Disclaimers: See the first chapter.

Snippets From the Potterverse

Chapter 79 - When We Was Fab

It was time for Potions. Harry, Ron, Hermione, and the other Gryffindors shuffled into Snape's dungeon with a certain feel of dread. After all, it was Potions.

They received quite a nasty shock when they entered. Snape was sitting on his desk, wearing bellbottomed jeans, a tye-dyed t-shirt, several strings of love beads, a peace medallion, and a pair of rose-tinted sunglasses.

The whole class entered one by one and gawked at Snape as they sat down.

"Um... is this like a 60's acid flashback, or has he gone nuts?" Harry whispered.

"I have no idea," Hermione whispered back.

Once the class had gathered, Snape rose and closed the door. The cuffs of his jeans were so ridiculously huge that they entirely hid his feet. Harry would have giggled, had he not been so weirded out.

Finally, Draco Malfoy summoned the courage to speak. "Um... Professor... why are you dressed like that?"

"Draco, man, it's like... it's like, for an anniversary," Snape said, in a misty tone that sounded quite unlike his usual nasty, venomous self.

"Ann- anniversary?" Draco stammered, still not able to absorb his favourite teacher's changes.

"It's, like, the anniversary of the day I accepted the truths of peace and love," Snape said breezily, sitting down on his desk.

Harry didn't believe Snape had ever grasped the concepts of truth and love, but he summoned the bravery to speak anyway. "Erm - Professor - when - well... when did you... grasp this?"

"It was in the 70's," Snape said dreamily. "It was all about free love and protesting the war in Vietnam, man. It was all about... you know, livin' and breathin' and not being hassled by the man."

"The... man?" Ron said blankly.

Snape nodded vigorously. "Yeah. You know, the man. Society, authority, that kind of stuff."

"Oh," Ron said faintly.

"Back when we were fab," Snape said happily. "Flowers in your hair, listenin' to the Beatles... making love in the grass... good times. The 70's never should have ended, man."

Harry twitched. He didn't want to think of Snape making love anywhere at anytime, much less in the grass during the 70's.

"I tell you, it was me and my friends, hangin' out." Snape smiled. "Lucius... Crabbe... Goyle... Bella... truly awesome. Bella was great in the sack... wild, she was... most people couldn't keep up with her..."

Harry twitched even more violently.

"Then there were Lupin and Black... they were gods in those tight jeans, I swear. They got me hot as anything, watching them kiss. And Potter too... I would've... oh man, I would've done anything with them..."

Harry screamed, and fainted.