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THATFEELING, the feeling, when Draco Malfoy walks into a classroom. Sowon knew that feeling too well. Now it being the first of an actual school day, she stands next to Hermione in potions class when he walks into the room. Hermione tells her what had happened to Harry last night, mostly about the bloody noise, and he won't tell them who did it him as Sowon slept through breakfast to not hear about it.
But Hermione was lying as he did tell who it was. It was Malfoy and she didn't wanna let her friend down with that news. The new potions teacher comes up in front of the class with a smile, "I'm Professor Sloghorn if you didn't hear from the speech yesterday evening—"
He is cut off by the opening of the door, Harry drags Ron inside, everyone exchanges glances. Sowon thought they didn't have this class with them, but she guessed she was wrong.
"Harry m'boy! I was beginning to worry! And I see we've brought someone with us?" Slughorn says, beaming up.
"Ron Weasley, sir. But I'm dead awful at Potions, a menace actually, so I probably should be going," Ron says, leaning closer to the door. Sowon covers her mouth with her arms as she chuckles to herself.
Slughorn waves his hand up in protest, "Nonsense, we'll sort you out. Any friend of Harry's is a friend of mine. Right then, books out."
Everyone watches Ron and Harry step into the dusty cupboards, looking for their own books. Slughorn resumes to his lesson, gesturing to the cauldrons bubbling in front of him, "Now as I was saying, I've been preparing a few concoctions this morning. Any ideas what these might be? Yes Miss..."
Hermione hands are held high, and he calls on her, "Granger, sir. That one there is Veritaseurm. And that would be Polyjuice potion. And that... is Amortentia. The most powerful love potion in the world. It's rumored to smell differently to each person, accordingly to what attracts them. For example, I smell freshly mown grass, new parchment and spearmint."
Hermione blushes and stops herself. Slughorn regards her. Harry comes over to the two with his dusty books, with Ron scattering behind him. Sowon takes a few glances over at Draco, after the third time she sees him staring back at her, making her quickly look away. Shaking her head as a blush appears on her cheeks.
"Now Amortentia doesn't create actual love, of course. That's impossible. But it does cause a powerful infatuation or obsession. For that reason, it is probably the most dangerous potion in this room," Slughorn tells the class.
Slughorn turns and finds a sea of students dreamily looking at the potion. Instantly, he pulls a cover over the cauldron, bringing the students back. As Ron blinks, he finds Lavender Brown staring at him with wonder. Noticing too, Hermione's eyes narrow.
