A/N: A new chap of TC. Hope you like it
Thanks to Toria for her review =D
And as I have an inkling feeling that hardly anyone reads these A/N cause else they would see our pleas for review (.
Well with that out of the way let's get started with yet another chap of TC.
Chapter 10 The Sorting Potion
~*~ Normal POV ~*~
The Marauders had avoided problems with their fellow students by saying that they had been in the boy's dormitory most of the time. They failed to notice Neville's strange look.
~ Tuesday after classes ~
"I hope they all got out alright." Hermione said.
"Yeah me too, maybe we should pay Remus a visit?" Harry suggested.
They left the common room and started walking towards Remus' office.
"Wait up guys!" they heard Neville yell a bit behind them.
"What's wrong Nev?" Ron asked.
"I need to talk to you, in private." Neville said urgently.
The Marauders looked confused.
"Sure, let's talk in here." Hermione said and she led them into an empty classroom that hadn't been used for a long time by the looks of it.
"So, what do you want to talk about Nev?" Harry asked.
"You lied." was all Neville said.
The four Marauders looked at each other.
"What do you mean with that?" Audrey asked friendly.
"When that muggle village was attacked and everyone was supposed to stay in their own house, you said that you had been in the boys' dormitory but I went up there several times and you weren't there." Neville said.
~ So much for our clean escape ~ Harry though to the others.
~ Shit what are we going to tell him ~ Ron cursed.
~ The truth ~ Hermione suggested.
~ There isn't another option, if we were to lie and it would come out, then Neville won't trust us ever again ~ Audrey added.
~ But let's just tell him about where we were and why, nothing about illegal trainings and so on ~ Hermione said.
~ Agreed ~ the other three chorused.
Neville had watched this strange word exchange though he didn't know that that was what it was. They seemed to be talking but no one said anything. Then Harry sighed.
"Alright Neville, we will tell you the truth, but you've got to promise not to tell anyone else." Harry said with a frown in his voice.
"Promise!" Neville nodded.
"Well the first thing you need to understand is that we aren't like normal witches or wizards." Hermione began.
Neville looked confused.
"We're elemental mages Nev." Ron clarified.
"You're mages?!" Neville exclaimed.
"Yes." Hermione said as it was as simple knowledge like reading a paper.
Neville looked like a fish on dry land.
"How.how." he stammered.
The Marauders clarified why they were mages. They even told him about the prophecy though not the full wording of it.
"You understand now why you can't tell anyone about us?" Audrey softly said.
"Yes, I understand. Don't worry your secret's safe with me" Neville hotly bursted out with.
"That means a lot to us Nev, but we gotta go now," Harry said.
They said goodbye and left for Remus' office.
Once there they knocked on the door.
"Come in." they heard Remus say.
"Hey Moony!" the Marauders greeted him.
"Hello, what are you doing here?" Remus asked with a ping of curiosity.
"We wanted to know if everyone in the Order made it out alright yesterday, after the attack." Harry replied.
"How do you know about that?" Remus asked suspiciously.
"Professor McGonagall told us, we were with her when she got word of it." Audrey quickly explained.
"Ah like that. Well some of us were injured but everyone's alright. We made it out before the Ministry official ever arrived. Though we had some help." Remus said.
"Who helped?" Ron asked, feigning ignorance.
"We have no idea." Remus admitted.
"How can you not know?" Hermione asked.
"They were dressed in black and had some spells that just didn't allow us to truly see them." Remus explained, shrugging.
The five of them talked about the attack though Remus refused to give too much information. After about an hour of talking the Marauders said goodbye to Remus and left.
~*~
After the talk with Remus the Marauders headed for the Library.
"Why exactly are we going to the Library if we already know all that we need for this year, next year and beyond that?" Ron asked.
"Well have you noticed that some of the students have been acting strange, especially the Slytherins? So I figured this might have something to do with Voldemort." Hermione said.
"Still doesn't answer my question" Ron remarked with a smirk.
Hermione sighed. "We're going to look for a spell or potion that'll allow us to kind of filter the students with bad intentions out." she said.
"Ohhhh..." Ron said.
Harry and Audrey just shook their heads. The group finally arrived at the library and started to search for anything that could help them. After two hours of looking Hermione cheered.
(Duh?! -It's just Zosa. Ignore, for your own good)
"I found it!" she exclaimed.
