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TO EVERYONE, CHAPTER EIGHT WAS EDITED, SUGGESTED BY MY COUSIN. READ IT AGAIN! I'M DELETING CHAPTER NINE FOR NOW BECAUSE I'M STILL EDITING IT. There'll be some parts added, and some will be delayed. And also, since I'm replacing the other two chapters, I'm making this double the length. ENJOY!
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There's going to be a slight part of a lemon here.
Chapter 8: Parseltongue potion with a little twist and a tiny side effect
After a long tiresome day of teaching three first year classes, on seventh year class and two sixth year classes, Harry finally retired to their quarters. He entered the library, and noticed that Sev was sitting on the couch, facing the fire. He patted the seat beside him gesturing for Harry to sit beside him.
When Harry moved to Sev, Serpentine hissed to Harry that he let her down, afraid to be squeezed in between the two again. Harry did so, and the tiny snake slithered to the bedroom, climbing up the bedside table.
Harry sat beside the man. "What is it, Sev?" Harry asked, laying his head on the man's shoulder and slouching. Sev encircled Harry's waist with one arm. "Want to help me make the parseltongue potion?" Sev offered. "Yes, but I think that's going to take a lot of time, right?" Harry asked. "No, actually, the temporary one takes thirty minutes, but since I'm going to add another ingredient it'll be over in an hour." Sev replied.
"When?" Harry asked. "How does now sound?" Severus said, standing up. Harry nodded his head and they headed for the lab. It was just like the potions classroom, but it was stocked full of ingredients and only had four cauldrons, the rest were in the potions classroom.
"Alright, Harry, grab the ingredients listed on this paper and do as it says." Sev said, handing Harry a piece of paper. "Oh, and by the way, I need a drop of your blood; it's to make the potion permanent." Sev added. Harry made a grab for a boomslang skin and started slicing them.
They worked in silence, and once in a while Sev would observe Harry in work, to see if he was doing the correct thing. He was somehow amazed that he hadn't noticed the boy's excellent work before.
'Harry, this serves as your next Potions' assignment, no need for you to study potions this weekend anymore.' Sev said to Harry telepathically as he stirred the brewing potion. 'Alright. Sev, when can I get my study schedule, I really want to work it out, because we might want to go to our house this weekend to fix it up and start opening those gifts.' Harry replied, before he pricked his finger at Severus' signal and waited for the drop of blood to fall into the cauldron.
'I think we can stay at our house this weekend, I'll tell the other teachers to just apparate or to use a port key to go to our house, as it is yet to be connected to the floo network.' Sev replied and continued brewing the potion.
Harry nodded, and muttered a healing spell so as the wound would heal instantly. Sev stared at Harry dumbfoundedly. "What, have I got something on my face, Sev?" Harry asked. "No. Where'd you learn how to use wandless magic?" Sev asked. "Oh. I learned it myself, since if I get caught off guard, I'd still have some defense." Harry replied. "Oh." Sev simply replied, still amazed.
Soon enough the potion finished brewing and Sev summoned a vial to pour the potion in magically. He took a vial, levitated the rest back to the shelf already labeled and drank the potion. Soon he felt a tingling sensation, signaling the effectiveness of the potion.
"Am I sssspeaking parssselmouth?" Sev asked. "Yeah. How doesss the potion tassste?" Harry asked. Sev beamed at the success of the potion. "I really can't dessscribe how it tassstesss, sssso here, you can tassste one, it won't affect you in any way, you're already parssseltongue." Sev replied, proud of his new gift.
Harry grabbed a vial and tasted it. It didn't taste much like anything, just like water with a tinge of sweetness. He put it back down. He smiled at Sev and headed out for the library. "Can we eat dinner now?" Harry asked.
"Yes, try summoning a house elf." Sev said, choking his laughter with a cough. Harry rolled his eyes. "I'll be in the bedroom." Harry said simply, and headed towards the bedroom. Sev soon followed, and entered the bedroom to a sight of Harry jumping up and down in triumph.
"I did it!" Harry said, hugging Sev. The house elf brought up their food, and disappeared. "Hey Sssssev, try talking to ssssserpentine." Harry suggested, picking up a dinner roll. Sev nodded his head and called out to the snake.
Serpentine immediately slithered down to the floor and towards Sev. "Yesss, massster?" Serpentine asked. "Nothing. I think you'd like to eat your dinner." Sev replied and summoned a house elf, giving it orders to feed the snake and to come back up with it when it is done. The house elf left with a happy Serpentine.
They ate in silence, and soon they were done. Harry called for a house elf, and Dobby brought the snake back. "Oh, HarryPotterSir! Dobby is missed you, sir! Dobby is giving you Dobby's gift to you for sirs' wedding!" Dobby said and handed Harry a poorly wrapped sock. "Dobby is leaving now, sirs!" Dobby called out and disappeared, bringing the tray with him.
