The Prices of Family
Severus apperated outside #4 Privet Drive and walked up the drive. He rapped on the door. It opened to reveal a very bulky man with a mustache.
"Who in the bloody hell are..." Vernon spotted Snape's clothes. "Oh no, none of your kind is welcome here."
"Hello to you too Dursley. Now I'm here to see Harry Potter." he said.
"THERE IS NO HARRY POTTER HERE!" Vernon yelled.
"Oh I beg to differ, how else would you know about my kind as you so eloquently put it."
"You aren't entering this house."
"GET OUT OF MY WAY DURSLEY OR I'LL HEX YOU INTO THE NEXT MILLENIA!" Snape yelled at the fat man before him. Just then a boney woman entered followed by a whale of a boy Severus assumed was Harry's cousin.
"Hello Petunia." he said, silkily.
"Y..y..you." Petunia Dursley stuttered.
"Me, now where's my son."
"He...wait, your son? But Potter...You and her...not him?"
"Yes Petunia, where is he?"
"Up..upstairs, he's..." she didn't finish at a sharp look from her husband. "upstairs" she said softly. He nodded, a bit confused and went upstairs. As soon as he got to the top of the stair, he heard a sound coming from the bathroom. The door was open a crack so he just pushed it open a little bit more. The sight that greeted him made him want to hex the Dursleys into the next millenia. Harry way leaning over the toilet, pale as a ghost, vomiting. Snape stood motionless. He was so obiously sick and his relitives just went about their daily routine. Harry swayed as he tried to stand and collapsed. This propelled Snape into quick action. He caught Harry before he hit the ground.
Harry turned his head to see who had caught him and was startled that it was Snape.
"Professor Snape." he said weakly.
"Are you alright Harry?" he asked. It took a moment for this to register. Snape had just called him Harry. He shook his head.
"I don't think so." he said. He was starting to get dizzy.
"Alright, let's get you to Hogwarts." he picked the boy up and was astounded at how little he weighed. So light for a boy who would be 15 in a few days time.
"Where are your things Harry?" he asked.
"My room, Hedwig's out hunting. The important stuff is under the loose floorboard under my bed." Snape nooded his assent and carried him into the hall.
"Which is your room?" he asked. Surely, surely it wasn't the door with all of the bolts, that must be a storage closet, expt the catflap at the bottom."
"That one," Harry pointed to that door. Oh Dursley, you're gonna get it. Snape entered the room and looked around. It was too small for any boy to live in. He lay Harry on the bed and grabbed his stuff from under the bed. He went over to the trunk, kicked it open, and dumped the things inside. Then he closed it, shrunk it and Hedwig's cage, and pocketed them. He picked Harry up agian and walked down the stairs, and shooting the Dursley's a dirty look, walked out of the house but not before turning and saying,
"I'll deal with you later." in a menacing voice.
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"Ok say that agian with a straight face." Harry said. His face fell as he saw the look on Snape's face. "You're not joking are you?"
"No, I'm not."
"I don't believe you!"