Triangle Problem 2

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Yn Lestrange/Snape POV

It's around 6 o'clock in the morning. I wake up, stand up slowly trying not to wake Mattheo up, write him a note and leave the dorm. I walk to my dorm and enter slowly. I don't want to wake Tom up. But as I entered I saw Tom sitting at the corner of his bed with his hands to his face. The dorm is a mess. The atmosphere is awful. Sad. That's getting me worried.

"Tom?" as he heard my voice, Tom looked up. I saw tears on his cheeks. It broke my heart.

"Y-Yn?" he wipes his tears away and stands up staring at me.

"Why are you ... Crying?" he just stares at me. "No. You don't deserve to cry about what happened between us. Not because of what I said. You don't deserve that. I was stupid enough to take that damn ring off. Okay? You mustn't cry for me".

"Yn, I'm sorry. I was an asshole. I didn't want to hurt you".

"I'm okay" he just stares at me. I walk near him and touch his face with my hands. "If you wanna hear that you're forgiven then you're forgiven, Tom. Okay? You're forgiven. For everything".

"Thank you" I smiled at him.

"I felt awful for leaving you the night" I say as I pulled away and walked over to my desk. I wanted to smoke but I won't. As I saw the package of cigarettes I let them down again and turned around to face Tom.

"Everything's alright. Don't worry".

"Yeah. I can see that" I chuckle and he smiles.

"Yeah. I was ... " he looks around the dorm and back to me. "Stressed".

"Let's just clean up. Okay?".

"Okay".

We grab our wands and tidy up our dorm. After he goes to take a shower so he can calm down. I take our rings off my pocket and place them in my bedstand. I grab a cigarette and go to the balcony. I check the whole time if Tom is coming but he isn't. I drop it away when it's done and do a spell so he doesn't smell the smoke. Then I enter my dorm again and close the door of the balcony. I changed into my Slytherin robe. Just then Tom walks outside fully changed into his robe. We grab our wands and go to the first class. It's time. First class of a new year. I can't wait. We have Potions with Snape. Great.

Tom and I enter the classroom and sit down. Minutes later Draco, Theodore, Blaise, Mattheo and Lorenzo enter. After Cedric, Sophia, Pansy, Hermione and Ron enter. After a while all the students enter and lastly Snape. With a fast move of his wand we all have a book in front of us.

"Open to the page 268" we all do. The first thing that I read:

Veritaserum

POTION INFORMATION

EFFECT
Forced drinker to speak the truth
CHARACTERISTICS
Clear and odourless like water
BREWING TIME
One lunar phase (about 28 days)
DIFFICULTY LEVEL
Advanced

I have learned that potion before but I don't know from where. Snape starts talking.

"It is Veritaserum - a Truth Potion so powerful that three drops would have you spilling your innermost secrets for this entire class to hear. Now, the use of this potion is controlled by very strict Ministry guidelines. Explain the spell" he points at me. I try to look at the book but he cuts me. "Without looking" he comes near me and closes my book. I look up at him. Right. He taught me that the last year.

"Veritaserum was a powerful truth serum. The potion effectively forced the drinker to answer any questions put to them truthfully, though there were certain methods of resistance. Use of this potion was strictly controlled by the British Ministry of Magic" he doesn't look happy with my answer so I continue. "It's Veritaserum, a colorless, odorless potion that forces the drinker to tell the truth".

"Something that you haven't said already?" I look up to him angrily.

"Veritaserum was clear, colourless, and odourless and was almost indistinguishable from water. According to you, professor Snape, the potion had to mature for a full lunar phase, and was quite difficult to produce; it was something Horace Slughorn expected his students to be able to produce once they finished their N.E.W.T.-level Potions. That never happened. It could be mixed with pretty much any drink, and three drops was a sufficient dose to make the drinker "spill out his innermost secrets". Thus, the potion forced the drinker to tell the complete truth to any question put to them, according to what the drinker perceived as true".

"Very well" he walks away from our table. Tom looks at me and I smile at him. He smiles back at me. "Riddle. When you stop smiling at Lestrange, tell us something about the Veritaserum".

"Despite being the most powerful truth serum in existence, it could still be resisted through different methods, including the taking of its antidote and Occlumency. The potion's effects could also wear off over a short period of time".

"Very well. Now pay attention here and not on Lestrange".

"Yes, professor" Tom sighs. Snape continues teaching.

After 1 hour the class is dismissed. Finally. Now I have Charms and after I'm done till the afternoon that I gave Quidditch. Tom and I take our books and walk outside. He has Defense Against the Dark Arts. I walk to my class and sit down. As I entered I saw professor Flitwick. As I saw him I smiled and sat down. The students enter and the lesson starts.

"Today, class, we are going to ascend higher to higher learning by learning Ascendio! My apologies, I couldn't help myself. I hope everyone is prepared for some mild flinging of the person! Ascendio is the incantation of a charm which flung the caster high into the air. The charm also worked underwater, propelling the caster above the surface".

He starts teaching us. That lesson was quite interesting but nothing much. It was okay. After 1 and a half hours the lesson ended. I grab my book and go to my dorm. Snape gave us homework for tomorrow. What an asshole. Anyway.