1st Years - Lesson One.... [Potions Intro]

[yanni]

Yanni walked into his Potions class and sat down in the front row. He spent a minute to read the instructions on the board. He took out his books and pen and paper, ready for the start of the lesson. Potions was never a strong subject of Yanni's. He was better at the written, then the practical. And Yanni wasn't good at following instructions.

[alexander2007]

Alexander beamed at the thought of having Potions today. It happened to be one of his few favourite classes. Quite amazing really. The Mihael walked in, students sitting with friends - he spotted Gerard almost immediantly, rushing to sit by him. "Good Morning." He nodded, gazing towards the T.A. Lesson had started, but he wasn't sure what was going on. Darn.

[Cello Evans]

Cello smiled at the students that answered. Some people looked happier than others at the prospect of sitting here in the potions classroom but she didn't mind. It's not like she was forcing them to be here. Yes, the school system was but was it her fault potions was a mandatory class?

Just as she was about to start the next question she noticed a girl sitting back, nearly asleep whilst a quick quotes quill was doing all the work for her. Cello pulled out her wand and pointed it at the quill which instantly burst into flames. "I do not accept quick quote quills in my classes. You may, however, use this quill" and she jabbed her wand again and a long feathered quill appeared.

Turning to the rest of the class she spoke to ask the next question.

" Ok great answers everyone! 3 house points to you Charlotte for a great answer. Now, we all know that ingredients can come from both plants and creatures. The ingredients have certain magical properties when added to a solution, thus adding to and helping the potion along to the desired final effect. However, we do have to be careful. After all, we can't just toss the ingredients in as we found them (in most cases). Before we add these ingredients to our potion, what do we have to do with them? Remember to broaden your mind and think of the ways we can prepare ingredients before adding them to potions."

All this was said with one breatn and immidiately after stopping, she breathed in deep. Waiting for a student to answer, she flicked her wand at the papers that lay on her desk and they all flew back into her draw.

[emmawinters]

Emma quickly jotted some notes on what Professor Evans had just stated about ingrediants. Emma frowned as she tried to come up with the answer. Unsure if it was the right answer, she still raised her hand and responded. "You usually have to combine it with something, take only a certain part for what you need, grind it up into a powder, or cook it a certain way."

[spellsta]

Victiore noticed her Quick-Quotes Quill stop quotting what the TA was saying, and she noticed another quill that was not hers on her desk. "How was I supposed to now, lady? At my previous school, we were aloud Quick-Quotes Quills." She got out her laptop and started it up. While it was starting up, she got out her memory stick and pluged it in. She got into Microsoft Word and started typing.

[molly]

Late for another class? Molly was real good at this. She quickly ran into the classroom, appoligised for being late, and took a seat. Potions. Always an interesting class. Molly took out her parchment and quill, as instructed on the board, and began to take notes.

[gerardturner]

Alexander joined him soon enough. Thank god. Alex was like his saviour in class. His dear fwiendlin in classes. The one that always sat beside him, as they chatted away about this, that or another. Quite amusing to be honest. He found that neither of them listened to whatever the Professor said, though today he might. You see Potions was one of his strong points and he did actually do well in this class - so he needed to listen really. However he muttered a simple; "Hewo." To his friend.

[connor15]

[red]

Alias calmly and quietly walked into the quiet, cold classroom. Sitting in the back of the class, Alias pulled out his quill and parchement and started to copy down what the teacher was saying.
He hated being late for class, absolutely - hated it! He then looked over his shoulder and started to copy down the boards instructions and information and then sat up straight and started to listen.[/red]

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((OOC: Sorry, I thought Potions first class was today :x))

[jazziojazzio]

[occ: I was away for a day and a bit and didn't see this! Sorry!]

AnnaSophia was never late for classes at her old school. Never. Actually, she was mostly early. Then again, she had been late on occasion, but that was because of dentist appointments and so on. This was her first time being late for a class without some sort of good excuse. She quickly slipped into a seat near the back, but close enough to a bunch of people she knew, like Alias for instance. He was in the seat behind her.

She winced as she stool she sat at made a small squeak and then she glanced down at her bag, where she began to pull out a few ingredients and a text book or two. She was dead embarrassed and hoped that this would never, ever, ever happen again. She slightly recognized the figure at the front of the classroom to be the woman she had gone to "Paris" with in the Wandering room. She smiled happily, in hopes that the woman would somehow remember her and let her off lightly... sort of.

[yanni]

"I agree," Yanni said. "You have to collect the certain part of the plant you want. Like the roots, stem or leaves. They may have different magical properties. Sometimes they need to be crushed, dried, cut or cooked before it is added to the Potion. With animals, sometimes the whole animal goes in, like slugs. Depending on what part of the animal you need, you might have to take off a shell, pluck out hair, or something else. But most of the times you can buy these parts already prepared for Potions. The part of the animal could be dried, pickled or cured in a certain way too," Yanni said in a matter of fact find of way.

[chatwin]

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[absentminded]

Gawd. Late for her third class! Unbelievable. How was Alyssa supposed to manage graduating if she even could be on time for her first classes. Well, the girl couldn't help that she hadn't known that potions was given all the way down in the dungeons right? So yes, she had passed the classroom a kazillion times when she was on her way from the common room to somewhere else, but she had never thought that it belonged to potions. After all she hadn't been able to peek inside so she hadn't seen the cauldrons and ingredients closet.

