Magical Candy

"You actually like Potions?" said a boy surprisingly, while chatting with a few third years from Hufflepuff.

"Yeah Dan, why?" replied the short white hair girl wearing round glasses. Her name was Luna Qwensley.

"Oh, maybe it's because… We have an evil teacher?" said another boy.

"Kevin, Dan, I don't like the teacher, I only like mixing stuff. Now there's nothing wrong with that is there?" Luna said, glaring at the two boys.

"No…But….Ah, heck, never mind."

They were all heading for The Great Hall for breakfast. When they were there, candles were floating underneath the rather, well, stormy ceiling. Students were either eating, talking or doing both at the same time. The third years went to the Hufflepuff table. Kevin was munching on his toast and Dan was staring at his class schedule.

"Luna, is it me, or are you a jinx?" he said.

Luna glared at him.

"No, of course not, why?" she said.

"We've got Potions next."

"Oh, well it's not my fault, now is it?"

"Maybe it is. When ever we talk to you about Potions, we always have Potions first."

"It's probably just a coincidence."

"I just want to remind you that I really hate Snape."

"He's just one of those creepy teachers, big deal."

Kevin was now eating a large stack of pancakes. Dan and Luna were staring at him.

"Kevin you are going to throw up," said Dan.

"Well, detentions make you hungry." said Kevin with a mouth full of pancakes. The other two were surprised he managed to talk.

"Maybe you've should of thought of that when you jinxed Draco," said Luna.

"Isn't he still in the Hospital Win-" said Dan but he was interrupted.

"Don't mention him! He's evil!" said Kevin who nearly choked on his pancakes.

"Well, yeah, but at least it's not like he's You-Know-Who-" again, Dan was interrupted.

"He is like You-Know-Who! He's like a twin or something! I swear they're related!" shouted Kevin.

"Why don't you two just call him Voldemort? It's just a name!" said Luna.

The two boys twitched at the same time.

"Seriously! You two make it sound like-" she said, yet, interrupted.

"HE IS EVIL!!" shouted Kevin.

They heard from a long distance that someone said "One point from Hufflepuff!"

"I hope that was a joke," said Dan

"It's only Crabbe saying that. He still thinks that he can take points like last year - that Ministry of Magic woman was horrible!" said Luna.

"Yeah, well, it's time for Potions." said Kevin.

Several students were going to their classes. The three Hufflepuffs got up and went to their class.

"Darn it," muttered Dan.

"Did you buy sugar quills? They're great for the worst classes," said Kevin.

"Yeah, too bad Snape loves to throw them away," said Dan with a yawn.

"I'd rather be healthy and stay away from those sugary treats. A Healer said that I should stay away from sugar since I get weird reactions from it," said Luna.

"What kind of reactions?" asked Kevin with interest.

"Sometimes I get really sick or I might not even focus on my studies," replied Luna, sadly.

"Well, here we are." moaned Dan, his back suddenly curved. He opened the door to Snape's Dungeon.

"Oh the horror!" moaned Kevin, who suddenly leaned on Dan's shoulder.

"It's only Potions! Come on!" cried Luna and pushed them inside.

Snape was glaring at them from his desk. He actually didn't mind Luna but the other two he didn't like. He was waiting for the other students to come in. A few Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs came in and then it was time for potions.

"Good morning class," said Snape in a cold voice, "Today we will make White Hat Potions, -" Kevin chuckled, " - It may sound weird to most of you, but it's suppose to cure depression, anxiety and

colds," said Snape, "The instructions," they appeared on the board with a wave of his wand, "are on the board. You may begin."

All of the students got up and took some herbs and supplies from the shelves. When they all sat down and worked on the potion. Kevin, however, was eating what looked like Every Flavor Beans, while he was working on the potion.

"Kevin!" whispered Dan.

"Like I said, detentions make me hungry," muttered Kevin.

Luna was totally focused on getting the potion done. She did exactly what was written on the board without making any mistakes. She crushed the Silver Yan Leaves very well, she put them in the potion very properly and she stirred it at the perfect speed and timing.

"Look at her, she's as weird as Luna Lovegood," a Ravenclaw whispered .

"Oh, Tina, stop it!" whispered Luna Lovegood.

Luna (Qwensley) heard the Ravenclaw's whispers and felt a bit angry. She started to stir the potion a bit faster.

"Don't listen to them," whispered Kevin.

"Yeah, what do they know?" whispered Dan.

"I…I guess you're right," said Luna while a potion exploded on another Ravenclaw's face. Kevin chuckled and watched the Ravenclaw being scolded by the Professor.

Luna tried to focus on her potion now. She started to put the crushed Danish Root very slowly. Now she was doing it perfectly again. The potion started to turn blue like it should. Dan caught up with her, however, Kevin seemed careless.

"Kevin, you're going to get into trouble," Dan whispered.

"Relax, - see? Now it's turning green," Kevin whispered.

"It's supposed to turn blue!"

"Oh… darn…."

"Arghhh!"

Kevin's potion exploded and his face was black. Almost everyone roared with laughter. However, Luna didn't seemed to be distracted, she kept on working on her potion. Kevin was known to mess things up anyways - especially here.

After Snape stopped scolding him, Dan said quietly, "See? I told you but you did it anyway! Look, he even took your beans!"

"Well, sorry, you know how I am during October. I just can't wait for vacation, I'm sick of being in class," muttered Kevin.

"You know," Dan whispered to Luna, "Maybe you should jinx his candy or something."

"That's not such a bad idea, but he's the pro of jinxes and spells - I make a lot of mistakes in that field," Luna whispered.

"It would be a great idea-"

"It would be against the rules, Dan!"

"Yeah, but, still. I can't stand him seeing him making a fool of himself."

"It's hard for people to change, Dan."

Kevin started to have white spots all over his face. He couldn't stop scratching them either.

"Oh, this is just perfect!" he said.

"Okay, maybe you don't have to jinx him," said Dan with a grin.

"What?"

"Nothing."

I'll write more but please review, I need encouragement