A/N: Another chapter here! Oh, this is too exciting for me! I'm actually
posting my stuff, and. Excuse me, I need to have a moment of silence for
myself. Heehee. Sorry. I'm a bit hyper tonight. Oh well. Let's see. Chapter
eight. What's up in this chapter? The chapter pretty much says it all. Ooh.
Dun-dun-dun!
We all know the disclaimer, so here's chapter eight.
Chapter 8: More Trouble with Potions
Friday rolled around and they finally received homework, the first time since the new students had come. Ron had cursed aloud when Professor McGonagall had given out the homework, and she heard it loud and clearly. She then took five points away from Gryffindor "because of the fact that Mr. Weasley doesn't have the common sense to use appropriate language in a classroom." He had cursed again, but silently that time.
The class ended and Harry, Ron, and Hermione dragged themselves down to the dungeons for another Potions class. Luckily, that would be last Potions class of the day, and the last Potions class of the week before it was officially the weekend.
When they had gotten down there, they were a bit early, and weren't the least bit surprised when they spotted Malfoy and crew with the new Gryffindor girls in tow. And once again, Malfoy was considerably close to Alina. They were caught up in a conversation. In fact, they were so caught up, Malfoy hadn't even noticed Harry, Ron, and Hermione arrive just seconds before.
"You think they're dating?" Ron asked Harry quietly, eyeing Alina and Malfoy. Alina had her hand unnaturally close to Malfoy's, and it almost looked as if his hand was slowly inching towards hers.
"Dating? If they are, they're being quite obvious." Harry sneered. He didn't like watching.
Between Alina and Malfoy's conversation, Goyle tapped Malfoy a bit roughly.
"What is it, you stupid git?" Malfoy asked harshly. Goyle bowed his head down a bit and pointed in Harry, Ron, and Hermione's direction. Malfoy gave them the famous Malfoy smirk before clearing his throat to do yet another thing he's famous for around the school: the Malfoy drawl.
"Aw, ladies, that's Potty, Weasel, and the Mudblood." Malfoy said, pointing to each of them as he used his nicknames for the trio. Harry hated it when Malfoy called him "Potty," and it made it even more mortifying due to the fact that Malfoy had said it in the presence of Alina and her friends.
Harry noticed that Ron's ears had gone pink. And, usually, Hermione would be shaking with fury when Malfoy called her "Mudblood", but this time she looked like she was blushing. Harry thought that was rather strange. But he stopped thinking about Hermione's strangeness when Alina had spoken up.
"That's not very nice, Draco. Really, what are their real names?" Alina asked, arching an eyebrow at Malfoy. Ron sniggered when Alina called him "Draco". Malfoy (err...well, Draco) glared at Ron. The name 'Draco' just seemed so foreign to the Gryffindors because none of them ever cared to address him by his first name.
After receiving Alina's request, it was clearly evident to Harry that Malfoy had given in to her because he had started introducing the three with their real names. Harry almost thought Malfoy didn't know their first names.
"Fine, that's Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, and Harry Potter." Malfoy sighed as he pointed at each of them as he said their names.
"Ron, we've been acquainted. We met you the day we came." Alina said. Harry was surprised she remembered. He had almost been sure that Malfoy had brainwashed her to dislike the rest of her fellow Gryffindors. "Hermione, did I say that right? It's a nice name." Alina commented. Hermione seemed to like her more than Megan. "And Harry Potter. You're my partner in Charms. We never really met each other personally." Alina said. Harry felt his insides tingle when she said his name. Just the way she said it was like no other. "We'll have to change that since the two of us (Malfoy rolled his eyes when Alina had said that) will be working together more often. So, I'm Alina Halliwell." Alina extended her hand out to Harry, and he nervously held his hand out and shook it.
"Harry Potter. Pleased to meet you." Harry said, and he could almost swear he was blushing because he could feel the blood rushing on his cheeks and he noticed how Alina's grin grew wider when she had looked him in the face. Harry then looked past Alina and saw Malfoy rolling his eyes. "Maybe they are dating." Harry thought.
The rest of the Gryffindors arrived and Snape called them into the classroom.
