Second years, Class two

[Professor Carina Erikson]

Another day meant another class and that meant another potion. The one she had chosen for today wasn't very hard, just a bit more stirring than the last one. The only problem she had with it wasn't really a problem. None of the ingredients in the potion were in the standard potions kits. No bother though, Carina would supply them herself.

Something that she noticed with the last class was that many of the students had problems timing the steps properly. So to remedy this, Carina carefully left stopwatches at every desk. Next, she unpacked the ingredients, setting them on the counter at the east wall. Not the best looking things in the world but that was what the potion required.

Carina then walked to the front of the class and waved her wand lazily toward the blackboard. Within seconds the name of the potion and it's ingredients appeared.

Mandrake Draught

glumbumble fluid
minced mandrake roots
knotgrass
murtlap essence
tubeworms


That being done, Carina pushed herself up on her desk, crossing her legs under her. Glancing at her watch, she saw that she had a few more minutes before class began. Pulling a potions book over to her, Carina slowly flipped through the pages, looking for a good potion for next class.

[robotboy]

Dezi was making an effort to show up to more classes lately. He didn't want to be held back a year, after all. Slipping into the Potions class, he glanced around and raised his eyebrows; he was the first one here. Taking a seat in the middle-ish of the class, he gave the Professor a small smile and said, "Hello, Professor Erikson." Through rumors, he'd heard about what his sister had done in her class and was a bit embarrassed to be her brother.

Looking at the board, he scribbled down the name of the potion and the ingredients in his notebook. Then, brown eyes fell on the stopwatch on his desk and he clicked the on button, timing how long it would take for the next person to arrive.

[ma]

Whoo! Another Potions class for the Ravenclaw known as Melissa Atherton. And once again, we find that she is able to make it to the classroom early. This must have been the ninth or tenth time in a row or something for her; making it to class on time and/or early is an accomplishment.

She entered the classroom and looked around, only noticing the professor at the head of the class and a Mihael boy she had never talked to before. "Howdy, guys," she had said, sounding a little Western instead of English. She parked herself at a table in the middle of the room and dropped her bag off to the right side of the seat she had been sitting in.

Glancing at the board, she noticed the name of the potion: Mandrake Draught. Melissa thought she knew what this was, after reading a couple of things in some the textbook she recieved before the term started. Hopefully she wouldn't mess anything in regards to the potion up. Last time, she had a darker shade of pink for her Deflating Draught.

[chloiewhite]

Chloie stepped into the potions classroom and sighed. Try as she might, she was never very good at potions. She glanced around the room and noticed only a few people there and the subject of the day on the board.

Mandrake Draught? That sounds sort of familiar; have we done it before? Hey, there's Melissa. Maybe she could help me some today.

The Ravvie walked over and sat beside her friend.

"Hi, Melissa. So...how are you with potions? Pretty good?"

[Illusion Avery Rayne]

Illusion walked lazily to class, yawning to stay awake with her frustration, of staying up late. Walking up to the large door, she opened it and walked in, the class was just begining. Yay! My late streak may finally be over Illusion thought to herself. As she found a seat, and looked at the board with curiosity. "Mandrake Draught, how facinating." she told herself alittle to loud for her liking. Sinking her hand into her bag, she found her quill and parchment, and scribbled down the ingredients, and what they were going over, she may needed to make notes, so this may get interesting.

[Kamy Shindana]

Ooh, potions again! Last class hadn't turned out as badly as she'd thought, so maybe this one would fly by as well. Messenger bag over her shoulder, she walked into the class and glanced around. Four students, none she knew. Sighing, she sat down on her own in the middle of the class, taking out a piece of parchment and her quill.

Mandrake Draught. Glumbumble Fluid; Minced Mandrake Roots; Knotgrass; Murtlap Essence; Tubeworms.

Ew, it sounded gross. Oh well, Kamy would cope... again.

