Sorry everyone!  Long time no story!!! Can't apologize enough!  But at least it's here now, right?  : )  Well anyway, I'm sorry it's VERY late and crap – seriously, this chapter is probably not one of the best ones.  That doesn't mean don't read it though!!! Please do and review!!!

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Chapter 12

'Hey Colin!  Colin!' Harry shouted down the corridor.  He was surprised Colin hadn't seen him but at the same time he was relieved.

'Hey Harry,' said Colin with exuberance.  'That prank on Snape was hilarious.  Did you see his face?  The whole room went silent.  My brother…'This was a bad idea.

'…I heard you took a photo of Snape when he walked in and I was wondering if I could borrow it please?' Harry asked cutting Colin off before he started to ramble.

'Of course you can Harry.  Would you like it now?  I can go get it?  I'm sure Professor McGonagall can cope if I slightly late for her lesson.  My f…'

Harry cut him off again.  'No, it's okay but could I have it at lunch?'

'Certainly, Harry,' Colin said.

'Thanks Colin, godda go,' Harry said dashing off to Herbology.

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After acquiring the photo and multiplying it 50 times giving 500 copies, Harry and Ron crept out at night under the invisibility cloak and with the Marauder's Map to stick 400 copies of the photo up around the great hall, Sirius' and Severus' offices, in Severus' classroom and generally through the whole school ensuring lots were down in the dungeons and up in the high towers where they supposed he never went.

The rest of the photo's were to put up in the Gryffindor common room and in their dormitory because they soon realised that Snape would take down the pictures so to remind themselves of the event, they were going to put them up where Snape could not get at them.

'Ow!' Harry hissed.  'Ron, stop stepping on my feet!'  They stopped so Harry could rub his foot.

'Sorry,' Ron whispered.  'How are we going to get these pictures in Snape's office?'

'He's just gone to his chambers…or, er – it looks like it.  Well he's not in his office and that's for sure.'

'It's freezing,' Ron complained.

'Do you want to be a part of this?'  Harry retorted.

'Of course I do, idiot,' Ron said rolling his eyes.  'It's just I'd hate to be in Slytherin.'

'I think we established that five years ago,' Harry said dryly.

'No, I MEANT because you have to live down here, freezing your arse off 'part from the obvious of course.  Are we nearly there yet?  Last time we were here is seemed to take minutes.'

'Yeah well, our minds were on other things, Ron.  Anyway, it's just round this corner.'

'Thank Merlin,' Ron whispered back.

Fortunately, Severus did not return to his office that night when Harry and Ron were there nor when they had gone back to their dormitory.  Harry knew he was pushing it now, but it was such too good of an opportunity to miss out on. 

Harry finally got to bed at 4:15am.  We was hardly going to have any sleep and he couldn't lay in because he needed a pass to the restricted part of the library because he wanted to become an Animagus but he wasn't going to tell Sirius that.  That was whom he was going to, to get one.  Also, it would be the perfect opportunity to see what Sirius thought of these pictures.

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The next morning Harry woke up and got himself dressed quickly.  He went down to Sirius' office where he found Sirius was just walking to.  We waited outside until Sirius arrived looking tired and unwell.

'Hangover?'  Harry inquired, as Sirius was about to say the password not noticing Harry.

'Harry!  You scared me.  Don't do that again. Hubba Bubba,' he paused, 'what did you just say?  I do not have a hangover and you shouldn't talk to me like that, I'm your teacher.'

'You're my godfather,' Harry replied in a cheery tone.  'And that's why I can tell you straight down that you got yourself pissed last night.' 

'Oi,' Sirius said playfully.  'I did not!  It was just a couple of…'  Sirius trailed off when he saw his office.  'What the…Harry, what the hell did you do?'

'Look at the photo's.  I thought you'd want a reminder, being his enemy and all.  So I left some for you,' Harry said grinning.

'Oh my god, you're meant to be studying.  You've been hanging around me too often.  You're meant to be studious not…like me,' Sirius paused and grinned and his voice turned from fatherly to amazed.  'But I love it!  Hey, what did you mean you left some for me?  Where else have you put them?'

Harry's grin broadened.  'You'll have to find out yourself.'

'How many copies did you make with MY spell?'

'Technically, it's not yours Sirius but I made 500.'  Sirius mouth dropped.

'500?!  He's gonna go mad.  And you're not even out his bad books for the last stunt!'

'Oh, well.  Are you coming to the great hall for breakfast?'  Harry said.  Sirius eyes lit up.

