Gunning Down Romance

DaggersBloodPain

A/N I have decided that yes this is going to be a slash story but no it will not be between Severus and Harry I want them to have a mentor type relationship.

Chapter Four

Control

Finally, he was free! The headaches that had been plaguing him since the change had receded to the point it was safe for him to wonder around the castle. He had taken to carrying the Marauders map with him and his invisibility cloak so he could explore the castle and avoid teachers if he was in a place he knew he shouldn't be.

The castle seemed so different with his new senses. He could smell the mildew in the dungeons, the dust in the library, and the food cooking in the kitchens. He could hear the water dripping in the pipes, and the sound of Myrtle's wailing from three floors away. He was curious about everything and got himself into quite a few close scrapes during the first few days of exploring.

The only thing he didn't like was they insisted on him staying in the infirmary at night so someone could watch over him. He tried to be as quiet as possible when he came back from his dirtier explorations but the nurse kept catching him and he received a lecture every time. He knew she was just worried something would happen to him and with the castle this empty it would take awhile for anyone to find him.

He was half worried in her exasperated state she would either impose boundaries or confine him to the infirmary once more. What she did come up with was far worse, and effectively made it impossible for him to wander around as he wished.

"Harry could you wait a moment please?" He heard Poppy request and he stopped in his tracks.

"What do you need?" He asked carefully knowing he wasn't going to like what came next.

"I have spoken with the other teachers and you will not be wandering around unsupervised any longer. You may go to the Library or to any teacher's office alone, but only if you warn both me and the teacher in question first. If you do not show up where you said you would they will call me and we will search the castle for you. If you must go to another place you will be shadowed by a professor." She warned.

He felt his jaw drop at the restrictions. That was far worse than he thought it would be.

"Oh don't give me that look. We couldn't risk you getting hurt again. We need to know where you and that you are safe at all times. I know how much you like to wander and I am sorry for stopping you but it is for the best." She stopped talking when she realized she no longer had an audience, Harry had run out of the infirmary in the middle of her speech.

He sped through the halls without aid of cloak or map. He was so irritated with his professors he didn't care to hide at this point. He was just trying to burn enough energy he didn't explode when the first teacher found him, and he knew he would if they found him in this state. Dodging through corridors, he ignored the annoyed grumbling of the portraits in his haste.

Where did they get off with controlling him? Didn't they realize he was only in this state because of their control? If they were doomed to repeat their mistakes, he sure as hell wouldn't be there to reap the consequences once more. He was already half cat damn it how much more of his humanity did they plan on stripping away? His sanity was certainly not going to hang in there if they continued their controlling ways that's for sure.

He hadn't even realized just where his feet had taken him.

"You couldn't even follow the rules set down for your own protection? You are even more like your father than I thought." Snape's voice cut into his sensitive ears and he stopped his internal rant to realize the imposing professor was right in front of him.

"Forgive me Professor," He started in with mock respect, "if you were nearly killed and turned into half-a-cat by following the rules set for 'your own good' you would be wary of following those rules again."

"Even if that were true you will still follow the rules set down by your superiors." Snape responded harshly just adding fuel to Harry's anger.

"Oh just stop it with the holier than thou speech. I know you obviously didn't follow the rules either, and you have the gall to tell me what I can and can't do. Oh and for the last fucking time I AM NOT MY FATHER!" Harry ended up screaming not being able to control his hot temper anymore. "I NEVER EVEN KNEW HIM! WHERE IN THE HELL DID YOU GET IT IN YOUR HEAD I WOULD BE A REPLICA OF SOMEONE I. HAVE. NEVER. MET?" Harry spelled out angrily.

Severus was having trouble controlling his own temper. "You will not speak to a professor in such a manner. I refuse to allow you to run around wild any longer. Since no one else seems to realize your feral nature I will have to take care of it myself. You will follow me or the consequences will not be pleasant!" He was too angry to realize threatening someone who had obviously endured a lengthy period of abuse was probably not the best way to insure cooperation

Harry was abruptly pulled from his anger and switched to fear. His first instinct was to run away and he had just moved to do so when Severus grabbed him by the collar of his robes anticipating the move. He clenched his teeth and with fire dancing in his emerald eyes he followed his potion's professor back to the infirmary, a firm hand grasping the back of his robes the whole trip.

"I found him Poppy, and I have decided the infirmary is not where Potter needs to be. If you could point me towards Potter's things I will be moving him to the dungeons, with me." Severus spoke respectfully to the Hogwarts matron even as he kept a firm grip on the now violently twisting boy.

"Why Severus, you don't like the boy?" She asked shocked even as she started to mindlessly pack Harry's thins into his trunk.

"That's right, and that is what he needs right now. I have warned you before you have been too soft with him. He does not understand the difference between wrong and right. This needs to be corrected if there is ever going to be any hope for the boy." He answered her succinctly and he knew he had shocked the boy as he had stopped his struggles momentarily.

With his answer she shrunk the trunk and passed it to the potion's master. Severus was nearly out of the infirmary before she spoke again, and it was just a quiet whisper. "Don't hurt him Severus."