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Chapter 5
The Founder's Potion
Twelve White Mulberry leaves, gathered just before sunset
Two ounces Fennel Seeds, gathered at Summer Solstice
Eight blossoms of purple Lucerne, gather during a full moon
One True Mandrake Root
A rod Witch Hazel
Five Full Heads of Angelica flowers, gathered at Candlemas
Four Bracken Fern Fiddleheads, gathered at Summer Solstice
Three Vervain flowers, gathered at Summer Solstice at noon on a bright day near the full moon
A small Opal Stone
A small Agate Stone
Six drops Liquid Mercury
One White Water Lily
Seven leaves of Wax Myrtle
Two Dove Feathers
Eighteen leaves Blue Salvia, gathered at Autumn Equinox
One Jade Stone, carved in to a pentacle
One Phoenix Feather
One Dragon Claw
One vial Unicorn Blood, Given Freely
Man and Woman of great powers
Work together in desperate hours
Hogwarts is dying, but do not fear
The answer you seek is right here
This potion is all that you will need
The directions you must closely heed
Set Mulberry Leaves on the altar for a night
Use them before the morning's first light
Protected with a black candle they shall be
Until brewed into a strong tea
Here Athena you must invoke
Or the potion will start to smoke
Add seeds of Fennel to the brew
Strength and protection they give you
Stir against the clock seven times
Wait until the bell of midnight chimes
Add Lucerne gathered fresh when moon is full
Take only blossoms, no roots you pull
Until fully dry you must wait
To burn the flowers numbered eight
Add the ashes to the mix
Stir with hazel rod times six
Find the Mandrake, Old and True
In the garden Helga grew
With hazel rod, stir once more
Around the clock, this one times four
Five full heads of Angelica flowers
Will be added after eighty-six hours
Let sit dormant until summer's eve
When from the Garden you must retrieve
Four fiddleheads of fern, Vervain
A white lily in water from Helga's domain
Place first the ferns and wait a day
Continue by giving Diana her say
When adding the enchanted Vervain
Stones must be added to help it sustain
Agate and Opal to keep it longer
Mercury will make it stronger
Next in line is the Lily, white
Add it whole at the middle of night
Wait for now days nineteen
Until the mixture changes green
Aventine Hill in ancient Rome
Is where Wax Myrtle does call home
Sacred to the Goddess Venus
Invoke her as you slowly add this
Two feathers from a sacred dove
To represent both peace and love
Add leaves of Sage at a time two
For nine mornings straight you must do
Spirit, Water, Earth, Air, Fire
Unite the elements entire
Into the brew cast the star of Jade
Onto which a pentacle is made
Claw of Dragon, Phoenix Feather
Male and Female added together
For two weeks, let it stay
Stir it once every single day
Unicorn blood must be given free
Pour it in, stir times three
Wait now for a month, one
Until the potion is finally done
Take the cauldron down below
The deepest place that you can go
The corner stone you will find
Carve the runes in which to bind
Thurisaz, Algiz, Eihwaz make
Carve them for protection's sake
Ansuz for wisdom, Daeg for growth
Perth for magic and take the oath
When the moon is at its peak
This incantation you must speak
"Powers that be, Powers that bind
Cross the gap of Earth to mind
Use the brew that we have made
To give this castle powerful aid
Protect Hogwarts, keep it strong
May its life be forever long
May all the Gods defend forever
Eternity and always, ceasing never
To this we ask with all our might
Keep us safely from this night."