Thank you notes

Severus Snape was proud of his Slytherins. They were always together and showed a united front to the whole world irrespective of their internal differences, not that they had any! Severus made sure of that… All his Slytherins got along necessarily well, and took care of their own…. And so he was proud of them.

But the sight that greeted him today was completely unexpected. A bunch of younger Slytherins were sitting in a corner, writing away something while the older Slytherins were glaring at the so called slytherin prince, Draco Malfoy.

The blonde was currently sulking in an armrest looking for anyone who would defend him. Unfortunately for Severus , that duty fell to him if he wanted to continue teaching at Hogwarts. Inspite of getting chucked as the member of the Board of Hogwarts, thanks to Harry Potter, Lucius Malfoy still influenced the school, and it would'nt be healthy to be on his bad side.

So he braced himself for another round of unnecessary argument and said in his most authoritative voice "What Mr. Witherspoon is so importannt in that parchment, that you've failed to acknowledge the presence of your head of house?" he asked knowing full well that none of the students could have noticed him in that place.

Draco Malfoy, assuming that Severus hadn't noticed him, quickly put up his 'little angel' façade and crooned "He is a traitor sir. He is going against the house rules and fighting with responsible Slythrins."

"No sir. I have done nothing of the sort."the second year replied fearfully. Severus summoned the parchment which was the centre of attention of the whole house and read its contents…

To say Snape was surprised was an understatement. It read…..

"Dear Harry,

Thank you very much for helping me. I was feeling very hopeless when the dementors came. If it wasn't for you I would'nt be able to make it to Hogwarts hale and hearty. We also appreciate that you didn't care about house predjudices in our time of need…..

The fifth year prefect took it upon himself to explain the situation …

"It happened on the train sir. Malfoy pushed out all of them in order to save his hide from the dementors. Witherspoon was shivering like hell and we didn't know what to do. Then Potter came out and fed him chocolate…."

Pansy Parkinson intervened "they were writing a thank you note to him and it did not settle well with Mr. Iam-so-rich-and-you-lick-my-boots, and is sulking."

"but he is a Gryffondor"protested Malfoy "Slytherins and Gryffondors are must not thank them. If my father…..

"Your father can go to hell Malfoy! Potter didn't give a damn about house rivarly when he helped one of us and we will not too!" interjected a furious Blaise Zabini.

"It's because of me Harry went to hospital wing. He gave me his chocolate else he would've been fine!" said Witherspoon.

"Enough!" shouted Severus. "I assure you Mr. Potter is fine. I am very disappointed in all of you. My slyterins do not fight with each other. Mr. Witherspoon you may send your letter tomorrow though I doubt he's expecting one. Detention Mr. Malfoy for putting your housemates in danger. Straight to beds all of you " he ordered.

All the students hurried to obey. Snape could hear Malfoy grumbling"wait till I tell my father…" but he couldn't care less.

Why did Potter help his snakes? Severus did not know….

~~~~~~tbc~~~~~~