I woke up bright and early in the morning in preparation for Potions. Since I loved Science in Muggle high school, I thought that Potions would be a breeze.
I washed, got changed into my Gryffindor robes and walked down the stairs to join Vera, Chlo (Chloe) and Dan. They were all ready before me! I thought to myself 'something tells me that they didn't wake up to beat me to it'
And I was partially right
At breakfast, they all discussed their getting up speed as I stuck my nose into 'The New Generation of Potion Makers Beginner's Book' textbook and read about the properties of moonstone in several potions.
"Come on Jules. Stop reading that textbook and join in the conversation!" Vera said
"Sorry Vera. But I would much rather read about the properties of moonstone in potions then discuss about how fast you got changed this morning!" I replied
We laughed uncontrollably.
"So Vera, do you know the properties of moonstone in potion making?" I asked her
"Em, um...." she replied
"Exactly! Moonstone is chalky white gemstone of which light reflects so brightly it seems lie it is a source of it's own light and it is a very useful potion ingredient which is used mainly for the Draught of Peace and some Love Potions."
"Brainiac"
"And you know nothing of the subject we have next!"
"Oh come on Jules, it's only our first day! They won't bite our heads off for not knowing properties of moonstones!"
"OK guys! Stop arguing and let's go! We have potion in five minutes!" Dan said and after I finished reading we went to dungeons. The dungeons must've been the most terrifying place of the entire castle. Dark, deprived of nearly every light source apart from a few laps hanging on walls and concrete floor to terrify you even more.
"Shall we go in? I heard that Professor Slughorn does not like first years!" Sheira said
"Oh come on Sheira! I'm sure he won't bite!" I Replied and we went in. The classroom was medium sized and oval shaped with shelves all around the edges.
"Come in, come in please!" Slughorn said as we walked in. Vera, Dan and I sat in the long table with three chairs beside it and it already had our cauldrons ready. Rest of the people came in and settled.
"Welcome everyone to your first Potions class of the session! We will be making a simple potion today to get our Potion juices flowing. Start with a simple question! Who knows what a Cure for Boils potion is and what is the crucial ingredient in it?" He said
I quickly raised my hand
"Yes Miss...am...um.."
"Sharmons, sir. Cure for Boils is a basic potion made to cure all sorts of boils. This potion if incorrectly brewed or if someone puts mint stings in it will result in powerfully sore and itchy boils. The potion is brewed for approximately 45 minutes and it's crucial ingredient is porcupine quills which is the ingredient that soothes the skin and allows other ingredients to take effect. It has to be swallowed because if placed directly on the skin, it will produce even more painful and stingy boils" I replied
Everyone looked at me in astonishment apart from the Slytherins who thought that they are too good for answering questions
"Well done, Miss Sharmons! Twenty points to Gryffindor for such a detailed answer! Now start gathering the ingredients and let's get brewing, shall we?" Slughorn commanded. I got out of my seat and I started to look for the porcupine quills first.
As I looked for the quills on the shelf, I noticed something shiny on the back of the shelf. I reached for it and grabbed it. It was a charm with something written on the back of it. I span the charm around to see the inscription.
'Property of the Department of Mysteries' it read. I placed it in my uniform pocket and noticed that my friends already gathered the ingredients and got some for me too. I walked back to the table and when I got there, I reached into my pocket to ensure that the charm was still there. I had a tendency to misplace/lose my things.
I stood in front of my cauldron and looked at my potions book. I crushed the snake fangs and put them in the cauldron. I looked at the book again and it said: "after adding the ingredients, brew the potion until it turns pinky-violet" as a side note. I followed the instructions step by step.
In the corner of my eye I noticed that Dan put something leafy and green in the cauldron
"Dan, I told you that mint stings make the cauldron explode!" I hissed but it was too late. The cauldron exploded into hundred pieces and with all of it's contents spraying on me. Then the chunkiest piece of the cauldron flew right into me head, knocking me over and then I lost consciousness.
A few hours later
I woke up laying down somewhere in Hogwarts.
"She's coming around!" A girl exclaimed happily
I opened my eyes with everything blurred and spinning like a whirlpool
"About time she woke up too!" a boy said.
