"Miss Granger, I don't recall giving you permission to speak. Therefore, I will be taking ten points off of Gryffindor for your inability to control yourself. Now then…"
He pointed his wand at the blackboard and it was like an invisible hand was writing on it.
"Today we will be drafting freezing solutions. The instructions are on the board, the ingredients are beside your cauldron, you have one hour starting now."
Everyone got to it. Alex found it hard due to how small Snape's handwriting was and Snape breathing down his neck every time he passed by. Alex could've sworn that he wanted him to fail, and he began to like him less each minute that passed. He looked to his left and saw that Ariel and Hermione perfected it, which cause Alex to smile and Snape to sneer.
But suddenly, everyone's attention turned to where a loud BANG! occurred. A boy Alex recognized as Neville Longbottom had his potion blown in his face. Snape gave a small smile of satisfaction.
"Why am I not surprised, Mr. Longbottom?" Snap groaned

Chapter 7: Moste Potente Potions

The bell rang and Snape gave them homework. As everyone was leaving, Alex spotted Malfoy talking to two rather large boys and laughing, obviously about Neville.
Ariel noticed it too, and spoke alongside Alex. "Those two look so stupid, I bet he'll tell them anything."
A light flickered in Alex's head as she spoke. "That's it!"
Alex ran, with Ariel behind him, towards Hermione.
"Hermione!" Alex called out to her. She looked over to him as he stopped to catch his breath.
"I've got an idea on how to get Malfoy to talk. We need some of that Polyjuice Potion you talked about."

The good news was that Ariel, Harry, Hermione, and Ron thought Alex's idea of using Polyjuice Potion to disguise as Slytherins and interrogate Malfoy was brilliant. But there was only one flaw in the plan: the book Moste Potente Potions was in the Restricted Section of the Library and a student would need a signed form from a teacher to get it.
Which was why Alex had a form in his hand, but needed a teacher to sign it. He was heading down the hallway when a ragged man stepped in front of him and sneered. This was Filch, Hogwarts' caretaker. He was a nasty man who hated the students, and his mood turned nastier because his cat was the first victim of the mysterious beast.
"Another trouble-maker, eh?" he sneered.
"Uh…no…I'm actually…"Alex stammered.
"Don't think you can fool me!" Filch spat at him. "You lot are all the same. Running through the halls spreading your trash and chaos around to torment me for all the hard work I put in."
He grabbed Alex by the collar and pulled him closer to his ugly, sneering face.
"Mr. Filch, that'll do," a voice came.
Alex and Filch looked to see Maleficent heading their way.
"I'll handle him," she said to Filch coolly.
"As you wish, madam," Filch replied grumpily as he headed off.
Maleficent gave Alex her evil smirk. "Filch and I have one thing in common: we both wish for harmful punishments on students. Pity Dumbledore is too soft for his own good."
"What do you want, Maleficent?" Alex groaned.
"First off, it's MADAME Maleficent to you, boy. Second, I believe you need…what's this?"
She picked up a piece of parchment. Too Alex's horror, it was the checkout form.
"Ah!" Maleficent exclaimed as she read it. "A library checkout form. Hmmmmmmmm. Moste Potente Potions? Quite advanced for someone your age."
"Just…uh…some extra credit for Potions," Alex stammered feebly.
"I see," Maleficent said as she smirked. "Are you certain it has nothing to do with your mission."
Alex suddenly saw a solution.
"Maybe. Perhaps you can sign it."
Her eyes narrowed. "And why should I?"
Alex was now the one smirking. "Well since you don't want to blow your cover and I don't want to blow mine, perhaps if you sign it, we can only keep it between us. This way, all's well and neither of us have nothing to loose."
Maleficent stared as she considered it. But then her smirk returned.
"Actually I do."
She took out a quill and signed the parchment then handed it back to Alex.
"I hear those potions can be fatal."

It wasn't long until Alex got the book and headed to the common room, where Ariel, Hermione, and Ron waited for him. Stitch was asleep on the couch next to Ariel.
Alex handed the book to Hermione and she searched the book for the Polyjuice Potion.
"Here it is!" she exclaimed when she found it and began reading. "Hmmmmm. This potion seems to be a bit complicated. Most of these ingredients are easy to get, but boomslang skin. We'll probably have to sneak into Professor Snape's private stores. And we need a bit of whoever we're changing into."
Ron and Alex looked at each other with a face of grimace.
"But can you do it?" Ariel asked Hermione.
Hermione nodded at her. "I'll be able to, but it'll take a month."
"A month?!" Alex, Ron, and Ariel cried in unison.
"By then, half the school will be attacked," Alex said.
"I know," said Hermione. "But if it is Malfoy, then this is the best chance we've got, so it's better than nothing. And don't worry about getting a bit of who we're turning into yet. That's the last ingredient we need."
Harry suddenly walked in wearing red and gold robes and carrying a nicely decorated broomstick. Alex was wondering what it was for when Harry spoke.
"Gotta get to the field in time for our match against Slytherin."
Ron smirked. "Knock Malfoy off his broom and you can save me from drinking something with Crabbe's toenail."

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This is another chap guest written by Dan Man my Co-Author, don't worry, the next chap will be written by me, I swear!

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