"Finally!" Audrey tiredly said closing the book she was reading with a bang.
"So what is it?" Harry asked.
"It's called the 'Sortari Mentalis Mauvis' potion, simply the 'Sorting Potion'. When made properly it will only allow the maker or makers of the potion to see who is up to something bad by letting them emit a pale blue light." Hermione explained.
"So we'll be the only ones who can see the light?" Ron asked.
"That's what she said, you twit!" Harry exclaimed.
"Just checking!" Ron defended.
"Anyway, we should begin as soon as possible." Hermione said hurriedly to stop another one of their arguments. Now she was beginning to understand Harry and Audrey with her and Ron's banter.
Audrey pulled the book towards her and read the ingredients list.
"Some of these ingredients can only be found in Snape's office, look!" she said pointing to the list.
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1 Unicorn Horn
1 Asphodel Root
30 Dried Flies
½ cup powdered Dragon Claw
1 Benoe feather
5 Thorns of a Blood-Rose
13 Truth Seeds
4 Fresh picked leafs of a Fire-Tree
The fresh root of a Tiger-Crawler
The fresh root of a Miksif-Daisy
---
"Yeah, the Unicorn Horn, Powdered Dragon Claw and Feather of a Benoe have to be stolen from Snape's personal ingredients." Harry grimly replied.
"And the fresh leafs and roots have to be taken from Greenhouse 5." Audrey said.
"Only 7th years are allowed in Greenhouse 5 and the ingredients may be picked maximally 1 hour in advance, which would mean that we would have to steal it at night." Ron added.
"Then that's what we'll do. Prowl and I will get the things from Snape and Snitch and Nova get the plants." Hermione said.
"Kay!" the other three said.
"One question though." Ron spoke up.
"What?" Hermione asked.
"How are we going to give the potion to the entire school?" Ron asked.
"We'll pour it into the drinks" Audrey said.
"How?" Ron asked again.
"By going to the kitchen, Dobby will be all too happy to help us if we say it's a harmless joke." Harry said.
"Anything else?" Hermione asked eyeing Ron.
The rest shook their heads.
"Then let's pack up and head for dinner" she said.
They packed their stuff and dropped their bags in their dormitories. (a/n a lot of theirs ne? :P) And after that they went to get dinner.
~*~ Wednesday ~*~
After some more research on the potion the next day, it was deemed safe to us it. Later that night the four Marauders where sitting in a secluded corner of the common room where they were looking at the list of ingredients. They knew where to find them and who would get what, but they had to figure out when and how they were going to get to the locations. They were looking at the Marauders Map and Hermione was writing down the paths Audrey suggested.
"Thank the goddess that Filch and the teachers have a standard walking route, or else this would be hell!" Hermione said as they finally found the best way to get to the locations and back without getting seen, they couldn't transform because that could damage the ingredients.
"So when do we get the ingredients?" Harry asked.
"Well we have to begin with a potion consisting only of water, the truth seeds and some of the other ingredients that are in our kits, that mixture has to cook for 24 hours before the other ingredients can be added." Hermione explained.
"So if we were to begin tomorrow around midnight, we could steal the ingredients around 11 the day after tomorrow, so on...Friday." Audrey counted out.
The boys nodded in agreement.
"That's that then, let's clear this up. The few people that are left in the common room are starting to wonder what we are doing in this corner the entire night." Ron said while eyeing some small and frightened firsties looking at them and whispering among themselves.
They cleared away the table and Harry wiped the Marauders Map with a swish of his wand. They said goodnight to the few housemates that were still awake and went upstairs to bed.
~*~
A day later they were (once again) in Moaning Myrtle's lavatory. It was around midnight and Hermione and Audrey were bent over a boiling cauldron while the boys read the instructions to them. After they had finished the first set of instructions they had to wait fifteen minutes.
"Why are we making a potion in the girl's lavatory, AGAIN!?!?!" Ron demanded.
"The reason is the same as in our second year Prowl, no one comes here because of Myrtle." Hermione sighed.
They finished the first stage of the potion and left it boiling in one of the cabinets which they closed with advanced locking spells.
~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~
Sorry that it's a tad bit short but I wanted to keep the stealing for the next chap.
R&R
Luv Ya'll
Chap 11 is being betad (is that a word???) as I type, or you read which ever you prefer.
This is Nova signing out
Next Chap --- Chapter 11 - BUSTED!!!
