unwinds from Harry and backs off. Draco pulls Harry into a hug and lets the boy cry. He soon pulls Harry to stand. Harry wobbles on his feet and they slowly- Draco helping Harry walk- make their way over to Severus. Draco stands in front of Harry, holding his hand. Harry holds into Severus's pants leg and buries his face in Severus's leg. He sits down cause walkings hard. Severus looks down at the boys. Harry leaning on Draco as he's trying not to sleep, holding onto his pants leg. Severus crouches and offers his hand to Harry. Harry tries to put his finger in his mouth. He runs a hand over his godsons hair.
"You've done good Draco." The boy beams and lets Harry be lifted away. Severus conjures a bottle for Harry and Draco. He hands Draco his milk and cradles Harry. Harry sucks tiredly and Draco holds onto his pants leg with one hand.
"Severus, what do you think?" Everyone turns to Snape and gasps at the sight of the two young boys close to Severus. "Severus?" Severus looks up through his lashes at Dumbledore and sees the shocked faces.
"How do you even know how to do that?!" Ron exclaims, startling Harry. Harry's lip wobbles and tears welt in his eyes. Draco turns and glares hard at the red head, bottle still in his mouth. The old boy steps back, startled at the intense glare. Draco turns to Sev and makes grabby hands for Harry, bottle hanging out of his mouth. Severus lowers Harry to the ground and Harry sways on his feet. Draco sits down and pulls Harry with him. Harry leans against Draco and Draco holds his bottle, his own dangling from his mouth. Harry takes it out of Draco's mouth and holds it for him. Draco babbles, distracting Harry from his scare. The crowd watch the boys as Severus glares at the headmaster.
"Poppy take the boys to the hospital wing, Severus follow me." Harry snaps awake in Draco's grip as the nurse approaches him. Draco goes happily. Harry stares at her. She reaches for him and he glares.
"Harry go with Poppy." The headmaster says in a stern voice.
"No."
"Harry-" The headmaster begins.
"No, no, no, no, no." Harry takes a deep breath and screams, falling on his back. Magic erupts from Harry, lighting the hallway in pure green light. Severus scoops Harry and cradles him.
"Shh, Harry, it's okay, poppy won't hurt you, you're safe." Poppy hands Severus Draco as well and the young blond comforts the younger boy. Harry soon falls asleep but Draco stays awake, holding Harry's hand while sucking on his bottle.
"You're a smart boy, Draco." Hermione says in a baby voice. Draco beams around his bottle.
"What happened? Why is he acting like this?" Professor Sprout questions.
"Harry did this when he was younger, only trusting people he saw all the time, Draco and Severus happen to be one of them." Professor McGonagal says as she looks at them.
"I use to look after Draco and Harry a lot when they were younger. Draco's parents would leave him at my house in the middle of the night and Lily was so stressed, I would look after Harry for as long as she needed. They have met before they were eleven, and I was the common factor." Severus says quietly.
