Open your books to page 451 to see the potion for today's class," Professor Snape read to the class, scanning the room for any misbehavior that could be lead into taking points from Gryffindor. Hermione flipped open her book and turned to her potion set and her cauldron. Harry rubbed the sleep from his eyes and set out the ingredients from the closet. "We are attempting to create a Babbling Beverage. Obviously, the potion makes the drinker talk nonsense." he paused and looked around the room once again. "You have an hour and a half."
The noise erupted. People scurried to their books and organized their potions in order. Harry looked to Hermione, "Hey are you ready? I have everything set out." "Yes. Okay so first things first..." They started on the potion and were very successful until Draco started interfearing. "Hey, Potter!" Draco hissed from across the room. Harry turned to Draco annoyed and recieved a paper airplane. He opened it and saw an unusual object. underneath the object read, 'Put this in your potion, it speeds up the process. It is a mix of two of the ingredients for the potion that makes the potion finish earlier.' Harry turned to Hermione and saw that she was busily working with her down and determined. Harry turned to Malfoy to say that he didn't trust him, when he saw Snape keeping a close eye on Harry. Harry turned back around and stared at the object. It was like a carrot shape but with reverse colors and a rubbery texture. Harry was studying the object when Snape took the object out of his hands and threw it into Hermione's potion. "Stop staring at the ingredients and start working! Five points from Gryffindor." Hermione looked up and gave Harry a disapproving look and Blaise, Draco's best friend, was sneering next to Draco. The class continued onto their potions until their time was up, and then Snape walked around the room putting the last ingredient into the potions. When Snape put the last ingredient into Hermione and Harry's potion, the potion exploded all over Snap, Harry, and Hermione's face. The effect was worse for Hermione because it exploded all over her hair and made the hair stand up straight. The Slytherins exploded with laughter and the rest of the class followed Draco and Blaise's example and laughed. Snape's eyes widened when the potion exploded, and darkened. "That will be twenty points from Gryffindor. And five points from Slytherin for laughing and disturbing the quiet." He paused and searched the room for any remaining laughter before saying that class was dismissed. When Hermione and Harry were about to leave, Snape called them to his desk. The two turned to to Ron, who was at a table with Seamus, and harry nodded for him to leave. Ron and Seamus engaged in a conversation about the Bulgarian Quidditch team, and left the room, so that the room was empty of students besides Harry and Hermione. Snape cleared his throat. "You two are to attend detention for a week starting tomorrow, and ending next Friday. You are dismissed." Harry looked shocked and slightly filled with rage, but Hermione looked a tiny bit shocked and mostly scared for her reputation. When Snape looked back down at his papers on his desk, Harry and Hermione left the room and went to their house. When they entered the house sitting room, Ron and few others were there, most of them doing homework before it gets too late. "Hey," Harry paused and saw that Ron was drooling in his sleep, "Ronald wake up! It's Harry and Hermione!" Ron's head jerked up and he wiped the drool off his mouth. His cheeks grew as red as his hair. "Oh hey! So what did that bloody scum tell you? How many days do you have detention?" Hermione answered quickly. "Everyday until next Friday! And I don't even know how our potion exploded! I did everything perfectly and even double checked!" She turned to Harry, "Do you know what happened?" Harry thought back to the thing Draco gave him. "Yes! Ferret gave me an object that he said to put into the potion and I did! Ugh I feel so stupid now for trusting stupid Malfoy!" Hermione rolled her eyes and fell back onto the couch. Ron looked to Harry. "I just finished my Charms and Divination. I know Hermione already finished, what about you?" Harry did his in the library during his free period so he was fine also. An hour had passed of mocking different professors, and the room was almost empty. The three decided to head up to their rooms to sleep.