The day back from break, everyone chatted with one another in their common rooms. They talked about their feasts, presents, and what they did with their free time.

"Oh, Hermione, there's a gift under the tree for you. No one has a clue who it's from," Harry said. She gave him a confused look as he nodded towards the tree.

Hermione went over to the tree and picked up the present. She took it up t her dorm room so that she could have privacy while she opened her gift.

When she arrived in her room, she sat on her bed and placed her gift in front of her. Crookshanks plopped himself on her lap. She didn't bother moving him because she knew he would move when she'd start unwrapping the present.

When she un-wrapped it, her bottom jaw fell right to the mattress. It was an indigo colored potion. With the potion was a note. She picked up the parchment and read what was on it.

Ginny came up the stairs and into the dorm after Hermione had read the note for the tenth time. Ginny sat on Hermione's bed. She sat so that they were facing each other.

"So, who's it from?" Ginny asked.

"Snape," she whispered quietly.

"Who?" Ginny asked in disbelief.

"Professor Snape," she said. She put the potion and the parchment on her nightstand.

"What potion did he give you?" Ginny asked.

"I'm really not sure what it is exactly," Hermione said, looking a bit bewildered.

"What does it do?"

"Well, you write down what you want it to do on a piece of parchment and put it in the potion. For example, if I wanted to turn someone into the opposite sex, then I write that on the parchment and put it in the potion. Then I get that person to drink it and they transform into the opposite sex for the rest of their life or until they drink it again to change back."

"That's definitely something different. Anyway, it's getting late. I'm going to my dorm and going to bed. Night," Ginny said.

"Night," Hermione said. She herself got ready for bed and then went to sleep.