I just want to thank all my reviewers once again. If it weren't for your positive remarks and also some positive critism my story wouldn't be the way it was! Please enjoy this next part! Also: NO I DO NOT OWN THE CHARACTERS…how many more times do I have to say this?
Ch 11 Accio Potion!
Harry could barely keep up with Ron since he had to pull Hermione along.
"hey..Hermione." Harry started.
"yes…my dearest Harry?" She said fluttering her eyes at him and looking all dreamy eyed. Harry frowned.
"Do you know where you have to go to class?" He questioned her, desperately still trying to keep up with Ron.
"Um…why? You want to get rid of me?" Hermione pouted her lips. "You don't want me around?"
Harry pushed his glasses back up his nose thinking.
"Yes..of course I do….but don't you care about your classes."
"I care about you!" Hermione said and then kissed Harry on the cheek.
"Er……I know…" Harry said and then thinking fast added. "But I care so much that I want you to do well. Now go on….See there?" Harry pointed to the stairs that lead down to the dungeons. "That is the way to Defense Against the Dark Arts. I will meet you there, okay?"
Hermione slowly nodded but looked sad. Harry stopped and pulling himself together he gave her a hug and then kissed her on the cheek hoping beyond hope that Ron would not see him do this.
"Okay?"
Hermione smiled, " okay….see you there." She walked towards the stairs turned around, blew Harry a kiss and then continued down the stairs. Harry let out a breath of relief and then ran to catch up with Ron.
"Hey mate!" Harry said as he came running up beside Ron. "Can you slow down a little?"
Ron's face was grim with a look of determination on it. "Slow down? No, Harry I can't slow down. I can't believe you don't know where you put it! Honestly!"
Ron kept marching on.
"Well, why don't we split up?" Harry suggested and Ron stopped.
"Okay….You go to the Gryffindor tower and I go to the library." Ron said.
"Er….but that makes no sense…you weren't with us yesterday when we were in the library." Harry said.
"Fine! I go to the Gryffindor tower and you go to the library." Ron said in agitation and marched off once again.
"Okay….we will meet back here in what? Half an hour?" Harry called after Ron.
"Does it even matter? We are bound to have a detention anyways for missing Defense Against the Dark Arts!" Ron yelled back.
Oh yea… Harry had completely forgotten that he definitely needed to attend that class. But right now finding that potion was more important that pleasing a professor with a major stick up you know where.
Harry turned and walked the other direction to the library. Upon entering he snuck around looking quietly around for the love potion. He looked where they were sitting and then back tracked where they had walked to pick up books. He walked back to the table where they had leafed in desperation through the text pages. A voice broke through his thoughts.
"Looking for this, Potter?" Harry turned around and saw that Draco Malfoy, smirking from ear to ear, was holding the small potion bottle. "Found it under this very table. I wonder what it does?" He read the label. "Ahh….very interesting." His grin grew wider. Harry's fist were clenched around his wand.
"Give it here, Malfoy!" He said sternly. Malfoy just laughed.
"No…..I don't think so, Potter. This could come in very useful." He grinned and then walked away.
Harry closed his eyes and begged his wand to act on his thoughts. Accio Potion He thought with his left hand outstretched to receive the bottle. Accio Potion! He thought harder. ACCIO POTION! Harry felt something cold in his hand and opening his eyes, found to his surprise that the potion bottle was in it. He took it and stuffed it in his pocket, putting a temporary sticking charm on it as he did so case Malfoy called the potion back to him.
"Hey!" Draco looked around trying to figure out how the potion had left his hands. He turned around and saw Harry.
"YOU!" Malfoy ran at him his wand out stretched. "You stole the potion away from me!" Harry was ready with his wand but he didn't have time to put a spell on Malfoy because Madame Pince was just passing by the shelves and upon seeing Malfoy she grabbed his cloak and yelled.
"Boys! Stop this at once! There will be no wand fighting of any sort in this library! Mr. Malfoy! Put that wand away at once! Mr. Potter…..well, I see you don't have a wand out. Both of you leave this library at once for your disturbance before I have to tell your heads of houses!"
Harry got up out of his chair, grinned at Malfoy and then dashed out before Malfoy had a chance to collect himself (Madame Pince was holding him by his cloak). As soon as Harry reached the hallway he gave a yell of triumph and then ran to the Gryffindor tower as fast as he could to tell Ron the good news.
Ron had searched everywhere in the Gryffindor tower but he had been unable to come up with anything. Bloody… He had barely finished the thought when Harry came bursting through the door.
"Ron! I got it! I got the Potion!" Harry was grinning and breathless, but he was holding the potion out to Ron. "Malfoy had it but..I got it from him using an unspoken spell!"
Ron took the potion from Harry and examined the bottle. "You took the bottle from Malfoy?"
