Draco's New Lover
Chapter 11: Trouble in Potions
Draco made his way towards the potion classroom smiling. He thought that there was nothing that could burst his bubble. That was until he saw Pansy. He had completely forgot that she was in this class. She gave him a dirty look and walked into the classroom. "Don't mind her Draco" Draco almost jumped but laughed instead. "How the hell do you do that? I didn't even notice you!" He said looking at her. She smiled "I have a few tricks that no one knows about. Unfortunately I'm not the only one who has them but still" She shrugged. Snape saw the couple and smiled. It wasn't often he did this. But seeing the two of them happy was good. It was good to know that maybe they'd make it through this. They'd be different for sure but maybe just maybe their lives wouldn't be completely ruined.
Draco saw Snape approaching and moved towards the classroom. Melissa walked in and straight away recognized the presence of someone who wasn't meant to be here. She looked around trying to find her. But she couldn't lock on to it. Before she knew it, the presence was gone. She sat down next to Draco just in time for Snape to walk in. "Today we will be taking notes on how to brew the draught of the living dead. Can anyone tell me, what this potion does?" Melissa put her hand up; she was surprised that she was the only one that knew. "Melissa?" Snape said but he really didn't need to. "The draught of the living dead is a sleep potion so powerful that the person cannot be awakened. Hence the name draught of the living dead. Despite it's name the person who drinks it is completely safe as long as it had been properly brewed. How long the person sleeps is determined by how much of the potion they take" The whole class looked at her wondering how she knew so much. But she wasn't done. "If the potion is brewed incorrectly, if one of the ingredients was off even if only by a millimeter, the results could be fatal. A girl at my school brewed it for a joke but she didn't pay enough attention. She was asleep for almost a year before we came up with something that would cure her. There are very few things that can cure an improperly brewed draught of the living dead." Snape looked at her. "I'm done now" Draco smiled. "Good, very good, all of that was correct" He looked at the rest of the class. "Why aren't you copying this?" Everyone grabbed their parchment and quill and started writing down what Melissa had said.
Snape started to write ingredients and instructions on the board for the class to copy. When they had finished copying it down Draco went to get the ingredients. Unfortunately Pansy was also getting her ingredients. "I'm not going to forget what you said last night, but I don't believe it's true. What did she do to you Draco? You've never acted like this before" She pushed herself up against him and did something she probably shouldn't have done. She kissed him. He tried to push her away but she clung on. It was one of the most horrible things that had ever happened to him. Thankfully Melissa already knew what was going on and arrived seconds later. She transformed herself into Snape (She had already asked if it were okay on her way out) and tapped on Pansy's shoulder. Pansy got a right scare when she saw Snape looking at her with a very disapproving look in his eye.
"Professor, it's not what it looks like! He tried to do things to me!" Draco stared at her. "I tried to do things to you? You tried to" Melissa cut them off. "Enough. She turned herself back into well herself. Pansy and Draco both stared at her. She smiled at Pansy and turned to Draco. "Get the stuff you need and go back inside. Me and Pansy are going to have a little chat." Pansy looked terrified. And for a good reason, Melissa looked as if she were going to tear out her throat.
Draco nodded finished getting the ingredients before going back in. Melissa turned to face Pansy ho already had her wand out. Melissa just looked at her as if to say 'really? Is that really necessary?' Pansy didn't put her wand away. "You're not going to need that, honestly, I mean what I said. We're just going to have a little chat." Pansy looked skeptical. "Fine. All I wanted to say is" She turned on Pansy face completely serious. "If you touch him again like that, you can be assured that we will be having a lot more than a talk. Remember actually no, I'm not going to tell you. You can guess" Melissa turned around and walked off. Oh she was going to pay she was, Pansy was sick of being pushed around by her. She finished collecting the potions and hurried back into class.
"You okay Draco?" Melissa asked. He nodded. "You didn't tell me you were a metamorphagus. Why didn't you tell me?" Melissa looked at him and shrugged. "Honestly, I never thought of it as important but yeah I guess it kinda is. I'm sorry," she said. Draco shook his head. "It's fine." They finished making their potion in silence and finished way before the rest of the class. They handed their vials up and Snape tested them. "Lets congratulate the first pair to ever successfully make the draught of the living dead in my class" He looked at them. "Although I'm not quite sure how exactly they did it." Melissa looked at him. "It's easy, I've made it quite a few times before this" Snape looked at Draco. "Pure luck sir" Snape sent them back to their desks to copy down notes. Melissa realized something was wrong halfway through the lesson. The presence was back but she still couldn't lock on to it. There was only one way she could find the presence. She had to use glamour. She looked at the professor and let him now what was going on. He looked at her weirdly but told her if she was sure then he would allow it. She looked around the class, only Pansy was watching her. She let Draco know what was happening and she covered herself with glamour making herself invisible to everyone who wasn't using glamour at that time. She looked around and bingo.
