Young Again
Chapter One
Albus Dumbledore walked to his bathroom. He needed a refreshing shower after today. He had subbed for Potions and had gotten several harmless concoctions sprayed on him. He grabbed his new bar of soap and turned on the water. He grabbed his towel and laid it on the counter and then stepped into the shower. He lathered up his soap and rubbed it all over his body. When he was finished, he put his pajamas on and went to his bed. He waited up for his wife of 50 years. His one, his only, Minerva.
A few minutes later, she came gliding in.
"Hello, love."
She smiled at him and walked over to the bed.
"Hello. I'll be here in a moment. I just have to take a quick shower."
She kissed him soundly and went to the bathroom. A few minutes later, she came out, smelling fresh and clean. She crawled into bed next to Albus and kissed him. He smelled her hair and chuckled.
"You've used my soap."
"Yes, I did. I'm out."
"Ah, well, that's fine."
She smiled.
"I'm rather tired tonight. Maybe we should just sleep instead of read to each other like usual."
"That's a good idea, Albus."
"Goodnight then, love."
"Goodnight."
He kissed her soundly on the lips and pulled her to him. They soon fell asleep in each other's arms.
Albus stretched feeling no pain in his joints today. He smiled and then bent to kiss his wife. His eyes widened as he saw her. She looked like she did when she was seventeen.
"Minerva! Minerva, wake up!"
"What is—Albus, what happened to you?"
"What do you mean? I was just about to ask you."
"Huh?"
"Minerva, you look seventeen again."
"Well, so do you."
"How did this happen?"
"I-I don't know. Albus, what are we going to do? I can't teach like this, and you certainly can't go around and be the Headmaster like that."
"I know what you mean, dearest. We must get to Madam Pomfrey right away."
Albus got up and went to put on his clothes.
"Albus wait! We can't go out like this. Have her come here."
"You're right."
He put on his outer robe and went to the fire. He threw floo powder into the fire and called Madam Pomfrey.
"Poppy, we need your assitance right away."
He pulled his head out of the fire and waited. Poppy came bustling in and looked around.
"Good Lord! What happened?"
"We aren't sure."
"Well, when did this happen?"
"Overnight."
"We went to bed as our older selves, and we awoke like this."
"Let me run some tests. I'll get to the bottom of this."
Poppy waved her wand over the two of them. As Albus stood there, he was overcome by a wave of dizziness. Minerva noticed.
"Albus!"
He fell to the floor, clutching his head, willing the room to stop spinning. He shut his eyes and took deep steadying breaths. Minerva stood next to him, her hand on his shoulder. As the spinning stopped, he opened his eyes. He looked up to Minerva, worry written across her face.
"I-I'm fine. Just got a dizzy spell."
"You weren't doing anything, Albus. That's not normal. Please, both of you lie down. I need to do some more tests. Minerva helped Albus up and the two went to lay in their bed. As the hit the pillows, Minerva was becoming exhausted. Her focus was dwindling. Usually, if she were tired, she could still pull herself together for something important. She rolled over to look at Albus, but he was too bust focusing on what Poppy had to say. She shook his arm lightly.
"Albus, I can't . . . I . . ."
She lost consciousness from exhaustion. Her arm fell limply against Albus.
"Minerva?"
He shook her shoulder. She gave sigh, but didn't wake.
"It must be a side-effect from whatever did this to you."
"I-Poppy, what are we going to do? We can't run a school like this. We can hardly do anything for fear of dizziness, exhaustion, and who knows what else."
"We'll get to the bottom of this, Albus, I swear we will."
"We must hurry though. I mean, if we are stuck like this, it can't be good."
"Yes, yes. Albus, what did you two do before you went to bed last night?"
"We both had taken a shower. I had just gotten a new bar of soap. And Minerva has yet to get one so she used mine. I don't see how . . ."
He trailed off. Suddenly, it all became clear to him. The soap he had gotten was a gift from the Weasley twins. He got out of bed and went to the bathroom. He grabbed the bar of soap.
"Poppy, I know what caused this. The Weasley twins gave me this bar of soap yesterday, as a gift. I didn't think it would have an enchantment on it."
"Get a hold of them right away. In the mean time, I'll keep an eye on Minerva. She doesn't look too good."
Albus ran to his desk to write to the two boys. He wrote the letter quickly and then sent Fawkes to take it to them. He began to shake violently.
"P-P-Poppy!"
He fell to the floor, a crumpled heap shaking. Poppy came over and waved her wand.
"Good lord, Albus! Your temperature is spiking."
She levitated him over to the bed. He crawled under the covers and then pulled Minerva to him.
"I-I-I am s-s-sorry, Minerva."
He kissed her shakily. Poppy gave him a fever reducing potion. He took it and began to get drowsy. He closed his eyes, holding Minerva to him. He fell fast asleep later, thinking of why their bodies were reacting like this.