Chapter 10: The Prank and Potions

Notes: Hello lovelies and welcome to chapter 10! :) I am sorry for the delay . there is something wrong with the upload of docs. Soo I kinda of cheated and took an old one of mine that was already uploaded and put chapter in it~ anyways I do apologize I do hope they do fix it soon!

It was the first day of classes and Harry found himself awake way before anyone else, his dream but a faint memory now. Not wanting to wake anyone up, Harry made his way to the common room and took a seat next to the roaring fire, on the cold leather sofa. He had just began reading when a shadow passed over him, he looked up to see Severus looming over him.

"Why am I not surprised to see you awake?" Severus asked, an eyebrow raised at the younger male.

"Good morning to you too, sir. What can I do for you?" Harry asked, unsure what to call Severus now that they were at Hogwarts.

Severus had to hide the smile that tried to make its way to his face. "Well, two things really. One, I was wondering if you would like to restore eyesight to your left eye."

Harry looked at his professor in shock not many people knew that he was blind in his left eye, he thought that he hid it well enough.

"I noticed when we were in Diagon Alley, you always seemed to jump when something unknown passed on that side." Harry sighed, and nodded in acceptance of what Severus said. "And two, tell you to come by my rooms tonight, Levi grew restless when he did not see you last night."

Harry grinned a little. "I would be elated if my sight could be restored, I have dealt with this for a few years, unable to see…" Harry didn't care to elaborate at how he had lost his eyesight, but Severus got the idea, "and if you would allow me to visit of course."

Severus forced a frown away. "if you allowed me", words that were beaten into Harry over many years. He always needed someone to say what was okay and not okay. There where small moments where it seemed like Harry was a child, but most of the time he acted way older then he should.

"Harry of course you're allowed, if you weren't, I wouldn't have invited you." Harry opened his mouth to reply, but closed it when a shuffle of feet indicated that someone had entered the common room. They turned and saw Gemma coming into the common room, dressed and ready for the day, but not quite awake yet.

"Good morning Gemma," Severus said, watching the young witch jump into full alertness.

"Good morning Sir, it is unusual to see you this early in the morning!" Gemma exclaimed, greeting her Head of House.

"As you know, I think this is the first time I have ever seen you awake this early," Severus smirked when Gemma lowed her eyes and blushed.

"Harry, Gemma I hope that you have a good morning and I will see you at breakfast," Severus said, and walked out of their common room. Gemma slumped, her alertness leaving all at once, making her a walking zombie once again.

Harry chuckled at the sight. "Good morning Gemma, I hope that you slept well," he said sweetly; he already viewed the girl as an older sister that he could look up to.

"Good morning to you too Harry, I'm surprised that a first year like you is awake." Harry's eyes grew dark at the statement, but it wasn't Gemma's fault.

"Yeah, I guess you can say that I'm used to waking up early." Or not getting any sleep at all.

It was long before the rest of the Slytherin's began to rise for the day, some already dressed, others still in the nightgowns. Harry took that moment to go back to the first year's dorm and get ready for the day. Most of the other first year boys where still asleep with the exception of Theo, who was digging through his trunk; the others consisted of Draco, Blaise Zabini, Gregory Goyle, and Vincent Crabbe, the girls where Pansy Parkinson, Daphne Greengrass, and Millicent Bulstrode.

"Good morning Theo," Harry whispered as he made his way to his trunk, "I was wondering when one of you would get up."

Theo let out a soft chuckle, "Good morning Harry, I see that you are an early riser. The others can sleep all day for all I care, I have classes to attend." Harry just smiled at Theo, before gathering his newly acquired robes and taking it to the bathroom to change. Harry was changed and ready for the day, and was surprised to see everyone was still asleep. Theo had already made his way to the common room, leaving the others to sleep. Harry smiled wickedly, and stepped out to the common area in search of someone.

"Hey Theo, have you seen Gemma?" Theo cast a quick look up at Harry, able to see a plan going on in his head.

"I think she went to her dorm right quick, but should be back shortly. Why?" If Harry was going to do something, he was either going to be a part of it or be long gone.

"Well I want to know if a spell exists, and if it is okay if I use it." Harry explained innocently, before taking a seat and waiting for Gemma.

Theo thought for a moment, the wheels going off in his head trying to figure out what Harry was up to, in the middle of a thought Gemma stepped into the room, and Harry jumped off the couch.

"Gemma! I have a question." Harry said, looking a Gemma with a no longer innocent smile.

"Harry, what is it?" Gemma asked, looking at the smaller first year.

"I was wondering if you knew a spell that causes a loud sound, say like firecrackers." Harry asked, "And if you do, can I possible use it in the dorm?"

Gemma smiled and laughed at the younger wizard, seeing his plan even though he did not specifically say what it was. "Of course Harry I know a spell, and I can say that if you do, I will not get you in trouble, but you might want to run as fast as possible for breakfast."

Harry smiled up at Gemma, nodding. Gemma leaned down and whispered the spell into Harry's ear, and a second later Harry was running off back to the dorms where un-expecting victims where. Theo just watched in amusement, and a reminder that he never want to be on the receiving end of Harry's pranks. It was only a minute later before explosion sounds where going off in the dorm and Harry running out laughing. Some of the older years looked on, laughing at the younger years as they scrambled out of the dorm screaming.