[xxbrokenheartxx]

Aaryn entered class and scanned for someone she knew. Dezi! Where was Gia these days? She slipped into the seat next to Dezi. "Hey Dezi," she said quietly to him. "Morning Professor Erikson," she said looking up to her. She looked at the board. Mandrake Draught... What was a Mandrake? If only she had paid attention in Herbology... Of course, not that this would actually make her pay attention any more.

[ma]

"I'm able to finish," Melissa said, watching as Chloie took the seat next to hers. "But when I finished that Deflating Draught thing last time, my finished product was more of a darker pink than what it was supposed to be. I did everything right... I must have done something wrong if it turned out to be a darker shade."

She had her eyes locked onto Chloie's the entire time. It was common for her to keep polite conversation manners, even when talking to a friend. "So... The Mandrake Draught," she questioned, throwing her head towards the board a slight bit. "I think I know what that might be. I read up on some potions in the dorm around the beginning of term. This might have been one of them."

[chloiewhite]

"Oh yeah?" Chloie glanced toward the board. "I'm not very good at potions. Guess I should admit it."

She picked up the stopwatch in front of her and tapped the display screen.

"This will help with timing problems, anyway. So, what does this Mandrake Draught do? I don't read ahead very much."

She looked back up at Melissa curiously.

[Brie Alley]

Oh her favorite class. Uhm, did she love potions. She looked at the time. Maybe she should be late. Just to make the teacher mad. But with everything going on in her life. She could make it to the class. She sighed as she walked into the class. And Mandrakes. Oh did she just love to her about them.

Mandrake Draught

glumbumble fluid
minced mandrake roots
knotgrass
murtlap essence
tubeworms


Awh. Why was this happening to her. She was a perfect sudent. ANd loved classes. Come on Brie. Think.

[ma]

Melissa thought about how she'd word what she was going to say. "Well, a Mandrake can be used to help treat people who are petrified," she replied, reaching down to retrieve her bag so she could get some parchment and a quill. "So if I read it right, this potion would be used to treat petrified people."

She didn't want to pull her Potions textbook out of her bag as well, only because that would be one more thing she'd have to put back in it after class was done. So she kept it stored away and placed her bag back down onto the ground. Her eyes scanned the table in front of her, where she noticed stopwatches for every student.

Melissa chuckled. "A stopwatch? I've been using a timer lately, so there really is no reason to have two methods of keeping time. Ijust wait for a ring and continue on."

[giannine]

Gia wasn't late to this class, thank goodness. Upon entering, she took a look at the board and sighed. Mandrakes. Joy.

Aaryn was sitting next to Moretti, so Gia took a seat next to Brie and gave her a one-armed hug. After their last conversation, which had ended abruptly [sorry >.<] Gia hadn't been able to talk to Brie.

"We should talk after class," she said to her, pulling out her things and writing down what was on the board:

Mandrake Draught

glumbumble fluid
minced mandrake roots
knotgrass
murtlap essence
tubeworms[/color]

[chloiewhite]

Chloie nodded in response to Melissa's statement.

"That sounds like a good way to do it." She grinned and looked up. "I usually just count in my head and hope for the best. That would probably be why I am always off on timing," she said shrugging.

Pulling out some parchment and a quill, she copied down the ingredients and everything from the board, wrinkling her nose a little.

Tubeworms?!

[Professor Carina Erikson]

Sighing as her watch chimed that it was time to begin the class, Carina sighed happily. Seemed that her classes were going on a steady rate of being much better than last term. Well, might as well get started. Tapping her wand against the board.

Add two cups of murtlap essence and bring to a boil.
Add three tubeworms.
Stir six times clockwise.
Add two minced mandrake roots.
Allow potion to boil for three minutes.
Add one spoonful of glumbumble fluid.
Add three sprigs of knotgrass.
Remove from fire and allow to cool.
Bottle and bring to my desk.

Walking around her desk, Carina leaned against it and addressed the class. "Today's potion is a Mandrake Potion. For those that don't know, or haven't bothered to read the text book, Mandrake Potions are used for petrified people. We always like to keep a stock in the hospital wing but the last ones have grown old. So, the potions that are done correctly today will be sent there."

