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Chapter 22- The Potion and It's Aftermath

It was the end of lunch, and Hermione and Fred looked at each other nervously , knowing they would have to take the potion in a few minutes. They excused themselves from the conversation and walked to Snape's classroom.

"I'm scared Fred," Hermione said. "What if the results don't turn out the way we want?"

"I'm sure they will Hermione," Fred said quietly. Hermione nodded and opened the door so they could go into Snape's classroom.

When Fred and Hermione walked into Snape's classroom, to find that Snape was sitting at his desk reading the book Hermione gave him.

"Dumbledore and McGonagall will be here in a few minutes," Snape said.

They were sitting on one of the desks when Fred asked, "Why does McGonagall have to be here?"

"Because she's deputy headmistress and my head of house," Hermione explained.

McGonagall and Dumbledore arrived a few minutes later. Snape poured the potion into two cups and handed the potion to Hermione and Fred.

"How much should we drink Albus?" asked Fred.

"I believe you have to drink half of the potion in your cup."

They followed Dumbledore's instructions and waited for the potion to work.

"What happens now?" asked McGonagall nervously.

"We wait until a light surround them. It shouldn't take more than a minute Minerva," Snape said impatiently. As Snape finished his explanation, a white light surrounded Hermione and Fred.

Dumbledore looked at one of the papers he was holding and declared that Fred and Hermione were meant to be together. Snape smirked at Hermione, who glared back at him. Fred noticed this and have her 5 points for glaring at Snape.

"Fred, stop encouraging Hermione," McGonagall admonished. "Honestly, you are starting to be such a bad influence on Hermione."

"Why do you think they're meant to be together in the first place, Minerva?" snapped Snape.

Dumbledore, Hermione and Fred, looked at McGonagall, waiting to see what she would say next. Instead, she excused herself from the room, saying she needed to talk to Madam Pomfrey. Dumbledore also left, telling them that he had some thinking and some research to do.

"Well, that was interesting," commented Fred.

"Aren't you worried about George blowing something up?" asked Snape.

"Not with my mother around," answered Fred.

Fred and Hermione left the room after saying goodbye to Snape and went to their room to tell everyone what had happened with the potion.

Fred and Hermione were sitting by the lake a few hours later.

"Here's your present Hermione."

She unwrapped the present and opened the small box.

"It's a promise ring," Fred said. "I didn't want to give it to you until I knew how the potion turned out."

"Thank you so much Fred!" exclaimed Hermione, while throwing her arms around Fred's neck. "But why did you decide to get me a promise ring?"

"Because I promise to always be there for you Hermione. I really love you."

"I love you too Fred."

They were sitting quietly when Fred kissed Hermione. They were interrupted by Harry and Ron, who told them that it was time for dinner. They followed Harry and Ron to the Great Hall, where Mrs. Weasley still seemed to be really happy that Hermione would be her daughter-in-law one day. Everybody around her rolled their eyes, including Draco, who had heard about it because Mrs. Weasley talked about it so muchs.

"Mom, I think you can calm down now," Percy said. "I think you're starting to bore everyone."

She apologized for talking about it so much and started to eat her dinner. They went to the Gryffindor common room, while Draco went to Snape's office to talk to him about something. Harry and Ron played wizard's chess, while Ginny and Hermione helped Fred and George with some ideas for their joke shop. Everyone did go to bed late, but all agreed that it was an interesting Christmas.