AN! - This story has officially been read through a second time and "corrected" to the best of my dyslexic ability. Hope you enjoy it and thanks for reading, peace out!
Chapter 1
James Potter sat outside the Headmasters office. He couldn't hear what was being said, but he knew it wasn't good. He glanced next to him and saw Snape obviously just as nervous as he was. The two of them had been caught fighting, again, and Dumbledore seemed angrier than he normally was about their fights.
It was the end of his sixth year, so James figured he could get away with the prank. It was the last day of school after all, but apparently, the Headmaster wasn't having any of it. Dumbledore had made James and Severus miss the train and stay at the school until their parents had arrived, and now the two of them were stuck outside his office until a decision for their punishment had been made.
Eventually the door opened, and the two of them were called in. The two boys went and stood by their parents, or parent in Severus's case since only his mother was present.
"Alright boys," began the Headmaster. "I believe that we have decided on a proper punishment for the two of you." The two boys gulped, it didn't mater how cheerfully the Headmaster said it; they were being punished, and that is all that mattered.
"The two of you should be thankful," continued Dumbledore ignoring their nervousness. "A lot of students have requested to spend their summers at Hogwarts." For once in their lives, both James and Severus shared an equally confused moment as they glanced at each other.
The Professor chuckled at their confusion and continued the explanation, "Your parents and I have agreed that the two of you must learn to at least ignore each other, so as punishment, you will be spending your summer in one of the rooms in Hogwarts. It will be a nice set of rooms, but never the less; the two of you won't leave those rooms for the entirety of the summer."
The Headmaster held up his hand stopping all protests before they even started as he continued to lay down the ground rules, "Neither of you will be allowed to use magic, or be given any magical objects, not even magicked candy, like chocolate frogs. You will each be given a trunk and whatever you fit in it you can bring with you. The two of you have until tonight to return here with your trunks. You might also want to write to your friends explaining that you won't be able to contact them this summer"
They were quiet for a moment before Severus asked, "What about food?"
"The house elves will be feeding you breakfast, lunch and dinner," answered the Headmaster.
"What if we need something?" asked James. "Like say I run out of ink for my quill? Could I ask for more?"
Dumbledore seemed to think for a moment before answering, "Yes, you may ask for things, and as long as they aren't, dangerous, magic, or alcohol it will be fine." The two boys took their trunks and were led out of the Headmaster's office, and taken home.
James spent most of his time writing a letter to each of his friends explaining what was happening, They are going to think this is the funniest shit they have ever heard, thought James as he packed as much candy and magazines into the trunk as he could after he had put a few sets of clothes on the bottom. James stopped only to toss in his herbology book and a new journal amongst the haphazard bunch of magazines and candy. Might as well attempt to study while I am trapped with the nerd, James mentally sighed as he sat on the trunk so that he could latch it before he headed down, and out of his room to be taken to his summer prison.
When he was returned to Hogwarts, the Headmaster led him to the prefect lounge area that was connected to the bathroom. The room generally had a table and a couple of couches, but James noticed that two beds had been added to the room.
Severus had already claimed the far left bed, sitting on it as Professor Slughorn went through his trunk to make sure that there wasn't anything prohibited in it. The Professor looked up and gave the Headmaster a nod before saying, "Mr. Snape's trunk is all clear. Do you want me to check Mr. Potter's as well?"
"No thank you, you may leave," said Dumbledore with a smile as Slughorn gave another nod and left the room.It didn't take the Headmaster long to look through James's trunk and clear it before leaving the room as well. The two boy's could hear him mutter a locking spell before walking away. When his steps faded away the two sat in silence for a few seconds before Severus suddenly threw himself on the bed and started screaming and kicking.
The sudden movement and screaming startled James so much he jumped off his bed and away from the Slytherin. When Snape stopped his random flailing James snapped, "What the hell?!"
Severus just shrugged as he stood up and opened his trunk again, "I've been wanting to do that since we were told about this punishment. I simply saw an opening to finally do what I wanted."
