Chapter 21: Polyjuice Potion

Hey everyone I'm back with a new chapter. A little Christmas gift for all of you. I've seen how excited my latest chapter made you and I wanted to get this out for the holidays. I hope you all like what I have planned. Happy Holidays. Please Review and Enjoy.

Sam and Harry make their way up to the top of the stairs and enter Dumbledore's office. Inside they saw portraits of all the Headmasters, a huge bookcase and many other interesting items including the Sorting Hat.

"Been a while since we saw that thing." Sam mutters when Harry looks towards it.

"Bee in your bonnet, Potter?" It asks.

"Uh yes…sorry but I was wondering if you put me in the right house?" Harry asks.

"Right house?" Sam asks confused.

"Ah Young Snape too? You both were very difficult but I stand by my statement. You would have done well in Slytherin." The Sorting Hat said causing Harry to get an uneasy feeling.

"No, you're wrong." Harry said.

"Harry don't let this hat get to you." Sam said.

"Oh really?" The Sorting Hat said getting his attention. "Bravery of a Gryffindor, Loyalty of a Hufflepuff, and the Wisdom of a Ravenclaw all mixed with a Slytherin's Ambition. Very rare type of choice you were."

"Wait what?" Sam asks confused when they heard a noise.

Looking over to Dumbledore's desk they saw a beautiful red and orange bird on a pedestal.

"Where did you come from?" Sam asks as he walks over.

"Be careful Sam, it might bite." Harry warns.

"Don't worry Harry. I'm just gonna pet it." Sam said slowly stroking the bird who seemed happy at first until a few seconds later it burst into flames and its ashes fell into a bowl underneath it causing Sam to scream.

"What did you do?!" Harry asks.

"I don't know!" Sam panics.

"Oh no! When Prof. Dumbledore sees this he's gonna kill you!" Harry panics.

"But it was an accident!" Sam said holding his head.

"Boys?" Looking up a staircase they saw Prof. Dumbledore looking down at them.

"Prof. Dumbledore I am so sorry, I just wanted to pet it I didn't know it would burst into flames!" Sam said.

"Oh and about time too. He's been looking dreadful for days. Pity you got him on a burning day. Think he wanted to play a little joke on you." Dumbledore said walking down to them.

"Wait what do you mean?" Sam points.

"Fawkes is a Phoenix. They burst into flames when it is time for them to die and they are reborn from the ashes." Dumbledore said as they looked to the ashes and saw a baby phoenix coming emerging from them. "Fascinating creatures. They can carry immensely heavy loads, their tears have healing powers and they make highly faithful pets." Dumbledore smiles scooping up Fawkes in his hands. "Would you like to try again Sam?"

"Really? You'll let me?" Sam asks surprised.

Looking to Fawkes, Sam slowly reached his hand out making sure there were no more flames before gently stroking the little bird.

"Wow." Sam said.

"My it appears Fawkes like you." Dumbledore chuckles.

"Well look at you. Quite the magical creature lover." Harry chuckles when the door opens revealing Hagrid.

"Prof. Dumbledore sir! Harry and Sam are innocent!" Hagrid said running in.

"Hagrid I—"

"In fact I'd be willing to swear in front of the Ministry of Magic!" Hagrid said.

"Hagrid! I don't think Harry and Sam attacked anyone." Dumbledore said.

"Oh." Hagrid said calming down. "Well uh I'll just wait outside." Turning around Hagrid walks out the door.

"You believe us?" Harry asks.

"Yes. I don't think either of you boys are the cause of this." Dumbledore said causing them to sigh in relief. "But I do wonder, is there anything you two wish to tell me?"

Pausing Sam moves his hand into his pocket and grips the music box. "No not at the moment sir." Sam hesitates.

"No, me neither." Harry said equally hesitant.

"I see. Well then you boys better get going." Dumbledore offers, but as they turned away he remembered something. "Wait Sam."

"Yes sir?" Sam asks.

"Do you mind showing me one of those muggle magic tricks you do?" Dumbledore smiles.

"Sure." Sam reaches into his deck of cards.

"Really sir? Even you?" Harry chuckles.

"I quite enjoy them." Dumbledore said walking over.

"Pick a card." Sam said as Dumbledore picks it. "Alright study it and then put it back."

Slipping the card back in Sam shuffles the deck. "Alright sir, do you see your card anywhere?"

Opening the deck Dumbledore flips through it and saw it wasn't there. "Hmm it appears my card is gone."

"You don't say, now where could it have gone?" Sam looks around before seeing something. "Wait what's this?" Reaching over Sam pulled the King of Hearts Card out of Dumbledore's beard. "Is this your card?"

"Yes it is." Dumbledore smiles. "Now that's impressive. How did you do that?"

"Sorry Professor. A magician never reveals his secrets." Sam said as he and Harry leave.

"Card in my beard. Clever." Prof. Dumbledore chuckles.

Soon it was Christmas time and most of the students had decided to go home and after what happened to Justin and Nearly Headless Nick no one blamed them for wanting to leave as quickly as possible.

In the Great Hall, Sam was sitting down working on a plan for his next sneak in.

'Okay once the Polyjuice Potion gets the team in Slytherin I'll use this to ask Harry, Ron and Hermione to sneak me into Gryffindor to help me find that second item.' Sam thought when he heard hooting.

Looking up he saw Noctis fly in from above before shaking off the snow.

"Whoa buddy you okay?" Sam asks as he gave his owl some water. "What you got for me?"

Holding up his leg, Sam saw a letter in his claws and a small parcel.

Opening it he expected a letter from Martha but was shocked to see it was a wizard photo of Eric and Cole standing with Newt on a snowy mountain with a Yeti waving at him as well.

"No way." Sam smiles.

Sam, we are have made so much progress Newt let us go with him on one of his beast missions. Found this big fella causing trouble in the Himalayas. Turns out Bigfoot is real and he's a yeti! Turns out the big guy was just trying to help people who got lost in these mountains because he was bored. So we showed him a few hobbies and games from the orphanage and the Yeti just loved the puzzles. We gave him a Rubix Cube and he calmed right down. The Wizarding World is so cool. Hopefully, by summer we'll get better. Merry Christmas dude.

Your buddies Eric, Cole and Newt.

Finishing the letter, Sam was laughing.

"They gave Bigfoot a Rubix cube?" Sam chuckles.

P.S. Newt was looking into that creature you were talking about and sadly quite a few dangerous creatures can cause people to be petrified so we're still not sure what's going on. Don't worry we haven't told Martha anything. She worries enough about us. Good luck man.

"Maybe I can figure out more later." Sam sighs when Noctis moves the parcel towards him. "Is this it?" Sam asks as Noctis nods.

"Oh man he is gonna love this." Sam said pocketing the parcel.

As he made his way to the exit he saw Hermione and Penny walking over.

"Sam we got news." Penny said getting his attention.

"The potion is almost ready. By tomorrow we'll be able to use it." Hermione said.

"That's great." Sam said.

"There's just one last thing we need. A hair from the people we'll be turning into." Hermione said.

"But who are you gonna use? Malfoy won't spill to just anyone." Sam said.

"We thought of that. Harry and Ron will get a hair from Crabbe and Goyle and you'll be wearing Harry's invisibility cloak so you can listen in." Hermione explains.

"Okay and what you two?" Sam asks.

"I've got mine. You're new friend Daphne Greengrass. Plucked this off her when she was in Charms class with us." Penny said holding up a vial.

"Daphne? But Malfoy would never listen to her." Sam said.

"Not if I pretended to act how she used to be. A total ice queen." Penny said.

"And I have one too. Millicent Bulstrode. She's on break so I can just say I changed my mind." Hermione said holding up her hair.

"I hope this works." Sam sighs before leaving to get some rest.

The next day on Christmas morning, Sam awoke to find a few presents waiting for him.

From Ron's family he got his very own Christmas Sweater, from Martha, Eric and Cole he received a new book on Muggle Magic tricks, Penny got him a box of Licorice wands, Tulip got him an Exploding Snap game, Barnaby and Liz got him some flasks for his Potion Belts and Newt sent him some Dragon Hide gloves.

"Whoa awesome." Sam smiles when he sees a small thin present.

Bending down to pick it up he opened it and saw it was a few pictures of his birth parents. One was them as students and Leonard was giving Lucy a piggyback, one was them as adults on their wedding day and finally the last one was them having a family dinner with the rest of their family members.

Smiling Sam instantly knew who this might be from.

Putting his gifts down, Sam looked to the music box next to the Viper Fangs.

'After tonight I'm asking them to sneak me in.' Sam thought determined.

That night, Harry, Ron and Sam watched as Barnaby walked over to the real Daphne.

"Hey uh Daphne can I ask you something about our Charms lessons? I'm really behind." Barnaby asks.

