Chapter 2
Exhausted from crying he falls asleep. He is woken up by Hermionie shaking his shoulder.
“You should get into your robes, we are almost there” she says before following Ron out.
He rubs his eyes with his fist disoriented at not being in the same house he has been in since he could remember. He looks around wondering where he was supposed to get robes.
He sees his new trunk wondering how it got here. He shrugged it off figuring someone brought it here when he was sleeping. He opens it up and finds a bunch of books, some stationary, a few stacks of clothes including a cloak with a logo the same as the one on the letter.
He slips the robe on it, swallowing him and dragging on the floor. He adjusts his trousers when he feels the burning again from shuffling around. Although he is relieved to find himself still dry. He settles down again onto the bench and watches the stars out the window, seeing it now dark out.
Eventually, about an hour later the train comes to a stop. He listens and watches as all the other kids rush out of the train and gather onto the station. He steps onto the platform wearily watching everyone around him.
“First years! Follow me for the first time!” shouts a booming voice. He watches all the smallest students file to the enormously tall figure. He follows them hiding at the back, behind the other first years. Although as the girl Harry was using to shield himself from the scary man moves to the side the scary tall man makes eye contact with harry.
He is shocked at first noticing the toddler but soon realising that he must be a student from the robes he was wearing. He smiles kindly, seeing the childs fear.
“‘ello , wha’s your name?2 he asks as he moves towards the child crouching down infront of him to make himself seem smaller.
“‘Arry' ' the boy barely whispers. Suddenly the boy flinches and Hagrid can hear small sniffles sounding like he is crying coming from the boy with his head bowed down.
Hagrid panics for a second wondering what made the child so frightened but a growing dark patch at the front of the little boy's trousers confirms.
“Oh, ah no trouble, its alrigh’ now ‘arry?” he says, trying to calm the boy down. It works and the boy looks up seemingly shocked at hagrids words.
“Come on now, we ought to get going” he says before he stands up straight again and starts shepherding the first years to the boats. Harry stays close to Hagrid as they watch the other children get into the boats, until they are the only ones left on the bank. “Ok ‘arry, your turn and don't worry we’ll get you clean before the sorting' 'Hagrid says as he smiles down at Harry urging him onto the boats with a gentle push on his back.
He gets into the last remaining boat shakily. He doesn't like this one bit! As soon as Hagrid gets in the boat Harry is quick to climb onto his lap.
“Oh” Hagrid says surprised “it's fine, don't worry '' Hagrid reasures, awkwardly not used to comforting children. Harry just whines and pushes himself further into hagrids warm fur coats.
When they reach the shore all the first years follow Hagrid up the staircase to the castle where they find a new professor waiting for them.
Professor Mcgonagall glances briefly at Harry who has passed out in Hagrid's arms before welcoming the first years.
“Welcome students, my name is Professor Mcgonagall, i am the transfiguration professor here. Soon we will enter the great hall where you will be sorted into your houses” hse says with an emotionless face. “Now wait here patiently while i speak with hagrid”
Hagrid follows her just out of earshot of the other first years. She looks at him expectantly, one eyebrow raised.
“He had a bit of an accident so someone probably cleaned it up” he says instead shifting harry in his arms. “I have to get back though” he says finally.
“I will get Lucius and Severus then they are probably best for this” she says before she marches into the great hall with the group of first years on her tail. She tells them to wait in the isal before she moves to lucius and Severus, letting them know that they are needed.
They go with only slight confusion. When they get outside the great hall they see a small toddler passed out in Hagrid's arms.
“Hagrid, what is going on?” lucius asks as he sees the baby in hagrids arms.
“Thi’ wee thing need’ a bit of help minerva thought you two would be the best, i got to go” he says as he hands the little boy into severus’ arms, before he leaves.
The man now holding the small child adjusts him more comfortably. He looks at his husband and gestures that they head to their quarters.
“I think we need to give him a bath, he is a bit… wet” severus say as they reach their rooms. Lucius is still confused at what is happening. Harry slept deeply and the men had trouble in waking him up, but eventually he whined and tried to snuggle deeper into severus.
The man just chuckled as he moved the boy away from his body. “Hello little one, i know you are so sleepy but you need to have a bath before you get a rash” he says as he lays the sleepy baby on a towel lucius laid out.
“Oh god, that is not good, you poor thing” severus says as he strips the boy down and sees the angry red rash that is already flaming his skin. “Dear do you think we still have any of that soothing cream?” he gets his husband's attention from where he was drawing the bath.
“Oh my god, ill check right now” lucius exclaimed as he leaves to go find the cream.
“Come on, sweetheart let's get you all clean” he washes the boy, being mindful of the rash. He uses a simple haircutting spell to shorten the boys much to long, matted hair. Lucius comes back with a pile of clothes and a jar of cream.
“We didn't have any but I flooed Molly and she gave us some,” he says. Severus pulls the very tired whining boy out of the tub and lays him on the towel again when he whines again.
“I know i know, this will make you feel better” he says before he generously applies the cream onto the rash. “Do you think we should put him in a nappy, with this rash he doesn't look like he is potty trained” lucius asks as he soothingly rubs harry's tummy putting the boy to sleep again.
Severus nods as he transfigures a tissue into a nappy for the boy, lucius slips ituder him before taping it up and putting him in an old pair of dracos joggers on him and a t-shirt. Both falling off his small frame, they decide to forgo the joggers. They settle the boy into Draco's bedroom as he will be living in his dorm for now on. Putting pillows beside him and some basic wards around him before they leave.
Lucius stays in their quarters while Severus heads to the great hall to hopefully see the end of the sorting process. He makes it just in time for the last person to be sorted and eagerly looks around searching for draco. He smiles and winks at him when he sees him sitting amongst his own snakes.
The feast goes on and he manages to secure a meeting with Dumbledore and Minerva in the morning. At the end he takes the slytherins to the dungeons to give his customary beginning of year speech.
Draco follows him to their quarters when he goes back wanting to say goodnight to his papa.
“Why weren't you at the feast, you didn't see me get sorted.” Draco says a little sad as he cuddles between his dads.
“We’re sorry, there was an emergency that we had to take care of,” Severus says as he strokes his son's hair.
“What? Is everything alright?” Draco asks worriedly.
“Yes , just a student who needs a bit off… special attention,” Lucius answers vaguely.
“Who?”draco asks curiously.
“Nobody that you know off, but you should be getting up to your dorm now you have a big day tomorrow” the men deflect as they say their final goodnights.