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Trial by Fire	By : sazsazzel Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male > Harry/Snape Views: 37684 -:- Recommendations : 4 -:- Currently Reading : 4
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I'm back, sorry for the delay in this chapter but real life got in the way. I hope you like the chapter and all feedback and reviews are welcome. Let me know if you find any mistakes and i'll correct them. Thanks to all my readers and reviewers!

unneeded - Yes it is one of my favourite things to leave my readers hanging, I have to have some way to keep you coming back now don't I? This chapter will answer your questions about the headmaster ;)

lemondropfan64 - You maybe right, but which one? that is the question hehe

917brat - Thank you for reading and I hope you like this chapter and all to follow.

Chapter 9 – Two heads better than one?

Harry blinked his eyes rapidly trying to clear the bright light that blinded him. When the light cleared he did not expect to find himself fully clothed in the Headmaster’s office sitting in his chair behind his desk.

Well I say sitting in the chair, it would be more accurate to say sitting on Severus who was sitting in the chair behind the desk. His confusion rate was off the scale. “What the…?” he asked trailing off.

Severus appeared to be just as confused as Harry. They were obviously in the Headmaster’s office but how had they got here? He clearly remembered the bright light and guessed that’s what transported them. It’s not a widely know fact that castle could demonstrate its power this way as it has not had to do so in many years. “I believe the castle decided that it would like to bring us here” Severus said.

Harry didn’t respond as he was too busy looking around the office. All the magical instruments that usually lined the walls and filled the shelves were missing. The office appeared to be a blank canvas awaiting the new Headmaster to put their stamp on it.

“What’s that damn noise?” Severus exclaimed all of a sudden.

Harry turned to look at him with worry. “Erm Sev I can’t hear anything. Are you okay?” he asked as he lifted his hand to card his fingers gently through his mates jet black hair.

Severus couldn’t believe that Harry couldn’t hear anything. There was a strange tinkling, like a soft constant ringing noise. It was going to give him a headache if it didn’t stop soon. “You really can’t hear a ringing?” he asked.

“No Sev, it’s really quite in here especially without the old goat’s dohickies ticking away” Harry responded.

Severus banged the side of his head with the palm of his hand as if he was trying to dislodge the sound from his brain. Harry thought he looked quite cute but he wouldn’t say so out loud, he valued his life thank you very much.

Much to Severus’s dismay the sound seemed to be getting louder and louder till it grew to a high pitched screech that was like nails on a chalk board. He clutched his head in agony and cried out in pain.

Harry was distraught; he didn’t know what to do. His mate was hurting. This couldn’t be allowed to happen. He started to feel a warmth spread all over his body before his wings suddenly burst out of his back ripping his shirt. He instinctively rapped his glorious wings around his mate and pressed his body as close as possible trying to sooth him.

Suddenly there was a sound like a pop in Severus’s mind and the pain was gone. He sagged against Harry taking comfort from his mate. He wasn’t use to anyone being there for him. He’d never had anyone who cared before so he was going to embrace all the perks that came with having a mate.

Once Harry felt his mate relax he held him closer, if that was even possible, and started placing feather light kisses on his forehead. “Are you ok Sev? What happened?” he asked while rubbing soothing circles on his mates back, his wings still wrapped around him.

“I don’t know luv. That ringing I could hear built up to an almighty screech but then it just seemed to pop out of my head. I’m fine now though” he kissed Harry’s lips lightly “The noise has stopped now and for that I’m thankful. Thank you Harry.”

Harry blinked at him confused, “What for?” He couldn’t think why Severus would be thanking him. There was nothing to thank him for. Severus didn’t answer him though, he brought his hand up and started to trace the feathers of Harry’s wings that were by his shoulders. He then smiled at Harry before placing several gentle kisses following in the wake of his fingers. “Oh!” was all Harry could say as a blush crept on to his cheeks. This caused Severus to chuckle before stealing another kiss from his mate.

Suddenly Harry felt Severus stiffen underneath him. “What’s wrong?” he asked.

Severus looked into Harry’s emerald eyes with something akin to fear in his eyes. “Voices, I can hear voices in my head… oh god! They sound like Dobby… oh bloody buggering fuck! I think I’m hearing all the Hogwarts house elves!” he shouted.

Initially Harry sniggered at Severus’s choice in words. It wasn’t very often that you got to hear the stoic Professor Snape use language like that. However Harry was getting to see Severus do a lot of things most people don’t get to see. This was a good thing because if people got to see Severus as he saw him he would have to kill a few people, very slowly and painfully. After the initial humour had dissipated he was left with only shock. Because after Severus finished speaking a multitude of small pops could be heard in the room. It appeared as if Severus had unintentionally summoned all the house elves of Hogwarts. They just kept coming and the room was filling up very quickly. There were house elves standing 8 tall on each others shoulders and swaying precariously. All packing in like sardines.

