Weasels and Ferrets
"POTIONS!"
My first class of today was potions! Oh this couldn't get any worse. I stared at my schedule as I continued walking. I am good with making potions, but they always explode or something...oh this is going to be embarrassing! I better head there now. But where is potions? This is all to confusing for me. What am I supposed to do? I thought about this while heading in the direction of the great hall. Surely someone has to be there... class doesn't start for another...um, five minutes. I hurried my steps. When I reached the great hall I noticed a black haired man talking to professor McGonagall. I walked over to them.
"Excuse me, sorry to interrupted but, do you know where the potions class is held?"
The dark haired man looked at me before speaking.
"Dungeons." he said with no detail. "Why?"
"Well my first class is potions, It should be my easiest class since I have been able to make potions since I was about seven."
"Well, I very much doubt it would be your easiest class miss Wright,." said McGonagall "But it should be interesting for you." and with that she bid us good day and headed off, leaving me and the dark haired man alone in the corridor.
"Excuse me sir," I said finally breaking the silence. "But who are you?"
"I'm professor Snape." he replied grimly. "I will be your potions teacher."
"Oh, well I am very honored to meet you sir."
"Well why don't you hurry to class, you don't want me to deduct house points now do you?!"
"Yes sir!" and with that I scurried down the long corridors to where the dungeons where. I meet up with Harry down the fourth corridor I had turned, just before the entrance to the dungeons. I was out of breath when I meet up with him.
"Harry...wait up!" I yelled after him, waving furiously to get his attention.
"Hey Nicole," he waved back. "Where have you been?"
"Oh... Dumbledore sent me a letter saying he wanted me to meet him in his office, and then he gave me my class schedule, and then I read it and it said potions, which I had no idea where it was so I headed back to the great hall and ran into McGonagall and Professor Snape, he told me where potions was and told me to go to class... and now here I am."
"Well at least your not late on your first day, huh?" he laughed.
"Yeah, well lets go." I laughed with him as we headed down the corridor to potions. When we got there Harry headed over to a table with Hermione and Ron, but I just stood there and and gazed around the room. It was amazing to a point anyway. When my gazed searched around the room it came across the table with the trio sitting patiently at it. They looked at me. Harry motioned me to a seat between him and Ron. I quickly hurried over to it and sat down. Just in time too. Snape walked in about ten seconds after I took my seat.
"Today you will be learning how to make a binding potion, which allows and sort of power to be disabled, the directions are on the board." he explained. "Any questions?"
Hermione raised her hand.
"Yes, miss Granger?"
"Well, a power binding potion is not that easy to make professor...it takes allot of time and alot of complicated ingredients."
"No it doesn't," I said before she could continue. "The potion is quit simple really, you just need to know how to do it. If your carful, the potion should come out perfectly."
"Thank you, Miss Wright," said Snape when I had finished."Five points to Gryffindor for Miss Wrights brilliance and ability to not repeat the whole section of a chapter."
He looked at Hermione "Right Miss Granger?!"
"Uh... buuu... umm.. I.. umm..." was all she said.
"You will have partners."he said ignoring Hermione's babbling. He assigned everyone a partner." Harry/Blaze, Ron/Goyle, Hermione/Millicent, Nicole/Draco,..." Ugh! Malfoy and me! With out any further ado, I got up and headed over to a seat next to Malfoy. I sat down and didn't complain. Snape looked at me as I walked over to him and gave me a surprised look. He seemed surprised that I didn't complain about the arrangement between Malfoy and I. He actually seemed,...Impressed. It was shocking to Harry, Ron, and Hermione, that Snape gave house points instead of taking them.
"Now," he continued. "You may begin."
"Well I suppose we should get started." I said, getting up.
"And where are you going then?!" he retorted. "We need to look at the list of ingredients and read the directions."
"Well you might, but I already know how too." I said, making my way up to the table Snape set up, with all the ingredients on it. I grabbed the ingredients we needed and brought them back to the table. I poured the right amount of each ingredient into a cup and dumped it carfuly into the cauldron. When I finished it I went up to professor Snape.
"Excuse me sir," I started. "What shall I try the potion on?"
"Are you done already?" He asked.
"Yes sir."
"Why your faster than Miss Granger."
"Well thank you sir, but again what do we try the potion on?"
"A figulisius, a magical plant that has a deadly sting and you must bind its power." he explained.
"Thank you sir," I said.
"They are in the back."
