Remus gathered up his books and stuffed them into this backpack before heading out of his transfigurations class. He ran to catch up with his three friends; James, Sirius and of course that idiot Pettigrew.
"Hey wait up." called out Remus catching up with the guys.
"Come on Moony, we're gonna be late for potions again." said Pettigrew shaking a tad. Remus rolled his eyes but quickened up his pace. Today was double potions with Slytherin's so he was rather excited. James and Sirius thought differently of it. They dreaded potions, the only thing they had to look forward to was messing with Severus. Remus had a faint smile on his face.
'I hope he sits near me again today.' thought Remus as he walked down one of the many stair cases to the dungeons. James and Sirius were talking about what they should do to Severus when they got there. Remus opened the door to the potions class room and was the first to walk in. He took his usual seat in the center of the eerie classroom. Pettigrew took a seat next to him, while James and Sirius took the table in front of them.
"Prongs can I see your homework?" said Sirius taking out his book, some parchment, a quill and some ink.
"What? Didn't do your homework again, eh padfoot?" smirked James, his supplies for the class already out.
"Shut up and hand it over" smiled Sirius putting his hand out, waiting for James to hand it to him. James yanked out his paper and held it just out of Sirius's reach.
"Okay Prongs, what do you want for it?" asked Sirius a bit annoyed. James smirked and began to think.
"Hmmm what do I want little Padfoot to do….Oh I Know" smirked James, devilish intent in his eyes. "I want you to do everything I say for the next week. ANYTHING I say"
Sirius looked pissed and seemed to think it over. After a few seconds he sighed and snatched the paper from James. "Fine" he growled and began to copy the work.
Remus looked the other way; his gaze fell upon a certain Slytherin whose nose was inches away from a potion book, his black hair framing his pale white face. Remus watched as the Slytherin pulled some of his hair back behind his ear and turned a page in his book. He stared at him for a few moments before he was pulled back into reality.
"MOONY! HELLO?!" said James waving a hand in front of Remus's face. Remus blushed a little as he looked back to James. "Dude what are you staring at? I have been calling your name for hours! Stop day dreaming, I have a great idea how to fuck with Snivelus today."
"What is it this time?" asked Remus with false excitement. James didn't notice and he began to explain his 'brilliant plan'
"Okay so first we need one of us to walk over and distract Snivelus then I will slip this" James held up a tiny fire cracker "into snivelus's potion. It should go off when in one minute after it is in the potion so we should move away rather quickly unless we wanna be hit with potion. Alright so who wants to distract 'it'?" smiled James pointing in Severus's direction.
Remus hated the idea of doing that to Severus, but there was no way out of it. That is unless he wanted his friends to know.
"I will distract him" Remus volunteered. 'One of the only chances I will have to talk with him…' thought Remus sadly.
"Sweet, Padfoot hurry up with that Slughorn's gonna be here soon." said James looking back at Sirius who was quickly scribbling down the homework. Sirius flipped James the bird before putting down the quill.
"Finished." He smiled triumphantly. He handed James back his homework and leaned back in his chair. "Hope class starts soon I wanna see the slimy git covered in some crazy potion that Slughorn's gonna make us do today."
Remus looked over at Severus again. He was still reading his book except that this time he was scribbling in it. Remus jumped slightly when Sirius tapped his shoulder. He looked back over towards Sirius; he was giving him an odd look.
"Eh moony, what is up with you today? You keep day dreaming. Who you thinking of?" asked Sirius turning around in his chair and propping his head up with his hands on Remus's desk. Remus could feel the blood rushing to his cheeks but he managed to stop it in time before Sirius noticed. He quickly came up with a lie.
"I was just thinking of all the fun curses we could use on old snivels" said Remus, a knot forming in his stomach. Sirius smiled and punched Remus in the shoulder jokingly.
"That's what I like to hear." Sirius laughed and went back to James who was currently pulling talking to Pettigrew about leg lock curses.
