I worked hard on this chapter so I hope you like it. Warning: I might have
a hard time writing my next chapter because I might not find time. I'm
going to be so busy so it might come out later in the week. I'll try to
work hard. This is why I tried to make this one longer than the last.
Please send ideas for the next chapter.
Thanks to all of my reviews (Of course).
Those of you who are reading my other story: Muggleized Wizard, I'm sorry for the delay but this story is taking up most of the time. I'm still writing though so don't get your hopes up. I'm writing as fast as I can.
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Dean had just gotten back from practicing with Stacy as he walked toward the Great Hall. Dinner had started a half an hour ago and the room was packed. He turned a corner before practically running into Ashley.
"Whoa, be careful there," Dean said to her. Then he saw the expression on her face. "What's wrong?" Ashley looked nervous and she seemed to be in a hurry.
"I haven't seen Harry since lunch and he's not here for dinner. He said that he'd meet me before but he never showed up," she answered.
"Maybe he's in the common room or maybe at the Quidditch pitch," Dean suggested.
"I was just heading to the common room," Ashley said.
"I'm heading there now," Dean said. "You go back in there. If Harry's in the dorm, you can't go in there. It'll be best if I go. I'm sure he's there," Dean said.
"Then I'll head to the Quidditch pitch," she said. She began to head another way.
Dean called out to her. "Be careful! It's dark out. You never know what's lurking in the dark." She continued running the way of the pitch, her robes blowing out behind her.
Dean ran the other way. He was running toward the common room and gave the Fat Lady the password to gain entrance. He saw Sirius and Remus sitting at one of the tables. The rest of the room was empty.
"Have you seen Harry?" Dean asked out of breath.
"He's sleeping," Sirius replied. Dean started running up to the dorm before Sirius stopped him. Dean turned around. "He's over there," Sirius said pointing to one of the couches. Dean looked and saw a pile of blankets. He quickly ran upstairs to change. He decided to give Harry a little more time to sleep.
A few minutes later, Dean came back down the stairs. He walked over to Harry and knelt down by him.
"Harry? Harry?" he called to the sleeping figure. "It's dinner time. You need to get up."
"I'm not hungry," a quiet voice replied.
"I don't care if you're not hungry! You have a frantic girlfriend who is running around the castle looking for you. She should be down by the Quidditch pitch now looking for you," Dean told him.
"Tell her that I'm right here," Harry replied back not bothering to open his eyes.
"Harry! You need to get up! You'll be up all night if you go back to sleep," Dean said. Harry was quiet. Dean thought he fell back to sleep.
"Harry," Sirius called from the table. "Get up or I'll tickle you." The blankets were thrown back and Harry sat up. "See? That's all you have to do," Sirius said to Dean.
"I'm up!" Harry replied as he rubbed his eyes. He laid back down as he stretched.
"Hurry up, I don't know where Ashley's going to look next. For all I know, it's the forbidden forest," Dean said standing. Harry sat up.
"I'll be right back," he said as he stood and headed upstairs. He came down a few minutes later in a white long sleeve shirt and gray sweatpants.
"You have to eat," Dean said. Harry dressed comfortably so he could easily fall back to sleep at dinner if he wanted to.
"I know," Harry responded. Sirius and Remus stood. They stayed to keep Harry company but now that Harry was up, they were hungry. They headed out of the common room and walked toward the Great Hall.
"Are you feeling okay?" Dean asked. Sirius and Remus were wondering the same thing ever since Harry fell asleep that afternoon. He was sleeping for a couple of hours before Dean walked in. He slept right through the noise when the students came back into the room after classes.
"I'm fine," Harry responded quietly. He rubbed his eyes again but couldn't rub the sleep out of them.
"You seem really tired," Sirius observed putting an arm around Harry. Harry didn't answer. He felt worse then before. He leaned against Sirius as they walked. Dean sent Sirius a worried look. Sirius shrugged but knew something was wrong with his godson. Remus knew something was wrong as well but didn't know what.
"Are you sure you're okay?" Sirius asked. Harry had closed his eyes a few minutes ago and didn't open them. He just nodded softly. They heard running footsteps come up from behind them.
"There you are!" Hermione said stopping beside them. "We were all looking for you." She looked at them but gasped when she saw Harry. "What's wrong?"
"We don't know," Dean said. "I found him sleeping on the couch and he's been like this ever since."
"Harry? Are you okay?" Hermione asked worried. Harry didn't answer but nodded slightly. Sirius was practically holding him up. "No you're not. Harry, take my wand and try to stun me." Sirius, Dean and Remus looked at her strangely. Harry took her wand whispered the spell. Nothing happened.
Hermione took her wand back in shock. The others looked confused. "I'll be right back!" she exclaimed before running off.
"What's going on?" Dean asked. Harry still had his eyes closed as he leaned up against Sirius. Suddenly his knees gave out but Sirius caught him.
"There he is!" they heard Hermione exclaim. She was running toward them with Ashley and Julia running behind her. Snow was flying by them.
"Snow! Get Stacy!" Ashley exclaimed as she ran. Her owl hooted in response before turning and flying away screeching at the top of her lungs. They ran up the group. "What's wrong?" she asked looking at Harry. Sirius was kneeling on the ground with Harry in his arms.
"We don't know," Dean said. Ashley put a hand to Harry's forehead. He was burning up.
