Chapter 1
"What is that?" The Potions teacher looks at a small yellow animal. "It looks like a muggletoy." He mutters while walking over to it. Then the eyes of the creature opens. "Pika?" It says. "Oh, great," Severus sighs. "It's alive. It's not a toy." With a growl the tall, dark-haired professor bents down and picks it up. "Chu." It says.
Feeling a bit awkward he walks, with the yellow creature in his arms, back to Hogwards. "Let's see if Albus knows what you are." He says to the little animal who snuggles against his chest. "Ohhhh… great, it snuggles." Snape thinks with a frown. He is trying not to think about how he must be looking right now.
Taking long strides he walks on, that way he will reach the office of the Headmaster of the school of Wizardry and Magic as soon as possible.
"Professor Snape?" A voice behind him. "Yes, Mister Malfoy?" Snape doesn't need to look behind him to know who addressed him. Slowly and threatening he turns around. With an attitude and stance that scared the wits out of lots of students, some first years even wet their pants at a time like this.
"I…" Draco starts. The blond boy stops talking and stares at the Heat of Slytherin. He just can't believe it, but there Professor Snape is standing, with a tiny bright yellow animal in his arms. His silver-gray eyes are not looking at the teacher in an arrogant way, like usual. Draco isn't looking at the professor at all. With his mouth open he is looking at the animal. "Pika Pika?" It says. Draco can't help himself, he giggles.
"What is that, Professor?" The boy start, trying not to laugh. He just points at the animal on Snape's arm. "I don't know, Malfoy." The man turns and starts walking to the office of Professor Dumbledore again.
Draco is left standing in the hallway, giggling. Professor Snape isn't a person you easily can or dare to laugh about, but Draco just can't help himself. The image of the tall, dressed in black, strict man with his pale face, walking with a yellow animal in his arms, is just so funny. And not just an animal. Professor Snape with a cute animal. Two words you wouldn't use easily in one sentence: Snape and Cute.
"What are you laughing about, Malfoy?" Draco turns around. "Don't talk to me, Weasley." Then Draco stomps away. "Mental!" Mutters Ron. Hermoine and Harry nod in agreement. "for a moment it looked like he was laughing about Prof. Snape." Comments Hermoine looking confused. "Maybe Snape made a joke?" Ron tries. "JOKE???" Harry and Hermoine exclaim at the same time, looking at Ron not believing their ears. "You can't mean that," Harry says. "Snape doesn't make jokes." Ron shakes his head. "He could have." He mutters.
"Lets follow him to see what this all about?" Harry asks.
"Yes," Ron cheers. "Brilliant idea!"
"We can't do that." Hermoine sounds like an adult. "He is a professor. And maybe it is something else, not Snape. Maybe Malfoy just lost his mind?"
"Yeah, that is a fact." Snickers Ron. "But it has to be bloody funny, if you dare to laugh at Snape over it. I just have to know."
Harry nods. "Come, lets go." The three quickly follow the Potionsmaster.
The office of Albus Dumbledore seems further away today then usual and Snape knows he is leaving a trail of giggling students. His face looks like it is going to be bad weather for 7 months. The students don't dare laugh when looks at them, but as soon as he is past them, he can hear it. "You are bad for me as an authority figure." He hisses at the animal. "Pi?" It replies and snuggles even closer to Snape. He shakes his head. "There goes the last bit of my reputation…" he sighs.
Then, finally the big griffon that guards the stairs to the Headmasters office. "Chocolade Frog." Snape says. "Ridiculaus password!" He thinks when the staircase appears. Then, out of the corner of his eyes he can see Potter, Granger and Weasley. A Ravenclaw girl is telling them all she saw and she is still laughing. "Great!" He growls bad-tempered. "Before I even know what you are, the whole school will be laughing about me."
He knocks on the door. "Enter, Severus." He hears. After all the years he now knows Albus, it doesn't surprise Snape that the headmaster already knows that he is the one knocking.
