Harry breathed out a sigh of relief, he had been at Hogwarts for a month and during the past few weeks, he hadn't ended up in the hospital wing and he hadn't had any random personality changes. The lemon drops would finally be ready tomorrow night and their plan could begin. Excluding the first two exciting weeks, the rest of his Hogwarts experience had been quite peaceful, even though he had definitely broken his real father's detention record. Well the one for the first month of school anyway and he defiantly surpassed the rest of the Maruader's records, well the ones which mattered anyway. However, Snape, even though he was the one that gave and held most of them, was not pleased at his record and that was the reason for the 'advanced potions' session they were having now.
"Harry, even though I am pleased that you have had a quiet fortnight, try not to get so many detentions, you do not need to break the Marauders' records yet and if my squib persona gets one more letter from McGonagall, I am grounding you for one week during the holidays."
"But, you're the one who gives me the most detentions!"
"The key word being 'most'. What is getting you the other detentions? Your horrible language and sneaking out after curfew. I know the portrait may let you in at all hours but, keep your and your friend's mouths shut about your wandering at night."
"You know Hermione can't lie well."
"Teach her."
"Trust me I am trying… Maybe if you write down somewhere that it is homework for her, she will actually learn."
"It is tempting..."
Harry let out a chuckle and went back to brewing quietly. Around the time for curfew, Snape stopped him and told him to go straight back to his dorm. However, he was Harry Potter and he was not about to listen so, he went off exploring however, he was not expecting to run into Dumbledore. Inwardly, he was cursing at his stupidity, there was always a reason for warnings and now he had just found out why. Seeing that he hadn't been noticed yet, he quickly whipped out his invisibility cloak and tried to walk around the elderly annoyance.
"Good idea, my boy however, I had already seen you. It may be better if you hurry off to bed now and come to see me tomorrow in my office. The password is Sugar Quills."
Dumbledore walked off in the opposite direction chuckling. Harry was still cursing but, walked off to bed. His father was not going to be happy nor, were his friends. Dumbledore, on the other hand, was laughing, Harry had just made everything so much easier for him. He had been looking forward to catching to boy on one of his nightly wanders so that he could find out what was going on during his potion sessions. One thing he was not pleased with was Harry's prior knowledge of the wizarding world however, he was sure that he could find areas that he was not aware of and use them to the best of his abilities. As he finally entered his quarters, Harry had entered the common room and had headed straight up to bed, wanting to get some sleep before having to notify everyone about what had happened.
As if to symbolise how bad his day was going to be, Harry woke up late. Due to the first couple attempts at trying to wake him, his dorm mates had gotten the twins to cast a spell to make a loud noise, if he hadn't left his bed between six and seven thirty for more than thirty seconds. Hearing that it was now seven thirty from his comfy position on the floor, Harry rushed around to get ready for the day and ran down stairs to go to breakfast. Once he got there, he mustered the deadliest glare his eleven year old self could and sat down next to Hermione, who was reading. That was when Dumbledore came over, to tell him to meet him in his office after he had had his breakfast. It was if Severus' eyes were burning him after that comment. He sent the message, 'I got caught' to his father and sat down to explain to his friends what had happened.
"Harry James Potter, just what have you done now!"
"Herms, calm down-"
"Don't 'Herms, calm down' me, you said you wouldn't get caught."
"Herms, it's nothing bad-"
"Nothing bad? You were just called up to the headmaster's office!"
Seeing that this was going to go on for a while and that the attention of the whole hall had been captured by the hysteric eleven year old, Snape cast silencio and put on his act.
"So, Potter, just what have you done that has commanded the attention of the whole hall?"
"I was called into the headmasters office or did you not hear."
"Another detention?"
"You might as well add one, everyone else is!"
"Don't be so disrespectful, Potter. Why have you been called into the headmaster's office? You have already gained the attention of the hall just as you sought to, I commend you on your performance Miss Granger."
"If you must know, I was caught outside of my dorm after curfew by the headmaster, I would not know of a reason that calls for everyone to know this. But, seeing as you do, why don't you tell me?"
"I will not have you speaking like this to me, detention for a week with me. Maybe scrubbing out cauldrons will knock you down some pegs instead of the infernal lines you have been littering people's offices with."
"Fine, see you tonight professor."
Harry, not being in the best mood, grabbed a piece of toast, bowed to Sanpe and left the Great Hall. The expression on Snape's face had been thunderous and he knew that he was going to be grounded when they went home in the holidays but at that point, he did not care. Harry stomped towards the headmaster's office, chewing ferociously on his slice of toast. As he turned the corner, he had a brain wave. As he was distracting the headmaster, Dobby could swap the lemon drops.
"DOBBY!"
"Mister Harry Potter calls Dobby?"
"Yes, it is time to swap the lemon drops over. Can you make yourself invisible while I distract the headmaster, he's called me in for a meeting."
"Of course, Mister Harry Potter, sir."
"Come on then, it's time to have some fun."
