The Switch
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What if something went wrong during Snape's Occlumency Lessons?
HARRY POTTER BELONGS TO JK ROWLING
Chapter: 8 – The Hospital Wing


Harry woke up; with the worst headache he probably ever had in his life. Everything was a bright white that stung at his eyes. Was he dead? Wait. No he couldn't be; he was in too much pain. He tried to say 'hello?' but it came out as nothing more than a groan. He attempted to move his hand up to feel his aching head, but even the effort it took felt horrible.
"He's woken up!!" said a faraway loud voice that stung his ears. All this pain was starting to make him feel sick.
He felt something being shoved down his throat, that tasted something like the weird leftovers that Dudley had gotten from the fancy restaurant him and his parents went to, and left in the fridge, and that Harry had taken liberty of eating after two days, and endied up puking in the nearest toilet not long after that. This made him want to gag. He spluttered and opened his eyes, only to see the Hospital Wing around him, and Madam Pomfrey looking down at him. He couldn't tell what expression she was making, but he easily found out that she was worried when she said:
"Are you alright Severus?"
"Yes-yes I am," he said in a shaky voice, that wasn't his own. He looked down, he was wearing Hospital robes. "Er...what am I wearing?"
"Oh right. Mr. Potter, if you could bring the robes in my office please?" He was surprised when he saw Snape get up and walk to her office. Why was hehere?
"Poppy, what happened to me?" he asked. She looked nervous to tell him, but started talking anyways.
"Well Mr. Potter found you in your office, lying in a potion that I think contained doxy and snake venom, which burnt your arm. There was also glass in that same arm, which didn't help me with the healing, which I think had the Flagrante Curse on it." Harry looked down at his whole arm. It was wrapped in bandages, and stung badly. "I've been having trouble healing that burn. The potion you landed it was quiet lethal you see. Had Mr. Potter not found you that quickly, you would have been burnt to death." Harry felt like a fool. He should have known by now that he could not just underestimate magical objects, especially if they drew him in like that. If he died, would Snape forever be stuck in his body, or would he die, for the punishment of destroying Snape's? He felt exceptionally nauseas now, and was about to sit up when Snape walked back into the room.


Severus was waiting by the doors, watching his still self to no end. He would, of course, never admit he was worrying about the Potter boy, but would say that Dumbledore was the only one who knew about the switch, and would be in serious trouble if he found out that Potter had died because he had not properly sealed the poisons cupboard, especially after Severus had found out that they had.
He finally heard a groan from the boy. He heard the matron practically yell:"He's woken up!!", and Then she saw her dump the vial of potion into his mouth, that he had grabbed on the way and told her to give it to him the minute he woke up. She looked rather confused when he handed it to her, but didn't give in a second thought when she saw him supporting what appeared to be the potions master. He thought, for a moment, how heavy he was, but was brought back to reality went Poppy yelled:
"Mr. Potter, If you could bring the robes in my office please?" he made his way to the office, and what he saw made him want to throw something. He had forgotten to put the antidote on the sleeve of his teaching robes, which were now decomposing, already missing the neck and part of the waist (the arm already gone). He immediately cast Aguamenti, and the robes stopped burning, but were now giving off a weird smelling smoke. He gingerly picked up the robes on the side that hadn't been burnt, only seconds ago, and came out of the office.


Harry didn't know whether to gasp or laugh at the sight of Snape's half burnt robes, so he did the latter, which sounded like a rasping cough. Madam Pomfrey probably took this as a side effect of the antidote for she snapped her head to look at him, saw that he was fine, and looked back and Snape's robes.
"What happened to those?" said Harry, still struggling not to laugh.
"The poison you fell in burned them" said Snape simply, in a good imitation of a calm voice, but Harry caught the bitterness in it.


The stupid Potter boy was really annoying him now. Ever since he woke up yesterday, so far, he had been able to: slack off in school, smart mouth whomever he wanted and now burn his own clothes. It took everything he had to not curse Potter into oblivion, right then and there. Angry thoughts were boiling into his mind when the announcement system, installed by Umbridge so she could broadcast her "Ministry Approved Educational Decrees", came on.
"(1)BY ORDER OF THE HIGH INQUISITOR OF HOGWARTS, All student organisations, societies, teams, group and clubs are henceforth disbanded. An organisation, society, team, group or club is hereby defined as a regular meeting of three or more students. Permission to re-form may be sought from the High Inquisitor (myself). No student organisation, society, team, group or club may exist without the knowledge and approval of the High Inquisitor. Any student found to have formed, or to belong to an organisation, society, team, group or club that has not been approved by the High Inquisitor will be expelled. The following is in accordance with Educational Decree Number Twenty-Four, approved by Dolores Jane Umbridge. And also could Mr. Harry Potter please report to my office immediately." She finished with her nauseatingly girly laugh. Severus knew this wasn't a question, it was a statement.

He was in a horrible mood now, and judging by the look on Potters face, he wasn't too happy either, to find out that he couldn't play Quidditch anymore.


(1): Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - Chapter Seventeen - Educational Decree Number Twenty-Four - page 313 - copied more-or-less word for word (American Version)

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