Here Goes Nothing.
Harry tried to look like he wasn't nervous. He heard the snickers from the Slytherins, saw the extremely worried looks from his lover, and the sympathetic glances from the Gryffindors. Harry took a deep breath and whispered to Neville, "Don't worry, whatever this does he can fix it. Whatever happens I don't blame you Neville. He's just a lousy git."
Harry smiled at the rest of the room much more confidently then he felt and took a big gulp of the Potion they made. And immediately felt a sharp pain throughout his entire body. Harry fell to the ground, unaware of what was happening as the smoke cleared out from his ears and he screamed in pain.
Draco had been the first to react, unable to help himself from running to Harry's side and trying to comfort him. Draco didn't look up but he knew the entire class had their jaws on the floor as he murmured to Harry gently that everything would be alright. He knew Ron Weasley fainted when Draco took Harry in his arms and told him in a steady voice that he was there, that everything was okay, and that he loved him more than anything else in the world.
Then Draco noticed something very, very odd. His voice shook as he called out, "Professor, I think you should come over here, he's shrinking."
Severus Snape had to slap himself to get over the shock of seeing Draco Malfoy cuddling Harry Potter to his chest and whispering sweet nothings in his ear. Draco's voice brought him back into reality and he made his own way over to them and slowly said to the class, "Everyone else leave, class is dismissed early. Mr. Weasley please go get the Headmaster immediately, Miss Granger please bottle up some of Mr. Potter and Mr. Longbottom's potion immediately."
Draco and Severus watched as Harry's body shrinked not just in size but in age appearance as well. Severus assumed the boy in front of him had accidentally brewed some sort of a de-aging potion and desperately hoped it would stop soon. Both were vaguely aware of Ron running from the room full force and Hermione rushing to get the potion bottled up quickly.
Both watched as Harry finally stopped screaming, twitching and shrinking to open his eyes and look around. What they saw suddenly appear on Harry's face made their blood run cold. It looked as though someone, an adult not a child, had violently smacked Harry across the face.
Fear filled the child's eyes when he saw Severus and Draco towering over him and his eyes filled with tears as he whispered, "Di' I do the 'm' wowd 'gain?"
Draco's brows furrowed and he asked softly, "What's the 'm word' Harry?"
Harry looked around as if seeing if it was safe and leaned in slightly whispering, "Magic."
Harry tried to look like he wasn't nervous. He heard the snickers from the Slytherins, saw the extremely worried looks from his lover, and the sympathetic glances from the Gryffindors. Harry took a deep breath and whispered to Neville, "Don't worry, whatever this does he can fix it. Whatever happens I don't blame you Neville. He's just a lousy git."
Harry smiled at the rest of the room much more confidently then he felt and took a big gulp of the Potion they made. And immediately felt a sharp pain throughout his entire body. Harry fell to the ground, unaware of what was happening as the smoke cleared out from his ears and he screamed in pain.
Draco had been the first to react, unable to help himself from running to Harry's side and trying to comfort him. Draco didn't look up but he knew the entire class had their jaws on the floor as he murmured to Harry gently that everything would be alright. He knew Ron Weasley fainted when Draco took Harry in his arms and told him in a steady voice that he was there, that everything was okay, and that he loved him more than anything else in the world.
Then Draco noticed something very, very odd. His voice shook as he called out, "Professor, I think you should come over here, he's shrinking."
Severus Snape had to slap himself to get over the shock of seeing Draco Malfoy cuddling Harry Potter to his chest and whispering sweet nothings in his ear. Draco's voice brought him back into reality and he made his own way over to them and slowly said to the class, "Everyone else leave, class is dismissed early. Mr. Weasley please go get the Headmaster immediately, Miss Granger please bottle up some of Mr. Potter and Mr. Longbottom's potion immediately."
Draco and Severus watched as Harry's body shrinked not just in size but in age appearance as well. Severus assumed the boy in front of him had accidentally brewed some sort of a de-aging potion and desperately hoped it would stop soon. Both were vaguely aware of Ron running from the room full force and Hermione rushing to get the potion bottled up quickly.
Both watched as Harry finally stopped screaming, twitching and shrinking to open his eyes and look around. What they saw suddenly appear on Harry's face made their blood run cold. It looked as though someone, an adult not a child, had violently smacked Harry across the face.
Fear filled the child's eyes when he saw Severus and Draco towering over him and his eyes filled with tears as he whispered, "Di' I do the 'm' wowd 'gain?"
Draco's brows furrowed and he asked softly, "What's the 'm word' Harry?"
Harry looked around as if seeing if it was safe and leaned in slightly whispering, "Magic."