Love and War

Chapter Six

Disclaimer: all characters are from the Harry Potter Universe and belong to JK Rowling.

Hermione's view 

I have read through almost the whole potions book before students start to arrive for class. I see Ron and Harry fill in with the other Gryffindor and Slytherin students. They both decide to take a seat either side of me, either to think they are protecting me, so they can copy my notes or its both. I ignore them and turn round to see the last of the students arriving at the classroom. Draco has finally arrived trying to pry Pansy off of him so he can sit down. He takes a seat right at the back of the classroom, Pansy, Blaise, and Theo sit next to him, they give me glares before I turn back around to see that Professor Slughorn has arrived. 

"Good morning class so lovely to see all of your faces again. This year we will be working hard as you have your N.E.W.T.s at the end of the year. I hope you understand that this class is not for the faint of heart, it will be a hard class, one of the harder parts of your N.E.W.T.s. So please refrain from talking throughout my class, and we will be on good terms for the year. Please open your books to page 140, the potion we will be looking at is, Polyjuice Potion." 

Everyone turns to the page, whilst I have my hand up ready to ask Professor Slughorn why we would be creating this potion. "Yes, Miss Granger," Slughorn asks. "Profession why are we learning how to create this potion, will it be in the N.E.W.T.s," I ask puzzled. "Yes, Miss Granger, there has been many changes to the N.E.W.T.s this year, but I am sure you will already know how to properly make this potion," he says looking away from me. I think about how he may know I know how to make it; did he know I made this potion in second year, or did he just think I knew everything within the potions book already. 

Trying not to think too much on what he had said, he begins the class, by breaking us up into pairs where we will each be creating the potion and using the other persons hair, to become like them. I hear Slughorn calling out the names of the groups till I hear mine. "Ron is with Theo, Harry is with Blaise, and Hermione you will be with Draco. Now everyone finds a potions table and begin making your Polyjuice potion," Slughorn called out as everyone started moving from their desks to find their partners. Ron turns towards me, "Why do I have to be with Theo, he is such a dick. I can't believe you got paired up with Malfoy, first your head boy and head girl together, then you're sharing a dorm together now your potions partners together". 

I shrug and get up from my seat walking over to wear Draco has found a table and has started to collect the ingredients we will need. "So, partner are we making one potion or two and then putting our hair into each different one or splitting one potion?" I ask startling him as he smacks his head on the bench whilst he was picking up an ingredient off the floor. I bend down to help him whispering, "I am so sorry I didn't mean to startle you". "It's okay, I'm okay, we should stand up before people become suspicious," he whispers kissing me quickly on the cheek. We stand up at different times as to not make others suspicious. We begin making our potion before splitting it into to vials and plucking a hair from each other. We mixed it then wait for Professor Slughorn to move to our desk to examine our potion before we drink it showing him that it has worked perfectly, and we look exactly like each other. Harry looks over at us and says, "That looks creepy". "Congratulations Mr Malfoy and Miss Granger, since you have finished you are free to leave the class as that is all for today," Slughorn congratulates us as we grab out things and head out of the classroom. 

As we step out of the classroom and away from everyone, we look at each other and how we can truly see how we really look to others. "This is creepy, right. I hope it doesn't last for long. I don't mean to be rude I like how your body is it's just being the one in your body and not in mine. I like your body though don't get me wrong I would just prefer to see you standing there as you and me standing here as me," I say trying to get the words out. He smirks and then we walk to our next class as the potion starts to wear off, thankful it is just us right now and that we have classes together for the rest of the day.