Severus mouth was hanging open in shock. It looked like every house elf was trying to fit into the Headmasters office. Why had they come? He hadn’t called them. Only the Headmaster can call all the house elves at the same time… Oh no! It couldn’t be, could it? “Fuck a duck!” Severus shrieked.

The sudden outburst cause Harry to jump but he couldn’t go very far with the room packed to the rafters with at least 1000 house elves. “What is it Sev? What the hell is going on?!” he asked.

Severus could swear he felt a presence in his mind laughing at him before he was enveloped in a comforting bubble. “It appears as if I’m the new Headmaster” he replied.

“Oh Sev that’s great news!” Harry shouted in joy before wincing as his wings were getting crushed by the amount of elves.

Severus sensing what was wrong instructed Harry to retract his wings, “Luv, pull your wings back and then I’ll dismiss them. Be careful and try and do it slowly so you don’t hurt yourself.”

Harry closed his eyes and concentrated on pulling his wings back into his body. He managed it with out too much trouble only catching his wings a couple of times. Once it was over he rested his head on Severus shoulder before placing a gently kiss over his mates pulse point.

Severus smiled when he felt Harry press the kiss to his neck. “Get out the lot of you! Go back to whatever you were doing before” he bellowed at the house elves. They left with a chorus of “Yes Headmaster Sir!” and some knowing smirks on their faces. Severus just rolled his eyes but was thankful that at the moment he couldn’t hear them in his head.

Harry sat bolt upright, “What’s that noise?!” he panicked. He looked at Severus with stricken eyes “You’re meant to be the Headmaster! Why am I hearing the weird noises now! Oh god! I don’t want to be Headmaster! I haven’t even finished school yet!”

Severus pulled Harry to him and murmured reassuring words into his mate’s ear. He then closed his eyes and began to focus on the presence he felt lingering in his mind. He knew it was the castle but he needed some way to communicated with it. A physical manifestation of Hogwarts appeared in is mind and he wandered through the corridors being guided by a feint blue glow. Finally he reached a room that he had never come across before despite the many times he had wondered about the school on his night patrols. It was a plain stone room with the four house crests on the walls and another crest he didn’t recognised. In the middle of the room however was what he could only describe as a ball of glowing colours that seemed to pulse as if it had a heart beat. The colours in the ball were blue he assumed for Ravenclaw, red for Griffindor, green for Slytherin, yellow for Hufflepuff and gold for the new house they were told about.

“Greetings Severus, we have watched you and young Harry for sometime now. It’s a pleasure to be meeting you in the ‘flesh’ as you say. We know that you have many questions but now really isn’t the time. Know this, you can come and see us anytime you like as we are always here, we are always everywhere. You are the new true headmaster. Dumbledore has been ousted from the school now and the wards wont permit him entry.” Spoke the voice coming from inside the glow.

Severus was staring at the glow in awe. He couldn’t believe he was actually having a conversation with Hogwarts! Well, conversation was pushing it as he hadn’t even had a chance to say a word yet. He was just about to open his mouth to ask about Harry hearing the noises when he was interrupted by Hogwarts again.

“Not to worry Severus. Harry is hearing the noise because he is connected to you and we would like to be connected to him. He won’t have the same connection to us that you do but we and the wards will respond to him and he’ll be able to command the house elves. Everything else falls under your jurisdiction alone. Won’t that be fun? Now go comfort your mate Headmaster” Hogwarts softly spoke.

Severus was rudely pulled back to the present by a hard sharp slap to the face. “Bloody hell! What was that for?!” he shouted while clutching his cheek with his hand, staring at Harry in shock. He couldn’t believe Harry had smacked him.

“It was because I’m sat here panicking about hearing noises and you totally zoned out on me and weren’t listen to a thing I said! I’m sorry but I was scared.” Harry quickly told Severus.

Severus sighed and pulled Harry to him and held him tight. “I was talking to Hogwarts to see what was going on. You are connected to it now, it wanted the connection. You will have access to the wards and control of the elves but I am the new Headmaster. So I would kindly appreciate it if you wouldn’t go around slapping me.” Severus could feel Harry relax against him.

“I’m sorry Severus” Harry said and before he kissed the red mark on his mates jaw while looking apologetic. He smiled at Severus as a thought came to him, “Do me a favour please Sev and don’t tell Hermione that I have control over all the Hogwarts house elves…” As he finished saying this he realised his mistake.

“Not again.” Severus cursed as all the house elves started popping back into his new office again.

To be continued…
- 9
- 10
- 11
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