There was some of the usual seating arrangements: Harry, Ron, and Hermione, Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle, Lavender Brown and Parvati Patil, Dean Thomas, Seamus Finnigan, and Neville Longbottom, and the five new girls sitting in some sort of clump right by the rest of the Slytherins.
Snape looked at the class, and smiled nastily as he looked directly at the Dream Trio.
"I think we should change all the groups. Preferably, I don't want Potter, Weasley, and Granger together anymore. Potter: you're with Malfoy." Harry heard Malfoy groan after Snape had said that. "Weasley: Halliwell, Granger: Adams." Hermione felt like dying. "Longbottom: McAteer." Neville was assigned with one of the new Slytherin girls. Neville looked like he was going to cry. He never had good experiences with Slytherins. "I think that should do. Go with your new partners and let's get this started." Snape said as people shifted seats so the others could get a seat with their new partners.
Harry flung his bag onto the desk he had to share with Malfoy. Malfoy glared at him, as did Harry to Malfoy. Snape finished explaining all the ingredients to the Cheerful Potion and the class got underway.
Harry gathered some ingredients, as did Malfoy. Malfoy volunteered on using Harry's cauldron, and they started mixing everything together. Harry and Malfoy made some team for two people that normally don't get along. Harry figured the only reason why Malfoy was cooperating was because he wanted to get a good mark.
They had everything in the cauldron, and were waiting for it to boil, as instructed. The silence was killing Harry, and he couldn't fight the curiosity of knowing if Malfoy and Alina were dating. But he knew that if he asked, Malfoy would probably spit all over him.
"Are you and Alina an item?" Harry asked suddenly.
"What!?" Malfoy's head snapped up quickly with his gaze on Harry.
"You heard me." Harry said firmly as Malfoy gave him a smirk.
"Me? And Alina? Oh no Potter, you've got it all wrong. I have no time for a girlfriend." Malfoy drawled.
"But you've got Pansy Park-"
"Pansy is not my girlfriend!" Malfoy exclaimed.
"Then what do you consider Alina?" Harry asked.
"Well, believe me, we're not what you call an 'item'. Alina and I are just friends." Malfoy stated.
"If you two are 'just friends', then I didn't know you wanted to end the rivalry between Gryffindor and Slytherin by becoming her friend. I've never seen a Slytherin and a Gryffindor, in my years here at Hogwarts, become friends. Besides, I never thought you had it in you. I mean I thought your father didn't believe in any sort of other house relationships- Oh, I mean, friendships." Harry said as he arched an eyebrow at Malfoy.
"True, true Potter, my father doesn't believe in that kind of stuff. He thinks it's absurd. But that's my father's belief, and not mine. I can become friends with whomever I want. I know I don't seem like the type that would immediately become friends with someone from another house, especially if they were from Gryffindor, but Alina and the rest of her friends that aren't in Slytherin are quite different. They have so much charisma, and keen intellect. I'm surprised Alina didn't make it into Slytherin because she truly has a great mind." Malfoy commented.
"You. Commenting a Gryffindor. That's quite out of the ordinary." Harry said, "She was probably sorted into Gryffindor because she has courage; a trait you'll never have."
"True, she has a lot of courage-and I do too have courage-but Alina has much more than that. Mikaela said that Alina was quite a witch at her old school. She wasn't anywhere near being top of the class or anything like that, but she was capable of it if she pushed herself." Malfoy said as he swished his wand around out of boredom.
"What school did she go to?" Harry asked curiously. Malfoy stopped swishing abruptly and looked at Harry.
"Why do you care? You like her?" Malfoy asked as he raised his eyebrows. Harry knew what he was thinking. He was thinking that Harry wasn't worthy enough for Alina.
"Her? Why? I barely even know her. So what school did she go to?" Harry asked again. "No clue, she's almost refusing to tell." Malfoy said, shrugging, "I thought you'd probably know by now since you two are in the same house." Harry almost forgot that due to the fact he hardly ever saw Alina and the rest of her friends hanging around with Gryffindors, "And you're Charms partners, and-"
"Did you see Alina around last night? She never came back to the Gryffindor common room and I thought she was probably out with you because she seems so close to you." Harry said, feeling jealous of Malfoy's closeness to Alina even if the two weren't in the same house.
