The Children of Atum

Hi everyone, thank you to all my wonderful reviewers, I thank you for your comments, they really inspire me. I got eight reviews since I put the last chapter up yesterday, therefore you get another shiny new one today! YAY!

Just want to respond directly to one reviewer, mjd: Firstly thank you for reading and reviewing, I was unsure about that myself but I figured it was feasible. Even though Harry was quite young when he was at the Dursleys it would have been an emotional time for him, accidental Magic occurs at times of stress and high emotions thus I believe it is possible that harry might do accidental magic at that age under those circumstances. As for remembering the abuse the first book states that harry could remember a green light and pain in his forehead from the night of his parents death, he also had a dream about the flying motorcycle. So I believe he would remember to associate punishment with doing ‘freak things’. Either way it doesn’t really matter too much, this story is supposed to be more about smut then plot anyway ;-) Thank you for reading and for the review.

Cheers, MeToo.

Last time
“Really now, shouldn’t he sleep with the other first years? I’ll not have a Potter in my rooms.” The dark man said, keeping up his act.

“Severus he is for all intensive purposes your apprentice, he will stay in your rooms as is in your contract”, the headmaster rebuked, “you must get over your animosity for James Potter and accept Harry as he is, not as James’ son.”

The man sneered at Dumbledore before standing and sweeping from the room, not waiting for the boy to follow him.

Chapter 12: Apprentice Potter

Harry followed his new head of house and apprenticeship master through the halls of Hogwarts, they were both silent, knowing that they could not discuss anything of importance here. They swept down to the dungeons, Harry slightly behind the imposing man, coming to a stop in front of a blank stretch of wall.

“This is the entrance to the Slytherin common room, as a Slytherin you will be allowed access even if your rooms are not part of this dormitory. You must speak the pass word which changes fortnightly, I will tell you the new password when it changes. At the moment it is ‘Runespoor’.”

At this the wall swung forwards to reveal a large stone room decorated with green and silver, dark furniture littered the room and the walls were lined with books and Slytherin banners. The students of Slytherin house were arranged in rows by year facing the door way, clearly awaiting their head of house. Severus motioned for Harry to join his house mates and took a stance in front of the arranged students.

“Welcome to Slytherin House.” He began, “Slytherin is the house of ambition, greatness and power, we are cool and calm, in the face of danger, we do not rush in like Gryffindors, we do not run away like Hufflepuffs, we do not study the danger like a Ravenclaw would, we analyse the situation and act in the best interest of ourselves. As a Slytherin you are expected to uphold the honour of our house and present a united front to the other houses. The rest of the school is against us as we are ‘dark’ and they are ‘light’, we are ‘evil’ and they are ‘good’. This is of course absurd but it means that we must support each other, any internal conflicts will not leave this room.”

“Slytherins work together in the interest of themselves and their house. Study groups will be set up by the prefects and the details of these will be posted on the notice board by the end of this week. If you have any problems see a Prefect first, if they can’t help, they will bring it to my attention. Curfew is 10 o’clock for first through third years every night, for the upper years it is eleven Sunday to Thursday and midnight for Friday and Saturday nights. Do not break it for I will know. If you get a detention from another teacher I will know and you will serve another from me for failing to uphold your house’s standards. It’s not about breaking the rules, it’s about getting caught!”

“Now the last thing I want to discuss is my new… apprentice. Harry Potter is Slytherin’s apprentice which means he is an apprentice of magic to the Slytherin head of house. He will be attending a variety of classes at different levels depending on his current level which he will be tested at tomorrow. Thus he will likely study with students from a variety of different year levels, please assist him in your class if he is there. It is expected that he will finish his standard schooling within a few years instead of the standard seven and will then take on one or more formal apprenticeships under the Hogwarts staff. It is an honour for Slytherin to have an apprentice, there hasn’t been one in the last three centuries, thus I hope that everyone ensures that Mister Potter is treated with respect and is given every opportunity to help boost the standings of Slytherin house. Apprentice Potter will have the rights and responsibilities of a Prefect by his third year with us and when he becomes an official apprentice he will have those of a Professor. As my apprentice he has a room in my quarters instead of the dorms however he has full access to this common room.”