"Daniel!" that girl hissed at him
A woman dressed in a white gown came and gave me a potion. It was disgusting in taste. But then again, it was not supposed to be Cream Soda!
Everything stopped spinning and being blurred out. I sat on the bed.
"We were so worried about you" the girl said
"Where am I? What happened? Who am I and who are you?!" I asked
"Oh no! Concussion!" the girl cried
"Don't worry Miss Eering! I have just the potion to sort it out!" Madam Pomfray said
She then gave me an another potion. Sweeter in taste but a bit nausea inflicting.
Then I closed my eyes and saw everything that I forgot backwards.
"Thank you so much Madam Pomfray!" I said
"No problem, that's what I am here for! You may be discharged!" She replied
"Thanks so much."
I got out of the hospital wing bed and walked out with my friends.
On the grand staircase, walking on the stairs.
"Dan I told you not to put mint stings in it!" I shouted angrily at him
"I forgot!"
"You forgot?! I told the entire class that before we gathered ingredients!"
"You know what? I have enough of your bossy ways. You think you are such a Know-It-All! But hear me now you are the worst sister ever!"
"Dan if your bright mind didn't figure it out yet, that if you actually listened to me none of this would had happened!"
"You think you're so brilliant just because you have grown up with a pure blood family. Not all of us get that privilege you know"
"And you think you are so fantastic just because you know everything! I have enough of you!"
"And I have enough of you! I chucked the necklace he gave me while at his home down the stairs. It was a fragile crystal necklace. "You are so not my brother any more!"
I then walked off towards the library
"Not her brother?" He asked himself sadly as he went to see if the necklace was ok
"It was sort of your fault" Vera replied
"You are right. I went too far and she did warn me about the mint"
"Maybe you should apologise"
"No. Not right now.She's way too angry to try and approach her just now. Maybe in a few days"
I went down to the library to find out more about the 'Department of Mysteries' There was a book called 'The History of the Ministry of Magic in Great Britain. I sat down with it and read through it quickly. Although there was some information about the ministry, no info about the Department of Mysteries was found in that book. I took the charm out and looked at it. It looked polished and quite new but the chain that it was attached to was at least twenty years old.
So did you all enjoy the chapter? What is it going to be like between Dan and Jules now that they are not speaking to each other. Finding the treasure will definitely be harder for them now that they are apart, eh?
Please comment and share my blog. I would love to see a bigger audience on this blog. That's why I am writing it, for everyone to enjoy it. And please subscribe to my blog via the RSS. I would be so happy if you did. Until next time guys! Chapter 7 coming very soon!
"Brainiac"
"And you know nothing of the subject we have next!"
"Oh come on Jules, it's only our first day! They won't bite our heads off for not knowing properties of moonstones!"
"OK guys! Stop arguing and let's go! We have potion in five minutes!" Dan said and after I finished reading we went to dungeons. The dungeons must've been the most terrifying place of the entire castle. Dark, deprived of nearly every light source apart from a few laps hanging on walls and concrete floor to terrify you even more.
"Shall we go in? I heard that Professor Slughorn does not like first years!" Sheira said
"Oh come on Sheira! I'm sure he won't bite!" I Replied and we went in. The classroom was medium sized and oval shaped with shelves all around the edges.
"Come in, come in please!" Slughorn said as we walked in. Vera, Dan and I sat in the long table with three chairs beside it and it already had our cauldrons ready. Rest of the people came in and settled.
"Welcome everyone to your first Potions class of the session! We will be making a simple potion today to get our Potion juices flowing. Start with a simple question! Who knows what a Cure for Boils potion is and what is the crucial ingredient in it?" He said
I quickly raised my hand
"Yes Miss...am...um.."
"Sharmons, sir. Cure for Boils is a basic potion made to cure all sorts of boils. This potion if incorrectly brewed or if someone puts mint stings in it will result in powerfully sore and itchy boils. The potion is brewed for approximately 45 minutes and it's crucial ingredient is porcupine quills which is the ingredient that soothes the skin and allows other ingredients to take effect. It has to be swallowed because if placed directly on the skin, it will produce even more painful and stingy boils" I replied
Everyone looked at me in astonishment apart from the Slytherins who thought that they are too good for answering questions
"Well done, Miss Sharmons! Twenty points to Gryffindor for such a detailed answer! Now start gathering the ingredients and let's get brewing, shall we?" Slughorn commanded. I got out of my seat and I started to look for the porcupine quills first.
