I Cannot Tell A Lie
~* Hey, this is going to be pretty short (the fic), because it's only part of a year, not the whole year. Hope you guys like it, don't forget to check out my other fics (Even When There's No Way, There's Always A Will , I've Been Living A Lie , Under False Circumstances & Bring Me To Life) *~
Chapter 1 ~ An Unexpected Plan From Hermione
Harry and Ron were in their 6th year at Hogwarts school for witchcraft and wizardry. They were in Potions, their least favourite subject, with their least favourrite teacher, Professor Snape. He was going on about truth potions, one inparticular. Veritaserum. Harry had heard of this before, in his fourth year at Hogwarts. Dumbledore had used it on Barty Crouch's son to get him to tell everything he knew.
'Veritaserum is one of the most dangerous truth potions.' Snape droned on. 'When given even one drop of the potion, it will have the victim telling the truth for approximately three hours.'
'Wow.' Ron whispered to Harry, who nodded.
'Mr Weasley,'Snape barked, 'Is there something you would like to share with the entire class?' Snape was over Ron like a vulture. Malfoy snickered. Hermione cast Malfoy a dirty look, and he responded with an extremely rude gesture. 'Twenty points from Gryffindor.' Snape bellowed, 'And one weeks detention Mr Weasley, for disrupting my class.' Malfoy and the other Slytherin's burst into a fit of laughter. Snape contined.
'To those of you who think this to be, BELOW your standard as to pay attention, I would strongly advise you to take down notes, I forewarn you, this may just POP up on the examination.' Snape said the word "pop" with such a loud voice that Neville jumped about an inch.
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Hermione, Harry and Ron were sitting in their favourite arm chairs by the fire. Ron and Harry were engrosed in a game of wizard chess, while Hermione was reading up on Veritaserum, in her potions book. Quite suddenly, she snapped her book shut, causing Ron's Queen to be distracted from disembowling Harry's Knight.
'What?' Ron asked.
'I've just had a brilliant idea!' Hermione said with a glint of evilness in her eye.
'Oh no.' Ron said to Harry, who slightly nodded in agreement. Every time Hermione got an idea, they would be breaking about a million school rules.
'Ronald Weasley, I heard that. Now you either want to hear my idea or you don't?' Hermione scoffed.
'Go on your majesty.' Ron said, in a voice dripping with sarcasm.
'Well, I've been reading up on Veritaserum, yes Ron, that's what Snape was talking about in potions,' Hermione added seeing Ron's confused face, 'Anyway, I read how to make it, and I guess we could get all the ingredients, maybe even from Snape's private cupboard, except for one thing. . .' Hermione let them bask in her information before telling the dimwitted boys the last ingredient. But Harry got there first.
'Phoenix Egg Yolk.' He said. Hermione looked at him surprisingly. 'Near impossible to get your hands on.'
'Harry! I didn't know you knew about Veritaserum!' Hermione said.
'Yeah, I know a bit about it, Dumbledore used it on the Moody imposter in fourth year.'
'Oh, so that's how he found out everything.' Ron mused, trying to get Harry to move his pawn.
'Well anyway,' Hermione continued, 'I was thinking, if we could make it, we could play a nasty little trick on dear old Draco.' She said with a smirk.
'Hermione! I'm surprised at you! Surprised that you could come up with something like that, I like it.' Ron said.
'Hermione, why don't we just break into Snape's office and BORROW some of his Veritaserum?' Harry wondered.
'Oooo, that's nasty, I like that better.' Hermione grinned.
'I think she's had one too many Canary Creams, and her brains have turned Chicken.' Ron said, deciding to move for Harry.
'Well, it's late, I'm going to head off to bed,' Hermione said. 'We'll get the potion tomorrow night.'
'Why not tonight?' Harry asked. 'I can't wait to get some juicy information about Malfoy.
'Well,' Hermione said slowly, 'I suppose we could go tonight, Ron, you coming?' She turned her gaze to Ron who was studying the chess board. 'RON!'
'Huh? What?' Ron looked around the common room. 'Oh, yeah, of corse I'm with you.' Harry ran upstairs to grab his Invisibility Cloak and Marauders Map. A few minutes later, Ron felt a jab in his side.
'Owch!' He yelled out.
'Huh?' Hermione asked, looking at him strangely. Harry's head appeared behind Ron, laughing hysterically.
'Oh you think that's funny do you Harry?' Ron said in a half joke-half serious voice, and wrestled Harry. Hermione watched in vain, so involved in what they were about to do to worry about separating the boys. But then, boys will be boys, she thought.
