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Severus entered his house stopping people from leaving it as he did so. "Go inside and wait in there please. No one leaves this house for now and I don't care how late we are for dinner either!" he said as they all gasped at his navy robes. Did he also look younger and more healthy too? Everyone waited with baited breath as the prefects called anyone still in their rooms down to the common room and those already outside the house returned at once. Quite a few Slytherins were seen running down to their house as the bewildered other houses looked on in awe. When everyone was there he conjured himself a throne and sat in it.

"What tell me are the main traits of house? They are cunning and ambition aren't they?" he asked to which they all nodded and chorused yes sir.

"I would assume they are not recklessness or foolishness. As you can visibly see I look better now then I ever have. I discovered today that someone unknown had charmed me without my knowledge to make me look bad and worse than that to make me never notice how bad I looked either. I discovered this by accident and was freed from it earlier on. I do feel much better because of it. Worse then that though was me seeing memories of my own class. Would anyone here care to tell me why not one of you here cares for your own safety huh?" he shouted making them all jump. They were all confused as to where this was coming from. Why was he asking them such a question! It really made no sense now but would in a moment when he'd explained himself.

"Well you look great sir but why do you say we don't care about our own safety?" Adrian Pucey, a prefect, asked as he glared at them all very seriously for a moment longer than necessarry.

"I say that Mr Pucey because of the amount of times foolish Slytherin's were seen firing random ingredients into another's cauldron to sabotage them without thinking of what reaction might occur or that we might all have been damaged in the process. There is nothing cunning or smart about that. They weren't one bit inconspicuous either. We could see you were Slytherin members and you may as well have screamed out I'm going to damage this person and everyone else because I'm not using my brain. You are all fools! Those of you in this room who have been part of classes with people who do this and have done nothing are at fault as well. While you're bjusy not saying anything at all we are busy being hurt. I can see that some of you seriously didn't think of that did you!? How dangerous are you'' he snapped levelling everyone with the most furious expression they'd ever seen on his face.

He could see it was only now entering their stupid heads how dangerous their behaviour had been. They were only thinking solely of sabotaging others, not on how dangerous the explosions they were creating actually were. Sometimes even the Slytherin's themselves had gotten hurt too but because their sabotage had essentially worked out they didn't care about being hurt themselves. It was almost as though so long as the person was sabotaged they were willing to go through any level of pain to have the so called upper hand. It was mightily foolish and would hopefully stop now.

''The other classes all do potions terribly because I have been inhibited from teaching them properly due to the hidden spell which was on my person. This stops from today on. Now it's fairness with me or nothing else! I have no desire to have a dead student in my class" he snapped as Adrian looked shocked.

"But sir I never did that!" he said outraged.

"No Mr Pucey you didn't but others did and far more then you realise. FYI no one cares about daddy or what he does and that goes for all of you. The world is a cruel place out there people and if you cannot manage on your own in here then you will be eaten alive out there. Out there we do not rely on our parents or their reputations to get by. That works in here because you're children but trust me no one else cares. If you do try to do that in the real world just know that there is absolutely no honour in it. It is nothing to feel proud about doing. Your name may get you places but it will only get you so far. You know you'll need to actually work at anything to have success at it. These things are NOT handed out to you freely you idiots!'' he snapped again making them jump once more.

''You need to decide if you want to be yourselves or simply do as expected. Do you wish to break the mould and stop everyone looking at Slytherin and thinking we're all a bunch of unfair brutes who do not understand how to follow rules? None of you really know how to be cunning at all! You couldn't be cunning if I paid you to" he sneered at them in disgust. He was so disgusted with their conduct and indeed how he'd been as a head of house. He'd done a shit job and man did it show.

''Let me give you an example shall I of what truly cunning is. When I went to school my head of house and potions teacher was called Professor Slughorn. He looked truly awful. He always wore horrible robes that clashed and looked generally terrible. He gave off the impression that he was a bit of a bumbling fool from time to time too but you know what? He wasn't a fool at all. It was all an act! He was a true master of being cunning. People saw only what he wanted them to see. He chose to look awful and act like a bumbling fool in order to get by and one up everyone in life and you know what he did it seamlessly and not by sabotage either! He was truly cunning and I always aspired to be like him. I was unfortunately cursed before I could though!" he said waving his wand as books were passed out to each person who took them wondering what they contained. Draco opened his shocked as he was met with black cauldron shaped stickers.

"What in the devil is this? Stickers? What age are we Professor,m five?" he sneered as Severus rounded on him so furious like he'd never seen before.

"Five points from Slytherin for your cheek Mr Malfoy. You're problem is that you simply don't know when to quit do you! If you will use the brain that you do indeed posses and remain quiet for a moment you will see what the stickers are for. Your problem is that you possess no true cunning at all. Need I remind you we are down one hundred points and it is all your fault so if I were you I'd kindly shut up!'' he snapped as Draco flushed bright red while the whole house glared at him.

