Spells and Visions; A Harry Potter story

Chapter 8: Transformations

The Weasleys were once again all staying at school, instead of visiting their brother Bill in Egypt.
Hermione woke me on Christmas moring, and before I could look at my presents, she dragged me along to the boys' room to wake them as well.
"I've been up an hour already. Come on! The Polyjuice Potion is ready. We can use it tonight."

We went to Moaning Myrtle's bathroom with the five of us, but decided only Harry, Ron and Hermione would change. Mostly because there wouldn't be enough Polyjuice Potion, and someone had to keep watch. Neville and I would stay in the bathroom, and keep up with everything, using the same idea as last year, our camera's.
"We still need a bit of who you're changing into," Hermione said to the two boys. "It'll be the best if you can get something from Malfoy's best friends, Crabbe and Goyle. He'll tell them everything. And we need to distract the real Crabbe and Goyle." She held up two chocolate cupcakes.
"I've filled these with a Sleeping Draught, so all you have to do is make sure they eat them, because you know how greedy they are. They won't ignore these."
I think we were all a bit surprised how Hermione made up such a brilliant plan that could get us into so much trouble if it went wrong.
"Once they're asleep, pull out a few hairs and hide them in the cupboard."

Harry and Ron started to object, because so much could go wrong, but Hermione made them shut up.
"Who's hair are you pulling out, anyway?" I asked.
"I already got mine. From Millicent Bullstrode, the girl that wrestled me in the Duelling Club."

Neville, who didn't really have to do anything, was probably the most stressed about the plan. He was scared that it could go wrong so many ways, and that so many points would be taken from Gryffindor, like last year, because of all of us.

But part one of the plan went surprisingly well. Harry and Ron had done exactly what Hermione told them. In the evening they had lured the boys with the chocolate cakes, which Crabbe and Goyle had eaten without hesitation. When they were asleep, they had plucked out a few hairs and hid them in the cupboard. In the meantime Neville and I had gotten our camera's we gotten last year with Christmas.
When back in the bathroom, we separated the Polyjuice Potion into three glasses, and added the hairs. The potions made a hissing sound and all three turned into a different color.
Because all three the people they were going to change into were bigger and wider than Hermione, Harry and Ron, they took a separate cubicle each. Neville and I waited outside, and I casted the same spell on the camera's like last time, so they were connected and we could hear and see everything that was happening on Neville's camera on my camera.

The three made groaning noises and their glasses fell on the ground.
"Yikes," Neville said.
When Ron and Harry came out of the toilets, they already had changed into bigger robes and shoes. I stood up from the ground and tried not to laugh. They looked exactly like Crabbe and Goyle. They now had exactly an hour to get all the information we needed.
After they were done staring at each other, Ron knocked on Hermione's door.
"Come on, we need to go," he said, while Harry hang Neville's camera around his neck and hid in in his robes. We only needed to hear, anyway.
"No, I don't think I will come," Hermione said with hesitation in her voice.
"Are you okay?" Harry asked.
"I'm fine, just go, don't waste your time."
"She's right," I admitted. "An hour is not as long as you think when you really need it."

"Good luck," I said. "Though I never thought I'd say that to Crabbe and Goyle."
"Yeah, it's really weird," Neville said frowning. "But I don't think Draco will be happy to see Harry and Ron in the Slytherin common room, so you better go."
They went away, and I hesitantly knocked on Hermione's door.
"Are you alright?" I asked.
"Yeah, I'm- I'm fine. "Just tell me when you know something."
"Okay," I answered, and sat on the floor again, with Neville beside me. An hour. Then we could confirm that Draco was the heir of Slytherin. Or not.