Chapter 24: Let's get down to work
{Kat and Sev's POV}
Severus shrugged. -"Okay, if you say so, so, do you have something in mind?"- He smirks.
-"I don't have an idea right now, do you have any?"- Kat asked curiously, knowing that he came up with plans easily.
Severus thinks for a moment. -"The problem is that he always carries his wand on him, we can use Alex to convince dad, and we can all sleep together in his room, that way it will be easier to get his wand, that would be a plan where we wouldn't get in trouble, but if you want a riskier one, I can think of another one"-
-"That would work, but I think we need to wait a bit until he's more off guard about his wand. Right now, he's not going to let it out of his sight"- Kat said with a sigh.
Severus crosses his arms. -"We could do it on a Saturday, every Saturday he and Professor McGonagall usually drink most of the night, it'll put him off his guard"-
Kat shakes her head, -"He'll bring his wand with him, I'll find a way to go talk to him and get him to leave his office do I can see his wand"-
Severus shrugs -"That might work, but he always has his wand in his pocket, maybe we could create a situation where he gets distracted, and we can take his wand from him, I can arrange a fight in front of his office"-
-"That could work"- Kat nodded -"But who would you get to fight and don't you expect him to use his hand to break it up? Besides, you're not planning on fighting, are you?"- She raised an eyebrow.
Severus rolled his eyes. -"I'm not going to fight, not that I'd be suicidal, some Gryffindor boys owe me a favor, so they'll be the ones fighting. You'll have to distract dad, so he leaves his wand on his desk for when he comes out to stop the fight, or you make him have his wand in his hand when he tries to stop the fight, I will make them push him so that he drops his wand"-
-"That could work, I have to see him for my lessons tomorrow, so he'll be distracted enough where I can get him to drop his wand"- Kat said as she listened to his idea.
Severus nodded. -"So, we'll do that, when are you going to have your lesson, what time? To set up the fight"-
-"I think an hour or 2 before curfew, but you'll also have to watch Alex"- Kat said before she left thinking for a moment, she hoped she got the time right.
Sev clicked his tongue. -"Oh, yeah, you're right, and dad wants me with him all the time"- He scratches his head as he thinks. -"I can ask my roommates to watch him only during the fight, then I just have to hurry back and keep dad from seeing me"- He said, snapping his fingers.
-"That would be fine, but we'd have to keep Alex quiet about it and hope your roommates can handle the short time with Alex"- Kat said with a shrug.
Severus shrugged. -"They'll be fine, they'll be 4 against 1, and they like kids, Alex will probably have fun, he probably won't even notice when I leave, I just have to come up with an excuse, so I can get out of there and Alex will never find out, I hope"-
-"Hopefully your friends can distract him without pissing him off in any way"- Kat said shaking her head as she thought of a list of things they could say to piss him off, one of their wands could piss him off, they could say something about their crushes on her, and he'd get mad, or literally anything could bother him.
Severus thinks for a moment. -"You're right, that kid these days has had his emotions up to the clouds, he's more sensitive than usual, anything could make him upset"- He would know she was right. -"Maybe I should make a list for them"- He smirks -"Hey, would it be very immoral of me if I made our brother sleep during the time I'm away?"-
-"That's the best idea you've had all day"- Kat said laughing as she joked with him -"Just have the kid sleep while you're gone and have your roommates watch him just in case"-
-"Thanks, I guess, it was just a joke, but I can do it"- Sev shrugs. -"I just have to put a little of one of the sleeping potions in a drink and voilĂ , he won't wake up for a while"-
-"I can put it in if it's easier, he trusts me more, so he won't question what I'm putting in his drink"- Kat offered as she thought about how Alex would fight Sev to take the potion.
Severus nodded. -"Yeah, you're right, though I was thinking of putting the potion in a glass of milk, that's how dad does it, and he drinks it without complaining or asking questions"- He thought of all the times Alex was sick, that was the easiest solution their father had come up with to get Alex to drink his potions without much of a fight.
-"Do you really think Alex will question dad though?"- Kat said raising her eyebrows at him -"He'll question you, he won't question me"-
-"You're right"- Severus thinks for a moment before laughing. -"That shortie doesn't trust me at all"- He says, still laughing.
-"Just give me the potion, and I'll put it in dinner, then he'll be out within the hour, and I'll go to my lesson"- Kat said with a nod.
Severus nodded -"Okay, but we'll have to give him a less powerful one, we don't want him to pass out during dinner, that would be very suspicious"-
-"True, you make the potion because I'm not too good at that kind of stuff"- Kat said knowing that she would mess up the potion.
-"It's not that hard, I'll just make a potion with a delayed effect, he'll be sound asleep by the time you're halfway through your lesson"- Severus says while shrugging.
-"Sounds good to me, give it to me whenever, and I'll put it in his drink"- Kat said with a nod.
-"I'll give it to you after class, I have a couple of hours off tomorrow, so I'll use dad's lab to practice the animagus potion, I can make two potions at the same time"- Severus stands up. -"See you at dinner, I'll go talk to those guys, I have to take advantage of not having to watch Alex right now"- He says before walking towards the door.
-"Alright, let me know when the plan is solidified or if things change"- Kat said as he left the room, watching him before returning to her work.
-"Alright"- Severus says as he closes the door behind him.
{Sev's POV}
Severus hums as he walks in the direction of Gryffindor tower, he reaches the entrance to the Gryffindor common room, says the password and enters. He knows the passwords and the location of all the common rooms, as he usually does a lot of favors for different students from all houses and years. He sees the two boys sitting in front of the fireplace and walks towards them. -"Hey guys, I'm here to retrieve a favor"- He smirks.
