3 - Bone Regenerating Potion
 

A not too excited Lockhart mad his way towards the classroom. And paused on the door...was he the first one to arrive? Should he go inside?

Ah, why not?

The boy went ahead, "Good day, Professor" he said, with a nod and very quickly got to his seat, front row and all, the one that was closer to the door, just in case.

Then his eyes went wide...were they going to cook today? Treyen didn't like that, he even pretended he was making a potion when Professor Dodson told them to make jam. He certainly hoped that Professor Lafay was NOT following that path. He was here for Potions, not a Cooking lesson. Tsk, tsk.

"Hello, professor," Hugo said as he took a seat.

Potion's.

Dun, dun duuun!

The class was never a dull one, that's for sure. With people actually walking out and cauldrons exploding..yeah, Destiny did not know what to expect. She did, however, expect Lafay to be in the classroom already, and she was right!

"Hello, Professor Lafay!" she greeted, as she walked in and took a seat. Placing her things down on the table, she inspected the ingredients already there.

WHAT WAS THAT A TAIL OF!?

"Hello professor." Jim greeted with a grin as he entered the room. He didn't get what everyone was on about. Lafay wasn't evil...

... just hot.

He eyed the ingredients on the desks and sat down at random, in front of a desk with a leaf on it. Good oh, he knew what that was.


ooc: ignore if we're not supposed to say what we have XD

Emmaleigh made her way down the the Potions classroom. Se was a little more optimistic about the lesson today. Lafay just didn't seem AS scary after last lesson. She entered and found a seat. "Good M-morning, Professor Lafay." Yeah, there was her stutter, she was still nervous. As she looked at the things on the table she resisted the urge to poke things with her quill. What were they going to make today?

For some reason, Evelyn was in a particularly good mood.

No, she didn't know why so NO ONE ASK HER!

Adjusting her bag on her shoulder, the Slytherin walked into the room, smiling an actual real smile towards the professor as she walked by. "Good day, Professor." She said, before making her way over to Destiny. DESTINY! Haii! Even though the Slytherin saw her like two minutes previously...

Jimmy too
 

Marie wasn't too sure if she wanted to go to potions class or not, you know since she walked out of the last one. Here she was though walking into the potions room. Seeing Professor Lafay standing right where students had to walk past her to get to a desk she walked by quickly with an even quicker "Hello Professor".

Spotting Destiny at the back of the room she hurried back to sit next to her. Not before smiling at Jimmy as she passed by his desk though. "Hey there." She said as she sat down next to Destiny. Boy was she glad to see someone she knew in the class already.

Looking at the ingredients on her desk she couldn't help but wonder what it was they were going to be making today. And why did they need a tail from a... whatever it was from.

Mwaha!

Destiny knew what had Evelyn so happy, yes she did. It happened at breakfast. Evelyn was sitting at the Slytherin table eating..something, when Destiny went over and secretly stuck a little piece of chocolate on her plate. Her friend must have eaten it, and that was why she was so HAPPY!

She had discovered the YUMMINESS that was CHOCOLATE! Giving her friend a small, she went back to inspect the ingredients.

Woooot!

Not just one friend, she had TWO! Mighty popular, Destiny was.

Giving Marie a smile as she sat down next to her, a small smirk formed as she watched her friend's face as the tail seemed to be spotted.

Hehehe.

Picking it up by the very end, Destiny wiggled it in front of Marie's face for a few seconds before placing it back down and inspecting the ingredients AGAIN.

Lara entered the class confedently as usual, she was excited about today, she likes potions because she will be doing something at the class not just listening to the Professor.
She looked at her classmates bowed , and said to the professor "Hello Professor!" then she took a desk and waited to the class to begin she wished they wouldn't take long time till start doing the potion.

Freya walked towards the Potion classroom. She opened the door, she saw a few students already there and of course Professor Lafay already there too. "Hello Professor Lafay" she greeted her Professor before making her way to find an empty seat.

Potions! Again! Waaah!
Well Potions really wasn't that bad. Right? Right?
Tory tried to tell herself positive things to keep herself motivated for another day of classes while she stepped into the Potions classroom.
"Good morning, Professor" she said while giving out one of the rare Malfoy-Smiles to her head of house.

Oh yes. Evelyn was in a good mood.

So good in fact, she wasn't even mad at her friend. Nope!

