its all about blood - angelrider93

Chapter 6 - Marauders Return

Defense Against the Dark Arts was very boring that day, they did mostly theory work on the advanced stages of being a werewolf, ranging from the first change of the full moon, to the effects that the wolfsbane potion has. After DADA the students all trundled down to the dungeons for double potions. Professor Snape was already in the room when they arrived and he wasted no time in starting the lesson.

"Today is not a typical lesson, due to the events of the last couple of weeks, Professor Dumbledore has asked me to restock some of the potions supplies. We have three potions to make today, one is very difficult, one medium difficulty and one that even a simpleton could brew" Snape finished while sending a glare at Neville Longbottom "I'm splitting you into three groups, you will of course be able to tell which potion you will be brewing from the members in your group" everyone started glancing around, knowing that they were going to be put in groups with members of the other house. "Nott, Malfoy, Zabini, Granger, Potter and Weasley, you six will be brewing the Wolfsbane potion for our resident werewolf, the full moon is in two weeks" Snape sneered as he indicated to a large cauldron on the right hand side of the room, "Since these potions are needed urgently, all your instructions and ingredients are already set out, you just need to follow them" Snape scowled, obviously unhappy at what he had had to do for his students. "Bulstrode, Parkinson, Perks, Brown, Patil and Thomas, you will be brewing the Dreamless Sleep potion, in the centre there, Longbottom, Finnigan, you two will do the Pepper-up Potion over the other side of the room. Well what are you all waiting for, move to your cauldrons and begin"

Draco, Blaise and Theo rose to their feet and moved to where the three Gryffindors were already at the cauldron. Hermione was already reading the instructions with a worried look on her face,

"What's up Mione?" Draco heard Harry ask as the Slytherins reached the bench

"Well for one, I'm thankful that Malfoy is in our group, with his potion making skills it will make this easier, but its still going to be difficult, we are really going to have to work as a team"

"What are you talking about Granger?" Draco asked as he took a seat next to her, Hermione handed him the instruction list. Draco skimmed over the parchment and his jaw dropped in astonishment,

"Holy crap! How does Snape brew this on his own?"

"What is it Draco?" Blaise asked,

"Granger's right, we are really going to have to work as a team, otherwise this potion will blow up in our faces. Literally!" Theo, Blaise, Harry and Ron all gulped, then they turned back to Draco and Hermione, unofficially electing them as the two leaders,

"Alright, lets just put our heads together and work out who does what" Hermione suggested. After about five minutes discussion, they separated and started on their respective jobs. Ron was busy pounding three dragon scales into a fine powder, Harry was finely shredding Boomslang skin, Theo was grinding Campher berries into a paste and Blaise was slicing cherry tree root into precise 2mm thick pieces. Draco and Hermione were meanwhile starting on the potion itself.

"It must be good to finally get out of the hospital wing. How many grams of powdered unicorn horn do I need?" Hermione commented. Draco looked at the list,

"Two grams, and yeah its great to get out of there, I was bored out of my mind. I still can't believe that Crabbe and Goyle were stupid enough to set a wild Manticore loose on the Hogwarts grounds"

"Yeah I must admit, even I didn't think that they would be that stupid" Hermione admitted, "What goes in next?"

"Two unicorn tail hairs, one at a time five seconds apart" Draco read. Hermione did as the instructions stated then watched as the potion turned a deep dark purple,