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Thanks to Toria for her review =D
And as I have an inkling feeling that hardly anyone reads these A/N cause else they would see our pleas for review (.
Well with that out of the way let's get started with yet another chap of TC.
Chapter 10 The Sorting Potion
~*~ Normal POV ~*~
The Marauders had avoided problems with their fellow students by saying that they had been in the boy's dormitory most of the time. They failed to notice Neville's strange look.
~ Tuesday after classes ~
"I hope they all got out alright." Hermione said.
"Yeah me too, maybe we should pay Remus a visit?" Harry suggested.
They left the common room and started walking towards Remus' office.
"Wait up guys!" they heard Neville yell a bit behind them.
"What's wrong Nev?" Ron asked.
"I need to talk to you, in private." Neville said urgently.
The Marauders looked confused.
"Sure, let's talk in here." Hermione said and she led them into an empty classroom that hadn't been used for a long time by the looks of it.
"So, what do you want to talk about Nev?" Harry asked.
"You lied." was all Neville said.
The four Marauders looked at each other.
"What do you mean with that?" Audrey asked friendly.
"When that muggle village was attacked and everyone was supposed to stay in their own house, you said that you had been in the boys' dormitory but I went up there several times and you weren't there." Neville said.
~ So much for our clean escape ~ Harry though to the others.
~ Shit what are we going to tell him ~ Ron cursed.
~ The truth ~ Hermione suggested.
~ There isn't another option, if we were to lie and it would come out, then Neville won't trust us ever again ~ Audrey added.
~ But let's just tell him about where we were and why, nothing about illegal trainings and so on ~ Hermione said.
~ Agreed ~ the other three chorused.
Neville had watched this strange word exchange though he didn't know that that was what it was. They seemed to be talking but no one said anything. Then Harry sighed.
"Alright Neville, we will tell you the truth, but you've got to promise not to tell anyone else." Harry said with a frown in his voice.
"Promise!" Neville nodded.
"Well the first thing you need to understand is that we aren't like normal witches or wizards." Hermione began.
Neville looked confused.
"We're elemental mages Nev." Ron clarified.
"You're mages?!" Neville exclaimed.
"Yes." Hermione said as it was as simple knowledge like reading a paper.
Neville looked like a fish on dry land.
"How.how." he stammered.
The Marauders clarified why they were mages. They even told him about the prophecy though not the full wording of it.
"You understand now why you can't tell anyone about us?" Audrey softly said.
"Yes, I understand. Don't worry your secret's safe with me" Neville hotly bursted out with.
"That means a lot to us Nev, but we gotta go now," Harry said.
They said goodbye and left for Remus' office.
Once there they knocked on the door.
"Come in." they heard Remus say.
"Hey Moony!" the Marauders greeted him.
"Hello, what are you doing here?" Remus asked with a ping of curiosity.
"We wanted to know if everyone in the Order made it out alright yesterday, after the attack." Harry replied.
"How do you know about that?" Remus asked suspiciously.
"Professor McGonagall told us, we were with her when she got word of it." Audrey quickly explained.
"Ah like that. Well some of us were injured but everyone's alright. We made it out before the Ministry official ever arrived. Though we had some help." Remus said.
"Who helped?" Ron asked, feigning ignorance.
"We have no idea." Remus admitted.
"How can you not know?" Hermione asked.
"They were dressed in black and had some spells that just didn't allow us to truly see them." Remus explained, shrugging.
The five of them talked about the attack though Remus refused to give too much information. After about an hour of talking the Marauders said goodbye to Remus and left.
~*~
After the talk with Remus the Marauders headed for the Library.
"Why exactly are we going to the Library if we already know all that we need for this year, next year and beyond that?" Ron asked.
"Well have you noticed that some of the students have been acting strange, especially the Slytherins? So I figured this might have something to do with Voldemort." Hermione said.
"Still doesn't answer my question" Ron remarked with a smirk.
Hermione sighed. "We're going to look for a spell or potion that'll allow us to kind of filter the students with bad intentions out." she said.
"Ohhhh..." Ron said.
Harry and Audrey just shook their heads. The group finally arrived at the library and started to search for anything that could help them. After two hours of looking Hermione cheered.
(Duh?! -It's just Zosa. Ignore, for your own good)
"I found it!" she exclaimed.
"Finally!" Audrey tiredly said closing the book she was reading with a bang.
