chapter 4
( just so you all know for severus's pet
TEXT weepy head
TEXT pleasant head
TEXT >dominate head)
Harry's shock and fear was fading away. After Dumbledore shut the door, he decided to look around this little workshop of horrors that was Snape's room. Harry stuck his head out from under the desk and looked up and down the room. It was more of a lab area than anything else, which lead to a kind of sitting area. This must be Snape's private rooms'. It's not nearly as scary as his office. The dead slimy things were restricted to lab area and a great deal more dried herbs and plants hanging from the walls. I have to get outta here! Harry began to scramble out from under the desk and head straight for the door. He nearly reached the door when Harry felt himself being plucked off the floor.
"And here I thought I used all of these up." Harry was now facing a very large Professor Snape and an even larger nose. Harry's mind flashed with all the possibilities of lizards in potions and he felt a horrible knot in his lizard belly. He squeezed his eyes shut and felt the professor move. Great I'm going straight into a cauldron! He felt himself being released and falling. The Boy Who Lived, Savior of the wizarding world, being used for a potion ingredient.
"Stop being so mellow dramatic." The familiar sneer was back "I'm tired of this! All of this, these brats losing their pets! Albus with the same rusty blade in my chest all of it!" Harry fell into a cold glass jar with the vented lid being screwed on. Harry began to scramble all around the inside of the jar. It looked clear but why wasn't he fleeing like he was supposed to? OH yeah! Duh Harry! Glass jar! Oh well at least he wasn't dead. Snape was now walking to his sitting room and placed Harry under a nice warm light next to a huge tank. It felt nice and cozy! " Just need to focus and all will be settled, right Diana?" Harry looked up and saw Snape lifting the lid to the tank and reaching inside. The head's of an unusually colored Runespore serpent1 slunk out of the corner of the tank came to meet his hand. Snape ran his long fingers over the back of each green and venomous orange head and all shut their eyes in bliss.
Of course master
Brown noser! Sure my buddy
Your both fools by my account...hmmmm >
Harry was shocked. Each head had it's own say of things, but it acting like some kind of weird kitten. "Be nice to your guest, it won't be here long. That first year never was truly convinced that the rat I turned in to her was the same."
Then she shouldn't of let it wander off! >
It was tasty though!
But that poor girl! The left head, the one nearest Harry, seemed to have a trembling pout on his face she knew that wasn't Snickers!
Snape had replaced the lid and walked to his ingredients. It wasn't long before a mind dulling smell wafted in the room
Don't be a Baby! By the heavens you're weak! > The left head sobbed something that sounded like 'your mean!'
Lighten up! Snickers was great and Diana made sure it was ok to munch!
"Uh, sorry but…" Harry wasn't sure what to say 'Diana' but his curiosity was flaring to know more about the Dark Wizard's pet. "how long have you been with…um…Snape?"
Who's that? >
I dunno.
Maybe he speaks of Master
Suck up. >
Am not!
That man's never been much fun! >
The left head looked sadly at Harry and sighed Near 18 years now… I miss the outside, and Mama. She had only one head you know...
You're not the only one that misses freedom! One day my plan to escape will spring into action! >The center head declared.
You're both daft. Sevy here keeps us fat and happy! He just doesn't play with us like he used too the far right head spoke to Harry in a very pleasant voice, for a snake, He jerked his head toward the center head All cause of her too! The center head huffed like Hermione and turned her nose up at the right head.
" Are you all Male? Or are you an it or something?" this was the wrong thing to say apparently. All three heads whipped around to glare at Harry with UN mitigated fury!
Then in a new voice of all three heads speaking at once it ground out " HOW RUDE! HOW DARE YOU ASK SUCH A QUESTION! I AM THE ITPITOME OF BEAUTY AND GRACE OF ALL SERPENTS! I AM NOT A KING WITH BALEFUL EYES NOR AM I A HARMLESS RIBBON OF A SERPENT! YOU VILE LITTLE LIZARD!" And with that the great serpent struck the side of its tank to try and get at terrified Harry. The Serpent known as Diana was openly weeping now. Furious that such a rude lizard dared say such a thing. She would have her revenge!
