Author's Note: Okay here is the next chapter. I want to thank all of you who have reviewed, I love getting reviews! In the last chapter I told everyone that this story would be Snape/OC. Because of the mail that I have been getting that has expressed peoples disapproval with this choice, I have decided to modify my story once again (please have patience with me my loyal readers). I have decided to incorporate the Snape/Harry pairing into this story after all, as will be apparent in this chapter. Unfortunately for you avid Harry/Snape fans, their relationship will not come until later even though the foundation for it is being laid now. The story will still be Snape/OC for quite a while though, but I promise Snape/Harry will appear. A mystery for you readers to think about though is who will Alex Easton be paired with when he is not with Snape? I have decided on the character (and on this issue I will not be changing my mind, it's fixed in stone). So send in your guess's along with your reviews. I hope you enjoy this chapter! As always I appreciate comments and criticisms. Anything you don't like, don't think is right, or if you see something you do like please review or email me at born2rumble1st@yahoo.com . I look forward to your reviews.
Disclaimer: I do not own any characters in this story except Alexander Easton. All other characters belong to J. K. Rowling. The plot is mine, ALL mine, if you take it you are in SO much trouble. I am not making any money from this story (I wish!).
Warning: This is a SLASH story. That means m/m relationships and sexual situations. If you do not like this, don't read it.
Hate Transformed
Chapter 3
"It all started four days ago when I arrived for my potions lesson......"
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"Ron, hurry up! We are going to be late for potions! Do you want to get a detention this early in the year?" Harry yelled at Ron as they ran down the hallways to the dungeons. They entered the dungeons with 10 seconds to spare and slid into their seats. "Potter, do you think that my class is so unimportant that you can leave it to the last moment? Hmmm, do you? And if you do, let me disabuse you of that notion. 10 points from Griffyndor! For showing disrespect to my class and therefore to me. Now on with the lesson."
Harry sank gratefully back into his seat, glad that at least for a few moments Snape wasn't breathing down his neck. "Now today class we will be attempting to make a love potion. I say attempting because I doubt that very many of you will actually succeed in making this simple potion besides Ms. Granger, whom I have no doubt has already read up on this subject in hopes of doing at least decently in it and also to help her pathetic love life. The reason we are going to make these potions is that you are to learn the counter potion for them later in the year and I am a believer of making the potion you are countering before you actually make the counter for it. The ingredients are on the board, get to work! You may refer to page 172 in your textbook for specific instructions for making the potion. The steps are simple and easy to follow, none of you should have any problems comprehending the instructions," he looked towards Neville," though I may be mistaken about that."
Harry looked over at Ron and sighed," I guess we should get to work then, shouldn't we?" Ron nodded and opened his textbook to page 172. "It says here to cut up some night flower and then mix it with these other ingredients that are to be boiled. How about I get the stuff in the cauldron boiling and you cut up the night flower?" Harry nodded, "I'm feeling a little bit sick today Ron, so I guess it would be best if you did the more complicated things for the potion. I'll make it up to you next lesson, okay?" "Sure." Ron said as he walked over to the cabinet to get the ingredients.
Harry leaned back in the chair and closed his eyes slightly. *I don't know what is wrong with me today. First I woke up sweating this morning, then I haven't been able to concentrate all day, I couldn't finish much of my breakfast, and now I have a headache. I hope I'm not coming down with something.* Then Snape caught the edge of his view *What a bastard! I wasn't even late this morning! And he still takes points away! I hope he turns into flame, that that greasy hair of his falls off, that his sexy butt gets thrown off th-------. Sexy, where did that come from! There is no way on this earth that Snape of all people could be considered sexy, no way, no how. Though his butt is sort of sexy when you think about it...... No, I am not thinking about Snape's butt, it's just not happening.*
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At that point Harry looked up at the Headmaster hoping he hadn't said any of that out loud. His hopes were unanswered though, as he could not tell what the Headmaster was thinking at the moment. "Go on Harry, tell me the rest." Dumbledore said. Harry nodded and continued with his story.
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Ron came back with the ingredients then so Harry gratefully abandoned his unsettling thoughts and set himself to the task of cutting up the night flower. A half an hour later he said to Ron, "I've finished with the night flower, do you need anything else cut up?" "Sure, take that jar over there and cut up the stuff inside it then just throw it in the cauldron. We should be finished after I finish measuring out this ingredient. You know, I think that we might have actually done this right!" Ron said excitedly. Harry nodded absent-mindedly and reached over for the jar Ron had pointed out. He took out the stuff and started cutting it. *Slugs, I didn't realize slugs were in a love potion. Maybe it's used as a reference point as for what not to fall in love with.* Harry shrugged to himself and continued to chop up the slugs.
When he finished he dumped the slugs in the cauldron. Immediately he knew something was wrong, the mixture in the cauldron had started to boil furiously, not the slow, gentle boil it had been doing a minute ago. What was worse was that the mixture was also changing all sorts of colors, which was never a good sign when it came to potions. "Professor Snape, something is wrong with our potion!" Harry called over the room to Snape. Snape hurried in their direction, yelling, "I knew you would ruin the potion! Even this is too complicated for you! What did you do?" "I just added the slugs, sir, and-" Harry was cut off by Snape's bellow, "You WHAT! Everyone get out of the room, this potion is going to blow do to the incompetence of Potter. Who adds SLUGS to a love potion! Don't you remember me explicitly explaining to you last year the violent and explosive results of mixing night flower and slugs? Of course not, you were probably daydreaming again! Well at least this time you wont get away with not paying attention in my class. Detention for the next week! And believe me Potter, you are not going to enjoy it. Now get out before the potion explodes!" Snape herded the remaining students out of the classroom including Harry, but just as he was to exit the room the potion exploded. Hot droplets of the potion flew all over the classroom and quite a few landed on Snape. He cried out as the hot potion trickled down his face and jerked his head up in startlment. His head banged on the doorway and he collapsed in the middle of the doorway. Suddenly the potion gave one more explosion and fell silent, but that last explosion sent a wave of hot potion onto Snape dousing him with the stuff and seeping into his mouth and nose.
Hermione took charge, "Ron go get Madam Pomfrey. Harry, help me drag the Professor out of the doorway." Ron ran off to do as she said and Harry crouched down beside her to grab Snape's legs. Hermione grabbed Snape's arms and they lifted him onto a bench situated into an alcove right outside of the classroom.
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"Madam Pomfrey came then and took him off to the infirmary and I didn't see him again until I went for detention that night. Is there anything else you want me to tell you Headmaster?" "No Harry, you did fine. You were very helpful. May I suggest in the future though that you refrain from adding slugs into love potions and that you read the ingredient list before you add something? Now Harry, your Animagus lesson has concluded so you will not need to return there, do you have another class now?" Dumbledore asked. "No, I don't sir. I am free for the rest of the day." Harry replied. "Very well then, go and play. I will be talking to you later though, Harry, about a different matter." With that Dumbledore shooed him out of the office and closed the doors behind him.
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