Love and Potion Blunders

Rating: Will eventually be M, but currently PG-13

Warnings: Slash!!!

Disclaimer: All things Harry Potter related do not belong to me, I make no money off of this.

Love and Potion Blunders

By: Kitty

Ouch.

This has got to be Neville's most spectacular failure yet. I am positive that Snape is still shouting at the poor guy.

I open my eyes to the blinding whiteness of the Hogwarts infirmary. I groan inwardly. I knew today was an infirmary kind of day. I look about and notice two things. One, its dark out already. This must mean I was out of it for quite some time. Two, there is a man at my bedside with a long white beard and half-moon spectacles. Ah, Dumbledore.

"Professor" I croak in acknowledgment.

"Hello, young man. I do hope you are feeling better" Dumbledore greeted pleasantly.

"Yes, sir" I manage.

"Good, good! Now I have quite a few questions for you Mister …" He trailed off uncertainly. I simply blink at him a few times attempting to gain some clarity on why precisely he has just asked for my name.

"Potter. It's Harry Potter, sir. You have known me for seven years! Are you feeling quite well? " Poor man, he is under so much stress lately. Maybe he needs a rest.

"Potter, you say? Hmm. That is interesting indeed." He twinkles at me. I really hate it when he twinkles. It should be written somewhere that whenever Albus Dumbledore twinkles at you, it means you really aren't going to like what happens next.

"Er…Yeah. 'Course it is it. Sir, maybe you should have a lie down. You aren't acting like yourself."

"No, no, I am fine indeed. Simply puzzled. Will you allow me to inspect you for a moment, Mr. Potter?" I am so over this…whatever it is that's wrong with him.

His eyes rake over my face, twinkling all the while. I begin to grow uncomfortable as he takes longer than usual to take in my scar. I pluck at the linen nervously.

"Hmm. Yes I do see James…but the eyes. I could swear I have seen them befo…AH! Lily Evans. Of course." He muttered more to himself than to me. I am officially worried now. Why is he telling me who my parents are? This is getting absurd.

"Lovely. Now that we have settled my parentage, could we please move on to why exactly you are looking at me like you have never seen me?" I snap irritably.

Professor Dumbledore simply twinkles at me in his annoying way.

"Yes, of course. You do look quite flummoxed. Allow me this one last question before we begin the explanations. Can you tell me the date?" His mild voice seeming to quell the instant panic I felt growing inside me.

"September 21st, 1998." I manage through the growing knot in my chest.

"Quite a bit farther than I imagined but no matter. My boy, it is September 21st, 1977. It would appear you have traveled back in time."

I choke out something resembling the word 'what'. He seems to understand me, though because he merely chuckles quietly.

"Yes. I was told that you simply materialized in the potions classroom between first and second period. Luckily no one was around to witness this feat. Professor Slughorn was good enough to take you here and summon me." He explains as though he says this sort of thing every day. I nod stiffly.

The stirring of a previously dormant thought comes rushing out of the blankness of my mind and hits me full force.

Sirius is alive here. Sirius is in Hogwarts. I can see the man I love here. OH GOD. MY PARENTS!!

Apparently I said this last part out loud because the twinkle is back full force now and all I can do is stare at the Headmaster.

"Sir, have you any ideas on how I might be able to go back to my own time?" I inquire.

"Oh, well you see…that's the tricky part. I have no idea how you managed to get here in the first place seeing as how Time-turners are not only illegal but also do not go years back in time. I am rather interested in the particulars in your appearance here." He is twinkling still.

I manage to explain about my horrific potions skill and the assignment that I had no idea how to do and the fantastic blunder that I believe landed me 20 years in the past.

He chuckles occasionally and strokes his beard.

"Well. This is not going to be swift or effortless I'm sorry to report. I am afraid that the best course of action would be to enroll you here into…" He looks at my rumbled uniform.

"…Gryffindor. Yes, there is one spare bed in the seventh years' boys dormitory for you and I will have a trunk put there with other school uniforms, casual clothes and books. Now, is this acceptable to you, Mr. Potter?" He asks quietly.

He seems to still be in deep thought so I voice my opinion as calmly as I can so not to a) startle him or b) give him reason to believe that I am unstable.

"Yes, sir. I appreciate this immensely, sir." I do hope he thinks I am talking about the trunk.

"Excellent, excellent! Oh, by the way…I think you should know that you were dosed with Veritaserum while you were unconscious. So sorry about that, ma'boy. I had to ensure that you were not a threat to my students. I hope you understand." He explains guiltily.

"Of course, Professor. Thank you for everything." I utter with a smile.

"No problem at all, Mr. Potter. I will call you to my office shortly to discuss any information that I might have in regards to getting you back when you belong. Oh, dear me, I almost forgot. Do be sure not to change history while you are here. You must not, under any circumstances, allow anyone to know that you are from the future. You should simply tell your school mates that you are a transfer student and that you were….home schooled until your family was killed. Yes, that should expel most suspicion. You may head up to Gryffindor Tower now, dear boy. The password is Jobberknoll Feathers." He waves at me over his shoulder as he walks out of the infirmary doors.

Well, I suppose its time to wash up in the infirmary bathroom before going to meet The Marauders!

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