A/N: Since I received two reviews on the subject, I decided to address the issue here as some others might have similar concerns.

One reader told me that Harry doesn't show signs of abuse. This is an easy mistake, as abuse is rarely obvious. Furthermore, it can take days, weeks, months, or even years after leaving an abusive situation before the emotional effects kick in, and you realize how awful the situation was. Some points that were brought up were introversion, trust, bruising, and food. Harry is very introverted, and has no interest in befriending his peers. He doesn't really trust anyone, not even Theodore, who he clings to partially for guidance in the unfamiliar magical world, and partially out of a suppressed need for friendship. As for bruising, enough time passed between his time at the Dursleys and his time at Hogwarts that the bruises would be long faded. Finally, the point of food. Again you must remember that a fair bit of time elapsed before he went to Hogwarts after he left the Dursleys. Though he would've been affected by his three days in the cupboard, his body once again had time to recover before going to Hogwarts.

If anyone has any more specific questions on this issue, feel free to leave a review or PM.

The next day's potion's class was a nightmare. Snape was in a particularly sour mood, and Harry knew it from the moment he entered the room. He'd gotten quite good at reading the man since the beginning of term. He almost always knew right away what kind of class it would be. Today would be another "Pick-on-Harry" day, as he'd taken to calling them. He'd have to be extra careful.

As the class worked on brewing the day's potion, Snape stalked about the room, occasionally hovering over a student to inspect their work more closely. He spent a disproportionate amount of time inspecting Harry's work, getting increasingly irritable as he repeatedly failed to find any problems with it. He became so agitated that he took twenty points from Gryffindor when Ron Weasley sneezed.

Though he didn't show it, Harry was very strained during the lesson. He would tense up whenever Snape approached him, and it didn't help that he saw Theodore frown at him on one such occasion. Theodore was easier to be around then some other people in their year, but he had an unnerving knack for noticing Harry's out of place behaviours.

When the end of class finally came, Harry made a move towards to the door, but jerked violently when he felt a hand close around his arm. He whipped around, tense, but it was Theodore. Harry relaxed a bit, but was perplexed. What was he doing?

"Professor Snape." Theodore said. "We need to talk to to you about something."

"What is it?" Snape replied, in a bored, flat voice.

"We know about the philosopher's stone, and we know that Professor Quirrel is trying to steal it." Theodore answered.

Snape looked completely taken aback. "How."

Theodore, with some input from Harry, explained how they'd accidentally overheard Snape and Quirrel's conversation, and the mysterious voice that had spoken to Quirrel in the empty classroom, leaving out Harry's cloak. When they mentioned how the voice had said Snape couldn't be told it's identity, Snape's eyes widened by a minuscule amount. They slightly altered the story, however, to make it seem as though Quirrel had already figured out how to get past the three headed dog.

When they finished their story, there was a long pause. Finally, professor Snape said, "I must see the headmaster at once. What you have told me is troubling. 20 points to Slytherin each for this."

The two boys discussed the encounter in whispers during supper.

"I think he knows who Quirrel's 'master' is." Theodore said. "I think that's what's got him worried. It must be bad."

"But what if he was faking it?" Harry replied. "The voice implied that Snape would be helping them if he knew who was behind it. You might've picked the worst possible person to tell."

"Weren't you the one all for Snape's innocence before?" Theodore asked.

"Yeah, before we met Quirrel's master." Harry retorted.

"Okay, but consider." Theodore said. "Snape might have already suspected what we told him. Quirrel couldn't have been working alone, it's too big a job for someone like him. If another teacher were in on it, they'd've already succeeded. Maybe Snape's loyalties don't lie where the voice thinks they do."

"Okay, Theodore, maybe you're right. Too late to change what we told him now, anyway." Harry sighed.

"Call me Theo."