Serpentine disappeared from the bedroom, telling Harry and Sev that she would be in the owlery and would come back, as she had been ever so rudely pulled from her meal when Dobby came up.
"Oh well, another set mismatched socks." Harry said. Sev chuckled. He carried Harry to the bed. "Want to have some fun tonight?" Sev asked Harry, kissing the boy's neck. "Oh God yes!" Harry said, cocking his head sidewards, giving Severus more access to his neck.
Sev smiled, sucking on the area just below Harry's ear, and biting on his earlobe. Harry moaned. They kissed passionately, undressing each other hurriedly. Soon they were naked, with Sev licking a path down Harry's chest, encircling a nipple with his tongue, then heading down again, tonguing the boy's navel. Harry moaned again.
Harry woke up the next morning, feeling slightly dizzy. He stood up and proceeded to dress, knowing that he had classes to teach. Sev was already awake; in fact he was already in the bath.
"Oh come on Sev, let me in already! I want to take my shower!" Harry yelled groggily. "I'm using the shower." Sev replied simply. "Oh come on. At least let me use the tub!" Harry protested, rubbing his temples.
He leaned on the door. And the door was opened, with him leaning on it so he staggered into the bath and fell flat on his arse. Sev laughed. Harry glared. "There's nothing funny." Harry said, grabbing his towel from the towel rack and proceeded to take off his boxers.
Sev stepped out of the shower and started dressing up. "Finally. What took you so long, anyway?" Harry asked. "How do you know how long I've been here? I've only been here five minutes!" Sev replied. "Oh. Sorry, I was asleep, so I didn't notice. G'morning anyway." Harry replied apologetically, and stepped into the shower. He turned the temperature slightly hotter than usual, considering he now lived in a dungeon.
'You better hurry up, Harry.' Sev said mentally, drying his hair. 'Yeah, yeah. What time is it already?' Harry replied, reaching for the shampoo. 'Seven in the morning.' Sev replied. 'I don't have classes until nine! Holy smokes, I do!' Harry said, hurrying up.
Sev chuckled, and held out a set of clothes for Harry when he came stumbling out of the shower, drying himself up with a towel. He reached for the clothes but ended up falling on the floor, again, on his arse. Sev laughed at the sight. Harry glared yet again.
He stood up and started putting on his clothes. He quickly put his robe on and tried to run to the great hall, but he forgot that Serpentine was still in the bedroom. He smacked himself upside the head and ran back, to be met by a Severus Snape with a tiny snake around his neck.
"What's he hurry, Harry?" Sev asked. "I have a class to teach at eight thirty." Harry replied, but stopped trying to run the whole way. They entered the great hall, but not before they left Serpentine at the owlery. They sat at the high table, and Harry started eating.
"What's the hurry?" Remus asked. "He woke up slightly late due to some things; he has a class to teach at eight thirty." Sev replied for Harry. Harry tried not to choke on his bacon, but he did so anyway. "Now this is becoming a daily habit." Ron yelled to Harry. Sev choked on his pumpkin juice.
Harry burst out laughing. "Talk about daily habits." He said and continued eating. He soon finished but before he could take off, the morning post came in. He spotted a familiar white owl, one letter in its beak, a small snake wrapped around its leg. When it landed at Harry's table it started thrusting its leg upwards, as if the snake was trying to kill it. "Oh come on, Hedwig! I'm sure you don't mind!" Harry said and reached for Serpentine. "Let me bring Serpentine to class, Harry." Sev offered and took the snake. "Read your letter." He added.
~ Dear Mr. Potter,
Your relatives, The Dursleys, have been found guilty of child abuse. They will be released to a fine paid by them, but their memories of the past week will be deleted. Thank you.
Sincerely, Brenda Macmillan Chairman of Department of Child Care and Social Services Ministry of Magic sect. 45 ~
(A/N: SORRY! Just made that up.)
Harry folded the letter, but suddenly remembered his class. "Merlin's beard! What time is it!?" Harry asked frantically.
"Eight." Sirius replied. Harry sighed in relief. "Oh Gods, my first class is second years. Dear Merlin, help me." Harry complained, rubbing his temples. He stood up and walked to his classroom. He sat down and waited, and waited, and waited. Soon the class started filing in, though Harry was in a slightly lazy mood.
The class sat down and started talking to each other. "Ten points off both Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff." Harry mumbled and got up. The class silenced effectively. "Alright. Everyone, we'll be studying about Vampires. Can someone tell me about them?" Harry asked.