"Sit down, Severus." Says the elderly wizard. "Is there anything I can help you with?" Prof. Snape puts the yellow thing on the desk, but with a shocked "CHU!" the little animal jumps back into Snape's arms and this time it snuggles under the black cloak that the potionsmaster always wears. "With this!" Snape grumbles.
With a smile, that makes his long white beard move and with a twinkling in his eye Prof. Dumbledore says: "Right." then it stays quiet.
"WHAT is it and what am I supposed to do with it?" Snape says impatiently.
"Well," the gray wizard says. "I think I do need to see it a little bit longer then two seconds then."
The elderly wizard stands up and walks over to Prof. Snape. With a sigh Severus stands up and starts looking under the big amounts of black fabric for the little animal. Prof. Dumbledore straightens his glasses, and bends over to look at the creature a little bit closer. Then it starts with a soft: "Piiiiiiii…" and tiny lightning bolts start to form on the red cheeks of the animal, then a: "Kaaaaaa…" with one leap it is on Severus' shoulder and says: "CHUUUUU!!!!!" The lightning bolts become bigger. "Settle down, little one." Dumbledore says with a friendly smile. He stands up straight and does two steps backwards. The lightning bolts dissipate but the little creature keeps looking straight at the gray wizard.
"Right." Prof. Dumbledore says, he walks around his desk and sits back down. Snape sits down too. He will never admit to it, but he was impressed by the little thing… what power emanated from the mouse like creature, not much bigger than a rabbit. "Right." Prof. Dumbledore says again. "That makes it all clear." Surprised the dark wizard looks at the Headmaster: "Clear?" He asks.
"That animal does not belong in our world." Albus Dumbledore announces. "But this surly isn't a Muggle animal?" is Severus' surprised question. "No, Severus, I mean it is not supposed to be on Earth at all. It is from an other dimension. Where did you find it?"
"Close to the lake, just beyond the big oak tree." Is the simple answer.
"What is that?" The Potions teacher looks at a small yellow animal. "It looks like a muggletoy." He mutters while walking over to it. Then the eyes of the creature opens. "Pika?" It says. "Oh, great," Severus sighs. "It's alive. It's not a toy." With a growl the tall, dark-haired professor bents down and picks it up. "Chu." It says.
Feeling a bit awkward he walks, with the yellow creature in his arms, back to Hogwards. "Let's see if Albus knows what you are." He says to the little animal who snuggles against his chest. "Ohhhh… great, it snuggles." Snape thinks with a frown. He is trying not to think about how he must be looking right now.
Taking long strides he walks on, that way he will reach the office of the Headmaster of the school of Wizardry and Magic as soon as possible.
"Professor Snape?" A voice behind him. "Yes, Mister Malfoy?" Snape doesn't need to look behind him to know who addressed him. Slowly and threatening he turns around. With an attitude and stance that scared the wits out of lots of students, some first years even wet their pants at a time like this.
"I…" Draco starts. The blond boy stops talking and stares at the Heat of Slytherin. He just can't believe it, but there Professor Snape is standing, with a tiny bright yellow animal in his arms. His silver-gray eyes are not looking at the teacher in an arrogant way, like usual. Draco isn't looking at the professor at all. With his mouth open he is looking at the animal. "Pika Pika?" It says. Draco can't help himself, he giggles.
"What is that, Professor?" The boy start, trying not to laugh. He just points at the animal on Snape's arm. "I don't know, Malfoy." The man turns and starts walking to the office of Professor Dumbledore again.
Draco is left standing in the hallway, giggling. Professor Snape isn't a person you easily can or dare to laugh about, but Draco just can't help himself. The image of the tall, dressed in black, strict man with his pale face, walking with a yellow animal in his arms, is just so funny. And not just an animal. Professor Snape with a cute animal. Two words you wouldn't use easily in one sentence: Snape and Cute.
