Allie felt that this year's Christmas was the most miserable one Professor Snape had ever had. She felt a deep sympathy for him and intended to add an extra batch of cookies, which Hagrid had taught her how to make, to the Christmas gift she was preparing for him.
After all, someone's cauldron had first been knocked over during Potions class, splashing swelling solution onto several students and immediately raising large, painful boils. Professor Snape had been forced to stay in the classroom through his break to brew antidotes for the students.
Then, as soon as he finally finished and returned to his office, his bicorn horn and African boomslang skin had inexplicably been stolen. Even after Filch searched the entire school, the thief was nowhere to be found.
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