AN//: Thank you all again! I really appreciated all the wonderful reviews, so I decided to go ahead and write/post the next chapter... although the next one may take awhile. I still hope you all enjoy! :]

"Why... Why would you do that Sirius?" Harry felt insanely venerable. Maybe... he didn't hear correctly? Perhaps this was nothing more then a mistake?

Sirius had finished explaining that he had now taken in a new ward... and he had watched Harry's face change from curiosity, confusion and finally a hint of anger was being to show. "Harry, listen to-"

Harry shook his head. "No." He felt a twisted knot in his stomach. "No, Sirius. You took him in. You, of all people took Snape in." Before Sirius could even think to answer Harry pushed him away. "Am I not bloody good enough? Is that it Sirius? Was having me as your new ward just not enough for you!? So you just had to take him in? Who would want Snape!?" Harry threw his hands in the air. Pure angry and hatred could be seen though out his whole body. His face was turning red from yelling, and his eyes were pricing holes into Sirius's flesh.

Things weren't going as Harry had planned.

This was not supposed to happen. Snape was supposed to me miserable for the rest of his life. He was supposed to just stay out of his way, and leave him and his new family alone, but no. The old git couldn't even be normal as a fourteen year old. He just had to ruin everything.

Sirius knew that Harry was angry, and as much as Sirius wanted to turn Harry around and give him a good smacking he knew that it wouldn't do any good. Harry needed to get things off his chest... but he could do it in a more polite and less demeaning way.

"Harry, I understand that you are angry, but you will watch what you say, treat him with respect as I ask-No. Do not interrupt me. You will also watch that tone of yours. I am warning you, you will not like the outcome."

"Outcome?! Sirius, you think I care anymore!? You don't even want me! Obviously I'm not good enough, huh? So go ahead, you git; do whatever you want-take in whatever bloody bas-"

Enough was enough for Sirius, quickly and as swiftly as possible he turned Harry to his side landing twelve painful swats to his bum. Harry was taken off guarded and when he was suddenly twisted around, he hadn't expected to be smacked. When the first one rained down; he couldn't help but yipp.

When all was said and done, Harry was replaced back in his standing position wiping his eyes clean off a few stray tears. He was relived to find the hallways completely empty.

Sirius however; was still a little bitter.

"Test me again, or fall too far out of line and you can expect that again-but I will not be so lenient." Sirius then watched as Harry nodded still a little shaken from the turn of events.

Sirius took a deep breath trying to calm Harry down. "You are always good enough, you are all I ever needed to be happy; but Snape needs a family and who-ever did this to him... is a dark person. I have been informed his childhood was one of the worst anyone could go through. "I need you to promise me that you will at least try to be friends; but you will be nice."

Harry felt the pang in his chest.

The pang of guilt.

He didn't know Snape's past was all the bad-just that his James wasn't nice to him.

That's not fair though. Everyone has been picked on in their life at some point or another. What was so bad that made his childhood worse then any other? What made him so bloody special?

"I will try." Harry glared at the stone floor. 'Try for as long as I can put up with him.'

"Alright kiddo, that's I'll I ask." Sirius pulled Harry into a hug before releasing him. "You can go find your friends; but try to keep everything between you and them." Sirius closed his eyes for a second, choosing his words carefully.

"The Dark Lord lost one of his best. He will search for him until he finds him... and anyone that gets in his way Harry will pay the ultimate price."

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Severus shivered in the chilly morning air. He had only been in the tower for a few minutes but he was completely out of breath and feeling as if he might soon pass out. He hadn't eaten real food in days and his body was still flooded with alcohol. It probably wouldn't be out of his system for another day. His lack of sleep also seemed to be completely eating him alive.

He was a mess, and he knew it.

Sweat dragged off his face and he quickly swept it away with his long black sleeve. What would he do now? It would be hard to get away from the castle if everyone was looking for him. Maybe if he still had his wand he could try to do some kind of magic? No. This was ridicules. He had no possible way of getting out... He was stuck here; until they found him...

He just hoped it was Sirius coming for him.

'Where in bloody hell is all the fire whiskey when you damn well need it?!' Snape sneered to himself. Feeling alone again, he pulled his knees to his chest. "Fine then... come and get me."

He started to nod off only half an hour later. When he awoke to a since that somebody was watching him. Pulling himself numbly and painfully off the cold floor he half expected him to find Dumbledore standing there, or even a smug looking Sirius staring back at him; but as his eyes focused on the figure before him he easily recognized the person...

It was neither.

Blond lush hair and ice blue eyes stood before him. His hair was also messy, and long a little past his ears. Yet what made this teenager so recognizable... is the simple fact that they grew up together...

"Lucius?"

AN:// I know I'm a little mean. You think your totally getting the story one second and the next; I confuse you some more. Sorry, but it was actually in the plot. I planned on it going this way so im not just trying to make this even more compacted. lol, well maybe in the next few chapters it will start making some since. :]