"I thought she'd be around you. She's a Gryffindor, so I didn't think she'd be around the Slytherins at night with the Head Girls and Boys, and Prefects running around the corridors. And the fact you're famous Harry Potter, I thought that she and her friends would be clinging to your ankles and begging to hear the story of how you defeated Voldemort." Malfoy said bitterly. "But Mikaela and Erin were gone, too, not that I actually cared to notice, I just did, in a way." Malfoy said as he went back to his wand swishing.
"Odd." Harry said. And odd it was indeed. He was sitting there in Potions class, talking to Malfoy of all people. How he pulled it off, he didn't know.
BOOM!
Harry looked over to the other end of the classroom to see Neville and Erin covered in soot.
"Longbottom!" Snape exclaimed as he practically swooped over Neville and Erin's table. "Longbottom, you're such a good for nothing. I'm surprised you even have friends in Gryffindor for it is YOU that always loses points for them. Ten points from Gryffindor for Neville's stupidity." Snape announced. Neville really looked like he was going to cry as Malfoy and the rest of the Slytherins, except for the new students, laughed heartily.
Harry could see Erin, whom looked like she was feeling Neville's pain.
Even Snape was laughing in Neville's face, and then it happened.
There was another loud 'BOOM,' followed by a flash of yellow smoke and a bright light that came from Erin's wand that she quickly whipped out of her robes. It was pointed directly at Snape. Then, the yellow smoke cleared and Snape was gone. The air in the dungeon was soon tense, and most of the students didn't dare speak. They all feared what the consequences to this predicament were. But then again, it wasn't a Gryffindor that caused this problem. It was a Slytherin. Harry had a feeling that Snape would find a way to turn it into something the Gryffindors did just so he could take one hundred points from them. Not so surprisingly, Malfoy was the first to speak up.
"McAteer! You just blew up the head of your own house!" Malfoy exclaimed.
"She blew him up!?" Ron asked, still not fully getting it into his head. "Somebody please tell me I'm not dreaming! This is just too good to be true."
"She didn't blow him up." Mikaela said, to Ron's dismay, as she leaned over her desk. She was pointing down at the floor.
"Mikaela, you're a Slytherin, too. You should be ashamed of supporting such nonsense!" Pansy Parkinson said as she turned her pug-face. But she looked down at what Mikaela was pointing at and screamed. "That.that frog looks like Snape!" Pansy exclaimed. Everyone in the classroom was out of their seats and looking down at the floor. The frog indeed looked like Snape.
"What'd you do?" Alina asked, peering over Ron's shoulder as they both stood on his chair.
"I was going to put a spot on Professor Snape's face. Right at the tip of his nose so everyone would laugh at him. So he'd know how it felt. But I guess now he's got more than one spot 'cause now he's a spotty frog!" Erin exclaimed.
"I don't think it makes much a difference. I always thought Snape looked like a frog." Ron said to Alina.
"How are we going to make Snape human again?" Alina asked.
"I don't think Snape ever was human. And besides, why do we want him in human form?" Ron asked.
"Yeah, he'd just take points from Gryffindor all over again." Seamus said.
"Hey, Snape is a frog. Is everyone getting this? I'd just like to say, well done, McAteer. You sure you aren't supposed to be in Gryffindor?" Dean asked excitedly. Neville, on the other hand, looked like he would kiss Erin right then and there. In his whole life, or his whole time at Hogwarts, nobody had ever really stood up for Neville. And they've certainly never stood up for Neville in front of Snape.
"E-Erin, you stood up for me." Neville stammered.
"Well, I can't say I haven't gone through the same things you have." Erin said, "Hey, at least we know that Professor McGonagall will be impressed with my Transfiguration skills."
"Yeah, she would be if you had actually meant to turn Snape into a frog." Neville said as they both laughed.
"You go girl!" Mikaela exclaimed, more so for a slight chance of something between Neville and Erin. Neville then found himself blushing, as did Erin.
"I still don't think I'm fully comprehending this-" Ron said excitedly before Hermione interrupted him.