A Ravenclaw raised her hand. "Yes?" Harry asked, rubbing the bridge of his nose and leaning on the desk. "Legends of the Vampire stretch back farther than most people realize. Some legends reach back farther than Christ, back to ancient Assyria and Babylonia. Ancient Aztecs used to pour blood into the mouths of their idols. In India Rajahs drank blood from severed heads. In China, the family would guard a corpse the night before the burial from a cat or dog jumping over it and turning it into a Vampire. First ancient Greeks, then Romans after them believed in a type of female Vampire called a Lamia .Lamia were thought to seduce men in order to suck their blood." She answered. "Very good. And later in Greece there was another word for vampires. Can someone tell me what it is?" Harry asked again. A hufflepuff raised his arm.
Harry nodded at his direction and the boy stood up. "Vrukalakos." The boy answered and sat down. "Yes. They were believed to be creatures that would revive the dead then feast on the living. Recently there are some people who are trying to prove that Vampires are nothing more than people suffering from porphyria an incurable genetic disease. Symptoms of porphyria include a need for blood transfusions, a negative reaction to garlic, and a necessity to avoid sunlight." Harry said.
They continued on like this for the rest of the class, Harry asking questions, and when a student would answer correctly he would add some information and ask another question. When the class was finished he gave a 15 inch essay as homework.
When the classroom was empty already, Harry was very surprised when Remus and Sirius came out from the corner, holding and invisibility cloak and applauding. "You were watching!?" Harry said excitedly. Both nodded their heads. "So. How'd I do?" Harry asked.
"Good, actually. But you could improve; I noticed you were slightly lazy out there." Remus replied. "Who wouldn't be? I'm so goddamned exhausted." Harry replied. "You just woke up. Why are you exhausted? WAIT! Don't tell me anymore." Sirius said, the idea dawning on him. "Don't remind me about it, okay?" Siri added. Harry nodded and told the two to get out since his next class was filing in. Luckily it was the second year Gryffindors and Slytherins so he only had to repeat his lesson.
Soon it was lunch. Harry headed for the great hall, but he was met by Ron and Hermione. "Hey Harry. We're going to Hogsmeade this weekend. Want to come?" Ron offered. "Friday?" Harry asked and his two best friends nodded. "I'll try. I'll tell you, okay? I think I'm going to be tutored, but I'll try my hardest. Promise." Harry replied. "Okay Harry. I heard you bought a new house?" Hermione asked.
"Yeah, it's about a block away from the Dursleys. I'll invite you to come over sometime." Harry replied. They talked for a while, but they parted when they were nearing the great hall. Harry walked inside to be surprised when Severus suddenly pushed him outside and kissed him. Harry kissed the man back.
"I missed you too." Harry said when they broke the kiss and hugged the man. Sev smiled. They walked into the great hall and sat down. Sirius was fuming again because he saw the two kiss, but was slowly opening up to the idea of having his godson bonded to his enemy.
Harry started eating. A lot. Sev noticed but shrugged it off as exhaustion. "Sev, where's Serpentine?" Harry asked. "She's in the kitchens." Sev replied before he stuck a spoonful into his mouth.
Dumbledore stood up and cleared his throat for attention. All heads turned his way, and he started speaking. "Due to our celebration tomorrow, the deputy headmistress and I have agreed to suspend the classes for today as preparation." Cheers from every table. "But starting from after lunch, the great hall is prohibited from entry, save the prefects, head students and the professors. Third years and above are all allowed to go to Hogsmeade. Enjoy your lunch!" Dumbledore ended and continued eating his food.
Harry and Ron looked at Harry expectantly. Harry nodded, but mouthed that Sev was tagging along, since they can't be apart for more than a mile. Ron and Hermione groaned but agreed, since it was for their best friend's sake. Harry told Sev about the idea, and he agreed, to the condition that they wouldn't bother him too much.
When they were done eating, Harry, Ron, Hermione and Sev, well, actually, Sev was walking behind the three, walked to Hogsmeade. They walked into the Three Broomsticks. "What would you like?" "Butterbeers, four of them." Hermione replied for the group and they sat down in a corner.
"Hey! Ron! Hermione! Harry! And. Snape!?" Fred said. "What would you be doing here?" George added. "With them?" Fred said, the twins completing each others' sentences. "You mean, you don't know yet!?" Ron exclaimed. "What? Did we miss something?!" George and Fred said at the same time.
"Didn't you know that Harry was bonded - mmphf!" Ron was effectively silenced when Harry closed a hand over the red head's mouth. Sev smiled inwardly. "Nevermind what he's doing here. How 'bout you? Going to wreak havoc in Hogwarts again?" Harry smiled.
"Well, actually we are going to, sort off - ,"Fred said, "We're setting off the fireworks tomorrow. And by the way, this was supposed to be a surprise, so keep it secret. Okay?" George added. The three nodded, and the twins left.
