When All is Lost One is Found

Chapter 64: Pretty Polyjuice

When All is Lost, One is Found

Author: Rinoaebastel

Chapter 64: Pretty Polyjuice

Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter and gain no profit from this fanfiction other than writing practice. JK Rowling owns Harry Potter.

AN: This story may contain scenes taken from the Harry Potter movies and books, but it's not exact dialogue, just rewording of dialogue or omission. It is not marked.

February, 1997

As the last minutes of class finished, the metal sounds in the classroom stopped. The last step of the brewing had ended. He looked at his students. The Ravenclaw and Slytherin were looking down instead of at the front of the classroom. Instead of looking at him. Granger was focused on her cauldron and biting her lower lip. Now they would add the last ingredient and then test to see if they did the potion correctly.

He waved his wand and six small boxes floated out of his ingredient closet. They floated down and rested on his desk with a soft thump.

"Come and take your last ingredient."

He saw the Ravenclaw girl falter in her step as she moved away from her desk. He knew the Slytherin was nervous from the way he rubbed his hands together.

It was amusing that the only student he truly liked came from a house he despised. The three walked up to his desk and looked at the boxes.

The Slytherin eyed everything and his hand hesitated over a box before grabbing one of the hairs in the box to the far right. A human one.

The Ravenclaw girl chose a chipmunk hair from the box in the middle. This was going to be interesting to watch for sure.

Then there was Granger. She ran her eyes over the boxes several times. She bent down and studied each group of hair in each box. Then she caressed some of them, checking the texture. She made her choice, looked at him, smiled, and went back to her desk.

"Now, use your choice and drink."

"All of us?" The Slytherin boy complained with a high-pitched tone.

He should've expected this reaction since he never made his Slytherins test potions on themselves.

"Yes, all of you. You won't die from this."

His tone of indifference made the Slytherin's shoulders fall, but he obeyed. He threw the hair into the potion just like the rest of his classmates.

Granger glanced at the vial in her hand and cringed. She knew the potion would taste terrible. She took a deep breath and drank the bottle's contents.

He pushed back a smile as the three students started to transform. When the commotion of transformation ended, the Slytherin boy started to laugh and Hermione threw murderous glares at him.

"You have a tail a-a-and long teeth!" The Slytherin said in between deep laughs. "And your face—"

He was unmoved by the Slytherin making fun of the now half-animal Ravenclaw. However, he would've enjoyed it more if the Slytherin had messed up as well.

"Why don't you shut up?" Hermione said, but not in her voice.

He looked at Hermione. She was now formed into a tall blond woman. She placed a hand on the upset girl's shoulders, showing a sympathy he'd never be able to muster.