Chap. 10 Trouble Or Not?

Harry woke to the touch of warm sunlight on his chest. He managed to open his right eyelid just enough for him to verify that it was sunlight he felt. What he wasn't expecting was what appeared to be a blurry face only a foot above his head. Upon discerning that it was indeed a face and that it was even attached to a head and a neck, he closed his eyelid and proceeded to tangle himself in the warm duvet. He was now safe from the evil thing that was called morning. Or at least he thought he was safe.

"I think he gets lazier with each passing day. I remember that Lily hated mornings also." Spoke a voice that was as warm as the sun. "I still have no idea how James managed to get her out of her blankets and remain in one piece. Remember that time she nailed me with that charm, and I spent the whole day singing that bloody sunshine song." The voice laughed quietly.

"Didn't you have a sign floating above your head as well? I believe it said something about not sticking your wand into her blankets." Another voice sighed. "I on the other hand am smart enough to ensure my safety before doing something so dangerous. I grabbed his wand first."

That was enough to make Harry attempt to escape his cocoon. He soon realized that there was a slight problem, and had no choice but to interrupt their chat. He looked in the direction of two human shaped blobs. "Would one of you kindly free me from this thing before I end up as its breakfast?" His question was met with laughter.

"Well duvets that attempt to devour humans are definitely dark magic. Since I am only a simple potions master I'll have to defer to our dark arts expert." He chuckled. "So tell me Remus, do you think you'll be able to subdue it before it completely devours this poor child?"

Remus levitated the bundle off the bed as he spoke softly. "I'm afraid I don't know if I can stop this dark duvet in time, but I will certainly tr… oops."

Harry dropped onto the floor. Shaking his head he reached for his clothes. Severus handed him his glasses which he immediately put on, and then his wand. With a flick of his wrist the few items he had spread around the room flew into his trunk. He looked at the two men standing near the door.

"I guess its time to head down to the hall." Harry noticed that both men were worried. He walked in to the hall and waited for them to join him. Remus walked past Harry and headed towards the stairs. Severus began to follow him but when he strode past Harry the boy noticed there was something other than worry in the older mans eyes. He reached out and placed his hand on Sev's arm to stop him. Severus looked at Harry and then a look of surprise appeared on his face as he was pulled into a quick embrace.

Harry spoke quietly before releasing Sev, "No matter what happens today I'll still be your friend." He turned and walked towards Remus who had waited for them at the top of the stairs.

Severus pulled himself together and joined his friends. As the three men started to descend the stairs Severus switched his slight grin to his customary scowl.

They came to a stop at the closed doors of the great hall with Harry standing in front of the two men. Remus stood to his left and Severus was on the right. Harry unconsciously reached backwards with his hands instinctively seeking comfort from the two he considered family and smiled when both men gave his hands a light squeeze. Harry took a deep breath and squared his shoulders before releasing them and pushing open the doors. He only managed about ten steps forward when he noticed a face that he had thought gone forever.

Sirius had watched them enter the door and smiled as Harry stopped in shock. His smile became a smirk as he caught Snapes eye and watched his shoulders start to droop. Then he could restrain himself no longer and bounded towards his godson. Sweeping Harry into a hug he glared at the other men, barely noticing that Harry had returned the embrace. Finally they released each other and placing his hand against Harry's back Sirius led him away from Remus and Severus to a seat at the table.

The meal passed without an incident and Severus hoped that Black would not upset Harry. For a while it seemed like Sirius was going to just ignore him, but as usual he wasn't that lucky. Severus was stopped before he could exit the school. He didn't say a word but just stood there waiting for Black to speak. He was not disappointed.

"I don't know what you think you're playing at Snape but I won't let you have Harry." Sirius growled in a quiet voice. "Let me make one thing clear to you if you ever go near him again I will kill you myself. I will immobilize you and then instead of being merciful and using Avada you will have the pleasure of meeting Padfoots fangs." Sirius took a step back and mockingly motioned for Snape to exit the castle. Then he followed the man out the door and discovered a wand pointing at his heart. Looking up he saw, "Harry…"

"Just what the hell do you think you were doing? What gave you the right to threaten Severus?" Harry was practically trembling with fury. As Sirius opened his mouth to speak he was cut off by the young man. "Did you honestly believe that we would leave you alone with him? All of us know how much you dislike him, but you - you…"

Remus jumped in at that moment. "In all the years I've known you I have never been so disgusted with your behavior. This is even worse than when you sent him to the willow. We all heard you threaten to torture him to death. I wish I knew what has gotten into you. If I'd known you would behave like this I would have had Sev take you right back to that death eater bitch!"

Severus saw the blood drain from Black's face and spoke softly. "Enough, both of you need to stop now. I've always known that Black hates me and I doubt that it is ever going to change. There's no reason for you to fight. Besides what do you think James would say if he could see this? Remus, Harry, Black you have got to sit down and talk." He looked at Harry before continuing. "There's no need to defend me. It's not worth it." Severus turned and headed for the gates.

"Why did you do that when he was leaving you alone? He didn't even say a single word to you." With that Harry put away his wand and ran after Severus.

Sirius turned to Remus with a look of disbelief as he watched Harry pull Snape to stop and give him a hug. "Moony what's wrong with Severus?" He whispered.

A.N: Noooo. Sev's become a softy. starts banging head against the desk He's supposed to be sarcastic, and mean, and it's terrible. starts bawling loudly Now that we got that over with, I think that the attitude fairies got a little confused. Lets just say Severus is having a mid life crisis. That's always a good excuse. My writers block has been doing weird things causing me to write a chapter that won't end up in the story for about 15 or more chapters. Is a Mary Sue a character that is perfect and gets the guy, saves the day and everyone adores her? I've never come across an explanation for Mary Sues. We'll probably see you in a few months (if not sooner) so bye till then.