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Chapter 8- True Inner Possessiveness

Being the one who had always known about this situation gave him the upper hand in certain matters. Albus Dumbledore was not one to let something so important go unnoticed. One of these things was the interception of letters.

Albus had discussed the matter of Miss Granger's parentage thoroughly with Snape and thought of every aspect to thwart any and all plans that Harry and Hermione would come up with. He had made sure that Snape's house was inescapable without Snape's express consent and had carefully placed wards on the doors and windows of the household. The Headmaster also made sure that the children had comfortable rooms and could keep their familiars with them so long as they behaved professionally for Professor Snape and showed him the proper respect as the parent of the house. In a sense, Dumbledore had a close eye on his Potions Master and students.

Professor Dumbledore needed Harry to stay with Snape for the boys own good. It was of the up most importance that the boy be in Snape's capable hands for the remainder of the Summer. As for Hermione, she needed to get used to the fact that Snape was and is to this day her father. He knew that her finding out would be a bit rocky in the start to rebuild her and Snape's relationship, but throwing Harry into the mix would guarantee for her to at least try. The thing that had Dumbledore most worried was Harry's and Snape's continued hate towards one another.

'Severus and Harry have to learn to get along in order to make Hermione accept the fact of Severus being her father. With her mother and foster dad dead it is going to take a great deal of trust and comfort to pick the broken pieces up that were once the brilliant and confident girl that was Hermione. She will eventually have to come to terms that she is not really a Granger and that being a Snape runs through her blood and magic.'Dumbledore thought calmly as he took Harry's letter to Ron in hand and resumed his seat at his desk.

Dumbledore had used his Phoenix Fawkes to intercept any letters getting sent out from Snape's home by the children. He would make sure that Ronald Weasley did indeed get the letter but not before he changed the wording up and made it look like that was what Harry would say. He was going to make sure that the Weasley's had no cause to worry so they would not send any letters of their own out.

Slowly waving his hand across the parchment in front of him, the greatest wizard since Merlin made a copy of the original letter on a spare bit of his own parchment before making the original go completely blank. Without any other thoughts about what he was about to do, Dumbledore took up a quill that would write in Harry's penmanship.

Dear Ron,

Me and Hermione are doing well mate. Snape has been quite decent to the both of us since we arrived. Snape has given us awesome rooms and is allowing us to do what we want as long as we stay out of his way when he is busy. Mate I am sorry about what happened on the train but it had to be done. I promise to tell you about our Summer in the new school year. I know we will have a lot of fun. Have a great Summer at the Burrow. I hope you and your family are doing well.

H.P.

Ps. Please don't send us any letters. Snape does not allow for post here.

Dumbledore just looked over his version of Harry's letter triumphantly before he folded it and placed it in an envelope. He needed to keep all the original letters sent out by the children after he intercepted them. He would keep them on record just in case something came up and they were required. Being an exceptionally powerful wizard and the Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry definitely had its advantages. No one would bother intercepting him because he was always one step ahead. Even the Minister of Magic had trouble keeping up with him.

Satisfied that the letter was sufficient enough, Dumbledore got up from his seat and walked over to Fawkes' cage to retrieve Hedwig. The owl managed to get intercepted along with the letter so Fawkes just brought Hedwig with him. The snowy owl just got put into the cage for a snack and a quick rest before it would this time go to the Weasley's to drop off what would soon be Ron's letter.

Waving his hand once more, Hedwig now could not go anywhere but the determined destination that was the Burrow. "I need for you to resume your flight to the Weasley's to drop off this important letter."Dumbledore spoke in a serious but gentle tone to the owl who allowed this ageing wizard to stroke her for a quick moment before taking off and flying out of the office window.

Dumbledore just smiled serenely as he watched the beautiful bird until it flew out of sight. He then turned towards his Phoenix who had flown back into its cage to rest on its perch.

