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Author's Note: Sorry for such a long update! I've been really busy, and since I have finals in a month, I'm not sure how often I'll be able to update. But I'll try to update as much as I can. Anyway, here's the next chapter. Don't forget to read and review and that I accept flames.
Chapter 20- Christmas Eve
"Where are you two going?" demanded Mrs. Weasley, who had come to Hogwart's a few days ago. Arthur, George, Bill and Charlie wouldn't come until later that evening.
"Mom, we have a meeting with Snape, Dumbledore, and McGonagall about the potion," Fred told her.
"I'll come with you," Molly replied.
"You don't need to do that Mrs. Weasley. We really appreciate it, but there will be a lot going on. Why don't you make sure that everything is in order?" suggested Hermione. Dumbledore had added several rooms to Fred's quarters so that the rest of his family wouldn't have to stay in the Gryffindor tower.
"Alright," Molly sighed.
Fred and Hermione walked to Snape classroom, where Hermione and Snape would added the last part of the potion (a hair from both Hermione and Fred) after Dumbledore explained some things to them.
They walked into the potion's classroom and saw that Dumbledore, McGonagall and Snape were waiting for them.
"Hello Hermione. Hello Fred," Dumbledore said happily. They said hello and smiled at McGonagall, who was glaring at Snape for rolling his eyes at Dumbledore's apparent happiness.
"The potion is almost ready, isn't it Severus?" Dumbledore asked.
"Really Albus? Whatever gave you that idea?" Snape said sarcastically. "But yes, it is almost ready. Hermione and Fred just need to add a hair to the potion. We need to stir the potion and leave it alone until tomorrow, when they will be able to take it."
"On Christmas, Severus?" asked McGonagall.
"Yes, on Christmas. Is there anyone else who is confused about something?" Snape said.
Nobody answered, so Dumbledore jumped in with his own comments.
"This potion is an interesting one. A white light will surround the two people who are taking it if they have a love that is pure," Dumbledore explained.
Snape muttered something about not wanting to know what Dumbledore meant by pure, and Hermione started giggling, since it was only loud enough for her to hear.
"Is something wrong Hermione?" asked McGonagall, who seemed concerned that Hermione started giggling for no apparent reason.
"No Professor McGonagall," Hermione said between giggles. "Sorry Professor Dumbledore."
"It's alright Hermione," Professor Dumbledore said. "The light, whatever color it is, should appear, at most, a minute after the two of you take the potion."
"Can we add the last part of the potion now?" Snape asked impatiently.
"Of course," Dumbledore answered.
Hermione took a hair off of Fred's shirt and put it into the potion before taking one of hers from her brush and adding it to the potion. Snape stirred the potion a few times and said that they had to leave it alone for a day.
"Now Fred, the rest of your family is coming this evening?" inquired McGonagall.
Fred was about to answer when Snape announced that he refused to do the electric slide.
"But we're going to play the song and do the dance," Hermione exclaimed.
"But you can't use that muggle music box," Snape retorted.
"It's called a boom box. And Professor Dumbledore charmed it so that it could work at Hogwarts," Hermione replied happily. "And if you want a potions assistant, then you'll do the dance."
Dumbledore chuckled at the thought of Hermione blackmailing a teacher, while McGonagall looked shocked that her best student would actually blackmail a teacher.
"Good girl. 10 points to Gryffindor for having the courage to blackmail Professor Snape," Fred said.
"Fred!" exclaimed McGonagall. "Don't encourage her."
"It's alright Minerva. I think I might be a bad influence on her sometimes," Snape replied. "Fine, I'll do the dance."
"Thank you."
Hermione played the song so that Fred and Snape could get used to doing the dance to the music, since they were at teacher's meeting when she showed it to Ron, Ginny and Malfoy.
Hermione was now doing the electric slide with her friends. They now considered Malfoy a friend, since the Slytherins had basically shunned him for denouncing Voldemort. Mrs. Weasley was talking to Lupin and Tonks, who were at Hogwarts doing something for Dumbledore. Tonks got bored and started doing the electric slide with everybody else. McGonagall had come across the group and gave Dumbledore a look of disapproval for not only allowing the students (not to mention Percy, Fred, Snape and Tonks) for allowing it, but also doing the electric slide himself. She hurried to her office after waving to everyone when the rest of the Weasley's arrived.
"What's Snape doing?" whispered George, making sure it was loud enough for everyone to hear.
"The electric slide," grinned Fred. "Hermione blackmailed him into doing it."
Everyone looked shocked at this, until Hermione explained that she was the potions' assistant.
"What's the electric slide? It looks really strange," commented Bill.
"It's a muggle dance," Hermione explained.
Mr. Weasley started asking Hermione and Harry about other muggle dances- they promised to show him some of them the next day. Dumbledore announced that it was almost time for dinner, so they walked into the Great Hall, where they were joined by the other teachers and the handful of students that were still at Hogwarts for the holiday. Hermione, Ron, Harry, and Ginny were giggling at how relieved McGonagall looked now that they had stopped dancing. Draco mentioned something about how frustrated she would be when Harry and Hermione started teaching Mr. Weasley some other muggle dances.