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It took Harry a few moments to realise what Ron was talking about. But he was horrified by what he saw. Professor Snape lay sprawled on the floor next to Hermione; they had both obviously been affected by the spell. Harry looked down at his own body, or rather the body of Ron. "Well it's good to know the spell worked for us." Ron smiled sheepishly. Yes he was Harry now but that wouldn't stop Professor Snape from having him expelled. Ron could hear his mother screaming now. "Ronald Weasley you are a disgrace to the Weasley family. Really if I'd expected anyone to get expelled it would be Fred and George." He could also see them grinning in the background. They'd pulled off some stunts in their time but nothing like this. What was he going to do?
Harry on the other hand was not so worried. He was examining his new face in the mirror. Finally, he thought, a chance to be a normal boy. Sure he might get expelled but at least there would be no expectations for him. If he was Ron he could fail in life and no one would ever question him. But as Harry Potter people expected things of him. How was he, just a teenage boy, expected to kill the most evil of all wizards? Life just wasn't fair and pretty soon Ron would find out. Then came the sound he had been dreading but from a voice he had not. "I'll have you expelled for this Potter! I'm going straight to Professor Dumbledore. They'll be no getting out of it this time." But rather than the booming Professor Snape voice, Harry had become so accustomed to; the voice came from what appeared to be Hermione. Harry and Ron couldn't help it, they began to laugh. Snape did not look impressed. But somehow as Hermione, he didn't seem quite so scary.
Hermione began to wake up, she felt slightly woozy. The last thing she remembered was Professor Snape walking in and the spell. God the spell, Snape would have her expelled for this she knew it. But what would she do? Without the power of magic her hair would become even more out of control. She shuddered at the thought. No there had to be some logical way to sort this out. She began to stand and noticed that her legs felt much longer than before. My God, she thought as she looked down at her body, I've turned into Professor Snape.
Harry and Ron stared in amusement at Hermione who must have just realised she was Snape. Snape however was not so amused. "So Miss Granger, what do you have to say for yourself?!" Snape crossed his arms sternly in an attempt to look more ferocious, but this only served to make Harry and Ron laugh more. Hermione looked down at her former self. In this new body she felt far more confident, especially when faced with a teenage girl. Now she began to realise how life must be like for Snape. She had power and she liked it! "Well now Snape." "That's Professor Snape to you." Squeaked Snape. Hermione merely raised her eyebrow at the comment and continued. "I think it would be a rather foolish idea for you to go running to Dumbledore, don't you?" Snape huffed, it seemed a perfectly good idea to him. At last he could have Potter expelled, and he wouldn't have to put up with Dumbledore droning on about the "Boy who lived" In fact Snape could see no problem with running directly to Dumbledore. "May I remind you Miss Granger that I am a Professor and I always know best?" Hermione began to circle around the teenage Snape. She had never realised quite how easy it was to be intimidating. "Oh I think you'll want to keep this little incident to yourself Professor. After all imagine what he rest of the school would say. Professor Snape turned into a teenage girl by a student." At this Snape blushed bright red, he hadn't thought of that.
"And of course if you were to get us expelled I think the Daily Prophet would have to hear all about it" Hermione stopped circling Snape and stared him directly in the eyes. "I suppose you are right Miss Granger. After all the spell will only last for a few hours at most." At this Hermione twitched nervously. "More like two days. I increased the ingredients to get a longer lasting effect." At this Snape could not control his anger. He stamped his foot loudly. "What on earth did you think you were doing?" This little outburst gave Hermione time to think of a plan. "A few days Professor Snape that's all. Think of all the students you could catch cheating on essays." At this comment Ron and Harry looked up horrified. They had been known to cheat on more than one occasion. Hermione signalled to them to keep quite. By now they knew what to do; Hermione was always the one to get them out of situations like this.