The three of them dashed out of the common room, not bothering to worry about the fat lady in the pink dress. They walked, slowly and silently, to avoid sightings by Filch or Mrs Noris (A/N Filch and Mrs Norris get their first mention in my FanFic Collection! Celebrate!).
'Crap.' Harry suddenly hissed.
'What?' Ron said, accidentally stepping on Hermione's foot. She whimpered in pain.
'I must have dropped the Marauders Map.' Harry moaned. The three shuffled around in a 180 degree semi circle, as to avoid none of them slipping out of the invisibility cloak. This was a painfull process and took no less than 10 minutes. Soon enough, they were on their was back down the way they had came.
Thankfully enough, they found the Marauder's Map only around the next bend. After another 10 minutes of painfull, almost pointless shuffling, the three friends were on their way to Snape's Dungeon again.
When they got there however, they were greeted by Peeves, who they saw was bouncing around the dungeon trying to mess as much up as possible. Hermione had to put a hand over Ron's mouth to keep him from shouting out in alarm. She gave him a "Hermione Look", and he didn't say anything.
'OOOH what a state Old Grouch Snape will be in when he finds his precious Dungeon in this mess!' Peeves sung gleefully, and swooshed past Ron, Harry and Hermione, in attempt to escape before Snape actually DID come and find him. He could be heard whistling to the tune from American Pie, the movie.
Hermione gathered up some courage, and stepped ever so slowly down the stairs leading to the dungeon. Harry and Ron closely followed, or else they would be visible, and that just wouldn't do.
Peeves sure had done a good job in messing up Snape's dungeon. There were smashed potion vile's everywhere, with assorted potions swimming around on the floor. Various cauldrons were scattered and knocked over. Snape's desk had been flipped and his paperwork and potion recipe's were all over the place, being soaked up in brewed potions.
'Uh-oh.' Hermione said. 'If we're found here, or even if our prints are found here -'
'We can say that we're always in here for potions, and our prints could have come in at any time.' Ron stated. 'Now are we gonna do this or what?'
'Sure.' Harry said, and took the first step through the Dungeon and into Snape's office.
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~* Who wants to know what happens next? Hope you're liking it so far, please review and tell me if ya like it. I know, I know, I'm too hopefull. . . ::puppy dog eyes::. . . oh come on, everyone loves the puppy dog eyes! Please Review! *~
~Gryffindor Gal~
~* Hey, this is going to be pretty short (the fic), because it's only part of a year, not the whole year. Hope you guys like it, don't forget to check out my other fics (Even When There's No Way, There's Always A Will , I've Been Living A Lie , Under False Circumstances & Bring Me To Life) *~
Chapter 1 ~ An Unexpected Plan From Hermione
Harry and Ron were in their 6th year at Hogwarts school for witchcraft and wizardry. They were in Potions, their least favourite subject, with their least favourrite teacher, Professor Snape. He was going on about truth potions, one inparticular. Veritaserum. Harry had heard of this before, in his fourth year at Hogwarts. Dumbledore had used it on Barty Crouch's son to get him to tell everything he knew.
'Veritaserum is one of the most dangerous truth potions.' Snape droned on. 'When given even one drop of the potion, it will have the victim telling the truth for approximately three hours.'
'Wow.' Ron whispered to Harry, who nodded.
'Mr Weasley,'Snape barked, 'Is there something you would like to share with the entire class?' Snape was over Ron like a vulture. Malfoy snickered. Hermione cast Malfoy a dirty look, and he responded with an extremely rude gesture. 'Twenty points from Gryffindor.' Snape bellowed, 'And one weeks detention Mr Weasley, for disrupting my class.' Malfoy and the other Slytherin's burst into a fit of laughter. Snape contined.
'To those of you who think this to be, BELOW your standard as to pay attention, I would strongly advise you to take down notes, I forewarn you, this may just POP up on the examination.' Snape said the word "pop" with such a loud voice that Neville jumped about an inch.
~***~
Hermione, Harry and Ron were sitting in their favourite arm chairs by the fire. Ron and Harry were engrosed in a game of wizard chess, while Hermione was reading up on Veritaserum, in her potions book. Quite suddenly, she snapped her book shut, causing Ron's Queen to be distracted from disembowling Harry's Knight.
'What?' Ron asked.
'I've just had a brilliant idea!' Hermione said with a glint of evilness in her eye.
'Oh no.' Ron said to Harry, who slightly nodded in agreement. Every time Hermione got an idea, they would be breaking about a million school rules.
'Ronald Weasley, I heard that. Now you either want to hear my idea or you don't?' Hermione scoffed.
'Go on your majesty.' Ron said, in a voice dripping with sarcasm.
