It could be a lot of fun or a great big disaster

Chapter 2 - Mission details

Harry began to laugh, great big heaving laughs that caused tears to run down his face and eventually cause him to struggle for breath. Calming himself finally, he looked up to the headmaster who was staring at him as if he had grown two extra heads. 'Oh C'mon headmaster, Snape's not exactly the compliant little submissive type, we'd never pull it off.'

Pursing his lips in annoyance the headmaster replied, 'I think you'll find that Professor', he placed emphasis on the 'professor' part; 'Snape may surprise you'.

Harry retorted quickly, 'we wouldn't really last that long in the community headmaster if I was to go around calling him Professor, would we?' trying not to smile as Dumbledore made no answer.

'Professor Snape has already agreed to this Harry, though as is expected he is not very happy about the situation. As you yourself pointed out you would have free reign in the community to use him as you see fit, to humiliate and debase him' Dumbledore's eyes bore into him but Harry looked straight into those blue eyes with no hesitancy, feeling calmer than he had a moment earlier.

'Sir I would never treat him unfairly, no matter what history is between us, you must know that' Dumbledore looked at him before sighing and coming round to perch on the desk in front of Harry.

'I do know this my boy; you are a good soul, however the community is very strict and you must take great care not to let the power go to your head. Although the submissives are protected from serious harm, they are expected, and enforced by the community, to obey their dominants in everything. He would not be able to go anywhere, purchase anything or basically do anything without your permission. You would be seen to have the right to punish him however you saw fit, and ...' he smirked with both amusement and sorrow at this 'with Severus', shall we say rather volatile temper concerning you, you will more than likely will have to punish him for some transgression or other.' Harry looked at him in horror, as Dumbledore patted his arm before continuing. 'You have to remember Harry that these people have freely chosen to live this life, the submissives have chosen their dominants before entering the community and live happily in serving. Severus has not chosen you, and it is extremely unlikely had he been given the choice, that he would have chosen you, so I am counting on you Harry to not abuse the gift you have been given and to treat Severus with the respect he deserves.'

The young wizard smiled at him sadly 'Of course Sir, I will do everything I can to make sure that this is as easy for him as possible, although you speak as if Snape would have freely chosen a dominant had he been allowed to.'

The headmaster ignored the question with no more than another twinkle, 'Does that mean you accept the terms of the mission then my boy' the headmaster looked at him with barely concealed glee.

'Yes Sir' he replied with a strength he didn't really feel at the moment.

'Excellent, excellent my boy, now let us call on Severus and go over the rules the community as set down' he went out to retrieve the potions professor who glared at Harry as he entered and took his seat. Harry merely smiled encouragingly at him, which for barely a second caused the professors' mask to fall, revealing a hesitancy Harry had never before witnessed in the stern face, before the mask was firmly back in place and Snape turned away from him.

Dumbledore handed them both a manual, entitled 'Community life', Harry flicked through the pages, which began with an explanation of the community, some pictures which Harry found breathtakingly beautiful and some guides to admission, before he came across the part entitled 'Rules of conduct'. The three wizards spent two hours discussing everything as Harry attempted to absorb the information. A large fee had already been given to the community to cover the cost of life there, and Harry and Severus were to be given there own 'home' in the heart of the area. If they passed the two month trial they would be allowed to purchase any of the available homes. The community was completely independent and strong, various shops, restaurants, bars and sports areas were all available and it appeared that many of the traders made a good living in the community. If Harry wished to earn money there were jobs available for both submissives and dominants, although not always the same types. The place really had everything they would need as the community had set up trading agreements with companies throughout Britain, to supply them with everything they could want, and while it was not encouraged to leave the area often, they were allowed to leave for holidays, or days out. All this sounded wonderful and Harry could not help becoming quite excited at the thought of the mission.