"The deed is done so now the only thing to do is wait."Dumbledore announced to the already fast asleep bird. He was really anxious to see how everything would turn out between his spy and students before the upcoming term.

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Three days had passed since he had sent his letter out to Ron. Things were becoming more tense between everyone and it was driving Harry mad. He was completely bored and was tired of Snape commanding him to do senseless chores around his bloody house like some all to eager House Elf.

Harry was now scrubbing the floor to the upstairs bathroom that the guests would normally use not like Snape had many of those. Snape had once more lectured him about him being just like his father because of something as simple as his own curiosity. Of course being the Gryffindor that he is his natural impulse was to retort back and defend himself.

One of the only things he had found himself doing since he got to this small cramped place was some exploring. He had tried watching the television in his room and had even started to read and do his homework, but like every teenager over the Summer, he got bored super fast.

The thing that got him this new chore was him going into Snape's drawing room and looking through some old photos that were muggle black and white photos. Most of them had this young woman in them with long flowing black hair and a big man that seemed to tower over this petite lady. Harry's guess was that they were Snape's parents but was not one hundred percent sure.

'I wonder how old those photos are?Why hasn't Ron gotten back to me yet?When will Snape stop being a total git to me?'Harry thought in disappointment at the lack of answers to his many questions. He was tired of being kept in the dark but he knew that Snape wouldn't be very forthcoming with information and he knew that Hermione was still trying to get her voice back.

"I'm going to be scrubbing this bathroom for hours. I can not even go flying because Snape has us locked in here."Harry mumbled softly to himself as he continued to use the cleaning supplies with a practised ease. If the Dursley's were good for anything it was the fact that they taught Harry how to do good house keeping. He had been doing it for many years and had grown used to it. Cleaning was a main chore he had to do for his Aunt and Uncle and it ultimately kept him busy.

'I should not be thinking about that. Just think about last years Quidditch teams.'Harry thought to himself in sadness. He had been trying to block off thoughts that he did not fancy bringing up. That included his relatives because as mean as his family was to him, he would not of wished Death upon them. That thought just made Harry shiver as he tried to force the thoughts of the Dursley's to the back of his head.

Harry soon focused his mind on other trivial things and got lost in his work. The truth to the matter was that Summer had only begun and unless Ron sent him a letter back and was trying to get help, it looked like Harry would be spending the rest of his days trying to avoid Snape the best he could and to try to talk to Hermione as often as possible because unfortunately they were the only company he had. That thought didn't make him feel any better because Snape was possessively keeping Hermione under lock and key while he was made to do many chores as part of Snape's punishment regime.

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"Mum your food is brilliant!"Ronald Weasley claimed as he began to stuff his face with his mum and sister Ginny watching the boy exasperatedly. It was like Ron would never stop eating.

"I'm glad you like it dear."Mrs. Weasley said before she turned back towards the kitchen sink so she could get the dishes to do themselves.

After disgustedly making a face at Ron's atrocious eating habits, Ginny took a seat across from her brother at the kitchen table. She had been really bored since school ended and was endlessly wondering when she would get to see Harry and Hermione. They both usually came over during the Summer for at least a couple weeks to relax and have fun. Secretly though, Ginny just wanted to hang out with Harry so she could admire him and go flying with him.

"Mum?"The girl asked softly as she watched her mother turn away from the sink and look over at her and Ron.

"Yes dear."

"When do you suppose that Harry and Hermione will come here?"

This question caught Ron's attention which stopped his continued spooning of food mid sweep to his mouth in order to hear his mother's answer.

Since the train incident he had not heard a peep from his best mates. He had told his mum, dad, Ginny, Fred, George, Percy and Bill about them both having to stay with Snape. His family knew about the Deaths of the Granger's and the Dursley's and were wondering why Dumbledore would put Harry and Hermione in the care of Snape when they were perfectly happy to take them into their home.

