Chapter 2
posted 11/12/02

Disclaimer:
"Don't own, don't own, don't own..." *mutters distractedly and wanders away*

A/N:
Finally here! Un beta-ed, but at least it's here. Oh well, what can I say? We have had some trouble with computers. Mac and Windows don't mix. Sorry it isn't long.

As he slowly gained consciousness, Harry Potter shook his head and wondered what he was doing on the ground. The Ground? I thought I was exploring to attic. Then it came back to him in a rush. "The mirror! Weird. Why would it transport me here?"

He stood up and brushed himself off. "Where am I anyway?" Harry glanced around, only to be surprised by a voice behind him.

"I think the question to ask is why you are in Diagon Ally at all, not where you are in it, a voice sneered from behind him.

Harry Whirled, pulling out his wand in a fluid motion, even as he thought with horror, Diagon Alley? I could get caught by Dumbledore's Special Aurors! Then he saw who had spoken and he saw red. "Traitor," he hissed, his face a mask of fury.

A/N: Doesn't life stink? It`s just a little too short to make a cliffhanger. *Goes and pouts*

(Sudden change of POV)

Severus Snape had been on a routine trip to Diagon Alley to stock up on potion ingredients that he was unable to get in Hogsmeade *coughKnockturnAlleycough*. It was a week after school had started, and he had run out of some rather illegal ingredients needed to keep Voldemort happily supplied with potions. One of the disadvantages of being a spy. The last thing he had expected was to encounter was Harry Potter in a back alley.

He was even more surprised when Harry gave him a look that rivaled the best glare that Snape had ever given him, and called him a traitor.

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Back to Harry's POV

Harry's mind raced. This was his chance to capture that hated spy that had betrayed the Order! He went into action a half second later, shooting a curse at the startled Potions Master who just barely dodged it.

Snape responded automatically, throwing a curse back at Harry. "What is wrong with you, Potter?" Snape hissed. "Don't you know this is a dangerous place?" Then he was forced to duck under a rather nasty hex.

It took ten minutes of hard fighting, but Snape finally knocked Harry out with a complex freezing charm. Nothing less could get past his shields.

Where did Potter learn to duel like that? Snape wondered. Forget 5th year, that was past NEWTs proficiency! He shrugged and walked over to the frozen Harry. He pulled out a port key in the form of an empty vial with a label that said "Dragon's Tooth," grabbed Harry's frozen hand, and the two disappeared.

A/N: Well, that's all folks. What? Too short? *Starts backing away* I don't like writing huge chapters. Sorry, but that is it for now. Thanks to all reviewers! All will be explained in time. I hope.

Later A/N: Except that this story is from 2002 and is never going to be finished, certainly not in this form. Thank you for your patience with my teenage efforts, and consider checking out the Community I manage for good HP reads!