"Harry?" Hermione asked. Harry groaned in response. "I'm going to tell them." Harry groaned in protest. "You have no choice!"
"What won't you tell us?" Ashley asked frightened.
"Did you ever hear of the Hythermine potion?" Hermione asked.
Julia's head snapped up. "But that takes away magic! It's been banned," Julia said frantically. Everyone looked at her strangely. "When your parents are death eaters, you learn a lot about deadly poisons and potions. I also learned how to neutralize them but a Hythermine potion? How did it get in the castle? I don't think any death eaters were here."
Hermione was going to answer before she stopped. "What do you mean death eaters?"
"They're trying to create it to use it," Julia said.
"What were you going to say?" Ashley asked Hermione quickly.
"Snape made us brew it in class and had a volunteer test it," she answered.
"That potion would've never been approved!" Ashley exclaimed.
"That could be why he did do it," Dean said getting into the conversation. "If Voldermort wanted the potion, why not have students at Hogwarts make it? He could get a lot in a short amount of time. More then enough needed."
"More then enough to take down a few shapeshifters," Ashley added softly.
"And how perfect would it be for the students of Hogwarts making the potions used to destroy their protectors," Jake said walking up to them. Matt and Ron were with him.
"Were you there the whole time?" Julia asked.
"No, we just heard the end. Ron told us all about it before," Matt said. "How's he feeling?"
"Terrible," Ashley said. "I don't even know if he's still awake." There was no response from Harry.
"This is terrific!" Jake said sarcastically, throwing is arms in the air.
"Why did Snape make the students make the potion?" Ron asked.
"Because when it comes to life and death, loyalty doesn't matter," Hermione answered. In Sirius' arms, Harry groaned.
"He's awake again," Dean said.
"Harry, open your eyes," Ashley said. Harry brought his hands up to rub them. Slowly he opened them as they tried to keep him awake before Stacy arrived.
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Stacy was sitting down and eating when she saw Ashley leave the room. She looked over at three empty seats: one for Sirius, one for Remus and one for Harry. She figured that they were still in the common room. She watched as her students seemed to talk fast and urgently to each other before Julia and Hermione left. A few minutes later, Matt, Ron and Jake left the same way. Only Caroline and Liz remained. Stacy noticed them looking at their watches constantly as if waiting for something. She decided that she was going to ask them about it after she was done eating. She looked over toward Professor Snape. He was eating while talking to Professor Sprout. She looked over toward the Slytherin table. They were all talking except for Draco. He kept looking over to the Gryffindor table. It made Stacy very curious.
"What's wrong?" Dumbledore asked. He had noticed her looking around.
"Nothing, Albus. Just looking around," She replied smiling slightly.
"It just looked like something was bothering you," he replied before going back to a conversation with McGonagall. She went back to her dinner before a loud screeching made her head snap up. It was of two snowy owls. It was Snow and Hedwig. They flew around the room before flying around Stacy. She watched as they flew around her and headed for the door. Realizing that she wasn't with them, they repeated their action.
Stacy looked over to Caroline and Liz who were up on their feet and walking toward her. The students and teachers were confused by the weird acting birds. Stacy stood and followed the birds knowing something was important. They were leading her out of the Great Hall before heading back inside. Caroline and Liz ran to her but stopped as they watched the two snowy owls. Hedwig and Snow headed toward the Slytherin table. Just like with Stacy, they flew around Draco until he stood.
"They're getting all the help they can," Liz whispered.
"Something must be wrong," Caroline concluded.
"But what is it?" Stacy added as Draco ran over to them. He looked confused. The owls flew above and ahead of them. The four of them followed the two owls through the halls. They seemed to be heading to the Gryffindor common room when they saw a group of people in the hall. The owls seemed to screech louder. As they ran, Stacy caught sight of the body wrapped in Sirius' arms.
"What's wrong?" She asked as she ran up to Harry. She felt his head and pulse.
"It's that potion again," Hermione said.
"But why isn't there any light?" Ron asked. Some of the others looked confused.
"Because before, the magic was trapped in the room. Here, it can go anywhere so you can't see it," Stacy replied. With a wave of her wand, a goblet showed up from no where and fluids were poured into it. She held it up to Harry's lips. He didn't drink it.
"Harry, drink this," she said. "It will help you." Harry opened his mouth a little. He didn't feel like arguing. The liquid slipped into his mouth and he swallowed. His vision sharpened and he felt stronger.
"Can you get up?" Remus asked standing. He helped Harry up. Harry stood but was still slightly weak.
"I've got an idea," Draco said. He walked over to Ashley and put her next to Harry. Taking Ashley's arms, he put them around Harry's waist. He pushed her head onto Harry's chest. He then took Harry's arm and put it around Ashley's shoulders. He stood back to observe his work. "Perfect," he said. "Now, it doesn't look like he's leaning on you to stand. It looks like you're holding onto each other like a couple."
"It does!" Caroline exclaimed looking at them.
"Can you walk with me?" Ashley asked rubbing Harry's back.
"I don't know," he said unsure. He still sounded tired.
"Let's try," Ashley said. She helped Harry take a few steps. He was beginning to hold himself up.
"Let's go to dinner!" Jake said walking beside the couple. It was already an hour into dinner.
"This is nice," Ashley said as they walked. She was resting against Harry. "Nice and comfortable."
