Silvia waited for the potion to cool, meanwhile wondering whether or not to take one of the vials Professor Lafay was providing. She was allergic to pollen, but only mildly allergic. Nowhere near as bad as the few students in class who began to sneeze as soon as they walked in the room. Silvia had to be exposed to a very large amount of pollen for a very long time for it to affect her, and therefore her allergy only really bothered her in the Spring by giving her a small cold. The few flowers at the professor's desk were not enough to cause any reaction at all.

But they were supposed to be testing the potion now, not in several months' time, and she couldn't just plop herself into the greenhouses for several days hoping to get a cold. So Silvia walked up to the front and retrieved both a vial and one of the flowers. Returning to her desk, she poured some of the potion into a small glass and then turned back to the vial. Uncorking it, she took a deep breath. She didn't expect it to taste good. She drank it. Ew...disgusting, she thought as she forced herself to swallow it. She picked up the flower.

Suddenly, her nose became stuffy and she had to open her mouth in order to breathe in enough air, and her throat became itchy. Silvia quickly covered her mouth with her sleeve and let out a few raspy coughs. Yep, whatever was in the vial certainly amplified her pollen allergy. She cleared her throat, and reached for the glass filled with her potion. She downed it as quickly as she could; it didn't taste much better than what was in that vial. After setting the glass down, she waited. Almost immediately, her nose began to slowly clear up, as did her throat; and within about a minute or two she felt completely back to normal... well, except for that nasty taste lingering in her mouth. Her first potion was a success!