Albus sat next to Sienna in potions the next day. This was always a good choice since she could help him when he got stuck. She was easily the best in the class.

It was Friday and no one could concentrate very well. Clyde had been stirring his potion in the wrong direction for some time now and it turned a darker red each time. Meanwhile, Sienna's potion was a perfect light blue.

"You should try stirring the other direction every five stirs," she said helpfully to Albus who was looking resentfully at his potion, which had turned indigo.

"So now you know better than the textbooks?" he said, a bit jealous of her effortless success.

"You don't have to listen to me," she said. "Only if you want to pass this class."

Albus rolled his eyes but eventually realized it was probably best if he listened to her. He did and almost instantly his potion turned bluer.

"Sienna, do you know anything about flying on a broom?" he asked her.

"Well, I don't think you want to be asking me for privet lessons but I do know the basics."

"Well, you could help me practice today? Only if you want too though," he said.

"Don't you want to do your potions homework?" she asked teasingly.

"You're worse than Rose," said Albus.

"Just with potions," said Sierra, as she added the last ingredient to her caldron. "I'd like to help you though. But can it wait until tomorrow?"

"I guess so," said Albus. He watched as Sienna stirred her potion the final few times. She was obviously in her element; she always knew exactly what to do to get a perfect score on every potion. He lost his concentration however and stirred too many times to the right. The potion hissed and turned a horrible shade of green.

"That I can't help you with," said Sienna.

Albus and Sienna were unable to practice the next day, however. The sky poured down buckets of rain and the wind was much too strong for flying. They were both happy to stay inside.

Rose and Scorpius did not have that luxury. They still had to serve their detention and unfortunately for them they were assigned the unfortunate task of searching the forest for aconite. It was a potions ingredient for the sixth years and Magnolia felt it would be much more effective if it were fresh.

Rose's umbrella was of little use to her as she trudged through the woods with Scorpius. The wind blew it out of her hands every time she opened it.

"This is cruel and unusual punishment," said Scorpius bitterly. "How do they expect us to find anything out here? It's practically pitch black."

"Stop complaining and help me look," said Rose.

"I am," said Scorpius. "But like I said, it's dark."

"Not afraid of the dark are you, Scorpius?" teased Rose.

"Of course not," said Scorpius defensively. "I'd just rather not get lost out here in the rain."

"We won't get lost. It's not like we're out here on our own," said Rose. "Magnolia is watching us."

"From the comfort and warmth of the indoors," said Scorpius. "I wish I had a magic mirror like that."

"Look," said Rose. "The rain is letting up now, and here's some aconite. Help me gather some and we can go back inside."

They silently gathered the plant and started walking out of the woods. Suddenly a bolt of lightning illuminated the sky.

"That seemed really close," worried Rose. "We should hurry back."

"Who's scared now?" asked Scorpius.

But the air around them was starting to feel warmer in an eerie way.

"Scorpius, you don't think there could be a fire here do you?" asked Rose.

"I have no idea, Rose. But I highly doubt it," said Scorpius. But he stopped to look back.

"Scorpius! Come on!" begged Rose.

It was getting a lot hotter and somewhere nearby they could hear a tree fall.

"Scorpius! Please come on!" said Rose. She dropped her aconite and grabbed his arm.

Through the increasingly smoky air they could start to see the fiery orange flames.

"Scorpius! What's wrong with you?" asked Rose.

Scorpius finally broke out of his trance and grabbed Rose's arm. Together they ran away from the fire. Rose tried to keep her sense of direction but she found that difficult in all the panic.

Surely someone's coming for us, she assured herself. I hope you know where you're going Scorpius…

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