A/N: Everyone, thank TXRedneck for the update. If it weren't for her I would probably still be updating my other story instead of this one. And Sarah: Noooooooooo! That would be mean! Here! Have this update! And cookies!

Walking into Transfiguration after lunch, I sat down at the back, opening up my laptop and searching through my applications for the SMH, as it said to do on the board, in Professor McGonagall's cursive writing.

"What is this application for anyway?" Harry asked me when he sat down beside me, opening his own laptop.

"We're learning how to create spells, and the advanced spell maker helps that."

"How are we supposed to create a spell? I thought we just used already created spells."

"More spells are being created all the time. First you have to figure out what you want the spell to do, then you have to create the spell. The short, simple spells we usually use are triggers that everyone can use. It may take ages for someone to find a trigger for a spell."

DragonHeart says: What does she mean by the language of spells?

PhoenixWings says: Spells have a language all their own.

DragonHeart says: I thought spells were just latin words.

DragonHeart says: Hello?

PhoenixWings says: No. That's the trigger. The SPELLS that the trigger sets off are actually in the language of spells.

DragonHeart says: Okay, so what's the language of spells then?

PhoenixWings says: It's a language of the heart and the mind. Few people can actually make a spell.

DragonHeart says: So if not everyone can actually make a spell, why are we all going through this?

PhoenixWings says: Because you can't tell that someone's able to make a spell just by looking at them. Spell makers are rare, and new spells are always helpful, so all seventh years have to go through this to try and find more spell makers.

DragonHeart says: So if we can make spells then what? We're just expected to make spells for everyone?

PhoenixWings says: Hardly. Didn't you read the preface of the book I left you?

DragonHeart says: I may have skimmed over the chapter you told me to read, but nothing else. I'm sorry I'm not the mudblood.

DragonHeart says: So are you going to tell me or what?

DragonHeart says: Look, I always call her a mudblood. It's not like it's a new thing.

DragonHeart says: Look, I'm sorry okay?

PhoenixWings says: You don't sound very sorry.

DragonHeart says: That's because you can't hear my voice.

PhoenixWings says: Well your fingers aren't really expressing an apology.

DragonHeart says: If I donate 50 galleons to her muggle born house elf SPEW thing will you accept my apology and continue to help me?

PhoenixWings says: On the condition that you give it to her in the beginning of potions and say "Hermione Granger, I apologise for every mean thing I have ever said to you. To aid my apology please accept these fifty galleons to aid in your liberation of House Elves and other magical creatures mistreated by wizards such as myself.

DragonHeart says: Hell no. I'm not going to say that.

PheonixWings says: Have fun being a healer without any help from me.

I dragged Harry down to the lake during the break, and was glad that it was away from Ron.

"Come on, let's go to potions." I said when the break was over, and Harry made a face.

Hermione and Ron joined us just inside the Great Hall, and the four of us walked down together.

"Hermione Granger." The reluctant voice made us all turn around as we stood outside the potions classroom. My eyes went wide as I saw Draco with a bag of coins in his hand. "I apologise for every mean thing I have ever said to you. To aid my apology, please accept these fifty galleons to aid in your- liberation of House Elves and other magical creatures mistreated by wizards such as myself." He did it. The ferret did it.

"Umm, what?" Hermione asked, as Draco handed her the bag of coins and walked away. I tried hard not to laugh, but Harry noticed, and raised an eyebrow.

"That's because he called you a mudblood, and I threatened not to help him with anything if he didn't say that." I whispered to Hermione, and Harry's eyes went wide, though Ron seemed to just get angry, and followed Draco to where he had left, and punched him. Draco looked like he was about to punch back, but he looked up at me and then stopped.

"What was that about?" Harry asked, when Ron came back.

"He was a prick."

"No, I meant he looked at Ginny and then decided not to punch you." The wheels in Ron's mind began turning and I rolled my eyes.

"He probably thought the same thing would apply if he punched my brother - what else do you expect?" I pointed out, and they accepted it. To be honest, even I wasn't sure.

In potions Professor Snape had us look at the APC application on our laptops.

Where the SMH application helps by clarifying exactly what the spell should do, which is very important, the APC application helps by giving an example of what reaction two ingredients have together. For example, while dittany helps with healing, if you add belladonna to it, which usually helps induce sleep or increase pupil size, depending on spells laid over them, and which in the right dose is deadly, it helps increase the healing properties.

And if you add two drops *berries* of vampire's blood, it turns into something very similar to veritaserum. Whoever inhaled the fumes of dittany, belladonna, and vampire's blood, answered questions truthfully for as long as the fumes hold them enthralled.

DragonHeart says: Why can the Advanced Potions Creator only tell me the reaction to two ingredients, and not more?

PhoenixWings says: If you want to know more reactions you have to either investigate them, or use your common sense.

DragonHeart says: So we can't see if adding a third thing will cause two things that didn't react together to react?

PhoenixWings says: APC is really limited. It's good for making sure something doesn't explode in your face when you're trying to do something. It's also good for things like trying to strengthen an already existing potion.

DragonHeart says: Oh. Right.

PhoenixWings says: For example as a healer, you might want to know as much as you can about dittany and what reactions that has to different things.

DragonHeart says: What the hell is dittany.

PhoenixWings says: Haven't you ever scraped your knees, and have your mum sprinkle dittany over it to aid in the healing process?

DragonHeart says: I've never scraped my knees.

PhoenixWings says: And I bet your mother probably wouldn't know what dittany is to save her life anyway.

DragonHeart says: Something like that, yeah.

PhoenixWings says: It speeds up the growth in skin, so for open wounds its kinda essential.

DragonHeart says: And when belladonna's added it strengthens it?

PhoenixWings says: Yes it does. How'd you figure that out?

DragonHeart says: Because healing is one of the minor strengthening properties Belladonna has.

PhoenixWings says: And how do you know that?

DragonHeart says: I don't know. I don't remember ever having to do anything about that plant for a potions essay.

PhoenixWings says: That's probably because Snape never set an essay on belladonna. So how do you know it?

DragonHeart says: I don't know. I just do.

PhoenixWings says: Well, you're right, regardless. Healing isn't a very well known property of belladonna. In fact, barely anyone knows it. I tried looking it up on the APC before, but it didn't say anything

PhoenixWings says: even when I know for a fact that it helps strengthen dittany.

DragonHeart says: Yeah, well, anyway. So why are we looking at this APC thing if it's as crap as you say it is?

PhoenixWings says: Because we need to learn not to add two things together in succession if they're going to blow up in our face.

DragonHeart says: I see. But what if we add wormwood and belladonna together in a solution to induce sleep? They don't explode. But we have to add them one after the other for the solution to work, and they explode if they're put together otherwise.

PhoenixWings says: Good question. That's because the belladonna is quick to sink into the rest of the potion. That's why you have to add the belladonna in before the wormwood. If you add the wormwood

PhoenixWings says: the belladonna will cause the entire potion to explode.

DragonHeart says: Ah. Okay. Thanks. So if we have natural dissolvers and something else that will explode upon impact with it, we have to add the dissolvers in first?

PhoenixWings says: Yep. That's about right.

Wow. Just wow. I actually had a normal conversation with Draco. Well, you know. I actually helped him out, and he didn't seem like he was stupid. For once.

A/N: Once again, everyone thank TXRedneck for prodding me into writing this. It probably would have been up about half an hour after receiving her review, but then things came up, like a movie on tv that distracted me, and then I had to go to the gym... etc. Anyway, I promise I won't take as long to post the next chapter! Cross my heart and hope to die! I'll also try and make it a longer one.