Additionally, I received a new OC: Vidar Broen (Victor John Foxfire)
Now, let's begin!
Lulu's POV
Our next class just so happened to be down in the dungeons.
Which was rather inconvenient, seeing as our last class had been Astronomy at the top of the tallest tower in the school.
We had to hurry as fast as we possibly could in order to get there in time.
Thankfully, my Riolu body did not tire easily.
We gathered in the dark classroom, and I looked around curiously, taking in our newest whereabouts.
The walls were lined with shelves, stuffed to the breaking point with potions and ingredients. There was a large wooden desk at the end of the room, stained in many different colors. In the center of the room, there was a huge cauldron of water on top of a blazing fire.
There were no chairs or student desks, though, which did not please everybody who was exhausted from all that running.
As everyone started leaning against walls or sitting down on the cold floor, there was a flash of light as our teacher appeared.
The first thing I thought was 'Oh no it's Snape.'
And indeed, the teacher looked very similar. Greasy black hair, cruel sneer, intimidating aura. But Snape did not wear combat gear.
The teacher declared coldly, "Hello. I am Professor Snipe. Today we will show how easily you can create an unknown concoction."
He gestured towards the cauldron in the center. "Use the items on the shelves to brew a potion. No books. All of you will be brewing one potion in the same pot. If any of you object..."
He pulled something off of his back, and I shuddered in horror when I realized it was a sniper rifle.
"I will make sure it's not for long.", he concluded, "Now, I suggest you get started."
I had never seen anyone move as fast as we did when he said that.
This guy wasn't Snape. Somehow, he was even worse.
I picked a random root off the shelf, doing my best to look like I was doing something and therefore did not need to be sniped. The root looked very much like a carrot, if carrots were green and smelled like smoke.
I tossed it into the pot without even trying to cut it, then winced as a huge cloud of noxious green smoke billowed up.
The smoke was quickly extinguished, though, when Matthew shot it with a Flash Cannon. The Steel-type move seemed to mop up all the poison gas, which was rather confusing until one remembered type immunities.
Still, I hadn't expected that particular result.
Sylvie tossed in a small blue mushroom, which made a loud fizz as it dissolved on contact with the water.
Joel then added a red mushroom, which somehow froze the boiling water on contact.
"This is pretty ridiculous.", commented Peter, "Hmm, surely nothing bad will happen if I drop in this golden flower?"
He dropped it in, and nothing happened.
"Huh, I thought plot magic would happen there.", he said, "Looks like I'll have to tempt fate some more."
"Please don't.", Simon replied.
"Agreed!", declared Kipper the dog, "Now, I'm going to drop this bone in there!"
He dropped the bone in there, which caused the potion to turn white.
"Hey, we got a color change!", declared Jack, "Um..what color do we want it to be?"
"No idea.", said Erik, "But I can provide a soundtrack."
He proceeded to grab the wand out of his bag and start tapping the wall, which did make a nice-sounding beat. It also began to shoot sparks.
"Be careful with that please!", exclaimed Jack nervously.
"Okay, okay.", grumbled Erik, and he stopped tapping the wand. He started rapping his paws against the wall instead.
Rei silently strode up to the cauldron, and dumped in a batch of finely chopped herbs. With a loud hiss, the potion turned silver and sweet-smelling.
I walked over to the shelf, when Professor Snipe pointed his gun at the ceiling and fired.
"Not fast enough!", he shouted, "Hurry hurry, grab whatever ingredient you set your hands on and toss it in! I want excitement!"
I panicked, and grabbed a fat gooey worm off the shelf. Shrieking, I tossed it behind me, where there was a loud hiss as it landed in the potion.
Beside me, I noticed Gavin cringe as he grabbed a human skull. But there was no time to choose something else, so he tossed it in as well.
Jack hurried over to the cauldron with a broken wand, dropping it in. It was soon followed with a used tissue, a red rock, and an vengeful possessed doll.
Rei was neatly preparing another batch of vegetables, and I shivered nervously, wondering if the professor was going to shoot her. But he seemed fixated on watching Gavin toss in a trash bag, a chocolate-covered chicken, and a purple bug thing.
I tossed in a cracked teapot, a razor-sharp claw that was darting around everywhere, a bag of sand, and a spooky looking black cloth.
I spotted several more odd items flying in. A creepy puppet, strangled to death. A giant red mushroom that caused the cauldron to grow in size. Some random horns that a goblin had dropped. A perfectly square dirt block.
Oh, and a golden heart that caused the cauldron to erupt in sparkles.
Professor Snipe frowned. "Who put their heart into it? Now the potion's done too early! Very well, let us see what you made."
He walked over and stared at it. He sniffed it. He drank a little vial, then tasted it. He pressed his ear against it. He took out a tape measure and checked its size. He hmm'ed and he huh'ed. He took out a piece of chalk and scribbled some incomprehensible mathematical gibberish on the side of the pot.
Finally, he said, "Yes, I do believe you have made a minor healing potion! That is decent enough for now, you have my leave to go."
Everybody stared at him in quiet. He cocked his rifle and shouted, "Do you need me to repeat myself!?"
We were gone in a cloud of dust.
As soon as we were a safe distance away, though, Gavin turned to face the rest of us. "Alright, guys, something weird is going on. We haven't heard from our teachers since last night, not to mention every teacher here seems to be insane. You remember the first one, right?"
"The smelly one?", asked Kipper.
"Yes, Mrs. Makeup-on-a-Ghoul.", agreed Gavin, "She was a literal zombie! Something weird is going on, and I think it has something to do with our missing teachers. We need to get to the bottom of this, and fast. After all, Miss Melody might be the only way for us to become human again! So, do you think we should skip the next class in order to find them?"
We all nodded. "Alright then.", replied Gavin, " I think we should check the dungeons first. Let's go!" (-o-)
AN: Oh my, looks like we've got some action going on! Let's hope they can solve this mystery before the cat eats them.
But that won't be for a while, because next chapter we have a long-overdue return to the Genesis Project!
Until next time, happy Pokemon hunting!