Meeting the real Harry Potter
Harry was mad, he was mad at his life, mad at Dumbledore but the most of it, he was mad at himself, he shouldn't have been there, he should be able to defend himself, he shouldn't be afraid of a fat muggle, he was supposed to fight Voldemort...not be in this stupid camp, but again his life was always decided by someone else, the day it happened had been a blur for Harry, Dudley was particulary mean that day and to put it in simple words Harry got sick of it, he got sick of being beaten and bullied and pushed his cousin, Dudley rolled the last flight of stairs and he came up unharmed with just a small cut on his fat cheek, but his uncle got so angry he beated the shit out of him, Harry was in so much pain he couldn't help but scream out, that alerted his neighboors and they called the police, after that he was taken to the hospital, his uncle was in jail, his aunt was on a mental institute and Dudley was with another relatives, that left Harry alone in a Hospital with nothing more than the kind nurse that tended to his injuries, that until social services took him away to a Foster Home, thanksfully it was only him, because Elizabeth prefered to have one child at time, with her Harry discovered that muggles could actually be nice to him, Elizabeth didn't know he was a wizard, and he felt bad for liying to her but he was afraid once she knew who he really was, she would freak out and hurt him like the Dursleys did, Elizabeth talked to him seriously and told him he should go a Summer Camp for Abused kids, she said they would help him overcome his fears and sufferings, and he acepted because he didn't want her to be upset and kick him out of her house...
"Welcome everyone" a kind voice said. "My name is Anna, I'll be one of your counselors during this camp... Severus will be your counselor too..."
A man entered the room and Harry stomach gave a turn when he saw that this Severus was the same Potion Master, Bat of the Dungeons, Severus Snape of hogwarts, to say the man was stunned as well was an understandement, he composed himself of course after a few minutes, and nobody seemed to notice that, Harry went with the rest of the kids to the cabin where he would spend the rest of the summer, Snape didn't say a word during the time, but he was both, confused and angry, he couldn't believe Dumbledore moved his influences for Potter to be there, he was a spoiled boy he didn't deserve to be there, besides Snape spend enough time dealing with him at Howgarts, the muggle summer camps were his way to deal with his past, helping abused kids was his way of reediming himself for all the damage he did to the magic world while being a Death Eather...
"Severus?" Anna said.
"Sorry Anna" he said. "I got lost in my toughts...you wanted something?"
"Yeah I wanted to give you a copy of the files of the kids so you could read them" she said. "We need special atention on Harry... Elizabeth said he suffered a lot..."
"Elizabeth?" He asked curious.
"Yeah she used to work here long time ago..." Anna said. "Then she offered her house as a Foster Home for kids... She sent Harry here for his own good"
Anna took the kids to lake so they could enjoy themselves and have some fun before the real camp started while Severus sat in a three nearby reading the files and keeping an eye on everyone, Harry seemed recluctant at first but he started to loosen up after a while... Severus read each file carefully and made plans on his head, he was surprised when he noticed how long were Harry files, his relatives did anything but spoil him on the contrary they seemed to take every oportunity to hurt him, he even was sent to the hospital a few times and Severus wondered if that was the reason behind Harry hatred to the hospital wing, Severus looked at the lake and saw Harry smiling for brief moment and was surprised at the genuine it looked, in Howgarts he always smiled but he still looked tense like he wasn't being completely sincere like it was a facade that hided something behind... He also discovered that Harry information was real and he indeed needed the Camp, Snape felt guilty because all this years he asumed things that weren't real, he asumed Harry was a copy of his father and boy he was wrong...
"Severus we're heading back to the cabin" Anna said. "Come and help me..."
"Yeah sure Anna" he said taking some towels for the kids. "Would you mind if I talk to Harry later? He is a student of the school were I'm teacher and I would like to reasure him that everything would be fine in here..."
"Sure Severus that poor thing has suffered enough, inside he must be scared to death" she said.
Severus and Anna rushed the kids inside and made turns for the bathroom while they brough some dinner from the dining hall, after dinner everyone was supposed to watch a movie in the living room, Anna told Harry that Severus wanted to talk to him outside, he was scared thinking maybe Snape tough this was a facade and he was gonna be kicked out or maybe he was gonna give him detention, Harry had never been in a Summer Camp so maybe they gave detentions there as well...
"Po...Harry" Severus corrected. "Let's take a walk...we need to discuss...some things"
"You don't believe it right?" Harry said defensive. "You think this is a lie..."
Severus shook his head and started a slow walk, Harry followed his head hanging low.
"I would love to believe that" Snape said. "But sadly your life was hard and now your here..."
"I'm sorry" Harry said.
"Why for?" He asked.
"For ruining your summer sir" Harry said. "I bet you don't want to be with me"
"Don't be sorry and you don't have to call me sir" Snape said. "I do this because I want to... I do it every summer... To reedim myself from my horrible past...the fact that you're here doesn't change that...you need my help like all the other abused kids I have helped...and even if I don't like you, you didn't deserve what was done to you...do you understand that?"
Harry nodded.
"Dumbledore knows?" Snape asked.
"That you're here?"
"No" Harry said. "And please don't tell him!"
"I know talking about abuse is hard but I think he should know...and I believe since I'm here there won't be any problems"
"You really think he didn't know?" Harry said angrily. "I told him my life was hard the second I got send to the hospital and you wanna know what he said?"
"Harry..."
"He told me life was unfair! And then he started to talk about the blood wards...and he told me to endure it! That I had to be strong to face Voldemort and save the world! You know how I felt?! I'm just fourteen! I just want to be a normal kid!"
"I understand that you felt betrayed" the man said. "Also it doesn't matter what Dumbledore said you're a kid, they can spect nothing from you, you have all the rights to enjoy life like any fourteen year old boy...understood?"
Harry nodded.
"Why you didn't you told Macgonagall or someone else?" Snape asked.
"Uncle Vernon asumed I told someone and beat me up..." He said. "He put quite the effort to it...I know I shouldn't but I got scared"
"It's okay to be scared" the man said. "The situation was out of your control, most of...your life is out of your control"
Harry looked at the man.
"Does Elizabeth know that you're a wizard?" Snape asked.
"No." Harry said.
"Your trunk, wand and books?"
"In my bag" Harry said. "Hermione teached me the Reducing Charm"
"Well that's good" Snape said.
"What about Voldemort?" Harry suddenly asked. "What if he knows I'm here?"
"Don't worry" the profesor said. "Voldemort doesn't know this place or that we are here...I put some strong wards on this place"
"And Uncle Vernon?" He asked with fear on his eyes. "Can he come here?"
"Harry listen to me" Snape said making eye contact with him. "Your uncle won't come here...he's in jail because what he did to you was wrong and he won't come out in a few years...and even if he ever managed to come I will protect you, everyone in here will...ok? We won't let him hurt you again..."
Snape waited to see Harry response to his declarations, the kid eyes were wet with unshead tears, and when Snape opened his arms in invitation, Harry threw himself at him and started crying, years of abuse deaths and hiding emotions finally catching up to him... People often tought of Severus as a cold person, but he did have feelings, and right know he felt a lot of it like distaste at Dumbledore for ignoring Harry, hatred to Harry relatives for hurting him, but most of it was pain, pain for the boy that didn't do anything to deserve such a life...
"Shh...Shhh..." Snape said in a calming voice. "It's okay to cry Harry...everything will be fine, nobody will hurt you here"