Love Potion 9
Disclaimer: If I was J.K. Rowling, number one, I wouldn't be writing a disclaimer, and number two, I wouldn't have the time to write this.
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Ch. 1- A Potion Gone Wrong
Hermione Granger sat in her living room pondering what seemed to be, a hopeless case. For seven years she has tried to get Harry Potter to realize her secret feelings for him, and for seven years she has failed. She was starting to get desperate. 'I must have him... I can't live without him... but what should I do?... It's obvious that he loves Ginny...Should I threaten him?... threaten to commit suicide?...blackmail?...make a love potion?...That's it!...a love potion...he'll never know what hit him.'
A slightly evil smirk formed on Hermione's face. She had finally thought of a way to make Harry love her. Her smirk grew as she pictured the scene; one moment he would be his normal, oblivious self, and the next he would be on one knee, begging her to marry him. 'A love potion...' she thought with a chuckle, 'Why didn't I think of that sooner? Well, sure, they are a bit finicky... but whatever... To the library!'
Love Potion 9 (for the desperate witch):
Boil two gallons of water
Stir in one cup of ground unicorn horn
Simmer for thirty minutes
Add two cups of moonstone- stir twelve times counterclockwise
Simmer ten minutes
Add fairy dust- mix well...
Hermione followed the recipe closely. This is one potion she did not want to mess up. Unfortunately, she failed to notice the warning at the bottom of the page.
Warning: This potion takes one hour before it becomes effective. After the hour is up, victim will fall in love with the first woman he sees.
Harry Potter dressed himself in his best robes. 'It sure is nice of Hermione to throw me a birthday party at her place... I hope she invites Ginny... I just know that I'll win Ginny over some day... and maybe that day is today.'
He glanced at his watch and proceeded to apparate to Hermione's. When he got there, only Hermione was waiting for him. She was seated at a little table set for two.
"Happy Birthday, Harry!" she smiled. Harry noted that she had tamed her wild hair for the occasion.
"Where is everybody," asked Harry, slightly confused.
"Their-er- running late. Here, have something to drink while you wait." Hermione handed Harry a butterbeer. He drank it, obviously unaware that it wasn't an ordinary butterbeer. Hermione smiled to herself thinking, 'I've got him at last!' Harry finished the drink and sat down. Hermione waited for the potion to kick in and make Harry confess his eternal love for her.
When, a half hour later, he still hadn't done so, Hermione decided to make the first move. She sat next to him, wrapped her arms around him, and attempted to kiss him.
"Hermione! What are you doing? What if everyone had walked in just then?" said Harry while he attempted to pry Hermione off of him.
Hermione looked slightly confused, but then she smiled. "Oh, Harry, don't you see? We are everyone. Now kiss me!"
"Hermione! What is wrong with you? I'm getting out of here." Harry stood up and was about to disapparate when a owl flew through Hermione's chimney and dropped a letter into his hands. He recognized Lupin's writing and quickly tore it open. It read:
Harry-
A small band of Death Eaters was spotted near the Shrieking Shack. Moody, Kingsley, and myself are already here, but we need your help.
-Lupin
"Hermione, I have to go help Lupin. See you around, I guess," he said hurriedly as he shoved the letter into his pocket. He disapparated, but, unfortunately, failed to notice that the letter had fallen onto Hermione's rug.
Hermione grabbed the letter and read it. After tossing the letter aside, she sat on her couch for ten minutes, trying to figure out what had gone wrong. Then she got up, grabbed the potion book she had borrowed from the library, and skimmed the page on Love Potion 9. Her eyes found the warning label. Hermione read it twice and then threw the book across the room. She glanced at her clock. 'It has already been forty minutes! If he sees a woman besides me after those twenty minutes are up, they will be bound in love instead! Crap!' Hermione frantically searched for her cloak. Upon finding it, she grabbed it and apparated to the Shrieking Shack.
Harry walked cautiously around the shack. Lupin, Moody, and Kingsley had managed to catch all but one Death Eater. Quite some time passed as Harry snuck around, all of his senses alert. He didn't see the slightest sign that somebody had been there recently. 'Here Death Eater... come out, come out wherever you are...' he thought.
Suddenly, as if his thoughts had been heard, a spell came at him. He ducked and saw the Death Eater fling themself at the door. Harry quickly shouted, 'Expelliarmus' and the Death Eater's wand flew at him. Harry followed the Death Eater out of the door and ran after him. Harry shouted, 'Stupefy,' and the stunned person fell.
Harry ran and pulled off the Death Eater's mask as the last few seconds of that crucial hour ticked away.
"No! Harry! Don't! You're supposed to love me!" shouted Hermione, who had spotted Harry at a distance. However, Hermione's words did not register in Harry's head. He felt a wonderful wave of emotion flow over him as he looked into the clear eyes of Narcissa Malfoy.