The next Monday evening started with the regular Dark Magic practice and ended with Ron asking his cronies about setting up the Polyjuice Potion. He'd spread the tasks over the team and hoped all of them had succeeded.
"Here you go, four leeches, fresh from Vietch's Leeches shop, Knotgrass picked from the forest, and a bunch of Fluxwood." said Colin, dropping each item on the table. "That leaves the Lacewing flies, they need to be stewed first."
"I have the flies ready. Did it myself," said Ron, "they're the most important ingredient to bind the Potion to the user. I didn't trust Winky with them -No offense."
"Winky be doing her bestest Master."
"I know, that's why you're going to stir the cauldron when we have classes and at night."
The elf literally glowed out of happiness. Ron found he was rather good at delegating tasks to the right people. Dennis set the book from the Restricted Section on the table and leafed to the right page.
"What about the rest?" asked Colin, pointing at the ingredients used in the later stages.
"Nitwit's collected the rest from Knockturn this morning. And I've got the hairs covered." Answered Ron. "I can't be gone too long, Hermione finished her Arithmancy work in class and there's only so much time one can spend on Ancient Runes. Can I ask you guys to start brewing this weekend?"
"Eh, I have a date with Percy in Hogsmeade."
"Bugger."
"With Winky's help, I should be fine." Bubbled Dennis.
"Good, and remember, we're helping Harry fight Umbridge and You-Know-Who in secret. Not even Harry can know."
"Yes Sir!" chorused the Elves.