A Chance at Normal

Disclaimer: You know I think that I am running out of smart-ass things
to say, so I'll just tell you this it all has to do wit






Disclaimer:
You know I think that I am running out of smart-ass things to say, so I'll just
tell you this it all has to do with a woman

named JK Rowling, you see she is the one that came up with Harry Potter and
everything else that is associated with him. Me I came

up with the plot. Which sucks. But hey at least its mine. Although I haven't
nor will I ever get paid for it. Oh well.

A/N: Still no Internet. I am seriously pissed at my husband. I want to hook our
old dial up modem back up and use one of those

free AOL disc thingies, and you know what he said "I am not going to go
back to dial up when we have cable, you should have just

paid the bill. Well excuse me if our son needed diapers and stuff like that. Ok
I think that I am done ranting

and raving. I really hope that you all are enjoying the story. I really miss my
reviewers. two more weeks. ON WITH THE

STORY. Oh and one other thing, I am not going to have Sirius as a main
character. Basically he is going to be told that Harry is

safe and that he may see him one day when the war is over, so for all those who
were waiting for the big Sirius/ Severus

confrontation there is not going to be one until maybe at the end of the story.
And then you may all be surprised at a revelation that

Sirius tells Harry. Ooops I said too much.

Chapter 9: Oh My, What Big Teeth You Have

Draco had pulled the extra mattress into Harry's room so that he could be near
him when he started having nightmares. Or that was

what they had told Severus. After Draco had came to they explained what all had
happened and what was going to happen. He was

really happy that he would be able to be with Harry out in the public with out
people saying too much. He couldn't wait to see what

he looked like after the charms were totally gone. He still couldn't believe
that Severus was Harry's father; he wondered how he was

going to be able to handle his son being sorted into Gryffindor. Harry had told
him that he was going to be sorted in front of the

school after the first years were done. He hoped that he would be put in
Slytherin, but the Hat had put him in Gryffindor once

already and it never changes its mind so he knew that it was hopeless. He could
tell that Harry was really nervous about tomorrow

night's transformation; he had it stuck in his head that the Wolfsbane potion
wasn't going to work. He was just glad that either way

he would be able to be there for him. Draco was still kind of mad how Severus
had tricked Harry into telling about their relationship.

But Harry knew how close he was to Severus and how hard it was to keep that
from him so he really wasn't mad, he was glad that

he knew now.

Draco looked at the clock and seen that it was close to three in the morning.
He knew that Harry usually started having nightmares

around three thirty so he had a half and hour before Harry started screaming.
They were always worse the night before the full

moon. He heard Harry start to move around and he glanced back at the clock it
was only ten after, he looked back at Harry and he

knew that there was something wrong. He got up and ran out of the room he
headed for Severus's room and started pounding on

the door. With in seconds he was at the door.

"What's wrong?" he asked pulling his shirt on over his head.

Draco looked back at his godfather "There's something wrong with Harry.
He's starting to toss and turn like he does when he has a

vision but it's different, I don't know how to explain it. I just know that
there is something seriously wrong." Draco said hurriedly

as they ran back into Harry's room. What they saw when they got in there was
horrifying. Harry's face was frozen in a mask of pain

and his whole body was convulsing and surrounded in a light blue glow.

"His body is forcing off the charms, and it is causing him to transform.
If you can change I would do it now before he has a chance

to attack you. Remember he hasn't had any potion so he is not going to be able
to stop himself." Draco said and then quickly

transformed into his Abraxan form which was the larger and stronger form.

Severus was in shock, he couldn't move or do anything but stare at the amount
of pain his son was going through his body was

trying to prevent the transformation and was making it longer and more painful
than a normal shift. Harry started screaming again

and Severus cringed, Harry's eyes locked on his and then the last scream
erupted from his throat before he shifted completely.

"DAD!!" he screamed, this snapped Severus out of his trance and he
immediately transformed into a black panther. About three

seconds later a huge black wolf with piercing green eyes lunged at the panther.
The pure white Abraxan threw its body weight into

the wolf and pinned him down. The panther then came and did the same.

After two hours of thrashing around trying to get up the wolf finally
collapsed. When he was unconscious Harry began to shift

back into his human form. Realizing what was happening Draco and Severus
released him and transformed back to normal.

"Can you please tell me what exactly happened?" Draco asked shakily,
he like Harry and Severus was drenched in sweat. His

muscles ached; he felt like had been running at a full speed for the past thourhours. He glanced over at Severus and seen that he was

in about the same state. He then kneeled down next to Harry's unconscious body;
he wiped the sweat off of his head and pushed

the hair out of his eyes. Do you want me to put him back to bed?" He asked
his Godfather.

"Yeah and then I want you to meet me out in the living room, I am going to
go and get Remus maybe he will have some idea of

what happened." He said more to himself than to Draco as he walked out of
the room.

Draco heard the main dungeon door open and then shut. He bent down and scooped
Harry's light body up into his arms and

carried him over to the large bed. After tucking him in he went to wait for
Severus's return with Professor Lupin.

*** Meanwhile ***

Severus ran as fast as he could toward Remus's room. He started banging on the
door yelling for Remus to open the door. A few

seconds later a very alarmed Remus swung the door open.

"My God Severus it is five in the morning." And then seeing the
exhausted and worried look on his face immediately thought of

Harry. "What's wrong, has something happened?"

Severus nodded, "You need to come down to my rooms. I don't want anyone to
over hear what I need to tell you."

Remus said nothing and followed Severus down to the dungeon.

When they walked into the living room Draco was curled up in a ball asleep.
Remus saw him and opened his mouth to say

something but Severus held his hand up and motioned for him not to say
anything. Severus bent down and shook Draco's

shoulder. Draco jumped up and looked around the room frantically, but when he
saw his godfather he relaxed instantly.

"Did you find Professor Lupin?" he asked anxiously.

Severus motioned for Remus to have a seat as he sat down next to Draco. Remus
saw that Draco looked nothing like he was used

to seeing him, his hair was not slicked down to his head and it was a mess. And
then he noticed something that he never thought he

would see on the young Malfoy's face, fear and worry.

"Where is Harry and I assume that whatever happened it deals with
him?" he asked quietly.

Draco pulled his knees up to his chest and started rocking slightly. "He
transformed."

Severus saw that Remus was vernfusnfused so he started to tell him exactly what
had happened. When he finished telling him

Remus looked very worried and slightly perplexed.

"The only thing that I can think of is that his body was trying to heal
itself as fast as it could and the only way that it could do that

would be to expel the charms, and with his heighten emotions the only way that
his body could handle it was to change forms, even

though it is extremely painful. But there was a good side of this happening
tonight and not tomorrow night. If his body had held out

until tomorrow the Wolfsbane would not have helped. But you really need to give
him some now so that if he does shift again it

won't be as bad, and then have him take it tomorrow as well." He said and
judging by the way Severus and Draco looked they were

very relieved. " Now since you woke me up and drug me down here at five in
the morning can someone please tell me why Draco is

here, I know that he and Harry do not get along."

Draco turned red and Severus started laughing. " I have been seeing Harry
since the beginning of our third year." Draco said turning

even redder.

Remus chuckled, "That would explain a lot of things." He said
mysteriously.

Draco looked at him confused "What things?"

"Oh just the times last year that I caught Harry coming back inside the
castle way passed curfew looking very happy, but your scent

was all over him. I could never quite figure that out but now it makes perfect
sense." Remus said watching Draco burying his head

in a pillow to avoid the look that Severus was giving him. Oh this was
definitely going to be an interesting year. He was happy that

he would be here this year to teach DADA. Albus had asked him last year but he
couldn't do it but he was able to accept the

position for this year.

Draco stood up and stretched " I am going to go to bed now, good
night." He said as he was walking toward Harry's room.

" Oh and Draco, make sure that it is your bed." Severus said
teasingly. Draco just shook his head and closed the door.

Remus looked at Severus, "It looks like you are going to have to keep an
eye on those two. When I said that I could smell him all

over Harry that wasn't the only thing that I could smell."

Severus laughed, " Remus you probably haven't got laid for so long that
you've forgot what sex smells like." He said enjoying

the blush that crept up his face.

"Oh, Ha Ha, look who's talking 'I am now a devout celibate'. You know its
pretty bad when your son has more of a sex life than

what you do." Remus said laughing. " There is one thing that I have
never understood, how did you and Lily get

together? I mean I thought that you were attracted to strictly the male
variety."

"That was something that I never really understood either. She was the
only woman that I ever looked at, and even today I

could never be with another woman. I guess she was just special. And what the
hell are you talking abotrictrictly the male variety, at

least I wasn't mooning over an escaped convict who unintentionally broke your
heart when he told you of his engagement to Bill

Weasley." He said knowing that he hit a nerve. When he saw Remus bow his
head he knew he had gone too far "I'm sorry that was

low."

Remus looked surprised that he was apologizing "That's alright. It's the
truth. Well I am going to go and get some breakfast would

you care to join me?" he asked.

"Yeah, just let me check on Harry. All of the charms are off now. I didn't
really get to see him, I was too worried about what had

happened. I'll go ahead and give him some of the potion too." He stood up
and walked to his workroom and grabbed a vial of the

Wolfsbane potion. When he opened the door to his son's room he just shook his
head there was Draco wrapped up in Harry's

arms. Remus had walked up behind him and started laughing. "Well it looks
like he really listened to you. My God Severus Harry

looks a lot like you did when we went to school. Although I can definitely see
a lot more of Lily in him now. You and Draco are

going to have to be hitting the guys and girls away with a stick." He said
laughing at the image.