Right next to Snape there was a cloaked figure. Melissa knew the person but for the love of god she couldn't figure out who it was. The person in the cloak turned around and moved out of the class impossibly fast. Her speed would've matched Melissa's. Melisa went up to Snape's desk and unwrapped the glamour. Unfortunately this time, a few of her classmates had noticed this time. Snape stood up and told her to speak to him outside. "I saw someone, I know who it is, but I don't know who it is. I know that I've met them and their presence was familiar so they have to be close to my family. She I'm assuming it was a she, was standing right next to you and I have a bad feeling of what she did." Snape looked at her. "And what would that be?" He asked. "I think she's poisoned you, but it's a poison that only I have a cure for. Well actually I am the cure. It can't be picked up by medi-wizards and in less than a few hours, you could be well dead"
Snape looked at her. "Are you sure?" he asked and she nodded. She looked him up and down. "I'm positive unfortunately." Snape nodded. "What's the cure?" he asked. "My blood" He smiled. "Fantastic. See me after class." Melissa nodded and they entered the classroom to staring eyes. Melissa searched the floor for the presence but it was gone.
Draco looked at Melissa and she smiled. 'I can tell when you're looking at me Draco' she said into his mind. He immediately turned away. Class ended and Melissa walked up to Snape. Draco followed, determined to find out what was going on. Melissa made sure everyone was gone before taking the syringe off Snape's desk. She took a deep breath in and stuck the needle into her arm, just as she had done to Kreacher. Once the syringe was full she looked at Snape. He pulled up his sleeve and let her stick the needle in. She injected the blood into his arm and removed the syringe before waving her arm over his upper body. The blood got rid of the poison almost straight away. She couldn't figure out whom it was that was doing this. There could only be two choices though. She was hoping it was one and not the other.
Draco knew that something must be really wrong. Melissa seemed distracted all the time and constantly watching her back. It was dinner before Draco could talk to her however. "Hey, Melissa are you okay? If something's bothering you, you can tell me. If it's about what I said earlier I'm sorry, I had just experienced a very traumatic thing." Draco knew something was really wrong because usually him saying something like that would make her laugh, but now, she didn't even smile. Draco was worried. What was making her act like this? Draco stayed silent during dinner but when Melissa got up to leave he went with her. He walked next to her in the corridor. She was always looking around watching her back as if she were waiting for someone to jump out and attack her. Unfortunately someone did.
One of the Slytherin first years had no idea what had happened. One moment he was jumping out to scare someone the next moment he was stuck to the wall. Draco could feel Melissa heavily breathing next to him. "Oh lord I'm so sorry! I thought you were never mind I get scared easily and at the moment my nerves are on edge so I'm really, really sorry!" The boy just looked at her. She walked over to him and muttered something and he boy fell down off the wall. Melissa kept walking and Draco followed her. They got to the dungeons and were standing outside Melissa's room. She looked around cautiously as if she were trying to see or hear something that wasn't there. After about a minute she finally said the password and entered her room.
She went over and sat on the bed. "Melissa what's wrong?" Draco was really worried. "Someone's going around and poisoning people and I'm the only cure but there is an even bigger problem. If she uses a certain poison, even I might not be able to help. And it makes it worse because the only reason that person is here is because of me!" Draco went and sat on the bed with her pulling her onto his lap. "I have so many things to worry about right now, this is just not something else I want to have to worry about." He held the trembling girl tightly. Draco wondered how it was that he knew things that other people didn't. Then he remembered she was pregnant with hid child. "Melissa, do you mind me asking something? I forgot to ask you yesterday." Melissa looked at him and nodded. "You can ask me anything" He smiled and nodded. "Is the only reason you're like this with me because you're pregnant? Is that the only reason you even like me?" Melissa looked at him smiled and shook her head. "I've watched you ever since you've become involved with Voldemort and the death eaters. I knew most things about you before I even came here. It sounds creepy I know but I wanted to keep you as safe as possible. I felt a need to protect you, just like you did that day with Pansy when she was talking about me. I like you Draco, even love you maybe. And it's not because I'm pregnant with your child" she smiled at Draco and he somehow knew she was telling the truth. He smiled but she tensed up in his arms. It was as if she had gone on high alert; She got up and looked around before standing in the middle of the room. She looked around before running out the door. Draco sat there for a second confused before going after her.