 Rhibear ~ Madam Solo ~ Dark Brooding Girl ~ Accio Jedi ~ Gryffinclaw ~ Just a doll
Heath practically jumped out of his skin when Professor Noble said they didn't need their glasses on yet. Duh! Stupid Heath, stupid, stupid! he inwardly berated himself as he removed his glasses. He should've guessed that! He'd just done what he always did when he doubted himself (which was nearly all the time in this class): follow the crowd. He half-expected the professor to dock points from all the students who put their glasses on too soon, but the fact that that didn't happen did little to ease his mind.
Heath was so afraid of making another mistake - a bigger one that would get him into trouble - that he almost missed the question. What was it again? Oh, right… animal parts that can be used for potion ingredients. His first thoughts turned to eye of newt - because where else would an aspiring actor's mind go? - but that had already been said. Hmm… maybe he was on to something. Not repeating the newt eyes answer obviously, but maybe something else from the Witches' Chant would jog his memory!
Heath mentally ran through the scene, quickly dismissing most of the items mentioned as not real potion ingredients or not relevant to the question. Toe of frog? No. Tongue of dog? Eww, definitely not! Wool of bat? No - wait, hold on a second! Bats… that was it! Not their wool necessarily, but Heath remembered potions that used bat spleens and wings. Was that answer good enough?
He timidly raised his hand. "Bats," he said when called on, keeping his answer short and to the point in hopes of getting all the words out before he lost the nerve to speak or started stuttering. "Specifically their wings and their spleens."
__________________ Old voices I had thought long since dead whisper of another life I might have led
If I could take that second chance, If I could make my life anew, If only dreams came true... |