But ok, after wandering around on the 5th, 4th, 3rd, 2nd and 1st floor without finding the classroom Alyssa had prayed it would be in the dungeons and her prayer was listened too. Luckily she wasn't that late and there still was a free spot. She had to sit down all by herself but she didn't mind that much, after all she hadn't exactly met anybody yet. Bwa. Quill, check! Notebook, check! Bring on the knowledge! [:

[keyraevans]

Keyra was late, and, she hated being late, but, anywho, she hurried to class, as soon as she could. She was halfway to class, but, tripped, before making it to the classroom. She got up, and, raced down the hallways, making it to the Classroom door, and, then entering, taking a seat only seconds later. Keyra, began to get her notepads, out, and, also, her quills, and, then she paused to see if anyone was talking, then she continued to get her stuff ready.


Keyra, was now ready to learn, she hoped it would be fun. Keyra sighed to herself looking around quickly before putting her attnetion into learning.[/font]

[lottie]

When the Potions Teacher Assistant pulled out her wand, Charlotte knotted her brow together a bit. What in the world was she doing? It all became clear when she spotted a quill burst into flames. That wasn't creepy. Not at all. [Sarcasm.] Anyways, she paid attention to Ms. Evans again and smiled a bit hearing that she got three points for Mihael. That was cool. But was three points very much? She didn't think so. However, it was her first time getting points, and she was proud. Thinking a bit at the question, she listened to the other peoples' answers. Well, that one girl basically summed up anything she would have said. And the boy, too.

Shrugging, Charlotte smirked a bit at the girl getting kind of angry because of her quill getting set on fire. However, she didn't know why she took out her laptop and was typing away, because it wouldn't work on school grounds. Apparently, no muggle technology worked on school grounds except for in the Muggle Electronics Room. What a silly girl, typing away even though there was nothing on the screen. Charlotte even giggled a bit to herself just at the thought.

Then, all of a gosh darn sudden, someone sat next to her. It was quite surprising, as Charlotte didn't really have any friends and she hadn't had too many at the private school she'd gone to in Brighton. It was that cute boy. Oh gosh. She always got nervous around boys, in particular. He was very cool, though. All calm and all. So she tried to be calm, too. Class was on and stuff, so she didn't speak, just nodded back with a small smile.

Turning back to her notes, she looked down, and doodled a bit on the margins. Glancing over at the boy's - Chatwin, right? - notes, she smiled a bit, noticing he doodled in his margins as well.

[harlequin]

Missus Harley was late....Go figure.Of course she would be late.She came in quick and sat down in a seat next to another Mihael...Charlotte.She glanced at the T.A and listened to what was going on.She soon began to know what the lesson was about.She sighed and scanned the room with her icy blue orbs.Harley ran her fingers through her hair.

She glanced at the T.A and waited for her to speak again so she could get a general idea about what was going on.She was never late.Well now she was and she would probably be late to the rest of her classes.Shoot.She sighed and tried to see what was going on she had her quill,her book,and her notebook.She was ready to rock and roll.Harley rubbed her temples and glanced at the rest of the class.Then back to the T.A and at the board.Okay.

[absentminded]

How surprised Alyssa was to see that she wasn't even the last one to arrive. It seemed like it was pretty normal to be late during class, or had all these students been lost just like her? She smiled, as she realized that she probably wouldn't be punished for being late. Now all the girl wanted was to move on with the class. She was just sitting on her chair, staring and waiting for something to happen. Not exactly the way she liked to spend her time and, it was pretty boring...

[Cello Evans]

[OOC: Hey everyone! Thanks for turning up! I'm a bit busy until Monday so I will continue this then. I will answer all questions and house points then. Thanks!

Victoire, lets try and keep this as real as possible yeah? Laptops (Or any other electrical items for that matter) dont work inside the boundaries of Hogwarts and I certainly wouldn't let you use it in a potions class. Please edit your post. Thanks! ]

[Cello Evans]

"3 house points to you Emma for a good answer. Good. So you do have to take particular care with your ingredients, lest you have a potions mishap, which we all know isn't pretty in the least. Now, all students do need to obtain a standard potion making kit prior to school. Can anyone tell me one of the ingredients contained in this kit? What ingredient do you think will be suitable for a first year?"

She looked around at the class. Some of them looked struck for answers. Others looked like they were eager to answer. Smiling to herself, she waited. The joy of teaching was great and she couldn't imagine doing anything else.

[kittykatbar]

James was humming to himself as he walked to Potions. He was late so there was no point to rushing. James was use to being late for his classes. He entered the room and took a seat. He looked at the TA then the board. He took out a parchment and quill as instructed.

[maddie]

Potions.. Interesting. Like, how hard could it be? Of course, Maddie knew that it wouldn't be too simple, but it wouldn't be a too hard either. Although, it probally would be hard if she kept showing up to class this late. Why did she keep doing that? Pathetic. That was the word.. and predictable.

Maddie took a seat. She wondered if they were going to be making any potions this lesson. That would be fun. But first, she tried to catch up on what the class was doing at that moment.