"Don't remind me," Harry said. "I'll fall asleep again." The others smiled as they entered the Great Hall. Ashley set Harry down in a chair next to her before taking her own chair. Stacy, Sirius and Remus walked over to the teacher's table. When Stacy passed Snape, she gave him a glare and said, "Just a minute huh?" very quietly so no one else could hear it, before sitting in her own seat. From all the action, she felt like she never ate before.
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"I'm starving," Dean said putting food on his plate.
"Me too," Jake said.
"This is good, you should try this," Ashley said pointing to something on her plate to Harry.
"I'm not hungry," Harry said. He barely had anything on his plate. He just made sure he put something on it so his no one would worry.
"Too bad," Ashley replied taking his fork. She put some food on it and faced it towards Harry's mouth.
"I don't want it," he said shaking his head.
"Yes you do," Ashley said nodding her head.
"No I don't," he said back.
"Harry?" Jake called. Harry looked up at him. He had mash potatoes on his spoon. The spoon was in the flinging position. "Eat or this is what you get."
"I'm not hungry," Harry said. Jake raised the spoon as if to throw the potatoes. "Fine!" Harry took his fork from his girlfriend and put it in his mouth and swallowed.
"Good isn't it?" she asked going back to her own meal.
"Yea," Harry answered surprised. He started eating small bites slowly.
"Eat this," Ashley said handing him a piece of bread. "It will help give you energy." Harry took it with no complaints and slowly ate it.
"He was different than usual," he heard Hermione say to Ron. "His eyes were glossy. That's unusual."
"Nothing like a drunk Potions master who drank too much," Ron replied.
Harry took a sip of his juice without really thinking about what they were saying. Putting down the goblet, he picked up his fork. He picked at his food while he thought back upon the events he went through just today. He remembered potions class with the ingredients written on the board. The same ingredients Harry once read in a book. The same ingredients for a potion that lasted a few hours. Harry's head snapped up. He looked over at the potions master. His eyes were glossy. He made them make a potion that would last a few hours. Just enough time for an attack. Whenever Snape had to make a potion, he would always find out a way to mess it up without anyone knowing. Especially if it was to be used against the light side, but he made the right potion this time.
"Ashley?" Harry asked quietly.
"What is it?" she asked.
"What has the symptom of glossy eyes?" he asked.
"I don't know. Maybe a muggle cold," she answered.
"No, not anything muggle. What potion has the side effect of glossy eyes?" Caroline, who was sitting across from Harry was listening.
"The Invensious Potion," Caroline answered shrugging. It was one of the potions with the symptoms.
"And what does the Invensious potion do?" Harry asked already knowing the answer.
"It makes the drinker do whatever they are told to do," she answered.
"Where is this going?" Ashley asked. Harry put up his hand to quiet her.
"I remember over the summer, I read a book with potions that I wanted to learn to look out for. I came across the Hythermine potion. I remember the ingredients. Those ingredients were the same that we used in class. It wasn't a potion that lasted a minute. He made us think that. It was a potion that actually lasted hours," Harry said quietly.
"But why would he make it? He knew Dumbledore wouldn't approve!" Ashley said.
"Because he had no control over it," Caroline answered. "The Invensious potion right?"
"Exactly. I'm guessing that one night, Voldermort put Snape under one of the unforgiveables and had him make the Invensious potion. Then he had him drink it. Now, Voldermort didn't have to worry about not having Snape act normally. Snape would act normally but Voldermort told him to have the students make the Hythermine potion," Harry said.
"So like being under one of the unforgiveables, he has to make this potion," Ashley added.
"Exactly," Harry said. He stared hard at his goblet, deep in thought when all of a sudden it lifted a few inches off the table. Harry put a hand over it and push it down slowly.
"Whoa," Liz said noticing the goblet.
"But the potion!" Ashley said. The group around Harry noticed the goblet but not anyone outside.
"I slept it off," Harry said. He remembered reading how the potion can be slept off to make the symptoms leave sooner. Harry had slept for hours. The potion disappeared from his system. The reason he was still so tired was because it wasn't easy to wake up from a sleep to relieve symptoms.
"But the spell didn't work when you used a wand!" Dean said.
"That wasn't mine," Harry said. "It was Hermione's. I guess it doesn't work when I use her wand. We all have specific wands for a reason. Plus, I never drank everything in the glass. It fell to the floor before I could," Harry answered. He had his powers back. He leaned back in his chair in thought. He grabbed his goblet and brought it to his lips. He thought about the potion. It was in effect for hours. Just enough time for an attack. Just enough time for an attack. The phrase repeated in his head for a while before he looked down in his cup. It was possible. Harry poured the liquid onto his plate. It was a dark color.
"Don't drink what's in your cup!" he said to the others. The looked at him funny but they didn't drink anymore. Jake, who was drinking at the time, spit what he had in his mouth in the cup. He then took a napkin and tried to get whatever was in the drink off his tongue.
"What's the matter?" Hermione asked.
"The potion we made was actually made to last hours. Where do you think the rest of the potions went?" Harry asked. Hermione looked down at her drink before dumping it on her plate. Harry looked over at Snape. He looked furious. He stood and went to exit before Harry made the doors slam shut.
"How much did everyone drink?" Julia asked. She almost had a full glass. No one drank a lot. They just drank enough to take away a few of their strongest abilities.
"There's an attack tonight," Matt said. "Great." Draco, who was at the Slytherin table, watched what was going on at the Gryffindor table. Hearing Harry's outburst and seeing them pour out their drinks. Draco pushed his off to the side.
