That student ought to familiarize the 5Cs, she thought as she saw Professor Lafay telling off someone from their own house for not cleaning the cauldron first. It was a good thing she didn't lost points.

When they were all done filling their cauldron with water, the Potions Mistress gave the first step and before she followed it, she jotted it on her parchment first.

After doing so, Beezus took the valerian root into her right hand and the salamander blood on her left and began adding it to the mixture.

Valerian root drop. Salamander blood drop. Valerian root drop. Salamander blood drop. Valerian root drop. Salamander blood drop. Valerian root drop. Salamander blood drop. Valerian root drop. Salamander blood drop. Valerian root drop. Salamander blood drop. Valerian root drop. Salamander blood drop. Valerian root drop. Salamander blood drop. Valerian root drop. Salamander blood drop. Valerian root drop. Salamander blood drop.

Twenty drops all in all! And now to wait.