Snape-art, Revenge of the potions prodigy
An illustration I did for a Severus-centered story-idea I'm toying with: it gets ever more elaborate but I still haven't written much - I compile everything in my head. So I'm not sure if the epic fic will get into the "written"-stage ever ^_^
Anyway MWPP-era Severus looks quite smug because he just successfully created a new potion. It's intented for Gryffindor bully and show-off James Potter: it'll become colour-, taste- and odorless once mixed with drink and is not detectable by any means (that's the part that took him longest to get right). And there's no antidote.
No, he won't kill him - he has no intention to go to Azkaban! After imbibing it James "look, how cool I am - I can ruffle my hair!" Potter will gradually develope a nasty, incurable case of acne which will get worse with every attempt of curing it. Severus is much looking forward to see the self-proclaimed gift to the wizarding world looking as ugly as most of his pranks are and thinks a heavy blow to his massive ego (while also sabotaging his chances with Lily further) might do Potter sen. good - and if not Potter then it'll sure as hell do Severus good!
James will spend the rest of the schoolyear getting on the nerves of an increasingly desperate Madam Pomfrey and a Slughorn who's happy for the first time that James always considered himself much too cool for Sluggie's "stupid little club", harassing them for a solution to his problem and loose much of his fabled charming nature when things won't go his way.
Among his victims (Snape was not the only one targeted by the Marauders, not even in canon) and quite a few students gloating over the "golden Gryffindor's" disfigurement he is gleefully dubbed "Spotty" and the hated name will stick for the rest of his Hogwarts-time. During summer holidays he and his mother will be consulting various healers in Wizarding Britain: completely in vain of course. Although the healers'll make quite a fortune so not in vain for everyone. ^_~ Nobody is able to determine what caused his nasty spots and potions prodigy Severus covered his tracks well. Although he has a hard time not to gloat too much to avoid suspicion....
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