"What's going on?" McGonagall asked.
"I think Professor Snape knows," Ron said.
"What are you talking about?" Stacy said standing.
"We were poisoned!" Jake yelled.
"What?!" Sirius yelled. He stood up. "What's going on here?" Harry ran to him and told him. "What?!" he yelled again.
"What is the meaning of all this?" Dumbledore asked.
"Ask him!" Liz said pointing to Snape who was standing by the door.
"He's under a potion to control him to poison us with a potion to take away our powers," Matt yelled. People gasped.
"Everyone go back to your common rooms!" Dumbledore exclaimed. Harry let the doors opened as students stood and headed out. Instead of following them, Draco walked over to them.
"He was acting differently," he said. "I noticed it."
"We're going to be attacked tonight," Harry said.
"Severus, can I talk to you?" Dumbledore asked. Snape walked over to them.
"Certainly," he answered.
"I take it that you can find your way back to your common rooms," McGonagall said to the teenagers. Without arguments, they left.
"What do you think he's asking?" Dean asked.
"I don't know," Harry answered. Sirius, Remus and Stacy stayed behind. "I know he's giving wrong answers though. He has to be."
"Maybe there won't be an attack tonight," Caroline said.
"I really hope not," Julia remarked. They made it to the common room and walked inside. Everyone was in the common room talking loudly. They saw Fred, George and Ginny sitting on one of the couches.
"What's going on?" Fred asked as they approached them.
"Nothing," Harry said trying not to alert too many people. They didn't want to make everyone scared. He sat on one of the couches.
"Maybe he won't," Ashley said quietly. She was sitting next to Harry with her head on his chest.
"Me either," he answered. Jake transfigured something on the table into a radio. It was something to keep everyone's mind off of everything. All of a sudden, music filled the common room. The portrait opened and Sirius, Remus and Stacy walked in.
"Any news?" Mat asked as they approached.
"He said that he made the potion to make everyone aware of the potion. He said that Harry voluntarily tried the potion," Stacy answered.
"That's not true!" Hermione, Ron and Harry exclaimed.
"I know it's not," Stacy said. "Dumbledore doesn't know what to think. He had the drinks inspected and they didn't have the potion in it."
"He made it disappear," Dean said furious. "We could probably all prove it."
"Just get some sleep," Remus said. "Maybe it was your imagination. Maybe the potion really was suppose to last a minute."
Harry decided not to argue. "Maybe you're right," he answered. "Let's just get some sleep." No one moved.
"There's a meeting taking place," Sirius said. "We'll come back later." He, Stacy and Remus left without another word.
"Well, that was helpful," Julia said.
"He lied," Ron said. "The slimy git lied."
"We can't do anything about it," Jake sighed. He got comfortable on a couch. They all just sat there talking, listening to the music and watching the flames in the fire. The common room began to empty out as people went up to bed. Fred, George and Ginny had headed up to bed leaving the others alone. Hermione and Ron headed up a few minutes later.
"This is nice," Caroline said laying on a couch. "But I'm going to fall asleep. I'm going to bed."
"So am I,' Liz said. They went up to bed around midnight with Julia following them.
"Are you sure you're okay?" Jake asked Harry.
"Yea, I'm fine," he answered. "I'm just paranoid."
"Hopefully that's what it is and that you're not right," Matt said. He yawned.
"You should head up to bed," Harry said.
"I'll take the advice," Matt said. He grabbed Jake and Dean's arms and pulled them up. They headed up to bed. A few minutes alter, only Ashley and Harry were left in the common room. Harry became comfortable on the couch. Ashley was lying next to him. She closed her eyes. The portrait opened behind them.
"How was the meeting?" Harry asked with his eyes closed. He was almost asleep.
"You're still awake?" Sirius asked surprised. Stacy and Remus left to go to their rooms after the meeting.
"Yea. I almost fell asleep before you came in," he replied.
"The meeting was okay," Sirius replied sitting on a couch across from his godson. "As boring as usual."
"What did you talk about?" Harry asked shifting slightly. He tried not to wake Ashley.
"Just about whether it was wise to do the potion. The strange thing was that Snape wasn't there," Sirius answered. Harry's eyes snapped open.
"Was he suppose to be there?" he asked.
Sirius shrugged. "I think so. Dumbledore seemed to wonder where he was."
Harry held out his hand and whispered, "Accio map." The Marauder map flew into his hand. He searched it. Snape wasn't on it. "He's not in the school."
"Where do you think he is?" Sirius asked taking the map and looking at it himself.
"Maybe to say how the potion went," Harry said.
"Here he is!" Sirius said pointing to a spot. Snape was out in the far side of the grounds. He was walking very slowly.
"How could I have missed him?" Harry asked.
"Because he just appeared," Sirius answered.
"This day is getting weirder and weirder," Harry said closing his eyes and bringing a hand to his forehead.
"Get some sleep kido," Sirius said as he stood. He ruffled Harry's hair before sitting at one of the tables. Harry became comfortable and fell asleep. A few minutes later, after satisfied that his godson was sleeping, Sirius left to head to his own room. They both missed the bolt of lighting just outside the window.
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How's this chapter? Does it make up for my bad one last time? I hope it wasn't that bad. I was totally blank during this chapter. Plus, I got a really bad headache.
