Lesson 2 : Four healing methods

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Finally the tenth arrived, a Friday, and it was late in the afternoon. Actually, it was precisely four in the afternoon, not too late. Anya entered her classroom where it was slightly too warm for her liking. With a wave of her wand, she charmed the classroom to be cooler, and it did! Further inside, she wrote on the board on what today's lesson would be about. Just only four healing supplies, very minimal.

She wiped her hands free of the chalk dust and took a seat at her desk, hoping that her students would arrive on time. Though she declined in defeat from last lesson since none of her students have sent her their homework. Pity, for they were also worth points to their house.

[Forbid Jaganshi]

Crud, crud, crud... She knew she had forgotten something. Homework happened to be that something... Gosh. That was baaad. She sighed and bowed her head, trudging through the halls toward the second class of Magical Medicine. A few strands of purple locks were pushed behind her ear as she went. Homework. She needed to do her homework... A sigh escaped her. Hopeless. Completely and undeniably hopeless. Bleh. She straightened her slightly lop-sided robes and stepped into the classroom, head now held at regular height.

Shock.

Really that could be the only word to describe her current emotion. She was the first student here. Awesome. Then again, only herself and one other girl had shown up for the first lesson so it wasn't necessarily that unbelievable. It was still pretty darn cool though. She smiled and gave a slightly wave to the Professor before picking out a random seat to sit in. Sitting in the back wasn't quite as wanted with her as it was in other classes. The less people accounted to that actually. At least she'd shown up.

[Jasmine Taylor]

So, here is the 411. Jazzy signed up late and missed the first lesson. Has she walked to class she could only hope that she wouldn't be too lost. Walking into the room she found only two others. Smiling at the professor has she walked by she took a seat in the front. She wasn't sure that magical medicine was the right field for her but she did have and interest in it.

[Avery Moretti]

Magical Medicine! It was a class Missus Avery Rosa Moretti had just signed up for and she was super excited about it. She wanted to be a Mediwitch when she grew up, so this was definitely a class she should take. And she was going to take it seriously and try her absolute hardest. Arriving in class promptly, she slid into a seat and glanced at the other two people there. Neither of which she'd ever met before. Wow, small class. Averting her attention to the Professor, she smiled and said, "Hello, Professor."

Sitting quietly at her desk, she took out some paper and a pen in order to take notes. She was actually extremely excited, and was trying not to bounce in her seat waiting for class to begin. Being a Mediwitch was just something she dreamed of being.. Hopefully a position in St. Mungo's would open up by the time she graduated.

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By the looks of it, only three have arrived to her lesson, but that was enough for Anya to start. She smiled to each and every one of them. "Good afternoon students. I've noticed that there wasn't a particular healing potion and/or such that you wanted to learn, so I chose them myself. Today, we will be learning about four different healing ailments. The first, to begin with, is Skele-Gro."

Anya summoned the bottle of Skele-Gro, which the cap had a miniature skeleton head on it. "Like the brand name, it means to regrow bones. The effect takes about eight hours and can be quite painful. Do any of you know why it is painful to regrow bones?"

[Avery Moretti]

Looking at the Professor, Avery returned her smile brightly. A three person class could be more personal and rewarding, she liked to think. Also, she was kind of interested by the fact that the Professor was the Deputy Headmistress of the school. She'd never met her before, and now she was her Professor. Super cool. :]

Listening to Anya, she nodded her head a bit. Skele-Gro. She'd heard of that before. It grew bones. When she asked a question, Avery wrinkled her nose a bit, thinking for awhile about what the answer could be. She didn't know a textbook response, but she could just guess at what the answer might be. Raising her hand in the air, she waited to be called on and then said, "Maybe Skele-Gro is so painful because the bone is growing around and through all of your organs, veins, arteries and stuff. It would be touching all of those things as it grows, touching nerves and everything, so maybe that's why it would hurt so bad."

Lowering her hand, she wondered if she was correct, not exactly knowing if she was or not.

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"Yes, that is correct. Five points to Mihael." Anya smiled as she marked down by Avery's name for the points. "See, Skele-Gro regrows your bones, which means you're in the process to create cartilage to harder bones and nerve endings are very sensitive. You can imagine it feeling like large splinters." She nods her head.

"The potion comes in a large bottle and when dispensed it steams. It burns the mouth as it goes down and the feeling you have after and during the night is excruciating pain. Each bottle contains at least eleven hundred drops of the potion." Anya then waved her wand to summon their next potion from the cabinet. "Now our next, very common healing potion, is Pepper up potion. Any questions before we continue?"

[Avery Moretti]

Avery was glad that her guess had been at least partially right. Plus, she got points for Mihael! So that was always good. Maybe they'd even when the House Cup. That would be absolutely amazing. Smiling, she jotted down a few notes about Skele-Gro before looking back up at the Professor. Shaking her head left and right slowly, she waited for her to talk about the Pepper up potion. Having no questions, she was just ready to continue. Hopefully the other two students in the class would respond soon so that they could move on.

[Jasmine Taylor]

Jas sat in her seat quietly taking down notes. She never really liked answering questions in class. She glanced at the other girl has she spoke then waited the response from the professor. Writing down more notes she made a head title for the next topic, the Pepper Up potion. Sitting back she waited to see if anyone had any questions.

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No questions at all. They must understand every bit of information she was giving them. Oh well, Anya didn't mind since this would quicken the lesson. "Alright. Well Pepperup Potion is a standard remedy for colds and winter influencza. Be warned though, for a while tis potion will have you feeling in tip-top shape instantly, it will leave you smoking at the ears for several hours!"

With her wand, she taps on the board for the ingredients to appear. "Now, there are one-hundred and fifty grams of feverfew leaves, whole, one-point-five litres of chili essence, two small lumps of jasper, one red, one yellow or mottled, one gill of finest brandy, thirty-six althea root, diced into cubes of approximately two centimeters square, one mooncalf hoof, powdered, and one sprig of pepperment." She recited to her students.

Once notes were recorded and quills were laid down, Anya stood up from her chair, taking a breather from the open window to her side. "Okay class, that is all for today. Be ready next time for we will be brewing a healing potion. Also learning about wound healing paste. See you in a few weeks." She smiled, letting her students go before locking up the room.