“Now time for bed, breakfast is served from 7 am, classes start at nine. I will be handing out timetables at 8 so make sure you are in the Great Hall at that time. Goodnight.”

The group stood and Harry followed Severus back out of the common room to the man’s private rooms. They approached another blank wall, “I need to key you into my wards, place your hand on the wall here.”

Harry placed his hand on the wall and shivered as the dark man covered it in his own, he felt a tingle of magic wash over him, searching him before accepting him. You are now one of only four people who have access to this room, the other two are Poppy Pomfrey the school nurse in case of emergency and Albus Dumbledore.” They entered through the doorway into an elegantly appointed room, decorated similarly to the Slytherin common room. “These rooms are the most secure in Hogwarts, a millennium of paranoid Slytherin heads have added to the wards and protections around this room, if anyone is approaching an alarm will sound in your head to alert you, this will only happen to the two of us so that others do not know about it. These are the only rooms in which you will mention your true upbringing or any other sensitive information, outside these rooms Albus has a great many spies including all the portraits. You will notice that I do not have portraits in my rooms or the Slytherin dorms, they cannot be trusted.”

“This is the sitting room, there is a small kitchenette and dining table through that doorway, that door is to my quarters, that one is to my private potions lab and store and this door is new so I assume it is to your rooms. Go to sleep, we will talk more in the morning. I expect you up and out here ready by 6 so we can talk before heading up to breakfast for 7. Goodnight Harry.”

“Goodnight Uncle Severus”, the boy replied, stepping forward to embrace his friend and mentor before slipping from the room.

Harry entered his room and was taken aback, it was beautiful, done in soft earthy tones with a large four poster bed with Slytherin green curtains and sheets, his trunk sitting at the edge of the bed. There was an empty bookshelf on one wall, a desk and chair in a corner near an obviously magical window, they were underground afterall, Hegwig’s cage resting on a small side table, a cupboard stood to one side and there was a door through to his private bathroom consisting of a shower and vanity.

Harry quickly gathered his pyjamas and toiletries from his trunk and entered the bathroom to shower and get ready for bed. He fell onto the bed, falling asleep quickly after the excitement of the day.

Severus meanwhile was pacing. How would he handle being in the same rooms as the boy? How could he hold himself back? He was so appealing and now he was the boy’s master, he was his guardian, his teacher. How could it take advantage of him? He couldn’t, he would have to be strong…

He would just go and see him one more time… yes, once more and then he would stop. Severus entered the boy’s room, smiling at the beautiful young child. He quickly cast his customary sleeping charm and stepped closer to the bed. He waved his wand to raise the lighting in the room slightly and looked over his angel, admiring the smooth, pale skin, long dark tresses and soft, pink lips. He traced a finger over the boy’s face, brushing the lips, revelling in the contented sigh the touch produced. He pulled the sheet down and unbuttoned the shirt, revealing creamy smooth chest and dusty pink nipples. He rolled them in his finger tips then dragged his fingers down to the top of the pants, pulling them down and over the boy’s legs, leaving them around his ankles. Severus was struck again at the beauty of the sight in front of him, how could this child produce such desire from him? Sure he had fucked Draco a month ago but that was because he needed relief and the boy was willing, he did not have this consuming desire for him.

Harry held himself as still as he could, regulating his breathing and forcing himself to keep his eyes closed. He knew that Severus had been coming to his bed for a while now, he had wondered how long this had been going on for, for him to have built up an immunity to the sleeping charm like this. He hadn’t even realised it was possible to become immune to a spell. He enjoyed these sessions however, it seemed so taboo, so secret. The potions master secretly touching him in the night as he slept, him however knowing and not letting the other man know that he knew. It was exciting and he loved the way the man would worship his body, pining for him. He had never acted on his desire for Severus, knowing that Padfoot and Moony wouldn’t like it, but now that he was away from them maybe he could. Afterall they had their own private rooms. He didn’t want to tell the man about the curse though, and he really didn’t want him to know about his relationship with his godfathers so he decided to keep Snape unaware for now. He would progress their relationship later, for now he would enjoy their night-time secret.

