After adding in the ground gignger root and finely chopped peppermint, Harry stirred his cauldron twenty-six times counter-clockwise before pricking his finger and letting nine drops of blood fall into the bubbling potion. Harry watched as an unfamiliar crest rose in the fumes of his potion. Passing it off as him doing the potion wrong, Harry wandered over to Hermione at the next station. Ron wasn't in Potions this year because he didn't get an O on his Potion OWL. As he neared Hermione's work stations he saw the same crest that had risen in his fumes rise from Hermione's.
'We couldn't have both botched the potion the exact same way.' Harry's musing was interrupted by Snape.
"Granger and Potter say after class." Snape had barked as he watched the Gryffindors look at each other. He hid a grin as he watched them silently ask each other what they had done wrong. He also had to stifle a laugh when he heard Granger ask Potter uncertainly, "Maybe we botched our potions?"
As the two Gryffindors sat discussing what they could have gotten in trouble for, the last five minutes of class passed extremely quickly for two-thirds of the Golden Trio. Their fellow Gryffindors left, wishing them good luck and casting them pitying looks as Hermione and Harry sat there preparing for the worst.
"Miss Granger, Mister Potter, do you know why i held the both of you back?" Snape asked. Both could come up with numerous reasons, but none of them an appropriate response for this situation. "No, sir, the only thing I can think of is we messed up our potions." Hermione stated when she realized Harry wasn't going to say anything. "That's a good guess, Miss Granger, but it is not why I held you back. Mister Potter, do you know why?" Snape responded, sounding almost polite. "Does it have anything to do with the crests that I saw in both our cauldrons, sir?" Harry asked cautiously, he didn't want to be wrong. He could already imagine what Snape would say.
"I always knew you had some brains in that abnormally large head of yours. Yes, that is exactly why I held you both back, but unfortunately I have another class in five minutes, so I'll see you both tonight in detention to further explain." Snape said as he stood and walked to the door, Hermione and Harry taking their cue and following. "I do hope I do not have to tell you not to tell anyone what we have talked about, especially the youngest Weasleys." He commented dryly as he opened the door of his classroom.
A/N: Alright, that is the first chapter. Tell me what you think of it in a review, and if I should continue.
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