Guardian Angel (Severus Snape adopts Harry fic)

Chapter 7

CHAP 7

Previously:

After breakfast(where food is maneuvered like various form of transportation on a spoon towards a toddler's mouth), Liana sighed heavily as she saw her teaching timetable on her way out of the Hall and said to Hermione. "First class I get to teach is you lot and Slytherin. Huzzah."

Hermione laughed and said, "Well... We can't be that bad."

Liana gave her a incredulous look and shook her head, "Ya just tell yourself that..."

Now:

-In the Potions classroom-

Liana stood in front of the teacher's desk with a twich forming at her eyes, fuming, and a vein visible on her forehead. Upon being informed of the Potions Master's role of being the Golden Boy's babysitter and the identity of his replacement, the class(except for Hermione and Ron) burst into cheers and expression of doubt at Liana's teaching abilities. Liana tried to get to class to settle down since 10min ago but to no avail. Her patience finally ran out and she yelled at the top of her lungs,

"SILENCE!!!!!!"

Shocked that such a small person could be so loud, silence fell in the class. "Thank you. Now that I got your attention, according to Professor Snape's schedule, you all will be learning about the Draught of Peace and will be brewing it in your next double period lesson on Friday, so let's begin." Liana said with a clap of her hands, spinning around to write on the board.

"Are you capable of teaching us? Your are younger then us anyway. Why should we listen to you?"

Liana turned back to the class."Because the headmaster assessed me and agreed to let me teach." Liana hissed, eyes slitted. 'Though it's a lie but it's effective...' Liana thought to herself.

"With the resolved... The main ingredient for the Draught of Peace are..." Liana turned back to the board to write somethings down and started to lecture. The rest of the lesson went smoothly with no other disruptions.

As the bell rang, the student immediately started to pack and leave the classroom. Before they left, Liana yelled," Today you will need to do a 3ft essay on the Draught of Peace, the properties, uses, the reasons why each ingredients are used and why each step is done. I assure you that everything you need can be found in the library and in whatever I've covered today. It will be due on Thursday." The class groaned at the homework as they left the class.

When the all students left the class, Liana mumbled," I wonder how Father is doing..." She then shrugged and readied the lab for first year Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs.

-Meanwhile, in Snape's chambers-

Severus sat on his couch reading a potion journal while little Harry sat in a corner playing with the toys Severus conjured for him. Severus felt a little weird, he was expecting a lot more noise. 'A boy of Potter's age shouldn't be this quiet. I remember when Liana was his age... (Severus shuddered at the memory) but Potter is very quiet, too quiet in fact.'

Severus pondered on the situation. He studied little Harry in his corner for a while before coming to a decision. He placed his journal on the table and walked over to Harry. Harry stared at him with the corner of his eye warily while he continued to play with his stuffed dragon (which he secretly named Drago).

Severus sat on the ground beside Harry and asked gently," Why aren't you making any noise?" The boy froze and stared at Severus. Seeing that Severus isn't tensing up to hit him, he mumbled something. Severus frowned lightly and asked," Pardon?" Harry flinched and whispered as though speaking will summon his worst nightmare to Hogwarts," Uncle says that freaks like me should pretend that I don't exist." After finishing that sentence, he buried his face into Drago. Severus narrowed his eyes, fuming inwardly.'The nerve of those muggles! I may not like Potter but I will not go as far as them.' Snape looked at Harry's small, huddled form, his gaze soften. He thought back on the times he met Harry. Realization dawned on him.

'Perhaps I was wrong about Potter, we are more alike then I thought. Maybe... I can finally let go of my grudge... After all Harry is nothing like his father' with that in mind, Severus' lips twitched upwards into a small smile. He reached over and scooped young Harry into his arms, hugging him gently and protectively like he did in the years when Liana was still an infant, shocking the poor boy at the sudden affection showered upon him. After the initial shock, Harry, upon realizing that the black giant(which is what he call Severus in his head) was probably not going to hurt him, hugged back awkwardly and buried his face into Severus's robes, letting himself be comforted for a short while, absorbing the first sign of affection ever shown to him.

AN: OMG I'm so sorry! I started on this chapter last year but then I had a writer's block followed by college life crashing all around me! I have just managed to finish this chapter(even though I am supposed to do my homework...). I'm sorry if it's not up to standard T^T. Real life sucks....