Note for the Australians: contains references to underage SnapebethbethbethJune 9 2006, 04:04:54 UTC
Love Potion Number 9
Needless to say, the aphrodisiac wasn't on the official syllabus. It wasn't outlawed for use by underage Wizards and Witches until 1985, but even when Severus was a student, no sane Potions instructor would have included the brewing of Love Potion Number 9 in their classes. For one thing, it was far too distracting, and the other professors did go on so. And for another, well...as the name suggested, it only worked nine times, and once you had taken your ninth dose, you would never be satisfied by another. Adolescents had neither the experience nor the discretion to be given this sort of freedom.
This did not mean, of course, that the most curious and clever of Hogwarts' students couldn't find a way to get their hands on the potion.
Especially when their Potions Masters left a small vial of it just lying about.
1. His Right HandSeverus couldn't be faulted for this. He was thirteen years old, after all. In some cultures, this was old enough to marry and have children - not that Severus thought it was
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Re: Note for the Australians: contains references to underage SnapebethbethbethJune 9 2006, 04:05:16 UTC
5. Lord Voldemort
Come back, Lily. All is forgiven.
Severus had heard that there were certain initiation rites all prospective Death Eaters had to go through if they wanted to serve the Dark Lord, but he was certain it would pose no difficulty at all. Severus would have sacrificed almost anything to be given access to the power he sought.
He had underestimated how little Lord Voldemort now resembled the handsome young man he had once been.
It would have been easier to give himself to the illegitimate love child of a Mountain Troll and a flobberworm...and certainly more arousing.
He excused himself briefly, swallowed the tasteless draught, then offered Voldemort a glass of wine.
Thankfully, the Dark Lord accepted Severus's offering
6. Regulus Black
Severus was almost ready to believe that Regulus might have agreed to their...arrangement without the Potion.
Before he had the chance to ask, Regulus Black had been killed.
checkmate, part 1arsenicjadeJune 9 2006, 04:22:29 UTC
They never, never wager anything on their wizarding chess games, which makes Draco wonder if Hermione has cheated. Because she never, never wins their wizarding chess games. Except this time she has. This time, when they've promised each other to grant the winner a boon
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Re: checkmate, part 2arsenicjadeJune 9 2006, 04:23:08 UTC
Once a week Severus will accede to Draco's wishes and grace them with his presence at dinner. At first Hermione would spend these evenings largely hiding in the kitchen, making friends with Draco's house elves, whom she still thinks might catch on to her ideas of what fair wages means. Slowly, as she began to understand all of Severus' edges, to know when he was truly going for the jugular and when he was just being fond, slowly she began to stay with them throughout the meal.
It has been a while since the house elves have spent that particular evening with her.
He knows what she has done halfway through dinner, knows why he had to brew the potion--Severus would catch it if there was the slightest hint of taste, the slightest smell in his wine. He knows, but he can't quite believe.
Severus knows too, within minutes of it beginning he knows and he stares at Draco with horrified accusing eyes, but Hermione only says, "No, look at me."
He does then and Draco tenses because Severus is going to kill her, possibly with his hands, and
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Re: checkmate, part 3arsenicjadeJune 9 2006, 04:23:44 UTC
The elves leave coffee for them in the morning. It is charmed to stay warm. Severus makes a move as if to get some, but Draco presses him down next to Hermione--who is still pretending to be asleep, knowing that occasionally Draco will be chivalrous--and goes to get the tray. It's actually easier to carry it than magic it, as he has only found out from trial and error
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Needless to say, the aphrodisiac wasn't on the official syllabus. It wasn't outlawed for use by underage Wizards and Witches until 1985, but even when Severus was a student, no sane Potions instructor would have included the brewing of Love Potion Number 9 in their classes. For one thing, it was far too distracting, and the other professors did go on so. And for another, well...as the name suggested, it only worked nine times, and once you had taken your ninth dose, you would never be satisfied by another. Adolescents had neither the experience nor the discretion to be given this sort of freedom.
This did not mean, of course, that the most curious and clever of Hogwarts' students couldn't find a way to get their hands on the potion.
Especially when their Potions Masters left a small vial of it just lying about.
1. His Right HandSeverus couldn't be faulted for this. He was thirteen years old, after all. In some cultures, this was old enough to marry and have children - not that Severus thought it was ( ... )
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Come back, Lily. All is forgiven.
Severus had heard that there were certain initiation rites all prospective Death Eaters had to go through if they wanted to serve the Dark Lord, but he was certain it would pose no difficulty at all. Severus would have sacrificed almost anything to be given access to the power he sought.
He had underestimated how little Lord Voldemort now resembled the handsome young man he had once been.
It would have been easier to give himself to the illegitimate love child of a Mountain Troll and a flobberworm...and certainly more arousing.
He excused himself briefly, swallowed the tasteless draught, then offered Voldemort a glass of wine.
Thankfully, the Dark Lord accepted Severus's offering
6. Regulus Black
Severus was almost ready to believe that Regulus might have agreed to their...arrangement without the Potion.
Before he had the chance to ask, Regulus Black had been killed.
7. Remus LupinFourteen years passed ( ... )
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It has been a while since the house elves have spent that particular evening with her.
He knows what she has done halfway through dinner, knows why he had to brew the potion--Severus would catch it if there was the slightest hint of taste, the slightest smell in his wine. He knows, but he can't quite believe.
Severus knows too, within minutes of it beginning he knows and he stares at Draco with horrified accusing eyes, but Hermione only says, "No, look at me."
He does then and Draco tenses because Severus is going to kill her, possibly with his hands, and ( ... )
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