Melbourne smiled over to Olivia and shrugged when she asked how things were going…”things…are…meh? I mean, I’ve mainly just been studying for OWLs y’know…boring stuff” she somewhat frowned at the idea of the upcoming examinations but still, she knew that they would have a handle on it…right…nothing deadly would happen, or well she hoped at least.

”oh awesome…I hope whatever mine smells like doesn’t make me hungry” she chuckled as she started to get back to work on her potion. Pointing her wand under her cauldron she muttered a quiet “incendio” as she set the flame under her potion making sure that it was set as high as it could go.

BURNING TO THE MAX.

Melbourne carefully added in the eight-sneezewort heads before picking up her metal stirrer. ”lets do this” she grinned as she began to stir the concoction. The methodical way her stirrer moved through the liquid was almost relaxing but still, she never lost count. Eight clockwise stirs for eight sneezewort heads.

After a quick where she rested her stirrer against the edge of the cauldron and stretched her fingers she was back. The game was afoot. Well, a quick glance over at Olivia and Mel just winced…leech juice…what even was leech juice?

Dropping in the eight berries of the atropa belladonna and sprinkling the alihosty leaves in a circular counter clockwise motion Melbourne was ready. Wand in hand she simply waved it above the cauldron and watched as its color changed – it was no longer a weird gloppy concoction with floating bits of this or that. It was almost magically smooth and deep red in color. Still, now she just had to wait and so, she turned her attention to cleaning her used utensils off.

”leeches are the worst,” the brunette muttered over to Olivia whom she assumed also disliked the bloodsucking pests. The face she was giving after all made that a little more than evident.

SPOILER!!: textbook

Amortentia

Effect: Love potions cause a infatuation or obsession for the brewer or the first person seen. Amortentia is the most powerful.

Ingredients
• 8 flower heads of sneezewort (seperate the petals beforehand)
• 8 berries of atropa belladonna
• 8 chopped leaves of Alihotsy (prepared beforehand)
• One frozen ashwinder egg broken in 8
• 8 tea spoons of powdered moonstone
• All the thorns of 8 roses
• 8 drops of salamander blood
• 8 table spoons of peppermint

Instructions
1. Prepare the sneezewort, alihotsy and moonstone.
2. Fill the cauldron with purified water and add the sneezewort petals
3. Light a fire under the cauldron and set it to maximum
4. Add the heads of the sneezewort
5. Stir 8 times clockwise with a metal stick
6. Add the berries of atropa bellandonna one by one
7. Sprinkle Alihotsy leaves in a circle in clockwise direction
8. Wave your wand. The colour should turn to dark red
9. Wait for 25 minutes for pewter cauldrons, 13 for brass and 8 for copper
10. In the meantime, break the egg into 8. If you break it into more pieces accidentally, get another egg.
11. When the time is up, add the egg parts
12. Stir vigorously clockwise with a metal stick until the colour is purple
13. Sprinkle the moonstone in the middle of the cauldron
14. Throw all the thorns in quickly
15. Add the drops of salamander blood one by one: with each drop, observe that the potion turns to its distinctive mother-of-pearl sheen.
16. Add the peppermint spoon by spoon. Stir clockwise with a metal stick slowly until it dissolves.
17. Wave your wand again.
18. Put off the fire when you see the spiral steams and smell its aroma.

Extra notes
• The duration of the effects (usually up to 24 hours) vary depending on factors such as the weight of the person drinking the potion and the attractiveness of the person with whom the potion is supposed to make the drinker obsessed. The effects wear off naturally over time, but can be renewed by administering further doses of potion. Therefore, there is no overdose.
• The effect is near instantaneous: the drinker appears "pale and sickly" and becomes obsessed with the brewer or the first person seen and excited or dangerously unstable towards others.
• A hate potion can cancel out love potions and vice versa. There is also a proper antidote.
• The brewer doesn't have to be present for the effect if it's that sort of love potion.
• The drinker does not forget what he or she did while under its influence.
• Love potions mature over time; so the longer it is kept, the stronger it will be.
• Amortentia's characteristics are a distinctive mother-of-pearl sheen and spiral steams. Its aroma is different for everyone and reminds each person of the things that they find most attractive, even if they don't acknowledge or are unaware of their fondness themselves.
• The smell of Amortentia can change as you see new things and people.
• Life advice from Blaise Bellaire: You should NEVER give a love potion to a girl who's bigger than you and throws a harder punch 'cause when it wears off she'll remember everything and beat the living Circe out of you. It causes strong dislike after.
• May cause strong feelings of love for the brewer