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Chapter Four: Splish, Splash

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Snape wasn't that much of a grouch...

At least that what crazy people believe...

Harry followed Snape into his chambers. It was behind a picture of a man brewing a potion.

Who could have guessed that? Harry thought.

The sight that greeted him was quite unexpected of the supposed jerk.

Snape's room wasn't the usual Slytherin colours, but a dark blood red. Then again, it didn't really remind you of happy times, it sort of made you feel like a Mundungus in the presence of Godric Gryffindor. The place was without over-stuffed chairs and gaudy other sorts of furnishings, the room had class.

From the door, on the opposing side was a fire place. In front of the fire place one black, high-backed, leather chair, a lamp and a small, spindly table. The walls weren't dirty, slimy stonework, but covered in elaborate black and red wallpaper. Not without the bookshelves covering most of the walls. The shelves reminded Harry of an old man carrying too many texts.

On the right side of the room there were two doors. One a bathroom and one a bedroom. On the left side of the living room, two closed doors. One with a huge lock on it.

Harry started to fidget, it had been a long day and Harry felt like sleeping.

"Potter, you will sleep over there in the corner" said Snape, pointing to a giant velvet cushion on the floor.

At least it looks comfortable...ish thought Harry as he started to walk off towards the cushion. He was stopped by a rough hand grabbing him by the top of his mane.

'Hey Snape, hands off, hands off already! That hurts!' whined Harry, though it came out as a pitiful mewl.

"You are not stepping onto that cushion with your disgusting face, it covered in blood still" said Snape. Harry had forgotten about the now-crusted blood of the good meal.

Snape led Harry, none too nicely into a bathroom and locked the door behind him. Locking the two of them in the marble bathroom.

Inside was a tub that had started to fill itself up with soapy, hot-looking water...

"Potter, now, you will hop into that tub like the deranged rabbit that you are, because you're definitely not giving the lions a good name" snarled Snape. Harry slowly approached the tub. With one, humongous paw in front of the other. His dagger-like claws making noise on the ground.

Ka-chik, ka-chik, ka-chik, ka-chik...FWUMP!

"Potter...get up! Don't just sit there and stare at the water, get in!"

'Oh Snape...how dense you are...don't you know that cats don't like water?' asked Harry.

"Fine...magic it is, I was going to be easy on you Potter..." growled Snape low in his throat. Harry suddenly found the wall of some interest, Snape was yesterday's news...

Until levitation came into play...

SPLOOSH!

'Snape! I will get you!' roared Harry indignantly. He squirmed and wriggled but Snape had both arms in a sleeper-hold around his neck...Though Harry didn't feel too drowsy...

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The boy was strong, Severus had both arms around his neck and was pinning the lion in the bathtub with all his strength..

"You – grr! – will – gah! – be- ungh!- clean!"

Severus was weary to use any more magic other than Wingardium Leviosa on the boy for fear of not knowing what could happen...Or at least what Dumbledore would do to him if the old man found Potter nothing more than a pile of goop...Dumbledore seemed to be happy with his pile of brat...

"Having fun?" spat Snape. His robes were getting all wet. So Snape poured shampoo all over the damned furry thing and started scrubbing like a mad man.

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'Merlin Snape, you do do a bad job of washing, is that why you're so greasy?!' roared Harry.

'Hmm...here instead, I'LL WASH YOU!'

SPLAAASSHHH!!!!

"POTTER!!!"

'I didn't do it...Professor'

Snape grappled with the lion...actually got squished and sat on by the end of it all...

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Squeaky clean Potter...how nice...thought Severus as he dried off in his room. He got on his night clothes, a pair of silk, black pants, a black tank and a house robe...

When Severus walked into the main living room he saw Potter splayed out on the cushion that the older man had got for the lion, actually a transfigured pebble...

Then he sat down upon his couch and tended to the fire with his wand. Then he summoned a potions text.

Potter, it seems, does not like to be ignored...

"Grr...ROWR!"

"Potter, shut up and try to be a normal lion, maybe it didn't work for you to try to be a normal teenage boy, but try this, just try" sneered Snape.

"rrrrrrrRRRRRRrrrrrRroaawRRRRRAOOOORRRR!!!"

Severus turned around and looked at the lion. The predator seemed to be trying to scratch his belly. He turned away again.

"...hhhhrrrrrrr"

"You sound like a disappointed pup, shush and let me read" muttered Snape.

"roawwrrrr...rrrr" came the pathetic and tiny reply.

Severus closed his book, laid it down, got up and walked over to tower over Potter...

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'For once, that creepy bat stance doesn't seem too intimidating...or maybe it doesn't help to be in your jammies...MY BELLY ITCHES!!!'

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The dark lion rolled over and displayed his furry tummy.

"Roawr!"

"Potter...I take pity on you"

'You should never take pity on the enemy!'

That's how Severus Snape was found on the floor by the paws of Harry Potter.

"Potter! Don't be stupid!" snarled Snape as he got back up. The lion merely rolled back onto it's back and started to roll around.

At this point, Severus wondered if something could be wrong, he could have swallowed the soap bar...

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A hand descended upon his stomach and started to rub.

'That's it...there you go'

"PurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrrrr"

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I'm petting the Potter thought Severus, with that, he snatched his hand back.

"Potter?" asked Severus as he took his hand away. The lion looked away but the racket of him had stopped.

"Go to bed, I'll wake you up tomorrow" said Severus calmly. Sudden chills had crept up his spine.

Snape ignored the feeling and went into his own bedroom.

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Creeaaaak...

Ka-chik, ka-chik, ka-chik, ka-chik, ka-chik, ka-chik, ka-chik...

"Potter?"

ggrrroooaaaannnn

This bed can go down loowww thought Snape as the mattress descended fifteen inches lower.

"Potter, out! I can't handle this type of thing this late" sputtered Severus. He felt that his hair a mess...

The lion laid his big head beside the potions master's chest.

Severus poked, prodded, shoved and kicked the big cat, but the whiskery thing didn't move.

"I know I'll regret this" muttered Snape as laid down upon the pillow...

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'But your bed if coooommmfffyyyyyy'

which came out as,

"Puuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz"

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