The Plan
Harry woke up feeling like he lived a dream, he almost laughed and went to call up to Ron when he opened his eyes and noticed that he was not in the Gryffindor dormitories and that everything really happened. Tears started up and he closed back his eyes to try to calm himself down. ‘Why do these things happen to me? Did I do something horrible in a past life? Don’t I deserve any happiness at all? First the Dursleys, then when I learned about the wizarding world I thought I was done with them but then all these things happened to me during the school year and I have to be sent back to the Dursleys to suffer during my summers too… Now this year we have Umbridge torturing students, teachers who don’t care and now I have this new bond to be tortured with as well. I’m just hoping we have a way to either live with this nicely or dissolve the bond, but knowing my luck… well I don’t have any apparently so..’ Harry sighed and took a deep breath before opening his eyes and grabbing his wand to check the time. 5:30. He jumped straight out of bed and rushed to his trunk to grab what he needed then ran to the bathroom to get ready before Snape showed up. Harry showered and got dressed and made it back to the bathroom just before 6 and realized that Draco was still asleep. With wide eyes he went to go wake him up unsure how Snape would react to Draco not being ready, unfortunately he was too late.
“Didn’t bother to wake up your roommate? Were you trying to make yourself look better than him or something?”
Harry turned around to see Snape in the entrance looking angry as usual. He was dressed in his usual school robes and had his nose up with his eyes looking down at Harry. Harry tried to look him in the eyes but for some reason he couldn’t keep it up and looked down to his feet instead.
“No I just woke up late myself and didn’t think…”
Snape sneered at him.
“Of course you didn’t think; when do you ever? Get into the living room and wait for us there, make sure you’re ready for more salve on your burns.”
Harry nodded his head and then looked down while he left the room, he felt bad he didn’t think of waking Draco but he also didn’t believe he should have been blamed for it. He walked to the living and took his time to really look around since he couldn’t do so yesterday. He noticed the fireplace which was surrounded by bookshelves which were full of books; with a closer look he realized most were potions or DADA and even some health care books. The rest of the room look actually cozy as well, it was well lit up with the fire and the lighting and the couch was a nice deep green that matched well with the dark carpet. He sat down on the couch and got his arm out of his sleeve to get it treated and just waited for Snape and Draco.
Back in the bedroom Snape slowly sat down on the bed beside Draco and shook his shoulder gently.
“Draco, wake up, it’s past 6, you’ve slept in, it’s not like you to do so.”
Draco slowly opened his eyes and just whined a little before finally sitting up and looking over to see if Harry was awake as well. He noticed that his bed was empty and so figured he must be up and then looked over to Snape.
“Sorry sir, I had a rough night. Potter kept waking me up due to his dreams, he didn’t stop crying either. I don’t know what he was dreaming of but it was hard to sleep through his reactions.”
Snape sneered and just shook his head, of course Potter was to blame that’s no surprise. He got off the bed and left Draco to get ready for the day. He figured he might as well get the salve done as he didn’t need Draco for that part of their planned day. He walked into the living room and just sneered at Potter as he noticed that he seemed half asleep on his sofa.
“Wake up Potter. You’ve kept Draco up most of the night so I think it is only right you stay up all day so that you actually sleep tonight and hopefully keep your dreams to yourself. Now, stand up so I can put this salve on you and hopefully be finished before Draco is ready and with us.”
Harry, who was not asleep but merely thinking, looked over to Snape and nodded his head meekly while standing up with his arm out, his teeth were biting his lip so that he could prepare himself for the pain, he kept his head down because he didn’t like the feeling he got when he looked over at Snape. He figured his Omega senses are starting up and he wasn’t sure how he felt about that.
Snape on the other hand just smirked at the way that Potter seemed to be holding himself back from speaking out. He was starting to be happy with the way Potter was acting towards him; he definitely didn’t miss the rude boy who talked back. Snape quickly summoned the salve and started to rub it into the burn scars roughly without care.
