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Harry Potter Potion Master
Severus quickly strolled out of the bank, Harry had to jog to keep up with his long legs. "We will be picking up your potions ingredients first. I have to stock up on my personal supply cupboard and the schools supply cupboard." He took a quick left into a store that had a strange smell coming out of it.
Harry scurried after the tall man and entered the store. As soon as he entered the store, the smell of different ingredients hit him in the face. However this did not bother him seeing as he had to smell and clean different things at number four. Looking around, he saw newt's eyes in bottles and snake fangs in a barrel with a scoop next to it. Harry walked over to the next aisle and saw different types of cauldrons available for purchasing. As well as the school standard one, there was a solid gold one, a self stirring one and a bronze one.
Severus appeared silently behind Harry and put a hand on his shoulder. "You will only need the school standard one, ." He said sharply. "I have purchased my supplies already. If you follow me, I can show you which ingredients you will need to buy and how to tell if they are in good quality."
Harry nodded hurriedly and grabbed the nearby cauldron before facing Snape, ready to follow and learn more about the makings of potions.
Severus sighed in exasperation, "First you don't just grab the first cauldron you see. Look over it to make sure it is not cracked anywhere or dented. Also check the bottom's thickness. If it all checks out get another one and do the same for that one too. The extra cauldron is for if you manage to melt or damage the first cauldron in an accident."
Harry's eyes widened and he quickly looked at his cauldron he had picked out. Sure enough there was a hairline crack on the side so thin and small that most would not see it. He grit his teeth in anger and put the cauldron back and picked up another one. This one had passed the tests and so he put it on the ground next to him. Picking up the next cauldron he found that this on had passed the tests as well so he placed it on the ground next to him. Picking up both cauldrons he turned to Snape, wondering if he had done well.
Severus Snape nodded at Potter before walking to the different walls that held the ingredients that a student would need at school. "Always look for the best quality of ingredient, if it looks old or broken don't get it. Always try to get the freshest ingredients." As he spoke, he pulled down different items that had passed his test and put them in the cauldrons that Potter was carrying. "If you have the gold, get extra ingredients or different ingredients even, that way you can practice making potions that need other ingredients." He grabbed some unicorn horns after checking for chips or cracks. "Don't be afraid to buy or borrow from the library potion books that are not on the list." Severus then turned to Potter with a serious look on his face. "Your mother was superb at potions and I expect you to be good at it too or at least work hard at it."
Harry swallowed and nodded, "Yes sir, I will work hard. I will try to be good at it." He hugged the cauldrons to his chests. "I am going to go up and pay for this now."
Severus closed his eyes and sighed, "Alright, go ahead and pay." he then pointed to the front of the shop where the shop keeper was.
Harry turned towards where Snape was pointing and quickly rushed to the counter. Placing the cauldrons on the counter, he pulled out the ingredients that were stuffed into the cauldrons.
The man behind the counter counted up all the ingredients and weighed some of them and counted the cauldrons. "Five galleons, eight sickles and three knuts." the man said gruffly.
Harry pulled out his money bag from inside his pocket and counted out the coins. Placing the exact change on the counter, he watched as the man pulled the money to him and dumped it into the register.
"Have a good day." the man growled as he put the ingredients back into Harry's cauldrons for him.
Harry nodded nervously and thanked him, grabbing his cauldrons and running out the store. As soon as he got out and into the fresh air, he let out a sigh of relief.
