Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter & Friends, but I would give my heart to Severus Snape.
Hermione finally was released by Molly Weasley, after she had finished all but half of her eggs. She descended down the steep stairs with one hand on the crooked railing and her other on her stomach. She walked to the door to the left, where it clearly read Laboratory etched into the wood door. She raised her right hand and gave a firm series of knocks.
"Enter, Miss Granger." Professor Snape spoke in his normal classroom tone. Which made Hermione cringe at the thought of the horror stories, of Snape's famous detentions. She sighed as she placed her hand on the handle and pushed the door as she twisted the handle, causing the door to creak as she opened it.
"Hello Professor Snape." Hermione said with a falsified smile.
"Don't act so enthused, Miss Granger." Professor Snape said coldly. "You are here to learn, what it means to be a Potions Master."
Hermione looked to him, more shocked than anything, her jaw dropped.
"Do not make me retract my statement." Professor Snape said as he pointed to the far table in the south corner. Causing Hermione to jump out of her shock and walked over to the workstation, where three caldrons laid empty on the counter.
"Professor, what do you want-" she stopped talking when she saw him open a cabinet on the far wall, picking up vials and bottles of ingredients.
"This is a test Miss Granger, to see if you are what I need." he said as he placed the three vials, one in front of each caldron, and placed all the ingredients on a the counter across from the one she was standing behind. "You will figure out what potions are in each vial, then you will use these ingredients plus others from the cabinet to recreate the three potions. You will be recreating these potions simultaneously. Do you understand?"
"Completely Professor Snape." She said immediately, as she opened the first vial, taking a whiff of it's aroma. "Are these potions safe to touch?" she asked cautiously, as she lifted the vial to her eye level to examine the contents.
"Hmmm...a very good question, yes you can touch the content in the vials. But that is the only question I will be answering. I will be gone for a while, please do not take my trust in your abilities to your ego, or else you will never complete my task and you will fail."
Hermione looked up to him, "I understand, sir." She said as she continued to examine the contents of the potions, making him disappear from her world, as she focused deep into her work.
Severus watched her for a few moments before he left her to her own devices, and left the basement and the Potion Making to Hermione Granger.
The moment Professor Snape left, was the moment the panicky Hermione came out, she first paced in front of the vials thinking very hard. Simultaneously...he wants me to simultaneously make these potions. She bit her lip as she grabbed the first vial, opened the vial's cork and took a small whiff. The moment she done so, a duplicate of herself appeared to the left of the Original Hermione and she pressed her finger to her lips as she walked to the second vial and took a whiff of the second potion.
After a few more moments, a third Hermione appeared coming from the opposing side and she placed a finger to her lips, as she took a whiff from the third vial. The Original Hermione was thinking to herself, when did I come up with this plan? The second Hermione's thoughts chimed into her brain an hour into the attempt of recreating the first potion, you became more panicky and you turned back the clock. Then the third one chimed in Then after two hours you decided to turn back the clock again. Three Hermione's is better than one, and I already know the answers to the other potions. The first is simple compared to the last. He expects us to make Wolfsbane, or at least start the process. As well as make Polyjuice and The Draught of the Living Dead.
"Is he crazy?" The original Hermione spoke aloud. No, but he doesn't expect you to succeed either. So that's where we come in. Chimed second and third Hermione. "Bloody Hell..." she said softly. "Do we get caught?"
Calm down! As long as we stay quiet and complete what we can before 3 hours is up, we should be fine. Just stop talking and work on your potion, chimed the third Hermione. I am working on Wolfsbane, Second Hermione is working on the Draught of the Living Dead, and you are working on Polyjuice.
The Original Hermione sighed in relief when she discovered she was making Polyjuice, as she had made it correctly in third year. The Second Hermione had her book open to Draught of Living Dead, and was following the directions until she got to the bean. I can't get this bean to cut...what's wrong with it? Original Hermione perplexed, as third Hermione chimed in The directions must be wrong, squish the bean and see if that helps. Original Hermione looked to third Hermione as if she was committing blasphemy. What it's true, I've already discovered Wolfsbane directions are incorrect, and I am trying to figure out what is wrong with the book. Remember how you had slightly altered the directions of Polyjuice last year, well I have to really adjust the Wolfsbane, and the Draught only needs a minor modification to make it better. Original Hermione bit her lower lip, My mistake was an improvement? Third Hermione smiled You should have seen Professor Snape's face when he saw your accident accelerated the potion's time to make from 3 months to one. "Wait a moment...how do you know...that the potion accelerated from 3 months to one?"
Third Hermione bit her lip. I'm from a month from now. Second Hermione covered Original Hermione's mouth. Shhhh...your Time-Turner is special, it can move both ways through time. Original Hermione's eyes widened. Third Hermione chimed in It was a hell of a discovery trust me. When I was original Hermione I thought my head was going to explode. Second Hermione nodded also in agreement.
Original Hermione bit her lip. Third Hermione, I thought you said I got panicky and decided to turn back the clock again in two hours after the second Hermione came into the picture. Second and Third Hermione chimed at once You did, but then a the third Hermione turned out to be a month from now. Strange concept time can be when your thoughts and actions are not yet dictated. Third Hermione then chimed Stop thinking and complete your potions!
Original Hermione bit her lip, I cannot go any further. YES YOU CAN! Chimed both Second and Third Hermione. You can get halfway through the potion before you have to stop. Original Hermione forced her way through the steps of the Polyjuice potion until she reached a point where the potion had to simmer for 2 weeks as Second Hermione was nearly finishing up with the Draught of Living Death, Original you need to finish this for me and don't forget to turn back the clock! Chimed Second Hermione as she faded into Hermione was nearly to the point where she needed a freshly picked ingredient under a new moon. When she looked up to Original Hermione as she finished the last steps of the Draught before she pulled out her Time-Turner and turned the clock back an hour. Third Hermione shook her head as she finished what she could of the Wolfsbane since she didn't have the fresh ingredient, which had to be picked at midnight. She then looked up to the Newly emerged Hermione which is a combination of the Original Hermione and the Second and smiled as she looked to them. Good Luck with Professor Snape, but you don't actually need it! Chimed Third Hermione as she turned the Time-Turner 720 times forward, waving as she vanished into the clouds of time.
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