"I think we should inform a teacher." Hermione spoke up from behind Alina and Ron. She was now glaring at Alina from behind her. She didn't seem to like Alina much either now due to the fact that Alina and Ron were standing on the same chair, clinging to each other for support, and to keep the chair from toppling over.
With what Hermione said, everyone was quiet and looked at her with cold eyes.
"Why? If you all dislike Snape so much, then why should you go and tell a teacher? He'll just get changed back to normal and you'll have to suffer the consequences." Megan said one of the thoughts Harry had been thinking earlier. There was quite a stir of commotion between the Slytherins and Gryffindors.
"Slytherin would suffer the consequences!" Malfoy exclaimed Harry's other thought, "Don't tell a teacher, Perfect Prefect Granger. That would be stupid!" Malfoy said. Hermione then slouched down in her seat as everyone peeked and poked at the frog form of Snape.
"I never thought I'd see this day." Parvati Patil said to Lavender Brown.
"Yeah... Snape. A frog. And there's still one more hour left of class!" Lavender said enthusiastically.
"All hail Erin, the Snape slayer!" Ron exclaimed at the top of his lungs. The Gryffindors cheered loudly, almost forgetting where they were, and who could possibly come in and hear them. But it was too late. The celebration was cut short when...
"Weasley! Halliwell! Off the chair!" Professor McGonagall had flung the door to the dungeon open. She had probably heard all the commotion from down the corridor that lead to the dungeons. "Malfoy, Potter, Parkinson, Crabbe, Goyle, Finnigan, and Thomas! All of you! Back to your seats immediately!" Professor McGonagall was heading to the front of the classroom, looking back at the class as she walked to the front. "Where is your common sense? Making extremely loud noise when classes are in session. I can't believe that Snape will tolerate this! How could he just leave this class alone? Miss Granger, where has Professor Snape gone?" Professor McGonagall asked, in her eyes, the only dependable student she believed was in the room.
"Um.he's down there." Hermione said slowly as she pointed to the ground in front of Erin and Neville's table. Professor McGonagall looked at Hermione sternly, and then she gave her a look that showed she almost didn't believe her before she went over to Erin and Neville's table. She looked quizzically at them. Neville pointed a shaky finger down at the ground at Professor McGonagall's feet. She looked down as the frog looked up. She gasped.
"Is this some sort of joke, Miss Granger? Is this what I think it is? Do you mean that this is Professor Snape?" Professor McGonagall asked, half sternly and half surprisingly. She had her eyes on Hermione, scanning her face. Professor McGonagall was waiting for some answers.
"I'm sorry, but that is Professor Snape." Hermione said quietly.
"Who did it?" Professor McGonagall snapped as her eyes moved away from Hermione as she started looking at each student in the classroom. Her eyes fell on Harry, but Harry shook his head. Her eyes then landed on Ron, and his eyes almost bugged out of his head before he, too, shook his head. Professor McGonagall didn't give Malfoy a second glance, knowing that he would never do such a thing to Snape.
Hermione opened her mouth. Then the whole classroom full of students, Slytherin and Gryffindor alike, were glaring at her. Malfoy was shaking his head. Neville looked scared. Erin looked just as scared, and was pleading with her eyes for her not to tell. She closed her mouth. But then Hermione turned to Megan, seated next to her. Megan had her eyebrows arched, as if challenging her to tattle.
"Hermione, don't do it. I mean what would everyone think of me then? Ron would probably be happy I told, and seeing that the Slytherins would be properly punished. But what about Malfoy... WAIT! NO! Why do I care what Malfoy thinks? Ugh! Why is Princess Megan Adams looking at me like that? Well, you dare me to tell? You dare me to tell on your Slytherin friends? Well, watch me and eat your heart out!" Hermione straightened out and then looked Professor McGonagall in the eyes and spoke.
A/N: HERMIONE'S A LITTLE TATTLETALE!!! OOH!!! Hey, Rosh says I ROCK!!! No really, YOU rock Rosh! You know why. ::evil grin:: Snape's a little froggy. Ooh, it's just too rich for me! So, is Draco telling the truth about him and Alina? Will Harry eventually hear both ends of the story? That comes up in chapter nine! Blah. Now I have nothing to say. Hmm...maybe I'll go and eat some rocky road ice cream. -Gryffindor Heiress
We all know the disclaimer, so here's chapter eight.