'I don't understand why Dumbledore would just make Snape of all people take in my two best mates. The old codger has finally lost it. We even got Bill to come back home over the Summer so Harry and Hermione could meet him. It is not everyday that my brother takes time off work and travels all the way from Egypt to see everyone.'Ron thought in slight confusion before he dropped his spoon completely to his plate and turned his full attention towards the Weasley Matriarch.

"I know you both are worried about them but I'm sure they will need time to settle into Severus' place. It is rather puzzling that Albus would make those two stay with Severus but I'm sure he has his reasons. It is after all only the beginning of the Summer. We just have to be patient. You both know that Harry doesn't usually show up until two weeks before school starts back up. Why don't you two work on your homework for something to do."

"Mum we have all Summer to do our schoolwork. I just have a bad feeling about them staying with Snape."Ron stated, making the Weasley girls turn their attention to him.

"I'm sure that they are in good hands with Severus. We will get to see them before long dear."Mrs. Weasley explained in an accusing but calm tone. She knew all about the dislike of the Potions Master within the student body but he was also a very useful member of The Order Of The Phoenix.

"Mum!Is that Hedwig?"Ginny asked excitedly as she got up and out of her seat to race towards the kitchen window. She was so happy that they might finally get word from Harry about what was going on.

"Hey girl."Ginny said as Hedwig landed on the window ledge of the kitchen. She saw the letter attached to Hedwig's leg and stroked the owl appreciatively.

"Who is the letter for dear?"Mrs. Weasley asked with a beaming smile now on her face. She could not help but be worried about Harry and Hermione who were both like family to her. After the horrible news about what happen to their original families, it was heart breaking to even think about what these poor children must be going through.

"It is for Ron."Ginny said after untying the letter from the birds leg.

Mrs. Weasley just walked over to Hedwig to give the bird one of Errol's treats just as Ginny resumed her seat at the table and handed the letter over to Ron with an air of excitement. When Hedwig was done eating, she nibbled affectionately on Mrs. Weasley's fingers before she took flight and flew out of the window to her final destination, Snape's home on Spinners End. The bird was going to be content when it once more had the chance to see her master Harry.

Ron just tore through the envelope encasing the letter as fast as possible. He was finally going to hear something back from Harry and was smiling for the first time since before Snape came into their compartment on the train.

Reading the letter through turned his smile into a full out frown. He was not expecting the content that was in this letter at all. He was sure that Harry would be pleading for his families help to get him and Hermione free from being around Snape any longer.

'I can not believe that Harry and Hermione are actually happy with being in Snape's house. We can not even send them any letters because of Snape. This is Snape the evil dungeons bat that we are talking about. I know this has to be some sort of trap.'Ron thought in suspicion.

Of coarse Ron not being the only one in the room caught the attention of Ginny and Mrs. Weasley when he frowned in disbelief.

"What's wrong dear?"There was definitely a hint of worry in her tone.

"Come on Ron, spill it."Ginny said before Ron slipped the piece of parchment across the table for his younger sister to read.

"That is absolutely a complete load of rubbish!"Ginny yelled in displeasure after she read over the letter two times over to make sure that she read it right the first time. "Harry and Hermione are not coming over at all this Summer and according to this,"Ginny pointed in an offended gesture at the letter, "They are actually happy where they are and will tell us about their Summer when term starts."The girl explained in disappointment at not being able to see Harry until school starts up again.

"Oh no!"Mrs. Weasley said before walking over to Ginny and taking the letter out of the young girls clenching hands. "Are you sure that is what the letter means?"

"Yes mum. I read it too and really, Dumbledore has no bloody right to send them to Snape's place."Ron exclaimed in an irritated manner.

"Language dear!"Mrs. Weasley reprimanded her son before she began reading the letter for her own eyes to see for herself what was up.

"Mum, we need to go and visit Harry."Ron said anxiously in hopes that his mum would relent.

"How about I talk to Professor Dumbledore before we start jumping to conclusions. I'm sure that Harry and Hermione are trying to make the best out of their situation. If they don't come here for one Summer it is not the end of the world."