"I guess I can help a little bit, but not too much it's Christmas." Daphne said.

"All I need is an hour." Barnaby assures as they walk away.

"Okay that's one." Sam said.

"Now for the other two." Making their way down an empty corridor they noticed Crabbe and Goyle walking over.

Placing two small chocolate cakes on a plate they hid behind some suits of armor.

"They can't honestly be this thick." Ron said.

"Actually they are." Sam cringed as Crabbe pointed to the plate.

Walking over both he and Goyle took a bite of the cakes and instantly they passed out.

"Okay on three." Harry said as they struggled to pick the two of them.

"Man these guys need to cut back on the sweets." Sam groans.

"How can two people be so heavy?" Ron groans as they push Crabbe and Goyle into a closet but not before grabbing one of their hairs.

In the bathroom, Sam watched as Hermione poured the potion into four glasses.

"Okay Barnaby is keeping the real Daphne away and Crabbe and Goyle have been taken care of. Harry you got your Invisibility Cloak?" Hermione asks.

"Right here." Harry said holding it up.

"Sweet." Sam said ready to find out the truth. "Uh hey guys when this is over I need your help with something."

"We can talk later Sam." Ron said.

"Alright once we drink it, we only have an hour. We just have to put the hairs in and drink it." Hermione said.

As all of them grabbed a glass Sam watched as they all drank their potion.

"I think I'm gonna be sick." Ron gags.

"Me too." Hermione said as they both ran into the stalls while Harry and Penny gulped theirs down.

"Are you guys okay?" Sam asks when both Harry and Penny started coughing and something happened to their bodies.

Changing shape Sam watched as Harry turned into Goyle and Penny became Daphne.

"It worked." Harry said looking at himself in the mirror.

"Wow." Penny said looking at herself.

"Harry the glasses." Sam points.

"Oh yeah good call." Harry said taking them off.

Coming out of the stall they saw Ron had taken the appearance of Crabbe.

"Harry? Penny?" Ron said surprised.

"I know right." Penny said.

"Bloody hell." Ron said.

"Wait we still sound like us." Penny realized.

"Yeah you guys gotta make your voices sound like Crabbe and Goyle." Sam said.

"Oh uh…shut up your stupid dreamer." Ron said mimicking Crabbe.

"Hmm not bad." Sam said.

"Where's Hermione?" Ron asks.

"Hermione?" Penny calls out.

"Uh I don't think I'm going." Hermione calls out.

"Hermione I know Millicent isn't one of the pretty students but come on." Ron calls out.

"We won't judge." Sam said.

"Just go! We're wasting time!" Hermione calls out.

"We'll meet you back here." Harry said as he handed Sam his Invisibility Cloak. "Alright Sam lead the way."

"Stay close, but remember if anyone sees us you were trying to beat me up." Sam reminds.

"They hate you that much?" Penny asks.

"You have no idea." Sam mumbles.

As they made their way out, Sam lead by a good amount.

"So wait your Common room is in the Dungeons?" Ron asks as they made their way downstairs.

"Yep compared to yours mine must be very different." Sam said.

"Oh yeah." Harry said when a figure came out of the shadows.

"Who's there?" A familiar voice said.

"It's Percy." Ron gasps.

"Quick hide." Penny said as Sam threw the cloak over him and her as Percy arrives.

"What are you doing here?" Ron asks.

"That is none of your concern. Crabbe is it?" Percy asks.

"Uh yeah." Ron hesitates.

Under the Invisibility cloak, Sam and Penny tried to be as quiet as possible.

"It's not safe to be out this late at night." Percy said

"You are." Ron said.

"I am a Prefect." Percy said.

"Crabbe! Goyle there you are!" Looking down the hall Malfoy storms over. "Were you pigging out in the Great Hall? I've been looking all over."

Acting quickly Sam and Penny moved out of the way.

"What are you staring?" Malfoy asks looking at Percy.

"Mind your tongue Malfoy." Percy growls.

"Come on." Malfoy said leading them away. "Before any other worthless wizards come out."

As Percy walks down the hall, Sam and Penny took off the cloak.

"Oh man that was close." Sam said.

"Too close." Penny said when Sam noticed her or rather Daphne's face was inches from his.

"Uh Penny." Sam points out.

"Sorry." Penny said. "I can't believe you live in the same house as jerks like them."

"Yeah well I do. I wanted to be in that house and this is the price for that." Sam shrugs as they walk to follow Malfoy.