I nodded, and hurried to the back. I grabbed a pair of gloves and picked one out of one of the many large jars. I grabbed it and hurried back to the table. But before Draco could speak, I filled a vile with the potion and sorta tossed it at the figulisius. It immediately turned green and tried to through its stunspore, but couldn't. I did it!
"Very good!" Snape said as his usual sneer turned into a slight grin.
"Thank you sir, I do my best..."Draco began.
"Not you Mr. Malfoy!" he interrupted. "I am talking to Miss Wright,...20 points to Gryffindor!"
"WHAT!" Draco yelled.
"Oh stop your whining Mr. Malfoy! 2 points from Slytherin!"
After Class I was followed by the devil himself.
"YOU no good mudblood WENCH!" Draco yelled.
"EXCUSE ME!"I yelled back at him. "I'LL HAVE YOU KNOW THAT I AM MORE PUREBLOODED THAN YOU!"
"OH REALY!"
"YEAH REALY DO YOU WANT ME TO SPELL IT OUT FOR YOU!"
"NO!" he yelled back. "YOUR A...A... SHOW OFF!
"No I am not!" I retorted. "I am just really into potion making and I happen to be good at it!"
"OH YEAH RIGHT! YOU ARE A STUPID GOOD FOR NOTHING.... WENCH..."
"WILL YOU STOP!" we stopped and turned around. We faced a very angry Snape, but he wasn't looking at me, he was looking at Draco. "YOU my office...NOW!" I watched as Draco walked sulkily after Snape. I didn't look back. I made my way to my next class, which was...I looked at my schedule again,...Herbology. Draco wasn't in my Herbology class, but he was in my Transfiguration and Care of magical Creatures classes. Ugh! During class he gave me dirty looks,...AND he muttered spells that would make me mess up! I was sick of it. I went to lunch and didn't talk much. I just smiled and nodded occasionally.
That Afternoon...
I sat on the couch in the common room.. I didn't do anything else, just sat. It was as if nothing else mattered. I didn't speak, I didn't move,...I didn't even think. I hadn't even eaten dinner, I just sat there, lifeless. Until I heard it,...the portrait door swung open. I didn't look up.
Hermione rushed in. "Oh my god, Nicole!" she cried. "You have to come quick!"
With out further ado, I followed her out out of the common room. I followed Hemione down several corridors, almost running into the walls as we went, until she finally stopped. There the were,...the two boys flaring at each other. Then it happened.
"You and that...wench, beter stay away from my kind Weasel!"
"Don't you ever call her that again Malfoy...stupid Ferret!
"OH? And what are you gunna do about it?...You worthless piece of trash!"
I ran over to them and stepped in front of Ron.
"DON"T YOU EVER SPEAK TO HIM THAT WAY AGAIN!" and that's when it happened...my hand swished forward, making Malfoy fly right into the stone cold wall.
"You BITCH!" He yelled as he got up."Rictusemp..."
"AVI LE DI OGRE BUNEC!"
Malfoy stopped and fell to the ground. He started to make into a shape of a...Ferret! This only lasted for about a few seconds as to the fact that, I made the spell up in a different language. When he returned to his normal form he attaked me. He jumped out and damn right attacked me! He pushed me to the ground and held my sholders forcfully, keeping me from moving.
"How did you do that with out your wand?!" he demanded. "HOW!"
"I'm not sure," I said a bit above a whisper. "I just say, and it... just happens."
He let go of me, first pulling me up a bit then shoving me hard into the ground. I just lay there, silence over came me. Once again, I didn't move, I didn't speak,...I didn't think. I just laid there. I hadn't even noticed the fact that Ron was yelling charms and spells at Draco, as Draco too, did the same. They were turning each other into a weasel and a ferret and such. I couldn't bear it. I finally got up and walked over to Hermione, who was crying endlessly. I watched in horror as Draco turned toward me and muttered something. Suddenly a blast of light came straight at me and the next thing I knew, Ron was on top of me. He had blocked the attack. I carefully pulled myself up against the stone wall. I then turned to the unconscious redhead lying next to me.
"Ron," I nudged him gently as a tear found its way down my cheek. "Ron wake up...please wake up."
He didn't move.
"HERMIONE GET HELP!"
With that, the young brunette ran to the hospital wing, as fast as her legs could carry her.
"I am here Ron, I am here." I whispered, rocking him slowly in my arms. "I am here."
Hermione came back 10 minutes later with madam Polmfrey, McGonagall, and Dumbledore. They carefully levitated him to the hospital wing, where he was treated and taken care of. I suspected Dumbledore didn't bother to ask me any questions, because it didn't seem to be the right time to. I stayed in the hospital wing all night, never letting Ron out of my sight.
