 Ace Hufflepuff Forever Interstellar Hitchhiker
Uhh, Say what? Samantha just sort of blinked at all the information the professor just laid on them. All the information about hours was confusing enough, but the she started talking about nonliving things, and all Sam could do was hide her face in her hands and mumble to Ace “She knows we all aren't Ravenclaws, yeah?” Because what in the sweet name of Merlin was she on about? And how would one use it as invisible ink? Would you still have to sprinkle the pearl dust on it?
Confusing or not, the good news was she should be able to follow the instructions for making the potion. Or not she thought once she read through what suddenly appeared on the board. That was a lot of steps. And what did the cheese cloth do? That was weird.
Well, First things first, she needed to get her water boiling, and to prepare her ingredients. Getting her cauldron all extra clean with a scourging charm, she used her wand to fill it up half way before putting a flame under it. Next, she busied herself with setting the ingredients out. Berries, cherries and all the rest were laid neatly out in her work area along with a whole shrivelfig and the remainder of her tincture and pearl dust. She eyed those two, and really hoped she hadn't used up too much of it when she was doodling on her parchment earlier.
Soon enough her water was up to a boil, so she looked back up at the board to read the first step. Juniper berries, got it. She picked them all up, one by one, and dropped them int her other hand. It looked like they were supposed to go in all together, so extending her hand, she plopped them in. Leaning slightly closer to her cauldron, she smiled as she inhaled the scent the berries were giving off. It reminded her of adventuring. Her next step, she saw from the board, was half of the shrivelfig, so sitting it in front of her, she reached for her knife, and was just about to cut it when she remembered that she needed to clean her knife. Picking her wand up, she gave it a good scrubbing and then gave it a good and solid chop, causing it to split in half “Here Ace, you can have the other half of mine.” she said giving it over to him. Studying what the board said once more, she placed the flat side of her knife onto the shrivelfig and pressed down on it, causing it to release the fluids it held. When she got all she could out, she dropped it into the cauldron then pulling an empty vial clean vial out of her potions kit, she siphoned up the juice and stored it for the inevitable time when the recipe called for just the juice. Sam peered into the boiling water. Uh, that was a light purple, right?
__________________ So many things are possible
just as long as you don't know they're impossible
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