Harry was trying hard not to cry, he didn’t think Snape would care if it hurt or not, in fact he’d probably want to keep it up longer if he realized the pain that Harry was in. So he sucked in a breath and just kept biting his lip even though he could taste a little bit of blood. He sighed when Snape moved to his face knowing it was almost over.
Snape on the other hand just ignore the pain he could see in Potter’s face, he knew that the pain wasn’t that bad and that Potter had worse so he didn’t bother with going gentler. He was just finishing up Potter’s face when Draco showed up all ready to face the day.
Draco noticed Harry’s face and his heart felt like it was ready to cry. He walked straight to Harry and just held his hand and let Harry tighten his hold on him. Harry on the other hand was even closer to tears just knowing that he at least had Draco in his corner and that he wasn’t completely as alone as he feels.
“Sir, are you almost done, I think Harry needs a break.” Draco was very worried when he saw the tears in Harry’s eyes. He squeezed his hand and just tried to convey that he was there for him without saying it out loud.
Snape sneered even more at Potter after he realized that Draco was on Potter’s side now. How typical that Potter was able to use some sad story just to real Draco in, he didn’t believe a word of it himself, he’ll have to remind himself to have a talk with Draco about the lies Potter likes to spread. He finished putting the salve on Potter’s face and then closed up the salve and turned to put it away without saying a word to the other two.
“Are you ok Harry? I don’t understand why he’s always so mean to you, like even worse than he is with any other Gryffindor. Did you do something to him before our first class?”
Harry shook his head and just sighed. He didn’t understand why Snape hated him but he knew that it would mean that if this bond is permanent he would always be miserable with his bondmate. He was just glad that Draco and him buried the hatchet.
“I have no idea why he hates me. I never even knew about Magic until about a month before the train. Plus my relatives locked away my books so I couldn’t even read some of them before classes started. Then during our first class I was writing down what he was saying, I was looking forward to the class so much because it sounded so interesting, but he thought I was just not paying attention and then asked me those hard questions and I just tried so hard but nothing I did was good enough so I just gave up. Nothing I do will be good enough for Snape and I have accepted that, and now that he’s my Alpha nothing I do will ever be up to his standards and I’ll just have to live with that.”
Draco just stared at Harry wide eyed. He never knew that Harry wasn’t raised knowing about their world; he assumed, like everyone else, that Harry was taught about magic just as most purebloods and halfbloods are. In fact, he wondered if anyone thought to show him the books that muggleborns get regarding their world and laws that are important. He was just about to ask when Snape showed back up and told them to sit down so they could discuss their future.
“Alright, I searched everything I could find and studied the potion that caused our bond and unfortunately everything I researched and discovered just proved that we are stuck together forever. Nothing; and I mean light and dark spells and potions, nothing will work to dissolve this bond. So this means that we have to find a way to work together and deal with all the side effects and whatever else this will cause. To start with, Potter, since you have to always be around one of us, you will be taking the same classes as Draco and eating at the Slytherin table. Basically you are now considered an honorary Slytherin. I already spoke to the rest of the Slytherins and they are aware of this and the fact that you are considered our bondmate. McGonagall spoke to the Gryffindors so they are also aware of your situation. Any questions so far?”
Harry was a little shocked and disappointed that this meant he couldn’t keep the classes he had with his friends. Then he remembered that he had no friends at this time so it wouldn’t matter. So he figured he’d ask about other concerns he had.
“Ummm… What about the classes I haven’t been taking yet? Draco is in Arithmancy and Ancient Runes while I was in Divination and Care of Magical Creatures. So I guess this means I’m dropping Divination, which I don’t mind and since Draco is also in Care we should be fine there but the other two courses I have no clue about.”
“You’ll obviously have to work hard to catch up to the rest of the class. Draco can help you when he has time, but you’ll just have to study hard on your own and hopefully you can understand most of it on your own.”
Harry nodded, he figured it would be something like that. Then he thought of something he was really worried that he’d have to stop.
“Right. What about quidditch? Am I still allowed to play? And what about spending time with other Gryffindors that may still want to see me?”