"I'm sorry Draco, but you guys weren't going to get up without that," Harry said, still laughing from this morning. Draco and the others, besides Theo, were still mad at Harry for what he had done and were giving him the cold shoulder. Of course, Harry knew what he might be facing when he did what he did, but did it anyways, so of course it didn't hurt him that much. The twins were more than proud when their kitten told them of what he did this morning, and prouder because they never thought of doing that. Harry gave them permission to use his prank, then took his seat at the Slytherin table and even put a little bit of food upon his plate. Even though he had been living with Severus for the summer, it was still drilled into his head that he couldn't eat unless explicitly told he could, but he was slowly getting better. Severus tried many times to get him to eat more, but the boy always shut down so he began hiding nutrition potions in his drink.

"Whatever Harry," was Draco's reply, before turning to his own breakfast scowling at his friend, still peeved that he had such a rude awakening. Of course it was just morning and he had all day to forgive Harry, but Draco would be getting him back for making a Malfoy act like such a fool in front of so many others.

Breakfast was almost over by the time Severus started to hand out the times tables to each of the Slytherin's, talking to a few students about their choices and moving on.

"Harry, Draco, here are yours, please do not be late to any class or there will be consequences." Severus said, looking between the two, "Other than that, keep your grades up, and if you ever have any trouble ask your fellow house members, or even the teacher of the subjects for pointers."

Both boys nodded at the advice, before taking their schedules for their first year at Hogwarts. All the first years had the exact same classes and days since they didn't have the choices of electives just yet; so they said that they would work together as often as they could. Both the boys and the girls in their first year had already grown a strong bond with one another, and would help one another no matter what. Harry couldn't wait for his first week of school, and was looking forward to certain classes. Also the aspect of having people there looking after him was something new to him, and something that he would never change for the world.

Later in the afternoon Harry made his way to the Potion classroom, the halls down in the dungeons were cold and damp, the stagnant air that filled his lungs brought unwanted dust and mildew with it. The deeper he went into the dungeons, the more it felt like he could not escape, he hated this feeling, but it also held a safe feeling to it, one that he only ever found in his cupboard. After what seemed like hours roaming the halls, he found the classroom he was looking for, he paused for a moment before lifting his tiny fists to the rather thick wooden door; he knocked a total of three times to indicate his presence, each knock seemed to have a thunderous echo that you would have thought to wake the dead in the silent halls.

"Come in," He heard Severus call. He pushed the door open to reveal the potions room. It was his first time in the room as he hadn't had Potions yet. There were station like work areas that severed as the sitting for the class, each bench could have two groups of two at each, working together, and a sink in between them. There were also potion ingredients and strange looking animals in the jars on either side of the classroom to give it an ominous feeling to it.

"Good evening sir," Harry said, after looking at everything that the room had to offer, his eyes downcast still afraid to look at people after all the years that he had spent with his "family". A hiss from the corner of the room had Harry turning his head in time to see Levi slithering into the room.

Young Hatchling I think we need to talk about no visit yesterday the snake said to Harry, looking very pointedly at the young boy.

"I am sorry Levi, but it was just a long day after everything, and you know I told you that I wouldn't be able to talk to you that often." The boy said to the snake. The on looking man couldn't help but smirk when he saw the young boy scolding a snake that could easily eat him.

Said snake turned his golden gaze upon the large stroke like man, if he hadn't helped his hatchling, he would have been eaten by now. The snake turned back to his human, he was disappointed in the child seeing as he had forgotten something important, Child do you forget the bond that we share, that allows us to talk without seeing? You did while stuck, and it works the same as now, I do expect to hear from you at least once a day, and see you at least once a week, the stroke man over there has said he would help.

Harry giggled at the name Levi gave Snape, "Yes Levi I will try."

The snake gave a nod at the younger wizard, the cast a glance at the older before slithering back out into the darkness of the castle. It had seemed that the castle has welcomed Levi with her magic, and was allowing him free roam of the castle as long as he didn't try to harm any of the people that where in her walls, at the same time creating pathways for him to move about.

Severus now stood before the young boy, his hands clasped behind his back as he looked at him. Harry tried his best not to cower like he did when his uncle looked upon him in such a manner, but found it hard. Severus tried his best not to scowl, he could tell by his fidgeting that Harry was doing his best not to run and hide. This was all the fault of the muggles, and scowling would only serve to make Harry believe it was his own fault.

"Now Harry, about what I talked to you this morning, I have a potion that I have been brewing for you to restore your eyesight, now it isn't going to complete heal eyesight that has been lost, and you will still need the glass to correct the problem. If you do wish full eyesight, we can look into taking you somewhere that has a specialist, who can better examine the damage and determine what they could do for you." The man paused a moment, "There is one more thing that I would like for you to take as well as, a nutrition potion." The boy looked on in shock at what he was hearing.

"Sir, I would really like that, but I would have no way to pay you back until, I got more money from the bank." Harry said, wanting to get the potion, but at the same time feeling bad that his professor was going through all this trouble for him when he couldn't give him anything.

"Harry, you do not have to pay me back for any of this, the eyesight potion is easy to make, as well as the nutrition potion which many kids take. The nurse would likely give you the same one, but I would prefer that you take mine instead." He removed a vile from his sleeve and showed it to Harry. "This is the eyesight restoring potion, you take it once and it will help your eye. You might feel some discomfort in your eye, maybe a little stinging. It should last no longer than one hour." Snape said as he studied the boy.

Harry couldn't keep the smile off his face at the hope of being able to restore his sight in his left eye. "Yes sir, thank you very much." The boy said, but made no move to collect the potion afraid that this was all just a joke and that his professor will say that he can't have it and walk out. Snape held the vile out to the boy, noting how cautiously he took it, then led him to the study where he could lie down after taking it. The boy was more than jubilant at the hopes of having his eyesight back, but quickly settled down for the long tasking hour.