On a side note, Severus really does not like Remus and well any of the marauders bring out the worst in him. Instead of snide comments he is more likely to show open hostility at one point then revert to his more normal silky smooth insults. His going back and forth is not a mistake, it is part of his character as he is a very emotional man. The essay: Reserved Snape Cannon or Fiction? By Whitehound is a good read, you can Google it and it should just come up. Anyway thank you for reading and do leave a review even if it is just to say you were here.
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Chapter Five: Potions and Boggarts:
Severus Snape was torn, on one hand he was impressed that Harry was taking potions as seriously as he was now and doing far better than he had the last two years. On the other he wanted to beat the brat, it was not because the boy was being rude no in fact Harry was being polite and extremely cheerful around him! Instead of a sullen expression Harry smiled and never once was disrespectful and Severus wondered just what was up. Even Neville Longbottom had improved, true he never would be a potions master but he could make satisfactory potions now. Even Hermione Granger was less annoying as she had asked some very intelligent questions regarding some aspects of potions she did not understand. She clearly did want to learn and not just out of a book. Still something was up and Severus was not going to let these Gryffindors get away with anything!
Discover moreFan fiction forumFan fiction communityMoviesFan fiction booksRead Graphic Novels"Potter can you tell me exactly what a shrinking potion would be good for?" Severus snapped at Harry.
"Well sir if one needed to shrink an object like say a dragon to handle said dragon easier one could administer the shrinking potion as spells don't work well on the dragon sir. It can be used to de-age an animal for a time though it is no advisable to use it on a person sir."
"Weasley why must fresh daisy roots be used?" Severus said knowing the Weasley brat could not know the answer to this.
Discover moreBooksMobile app marketingCookiesFan fiction writingCartoons"Well sir because the fresher the roots the better the potion will work sir?" Ron said.
"I see, let's see if any of you can make the potion, you have an hour began!" Severus snapped.
He watched as the students got the ingredients needed and started to chop roots, remove blood from rat spleens that still had blood in them and start to make their potions. Severus was surprised to see Neville actually make the potion correctly, what he did not know is Lupin had Neville brew the potions he would make this year that summer so that in class he would not mess up any potion he made. It worked as Neville, having made this once before had the confidence to make it correctly here. Once the potions were made Severus walked up to Neville's cauldron, picked up the ladle and looked at the acid green potion and put the ladle back in the cauldron. He walked on to check Harry's then Ron's and he glared at Ron's as the green was more neon than acid.
Discover moreAuthor resourcesFiction writing toolsExplore Top AudiobooksBook Movie TicketsFan community platform"Bottle up your potions and put them on my desk!" Severus snapped, "Potter you will stay behind!"
"Yes sir." Harry said watching his friends left him alone with Snape.
"What are you up to Potter?" Severus said quietly.
"Professor sir?" Harry asked.
"This attitude of yours, you are planning something and I will not stand for it!" Severus said softly.
"Well sir this summer I stayed with Neville and um Remus, I mean professor Lupin told me about my parents and that my mum was really good in potions. I found I have bit of a knack for potions and they are brilliant sir." Harry said, "he kind of scolded me too sir."
"Indeed he did and why was that Potter, because you were being lazy?"
"Yes sir, well more that I was not living up to my potential and was as you said being a bit lazy." Harry replied, "he said I was very smart and I needed to use my brains sir."
"I see, one word of advice Mr. Potter, you cause any trouble this year and you will be very sorry you understand me?"
"Yes sir." Harry said.
Harry headed to his next classes knowing that Snape was going to watch him closely this year. He was enjoying this year more so than any other. The only downside was the fact there was a killer after him and he would not get to go to Hogsmeade. Other than that he was having a great time at Hogwarts and now that he knew about the customs, manners and history of the magical world he was really liking much of what he had learned.
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Harry was looking forward to Defense, so far the defense classes he had with Remus had proved to be exciting and hard but they were learning very useful things! In the first defense class Remus had actually taught them how to find their magical cores, something their other teachers talked about but never really showed them how to find it. Harry had found his and was delighted his was like a warm green glow that had seven strands going off of it, one was a bit darker than the others but Harry just thought that was due to him getting hit with the dark curse and thought nothing more of it. He finished lunch and went to the defense classroom taking a seat next to Neville.
As Harry was setting up for the class Draco came strutting into the class and took a seat. Harry sighed, on one hand it was a brilliant move on Hagrid's part to not only have Draco greet Buckbeak the Hippogriff but to fly on him. It had made Draco a bit nicer to Hagrid but it had made him more arrogant than ever in the school. Harry itched to do something to him, like turn his hair green or send a tripping hex at him. No he would turn his hair green, once he got a color charm down as those were harder than they sounded to do. Harry looked up as Remus came into the room and looked around at the students.
"You can put your books away today, we are having a purely practical lesson today." Remus said, "come along."
"Wonder where we are going?" Harry asked Neville.
"Not sure, but this should be brilliant." Harry replied.
