Hi Everyone! I thought I'd pop in and update this so it was easier to read. I'm working on my other fic, the Love that Binds, but may update this every once in a while if I get bored. I wouldn't abandon it though. My other fic just takes up a lot of my time. Hope you like it now.
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Summery: Draco and Harry drink a poisoned potion and strange things happen. Can they survive?
Warning: Contains Slash. Don't like, Don't read. That simple.
Ch. 1 Another Potions Disaster
Snape strode down the hallway in a rage. Neville had just exploded another cauldron and the leechworm potion had gotten on everyone, including him. So he had decided to rush everyone to the hospital wing for Poppy to fix up. The side effects took a little while to start, but once they did it was excruciating. He turned around to see if the seventh year potions class was still far behind him.
"Hurry up, all of you!" he barked. Neville was the farthest behind, limping and dragging his feet. Snape felt a twinge of pity for the poor boy, remembering his poor parents in St. Mungo's, but that was quickly squashed down by the feeling of annoyance and anger for all the trouble the boy had caused him. Snape scowled at Neville, turned around and walked faster.
Harry slowed down and helped Neville walk down the hall. They were walking down to the hospital ward because Neville had exploded his cauldron again and spilled a particularly nasty potion everywhere. Neville had gotten a face full and was already showing some of the side effects. He had also burned his legs badly when the fire under his cauldron had caught his robes on fire. Apparently the potion was very flammable. 'Poor Neville.' Harry thought. They soon arrived at the hospital ward and Harry set Neville down on a small bed and waited for Madam Pomfrey. The small nurse came bustling over.
"What happened Severus?"
"Longbottem exploded his cauldron again and spilled a particularly nasty cauldron of leechworm potion everywhere." Snape said glaring at Neville.
Harry frowned at Snape. It was true that Neville had exploded his cauldron, but wasn't all his fault. Snape had purposely paired up Neville and Seamus for the potion, his two worst students. And Crabbe and Goyle had dropped something into the already ruined potion right before it blew up.
"Are you sure it's just a leechworm potion Severus? The potion's side-effects are taking hold very quickly." Madam Pomfrey said.
"I didn't instruct them to add any other ingredients or see Longbottem add anything else to his potion in class. He got a full face of it when his cauldron exploded." Snape said.
Madam Pomfrey nodded and bustled away to a cupboard taking out a few bottles, a big bowl, and a mixing spoon, and started mixing a little of one bottle and a little of another. Soon she had a huge bowl of acid green goo, which she poured into different cups for students. Neville was first, then Seamus, Hermione, and the rest. Harry only had a little on his arm, which wasn't bothering him at all, so he waited for all the people who really needed it to drink the antidote first.
After about 10 minuets there was only three cups left on the table. Crabbe looked at them and nodded to Goyle. They both had their instructions from Voldemort. They had a few vials of ingredients that were to be added to the leechworm antidote to produce a most horrific death for Harry and Draco. They had orders to kill Draco because he had refused the dark mark the previous summer and Harry as obviously on their masters kill list.
They both knew Harry and Draco hadn't gotten an antidote yet, since Harry was being 'noble' and Draco was sulking. Ever since the summer Draco had refused the mark, all his 'friends' had deserted him. Even Pansy had ignored him. After poisoning the two potions, Crabbe grabbed the good potion to give to Snape. He knew he would be in a whole lot of trouble if he poisoned one of Voldemort's inner circle members. Harry saw Ron coming over and grinned.
"Is it as bad tasting as it looks?" Harry asked.
"Almost, just plug your nose and swallow fast. It tingles as it goes down." Ron said smiling.
"Here 'goes." Harry said.
Draco, who was watching them, rolled his eyes and lifted his glass to drink. As they gulped the potion down, they suddenly felt a tinkling sleepy sensation, like when your foot falls asleep. Suddenly there was a loud boom and a huge cloud of smoke surrounded Draco and Harry, swirling around them menacingly. As it lifted everyone saw Harry and Draco on the floor, eyes closed, and deathly pale surrounded by a dark red bubble.
Ron and Hermione ran forward to Harry to see if he was hurt, but when they reached him, they were both knocked back into the gathering crowd.
"Quick! Someone go get Dumbledore!" Madam Pomfrey said shrilly. Hermione got up off the floor and raced down the halls to Dumbledore's office hoping he was there.
A.N.: Ohhwww, spooky! I hope you all liked it. If you have any ideas or comments, please please tell me. I always love ideas and praise. They help me enrich the story. Thanks!