"We should go to herbology."
"Yeah, we should."
"Alright, class. Today we'll be collecting Bubotuber pus. It is very valuable, but when undiluted it can cause large, painful, yellow boils to erupt. So, everybody get some dragon-hide gloves on!"
"Ew." Peter whispered.
"Find a partner, everyone! One partner will squeeze the swellings of the plant, and the other will catch the bubotuber pus in a bottle."
"Easy enough. Pete, you can be the pus catcher!" Sirius chortled and threw a large bottle at Peter.
Remus chuckled and walked towards James.
"Which do you want to do?" Remus asked him, kindly.
James wasn't paying attention. He remembered his dream from last night and felt bad for Remus.
"I said, which do you want to do?" Remus was tapping his foot.
James still wasn't paying attention.
"That's it," Remus said. "you're catching the pus." And threw a bottle at James' head and walked away laughing.
James snapped out of it and laughed along with him.
"Begin!"
Remus squeezed the plant and James caught the strong smelling, yellow-green liquid in the bottle.
"That was too easy!" James taunted him.
"One speed only, James!" Remus joked.
Remus squeezed it again and James caught burst after burst of yellow-green pus.
Somehow, Peter had ended up on the ground, covered in boils.
Remus squeezed the plant and James lept to capture the burst, but tripped on a squealing Peter.
"Ouch!"
"OOF!"
The burst of pus hit an unsuspecting Lily. Right on the side of her face.
She screamed and clutched her face, running out of the classroom, followed by the Herbology Professor.
"Well, James, that puts the number of times you have put Lily into the hospital wing up to two!" Sirius attempted to joke.
James was still laying on the ground, frozen in shock.
Let's just say, that was the last time second years collected Bubotuber pus.
