Chapter 6
Disclaimer on opening note
"Today class," Moody began, "I will put you each under the Imperious curse." Hermione asked him why since it was forbidden to which Moody answered with a you can leave if you like.
Ruby watched as one by one the students went up and were controlled. This is horrible Ruby thought. Harry was the last to go up. He looked like he was going to be sick when he had a head on collision with a desk. Moody made him do it again and again until he finally was able to throw the curse.
"Go ahead into the class room and start work on page 52," said Snape as Ruby came into his office. "I'll be right in."
Ruby went to the classroom and started reading. She had to make notes on specific points of the potions they studied in class: What is/are the key ingredients, how difficult is it make, how long does it last bottled, and the effects if mixed incorrectly. She got out her quill and some parchment and started to write, but then lost her concentration when about to answer the effects if mixed incorrectly. The book said, if mixed incorrectly. There can be two reactions: the potion will still work, but much nastier, it will slowly corrode the drinker from the inside out, resulting in a death that can take from two days to a year. The other reaction is a remedy for anyone under the Imperious Curse.
So all I have to do is add one more ingredient, keep it with me on Defense days, and drink. She smiled at the brilliance of it. Why try to mentally get over the curse when all you need is a potion?
"Distracted?" Snape was right behind her and she jumped.
"Sort of. Look here," she pointed to what she had found. "Can we make that one tonight?"
Snape raised an eyebrow. "Why?"
"Well, Professor Moody has been putting each of us under the Imperious Curse. Says we need to know how to overcome it."
"Hmmm, you know that to use the potion, you have to be aware that you have it. That's the problem with it. I know people who had that bottle on them, but could not get in the right mind to use it."
"Well, it's worth a shot, isn't it?"
"Then let us get started." They worked for at least an hour before the potion was ready to be bottled.
"Now it has to set." Snape started.
"For 12 hours, I know."
"You can pick it up tomorrow."
As Ruby made her way to the common room, Dumbledore spotted her and stopped her.
"I wanted to congratulate you, Miss Kennedy."
"Why," Ruby laughed.
"You had one of the highest O.W.L.S. in potion in the history of the school."
"Say what?"
Dumbledore smiled. "You should have seen Snape when he found out. He was very proud of you. Looks at you as more of an apprentice then student, I say."
Ruby was shocked. Her, an apprentice to Snape? "Well, thank you,sir." Ruby was on cloud nine. She was not a student to him, but an apprentice. She was a level above all the other Hogwarts students in his mind.
"I'm glad to see you happy," Tom said as Ruby brushed her hair. She gave the mirror a look and continued to brush her hair. "Oh, wow, I'm hurt. Really is that the best you can do?"
"At the moment."
"I just thought I'd tell you, I will be taking you from Hogwarts in a few months time." Ruby looked confused. "Well, I won't be, but one of my Deatheaters will be."
"What do you want with me?"
"I want to show you the ultimate power you possess. You and I will rule the wizarding world."
"I don't think so."
"Well, you will. You will be at my side as the wizarding world falls to it's knees before me. I'm the only one you can really trust anyway. Isn't that right."
"SHUT UP!"
"It's true. Your friends have been to busy for you. Do you think they really care about you like I care for you. I've always loved you, remember. It was I who protected you when you first came here. You loved me then, and you love me now."
"SHUT UP!!!!" It was silent then.
"Ruby," Ginny peeked in the door. "Are you ok?"
Ruby looked down at the sink. "Yeah. Yeah, Ginny, I'm fine."
*woot ha. I call Voldemort Tom sometimes to show that Ruby does not think of him as a dark magic lord. A part of her still thinks of him as A Slytherin prefect. Just in case you were wondering.
Disclaimer on opening note
"Today class," Moody began, "I will put you each under the Imperious curse." Hermione asked him why since it was forbidden to which Moody answered with a you can leave if you like.
Ruby watched as one by one the students went up and were controlled. This is horrible Ruby thought. Harry was the last to go up. He looked like he was going to be sick when he had a head on collision with a desk. Moody made him do it again and again until he finally was able to throw the curse.
"Go ahead into the class room and start work on page 52," said Snape as Ruby came into his office. "I'll be right in."
Ruby went to the classroom and started reading. She had to make notes on specific points of the potions they studied in class: What is/are the key ingredients, how difficult is it make, how long does it last bottled, and the effects if mixed incorrectly. She got out her quill and some parchment and started to write, but then lost her concentration when about to answer the effects if mixed incorrectly. The book said, if mixed incorrectly. There can be two reactions: the potion will still work, but much nastier, it will slowly corrode the drinker from the inside out, resulting in a death that can take from two days to a year. The other reaction is a remedy for anyone under the Imperious Curse.
So all I have to do is add one more ingredient, keep it with me on Defense days, and drink. She smiled at the brilliance of it. Why try to mentally get over the curse when all you need is a potion?
"Distracted?" Snape was right behind her and she jumped.
"Sort of. Look here," she pointed to what she had found. "Can we make that one tonight?"
Snape raised an eyebrow. "Why?"
"Well, Professor Moody has been putting each of us under the Imperious Curse. Says we need to know how to overcome it."
"Hmmm, you know that to use the potion, you have to be aware that you have it. That's the problem with it. I know people who had that bottle on them, but could not get in the right mind to use it."
"Well, it's worth a shot, isn't it?"
"Then let us get started." They worked for at least an hour before the potion was ready to be bottled.
"Now it has to set." Snape started.
"For 12 hours, I know."
"You can pick it up tomorrow."
As Ruby made her way to the common room, Dumbledore spotted her and stopped her.
"I wanted to congratulate you, Miss Kennedy."
"Why," Ruby laughed.
"You had one of the highest O.W.L.S. in potion in the history of the school."
"Say what?"
Dumbledore smiled. "You should have seen Snape when he found out. He was very proud of you. Looks at you as more of an apprentice then student, I say."
Ruby was shocked. Her, an apprentice to Snape? "Well, thank you,sir." Ruby was on cloud nine. She was not a student to him, but an apprentice. She was a level above all the other Hogwarts students in his mind.
"I'm glad to see you happy," Tom said as Ruby brushed her hair. She gave the mirror a look and continued to brush her hair. "Oh, wow, I'm hurt. Really is that the best you can do?"
"At the moment."
"I just thought I'd tell you, I will be taking you from Hogwarts in a few months time." Ruby looked confused. "Well, I won't be, but one of my Deatheaters will be."
"What do you want with me?"
"I want to show you the ultimate power you possess. You and I will rule the wizarding world."
"I don't think so."
"Well, you will. You will be at my side as the wizarding world falls to it's knees before me. I'm the only one you can really trust anyway. Isn't that right."
"SHUT UP!"
"It's true. Your friends have been to busy for you. Do you think they really care about you like I care for you. I've always loved you, remember. It was I who protected you when you first came here. You loved me then, and you love me now."
"SHUT UP!!!!" It was silent then.
"Ruby," Ginny peeked in the door. "Are you ok?"
Ruby looked down at the sink. "Yeah. Yeah, Ginny, I'm fine."
*woot ha. I call Voldemort Tom sometimes to show that Ruby does not think of him as a dark magic lord. A part of her still thinks of him as A Slytherin prefect. Just in case you were wondering.