Snape's Super Secret
By R.E.D. the Animator and Double A
Chapter one
Suspicious
Harry Potter sat in potions class, trying his hardest to cram in the last few ingredients to his Wolfsbane potion before the time ran out. He was, at the moment smashing a rather large beetle into a lumpy powder. Snape walked by and sneered at Harry's potion.
"Eww. Didn't I instruct you to stir your potion ten times clockwise before adding powdered beetle?"
"Umm... well-"
"Ten points from Gryffindor."
"What?!"
"Would you like me to take twenty points instead?"
"No."
"No what?"
"No Professor... sir."
"Better."
Snape walked around the room again, sneering at all the Gryffindors, until he stopped at the table of a Hufflepuff student.
"Stay after class," whispered Snape the student. Harry happened to overhear it.
Snape stood up and walked away just as the bell rang.
"Do we have a bell?" asked Ron.
"Of course we do." said Hermione as she set her perfect potion on Snape's desk.
Harry nudged his caldron and caused it to spill all over the floor. He stayed behind to clean it up and listen to Snape. Snape then approached the Hufflepuff who had also stayed behind.
"I've noticed that you have a gift," whispered Snape to the student. Harry hid behind his desk, listening intently.
"What do you mean?" asked the student puzzledly.
"Do you remember what you were talking about at breakfast?"
"Yes."
"I have a private class for other students with your particular gift. You should attend. It's at my office, at 9:00 tonight. I'll give you permission to be out of bed."
The Hufflepuff looked around."Okay. But if I don't like it, I won't go again."
"Don't worry." said Snape in a sly voice. "You won't be disappointed."
Both Snape and the Hufflepuff walked away. Harry slipped out unnoticed. He needed to tell Ron and Hermione about this.
"Guys, Snape is up to something," said Harry at lunch.
"Snape is always up to something!" said Ron. "Be more specific."
"Yeah Harry." said Hermione. "What's he up to this time?"
"He approached a Hufflepuff student and invited him to some kind of class."
"Maybe it's an advanced potions class," said Hermione.
"No." said Harry. "Because his potion was worse than Ron's."
"Hey!" cried Ron.
"I'm sorry but it's true," said Hermione. "You are bad at potions."
"Snape kept saying that he had, The Gift," said Harry.
"Maybe it's a dark magic class," said Ron.
"Why would Snape be inviting Hufflepuffs to a dark magic class." asked Hermione. "I mean, Hufflepuff wasn't known for her dark sorcery."
"One thing is for sure." said Harry.
"What?" asked Ron.
"I'm going to find out what this class is."
Later, Ron and Harry quietly crept through the halls under the invisibility cloak (which was quite difficult because Hermione had accidentally washed it with the colds, causing it to shrink). They had arrived at Snape's office and slipped in behind another student.
The sight that lay before them made Harry gasp in surprise, and Ron cry.
"Hello everybody!" said Snape in a jolly voice.