Chapter 5- Severus Snape

Harry was shaken awake the next morning by a frantic looking Draco Malfoy.

"Harry you have to get up! My father wanted to know who I was out with all

yesterday and I told him that I was being shown around a rich Lord's castle. I told him

the Lord Potter wanted to discuss an excellent business opportunity with me, which

would gain me a fortune and fame. He was so pleased that he wrote you a formal

invitation to dinner!"

Harry sat straight up.

"You WHAT? He invited me to WHAT? Are you insane?"

"I told my father you were a Lord and he invited you to dinner and I am beginning to

question my sanity. You have to go, otherwise he will be suspicious and the whole

school idea is off. My father would be so insulted that he would forbid me from ever

seeing you again, and he has the power to do it!"

"Fine," Harry snapped. "What time I will me there."

Draco now looked at him as though he was insane.

"Potter you can't just 'show up' as like you are a close friend. This is a formal affair.

You need proper clothing, servants, and a Lady friend. Your wealth needs to show!"

Harry freaked. "And how am I supposed to do that? I am a powerful wizard but clothing

is not my specialty! Transfiguring clothing takes a special skill, one that I have never

bothered to perfect. What are we going to do?"

Malfoy grinned. "We're going shopping."

An hour and a half later Harry found out that he did have quite a few servants.

House-elves in fact. He, Draco, and Ron had apperated to Hogwarts (or Gryffindor

Castle as it was known as is this universe.) It felt weird to be able to apperate to the

castle for Harry because the Hogwarts he knew had wards so that you couldn't apperate

there at all. Several house-elves met them at the front gates. They immediately

recognized Harry as a Potter and were delighted to have a master of the castle again. It

had been sixteen years since any human had entered the castle. With much pride they

showed Harry and his friends the way they had kept the castle in perfect condition. It

seemed also that a certain Boy-Who-Lived was right that he did indeed have a fortune in

the castle. And it was not a small one at all. The room that he knew as the Gryffindor

Common room was filled with gold, silver, and jewels. Heaps and heaps pilled up to the

top of the ceiling covering every square inch of the room except a narrow pathway that

had been made around the room. One tenth of this gold would have been enough to pay

for what Harry needed. But they did not have time to explore more of the castle if Harry

was to be ready by tonight then they needed to get ready. The first place they went to

was a wizard robe store in Paris. They spent a good three hours getting Harry measured

for expensive robes made out of the most expensive material. Every robe contained

Harry's 'family crest'. Basically he had taken the Order of the Phoenix patch from the

robes that he had worn to meeting of Dumbledore's secret organization to fight

Voldemort, and made a few changes to it. After supplying himself with plenty of robes

Harry went to a stable and bought several pure-bread horses to pull the gold carriage that

Malfoy had insisted on. Next Harry explained the situation to Ginny, who after being

made to understand what was going on was whisked off to Paris as well for new robes

that would be fit for a Queen. They got her jewels and had her hair and make-up done by

professionals. By five o'clock everything was ready. Harry was wearing deep red robes

lined with real gold thread and Ginny was wearing the same blood-red but with bronze

linings. Around her neck she wore Lily's old necklace. A simple gold chain with a

beautiful heart-shaped sapphire. She felt like a princess. At exactly 6:15 the couple

arrived. Draco had told Harry that his father valued being punctual. Sure enough

standing in the doorway was Luscious Malfoy waiting. He smiled a horrible smile as a

house-elf opened to door on the carriage. Another elf helped Ginny down. Malfoy Sr.

waited in anticipation for the Lord that he had heard so much about to step out. Harry

gracefully came out, his power showing through his eyes. The way he walked made one

feel as though Harry was all knowing. As he approached Luscious, the elder man gave a

bow that painfully reminded the raven-haired man of the way Malfoy had bowed before

Voldemort. "My Lord, it is an honor to meet you. My son as told me much about you.

May I ask who this lovely young lady is with you?"

'Already lying,' Harry though to himself. He knew Draco had told his father almost nothing about him.

"This is Lady Virginia Ravenclaw. And the honor is all mine." They had decided that

using Ginny's real last name wouldn't be smart seeing as Malfoy hated all Weasleys.

Malfoy bowed again and kissed Ginny's hand. She gave Harry a clear look to say, 'ew'.

Harry laughed silently with his eyes and the couple was lead into the house. In the parlor

was Mrs. Malfoy waiting to welcome them to her home. (Much like Aunt Petunia, Harry

thought.) Soon after a house-elf came in to announce that it was time for dinner. Harry

was quite surprised to see that the elf was Dobby. Then he remembered that in this world

Dobby was not a free elf, because he, Harry had not freed him. Harry winked at Dobby

as he passed. Dinner would have been wonderful if it hadn't been for the fact that it was

at Malfoy Manor with Mr. Malfoy. After supper the men went to the drawing room and

the women to the sitting room.

"So what business do you and my son have in common?" Mr. Malfoy asked in a greasy

voice as they entered the room.

"I am developing new spells and potions in my castle. I need three other powerful

wizards to help. Your son passed the test with honors and I would like him to join my

team. This job is very hard to get and will gain your son great money and respect in the

world. This is his first payment." Harry pulled out a large sac of money from within his

robes and placed it down in front of Mr. Malfoy. He gave a small salute and then swept

from the room in a grand fashion to leave Mr. Malfoy to think about what he wanted.

Harry quickly went to find Ginny. He found her looking rather frustrated with her

conversation with Mrs. Malfoy.

"Virginia it is time to leave, my business here is done." He said in a commanding voice

to keep the act up for Mrs. Malfoy. He held out his arm and led her out of the room.

Once again the next morning Harry was shaken awake by Draco. But this time it

was with good news. It seemed that Luscious Malfoy had bought the act and there would

be no problem with having Draco's involvement in the school. A now fully awoken and

happy Harry went and got Hermione to discuss the Noisnemind Potion.

"I talked to Dumbledore shortly yesterday and he says the ingredients should be no

problem. I swear he has a friend everywhere. However, the fact that I am not skilled at

potions and neither is Dumbledore provides a huge problem. No offence but you guys

haven't had enough training to made a potion this complicated."

Both Ron and Draco rolled their eyes, though it was Draco who explained the situation.

"Potter all you have to do is hire a professional Potions Master. It is quite easy in fact.

My father has a good friend who makes potions and should have no problem making this

one as long as we supply the hard to get ingredients."

Harry smiled and rubbed his hands together. "Perfect, let's get going then. The sooner you all get your memories back the sooner we can start a school. Now how to we get to your father's friend's house?"

Harry groaned several minutes later. It seemed that the only way to get to this Potions

Master's house was through Floo powder. He hated floo powder more than any other

way of travel in the wizard world, one thing that if it was missing here, he wouldn't have

missed.

"Just call out The Dungeons and you will be there." Draco went first calling out, "The

Dungeons!"

Then Hermione and Ron followed not much later.

"The Dungeons!" Harry called out before zooming through the floo network. He landed

after what seemed forever in a dark house. Draco was talking to a man that was strangely

familiar. Tall, dark with greasy hair. It seemed that Draco's father's friend was none

other than Severus Snape.

Authors Note: Thank you for the reviews everyone! I apologize about all the belongings

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******Teasers for the next chapter: *****

". That is unreasonable.."

"I died? How?"

"James? Is that you?"

The Hogwarts hospital wing?

"I was standing in front of a group of death eaters."

"Welcome back!"