Snape seemed to like the last comment. Yes she was right there was so much he could do while in this body. So many people he could catch breaking the rules, so many people he could have expelled. He smiled to himself, perhaps looking like Miss Granger wouldn't be so bad. And besides he thought it would bring them closer together. At that thought he shook his head. Yes Miss Granger might be an excellent student, in fact the best he'd ever taught. And yes he might find her strangely attractive, but she was a student and that was that. "Well Miss Granger I'll agree to this on the condition that you all stick to certain rules." Harry and Ron took a step closer so they could hear what Snape was saying. Hermione nodded for him to go on. "The first rule is that you must NEVER mention this incident to anybody ever again." Ron sighed he had been looking forward to telling Fred and George all about it. It would be one of the best stories ever told by a Weasley, but on the other hand he didn't want to get expelled. "The second rule, and this only applies to you Miss Granger, is that you must never repeat anything you hear in the staff room. Or..." And he hesitated at this point. "Anything you see in my room." Harry sniggered childishly. "Mind in the gutter" Said Ron shaking his head but laughing too. "Ah but Ronald I, unlike you, am looking up at the stars." Both boys fell on the floor with laughter. Both Hermione and Snape rolled their eyes, and then looked at each other. Their gazes fixed for a few seconds before they both looked away embarrassed. Hermione stood looking at the floor, had it just been her, or had there been a spark between her and Snape. She shook her head how she could be so stupid she didn't know. He was a teacher, yes a wonderful mysterious teacher of potions, but still a teacher and one, that for the sake of her friendships she was destined to hate. No this feeling was a mere after affect of the spell. All these silly emotions would clear up in no time. Wouldn't they?
Harry decided it was about time the four of them got back to their rooms. After all it wouldn't be long until lessons started. As they all rounded up Hermione realised she needed the toilet. "Hang on minute guys I just need to go to the loo" Harry and Ron sniggered. God, thought Hermione, how childish, like they never need to go to the toilet. It wasn't until she got inside the cubical that she realised what they were sniggering about. Being Snape would be much harder than Hermione had original thought.
It took Harry a few moments to realise what Ron was talking about. But he was horrified by what he saw. Professor Snape lay sprawled on the floor next to Hermione; they had both obviously been affected by the spell. Harry looked down at his own body, or rather the body of Ron. "Well it's good to know the spell worked for us." Ron smiled sheepishly. Yes he was Harry now but that wouldn't stop Professor Snape from having him expelled. Ron could hear his mother screaming now. "Ronald Weasley you are a disgrace to the Weasley family. Really if I'd expected anyone to get expelled it would be Fred and George." He could also see them grinning in the background. They'd pulled off some stunts in their time but nothing like this. What was he going to do?
Harry on the other hand was not so worried. He was examining his new face in the mirror. Finally, he thought, a chance to be a normal boy. Sure he might get expelled but at least there would be no expectations for him. If he was Ron he could fail in life and no one would ever question him. But as Harry Potter people expected things of him. How was he, just a teenage boy, expected to kill the most evil of all wizards? Life just wasn't fair and pretty soon Ron would find out. Then came the sound he had been dreading but from a voice he had not. "I'll have you expelled for this Potter! I'm going straight to Professor Dumbledore. They'll be no getting out of it this time." But rather than the booming Professor Snape voice, Harry had become so accustomed to; the voice came from what appeared to be Hermione. Harry and Ron couldn't help it, they began to laugh. Snape did not look impressed. But somehow as Hermione, he didn't seem quite so scary.
Hermione began to wake up, she felt slightly woozy. The last thing she remembered was Professor Snape walking in and the spell. God the spell, Snape would have her expelled for this she knew it. But what would she do? Without the power of magic her hair would become even more out of control. She shuddered at the thought. No there had to be some logical way to sort this out. She began to stand and noticed that her legs felt much longer than before. My God, she thought as she looked down at her body, I've turned into Professor Snape.