Sitting down on the stool next to her, and Marie too now that she noticed (Haaiii Marie!), the Slytherin got out her notebook, quill....and a piece of chocolate.

"You left this on my plate. Don't think you noticed..." she said with a sweet, innocent little smile on her face as she plopped it down right in front of her Slytherin buddy. Her smile may have been friendly, but her eyes were screaming 'Don't do it again or I WILL do something bad in return'.

Teehee.

David entered the Potions classroom. Potions was okay.. it wasn't the best nor the worst. Maybe right smack in the middle? Yep, it had to be. "Good Morning Professor!" he said and walked over to where Emma was sitting. He felt a bit bad that they hadn't talked in a while. "Hey!" he whispered, as he took his things out and took a seat. He gave her a smile.

Now since their little chat, Oliver wasn't half as wary of Professor Lafay as he had been. Sure she was abrupt, strict and took no bull crap from anyone, but she was logical and even handed and Oliver respected her for that. If the lad was truly honest, he was even beginning to develop a little soft spot for the woman.

He filed into the classroom making sure to greet her politely, “Hello, Professor Lafay. How are you today?" He smiled at her, deciding against telling she looked 'ravishing' this time.. or, indeed, curtsying like a fool. He didn't think she would share his humour over such behavior. heh.

He took a seat near the front, eyeing the ingredients on his desk Looked interesting...

"Good Day, Master Lockhart." She said to the boy.

"Hello Miss Bristol," She said and watched her looking at the ingredients.

"Master Doyle," She said nodding in his direction.

"Hello Miss Lewis," she said setting her cauldron in the middle of it's stand.

"Ahh yes, Miss Shepard. you have yet to come to my office for your report..." She said, "I expect you to do so soon."

"Master Wilkes..." She said setting her utensils my the cauldron.

"Miss Swynford," She said looking up at the girl, "you really need to go see the nurse about that stutter."

"Hello Miss Flores," She said, "You as well have failed to meet me in the Lab to work on... replenishing my potion. Do so after class."

"Miss Salazar," she said surprised to see her in her class.

"Good day to you, Miss Erised" she said cleaning her cauldron.

"Good Morning Miss Malfoy," She said watching the girl pull parchment and quill...

"Hello Miss Black." Hecate told her.

"Miss Salvatore," She said and nodded to her.

"Morning Miss Malfoy." She said.

"No Eating In My Class!" She said to all three Slytherin girls.

"Morning Master Black." She said to the Gryffindor.

"Why wouldn't I, Miss Cullen?" She said and watched the girl clean her cauldron.

Good. He greeted her. "I am well, Master Greenwood." She greeted back.

"I'm going to wait for a few more students to come in before starting this class... Oh... and don't eat the ingredients." She said pointing her finger at them.

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Well..that was unexpected. Destiny had no idea Evelyn had caught her placing the chocolate on her plate. She was sure her friend was too busy oogling up Josh to notice. But..that was all in the past, and right now, Destiny Shepard had a nice piece of chocolate on her desk.

Sure, Professor Lafay said NOT to eat the ingredients, but this chocolate was not an ingredient. Nope. Wiggling her fingers underneath the desk, just itching to grab the nice piece of YUMMINESS, she looked up at Evelyn. "Oh, yeah. I must have.."

Before she could finish talking, she moved her hands out from under the desk and snatched up the chocolate. Ducking her head, so Lafay couldn't see, she shoved it in her mouth before her friend had a chance to snatch it out of her hands.

MWAHA!

And speaking of Lafay..

Oh! Sweet Merlin, the report! Hmm..would this be considered work, and could she get points from doing this? After all, Lafay did assign it to her, she should get something..right?

Meh. She would settle with chocolate. Lafay could reward her with chocolate.

With the chocolate swallowed, she peeked her head up and gave the Professor a thumbs up. "I have not forgotten, Professor. I will stop by your office after class?" Yes, that was a question.

Destiny didn't know if she would be busy killing Professor Carlton with her potions or not.


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Destiny did not expect that, either!

Wiping her mouth with the back of her hand, she once again gave the Professor a thumbs up. Pffft, Lafay should favor her! Being a little spy and all.

"Sorry, Professor!"

Was she really sorry?

Not. At. All.

