Harry's Twin Chapter: Snape the Snake
"What?" Lei asked Ron. "Why are you looking at me like that?" She, Harry, Hermione and the aforementioned redhead were all making their way to the dungeons after breakfast. Ron and Harry kept shooting Lei these weird looks, though Lei didn't notice Harry as much as she did Ron; after all, Ron seemed to basically hate her.
Ron shrugged and said, "I just feel kind of sorry for you."
Lei raised an eyebrow. "But why? Why do you feel sorry for me? I loathe being pitied."
"It's just that---Well, Professor Snape doesn't like any of the Gryffindors," Hermione said. "And he definitely---well, he pretty much hates Harry because of his---your---dad. So the chances of him liking you aren't in your favour, I'm afraid."
"Dad? What did he do?"
"Snape is convinced that our dad tried to kill him back when they were in school," Harry told his twin. "It's a bit confusing, but that's not what's important here. What's important is that you shouldn't be looking forward to your first class here anymore, not now that it's with Snape."
"He can't be that bad, can he?" Lei inquired nervously. "I mean, surely he isn't that mean? Right?"
"He isn't that terrible," Hermione said quietly.
"Hermione!" both Ron and Harry protested loudly. Harry continued, "He is that terrible, Lei, trust me on this one. Try not to make eye contact with him, and never speak to him unless---"
The bell rang then, but not the way it usually did. It clanged for about two seconds, and then there was silence. Confused, everyone looked up at the bell and---upon seeing it frozen---all the Gryffindors looked at Lei, who quickly mumbled an apology.
All the students hurried into the classroom and took their seats. A man with greasy black hair and a long, crooked nose came into the room, slamming the door behind him so that several students jumped, causing the whole room to fall silent.
"Today we will be making the Colour Changing potion," Snape said, taking out his wand and waving it at the blackboard. Spiky scrawl appeared on the board, instructing the students on what to do to make the potion. "Get to work."
Lei raised her hand. "Um, Professor, I---"
"I don't believe I called on you, Miss...I'm sorry, help me out here," said Snape irritably.
"Lei. My name is Lei Potter, and I---"
"Another Potter?" asked Snape incredulously.
"Yes, I'm Harry's---"
"I didn't call on you Potter," Snape interrupted loudly. "Now get to work on your potion!"
"But, Professor, I don't know much about potions---"Lei began.
"Then you have more in common with your brother than you thought." Harry was about to protest to this statement, but Hermione grabbed his robe and pulled him back into his seat. "Now get to work!"
Lei decided against speaking up about how little she knew about potions, and looked around as her peers started pulling out different ingredients. Not really knowing what she was doing, Lei started grabbing her own variety of potions and putting them in her cauldron, and before she knew it, it was nearly the end of class, and Snape began calling people up to test their potions.
When it was Lei's turn, she started to get really nervous. Her hands began to sweat, and she nearly dropped her vile with her potion in it. Someone snickered, and Lei wanted to scream at him or her, but instead she walked up to the front of the classroom.
"Now, Miss Potter, let's see what you managed to make," Snape said nastily. Lei took a deep breath, trying to calm her red-hot temper. She took a few more calming breaths, making sure she took her time. "Drink the potion, Potter!"
The glass vile slipped from Lei's fingertips, and she dived to catch it before it hit the floor, but she was too late. A large cloud of dark green smoke erupted from the broken glass, and Lei scrambled to her feet quickly.
"Potter, what did you---?" Snape started to roar. There was a loud pop as soon as the potion's master inhaled some of the dark smoke, and several people gasped. When the smoke died away, Snape was gone, and in his place was a particularly fat garter snake.
Lei laughed nervously. "Oops," she said guiltily, bending down and scooping the snake into her arms before setting it on Snape's desk. "Sorry about that, Professor."
"You'll be in detention for the rest of your God given life for this, Potter!" screamed the snake, making Lei jump several inches away. "See if you aren't, you horrible little---"
"I said I was sorry!" Lei protested.
"But that doesn't make it better, does it?" demanded Snape the Snake. "Saying you're sorry doesn't turn me back! Get out of here!"
"But I didn't mean to do it in the first place! I tried to tell you that I didn't know what I was doing, but did you listen? No!" Her temper was getting the best of her. She tried counting to ten. Uno, due, tre, quattro, cinque, sei, sette, otto, nove---
"FIFTY POINTS FROM GRYFFINDOR!" roared Snape. "GET OUT OF MY DUNGEONS, POTTER, BEFORE I TAKE ANY MORE POINTS AWAY! JUST GET OUT OF MY SIGHT!"
"You're being unfair!" cried Lei. "Please, I think I might know how to get you back to normal, although with that huge nose of yours, I don't know why you'd want to be normal again---"
"POTTER! GET OUT! YOU ARE OFFICIALLY BANNED FROM EVER SETTING FOOT IN THE DUNGEONS OR IN MY CLASSROOM AGAIN!"
"FINE!" Her once blue eyes blazed a terrifying shade of red. "I'M GOING! I DON'T WANT TO COME BACK HERE ANYWAY, NOT WITH YOU TEACHING THIS CLASS! IF I EVER SEE YOUR UNBEARABLY UGLY FACE AGAIN, IT'LL BE TOO SOON!"
Everyone watched in awe---and in horror---as Lei stormed out of the room, her red hair literally replaced by white-hot fire.
Me: Mwahahahahahaha. Proof that you need to stay on a redhead's good side, especially a redhead with powers like Lei's, eh? I'd like to thank Moonsong k'Shallia for giving me the idea of turning Snape into a garter snake. Thanks, Ala!
