Disclaimer: Harry Potter and everything related is the property of J.K. Rowling and anyone else who has claim to a piece of Harry's fame

Disclaimer 2: I own the plot and Saerry Snape.  Nothing more, nothing less.

Chapter 18

**What the…?**

Harry tromped down to the dungeons as soon as he knew the last class of the day had ended.  He had been asleep since lunch and therefore had missed Transfiguration and Charms.  So he tried to avoid Professor McGonagall on his way down.

As he made his way to the Potions classroom he saw his father standing outside the door, his lips curved in a smirk.

"Inside Potter."

Harry moved inside and saw Saerry sitting behind her brother's desk.  She was wearing new robes of Slytherin green and silver with what looked like two snakes intertwined around a wand bursting sparks stitched in silver on the neck.  He wondered what that was as Snape slammed the door shut and moved in behind him.

Saerry looked up and smiled at him.

"Hello Harry."

Harry smiled and replied, "Hello Saerry."

Behind him Snape growled, "Its Ms. Snape to you Potter."

Saerry sighed and said, "Leave the boy alone Severus.  I'm sure he was enough on his mind."

Harry looked sharply at her.  Emerald eyes met black and he blinked.

She knew.

Saerry smiled at him then looked at Snape, who loomed behind Harry.  "Why's Harry in here?"

"Detention."

"Oh.  Well, don't be too harsh on him Sev."

Snape growled and Harry wondered if that was about Saerry calling him Sev or about her telling him not to make Harry's detention too hard.  After a moment Snape shoved Harry towards the closet that housed the potion ingredients they used in class and snarled, "Sort those Potter.  In alphabetical order."

Harry nodded and went into the closet, not looking back once.

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Hermione sat in the common room, still doing homework, when Harry returned.

"Harry!  How was it?"

Harry gave a faint smile and replied, "I had to put the ingredients for class in alphabetical order."

"That wasn't that bad."

"It could've been worse."

Hermione said, "Hmmm?"

"Saerry stopped Snape from giving me a hard detention."

"That was nice of her.  Oh!  Do you want me to do the charm now?"

Harry shrugged and dropped down into a chair.  "Sure.  Why not?"

Hermione smiled and pushed her homework away, pulling her wand out at the same time.  She said, "Delitesco."

Harry sat quietly as he looked down and saw himself looking at Ron's hands.  He only arched an eyebrow at Hermione, who smiled and said, "So we could make sure it works."  Harry nodded slightly and Hermione lifted her wand again.

"Arguo."

Harry suddenly felt as though something had been stripped away from him.  He felt oddly like a skinned turkey.  Only at Hermione's gasp and her wide eyes did he notice something was wrong.

"What?"

Harry blinked.  His voice was different.  It was just a bit lower with a completely different pitch.  One that sounded hauntingly familiar . . .

Hermione simply stared at him and pointed at a mirror that hung on a wall to her left.

Harry stared at her then rose and walked over to the mirror.

He nearly died of fright when he saw what was staring back at him.

It was a completely different face staring back at him from the mirror.

Long black hair fell to his shoulders, curling slightly at the ends.  His eyebrows were thinner and arched in a way he had seen before.  Snape's eyebrows looked like that.  His eyes were also slanted slightly, like Snape's as well.  His nose, once round, was now more straight and a little bigger, looking more like Saerry's than Snape's.  Harry also noted that his face was sharper, his skin paler than before, and that his lips were much thinner.

All in all he looked more like Saerry than Snape.

But he noticed bits of his mother in there as well.  He had her eyes and he suspected that the curls at the end of his hair were from her as well.  His chin was as round as it had been before so he knew that must be her as well.  He also noted that he was a good bit taller as well, probably rivaling Ron in height.

He stared at the image for a moment, seeing Hermione gaping at him from behind her.  As he turned to look at her she gasped, "You – you . ."

Harry arched an eyebrow and said, "Look like Snape?"

Hermione nodded, brown eyes wide.

Harry gave a short bark of laughter and forced a smile.

"That's because he's my father."

A/N: MWAAAAAAAAHAHAHAAAAAAAA!!!  *evil grin*  Wasn't that fun?  Heheh. I bet ya'll are wondering what's next.  Can't say!  Secret ya know.  *bounces off cackling happily*