I...jeez, you guys I really apologize for this. I haven't written in so long. After County
Fair I had State Fair and then school started and my teachers absolutely LOVE to pile
on homework, also I don't get home until 5 every day. Plus I'm taking this VHS class
so my computer time is spent working on it. Still, that's no excuse and I formally
apologize for not finishing up this story, which was what I was supposed to do
BEFORE school started. I'm sorry, and I thank all of those faithful fans who waited
patiently. Your patience is greatly appreciated. Anyway this is the last chapter, but tell
me if you think I should do a sequel!
CHAPTER TWELVE:
Watch Out For The Little Guys, They May Surprise You
(I thought that since this is the last chapter it should have a meaningful title)
Snape walked the halls silently, his left arm twitching once in awhile. His pale face
and beady eyes looking extraordinarily chipper.
Just this morning he had learned that the spell that Alanna had put on him, wasn't
affecting him in Hogwarts, for one reason or another.
The only side effect was this twitch in his left arm, slightly above the elbow, where
Alanna had grabbed him when she performed the spell.
Snape smiled smugly, thinking that if he had done a spell, it wouldn't have worn off.
(Little did he know that it was the fact that he was in a different realm and in a school
with years and years of protection magics on it that he wasn't being affected by
Alanna's "gift" to him.)
Another reason he was happy was that today was an exam day. He couldn't wait to see
who had actually done the work required to pass. Well he knew Hermione had.
'If only that girl was a Slytherin...but no, she had to be a gryffindor!' Snape's smile
pulled into a frown as he thought this thought. But soon he perked up again thinking of
the exam.
Just as Snape actually considered whistling he walked into his classroom and saw
Daine, Alanna, Kitten, George, and Numair.
Daine was playing a finger game with Kitten. Everyone else was watching them,
smiling, happy that Daine had gotten over her anger. Kitten had to guess how many
fingers Daine was holding up behind her back. Then they would switch places.
Kitten was winning, Snape subconsciously noted.
Suddenly Daine smiled at Kitten and handed over a shiny badge from her chest. A
SPEW badge. Apparently Hermione had gotten to Daine, for now Daine proudly bore a
SPEW badge.
Kitten seemed to be enjoying Daine's SPEW badge as well, she did a whistle/trill and
and the badge gave off a strange opalescent light.
Daine smiled and looked behind everybody, to the entrance of the classroom, and her
smile faded a little. Actually it did more than fade a little, it more of turned into a
full-fledged frown.
Numair turned to see what Daine was looking at, and his face turned similarly to
Daine's, but he still put on a good face (grudgingly) and told Snape what they were
doing there.
"Ah, professor Snape. Today Headmaster Dumbledore invited us to observe classes and
we chose yours to observe first."
"I'm looking forward to it." Snape said through gritted teeth, trying not to let his anger
show, perfectly aware of what the Tortallans could do and not particularly looking
forward to invoking their wrath (ooo, I like that sentence!!!;)).
Snape then turned into his small backroom and gathered supplies for the exam today.
Daine and Alanna exchanged glances, not at all happy that they would be spending an
hour and a half with Snape and his greasy evilness.
Snape returned from his backroom, his arms full of supplies, just as a sound similar to
an elephant playing soccer reverberated through the lonely dungeon halls.
Students swarmed into the classroom, Malfoy and his Slytherin gang at the head, then
Neville, Harry, Hermione, Ron, and the rest.
When Kitten noticed Malfoy a growl sprung from her throat and was heard by most who
had entered the classroom.
Malfoy sneered, but fear was overwhelming the smugness in his eyes and he backed up
behind Crabbe and Goyle, who in turn tried to get behind each other at the same time.
The end result was that they slammed heads together.
Kitten growled again, more fiercely this time. Neville, who was standing near Snape's
desk, heard the growl, saw Kitten, and yelped, turning right into Snape.
"Longbottom! Stop being a clumsy twit and pay attention!" Snape snarled through still
gritted teeth.
