Can't Catch Me Now / Severus Snape

1. Must Be

A step you can't take back / Aegon Targaryen out now!!

"Do not go to school Harry Snape."

"Who are you?" Harry countered squinting in the darkness. 

"Danger is waiting for you Harry Snape."

"MUM!" Harry shouted. 

"Death will follow you, Harry Snape! Stay away from Hogwarts!"

"MUM!" Harry demanded running to the door but Dobby blocked him. 

"Hogwarts is not safe-"

"Dobby? God Dobby stop it! Go home dobby!" Harry demanded pushing him aside. 

"Whats going on?" Severus flew the door open and sent dobby flying across the room. "What the hell." Severus murmured moving to the house elf. 

"Not safe, not safe," Dobby murmured before disappearing. 

"Malfoys, what the hell." Severus grumbled. "Are you okay? What was that about?" 

"I dont know, he was being weird." Harry answered. "I didnt do anything wrong."

"Of course not." Severus assured. "Do you still want to go to town and get your books today?" 

"Yeah..." Harry murmured. "It was just... strange." 

"I dont like house elves." Severus murmured. "Come on, get your shoes on and we will go."

"Don't touch anything, Draco." Lucius instructed. 

"Yes, Father." Draco agreed.

" Uh, Mr. Malfoy, what a pleasure to see you again. And young Master Malfoy, too. Delighted. I must show you, just in today and very reasonably--" Mr. Borgin remarked.

"I'm not buying today, Borgin. I'm selling." Lucius corrected.

"Selling?"

"Draco." Lucius instructed. Draco put the box on the table. 

"Lucius you in this dreaded place?" Lilith called out. 

"I will meet you at the book store Lils." Lucius called back. He waited until the door chimed closed again. "You are aware no doubt that the Ministry of Magic is conducting more raids on private houses. There's even rumors of a new Muggle Protection Act."

"Pure wizard blood is counting for less everywhere, I'm afraid." Borgin countered, glancing to the door where Lilith a mud blood had been a moment before. 

"She is the only mudblood I like." Lucius assured. "Anyway, I brought a few items from home that might prove, uh... embarrassing if the Ministry were to call. Just poisons and the like." Lucius offered. Borgin looked over the objects and his eyes went wide at the sight of one object in particular.

"Look at that!" He declared.

"That particular item is not for sale." Lucius snatched it back.

"I don't understand. It has unique qualities. One wouldn't want to see it falling into the wrong hands." Borgin countered. Draco was examining the cabinet. Meanwhile, Lucius accepted a pile of coins from Borgin.

"They will meet us here, Lucius is doing ministry business no doubt." Lilith remarked. "What books do you need this year?"

"Why is every witch in here today?" Severus countered with a grumble. "This place is packed."

"Some dude is here." Aria answered pointing at the author display.

"Oh God." Severus groaned. 

"You can keep the box." Lucius offered before turning to draco with a snarl. "What did I say?!"

"Touch nothing." Draco agreed, Bogin stole back a coin from lucius pile while he was distracted.

"Exactly." Lucius agreed.

"Sorry, Father."

"Come on, we're going." Lucius scooped up his coins. "Go find Harry why dont you?" Draco ran off. 

"It's a pleasure to do business with you, Mr. Malfoy. Always a pleasure." Borgin said with a bow.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Gilderoy Lockhart!"

"There is Ron." Harry remarked moving through the crowd. "Hey!" 

"Hi!" Ron answered. 

"Oh, here he is!" Molly squealed.

" Mum fancies him. " Ron added. Molly playfully shoves him in return.

"He's an idiot." Lilith muttered, "I can't believe people are here for this. For him." 

"He's an author of rubbish," Severus agreed. "He can barely string a spell together without charms 101 in front of him." Lilith giggled out linking an arm around him. 

"Make way there, please! Let me by, madam, thank you. Excuse me, little girl, this is for The Daily Prophet." A photographer said as he snapped a photograph of Lockhart

"It can't be Harry Snape!" Lockhart declared.

"Harry Snape!" The photographer grabbed Harry "Excuse me, madam." he pushed him up front.

"Nice big smile, Harry, together you and I rate the front page!" Lockhart instructed but harry didn't smile, confusion filled him.

"God," Lilith grumbled. "I dont want him and our harry together." 

"Ladies and gentlemen, what an extraordinary moment this is! When young Harry stepped into Flourish and Blotts this morning to purchase my autobiography Magical Me..."

"Now, ladies....." lockhart declared.

"Harry, now you give me those, and I'll get them signed. All of you wait outside. That's it, Ron." Molly assured.

"I dont care." Harry countered. "You can keep them."

"OH you are the sweetest!" Molly declared. 

"You dont like him right mum?" Harry questioned. 

"RIght indeed." Lilith agreed. "Lets get your real books." 

"Bet you loved that, didn't you, Snape? Famous Harry SNape, can't even go into a bookshop without making the front page." Draco laughed out. 

"Oh yeah I love the spotlight." Harry mused.

"These are Harry's... friends..." Draco mocked as his father came up. 

"At least he has friends, you would be lucky if a cat befriended you." Hermione declared. Draco cocked his head at her. 

"You believe this girl, Snape?" Draco questioned, shaking his head. 

" And you must be... Miss Granger. Yes, Draco's told me all about you... and your parents." Lucius recalled.  "Muggles, aren't they?" Lilith whacked him over the back of the head as she passed, Lucius gaze shifted to her before looking to the wealseys. "Let me see, red hair, vacant expressions... " lucius took a book from Ginny's cauldron "...tatty, secondhand book, you must be the Weasleys."

"Must be." Ron agreed. 

"Lucius stop being an ass." Lilith instructed. "Kids get your books, I can't stand being this close to such an idiotic wizard." Lilith remarked. Lockhart smiled widely back at them. "Hurry up!"