"Yea..he had found it under the table where we were the night before. I guess it fell out of my pocket and I was too tired to realize that it happened. Then Madame Pince saw Malfoy take out his wand and I had mine hidden under my cloak so she never saw it. She pulled Malfoy by his cloak but I escaped the library and ran right here!" Harry was panting from lack of breath and from talking so fast.
"Really? Excellent!" Ron said and grinned at Harry. "Now where is Hermione?" Ron questioned.
"In Defense Against the Dark Arts."
"Bloody.." Ron smacked his forehead. " I totally forgot about that class. But you said Malfoy was in the library? Shouldn't he be in class too."
"yes…" said Harry. " But you know Snape wouldn't care less about Malfoy. He is definitely going to take off points for us though."
"Well….lets just go. At least we won't miss all of the class. Plus we shouldn't leave Hermione alone for so long." Ron said. Harry nodded.
"Okay….lets walk to our deaths." Ron said and walked out of the boy's dorm with Harry close behind.
Harry and Ron made their way quietly down o the dungeons. They could hear Snape speaking loudly from the DADA classroom.
"well, here goes nothing." Ron whispered to Harry. With that, he opened the door and the two sneaked in. Luckily, right when Snape had turned to the black board to write something. Snape turned back around.
"ohh.." Snape smirked. "I see that two more students have decided to join the class today. A bit late, I may add. Can you give me a reasonable reason why I shouldn't take off 50 points for each of you?" Ron and Harry both grimaced. Fifty points each was a lot of points.
"Are either of you going to speak up or do I have to take the points off right away?"
"Er…." Harry started.
"Yes, Potter. I am sure you can give an excellent explanation." Snape said sarcastically.
" Well." Harry was thinking and Ron was giving him sideways glances.. " We were in the library and lost track of time…sir." He said quickly and after the words came out he realized how lame he sounded.
"Oh really…." Snape said narrowing his eyes on Harry. "Looking up some illegal spells?" Harry looked at Ron and Ron looked at Harry. "I see." Snape said. "Well, 50 points off of Gryffindor for both of you for that pitiful excuse." He sneered.
" What! MALFOY WAS IN THE LIBRARY TOO!" Harry yelled.
"What Potter? No need to yell in my class. Detention with me….Saturday and please be on time." Snape smirked turned and with a ruffle of his cloak he walked back to the front of the class.
Harry was fuming in his seat. "Good going mate." Ron whispered to Harry out the side of his mouth. "Shut up!" Harry whispered back. Hermione decided to cling to Harry's arm. Snape saw this and sneered, " Will you and your girl friend please not interrupt this class?" Many of the Slytherins laughed. Harry turned bright red, mumbled something to Hermione who pouted but let go of Harry. He stared down at his book and hoped class would be over real soon. To his luck, it was over in a mere ten minutes time and before Hermione could cling to him again, Harry had dashed out of the dungeon and walked to lunch.
Ron and Hermione found them there minutes later.
"Hey.. Harry!" Hermione said smiling and taking a seat next to him. She gave him a small kiss on the cheek. Ron saw this and looked horrified at Harry who shrugged.
"Please, Hermione stop this." Harry said.
"But why….I……I thought we were together?" Hermione said.
"We're not." Harry felt frustrated.
"Oh…come on….Hair-weee!" She said in her most perfect baby voice. Ron had to raise his eyebrows and snickered to himself. That did it for Harry. He pushed Hermione away.
"Stop it! Okay! We are not together! We are not anything!" Harry was almost yelling and many of the other students that had filed in were now whispering to each other.
"Hey mate, there is no need to yell at Hermione. She is only acting like this from the potion." Ron said simply.
Harry looked at him angrily. "stay out of it Ron! You don't have her clinging to you at every second!"
"Not that I would mind." Ron said quietly and then felt his ears turning red. Harry sighed and tried to calm himself. It was bad enough that he had Detention…with Snape no less this coming Saturday!
Ron cleared his throat and then said to Harry in a whisper, " So when should we try the potion out again?"
Harry thought it over. "After lunch?" He suggested. Ron nodded. Ginny arrived at the Gryffindor table.
"Hey guys! How was class?"
"terrible." Ron said.
"Got detention." Harry said.
"Aren't we the happy bunch?" Ginny said. "Got up on the wrong side of bed?"
"yea..you could say that." Ron said giving a look to Harry who then had to grin.
"Well, at least its lunch time and then we have a free period." Harry said.
"true."
They all quieted down as McGonagall started the lunch feast with a quick reminder about the up coming dance (Ron frowned) and other remainders. Then the wonderful meal magically appeared on the plates and trays. Soon everyone was too busy eating to talk. That suited Harry just fine. He was lost in his thoughts anyways. What happened if Ron's plan did not work out? And what if they couldn't find an antidote in the month's time? Would Hermione stay like this forever? Harry did not dare think about that possibility.