Chapter 29 - Practice makes perfect.
At the end of the first week, Cia had her whole year planned out. She was going to work none stop on this potion, in hope of getting it right. Snape had given Cia permission to use his class room to work on the potion, Charlie had agreed to help her. On saturday, Cia and Charlie set up a couldron in Snape's class and Cia brought out the note book Snape had given her. She thought it would be best to try out this potion before making edits to it.
"So, what do we need?" Charlie asked
"There is a list..." cia pointed to the note book. "I'm just going to check the shelves for any advanced potion making books."
"Right." charlie took the book and went to the supply cupboard, Cia went to the shelves and began looking through the books.
"Got it!" cia smiled, pulling out a battered book.
"I have everything!" Charlie said
"Great, which means we can start!" Cia put the book down on the table.
"Lets hope this works." charlie told her.
"Yeah, whats the first thing we need to do?" Cia asked, Charlie looked at the book.
"Says here..." Charlie muttered, and their potion making began.
A few hours and sereval potions later, they stood coughing as black smoke rose up from the couldron. Charlie waved his wand and it vanished.
"Nope, that didn't work..." Cia wheezed. "Um..." she frowned thoughtfully.
"What's the idea?" Charlie asked
"I wonder if my Uncle Moony has the potion recipe for the animagus potion...if he does...we could try working from that one instead...This potion does seem to work, we could try mixing the two..." Cia muttered
"Could be dangerous..." Charlie said
"True...Wait,l I know Mandrakes are involved with becoming an animagus!" Cia gasped
"Really?" Charlie asked
"Yep, have to hold one in your mouth for a month." Cia smiled. Charlie griminced. "I know how you feel, luckily I didn't have to do that."
"well, want to try again, I think I saw some powdered Mandrake root in the supply cupboard." Charlie said
"May as well, if it fails lets call it quits for the day." Cia nodded. They tried one more time, this time the potions bubbled to a posionous purple.
"That doesn't look good..." Charlie frowned, as Snape walked in. He looked down at the potion.
"What did you add into it?" Snape asked
"Powder Mandrake...wait, what if we leave it for a month? That would give the Mandrake the same amount of time to work on the potion as it does when one is training to be an animagus?" Cia said
"Would you like me to keep it at the front?" Snape asked "That way, I can keep an eye on it when you can't?"
"Yes please professor." Cia and Charlie nodded, with the potion in Snape's care, they heade off.
"So, what do we do after the month is up?" Charlie asked
"Items that connect me to my animagus form, like adding a piece of my hair and a scale." Cia said
"think that may work?" Charlie muttered
"Maybe..." Cia sighed "I guess it may, as I am trying to connect my animagus to me even more then it is already."
"Well, we'll find out in a month." Charlie grinned "So,what do you want to do for the rest of the day?"
"Well, first, lets grab something to eat, then lets relac, potion making is tiring." Cia smiled
"Great idea." Charlie nodded, the couple grabbed some food from the hall, then headed outside to the tree by the lake. Cia lay down and sighed happily. Charlie leaned against the tree with a sighed. "It's so warm..." Charlie muttered
"but, it has a nice breeze." Cia said, she looked over the lake., the breeze made small ripples across it's surface. "hey, Charlie?"
"Yes?" Charlie looked at her.
"What do you want to do, once you finish Hogwarts?" Cia asked
"Oh, easy, I want to become a Dragonologist." charlie smiled. "I am thinking about going aboard to study dragons, I don't think england has a Dragon santuary."
"Cool..." cia muttered
"What about you?" Charlie asked
"I don't know. I want to do many things, work with potions, magical creatures, magical plants..." Cia sighed. "I can't make up my mind."
"Well, you'll figure out what you want, we still have four years here." Charlie said
"True...hey, maybe I could join you being a Dragonologist, I already know so much about these rare specie." Cia grinned. Charlie ende up laughing.
"True, so true." He nodded. "That would be cool too, the two of us working together."
"Well..." Cia sat up and smiled "We make a great team!"
"we do don't we..." Charlie nodded
"Hey Lovebirds!" Al yelled, Cia and Charlie rolled their eyes and turned to see their friends running towards them. "how did the potion go?"
"Fine, we just need to leave it for a month, to let the mandrake soak." Cia said, laying back down.
"You put mandrake in it?" Saphy gasped
"sure, you know to become an animagus you need to keep a mandrake leaf in your life for a while." Charlie said
"Urgh..." They all shivered, Cia and Charlie grinned at each other.
"You don't need to worry, unless you're planning to become animagi." cia told them.
"I was thinking about it..." Danny muttered "But now..."
"Aw, did we scare you out of it?" Charlie asked
"No, but I feel sick..." Danny frowned,
"Well, If I found out the potion recipe my dad and uncles used to make the potion that made me an animagus, I'll give you a call." Cia smiled
"But, won't it taste weird?" Mia asked
"Nope, to me it taste like spicy apple. My mom used to make me a drink that tasted like spicy apple, it was my faveourite." Cia told her. "cool right?"
"So, does the taste depend on the person?" Danny asked
"No idea, I was the only one to taste it." Cia said
"Oh, right." Danny frowned again.
"Cheer up." Charlie told him.
"Oh, they have put up the first Hogsmead visit date." Gia said, Charlie and Cia sat up.
"When?" They both asked,w hich sent everyone into tears of laughter.
"You guys are just so cute, and it is 2 weeks time. I am guessig you will start planning your date." Greg smiled
"You bet!" charlie nodded happily, Cia blushed slightly, but smiled too.
"It's going to be a lot of fun!" Cia agreed and lay back again. "I can't wait!" her friends laughed.