Potions. Grace's very first class. She had a feeling this wasn't going to be pretty; but smiled happily nonetheless as she walked into the room, her wand in her hand. She knew she wouldn't actually need it, but she liked to have it with her. Yes, she was weird. Yes, she knew. No, she didn't care. 'Morning, Proffessor.. er... Proffessor!' she said brightly, realising she didn't know the woman's actual name. Even though it was her Head of House. Yeah, fail.

She bounced excitedly along to an empty desk around the middle of the room. Not too close to the front - no thanks. She sat herself down in the chair and balanced her notebook on her knee, because she didn't want to knock off an ingredient or her cauldron. What were those ingredients, anyways? Cottage cheese, some kind of leaf, and - ooh. J-ello! She licked her lips, and then realised it probably wasn't for them to eat. Shame.

oh that was cold, ;)
 

Emmaleigh smiled kindly at the professor as she returned her greeting, But as she listened to the rest of Professor Lafay's comment, she turned beet red. Her stutter? that wasn't fair. She was mostly getting over her nerves around magic. It was just that Lafay scared her. "I-i'm s-sorry m-ma'am. C-can the n-nurse r-really c-cure a s-stutter?" she asked curriously. She wasn't a bit surprised to hear herself stuttering more than usual, not after Lafay had just embarrassed her so. But if there really was a way to cure stuttering, that was amazing. Em knew that the nurse didn't need to help her, she just needed to get back her courage, but would she ever be courageous in Lafay's class?

Riigghht. She forgot about that last lesson.

Mostly because everything just went into chaos and her mind was on Purple Head and him having a death wish. All the while bringing down HER in the process. Grrr…

"Sorry, Professor. Right after class." She nodded, glancing quickly up and over to her for a moment, before turning her gaze back to the table. Ew. Was that a tail?

Jumping almost out of her skin, Evelyn held onto the table with a death grip.

Holy MERLIN! Whyyyy did the professor have to be so loud so suddenly sometimes?

"We’re not eating-" Or maybe they were. Raising a brow as Destiny suddenly snatched the chocolate off the table, and tried to be sneaky about eating it, Evelyn sighed and rubbed her head. "Won’t happen again Professor."

Spazzy Destiny. They were going to have…a spazzy Destiny during the lesson.

Fantastic.

Not.

Alice walked in to class and set her stuff down at a desk, before sitting down and smiling at the professor.

"Hi Professor Lafay. How are you doing today?"

Alice was thankful that she had eaten something before class, otherwise all this food would be very difficult to resist. She wondered what they would be making today....

"I was just asking professor, it was not to be taken as if something was wrong. My apologize." she said as she finished cleaning her cauldron

Emma smiled. She had remembered her name! she thought. She remembered last year, when Emma was a first year. Goodness she was scared of Lafay. This year, she wasn't that scared of Lafay. Well not too scared... Emma nodded and looked at the ingredients. Emma wasn't that hungry.. she wondered if anyone would eat any of the ingredients.. maybe a Slytherin? No...

Emma gave David a smile and a wave. She hadn't seen him in a while. Note to self, after class was over, she would need to talk to him..

Lara was waiting for the class to begin as she was checking the ingreidents of this potion, BUT she wasn't going to eat them for sure!! why would anyone do that?! she thought to herself.

"Just don't do it again." She said cringing at the word. She hated that word... Sorry. People used it all the time when they didn't mean it. She should ban the word from her class.

"Lafay... Miss Philips. I'm surprised you haven't learned all your professor's name. As a first year, you should." She said coldly.

She rolled her eyes. "If she can't, then come to my office. I have a potion that will relax your throat muscles and you will be able to talk normally." She said.

"Good." These girls were goofy.

Wait... what was that crunching. She turned and saw the Glitterpuff OMNOMing on the branflakes! "Fletcher!" She said angrily. "Two points from Hufflepuff for disrespecting direct orders." She pointed to the cupboard. "Replenish what you ate, and next time, and this goes for everyone, EAT BEFORE MY CLASS!" She glared at the boy.

"Hello Miss Page. I'm annoyed." She said curtly.

"It's fine," she said to the girl.

"All right, starting class now." She said and raised her Cottage Cheese. "We are creating a bone regeneration potion. Milk. It makes bones stronger... Using a milk product will make this potion stronger. Who can tell me what type of milk has the most calcium?"

