Ash Potter, Harry Ketchum?

By: Enja

Ages: Ash: 11, Hermione: 11, Ron: 11, Draco Malfoy: 11, Prof. Snape: ???

Part: 7


I stared up at the teacher with greasy black hair. He had beady black eyes filled with emptiness. His lip 
curled as he took a good look at my face.

“Well, well, well. You aren’t Mr. Potter. Where, oh where could Mr. Potter be?” He spoke in a soft, 
cold voice. I shook my head ‘no.’ Ron jabbed an arm into my stomach.

“Oof!”

“Hmmm, we shall find out about this as soon as I call Professor Dumbledore.”

“NO PROFFESOR SNAPE!” Ron and Hermione called together.

“And why not?” His voice still cold and soft. 

“Because…erm…uhh…beca—.“Because you’ll get into trouble?” Ron nor Hermione answered to 
this.

“Take off that hat…um…”

“Ash Ketchum.” I answered not wanting to get into more trouble than we probably were while taking 
off my league cap. 

“Well Mr. Ketchum. What to do with you?” I didn’t know what to do more than Snape did.

“I guess you’ll have to learn to take Potter’s place then. I will still report this to Dumbledore. The 
other teachers will find out soon enough…” The rest of the class looked at me as if I were some kind 
of science experiment.

“Well???” I asked. Snape eyed me evilly.

“GET ON WITH THE POTION! NO HELP!”

*** 
  
I had gotten barely anywhere with the potion. Ron and Hermione helped me all they could before Snape 
noticed. Whenever Snape’s eyes were turned on someone else Ron or Hermione rushed over to help me 
and see how I was doing. 

‘BOOM’ Everyone’s eyes shot to where the bang came from. The overweight boy lay unconscious on 
the floor. Snape got even angrier than he was. He muttered a few words and to my surprise the boy 
floated in mid-air. “Be good class!” The empty eyes searched the class and left with the levitating boy 
floating right behind him. 

A boy across the room with silvery, blonde looked at me with cold gray eyes. He looked really curious. 
When he noticed me looking at him, he got up and walked over to me. Ron saw him and muttered 
something. It sounded like ‘Uh-oh…’

The boy reached me and I could quickly tell he was not pleasant. “Well…another nerd to take Potter’s 
place!” He snickered loudly. Anger rose in me quickly.

“Wonder what will happen to this little boy?” Little? I was not little.

“I am not ‘little,’ I am eleven years old!” 

His eyebrows raised. “You look nine!” (a/n- Not really.) I scowled at him and got out of my seat, ready 
to battle him right away.

“CHARIZARD, GO!” I had forgotten that Charizard didn’t obey me, my anger got the best of me. A 
burst of flames shot out of Charizard’s mouth. I guess he could feel my anger because the flames almost 
hit the boy whom had been teasing me.

“Wha?”

A/n- sorry it took so long to get this chapter up. Stupid school. Stupid homework. I will try to get the 
next chapter as soon as possible. ;)