Chapter 3 – Strange Allies

As Harry walked to the Slytherin common room he thought of the many ways he could get Malfoy back for years of torment. 'I could turn him... Nah. Oooh I could, no no that's too nice and too easy to stop. Maybe if I, damn this is really hard.'

Harry finally got to the long, bare, damp stone wall that was the entrance to the common room. Once there he finally realized that he didn't know the password to get in. 'Oh well someone will use the entrance soon.'

Oh how wrong he was.

An hour later

'Seriously I bet every other fucking night they come in and out like fucking bees. But nooo not tonight when I need them. Harry thought sourly as he travelled back down the dark corridor. 'Oh god I actually need a Slytherin. How low have I have fallen.'

As Harry reached the potions class room and wearily looked inside. He saw a very pissed off Potions Master that kept mumbling under his breath with the occasional snicker. Harry then felt a very cold rush of fear to what Snape was going to do to him. 'I hope it's not fatal I like my life plus I'm too young to die.'

Suddenly an idea pop into Harry's head a somewhat crazy idea but it could keep him alive. Well at least from Snape.

Harry boldly walked in to the classroom and took off the cloak. He waited a couple minutes till Snape stopped snickering. He didn't want to get a hex and knowing Snape it would be a nasty one.

"Professor," Harry started and Snape jumped up startled. "I was wondering if ummm… how do I say this." "Well spit it out Potter, I'm tired of you interrupting me all night."

"Ok I was just wondering if you could help me with a project."

"Is there a reason I have help you don't you have the know-it-all to help or better yet your own head of house?" He sneered.

"Well professor I need someone who won't seem like a person that would normally talk to me... or like me."

You could see Snape getting interested if only by the slight raise of his eyebrow.

"You see I wanted to show some people the error of their ways and have some fun at the same time."

Now you can positively see Snape's intrigue and his mind on overdrive you could almost see the steam coming from his ears.

"Ok Potter what do you want from me and what do I get?"

"For starters I would like the password to the Slytherin common room. In regards to what you get I think you could borrow the cloak for your own project. Also I would like to be each other alibis."

Snape was having wonderful daydreams of what he could do to Umbitch.

"Very well I hope you like detention." Snape said with a very strait face.

"Oh crap Snape turned on me already… well at least I've got blackmail."

"Unless, you can think of a better reason to have to be in my classroom after hours?" This was said with the trade mark eyebrow raise.

"Oh thank Merlin I thought I was actually going to have detention."

"You won't really get detention unless you get caught and if you do your on your own."

"Now that's not very nice and besides you wouldn't want me to tell the whole school about you and Lucius Malfoy." (Insert evil smirk here)

Snape visibly paled when this was said. (Which is saying a lot)

"It was a joke Potter you don't have to say unnecessary things." You could see the sweat pouring down his face at the threat.

Harry was mentally doing a little dance. 'I've got Snape cornered but I still can't get that metal picture out of my head.'

"Anyway I still need that password."

"If I tell you will please stop talking about Lucius?"

"Fine," he said with a sigh "but it would be a great thing for a prank on Malfoy."

Snape pinched the bridge of his nose in annoyance. "No, and the password is Fire whiskey."

"Seriously that's all it is Fire whiskey."

"Yes seriously I was bored and wanted a drink and made the password fire whiskey." 'Besides,' Snape thought 'Its not like he has to know it was by accident.'

'Snape drinks and has *shudders* he is almost like a real person.'