Arrangements Have Been Made

Authors Note: I’m pretty sure in canon Lucius is older than
Snape, but I really wanted them to interact like classmates so I twiddled a
bit. Please forgive me.

Arrangements Have Been Made - Chapter 1

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Lucius straightened his tie and scrunched his nose at his
reflection in the mirror.

“Well, isn’t that lovely?” the mirror said back to him
sarcastically.

Lucius ignored the comment and surveyed his jaw line for any
stray hairs. Not one. You’d think he’d have had the need to shave just once
since he’d started school at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, but
not so much as a hint of fuzz.

“We’re g tog to be late if contcontinue admiring yourself,”
came a voice from the doorway.

“I don’t know why you’re so bloody keen to get there
faster,” snarled Lucius as he turned to the raven haired boy. “You hate that bloated
potions cow just as much as I do.”

“We do have a test
today,” said Severus testily. “I don’t think she’ll have time to deduct house
points.”

“Ravenclaws are so annoying they should be banned,” said
Lucius picking a dark grey book bag off a nearby bed.

***

“How did you do
that?” Lucius muttered to Sev.

“I’m not quite sure,” the pale boy blushed red across his
sallow face.

“Good going,” shouted a Gryffindor girl Lucius didn’t know
the name of. “Those flames must have been 5 feet high!”

Severus hunched lower and began walking faster.

***

Lucius felt the burn on his forearm grow as he reached for
his goblet of pumpkin juice. He looked at Severus who had turned a shade paler,
if that were possible. Neither of them said a word.

***

More than half a dozen figures made their way to the
forbidden forest, using varioethoethods of stealth. Severus and Lucius did
nothing more than wear black cloaks. Lucius was aware of the many magic
detectors the groundskeeper used to make sure no students snuck into the
Forbidden Forest and he and Severus came to the conclusion that dark clothes
and, in a worst case scenario, running like hell would be their best bet.

A small clearing emerged ahead of them on the path leading
into the wooSeveSeverus jumped into the clearing with a whoop and did a little
dance.

“Dignity, Severus,” Lucius said stepping into the clearing
and slipping a white mask over his face.

matching black mask over his face.

Severus stepped closer to Lucius and raised his want in a
salute.

With a loud crack they disappeared.