"Damn it! Diana STOP!" Severus Snape to the rescue. He grabbed a small bottle from out of the inside of his robes and tore the stopper out of it and up turned the whole bottle over Diana. Magical Serpent or no, a snake can't keep fighting if drenched in alcohol. She clamed down and Snape picked her up wiped the alcohol off her scales. " Stop it, you've always been perfect to me." The snake was acting like a two year old after a really bad temper tantrum. Pointing its tail at Harry's jar it began to hiss separately again.
One head stayed turned to Harry and hissed you're just an instigator!
It's not our fault Diana got mixed up with us!
The Left head buried his head in Snape's Robes and sobbed I HATE being upset! (Sob)
Diana turned to Snape and now pointing it's tail frantically at Harry hissed It's HIS fault Sev! HIS! >
After Diana clamed down Snape replaced her in her tank and put the lid on. With a fast swipe of Snape's hand, Harry found himself traveling much to fast to be safe. The lid of the jar was suddenly not in its place and Harry froze in fear of the giant hand coming towards him. Harry tried to escape out of the bottom of the jar again, but that only exposed his tail, which was promptly grabbed by Snape's pinching fingers.
"What did you do to my Snake?" Harry was now face to face with the angry glare of Severus Snape.
Harry didn't know what to do! All he knew is that fear and desperation made his body move without his mind and he flipped himself out of those torturous fingers and hit hard on Snape's face. Harry realized he was falling and snapped his jaws shut on the first thing that got near his mouth. Harry didn't even realize he had shut his eyes until he heard the yell of pain coming from Snape. He wrenched his eyes open to see what he was biting down so hard on only to nearly choke on the sight. Tears of pain were welling in Snape's eyes as Harry saw that it was his nose that he bit on to! The shock of being bitten by a lizard seemed to be fading cause Severus Snape blinked away the tears and seemed to want to gently get Harry off his nose. Snape tugged and tried to bribe Harry off of his nose with what looked like a caterpillar, but Harry held on. The faintest idea as to way he held on, Harry couldn't say his jaws were just stuck.
"OK! If I promise not to kill you will you let go?" Severus's voice sounded like he had a stuffed up nose, which made Harry laugh. It sounded like a sneeze, to which Snape grimaced at. Eww, lizard germs "I swear on my miserly black heart!"
'Ok I know I can't let go! He'll feed me to the hypersensitive snake thing, like he did Snickers the rat. I reckon I'll wait it out for a while and see what he'll do next'
"this must be one of the first years pets, I'll just go and interrogate all of them" an unpleasant smile curled Severus's mouth. "Then well see if you can escape you damned lizard" Snape stood his robes swirling impressively and he gracefully walked to his cauldron and swished the flames out. "It seems Lupin will have to wait another day before I test this on him." Snape muttered to himself while toss away the ruined mess.
'does he practice that? Test it on him? What the hell is he talking about? Damn snarky professors with emotion issues.'
Meanwhile the dynamic duo…
"Follow me to my office! And if I hear some much as a whisper out of either one of you, you'll both have detention with Professor Snape!" Professor McGonagall in a fine mood!
"But professor! Malfoy-" Hermione cut in as soon as she could. She had to save Harry! She was sure Professor McGonagall would listen to her. Unfortunately Professor McGonagall had another idea. She spun on her heel and faced both teens abruptly, a look of livid fury on her stern face.
"Miss Granger! I believe I told you to hold your tongue! I've never been more-arh! Just follow me!" so they followed the vexed professor to her lair.
After what seemed like forever they reached McGonagall's office. She walked behind he desk and sat ramrod straight in her chair and glared at Ron and Hermione to do the same.
"I want the two of you to know I'm every disappointed in both of you! Mr. Potter and I have already had this discussion-" she seemed to have finally realized that Mr. Potter wasn't there. "Where is Mr. Potter? I was under the impression that the three of you never part company."
"That's what we've been trying to tell you! Malfoy kidnapped Harry and is holding him hostage in the Slytherin common room!" Ron jumped to his feet and his voice broke mid sentence. Professor McGonagall's severe face looked odd with both her eyebrows near her hairline.