Remus once more looked over at Severus except this time Severus was looking right at him. His expression was an odd mixture of annoyance and hurt. Remus blushed and quickly turned back to his friends. He wasn't listening to what they were saying, but he keep taking quick glances over towards the lonely Slytherin. He was back to reading his book.
"Alright class settle down" said Slughorn as he appeared in the room three minutes late. "Today we will be creating a shrinking potion. I figured we could do a nice easy potion before the Christmas Holidays. Instructions on page 435. Now get to work." Said Slughorn writing the page number on the black board and sitting down in his seat.
Remus got out his supplies and began chopping up his daisy roots. Severus was putting his evenly chopped daisy roots in when James looked back to Remus.
"Okay go now." He said to Remus. Remus forced himself to walk over to the Slytherin. Slughorn was busy sleeping so walking over without getting trouble was rather easy. Severus looked up when he saw Remus standing above him, his face red.
"Hello Severus." Said Remus nervously. His face turning redder by the second. Severus was looking up at him; his expression was blank except for a small blush on his pasty white skin. He didn't say anything but stare up at Remus.
After a few moments of an awkward silence Remus began to talk. "So do you have any extra leech juice I could borrow?" he asked. He was confused at what else to say. He nervously looked over towards Sirius who was smiling at him. James was next to him pulling out a few more mini firecrackers.
Severus nodded and reached down into his bag searching for some. James took this opportunity to quickly run over and put a few fire crackers into the potion. Before grabbing Remus's arm.
"Moony why are you over here with this slimy sit?" asked James pretending he was just over to get back his friend. Remus gulped and went along with it.
"I was asking him if he had anymore leech juice." Said Remus. His stomach was in knots. It felt as though his stomach was beating itself up. Severus looked up at them. His bored expression turned into an angry one.
"Go away Potter." he said glaring at James. He then softened his gaze as he looked over towards Remus. "Here you go." He said handing the small vile over towards Remus. Remus thanked him then was pulled back to his seat by James. Remus looked back to Severus who at the moment was putting the rat spleen into his potion.
Remus watched as his friends counted down the seconds until the potion would explode.
'Three…two…one' thought Remus shutting his eyes as he reached one. When he opened his eyes when nothing happened, BLAM!! Suddenly the lonely Slytherin was coated in his shrinking potion. The acid green shinning all over his face and clothes. He began to shrink before all of their eyes. The once 14 year old Severus Snape now looked like five year old.
James, Sirius and Pettigrew were trying to contain their laughter. Remus looked at the poor Slytherin. He felt guilty for thinking that he looked cute. Severus looked very upset, his hands were in fists and he had his jaw clenched.
The little Severus jumped off of his chair and made his way to the front of the class room.
"Professor can I please have the shrinking solution." He asked his voice was quiet but a little high. Slughorn was still sleeping at his desk. The mini explosion hadn't woke him up. The 5 year old looked even more pissed off and walked to the other side of the desk.
"PROFESSOR!" yelled Severus; his face was red from anger and frustration. Professor Slughorn woke up to this.
"W-what is it?" he asked looking down at the five year old Slytherin.
"My potion blew up. Can I have the solution please?" said Severus trying to remain as calm as possible. Slughorn nodded and looked throw his draws until he found a small glass vile. He handed it to Severus who proceeded to drink the potion. A few seconds after he began to grown again until he was before his potion 'magically' exploded. He walked back to his seat and began to put his supplies away. The class was still in a fit of mini giggles but eventually calmed down.
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Soon the bell rang and the students soon fled from the dark potions chamber. James was hurrying Sirius and Pettigrew along.
"Come on I wanna go now. I'm starving. I think I may actually die." said James putting a hand to his face and pretending to faint.
"Oh come off it. You will live trust me." said Sirius stuffing the last of his text books into his bag. Pettigrew was set and ready to go. He was leaning against one of the tables. Remus was slowly packing up his stuff.
"I shall meet you guys in the dining hall I wanna talk to Slughorn for a quick second" lied Remus. HE smiled and waved at his friends as they left the room, leaving only him, a sleeping Slughorn and one greasy haired Slytherin.