Second Years: Class four.

[Cello Evans]

Cello walked into the classroom and strode up to her desk. Her second years should be arriving soon so she sat down and waited. This was her first lesson with the second years and she was quite nervous what the students would think of her but hopefully they would all get on ok. Deciding to put the lesson on the board she stood up and pulled out her wand. With a simple flick, the instructions appeared on the board:

Confusing Concoction:
Belladonna
Ginger roots
Lionfish spine
Aswinder eggs

Happy with this, she sat down and waited for the students to arrive.

[Lorcan Parrish]

Bleh. Goodmorning, Lorcan. Time to go put your brain in a food processor

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Groaning, she rolled out of bed, chucking her balled-up boxers at her wand, which was emmiting a loud alarm. Pulling on a fresh tee shirt and pants, she grabbed her wand and book bag, off to her least favorite class. What a great way to wake up.

Smiling half-heartedly at the Teachers Assistant as she stumped into the classroom, she was shocked to find herself the first person present for class. That was really unusual, most of the time she didn't even show up. Being first was almost sickening. Making a harassed face, she wound her way through the tables and took a seat at one near the middle. Glancing at the board, she kindled a fire underneath the cauldron in front of her, but not bothering to proceed until some people showed up.[/size][/center][/color][/font]

[ryanconnell]

Ryan wasn't very fond of attending his classes, but he at least made an effort to go this time. So down the corridor he went, passing other closed classrooms until he approached Potions. "Great.." He sighed as he entered inside. To his surprise, they had gained a new TA.."Morning Miss Evans." He greets the TA slipping into one of the seats, he situated himself comfortable for the wait of class to begin.

[trini]

Sabra entered the class. This was the first time in a while she had been so early to a class. Well, except for that one History of Magic class. There were only two other students and the new T.A. She smiled and nodded a simple, "Good morning," to everyone in the room. The Mihael then took a seat towards the middle of the class, where she was most comfortable.

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[aquat1cf1sh]

Sighing, Avery trudged down to the Dungeons. He was quite tired, and didn't get a good night's sleep the previous night. He was barely aware of what he was walking on when he got to the Potions classroom. Yawning, he saw, through his watery eyes, the new Teacher's Assistant. She looked nice but Avery wasn't one to judge. He sat down and immediately put his head down on his desk. How nice it would be to sit down, drift away, close his eyes, and sink into a deep, deep sleep... Perhaps they would be making a sleeping potion today...

Avery didn't know if he had fallen asleep or not. All he knew as that there was a brief period of time in which he had no idea what was going on. He looked around the class. Yep, there were still three heads in the classroom. One of them looked familiar to him. Another one looked very familiar to him. "Oh, hi- hi Sabra!" he yawned. "'Scuse me, I'm not really... here today... Or right now... Gah, I should stop- stop talking." He yawned again. "Man I'm really not here... what's-what's new?"

[kerajonson]

Kera walked through the dungeons making her way to the potions classroom. She soon approached the classroom and pushed the door open. Her green eyes scanned around the room, and she saw that there were already 4 students who had arrived. This was the time she usually arrived at a class, early but with at least four other students present. She walked to a seat located in the middle of the room, and took a seat.

[Cello Evans]

Cello smiled at each student individually as they walked into the room. A few more should be arriving soon but she thought she might aswell get the instructions on the board and the ones that were here could get to work.

Confusing Concoction:

-Light a fire beneath a standard size 2 pewter cauldron
-Add one litre of water and essence of Belladonna
-Stir twice and add sliced ginger roots
-Leave to stew for five minutes before adding crushed spine of lionfish.
-Drop in your Ashwinder eggs and leave until the mixture turns blue in color.
-Ladle into a glass phial and bring to my desk.

"Ok the instructions are on the board. The ingredients can all be found in the student store cupboard. Remember, house points will be awarded for participation. You may start" she said with a smile.

[shayna]

Shayna walked down the halls not really caring that she would be like a minute or two late. She had gone to visit her brother in London because he was getting better and then suddenly he got really bad. He was stable now and they were making a little progress, but she was still shaken.

Potions, by far her strongest class. Smiling she stepped inside as the class started. She decided she should write down the potion, ingredients, and the directions so she took out her fun blue ink, eagle feather quill, and some parchment.