Please review! Send me ideas on what you want to happen during the fight. My mind is blank and if I don't get good ideas, you won't have a chapter next week.
Thanks to all of my reviews (Of course).
Those of you who are reading my other story: Muggleized Wizard, I'm sorry for the delay but this story is taking up most of the time. I'm still writing though so don't get your hopes up. I'm writing as fast as I can.
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Dean had just gotten back from practicing with Stacy as he walked toward the Great Hall. Dinner had started a half an hour ago and the room was packed. He turned a corner before practically running into Ashley.
"Whoa, be careful there," Dean said to her. Then he saw the expression on her face. "What's wrong?" Ashley looked nervous and she seemed to be in a hurry.
"I haven't seen Harry since lunch and he's not here for dinner. He said that he'd meet me before but he never showed up," she answered.
"Maybe he's in the common room or maybe at the Quidditch pitch," Dean suggested.
"I was just heading to the common room," Ashley said.
"I'm heading there now," Dean said. "You go back in there. If Harry's in the dorm, you can't go in there. It'll be best if I go. I'm sure he's there," Dean said.
"Then I'll head to the Quidditch pitch," she said. She began to head another way.
Dean called out to her. "Be careful! It's dark out. You never know what's lurking in the dark." She continued running the way of the pitch, her robes blowing out behind her.
Dean ran the other way. He was running toward the common room and gave the Fat Lady the password to gain entrance. He saw Sirius and Remus sitting at one of the tables. The rest of the room was empty.
"Have you seen Harry?" Dean asked out of breath.
"He's sleeping," Sirius replied. Dean started running up to the dorm before Sirius stopped him. Dean turned around. "He's over there," Sirius said pointing to one of the couches. Dean looked and saw a pile of blankets. He quickly ran upstairs to change. He decided to give Harry a little more time to sleep.
A few minutes later, Dean came back down the stairs. He walked over to Harry and knelt down by him.
"Harry? Harry?" he called to the sleeping figure. "It's dinner time. You need to get up."
"I'm not hungry," a quiet voice replied.
"I don't care if you're not hungry! You have a frantic girlfriend who is running around the castle looking for you. She should be down by the Quidditch pitch now looking for you," Dean told him.
"Tell her that I'm right here," Harry replied back not bothering to open his eyes.
"Harry! You need to get up! You'll be up all night if you go back to sleep," Dean said. Harry was quiet. Dean thought he fell back to sleep.
"Harry," Sirius called from the table. "Get up or I'll tickle you." The blankets were thrown back and Harry sat up. "See? That's all you have to do," Sirius said to Dean.
"I'm up!" Harry replied as he rubbed his eyes. He laid back down as he stretched.
"Hurry up, I don't know where Ashley's going to look next. For all I know, it's the forbidden forest," Dean said standing. Harry sat up.
"I'll be right back," he said as he stood and headed upstairs. He came down a few minutes later in a white long sleeve shirt and gray sweatpants.
"You have to eat," Dean said. Harry dressed comfortably so he could easily fall back to sleep at dinner if he wanted to.
"I know," Harry responded. Sirius and Remus stood. They stayed to keep Harry company but now that Harry was up, they were hungry. They headed out of the common room and walked toward the Great Hall.
"Are you feeling okay?" Dean asked. Sirius and Remus were wondering the same thing ever since Harry fell asleep that afternoon. He was sleeping for a couple of hours before Dean walked in. He slept right through the noise when the students came back into the room after classes.
"I'm fine," Harry responded quietly. He rubbed his eyes again but couldn't rub the sleep out of them.
"You seem really tired," Sirius observed putting an arm around Harry. Harry didn't answer. He felt worse then before. He leaned against Sirius as they walked. Dean sent Sirius a worried look. Sirius shrugged but knew something was wrong with his godson. Remus knew something was wrong as well but didn't know what.
"Are you sure you're okay?" Sirius asked. Harry had closed his eyes a few minutes ago and didn't open them. He just nodded softly. They heard running footsteps come up from behind them.
"There you are!" Hermione said stopping beside them. "We were all looking for you." She looked at them but gasped when she saw Harry. "What's wrong?"
"We don't know," Dean said. "I found him sleeping on the couch and he's been like this ever since."
"Harry? Are you okay?" Hermione asked worried. Harry didn't answer but nodded slightly. Sirius was practically holding him up. "No you're not. Harry, take my wand and try to stun me." Sirius, Dean and Remus looked at her strangely. Harry took her wand whispered the spell. Nothing happened.
Hermione took her wand back in shock. The others looked confused. "I'll be right back!" she exclaimed before running off.
"What's going on?" Dean asked. Harry still had his eyes closed as he leaned up against Sirius. Suddenly his knees gave out but Sirius caught him.
"There he is!" they heard Hermione exclaim. She was running toward them with Ashley and Julia running behind her. Snow was flying by them.
"Snow! Get Stacy!" Ashley exclaimed as she ran. Her owl hooted in response before turning and flying away screeching at the top of her lungs. They ran up the group. "What's wrong?" she asked looking at Harry. Sirius was kneeling on the ground with Harry in his arms.
"We don't know," Dean said. Ashley put a hand to Harry's forehead. He was burning up.
"Harry?" Hermione asked. Harry groaned in response. "I'm going to tell them." Harry groaned in protest. "You have no choice!"
"What won't you tell us?" Ashley asked frightened.
