-Sorry for the delays. I was finding it hard to write another chapter but I finally got done with one. I will finish it but it may take a while so don't give up on me. Thank you for your reviews; they're what keep me going.
Wide Awake Potion
Miss Hardbroom had had a terrible night's sleep, yet again. Nightmare after nightmare had plagued her sleeping mind and left her shaken that morning. All the dreams had only one thing in common, the girl with the red hair. She was quite groggy that morning and not as alert as she would have liked to have been so Constance decided to take some wide awake potion. She had to be ready for when the girls started making mischief and this was the fastest way to collect her wits. She took the blue bottle out of her bag, where she always kept it. Miss Hardbroom liked to be organised. If something was out of place, there would be hell to pay. She drained the bottle. There was only enough for one dose in there anyway. She needed to make more soon if she was going to keep having these nightmares. She put the empty bottle back into her bag so she could fill it up again later. Up she got from her bed and started to get ready. She got dressed and zapped her hair into her signature bun. Practicality over aesthetics was her motto.
She made it to the staffroom ready to eat her very small breakfast of two plain crackers and a cup of tea. When she got there though, something was off. She didn't know what it was but her witch's intuition told her that something was not right. Nothing seemed out of place. Everything was as neat and tidy as she had left it. She meandered towards the cupboard. The door had been left slightly ajar. Constance was sure she had locked it. Once again, logical thoughts kicked it. It must have been Miss Bat considering she always hides in there, the silly woman. Didn't she know that leaving the cupboard open could cause a robbery? Miss Hardbroom sat down, deciding to let it go just this once. She would only be scolded by Miss Cackle if she complained about it. Soon the other teachers came in and they started up their usual morning chatter.
Celeste sat and picked at her cold porridge. Her green eyes watched the clock as time ticked closer and closer to her potions lesson, her chance to get the wide awake potion which was hidden inside her potion mistress's bag. A sly smile crossed her lips but was soon replaced by a frown when a bunch of giggling girls sat next to her.
"Hey Celeste, you looked down in the dumps so we came to cheer you up," said a prude girl with her blonde hair in two plaits, "How come you never talk to anyone?"
"Uh, I'm just shy," lied Celeste. She wanted them to go away more than anything. She couldn't stand other people, especially ones who were some much stupider than her, "I'm sorry I've got to go,"
Celeste tided up her tray and left to get away from them. Luckily it was time for her potions lesson.
Celeste sat in class watching Miss Hardbroom's bag. She had to cause a distraction so that she could get into it without her knowing. It wouldn't be too hard considering how distressed her "classmates" were anyway. She would just have to make a little explosion, nothing damaging, just loud enough so that they would panic. She had managed to sneak in with a bottle of explonoise potion at the beginning of the year. She got it out of her pocket and slowly dropped it on the floor. A loud bang exploded in the classroom. The girls all screamed and started running around in panic. Perfect. Miss Hardbroom was getting up and trying to calm everyone down. Now was her chance. Up she got and ran towards the bag. She made sure she looked like part of the great mass of girls running around in fear. She slipped her hand into the bag and felt for wide awake potion. Her hand touched something cold and bottle like. It must be the potion. She fished it out and pocketed it. She pretended to have been calmed down by Miss Hardbroom and sat back down at her seat. She took the bottle out for further inspection. To Celeste's annoyance, it was empty. Drat! She would have to find another way to get it.