[ma]

Obviously what Melissa had read beforehand paid off, because the professor said that the Mandrake Draught was to cure petrified people. It was confirmation on the Ravenclaw's part, knowing that she had told Chloie exactly what the potion was for. She would go into further detail, but if she didn't want to bore anyone, she would stop right away before putting others to sleep.

She immediately got to work on her potion, starting the heat on her cauldron and adding two cups of murtlap essence to the cauldron in the process. Once she had added the murtlap esssence, she watched the cauldron carefully. When it would come to a boil, the Ravenclaw would continue on with the next step. It wasn't long before the cauldron started to boil, which meant that Melissa would quickly add the three tubeworms with the rest of the stuff.

After stirring the potion six times in a clockwise motion, Melissa minced a pair of Mandrake roots and dropped them into the potion. And then... She was able to take a break. It would only be for three minutes, but a break was a break, and as long as she worked hard, she deserved one. She attempted to set the stopwatch to a solid three minutes before realizing that she was awful at doing something like that. So instead of using the stopwatch, she set a timer to three minutes and sat back while the timer was counting down the seconds.

[Tiffany Sparxx]

Tiffany made her way into the Potions classroom-late. Just as it should be. She took a seat near the back and loooked up at the board:

Mandrake Draught

glumbumble fluid
minced mandrake roots
knotgrass
murtlap essence
tubeworms

Tiffany scribbled the ingredients down onto a peice of parchment and tilted her head to the side. She scratched her head.What the heck was all of that stuff anyway? Tiffany found herself thinking. it was Hogwarts. She shouldn't be too surprised to see half of the things she had never known for the ingredients of a potion.Tiffany listened to the teachers explanation of the Madrake Potion.She sighed. How could that help her? Unless,she was the one petrifying someone...

Tiffany watcehd as the professor tapped the board and a set of directions to complete the potion appeared.She sighed and decided to get started.She might as well participate in class.Keeping her grades up was a definate must.

1.Add two cups of murtlap essence and bring to a boil.
2.Add three tubeworms.
3.Stir six times clockwise.
4.Add two minced mandrake roots.
5.Allow potion to boil for three minutes.
6.Add one spoonful of glumbumble fluid.
7.Add three sprigs of knotgrass.
8.Remove from fire and allow to cool.

Tiffany flicked on the fire under the cauldron and waited for it to heat up for a moment.Then,she poured in the two cups of murtlap essence. She waited a few seconds,until it started to boil.She searched for a moment,but then found and added in three tubeworms. Tiffany flinched after she did so.Tiffany picked up her stirring spoon and stirred it to the right six times,counting slowly as she did so.Tiffany added in two minced mandrake roots slowly and glacned up at the board for the next direction.She looked over at the clock.Three minutes was how long she had to wait for the potion to boil.One...Two...Eventually,three came. That was a chunk of my life that I'll never get back... Tiffany thought. She glanced up at the board for the next step.Tiffany picked up a spoon and scooped up a spoonful of gumbumble fluid.She flicked it into the cauldron and sighed.Three sprigs or knotgrass.Knotgrass...What a weird name,Tiffany thought as she followed the step. Remove from fire and allow to cool.Tiffany flicked off the fire and waited for a moment. When she could no longer feel the radiating heat from the cauldron,Tiffany snatched a bottle from up off of the desk,scooped it up,and popped a top onto it. Slowly-with her head sort of lingering at the floor-Tiffany made her way to the teacher's desk.She quickly slipped her the bottle and made her way back to her desk.






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[xxbrokenheartxx]

Okay then... Work time. Aaryn yawned slightly as she began. She read the board quickly.

Add two cups of murtlap essence and bring to a boil.
Add three tubeworms.
Stir six times clockwise.
Add two minced mandrake roots.
Allow potion to boil for three minutes.
Add one spoonful of glumbumble fluid.
Add three sprigs of knotgrass.
Remove from fire and allow to cool.
Bottle and bring to my desk.