"And how was Mr. Malfoy able to kidnap Potter in the middle of breakfast in the great hall? Did he hide him in his pocket?"
"Exactly!" Hermione jumped to her feet too. An awful idea jumped to her mind "You see Professor, Malfoy used the animales expecto hex on Harry and we were going to talk to you to help Harry become human again, but Malfoy grabbed him in the Great Hall before we got to you. We were trying to save him!"
Minerva McGonagall had never heard of a wilder story, but Malfoy did leave the scene quickly after she went to break up the row. He did have as much fault as her own students, and since Severus wasn't there there's no way he'd be able to stop her from giving and cowardly boy what he deserved. So she stood up and walked briskly toward the door. "Well what are you waiting for? We are going to find if there is truth to this cock and bull story of yours." Both Ron and Hermione started in motion and followed their bemused professor toward the dungeons.
Down in Slytherin, were only the truly daft enter…
Draco was ready to gloat to the rest of his little Slytherin following. Since his father ran in high circles, he was well respected and feared; no matter whose circles he ran in. That feeling of power is what Draco always remembered as a child and now he wanted it. He patted his jumper pocket and felt …nothing! Where was that damned lizard? Oh well, he'd just accio the damn thing to him, but was the damn thing in the common room or in the dorms, where he was now, hell, it might even be in the corridor
'Damn, I hate it when a plan fails to come together!' Draco huffed and raised his wand ready to accio weasel's lizard when he heard the un-mistakable sound of his head of house's voice.
"Whose vile lizard is this? It has been my understanding that only cats, toads or owls are allowed in this school and not anyone's special little pets!" Severus's deadly purr sounded hilarious with his nose clapped shut with the lizard. Harry laughed again and made Severus's face grimace in disgust.
'What is it with everyone thinking I'm vile? I'm a clean lizard.'
"I want everyone in here immediately! I want this lizard off my person now!" Snape barked his order and Draco had no choice but to go into the common room.
'Please don't let it be weasel's lizard!' he walked into the common room and mentally slapped himself what gods did I piss off? He's not going to ignore this one.' Mentally sighing he walked into place between Crabbe and Goyle, never losing his mask of Malfoy superiority.
Severus's glare fell like a bucket of cold water on his new first years. Some of his older student knew this was just to weed out the guilty party. If there was one thing Slytherins didn't get away with, it was making a fool out of their head of house. Severus knew he was close, most quailed under his gaze; expect Draco Malfoy to disappoint him. He was guilty. His face was usually more relaxed with his head of house, there was less posturing, now his face held the usual Malfoy swagger that Severus hated about his father. Yes he knew who was responsible now.
"Mr. Malfoy would you remove your lizard from my face?" Shock was written in Malfoy's eyes "Well what are you waiting for? A written invitation? Now Malfoy!" Snape barked at him. Malfoy jumped and gently grabbed Harry's body and pulled lightly. He wasn't budging.
"Please lizard? Please!" Malfoy whispered then he gently brushed his index finger right under Harry's jaw. It felt weird and Harry's jaws loosened their hold on Severus's nose.
"Severus, Mister Malfoy! I would like to have a word with both of you!" McGonagall made her entrance with a bang by tossing the Slytherin common room door wide open with her wand. "Now, if you please."
"Malfoy. Minerva. Follow me." Snape Turned, his robes effectively distracted from his bright red nose. 'Thank God Lizards have weird teeth! I would hate to look anything like Mad eye.'
"And bring that lizard Mr. Malfoy." And with that both professor swished out of the room followed my four teenagers.
1 Runespore serpents are notorious for eating there own eggs, seeing as it each has three different heads the other two wouldn't know that the eggs were it's own and eat them, to eliminate this problem Voldemort tried cross breeding Runespores with a non venomous constrictor (mainly for size compatibility) unfortunately for Diana's mother it worked but the young instead of being all male or all female ended up being mixed, thus unable to have more snakes. Voldemort ordered the (half breed filth) to be killed. Sev, being the nice guy that he is, saved Diana. Voldemort later used the serpents as an example of how Half-breed snakes are like Half-blooded wizards. The jerk.
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