Severus just shook his head and walked over to Harry's gently shaking his
shoulder. Remus was right Harry was definitely his and

Lily's child, there was no denying that. He felt a sense of awe rush over him
when it suddenly hit him that he had a son. Harry

definitely did not look the same. The only thing that he could see that was the
same was his scar. His hair, which had been a short

cut mop of unrully dark brown waves, was now shoulder length poker straight
hair that was black as midnight with the slightest hints

of red. His face, which had, had a boyish roundness to it, was now long and
thin. Much like his, only he had a healthy glow to it not

the pale sallow look that was the result from standing too near brewing
potions. His height was a huge difference. Where be hee he

had been about five foot five inches, he was now a respectable six foot. His
arms and legs were long and graceful. He and Lily had

a beautiful child. And Remus was right about having to beat off the girls and
guys. Draco was definitely going to make sure that they

knew that him and Harry were together. He stood there for the longest time and
it finally started to dink in that he had a son, which

that was something that he never thought that he would have in this lifetime.
He couldn't wait to see the rest of the staff's reaction to

him having a son. There was only one thing that was worrying him and that was
Harry getting resorted. He was afraid that if he were

sorted back into Gryffindor he would be harassed because of having a supposed
Death eater as a father and there was no doubt that

they would see him as a spy for Slytherin and future Deatheater. He just hoped
that for everyone's sake he would be put in either
enclenclaw or Slytherin. But what puzzled him the most was the way that Harry
acted when he brought up being resorted. It was like

he knew something that no one else did about what house he was going to get in.

Harry opened his eyes and saw his father hovering over him and realized that
Draco was on bed with him. "This doesn't look good

does it." He said turning a deep red. "I'm sorry that I tried to
attack you earlier. I had no control, I couldn't help it." Harry said

mournfully.

" Harry its all right. There was nothing that you could have done to
prevent it and it's not your fault. I want you to drink some of the

potion now andn lan later this evening you will have to take more. I also have
some of the numbing potion for your throat. I can give

you a little flask to keep it in so you can carry it around all day with out
people asking too many questions. Ok. Now try to get some

sleep." He said and turned to walk out of the room. Severus stopped at the
door and turned back around. " Oh and Harry, try not

to make this a habit." He said pointing at Draco's sleeping form next to
him. He then closed the door. Harry drank the bitter potion

and then snuggled back down against Draco's warm back and fell asleep.

Draco had opened his eyes after he heard the door click shut. He had heard what
his godfather had said about him being in Harry's

bHe kHe knew that a long talk was coming for both him and Harry. He just hoped
that Severus waited until after Harry's

transformation to try and talk to him seriously. He didn't want Harry to have a
repeat of tonight. Draco knew that it wouldn't be

long before his father was checking in. He hoped that he didn't suspect
anything; that would not be a good thing.

Remus had waited until Severus had come back of Haf Harry's room before he
headed toward the main door. He hoped that there

weren't any other staff members in the kitchens at this hour. He needed to eat
something so that he could keep up his strength for

tonight. He still couldn't get over the fact that Harry was a werewolf and had
been one since his fourth year. Remus couldn't believe

that Harry was able to brew a successful Wolfsbane potion in his fourth year
with out any help. He was definitely Severus's son.

" Do you want to just get something to take back to your quarters?"
Remus asked as Severus walked up beside him.

Severus looked over at Remus, " Yes, I think that would be a good idea.
Also if you wouldn't mind I would really like for you to

explain to me what my son goes through every month. I admit that I am very
lacking of that sort of knowledge." Severus said

smiling when he saw the look on Remus's face when he admitted that he didn't
know something.

" So have you decided on what Harry's neme wme will be?" Remus asked
as the walked back toward the dungeons. They had to

pull a very hyper Dobby off of Severus when he told the little house elf that
Harry was not feeling too good and was still asleep.

"Yeah we talked about it the other day, we decided on Lucian Salazar
Snape. He really liked it, I think that ll gll go and talk to Albus

today since the charms have worn off completely. I have a feeling that by this
afternoon Harry Potter will cease to exist and the

Wizarding world will not be too happy that their savior has died." Severus
said in a hushed voice. "The Daily Prophet will probably

have a field day with this."

Remus looked over at Severus and saw that he was walking rather stiffly. "
Why are you so stiff?" he asked.

"Try pinning down a rather pissed off werewolf for two and a half hours.
It was hell. I'm sure that Draco will probably be in the

same shape as me when he wakes up." He said half laughing. They had
arrived back at the door to his quarters. As the walked in

they could hear a very loud argument. Remus looked over at Severus and shook
his head he had no idea what was going on either.

When they walked to Harry's doorway what they saw made them almost fall down
with laughter. Draco was standing soaking wet

with only a pair of green boxers shorts on.

" You know that there are other ways to wake a person up thanpingping
freezing cold water on them." Draco yelled at Harry.

Harry was doubled over laughing. "But the other ways are not as fun as
seeing you dripping wet, and besides you are so cute when

you are mad."

Severus glanced back at Remus and then back at his son and godson " I
don't think that I want to know." And then he turned

around and walked back out the door.