Disclaimer~ I do not own Harry Potter or its respected characters, although it would be nice to. ^^

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Merry Christmas, merry Christmas, ring the Hogwarts bell. Merry Christmas, merry Christmas, cast a Christmas spell. The ghosts of Hogwarts sang merrily throughout the school's unoccupied halls, for the Christmas holiday had arrived.

" Ding dong.. ding dong.. " Nearly Headless Nick whizzed past, what others would say was quite an odd meeting of sorts. Draco Malfoy, and Ronald Weasley. You would think that you two of them would never be seen caught dead with each other.

Trouble is, they are both very much alive.

" If it wasn't for Professor Snape wanting me to teach you, I would never be here, " Draco exclaimed, setting up the needed potion materials in the vacant potions classroom.

" Bloody hell, you are so supercilious Malfoy. "

Draco gave one of his Slytherin type smirks in response. Ron could almost see his tongue slid out of his mouth, licking the creases between his lips.

" First off, let's begin with a shrinking potion. " Draco said.

" What? Need something to shrink your ego? " Ron said, laughing at his small joke.

" Bite your tongue Weasley, before I bite it off for you. " In the back of Draco's mind, he did want to gnaw off his tongue. A secret agog he only kept to himself.

Ron grumbled the last thing he would want was Draco chomping off his tongue, among other things.

" Caterpillar, Daisy Roots, Leech Juice, Rat Spleen, and.. " Ron fumbled midst the pile of random ingredients that both himself and Draco brought along.

" Shrivelfig, " Draco added, handing Ron that exact ingredient. Whatever that may be. Not reading the directions, Ron simply tossed everything into the giant cauldron Professor Snape had provided ( how nice ).

Ron stirred the big bowl of slop all together, noticing there was a bad stink emitting from the potion. A smell that always warns someone that disaster was near. Sure enough, the nail hit the bucket, and catastrophe struck.

The cauldron, and everything inside of it, simply exploded. Juice, and the assortment of ingredients that were added, now decorated Professor Snape's classroom. Which oddly enough, looked more decent than the eerie driven dungeon ever did.

As the smoke cleared, Ron could already see the fiery blazing through Draco's blue eyes. A new fiery that would soon be unleashed unto him, and Ron knew it.

" Weasley..you..you idiot! Did you even read the damn directions before throwing it all int? " Draco barked, nostrils flaring, and the whole bit.

" Hell, you're my tutor. You have to be helping me ya know. " Ron wiped the multicolored slop from his face with the sleeve of his uniform.

The two students let out one giant sigh in unison.

" Good thing the Professor is on Christmas vacation, or else I'm expelled, " Draco thought.

" Professor Snape is going to kill us if he finds this place a disaster! " Ron panicked. But, he spoke too soon.

" ..You are already dead Mr. Weasley. Detention, both of you. "