As I looked for the quills on the shelf, I noticed something shiny on the back of the shelf. I reached for it and grabbed it. It was a charm with something written on the back of it. I span the charm around to see the inscription.
'Property of the Department of Mysteries' it read. I placed it in my uniform pocket and noticed that my friends already gathered the ingredients and got some for me too. I walked back to the table and when I got there, I reached into my pocket to ensure that the charm was still there. I had a tendency to misplace/lose my things.
I stood in front of my cauldron and looked at my potions book. I crushed the snake fangs and put them in the cauldron. I looked at the book again and it said: "after adding the ingredients, brew the potion until it turns pinky-violet" as a side note. I followed the instructions step by step.
In the corner of my eye I noticed that Dan put something leafy and green in the cauldron
"Dan, I told you that mint stings make the cauldron explode!" I hissed but it was too late. The cauldron exploded into hundred pieces and with all of it's contents spraying on me. Then the chunkiest piece of the cauldron flew right into me head, knocking me over and then I lost consciousness.
A few hours later
I woke up laying down somewhere in Hogwarts.
"She's coming around!" A girl exclaimed happily
I opened my eyes with everything blurred and spinning like a whirlpool
"About time she woke up too!" a boy said.
"Daniel!" that girl hissed at him
A woman dressed in a white gown came and gave me a potion. It was disgusting in taste. But then again, it was not supposed to be Cream Soda!
Everything stopped spinning and being blurred out. I sat on the bed.
"We were so worried about you" the girl said
"Where am I? What happened? Who am I and who are you?!" I asked
"Oh no! Concussion!" the girl cried
"Don't worry Miss Eering! I have just the potion to sort it out!" Madam Pomfray said
She then gave me an another potion. Sweeter in taste but a bit nausea inflicting.
Then I closed my eyes and saw everything that I forgot backwards.
"Thank you so much Madam Pomfray!" I said
"No problem, that's what I am here for! You may be discharged!" She replied
"Thanks so much."
I got out of the hospital wing bed and walked out with my friends.
On the grand staircase, walking on the stairs.
"Dan I told you not to put mint stings in it!" I shouted angrily at him
"I forgot!"
"You forgot?! I told the entire class that before we gathered ingredients!"
"You know what? I have enough of your bossy ways. You think you are such a Know-It-All! But hear me now you are the worst sister ever!"
"Dan if your bright mind didn't figure it out yet, that if you actually listened to me none of this would had happened!"
"You think you're so brilliant just because you have grown up with a pure blood family. Not all of us get that privilege you know"
"And you think you are so fantastic just because you know everything! I have enough of you!"
"And I have enough of you! I chucked the necklace he gave me while at his home down the stairs. It was a fragile crystal necklace. "You are so not my brother any more!"
I then walked off towards the library
"Not her brother?" He asked himself sadly as he went to see if the necklace was ok
"It was sort of your fault" Vera replied
"You are right. I went too far and she did warn me about the mint"
"Maybe you should apologise"
"No. Not right now.She's way too angry to try and approach her just now. Maybe in a few days"
I went down to the library to find out more about the 'Department of Mysteries' There was a book called 'The History of the Ministry of Magic in Great Britain. I sat down with it and read through it quickly. Although there was some information about the ministry, no info about the Department of Mysteries was found in that book. I took the charm out and looked at it. It looked polished and quite new but the chain that it was attached to was at least twenty years old.
So did you all enjoy the chapter? What is it going to be like between Dan and Jules now that they are not speaking to each other. Finding the treasure will definitely be harder for them now that they are apart, eh?
Please comment and share my blog. I would love to see a bigger audience on this blog. That's why I am writing it, for everyone to enjoy it. And please subscribe to my blog via the RSS. I would be so happy if you did. Until next time guys! Chapter 7 coming very soon!
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