AN: okay you know what screw my family lol. I tried writing this out today and got as far as one paragraph and went… uh nah fuck it I'm typing this out lol. I can never seem to get a place around my house where I can actually sit down and write with out a dog or cat in my lap demanding my attention. At least out here I'm in a corner.

Got to admit I love the reviews from this last chapter. I was laughing my ass off. And might I add I SPEAK ENGLISH ONLY! I've gotten a review in Spanish and have no clue WTF it said. So please if you review make so I can at least understand it TT please.

Disclaimer: yada yada yada still don't own them.

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Chapter 4: The Absolute Toy Master

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Harry lay awake that night; poppy had insisted that all three of them remain in the hospital wing that night. Which had been quiet a sight if Harry did say so himself.

Flashback

"NO I WILL NOT!"

Harry lay back on his bed and sent Dudley an amused glance.

This had been going on now for the better part of a half hour. Madam Pomfrey stood over Severus' bed, both hands on her hips and a angry scowl on her face.

" You will be staying, you are severally burned and injured and have been out cold for three days. You are not leaving until I say so!"

Severus sent her a glare that would have reduced Voldemort to a trembling first year.

"I am not a first year! I can take care of myself in my own chambers."

Dumbledore sat next to Harry and Dudley and gave them both a beaming smile.

"And now poppy will threaten to hex him till next Thursday and he'll shut up and pout." Dumbledore winked and motioned for the two boys to watch.

"Severus Tobias Snape!"

Everyone flinched; it was never good when some one used their full name.

"You will stay here until I see fit or so Merlin help me I will curse that cute ass of your into next week!"

No one could help but laugh as they saw Snape turn a bright shade of red, he sputtered a bit before finally biting out.

" My ass is anything but cute."

"This should be fun, I believe that he has forgotten that we are here."

" Not cute my ass Severus, your ass is as ugly as you are the worst potions maker in the world."

Snape flushed a even darker red, he quickly ducked his head, allowing his lank black hair to hide his face.

" I have seen that ass more times then I have seen Potters. If I was not old enough to be your mother I would have gone after you myself."

Severus' head snapped up to gape at the nurse. Harry had to admit he was very handsome when he wasn't scowling and glaring at people.

" Oh god." Severus quickly rolled over onto his stomach and pulled his blanket up over his head. In the process exposing his bare feet.

Harry gulped at the absolutely evil look that flashed through Dumbledore's eyes. Slowly the old man stood and silently made his way to the end of Severus' bed. Poppy also wore an evil smile and kept chattering and thus keeping Snape's attention to keeping the blanket over his head.

"Is he ticklish?" Harry mouthed.

Dumbledore's grin widened " Extremely!" he mouthed back.

Both boys put their hands over their mouth to keep from laughing. With a speed no one expected of a man his age Dumbledore swept down and grabbed hold of one of the prodding feet and began to savagely attack the foot.

Severus let out a squeal that would have put Lavender to shame. "ALUBS!" Severus tried desperately to pull his foot from the old man's grasp but Dumbledore had too strong a hold.

Severus tried with all his might not to laugh but eventually gave up and started to howl with mirth.

Dudley and Harry couldn't hold it in any longer and burst out laughing. The sound of Severus' laughter made Harry's heart melt. It was a deep baritone, that he would never imagine coming from that man.

"UNCLE, UNCLE, UNCLE!"

Severus was finally able to pull his foot away from the offending hand and quickly pulled both feet under the safety of the blankets.

" You evil, evil old coot!"

Dumbledore laughed, reaching over he rubbed Severus' leg.

" Rest well child, I'm relived that you are well, I feared that you would never return to us."

" Thank you."

End Flashback

Harry rolled over and looked over at the bed a couple down from him where the bane of his infatuation lay asleep.

He wished more then anything that he had Collins camera, for he doubted he would ever see this again. He didn't think he had a heart anymore for it had taken up permant residence as a gigantic puddle in his feet.