"But they're so mean and you're not. Why would you want to be in such an awful house?" Penny asks.

"Because I didn't think it would be that bad when I first joined and besides. If I wasn't a Slytherin I wouldn't be in the same house as Prof. Snape." Sam said.

"You really look up to him, don't you?" Penny asks.

"Look he's not perfect but sometimes I see moments where he's the best wizard in the world. He's almost like a father to me. You must think I'm crazy." Sam said.

"Only a little." Penny giggles. "But even so I'm glad you're not like most Slytherin."

"Me too." Sam said turning to Penny. "I don't think you and I would be friends if I was like Malfoy."

"Definitely not." Penny giggles when she noticed something above them. "Uh Sam."

"Huh?" Looking up he saw he and Penny were standing under a mistletoe.

"Mistletoe." Penny said.

"Uh Penny we really don't have time for this." Sam reminds.

"Oh fine." Penny said about to walk ahead when she quickly leaned in and pecked him on the cheek surprising him.

Blushing softly Sam shook it off as they made their way to the common room.

When the door opens Sam entered covered in the cloak when Malfoy noticed Penny.

"Greengrass what are you doing out?" Malfoy asks as Penny looks to see Ron and Harry sitting near him.

"Uh…I ran into that loser Samuel Snape and had to take the long way." Penny cringed.

Pausing Malfoy looks at her before snickering. "Nice to see you finally wised Greengrass. Sticking with Samuel would drag your family down like the Weasley's did with Potter." Malfoy smirks causing Sam to growl under the cloak.

"You'd never know the Weasleys were Pure Blood, the way they behave. A disgrace." Malfoy said as Ron tightened his fist. "What's a matter Crabbe?"

"Stomachache." He said.

"I'm surprised that these attacks haven't reached the Daily Prophet. I guess that fool Dumbledore is trying to cover it up. My father always said he was the worst thing to happen to this school." Malfoy said.

"You're wrong." Harry said getting his attention.

"What's that Goyle? You think there's someone who's actually worse than Dumbledore?" Malfoy glares.

"Uh…Harry Potter and Samuel Snape." Harry chokes causing Malfoy to chuckle.

"Good one Goyle. You're absolutely right. Those two are the worst. Samuel Snape, the fact that he even shares the same name as our head of house is disgraceful I can't believe Prof. Snape actually puts up with that stupid dreamer. "I'm gonna change Slytherin house for the better." If I was Prof. Snape I would have thrown that orphan brat right back into garbage where I found him." Malfoy mocks.

Under the cloak, Sam growls wanting nothing more than to let Malfoy have it.

"Is he really that annoying?" Penny asks.

"Come on Greengrass. You can't honestly believe his craziness? The only thing Samuel can do is make you laugh at how pathetic he is. And then there's Saint Potter. People actually think he's the heir of Slytherin. I wish I knew who it is, then I would help them." Malfoy said confusing them.

"But you must have some idea." Harry said.

"You know I don't Goyle. I told you yesterday. And father won't tell me anything about the last time the chamber was opened. It was 50 years ago so it was before his time, but he knows all about it." Malfoy said.

"What happened?" Penny asks.

"He only told me one thing. The last time the chamber was opened a Mudblood and another wizard died. So that means it's only a matter of time before one dies this time. As for me I hope it's Granger." Malfoy grins.

Ron was about to move in when Penny and Harry held him back.

"No." Harry said.

"What's a matter with you two? You're acting weirder than usual." Malfoy said.

"Uh it's his stomach." Harry said before turning to them.

"Scar." Penny whispers.

"Your eyes." Harry said as the three of them started to return to normal.

As Draco noticed a small present on the counter, he saw the three of them run out.

"Hey where are you going?!" Malfoy calls out.

Running out of the common room, Sam took off the cloak and they ran past the real Crabbe and Goyle confusing them briefly.

"That was way too close." Penny said.

"Yeah I was this close to killing Malfoy." Ron said as he, Harry, Sam and Penny rushed to the girl's bathroom just as the Polyjuice Potion wore off.

"Hermione, we got loads to tell you! Come on out!" Harry said running to her stall.

"Go away!" Hermione said.

"Hermione the potion has worn off, you're fine." Sam assures when Myrtle and Duncan came out of some nearby stalls.

"Oh no she isn't." Duncan chuckles.

"Wait til you see. It's awful." Myrtle giggles.

"Hermione what's wrong?" Penny asks as they open the door.

