Snogging Pox

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There was just one problem ... a full three days passed and there was no sign of the green snitch meant to signal that he was alive ...

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"Where the hell is he-and don't you dare say dead!" Draco snapped as he pointed his finger angrily at Ron who was on the roof after curfew with Harry, Blaise and Neville.

"I wasn't going to say anything. You guys said the plan was to make a blast using the potion and use a stirring tainted with the ingredient that will set it off thereby making it look like someone sabotaged his potion to blow up him and his lab. That's what happened. It would be a huge coincidence if Moldybutt or Dumbles had the same plan." Ron reasoned.

"Ron's right, but what is keeping him?" Harry said calmly despite being really worried. It has been exactly a week since Severus disappeared at this point. Friday night was when Severus went to the meeting and it's Friday night again. There may have been an emergency and he couldn't use the portkey. So where is he?

"Guys!" Everyone turned to see a frantic Greg panting as if he raced all the way from the dungeons, which he actually did. "The Hufflepuff cup is gone and so is the Gaunt ring's stone. The only one who can get in that room is someone trusted, right? Severus must've taken it like we planned!"

"If he followed the plan then where the fuck is he?" Draco growled not happy at all with Severus. How dare that godfather of his scare him half to death?!

Harry's eyes widened, "He must be at the mansion. He can't risk going elsewhere ... I'll check!"

"How are you going to do that? We can't cross the wards because Dumbledore will feel the bing." Blaise said also eager to hear good news about the professor.

"Errr ... I might've done some illegal alterations to the fireplace in the Gryffindor common room. It has an untraceable connection to the floo network now and I managed to steal some floo powder from Slughorn when he insisted I speak to him in the potion professor's living quarters." Harry explained with a look of annoyance.

Draco scowled, "That creep really moved in fast." He said distastefully as they quickly went down the stairs. "If you find Severus safe and sound smack him for me."

Harry nodded before parting ways with the Slytherins and helping his fellow Gryffindors into the dorm without anyone knowing. There was only enough floo powder for one handful so Harry went alone. Dobby most likely had stocked up the floo fireplaces with more floo powder anyway. As the green flames receded he found himself in a beautiful living room filled with rich dark woods and cream colored walls.

Dobby appeared in front of Harry bouncing around excitedly, "Master Harry is back! Dobby is so happy to see Master Potter!" The elf bounced around in his proper white and black uniform that gave him a butler like appearance.

"It's good to see you as well, Dobby. You did an amazing job restoring this place. It looks nothing like the pictures of the fixer upper Bill showed me." An awestruck Harry said as he walked into the entrance room with a grand wooden staircase and a huge stain glass dome in the ceiling over head, "I'm definitely going to need a tour, but first, did someone come here a week ago?"

The house elf nodded, "Severus Snape came here. He told Dobby to stock up the potion lab and put a gold cup and gem away somewhere safe, but when he went to his room after making a potion Dobby noticed he stayed in his room for a week."

"Is he alright? Which room is he in?" Harry asked now gravely concerned about Severus.

"Dobby can sense that he is alright. He came out a minute ago and he's in the potion lab now. His room is the one attached to it. Just down that hall, Master Harry." Dobby said as he pointed down the main hall towards the potion lab.