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Chapter 5- The Secret Screwer

"I don't know what Ms.Granger has been hiding from you all these years…but this potion sure does. I'm sorry to say that I am incapable of decoding this one…you have a very confusing classmate…"

"C'mon Professor, you always know everything…tell us what it says" some unknown Slytherin says.

Hermione looks at Draco, scared that whatever is on that paper will ruin her life forever, but thankful that Snape has no clue what it means…and semi-thankful that she doesn't either…but then again…

"Hey…" she begins with difficulty in a low inaudible whisper. "Do you know what's on that thing? If it something bad…you have to tell me…I deserve to know…"

"You'll know soon enough"

"Will everyone shut up?!!! And close your eyes I don't want to see you look at me. Now just keep your eyes shut and listen to me and don't talk. I thought maybe Ms.Granger would be the simple type so that I could show you an example before I bored you with information about this potion, but seeing as how I will have to do some incredible studying to decode this, you'll just have to sit through my lesson first. We will try again with this later. For now let me just tell you about this potion."

Everyone is thinking how stupid it is that Snape is making them keep their eyes closed, but Hermione is sort of glad because now she doesn't have to watch all the eyes glare at her body because shes making them sit through this and not find out whats on that paper…

"This potion that I hold in my hand is called…well I won't tell you yet. It's the most secret potion that I am allowed to share with you…the only other information you will find out on it is in the Restricted section of the library…so if you don't pay attention now I will assure you that you will never find out. I will not give Library Passes for your stupidity!!! Now, back to business. This potion will force the holder to reveal all its secrets. Now of course ALL of the holders secrets would not fit onto the potion in English, so there have been a series of codes that they are translated from. Only secrets in which have not been shared with anyone will be revealed, sometimes even secrets that the holder itself hasn't processed yet. You see if anyone knows about a secret, it doesn't really classify as a secret in the magic world. Maybe in the muggle world if you tell very few people you still consider it a secret, but not here! It is only truly a secret if NOBODY knows about it. Therefore, a common name for this potion is the Secret Screwer or the Mystery Murderer. Yeah yeah laugh all you want but you won't be laughing when the class is 'Screwing' your secrets or 'Murdering' your Mysteries!"

"Many of you may be a bit squeamish about letting everyone in on your 'secrets'. Well too bad, you are required to know this potion and you will be tested on it in your exams…which does make the exams a bit more interesting seeing as how you get to translate someone else's secrets. Luckily we can do this early in the school year so that by the time exams come you all have fresh new secrets to be revealed!"

"There are some things you have to watch with this potion. You never know what you're going to get. Sometimes even the holder (the person whose secrets are being revealed) doesn't even know what his/her secrets are yet. Sometimes they are just blooming in the unconscious mind when you are tested and you haven't even gotten a chance to realize the fact that it's a secret before its put out into the open. Another thing you might need to know about this potion is that you are only given one week to decode the secrets revealed. The ink on the paper will start fading after most of your time is used up, and at the end of a week it will be gone and you can use the potion again. If you do decode it in time, it will only be shared with people of a certain choosing of the potion. The way the potion works is once someone, anyone, has decoded it, it chooses who finds out. Like say I knew, I wouldn't be able to tell you…for all you know I could have already tried. It's all to do with how the potion is made…each of the potions has a life of its own, and they choose what and who they want to reveal. But when you (well none of you, but in general) come to be as skilled at chemistry as I am, you can actually shape the potion to tell only a certain group of people."

"Everyone open your eyes"

The class opened their eyes, and all looked utterly confused. All except for Hermione, Draco a few scattered others, and miraculously, one of those others was Neville.

"I am assigning an essay on this potion. I will not yet tell you the formal name of this potion, but to the one who guesses correctly at the end of their essay, you will be awarded 25 house points and will be exempt from any other essay of your choosing. You must include everything you can remember from our lesson today, and your opinions/hypotheses on uses, reasons, and what would mess it up. Anything else you can add will be lovely and if I think that it should be obvious then I will take off from others for not having it. If I find two similar essays you will have hell to pay…"

The bell rang and everyone ran from the classroom, heading for the Great Hall for lunch.

When Hermione got there, she headed for the Slytherin table, thinking ahead this time, but, looking around, she saw no sign of Draco…

A/N-I know another short chapter but at least I finally got sumthin up there…I bet by tomorrow I wont even remember half of the stuff I had Snape teaching but woopedy-yay. I promise I'll try harder to update but I can't guarantee because of my butt-headed student teacher and all the other ones who think that they're the only ones that give homework so they each give enough to occupy my day. YAY! So tell me what you think…is the story dead?? Should I start thinking about another story? I do love reviewers…you knew that right? ;-)!!!