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Chapter 2: The Challenge

The black smoke around Snape and Hermione and Draco drafted away, and Harry and Ron's eyes became big as saucers. Snape was slowly becoming smaller and smaller.

"HOW DARE YOU DO THIS TO ME!" he screamed hystericly, but his voice was becoming high and squeaky like a smurf's. Now he was only 12 1/2 inches tall!

Hermione was choked. She had meant to take her revenge on Draco because he'd called her a Mudblood and shot mud in her hair by slipping a secret ingredient into their potion to make Draco all tiny so that she could stomp him she hadn't thought for a second that Snape was going to become as big as a Barbie Doll! Maybe it wasn't such a good idea to have added the ingrediant just when Snape had gone past them.

"WHO IS RESPONSABLE FOR THIS!" yelled Snape in his squeaky little smurf voice. He was stamping and waving his tiny little wand angrily.

"Er..." said Hermione, part of her wanting to admit that it was her fault and another part of her not wanting to be expelled from Hogwarts.

"Its NOT ME!" yelled Draco.

"SHUT UP THE TWO OF YOU RIGHT NOW!" screamed Snape. "We will go to Dumbledore and then you'll both be expelled!"

Hermione went very white in the face and Draco looked like he was going to barf. Snape stood there, looking furious, although he was so tiny that it looked kinda funny. The students would have been lauhging if Snape hadn't threatened poor Hermione. She was shaking with fear to the very deepest pool of her sole. What had she done...?!?

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Dumbeldore looked at tiny Snape from his moon-shaped glasses with a funny little smile on his lips. Hermione was trembling and Draco was clenching his fist so hard on the chair that the wood was creaking. Snape walked up and down on Dumbledore's desk ranting and raving and screaming and shouting about how Hermione and Draco should be expelled.

"Now now, Severus, I'm sure they didnt do it on purpose," said Dumbledore. "Did you?"

"No professer," Said Hermione. "It was an innocent accident." she tried to look cute and smiled innocently.

"I didnt do anything sir I swear!" said Draco, looking angry and frightened at the same time.

"Well, let's conclude that it was an unfortunite accident, then," said Dumbledore. "This is what well do: Draco and Hermione will work together on a spell to return Profesor Snape to his normal size. If they manage within a week, they wont get punished and if they dont, theyll get detention. It'll be a good way for Slytherin and Gryffindor to learn to work together."

Hermione breathed with releif. Draco looked a bit less nervous. Snape kicked a pen-holder on Dumbeldores desk and it fell on the floor with a clatter.

"What about me?! I can't possibly spend a hole weak like this! I have classes to give and potions to make!"

"Ah yes. I'll give you an assistant for that, Severus, while your waiting." He stood up and opened the window of his office, which was strange, because it was on one of the highest towers of Hogwarts castle. Dumbledore made a strange chiruping sound like a bird, and then turned back to Snape, Hermione and Draco, smiling.

"You'll see, Severus, I'm sure that you're going to love Diamond."

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A/N: Thank you thank you thank you for the reviews! I'm so happy you found it interesting. See, FrostQueen4Eva, I stuck to the "" this time! And THX soooooooooo much, lilith witch!!! I tried 2 stick to ur advise, but the comptuer Im writing on doesnt have a spellchecker. Lame, meh.