Confusing Concoction:
Belladonna
Ginger roots
Lionfish spine
Aswinder eggs

Directions:

-Light a fire beneath a standard size 2 pewter cauldron
-Add one litre of water and essence of Belladonna
-Stir twice and add sliced ginger roots
-Leave to stew for five minutes before adding crushed spine of lionfish.
-Drop in your Ashwinder eggs and leave until the mixture turns blue in color.
-Ladle into a glass phial and bring to my desk

Sighing she put her cauldron over the fire she lit with her wand. Taking out her measuring cups she measured one litre of water into the cauldron and added the essence of Belladonna. Taking her big wooden stirring spoon she stirred it twice and proceeded with starting to slice her ginger roots.

[grobanitexd]

With a huge frown on her face, Aaliyah Rose McKenzie slowly dragged her feet into her potions classroom. She glanced at Avery and Sabra and gave them a Why me? face. With her head down, she walked over to a cauldron and slowly wrote down her notes. Her plan this class was to take her time with everything to avoid touching anything gross in the potion. If she didn't finish it, there would be a chance that she wouldn't have to touch a liver or eyeball or something.

"Eggs..." she muttered. "Yummy..."

Sadly, taking notes never really took that long and she still would have plenty of time to complete a potion. She sighed and raised her hand. "Ma'am, could we ever do a potion that is not full of disgusting things?" she asked.

[brendan]

He entered the classroom, only to receive instructions for a potion.

Light a fire beneath a standard size 2 pewter cauldron
-Add one litre of water and essence of Belladonna
-Stir twice and add sliced ginger roots
-Leave to stew for five minutes before adding crushed spine of lionfish.
-Drop in your Ashwinder eggs and leave until the mixture turns blue in color.
-Ladle into a glass phial and bring to my desk.

Right, and what potion was this again? Confusing concoction. Right. As he headed to the student's stores for equipment, he smiled a little. He may hate the ingredients, but he liked the subtle art. He took out the ingredients, and started on the first step, by hauling the cauldron needed and over the fire. Good.

Second step. Essence of Belladonna didn't look that bad. He dumped it in, unceremoniously at the idea, and left it there, the empty bottle on his workbench. Stirring twice, he sliced the ginger roots, and added them in. Good, the next step was to let it stew, which he would. He laughed as Liyah asked whether they would not have icky stuff in their potions. That would be welcomed indeed, but he guessed that having to handle gross ingredients was part of the learning package.

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[Cello Evans]

Cello laughed when Liyah asked if they could not use 'icky' stuff in their potions.

"I honestly dont think there is a potion around that isnt full of disgusting ingredients. You just have to think of it as a fine art. The ingredients may be disgusting but atleast they will bring a good result at the end." she said with a wink.

[grobanitexd]

Aaliyah groaned when the teacher said there was always something a little gross in any potion. She really hated this class now. Still, she had to do it and she had to do at least a half decent job. "Fine art my arse," she muttered as she added the water and Belladonna. Then she began to slice the ginger roots as she noticed that Brenden had come into class. She nodded and grinned at him as he took his seat.

[brady]

He was quite late to potions. He walked in and quickly took a seat. With Potions you always had to be on time. He looked up at the board than at his TA. They were going to be working with a Confusing Concoction potion. He shurged. He organised his desk quickly. He went and gathered his supplies.

He looked p at the first set of directions. He lite the fire and added the water. He looked for the Belladonna on his desk. He couldn' find it for am oment but it was behind his Cauldron where he couldn't see. He dumped it inside the cauldron. He than went to direction three,

[trini]

Sabra laughed a little. "It's alright Ave. I know those kind of days. But, so far? Everything is alright. A few late nights because of serious procrastination, but otherwise, I'm pretty good. What's up with you? You look....drained. Like someone sucked all the life & energy out of you." Naturally, she was concerned because Avery was usually a pretty cheery person and usually had himself all put together.

In the meanwhile, Sabra heard Liyah ask the question about potions and laughed. She knew Liyah didn't like that, but she didn't mind. Personally, it was her favorite class because it, to her is all about following directions.

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[Cello Evans]

Cello looked round at the class and saw that some of them didnt seem that bothered about their potions. Deciding she had to liven everyones spirits she shouted over the chattering.

"Ok class, whilst leaving it to stew for five minutes im going to ask a question! The first person to answer correctly will win 10 house points for their house. Ok here we go, What are ashwinders whose eggs are used in this potion.?"

she asked with a smile. This was always a fun way to teach the students about the Ingridients and they could earn house points too!

[filmodirectii]

Gyminee entered the Potions classroom noticing that she wasn't early but wasn't very surprised. Gyminee wasn't able to get on for while. But instead of making some kind of scene, Gyminee followed what she had to do.