Chapter 8: More Trouble with Potions
Friday rolled around and they finally received homework, the first time since the new students had come. Ron had cursed aloud when Professor McGonagall had given out the homework, and she heard it loud and clearly. She then took five points away from Gryffindor "because of the fact that Mr. Weasley doesn't have the common sense to use appropriate language in a classroom." He had cursed again, but silently that time.
The class ended and Harry, Ron, and Hermione dragged themselves down to the dungeons for another Potions class. Luckily, that would be last Potions class of the day, and the last Potions class of the week before it was officially the weekend.
When they had gotten down there, they were a bit early, and weren't the least bit surprised when they spotted Malfoy and crew with the new Gryffindor girls in tow. And once again, Malfoy was considerably close to Alina. They were caught up in a conversation. In fact, they were so caught up, Malfoy hadn't even noticed Harry, Ron, and Hermione arrive just seconds before.
"You think they're dating?" Ron asked Harry quietly, eyeing Alina and Malfoy. Alina had her hand unnaturally close to Malfoy's, and it almost looked as if his hand was slowly inching towards hers.
"Dating? If they are, they're being quite obvious." Harry sneered. He didn't like watching.
Between Alina and Malfoy's conversation, Goyle tapped Malfoy a bit roughly.
"What is it, you stupid git?" Malfoy asked harshly. Goyle bowed his head down a bit and pointed in Harry, Ron, and Hermione's direction. Malfoy gave them the famous Malfoy smirk before clearing his throat to do yet another thing he's famous for around the school: the Malfoy drawl.
"Aw, ladies, that's Potty, Weasel, and the Mudblood." Malfoy said, pointing to each of them as he used his nicknames for the trio. Harry hated it when Malfoy called him "Potty," and it made it even more mortifying due to the fact that Malfoy had said it in the presence of Alina and her friends.
Harry noticed that Ron's ears had gone pink. And, usually, Hermione would be shaking with fury when Malfoy called her "Mudblood", but this time she looked like she was blushing. Harry thought that was rather strange. But he stopped thinking about Hermione's strangeness when Alina had spoken up.
"That's not very nice, Draco. Really, what are their real names?" Alina asked, arching an eyebrow at Malfoy. Ron sniggered when Alina called him "Draco". Malfoy (err...well, Draco) glared at Ron. The name 'Draco' just seemed so foreign to the Gryffindors because none of them ever cared to address him by his first name.
After receiving Alina's request, it was clearly evident to Harry that Malfoy had given in to her because he had started introducing the three with their real names. Harry almost thought Malfoy didn't know their first names.
"Fine, that's Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, and Harry Potter." Malfoy sighed as he pointed at each of them as he said their names.
"Ron, we've been acquainted. We met you the day we came." Alina said. Harry was surprised she remembered. He had almost been sure that Malfoy had brainwashed her to dislike the rest of her fellow Gryffindors. "Hermione, did I say that right? It's a nice name." Alina commented. Hermione seemed to like her more than Megan. "And Harry Potter. You're my partner in Charms. We never really met each other personally." Alina said. Harry felt his insides tingle when she said his name. Just the way she said it was like no other. "We'll have to change that since the two of us (Malfoy rolled his eyes when Alina had said that) will be working together more often. So, I'm Alina Halliwell." Alina extended her hand out to Harry, and he nervously held his hand out and shook it.
"Harry Potter. Pleased to meet you." Harry said, and he could almost swear he was blushing because he could feel the blood rushing on his cheeks and he noticed how Alina's grin grew wider when she had looked him in the face. Harry then looked past Alina and saw Malfoy rolling his eyes. "Maybe they are dating." Harry thought.
The rest of the Gryffindors arrived and Snape called them into the classroom.
There was some of the usual seating arrangements: Harry, Ron, and Hermione, Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle, Lavender Brown and Parvati Patil, Dean Thomas, Seamus Finnigan, and Neville Longbottom, and the five new girls sitting in some sort of clump right by the rest of the Slytherins.
Snape looked at the class, and smiled nastily as he looked directly at the Dream Trio.
"I think we should change all the groups. Preferably, I don't want Potter, Weasley, and Granger together anymore. Potter: you're with Malfoy." Harry heard Malfoy groan after Snape had said that. "Weasley: Halliwell, Granger: Adams." Hermione felt like dying. "Longbottom: McAteer." Neville was assigned with one of the new Slytherin girls. Neville looked like he was going to cry. He never had good experiences with Slytherins. "I think that should do. Go with your new partners and let's get this started." Snape said as people shifted seats so the others could get a seat with their new partners.
Harry flung his bag onto the desk he had to share with Malfoy. Malfoy glared at him, as did Harry to Malfoy. Snape finished explaining all the ingredients to the Cheerful Potion and the class got underway.
Harry gathered some ingredients, as did Malfoy. Malfoy volunteered on using Harry's cauldron, and they started mixing everything together. Harry and Malfoy made some team for two people that normally don't get along. Harry figured the only reason why Malfoy was cooperating was because he wanted to get a good mark.
They had everything in the cauldron, and were waiting for it to boil, as instructed. The silence was killing Harry, and he couldn't fight the curiosity of knowing if Malfoy and Alina were dating. But he knew that if he asked, Malfoy would probably spit all over him.
"Are you and Alina an item?" Harry asked suddenly.
"What!?" Malfoy's head snapped up quickly with his gaze on Harry.
"You heard me." Harry said firmly as Malfoy gave him a smirk.
"Me? And Alina? Oh no Potter, you've got it all wrong. I have no time for a girlfriend." Malfoy drawled.
"But you've got Pansy Park-"
"Pansy is not my girlfriend!" Malfoy exclaimed.
"Then what do you consider Alina?" Harry asked.
"Well, believe me, we're not what you call an 'item'. Alina and I are just friends." Malfoy stated.
"If you two are 'just friends', then I didn't know you wanted to end the rivalry between Gryffindor and Slytherin by becoming her friend. I've never seen a Slytherin and a Gryffindor, in my years here at Hogwarts, become friends. Besides, I never thought you had it in you. I mean I thought your father didn't believe in any sort of other house relationships- Oh, I mean, friendships." Harry said as he arched an eyebrow at Malfoy.
"True, true Potter, my father doesn't believe in that kind of stuff. He thinks it's absurd. But that's my father's belief, and not mine. I can become friends with whomever I want. I know I don't seem like the type that would immediately become friends with someone from another house, especially if they were from Gryffindor, but Alina and the rest of her friends that aren't in Slytherin are quite different. They have so much charisma, and keen intellect. I'm surprised Alina didn't make it into Slytherin because she truly has a great mind." Malfoy commented.
"You. Commenting a Gryffindor. That's quite out of the ordinary." Harry said, "She was probably sorted into Gryffindor because she has courage; a trait you'll never have."
"True, she has a lot of courage-and I do too have courage-but Alina has much more than that. Mikaela said that Alina was quite a witch at her old school. She wasn't anywhere near being top of the class or anything like that, but she was capable of it if she pushed herself." Malfoy said as he swished his wand around out of boredom.
"What school did she go to?" Harry asked curiously. Malfoy stopped swishing abruptly and looked at Harry.
"Why do you care? You like her?" Malfoy asked as he raised his eyebrows. Harry knew what he was thinking. He was thinking that Harry wasn't worthy enough for Alina.
"Her? Why? I barely even know her. So what school did she go to?" Harry asked again. "No clue, she's almost refusing to tell." Malfoy said, shrugging, "I thought you'd probably know by now since you two are in the same house." Harry almost forgot that due to the fact he hardly ever saw Alina and the rest of her friends hanging around with Gryffindors, "And you're Charms partners, and-"
"Did you see Alina around last night? She never came back to the Gryffindor common room and I thought she was probably out with you because she seems so close to you." Harry said, feeling jealous of Malfoy's closeness to Alina even if the two weren't in the same house.