James just stared at him for a moment before stating, "You're fucking nuts!" Severus just shrugged again as he removed his clothes from the trunk and put them in a dresser next to his bed. Soon James followed the Slytherin's example and started to unpack his things. Well, if you can call opening his trunk and flipping it upside down unpacking, then yes, he unpacked.
Now that his clothes were on the top of the pile he put those away first before he started stacking up his magazines and organizing his candy on top of the dresser that was next to his own desk. Severus just stared at him for a moment before muttering, "Have enough candy there Potter?"
"Nope," said James instantly before glancing over and seeing Snape carefully stacking a pile of books, several large notebooks, and a large pencil box. The only object James thought was odd was the two medium sized bright red and yellow boxes that were the last thing to leave his enemies trunk. They were turned so the only thing he could read on the side was '45 pack'
Curiosity getting the better of him he asked what the boxes were. Severus glanced at them before picking them up and putting them next to his books and answering, "My sanity potions"
"But we aren't allowed to have potions," said James instantly.
"They aren't really a potion you idiot!" snapped Severus. "They are a muggle beverages I like."
James frowned as he looked at the two little boxes. He had been in a few muggle stores and he had seen the boxes that canned muggle drinks came in, but the boxes Snape had where too small to fit more than half a dozen of the cans. Despite this, it clearly said forty-five pack on it. "They are a little small aren't they?" asked James his curiosity once again winning.
Instead of answering Severus just opened one of the boxes and took out a small bottle and tossed it at James. James caught it before his brain even registered that Snape had thrown it at him. However now that he had the little bottle in his hand, James looked at it. Energy Shot: Grape Flavor. Still a little confused he rolled the bottle in his hand and read the other side. Warning: drink only ½ a bottle at a time and never exceed more than two bottles in one day. Exceeding this will cause, nervousness, sleeplessness, rapid heartbeat, paranoia, jittery or twitchy behavior, and niacin flush, (hot feelings along with possible skin redness). Pregnant women and people with heart conditions should consult their doctor before consuming.
James held the bottle away from himself and made an uneasy sound before saying, "Not gonna lie Snape, why the hell would you drink this?"
"Helps with my headaches, it also keeps me awake if I have to stay up and study. It's not like I plan on consuming ALL of these. This is also my supply for the school year as well," explained Severus as he started to walk around the room and inspect things that were placed around the room as well as the bathroom.
James tossed the little bottle back onto Snape's bed and went back to organizing his things as his roommate continued to explore their personal hell. By the time Severus was finished, James had curled up on the bed reading one of his magazines. "We should set rules?" said Snape suddenly.
"Like?" asked James in a lazy voice not even looking up from his magazine.
Severus rolled his eyes and crossed his arms, "Fact: we both hate this, but I think we should at least set ground rules to make this semi-tolerable."
"Again. Like?"
"Stay out each other stuff for one."
"I can do that"
"And no pranks"
"Boring"
"Damn it, Potter"
"Fine, fine, whatever," groaned James. "Is this talk going to be much longer? I want to get back to pretending you don't exist."
"Good then we understand each other," sighed Severus as he grabbed a book and crawled onto his own bed.
"Fine, do that" said James wanting to get the last word in.
"I will."
"So will I!"
"You already said that," sighed Severus clearly growing bored of their conversation.
James glared at the Slytherin for a few moments before rolling over and grabbing the journal he had brought and started to write.
Day 1 of my imprisonment
That bastard!
AN: And so the set up begins. Yes not that much different from the PG13 version I know, but hey, we can't just jump right into the fun stuff.
If you want fun stuff right away go check out Abduction by Lenore Darcy, (warning NC17, rape, none-con, multi-pairings, minors, drug use, Stockholm's, and gore. Really not for the faint of heart but if that didn't deter you then you are only a click and a skip away from Amazon).
If you want something light hearted (by my standards) go look at Shadow Board by Krit Chandler
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