"You do not know that. Snape is probably worse than the Dursley's."Ron tried to explain, getting Ginny to nod her head in agreement to his words.

"That is quite enough!Professor Snape is your Potions Professor. He would never try to do anything to harm one of his students. If that was the case he wouldn't have been hired in the first place. I will talk to Albus about the subject of allowing both Harry and Hermione to come here and if that is not a possibility than maybe we can arrange a day for all of us to go to Diagon Ally."Mrs. Weasley explained with authority. "Do I make myself clear?"

She got two 'Yes mum's' from her children before she walked out of the kitchen to start doing some laundry. She would go talk to Albus when she thought the time was necessary. For now she would just wait for everything to settle down. After all it was only the start of the Summer and they had plenty of time to fret about things later if they had to.

Ron and Ginny just watched their mother leave the kitchen before they looked at one another. Ron eventually broke eye contact with his sister and got up from his seat at the table to grab the letter and stuff it into his trousers back pocket.

"How about we go find Fred and George so we can go flying and try to catch the snitch?"Ron asked trying to brighten up the mood in the room.

"Okay!I'll race you to the backyard. I think Fred and George are doing the de-gnoming of the garden."

With that said, both the youngest Weasley siblings went in search of their older prankster brothers to help get their minds off of what Harry and Hermione might be going through and to have a little bit of fun. It was still on the cusp of Ron's mind though because as much as he trusted Dumbledore, something didn't quite sit right in his gut about the letter.

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It felt like ages but in truth was only a couple of days since she was feeling even remotely better. Hermione had been being nursed back to health by Snape's constant checking up on her. She was finally up and out of bed with the feeling of her arms and legs back. She could not get out of bed literally until now and had been told to stay in bed and that an alarm would go off whenever she needed something. The Potions Master placed a spell on her bed to warn him if the girl was hungry or if she needed to use the loo. Her Potions Master would help assist her with these matters until she was back to full health. He constantly insisted that she needed his help because she knew that Snape was thinking that she was a fragile piece of fine china that would break at any instant. She still could not talk but Snape had said to her that she would get her voice back within the next three days thanks to a diagnostic test he had done on her.

'I can not wait until I can finally talk again. I also really want to see Harry. Ever since my little accident, Snape has been smothering me and keeping Harry away. I will also have to have a long talk with Snape once I gain my voice back.'Hermione thought as she slowly walked around her room trying to get the feeling back into her legs.

As if on cue, Snape came gracefully gliding into her room with his robes billowing out around him. He had noticed one of the alarms going off thanks to one of the wards he set up to let him know when the girl was out of bed. His wand would just glow red to warn him that his girl was not obeying his orders while he was brewing some Potions in his restored lab.

Potter had helped Snape clean and set up his Potions lab as part of his punishment for being a prat. He had Potter doing some very meaningless chores to keep the brat out of his hair for awhile. He had caught the boy snooping around his family's drawing room and could not help but reprimand the boy earlier this morning.

"Miss Granger, what did I say about you leaving your bed?You are going to lie back down now!"Snape stated in authority as he watched the girl glare up at him. He knew this girl was starting to have quite the attitude with him and wanted nothing more than to break her silly defiance and have her abide by his rules. He was only trying to help her after all and wanted to prove to her that he was the parent and it was his job to make sure that she was okay.

'I will not lose my daughter like I lost my childhood friend Lily Evans and my wife Kathy. I will protect her at all costs and will keep her away from the greedy eyes of little boys like Potter and Weasley.'Snape growled in his mind as he possessively walked over to Hermione, picked her up in his arms and trapped her hands in his right hand at her chest as he carried the girl back to her bed.

Hermione could not believe that she was being manhandled in such a manner. She could not resist the impulse to struggle as her d...no as Snape kept a firm grip on her and carried her to her bed like she weighed almost nothing. She would not start calling Snape her dad ever. After the way the greasy git treated her and her fellow Gryffindor's over the years didn't change the fact that he was still a cruel, cold and mean man who thrived on insulting others for his own twisted pleasure.