Severus caressed the hairless cock and balls until they began to harden, he brought his mouth down to engulf the boy and hummed stimulating the organs further. Licking and sucking on the head and down the shaft of the now erect member. He realised that without the fear of being caught he could take his time doing this and thought of the lovely time they could have. He thought about the future, how he would make the boy his. He would be the boy’s master and the boy would be his pet. He would have him naked constantly, ready to be filled by Severus whenever he wanted. Severus had reached down to stroke himself as images of Harry naked and collared flew through his mind. He wanted the boy so badly.

He stopped sucking on the boy and used his other hand to continue stroking him as he began to whisper his plans to the supposedly sleeping boy, “My pet, you will be so good. Such a good little slut… hmmm… you will want me as much as I want you and I will have you whenever I feel like it. Would you like that? To be my slave, my pet, my lover? You will please me because you will want to make me happy and I will reward you when you are good. Though if you are naughty I will have to punish you and that is where the real fun will begin. I like to punish my slaves, to watch your pert bottom turn red as I spank it, to make you squirm, to deny you completion. I can do such beautiful and terrible things to you and you will love me for it.”

Harry listened to the man’s admissions intently, wanting to know how to please the man when the time came. If he wanted submissive he would get it. Harry would do anything to please the man. He decided right then that he would have to push the man to start their relationship soon, for neither would bear being apart much longer. He would have to plan, but for now Harry just wanted to enjoy his master’s ministrations.

Severus came soon after, unable to hold back his orgasm under the onslaught of images his mind produced. He pointed his come over the boy, managing to get both his face and the cock that was still being pulled on, he was then surprised as the sleeping boy moaned, coming, shooting a small load onto his stomach. Severus grinned at this and bent down to suck on the penis, extending the boys orgasm and tasting the boy’s seed for the first time. He moaned at this and bent further down to lick up some of their combined come from the boy’s stomach. He then used his fingers to wipe away the come on the boys face and pressed them to his lips to activate his suckle reflex, taking pleasure in the feeling of the warm mouth around his digits. He scooped up some more, wanting to feed it all to the boy and sat there for some minutes continuing this until it was all gone.

He sighed, kissing the boy’s unresponsive lips before casting a cleansing charm and lifting the sleeping spell. He wondered if his fantasy would ever become true and if so how long would he have to wait.

Harry sighed as the man left the room; he wanted Severus so badly, he just had an intense orgasm without penetration or any effort on his own part, what would it be like when they were truly together? It had been so hard to not give up his resolve and let the man know he was awake, he would have to act soon. For some reason he really didn’t want Severus to know about Sirius and Remus, thus he would have to wait at least until he had time to settle in here giving an excuse for his experience. It would be a difficult few weeks or months.

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The next morning Harry met Severus in their sitting room where Severus went over various rules, reinforcing those given to the Slytherins the night before, telling Harry that this was especially important for him as he was singled out and was famous and would have a lot of sway with the other students.

“You are my apprentice thus you will always conduct yourself with decorum and will not embarrass me. If you do there will be hell to pay. I will still have to act somewhat coldly to you outside these rooms at least for a while. You are such a ‘nice, quiet boy’ that I’m sure I will ’come around’ and start treating you better at some point.”

Harry was dressed in his school uniform, wearing one of the Slytherin ties that were with his things when he got to his room the night before. His robes now sported a Slytherin crest with a thick silver band around it indicating his status as an apprentice. He had a backpack with parchment, ink and quills as well as his copy of the Marauders Map and a book on advanced transfiguration for use in duelling that he was reading at the moment. The pair then headed up to the Great Hall for breakfast. Harry was the first student in the hall as they arrived before the meal began so he contented himself with his Transfiguration book until the food appeared. He ate a leisurely breakfast, realising he had two hours before he was required for his testing, he sighed relieved as his friends arrived after forty-five minutes and they swapped stories of their first nights in Hogwarts.

