Easy Way Out

Hello all! Just want to say thank you for the lovely reviews I received. I apologize for taking so long to update, but I was away at camp all week. It was so much fun! I am back now though so look forward to many more updates. I will also be trying to write longer chapters, but I'm not very good at it, so bear with me. Please keep reviewing!

Chapter 8

A New Record?

Salazar had a very enjoyable time at the Black Manor with Remus. They had used the last week to get to know each other and to do research. While they hadn't had much luck figuring out what happened to him or Harry, they did manage to find a de-sticking the stuck charm, that would remove Mrs. Black's portrait from the wall. Her cries for help instead of her usual yelling of insults was definitely a nice change. The ugly house elf's heads were chucked into the trash as well (keep in mind that this is a magical trash so no muggles are likely to come screaming up and down the streets from the crazy talking portrait and hideous bodyless heads.)

Remus and Salazar then collapsed into chairs in the dining room with fits of laughter. "D-Did you hear her? By Merlin, did she really b-believe that after all the insults we've had to put up with her, that- that we would just leave her be? My god that woman is mad!" Salazar said with gasping breaths. Salazar than proceeded to imitate Mrs. Black as she was about to be dropped in the bottomless trash can… "Noooo. Please no. Stop you filthy blood traitors. You put me down this instant. Have you no respect for your betters? Oh please, please put me down. I'll be quieter, I promise. Oh put me down you no good, rotten miscreants! Have you nothing better to do than torture a poor old woman. Please, I don't want to die…."

"And then you said, Lady your already dead. Hey maybe you'll see your other self in hell, and than you dropped her in screaming. Merlin that was bloody hilarious!" Remus replied with tears of laughter rolling down his cheeks.

The two continued on like this for a while and then began making dinner for Professor Snape's arrival. He was bringing over Remus's wolfbane potion for the full moon, which was in four days time, as well as the memory restorative potion for Salazar.

"You think he likes macaroni and cheese?" Salazar asked Remus.

"He'd better, that's all we have left after your little cooking experiment at three o'clock this morning," Remus replied.

" Hey! Yeah I might've gotten a little carried away, but you can't expect me to know how to use a muggle stove on the first try."

"Or the second. Or the third. Or…"

"Oh do shut up," Salazar said grumpily.

Remus just laughed before saying to the now sulking boy, "C'mon then, Snape will be here any minute. Why don't you go and set the table while I finish up here."

Three hours later Remus had just finished telling Snape all about Salazar's unfortunate encounter with the stove, causing Snape to laugh in a completely out of character fashion. Salazar began pouting, and the two men finally took pity on the poor boy and changed the subject.

Severus Snape took two vials of potions out of his pocket and handed one each to Remus and Salazar. Remus promptly put his into his own pocket while Salazar looked curiously at the one before him. It was a murky brown green color and he was not looking forward to finding out what it tasted like. He looked up and saw both men staring at him. Obviously they wanted him to drink it now. Taking a deep breath Salazar uncorked the top and downed it as quickly as possible. At first he felt nothing except the urge to vomit, then he began to feel an annoying tickling sensation on his scalp. He stood up uneasily to get a glass of water to wash the bad taste out of his mouth when once again he lost consciousness and fell to the floor.

"Damn it. Is he trying to set a world record or something?" Snape said as he caught the boy yet again.

AN: Oh yeah! Go meee. It's my birthday, not really. OK-ok I'm done. Well what did you think? Did it meet everyone's expectations? What do you think should happen next? Let me know. Please review!