"POTIONS!"
My first class of today was potions! Oh this couldn't get any worse. I stared at my schedule as I continued walking. I am good with making potions, but they always explode or something...oh this is going to be embarrassing! I better head there now. But where is potions? This is all to confusing for me. What am I supposed to do? I thought about this while heading in the direction of the great hall. Surely someone has to be there... class doesn't start for another...um, five minutes. I hurried my steps. When I reached the great hall I noticed a black haired man talking to professor McGonagall. I walked over to them.
"Excuse me, sorry to interrupted but, do you know where the potions class is held?"
The dark haired man looked at me before speaking.
"Dungeons." he said with no detail. "Why?"
"Well my first class is potions, It should be my easiest class since I have been able to make potions since I was about seven."
"Well, I very much doubt it would be your easiest class miss Wright,." said McGonagall "But it should be interesting for you." and with that she bid us good day and headed off, leaving me and the dark haired man alone in the corridor.
"Excuse me sir," I said finally breaking the silence. "But who are you?"
"I'm professor Snape." he replied grimly. "I will be your potions teacher."
"Oh, well I am very honored to meet you sir."
"Well why don't you hurry to class, you don't want me to deduct house points now do you?!"
"Yes sir!" and with that I scurried down the long corridors to where the dungeons where. I meet up with Harry down the fourth corridor I had turned, just before the entrance to the dungeons. I was out of breath when I meet up with him.
"Harry...wait up!" I yelled after him, waving furiously to get his attention.
"Hey Nicole," he waved back. "Where have you been?"
"Oh... Dumbledore sent me a letter saying he wanted me to meet him in his office, and then he gave me my class schedule, and then I read it and it said potions, which I had no idea where it was so I headed back to the great hall and ran into McGonagall and Professor Snape, he told me where potions was and told me to go to class... and now here I am."
"Well at least your not late on your first day, huh?" he laughed.
"Yeah, well lets go." I laughed with him as we headed down the corridor to potions. When we got there Harry headed over to a table with Hermione and Ron, but I just stood there and and gazed around the room. It was amazing to a point anyway. When my gazed searched around the room it came across the table with the trio sitting patiently at it. They looked at me. Harry motioned me to a seat between him and Ron. I quickly hurried over to it and sat down. Just in time too. Snape walked in about ten seconds after I took my seat.
"Today you will be learning how to make a binding potion, which allows and sort of power to be disabled, the directions are on the board." he explained. "Any questions?"
Hermione raised her hand.
"Yes, miss Granger?"
"Well, a power binding potion is not that easy to make professor...it takes allot of time and alot of complicated ingredients."
"No it doesn't," I said before she could continue. "The potion is quit simple really, you just need to know how to do it. If your carful, the potion should come out perfectly."
"Thank you, Miss Wright," said Snape when I had finished."Five points to Gryffindor for Miss Wrights brilliance and ability to not repeat the whole section of a chapter."
He looked at Hermione "Right Miss Granger?!"
"Uh... buuu... umm.. I.. umm..." was all she said.
"You will have partners."he said ignoring Hermione's babbling. He assigned everyone a partner." Harry/Blaze, Ron/Goyle, Hermione/Millicent, Nicole/Draco,..." Ugh! Malfoy and me! With out any further ado, I got up and headed over to a seat next to Malfoy. I sat down and didn't complain. Snape looked at me as I walked over to him and gave me a surprised look. He seemed surprised that I didn't complain about the arrangement between Malfoy and I. He actually seemed,...Impressed. It was shocking to Harry, Ron, and Hermione, that Snape gave house points instead of taking them.
"Now," he continued. "You may begin."
"Well I suppose we should get started." I said, getting up.
"And where are you going then?!" he retorted. "We need to look at the list of ingredients and read the directions."
"Well you might, but I already know how too." I said, making my way up to the table Snape set up, with all the ingredients on it. I grabbed the ingredients we needed and brought them back to the table. I poured the right amount of each ingredient into a cup and dumped it carfuly into the cauldron. When I finished it I went up to professor Snape.
"Excuse me sir," I started. "What shall I try the potion on?"
"Are you done already?" He asked.
"Yes sir."
"Why your faster than Miss Granger."
"Well thank you sir, but again what do we try the potion on?"
"A figulisius, a magical plant that has a deadly sting and you must bind its power." he explained.
"Thank you sir," I said.
"They are in the back."
I nodded, and hurried to the back. I grabbed a pair of gloves and picked one out of one of the many large jars. I grabbed it and hurried back to the table. But before Draco could speak, I filled a vile with the potion and sorta tossed it at the figulisius. It immediately turned green and tried to through its stunspore, but couldn't. I did it!