'I think I will have to start giving Hermione some nutrient potion. She is very light for a girl her age.'Snape thought before he placed the child down onto her bed and continued to hold her wrists to her chest with his hand as she tried to struggle for release by kicking her feet. His only reaction to the stubborn girl was taking his wand from his cloaks sleeve with his other hand and waving it along all the sides of her bed. After he was content with his wand movements, Snape stepped away from Hermione to see the puzzled expression come over her face.

"I have made sure you can not escape your bed again without me being around. I have placed age lines around your bed to keep you on it and to keep Potter away from you if he decides to come in here while I am brewing in my lab."The Potions Master said in his monotone teaching voice with threads of authority lacing trough his words.

'I will not stay on this bed. I want to see Harry.'Hermione thought as she crawled to the side of her bed having the intent to punch Snape in her anger than go find Harry so they could try and escape Snape's place. All that confronted her as she tried to sit on the ledge was some sort of force field.

Snape just smirked at his girl who looked like she was about to spontaneously com-bust at any moment with the daggers she was glaring into his eyes.

'let me go you bastard!'The girl tried to say but only managed to move her lips without the sounds coming out.

"I would stop all the theatrics Miss Granger. I will release you when I know that you are completely better. You can think and say bad words about me but that still will not change the fact that you are mine to be helped by me."

To show her displeasure, Hermione internally growled at the stubborn man before flipping him the finger.

"I would think thrice before doing that to me again little girl."Snape spoke in almost a whisper as he went up into the girls space with their noses almost touching.

Hermione who was still very angry with the possessive treatment, would not be put out by this man. To show her vexation for him invading her personal space and keeping her locked away and unable to see Harry, her anger just suddenly boiled over. There was a SMACK sound in the otherwise silent room leaving a slightly pink hand print on the Potions Masters cheek.

"I have told you to not try me witch. Now you are going to stay on that bed longer and I will now keep Potter indefinitely out of your room by warding your door."Snape growled, letting his ire be known by the girl who needed to be taught how to behave like a Snape.

Her anger suddenly turned into pleading at his words. She was lonely, scared and was missing her parents miserably. 'Please don't do that. I need Harry.'Hermione tried to translate with her eyes.

Snape just completely ignored the girls pleading and glared at her before leaving her room in a signature Snape fashion with his robes billowing around him which just cowed her to give in to him like him leaving was a direct order.

Taking his wand out once again, Snape cast another piece of complicated dark magic on Hermione's closed bedroom door to keep the likes of Potter away from what is his. He would not let the boy sully and taint the girl with his ways any longer. If the Potter boy was to live in his house for the rest of the Summer, he was also going to learn how to be more like a Snape.

Satisfied that things were becoming more in his control, Snape swept through the upstairs hallway so he could get to his Potions lab to continue his brewing. He was still pretty sure that Potter was still cleaning the bathroom as he was still nowhere to be seen. He just gave a satisfied smirk at the thought of the boy finally learning some discipline.

As he was scrubbing the toilet a little ways away from Hermione's room, he didn't want Snape to have a reason to come and pester him for sticking his head out of the bathroom as the man was putting the dark magic on his friends bedroom door. He could hear Snape and didn't want to have another argument with the man so he decided to keep out of his way for now.

What was bothering Harry like nothing else was the fact that Snape had the girl locked up so he couldn't bother her. He had a feeling that she was really lonely but what could he do. They were both at Snape's mercy and neither one of them had their wands to even attempt an escape.

'I will find I way to free the both of us and when I do things can start going back to a relatively normal state.'Harry thought before he stopped all the scrubbing. His arms were very tired and sore from all the use. He also had a lot to think about while doing such meaningless things such as cleaning a bathroom that never got used. Either way Harry would continue to fight and would not give up on trying to free him and his best friend.

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