A/N: Ok this was inspired by a conversation between my friend Alternate Ending and me. It will be slashy later on, so please be patient it may take a while to get to. If you don't like slash its simple really, no like, no read. I will laugh in the face of anyone that flames me because of this, I have warned you, if you chose not to heed this warning, then it is your own fault. Yes, this is going to be Draco/Harry Slash, it may not seem like it from this chapter, however everything will become clear later on.

Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoat Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.

Beta'd By: Adela Nightmoon

Dedication: For Alternate Ending who gave me the idea, bugged me to hell and back to write this and helped with parts of it. Thank you for the push I couldn't do it without you.

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Prologue

Rain pelted the grimy windows as lightning ripped open the turbulent sky. A dark figure crept in the shadows towards the looming castle. Thunder crashed and the wind howled, candles flickered in the windows of the castle and the small hut that stood in its shadow. The full moon made the lake shine molten silver one second and become a black lagoon the next, as the stormy clouds covered its gloomy ghostly light.

As the figure reached the imposing great oak doors of the castle, they looked around quickly and disappeared as if by magic, to be replaced by a pure white ferret. It moved its head from side to side, checking for something, then in a flourish of white, it scuttled up the pipes of the old building. The ferret darted across the roof for a few seconds before diving through a partly open window.

Once inside it skulked along, trying to blend in with the shadows as best it could, hiding behind the enormous, metallic suits of armour, as teenagers in black robes passed down the corridor laughing, before moving on. When it reached the top of many flights of stairs, it looked around quickly, before jumping onto the banister and slid down the stone, in the direction of what would be the dungeons, in the never-ending maze of corridors and floors in the castle. Once in the torch lit dungeons, it passed several closed doors until it stopped at the end of the corridor in front of a large heavy arched wooden door, the ferret looked around once again before scratching on the door.

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The room was circular, with no windows, but many doors going off of it. The furnishings were old but comfortable, in the colours of black, jade and emerald green, silver and the occasional midnight blue. At the far side of the room one of the many doors was open, revealing a large circular room with numerous vials and jars of unusual things and colours adorned the shelves of the room, along with a few old books. A large table sat in the centre of the room, with a bubbling cauldron set upon its surface with many empty vials sitting beside it.

Thunder could hardly be heard in these rooms, and so, a dark haired figure sat peacefully, in a black leather chair by the crackling fire, reading an ancient black tomb. The figure wore black robes, similar to that of the teenagers that the ferret had passed in the halls.

The sound of scratching could be heard from behind one of the doors. The silhouette in the chair ignored the sound for about five minutes, but the scratching continued. Giving a heavy sigh of rage, he snapped the book he was reading shut violently and whipped his reading glasses off the end of his large nose.

"This time I will kill that damn cat and Filch will be scraping her up off the floor for hours!" His voice bubbling over with rage, he ripped the heavy door open with a surprising amount of force, but there was no cat, just a white ferret.

"Oh no you don't," Snape snapped, and swung the door shut as fast as possible, however the ferret was considerably faster and in a flash of white, the ferret was inside the room before the door was even halfway shut. Once inside it scurried its way up the figures leg.

"Get off of me, you undignified animal!" he hissed, and was answered with a sharp nip on the hand.

Before he could retort, the ferret was gone and in its place stood a smirking, tall, blonde haired man with an unprecedented air of aristocracy and dignity, "Really Severus, that's no way to treat your guests" Lucius drawled, smoothing the front of his extremely expensive black silk robes gently.

"And that's no way to make an impromptu appearance, Lucius," Severus snapped, moving to sit back down again, glaring at the man. "I assume you're not here for pleasantries, Lucius, so please cut to the point, I have much to do," he stated coldly.

"Alas, no Severus, although it has been a while since we last spoke, I remember when we used to be friends, aren't you even going to offer me a drink?" Lucius asked, raising a regal eyebrow.

Severus glared squarely at the man, knowing he wasn't going to continue until he got his drink. Sighing dismissively, he opened a dark oak cabinet on the other side of the magnificent fireplace and selected his favourite bottle of whiskey. Poring two glasses he handed one to Lucius, who accepted it graciously and sat down in the chair he had previously occupied. Lucius sent Severus a disproving glare, before conjured himself a chair, similar to the one that Severus occupied, across from his begrudging host.

They both drank silently for a few moments before Lucius spoke, "Severus, as you are quite aware you are… Severus?" The man in question was staring down into the glass in horror; he put his glass down on the table gently and stared wide eyed at Lucius, who stared back puzzled.

"Well this is definitely going to be interesting," Severus, commented, his eyes wide as they both began to shrink before everything went black.

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A/N: Read and Review please! Ok the next chapter maybe up soon, but I wouldn't hold your breath, considering how long this chapter took me to write.

SilverShadow