"Very good!" Snape said as his usual sneer turned into a slight grin.
"Thank you sir, I do my best..."Draco began.
"Not you Mr. Malfoy!" he interrupted. "I am talking to Miss Wright,...20 points to Gryffindor!"
"WHAT!" Draco yelled.
"Oh stop your whining Mr. Malfoy! 2 points from Slytherin!"
After Class I was followed by the devil himself.
"YOU no good mudblood WENCH!" Draco yelled.
"EXCUSE ME!"I yelled back at him. "I'LL HAVE YOU KNOW THAT I AM MORE PUREBLOODED THAN YOU!"
"OH REALY!"
"YEAH REALY DO YOU WANT ME TO SPELL IT OUT FOR YOU!"
"NO!" he yelled back. "YOUR A...A... SHOW OFF!
"No I am not!" I retorted. "I am just really into potion making and I happen to be good at it!"
"OH YEAH RIGHT! YOU ARE A STUPID GOOD FOR NOTHING.... WENCH..."
"WILL YOU STOP!" we stopped and turned around. We faced a very angry Snape, but he wasn't looking at me, he was looking at Draco. "YOU my office...NOW!" I watched as Draco walked sulkily after Snape. I didn't look back. I made my way to my next class, which was...I looked at my schedule again,...Herbology. Draco wasn't in my Herbology class, but he was in my Transfiguration and Care of magical Creatures classes. Ugh! During class he gave me dirty looks,...AND he muttered spells that would make me mess up! I was sick of it. I went to lunch and didn't talk much. I just smiled and nodded occasionally.
That Afternoon...
I sat on the couch in the common room.. I didn't do anything else, just sat. It was as if nothing else mattered. I didn't speak, I didn't move,...I didn't even think. I hadn't even eaten dinner, I just sat there, lifeless. Until I heard it,...the portrait door swung open. I didn't look up.
Hermione rushed in. "Oh my god, Nicole!" she cried. "You have to come quick!"
With out further ado, I followed her out out of the common room. I followed Hemione down several corridors, almost running into the walls as we went, until she finally stopped. There the were,...the two boys flaring at each other. Then it happened.
"You and that...wench, beter stay away from my kind Weasel!"
"Don't you ever call her that again Malfoy...stupid Ferret!
"OH? And what are you gunna do about it?...You worthless piece of trash!"
I ran over to them and stepped in front of Ron.
"DON"T YOU EVER SPEAK TO HIM THAT WAY AGAIN!" and that's when it happened...my hand swished forward, making Malfoy fly right into the stone cold wall.
"You BITCH!" He yelled as he got up."Rictusemp..."
"AVI LE DI OGRE BUNEC!"
Malfoy stopped and fell to the ground. He started to make into a shape of a...Ferret! This only lasted for about a few seconds as to the fact that, I made the spell up in a different language. When he returned to his normal form he attaked me. He jumped out and damn right attacked me! He pushed me to the ground and held my sholders forcfully, keeping me from moving.
"How did you do that with out your wand?!" he demanded. "HOW!"
"I'm not sure," I said a bit above a whisper. "I just say, and it... just happens."
He let go of me, first pulling me up a bit then shoving me hard into the ground. I just lay there, silence over came me. Once again, I didn't move, I didn't speak,...I didn't think. I just laid there. I hadn't even noticed the fact that Ron was yelling charms and spells at Draco, as Draco too, did the same. They were turning each other into a weasel and a ferret and such. I couldn't bear it. I finally got up and walked over to Hermione, who was crying endlessly. I watched in horror as Draco turned toward me and muttered something. Suddenly a blast of light came straight at me and the next thing I knew, Ron was on top of me. He had blocked the attack. I carefully pulled myself up against the stone wall. I then turned to the unconscious redhead lying next to me.
"Ron," I nudged him gently as a tear found its way down my cheek. "Ron wake up...please wake up."
He didn't move.
"HERMIONE GET HELP!"
With that, the young brunette ran to the hospital wing, as fast as her legs could carry her.
"I am here Ron, I am here." I whispered, rocking him slowly in my arms. "I am here."
Hermione came back 10 minutes later with madam Polmfrey, McGonagall, and Dumbledore. They carefully levitated him to the hospital wing, where he was treated and taken care of. I suspected Dumbledore didn't bother to ask me any questions, because it didn't seem to be the right time to. I stayed in the hospital wing all night, never letting Ron out of my sight.