"Skim Milk isnt it professor" Renesmee said

Milk? "Uh, isn't it Fat Free Milk? Or Soy..." She wasn't sure. Why not guess though?

Right. It would never happen again.

Destiny refrained from saying sorry once again. It would have become a never ending circle of sorries, and she had a feeling Professor Lafay would not like that. Then she would have to apologise for making that happen..so yeah..mouth shut for Destiny.

Until she needed to answer a question, of course. She raised her hand, because she did not want to have to apologise for not doing so, "The fat-free kind."

Or chocolate milk.

Hehe.

Salander sat staring at the ingredients, eyeing the cottage cheese as his hand slowlllyyy reached out for it......

.....aaand his hand jerks back down the desk.

he stares dumbfounded at the Professor. "Uh.... milk from a cow Professor? 'Cuz you know, its gotta bigger bones than say.... a goat." then flicks his eyes at a student suggesting soy ".... or a bunch of beans."

Tory thought about this for a few seconds, Bone regeneration potion? That's a potion to re-grow bones with right?
"That would be skimmed milk right? Because it has more calcium than semi-skinned milk, which has more calcium than whole milk." she said concentrated.

If it was possible, Emmaleigh would have turned even redder at Lafay's eye rolling. She just gulped, and nodded. Maybe she could visit the nurse, but if she coulndn't help, well, Em didn't really want to visit Lafay's office.

This question was super easy for Em, since she lived on a farm, so she raised her hand to answer. "S-skimmed milk has more c-calcium. Thats because it r-removes that fat and l-leaves the watery portion that c-contains the calcium." There, she explained it, and didn't stutter too badly while doing it,

Adelyn thought to herself.She had no idea what she meant by which milk had the most calcium. Alll milk was the same, right..... "Cow Milk" she said a bit shaky. Then she remembered seeing a bottle that had Whole Milk on it. It must be WHole cause its whole! But, she decided to keep her answer. Most of the time your first answer is correct. But, chocolate milk seemed wicked correct. ""Chocolate Milk I mean, sorry for thei mix up" Even though she was the only one with that answer didn't mean she was wrong.

Alice figured Professor Lafay wasn't really looking for a reply back, since she had been rather curt, so instead she cleaned out her cauldron before setting it back over the burner.

Milk with the most calcium...hmmm....

"Would that be whole milk Professor Lafay?" Alice knew whole milk could be bad for you considering the amount of fat in it, but honestly it had the least taken out from it, which made her think it probably had the most. Although whose to say really? Alice wasn't a big milk drinker.

'Proffessor Lafay, then,' grace said cheefully, quite unaware of the proffesor's cold tone 'It's my very first day, see, so I didn't remember at first,' she added by way of explanation. Her very first day! Whoopeee! Grace knew it was a little odd to be so excited about school, but not everyone went to a school of magic. So THERE, she had a right to be excited. Magic!

She resisted the urge to poke her ingredients with her wand, and sat on her hands to stop herself from doing so. That would be very not good - and she'd get stuff on her shiny new wand as well. Very not good. She listened intently as... what's-her-face spoke about the potion they were going to be brewing. BONE REGENERATION? Wow. Magic could do that? Epic.

Emma smiled. Bone regeneration? Awesome! "Skim Milk?" she said. It was kind of funny to be talking about milk because she was over at her friend's house for tea during the summer vacation and they talked about milk.

Jacqueline raised her hand. ''Skimmed milk has the most calcium.The reason is simply that as the fat is removed, the watery proportion of the milk goes up, and this is the part that contains the calcium.'' Umm. Milk. She really wanted a glass of milk. Tasty!!!!!

Yeah! Bone regeneration! Awesomeness!

The Lockhart kid, who so nicely picked his spot next to the door, raised his hand, "The one with no fat or little one, Professor" he said, placing his hand down.

Bone regeneration. He suddenly hoped she wasn't going to ask them to lose some bones in their body in order to try it on. If so, he'd volunteer. Ha.

Kurumi looked over her potions ingredients list...at least there were no bugs in this potion. "Professor, I believe that fat free milk has the most calcium, but it has less vitamin value than others because of the watered down constancy of the milk itself." Thank you cookie books for that! "Or, you can always or soy milk."

Kurumi returned to her parchment and began making notes.

Patroclus loved Milk.......full fat of course, but that's was the wrong answer.


