Potter Or Snape

Chapter 1: Rescue

It seemed like a normal day at Privet Drive. All of the houses on the street where quiet except for number four. The Dursley residences.

It was disturbingly normal to hear shouts and bangs at least once, twice, or even three times a day! Every time it was Vernon Dursley's voice. The neighbours assumed it was because the most hated and miss behaved boy on the street had yet again gotten into trouble.

Everyone hated Harry Potter -or as they called him boy and referred to by his relatives freak- according to his uncle he was nothing but trouble: always getting into fights with his angle of a cousin Dudley Dursley, and always being ungrateful that his generous relatives let him stay. Of course the neighbours never saw any of this but when they have heard the Vernon yelling and seeing the scrapes and bruises on the boy since he was about four years old they couldn't help but believe it.

When they boy where sent away to school two Septembers ago the neighbours where delighted that there would be no more yelling for a hole nine months! However, they where dreading the day the boy came back. As soon as the front door closed returning home the yelling started. This time it was much worse each time.

The loud crack! of apparition was drowned out by the volume of the yelling and bangs, even thought it was half way down the street! Nobody noticed the sudden appearance of a strange man with greasy shoulder length black hair dressed in black from head to toe.

The strange man was not in a good mood. His boss and mentor Albus Dumbledore has sent him to check on the boy he loathed with every fibre of his being. His opinion of the boy was very much similar to the boys neighbours. He was trouble with a capital 'T', he had no interest in anyone or anything but himself, and last but by no means least; he was just as arrogant as his father James Potter.

"You must check on the boy Severus"

"You must be going mad or in the very least joking Albus! Why can't any of the other staff check on the golden brat?"

"Most of the staff have gone to visit their families for the summer, Minerva included. Sybil as you know never leaves her tower unless it is a feast, and lets be honest Severus, she would cause more trouble than good. Mr Filch has no means of getting there and back in one day. Hagrid is far to big and will cause unwanted attention as proven when he took young Harry to the train station."

"That wasn't a problem when he was sent to get the boy the first time"

"They boy was staying on a rock in the middle of the ocean Severus! Now no more arguments and check on the boy!"

The strange man -Severus Snape- replayed the conversation in his mine with a sneer on his face as he walked down the street toward four privet Drive. Severus was curious as to what all the commotion was about and why the neighbours hadn't contacted the muggle authorities. 'This must be a regular occurrents' Severus thought.

As he drew closer to he house he discovered that all the noise was coming from the house of none other than The-Boy-Who-Was-A-Pain-In-The-Arse. 'What have you done now Potter?' Severus questioned with a sneer.

Severus looked around marking sure no one saw him and cast a quick Disillusionment charm and walked up the drive way of the noisy house.

"You ungrateful insolent child! We give you a ruff over your head and how do you repay us? By stealing our things!" The booming voice of Vernon Dursley could be heard. Severus took this to his advantage and slipped though the front door unnoticed. "You are filthy you know that freak! Rummaging through the bin for food, eating raw bacon hoping it would go unnoticed." Vernon said much quieter through his greeted teeth. "My life was perfect before your parents got themselves killed. Your nothing but a burden to everyone who knows your name. I bet your parents hated you! I recon they begged for death...to be no longer have to look after your sorry arse."