Snape snorted and just rolled his eyes. Typical that quidditch is more important than anything to these kids, he wondered how he would deal being stuck with them and their quidditch obsession.
“Clearly you won’t be allowed to play quidditch. As an Omega we, meaning your Beta and Alpha, won’t be able to deal with you being in that kind of danger. You’ll have to tell your team that due to your condition you won’t be playing any longer. As for your fellow Gryffindors, it’s up to you and Draco if you get to see them or not.”
Draco noticed Harry’s face drop when he was told he couldn’t play quidditch. He knew how much that game meant to him and having him off the team will be very very hard on him.
“Can Harry fly with the Slytherin team during practices at least? As for spending time with Gryffindors, I’m sure we can manage something for you Harry, I don’t want you to be without your friends, but hopefully you’ll also make friends with the Slytherins. And I’ll definitely help you with both classes, we’ll talk to the teachers and see if they can assign you the work we did in third year and such.”
Harry grabbed Draco’s hand and squeezed it. He was so grateful that Draco was there and helping him. He was sad about not playing Quidditch but it’s mostly the flying he would miss. The help for classes and his advice on making friends will also hopefully help him settle in his new place as a Slytherin.
“If the rest of the team is fine with it I don’t care, he has to be there with you anyways. Now, for potions I am no longer allowed to assess you, the headmaster is afraid that I’ll play favorites with the both of you so what will happen is you will still learn from me and do the same work as everyone else but someone else will grade you, for the practical part of the lessons you both will work together when it’s partnered work and someone else will examine it when class is over. You may just have to wait some time before getting your results compared to everyone else.”
Harry snorted when it was mentioned that Snape would play favorites. Like that would be something new considering his way during Gryffindor and Slytherin classes. He’d love to see Snape play favorites with him in a positive way, but doubt that even with him being his Alpha it would ever happen.
Draco squeezed Harry’s hand in warning; he didn’t want to anger Snape any more than he usually is. Especially since he’s already so against everything Harry does. He did wonder if their so called Alpha will be spending any time with them other than in class.
“That makes sense. Now, what about you? When will you spend time with us as our Alpha? I mean Harry and I will be spending most of our days together so there’s no worries there but we need to get used to you as well don’t we?”
This was something that both Snape and Harry were in agreement that it was not necessary. They both didn’t want to spend time together. Harry, because he didn’t want to be insulted constantly; Snape, because he doesn’t want to spend time with a pain like Harry. It was one thing they could both be happy to be without.
“We’ll see. Now I need to speak with you Draco, Potter you can go into your room and start catching up on all the classes you missed.”
Harry nodded and let go of Draco’s hand and just walked to back to his room where he looked for all the work he missed. He didn’t have much thankfully since he did some while stuck in the hospital wing, but he still had some left so he got to it.
Meanwhile Snape sat beside Draco and just looked at him sadly.
“Potter got to you didn’t he? You pity him or something, and you believed all his lies about his so called adventures. I wanted to talk to you about that because I don’t want you played by him. Those so called adventures are all lies, Dumbledore reassured all us teachers that Potter, Granger and Weasley were never in any danger and that he was there with them the whole time. He just lets them get away with lying about what happened because he likes the stories they come up with.”
“What? But they’re so detailed and specific and he has scars that go with what he says. I mean, I’ve heard some people lie before and usually they can’t keep their stories straight, but these events that Harry has gone through are very well thought out if they’re not real.”
“I’m only telling you what Dumbledore has told us and there’s no reason for Dumbledore to lie to his staff. Just take this into consideration when you deal with Potter, us staff know him as a liar and an exaggerator.”
Nodding his head, Draco got up from the sofa and just decided he needed to go think about this.
“Is it ok if I go for a walk? I need to think this through.”
“Fine, I’ll stay here and work on grading some essays while Potter is working on his homework. Don’t stay out too late.”
With that Draco left their rooms and Snape sat at his desk getting some essays to work on.