Chap. 4
Disclaimer on opening note
Ruby again was early to Potions class, so she sat on the floor by the classroom door. She pulled out the book she borrowed from the library, Complex Potions and their Cures.
"Early again, Miss Kennedy?"
"Prof. Snape, if you don't mind, I'm trying to concentrate."
"I apologize," He said in his most sarcastic tone. He is just trying to make you mad, don't let him know it is working, she thought to herself.
"You know, this won't score points with me."
"Why would I want to do that, Professor?" Ruby didn't even look up from her book. She saw him turn to go back to his office.
* * *
"I am giving you each a card with the potion and ingredients written on it. When you are finished, you bring a test tube full up to me. I will grade it, then, give you the next potion. Begin."
Ruby was given a simple, weak sleeping potion. It took no time for her to prepare and mix the ingredients. Unlike the rest of the students who mixed their ingredients with metal ladles, Ruby mixed the way the books suggested for the best potions. This potion required swiveling the caldron until the potion turned a dark purple. When the color and texture were correct, she took a test tubeful up to Snape.
"I'm finished." Snape took the tube of sleeping potion and examined it. Ruby noticed from the grade sheet that no one else had finished their potion yet.
"Satisfactory work, Miss Kennedy."
"Thanks, and don't hold back on the next one," she retorted. Snape sneered at her and handed her another potion to make. This time it was a potion for magical allergies, much more difficult then a sleeping potion. She gathered her ingredients and started mixing. This mixture asked for a light shaking of the caldron until a blue steam rose. This took a little more time then she would have liked. She looked up a moment and notice Prof. Snape watching her. She started to shake the caldron again when the blue steam rose. She smiled at her triumph and Ron's caldron tipped over.
"Ron, I am so sorry."
"What do you mean?"
"I must have knocked it over. What were you making?"
"Sleeping potion," answered Ron.
"What happened here, Mr. Weasely?"
"It was my fault," Ruby quickly spoke up. "I must have knocked it over." Snape looked at her suspiciously.
"Miss Kennedy will clean this up, Mr. Weasely. Continue with what you have left." Snape looked into Ruby's caldron and went to his desk. As class ended Ruby was still cleaning up sleeping potion. When she finally finished, she grabbed her bag and went up to Snape's desk.
"What is it, Miss Kennedy?"
"Did you grade my second potion?"
"Yes."
"And..."
"And you couldn't have possibly knocked over Weasely's caldron."
'Well... It's the only logical explanation."
"Maybe." Ruby peered at the grade sheet to find another satisfactory by her name.
"Thank you, Professor." And Ruby left.
*short chapter? Yes. But sweet and to the point...or is it? MUHAHAHAHA
Ruby again was early to Potions class, so she sat on the floor by the classroom door. She pulled out the book she borrowed from the library, Complex Potions and their Cures.
"Early again, Miss Kennedy?"
"Prof. Snape, if you don't mind, I'm trying to concentrate."
"I apologize," He said in his most sarcastic tone. He is just trying to make you mad, don't let him know it is working, she thought to herself.
"You know, this won't score points with me."
"Why would I want to do that, Professor?" Ruby didn't even look up from her book. She saw him turn to go back to his office.
* * *
"I am giving you each a card with the potion and ingredients written on it. When you are finished, you bring a test tube full up to me. I will grade it, then, give you the next potion. Begin."
Ruby was given a simple, weak sleeping potion. It took no time for her to prepare and mix the ingredients. Unlike the rest of the students who mixed their ingredients with metal ladles, Ruby mixed the way the books suggested for the best potions. This potion required swiveling the caldron until the potion turned a dark purple. When the color and texture were correct, she took a test tubeful up to Snape.
"I'm finished." Snape took the tube of sleeping potion and examined it. Ruby noticed from the grade sheet that no one else had finished their potion yet.
"Satisfactory work, Miss Kennedy."
"Thanks, and don't hold back on the next one," she retorted. Snape sneered at her and handed her another potion to make. This time it was a potion for magical allergies, much more difficult then a sleeping potion. She gathered her ingredients and started mixing. This mixture asked for a light shaking of the caldron until a blue steam rose. This took a little more time then she would have liked. She looked up a moment and notice Prof. Snape watching her. She started to shake the caldron again when the blue steam rose. She smiled at her triumph and Ron's caldron tipped over.
"Ron, I am so sorry."
"What do you mean?"
"I must have knocked it over. What were you making?"
"Sleeping potion," answered Ron.
"What happened here, Mr. Weasely?"
"It was my fault," Ruby quickly spoke up. "I must have knocked it over." Snape looked at her suspiciously.
"Miss Kennedy will clean this up, Mr. Weasely. Continue with what you have left." Snape looked into Ruby's caldron and went to his desk. As class ended Ruby was still cleaning up sleeping potion. When she finally finished, she grabbed her bag and went up to Snape's desk.
"What is it, Miss Kennedy?"
"Did you grade my second potion?"
"Yes."
"And..."
"And you couldn't have possibly knocked over Weasely's caldron."
'Well... It's the only logical explanation."
"Maybe." Ruby peered at the grade sheet to find another satisfactory by her name.
"Thank you, Professor." And Ruby left.
*short chapter? Yes. But sweet and to the point...or is it? MUHAHAHAHA
