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Chapter 11: Snore, sizzle, scortch
I woke up in the morning at around six, and decided to start getting ready for classes. Oh how lovely. Just what I needed so early in the morning. Yes, indeed, we were having Potions with the Slytherins. Goody for me.
I took a quick shower and decided to dress inside of my room with everything locked. I just didn't trust the bathroom all too much anymore. I even tried to hurry with my shower. It gets really annoying when you practically live with two men. Oh excuse me...A psycho man, and a psycho boy. My apologies.
I walked over to my dresser and picked out my uniform. I wish we could wear public clothes, but no, we had to wear stupid uniforms. Oh well, atleast I was seeing Ron and Harry today. Perhaps maybe even Ginny. Haven't spoken with her in a while. I really do need to get out more.
As soon as I was finished slipping on my uniform, which fit perfectly around me now, I walked over to my mirror to observe what I looked like at the moment.
My dark hair was falling back into curls, my eyes looked like they had lost a lot of sleep, I was pale, and I looked like I hadn't ate in a while. All the more need for having breakfast, am I right?
I grabbed my bag full of books and headed out the door. I didn't even notice Raven lounging on the couch, until he spoke.
"Ma petite, where are you headed to in such a hurry"his voice sounded amused. I turned to look at him, scowling. "That is none of your business. You better hurry along too, don't want to be late for class. That would make an extremely bad impression on all the little kiddo's"I gave him a slight smirk and stepped out of the portrait hole leaving him to still have that amused look on his face. It was beginning to irk me to no end.
After a while I finally got to the Great Hall doors. I suddenly felt at home again, and couldn't wait to start class. I could feel the old Hermione slipping right through me, and I quickly slapped it backward.
I entered the Great Hall, and my eyes scanned the Gryffindor table. I soon found what I was looking for.
Ron, Harry, and Ginny were all seated next to eachother, but there was an empty seat next to Ron. I wanted to assume it was for me, but knowing them lately, it might not have been for me. But it was. Goody.
They looked up from their plates and all three sets of eyes fell on me, and their hands motioned me forward. Yup, the seat was for me.
I walked over slowly and stared straight ahead, making my turn, and I found myself standing next to them. My eyes peering down. "Hello Ron, Harry, Ginny" I said calmly, with their cheerful grins still plastered onto their faces.
"Hey 'Mione! Here, we saved a seat for you, haven't seen you since the feast. We were all missing you. "Ginny said smiling and I couldn't help but smile back sitting next to Ron. "Thankyou guys. I appreciate it. Sorry I haven't been able to come and visit you three and everyone else in Gryffindor for a while. There were a few..."I trailed off, my smile slipping from my face as I pondered a word. I let my eyes look up at the staff-table, and they fell silently on Raven who had just sat down next to Dumbledore. "...Setbacks"I finished, and Raven turned his eyes slowly to me, with a mocking look among them. Had he heard what I said?
"Oh it's alright Herm's. We get to be in class together all day" Harry gave me a reasurring smile his eyes swimming with a lot of jubilant colour. "I told you not to call me that..."I mumbled, and he just shrugged looking bashful.
Soon, the bell had rung, and we all grabbed our bags to head out of the Great Hall doors, for our first class of the year. Oh how we were definately going to enjoy this.
Harry, Ron, and I, all linked arms and began to walk down the hallway together proceeding towards the dungeons. Might as well stick together as friends if we were going down there, right? Ri-ight.
We entered Snape's classroom and chose three seats next to eachother in the back. The less Snape sees of us, the less we see of him. That is what usually works...
A door slammed in the distance, and in came Snape. His cloak billowing behind him like a cape, his greasy hair flapping against his sticky, oily, and large ears. His overly-greased, and shined boots clicking against the floor. Gotta love him.
"Now, settle down students. Settle down. It is time to begin a new lesson, a new year. Hopefully, some of your attitudes have changed over the summer, and we might actually get something out of all of you. Again, hope isn't something to live apon" his voice drawed throughout the whole classroom. The only ones that didn't get shivers down their spine, were Hermione, Draco, and Harry.
