Harry Potter One Shots

(3) Severus Snape and the Infuriating Four

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When it was finally time for potions, the third years hesitantly started entering the cold classroom while being glared at by Snape from his desk. Harry, Ron, Hermione and Draco were whispering just outside the classroom taking the minute they left had before class started.

"You guys got anything good?" Ron asked. He didn't have enough time to think of something or find his brothers to ask for a prank product.

"Not really, I need more time to think of something good." Harry muttered.

Hermione responded with "We should tell Neville about him being the judge after potions." And then proceeded to walk into the class to sit at her usual spot in the front, beside Neville.

The other boys followed, and Draco smirked to himself, he really was excited to see what the trio would be doing even if they didn't have any time to prepare.

Once everyone was seated Snape began his lecture about Wiggenwald Potion, he wanted to make sure they could recite all the steps and ingredients at moment's notice - he did not want any explosions during his class.

Severus decided to see if the Granger girl is able to recite everything, insufferable as she is, she does do her preparation for class. He hoped that some would try to do the same as her although that seemed fruitless.

"Miss Granger, what are the ingredients and steps for brewing Wiggenwald Potion?" Snape said monotonously.

Hermione was very happy that he had asked - she could now do her prank which would definitely make Snape suffer a stroke, she thought.

"Yes, sir. The ingredients are salamander blood, the mucus of a purple hippogriff, ketchup flavoured toothpaste, 10 toenails of a fifty year old muggle, slime of a snail, any hexagonal shaped leaf grown in your grandmothers back garden and of course wolfsbane, sir." Hermione was doing her best to look as though she was highly focused and concentrated, she was very worried about what her Professor will think of her. The look on his face was nothing short of horrified, this was definitely worth it. She risked a side glance to the other side of the room where Ron and Harry sat, their faces were almost purple from trying to keep in their laughter.

"You insuffer-" Snape started saying before surprisingly being cut off.

"Wait, sir. I still need to tell you what the steps are. First, you add the salamander blood until the potion turns an ugly green, the shade your face turns when you have eaten too much treacle tart. Then you stir it a bit and start adding the pink hippogriff mucus while also saying a prayer that nothing explodes. Once your potion turns purple you get to add all of the toenails and then stir anticlockwise until the potion turns pink. Here you add the ketchup flavoured toothpaste, I find it gives a great taste to the potion at the end. Heat the potion until it turns yellow and then add the slime of a snail, but make sure you add exactly one spoon of it, no more. This has to be very precise, your potion is on the line here!" Hermione exclaimed while standing up, sounding more serious than she did while talking about exams. At this point the rest of the class were coughing in attempts to conceal their laughter. "I don't know why you are all laughing, potions is a fine art and needs to be respected. After the slime of the snail you might as well stir it a little bit and see what happens before adding the hexagonal leaf. Then let the potion simmer and finally add the wolfsbane." Hermione said and then sat back down and heard one of the student's snort, which set off the rest of the class into laughter and they even clapped for her. Snape looked murderous.

What has gotten into the insufferable girl? The girl who was afraid of any Professor seeing her as nothing but perfect? She was going to regret this, no one took control away from him in his own classroom like that.