"I take it you met old man J?" Severus asked with a slight snigger at Potter's obvious sigh of relief. "Don't worry J only works once and awhile usually it's a female who is at the till." He then pointed at the shop across the way. "That is the book store. You can get your books from your list in there. Remember, don't be afraid to pick out extra potion books. You can get any book that interests you as well." He then pointed to another store. "That's Madam Malkin's, you can get fitted for your school robes there." He then looked at Potter and what he was wearing. "You might want to ask for a whole new wardrobe too." Severus pointed to a shop that had noise coming out from it, "There you can get a pet or an owl." Snape then gently turned Potter by the shoulders to face the end of the street. "That is Ollivander's. You can get your wand there." He then looked at a pocket watch and winced. "I need to be somewhere else. If you want to stay here until the first ask Tom at the tavern for a room. If you want to go back to your house, when you get your wand go the the street and hold out your wand it will call the knight bus. Pay the toll and they will take you home. You have to be at platform nine and three quarters on the first before noon though. At noon the train leaves." Snape pulled out a piece of paper from his inner robes. "Here is your ticket. Now I have to go. I will see you at Hogwarts." He then stepped away from Harry and with a twist and a loud crack disappeared.
Harry did not have any time to ask any questions before had vanished. Sighing in frustration, he looked across the way and started to what looked like his personal heaven, a book shop. When he entered the shop a bell jingled to signal that someone had entered. Looking around, he saw that there were a few people already browsing the shelves. Grabbing what looked to be a basket, he was shocked when it started to hover next to him. Taking a few steps to the left, the basket followed him. "Cool." he murmured looking with wide eyes at it. Turning around and trusting the basket to follow him, he walked over to the shelves that were labeled school year books. Finding first year bundle of books, he grabbed it and turned around to put it into his shopping basket. The basket bounced slightly at the weight of the books but soon went back to normal hight. Smiling, Harry turned and wandered the shelves, grabbing a book here and there. Wizarding Traditions, Different Creatures Cultures and Languages, Charms For Languages. All went into the basket. Finally Harry arrived at the potion section. Looking at the selection he grabbed, The In's And Out's Of Potions, Why Do My Ingredient React Like That?, How To Keep Your Potion Lab Safe. All of these books looked like something that he should read before start working on making potions. Harry then looked around to find more books but ones that had recipes in them. Finding some he grabbed, Healing With Potions, Glamor With Potion, Potions For Fun. Having all of the books in his hands were getting heavy so he turned and placed all of them into the basket. To his surprise, the basket grew to accommodate all of the books. Smiling he left the potion section and wandered into the area about Hogwarts. However Harry was not looking where he was going and ran into someone with bushy brown hair. Both of them fell to the ground in a tangled mess, "Ow!"
"Ow!" Said the owner of the bushy brown hair. "Can you get off of me, please?" asked the bushy brown hair.
Harry nodded, forgetting that the person would not see it, "Just a second." He rolled over and scrambled to his feet. Looking down, he saw that the bushy brown hair was attached to a girl.
"Well? Aren't you going to offer me a hand up?" asked the Girl.
Harry started and quickly put out his hand for the girl to grab. As the girl pulled herself up he apologised, "I'm sorry. I was not looking where I was going. My name is Harry."
The girl brushed the dirt that had gotten onto her outfit before looking Harry in the eye. "Next time, look where you are going! It could have been a lot worse. My name is Hermione." She offered a hand to shake.
Harry gently shook the hand before looking at the shelves again. "Do you have any suggestions for a good read on Hogwarts?"
Hermione brightened up, "Oh, yes! I fell in love with Hogwarts A History." she pulled a copy down from its niche in the shelf. "Here. You'll love it." She then looked at her watch. "Oh no, I'm sorry Harry. But I have to go now. My parents want to meet me back at the pub in about two minutes." She glanced back up. "Maybe I will see you on the train?" she asked hopefully.
Harry nodded. "Yeah, I'll see you then." he then watched her leave the bookstore with a goofy smile on his face. Hermione was his first human friend. Or at least tentative friend. It made him happy. And he watched her back disappear into the crowd with a smile on his face.
AN:WOOT! I brought Hermione into the picture! Right now they are just friends you shipers!i don't know if I will pair them up later in life or not. How the dice rolls. Hope you liked it! I love reviews and comments. So please Review! This is Swappappy signing out! ~Swappappy