Were We Meant To Be?

Chapter 4
The Potion

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Harry was still fast asleep when his lover walked into the infirmary. Snape sat down next to Harry, and Madame Pomfrey kindly closed the curtains around the two of them.

'Just don't stay too long Severus,' she whispered. 'It is dinner time after all, and you need to eat too.'

'I wont, thank you Poppy,' murmured Snape, as he lovingly stroked Harry's arm. He stirred ever so slightly in his sleep.

'I love you Harry,' he said, leaning down close to Harry's ear. Harry shuddered, as if chills twisted up and down his spine from his lover's words. His sleep-heavy eyes began to open and focus. Snape handed Harry his glasses.

'Sev!' Harry said excitedly as he sat up in bed and hugged him. Snape flinched, but only from the sound of Harry's voice. He wasn't very comfortable with it. 'What is it Sev?'

'I… it's… it's just for voice Harry, I'm sorry. I just have to get used to it. Did Madame Pomfrey figure out was it was yet?' Harry shook his head. Once more, he didn't feel like talking. 'I'm sure she will. Poppy is good at her job. And I bet Miss Granger is working her bushy hair off in the library, hmm?' Harry smiled and nodded. And as he did, Ron and Hermione ran into the infirmary.

'Madame Pomfrey! We found it! We've got it!' they yelled. They would have been scolded, had there been any other patients besides Harry.

'Oh wonderful!' said Madame Pomfrey as Snape opened up the curtain around Harry's bed.

'And Professor Snape! We've got something for you to see!' Hermione said excitedly as she pulled out the small vial from he robes. 'Malfoy, I mean, Draco threw this into the lake after we heard him say he needed to dispose of it after Harry was poisoned this morning! It was Draco!'

Snape took the vial and examined it. There were a few drops left in it. \\It should be enough to test.// Thought Snape. 'So what did you two find in the library?' he asked.

'Here!' Hermione pulled the book out of Ron's arms and flipped to the proper page. She then shoved it into Madame Pomfrey's hands. 'We think it's this experimental potion that help to cure hermaphrodites! The funding it being provided by Macnair!'

'Draco would have access to it because he's such a sniveling prat!' said Ron spitefully. Snape eyed him. He thought it was entertaining that Weasley had such guts to speak of Draco in front of him. 'Uhm, I mean, well… you know him! He gets what ever he wants! Plus he's in Slytherin. He's sneaky! He probably stole some!'

'Well, no matter how he got it, it was still him. And we have proof!' said Hermione.

Harry just sat there in bed and watched everybody speak back and forth. His head moved from perso per person, like he was watching muggle tennis.

Snape spoke up, 'In light of this new information, I will go to Dumbledore and inform him about Mr. Malfoy. Poppy, do your best right now to figure out some way to reverse this. I will be back to help you out. Even being a Potions Master, I had no idea a potion like this was even being researched. Lucky for us those library books update themselves. Remind me to thank Madame Pince for he beautiful charm-work.' And with that, and a turn of a cloak, Snape left for Dumbledore's office.

Hermione and Ron had taken a seat on the end of Harry's bed. Madame Pomfrey spoke.

'Well done you two. Now we're getting somewhere. At least we know what we are dealing with. But I fear that we have a lot of work ahead of us, I too know nothing of this potion. Professor Snape, of course, will play a huge roll in figuring out the properties of it. He's the only one qualified to magically examine it. Hopefully there is enough left in the vial for him to look at.' She turned to Harry. 'Harry dear, considering we now know what the potion is, and that fact that I don't see any immediate threat, you may sleep in your own bed tonight. Now off with you three, I have a lot of work to do.'

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'Su seu see Albus, Mr. Malfoy did poison Harry. You have the word of Miss Granger and Mr. Weasley,' Snape said while the two of them walked down the corridor from the Great Hall.

'I see Severus. It is a shame. But you know what must happen now.' They walked up to his office and Dumbledore said the password, and they walked up the stairs. Sitting on his desk was an owl. He had just delivered some papers from the Ministry. Dumbledore scribbled out a note asking for Draco Malfoy to please come to his office, and sent the owl off to the Great Hall.

'Yes Albus, he must be expelled.'

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Harry, Ron, and Hermione arrived at the Great Hall, just as Malfoy was leaving. Harry and Malfoy bumped shoulders unnecessarily hard.

'Don't pat attention to that git Harry,' said Ron.

Harry laughed to him self and thought, \\That's what got me into this mess in the first place. Damnit! Now I cant even think in my own voice!// He rubbed his throat. 'Oh Merlin! My Adam's apple! It's gone!'

'What?' Ron and Hermione said, shocked.

Harry ran back out of the Great Hall, they had never even made it to their seats. His friends went after him, but couldn't keep up. Harry made it to the Fat Lady and whispered through tears, 'Diffindo' and ran up the stairs to his four-poster. He immediately put up a blocking and silencing charm, and just cried.

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It was now about three in the morning. The Potions Master rubbed his fatigued eyes. \\This is unlike any potion I've ever seen! But, hold on…// He added something to the sample he had. It smoked purple and gave a little puff. \\It's been tampered with! Malfoy added something to it. It looks like he knew what he was doing too, damn. Damn damn DAMN!// He ran a few more complicated tests. He took the last untested drop, and added a potion that would make all eventual affects appear as soon as the potion was ingested. He picked up a male mouse and fed the potion to it. With a little pop and a puff of smoke, the mouse changed. Snape killed it humanly and dissected it. \\Oh Merlin! No!//

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A/N: Yes, I know. I tend to leave a lot to the imagination. Chapters are short, yes. I'm sorry I leave a lot out. I'm more interested in actually finishing the story, then going back and "filling it in". Thank you to those who have reviewed. I will take all suggestions into consideration, (and I actually tried to do that in this chapter. To roland: I wanted more Snape in that part too, hehe. And I know, things tend to be very convenient when you write the story. I'm hoping it didn't sound TOO bad. It's convenient about the books too, no?)