Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter. That much should be obvious
Warnings: so this will be slash eventually. It will be Snarry. You do not have to read if you feel that you will not like it.
A/N so I am completely bored at work. And this is the outcome of that. I already have a half finished chapter for Ebony Jade but stopped in the middle of it and for some strange reason started this one. So I hope you enjoy it when it's finished.
Harry POV
He again found himself yelling with his godfather again.
"You are making a big mistake. How can you do this? They killed me!"
"You think I don't know this you imbecile. But think. Use the marauders brain I know you have. If he could start over, if he could change his views, think of all the lives that can be saved…"
"How can you possibly believe that? You father…"
"Don't you dare say that my father would do this! He's dead we have no clue what he would or would not do. I can't believe you would try to manipulate me in that way. "He threw a sticking charm at his godfathers portrait and scowled. " Sirius, I love you. I wouldn't have done the Adoption if I didn't, but if you ever try to manipulate me like Dumbledore has ever again. I will burn your portrait." Leaving the sticking charm in place he walked down the hall to his grandmother's portrait. She gave him a knowing look before opening and allowing him entrance.
Waving his wand the lamps around the room lit the work table. Walking over to the cauldron he looked at the purple mixture in the cauldron. He made sure the stasis spell was still in place before sitting at the stool and pulling a clean cauldron over to him. Sitting it on the burner, he poured water into it before turning the heat to low, waiting for the water to simmer. He walked over to the cabinet and pulled out dragon scales and doxy wings. Along with moonflower, powdered unicorn's horn and mandrake root. Walking back to the table, he almost missed the green glow of the fire. Almost being the key word. He didn't worry though. There was only one person that knew the password to his workroom.
He set the ingredients onto the flat surface before adding the powdered Unicorns horn to the simmering water. The mixture immediately started to boil but turned a grey color and thickened. Harry turned off the heat and grabbed the moon flower and his pestle. The figure walked towards the table as quietly as they could. Harry just removed the petals from the rest of the flower and ground them into a paste. He set the pollen into another jar and started chopping the mandrake root. He glanced at the cauldron and picked up the ladle. Stirring clockwise five times. The mixture stopped boiling and turned a silver color. The figure stood behind him. They were holding their breath. Harry moved back to the root making sure each piece was the same size. He dropped the prepared root into the cauldron and turned the heat back onto low.
"Draco." The figure behind him jumped. "You need to breathe sometime. Are you willing to help me?" The blond picked up the ladle and stirred the potion counter clockwise once than in a figure eight.
"Of course. You know Snape would lose it if he knew you could brew." Harry rolled his eyes. "By the way why do you need a concealment potion?" Harry watched the potion turn blue before dipping the scale into it 7 times. Draco then started stirring clockwise until the potion had a green sheen to it. He left it to simmer. Letting the potion from the scale dip into the moonflower paste, he began working the two together.
"Because your godfather will be coming over and I don't want him to see me until we have talked." He scrapped the mixture into the potion and allowed it to turn a cool green color. Taking it off the heat; they poured the potion into vials until there was no more in the cauldron.
"He is? How do you know he agreed?"
Harry shrugged and tapped his scar. "Scar head remember?" the stored the extra ingredients and potion before walking towards the exit. He had a single vial in his hand. Draco looked at the other cauldron and froze.
"Is that it?" Harry turned back to him and looked the potion.
"Yes. It is. It has one more stage before it can be completed. I have to wait for winter solstice before I can add the remaining two ingredients. And I don't even have them yet."
Draco looked at it for a moment longer. "And it will work?"
Harry smiled and pushed the portrait open. "Of course. Would you expect anything else?"
Draco followed. "And what are the other two ingredients? "
They walked to the kitchen and Harry pulled out the Lime Rickey from his freezer and two spoons from the drawer. They sat down at the table and both took a spoonful. "One item has to wait until I get back to Hogwarts. The other I need from him to make it work. "They looked at each other for a moment before they each took another spoonful.
"What are they?" creature popped into the room wringing his hands.
"Master Black Creature has a message from master Snape."
Harry put his spoon into the sherbet and looked at creature. "Go on creature."
"He says he will be here at noon master Black." Harry rolled his eyes and Draco sniggered.
"Thank you Creature. You did well." He looked at the clock and sighed. "Will you prepare tea for our guests?"
The elf bowed low "it would be a pleasure Lord." Harry grabbed the sherbet and walked towards the hall. Draco made and indignant cry before following. He waved his spoon at harry. "I was not done with that."