"Skim Milk, is best Professor!" Patroclus smiled, before quickly scribbling down the ingredients

"Can't you get milk with extra added calcium?" Jimmy asked hand up. "Because I'm sure that between skim and low fat and full fat and all that, the difference in calcium levels is only a few milligrams." So, you know, not that much. "Or do you mean different animals because sheeps milk and water buffalo milk have more calcium than cow or goat milk."

...

"Or so I've read."

Brant raised his hand "Professor, my parents drink 2 percent, im not really sure what that means but they always try to get me to drink it, Im more of a water guy myself." he said.

"No... Skim milk, Fat Free milk, Soy milk and Chocolate milk is the wrong answer." She said waving the children off.

"If you are trying to disgust me it won't work, I've handled worse things than boydung. Part of being a potioneer. But what I meant was. Go. To the cupboard. And get more. Eat it again... and I will remove the bones in your hands and test this potion on you." She threatened.

"No, Master Salander... cow milk isn't very heavy in calcium." She said. "But you are on the right track here."

Finally. "Yes, Master Wilkes."

She said turning to the students. "This cottage cheese is made out of Water Buffalo milk. We will place the gallon of cottage cheese at the bottom of our cauldrons and use it as a less than liquid base. It contains 480 mg of Calcium per cup." She said and went to the next ingredient. "Bran cereal... why are we using it?" She asked.

After getting the kind of milk wrong Alice wasn't sure whether she should try and answer this or not. Well...the worst thing that could happen was she'd be wrong again.

"Bran is very nutrient dense, containing protein, omega 3 and 6 fatty acids, and antioxidants, all of which are good for your body. So, bran would be good to use because it contains so many nutrients that are good for the body, which is in return good for your bones."

Salander nodded his head, agreeing that indeed a buffalo was way bigger than a cow. So we're gonna grow bones as big as a buffalo?

Then he shot a glance at the GitterPuff as he stood to get some more bran cereal Or better yet we're gonna disarm Fletcher and grow him a hoof?

Awesome!!


The lad tilted his head at the next question. Bran... fibers.... "Bran can be helpful for growing muscle fibers" he offered, raising his hand.

Aww. Junk.

Jimmy made a nonchalant face. Nothing wrong with happening to have read something like that in a book right? Didn't mean he knew things.

His hand went up for the next question, though he wasn't entirely sure. "Uhh well, its a starch right? And because of all the fibre, it gets sticky and all, so I guess it'd be a good binding agent for all the rest of what goes into the potion. And obviously the point of fixing a broken bone or regenerating one is that the bone is fused together right, so maybe it helps to bind the bone material too. Its a bit acidic as well so, that'd help with calcium absorption and other minerals that are good for bone health and regeneration."

Paaause.

"Or so I read this one time."

Rex raised his hand. " Professor Hecate, I believe the bran cereal could be used as a cover base for the potion" Rex told her.

Water Buffalo milk....this potion was starting to sound gross already. How did one get milk from a water buffalo? Weren't they supposed to smell terrible? At least, her mother used to always tell her brothers that they smelled like wet water buffalos when thay came home. Kurumi added the detail to her notes about the milk being high in calcium and just had to accept the fact that baking was not going to give her the right answers this time.

Making sure that her cauldron was clean and ready she added the cottage cheese before scribbling down notes on her notebook. She thought the information about the buffalo milk was cool. Haha.
"Erm..because bran is one of the hard outer layers of a grain and it contains a lot of starch, protein, vitamins and dietary minerals which can help in building strong and healthy bones." she said as she lowered her hand.

Cass listened intently at what professor Lafay had to say, when she was finished explaining about cottage cheese she pointed her wand at her cauldron, and said "Scrougify" Then she placed the gallon of cottage cheese ast the bottom of her cauldron and wrote on her parchment afterwards





Then she titled her head to one side and started thingking, Why did they have to use bran cereal?

"Professor, is it because 1 cup of bran cereal contains 10% of the recommended daily calcium intake?" Cass asked, she hoped she gave the right answer...

Emmaleigh was so sure of her last answer. It wasn't her fault she didn't know about water buffalo. She raised her hand, hoping the little she knew about Bran Cereal would help. "Um, B-bran Cereal is high in I-iron, and Iron is an i-important part of b-blood. When g-growing new bones, or r-rapidly healing old ones, W-woven bone is formed. This had b-blood vessels weaving all a-around it. So could the B-bran Cereal be used to r-replenish blood?"

