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Kit	By : withdemonwings Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male > Harry/Snape Views: 41265 -:- Recommendations : 5 -:- Currently Reading : 3
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Chapter 4

There was a staff meeting after dinner that night and Severus was most definitely not looking forward to it. He wanted to bring Kit with him, but he knew then that nothing would get done with the kitten around so he left Kit where he was, asleep on a pile of papers that hadn’t been corrected yet. The little beast had an obsession with lying on parchment, especially those that Severus was trying to write on.

Crookshanks hadn’t moved from in front of the fire, save to turn around.

He grumbled irritably all the way up to the staff room that was across the hall from Albus’ gargoyle. He found his customary seat in a dark corner closest to the door and scowled at anyone who even looked like they were thinking of asking him anything. He silently debated the merits of bringing Kit, since the feline seemed to keep him from raging poetic about the idiots he was surrounded by.

Hooch began the monthly torture with a request for new school brooms, just like the last four staff meetings. Severus wasn’t as opposed to this as most of them thought, namely because he didn’t want to be the one that had to tell distraught parents that their precious progeny had perished using piss-poor provisions. Severus smirked to himself, oh what he had to do for entertainment.

Hagrid was propositioning for an assistant, he wasn’t quite as able-bodied as he used to be and he had more duties then he could handle. Severus wondered if he’d talked to the Weasley yet, Charmander or Charagon or Charlemagne, which seemed the most sensible of the names, since he couldn’t work with dragons anymore but the two legged vexations couldn’t be as troublesome as dragons, could they? He would have to find out. Maybe dragons were easier to work with.

McGonagall was now going on about how beneficial it would be to have the seventh years with the ability learn how to become an animagus. Severus snorted in derision, because the vexations weren’t already living like zoo animals.

Weasley, Charagon’s brother he didn’t know this one’s name either, they really all looked the same, wanted to know if he could take the kids on field trips. He stopped listening completely after that.

Not a single one of them mentioned Potter or his absence. He scowled at nothing as he tried to figure out what had happened to Harry and why he was so worried. And when had the brat become Harry? His scowl deepened.

‘-rus?’

Severus glared at Albus, ‘what?’ he snapped.

‘Was there anything you wanted to add?’ the older man asked, concern tinting the twinkle.

‘Did anyone notice that Potter wasn’t in class today?’ he blurted angrily.

It took a moment but several pairs of eyes all widened in surprise as McGonagall, Weasley and Vector tried to remember if they had seen Harry in their class.

‘Just because the boy has done the job you all foisted on his young shoulders doesn’t mean he doesn’t still need an education,’ he ranted.

It was Minerva that cut him off, bristling with indignation, ‘I wasn’t neglecting the boy, I was giving him some time,’ she stated.

‘Time for what?’ he snarled.

‘Time to figure out what he wanted to do!’ she exploded, ‘I know he doesn’t want to be an Auror anymore, I don’t think he expected to survive the fight, but he did and now he has no idea what he wants to do with himself,’ she replied, her fierceness dwindling as she spoke. ‘However I don’t know about the rest of them,’ she added with a nod to the rest of their colleagues.

Severus decided that he would have a talk with her later. After all these years as colleagues she still managed to surprise him.

‘Well then,’ Albus began, breaking the moment, ‘tomorrow after breakfast, if he still hasn’t returned, we shall talk to young Mr Potter’s friends,’ he announced, before Severus could protest, Albus held up a hand. ‘It is late, Severus, we will work better in the morning, after we’ve all had some rest.’

As much as Severus hated to admit it, the old man was right.

Albus twinkled at Severus, and the younger man scowled, irritating old sod.

Severus stormed from the staffroom, and almost collided with Neville Longbottom, who managed to trip and land on his backside.

‘I’m sorry,’ the boy blurted before he realized who he had almost run over.

‘There was no harm done, Mr. Longbottom,’ he replied, helping the young man to his feet.

Now that the boy wasn’t in his class, and he didn’t have to worry about him blowing something up, he was much more tolerant of the boy. Harry had also made Snape see just how talented the boy was in Herbology, and his ineptitude in his own class made a weird sort of sense. Some of Snape’s best ingredients came from the plants that Longbottom had grown.

‘What seems to be the problem?’ Snape asked.

‘I was trying to find the headmaster, I think something happened to Harry, no one’s seen him in a day or so, I thought, well, I don’t know what I thought...’ he trailed off.

‘We already know about Potter,’ he said gently. ‘Tomorrow we will be asking around to see if anyone has any idea about what happened to him,’ he had no idea why he was telling this boy, but he figured it had something to do with the fact that Neville had been the only other person to realize that Harry was missing.

Neville studied Snape for a moment trying to figure out the older man.

‘He really does respect you sir,’ the teenager said before he turned to leave. ‘Good night professor,’ he tossed over his shoulder, with a wave.

Severus stared after the boy for a several minutes before he shook his head and headed back to his rooms.

=^.^=

Much to Severus’ surprise he found Crookshanks sprawled across the couch; his kitten, however, was nowhere to be found.

Snape searched for almost 20 minutes, under furniture, and in cupboards and other small places. He was about to give up when he checked his wardrobe again.

He found the small kitten curled up in one of his good sweaters, shivering almost violently.

‘Kit?’ he asked softly, reaching for the small kitten, but the kitten pulled away.

‘Little one,’ he crooned softly, ‘I want to help. Whatever is wrong I want to try to fix it, make it better, I will do whatever I can to help,’ he implored, trying to cajole the kitten from his wardrobe and off his black sweater.

The kitten looked up at Snape and the man was taken aback by the sadness and underlying anger in those golden green eyes.

‘Oh precious,’ he murmured as he reached in and plucked the kitten up. ‘If you ruin my favourite sweater I’ll have you de-clawed,’ he threatened.

Harry quickly retracted his claws.

‘I wish I knew what was troubling you, little one,’ Severus murmured as he moved to his desk with Harry tucked against his chest.

Harry, for whatever reason, wanted to talk to his professor but whenever he had tried to revert back to his human form, nothing happened. It was part of the reason why he’d been hiding in the wardrobe.

Harry sighed and curled up as close as possible to his professor, wanting to relish the head and affection for as long as possible. Because he knew that when Snape found out that he was masquerading as a cat, a Kneazle no less, that Snape had all but adopted as his familiar Harry was certain that his future would include being used for potions ingredients.

Harry curled up tightly and let Snape’s voice, as he worked out whatever it was he was working on, lull him to sleep.

I realise that yes, Snape would probbly remember the Weasley names, but he's being mean and vindictive but he's also trying to amuse himself and only half paying attention to what's going on.

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