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Chapter 3:
Ron sputtered incoherently, while pitching a fit at the sight of Snape in Gryffindor Tower . Severus managed to get the youngest Weasley male out the door as he closed it. He heard Minerva McGonagall calling all the students down to the common room, no doubt making the announcement about Harry's new position. Severus sauntered over the bed that contained a sleeping Harry.
"Ennervate…" Severus said as he pointed his wand to Harry's torso.
There was an insignificant suspension before eyelids fluttered open to divulge confused and weary, bright green eyes.
He looked up and emerald met onyx, "Professor?"
Under the bed covers, Harry was clenching his fists tight; he needed to cut; he needed to feel pain. He needed control, but he knew that he couldn't do it because Snape standing right over him.
"Harry…" The elder man said sympathetically to the boy, "I need you to follow me… I'll explain when we get there."
Harry, still slightly dazed from sleep and his mind was else where now, followed Severus Snape out of the tower and in to the halls of Hogwarts. As they walked Harry's mind pondered different questions.
How did I get to Hogwarts so fast? Why do I need to be with Professor Snape? Damn this could be a conspiracy by Voldemort or some thing… Ah well I'm going to die any way why not with a bang…
Harry rubbed his eyes tiredly for a second time as his naked feet met the smooth, cold, stone floor that was the dudgeons. He shivered and wrapped his arms around him self, rubbing them in an attempt to stay warm.
Severus led Harry to the portrait of Salazar Slytherin; he was in a study like setting and sulking over an assortment of books. He looked up at Severus and sighed slightly.
"I assume you want in? Password…" it sighing tiredly.
"Kittens" Severus retorted.
Harry raised an eyebrow at Snape as the portrait swung open granting admittance to the area. Severus walked in soon after Harry and Draco as he closed the door behind him. Draco disappeared to nowhere while Harry crossed the room and Snape took a seat in a squishy leather chair. A long chocolate brown couch faced toward the fireplace. Amid the couch and the fire was a coffee table at the head of Snape's recliner. It was then that he noticed Snape watching him.
"Sir?" Harry asked with a slant of his head.
"Take a seat Harry." Severus said motioning to the couch. He then turned his head toward an open door way, "Draco come here I need to talk to you."
Draco came into the room in his all-wonderful Malfoy splendor but it was slightly spoiled by the golden tabby kitten that he held in his arms that was just purring away. Harry snorted slightly at the silliness of it all.
Maybe I cut to deep last time Because this has to be an hallucination.
Draco took a seat next to Harry still stroking the kitten, his attention to his godfather. His eyes were doing their best to evade Harry's. He was still trying to grasp the perception that some one could hurt them self like that.
"Ok Harry, Draco, I'm going to explain some thing to both of you and I want neither of you to interrupt." Getting confirmation nods from a confused Harry and a slightly dazed Draco. Severus waved a strong locking spell on the only door out of the room, the portrait of Salazar. He put it down and turned his attention back on the two boys.
"Harry you and Draco are my charges. That means I'm your guardian in a sort that also means you do what I say. You are my charges until I tell the headmaster that you are ready to be on your own. Moreover, while you are under my charge you will not be attending classes. You will instead be learning from me.You two are to stay together if you go out of this room for any raison d'être. No matter what you two are to stay together constantly… I don't want to make a threat but let's just say the punishment will not be pleasing…" Severus looked over Harry and Draco. His godson was doing rather well but he could tell that the strokes he used to pet the cat with had gotten slower. Harry had become rigid and seemed to have frozen when he mentioned that he would not be leaving the room unaccompanied.
"Harry, the reason you are my charge this is what one would call suicide watch." He could practically see the knob switch on in Harry's mind.
The youthful boy jumped up, virtually ran to the door, and tried to open it; that is when the alarm started to take over him. His breathing quickened and his pulse became more desperate.
"That won't work Harry… I locked the door… Now take a seat…" Harry slowly slumped down to the floor and looked at his guardian, "Draco's here as well but for diverse reasons…. Now… I do believe we are through here, Draco why don't you show Harry to Princess and her new kittens. Then you can show him to your room. You better turn in early tonight were taking a hike tomorrow."
With that, Severus got up and left, going to his own room, he needed to think and he needed some thing strong. He walked over to his dresser where a bottle of Fire whisky sat. He sighed before he poured him self a glass. The liquid was lower then it was this morning. Draco no doubt had gotten in to his stash.
Harry looked over at Draco, "Dare I ask who Princess is?"
Draco smiled a little, "Severus's cat… He has a thing for cats for some reason or another. She had eight kittens not to long ago. This is one of them…" He held up the orange kitten it looked up at Harry tiredly before curling back into Draco. He chuckled a little and continued to pet the kitten until it purred.
Harry smiled slightly as Draco led him to another room, a study by the looks of it and then into a small cupboard. It was about as big as the cupboard under the stairs at the Dursley's but instead of a cot was a box with blankets lining the bottom of it and there were kittens. Inside the box were seven kittens, all sleeping in a large mountain of fur. Near the kittens was the mother.
Draco placed the orange kitten down and the mother eminently licked it before it joined its brothers and sisters in the mountain. "That's princess…." He said pointing at the cat. Princess was a sleek furred black and white cat with two-toned eyes. One a bright yellow and the other one a milky blue. "She has bad eye sight so Severus mostly keeps her here when the students are around; not to mention, I don't think he wants any one to know that he likes cats."
Harry nodded in understanding, "Malfoy where is our room?"
Draco looked up at him then pointed to a door across the hall from large black double doors that led to Severus' room. "We are both in there."
Harry nodded his thanks and went to his room to go to bed. It was a lot to take in for one day not to mention he was tired. Harry passed out freezing and tired still trying to grasp the events that had happened that night on his first night back home, back at Hogwarts. So Harry turned into a fitful sleep of nightmares and dreams.
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AN: Thank you for reading I'm going to put up a picture of Draco's kitten who has yet to be named Taking suggestions… and I will hopefully have a picture of it on my profile page as well. I will be writeing more about the cutting and angsty-ness in the next chapter… Severus forgot to lock the kitchen in his home… And the Name of Harry's knife is going to be Rose but you won't be meeting Rose for another few chapters because he didn't name the knife he got in the first chapter that's a different knife a kitchen knife from the Dursley's and well Severus took that away and has no attention to give it back and as to why Harry hasn't asked for the knife yet or thought about it is because he is in shock… And we will see more signs of physical shock here soon… And yes there will be a dream sequence in the next chapter
Thank you my betaer: grimreaperprincess666