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A/N: This story is AU in every way to give me some freedoms. Also, in further chapters, I will be using some rather interesting terms, so if people are feeling up to it, poke around in their Conformation section in the events.
Chapter 1: Companionship
The war was finally over. It had been violent and emotionally draining for one Potions Master. The tall, dark man sat at his home in Spinner's End in a lumpy thread-bare sofa, draining a glass of some random alcohol. He couldn't remember which but it seemed to serve its purpose at the time.
He scanned his eyes around the empty and dank house that he never considered to be his home. Silence, just complete silence greeted him. Usually, prior to the fall of the Dark Lord, this wouldn't have bothered him, it merely meant that everything was going just as planned. However, this silence chilled him more than anything, because of the lack of purpose that is promised. True he had been welcomed back into Hogwarts with open arms but it was still empty for him on a more personal level, now that he had the chance to actually think along those lines.
Snape propped his feet up on the well-worn coffee table, mindlessly knocking a recent edition of the Daily Prophet on the floor. He picked it up and noticed some of the pages had come out of place. He shuffled them back into order and noticed a strange ad on the bottom corner of one page:
Want devoted and loyal companionship?
Then come on down to the
Hogsmeade First Annual Dog Show
Featuring over 180 breeds and varieties on display
Over 2,000 dogs all competing for Best in Show
Talk to owners and breeders to find out which breed suits you best
'What sort of rubbish will they think of next?' Snape mused to himself. 'They can't be serious that a dog can provide loyal companionship and nothing else, I believe they are leaving out a few details.' He looked over the date and noted that it would be the weekend he was required to return to Hogwarts, in order to be prepared for the return of the noisy students. 'Maybe a guard dog would work wonders with some of the more meddlesome prats…' Snape considered hopefully.
A/N: I know that this chapter is brief but I promise, there will be more. Please Read and Review!!