Chapter 7 (Bad Hair and Shaking Shoulders)
Ginny accidentally overslept the next day, so she didn't get to see Ron, Hermione Harry, or anyone else. She ran to her first class, which was potions (in this story she was really smart so she gets to take harder classes with older people.) She slipped into her seat right as the bell rang; she let out a sigh of relief. Snape cam to the front and began class, "You know that I have read all your design a potion papers, but I decided to add a twist to see in your silly little potions are actually capable of doing what they are supposed to do. I have all the ingredients that you could possibly need", his curved smile sent shivers down Gin's back, "Trust me. Now partner up, because many of these spells require another person." Ginny slid next to Hermione, looking around for Ron, he didn't catch Gin eye, but Gin did see him looking at Hermione as if He wanted to be her partner instead of Gin. Ron partnered up with Harry.
"So what's your potion?" asked Hermione. "It is supposed to kill frizzy hair, but I did write it in the morning so I'm not sure how reliable it is", warned Ginny. "Well, what is it going to do, make my hair more fluffy and frizzy? I don't think that's possible", Hermione laughed. "Well what is yours, then?" asked Gin. "Umm…" "It isn't a love spell is it?" "Technically there is no such thing as a love spell, so no I didn't design one. I did design a potion for an instant meal though." "Ron's Christmas present?" asked Gin raising an eyebrow. Hermione nodded shyly.
"Here are your ingredients", Snape said roughly; handing his precious ingredients over. "Thank you", said Ginny. Snape just glared lightly at her, he didn't like Harry much and since he had head that Harry was her boyfriend he had began to treat her poorly, usually just ignoring her. "Let's do your spell first", suggested Hermione, Ginny agreed. Ginny began quickly throwing things into the caldron in front of her, she picked up a large wooden spoon and began stirring it, adding, bits of this and that, while she stirred. Snape walked by at one point he kind of grunted something that sounded like, "Good job." Gin looked up for one second distracted, she smiled at him, but then he glared, turned and kept walking.
"Almost done", said Gin, the potion was now bubbling, and starting to turn a lightish green, "Done." Ginny pulled the caldron away from the fire and cooled it off with a spell, "Now I'm supposed to put it in your hair and let your hair soak it up, then it should defluff…Not that it fluffy but-" Hermione just laughed, "Just put it in." Gin stuck her hands in the caldron and pulled out some goop, oddly it appeared to be brown when she looked at it closely. She ignored that though and began loading Hermione's hair with it. Hermione's hair was soaking it up, and it didn't seem to change at all to Ginny, "I think it may take a caldron full." "Go ahead", said Hermione.
One empty caldron later…
Ginny sat down, tired, Hermione's hair was now soaked with goop, and nothing was happening, "Well, that's let it sit, for a while." After a few minutes, Hermione's hair began to shrink, not that it got shorter, but less fluffy, less 'triangular'. In no time at all Hermione's hair was a combination of curly and straight, that can only be described as wavy. "You need a mirror", said Gin, grabbing at a mirror. "My hair didn't fall out or anything did it?" asked Hermione slightly worried, she gasped as she saw her reflection, and "It's I'm…Wow" No words would come to explain how she looked, she looked HOT! Ron threw a glance around the room, well ok at Hermione, and his mouth dropped open. He stumbled stupidly across the room, "Wow Hermione you look…wow…" Hermione grinned, shyly up at him (since she was still sitting down.) "Hey Hermione you want to…Go out sometime?" Hermione's eyes lit up, "Like, be your girlfriend, you mean?" Ron could only nod, still amazed by Hermione's new look. By some miracle, he managed to stumble back to Harry, before Snape noticed. Then something very strange happened: Hermione's hair turned green!
Ginny gasped, Hermione started freaking out, "What, what's wrong, what happened?" "I don't know", was all Gin could say. "What do you mean you don't know? You wouldn't have gasped if nothing happened!" Hermione objected. "You are too smart for your own good", mumbled Ginny handing her the mirror. Hermione looked into the mirror then looked calmly up at Ginny, "Gin, why is my hair green?" "I-I don't know…" stammered Gin, "Give me a second…" Luckily everyone was very consumed with their own spells so they didn't notice Hermione's suddenly new hair color. "None of these ingredients should turn your hair green," reported Ginny, handing Hermione the list. After skimming it, "You're right." "Someone had to have added sometime else to the goop, while it was in the caldron…" said Ginny. "Well…Ron is the only person who came over but that was after the stuff was already in my hair…" Hermione thought. "You're forgetting somebody", Ginny pointed out, "Snape." Hermione looked at Gin as if she were crazy. "When he mumbled that thing…and I looked up… He did something, added something, cast a spell maybe…something…"
Snape walked back to their workspace, he took one look at Hermione and his lips curled into a small evil smile, he looked amused, his shoulders slightly shook, he was laughing at them. After what seemed like an hour of laughter he managed to ay without laughing, "Well, you did it half right. I'll give you a high C." "A high C!" Gin nearly exploded, she knew that was unfair grading; she deserved at least a medium B. In reality she deserved an A, after all SHE hadn't messed it up. Hermione lightly shook her head at Gin, as an attempt to calm her down. Ginny calmed herself down, "Master Snape may we visit the ladies room to fix Hermione's hair?" she said in her sweetest voice. Snape's shoulders shook a bit more, he finally said, "No." Then he walked away. "I hate him", whispered Hermione. "Not half as much as I do", whispered Ginny. "No whispering", Snape's voice carried itself along the room.