"Are you guys going shopping?" Harry asked. "Well, actually, I was thinking about getting a dress. Ron's getting one." Hermione answered. "D'you need any?" Ron asked. "Well, - no. I've already been shopping with Sev. I've a few." Harry answered. "Okay. So I guess we part our ways later then." Hermione said before changing the topic. They talked for a while, and drank a few more rounds of butterbeer. Sev spoke occasionally, though to remark or to voice his opinion. And Hermione and Ron seemed to be enjoying this new side from their potions professor.
"Well, we've to go then." Ron said, and he and Hermione stood up. "See you later Harry, Professor Snape." Hermione muttered before they left and headed for Madam Malkin's. "What do you want to do next, then, Sev?" Harry asked. "Well, would you like to start opening some gifts?" Sev replied. "Sure, but are we allowed to go out of Hogsmeade?" Harry asked.
"Harry, you're a professor, I'm a professor, and teachers have special privileges. Now get up and we're apparating. They apparated straight into their house this time though. "Wow. I already forgot how great this place is. Let's walk around first." Harry muttered.
They were in the living room, and it had a huge curtained window, overlooking the backyard garden and pool, along with the view of the forest. It had white furniture, peach carpeting, and an area rug was surrounding the coffee table, and in front of the coffee table was a huge fireplace, and above it was some picture frames, ready to be adorned with pictures. On the very high ceiling was a large chandelier, and you could see a balcony, again facing the huge window. They opened a door to the left, and seeing as it is a bathroom, all marble, but still in the regular muggle style. They opened the door to the right, and they saw the laundry room. They walked a bit and came upon an arch opening in both sides of the living room wall, one leading to the kitchen, regular muggle style, with an eight seater table, and there was a door leading to the den, almost the same as the living room, minus the fireplace and huge window plus the home theater set and air conditioning. The other arch lead to the dining room. They entered the formal dining room and saw another doorway. They entered and noticed it as a study or a library, the only difference was the five computers. The spiral stairs were near the front door.
They walked towards it, and climbed up it. The balcony was facing the window, and both stared at the view for a while, before they looked around. The room was circular, with a few paintings hanged up, wood floors and wood walls. There were two doors, one on the left and one on the right. They first entered the one on the left and were met by a wide hallway with two doors on each side. They opened the ones on the right. Bathroom and Stock room. The doors on the left proved to be a master's bedroom muggle style, but with a few enchantments from Severus it was transfigured into their bedroom in Hogwarts, with a personal en-suite bathroom, complete with tub and Jacuzzi, and a walk-in wardrobe. The other door was only another entrance to the walk-in wardrobe.
They left the left wing and headed for the right. Same style hallway, but when they opened one door, it was a bathroom, and the three others were guest rooms, again with a few enchantments, they turned into Harry and Sev's bedroom, but with a neutral theme color.
"Let's get into our bedroom and start opening these gifts." Sev said tiredly. He had been levitating the pile the whole time, and to put it mildly, his arm had started to hurt. They headed towards the bedroom, and upon arrival, Sev dropped the gifts on the bed.
"Okay. Now get to work." Sev said and picked up a gift. Harry followed. They opened the lot, and admired the things they received. Harry's favorites were the wizard's camera, gold-trimmed plates, gold spoons and forks, a grandfather clock that had been shrunk and had been restored, and a few expensive designer label muggle clothes, that apparently came from some squibs. Sev's favorites were mostly potions books, but his most favorite one was this picture frame of a snake intertwining with a lion, and the place for you to put the picture was in the lion's mouth. And if you touched it, it'll come to life.
"What time is it?" Harry asked, yawning. "Ten." Sev replied, yawning as well. "D'you reckon we should put away these things now?" Harry asked. Sev nodded, and both stood up and started putting away their things. Though when Harry opened a drawer. "AAAAAAhhhh! Oh. My. God." Harry said and fainted. When Harry screamed though, Sev accidentally dropped a few books. And they fell. on his foot. And also, somewhere along the way, Serpentine dropped to the floor as a precaution. "Ow! What is it now!?" Sev said, bending down to massage his foot.
He walked into the kitchen. "Ugh. What is that foul smell!?" Sev asked. He looked at the contents of the drawer. A dead rat. "I rather thought to hope that was Pettigrew." Harry said when he was coming to. Sev levitated the rat into a trashbag, but Serpentine suggested that she just eat the remains. Sev agreed and cast a few spells to take care of the smell.
"Can we just sleep here?" Harry asked, yawning, and stretching his arms. "I'll just put a few more books in the library. Help me and we're done." Sev replied. They put the books away and climbed back up. They changed, brushed their teeth, and lay down on the bed.
They cuddled for a while, and soon both fell asleep, with Serpentine on the bedside table.
~End of revised chapter 8~ Is this better?
Thanks to those who reviewed!