''If you all had been better no one would have been ending up hurt in previous years. Stop glaring at him as you look silly and besides which it's not like we all haven't screwed up before. I was merely making an example of him as he looked so childish. Does everyone have one of the books I just handed out? Great stuff. Now then at the start of each lesson I want you to stick one of these on your cauldrons. You may stick it on any part of the cauldron you prefer which isn't near the fire. It will only last the entirety of the lesson and needs to be re-applied each lesson. This prevents stupid dunderheads such as yourselves from putting or throwing something into your cauldrons when you are not looking without thinking of what the item does and accidentally killing us all. Use them every lesson. If you don't you will loose twenty points. IS THAT UNDERSTOOD!?" he thundered as they all chorused that it was. In all honesty Damian looked at him with pride. His speech was kind of cool and he was so very excited for his first potions lesson which he hadn't yet had. He had heard that sometimes Severus even let you brew in the first lesson. He was so excited to begin brewing. He wondered if he'd be as good as his peers at it and only hoped he could make his mum proud of him. He had his first potions lesson tomorrow though so he'd find out soon enough.

"You all need to seriously start thinking about who it is you want to become and indeed how you wish to look. Are you happy with your current appearance? If not then change it! Who is going to stop you? Your parents who are not here? While we're on the subject obviously my appearance will be changing as I looked horrendous before. Greasy hair is for no one. From now on I will not tolerate anyone with extremely slicked back hair. It looks as though you've been dipping yourself in oil and I assure you none of you want to look that ridiculous. Just use a little gel if you must but it must not be hard to the touch! Now I understand some of you may not know how you should look or what might suit you so I've inlisted the help of Madam Snap and her team of hairdressers from Diagon Alley to help you out. They will be here next Friday and I suggest you use them to help with your appearance changes as it would be wise" he said as everyone looked at him with a new sense of respect they'd not had before. They were all so excited about the hairdressers coming to the school. Madam Snap was one of the alley's best hairdressers and it would be a true privelege to be seen by her or any of her crew. A lot of the men were already thinking about how much better they were going to look when they were done as some of them realised they twere truly unhappy with how they were expected to look at home.

"As for the girls I will be leaving some potions you will require in each of your bathrooms should you need them. This way we don't have to embarrass ourselves with you needing to ask me for them or indeed buying them as I don't trust that the ones you buy are always made perfectly or should I say as perfectly as I make them at least. If you do not know something in class ask me and I will be telling others this now in a while. I will be meeting with the prefects for each of the other houses and passing the message and indeed stickers on. I cannot trust you yet to comply and stop with the pettiness. Also Flint might I suggest you get Madam Pomfrey to fix your teeth because you look ridiculous and it really does you no favours!" he asked as Marcus grumbled. He hated looking so bad and hated that his head of house had pointed it out to him. If it wasn't against the rules he'd have cursed Professor Snape for saying it but couldn't as he didn't wish to get in trouble.

"Ok sir I will and thank you for the suggestion!" he said sullenly through gritted teeth as Snape pinched the bridge of his nose in rage. Sometimes Marcus could be such a difficult boy when he really didn't need to be.

"Less of the attitude! Marcus they don't tell anyone what happens there! You would be most safe. If you like I can fix it now for you but it will be painful!" he said as Marcus asked him to do it promptly screaming his head off as his teeth readjusted two teeth falling out from somewhere. There had been two teeth too many henceforth the ridiculous crowding in his mouth. He did look way better afterwards however as he was one of the worst offenders in his classroom he would leave him without a pain relief potion for the day as a cunning punishment. Raising a wand he cast a spell all the gel leaving Draco's hair as it looked very dull and lifeless and groaned. To be honest everyone seemed shocked at how bad Draco's hair looked without the gel and he was furious at Lucius for this mistake. He did look ridiculous with it and without it.

"Everyone go to dinner now. Mr Malfoy drink this potion for your hair please. Oh and as your punishment for today you are to take this potion which lasts a whole twenty four hours!" he said as Draco shrunk back at the expression on his face.

"I will do it but I will say it's not funny one bit that Riddle can't take a damn joke!" he said drinking the one for his hair which instantly looked better, if still slightly lifeless. Then he drank the other potion and while Blaise Zabini was unaware had added his name to it so Draco would feel like him for twenty four hours. The affect was instantaneous as he reeled looking horrified completely something Severus did not expect at all.

"I have no idea what you did to me but that is not cool at all Severus! I'm not even going to think of who put you up to this!" he sneered as Severus groaned.

"How do you feel Mr Malfoy?" he asked as Draco gasped.

"I hate him! I think he's a pompous mother fucker who is hiding behind daddy and is lucky I don't fucking sock him one! Don't you ever again mention Draco Malfoy to me sir or it truly will be the last thing you do!" he snapped as Severus reared in shock as Blaise Zabini was called into his office looking confused.

"Did I do something wrong sir?" he asked innocently.

"Please excuse me Mr Zabini but may I ask what you think of Draco Malfoy?"

"Just what in the hell are you trying to do? Who have you been talking to? I say I can't stand the ponce and this happens. Do not think word does not travel sir and that I don't know he's your godson! I hate that pompous peacock and I will not be changing my mind either no matter how you try to bully me into liking him" he snapped as Severus reeled in shock.

"I've been talking to no one but I just wondered. I won't make you spend time with him, I promise, but please be aware that for the next twenty four hours he's going through a punishment and severe self loathing as a result. He doesn't speak normally so please ignore him! I would never bully you into liking someone you didn't Mr Zabini and you should know this" he said regretting having selected someone like Zabini who bristled deeply.

"I am so sorry sir but I am not alright!" he said as he collapsed in his seat and was rushed to the infirmary at once. What a mess!