Aaryn added two cups of the murtlap essence and brought it to a rolling boil. She carefully added the three tuberworms. Everything seemed to be going well. The tuberworms fizzled and melted in the hot concotion. She stirred it six times clockwise. She was doing everything well. She added the mandrake roots. She hadn't bothered to mince them. What was the point? They were going to melt anyway. She checked the time. Three minutes and 3 seconds (to be exact) she poured in some glumbumble fluid. She thought this would amount to a spoonful. She looked a the knotgrass. What was a sprig. She added three pinches of the stuff she had dried last night. She turned the fire off from underneath the cauldron. What happened a couple minutes later? It hardened. Aaryn cursed under her breath. She took her knife and managed to cut some out and squeeze it into the bottle.

She brought the bottle to Professor Erikson's desk. "Erm..." she said, "I'm not sure I this right..."

[sweetjen51]

I walked in quickly and set up my things. Taking my cauldron out I lighted a fire under my cauldron. I set my bag aside and pulled out my potions ingredients along with a long and large spoon.

"Hmm two cups of murtlap essence and bring to a boil," I said to myself measuring two cups and pouring it in and waited a couple of minutes before it finally was brought up to a steady boil. "Now add three tubeworms and stir six times clockwise."

I did this and grabbed two mandrake roots and knife and started mincing them. Once done I added them into the potions. For some reason I think this is a fifth or sixth year potion I thought to myself. I looked at my watched and waited for three minutes to go by since they had to boil for three minutes.

As soon as it reached three minutes, I measured a spoonful of glumbumble fluid, poured it into the cauldron along with three sprigs of knotgrass. Carefully I turned off the fire and removed it from the heat and let it cool. Hmmm... it looks kinda green from the knotgrass.

Once my potions cooled, I poured it carefully into a round bottle and added the stopper. I wrote down my name:

Alexandra Thorne
2nd Year Gryffindor
Mandrake Draught

I walked over to the professor's desk and set it down carefully before going back to my cauldron and start cleaning up.

[Kamy Shindana]

Oh, joy, instructions. Kamy wrote them down to keep her eyes from needed to switch from the board to the cauldron, much like the last lesson, and sighed. Add two cups of murtlap essence and bring to a boil... Doing so, Kamy wondered why these things had to smell so funny. Just as the thoughts shifted, her potion was at a boil.

Adding three tubeworks, Kamy scrunched her nose and stirred it six times, adding the two minced mandrake roots. While the three minutes passed, she wrote down what a mandrake potion was used for. Three minutes went by awful fast, so she added the spoonful of glumbumble fluid, adding three sprigs of knotgrass, and let it cool.

Bottling it, she wrote her name, house, year, and the name of the potion on it. Getting up, she took the bottle to Professor Erikson's desk and set it down. Giving her a slight smile, she returned to her seat and began cleaning up her small area she had.

[ma]

As the timer went off, signaling that the three minute-wait was over, Melissa went back to work, taking a spoon and scooping out some glumbumble fluid that was in a jar big enough for someone to stick a spoon into it. She was still getting used to this stuff she had never heard of until now, so things were completed a bit slowly this time around so she didn't screw up like with the Deflating Draught.

Once the glumbumble fluid was added, the Ravenclaw added three sprigs of a thing called knotgrass (and she questioned what a sprig was more than what knotgrass is) and simply removed the cauldron from the fire so it could cool. She sat and waited once again, this time to let the potion cool.

The steam from the top of the liquid seemed to give way quickly, and soon enough, the potion was cool enough to bottle. She took the bottle and held it out over the cauldron so she wouldn't make a huge mess on her table. The potion seemed to travel from the cauldron to the bottle pretty smoothly. Miss Atherton finished bottling the potion and labeled it so the professor could tell that it was hers.

Melissa Atherton
Second Year Ravenclaw
Mandrake Draught

After labeling the bottle, she brought it up to the professor and set it on her desk, carefully trying not to disturb the contents in the bottle. When she did what the directions told her to do, she returned to her seat to clean up any messes she had made in the potion-making process.