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Location: Hospital Wing

Time: 4:54

Chapter 21: A chat with an enemy

The doors to the hospital wing swung open quite reluctantly as a young raven-haired man stepped in, in his hands a potion book, over his shoulder his bag. Glancing around, he saw the sleeping figure of his only friend, Ethan Riddle.

'See he doesn't look so bad!' said an I- told- you –so voice in his head.

'Appearances can be deceiving' He spat back and reluctantly walked up to the bed and sat in the chair beside the young man.

Ethan's breathing was evened and steady as his chest rose and fell, his face had gained a lot of color since he had last saw him on Halloween nearly 2 and a half weeks ago.

"What are you doing here Snape?" James Potter's voice whispered from behind him. He turned his head to see James standing there with his schoolbooks along with Ethans in his hands.

"I am visiting, you?" Severus said, raising an eyebrow a habit he noticed Ethan had picked up from him.

"Why?" He pulled a chair up and sat near the edge of the bed, staring at him, in question.

"You wanted to know why he's always in the library, well he's helping me with DADA and I help him with potions," Severus said calmly.

"Well…. I guess if Ethan trusts you I can be nice," James sighed not looking him in the eye. Severus blinked then smirked.

"Ethan seems to have a pull on the school," Severus said remembering the time when some of his fellow Slytherins were panicking over Ethan's disappearance.

"Yeah he does," James said, and then turned back to Ethan.

"No…. oumpalumpa… my sword," Ethan muttered in his sleep.

Both Severus and James raised eyebrows and snickered, a little to loudly.

"OUT BOTH OF YOU HE NEEDS REST!" Madam dragon swooped in and waved her hand like a mad man- well woman.

"I'm already awake," Ethan groaned sitting up. He turned to Severus and James and smiled.

"Finally settled your differences eh?" Ethan said smiling.

"Why am I surprised this did not surprise you?" Severus muttered.

"OUT!" Madam Pomprey dragged both Severus and James out.

"See you later!" Ethan called after the swishing doors.

Location: Great hall

Time: 7:00

Harry smiled as he sat down in the semi- empty hall; the students hadn't filled in yet except him, and the teachers watched him, amused.

"Hmmm toast," Harry grabbed eggs, hash browns and toast and ate the non- hospital wing food with pleasure.

An owl swooped down and dropped the Daily Prophet in his plate.

"OI I was eating that!" he shook his fist at the bird but opened the paper.

"Hmmm nothing to interesting…." Harry muttered scanning the pages.

"Ethan what are you doing here?" James asked over Harry's daily prophet.

"I was under the impression that I could eat here," Harry said sighing. "But again I must be wrong!"

"No I mean what are you doing out of the Hospital Wing?" James asked sitting across from Harry.

"Well that's why Madam Pomprey wanted me to rest, also I had to drop off ALL my work so that's why I got here so early. Ho 'bout you?" Harry asked his father, who was loading food onto his plate.

"Habit," He answered before shoving eggs into his mouth, some falling of his fork before they reached his mouth. Harry watched amused.

"Nice," Harry said sarcastically.

Location: Dungeons

Time: 12:45

"Today class we will be making a simple potion," sneered the potions teacher, pacing in front of the row of desk. The whole room was cold and they all could see their breaths.

'Which is?' Harry thought, he really wanted to say it however he more than he wanted to say it NOT get detention on the first day back from the white room of doom.

"It is Draught of living death," Professor Marceline said as if answering his thoughts.

"Get to it!" She stalked off into her office.

Harry sighed and turned to page 10 of his advanced potions book and saw what he needed to do:

Draught of Living Death

Ingredients: asphodel in an infusion of wormwood, valerian roots, sopophorous bean

Effect: Causes someone to fall into a deep sleep.

The most effective way of squeezing the juice out of the sopophorous beans is to crush with the flat side of a silver dagger rather than cut them and then stir clockwise (every seventh counter clockwise stir add beans) While brewing, the potion releases blue steam. The ideal halfway stage should be of a blackcurrant color (deep purple), although at a later stage if stirred properly the potion will turn a light shade of lilac

Harry smiled; this was going to be easy. He got his ingredients set up and put his cauldron over the fire.

As his potion was in the last stage, Peter Pettigrew was not making as good process as Harry was. He fumbled with his knife, cut his beans instead of crushing them, and added them every stir. Harry noticed Peter messing his potion up and placed a wandless shield over his in case Peter's was to blow up.

BOOM! There it goes. Harry and James (who had put a shield around his in the begging of class) ducked under the table with Harry.

Professor Marceline came out and spotted Pettigrew and started yelling.

The rest of day's classes went without incident, and now James and Harry were going to meet Severus at the library and study.

However when they got there, there was a note on the table in Severus's handwriting.

Dear Ethan,

I am sorry that I couldn't make it today, for I am not feeling well and I am going to rest in my dormitory. I will see you and james tomorrow.

From,

Severus Snape

"Well you heard him, lets go," James said dismissing it immediately, however Harry frowned and saw a stain at the end of the parchment.

"No James something wrong with Severus I can tell," James stopped in mid motion.

"What then?"

"I don't know but were going to find out," Harry said his eyes blazing.

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