"Did you ever hear of the Hythermine potion?" Hermione asked.
Julia's head snapped up. "But that takes away magic! It's been banned," Julia said frantically. Everyone looked at her strangely. "When your parents are death eaters, you learn a lot about deadly poisons and potions. I also learned how to neutralize them but a Hythermine potion? How did it get in the castle? I don't think any death eaters were here."
Hermione was going to answer before she stopped. "What do you mean death eaters?"
"They're trying to create it to use it," Julia said.
"What were you going to say?" Ashley asked Hermione quickly.
"Snape made us brew it in class and had a volunteer test it," she answered.
"That potion would've never been approved!" Ashley exclaimed.
"That could be why he did do it," Dean said getting into the conversation. "If Voldermort wanted the potion, why not have students at Hogwarts make it? He could get a lot in a short amount of time. More then enough needed."
"More then enough to take down a few shapeshifters," Ashley added softly.
"And how perfect would it be for the students of Hogwarts making the potions used to destroy their protectors," Jake said walking up to them. Matt and Ron were with him.
"Were you there the whole time?" Julia asked.
"No, we just heard the end. Ron told us all about it before," Matt said. "How's he feeling?"
"Terrible," Ashley said. "I don't even know if he's still awake." There was no response from Harry.
"This is terrific!" Jake said sarcastically, throwing is arms in the air.
"Why did Snape make the students make the potion?" Ron asked.
"Because when it comes to life and death, loyalty doesn't matter," Hermione answered. In Sirius' arms, Harry groaned.
"He's awake again," Dean said.
"Harry, open your eyes," Ashley said. Harry brought his hands up to rub them. Slowly he opened them as they tried to keep him awake before Stacy arrived.
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Stacy was sitting down and eating when she saw Ashley leave the room. She looked over at three empty seats: one for Sirius, one for Remus and one for Harry. She figured that they were still in the common room. She watched as her students seemed to talk fast and urgently to each other before Julia and Hermione left. A few minutes later, Matt, Ron and Jake left the same way. Only Caroline and Liz remained. Stacy noticed them looking at their watches constantly as if waiting for something. She decided that she was going to ask them about it after she was done eating. She looked over toward Professor Snape. He was eating while talking to Professor Sprout. She looked over toward the Slytherin table. They were all talking except for Draco. He kept looking over to the Gryffindor table. It made Stacy very curious.
"What's wrong?" Dumbledore asked. He had noticed her looking around.
"Nothing, Albus. Just looking around," She replied smiling slightly.
"It just looked like something was bothering you," he replied before going back to a conversation with McGonagall. She went back to her dinner before a loud screeching made her head snap up. It was of two snowy owls. It was Snow and Hedwig. They flew around the room before flying around Stacy. She watched as they flew around her and headed for the door. Realizing that she wasn't with them, they repeated their action.
Stacy looked over to Caroline and Liz who were up on their feet and walking toward her. The students and teachers were confused by the weird acting birds. Stacy stood and followed the birds knowing something was important. They were leading her out of the Great Hall before heading back inside. Caroline and Liz ran to her but stopped as they watched the two snowy owls. Hedwig and Snow headed toward the Slytherin table. Just like with Stacy, they flew around Draco until he stood.
"They're getting all the help they can," Liz whispered.
"Something must be wrong," Caroline concluded.
"But what is it?" Stacy added as Draco ran over to them. He looked confused. The owls flew above and ahead of them. The four of them followed the two owls through the halls. They seemed to be heading to the Gryffindor common room when they saw a group of people in the hall. The owls seemed to screech louder. As they ran, Stacy caught sight of the body wrapped in Sirius' arms.
"What's wrong?" She asked as she ran up to Harry. She felt his head and pulse.
"It's that potion again," Hermione said.
"But why isn't there any light?" Ron asked. Some of the others looked confused.
"Because before, the magic was trapped in the room. Here, it can go anywhere so you can't see it," Stacy replied. With a wave of her wand, a goblet showed up from no where and fluids were poured into it. She held it up to Harry's lips. He didn't drink it.
"Harry, drink this," she said. "It will help you." Harry opened his mouth a little. He didn't feel like arguing. The liquid slipped into his mouth and he swallowed. His vision sharpened and he felt stronger.
"Can you get up?" Remus asked standing. He helped Harry up. Harry stood but was still slightly weak.
"I've got an idea," Draco said. He walked over to Ashley and put her next to Harry. Taking Ashley's arms, he put them around Harry's waist. He pushed her head onto Harry's chest. He then took Harry's arm and put it around Ashley's shoulders. He stood back to observe his work. "Perfect," he said. "Now, it doesn't look like he's leaning on you to stand. It looks like you're holding onto each other like a couple."
"It does!" Caroline exclaimed looking at them.
"Can you walk with me?" Ashley asked rubbing Harry's back.
"I don't know," he said unsure. He still sounded tired.
"Let's try," Ashley said. She helped Harry take a few steps. He was beginning to hold himself up.
"Let's go to dinner!" Jake said walking beside the couple. It was already an hour into dinner.
"This is nice," Ashley said as they walked. She was resting against Harry. "Nice and comfortable."
"Don't remind me," Harry said. "I'll fall asleep again." The others smiled as they entered the Great Hall. Ashley set Harry down in a chair next to her before taking her own chair. Stacy, Sirius and Remus walked over to the teacher's table. When Stacy passed Snape, she gave him a glare and said, "Just a minute huh?" very quietly so no one else could hear it, before sitting in her own seat. From all the action, she felt like she never ate before.