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A slightly nervous Harry approached the head table as the other students filed from the hall. His friends heading off to History of Magic as he headed towards a day full of tests, he had to be careful to not show his proficiency at spell casting, reminding himself that he supposedly only had a month of practice with a wand, also not to let any knowledge show of the dark arts especially in his DADA test, or anything else that wouldn’t be in the books he “found”.

“Ahh, Harry, please follow me”, the headmaster said standing and striding from the hall, across the entrance hall and into a hallway to a small classroom. “The various teachers from the classes you mentioned will be coming down throughout the day to test you during their free periods as well as the lunch hour, you will have lunch after the other students so that the teachers will be able to test you during the break. Do not worry about these tests, they are just to place you and determine what you need to learn. We will be finished by dinner time and you can meet up with your friends, then we will meet with all the teachers tonight at 8pm to discuss your results and timetable. Okay?” Harry just nodded, “And here is Professor Flitwick, the Charms master, I will leave you to it.”

“Good morning Mister Potter, how do you do?” the tiny professor asked entering the room.

“Good morning Professor”, he replied, “thank you for coming to test me.”

“It’s no trouble child, no trouble at all. Now let’s get down to business, I have prepared a written test for you with typical exam questions from all seven years of charms classes, we will get that over with and then onto the practical okay? Here you go.”

Harry nodded taking the parchment and setting it on the table with a quill and ink from his bag he began. The first few questions were quite easy, “What is the incantation to make an object fly?” “Describe the wand movement required for a cheering charm.” They continued, getting more complicated, “Name a charm and give the incantation and wand movement to allow a person to breath while underwater” “Discuss three charms used for keeping secrets and detail their advantages and disadvantages” and “Explain the difference between using a charm and transfiguration to change an object’s colour.”

Harry was able to answer all the questions and reflected that these had been quite simple really, he handed the paper back to the Professor who scanned the paper almost toppling from his seat upon a desk as he read Harry’s answers.

“Very well done Mister Potter, now how much practical Charm work have you done?”

“Just the basics really, they all worked on the first go though.”

“Okay, levitate your quill please”, he nodded as Harry did so, “now that desk”, “now three desks”, this harry could not do and the Charms Master nodded at this, that is very well done Mister Potter, I would have been incredibly surprised if you could have done that last one. Now what about a cheering charm, cast one on me.”

“Err… I haven’t done that yet…”

“But you know how”, Harry nodded, “then give it a shot.”

Harry did so and the tiny man giggled with glee clapping his hands, bravo Mister Potter, bravo. You’re a natural, very well done. Can you do silent spell casting? No, all right, that will do for me I think. You did very well Mister Potter, now I believe Professor Sprout, the Herbology teacher will be here soon to test you on that, she should be here… ahh… right now. I will see you later Harry.”

“Thank you Professor, Goodbye,” Harry waved, liking the excitable teacher.

For Herbology Harry was given another written test which he once again flew through however there was no practical part as Harry had already admitted that he had no experience in it. After that he met Professor Sinistra for a theory test in Astronomy, this was no where near as easy for Harry as the others and he only managed half of the questions. He hadn’t really studied much astronomy.

After that he had Professor Babbling for Ancient Runes and Professor Vector for Arithmancy, both of which are theory only and he knew he aced their questions. He then had a short break before Dumbledore came in for his History test, apparently it was too difficult to explain to the ghost history professor about the need for a special exam at the start of term. Harry aced this one as well, he had studied a great deal of muggle and magical history, Remus sparking his interest in the subject from a young age.

After that he had Defence Against the Dark Arts with Professor Quirell who he had met at the Leaky Cauldron on his birthday. He once again did well on his theory exam and the practical was much like the one for charms. Harry felt a strange vibe from the Professor though and tried to avoid getting too close to the man. Professor McGonagall entered next for the test he had been most dreading, Transfiguration, he could do and understood the basic stuff but none of his guardians had been that great with the subject and he had some trouble with the advanced work. He answered most of the questions on the theory exam, bumbling through the last few and then for the practical successfully transfigured a match into a needle and a beetle into a button but when he tried to turn a teapot into a tortoise his tortoise still had a Wedgewood pattern and didn’t seem to be animated.

