"Alright 6th years, I hope all of you at least attempted to study. Now on to your exams. I will first put you into teams of two and then give you both a potion in your books to make. This will be a group grade, so I expect full cooperation from both members. The potion is due at 5:00, exactly two hours from now. Once you finish the potion, both partners bring it to me. You are only to speak with your partner and no one else. Now then, let's get on with this, shall we. As soon as I post these names, get your partner and begin." Professor Snape posted the partnerships and quickly moved out of the way. Everyone scrambled over to it and began searching for their names. "

All right! I got Harry!" Ron said excitedly.

"Don't be expecting an O on this one Ron" Harry said sternly. Both looked at each other and laughed.

"Who'd you get Hermione?" Harry asked.

"I'm still looki_... YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!" Hermione groaned.

"What are you complaining abou_... WHAT!!!" Draco stared at the pairings, his being Hermione!

"WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS?!?!" Both quickly spat at Snape, Draco looking like he was about to be sick and Hermione as if she would rip off someone's head, preferably either Malfoy's or Snape's.

"Now look, the pairings were completely at random. Draco, though I do pity you for your lack of luck, you'll have to deal with it, *glares at Hermione* so if either of you want to make a decent grade, I suggest you stop whining and start your assignment. I believe you have the de-ageing potion, so quit wasting valuable time." Snape sneered as soon as he was finished, clearly amused at the arrangement and the victor of the argument. Draco huffed off to the table. Hermione gave her professor one last death glare and followed Draco to begin.

"Malfoy, could you please start on dicing the Lynthis root. I'll go grab the Wendle sap and leech blood." Hermione moved over to get the items before he had a chance to argue. Thinking of the correct order in which to stabilize the blood and sap compound, Hermione gathered the necessary items and headed back to the table. Draco was just adding the root when she walked up.

"I still can't believe Snape did this. I mean really, me, working with you!" Draco vented.

"Look, I don't like this arrangement any more than you do, so just zip it and maybe we'll survive the next two hours." Hermione said with a huff.

Draco smirked, "So it seems we can actually agree on something, filthy little mud_"

"Malfoy! I swear if you even think about finishing that sentence you'll end up in an early grave!" Hermione hissed. Draco gulped, and with quick reflexes, went back to the assignment. Hermione did the same.

Only 20 minutes left and by some miracle, Longbottom had not melted a cauldron, Seamus didn't cause anything to explode, and Hermione and Draco had not tried to kill each other, yet. All in all, this was one of the rarely seen peaceful potions classes that they had. When it narrowed to 10 minutes, Snape walked up to the front of the classroom.

"10 minutes left. Finish up and prepare to turn in your potions." Everyone started to hurry. Hermione began cleaning up the work station while Draco put in the last few ingredients. Draco was sure that they had done everything perfectly. Who knew that the mudblood could do this well. Without looking, Draco accidently put the ingredients in together instead of separate, causing the potion to start bubbling. Without warning, the potion went up in smoke, engulfing around Draco.

"WHAT THE_" Draco shouted, then POOF, utter silence. Hermione ran back to check out what happened, and her jaw dropped, as well as a certain potions professor's. In the place where Draco was previously standing was a baby with mercury eyes and pale blond hair, tangled in a pile of robes.

"WHAT IN MERLINS NAME HAPPENED?!?!" Hermione exclaimed as she ran back to her now de-aged partner. Snape was thinking the exact same words, but was busy examining the potion to see what had gone wrong. At this time, students began encircling the table, except Ron, who was currently on top of a potions rack putting away ingredients. All went into shock at the sight.

Seeing the stares, Snape said, "Class dismissed. Everyone will retake the exam tomorrow. Potter, inform Ms. McGonagall that Ms. Granger will not be attending any of the classes today." Harry merely nodded in response and ran out the door. After a series of groans, the rest of the class followed in suite. Hermione picked up Draco, despite his kicks of protest.

"Well, apparently you still have all of your memories." Hermione noted. Draco kept kicking in protest, clearly trying to say that he did not want to be held by Granger. "Calm down Malfoy. I have to carry you to Dumbledore's office. Now hold still so I don't drop you." Hermione insisted. "What happened professor?" Hermione asked.

"It seems that Draco added the last few ingredients out of order, getting the cloud result. I'll analyze the potion and see how long it will take to create an antidote. In the meantime, do as you suggested and take Draco to Dumbledore's office." Snape went back to bottling the potion. Answer obtained, Hermione shrunk Draco's robes and transfigured his underwear into a nappy and dressed him, then scooped him up into her arms, shifted him into position, and walked toward the Headmaster's office. The entire time Hermione changed him, Draco blushed and shut his eyes as tight as possible.

What the hell have I gotten myself into? Draco thought. Being dressed was one thing, but the nappy was just plain embarrassing.

REFER BACK TO CHAPTER 1!!!!

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