Confusing Concoction:
Belladonna
Ginger roots
Lionfish spine
Aswinder eggs

Gyminee also noticed that the instructions were also written down.

Confusing Concoction:

-Light a fire beneath a standard size 2 pewter cauldron
-Add one litre of water and essence of Belladonna
-Stir twice and add sliced ginger roots
-Leave to stew for five minutes before adding crushed spine of lionfish.
-Drop in your Ashwinder eggs and leave until the mixture turns blue in color.
-Ladle into a glass phial and bring to my desk.

Gyminee also noticed the teacher asking a question.
"What are ashwinders whose eggs are used in this potion.?" the teacher asked
When Gyminee heard that...she was sort of confused.Were they supposed to tell her what ashwinders are? Gyminee thought that was it.
"Professor,aren't ashwinders grey serpents?"

[shayna]

After she finished slicing her ginger roots Shayna and added them to her potion. Then she set a timer for five minutes. Pretty much just as soon as she had set the timer the T.A. asked a question. It was a hufflepuff who answered, but she gave a vague answer so knowing all about magical reptiles she added to it, "Ashwinders are a magical creature. It is a thin, pale gray serpent created by magical fire that burned unchecked for too long." she said checking her timer. It read four minutes. Sitting back she decided to do nothing while she waited but watch the other students.

Reptiles had always facinated Shayna. Especially snakes. She had read Hogwarts, A History and deeply wished she was a decendant of Salazar Slytherin because she would love to be able to talk to snakes, but she wasn't so she just read a lot about reptiles, magical and non. So when it came to questions about them she'd know the answer plus little details like in her addition to the other girl's.

[Oshuna "Meme" Wills]

Oshuna was running a little late, for her classes today.She ran down the hall, to her fourth class.Potions.She hoped she could, still make the lesson.Or at least some part of the lesson.When she reached the classroom, she then walked into class.Oshuna quickly took a open seat, by the door.Then once seated, she got out her items for class.Oshuna then started to write down some notes,on a parchment from the board.


Confusing Concoction:

Belladonna
Ginger roots
Lionfish spine
Aswinder eggs


Once she was done writing down her notes, for her Potion.Oshuna then looked up at the board again.Oshuna saw the T.A start, writing down the , directions.On the board.So she started to add the directions, to her notes.


Confusing Concoction:

-Light a fire beneath a standard size 2 pewter cauldron
-Add one liter of water and essence of Belladonna
-Stir twice and add sliced ginger roots
-Leave to stew for five minutes before adding crushed spine of lionfish.
-Drop in your Ashwinder eggs and leave until the mixture turns blue in color.
-Ladle into a glass phial and bring to my desk.


After she was done writing down the directions.Oshuna started to gather the things she would need, to make her Potion.But first thing was first.She had to set everything up.Once she did, Oshuna started on the potion.

[Yemaya "Maia" Wills]

There was only one word for her,Late,Late Late!! Yes Yemaya was running very late today.That was so unlike her, but today there was nothing, she could do about it.Yemaya had over slept, and now was running behind schedule.She gathered her books, then ran down the hallway, through the castle.To go to her last class, of her schedule.Potions.When Yemaya finally reached the, classroom.She quickly walked in, and looked for a seat to sit in.She saw one open next to, her sister Oshuna.Yemaya walk over to the desk, then sat down.Yemaya got out her supplies, being her wand,pen and a parchment.Then she took notes.

Confusing Concoction:

~Belladonna
~Ginger roots
~Lionfish spine
~Aswinder eggs

Direction for Potion

-Light a fire beneath a standard size 2 pewter cauldron
-Add one liter of water and essence of Belladonna
-Stir twice and add sliced ginger roots
-Leave to stew for five minutes before adding crushed spine of lionfish.
-Drop in your Ashwinder eggs and leave until the mixture turns blue in color.
-Ladle into a glass phial and bring to my desk


After she was done writing down, the directions.Yemaya then started to get to work, on her Potion.She followed the notes, on her parchment.Then Yemaya started to get to work on the first step, of the Potion.

[Cello Evans]

Cello smiled as more students walked into the room. Watching them all brewing the potion made her smile in itself but to see this many of them in her first lesson she was pleased. When she asked her question she was surprised to get an answer so quick. That is correct Gyminee, 5 points to Hufflepuff. And even though you didnt answer it first im awarding you 5 points for extra information, Miss Shayna." she smiled making a mental note to tell the headmistress of these points.

"Now next question, can anyone tell me what you think a confusing concoction actually does? Best description earns ten house points."