His last test for the day was Potions, he once again flew through the test, though stumbled on the last few questions, and successfully brewed a shrinking solution from the third year material, the colour of which being only slightly darker than the required bright acid green.

An exhausted Harry then made his way to the Great Hall for Dinner with instructions to eat quickly and go to his room to rest. Severus would wake him in time for their meeting that night.

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At 8pm that evening Harry found himself back in the headmaster’s office with all the teachers he had seen that day. It was decided that Harry was at a great many levels though he could likely do the theory part of his OWLs now and pass with at least Exceeds Expectations in all of his subjects, though he needed much catching up on the practical parts. Each teacher then gave him their class plans for all seven years and their timetables with highlights on what he needed to do before he took his OWLs. They decided that he would strive to take the tests by the end of his second year at Hogwarts but it was likely that it might be his third instead. He decided to take up Care of Magical Creatures as well as the subject sounded interesting and he had no experience in it. He would then aim to complete his NEWTs by fourth year thus leaving him three years to undertake an official apprenticeship or apprenticeships of his choosing.

Thus this year Harry would attend third year CoMC with Professor Kettleburn, and a selection of practical classes from second and third year DADA, Potions and Transfiguration, and first and second year practicals for Herbology. He would attend occasional Astronomy practicals, and would keep up with the theory and History, Arithmancy, Ancient Runes and Charms by himself. He would not study Divination or Muggle Studies and would take the first year flying lessons with Madam Hooch. It would be a difficult year and Harry was going to spend his and Professor Snape’s free slot the next morning to plan it all out and submit it back to the teachers so they would know when to expect him in classes.

“This will be a lot of work Harry, especially for Transfiguration which was your worst subject but I believe you can do it. If you have troubles or need private tutoring come and see your teachers and we will find time to tutor you.” Professor McGonagall said kindly, knowing it would be putting a strain on the staff to give private lessons but the boy was worth it.

“Thank you Professor”, Harry replied politely, “Hey I know! You are all so busy because you have heaps of homework to mark as well as your classes to teach, right? How about when I need private tutoring we do a deal. I can probably help mark the lower years’ essays; let’s say an hour and a half of marking for an hour of tutoring. What do you say?”

The Professors all smiled relieved at this, thankful for the thoughtfulness of the young boy, “I think that is an excellent bargain Harry”, McGonagall replied, “we will see how we go, though I think you’re getting the rough end of that bargain, junior students essays are a nightmare” she said winking at the boy. “Also when you are practicing new spells, outside of your scheduled practicals I want you to always do it with a teacher or older student present in case something goes wrong. The best idea might be to come to a practical class of the subject you’re working on and work quietly by yourself at the back so that the teacher can keep an eye on you as well. Of course Professor Snape may also set something up for you in the potions lab so he too can keep an eye on you.”

“Much of your study over the next seven years will be largely self directed, this is the point of the apprenticeship,” Severus explained, “if you are going too fast or not fast enough, negotiate with myself and your teachers so you can do what you need to. In the class plans are a list of essays that the teachers will ask the classes to do during the years, certain ones of these are highlighted and you will be expected to hand these in to your teachers by the due dates indicated. You may also complete the other ones and they will be marked as well but they are not mandatory.”

“I will receive weekly reports from all your teachers about your progress and we will sit down to discuss them each week, this is to make sure you are on track. The teachers will also give you practical tests throughout the year as they see fit. Now do you have any questions at the moment?” the dark man asked.

“Err… no I think I’ve got it all… I should be okay with the self directed thing, that’s how I’ve done everything so far. I just wanted to thank you all for going out of your way to help me like this… so yeah um… thanks.”

The teachers all smiled at this and the Potion’s Master then guided the boy from the room, wanting to get him into bed before he collapsed.

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Note: Some of the testing was taken from different parts of the Harry Potter series, but you knew that already.

Wow that was massive, my fingers hurt from typing. Sorry for all the talking/plot but I wanted to explain how everything would work. After this we will be back to the regular mostly smut chapters. Yay!!!

On the het vs no het issue I so far have 2 votes for a bit of het and 1 vote for no het so I’m leaving the voting open still. Please let me know what you think.

With love, MeToo.