Harry walked across the hall and into the meeting area. He sat the confection onto the table before pulling the vial from his robes. He opened it and downed the liquid in one go. Draco watched as the hair became unruly. His features changed to more of the way they were before. He looked younger. Innocent. He looked more like a Potter. Sitting the vial on the table and picking back up his spoon he pulled an unhealthy amount of the cold confection from the carton and spooned it into his mouth.
"That stuff is vile. " Draco chuckled before getting more for himself. Creature popped into the room with the tea just as the wards to the manor announced someone wanting entrance. Harry cast a quick tempus. "Hmmm… punctual isn't he. Creature show our guest in." the elf bowed before popping out.
He looked at Draco. "So how shocked do you think he will be?"
Draco smirked around his spoon. Harry frowned at the carton of Sherbet. One that was significantly emptier than it was just minutes ago. He scowled at Draco and opened his mouth to reprimand Draco just the door opened. They both turned towards the elf at the door.
"Master Potter, Master Malfoy." He then bowed out and left the potion Master in the door way.
Harry shut his mouth and stood. "Good afternoon professor. Thank you for coming." The man's Ebony gaze moved from him to Draco. Then back.
"Good afternoon. What is that you are feeding my godson?" His eyes narrowed at the vial sitting on the table.
Harry turned back to Draco and smirked at him. Then looked back at Snape. He shrugged and then motioned for Snape to sit. "It's a ritual of ours. He pops up while I'm in my office. He tries to get one up on me and when it fails he eats all the sherbet." He looks back at the carton as the potion master sits. Then glared at Draco. "And this time isn't any different."
Snape watched as his godson smirked and waved his spoon at Potter. "I hadn't realized that the two of you could talk civilly without killing each other let alone voluntarily spend time together." Draco glanced back at Potter. A look passed between them. They both shrugged. Scowling he growled. "So what was this supposed proposition that couldn't wait until we resumed school?"
Harry picked up a cup of tea and passed it to the professor. "I am in possession of something I know you require." Snape's eyes narrowed and he placed the cup needlessly close to the empty vial. He leaned back steeping his fingers in front of his face.
"Oh? And what is it I require? And pray tell. How you have come by such information."
Harry vanished the empty carton and place sat back as he sipped his tea. "How I came by the information quite literally has nothing to do with you. As to what it is you need, well you must have come to the conclusion by now, as it has been a week that the task assigned is almost impossible." He watched as Draco sat back after picking up a cup and sighed. Snape's eyes glanced at Draco before turning back.
"I cannot recall any task assigned that you would know of. Let alone think I cannot solve." Ah he was now cautious. Good.
"Well than I suppose you don't want me to give you the solution. I will have creature go and banish the work now." Her snapped his fingers and watched out of the corner of his eyes as the potion master sat up straight.
"Don't play tricks with me you imbecile. You cannot possibly expect me to believe that you have what I'm looking for let alone know what I'm looking for. If you think I'm going to sit here and let you ridicule me in front of my god son then you are seriously mistaken." The potion master stood and started to glide towards the door.
"Creature please go and get the book I'm currently working out of from the lab." The man froze; and swiftly turned towards them again, as the elf popped out.
"What is this? Potter has a lab. I am surprised that you have managed to survive this long with that excuse you call a brain. And you." He turned towards his godson. "I am surprised that you have lowered yourself to sit here with someone who drools worse that an infant. Expect me to have words with your father; I don't expect he will take kindly to knowing his son is sharing secrets with Dumbledore's slave." He sneered at them before turning and walking towards the door. At that moment creature popped back in and handed the book to Harry.
Harry waved his hand at the door sealing it. "Professor I believe you may want to have a look at this." He waited for the man to stalk back to his char and grab the book he was holding out. He glanced at the table and noticed the vial was gone. Huh sneaky bastard. He watched as the man scanned the page the book was open to and visibly paled. He looked up.
Draco reached over and tapped Harry's head. "Scar head remember? I didn't need to tell him anything. Granted I didn't really know anything to tell him. He told me." Snapes eyes flicked between them and looked down at the book. His shoulders slumped.
"I assume this book was in the Black library?" his eyes focused again on harry.
Harry thought for a moment before leaning back and looking at the ebony eyes.
"No I got that book from my mother's vault. "
A/N so I'm going to end this chapter here and say until next time. Which hopefully will be soon. I don't know when I may update. As I'm working on several others. I hope this made sense. Let me know ehat you think.