Harry and Ron stared in amusement at Hermione who must have just realised she was Snape. Snape however was not so amused. "So Miss Granger, what do you have to say for yourself?!" Snape crossed his arms sternly in an attempt to look more ferocious, but this only served to make Harry and Ron laugh more. Hermione looked down at her former self. In this new body she felt far more confident, especially when faced with a teenage girl. Now she began to realise how life must be like for Snape. She had power and she liked it! "Well now Snape." "That's Professor Snape to you." Squeaked Snape. Hermione merely raised her eyebrow at the comment and continued. "I think it would be a rather foolish idea for you to go running to Dumbledore, don't you?" Snape huffed, it seemed a perfectly good idea to him. At last he could have Potter expelled, and he wouldn't have to put up with Dumbledore droning on about the "Boy who lived" In fact Snape could see no problem with running directly to Dumbledore. "May I remind you Miss Granger that I am a Professor and I always know best?" Hermione began to circle around the teenage Snape. She had never realised quite how easy it was to be intimidating. "Oh I think you'll want to keep this little incident to yourself Professor. After all imagine what he rest of the school would say. Professor Snape turned into a teenage girl by a student." At this Snape blushed bright red, he hadn't thought of that.
"And of course if you were to get us expelled I think the Daily Prophet would have to hear all about it" Hermione stopped circling Snape and stared him directly in the eyes. "I suppose you are right Miss Granger. After all the spell will only last for a few hours at most." At this Hermione twitched nervously. "More like two days. I increased the ingredients to get a longer lasting effect." At this Snape could not control his anger. He stamped his foot loudly. "What on earth did you think you were doing?" This little outburst gave Hermione time to think of a plan. "A few days Professor Snape that's all. Think of all the students you could catch cheating on essays." At this comment Ron and Harry looked up horrified. They had been known to cheat on more than one occasion. Hermione signalled to them to keep quite. By now they knew what to do; Hermione was always the one to get them out of situations like this.
Snape seemed to like the last comment. Yes she was right there was so much he could do while in this body. So many people he could catch breaking the rules, so many people he could have expelled. He smiled to himself, perhaps looking like Miss Granger wouldn't be so bad. And besides he thought it would bring them closer together. At that thought he shook his head. Yes Miss Granger might be an excellent student, in fact the best he'd ever taught. And yes he might find her strangely attractive, but she was a student and that was that. "Well Miss Granger I'll agree to this on the condition that you all stick to certain rules." Harry and Ron took a step closer so they could hear what Snape was saying. Hermione nodded for him to go on. "The first rule is that you must NEVER mention this incident to anybody ever again." Ron sighed he had been looking forward to telling Fred and George all about it. It would be one of the best stories ever told by a Weasley, but on the other hand he didn't want to get expelled. "The second rule, and this only applies to you Miss Granger, is that you must never repeat anything you hear in the staff room. Or..." And he hesitated at this point. "Anything you see in my room." Harry sniggered childishly. "Mind in the gutter" Said Ron shaking his head but laughing too. "Ah but Ronald I, unlike you, am looking up at the stars." Both boys fell on the floor with laughter. Both Hermione and Snape rolled their eyes, and then looked at each other. Their gazes fixed for a few seconds before they both looked away embarrassed. Hermione stood looking at the floor, had it just been her, or had there been a spark between her and Snape. She shook her head how she could be so stupid she didn't know. He was a teacher, yes a wonderful mysterious teacher of potions, but still a teacher and one, that for the sake of her friendships she was destined to hate. No this feeling was a mere after affect of the spell. All these silly emotions would clear up in no time. Wouldn't they?
Harry decided it was about time the four of them got back to their rooms. After all it wouldn't be long until lessons started. As they all rounded up Hermione realised she needed the toilet. "Hang on minute guys I just need to go to the loo" Harry and Ron sniggered. God, thought Hermione, how childish, like they never need to go to the toilet. It wasn't until she got inside the cubical that she realised what they were sniggering about. Being Snape would be much harder than Hermione had original thought.
