I Will Always Be With You

Family

The next morning Harry woke up to the feeling of someone shaking him softly, it was a new experience, no one had ever woken him up that way. He opened his eyes slightly and saw the potions master looking at him with a straight face but tender in his eyes, Harry smiled and whispered, "good morning Sir."

Severus picked the little boy up and went to the bathroom with him "take a shower, you have some towels over there and some clothes here, if you need me just call, I will be in the kitchen" he said while pointing at the items that he listed, the clothes were some Severus' shrunken ones but it worked for the day. Severus let the child take his shower and went to the kitchen to fix some breakfast, the elves usually served the meals but Severus thought that Harry would be upset upon seeing one of the little creatures, just because it was new and the child had had enough new things for a day, taking in account that he was going to meet the goblins today.

Harry took a quick shower putting on the clothes which fit perfectly and made him look like his soon-to-be guardian, the feeling of the fabric was very nice, like it was new and well-kept, Harry was confused, he didn't deserve clothes, his relatives always said that he didn't deserve it... he went to the kitchen to find Severus finishing the breakfast, he sat down on one of the chairs and looked up to Severus "Sir? is this clothing for me? Don't get me wrong, I love them, it's just..."

Severus' heart hurt for the little child, he knew what the child meant, he smiled slightly and put breakfast on the table and sat own "Harry those are yours and we will buy more after we go to the bank, where I will become your father" he stopped there to give some time for the child to process the information "you will be my dad?" upon Severus nod in confirmation Harry smiled brightly before standing up and hugging the adult who hugged him back "let's finish our breakfast child, we will go to Malfoy Manor and then we will go to the goblins"

Severus explained Harry what floo was and how it worked while they were having breakfast, Harry even asked some questions about the theory behind it, Severus couldn't believe that a person of that intelligence was only eight years old. When they finished eating their breakfast they flooed to Malfoy Manor where the pureblood family was waiting for them, "very good morning Severus and Harry" the patriarch of the family shook Severus hand before brushing Harry's hair softly "this is my son, Draco" Lucius said putting his hand on the other child's shoulder who looked so much like him "It is a pleasure to meet you Draco, I'm Harry Potter" Harry smiled and shook Draco's hand when it was offered "it's a pleasure to meet you too, I hope we can be friends" Draco said with a soft voice, he wanted to have good real friends, like his parents and Severus were.

Narcissa was introduced to Harry by Lucius, she was a beautiful woman, she had an aristocratic and intimidating look, as if she believed that she was better than anyone but also, she looked like a mother, the way she looked at Harry and fixed the neck of his little shirt made Harry trust her and think of her as a kind woman.

Once everyone was introduced they flooed to Gringotts, Harry was instantly amazed by the little creatures with mean faces that worked at the place, "they are goblins, really good with money but they aren't very friendly" Draco whispered to Harry when he noticed his confused look. One of them walked towards Lucius and asked if he needed anything, once Lucius asked for a private place to talk the whole group followed the goblin to an enormous office full of shelves with shiny things on them, Harry was fascinated and so was Draco, both of them had to be led by the adults towards the chairs.

"Lord and Lady Malfoy, Professor Snape, what can this institution help you with?" Griphook, the goblin, asked politely, he seemed honestly curious, "Mr. Griphok, I know for a fact that your people host a ceremony called 'blood adoption' and my friend Professor Snape was wondering if it would be possible to perform this ritual, he wanted to adopt this little boy, Harry Potter" he gestured towards Harry and the goblin looked at him surprised, Severus took his hand and squeezed it slightly, making Harry clam a little even though Griphok's look was intimidating.

"It will definitely be possible, it will be prepared while you filled the needed papers for the Ministry" Griphok handled the papers to Severus and then left the place to get the ceremony prepared. Severus asked some questions to Harry while filling the papers, the last question was the most important one "do you want to take my surname?" Severus looked at Harry closely "Can I have both? I would love to have your name but I also want to keep mine... something like Snape-Potter?" Severus smiled slightly and hugged Harry with one arm "Snape-Potter sounds perfect" he wrote it down and signed at the end of the page.

When the goblin came back he asked the group to follow him, they were led into a dark room with an altar in the middle, Griphok told Harry and Severus to step near the altar, where other goblin started to speak in a strange language, soon they were asked to share seven drops of blood, Severus helped Harry first, he poked the child's finger with the blade before doing it on his own. The goblin mixed it with a special potion and gave three quarters to Severus and a quarter to Harry because Severus was taking the responsibility over the child while the child was only going to take some of Severus' features, the changes would appear from the first half an hour to twenty-four hours after the ceremony or so the goblin said, it was something that Harry was looking forward to. The ritual ended soon after, it was rather simple unlike wizarding rituals which were extremely complicated, the goblins rituals were simple but needed a lot of magic and power.

The group went to have lunch at Malfoy Manor after thanking the goblins, while they were eating Harry and Draco talked about the things that they saw that day, occasionally asking for an explanation which Narcissa was more than happy to answer, while the adults talked about changes in Severus life and how he was going to manage to teach while taking care of Harry, after all, school would start again after the Christmas break which started today. They concluded that he always could ask for help within the castle, Minerva was the first name to come up, she loved Harry, Hagrid was also a good option after all the half-giant had a huge mother hen and couldn't hurt a fly.

"Sir? I was wondering... can... can I call you dad?" Harry said while looking down, Severus gently moved his head so he could look into his eyes, then he noticed, Harry's eyes, were changing, one of them was obviously turning black, it was amazing how only one of them was changing "I am your father now Harry, of course you can call me dad" he kissed Harry's forehead "your eyes are changing, one of them is turning black like mine" everyone turned to see the change while Severus conjured a mirror for Harry to see himself into "cool..." the child breathed out "it is really pretty" Draco said smiling "I can't wait to see how I look after the twenty-four hours" Harry said excitedly.

A/N: it's being a long time, I hope it was worth it to wait.

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