They followed Remus out of the classroom, down a corridor, down a set of stairs to another corridor and to the staffroom. They entered and found Severus Snape seated near the fireplace enjoying a cup of tea. He scowled up at the students but refused to move, Remus was surprised in the last timeline he had left. This could get very bad if he called on Neville, only thing to do was start with someone else. Severus in the meantime decided to have a bit of fun with Remus's class, he got up and set the empty tea cup on the sideboard and went for a silver goblet and poured blood red wine in it and started to sip at it taking a seat again. Perfect the youngest Weasley boy was looking quiet pale now. He almost smirked at this, he really should leave Remus's class alone but Remus had come in on his quiet time and now he was going to pay for that.
"Does anyone know what a Boggart is?" Remus asked looking over the class and seeing Draco near the back looking a bit board. "Ah Draco Malfoy do you know?"
"Course I know professor, A Boggart is a shape shifter that prefers to live in dark, confined spaces, taking the form of the thing most feared by the person it encounters; nobody knows what a Boggart looks like in its natural state." Draco said.
"Very good, five points to Slytherin." Remus could see Severus narrow his eyes at him in the corner, "now we have one here in the staffroom and Filch left it for us to take care of. The spell to get rid of it is Riddikulus, now repeat after me Riddikulus."
"Riddikulus!" The class said.
"Good now Ron what is the thing you fear most?"
"Spiders sir." Ron said.
"Ah good fear, one of your brothers faults is it?" Remus said very quietly to him then louder so the whole class could hear it, "now the thing you need to do is visualize the thing you fear as something very funny. Say the spider losing its legs. Let's began shall we?"
Ron was first and he had his wand out ready for the attack, the cupboard opened and a large hairy spider came out. Ron stepped forward and cast the spell causing the spider to lose its legs. Student after student stepped forward, the Boggart turned from mummy to clown to snake or rat and finally Neville stepped forward and the last creature a banshee turned to a short plump man with dull yellow hair, watery blue eyes clad in black robes sneered at Neville. Remus stared at Peter in shock as did Severus before Neville cast his spell and Remus stepped to face the Boggart getting it to turn to a large globe. He cast his spell and the Boggart turned to a balloon and then burst into a thousand pieces.
"Very good class, you did very good today, let's see, five points to everyone who tackled the Boggart." Remus said, once the students left Severus turned to face him. "Yes I saw it too Severus."
"How, Sirius killed him, there were witnesses to that!"
"Sirius was already in prison when Neville's parents were attacked." Remus said, "I was in hospital at the time of that attack."
"I was not blaming you." Severus said.
"Yes you were, however you would not be good at your job if you did not." Remus said, "you think someone used Polyjuice potion?"
"We need to speak to the headmaster." Severus said, "tonight at the staff meeting!"
Remus was worried now, Peter had been at the house when the Longbottoms were attacked? That meant that Crouch had known Sirius was innocent as he had spoken to Neville himself. It was good that Crouch was dead as Remus would have killed him all over again himself. Just how far did the corruption go in the ministry? Remus was worried about who could be trusted as it seemed the ministry was rotten to the core.
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Dumbledore had listened to Remus and Severus calmly and now he was discussing these new facts at the staff meeting. Severus was annoyed with Remus, the reason was the fact that the werewolf had ordered a large chocolate on chocolate sundae with whipped cream and nuts, gooseberry sauce and a cherry on top. He was enjoying his treat while Severus sipped at his blood red wine and brooded. No-one dared comment on the wine Severus chose, or the fact it only fueled the rumors of him being a vampire in disguise. Of course the staff knew better, it was the silly students, why they even believed the rumor that Flitwick had goblin blood in him! Of course Flitwick loved to nurture that rumor as he had a dark humor behind his cheerful kindly demeanor.
"So we can rule out Pettigrew at this time." McGonagall said, "what I want to know is who would impersonate him?"
"A death eater." Remus said looking up from his dessert to see Severus glaring at him with his black eyes, "would you care for some Severus?"
"I would not you miserable flea bitten mutt!" Severus growled at him.
"Ah you are upset because I forgot to get the blood pops for you, I am truly sorry about that." Remus said watching Severus go white with anger, "I will remember next time in am in Hogsmeade."
"I hate you werewolf!" Severus hissed.
"Remus stop annoying Severus." McGonagall said.
"Yes Minerva." Remus said smiling sweetly.
The meeting went on and the only thing that the staff could agree on was the Polyjuice solution. There was nothing else they could think of and Remus could not tell the truth without revealing he had time traveled, he would rather live out his time than die early. Once the meeting was over however Remus went to his rooms and found another letter. He took it up and read it paling slightly. He was to kill several more this very night and he did not have much time. So on the guise of going to Hogsmeade for a drink he took his satchel with his muggle gear from a hidden compartment of his trunk, headed to Hogsmeade changed and Apparated to where the six death eaters would be meeting. Tonight Mulciber, both Carrows, Avery, Dolohov, Nott and Yaxley would die at his hands.
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So that is that then, a new Boggart for Neville and so the plot thickens for all. As for gooseberry sauce, most people where I am from don't eat this but I do, I happen to like it and yes I have put it on my Chocolate ice cream, almost as good as blackberries with chocolate! More death eaters to die, I know having poor Remus do this is harsh at times however he is the only one equipped to do this. Most witches and wizards cannot take down a well trained death eater, however Remus can as he has certain gifts as a werewolf and muggle weapons too.