Ten Reasons Not to Use Polyjuice Potion
Chapter one: 1. This Body Is Revolting!
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter, &the main idea behind this fan fiction belongs to Zarroc, I am just bringing it to life (or words) for her )
Hermione paced the kitchen at number twelve Grimmauld Place. They had gone through the plan thousands of times, but she was still looking for any possible thing that could have been overlooked. Alas, everything seemed to be in order.
Once she went back to Hogwarts, she would become none other than Pansy Parkinson once a week and go into the Slytherin common room. Finally, Ron had agreed to accept Pansy's hand in marriage on a low-key basis. They were to marry in a year (after everyone had finished school).
As far as the order knew, the only people to know of this were Pansy's parents, Pansy, Draco, and the high circle of the Order. This as of now included The Golden Trio, Remus, Tonks, Mr. and Mrs. Weasely and Professor McGonagall.
Mrs. Weasely detested this plan just as much as Ron and Hermione did. Or at least, Ron let on that he didn't like it. He refused to admit that he had been smitten with Pansy since before Hogwarts. Beings both were pureblooded, they often bumped into each other and at one point both went to the same magic daycare. Since Ron's mother had noticed he wasn't showing much magical capability, she thought being around other children like him would break it out of him. And Pansy's parents just had more important things to do then looking after their daughter.
Pansy's parents, Pansy and Draco went seeking the Order for help. Pansy was being threatened to use as a servant because she couldn't do as the Dark Lord had wanted her to do. After several meetings, and hundreds of arguments, the four had moved into the headquarters along with Hermione and Remus.
The Parkinson's and Draco refused to give out any information they knew about the Dark Lords plans, as Harry had figured they would. That was why this whole blasted idea was made up, and why Hermione was completely tense all the time.
It was difficult to believe that tomorrow they would all be headed back to Hogwarts for their final year, well all but Harry that is. He had decided he was going to search for horcrux's on his own. He didn't want to endanger Ron's family by taking him to search, and Hermione had to go to school for this plan to work. They had planned it so that Ron would come back to the Headquarters for Christmas, and give the others news of everything Hermione had found out. They would in turn, let Harry know of their findings through Luna's father.
Everything was completely planned out, and fool proof. Or at least, everyone hoped it was.
Hermione sighed and sat down in her usual chair in the library. Pulling a book off the table, she looked up to see Draco. She smiled and flipped through the pages. It seemed to be a book about ancient artifacts of the house of Black.
Over the past couple of months Hermione and Draco had become friendly with one another. Certainly not something they would continue at Hogwarts (at least not in public) but it was still there. With Pansy and Ron having to try to spend as much time together as possible, Draco needed someone to talk to. He surprised himself by finding Hermione mildly interesting to talk to.
There was never a boring conversation. Whether it being them arguing about which potion would be more effective for unconsciousness, or laughing about how Divination was a complete waste of time and brain usage. Of course, there were moments when Hermione had thrown a book at him promising to hex him to oblivion after her slipped up and called her a Mudblood for thinking house elves should be freed.
"You know…." Draco said suddenly snapped Hermione from her thoughts. "Tomorrow we go back. How come you're not studying for the test in Potions?" he mused.
Hermione jumped quickly and went to dash up to her room with Draco following her. "WHY on Earth didn't you remind me sooner Draco! I don't even remember Slughorn mentioning it. Oh my, I'm so dead. I haven't had proper time to read over everything! Oh no!" She shuffled through her papers with homework instructions on it. She flipped through the last page and turned around with anger periling through her eyes. Draco took this as his sign to run for it.
They ran down the stairs with Hermione shrieking about him being a stupid ferret. Draco merely laughed, knowing he had gotten her good.
Ron and Pansy peeked through a door to see the two teens zoom past them. The engaged couple looked at each other with questioning looks before shrugging it off and going back to the room. They had gotten used to Draco and Hermione practically flirting daily.
After running down the stairs, around the library, through the dining room, and into the kitchen, Hermione stopped and placed her hands on her knees, breathing deeply and giggling. "Fine, you win this time Malfoy." She breathed.
Draco smirked and leaned against the counter. "Don't I always win?" he asked without needing an answer. It was true, he did usually outrun her. Quidditch put him into great shape, so running around the house or their playful wrestling matches were easy wins for him.