'Well, I've been reading up on Veritaserum, yes Ron, that's what Snape was talking about in potions,' Hermione added seeing Ron's confused face, 'Anyway, I read how to make it, and I guess we could get all the ingredients, maybe even from Snape's private cupboard, except for one thing. . .' Hermione let them bask in her information before telling the dimwitted boys the last ingredient. But Harry got there first.
'Phoenix Egg Yolk.' He said. Hermione looked at him surprisingly. 'Near impossible to get your hands on.'
'Harry! I didn't know you knew about Veritaserum!' Hermione said.
'Yeah, I know a bit about it, Dumbledore used it on the Moody imposter in fourth year.'
'Oh, so that's how he found out everything.' Ron mused, trying to get Harry to move his pawn.
'Well anyway,' Hermione continued, 'I was thinking, if we could make it, we could play a nasty little trick on dear old Draco.' She said with a smirk.
'Hermione! I'm surprised at you! Surprised that you could come up with something like that, I like it.' Ron said.
'Hermione, why don't we just break into Snape's office and BORROW some of his Veritaserum?' Harry wondered.
'Oooo, that's nasty, I like that better.' Hermione grinned.
'I think she's had one too many Canary Creams, and her brains have turned Chicken.' Ron said, deciding to move for Harry.
'Well, it's late, I'm going to head off to bed,' Hermione said. 'We'll get the potion tomorrow night.'
'Why not tonight?' Harry asked. 'I can't wait to get some juicy information about Malfoy.
'Well,' Hermione said slowly, 'I suppose we could go tonight, Ron, you coming?' She turned her gaze to Ron who was studying the chess board. 'RON!'
'Huh? What?' Ron looked around the common room. 'Oh, yeah, of corse I'm with you.' Harry ran upstairs to grab his Invisibility Cloak and Marauders Map. A few minutes later, Ron felt a jab in his side.
'Owch!' He yelled out.
'Huh?' Hermione asked, looking at him strangely. Harry's head appeared behind Ron, laughing hysterically.
'Oh you think that's funny do you Harry?' Ron said in a half joke-half serious voice, and wrestled Harry. Hermione watched in vain, so involved in what they were about to do to worry about separating the boys. But then, boys will be boys, she thought.
The three of them dashed out of the common room, not bothering to worry about the fat lady in the pink dress. They walked, slowly and silently, to avoid sightings by Filch or Mrs Noris (A/N Filch and Mrs Norris get their first mention in my FanFic Collection! Celebrate!).
'Crap.' Harry suddenly hissed.
'What?' Ron said, accidentally stepping on Hermione's foot. She whimpered in pain.
'I must have dropped the Marauders Map.' Harry moaned. The three shuffled around in a 180 degree semi circle, as to avoid none of them slipping out of the invisibility cloak. This was a painfull process and took no less than 10 minutes. Soon enough, they were on their was back down the way they had came.
Thankfully enough, they found the Marauder's Map only around the next bend. After another 10 minutes of painfull, almost pointless shuffling, the three friends were on their way to Snape's Dungeon again.
When they got there however, they were greeted by Peeves, who they saw was bouncing around the dungeon trying to mess as much up as possible. Hermione had to put a hand over Ron's mouth to keep him from shouting out in alarm. She gave him a "Hermione Look", and he didn't say anything.
'OOOH what a state Old Grouch Snape will be in when he finds his precious Dungeon in this mess!' Peeves sung gleefully, and swooshed past Ron, Harry and Hermione, in attempt to escape before Snape actually DID come and find him. He could be heard whistling to the tune from American Pie, the movie.
Hermione gathered up some courage, and stepped ever so slowly down the stairs leading to the dungeon. Harry and Ron closely followed, or else they would be visible, and that just wouldn't do.
Peeves sure had done a good job in messing up Snape's dungeon. There were smashed potion vile's everywhere, with assorted potions swimming around on the floor. Various cauldrons were scattered and knocked over. Snape's desk had been flipped and his paperwork and potion recipe's were all over the place, being soaked up in brewed potions.
'Uh-oh.' Hermione said. 'If we're found here, or even if our prints are found here -'
'We can say that we're always in here for potions, and our prints could have come in at any time.' Ron stated. 'Now are we gonna do this or what?'
'Sure.' Harry said, and took the first step through the Dungeon and into Snape's office.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
~* Who wants to know what happens next? Hope you're liking it so far, please review and tell me if ya like it. I know, I know, I'm too hopefull. . . ::puppy dog eyes::. . . oh come on, everyone loves the puppy dog eyes! Please Review! *~
~Gryffindor Gal~