They look at each other and then nod. -"Okay, Snape, shoot"- One of them says as they both look at him.
Severus sat down across from them -"Okay, it's something simple, I just need you to fight in front of my da...headmaster's office, my sister and I need a distraction, and you are perfect for that"-
They looked at each other with concern -"Severus, that will get us in a lot of trouble, you know how scary and intimidating your father is"-
Severus rolled his eyes. -"I know, but what do you think he would have done to me if he had found out what I did for you"- He sighed -"The most that could happen would be a day's detention and points taken off, maybe 5, 10 max 20, but..."-
Severus couldn't finish because he was interrupted by one of them -"And it seems little to you, Snape, we are grateful to you for that favor, but you know how important the house cup is"-
-"Yeah, besides, knowing the headmaster, I'm sure he'll take 30 from each of us"- The other frowns.
-"If he catches me, believe me detention and taking points off me, will be the mildest punishment I'll get"- Severus sighed and scratched his head -"Look you won't do so bad if you don't use magic, and I'll give you my notes for the next potions class, and you can make up and even earn more points"-
They looked at each other and sighed. -"Okay, I guess we have an agreement, so what's the plan? Tell us the details"-
Severus smiled triumphantly -"Well, it's very simple tomorrow, two hours before curfew you must be in front of the statue at the entrance of the office, I'll let you go up, we'll hide for a few seconds, then you just have to make a fuss. When the headmaster is outside one of you bump into him, and then he will catch you, from then on you know what will happen. He will be busy, so he won't ask for an explanation"-
One of them sighed -"So, we should pretend to fight by making a lot of noise, let the headmaster yell at us and punish us, and then we can go back to our common room"-
Severus nodded -"Yep, and I'll give you the notes when you finish your work"-
They nodded -"Deal"- They got up -"Alright, let's go eat, I'm hungry"-
Severus nodded looking at the time, dinner was almost starting.
The three of them left the Gryffindor tower and walked towards the Great Hall.
Once Severus left, Kat finished her school work and then moved on to what she needed for her lessons. After a good bit of time meditating and reading up on everything she needed to know for her lessons before switching to the book about her ability. She looked at the time realizing it was time for dinner -"I guess I'll have to go get Alex"- She put all her stuff away, she knew Severus would be busy and would most likely forget to go get their little brother, so she went to pick up Alex. Once she went inside she saw Alex sitting on their father's lap holding him tightly -"Father, I've come for Alex, to take him to dinner"-
Snape nodded -"Very well, come on Alexander, go with your sister"- Although he felt comfortable having his son, he wanted to be alone for a few minutes, he wanted to regain his composure.
Alex grumbled, but before he could do or say anything, his father was already setting him down and his sister was dragging him out of the office. He pouted as they walked towards the Great Hall -"Kat, I want to stay with dad"- He still felt his father's magic very strange and wanted to stay with him, he felt his father needed him.
-"He's going to be in the same room as you, just eat dinner with your friends, and then you can go back to him"- Kat said with a sigh as he followed her. She allowed him to go with his friends, after all, it would be better for him to talk to his friends than to bother her while she was with her own friends.
Alex was about to protest, but she was right, so he nodded. -"Okay"- He agreed, but he still wanted to be with his father at that moment. When they both entered the Great Hall, he went to sit with his friends.
Kat watched as he walked to his friends, then went to her own, sitting down with them and chatting as they ate.
Severus walked into the Great Hall a few minutes later with the two Gryffindor boys behind him, said his goodbyes and headed for the Slytherin table. He raised an eyebrow when he saw Alex eating with his friends, he thought that he would be attached to Kat after what happened, he sat down with his friends and ate while he talked to them.
When Kat was done eating and her friends had decided they wanted to all go back to the dorms and hang out, she got up from the table with them, looking over at Alex she motioned to him that he was able to go back to their father. Turning back to her friends, she followed them out of the Great Hall to towards the common room.
Alex nodded and said goodbye to his friends. He practically ran to the professors' table and climbed into his father's lap and clung to his neck.
The professors laughed softly at the sight of the small boy on his father's lap.
Snape sighed before getting up and going to his office with Alex in his arms and clinging to his neck. -"Really Alex, with your cuddling everyone is going to think I'm a softie, and you'll ruin my reputation"- He whispered to him, letting out a small growl.
Alex giggled and squeezed his father's neck tightly, even though he sounded annoyed and sarcastic, his magic was so warm that that sentence made him laugh a lot, he liked it when his father was sarcastic with him, because his father's magic was warmer than normal when he got like that.
Severus watched the scene and then rolled his eyes. -'So now he's physically attached to dad'- He thought as he gets up and walks back to the common room with his friends. He walked into his dorm and talked to his roommates, who were also his friends, but only two of them were the ones he spent most of his time with. -"Hey guys, I need a favor, Kat and I want to get our dad's wand, and I'll have two Gryffindor boys fight to distract him, but the problem is I have to watch Alex. So I need you guys to keep an eye on him, he'll be asleep of course, but if he wakes up or something happens I need you to keep an eye on him, so I don't get in trouble or raise suspicion"-
They nodded without thinking about it, or asking any questions - "Ok, we just need to watch him while he sleeps, right?"- One of them said.
-"Yeah, he's a 12-year-old, we'll be able to handle him"- Said another confidently.
Severus smiled triumphantly -"Thanks, guys"- He smiled even more seeing how his plan was going well, for now. But it never occurred to him that anything could go wrong.