'Hell, yeah!  Umm, food.  Come on,' forgetting all of his papers for his next class.

'From now on Harry, I think you should leave the pranks directed at your uncle alone.  I mean, look at it from his point of view – while he was at school me and your father, well we weren't THAT perfect and as you know we had a tendency to play pranks on Severus. A lot of the time.  Anyway, Remus pointed out to me while your first joke happened that he probably didn't have a very good time at school with small…'

…'small my ass,' Harry muttered while grinning.

'Oi!,' Sirius shaked his head, 'Back onto the subject, me and your father played many pranks on him and as you well know, we hated your father and I with a passion.  Remus was thinking that if you continue your shenanigans then Severus is going to then be reminded of the past, making him believe your more like your father, which isn't going to make your relationship any better and making Hogwarts feel like a nightmare to him so he'll quit his job.' Sirius paused.  He turned to Harry grinning and looking at him pointedly.

'Now, is that truly what you want?'

Harry looked to the floor and reflected.  Was it what he wanted?  Of course not.  Okay, so he wouldn't have to put up with the detentions and lost house points, or from a family point of view, the threats or whining…but Harry still didn't want him to leave – especially not on his account.

'No,' Harry said quietly.

Sirius smiled.  'Then you better go collect all those pictures and do some serious sucking up.'

'On the job, Bob,' Harry said saluting.

'Huh?'

'Never mind.  Kids programme.  See ya,' Harry said as they departed.

'Harry thought the quickest way to get all the pictures was to use a summoning charm.  Focusing on the pictures he called them.  'Accio Pictures.'

After a couple of minutes of focusing, pictures started flying into his hand.  Ten minutes later when he thought he's collected them all, he ran to the Gryffindor common room and put them in his dorm bin.  'Breakfast, then some serious sucking up,' Harry said to himself.

Breakfast was a funny affair.  Usually Hermione would be reading a book but today however, she wasn't.  This made it all the harder for Harry to talk to Ron privately about the photos.  Ron, not seeing any, wanted to know where they had gone but since Hermione kept glancing in their direction listening to their conversation, it was too hard to tell Ron now.

'What are we doin' today?'  Ron asked munching on some buttered toast with Marmalade.

'Dunno, I need to go and apologise to him but apart from that…Hermione?'

'Well at least you've come to your senses.  I'm glad you're going to apologise without being told.  That's very mature,' Hermione said giving him a look of approval.

'Er…thanks, Hermione.'

'Anyway, I thought maybe we could go and see how the house-elves are getting on…'

'Oh no, you're not starting this spew stuff again,' Ron said.

'It's S.P.E.W!  No, I just thought Harry might like to see Dobby,' but the look on Hermione's face told Ron and Harry that wasn't the only thing she wanted to do.

'Right well, I'm gonna apologise.  Dunno, if I'll be back in time to see Dobby.  I'll drop by or meet you in the common room,' Harry said leaving the table and walking down to the dungeons. 

He knocked on Snape's office door.

'Come in,' Snape said.

Harry reluctantly opened the door and shut it slowly.  Snape didn't look up from marking so Harry waited nervously moving from one foot to the other. 

'Are you just going to stand there or are you going to say what you've come to say, Harry?'

Snape still hadn't looked up.

'I…I…,' Harry stuttered.  Snape finally looked up indifferently.  Harry took no notice and cleared his throat.  'I came to apologise,' Harry said not quite looking him in the eye.

Snape merely raised his eyebrow.

'I..I'm sorry for what I did.  It wasn't meant to be such a big deal.  And I'm sorry for what I said.  I just thought you took it a bit out of proportion.'  Harry paused.  'Anyway, I just came to say that and you see, Sirius said to me that if I kept playing pranks then you might quit your job for reasons I don't need to explain and anyway, I don't want that to happen.  So, erm…I'll just go,' Harry said turning his back on his Uncle and reaching for the handle.

'Sit down!'  Snape barked.  Harry hastily turned around and sat.

'Don't you ever do anything like that again.  Understand?' Snape said with utmost significance to him and with the I'm-the-boss-so-you-better-agree voice.

'Yes,' said Harry meekly.

'And you deserved you punishment?'  Snape continued.

'Yeah well, I've been meaning to talk about that…' Harry started but stopped as he saw the glare on his Uncle's face.  'I-I think it was suitable, yes. Wouldn't wanna change it.'

'Good, because your getting it.'  Snape said finally.