TO EVERYONE, CHAPTER EIGHT WAS EDITED, SUGGESTED BY MY COUSIN. READ IT AGAIN! I'M DELETING CHAPTER NINE FOR NOW BECAUSE I'M STILL EDITING IT. There'll be some parts added, and some will be delayed. And also, since I'm replacing the other two chapters, I'm making this double the length. ENJOY!
To NATE: THANKS FOR THE CRITICS. It really opened my eyes. *NOT!* I can stand flames, but I can't stand put down artists. Hope you change!
I GOT IT MIXED UP, BUT TO MY 100th reviewer, thanks and CONGRATULATIONS! =]
There's going to be a slight part of a lemon here.
Chapter 8: Parseltongue potion with a little twist and a tiny side effect
After a long tiresome day of teaching three first year classes, on seventh year class and two sixth year classes, Harry finally retired to their quarters. He entered the library, and noticed that Sev was sitting on the couch, facing the fire. He patted the seat beside him gesturing for Harry to sit beside him.
When Harry moved to Sev, Serpentine hissed to Harry that he let her down, afraid to be squeezed in between the two again. Harry did so, and the tiny snake slithered to the bedroom, climbing up the bedside table.
Harry sat beside the man. "What is it, Sev?" Harry asked, laying his head on the man's shoulder and slouching. Sev encircled Harry's waist with one arm. "Want to help me make the parseltongue potion?" Sev offered. "Yes, but I think that's going to take a lot of time, right?" Harry asked. "No, actually, the temporary one takes thirty minutes, but since I'm going to add another ingredient it'll be over in an hour." Sev replied.
"When?" Harry asked. "How does now sound?" Severus said, standing up. Harry nodded his head and they headed for the lab. It was just like the potions classroom, but it was stocked full of ingredients and only had four cauldrons, the rest were in the potions classroom.
"Alright, Harry, grab the ingredients listed on this paper and do as it says." Sev said, handing Harry a piece of paper. "Oh, and by the way, I need a drop of your blood; it's to make the potion permanent." Sev added. Harry made a grab for a boomslang skin and started slicing them.
They worked in silence, and once in a while Sev would observe Harry in work, to see if he was doing the correct thing. He was somehow amazed that he hadn't noticed the boy's excellent work before.
'Harry, this serves as your next Potions' assignment, no need for you to study potions this weekend anymore.' Sev said to Harry telepathically as he stirred the brewing potion. 'Alright. Sev, when can I get my study schedule, I really want to work it out, because we might want to go to our house this weekend to fix it up and start opening those gifts.' Harry replied, before he pricked his finger at Severus' signal and waited for the drop of blood to fall into the cauldron.
'I think we can stay at our house this weekend, I'll tell the other teachers to just apparate or to use a port key to go to our house, as it is yet to be connected to the floo network.' Sev replied and continued brewing the potion.
Harry nodded, and muttered a healing spell so as the wound would heal instantly. Sev stared at Harry dumbfoundedly. "What, have I got something on my face, Sev?" Harry asked. "No. Where'd you learn how to use wandless magic?" Sev asked. "Oh. I learned it myself, since if I get caught off guard, I'd still have some defense." Harry replied. "Oh." Sev simply replied, still amazed.
Soon enough the potion finished brewing and Sev summoned a vial to pour the potion in magically. He took a vial, levitated the rest back to the shelf already labeled and drank the potion. Soon he felt a tingling sensation, signaling the effectiveness of the potion.
"Am I sssspeaking parssselmouth?" Sev asked. "Yeah. How doesss the potion tassste?" Harry asked. Sev beamed at the success of the potion. "I really can't dessscribe how it tassstesss, sssso here, you can tassste one, it won't affect you in any way, you're already parssseltongue." Sev replied, proud of his new gift.
Harry grabbed a vial and tasted it. It didn't taste much like anything, just like water with a tinge of sweetness. He put it back down. He smiled at Sev and headed out for the library. "Can we eat dinner now?" Harry asked.
"Yes, try summoning a house elf." Sev said, choking his laughter with a cough. Harry rolled his eyes. "I'll be in the bedroom." Harry said simply, and headed towards the bedroom. Sev soon followed, and entered the bedroom to a sight of Harry jumping up and down in triumph.
"I did it!" Harry said, hugging Sev. The house elf brought up their food, and disappeared. "Hey Sssssev, try talking to ssssserpentine." Harry suggested, picking up a dinner roll. Sev nodded his head and called out to the snake.
Serpentine immediately slithered down to the floor and towards Sev. "Yesss, massster?" Serpentine asked. "Nothing. I think you'd like to eat your dinner." Sev replied and summoned a house elf, giving it orders to feed the snake and to come back up with it when it is done. The house elf left with a happy Serpentine.
