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Tangled Relations
Chapter 6 - Potions Class
The next couple of weeks were uneventful. Between classes, studying, and quidditch practice Harry didn't have much time to read his mom's diary. Ron and Hermione always seemed to be around, so Harry wasn't alone enough. He knew he couldn't just read one entry at a time so he was waiting for an appropriate time to curl up with the diary again.
Potions had been the worst class so far. Snape hadn't been as bad as usual, but Harry felt his heart drop every time he thought about how Snape must have felt back in his sixth year. Harry had never really been in love before, but he knew that it must have really hurt the professor to break up with Lily. Harry kept to his word and tried his hardest and had successfully brewed every potion so far. Even Malfoy hadn't been able to destroy any of them.
So, Harry and Hermione found themselves sitting in yet another potions class, (Ron didn't pass that OWL so he didn't take potions this year). As the bell rang Professor Snape entered the class looking more foul than usual. "As the first year Hufflepuffs decided to blowup the classroom this morning, there has been a change in plans. We will not be brewing the potion you studied last night as the main ingredient was destroyed this morning. Today we will be brewing a simple charm-revealing potion. Although this is easy to brew, the ingredients are rather expensive which is why it normally isn't brewed until the end of this year. Luckily the expensive ingredients are kept in a different area so they survived the wrath of the Hufflepuffs. Now get to work."
The whole class let out a moan as they started gathering their ingredients. Harry started preparing ingredients while Hermione carefully added them while stirring.
It only took about twenty minutes to prepare the potion, now it just needed to simmer. During this time Harry sat at his desk and worked on his charms homework. Hermione used the time to scowl at Harry for not having it done already.
Half an hour later Snape addressed the class again. "All of your potions should be ready to test if you were careful. Remove your flames and use a cooling charm to put it at a drinkable temperature. You should each drink one full flask full. It will take a few seconds to kick in so close yours eyes to take the potion, when you open them you should be able to see through any charms put in an object or person."
Hermione removed the flame while Harry cooled the potion, then they each ladled some potion into their flasks. Hermione decided to drink hers first. She closed her eyes and drank the potion, waited a few seconds before opening them. When she opened her eyes she let out a scream that filled the room as she dropped her flask. Quickly regaining her composure, she pushed Harry to the floor and whispered to him "Pretend that your stomach hurts then quickly head to the hospital wing. I'll explain after class. Go Now!"
To say Harry was confused was an understatement but he complied and let out a moan, clutching his stomach, then scurried out of the classroom.
"Miss Granger, what is going on here? 20 points for disrupting class. Now tell me what happened"
"Sir, I think Harry is Ill, he grabbed his stomach and doubled over."
Professor Snape glared at her "your potion appears correct. Did you drink any yet?"
"...Yes sir" Hermione was having a hard time speaking with what she had just seen. "I think Harry must have the flu or something, he hadn't drank any of the potion yet."
"I see" Then he turned to the rest of the class. "If you are finished clean up and I want two feet on the properties of this potion. Dismissed."
The rest of the class hurried out, but Hermione stayed behind. She saved a portion of her potion before cleaning out her cauldron slowly and carefully. Once she was sure that everyone else was gone she walked up to Professor Snape who had begun preparing for the class he had after lunch.
"Professor?"
"Yes Miss Granger?", he spat back.
"Is there a reason why there are charms on Harry to make him look like James Potter?"
Snape spun around to fully face her. "What? What do you mean? You were supposed to see a pimple that was concealed or different colored hair. Explain yourself."
Hermione gathered her strength and took a deep breath. "What I'm trying to say sir is that when I took the potion I saw a different person standing there. It was still Harry, the eyes were the same, but he looked completely different. I think you should see for yourself. When I saw him, I'm the one who told him to pretend to be sick and get out of here before anyone else saw."
"Good thinking Miss Granger, I'm not sure what's going on but I will find out."
"I saved some of my potion for you to try, I think you need to see this now."
"Very well, I think you should come with me. If this is some kind of joke I will take points for it." He replied, glaring at the know-it-all.
With that Hermione and Professor Snape walked up out of the dungeons and to the Hospital wing. Harry was lying in a bed doing a very good job of looking sick.
"Potter, Miss Granger here tells me your not really ill."
Harry looked stunned to say the least. Why would Hermione tell Snape he was lying? Luckily Hermione spoke up next.
"Harry, the reason I sent you here was because of what I saw when I took the potion. I think that Professor Snape should see it too. Professor, I think you should sit down before you drink that."
Snape gave her one of his worst glares "Don't be ridiculous Granger." He closed his eyes and gulped the potion. He then opened his eyes, looked at Harry, and promptly fainted.
"I told him to sit down first."
"Hermione, what is wrong with me, am I disfigured? Why did Snape faint like that?"
"Harry, I don't know how to say this, but with the potion you look like a completely different person. You look like Professor Snape."
This time it was Harry's turn to faint.
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