"What are you laughing about, Malfoy?" Draco turns around. "Don't talk to me, Weasley." Then Draco stomps away. "Mental!" Mutters Ron. Hermoine and Harry nod in agreement. "for a moment it looked like he was laughing about Prof. Snape." Comments Hermoine looking confused. "Maybe Snape made a joke?" Ron tries. "JOKE???" Harry and Hermoine exclaim at the same time, looking at Ron not believing their ears. "You can't mean that," Harry says. "Snape doesn't make jokes." Ron shakes his head. "He could have." He mutters.
"Lets follow him to see what this all about?" Harry asks.
"Yes," Ron cheers. "Brilliant idea!"
"We can't do that." Hermoine sounds like an adult. "He is a professor. And maybe it is something else, not Snape. Maybe Malfoy just lost his mind?"
"Yeah, that is a fact." Snickers Ron. "But it has to be bloody funny, if you dare to laugh at Snape over it. I just have to know."
Harry nods. "Come, lets go." The three quickly follow the Potionsmaster.
The office of Albus Dumbledore seems further away today then usual and Snape knows he is leaving a trail of giggling students. His face looks like it is going to be bad weather for 7 months. The students don't dare laugh when looks at them, but as soon as he is past them, he can hear it. "You are bad for me as an authority figure." He hisses at the animal. "Pi?" It replies and snuggles even closer to Snape. He shakes his head. "There goes the last bit of my reputation…" he sighs.
Then, finally the big griffon that guards the stairs to the Headmasters office. "Chocolade Frog." Snape says. "Ridiculaus password!" He thinks when the staircase appears. Then, out of the corner of his eyes he can see Potter, Granger and Weasley. A Ravenclaw girl is telling them all she saw and she is still laughing. "Great!" He growls bad-tempered. "Before I even know what you are, the whole school will be laughing about me."
He knocks on the door. "Enter, Severus." He hears. After all the years he now knows Albus, it doesn't surprise Snape that the headmaster already knows that he is the one knocking.
"Sit down, Severus." Says the elderly wizard. "Is there anything I can help you with?" Prof. Snape puts the yellow thing on the desk, but with a shocked "CHU!" the little animal jumps back into Snape's arms and this time it snuggles under the black cloak that the potionsmaster always wears. "With this!" Snape grumbles.
With a smile, that makes his long white beard move and with a twinkling in his eye Prof. Dumbledore says: "Right." then it stays quiet.
"WHAT is it and what am I supposed to do with it?" Snape says impatiently.
"Well," the gray wizard says. "I think I do need to see it a little bit longer then two seconds then."
The elderly wizard stands up and walks over to Prof. Snape. With a sigh Severus stands up and starts looking under the big amounts of black fabric for the little animal. Prof. Dumbledore straightens his glasses, and bends over to look at the creature a little bit closer. Then it starts with a soft: "Piiiiiiii…" and tiny lightning bolts start to form on the red cheeks of the animal, then a: "Kaaaaaa…" with one leap it is on Severus' shoulder and says: "CHUUUUU!!!!!" The lightning bolts become bigger. "Settle down, little one." Dumbledore says with a friendly smile. He stands up straight and does two steps backwards. The lightning bolts dissipate but the little creature keeps looking straight at the gray wizard.
"Right." Prof. Dumbledore says, he walks around his desk and sits back down. Snape sits down too. He will never admit to it, but he was impressed by the little thing… what power emanated from the mouse like creature, not much bigger than a rabbit. "Right." Prof. Dumbledore says again. "That makes it all clear." Surprised the dark wizard looks at the Headmaster: "Clear?" He asks.
"That animal does not belong in our world." Albus Dumbledore announces. "But this surly isn't a Muggle animal?" is Severus' surprised question. "No, Severus, I mean it is not supposed to be on Earth at all. It is from an other dimension. Where did you find it?"
"Close to the lake, just beyond the big oak tree." Is the simple answer.