A/N: Wow, not really that many spelling errors, but I still had to fix them. Hope everyone enjoys.

Chapter Two

Ron had finished his second potion just ten minutes after Harry had finished his. Harry hadn't started his third potion, since he wanted to wait for Ron to finish. Ron filled a vial, went up and put it on Slughorns desk. Slughorn didn't seem to have noticed, since he was really busy writing a letter to someone. Ron quickly went back to his seat and sat down.

"What are you making this time?" Ron asked, watching Harry turn a few pages in his book.

"I'll make this one," Harry said, pointing to a very tricky cleaning potion.

"I'll stick to this easy heat potion," Ron said.

Ron got what he needed and started on his heat potion. Ron looked over at Harry to see him turn off his burner. Hermione looked over at Ron just as he looked at her.

"His potion can't be heated," Hermione said, "Heat will do something to it."

"Doesn't it say what will happen in the book?" Ron asked, looking at Harry.

"No," Harry said, "I really don't want to find out what happens."

Hermione looked at Harry and continued with her own potion. Ron continued making his potion. His potion only took a half hour to make, while Harry's took 45 minutes. Ron put some in a vial and was about to empty his cauldron when a note landed in front of him. He quickly picked it up and read it to himself.

Now for this next task. I want you to put a few drops of your heat potion under Harry's potion. You know what will happen if you don't do what I ask.

Ron put the note next to the other one in his pocket and looked down at his potion. He lifted up his vial. He could feel the heat from the potion.

"Ron, can you watch my potion for a while?" Harry asked, looking at Ron.

"Okay," Ron said, now looking even more unhappy.

Ron watched as Harry stood up and quickly left the room. Ron looked down at Harry's finished cleaning potion with a sigh. He made sure no one was looking at him. He lifted up the cauldron and put drops of his potion everywhere on the burner. He quickly set the cauldron down and saw the little bit of smoke come from the top. Ron quickly refilled his vial just as Harry came back. Harry sat down and filled up his vial before he noticed his potion had turned black. He checked his book to see that his potion was supposed to be white. He set his vial down with a sigh. Ron was looking more then guilty.

"You can turn some of mine in," Ron whispered.

Before Harry could say anything, his vial had broken open. Ron and Harry quickly looked down at the little black, slimy thing. To his shock, it began to growl at him. Some students quickly moved away from the desk just as Slughorn got over to them. Slughorn picked up the black thing and it quickly covered one of his fingers and started growling really loud.

"It's eating the Professor," Pansy shrieked.

"Not to worry," Slughorn quickly said as some students moved toward the walls and door.

"What is it?" Harry asked, looking a bit shocked.

"It doesn't have a name really," Slughorn said a bit cheerfully, "I can't believe you made one. It takes great skill to make one of these little things. I know some people who will pay 50 gallons for just one of these."

That seemed to have caught everyone's attention. They quickly gathered around the table to see what was so special about this thing. The black thing had stopped growling. Slughorn gave it a rub and it moved to another finger and began to growl again. His one finger was completely clean. There was not one sign of dirt or anything else on it.

"You heated a cleaning potion," Slughorn said, looking down at Harry.

"I thought I had the burner all the way off," Harry quickly said.

"Well, be lucky it wasn't all the way off," Slughorn said, "to make this requires perfect timing and heat. Many students have tried and failed to make them. Only one other student managed to make them and that was Lily Evans. You really have your mother's skill."

"Why won't it stay in a vial?" Hermione asked, looking a bit upset.

"Because a vial is already clean," Slughorn said, looking down at the now quiet black thing on his finger, "This little thing can't stand being in a small, clean space."

"So, it's a little cleaning monster?" Pansy asked, "Why would anyone want it?"

"Yes," Slughorn said, "which is why it's so expensive. Many wizarding families don't like to clean and think it's a waste of time to use magic to clean as well. They would rather not worry about cleaning."

"But how do you keep it contained?" Hermione asked.

"Just keep it in a cauldron," Slughorn said, "They can't really clean cauldrons for reasons unknown. Harry, may I take your cauldron?" I'll bring you back another one."

"Take it," Harry said, looking a bit confused.

Slughorn put the black thing on his finger back into the cauldron with the rest of it. He quickly picked up the cauldron and took it back to his desk. Everyone else had gone back to their seats. Slughorn brought Harry another cauldron and hurried back to his desk. He began writing another letter with a big grin on his face.

"You just can't help showing off," Hermione whispered, now looking madder then ever.

"It's not my fault," Harry said, "That was an accident. I really just meant to make a cleaning potion."

Hermione just rolled her eyes and went back to her potion. Ron gave a small sigh of relief. Ron looked over at Malfoy to see that he looked just as mad as Hermione. Ron looked over at Harry to he that he was flipping through his book again. Ron took a few deep breaths and continued on with his other potions. The rest of the class went on without another note, which had made Ron a bit more cheerful, but he kept glancing over at Malfoy every time he finished one of his potions. Harry had finished about five minutes before Ron, but he waited there for him to finish. Hermione still had one more potion to make and had told them not to wait for her. They quickly left the dungeons together.

"I can't believe what happened today," Harry said.

"You should be happy that whatever you or someone else did just helped you," Ron said.

"I didn't want any of that to happen," Harry said, "I just wanted a normal potions class today."

Ron looked at the ground. Just then a little first year ran up to them. Ron and Harry stopped walking and looked at the first year. He handed Ron a note and quickly ran off. Harry looked down at the note and then up at Ron to see he was looking a bit scared.

"Are you going to read it?" Harry asked.

"Can I have a moment alone?" Ron asked, looking up at Harry.

Harry shook his head and continued walking down the hall. Ron made sure Harry was completely out of site before he opened the note and read to himself.

I am very disappointed about what happened today. You were supposed to destroy those potions, but no such luck. I've feeling a bit nice today so I'll give you another chance. Tonight, I want you to sneak into Slughorns office and grab a few potions. I won't name them now, but you will be getting another note with a list of things you need to grab and the name of the potion you will be making for me and you better make this potion right.

Ron was now looking more then scared. He put the note in his pocket and sat down. 'Please,' Ron thought, 'let this be over soon.'