Saturday morning bright and early Severus was expecting Ron and Dean for the first of their week worth of detentions. On the weekend he planned on them being nice and long. He had sent word to Molly about her son's atrocious behaviour. She had not sent one of her customary howlers but he had a feeling she might be waiting until Monday when the entire school would be awake to hear it. Molly was as bad as Lucius' father for sending howlers. He knew Molly as well as the twins and Charlie had all sent word to Harry assuring him of their continued support. Katie and Fred's fast actions he assumed. If he was not mistaken Charlie was dating one of Harry's old quidditch buddies, he assumed Oliver for he was under the impression the twins were dating the chasers still. He shook his head trying to figure out how he suddenly had any interest or knowledge of the red heads. His little mate seemed to be rubbing off on him.

Ron and Dean decided it seemed to piss him off even more by showing up five minutes later then they had been told. He had been planning on keeping them only till lunch but now it seemed he would be keeping them until dinner time now.

He looked at the boys. "For your late arrival you will be coming back after lunch and if late again after lunch you will have to stay all day tomorrow as well."

Ron looked ready to say something but Dean elbowed him in the ribs and asked. "Where are the cauldrons you need cleaning sir?"

He bit back a comment about the rudeness of that comment and about no apology for being late. He did not plan on losing any more of his weekend then he had to. He was to have dinner with his mates tonight and he definitely had no intention of missing it and spending the evening watching over these two little fools. He was going to make sure by the end of the week worth of detentions that these brats thought twice about ever laying a hand or anything else on his little one.

He motioned the boys to follow. "Unfortunately for you boys I had the elves clean my cauldrons before I knew I had detention."

Ron faked a groan. "I am so disappointed. I mean who would not want to spend Saturday working on cleaning cauldrons?"

Severus turned to him. "You might change your mind when you find out what I have in mind for the two of you to do this weekend. Now follow me."

He led the two down deeper into the school. Few students realized these were not the true or at least the deepest dungeons. The only part of the used school this low was the kitchen and laundry but they were accessed from another part of the school. This is where the troll had been let in and it was damp and worse then the chamber really for it had never been kept up by anyone. It was a mix of old dungeon cells and an aqueduct that led to the underground springs which had powerful magically warded gates as strong as the wards around the school. The only reason the troll got in was because Quirell had opened the wards down to let it in.

Ron looked around with a shiver reminded of the chamber. "What are we doing down here?"

Severus smiled. "You will get to know this place well over the next week. It is the source of many ingredients that I use for potions."

Though it was true he never collected them. He always went to the apothecary. He would never have actually come down here and collected the items. It definitely was not a job that he would have enjoyed doing. And since the school paid for all of his potions supplies he had never felt the need to harvest them himself since he had started teaching at least. But this was a good way of making these two brats think twice of not only how they treated Harry but also Dennis as well.

He handed them a bucket and pointed towards the former cells. "There is fungus which grows in there thank to the old blood, which I need for pain relievers."

Dean looked into the room and at the fungus. "They are all slimy and disgusting. You have to at last give us gloves or something."

He thought for a moment and produced them some bright pink feathery glove. "There you go and make sure not to squeeze to tight or you'll stink for a week."

The fungus had lovely little smells to them that muggle students had compared in the past to being sprayed by skunks. They used the fungus in the last term of seventh year potions class but when they were dead they did not even smell half as bad. If they smelled like skunks when dead and being chopped they would smell like a dozen and he was sure the boys would be given a wide berth from their classmates for days if they got sprayed. He settled down with a book after casting charms to keep himself dry and knew that he would enjoy this. He gave them too much credit when he thought they could last till probably after lunch before they got so disgusted they did something foolish and burst one of the fungus but they lasted only three hours. He let them go to Poppy for something to help with some of the aroma but he had them right back after lunch. By the time he headed for dinner he was enjoying detention more then ever before.

Lucius could not hide his laugh after dinner when the three of them sat on the couch together, Harry as usual drawn close to Lucius and away from him. He saw a small smile though on Harry's face when he heard what Severus had done to two of his tormentors.

Severus gently brushed a hand across Harry's face. "They will learn by the end of the week at the least what they get when they mess with our beloved mate."

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Hermione and the other lions were sitting in their common room the next weekend. Well those they did not consider traitors that was. Hermione knew her boyfriend was on the verge of doing something crazy. He had been replaced on the quidditch team by Dennis and Collin had been chosen as seeker over Ginny. Ginny had still made chaser but she had been so sure she would make seeker. Not to mention the detentions and the howler which Ron had received from his mother, as well as lovely letters from most of his older brothers including the twins though no pranks this time in them. She was all up for some fun but Hermione thought they needed to be a bit smarter bout it this time. They had not got caught with their little prank on the pitch.

Hermione looked at the others. "I say we lie off for a while. Let the little snake think he is safe. And when we hit we need to be safer about it."

Ron agreed with his girlfriend. "Let the little traitor prepare happily for his little wedding. You know the fool will actually believe we have backed off of him."

The others readily agreed. Severus and Lucius were sure to be keeping an eye on them. They expected the Gryffindors to do something to Harry. And the snakes were not much better. They would play it safe for now, still taunt him as they needed to have some fun, but they would lay off for now till he felt secure.

Ron looked t the others. "The little traitor will soon learn what little husbands of Death Eaters should expect. He will beg them to let him drop out of school."