Detention: James Potter, Sirius Black, Peter Pettigrew, Remus Lupin
For: Fighting, use of magic in the corridors, causing injury to Severus Snape severe enough to suspend him to the Hospital Wing for a while
Assignment: Writing papers on the uses of anything that was used in the reason for detention.
The Uses of Various Potions, Charms, and Transfigurable Things: Chapter 1
By James Potter
Episkey
Episkey is a very useful charm, especially when wizard younglings are extremely prone to dueling, pranking, and other dangerous habits. The spell Episkey will heal minor injuries, such as a broken nose or cuts. Episkey cannot heal extreme wounds such as a broken arm or illnesses like Snorfpox. A real example of the uses of Episkey is when a certain Slytherin will cause injury to a group of harmless Gryffindors after said Gryffindors were caught in the act of creating a harmless and fun prank. Episkey was used to heal the minor injuries of the idiot who did not get out of the way of a wand blast *cough*Sirius*cough*.
The Uses of Veritaserum
Remus Lupin
Veritaserum is the most powerful of truth serums known to the Wizarding World. While there are others (Veritaspeak, Truth, Verify and Babble), Veritaserum is the most talked about, hardest to make, and used most in legal confessions. Veritaserum is highly dangerous when brewed incorrectly and if used too often on a person, Veritaserum will have semi-permanent to permanent effects on the victim. Common side effects of Veritaserum are paranoia (though technically not created by the drug, is commonly associated with it), permanent inability to lie, headaches, and sore throats.
The Uses of Filch
By Peter Pettigrew
Filch and his cats* are used as troublemaker detectors in Hogwarts. They induce punishments when in contact with out-of-bed students and innocent bystanders who are associated with the guilty party. Side effects of Filch are anger, desire to kill, acts of cleaning without magic, acts of writing some of the most boring papers on Earth, etc.
The First Page in What is Assuredly a Book of Spells, Potions, People, and Various Lines: Glisseo
Sirius Black
Glisseo is a spell that makes stairs turn into slides. Any who are on the stairs at that point in time are sent helplessly speeding downward without the possibility of a magical stopping maneuver. Glisseo is one of the reasons that magic is forbidden in the corridors of Hogwarts, as the stairs of Hogwarts move, and students who slide off the stairs during a magical movement across thin air –cough-Snivellus-cough- are propelled into that air at an incredibly fast rate, which results in a downward fall that is dangerous and possibly fatal. The spell Glisseo is the reason that a certain group of Gryffindors is sitting quietly and doing the assignment they are supposed to instead of brawling with an insufferable Slytherin. Said Slytherin is currently recovering in the Hospital Wing as a result of Glisseo, and is inable to complete previously mentioned detention assignment. Are you happy now, Professor Minnie?
*Filch currently has two cats, Mrs. Norris and Mr. Newton.