"I thought she'd be around you. She's a Gryffindor, so I didn't think she'd be around the Slytherins at night with the Head Girls and Boys, and Prefects running around the corridors. And the fact you're famous Harry Potter, I thought that she and her friends would be clinging to your ankles and begging to hear the story of how you defeated Voldemort." Malfoy said bitterly. "But Mikaela and Erin were gone, too, not that I actually cared to notice, I just did, in a way." Malfoy said as he went back to his wand swishing.
"Odd." Harry said. And odd it was indeed. He was sitting there in Potions class, talking to Malfoy of all people. How he pulled it off, he didn't know.
BOOM!
Harry looked over to the other end of the classroom to see Neville and Erin covered in soot.
"Longbottom!" Snape exclaimed as he practically swooped over Neville and Erin's table. "Longbottom, you're such a good for nothing. I'm surprised you even have friends in Gryffindor for it is YOU that always loses points for them. Ten points from Gryffindor for Neville's stupidity." Snape announced. Neville really looked like he was going to cry as Malfoy and the rest of the Slytherins, except for the new students, laughed heartily.
Harry could see Erin, whom looked like she was feeling Neville's pain.
Even Snape was laughing in Neville's face, and then it happened.
There was another loud 'BOOM,' followed by a flash of yellow smoke and a bright light that came from Erin's wand that she quickly whipped out of her robes. It was pointed directly at Snape. Then, the yellow smoke cleared and Snape was gone. The air in the dungeon was soon tense, and most of the students didn't dare speak. They all feared what the consequences to this predicament were. But then again, it wasn't a Gryffindor that caused this problem. It was a Slytherin. Harry had a feeling that Snape would find a way to turn it into something the Gryffindors did just so he could take one hundred points from them. Not so surprisingly, Malfoy was the first to speak up.
"McAteer! You just blew up the head of your own house!" Malfoy exclaimed.
"She blew him up!?" Ron asked, still not fully getting it into his head. "Somebody please tell me I'm not dreaming! This is just too good to be true."
"She didn't blow him up." Mikaela said, to Ron's dismay, as she leaned over her desk. She was pointing down at the floor.
"Mikaela, you're a Slytherin, too. You should be ashamed of supporting such nonsense!" Pansy Parkinson said as she turned her pug-face. But she looked down at what Mikaela was pointing at and screamed. "That.that frog looks like Snape!" Pansy exclaimed. Everyone in the classroom was out of their seats and looking down at the floor. The frog indeed looked like Snape.
"What'd you do?" Alina asked, peering over Ron's shoulder as they both stood on his chair.
"I was going to put a spot on Professor Snape's face. Right at the tip of his nose so everyone would laugh at him. So he'd know how it felt. But I guess now he's got more than one spot 'cause now he's a spotty frog!" Erin exclaimed.
"I don't think it makes much a difference. I always thought Snape looked like a frog." Ron said to Alina.
"How are we going to make Snape human again?" Alina asked.
"I don't think Snape ever was human. And besides, why do we want him in human form?" Ron asked.
"Yeah, he'd just take points from Gryffindor all over again." Seamus said.
"Hey, Snape is a frog. Is everyone getting this? I'd just like to say, well done, McAteer. You sure you aren't supposed to be in Gryffindor?" Dean asked excitedly. Neville, on the other hand, looked like he would kiss Erin right then and there. In his whole life, or his whole time at Hogwarts, nobody had ever really stood up for Neville. And they've certainly never stood up for Neville in front of Snape.
"E-Erin, you stood up for me." Neville stammered.
"Well, I can't say I haven't gone through the same things you have." Erin said, "Hey, at least we know that Professor McGonagall will be impressed with my Transfiguration skills."
"Yeah, she would be if you had actually meant to turn Snape into a frog." Neville said as they both laughed.
"You go girl!" Mikaela exclaimed, more so for a slight chance of something between Neville and Erin. Neville then found himself blushing, as did Erin.
"I still don't think I'm fully comprehending this-" Ron said excitedly before Hermione interrupted him.
"I think we should inform a teacher." Hermione spoke up from behind Alina and Ron. She was now glaring at Alina from behind her. She didn't seem to like Alina much either now due to the fact that Alina and Ron were standing on the same chair, clinging to each other for support, and to keep the chair from toppling over.
