My Love
Disclaimer: I'm not gonna say it again, it hurts too much! (I own nothing! Boo-hoo!)
Chapter 2A Most Interesting Potions
Harry, Ron, and Hermione were walking on the way to Potions, when they discovered Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle, in a huddle, whispering excitedly about something. Unfortunately, the moment the three walked by, Malfoy stopped talking and looked up.
"Hello, Potter. What are you up to? Going on an adventure with Weasel and Mudblood?" Malfoy sneered.
"What are you doing? Off to find McGonagall?" Ron said, feeling enraged. Harry and Hermione made an effort to stop Ron before Malfoy caught on to what they had done.
Malfoy looked shocked. He hadn't expected the trio to know about his secret desire for the professor. But then, it hit him. They were the reason of his newfound passion about McGonagall.
"You-" Malfoy stammered.
"What's the matter, cat got your tongue?" Ron continued.
"Ron!" Hermione exclaimed.
"Well, well, well, what have we here?" Snape's voice drawled from behind them.
The six of them stood rooted to the ground. Snape looked murderous. But suddenly, Professor McGonagall was seen walking down the hall. Snape's displeasure changed almost immediately at the sight of the "lovely" professor. Malfoy's face also lit up at the sight of Professor McGonagall.
"Minerva," Malfoy and Snape both said at the same time.
"Hello, Severus," McGonagall said with a smile, before walking away.
She said hi, Malfoy thought to himself. She loves me, she said hi, she loves me, she said hi!
Meanwhile, Snape was thinking, She's so pretty, I must have her, I need her, she's definitely the one, I'll do anything to have her, I'll win her from Slughorn!
Snape snapped out of his thoughts sooner than Malfoy, who was still repeating the same phrase in a singsong voice in his head. "Well, get to class, don't want to be late!" Snape said in a pleasant voice, forgetting to take away points from Gryffindor. He skipped down the hallway to the Potions classroom with a happy look on his face.
Harry, Ron, and Hermione were amazed. They had never seen Snape in such a state. What did this mean? Was Snape in love? Could it be possible?
The three of them walked to Potions, feeling a bit nauseous at seeing Snape in such a state. Malfoy, on the other hand, was determined to win McGonagall over, no matter what it takes. But then again, Malfoy realized that Harry, Ron, and Hermione were the ones responsible for his newfound passion, but he paid no attention to that. All of his thoughts were now focused on a certain grey-haired witch named Minerva.
In Potions class, Harry, Ron, and Hermione were surprised to find that Snape's good mood continued. He gave no homework, added 50 points to Gryffindor for not making him mad (which no one did, for fear that Snape's mood would change), gave Hermione a compliment about being a good student, and even gave Neville an Outstanding for the day. Things were definitely out of whack. Meanwhile, Malfoy was busy covering his entire piece of parchment with the name "MINERVA" in giant letters, visible to the entire class. Malfoy drew surprisingly good hearts all over the page and continuously wrote DM+MMLOVE everywhere.
"Mister Malfoy, are you even paying attention?" Snape asked, his voice becoming icy again.
"No sir," Malfoy said without thinking.
"Hand over that piece of parchment!" Snape yelled, feeling back to normal.
"No, not my artwork!" Malfoy said, as he scrambled to hide his "artwork", but Snape was faster. He pulled Malfoy up by the collar and deposited him inside a large cauldron. Snape grabbed the parchment an read it, his eyes growing wider by the second.
"YOU, YOU, YOU LITTLE GIRLFRIEND STEALING, NOTE WRITING, FERRET. I'M GONNA GET YOU FOR THIS! NO ONE STEALS MY MINNIE!" Snape exploded, unable to control his emotions. He immediately got up and began to beat Draco on the head with an old potions book, sending cobwebs and spiders flying everywhere. The entire class was on its feet not knowing who to cheer for (obviously Draco vs. Snape had no good people in it). Ron, who was terrified of spiders, ran round the classroom screaming like a little girl. Malfoy, seeing that everyone's heads were turned to watch Ron's antics, chose this moments to pull himself out of the cauldron and tried to escape Snape. But, an angry Snape chased Malfoy around the room, knocking over desks and cauldrons, and sending various potions and their ingredients flying everywhere. Students everywhere were turning into animals, or becoming horribly mutilated. Harry's nose had become enormous, and was touching the ground. Crabbe had shrunken to the size of a pea, Goyle grew to the size of a giraffe, Lavender had turned into a pig, and Parvati was running away from Lavender, who did not know what was wrong. Then, Malfoy tripped over Harry's nose and was sent flying across the room, bounced off of Goyle's neck and crashed into Snape, and the two of them immediately started a fistfight. Lavender let out a loud scream after discovering that she was a pig, and soon, the entire school was gathered around the Potions classroom, watching with interest. The room was in chaos.
Suddenly, the worst thing possible occurred for Snape and Malfoy. Professor Minerva McGonagall walked in.
"WHAT IS GOING ON!" she screamed at the top of her lungs.
The chaos stopped abruptly. The scene was very comical. Snape and Malfoy at each other's throats, Lavender the pig on the floor sobbing, tiny Crabbe running around and people (Slytherins, rather) lifting their feet (the Gryffindors were trying to stomp on him, which terrified poor Crabbe even more than seeing everything as being giants), Harry with a very big nose, Hermione practically on top of Harry trying to keep them from falling over, Goyle's head sticking out of the door and his giant neck in everyone's way, and the entire student body gathered around to see what was happening.
McGonagall glared at them and said, "I want this mess cleaned up before lunch," in her serious don't-you-dare-mess-with-me-or-I'll-turn-you-into-a-toad voice, and everyone made a mad dash to the door, not wanting to be left behind to do the clean-up work.
