Some Potion Unbenign (filk)

[Caius Marcius]

No: HPFGUIDX 17913

Some Potion Unbenign (PoA, Chapter 8)

(To the tune of Love Potion No. 9)

Dedicated to Pippin

(The Scene: REMUS LUPIN'S office.  HARRY has a new concern – is SNAPE 
trying to poison LUPIN?) 

HARRY
I took my troubles to Remus Lupin
On Grindylows he's giving me the spin
But then in barged Snape lookin' totally malign
Carryin' a goblet of some potion unbenign 

I told Lupin about my Boggart fears
He's the best teacher we've had in three years
But he now seems ill and it must be Snape's design
To stamp out his rival with some potion unbenign 

He took the cup and picked it up, it's billowing smoke
I said "This has gotta be some kind of sick joke"
Lupin drank the whole thing down as if it were Coke
I held my breath, I closed my eyes, I'd thought he'd croak 

I didn't know if Lupin knew that Snape 
For the Dark Arts' job is bent out of shape
I had a crazy urge to knock aside the stein  
I don't want him poisoned by some potion unbenign

(Exit HARRY)

LUPIN (to Snape)
I wouldn't know exactly what'd I do  
Without this complex mixture that you brew
Its taste may be bad but lunar fears are left behind
Because this werewolf potion helps me preserve my mind

HARRY (from without, simultaneous with below)
Some potion unbenign
Some potion unbenign 
Some potion unbenign

LUPIN & SNAPE (simultaneous with below)
Helps me/you preserve my/your mind
Helps me/you preserve my/your mind 
Helps me/you preserve my/your mind

  - CMC