She stormed over to where the brooms lay strewn about and gathered them up with a wave of her wand.
Severus and Dumbledore walked back inside. "I don't understand what you were doing there, Severus."
"I have a free period and I wanted to see my son's first broom flight. It is a good thing I was there because his broom took off, speeding wildly and would have crashed into the Whomping Willow most likely killing him. Rolanda mounted her broom to try and help him, but it threw her off."
"What happened to Quirinus?"
"I stunned him. He is supposed to be teaching class yet he was skulking about where the first years are having their first flying lesson. The last two nights I've caught him lurking in the third floor corridor when he wasn't scheduled to patrol."
"Are you suggesting he's tried to harm Harry or steal the stone?"
"Both! That is not all. When I went over to check him after I stunned him I saw this black misty, smoky substance rise up out of his unconscious body and flee," Severus explained as they walked down the hall towards the Infirmary. When they were in arm's length of the door, they suddenly heard Madam Pomfrey scream and rushed inside; Severus ahead of Albus.
Madam Pomfrey had Professor Quirrell lying on his stomach and had taken off his turban and what Albus and Severus saw stunned them. There, on the back of Quirrell's head, was what looked like the sagging remains of what might have been another face.
It's Voldemort," Dumbledore said. "The face is his."
"How do you know?" Severus asked skeptically.
"He came to apply for the Defense position in 1956 and even then I could see that the constant use of dark magic had altered his appearance drastically."
"I saw his spirit flee Quirrell's body, but we don't know how much damage he did to his body while he inhabited it."
Madam Pomfrey came over while they were talking. "Do you think Quirinus will recover, Poppy?" Dumbledore asked.
Well, my scan detected no damage to his body or to his brain, but I expect he will not to be able to remember anything past the point where You-Know-Who took possession of him.
"He must have traveled to Albania because that's where Voldemort fled after his body was destroyed," Dumbledore remarked.
"I'm assuming he was going to steal the Sorcerer's Stone and use it to make himself a new body," Severus said.
"Professor Quirrell can thank Severus for stunning him; Headmaster otherwise he would have died when You-Know-Who left his body." Poppy stated emphatically.
"Please keep me posted on Quirinus' progress, Poppy," Dumbledore requested. He and Severus left the hospital. "By the way, Severus I received an owl from Sirius and Remus. They've heard rumors about you adopting Harry."
'Heard rumors my arse, you old barnacle. You told them to cause trouble.' Severus thought. "I do not see it as any of their concern, Headmaster."
"Well, Sirius is the boy's godfather," Dumbledore stressed.
"Yes, a godfather who dumped Harry on Hagrid after Potter and Lily were killed and ran off after Pettigrew. It is a good thing he could not find him or else he would have been playing with the Dementor's. In ten years he never once bothered to check on Harry while he lived with the Dursley's and unlike me, he knew he was Harry' godfather."
"They're very concerned you might not be treating Harry right as you hated James. They wish to visit him and verify it for themselves."
"I'll talk with Harry this weekend and let you know what he decides, but if Harry does decide he wants to see them, they are going to floo here to see him," Severus said. He strode away his teaching robe billowing out behind him.
He was extremely angry with Dumbledore. Severus would bet all the gold in his vaults that he was the one that let it slip 'accidently' to Black and Lupin where Harry was. At lunch he strode over to the Ravenclaw table and knelt down next to Harry. "Would you please come to our quarters after your last class today, Harry? There is something we need to talk about."
"Sure, Dad," Harry said nodding.
"How are you feeling? Any side effects from your wild broom ride?"
"No. I haven't noticed anything, Dad."
"Good, but if you do notice anything, let your professor know and go see Madam Pomfrey right away. She will summon me."
"Okay, I promise."
"Good. I'll see you later then," Severus replied getting up and walking back to the staff table. He sat down next to Minerva. "You may get your chance to set the headmaster's bum on fire after all, Minerva," Severus whispered with a grin.
"What's Albus done now?" She asked with a groan.
"He is attempting to force Harry into a relationship with his godfather, Black."
"I'd love to set his bum on fire right along with Albus'! He and James are the reason Lily's dead and Harry is without his mum. Even a troll knows you never choose a family member or a best friend as a Secret Keeper because those would be the first ones suspected and then to turn around and choose Pettigrew!" Minerva shook her head. "If James were here I'd set his bum on fire too!"
Severus was a little shocked at Minerva's vehemence, but then Lily had been like a daughter to her. She wouldn't have to set Potter's bum on fire; Lily would have done it already.
"Are you going to allow Harry to meet Sirius?"
"If he wants to, yes. I told Albus though that they need to come here. I am not going to send Harry to them. I do not mind Lupin so much. He at least shows occasional common sense and he has been known to try and reign in Black." In spite of being tricked by Black into going down to find a fully transformed werewolf, Severus hadn't held it against Lupin. He knew when he was fully transformed he wasn't acting of his own accord. "But I do not trust Black at all."