Harry Potter's sister ~~~ Fanfiction

malfoy attacked part 41

At 2 o'clock the following day, Harry and Ron entered Snape's classroom.

"Follow me." Instructed the Potions Master.

Harry and Ron followed him to a large store room where there had to be hundreds of cauldrons.

Ron gasped in shock, Snape seriously wasn't suggesting...

"You shall both clean out every Cauldron in this room..."

He was.

"...you may use magic to do so."

Or not.

Harry and Ron stared in shock.

"You are both aware of how to use Scourgify?"

Both boys nodded, Flitwick had taught them the Scouring Charm a couple of months ago.

"There is another charm called Tergo!" instructed Snape "It is used to clean more difficult things such as ovens. You normally don't learn this in school but I shall teach you it for this task."

Snape taught both boys the Oven Cleaning Charm.

"With each cauldron: cast Tergo, then Scourgify, then cast Aqaumenti to rinse them out over one of the sinks. You can then leave them upside-down on that rack over there to drip."

Harry and Ron, realising the instructions were over set about their task.

Harry approached the first Cauldron and was acutely aware of Snape gazing at him, with interest. That interest seemed to die when Harry incanted Tergo.

After a while of Harry and Ron going through the process, Snape said "Potter, you can clearly cast non-verbally so please do so."

"So that was it." Thought Harry "Professor I can't incant all spells non-verbally I can only do a Flipendo Jinx and a Severing Charm."

Snape looked taken aback "I see, I thought you finally had some proficiency. I should never have assumed something so ridiculous. Carry on Potter."

If it was any other teacher Harry would have protested that he still managed two silent spells, but with Snape that would only lead to more detentions and/or fewer points. Harry did try incanting silently, but couldn't get any of the spells to work. The previous night he did try and managed to easily throw Flipendo spells at the wall in his Practice Room but he still couldn't incant anything else other than the severing charm.

In the end it took nearly 3 hours for Harry and Ron to finish. Snape cast a warming charm of the rack and dismissed them. Despite the lack of physical labour Ron and Harry were both mentally exhausted and their wrists ached a little from casting so much. Still it was better than doing things manually

Harry and Ron had been seated in the Common Room with Hermione for less than five minutes when McGonagall stormed in through the portrait hole.

"POTTER, WEASLEY, GRANGER! Come with me. Now!" she said, her voice raised rather loud. She seemed absolutely furious.

Harry, Ron and Hermione looked at each other in complete loss at what they possibly could have done to get her in this state of anger. They all stood up and followed Professor McGonagall to her office, she sat down with the three of them facing her.