"S-s-s-s-sorry, P-p-proffessor Snape." Neville managed to squeak out, before Hermione
saved him from Snape's wrath by pulling him towards his seat.
The Tortallans, observing this, frowned, each absorbed by his or her own thoughts and
each one not liking Snape's treatment of his students.
As the last of the students ambled into the classroom Daine, Numair, George, Alanna,
and Kitten took their place on the side wall, where they would have a full view of the
classroom.
"Today students, is your midterm exam," Snape began, smiling as he watched most of
the class begin to squirm uncontrollably. "Now. Everyone come to the front of the
classroom in groups of two, except for Mr. Longbottom. Everyone else stand near a
cauldron."
Snape finished pointing to the neat row of ten shiny black cauldrons that had just
appeared in the vast space that was the front of the classroom.
Students paired up and walked to the front of the classroom, nervously standing near a
cauldron, awaiting what doom they may encounter during this midterm.
"Mr. Longbottom you will come up here and demonstrate to the whole class how this
potion is concocted. The potion is..." Snape allowed a pause of silence in order for him
to hear the sharp intake of breath from the Gryffindor students. "the Time Vidium
potion!"
Neville paled as the words reached his ears. The Time Vidium potion was very
complicated, intricate spell that allowed a person to see a specific point in time.
"Well, Longbottom, what are you waiting for?!? Start the potion, ingredients are on the
tables!" Snape snapped impatiently.
Neville, sighed, trying to calm himself. Slowly he gathered his ingredients and began
mixing.
Everything was going amazingly well and Snape was beginning to become a little
disappointed, when Neville came to the last ingredient: toenail clippings of a pregnant
dragon, the most important ingredient in the whole potion.
For the life of him, Neville couldn't remember how many clipping to put in. Was it two
or was it ten?
As Neville hesitated, Snape grinned: he had him. The boy wouldn't know how many to
put, would screw up and then Snape would be able to deduct more points from
Gryffindor and embarrass him.
Neville gulped and opened the jar of clipping. He slowly pulled out ten and,
swallowing hard, put them in his potion.
"Aha-" Snape started to shout as he walked towards Neville, but he was cut off by a
sucking noise and a bright light.
The entire class stepped back, as did Neville, but Numair didn't.
Sending out his gift in a black wave, Numair scryed for a moment.
"The spell! This is the spell that will take us home!" Numair cried joyously motioning
for the others to follow him.
The Tortallans ran toward the cauldron with the portal above it. Numair jumped in,
then George and Alanna. Daine was last. She picked up Kitten and headed towards the
cauldron.
She was almost there when Malfoy grabbed her arm. Malfoy wasn't about to let Daine
leave without seeking his revenge. He knew just how to do it.
The longer the portal stayed open the smaller and smaller it got. He would hold Daine
hear and would make her miss her trip home.
Before Daine could turn around and try to yank her arm away Neville was on Malfoy.
Throwing wild punches Neville made Malfoy let go of Daine's arm.
Daine turned and yelled a thank you to Neville, grabbed Kitten, and jumped into the
portal as it was closing.
Suddenly the light was gone and the noise silenced. All that was left was a melted
cauldron and a black mark on the floor.
Neville threw a last punch at Malfoy and stood up, everyone was staring at him.
Suddenly a cheer rose up in the classroom and people started congratulating Neville on
his courage and quick thinking.
They were all amazed and had learned a lesson. Watch out for the little guy, he may
surprise you.
**Epilogue**
Snape ended up giving Neville detention, but Dumbledore nixed it, with out letting
Snape know.
Malfoy ended up being fine, he only had a fat lip and a few bruises scattered around his
body.
The Tortallans arrived home safely. The portal threw them in the banquet room right
above the tables. They crashed down on the tables splattering food everywhere. No
doubt they had some explaining to do.
Hagrid spent a day crying at the thought of not being able to say goodbye, but stopped
when he found Daine's SPEW badge stilling glowing.
Everything went back to normal, and everyone would never forget the experiences they
had enjoyed.