"You remember when I said the Polyjuice Potion only works on humans?" Stepping out everyone looked in shock to see Hermione's face was all furry and she had golden eyes and pointy ears. "That was cat hair, Millicent has a cat."

"Oh no." Penny said in horror.

"Don't worry Hermione we'll get you to Madam Pomfrey right away." Harry said as he, Ron and Penny took Hermione away.

"Guys wait! I need to talk to you about something!" Sam calls out.

"It'll have to wait Sam. Hermione needs us." Ron said.

"We'll talk later!" Harry said as they ran down the hall.

"Dangit. I gotta get into Gryffindor." Sam said trying to figure out how he was gonna get in when his three closest Gryffindors were out of commission until Hermione got better.

Making his way downstairs he tried to think of something when he noticed Neville walking to his common room.

"Yes." Sam smiles softly. "Neville!" Sam calls out running to him.

"Sam? Good to see you. Merry Christmas." Neville said.

"Merry Christmas Neville. Listen I need your help." Sam said surprising him.

"Me? Help you? What about Harry, Ron or Hermione?" Neville asks.

"They have their own problems right now. Please Neville you're the only one who can help me right now." Sam begs with his hands together.

"Uh okay what's up?" Neville asks.

"I need you to help me sneak into Gryffindor Tower." Sam said.

"What?!" Neville gasps but Sam shushes him.

"Please Neville the fate of the school depends on it. I need your help." Sam said.

"Sam, I don't know. I'm not a hero like you or Harry. I'm scared. Can't we just leave this for someone else to do?" Neville said.

"Yeah. It probably would be easier to let someone else do it." Sam admits surprising Neville. "I mean yeah what I'm asking for is crazy and if I laid low I might avoid tons of trouble. But there's one problem with what you're suggesting Neville."

"What's that?" Neville asks.

"No else is trying." Sam declared. "Look Neville I get that you're scared and I don't blame you this is scary, but no one else is trying to stop it and I can't sit on the sidelines any longer. I need your help Neville. Now you have a choice. You can say no and go back to waiting for the problem to be solved or you can help me solve the problem?"

Neville looked at the friend who was always there for him when he needed help or a friend asking him for help. He was tired of always being scared or someone's punching bag.

"Alright Sam I'll help you." Neville nods.

"Thanks Neville you're the best." Sam smiles.

"What do I have to do?" Neville asks.

"Meet me in the Gryffindor Common Room the last day of Winter break before everyone comes back." Sam said.

Little did they know around the corner someone was listening in.

He was a second-year Gryffindor who appeared to be Asian with wild spiky black hair. This was Jae Kim.

"Ooh looks like something sneaky is going on between Longbottom and that Slytherin. Interesting." Jae grins wanting to look into this.

Saying goodbye to Neville, Sam made his way back to the Slytherin Common room only to arrive at the same time as Daphne did.

"Oh hey Sam." Daphne said.

"Daphne?" Sam said surprised as the memory of Penny disguised as her kissing him on the cheek under the mistletoe appeared in his mind. "Uh hey what are you doing here?"

"Uh I live here. Like you do." Daphne said.

"Right, right sorry. Uh I uh…sorry this day has been long." Sam sighs in defeat.

"I'm sorry. I guess with everything going on even the holidays can be stressful." Daphne said.

"Yeah." Sam said before looking at her concerned face. "You know it's still hard to believe Slytherin's Ice Queen is taking an interest in my goal. Almost every other Slytherin laughs at me."

"Well, I'm not like most Slytherin's then am I?" She smirks.

"I guess not." Sam shrugs.

"Sam I think what you're doing is pretty amazing. Not everyone may enjoy this but you inspire some of us. Including me, don't give up doing what you do." Daphne smiles.

"Thanks Daphne I needed that." Sam smiles.

Giving Sam a brief hug Daphne walks away.

Sighing Sam walks in to his room and lays down.

Nearby, Snape walks into the main room and noticed a small parcel by his room. The same one Noctis brought Sam yesterday. "What's this?" Picking it up he saw a note that read. "To the best Defense Against the Dark Arts Teacher I've ever had." Snape read realizing who it was from.

Opening the box Snape saw inside was a pair of black fingerless mittens.

Surprised Snape put them on. "Warm but still easy to work with my wand or Potions." Snape said before smiling softly liking the warm mittens on his hands.

Looking over in the direction of Sam's room he couldn't help but smile. "Merry Christmas Sam.: