4.
They made their way quickly down to the dungeons and lined up outside just as Snape entered the corridor. There were sighs of relief all round. Verge and Lia took a moment to see whom they had potions with. The delightful Gryffindors who looked positively miserable. Snape gave them all a lengthy sneer and told them to take their seats IMMEDIATELY! Verge made her way to the front of the classroom towing Lia behind her.
"What are you doing? Are you crazy? Towards Snape? I thought we would be going AWAY from him." Lia whispered furiously to Verge.
"Oh come on. If tis not us its some other poor soul*cough cough*" Verge said tartly to her friend.
"Now children in this subject there is not a lot of wand waving. But a serious amount of careful measuring and precise calculations. If you get one single thing wrong in your potion any number of disastrous things could and most probably will ensue. I doubt greatly any of you will know anything about the delicate study of potions. That is why I am here. To teach you how to make a potion to change your shape, a concoction to bring great fortune, syrups that will make the drinker able to levitate with just the force of will power."
Snape said all of this without his sneer wavering or the look of disdain moving from his eyes. Then he made the mistake of looking at young Virginia Weasley. Who, in some other persons case would be a mistake, yawned. Then looked at him and smiled the smile of an innocent babe who has been caught eating all the cauldron cakes from the pantry. I bet no one's ever yawned at his welcoming speech before. Not even Malfoy. But he doesn't look insufferably annoyed. He looks slightly amused. I think he's flipped.
"Am I boring you Miss Weasley?"
"Not at all Professor. But you do waffle on a bit. Potions are great and all but do you really need all this pomp and fuss?" Verge said as innocently as a lamb.
Snape chuckled. Which stunned the whole class into absolute silence.
"Ten points to Slytherin, for Miss Weasley's initiative for speaking her mind." Snape said whilst the class gaped and Verge looked slightly satisfied.
"And probably the truth." Snape mumbled under his breath.
"Books out and take notes on how to make a Potion of Warding. I trust that by next lesson you will know it by heart, because you will be making it without directions." Snape told the slightly terrified class.
The rest of that lesson was spent trying to memorise the Potion of Warding and taking notes.
Potions
A clove of Bella Donna picked on a blue moon
A pint of skunk musk taken from an albino skunk
"Yuck skunk musk." Verge whispered to Lia
"I know. It's gross." Lia whispered back "Girls NO TALKING!" Snape roared.
20 oz. Ground wormwood, ground on Walpurgisnacht 12 mandrake roots taken on Halloween The tongue from a Latin speaking cow
"What kinda cow speaks Latin?" Verge asked her friend.
"An evil cow?" They looked at each other and shrugged.
"I hear whispering." Snape called
2 leaves of the hemlock plant taken on a Sabbat A spoonful of bats blood A kilo of babies fat
Both girls looked at each other.
"Eeeeeeewwwww!" They said in unison.
"Something wrong with the ingredients girls?" Snape snapped at them
"No sir." Lia stammered
"Well they are a bit disgusting. Some of them anyway." Verge replied calmly.
Snape rolled his eyes and gave them a look that said GIRLS! And threw his hands up in frustration, but could do no more because the lesson was over.
They made their way quickly down to the dungeons and lined up outside just as Snape entered the corridor. There were sighs of relief all round. Verge and Lia took a moment to see whom they had potions with. The delightful Gryffindors who looked positively miserable. Snape gave them all a lengthy sneer and told them to take their seats IMMEDIATELY! Verge made her way to the front of the classroom towing Lia behind her.
"What are you doing? Are you crazy? Towards Snape? I thought we would be going AWAY from him." Lia whispered furiously to Verge.
"Oh come on. If tis not us its some other poor soul*cough cough*" Verge said tartly to her friend.
"Now children in this subject there is not a lot of wand waving. But a serious amount of careful measuring and precise calculations. If you get one single thing wrong in your potion any number of disastrous things could and most probably will ensue. I doubt greatly any of you will know anything about the delicate study of potions. That is why I am here. To teach you how to make a potion to change your shape, a concoction to bring great fortune, syrups that will make the drinker able to levitate with just the force of will power."
Snape said all of this without his sneer wavering or the look of disdain moving from his eyes. Then he made the mistake of looking at young Virginia Weasley. Who, in some other persons case would be a mistake, yawned. Then looked at him and smiled the smile of an innocent babe who has been caught eating all the cauldron cakes from the pantry. I bet no one's ever yawned at his welcoming speech before. Not even Malfoy. But he doesn't look insufferably annoyed. He looks slightly amused. I think he's flipped.
"Am I boring you Miss Weasley?"
"Not at all Professor. But you do waffle on a bit. Potions are great and all but do you really need all this pomp and fuss?" Verge said as innocently as a lamb.
Snape chuckled. Which stunned the whole class into absolute silence.
"Ten points to Slytherin, for Miss Weasley's initiative for speaking her mind." Snape said whilst the class gaped and Verge looked slightly satisfied.
"And probably the truth." Snape mumbled under his breath.
"Books out and take notes on how to make a Potion of Warding. I trust that by next lesson you will know it by heart, because you will be making it without directions." Snape told the slightly terrified class.
The rest of that lesson was spent trying to memorise the Potion of Warding and taking notes.
Potions
A clove of Bella Donna picked on a blue moon
A pint of skunk musk taken from an albino skunk
"Yuck skunk musk." Verge whispered to Lia
"I know. It's gross." Lia whispered back "Girls NO TALKING!" Snape roared.
20 oz. Ground wormwood, ground on Walpurgisnacht 12 mandrake roots taken on Halloween The tongue from a Latin speaking cow
"What kinda cow speaks Latin?" Verge asked her friend.
"An evil cow?" They looked at each other and shrugged.
"I hear whispering." Snape called
2 leaves of the hemlock plant taken on a Sabbat A spoonful of bats blood A kilo of babies fat
Both girls looked at each other.
"Eeeeeeewwwww!" They said in unison.
"Something wrong with the ingredients girls?" Snape snapped at them
"No sir." Lia stammered
"Well they are a bit disgusting. Some of them anyway." Verge replied calmly.
Snape rolled his eyes and gave them a look that said GIRLS! And threw his hands up in frustration, but could do no more because the lesson was over.