Title: Curious Little Seer
Summary: Harry liked to poke things.
Disclaimer: I don’t own the Harry Potter books or Stargate SG-1
Characters: Daniel, Harry, Jack and Sha’re mentioned
Timeline: Definite AU for both universes
Author’s Notes: To me, it feels like there is more to this, but nothing’s coming.
Curious Little Seer
Harry liked to poke things.
It scared the hell out of Daniel the first time it happened. Harry had poked a small statue lightly, making it shake. Daniel made an impressive jump-dash-slide just in time to prevent the small statue from shattering on the floor. Harry stared down at him in horror; after all, it wasn’t every day a four year old child saw his new guardian jump over a table covered with books, dash around a book case, and slide across the floor to catch one tiny little statue. Daniel wasn't able to yell at him for it-they still hadn’t clicked after living together for three weeks and Harry always went back into his shell after Daniel showed even the slightest bit of anger.
It took three more daring rescues, a broken urn, and a shattered statue before Daniel figured out why Harry liked to poke things: he was curious.
Daniel had no clue what Harry’s home life was before Minerva McGonagall got in touch with him about becoming Harry’s guardian, but he did know Harry was oddly quiet for a small child. Putting two and two together, Daniel figured out Harry’s aunt had taught him not to ask questions. Poking had become the next best thing. It was quick, almost no one would see him do it, and his curiosity was temporarily sated.
Daniel started to explain things. Not just the statues, the classes, or the artifacts at the university where he and Harry went everyday, but simple things too, like how to work the telephone and what they were going to get at the store the next day, leaving little pauses here and there for questions. At first Harry continued to simply poke or point, silently asking the questions he wasn’t comfortable putting to words, but eventually Daniel coaxed the questions out of him.
By the time Harry was eleven and on his way to Hogwarts, Daniel had coaxed his quietly curious cousin completely out of his shell. It came as no surprise to Daniel Harry was sorted into Ravenclaw. Daniel had taught him to question everything and to always seek out the answers.
However, it was a surprise when Harry sent him an old cloak a few weeks after Christmas, along with a very simple note: Bring Sha’re home. She’ll be safe here.
A few months later, Daniel and Jack were leading a very nervous and very invisible Sha’re through the Stargate. It took four days for them to get out of the mountain and another two days before Daniel was able to get to a wizarding book store. He had no idea if his continual prodding and convincing his cousin to always ask questions had brought about Harry’s little prediction, but he was determined to figure it out. Harry had never done anything like it before.
When Harry said Daniel shouldn’t take Sha’re back to the desert until after the gold man had left, he convinced her to go to Harry’s school for a short stay. He wasn’t taking any chances with his pregnant wife, and a castle in Scotland was about as far from a desert as it could be. He felt horrible for the Abydos woman who had been taken and forced to become a host, but when he met Sha’re and Harry at the airport at the end of June, most of his lingering guilt disappeared when he thought about what Harry had meant by ‘safe’; the rest of his guilt fueled his desire to find his wife’s friend and return her to her people.
Years later, when Daniel met his alternate from another reality, he finally knew how big an impact his curious Seer cousin had had on his life. Harry had destroyed two priceless artifacts with his poking, but he had also made two priceless predictions that had changed Daniel’s life and saved Sha’re’s. Daniel considered that a fair trade.
Harry liked to poke things.
It scared the hell out of Daniel the first time it happened. Harry had poked a small statue lightly, making it shake. Daniel made an impressive jump-dash-slide just in time to prevent the small statue from shattering on the floor. Harry stared down at him in horror; after all, it wasn’t every day a four year old child saw his new guardian jump over a table covered with books, dash around a book case, and slide across the floor to catch one tiny little statue. Daniel wasn't able to yell at him for it-they still hadn’t clicked after living together for three weeks and Harry always went back into his shell after Daniel showed even the slightest bit of anger.
It took three more daring rescues, a broken urn, and a shattered statue before Daniel figured out why Harry liked to poke things: he was curious.
Daniel had no clue what Harry’s home life was before Minerva McGonagall got in touch with him about becoming Harry’s guardian, but he did know Harry was oddly quiet for a small child. Putting two and two together, Daniel figured out Harry’s aunt had taught him not to ask questions. Poking had become the next best thing. It was quick, almost no one would see him do it, and his curiosity was temporarily sated.
Daniel started to explain things. Not just the statues, the classes, or the artifacts at the university where he and Harry went everyday, but simple things too, like how to work the telephone and what they were going to get at the store the next day, leaving little pauses here and there for questions. At first Harry continued to simply poke or point, silently asking the questions he wasn’t comfortable putting to words, but eventually Daniel coaxed the questions out of him.
By the time Harry was eleven and on his way to Hogwarts, Daniel had coaxed his quietly curious cousin completely out of his shell. It came as no surprise to Daniel Harry was sorted into Ravenclaw. Daniel had taught him to question everything and to always seek out the answers.
However, it was a surprise when Harry sent him an old cloak a few weeks after Christmas, along with a very simple note: Bring Sha’re home. She’ll be safe here.
A few months later, Daniel and Jack were leading a very nervous and very invisible Sha’re through the Stargate. It took four days for them to get out of the mountain and another two days before Daniel was able to get to a wizarding book store. He had no idea if his continual prodding and convincing his cousin to always ask questions had brought about Harry’s little prediction, but he was determined to figure it out. Harry had never done anything like it before.
When Harry said Daniel shouldn’t take Sha’re back to the desert until after the gold man had left, he convinced her to go to Harry’s school for a short stay. He wasn’t taking any chances with his pregnant wife, and a castle in Scotland was about as far from a desert as it could be. He felt horrible for the Abydos woman who had been taken and forced to become a host, but when he met Sha’re and Harry at the airport at the end of June, most of his lingering guilt disappeared when he thought about what Harry had meant by ‘safe’; the rest of his guilt fueled his desire to find his wife’s friend and return her to her people.
Years later, when Daniel met his alternate from another reality, he finally knew how big an impact his curious Seer cousin had had on his life. Harry had destroyed two priceless artifacts with his poking, but he had also made two priceless predictions that had changed Daniel’s life and saved Sha’re’s. Daniel considered that a fair trade.
Tags: crossover, gen, hp, one shot, sg1