Fiona watched Professor Noble very carefully as he went through the next stages of making the Soothing Solution. She had to admit that she was feeling a bit nervous as he progressed but she was determined to persevere nonetheless.
She added the three sprigs of valerian to her cauldron before turning up the heat. As soon as she began to see bubbles forming at the bottom on her cauldron, Fiona carefully added the whole sopophorous bean into her potion before picking up her clean glass stirring rod.
Fiona noticed that her potion had turned turquoise blue in colour so she stirred her potion briskly seven times in a clockwise direction until the potion had become a pale blue-grey.
She turned off her burner and set her timer for three minutes to allow for her potion to cool. When the time was right, Fiona held her wand with her wrist flat and swept it over the top of her cauldron making sure her movement was smooth and calm.
After giving the equipment that needed cleaning a clean, Fiona wrote down her notes.