Muggle science, muggle science... Oliver remembered something about this... although it hurt his brain trying to bring it to the surface. His mind was filled with much more important stuff.. like Quidditch, Star Wars and redheaded prefects. heh.

He raised his hand slowly. “Um.. doesn't Bran contain Vitamin D?" He asked hesitantly. "Vitamin D regulates the absorption of calcium and.. phosphorus. Both of which are vital for growth and development of bones and teeth.”

"Also a lack of Vitamin D can cause thin, brittle, or misshapen bones.. so it could also be needed for the structure when regrowing bones?"

Urhh.. that was painful. The lad went back to looking a bit glazed as Lafay continued the class.

"Bran ceral has Vitamin A which helps bones grow" She said she didnt really like it but it was good maybe that was why.

Fee sat in the classroom carefully listening to what professor Lafay was saying.

She raised her hand as she spoke up.

"Bran is the outer layer of grains like rice, corn, wheat, or barley. It's also the part of the grain that is the most nutrient dense. It contains proteins, omega 3 and omega 6 fatty acids, and antioxidants, so i guess it could be used as a base for the potion."

She couldnt think of anything else, so she sat there hearing what the others students knew about that.

"Yes, but that won't help with the bone regeneration." She said as if she was talking to a 3 year old. "Think before you speak..."

"Yes... but there is something more than protein and such..." She said and moved on.

"Yes, Iron... but there is something else." She said moving to the next person.

"Yes, but that's now why it's being used." She said.

Why was this kid adding the fact that he'd read something every time he spoke? "Yes, Master Wilkes, but there is something else."

"It's Professor Lafay!" She said frustrated. "And no. The Cottage Cheese is the base."

"Right... but there is something else." She said.

"Yes, however we are looking for something else." She called on the next person.

"We have the calcium pretty much covered. We need something else." She said and looked at her note. "It isn't the fact it's cottage cheese, it's the fact it's made of buffalo milk. Correct your notes."

"Right, something else though..." she said looking around.

"Sure... not what I'm looking for..." She said and moved to the next student.

"That is correct but not the reason it's being used." She said, "Next?"

"Right... but not exactly." She said and called on the head boy.

"Precisely... Next to calcium, phosphorus is the most abundant mineral in the body. Both work closely together to build strong bones," she said instructing the class, "and about 85% of phosphorus in the body can be found in bones and teeth, but it is also present in cells and tissues throughout the body." She said and smiled at the boy. The Head Boy was very smart... maybe he would be more open to potioneering if she'd gotten him younger... Oh Well.

"Let's move on... Salt." She said raising the salt. "This should be easy... why salt?"

"Salt is involved in regulating the water content of a body,Professor",Fee said raising her hand again,"Chloride and sodium ions, the two major components of salt, are needed by all known living creatures in small quantities."

Was that the reason?!Maybe they needed to regulate the water content? Would make sense.

Hmm, yes, Evelyn was indeed awake.

She was just, doodling yet pretending to take notes.

But she supposed she should actually participate to make it look like she was really paying attention. The Slytherin didn’t know why, but being in a particularly good mood, well…she wasn’t all twitchy in the class today. Or at least wasn’t worried about every move she made.

"Salt helps retain moisture or liquid in other words, in your body. I think bones contain at least some water, or liquid, so I guess salt…can help with that." Maybe. Sorta. Keep the water in the bones. RIGHT? She wasn't a bone expert.

She tought that salt was bad for bones. that it would diterate them but there must be a reason for using it "Maybe," she said ''It is used to help the body retain water"

Why salt?...

''Maybe to make its taste a little bit bearable'' Josh said quickly standing up to have a better look of the professor. ''The potion apparently will taste gross and i don't know if salt alone would be enough to subdue its grossness'' and what could make this potion tasty? Josh did not know oorrrr.....

''Maybe strawberry would work professor. Strawberry flavour makes everything nice. And, ah, why do we still need salt when there's already some salt in cheese? Is not there?''

Finished with his speech, Josh sat down back with a content expression on his face. Hehehehe. Then happily tapping on his desk he started to watch Evelyn.

catching up...
 

