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Percival Brian it seemed was having a good day and it seemed his luck was indeed turning as he entered the Three Broomsticks and found Horace Slughorn there. He was already a bit merry by the looks of things. He went and sat relatively close to Horace before approaching him directly and asking if he could sit there. He introduced himself as Percival Brian and Horace was honoured a well known author would ever want to sit with him much less converse with him. It was an honour beyond measure after all. However Percival was about to get much more then he bargained for. When Horace wasn't looking he tipped the clear potion into his tankard and waited for it to sink in as the half cut man drank it without much thought.

"So Horace tell me more about yourself. What do you do for a living?" he asked casually.

"Well I am a potions teacher at Hogwarts actually. It's my dream career. I wanted a pay rise ages ago and they weren't able to give it to me but I got it this time and all is good. I do so love teaching the students there" he paused to take a slug from his tankard before he continued before Percival had the chance even ask him something else.

"However I am bitterly disappointed with Albus Dumbledore. He hired Severus Snape of all people who not only taught his classes appallingly but failed most people who were probably good at the damn subject. I mean really Severus Snape left behind this stupid notion that Slytherins are above everyone else but my view is that they are not. Actually none of the houses are better then the others and it's high time they realised that" he snapped seeming more annoyed as time went on. Percival needed to get back on track here. I mean how had he allowed it to go so wrong?

"So I take it you teach a lot of important youths then?" he asked.

"Well yes every person I teach is important and special in their own way however not everyone reach the Slug Club. It's my own personal club for talented and unique students!" he boasted.

"Is Harry Potter part of this club?" he asked shocked at the response he got.

"Alas he is not. I did ask him to be a part of it however he requested that I stop acting in such a creepy manor and leave him alone. I am most disappointed I could not convince him to join me and even more so that he appears afraid of me which was never my intention. Actually he is probably the best at Potions in his class if I do say so myself. He's learned awful habits because of Severus but he is breaking those and is certainly shining!" he said as Percival looked freaked as all hell. Why the hell was he afraid of him and not in his club? Why did he think the man creepy? This just wouldn't do.

"You have to make him be a part of that club!" he insisted.

"To be honest I'd really like to but I will not force the issue. He is quite clearly scarred from something I know nothing about and anyone worth their weight in gold could see it if they only looked long enough to do so. I will support him as much as I can but I believe he will never join my club until he fixes whatever is wrong with him and sees I am not out to hurt him. Poor guy I mean Dumbledore screwed with his life so much it's not at all surprising he's a total mess. I trusted Dumbledore as a friend and then he did this to our most important citizen. It is unforgivable!" he snapped getting very angry indeed.

"Word here is that Harry bought a revulsion potion and had to be shown in the shop how to target it at himself. Now I don't believe he actually wanted to target himself I believe he merely learned it so he could target someone else later on. Do you think so?" he asked seriously.

"Well kids do a lot of things these days we know nothing about but it's nothing to worry about anyway as revulsion potions are easily healed in a few hours at most so if he does attack anyone they will be well again shortly afterwards. However he has attacked no one so I would assume he has not used it! He does not fully trust me yet which is probably why he did not feel he could ask me about it and had to resort to asking the local shop keeper. He's a very special boy indeed" he said sincerely smiling proudly.

"Do you think Harry would make a good match for that Weasley girl? I heard that Dumbledore thought they might in the past!" he asked seriously.

"No one takes that girl remotely seriously. I mean she is obsessed by the boy of course but is also terrified of him and angry with herself because she can't understand why. I have heard he had strong words with her and after that she was very afraid of him but highly pissed off for even being afraid in the first place. I would suggest she stop hounding him though as it's beyond obvious now that he hates it!" he said as Percival frowned. This wasn't going well at all.

"But surely the girls' mother would insure that she and Harry were always happy together no?"

"Well she could obviously try but I seriously doubt he'd like that. I'm not at all sure he even likes any girls. I mean the only girl he knows is his best friend and the incredibly smart Hermione Granger. I daresay that girl would put twenty pureblood men to shame. She knows more then most of the pureblood fools in my class who are used to getting a damn easy ride from Severus. Well no more. Now if you don't mind Mr Brian I must be getting back. See you around!" he said stumbling as he stood up and headed off towards the castle.

He'd have to get a loyalty potion keyed to Horace and feed it to Harry somehow. Harry needed to trust Horace for his plans of control to work out. Actually Harry didn't mind Professor Slughorn but was merely testing him to see how far he would go to try and get him to join his club. He did fully intend to join with Hermione in a few weeks. It was an interesting meeting for sure.