They ate in silence, and soon they were done. Harry called for a house elf, and Dobby brought the snake back. "Oh, HarryPotterSir! Dobby is missed you, sir! Dobby is giving you Dobby's gift to you for sirs' wedding!" Dobby said and handed Harry a poorly wrapped sock. "Dobby is leaving now, sirs!" Dobby called out and disappeared, bringing the tray with him.
Serpentine disappeared from the bedroom, telling Harry and Sev that she would be in the owlery and would come back, as she had been ever so rudely pulled from her meal when Dobby came up.
"Oh well, another set mismatched socks." Harry said. Sev chuckled. He carried Harry to the bed. "Want to have some fun tonight?" Sev asked Harry, kissing the boy's neck. "Oh God yes!" Harry said, cocking his head sidewards, giving Severus more access to his neck.
Sev smiled, sucking on the area just below Harry's ear, and biting on his earlobe. Harry moaned. They kissed passionately, undressing each other hurriedly. Soon they were naked, with Sev licking a path down Harry's chest, encircling a nipple with his tongue, then heading down again, tonguing the boy's navel. Harry moaned again.
Harry woke up the next morning, feeling slightly dizzy. He stood up and proceeded to dress, knowing that he had classes to teach. Sev was already awake; in fact he was already in the bath.
"Oh come on Sev, let me in already! I want to take my shower!" Harry yelled groggily. "I'm using the shower." Sev replied simply. "Oh come on. At least let me use the tub!" Harry protested, rubbing his temples.
He leaned on the door. And the door was opened, with him leaning on it so he staggered into the bath and fell flat on his arse. Sev laughed. Harry glared. "There's nothing funny." Harry said, grabbing his towel from the towel rack and proceeded to take off his boxers.
Sev stepped out of the shower and started dressing up. "Finally. What took you so long, anyway?" Harry asked. "How do you know how long I've been here? I've only been here five minutes!" Sev replied. "Oh. Sorry, I was asleep, so I didn't notice. G'morning anyway." Harry replied apologetically, and stepped into the shower. He turned the temperature slightly hotter than usual, considering he now lived in a dungeon.
'You better hurry up, Harry.' Sev said mentally, drying his hair. 'Yeah, yeah. What time is it already?' Harry replied, reaching for the shampoo. 'Seven in the morning.' Sev replied. 'I don't have classes until nine! Holy smokes, I do!' Harry said, hurrying up.
Sev chuckled, and held out a set of clothes for Harry when he came stumbling out of the shower, drying himself up with a towel. He reached for the clothes but ended up falling on the floor, again, on his arse. Sev laughed at the sight. Harry glared yet again.
He stood up and started putting on his clothes. He quickly put his robe on and tried to run to the great hall, but he forgot that Serpentine was still in the bedroom. He smacked himself upside the head and ran back, to be met by a Severus Snape with a tiny snake around his neck.
"What's he hurry, Harry?" Sev asked. "I have a class to teach at eight thirty." Harry replied, but stopped trying to run the whole way. They entered the great hall, but not before they left Serpentine at the owlery. They sat at the high table, and Harry started eating.
"What's the hurry?" Remus asked. "He woke up slightly late due to some things; he has a class to teach at eight thirty." Sev replied for Harry. Harry tried not to choke on his bacon, but he did so anyway. "Now this is becoming a daily habit." Ron yelled to Harry. Sev choked on his pumpkin juice.
Harry burst out laughing. "Talk about daily habits." He said and continued eating. He soon finished but before he could take off, the morning post came in. He spotted a familiar white owl, one letter in its beak, a small snake wrapped around its leg. When it landed at Harry's table it started thrusting its leg upwards, as if the snake was trying to kill it. "Oh come on, Hedwig! I'm sure you don't mind!" Harry said and reached for Serpentine. "Let me bring Serpentine to class, Harry." Sev offered and took the snake. "Read your letter." He added.
~ Dear Mr. Potter,
Your relatives, The Dursleys, have been found guilty of child abuse. They will be released to a fine paid by them, but their memories of the past week will be deleted. Thank you.
Sincerely, Brenda Macmillan Chairman of Department of Child Care and Social Services Ministry of Magic sect. 45 ~
(A/N: SORRY! Just made that up.)
Harry folded the letter, but suddenly remembered his class. "Merlin's beard! What time is it!?" Harry asked frantically.
"Eight." Sirius replied. Harry sighed in relief. "Oh Gods, my first class is second years. Dear Merlin, help me." Harry complained, rubbing his temples. He stood up and walked to his classroom. He sat down and waited, and waited, and waited. Soon the class started filing in, though Harry was in a slightly lazy mood.
The class sat down and started talking to each other. "Ten points off both Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff." Harry mumbled and got up. The class silenced effectively. "Alright. Everyone, we'll be studying about Vampires. Can someone tell me about them?" Harry asked.
