Taking on the Magical World 42 Chapter 41: Coercing

Professor Snape looked up from his paperwork, and stared at me with raised eyebrows, "to what do I owe the pleasure, Mr. Lovegood, there is a good 10 min left until the class is over."

I keep it short and simple, and answer back to him, "I have finished brewing my potion, sir." I hold out my hand and in it is a crystal phials with a green liquid sloshing around inside it.

"You are already finished, hm, let me see what you have brewed," he said and stuck out his hand from his dark robes. I hand over the potion to him and wait back as he slowly inspects the potion.

"Mhh, it seems like you have followed the instruction precisely that is all well and good, but I expect more from you, Mr. Lovegood." He turns away from my potion and looks up at me. "Try experimenting with different ingredients and see if you can improve the formula. Other than that, you have done well, you and your partner will get full points." He hands me the potion, "clean up your station then after that, you are free to go."

"Thank you, sir!"

It is very easy to deal with Profesor Snape if you are just a little bit competent and do not make a mess in his potion class then it is more than enough if you were a Slytherin but if you had been a Gryffindor you need to show a great deal of skill and respect, oh, yeah and you must not have anything to do 'the boy who lived' because that would immediately ruin any prospects you have with him.

"So, what did Profesor Snape say we get, boss?" asked Adrian as soon as I got back to our station.

"We got full points on our potion, and we can leave as soon as you are finished cleaning up here," I said to him as I start packing up my stuff.

"I am all done here." I nod my head, "Well that good, you can leave whenever you want, and yeah, wait up, before you run off, here take this." I toss him the Wiggenweld Potion.

"You are giving me the potion, are you sure about this, boss?" Adrian looked at me in surprise.

"What can I say, you have earned it, anyways I have made myself a few of the potion so just keep it, you will never know when you might need it so make sure you keep it near you because this school is very dangerous, not safe at all for kids."

I think about what will be in store for the school in the future giant three-headed vicious dog, killer giant snake, evil wizard running around, and all sorts of monster just sitting right next door in the woods add it all up and you get one of the best wizarding school of Europe.

I look into my inner pockets and see that three Wiggenweld Potion are in them, I have them for in case help does not arrive in time, can't be too safe in a school where danger is just around the corner.

"Thanks, boss I will make sure to keep it with me all the time."

"Atta boy got to make sure you keep your priority straight." I nod my head, "Well, see next time for potions." I grabbed my school bag, waved goodbye to the twins who are still working on their potion, then left the potions classroom, and went out of the dungeon.

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I was walking through the ancient medieval hallways of Hogwarts, going to my next class which was Herbology.

As I was turning the corner I heard a shout, "Hey wait up mate!" I look around and see the twins running towards me.

What the hell do they want this time, I think, as I wait for them to catch up to me.

"What is the rush, Caelum!" Fred says through panted breaths as soon as he catches up to me. "Yeah, what is the big deal, we had our big heist coming up, we need to plan," says George.

"What heist?" I ask confused.

"Did you already forget," Fred asks incredulity. George puts his hand on his brother's shoulder and shakes his head in an exasperated matter, "I think he did, twin," he answers.

I look at the two of them and roll my eyes, "I am totally on board, it is just that I need a reminder of what we are going to be doing."

The twins who were hugging each other and looking like they are close to tears immediately separated from each other and had bright smiles plastered on their faces. One placed his hand on my shoulder, the other one grabbed my hand and lead me away from the now crowded hallway as everyone was now getting out from their finished classes.

"As expected of our good old buddy," said Fred as he took me to a corner with no one nearby. "Yep we always know we could always count on you," added George, he started to scan around the area to make sure that nobody could listen in then he leaned in and whispered, "we are breaking into Filch's office."

Fred nodded his head to what his twin said, "yeah remember the source who told us there is a lot of magical items that Filch confiscated over the years in his office. (ch.28)"

"Oh yeah, you guys are talking about the info Peeves gave you."

Now I remember this must around the time that the twins steal the Marauder's Map from Filch's office.

"Hey he does not have to be Peeves who told us," said George frustratingly. "Yeah we could have more than just Peeves as a source," added Fred.

Chapter end