Secrecy X

Disclaimer: Do Not Owe Harry Potter!

Warning: boy/boy (Harry/Severus) Do Not Read If This Offends You.

"Well! Look who's back!" A voice exclaimed as soon as Harry and his friends had entered the Transfiguration classroom.

Harry tries to ignore the stares and the whispers that were directly at him, but couldn't as he stared at the one person who had started the whole fiasco.

"Why are you looking at me Potter? I hope you don't fancy me or else your boyfriend might jump me!" Draco said with a sneer and a chuckle as his cronies laughed.

"You little ferret! I hope you get detention for starting these ridiculous rumors!" Hermione said as she surprised everyone that was surrounding Draco.

Draco laughed, "what are you going to do, you filthy mudblood?" He asked.

"I'm going to do this," Hermione said as before anyone could stop her, she punched Draco on the nose with all her might.

"The mudblood punched me!" Draco cried surprised making all the Gryffindors laughed while the Slytherins stared at them.

"What's going on here?" A sudden stern voice asked making everyone stopped what they were doing as each and one of them turned around and saw Minerva McGonagall standing by the entrance of the classroom as she look back and forth between everyone.

She walks towards to the middle where all the attention was as she stopped abruptly as she looked to where Draco was standing. "Mr. Malfoy, why is your nose bleeding?" She asked unhappily as Draco was trying to hold the blood coming out of his nose by pinching the bridge of it.

Draco was about to say something but was interrupted by Harry, "I was the one who punched him Professor," Harry said without a glance at Hermione.

Everyone looked at each other surprised, "that's not true!" A voice called out that had came from the Slytherin side of the room.

Minerva ignored the voice as she trusts all of her Gryffindors. "I'm disappointed in you Mr. Potter," she said as Harry nodded slowly. "Mr. Malfoy, I suggest you should go to the infirmary to have that check by Madame Pomfrey. Mr. Weasley, go and escort him there," Minerva said as Ron was about to protest but the look on her face made him want to go with him as the two left.

"Mr. Potter, go and see the headmaster. I trust you enough to get there by yourself. I'll be contacting him so that he'll know that you'll be coming," Minerva said as Harry nodded and he left without looking back or saying another word.

Harry enters the office quietly as he looks up from where he was staring at the ground and he saw Severus waiting for him as he sat on the chair with a stern look on his face. "Minerva just fire-called me," he began as Harry sat at the chair in front of him.

"What did she say?" He asked slowly as he looks at him as if thinking he might know the truth since he wasn't the one who had punched Draco on the nose.

"That there was an incident in the Transfiguration classroom. Harry, I think she knew who'd done it. Even I know it was Ms. Granger who had done it. But tell me, why'd you take the blame for it?" Severus asked.

"Friends stick up for one another if the other one is in trouble. It wouldn't look good on Hermione if she was the one being sent up here on her accord," Harry said with a slight smile.

"Ms. Granger has to go to detention some time Harry," Severus replied.

Harry shrugged, "I just don't want to ruin her reputation," he said.

"What reputation?" Severus asked as he raised his eyebrows at him.

"For a perfectly good attendance with no detentions," Harry said with a smile.

Severus nodded slowly, "well, since you are here and she's not, you have to have the detention. Transfiguration isn't over until lunch, so I think that you should stack these files in alphabetical order. The contents on the paper is sealed so you won't be able to read the writing besides the name on top," Severus said as he gave Harry a load of papers to do.

Harry glared at him, "what are all these papers for anyway?" He asked.

"The Ministry of Magic. Each and one of them represents a department," Severus explained.

"Including the Hall of Prophecy?" Harry asked eagerly.

Severus nodded, "I think that's all you have to know. So start until I tell you to stop," he said as Harry nodded and he started.

"Severus?" He asked after awhile as Severus looked at him, "have you spoken to Lucius yet?" He asked.

Severus shook his head, "no. I'll speak with him during lunch," he said as Harry nodded and they continued to what they are doing without saying a word to one another.

TBC...

Me: Well, Mirror, Mirror Hogwarts is extremely delayed. Right now, I just did a new one-shot in the Star Wars category and I'm doing a new short story of it as well. Check out my two latest story. It's based on Anakin/Obi-Wan slash.

Harry: Will be onto the next chapter soon.

Severus: hopefully the authoress won't cancel Mirror, Mirror Hogwarts.

me: Hopefully I won't.

Lucius: Review and update.