I was hanging around in the Gryffindor common room when I saw a peculiar drink in the far corner of the room. I scurried toward the drink, and my eyes almost popped out of my head when I saw what it was.
It was Polyjuice Potion, and it was literally sitting right under all of our noses?? I was totally astounded. If there was one thing Professor McGonagall would NOT allow in here, it was Polyjuice Potion. I quickly looked to see that nobody was looking, then grabbed it. To my surprise, a note fell off it. I picked it up. It said,
Dear Katy,
Here is some Polyjuice Potion so we can turn into Slytherin students & INFILTRATE THEIR COMMON ROOM. I snuck a bunch of ingredients from Professor Snape’s office, so just drink it right now! (I mean whenever you get the note)
Your Friend, Millie
P.S. I’m impersonating Pansy Parkinson, so I left some hair from Millicent Bulstrode. Meet me near the Slytherin Common Room.
“Weird”, I thought, “but a brilliant idea! Let’s do this.
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I ran to the bathroom so nobody would see me. Then, I sprinkled the hair Millie had given me. The potion sizzled, then it turned the greenish color of a cat’s eye. I then gulped it down in one sip. It felt like eating hot snakes, but I didn’t care. I wanted to see myself transform. Unfortunately, there was no mirror around, so I couldn’t see myself. When I finally finished transforming, I ran out of the bathroom, oblivious to even if I looked like a hairy monkey. I was too excited. I ran all the way to the Slytherin Common Room entrance. But when I walked out of the bathroom, everyone’s eyes popped out. I heard a girl whisper, “Gee, she looks like a crazy hybrid”,. Another first-year dropped her books, screamed, and ran far away from me. Then suddenly, a Gryffindor prefect got a hold of me. “Excuse me, Miss Spinner, but why did you think it would be funny, which it certainly was not, to surprise everyone looking like a MONKEY HYBRID??”, he asked.
I looked at her, confused. “What are you talking about? I don’t have a monkey face.” Someone fished out a mirror from their pocket and put it in front of me. There I was, with a black monkey face. “But someone put Polyjuice Potion in the common room. I thought it was Millie deciding to play a joke on the Slytherins, but it was-” “A prank from us”, laughed Malfoy with Pansy Parkinson, who was clutching his arm. “Wait, how did you find our password??”, I asked Malfoy. Pansy giggled. “We used Polyjuice Potion to get inside. We thought you wouldn’t fall for it but you did! Hahahahahaha!” she cackled. “WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?!”, cried Professor McGonagall. Everyone started talking at the same time.
“Katy illegally use Polyjuice potion-”
“No, the Slytherins snuck it in for a stupid prank-”
“We didn’t have anything to do with this, Professor-”
“THAT’S ENOUGH!”
Everyone shut up. “Whoever snuck this Polyjuice Potion into the Gryffindor common room is hereby in detention for the whole month. Most of the protests I was hearing included YOU, Mr. Malfoy, and you, Miss Parkinson. So you will be in detention for the month for brewing an illegal potion, while you, Miss Spinner, may go to the hospital wing.”, McGonagall ordered.
( Don’t worry, I was all right. Madam Pomfrey mended me (though it took about three weeks) and I learned an important lesson: Never drink Polyjuice Potion if it’s sitting smack in the middle of the common room.)
