Disclaimer: See previous chapter or just remember because I am not going to keep repeating this stupid disclaimer.
Chapter Two: Encounter with Uncle Vernon
The next morning, Harry woke to the sound of Vernon shrieking rather girlishly with horror. Harry cringed inwardly, he forgot to mention that Snape was coming, just a small minor detail. As quickly as he could he dressed and rushed to the stairs and that sight that met his eyes there caused him to raise his eyebrows in surprise.
………
Severus Snape stalked up to the door of Number 4 Privet Drive, robes billowing dramatically behind him with an annoyed and thoroughly pissed look on his face at the same time. Damn you to hell, Dumbledore. He didn't see why HE had to pick up the annoying, egotistical brat. Minerva could have done herself, Go ahead and have a good laugh at me being daddy day care, Minerva, go ahead and laugh. With one swift motion he knocked harshly on the door, from inside he could here shuffling and cursing as the owner of the voice obviously bumped into things on the way to the door.
Just as he was about to knock again the door swung open and inside stood a portly…no very fat man, with a purplish red face and beady black eyes which widened at the sight of the towering robed wizard in front of him.
"I am looking for a Mr. Potter," he said in a silky purr, "I was told I would find him here."
Vernon…or the man he was assuming was Vernon Dursley slammed the door in his face without a word. Severus could only stare in shock; he was slightly surprised at the reaction.
………
Harry's jaw dropped when he saw Vernon slam the door. Bad, bad, bad, bad, bad, bad, BAD….he sang in his head like a broken and slightly out of tune music box. Severus Snape pissed off, is NOT good, and slamming a door in his face was definitely going to get him pissed off.
Vernon spun around and glared up at him, "you, boy! Here we are letting you have your freak things in your room and letting you write your stupid letters and send out those STUPID owls, soiling our good now and then one of your lot shows up at our door! What have you told them about us? We have done nothing but be normal!"
"I told them everything was fine, Uncle Vernon, but….I did forget to mention to you that…uh…Prof….I mean the man outside was coming to pick me up and take me to Hog…to school….early….its nothing...bad," Harry didn't dare say Professor Snape, or Hogwarts, or he might not be going. He didn't dare risk setting off Vernon's temper.
Vernon turned purple with rage but spun around at the sound of another harsh knock, "get up stairs, boy," he snapped over his shoulder. Harry walked just out of view of Vernon, but he could still see the door.
Vernon opened it calmly, well, as calm as he could be.
………
Severus watched the door open and gave Vernon and icy glare, "I am looking for a Mr. Potter," he repeated, but this time with more venom, "is he NOT a resident here?"
"There….There is no Harry Potter here," Vernon attempted to slam the door shut yet again in his face, but with a trained hand and with cat-like grace, Severus caught it and forced it open again and then stared hard into Vernon's eyes.
"I never said his name was Harry," Severus forced the door open the rest of the way and drew his wand. Vernon's hand flew up as if in surrender.
"What…what are you doing there? There is no Potter here!" Vernon turned in an attempt to run…waddle more so towards the kitchen, but after the first step Severus waved his wand and muttered something and Vernon instantly spun around. With another wave, Vernon was in a full body bind. He crashed to the floor causing pictures to shake on the wall. Severus stepped into the entrance hall and glanced around bringing in all the details. He stepped up to the fallen whale of a man and stared down in absolute disgust and just as he was about to spit out another curse a voice broke him off.
………
"Professor!" Harry didn't like his uncle, but wasn't quite sure if he wanted to know what Snape was going to do to Vernon and he really didn't want to find out.
"Oooh, I'm not going to hurt him," Snape snapped but stepped back from the frozen man, "Ready, Potter?"
"Yes," Harry went to his room to grab his trunk and he was instantly glad that he did, because from the noise coming from downstairs is sounded like Petunia and Dudley had just walked it.
………
Severus turned his eyes to the ceiling and shook his head then shaking his head he looked at here again.
"Mrs. Dursley, please, if you would just relax…" Snape was well aware of Potter's eyes boring into his skull. Severus wasn't a people person, everyone could tell you that, but he could calm people down and be a very good speaker if he needed to and had a knack for talking his way out of trouble.
"SEVERUS SNAPE!" Petunia screamed, "You're that wretched dark magic wizard, Lily talked about! GET OUT! TAKE THAT WRETCHED BOY WITH YOU AND GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!
………
Harry froze, he never hear Severus say the word please or 'Mrs.' for that matter.
"SEVERUS SNAPE!" Petunia screamed, "You're that wretched dark magic wizard, Lily talked about! GET OUT! TAKE THAT WRETCHED BOY WITH YOU AND GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!"
Lily, what does my mother have to do with this? Harry was well aware of the fact that Severus Snape and Lillian Evens attended school together, but the chance of them knowing each other was very slim. Snape was a Slytherin and his mother was a Gryfindor.
Snape shook his head once more at the ceiling and turned towards Harry.
"Ready?" Snape inquired sounding even more thoroughly annoyed than before.
Harry just nodded. With ease Snape muttered the charm that made Harry's trunk shrink and landed in his hand.
Harry tucked the trunk in his pocket and walked downstairs to the door as Dudley cried and Petunia fell sobbing over Vernon's body. Snape opened the door and muttered the counter curse. Vernon snapped awake and his muscles loosened as the charm was released.
He did not dare make a move to stand, but instead lay there on the ground and stare in horror at the black robed figure that hovered menacingly at his door.
"I thank you for your hospitality, Mr. Dursley" Snape said sarcastically, "Good day," he then snapped as he sharply slammed the door with nothing but a nod of his head in Petunia's direction.
As they walked towards the sidewalk Harry heard him distinctly mutter under his breath, "Damn you to hell, muggles,"
TBC
