Practical Potions

Ambrosa smiled as she got the second five point for Ravenclaw. For some people she came off as an Know-It-All, but she really just... read a lot. She liked to gain points for her house and... okay she really is an know-it- all. And she loved it. Hearing about the task, Ambrosa smiled. She loved exploring with Potions. It was just always curious to know how one thing would react with the other.... Am decided to do a friendly potion. She walked over to the ingredients drawer and opened it. She went through a couple of friendly potions and took out the ingredients she wanted. Star Grass, Valerian, Fairy wing, Vinegar, Moly and Salamander blood
. As she walked back to her desk and started cutting the star grass in small pieces the door opened. Cecilia Krum walked in.

As Ambrosa heard that Professor Lyons was taking five of the points, that Am herself won for Ravenclaw because of Cecilia, she sighted quietly. Not only the girl was late but now was totally unfriendly. Ambrosa cleared her throat. Cecillia, I would love to. Come on. Ambrosa leant over to Cecillia and started whispering in her ear. We have to make a potion our self. You pick the ingredients. It hast to be either for a friend or for an enemy. Got it? I want the points back. she said and turned away caring on with her job for her potion.

The Star grass was cut. Ambrosa choose it because it was known for its healing power. Well not healing but decreasing the pain. Then she took her Moly and cut it into little pieces too. She made sure to have pull out every bit of the juice. The Moly was known for its protective powers. It was supposed to protect the person who drank it from the dark powers. Ambrosa took the Valerian next, known to be calming in little portions. She cut one very small piece of it and threw the rest away. She put the Moly, Star grass and the piece valerian in her cauldron and started a fire underneath. She took a big wooden spoon-like thing and stirred her potion. It took a nice white color and Ambrosa smiled to her self. So far it was going good.

Next Ambrosa took the Vinegar. It was in a little bottle, just the juice. It was dark red and as Ambrosa added a couple of drops, from the ingredient that made the perfect medicine, the potion turned light red. Next was the Fairy wing, which was known to increase your endurance. As Ambrosa added seven wings, the potion turned dark yellow. She took the wooden spoon again and stirred. The potion was boiling and Ambrosa decided it was time for the last ingredient. A bit of Salamander blood. Ambrosa pulled out the cork from the bottle and put in twenty-one drops. Surprisingly to her the potion turned light blue..Stirring a little more, Ambrosa raised her hand so that Professor Lyons could come over. I think I am done professor. she said and pointed at her blue potion.

Without waiting to see Cecilia’s response, Amelia had shifted herself off of her desk and moved behind it to sit in the chair designed specifically for that purpose. From this distance, Amelia felt a little bit more calm, but the tension that had been building in her since the beginning of class and which had heightened considerably since Cecilia’s entrance was still not dissipated. From her peripheral vision, Amelia saw Ambrosa stand up and move over toward the younger Ravenclaw girl, supposedly to give her the instructions Amelia had denied.

Well at least that’s settled, Amelia thought, grateful for the more understanding student who could deal with the situation with more grace than she had. Amelia still didn’t believe she was wrong to ask Cecilia to fix her own problems – afterall, she had created them by being late – but she did acknowledge that the stress of the first day of class had made her more snappish than perhaps she should have been. And her natural personality had probably had a bit to do with it as well…

To give herself something to do, Amelia pulled out the attendance list and began checking off the names of the students that had arrived. The class was well-attended overall, though many who were there were not participating, but there were still several empty boxes when Amelia had finished the list. With a quick glance up to check that her students were still working, Amelia pulled out a stack of parchment and a quill to write notes to those students who had not attended class, reminding them that their class standing would be in jeopardy if they did not elect to attend class regularly.

Just as she was finishing the last letter, Ambrosa announced that she was finished with her potion. “Just a moment,” Amelia said, taking a few more seconds to sign and seal the letter and place it with the others in a pile in the outbox on her desk. Then, pushing back from the mahogany desk, Amelia stood and crossed the room to Ambrosa’s cauldron.

Amelia hovered over the potion, taking in the scent. She could identify many of the ingredients, even though they were now one swirling blue concoction, and Amelia nodded approvingly at the sight of the potion. Pulling a flask from the pocket of her jacket, Amelia extracted a sample of the potion with her wand and corked it into the flask.

“I trust you kept record of the ingredients and their purpose?” Amelia inquired, fully believing Ambrosa capable of following her instructions. “This potion looks to be satisfactory, and I commend you on your use of Valerian and Moly. They are lesser-known ingredients, but you used them appropriately. 10 points to Ravenclaw for a successful finished product, and there will be 5 more if your potion creates the desired effect when we test it at the end of the period,” Amelia added, slipping the flask back into her pocket.

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Ravenclaw: 15
Gryffindor:
Slytherin: 5
Hufflepuff: