So with all her ingredients gathered and the spell to dry them fresh on her mind, it was time to finish up. Sophie plucked the first ingredient out of her basket. Dittany. She held it up then raised her wand toward it. With two little clockwise circles and an up and down motion along the length of the dittany, she said, "Siccus Aerous!" She repeated that until the dittany was dried.

She placed it off to the side then plucked the dandelion from the basket. She repeated the same spell she'd done before. She moved her wand in two little clockwise circles then moved up and down along the length of the dandelion. "Siccus Aerous!" she said. "Siccus Aerous!" She placed the dried dandelion off to the side with the dittany.

She continued in this way until all five of her ingredients were dried: dittany, mandrake, dandelion, basil, and nettle.