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A/N: Now that I've started with the story I think this will get easier. Well, anyway here's the second chapter :D It might take awhile for me to post up a new chapter though. Enjoy!

Chapter 2: Arriving at Snape Manor

Harry woke up to the sound of pounding on the door. He rolled over and grabbed his glasses and placed them on. Slowly his eyes began to focus and Harry looked at the grandfather clock that was in the bedroom.

6:30 a.m.

'Bloody hell.'

"Mr. Potter you wake up this instant! I told you we're leaving early! Get your sorry behind off the bed and be ready in ten minutes!" Snape's voice boomed from the other side of the door.

"Alright I'm up!" Harry yelled back. This is not a good start; so early in the morning and they were already at each other's heads. Harry faintly heard Severus grumble and footsteps fading away.

Harry sat up and stretched his back. He looked down at the bed he slept on and jabbed a finger at it.

"This bed is as hard as if I was sleeping on a rock! How can Snape get such a bed?" Harry muttered to himself.

Throwing the thin duvet aside, Harry sat on the edge of the bed and slipped his feet into a pair of black slippers.

'At least Snape was nice enough to give me slippers…'

Reaching under his shirt, Harry scratched his abdomen lazily. Pulling his shirt down, Harry suddenly realized that there wasn't a bathroom in the room.

'Damnit I have to go out and ask the greasy git where it is.'

Harry walked to the door and opened it; he looked around the hallway and there were no signs of Snape anywhere. Harry stepped out and closed the door behind him and walked back to the living room of Snape's quarters.

"Professor? Professor Snape where are you?" Harry peeked into the kitchen and found the said professor leaning against the counter drinking a cup of coffee.

"Good morning to you too Potter." Snape said boringly; he took another sip of the hot coffee.

"Oh… Good morning sir." Harry muttered then promptly shivered. "Oh Merlin it's cold!"

"Yes Mr. Potter… If you haven't noticed I live in a dungeon. We're underground so of course it's cold." Severus turned away from Harry and began washing his cup.

"I know we're in a damn dungeon!" Snape waved his wand and his cup zoomed to a cupboard. Harry continued to rant. "I was wondering sir where the bathroom is. I need to freshen up before we leave."

Severus turned back to face the younger man. He eyed Harry skeptically.

"Did you get lost Potter? Or you just didn't see the bathroom right across your room?" Snape replied sarcastically.

"No Professor," Harry gritted his teeth. "I didn't have to time to search for it since you banged on my door and told me to hurry!"

"Whatever Potter. The bathroom is right in front of the room where you slept. Be quick, we're leaving in five minutes."

Harry turned on his heels and walked back to his room. True enough, the bathroom was right across the bedroom.

"I should really look at my surroundings more closely…" Harry mumbled to himself as he walked in and closed the door behind him.

Five minutes later, Harry emerged from the bathroom clearly freshened up. He trudged back to the living to find Snape sitting on the couch glaring at him with his arms crossed on his chest. He stood up when he saw Harry walking down the hall.

"Let's go Potter. I want to get to my manor early; I haven't been there for quite some time so I think we might need to clean things up a bit."

'Cleaning… Great. Bloody terrific.' Harry thought as he followed behind Severus to the door.

Just as he was reaching for his trunk, Harry's stomach gave a huge rumble. Harry's hand flew to the top of his tummy and rubbed it. Apparently Snape heard the sound as well.

"For goodness sake Potter!" Severus walked to his kitchen, scavenged around the pantry, and took out a blueberry muffin. He walked back to where Harry was standing, gaping at Severus the whole time. Snape shoved the muffin under Harry's nose.

"Take it." Harry took the muffin away from Severus' hand carefully; Snape rolled his eyes. "It's not poisoned Potter I assure you."

"I wasn't thinking that!" Harry retorted then took a bite from the soft muffin. "Thank you Professor." Harry looked away and continued eating.

Severus took out his wand and pointed it at Harry's trunk. Immediately it shrunk and Severus picked it up and put it in his pocket.

"Shall we get going?" Severus turned his onyx orbs at Harry; he was still munching away on the muffin happily. Snape let out a sigh.

"Huh? Oh sure. Yes… We can go." Harry said through a mouthful of muffin. "Do you want me to carry my own trunk?"

"No!" Severus was getting annoyed at the boy's slow reaction.

Harry popped the last bit of muffin into his mouth, chewed, and swallowed. He then looked up to his professor. Severus Snape was at least a good five inches taller than him. Harry found himself being stared at by his professor.

"Er… How are we going to get to your manor?" Harry somewhat shrank away from the piercing gaze of the black eyes.

"We're apparating there. Seeing how you've just learned how to do so, I would have to apparate us both. I don't want you to lose an arm or leg and have Dumbledore blame me for it." Snape said in an uncaring tone.

"Both of us? But-but that means I have to be--"

"Yes Mr. Potter you have to touch me so that I can get us both there in one piece." Severus turned to face the smaller man. Severus opened his arms as to tell Harry to come to him.

Harry gulped and walked over to the man slowly. Severus watched how slow Harry was moving and lost his patience.

"Hurry up Potter we don't have all day!" Snape barked.

Harry jumped a little and walked into Snape's opened arms. Severus let out another sigh above him.

"I'm sure you've hugged someone before Potter." Harry blushed when Snape said that. "Put your arms around me. The quicker you do this the quicker we can get there."

Harry slowly wrapped his arms around the Potions Master and closed the distance between himself and the older man. He pressed his cheeks onto Severus' chest and relished on the warmth it radiated. Harry can hear the soft thumping of the professor's heartbeat; Harry thought how the sound was soothing to his ears. With a jolt Harry realized what he just thought about; he felt heat rising up his face. It was a good thing that Snape couldn't see how flushed he was. Then Harry felt Snape placed an arm around his waist and tightened his hold.

"Ready Potter?" Snape asked. Harry nodded.

With a 'pop' both Severus and Harry disappeared with a puff of smoke. They were on their way to Snape Manor.

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Harry vaguely noticed that the pulling sensation of apparation had stopped and that his feet were finally touching solid ground. He didn't let go of Severus' waist until he felt long fingers gripping his shoulders and pushing him away from the warmth.

"We're here Potter. Now kindly remove your arms around my body." Snape drawled.

Harry released his hold as if he was burned. Harry then pulled on his shirt and looked down; the dirt ground never looked more interesting in his life. Harry only dared to look up when he heard the man walking away. Slowly Harry lifted his face and was shocked at what he was seeing. Standing before him was a huge manor. It was built in a way to look like an old castle.

'Oh fuckin shit! There must be at least ten dozen rooms in there! And I have to help him clean! CLEAN! I'll be spending most of the year cleaning… not learning.'

Harry walked up to the front of the manor in a daze. Even in his sluggish state Harry noticed a sort of loneliness draping over the whole manor. That can be due to the fact the castle stood alone in a vast piece of land. Sure there was a huge green lawn, some flora here and there, but it was… lonesome.

"Mr. Potter are you done promenading in the front lawn?" Snape's voice sounded so far away to Harry.

Harry shook his head and picked up his pace to reach the waiting Potions Master. Snape opened the front door and walked inside with Severus right behind. He began telling Harry the layout of the manor.

"To the left is the living room, you'll find books of all kinds in there, so I guess you can call it the library of sorts." Snape walked down the hallway and pointed to the right. "Here you'll find the dining room and the kitchens. I probably have to stock up on food."

Harry walked behind the professor as Severus continue pointing and noting out what Harry shouldn't touch, which was basically everything. Harry looked to his left and saw the living room and the said books. Snape was right, Harry can call it the library if he wanted to. Harry stopped a few feet behind Severus when he saw the older man stop. Said man turned around and looked at Harry with a drilling stare.

"Continue down this corridor and you'll find yourself facing a large staircase. That staircase will lead you to the sleeping rooms. Follow me and I'll show you were you will be staying for the rest of the year."

They continued walking when indeed they came to a large stairway. Harry grasped the railings as he walked up the stairs; the rails were carved cherry wood and it had a nice color to them. When they reached the top of the stairs Severus turned left and Harry was faced with at least a dozen doors.

"It might take some time before you remember which room is which since they pretty much all look the same." Snape paused; Harry glanced at the all the doors in the hallway.

"However, the door to your room Mr. Potter, has a serpent design on it; it's the only door with that design so I'm sure you won't miss it unless you really are blind." Severus sneered.

Harry let out a growl. "Don't worry Professor… I won't miss it."

Severus smirked before continuing. "My bedroom is all the way at the other end. I think you would like that wouldn't you? To be far away from me as possible. I think that's rather a good idea myself."

Anger bubbled inside Harry, but he remained silent. Harry walked to the door with the serpent on it and stood in front of it.

"Can I have my trunk?"

Snape reached inside his pocket and took out the shrunken luggage. He placed it on the floor and said the counter spell; the trunk grew to it's original size. Harry took the handle and hauled the heavy thing with him. Snape began walking down to his own room.

"Rest if you want, but meet me at the dining room at one o' clock sharp. We'll have a quick lunch then we are going to start cleaning the laboratory." Snape said without turning to look at the green eyed teen. "Good day Mr. Potter." Snape swept into one of the rooms on the other end of the hallway and Harry heard the door closed.

"Yeah… Good day and good riddance." Harry muttered; he opened the door to his own room and walked inside.

Harry pulled the trunk and placed it next to what seem to be the closet. Opening the doors proved Harry's deduction to be correct. Harry popped open his trunk and began to take out his clothing and other belongings. After ten minutes of hanging and folding his clothes and putting them inside the walk-in closet, Harry took his other belongings, which are mostly just book, quills, parchment, his wand, and other minor things, and put them all on the desk that was in a corner of the room. Harry then went to his bed and sat on it and was surprised to find it soft and bouncy, unlike the one he slept on the night before down at the dungeons.

"I guess Snape can have good tastes if he wanted to." Harry murmured as he smoothed his hands over the bedspread.

Harry moved to the middle of the bed and laid his head on the soft pillow. Harry let a sigh and draped his arms over his forehead. He stared at the green curtains hanging around the four poster bed.

"Might as well rest before Snape make me work my arse off."

Harry closed his eyes and let sleep take over.

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A/N: okay chapter two is finished :D So now Severus and Harry are officially at the manor. You can only guess what would happen later on hehe. Please Review:)