While the potion was simmering, Mason used this time to prepare the other ingredients by putting them in order in front of him. This way he wouldn’t make a mistake and put in the wrong ingredient in the cauldron. It had happened at Durmstrang once, only once, and he had gotten extra homework and had to write a whole essay about the dangers of potion making. It had been insightful when he had looked up the information but he still did not want that to happen again.

Checking the ingredients one by one, the Ravenclaw then checked his watch and noticed that he still had some time left. He took this time to look at the classroom itself. He might have spaced out a bit because when his alarm went off he jumped a little in his seat.

Checking his notes, he read what he had to do with the leaves and removed the alihotsy leaves from the cauldron after putting on his gloves and before returning the water to a boil. He waited a couple of seconds before the potion inside was bubbling up. Next up were two? He checked his notes again, yes two dried billywig stings which were added to the cauldron and the pinch of powdered erumpent tongue as well. Who ever had caught this deserved a medal. He added this in too and began to boil them for ten minutes. Setting his alarm yet again, Mason then took a stirrer and stirred counter-clockwise.