"We are going to be having a little experiment. You will have partners and I will be choosing. But, before I tell you your partners, I must indeed explain what is to be done. Although I am sure most of you will not listen, and will end up with a T anyway. This is your N.E.W.T.s year and I believe that the majority of you, are going to screw it up" he turned on his heel suddenly to stare at us, and the class was deathly quiet. I very much wanted to roll my eyes and say"Get on with it already"
"As I have said, I am going to be splitting you into partners, and you will be receiving seperate parchments for the ingredients of your potion. You will be working together to take care of whatever animal your potion forms for the rest of the year. The instructions are on the parchment, the ingredients, and you will not find out what your animal is until it is done. By the end of the class period, I expect it to be done. If you mess it up, you will get a detention. These ingredients cost me a great deal of money. Do I make myself clear" his voice was tight and his eyes bore into us all. I yawned.
"The partners are as followed...Potter and Parkinson, Weasley and Goyle, Crabbe and Finnegan"the list continued to go on and I rested my head in the palm of my hand and began to stare off into space, when I felt a hand press down on my shoulder. I immediately whipped around to yell at them, when I realised it was only Malfoy. I did of course, still want to yell at him, but not because his hand was on my shoulder.
"Didn't you hear, Granger? Snape just said we were partners. Now get off your lazy arse and let's get to work" he giggled. I kid you not.
I inwardly groaned and got off my seat walking towards Snape, in which he handed me the parchment with the instructions. I could have sworn he gave me a weird look. Can you say, shiver?
I sat back down at a table in the corner with Malfoy. He had the cauldron and I had the parchment and the ingredients. We were all set to start. I believed it would come out well, considering we were both the smartest in our year. I was ahead of course.
"Okay, it reads here: 1 pint of gold, 2 gillyweed, 5 tsp of fairy dust, 2 lodestones, wait 2 minutes" Malfoy read off of the parchment and set it down. "Doesn't look too hard" he muttered and I just shrugged throwing in the pint of gold, in which the cauldron popped slightly.
After a while, we had the potion done, and all that was left, was to wait two minutes. So, that is exactly what we did. I sat back in my chair, and him in his own, and we stared. Then the cauldron began to sizzle and scortch. I heard Malfoy mumble something about"Is it suppose to do that"
Suddenly, a whisp of smoke enveloped around the cauldron sending some sort of object flying slowly upward. The whole class turned to stare in awe at what we had done. Snape was smiling calmly to himself, nodding his head slowly.
The smoke disappeared and I was staring into a bright blue wide-eyed beast. It was a wolf pup, staring at me and Malfoy like we were its parents. Uh-oh.
Snape practically ran over to us, clapping his hands. "Well done...Well done. You both have gotten the wolf, in which he is now a cub. It is your job to nurture him, and name him. Atleast someone didn't screw it up"Snape's eyes flickered to Nevel who had won a detention, for his cauldron exploded.
I stared at the cub in which he pawed at one of my curls in front of my face. It was rather...charming.
"So what you're saying is...That Granger and I have to watch over this thing for the rest of the school year"Malfoy raised an eyebrow at Snape, and I let the wolf-pup roll into my lap. I didn't pet it.
"Yes, that is exactly what I am saying. Oh, it seems that Potter and Parkinson have done it as well. Surprise, surprise"Snape quickly walked over towards Harry and Parkinson, in which they had a small cat. Interesting.
"Looks like we have a long year ahead of us, eh"Malfoy leaned across the table, staring at me, his shirt was un-tucked, and I saw it slip over to reveal a six-pack. Eep. Run, Hermione! Run!
"Indeed...So what are we going to name the little bugger"I tilted my head to the side and Malfoy shrugged. I scowled. Men were never good at picking names.
"Well, it is a boy, so let us name it...Dameon"I suggested and I saw Malfoy think it over, before he finally nodded. "Alright, Dameon it is then"the wolf-pup stared up happily at me. I guess that meant he liked the name. It meant Devil, after all...
Okay, Chapter 11...My friend requested I post up another Chapter. So I didBecause I felt like being nice...So...PLEASE READ AND REVIEW!TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK 333
