CHAPTER 16: Love Potion Presentation
It was charms class, and somehow all the students found time to complete their spell/charm project. The groups sat together in the classroom, and Professor Slughorn walked in.
"Right, now I expect all of you have finished your topics?" He asked with no hope. The class snickered a little bit. "So I take that as a no, alright then."
"Sir! We have finished out topic and would love to present," Lily stood up and proudly said.
"Same with us, sir!" Remus also shot up. Sirius, now with a bandaged nose, gave Remus a confused look. Isabella looked at Sirius' bandage and started sniggering.
"Of course you are. Alright Miss Evans, your group may go first." Professor Slughorn winked at Peter then sat down in his chair. James rolled his eyes and walked up to the front alongside Crabbe, Snape, Lily and Olson.
"Alright everyone, I picked our group topic, the Polyjuice Potion, because I'm so smart, so we're going to tell you everything about it," James introduced the group. Lily narrowed her eyes.
"The use of this potion is primarily for transformation. One may use this potion to transform into someone else for whatever purposes," Malfoy said.
"The ingredients of this potion include Fluxweed, Knotgrass, Lacewing Flies, Leeches, Horn of Bicorn, Boomslang Skin and a piece of DNA of the person you want to turn into," Crabbe listed.
"Now, for the climax of this wonderful presentation. Evans and I will take the Polyjuice Potion, which has been already brewed by moi, and we will transform into each other!" James happily said. Lily started laughing.
"No, Potter. Severus and I agreed to do the demonstration. Step back, please," she said. James' eyes bulged.
"NO, NO, NO. You are not turning into that slimy git!" James yelled. The entire class burst out laughing. Lily looked infuriated.
"SHUT UP POTTER!" She screamed. Professor Slughorn was trying to stifle his laughter.
"Oi James! Looks like you'll be falling in love with Snivelly!" Sirius called out. James turned tomato-red with anger and stormed over to Severus, ready to punch him.
"Fight! Fight! Fight!" The class cheered. Professor Slughorn stood up and came between James and Severus.
"MR. POTTER! ENOUGH. Miss Evans and Mr. Snape will conduct the demonstration!" Slughorn yelled. Even though she hated all of them, Isabella found this pretty funny. James, defeated, stepped away from Snape. Snape plucked a hair from Lily as she did the same back to Snape.
"Wash your hands afterwards Evans!" Sirius called with a laugh. She rolled her eyes and put Severus' hair into her cup of potion. They both drank the potion while James looked enraged. Soon, Severus turned into Lily and Lily turned into Severus. Professor Slughorn clapped his hands.
"Well done! What an excellent representation of the potion!" Slughorn happily clapped his hands.
"As you can see, we've turned into each other," Lily with Severus' face said. James looked disgusted, as he was attracted to Snape as Lily. Sirius kept on roaring with laughter. "In a few hours, we will turn back to normal."
"A FEW HOURS?! YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING!" James couldn't take this magic anymore.
"Quiet, Mr. Potter!" Slughorn reprimanded. "Well done group! You may sit down now. Hmm, Mr. Lupin's group- you're up next," Slughorn said. Remus happily bounded up while the rest dragged themselves to the front.
"Good morning everyone! Today we will be presenting the love potion," Remus happily said.
"Basically what happens is that when a person takes the potion, he/she becomes obsessed with the person who gave it" Sirius said, really bored.
"Ingredients of this love potion are Ashwinder Eggs, Rose Thorns, Peppermint & Moonstone," Isabella said, equally bored. Peter obviously had nothing to contribute to the presentation. There was an awkward pause in the group when Slughorn interrupted.
"So, who's doing the demonstration?" He asked. Remus looked at his jaded group members, and stepped forward.
"I will, sir," He bravely said. Whitney saw her opportunity to get with Remus.
"I'll participate!" She squealed. "Remus, you take the potion from me."
"Uhh, sure," Remus looked a little confused. Sirius smirked a little as he looked away.
"So as you can see, I will give Remus this lovey potion so he will fall in love with me!" Whitney exaggerated her movements. She gave Remus the potion and he drank it. Remus stood absolutely still, a glazed look in his eyes.
"S-sir…I feel a little…" Remus managed to drag out. He looked at Whitney, and his face' colour returned. "Whitney…you are so beautiful…" Remus couldn't stop staring at him. Isabella noticed his infatuated look and managed to ignore it.
It's just a potion, she thought.
"Aww, thank you Remus," Whitney blushed.
"No, Whitney- I'm really in love with you," Remus took Whitney's hand. Peter and Slughorn were smiling at each other. James made a gagging noise, and the whole class started snickering.
"As you can tell, Remus and Whitney are in love with each other," Sirius happily broadcasted.
"Depending on the dose, the effects wear off- in this case- 20 minutes," Isabella said.
"Well done group!" Slughorn stood up & clapped with tears in his eyes. Sirius snickered, shook his head and sat down. Isabella followed him with a roll of her eyes. Remus, holding Whitney's hand, walked back to his seat with her. They started becoming touchy-feely in their seats, and Isabella couldn't stop feeling disgusted.
"How beautiful. Alright, next group!" Slughorn called. The next group went up and presented their topic. Isabella could hear Whitney and Remus behind her, whispering and giggling to each other. She caught Sirius' eye and they both exchanged a disgusted, bored look.
Did we just have contact? Sirius thought.
Ew, Isabella thought. As the class droned on, she noticed that half-an-hour whizzed by. Happy that the love potion had now worn off Remus, she turned around to still see the two having an amicable, quiet chat. Her eyes narrowed as Remus kept on accepting Whitney's flirtatious moves. Charms class ended, and everyone piled out of the room. The Marauders were behind Isabella in the hallway, with Whitney tagging along with Remus.
"Whitney," Isabella heard Remus say, "Would you like to have dinner together tonight?"
"OF COURSE, REEMMUSSS!" Whitney happily exploded, and Isabella cringed so hard.
"Great! Dinner it is," Remus smiled.
