The Longest Lesson to learn: A Harry/Draco Story

Chap 5

The class sat in the cold dungeons room that was advanced potions with 

Professor Snape, which was dimly light by candles everywhere and the  

torches on the wall. It smelt of sage and other strong incenses being  

burnt or was that the smell of different potions being brewed,  

somewhere in the back room. Snape looked at the classroom and spoke in  

his voice that sounded like cold air blowing through a graveyard,  

pulling out a clear vile of liquids he held it up for the room to see 

" good afternoon class, this is veritaserum, otherwise known as truth 

serum it's tasteless, odorless and can be slipped into ones morning  

pumpkin juice to be forced to reveal the victims most deepest darkest 

secrets. I will be assigning partners. Turn to page 50 for the  

ingredients."

he picked the worst students and paired them up and  

worked up to the best student in potions. Ron got Neville because  

Snape was curious about how good they'd be together. Hermione was  

paired with an dark haired Ravenclaw girl and Seamus got Dean, that  

only left Draco with Harry. Rising his eyebrows Snape drawled, "Ah,  

yes. Let us see potter if you can actually brew a potion without the  

aid of Ms. Granger, seeing as Malfoy here is one of my best student I 

think you might just make it."

Harry picked up his bag and walked to Draco whose head was resting in 

his folded arms on the table, he looked up from under gold white hair 

and Harry was reminded of an angry dragon he once fought as he looked  

into Draco’s glacier blue eyes. " Potter." Draco said coolly as  

possible, Harry noticed his heart beat oddly fast and he didn't  

understand why but he managed a calm "hello Malfoy" even though he  

felt his breath catch in his throat. 'what's wrong with me? Why's my  

heart beating so fast.'

He pulled out his potions book and turned to page 50 and reading aloud  

the ingredients "here it is, Veritaserum:

1cup of Sweet Honesty petals

2 drops, tincture of devils snare root

1 Dead Monarch butterfly

2 tsp. Of powdered Horn from the black unicorn...."

Harry read off the ingredients, " hey isn't the use of unicorn suppose  

to be illegal?" Harry asked Draco who had gotten up to get the said  

ingredients, a mortar, pestle, and a cauldron, "yes potter, unicorn  

blood is, but not the horn after it's been shed." Draco sighed as if  

he was explaining it to an idiot and that made Harry a bit irritated.