With what Hermione said, everyone was quiet and looked at her with cold eyes.
"Why? If you all dislike Snape so much, then why should you go and tell a teacher? He'll just get changed back to normal and you'll have to suffer the consequences." Megan said one of the thoughts Harry had been thinking earlier. There was quite a stir of commotion between the Slytherins and Gryffindors.
"Slytherin would suffer the consequences!" Malfoy exclaimed Harry's other thought, "Don't tell a teacher, Perfect Prefect Granger. That would be stupid!" Malfoy said. Hermione then slouched down in her seat as everyone peeked and poked at the frog form of Snape.
"I never thought I'd see this day." Parvati Patil said to Lavender Brown.
"Yeah... Snape. A frog. And there's still one more hour left of class!" Lavender said enthusiastically.
"All hail Erin, the Snape slayer!" Ron exclaimed at the top of his lungs. The Gryffindors cheered loudly, almost forgetting where they were, and who could possibly come in and hear them. But it was too late. The celebration was cut short when...
"Weasley! Halliwell! Off the chair!" Professor McGonagall had flung the door to the dungeon open. She had probably heard all the commotion from down the corridor that lead to the dungeons. "Malfoy, Potter, Parkinson, Crabbe, Goyle, Finnigan, and Thomas! All of you! Back to your seats immediately!" Professor McGonagall was heading to the front of the classroom, looking back at the class as she walked to the front. "Where is your common sense? Making extremely loud noise when classes are in session. I can't believe that Snape will tolerate this! How could he just leave this class alone? Miss Granger, where has Professor Snape gone?" Professor McGonagall asked, in her eyes, the only dependable student she believed was in the room.
"Um.he's down there." Hermione said slowly as she pointed to the ground in front of Erin and Neville's table. Professor McGonagall looked at Hermione sternly, and then she gave her a look that showed she almost didn't believe her before she went over to Erin and Neville's table. She looked quizzically at them. Neville pointed a shaky finger down at the ground at Professor McGonagall's feet. She looked down as the frog looked up. She gasped.
"Is this some sort of joke, Miss Granger? Is this what I think it is? Do you mean that this is Professor Snape?" Professor McGonagall asked, half sternly and half surprisingly. She had her eyes on Hermione, scanning her face. Professor McGonagall was waiting for some answers.
"I'm sorry, but that is Professor Snape." Hermione said quietly.
"Who did it?" Professor McGonagall snapped as her eyes moved away from Hermione as she started looking at each student in the classroom. Her eyes fell on Harry, but Harry shook his head. Her eyes then landed on Ron, and his eyes almost bugged out of his head before he, too, shook his head. Professor McGonagall didn't give Malfoy a second glance, knowing that he would never do such a thing to Snape.
Hermione opened her mouth. Then the whole classroom full of students, Slytherin and Gryffindor alike, were glaring at her. Malfoy was shaking his head. Neville looked scared. Erin looked just as scared, and was pleading with her eyes for her not to tell. She closed her mouth. But then Hermione turned to Megan, seated next to her. Megan had her eyebrows arched, as if challenging her to tattle.
"Hermione, don't do it. I mean what would everyone think of me then? Ron would probably be happy I told, and seeing that the Slytherins would be properly punished. But what about Malfoy... WAIT! NO! Why do I care what Malfoy thinks? Ugh! Why is Princess Megan Adams looking at me like that? Well, you dare me to tell? You dare me to tell on your Slytherin friends? Well, watch me and eat your heart out!" Hermione straightened out and then looked Professor McGonagall in the eyes and spoke.
A/N: HERMIONE'S A LITTLE TATTLETALE!!! OOH!!! Hey, Rosh says I ROCK!!! No really, YOU rock Rosh! You know why. ::evil grin:: Snape's a little froggy. Ooh, it's just too rich for me! So, is Draco telling the truth about him and Alina? Will Harry eventually hear both ends of the story? That comes up in chapter nine! Blah. Now I have nothing to say. Hmm...maybe I'll go and eat some rocky road ice cream. -Gryffindor Heiress