A Ravenclaw raised her hand. "Yes?" Harry asked, rubbing the bridge of his nose and leaning on the desk. "Legends of the Vampire stretch back farther than most people realize. Some legends reach back farther than Christ, back to ancient Assyria and Babylonia. Ancient Aztecs used to pour blood into the mouths of their idols. In India Rajahs drank blood from severed heads. In China, the family would guard a corpse the night before the burial from a cat or dog jumping over it and turning it into a Vampire. First ancient Greeks, then Romans after them believed in a type of female Vampire called a Lamia .Lamia were thought to seduce men in order to suck their blood." She answered. "Very good. And later in Greece there was another word for vampires. Can someone tell me what it is?" Harry asked again. A hufflepuff raised his arm.
Harry nodded at his direction and the boy stood up. "Vrukalakos." The boy answered and sat down. "Yes. They were believed to be creatures that would revive the dead then feast on the living. Recently there are some people who are trying to prove that Vampires are nothing more than people suffering from porphyria an incurable genetic disease. Symptoms of porphyria include a need for blood transfusions, a negative reaction to garlic, and a necessity to avoid sunlight." Harry said.
They continued on like this for the rest of the class, Harry asking questions, and when a student would answer correctly he would add some information and ask another question. When the class was finished he gave a 15 inch essay as homework.
When the classroom was empty already, Harry was very surprised when Remus and Sirius came out from the corner, holding and invisibility cloak and applauding. "You were watching!?" Harry said excitedly. Both nodded their heads. "So. How'd I do?" Harry asked.
"Good, actually. But you could improve; I noticed you were slightly lazy out there." Remus replied. "Who wouldn't be? I'm so goddamned exhausted." Harry replied. "You just woke up. Why are you exhausted? WAIT! Don't tell me anymore." Sirius said, the idea dawning on him. "Don't remind me about it, okay?" Siri added. Harry nodded and told the two to get out since his next class was filing in. Luckily it was the second year Gryffindors and Slytherins so he only had to repeat his lesson.
Soon it was lunch. Harry headed for the great hall, but he was met by Ron and Hermione. "Hey Harry. We're going to Hogsmeade this weekend. Want to come?" Ron offered. "Friday?" Harry asked and his two best friends nodded. "I'll try. I'll tell you, okay? I think I'm going to be tutored, but I'll try my hardest. Promise." Harry replied. "Okay Harry. I heard you bought a new house?" Hermione asked.
"Yeah, it's about a block away from the Dursleys. I'll invite you to come over sometime." Harry replied. They talked for a while, but they parted when they were nearing the great hall. Harry walked inside to be surprised when Severus suddenly pushed him outside and kissed him. Harry kissed the man back.
"I missed you too." Harry said when they broke the kiss and hugged the man. Sev smiled. They walked into the great hall and sat down. Sirius was fuming again because he saw the two kiss, but was slowly opening up to the idea of having his godson bonded to his enemy.
Harry started eating. A lot. Sev noticed but shrugged it off as exhaustion. "Sev, where's Serpentine?" Harry asked. "She's in the kitchens." Sev replied before he stuck a spoonful into his mouth.
Dumbledore stood up and cleared his throat for attention. All heads turned his way, and he started speaking. "Due to our celebration tomorrow, the deputy headmistress and I have agreed to suspend the classes for today as preparation." Cheers from every table. "But starting from after lunch, the great hall is prohibited from entry, save the prefects, head students and the professors. Third years and above are all allowed to go to Hogsmeade. Enjoy your lunch!" Dumbledore ended and continued eating his food.
Harry and Ron looked at Harry expectantly. Harry nodded, but mouthed that Sev was tagging along, since they can't be apart for more than a mile. Ron and Hermione groaned but agreed, since it was for their best friend's sake. Harry told Sev about the idea, and he agreed, to the condition that they wouldn't bother him too much.
When they were done eating, Harry, Ron, Hermione and Sev, well, actually, Sev was walking behind the three, walked to Hogsmeade. They walked into the Three Broomsticks. "What would you like?" "Butterbeers, four of them." Hermione replied for the group and they sat down in a corner.
"Hey! Ron! Hermione! Harry! And. Snape!?" Fred said. "What would you be doing here?" George added. "With them?" Fred said, the twins completing each others' sentences. "You mean, you don't know yet!?" Ron exclaimed. "What? Did we miss something?!" George and Fred said at the same time.
"Didn't you know that Harry was bonded - mmphf!" Ron was effectively silenced when Harry closed a hand over the red head's mouth. Sev smiled inwardly. "Nevermind what he's doing here. How 'bout you? Going to wreak havoc in Hogwarts again?" Harry smiled.
"Well, actually we are going to, sort off - ,"Fred said, "We're setting off the fireworks tomorrow. And by the way, this was supposed to be a surprise, so keep it secret. Okay?" George added. The three nodded, and the twins left.