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"I'm starving," Dean said putting food on his plate.
"Me too," Jake said.
"This is good, you should try this," Ashley said pointing to something on her plate to Harry.
"I'm not hungry," Harry said. He barely had anything on his plate. He just made sure he put something on it so his no one would worry.
"Too bad," Ashley replied taking his fork. She put some food on it and faced it towards Harry's mouth.
"I don't want it," he said shaking his head.
"Yes you do," Ashley said nodding her head.
"No I don't," he said back.
"Harry?" Jake called. Harry looked up at him. He had mash potatoes on his spoon. The spoon was in the flinging position. "Eat or this is what you get."
"I'm not hungry," Harry said. Jake raised the spoon as if to throw the potatoes. "Fine!" Harry took his fork from his girlfriend and put it in his mouth and swallowed.
"Good isn't it?" she asked going back to her own meal.
"Yea," Harry answered surprised. He started eating small bites slowly.
"Eat this," Ashley said handing him a piece of bread. "It will help give you energy." Harry took it with no complaints and slowly ate it.
"He was different than usual," he heard Hermione say to Ron. "His eyes were glossy. That's unusual."
"Nothing like a drunk Potions master who drank too much," Ron replied.
Harry took a sip of his juice without really thinking about what they were saying. Putting down the goblet, he picked up his fork. He picked at his food while he thought back upon the events he went through just today. He remembered potions class with the ingredients written on the board. The same ingredients Harry once read in a book. The same ingredients for a potion that lasted a few hours. Harry's head snapped up. He looked over at the potions master. His eyes were glossy. He made them make a potion that would last a few hours. Just enough time for an attack. Whenever Snape had to make a potion, he would always find out a way to mess it up without anyone knowing. Especially if it was to be used against the light side, but he made the right potion this time.
"Ashley?" Harry asked quietly.
"What is it?" she asked.
"What has the symptom of glossy eyes?" he asked.
"I don't know. Maybe a muggle cold," she answered.
"No, not anything muggle. What potion has the side effect of glossy eyes?" Caroline, who was sitting across from Harry was listening.
"The Invensious Potion," Caroline answered shrugging. It was one of the potions with the symptoms.
"And what does the Invensious potion do?" Harry asked already knowing the answer.
"It makes the drinker do whatever they are told to do," she answered.
"Where is this going?" Ashley asked. Harry put up his hand to quiet her.
"I remember over the summer, I read a book with potions that I wanted to learn to look out for. I came across the Hythermine potion. I remember the ingredients. Those ingredients were the same that we used in class. It wasn't a potion that lasted a minute. He made us think that. It was a potion that actually lasted hours," Harry said quietly.
"But why would he make it? He knew Dumbledore wouldn't approve!" Ashley said.
"Because he had no control over it," Caroline answered. "The Invensious potion right?"
"Exactly. I'm guessing that one night, Voldermort put Snape under one of the unforgiveables and had him make the Invensious potion. Then he had him drink it. Now, Voldermort didn't have to worry about not having Snape act normally. Snape would act normally but Voldermort told him to have the students make the Hythermine potion," Harry said.
"So like being under one of the unforgiveables, he has to make this potion," Ashley added.
"Exactly," Harry said. He stared hard at his goblet, deep in thought when all of a sudden it lifted a few inches off the table. Harry put a hand over it and push it down slowly.
"Whoa," Liz said noticing the goblet.
"But the potion!" Ashley said. The group around Harry noticed the goblet but not anyone outside.
"I slept it off," Harry said. He remembered reading how the potion can be slept off to make the symptoms leave sooner. Harry had slept for hours. The potion disappeared from his system. The reason he was still so tired was because it wasn't easy to wake up from a sleep to relieve symptoms.
"But the spell didn't work when you used a wand!" Dean said.
"That wasn't mine," Harry said. "It was Hermione's. I guess it doesn't work when I use her wand. We all have specific wands for a reason. Plus, I never drank everything in the glass. It fell to the floor before I could," Harry answered. He had his powers back. He leaned back in his chair in thought. He grabbed his goblet and brought it to his lips. He thought about the potion. It was in effect for hours. Just enough time for an attack. Just enough time for an attack. The phrase repeated in his head for a while before he looked down in his cup. It was possible. Harry poured the liquid onto his plate. It was a dark color.
"Don't drink what's in your cup!" he said to the others. The looked at him funny but they didn't drink anymore. Jake, who was drinking at the time, spit what he had in his mouth in the cup. He then took a napkin and tried to get whatever was in the drink off his tongue.
"What's the matter?" Hermione asked.
"The potion we made was actually made to last hours. Where do you think the rest of the potions went?" Harry asked. Hermione looked down at her drink before dumping it on her plate. Harry looked over at Snape. He looked furious. He stood and went to exit before Harry made the doors slam shut.
"How much did everyone drink?" Julia asked. She almost had a full glass. No one drank a lot. They just drank enough to take away a few of their strongest abilities.
"There's an attack tonight," Matt said. "Great." Draco, who was at the Slytherin table, watched what was going on at the Gryffindor table. Hearing Harry's outburst and seeing them pour out their drinks. Draco pushed his off to the side.
"What's going on?" McGonagall asked.
