Louisa raised her eyebrows at the correction Lafay had offered. That stuff was poisonous to ingest? Well, very good to know. But... she wasn't implying that they were about to 'ingest' the potion, was she? Potions never tasted good.

However, the fifth year started scribbling down the ingredients of the potion:

• Water
• 10 drops Valerian root
• 10 drops Salamander Blood
• 2 dock leaves
• 1 Ashwinder Egg
• 4 sprigs Fluxweed
• 10 drops Murtlap Essence
• 2 sprigs Parsley
• 3 spoons Raw honey
• 5 Basil leaves
• 1 whole Papaya
• 1 Ginger Root
• 17 Reishi (mushroom of immortality)

With her wand, she flicked it, "Scourgify," at the cauldron sitting before her. She peered inside and touched the top of the pot with one finger to make sure the spell worked. Satisfied, she flicked it again and this time, "Aguamenti," the thin stream of water burst out of her wand and into the cauldron. The girl sighed inwardly, feeling slightly humiliated that the Aguamenti charm, of all, remained lame even as she aged and her other spells developed. She made a mental note to check the problem out. "Finite," murmuring just for the fun of it because the water had already stopped. Heh.