The Forgotten Shadow {ADOPTED}

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"Then let us go." Harry laughed lightly at the slightly childish gesture pansy had made as he said that.
Neither he nor Draco missed snape leaving slightly amused.
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Chapter 11: Potions and eventful starts.

It wasn't long before the group made their way into the potions room. Many students had already arrived. Slytherin appeared to be sharing potions with Gryffindor and much to Harry's dismay, Ethan potter. The red clad boy chose to sit in the corner, father in the back of the classroom, which Harry was thankful for. He and Draco were fond of being in the front row, so long as they had interest in the subject they would be studying. Ethan would sneak small, glances that were really only noticeable for Harry and the blonde watching the smaller boy. Snake walked into the classroom along with a redheaded lady. Harry grumbled under his breath as he spotted her. Fate had to hate him.

"You should all know who I am, but for those unaware, I am your potions professor snape. This is my lab assistant." Snape spoke, gently motioning to the redheaded woman beside him.

"Good morning class, my name is professor potter, but you can call me professor lily." She greeted with a bright and cheery smile.

Snape saw the uncomfort just under the thin surface of Harry's expression and cleared his throat before he continued.

"You should all have a textbook on various potions, if you do not there are extras at the back until you can acquire one of your own. Get into partners and Open your books to page 2, read over basic set up, and set your cauldrons up." Snape untrusted as he began to write on the board.

Harry and Draco began to set their cauldron up, not even bothering to open their books. The nosy trio saw this and Ron took it upon himself to walk over and open the book for them. Harry trapped his gaze with a glare, allowing Draco to finish their set up while he grabbed his textbook that Weasley assumed would be okay to just open. Harry took the book and loudly slammed it shut, right in the redheaded boys annoying face, causing many of his peers to jump up startled.

"Do NOT, assume you may touch my things you filthy little worm." The raven hissed in anger.

It didn't take long for either professor to notice the commotion. Lily sighed before she gently walked over, separating the boys slightly by gently pulling Ron from the table. Draco had signaled set up was finished as he sat down to simply watch everything about to unfold.

"What's going on over here?" Lily asked Harry quietly.

"Weasel seems to think he can just touch other peoples things." Harry glared.

"His book wasn't open! I was just trying to help." Rob said innocently.

"If I wanted it open, don't you think I would have open it?" Harry snapped.

Lily turned to the redheaded boy with a gentle smile.

"Ronald, I'm sure these boys have been brewing for a few years, I don't believe they need the book, and you really shouldn't touch others things without asking." She sighed before turning back to Harry.

"And Harry, you mustn't slam things in the faces of your classmates." Lily said kindly.

"Malfoy." Harry spat in anger.

"Excuse me?" Lily asked astonished.

"You have no permission to use my name. If you can't call me Malfoy, then don't bother to address me." Harry said, turning away from the woman to look at his brother.

He didn't want to look at her. He wouldn't. He knew she'd be upset, however he wouldn't give her the satisfaction of seeing the underlying guilt riddled in his eyes. However small it may be. He didn't care about this woman and he never would.

"Ah. I see. Sorry mr. Malfoy." She said sadly, almost as if she'd break out into sons any minute.

The young muggleborn professor scurried back to her desk, trying not to look as defeated as she was.

"Shouldn't he lose points for his lack of respect to a professor!?" Ethan yelled in fury.

"It's alright eth-" Lily was cut off.

"No it isn't! He can't treat you this way simply because he doesn't like you!" Ethan yelled.

"For you information potter. I was correcting her on the use of my name. I did nothing wrong." Harry defended.

"There are two Malfoy's in here!" Ethan said as if it wasn't obvious.

"I am aware, however Draco is addressed by professors with his first name by almost every professor. I allow few of the esteemed faculty here use of mine." Harry said snobishly.

No one said another word after that. The entire classroom fell silent, many moments coming and going, before the raven haired professor cleared his throat to begin the lesson.

"Today you will be making boil cure. It's an easy potion that you should all be able to brew without any difficulty. The recipe is on pages ten to eleven. BEGIN!" Snape instructed.

Everyone turned to the assigned page and read through the given instructions. The potion was written to be brewed in a two part process. Harry began to read through the instructions in his mind, even though he already knew how to brew it. However a little refresher never hurt anybody. Harry gathered all the ingredients with little concern, before preparing certain ones as the book instructed. The crushed fangs made their way into his brothers hands effortlessly, before the required amount of the fine powder soon found its way into their cauldron. Harry used his want to control the heat briefly, counting ten, and releasing, before Draco gave a wave of his own wand. Then the pair sat, setting a timer, and chatting as they began to wait the required time.
As time flew by their timer made itself known. Harry turned the small beeping device off as Draco added the horned slugs to the cauldron. Draco remover the cauldron from the heat and allowed to to cook a few moments. Harry was watching around the room and noticed Neville and Ethan's station. Neville was about to add the quills but he hadn't removed the potion from the heat source. Harry could already see the disaster coming.

"Nev-" Harry tried to warn, however he was a little too late.

Harry watched as the pair turned in his direction and their potion began to melt its container.

"I was trying to warn you." Harry said pointing to the melting cauldron.

"Thanks anyway Harry." The boy said as he was coated in the ruined potion.

The liquid seemed to completely miss Ethan and simply left his poor partner to deal with the results.

"Don't feel too good." Neville mumbled before breaking out in boils.

Meanwhile Draco managed to complete theirs. He had added the two porcupine quills, before he had started to stir 5 times clockwise, finishing with another wave of his wand. The blonde boys concentration was unmatched among his peers. Draco had managed to vial one for grading, but bottled a dosage size portion of the now blue substance, before he handed it to Harry. Neither particularly hated Neville, so neither saw a point in allowing him to suffer. Everyone knew their potion would be flawless. Harry took the bottle over to the afflicted boy and held it out in offering.
Ethan took the vial and helped Neville take the cure as Harry began his was back to his desk.

"Well today's started of rather eventful wouldn't you say?" Harry asked his bored twin.

"You never cease to amaze me with your carefree attitude brother." Draco laughed as the bell rang to dismiss them all.