"I think Professor Snape knows," Ron said.
"What are you talking about?" Stacy said standing.
"We were poisoned!" Jake yelled.
"What?!" Sirius yelled. He stood up. "What's going on here?" Harry ran to him and told him. "What?!" he yelled again.
"What is the meaning of all this?" Dumbledore asked.
"Ask him!" Liz said pointing to Snape who was standing by the door.
"He's under a potion to control him to poison us with a potion to take away our powers," Matt yelled. People gasped.
"Everyone go back to your common rooms!" Dumbledore exclaimed. Harry let the doors opened as students stood and headed out. Instead of following them, Draco walked over to them.
"He was acting differently," he said. "I noticed it."
"We're going to be attacked tonight," Harry said.
"Severus, can I talk to you?" Dumbledore asked. Snape walked over to them.
"Certainly," he answered.
"I take it that you can find your way back to your common rooms," McGonagall said to the teenagers. Without arguments, they left.
"What do you think he's asking?" Dean asked.
"I don't know," Harry answered. Sirius, Remus and Stacy stayed behind. "I know he's giving wrong answers though. He has to be."
"Maybe there won't be an attack tonight," Caroline said.
"I really hope not," Julia remarked. They made it to the common room and walked inside. Everyone was in the common room talking loudly. They saw Fred, George and Ginny sitting on one of the couches.
"What's going on?" Fred asked as they approached them.
"Nothing," Harry said trying not to alert too many people. They didn't want to make everyone scared. He sat on one of the couches.
"Maybe he won't," Ashley said quietly. She was sitting next to Harry with her head on his chest.
"Me either," he answered. Jake transfigured something on the table into a radio. It was something to keep everyone's mind off of everything. All of a sudden, music filled the common room. The portrait opened and Sirius, Remus and Stacy walked in.
"Any news?" Mat asked as they approached.
"He said that he made the potion to make everyone aware of the potion. He said that Harry voluntarily tried the potion," Stacy answered.
"That's not true!" Hermione, Ron and Harry exclaimed.
"I know it's not," Stacy said. "Dumbledore doesn't know what to think. He had the drinks inspected and they didn't have the potion in it."
"He made it disappear," Dean said furious. "We could probably all prove it."
"Just get some sleep," Remus said. "Maybe it was your imagination. Maybe the potion really was suppose to last a minute."
Harry decided not to argue. "Maybe you're right," he answered. "Let's just get some sleep." No one moved.
"There's a meeting taking place," Sirius said. "We'll come back later." He, Stacy and Remus left without another word.
"Well, that was helpful," Julia said.
"He lied," Ron said. "The slimy git lied."
"We can't do anything about it," Jake sighed. He got comfortable on a couch. They all just sat there talking, listening to the music and watching the flames in the fire. The common room began to empty out as people went up to bed. Fred, George and Ginny had headed up to bed leaving the others alone. Hermione and Ron headed up a few minutes later.
"This is nice," Caroline said laying on a couch. "But I'm going to fall asleep. I'm going to bed."
"So am I,' Liz said. They went up to bed around midnight with Julia following them.
"Are you sure you're okay?" Jake asked Harry.
"Yea, I'm fine," he answered. "I'm just paranoid."
"Hopefully that's what it is and that you're not right," Matt said. He yawned.
"You should head up to bed," Harry said.
"I'll take the advice," Matt said. He grabbed Jake and Dean's arms and pulled them up. They headed up to bed. A few minutes alter, only Ashley and Harry were left in the common room. Harry became comfortable on the couch. Ashley was lying next to him. She closed her eyes. The portrait opened behind them.
"How was the meeting?" Harry asked with his eyes closed. He was almost asleep.
"You're still awake?" Sirius asked surprised. Stacy and Remus left to go to their rooms after the meeting.
"Yea. I almost fell asleep before you came in," he replied.
"The meeting was okay," Sirius replied sitting on a couch across from his godson. "As boring as usual."
"What did you talk about?" Harry asked shifting slightly. He tried not to wake Ashley.
"Just about whether it was wise to do the potion. The strange thing was that Snape wasn't there," Sirius answered. Harry's eyes snapped open.
"Was he suppose to be there?" he asked.
Sirius shrugged. "I think so. Dumbledore seemed to wonder where he was."
Harry held out his hand and whispered, "Accio map." The Marauder map flew into his hand. He searched it. Snape wasn't on it. "He's not in the school."
"Where do you think he is?" Sirius asked taking the map and looking at it himself.
"Maybe to say how the potion went," Harry said.
"Here he is!" Sirius said pointing to a spot. Snape was out in the far side of the grounds. He was walking very slowly.
"How could I have missed him?" Harry asked.
"Because he just appeared," Sirius answered.
"This day is getting weirder and weirder," Harry said closing his eyes and bringing a hand to his forehead.
"Get some sleep kido," Sirius said as he stood. He ruffled Harry's hair before sitting at one of the tables. Harry became comfortable and fell asleep. A few minutes later, after satisfied that his godson was sleeping, Sirius left to head to his own room. They both missed the bolt of lighting just outside the window.
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How's this chapter? Does it make up for my bad one last time? I hope it wasn't that bad. I was totally blank during this chapter. Plus, I got a really bad headache.
Please review! Send me ideas on what you want to happen during the fight. My mind is blank and if I don't get good ideas, you won't have a chapter next week.