Harry's New Life

Chapter 4

Severus's POV:

Today is the day that we will blood-adopted Harry and keep him safe. I get up before Lucius and get ready for the day. I then went to the library and started to read and plan lessons for the upcoming school year. It will be the first year that Draco and Harry will be at Hogwarts. After about an hour, I cast a Tempus and saw that it was 8:30; I needed to get Harry ready. I put my book away and headed toward the nursery. I walked in and saw that Harry was still asleep. I picked him up, careful not to wake him up; I walked over to the changing table and placed him down. I unzipped his footie pajamas and untapped his nappy. I wiped his private area and rubbed somepowder, then tapped up a new nappy and grabbed a white onesie, with a green snake rash cream and dark green shorts, with white trainers and socks. 

Once I got Harry dressed, I gently rubbed his belly to wake him up. Once he was awake, he made grabby hands at me, and I picked him up and cuddled him while taking him downstairs. I placed him in the playpen we had set up in the living room. After placing Harry in the playpen, I put wards around him so I would know if he started crying. I approached Draco's room and picked him out of his crib. I carried him over to the changing table, took off his nappy, rubbed in rash cream and powder, and then slipped on a pull-up; I dressed him in a white shirt and dark grey pants with white trainers and socks. I took Draco downstairs and placed him in one of his toys. I check on Harry, lying on his back, playing with a toy bat. 

Once I ensured that Harry and Draco were fine, I went into the kitchen and made a sippy cup of milk for Draco and a bottle with a nutrition potion for Harry. By the time I came back into the living room, Lucius had come down the stairs dressed for the day; I handed him the sippy cup and went to pick up Harry, take him to the couch, and give him his bottle. Once he finished his bottle, I burped him and laid him on the play mat for tummy time. Soon, it was time for breakfast; I picked Harry up, placed him in the highchair, and started to feed him pureed apples and peaches while Lucius gave Draco his porridge with apples and peaches on top. 

Once breakfast was done, we got ready with the prams and baby bags. Because of Harry's headspace, we would have to go through the floor network. Once we arrived at the Leaky Cauldron, I placed Harry in the rear-facing pram and gave him his dummy. Lucius put Draco in his pram, and we made our way. Harry fell asleep while Lucius and I shopped for the boy's school supplies. After about an hour, it was time for the appointment at Gringotts.

Once we got into Griphook's office, we sat down at his desk, leaving the boys in their prams, as both had fallen asleep. We discussed the blood adoption, health test, and inheritance test. We decided to do the health and inheritance tests on a different day, as we wanted to keep Harry manageable today.

Griphook told us we would need some of Harry's blood and ours. I went to Harry's pram and rubbed his belly to wake him up gently and brought him to the desk while Lucius took the needle and stabbed Harry's index finger, got three drops of blood, and put it into the potion. I comfort Harry, who is now crying, while Lucius is given his blood. I had Harry over while I gave my blood. 

"Now Harry will need to drink all of this potion, and you may rename him," stated Griphook. Once Harry started to calm down, Lucius handed me the potion. I put it in an empty bottle from the baby bag and fed it to Harry. Soon, a new birth certificate appeared.

Birth Certificate:

Birth Name: Harry James Potter

New Name: Hadrian Jameson Snape-Malfoy

Birth Father: James Fleamount Potter

Adoptive Father: Lucius Abraxas Malfoy

Birth Mother: Lily Jane Potter Nee Evans

Adoptive Mother: Severus Tobias Snape

Godfather: Sirius Orion Black (Azkaban)

Godmother: Alice Marie Longbottom Nee Fortescue (Insane)

Magical Guardian: Albus Percival Wolfric Brian Dumbledore (Illegal)

Blocks: There are too many to list (all placed by A.P.W.B.D and broken by classification and adoption)

Marriage Contract: Ginevra Marie Weasley (Illegal)

Classification: Little (Headspace 4 months to 1 year)

I was so surprised that Dumbledore was Hadrian's magical guardian and would leave him in that abusive environment. We were right that Hadrian's headspace was younger than the classification center said it was. At least through his adoption and classification, all the blocks placed on him were broken. I would hate for sweet Hadrian to go through the block removal process. 

Soon, we leave Gringotts and return to the Leaky Cauldron to head home. I want at least one of Hadrian's naps to be in his crib. We were walking towards the Leaky Cauldron when we ran into the Weasley family. 

(Bold = Lucius, Italics = Molly, Underline = Arthur)

"Good afternoon, Mr. Malfoy."

"Good afternoon, Mr. and Mrs. Weasley."

"What brings you to Diagon Alley, Mr. Malfoy."

"We were getting supplies for our boys for school."

"Boys, I did not know you had more than one child?"

"We just finalized our youngest adoption."

"You do not seem to be the adoptive type. After all, I figured you would get rid of him after Draco's classification.'' 

"We would never get rid of our child or children just because of their classification. We teach our family that it is ok to be different and not to hide away from your classification."

With that, we went on our way and headed home. Once home, I swaddled Hadrian in his baby green blanket and placed him in the travel cot in the living room. We would be going back to Malfoy Manor tonight, but we would leave after the boys went to bed for the night. Soon, both boys were down for their naps, and Lucius and I cleaned and packed for the journey later tonight.

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Edited: 3/7/24