FIN
Fair I had State Fair and then school started and my teachers absolutely LOVE to pile
on homework, also I don't get home until 5 every day. Plus I'm taking this VHS class
so my computer time is spent working on it. Still, that's no excuse and I formally
apologize for not finishing up this story, which was what I was supposed to do
BEFORE school started. I'm sorry, and I thank all of those faithful fans who waited
patiently. Your patience is greatly appreciated. Anyway this is the last chapter, but tell
me if you think I should do a sequel!
CHAPTER TWELVE:
Watch Out For The Little Guys, They May Surprise You
(I thought that since this is the last chapter it should have a meaningful title)
Snape walked the halls silently, his left arm twitching once in awhile. His pale face
and beady eyes looking extraordinarily chipper.
Just this morning he had learned that the spell that Alanna had put on him, wasn't
affecting him in Hogwarts, for one reason or another.
The only side effect was this twitch in his left arm, slightly above the elbow, where
Alanna had grabbed him when she performed the spell.
Snape smiled smugly, thinking that if he had done a spell, it wouldn't have worn off.
(Little did he know that it was the fact that he was in a different realm and in a school
with years and years of protection magics on it that he wasn't being affected by
Alanna's "gift" to him.)
Another reason he was happy was that today was an exam day. He couldn't wait to see
who had actually done the work required to pass. Well he knew Hermione had.
'If only that girl was a Slytherin...but no, she had to be a gryffindor!' Snape's smile
pulled into a frown as he thought this thought. But soon he perked up again thinking of
the exam.
Just as Snape actually considered whistling he walked into his classroom and saw
Daine, Alanna, Kitten, George, and Numair.
Daine was playing a finger game with Kitten. Everyone else was watching them,
smiling, happy that Daine had gotten over her anger. Kitten had to guess how many
fingers Daine was holding up behind her back. Then they would switch places.
Kitten was winning, Snape subconsciously noted.
Suddenly Daine smiled at Kitten and handed over a shiny badge from her chest. A
SPEW badge. Apparently Hermione had gotten to Daine, for now Daine proudly bore a
SPEW badge.
Kitten seemed to be enjoying Daine's SPEW badge as well, she did a whistle/trill and
and the badge gave off a strange opalescent light.
Daine smiled and looked behind everybody, to the entrance of the classroom, and her
smile faded a little. Actually it did more than fade a little, it more of turned into a
full-fledged frown.
Numair turned to see what Daine was looking at, and his face turned similarly to
Daine's, but he still put on a good face (grudgingly) and told Snape what they were
doing there.
"Ah, professor Snape. Today Headmaster Dumbledore invited us to observe classes and
we chose yours to observe first."
"I'm looking forward to it." Snape said through gritted teeth, trying not to let his anger
show, perfectly aware of what the Tortallans could do and not particularly looking
forward to invoking their wrath (ooo, I like that sentence!!!;)).
Snape then turned into his small backroom and gathered supplies for the exam today.
Daine and Alanna exchanged glances, not at all happy that they would be spending an
hour and a half with Snape and his greasy evilness.
Snape returned from his backroom, his arms full of supplies, just as a sound similar to
an elephant playing soccer reverberated through the lonely dungeon halls.
Students swarmed into the classroom, Malfoy and his Slytherin gang at the head, then
Neville, Harry, Hermione, Ron, and the rest.
When Kitten noticed Malfoy a growl sprung from her throat and was heard by most who
had entered the classroom.
Malfoy sneered, but fear was overwhelming the smugness in his eyes and he backed up
behind Crabbe and Goyle, who in turn tried to get behind each other at the same time.
The end result was that they slammed heads together.
Kitten growled again, more fiercely this time. Neville, who was standing near Snape's
desk, heard the growl, saw Kitten, and yelped, turning right into Snape.
"Longbottom! Stop being a clumsy twit and pay attention!" Snape snarled through still
gritted teeth.