"So what is it?" Harry asked.
"It's called the 'Sortari Mentalis Mauvis' potion, simply the 'Sorting Potion'. When made properly it will only allow the maker or makers of the potion to see who is up to something bad by letting them emit a pale blue light." Hermione explained.
"So we'll be the only ones who can see the light?" Ron asked.
"That's what she said, you twit!" Harry exclaimed.
"Just checking!" Ron defended.
"Anyway, we should begin as soon as possible." Hermione said hurriedly to stop another one of their arguments. Now she was beginning to understand Harry and Audrey with her and Ron's banter.
Audrey pulled the book towards her and read the ingredients list.
"Some of these ingredients can only be found in Snape's office, look!" she said pointing to the list.
---
1 Unicorn Horn
1 Asphodel Root
30 Dried Flies
½ cup powdered Dragon Claw
1 Benoe feather
5 Thorns of a Blood-Rose
13 Truth Seeds
4 Fresh picked leafs of a Fire-Tree
The fresh root of a Tiger-Crawler
The fresh root of a Miksif-Daisy
---
"Yeah, the Unicorn Horn, Powdered Dragon Claw and Feather of a Benoe have to be stolen from Snape's personal ingredients." Harry grimly replied.
"And the fresh leafs and roots have to be taken from Greenhouse 5." Audrey said.
"Only 7th years are allowed in Greenhouse 5 and the ingredients may be picked maximally 1 hour in advance, which would mean that we would have to steal it at night." Ron added.
"Then that's what we'll do. Prowl and I will get the things from Snape and Snitch and Nova get the plants." Hermione said.
"Kay!" the other three said.
"One question though." Ron spoke up.
"What?" Hermione asked.
"How are we going to give the potion to the entire school?" Ron asked.
"We'll pour it into the drinks" Audrey said.
"How?" Ron asked again.
"By going to the kitchen, Dobby will be all too happy to help us if we say it's a harmless joke." Harry said.
"Anything else?" Hermione asked eyeing Ron.
The rest shook their heads.
"Then let's pack up and head for dinner" she said.
They packed their stuff and dropped their bags in their dormitories. (a/n a lot of theirs ne? :P) And after that they went to get dinner.
~*~ Wednesday ~*~
After some more research on the potion the next day, it was deemed safe to us it. Later that night the four Marauders where sitting in a secluded corner of the common room where they were looking at the list of ingredients. They knew where to find them and who would get what, but they had to figure out when and how they were going to get to the locations. They were looking at the Marauders Map and Hermione was writing down the paths Audrey suggested.
"Thank the goddess that Filch and the teachers have a standard walking route, or else this would be hell!" Hermione said as they finally found the best way to get to the locations and back without getting seen, they couldn't transform because that could damage the ingredients.
"So when do we get the ingredients?" Harry asked.
"Well we have to begin with a potion consisting only of water, the truth seeds and some of the other ingredients that are in our kits, that mixture has to cook for 24 hours before the other ingredients can be added." Hermione explained.
"So if we were to begin tomorrow around midnight, we could steal the ingredients around 11 the day after tomorrow, so on...Friday." Audrey counted out.
The boys nodded in agreement.
"That's that then, let's clear this up. The few people that are left in the common room are starting to wonder what we are doing in this corner the entire night." Ron said while eyeing some small and frightened firsties looking at them and whispering among themselves.
They cleared away the table and Harry wiped the Marauders Map with a swish of his wand. They said goodnight to the few housemates that were still awake and went upstairs to bed.
~*~
A day later they were (once again) in Moaning Myrtle's lavatory. It was around midnight and Hermione and Audrey were bent over a boiling cauldron while the boys read the instructions to them. After they had finished the first set of instructions they had to wait fifteen minutes.
"Why are we making a potion in the girl's lavatory, AGAIN!?!?!" Ron demanded.
"The reason is the same as in our second year Prowl, no one comes here because of Myrtle." Hermione sighed.
They finished the first stage of the potion and left it boiling in one of the cabinets which they closed with advanced locking spells.
~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~
Sorry that it's a tad bit short but I wanted to keep the stealing for the next chap.
R&R
Luv Ya'll
Chap 11 is being betad (is that a word???) as I type, or you read which ever you prefer.
This is Nova signing out
Next Chap --- Chapter 11 - BUSTED!!!
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