One stir clockwise
Leave to simmer for two minutes
Four stirs anti-clockwise
1 sheeps eye
A dragons tooth
A salamander's scale
1 twig of money tree
2 stirs clockwise…
This was his thirtieth attempt at this potion. He had never had such trouble with a potion before, he was the Potion's genius, he was not supposed to struggle. But this potion was special, was one his namesake, the actual Severus Snape, had invented a long long time ago and now the great man had shared it with him… and he was going to make him proud, however long it took.