Hermione opened her mouth to comment on how her intelligence would out –do him any day when they heard two sets of footsteps come into the room. Draco looked over Hermione's should and immediately placed a smug look on his face. "Now Mudblood, if we are done here, I would much rather be packing for tomorrow. Actually I would rather be doing anything besides be near the likes of you." He drawled and pushed past her.
Hermione didn't even need to ask why he had changed so suddenly. She had grown used to his instant changes. They always happened when an adult walked in the room. Of course he wanted to protect his reputation. And heaven forbid anyone find out they were friends. So they acted like they hated each other unless alone.
She rolled her eyes and brushed past Pansy's parents. Hermione needed to pack as well.
As soon as she reached her bedroom on the second floor, Hermione sighed. This year was going to be completely different. And she wasn't sure she was going to like it at all. Harry wouldn't be there, Ron would be spending most of his time with Pansy. She was also Head Girl now, which meant no seeing Ginny other than at meals or free times.
No, this year wasn't going to be very fun. Having to be Pansy once a week didn't make matters much better either.
Hermione closed her trunk with a loud "thunk" and climbed into her bed waiting to go back to beloved school.
The next day the four students rushed onto the train, Hermione and Draco leaving the new couple to go to their own compartment. Hermione rushed to the Heads Compartment, while Draco went to find Crabbe and Goyle.
As soon as Hermione arrived, she noticed a boy sitting reading a rather large book. And for Hermione to call it large, it most definitely was an enormous book. The boy looked up briefly upon hearing the door slide open and smiled up at Hermione.
Terry Boot, a Ravenclaw. Hermione should have known. He was the second best student of their year. Of course, he didn't compare to Hermione because he didn't take nearly as many courses as she did.
"I knew you'd get Head Girl of course. I don't expect Hogwarts has seen a more intelligent student in their time, other than Dumbledore of course!" he announced cheerfully. Hermione blushed as she usually did when people admired her wits. "My parents nearly died of happiness when I got my badge! Said my family never had a Head Boy before!"
Hermione took her seat across from him, beaming with happiness for her fellow classmate. "That's great Terry! I can't wait to work with you this year." He grinned once more at her and her smile faltered.
"Something on your mind?" he asked.
"Hmn?" she looked up at him. "Oh, it's nothing. Just, it's really our last year. Time passed by so quick." She replied. Terry nodded and went back to his book.
Soon enough the train pulled into the outskirts of Hogsmeade. Hermione and Terry rushed to get out first and make sure that the first years made it safely to Hagrid. Several looked at the two teens with pleading eyes, being afraid of Hagrid's large appearance. But the two promised that he was extremely nice and wouldn't do anything to harm them.
Once everyone was situated, they caught the last carriage up to the school. Hermione glanced at the ten other empty carriages. She hadn't noticed so many other students didn't come back this year. It made sense though. Several parents were skeptical about sending their children back to school in the middle of a war when Voldemort could and most likely would take the school over.
"So, err… Terry…" Hermione started, breaking the silence. But not knowing exactly what to ask.
"Hmn?" he looked up at her.
Hermione bit her lower lip trying to think of something quickly. "You, uhh… Still with Hannah?" She asked.
Terry looked over at the glimmering lake sadly. "No, she said she didn't want to date anyone until this war was over. To be quite honest… It was probably just an excuse to break up with me. We didn't really talk much. Since we only had potions and Defense Against the Dark Arts together. She always decided to take the extra courses that my idea of profession won't work with. I want to be a Healer by the way." He stated.
"Oh, sorry to hear that." She said sympathetically. He only nodded and stood as the carriage came to a stop.
Terry helped Hermione out of the carriage before talked again. "So how about you, with Ron yet? Or still with that block head Krum, no offence if you are or anything." Hermione only sighed.
"Neither really. I suppose it would be better to be single this year. With N.E.W.T.s, graduation, the war…" she trailed off "I only have to worry about myself now. Since all of my friends have a loved one to worry about. Not that I won't be worried when Harry goes off to kill Voldemort or anything." She laughed.
Terry laughed along with her and left her at the Gryffindor table to head to his own.
As usual, Hermione sat with Ron and Ginny who both smiled up at her when she joined them. The sorting took place, with only 20 new students joining. Three joined the Gryffindor table, eight joined Slytherin, four joined Hufflepuff, and the last five went to Ravenclaw. The large number of new Slytherin students was expected by Ron, Hermione and Ginny.
All of the Death Eaters children were ordered to come to the school again. Henceforth, the Slytherin table looked just as full as it did every year, much unlike the other three tables that had dwindling amounts of students the past two years.
Soon enough, all the students were in bed ready for the next day, the first day of school. Hermione and Terry were in their Heads Dorms, which shared a common room and a bathroom. It was nothing spectacular. Cherry wood floors, coffee table, a beige couch, two matching arm chairs, hanging (candlelit) lamps, and a blazing fireplace.
Their individual rooms were decked out in house colors so they could feel more at home at Hogwarts. They each had a wall made of bookshelves, crammed with books of their preference. On another wall were their queen-sized four poster beds and bed side tables with draws. Another held a shelving unit to hold their classes' materials, and a desk. The last wall, being their closets with built in draws for things they couldn't hang.
The bathroom was much like the Prefect bathroom, only the tub was much smaller, and there were only two mirrors and two sinks.
Hermione was one of the few students not asleep yet. Instead, she was browsing the books in her room. As the Headmistress had suspected, Hermione was absolutely ecstatic upon seeing the large amount of books in her room. Now she wouldn't have to go to the library nearly as much to get information she needed.
She took a deep breath, and let out a sigh as she laid in her bed thinking about tomorrow. It would be her last first day of school. It excited, and scared the crap out of her all at the same time. She wanted to go on and work for the Ministry and be able to work with new situations every day. But then again, Hogwarts was her home now. After school was over, she wouldn't have a family to go back to. Before she went to stay at the Headquarters, she charmed her parents to forget her and think they were a happy couple about to move to Austria. She even made them think they were named completely different. In the end, it would be the safest, and best for them. But it still hurt.
Tomorrow she would start her mission. Turning into Pansy and talking to Draco. They had it all planned out so far. Ron was going to take Pansy on a nighttime stroll, pre-approved with the Headmistress. Pansy wasn't to tell Draco, which wasn't a problem since Draco sheltered himself from everyone anymore. Hermione would take the potion and slip into the Slytherin Common room. Simple as that.
The next day went smoothly, only Hermione was noticing she was being forced to partner with Terry quite a bit. Which she didn't really mind, but she missed her best friends.
Soon enough it came dinner time and Hermione and Ron were whispering intensively about the plans to make sure they both had everything covered. In two hours, Ron was going to meet Pansy in the Great Hall and take her outside.
Two hours came all too quickly for Hermione whom was pacing in her room. She had a set of Pansy's Slytherin uniform that she had snagged while Pansy was living at the Headquarters too. Looking at her watch, Hermione decided to stuff the uniform into her bag quickly. She grabbed a large wooden box on her bedside table and tapped it three times with her wand.
In the box were several vials of Polyjuice Potion that Hermione would need for the next few months. She took one of the vials out and looked at it with disgust. Hopefully it wouldn't taste as repulsive as the last one she had taken did. She tossed that into her bag as well and ran out of her room, heading to Moaning Myrtles bathroom. It was the only place she could think that she could safely change into Pansy and know her belongings would be safe. Since no one particularly enjoyed Myrtle's presence.
Once Hermione reached the bathroom she noticed Myrtle and said a quick hello before going into a stall.
Myrtle chose to ignore Hermione, which she was thankful for.
As soon as she came out, she looked in the mirror to see Pansy. "God my body is revolting." She exclaimed as she scrunched her nose up to her reflection. But nevertheless, she went to Slytherin room to see Draco alone in the common room. "Hey Draco!" she said in a tone she often heard Pansy use towards him.
He looked up at her and smirked, God how that smirk annoyed her. But it looks good on him…NO wait no, it doesn't because he doesn't look good at all! "Hello Pans, how can I serve you tonight?" and with that Hermione spent half an hour seeing just how far she could push him before he would start to get suspicious of something. She then excused herself to use the lavatories.
Hermione reached the second floor bathrooms just in time. She knew she wouldn't really find out any useful information tonight. But at least she knew that Draco hadn't suspected anything. Or if he did, he was hiding it quite well. Either way, next week she would be going back to actually try to find something out. Even if it was something small, it could still be useful.
But for some reason, Hermione wanted to go back now. She shook her head, deciding she only missed his company. That was it, just his company. Nothing more, and nothing less.
A/N: So tell me what you guys think! I'm really not sure about this chapter, I had writers block like every 3 paragraphs. So it might go all over the place. And as I said before, the main plot of this story (the Polyjuice potion, Pansy&Ron, and a couple more surprises) were thought up by Zarroc!
And as you can probably tell, it will be ten chapters long. I hope you all enjoy! ♥