"Are you guys going shopping?" Harry asked. "Well, actually, I was thinking about getting a dress. Ron's getting one." Hermione answered. "D'you need any?" Ron asked. "Well, - no. I've already been shopping with Sev. I've a few." Harry answered. "Okay. So I guess we part our ways later then." Hermione said before changing the topic. They talked for a while, and drank a few more rounds of butterbeer. Sev spoke occasionally, though to remark or to voice his opinion. And Hermione and Ron seemed to be enjoying this new side from their potions professor.
"Well, we've to go then." Ron said, and he and Hermione stood up. "See you later Harry, Professor Snape." Hermione muttered before they left and headed for Madam Malkin's. "What do you want to do next, then, Sev?" Harry asked. "Well, would you like to start opening some gifts?" Sev replied. "Sure, but are we allowed to go out of Hogsmeade?" Harry asked.
"Harry, you're a professor, I'm a professor, and teachers have special privileges. Now get up and we're apparating. They apparated straight into their house this time though. "Wow. I already forgot how great this place is. Let's walk around first." Harry muttered.
They were in the living room, and it had a huge curtained window, overlooking the backyard garden and pool, along with the view of the forest. It had white furniture, peach carpeting, and an area rug was surrounding the coffee table, and in front of the coffee table was a huge fireplace, and above it was some picture frames, ready to be adorned with pictures. On the very high ceiling was a large chandelier, and you could see a balcony, again facing the huge window. They opened a door to the left, and seeing as it is a bathroom, all marble, but still in the regular muggle style. They opened the door to the right, and they saw the laundry room. They walked a bit and came upon an arch opening in both sides of the living room wall, one leading to the kitchen, regular muggle style, with an eight seater table, and there was a door leading to the den, almost the same as the living room, minus the fireplace and huge window plus the home theater set and air conditioning. The other arch lead to the dining room. They entered the formal dining room and saw another doorway. They entered and noticed it as a study or a library, the only difference was the five computers. The spiral stairs were near the front door.
They walked towards it, and climbed up it. The balcony was facing the window, and both stared at the view for a while, before they looked around. The room was circular, with a few paintings hanged up, wood floors and wood walls. There were two doors, one on the left and one on the right. They first entered the one on the left and were met by a wide hallway with two doors on each side. They opened the ones on the right. Bathroom and Stock room. The doors on the left proved to be a master's bedroom muggle style, but with a few enchantments from Severus it was transfigured into their bedroom in Hogwarts, with a personal en-suite bathroom, complete with tub and Jacuzzi, and a walk-in wardrobe. The other door was only another entrance to the walk-in wardrobe.
They left the left wing and headed for the right. Same style hallway, but when they opened one door, it was a bathroom, and the three others were guest rooms, again with a few enchantments, they turned into Harry and Sev's bedroom, but with a neutral theme color.
"Let's get into our bedroom and start opening these gifts." Sev said tiredly. He had been levitating the pile the whole time, and to put it mildly, his arm had started to hurt. They headed towards the bedroom, and upon arrival, Sev dropped the gifts on the bed.
"Okay. Now get to work." Sev said and picked up a gift. Harry followed. They opened the lot, and admired the things they received. Harry's favorites were the wizard's camera, gold-trimmed plates, gold spoons and forks, a grandfather clock that had been shrunk and had been restored, and a few expensive designer label muggle clothes, that apparently came from some squibs. Sev's favorites were mostly potions books, but his most favorite one was this picture frame of a snake intertwining with a lion, and the place for you to put the picture was in the lion's mouth. And if you touched it, it'll come to life.
"What time is it?" Harry asked, yawning. "Ten." Sev replied, yawning as well. "D'you reckon we should put away these things now?" Harry asked. Sev nodded, and both stood up and started putting away their things. Though when Harry opened a drawer. "AAAAAAhhhh! Oh. My. God." Harry said and fainted. When Harry screamed though, Sev accidentally dropped a few books. And they fell. on his foot. And also, somewhere along the way, Serpentine dropped to the floor as a precaution. "Ow! What is it now!?" Sev said, bending down to massage his foot.
He walked into the kitchen. "Ugh. What is that foul smell!?" Sev asked. He looked at the contents of the drawer. A dead rat. "I rather thought to hope that was Pettigrew." Harry said when he was coming to. Sev levitated the rat into a trashbag, but Serpentine suggested that she just eat the remains. Sev agreed and cast a few spells to take care of the smell.
"Can we just sleep here?" Harry asked, yawning, and stretching his arms. "I'll just put a few more books in the library. Help me and we're done." Sev replied. They put the books away and climbed back up. They changed, brushed their teeth, and lay down on the bed.
They cuddled for a while, and soon both fell asleep, with Serpentine on the bedside table.
~End of revised chapter 8~ Is this better?