"S-s-s-s-sorry, P-p-proffessor Snape." Neville managed to squeak out, before Hermione
saved him from Snape's wrath by pulling him towards his seat.
The Tortallans, observing this, frowned, each absorbed by his or her own thoughts and
each one not liking Snape's treatment of his students.
As the last of the students ambled into the classroom Daine, Numair, George, Alanna,
and Kitten took their place on the side wall, where they would have a full view of the
classroom.
"Today students, is your midterm exam," Snape began, smiling as he watched most of
the class begin to squirm uncontrollably. "Now. Everyone come to the front of the
classroom in groups of two, except for Mr. Longbottom. Everyone else stand near a
cauldron."
Snape finished pointing to the neat row of ten shiny black cauldrons that had just
appeared in the vast space that was the front of the classroom.
Students paired up and walked to the front of the classroom, nervously standing near a
cauldron, awaiting what doom they may encounter during this midterm.
"Mr. Longbottom you will come up here and demonstrate to the whole class how this
potion is concocted. The potion is..." Snape allowed a pause of silence in order for him
to hear the sharp intake of breath from the Gryffindor students. "the Time Vidium
potion!"
Neville paled as the words reached his ears. The Time Vidium potion was very
complicated, intricate spell that allowed a person to see a specific point in time.
"Well, Longbottom, what are you waiting for?!? Start the potion, ingredients are on the
tables!" Snape snapped impatiently.
Neville, sighed, trying to calm himself. Slowly he gathered his ingredients and began
mixing.
Everything was going amazingly well and Snape was beginning to become a little
disappointed, when Neville came to the last ingredient: toenail clippings of a pregnant
dragon, the most important ingredient in the whole potion.
For the life of him, Neville couldn't remember how many clipping to put in. Was it two
or was it ten?
As Neville hesitated, Snape grinned: he had him. The boy wouldn't know how many to
put, would screw up and then Snape would be able to deduct more points from
Gryffindor and embarrass him.
Neville gulped and opened the jar of clipping. He slowly pulled out ten and,
swallowing hard, put them in his potion.
"Aha-" Snape started to shout as he walked towards Neville, but he was cut off by a
sucking noise and a bright light.
The entire class stepped back, as did Neville, but Numair didn't.
Sending out his gift in a black wave, Numair scryed for a moment.
"The spell! This is the spell that will take us home!" Numair cried joyously motioning
for the others to follow him.
The Tortallans ran toward the cauldron with the portal above it. Numair jumped in,
then George and Alanna. Daine was last. She picked up Kitten and headed towards the
cauldron.
She was almost there when Malfoy grabbed her arm. Malfoy wasn't about to let Daine
leave without seeking his revenge. He knew just how to do it.
The longer the portal stayed open the smaller and smaller it got. He would hold Daine
hear and would make her miss her trip home.
Before Daine could turn around and try to yank her arm away Neville was on Malfoy.
Throwing wild punches Neville made Malfoy let go of Daine's arm.
Daine turned and yelled a thank you to Neville, grabbed Kitten, and jumped into the
portal as it was closing.
Suddenly the light was gone and the noise silenced. All that was left was a melted
cauldron and a black mark on the floor.
Neville threw a last punch at Malfoy and stood up, everyone was staring at him.
Suddenly a cheer rose up in the classroom and people started congratulating Neville on
his courage and quick thinking.
They were all amazed and had learned a lesson. Watch out for the little guy, he may
surprise you.
**Epilogue**
Snape ended up giving Neville detention, but Dumbledore nixed it, with out letting
Snape know.
Malfoy ended up being fine, he only had a fat lip and a few bruises scattered around his
body.
The Tortallans arrived home safely. The portal threw them in the banquet room right
above the tables. They crashed down on the tables splattering food everywhere. No
doubt they had some explaining to do.
Hagrid spent a day crying at the thought of not being able to say goodbye, but stopped
when he found Daine's SPEW badge stilling glowing.
Everything went back to normal, and everyone would never forget the experiences they
had enjoyed.
FIN