Harry grabbed his courage as if it was in the air, took a deep breath and pleaded.  'You think you could change just a slight part of it?  Please?'  Harry said giving him his best puppy dog look.

'No.'

'Pleeeeeease,' his pitch of voice highering.

'No, Harry!  You shouldn't have done it if you think you can't obtain the punishment,' Severus said firmly.

'But detentions with Filch…'

'Yes, what of them?'  He narrowed his eyes.  'You're not getting out of detention.'

'I don't want to!  Well, I do; but that's not the point.  Couldn't they be with you?  Please, please, please, please, please, pl-'

'Alright, alright!  I'll see what I can do,' Severus said exasperatedly.

'It's not that hard.  You know your own calendar,' Harry said.

'Of course I know my own calendar but it will not revolve around you.  Sunday your taking my time with me having to check you in the library and some Saturday's you'll have to be supervised so you don't go to Hogsmeade.'

'Supervised?  What if I just promise,' Harry said.

'I'm not stupid.' Snape snorted.  'I'll see what I can do and that's my final word,' Severus said looking at Harry pointedly.  Harry took the hint.

'Thank you!' Harry grinned.  'Did anyone ever tell you you're the best Uncle ever?'

'No, because you're the only nephew I have,' Snape said.

'Have I not told you?'  Harry continued.  'Well, I'm telling you know.  You're the smartest, coolest, nicest, funniest, greatest-' Harry was cut off.

'GET OUT! Before I throw you out!  I don't want to spend my day listening to your clap-trap!  Flattery will not help you get out of your detentions with Filch.  If anything, it will bring you closer.'

Harry looked slightly put out but not perturbed.  'I don't speak clap-trap, Uncle Sev.  I just speak what I think.  And I think you're the best uncle in the world whether you believe it or not.'

Snape rolled his eyes.  'Whatever Harry.  Don't you have things to do?  People to see?  That mangy mutt or the rest of the dream team?'

'Hey!  Sirius is not a 'mangy mutt'!  He's a great godfather.  And I happen to love him,' Harry said defensively.

'I never disputed that.  But I don't 'love him' so I'll call him what I like. Thank you,' Snape said with the air of finality.

'You know he at least is civil to you,' Harry said snidly.

'Would you be civil to a man who pranked you life to hell and back?'  Snape said rhetorically.  He smirked at Harry's defeated face.

'Well…no but-'

'Exactly.  But nothing.  Now run along and I shall see you tomorrow bright and early in the library,' Snape smirked.

Does he ever stop smirking?  Smile, Godammit!

'Because I'm sooo looking forward to that,' Harry muttered.  Not quiet enough it appeared.

'I'm sure you are.  Now I have work to do, if you don't mind,' Snape said not unkindly.

'Oh but Uncle Sev,' Harry whined, 'If I go, I'll have just have to listen to a row and S.P.E.W and go see the house elves.  Are you that busy that you can't spare me a moment?' 

'Harry, it's that I don't want tp spend time with you, it's just that I have papers to grade and so forth.'

Harry pouted.  'And there I was thinking I was you're favourite nephew.  Turns out your like the rest of them.  Humpf.'

'And what did the 'rest of them' do?'  Snape said like he was talking to a small child and not disturbed by Harry's behaviour.

'Promise us joy and then break them!'  Harry said dramatically.

'Stop being so melodramatic.  Your spending the whole day,' he carried on ignoring the groan that escaped from Harry, 'with me tomorrow.  If you are so desperate go and visit your 'charming' godfather and his pal who needs to change his eating habits soon.'

'Uncle Sev, that's mean,' Harry said disapprovingly.

'It is Severus, Sev-er-us!  And it's mean you have to call me Uncle Sev!  By the way, you do not 'reprimand' me, you are the child remember?  Learn some respect.'  He spat of 'reprimand' like it was a fly in his mouth.

Harry just grinned cheekily.  'When you learn to wash your hair,' Harry muttered very low.  Snape didn't hear it thankfully but he saw the muttering.

'What?' Snape said, eyes narrowing.

'I said I will heed your advice,' Harry said louder.

'Good,' eyes still narrowed.

'If you heed mine,' Harry muttered again but before he could comment he swifly move out of the chair and to the door.

'Catch you later, Uncle Sev master of all knowledge and superiority,' And before Snape could retort, Harry had flashed a grin and closed the door.

Snape sighed.  I certainly got myself into trouble when I took on him.  Scary thing is…I don't think I've seen the worst of it yet.

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