He was absolutely gorgeous while he slept. His face was completely relaxed showing none of the pain or stress the man always held during the day. Here he looked no older then his late 20's. Innocence was of the extreme here like a very large teddy bear

Yeah a teddy bear inhabited with Chucky

Sighing he rubbed his scar, it had begun hurting about an hour ago. Though he ignored it knowing that after the last couple day's Voldemort was bound to be extremely angry. Sitting up slightly he pulled the newspaper clipping off bedside table and began to read it again.

16 dead in terrorist bombing

Early Monday evening a terrible shock rocked

The small town of Winggleton, as a once thought abandoned

Military armory was set aflame, setting of unknown

Ammo that was still stored deep in its warehouse.

"We were thankfully able to confine the fire to

Single building. But we unfortunate made a starling

Discovery when 16 black robed bodies in a back chamber.

We believe it was an occult group using the abandoned warehouse

For their own personal use. The leader from what we could tell was

Not present, or perhaps made it out." The identity of those

Dead have not been released to the public but they families have

Been notified. Police ask that anyone with information please

Contact the authorities. The person is said to be extremely dangerous

And is a master of bombs.

Harry snorted; master of bombs was an underestimate. The man was a bloody pyromaniac that used to set students bags on fire for the fun of it, was a master of potions and so a master of chemicals. And a bloody masters degree in pyrotechnics and bomb technology!

If the students weren't afraid of Snape before they sure as hell would be now! That would also explain why anything that was Hogwarts related was now fireproof. Though the occasional thing among the students still manage to catch on fire in potions class.

Sighing again Harry aloud his eyes to close, one finger unconsciously stroking the death eater mask that still sat on his face.

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Severus stirred from his pleasant sleep, frowning he rolled onto his side and tried to fall back asleep. Something didn't feel right, aside from the fact that he was in the hospital wing not two beds down from the-boy-who-just-couldn't-stay-out-of-his-mind.

Growling Severus opened his eyes. All blood drained from his face as they he stared at the streak of metallic silver positioned between his color bone and his Adam apple. To say he was scared was the greatest understatement of the year.

Swallowing nervously he looked up into brilliant crimson cat like eyes behind a skull mask. He watched horrified as the eyes switched between emerald and crimson.

" S.. Sev…run." he didn't need to be told twice, the knife was lifted enough for him to roll out from under it.

"Pop…POPPY!"

Was he scared? Yes he was fuckin scared!

He watched as those haunted emerald eyes once again turned to a vivid crimson and focused on him.

THE MASK

" POTTER!"

The eyes flickered up and glared at Poppy. That gave Severus the chance he needed,

"ACCIO MASK!"

The mask ripped it's self from Harry's face and flew into Severus' outstretched hand. On pure instinct he flung it across the room and watched as it shattered against the wall.

Gentle hands gripped his shoulders.

" Are you alright my child?"

Severus looked up into the startled eyes of his mentor and the man he saw as his own father.

" I'm fine. Is Potter alright?" he asked spying the crumpled form not far from him. All the noise had woken up Dudley and was now bent over his unconscious cousin.

" I hope so child, come lets get you back in bed. Tell me exactly what happened."

Severus returned to his bed and continued to look at the boy in a daze. Not really paying attention he recalled everything that happened after he woke up.

" So Voldemort used your own masks as a added leverage to over ride the wards to control him."

Shrugging he looked down at his sheets, he had no clue what was going on now. He was still pretty shaken up from earlier. Yes the evil son of a bitch was shook up.

"You know, there's nothing in the rules about teacher student relationships."

Severus sputtered, his eyes snapping up to look at Dumbledore.

"What nonsense are you sputtering."

That damn twinkle was back, and as irritating as ever.

"Get some sleep child, I shall remain here and hopefully poppy will allow both of you to come down to breakfast tomorrow."

Grumbling about meddling old fools Severus allowed himself to lay down, but knew there was no way that he was going to fall asleep again.

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An: well it seems so far that every other chapter I'm not happy with, but this idea would not leave me alone since I thought about it in the first chapter. Well next chapter will be loads better I promise.

Next chapter: Meet the real Hogwarts staff. Dudley and Harry get a taste of who their professors really are when their not dealing with fluff for head students all day.

Please R/R those are what keep this story going