Harry Potter and the Catranas

Disclaimer: None of the characters in the original Harry Potter books belong to me. They

are the rightful property of JK Rowling

Summary: This is basically an alternate version of HBP where Severus Snape is an actual prince of a race of creatures called Catranas which can turn into any animal from

the Feline family. Slash and Het. Warning HBP Spoilers!

Chapter 1- Draco's Decision

"Don't be stupid Parkinson, there is no way we can simply waltz into the Gryffindor

dormitory unnoticed unless we take a potion or have an invisibility cloak" snapped Draco

while furiously pacing in the Slytherin common room. He was under a lot of stress these

last couple of days, the Dark Lord pushing him for results, threatening to harm him and

his family and still he did not seem to be getting anywhere.

"I didn't mean that Dray, I simply meant that there is no reason you need the Felix Felicis

anyway!" replied Pansy becoming more than a little irritated before simply storming out the

portrait hole in frustration.

She doesn't understand though. I need that luck more than Potter does right now anyway. Draco continued to pace while asking himself how he got into this stupid mess in the first place.

Oh yeah! That's right, you just had to be your fathers son and therefore responsible for his

mistakes!

He had been assigned a task by the Dark Lord that he no more wanted to partake in let alone do the job itself, but he had to if only to keep his family safe. He had previously decided that

the best way to do the task would be to grab Potter's luck potion, however all previous chances of that had been unsuccessful. This did not stop him though. I just have to be more sly I suppose. He thought. And set about creating a plan to sneak into the Gryffindor dorms without being apprehended by anyone.

After several long hours of thinking incredibly hard he came up with one simple solution; Potter

had no way of watching the potion the entire day, especially during quidditch, he decided that

he would wait around the Gryffindor dorms till he could sneak in undetected just before the game started and he would begin making his way around the dorm searching for Potter's luggage and hopefully he would fine the potion.

This done he set about creating the invisibility potion which would allow him to get past the

over joyous Gryffindors on their way to the pitch. He allowed the potion to simmer for a while

and went to sit down to relax. However he found it a bit hard as his mind kept wandering to the

task present before him.

I do NOT want to follow the Dark Lord. I don't know what to do or who will help me. My whole family is in danger and it is up to me to save them, it's all too much I feel so trapped! What if my plan doesn't work? What if I don't manage to kill Dumbledore? Surely it would be good for the light side, but what about me? I hate to think about what could happen! I am so deep in shit that I have no idea how to get out of.

Severus Snape was not a very happy person as he stormed down the hallway to the Slytherin common room. This was the third time he had been down there that night to tell the students to go to bed when all he really wished to do was go to bed himself. Making his way through the portrait hole he found Draco Malfoy sitting on the couch in the fire all on his room.

Draco was paler than usual, he really wasn't looking well and Severus was to say the least

concerned about his student and godson but there was nothing he could do, the Dark Lord had

assigned the task to Draco and he was not telling Severus anything about how he planned to do

the task.

"Draco, you should be in bed by now, it's a quarter past twelve" he said gently as to not

startle the already highly-stung student.

"Oh, it's you, you almost gave me a heart attack" Draco replied "I have tried sleeping though,

but it didn't work. Never mind, I'm just rambling, I'll go to bed now"

"Draco, what are you planning?" Severus caught Draco by surprise.

"Please Severus, not now, I am not going to tell you so stop asking" he called over his shoulder

as he quickly made his retreat up the stairs to avoid further questioning.

Inwardly sighing Severus decided there was no point in continuing the interrogation at the

moment as it was obvious he was not going to get anything out of the teenager. He turned

around and stalked out of the room and back to his comfortable quarters under the watchful eye of Albus Dumbledore, vowing to take as many points as possible from the next poor soul to

interrupt his relaxation time.