15th December, 1990

"Please, take a seat," Dumbledore said the moment both Percy and Maureena entered. Percy glanced at Dumbledore, McGonagall, Sprout, and Snape who are standing in front of them. There had been a few chocolate placed on the table.

"Can any of you tell us what is this?" Dumbledore asked as he pointed to the pile of chocolate. Maureena paled over.

"How did you get them?"

"A student nicked them from you and along with three of her other friends, they mixed one with an identification potion." Dumbledore takes out a piece of parchment. "That's what it says."

Percy read the paper and widened his eyes, staring at Maureena in disbelief.

"Don't try to switch the story and make Weasley the perpetrator, it contains your spit, not his." Dumbledore raised his brow. "Who gave it to you?"

"Penelope," Maureena answered in a heartbeat. "Penelope Clearwater said this will definitely make Percy want me. I'm not guilty, she is."

"Funny, we interviewed her and Ms Quinn earlier," Snape intervened. "Ms Quinn doesn't know anything about this and Ms Clearwater said she smuggled you them separately, she doesn't know that it's mixed and she said that you paid her."

"Well that is a lie! She gave me this willingly!"

"She consented to be tested under Veritaserum and though Veritaserum isn't foolproof, it's still more believable," Snape continued. "Would you?"

"Yes!"

Percy widened his eyes as he kept reading the paper over and over. Inverted beautification potion and amortentia? No wonder that the relationship moved so fast. Snape handed her a cup of tea laced with Veritaserum and Maureena drank it to finish.

"State your name and age."

"Maureena Elizabeth Templeton, 15 years old," Maureena answered, her answer sounds plain and robotic. It works.

"Where did you get the potion?"

"I told Penelope Clearwater that I want to mix amortentia with inverted beautification potion," Maureena answered. "I told her that it had been for research. I mixed the two potions with my spit before giving him it."

"Do you know that they're highly addictive?"

"Yes." Percy closed his eyes. She had purposefully ruined his life.

"Why?"

"I liked Percy but he didn't like me," Maureena answered. "It had been the only way."

"What- drugging him?!" Snape barked.

"Severus, let's give her the antidote first." Dumbledore had a hand up. He gave the cup to Sprout and she left, returning with a cup of tea before giving it to Maureena. She drank it.

"Due to the seriousness of your actions, I would have to expel you from this school," Dumbledore said. Maureena widened her eyes.

"Professor- don't!" She begged. "Please!"

"Did you think of this before drugging him?!" Snape glared at her. "Weasley will have to spend the next semester in St. Mungo's to be clean of your drugs!"

"What about Penelope Clearwater?"

"She's dealt with, serving several detentions along with suspension," Dumbledore answered. "Pomona will accompany you to pack your things."

"Let's go, Ms Templeton," Sprout said as she moved next to Maureena, leaving the room.

"What about me, sir?"

"We'll get your parents notifying them of your situation," Dumbledore answered him. "This mix creates an addictive substance. Severus is right- you might have to spend the first few months of next semester in St. Mungo's."

"What about school?"

"We'll get you a tutor there, William Weasley was astounding in his studies."

"Yes, he was," McGonagall added. "Twelve OWLs."

"He can tutor you there."

Percy sighed as he turned his back to the door again, blinking his eyes a few times. Maureena... he can't believe she would do this to him. Was his attraction to her ever real?

"Very well, Professor."