Just For Tonight
Disclaimer: The author of this story doesn't have any ownership of the Harry Potter books, movies, and blah blah blah
Chapter 5
The Night of Revelations
The dark figure faced her showing himself to her and all the while laughing creepily. It seemed to be a dementor, but Hermione knew better than that, it was a…
"A… a boggart…" as it slowly sucked out her happiness and joy, she tried to fight it with a Patronus or a "Riddikulus" but she was getting too weak to conjure or cast up one. She was now kneeling on the floor, weak and drained, as it turned into something different. Something much worse, The Monster in her Nightmares. Its red eyes burrowing into her head. It was now slowly coming closer and closer to her. She was now screaming and trashing around on the ground.
Then suddenly someone came in front of her blocking the boggart from coming anymore closer to her. As the boggart now turned to that of a mist, the dark mark. As the person shouted "Riddikulus!" the Dark Mark turned to an image of a girl. The Boggart withdrew to the shadows of the Hall.
The person turned to her, she couldn't see who it was as her vision started to blur. She could hear someone shout her name as she slowly drifted off to nothingness.
"Miss Graaangggerrrrr…" a voice so distant, said. "Miss Grangerrr" she was now being shooked. "Wake up!"
"Wha- what?" Hermione rapidly opened her eyes. Looking around she had somehow arrived at the Headmasters Office, but how? Something then clicked in her head. The boggart.
She was to call out to her Headmasters name, when the person said entered the room. "Ah, it seems that you are already awake, Miss Granger" he said smiling.
"I am terribly sorry for your encounter with the Boggart. I will see to it that it will be apprehended very soon."
"How- how did I arrived here?"
"You got Severus to thank for that" nodding to the side of the room.
"Professor Snape? But where is--" as she detected a movement to her right. There was Snape lurking in the dark side of the office.
"No pleasantries needed, Miss Granger. I just want information" looking straight at Dumbledore.
"Information? About what exactly, Professor? I don't understand…" she asked bewildered.
Dumbledore's once jovial face turned to that of a weary old man. "It seems that everything must be revealed in time. Wither the consequences of it would be dire or for the best. And that moment, would be now I'm afraid to say."
"Sir? What does it have to do with me?" her confusion was heard in her words.
Breaking out of his weary emotional state, he smiled "Actually it has everything to with you…" a cough came from the other side of the room "I apologized, I mean the main reason circulates around you, Miss Granger." He stood up and proceeded to a sleeping Fawkes "Where to start? Where to start?" he chanted silently.
"How about the beginning? What happened this morning in my Potions class to be precise" Snape said as he conjured up a black armchair. "I have all the time in the world."
Hermione looked back and forth at Snape and Dumbledore "Sirs, Is it about the concoction of my Morphus Potion? I-I do-don't know what I did wrong. It was supposed to be corrected. I didn't mean it to happened like that. I was trying to think why it did" she was now mumbling incoherent words.
"Stop it, Miss Granger. Its unbecoming of a woman" Snape said looking her down through his nose.
"So-sorry" she croaked out. Hermione wasn't good under pressure she starts rambling to herself, it was always a problem she had growing up. "I couldn't stop myself…" she continued blushing.
"Quite understandable, Miss Granger. I'm certain that you had tried to look it up in the Library and found absolutely nothing"
"How did…" but she was cut short by a glare from Snape "Sorry, please go on, Professor"
"I have my ways…" taking out a book from his personal book shelves "I think this would help you out a bit" leafing thru the book "Aha, here read this it will answer some of your questions" handing over the book to Hermione's stretched hands.
Morphus Potion
The Morphus or Morphi Potion was created in 1936 by an unknown Italian wizard, it was said that he created the Morphus Potion for the sole purpose of changing himself to the splitting image of the Royal Prince. For reasons unknown until of now. He was later caught and sentenced to death.
Nowadays the Morphus Potion is widely used by Aurors around the world. Mainly in sting operations, they would take this potion and change into whatever they wished to be.
For every potion made there are certain side effects when not made properly, the main one would be the one mutilation. The other recorded accounts are sense deprivation, itching, bloating and power drainage.
It is advisable that when drinking the Morphus Potion, the drinker shouldn't be under any glamour charms. If under such charms the drinker would feel a slight pain in the abdominal section and wouldn't be able to change or morph into someone else he/she desire but the glamour charms would be reversed and the true form of the drinker would be revealed.
In history, accounts of such….
"But I wasn't under any glamour charms, I don't use them. I haven't been good to the eye, if you know what I mean" touching her uncontrollable curly hair. "So why was I affected by the potion? It would probably something I put, no, no, It was probably a prank. Or better yet…"
"Miss Granger!" Snape glared once again "That may be it, Albus. But that doesn't explain why she would have the same likeness of that of my Melody."
"But, my dear friend, everything has an explanation and reason. They aren't yet found out. Before I go on any further may you please fetch young Malfoy." Dumbledore said, sitting down on his chair.
"Why so?" asked the irritated yet confused Potions Master.
"He would be interested to hear what I am going to say and show. Please do hurry, we will be waiting" sucking on a chocolate cluster.
Hermione turned away from the door and faced the seemingly awaiting Headmaster. "Why would Malfoy be interested in anything concerning the incident much less me? And I still don't get how a small mistake of potion making turn into a huge hassle. And to say I had a charm casted on me without my knowledge"
"Malfoy is a part of this 'incident'…" Dumbledore started but was cut short.
"WHAT! Why that little git, he put something into my potion, didn't he! He sabotage my potion! When I see him I'll…"
"Miss Granger, Miss Granger, you have it all wrong, he didn't sabotage your potion. Like the book said you where under a glamour charm."
"But I don't see any difference" Hermione said touching her face, hair and hands.
"I don't think Snape and Malfoy would mind if I take the charm off you now, don't you agree?" he said smiling.
"None at all, I don't think they'll even care" dismissing the doubt of them minding.
"Well are you ready?" getting his wand out of his sleeve.
"What do I have to lose right, go ahead. Prove me wrong, Sir" friendly challenging her Headmaster.
"Alright then, hem hem, Rievelus Disintigrada Promina" as he pointed his wand to her temple.
"Sir, nothing is…" she was about to go on when a tingle shoot thru her body. It felt like cold liquid was being poured over her. As fast as it came, is as fast as it disappeared.
"Wha- what happened?" she was now looking down on her pale hands. She was to ask for a mirror when the door suddenly blew opened.
It was Draco Malfoy, he looked as if he run the 100 meter dash. Both looked up and stared straight at Hermione.
"Harmony!" "Melody!" both said this at the same time. Both looked at each other puzzled, then to Dumbledore. "Headmaster?" "Albus?"
"What happened?"
A/N: I know I SUCK at writing stories especially this one. Its just I'm trying to put together the facts and twist of these particular story and I don't have enough time to do it (I know/hope some can relate to me being busy and schooling). The great news is, I'm almost finished with the next chapter (THE MOST AWAITED) as it finally answers all the question (Questions that I'd piled up into your minds with no answers ever to release them). If I'm correct! The question would probably be Who's Harmony? How about Melody? And what is it with Draco and Hermione? And lastly would be, how does Snape come into this whole mystery? It will be known soon enough (as Dumbledore once said ;-) ) give me a day or two and I'll post the next chapter right away.
P.S.: Clues are given through the last 4 chapters just read between the lines and you would get a idea of what's in store in the upcoming chapter
Drakelle Leathley