A new beginning

The beginning

Hello, I've decided to try my hand at some Harry Potter stuff ( I was previously doing Sherlock). I know this is a short chapter, it is the introduction per-say. I just wanted to see if anyone out there liked it or not...Please let me know what you think in the reviews below, I would appreciate it.

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The promise he had made mere days ago still lingered in the air. I will protect him, he had said. And now he was faced with the perfect opportunity, but was he ready?

The ghost of his past still haunted him and the animosity he had felt towards the father was not easily forgotten, no matter how childish.

He was not ready.

Albus walked to the front door, trailed a few steps behind by Hagrid, who was carefully cradling a minuscule sleeping baby. This was a moment that had to be cherished as it was right now, for no one present would remember how it came to be. That was the agreement.

When Albus had been faced with the task of finding a house for the now orphan Harry Potter his mind had traveled to the most unusual place. His choice was not a blood relative or even Sirius, Harry's Godfather. It had been the one person he believed would understand the pain the child had to go through. The one person he had wronged long ago and now had no right to ask such a favor of, but was willing because he was still determined to right his wrongs and bring light back into that person's life.

His choice had been Severus Snape.

Now, here he was. About to turn a new page in history. If he knocked on the door, Severus would have to accept the small bundle in Hagrid's arms and raise him as his blood. If he was to walk away and follow through a different plan, leaving Harry to fend for himself in his aunt's house, he would grow unloved and as far away from the magical world as it was ever possible. Neither were exactly appealing.

Albus was aware of the new strong and intimidating character of the young man, and although he would take care of the child as he grew, complications were bound to arise with the troublesome relationship between the Dark Lord and the Light the man carried. He knew it better than anyone else, and yet, he could not help to wish to follow that 'gut' feeling about Snape being the best candidate for the job.

It was then, that with a heavy mind and heart, the Headmaster raised his hand and knocked on the worn door, to be greeted by the sour face of the one and only Severus Snape.