Lara was about to sleep as usual as the Professor kept asking questions ,why don’t all teachers start with the practical part at once?1 she thought to herself.
Anyway she tried to wake herself up by thinking of an answer to the Professor’s question. Well….salt.. well she raised her hand “Salt is a very important element in the human body it’s useful for the blood pressure ….” Lara said then she thought of it ,it was stupid what does blood has to do with bones?!?!?
“Beside ,salt is used in everything because it tastes good!” Oh GOD it was worst , She was totally off topic, she wanted to add something else but she was probably going to make it worse.. so she smiled at the Professor , and put her hands on her cheeks , she thought of going back to sleep would be better than embarrassing herself even more, and she shall wake up when they’ll start doing the potion, and skip the questions and answers part.

Woah.. he was right!? Heh. Awesome. And possibly a first. Oliver returned Lafay's smile with one of his own. Yep.. she was definitely growing on him. *smiley*

He raised his hand to have a stab at her next question, although in all honesty he was pretty much clueless.

“Um... Salt.. or sodium helps regulate nerve and muscular function. Could it be that this is important when bones are being grown rapidly for pain killing reasons.. to prevent muscle cramps and discomfort?”

Alice copied what the Professor said into her notes. So far they were using cottage cheese with Water Buffalo Milk since it had the most calcium, and bran, which was good because it contained phosphorous, which worked with calcium to build strong bones. Now they were going to use Salt....why Salt?

"Well Professor I know that salt is useful in keeping calcium and other nutrients soluble in the blood, and it helps to regulate some body functions. Salt is a good way of carrying nutrients to the cells in one's body."

'' The application of dry or wet salt compresses reduces the excess liquid present in the tissues. And well because it tastes better!'' she sat. She couldn't wait for the potion!!!!!

Emma quickly wrote down what the Professor said.
Emma thought for a few minutes why salt could be useful. Huh? She was trying to remember what salt did. Aha! Now she remembered. "Salt helps in regulating the body and removing all the toxins. It makes a body fit, healthy, and increases the memory and the functioning of the brain." she said. She hoped she had said something correct.. Oh well..

Why salt. So many reasons. And she wanted one. And typically Amy had drawn a blank. Of course she had. So random, stupid answer coming up professor, Your body needs salt to function professor Amy said, she'd sorta zoned out about the actual potion. Ah well salavie

Kurumi raised her hand timidly to answer the dragon lady's next question. "Salt contains sodium.Our body needs sodium order to perform a variety of essential functions and sodium is something that the body cannot produce on its own. I believe I have read somewhere that an average adult requires an intake of 4.2g salt per day...."

Please sweet Merlin, let some of that be right. She didn't want to be waved off again like what had happened with the milk.

"Sorry, I meant Professor Lafay" Rex apologized to her. "Well, unforunately I can not think what Bran cereal could be used for potion " Rex said to the professor.

ooc: wait, are we mixing ingredients already? or just discussing them?
 

Easy? the lad stared blankly. Salt was like-- the enemy of everything healthy right? Too much chips, broken hips and all that? Although the boy didnt want to heed that either, he loved his chips and salsa too much. "Uhm, salt brings out the taste of the cottage cheese Professor?" the lad offered, because they're gonna have to have Fletcher eat this right?

Sapphinelle got all of her notes down in her neat handwriting, and thought about salt. Salt, salt, salt. How did salt affect the body in positive ways that had to do with bones?
Oh, got it! She remembered this when she visited the hospital carved into a salt mountain, and how the saline environment positively affected bones.

"Rock salts are rich in minerals needed for bone strength. Himalayan crystal salt is known to strengthen bones and help ease arthritis." she answered, hoping that she was right. She hated being shot down.

"Yes... but why?" She asked.

"I'm sure it helps with taste but that is not why it is used." She said.

"Right, it helps with water retention." She said, but she didn't seem fully satisfied with her answer...

"Correct..." she said "but there is more to it."

"No, though I'm sure that helps a bit... and strawberry can have some bad side-effects... so no." She said. There was something about this kid's smug look that bothered her... hmmm...

"I'm sure that helps." She said nodding. "There is more to it though." She told him.

She looked over at Fletcher... The champion seemed... upset. She smirked. "Right... Master Fletcher," she said tempted to call him Glitterpuff... She had to be nice to him... she didn't know why, but she enjoyed torturing the boy. "It certainly does... however we aren't using water in this potion. Good try though."

"Right..." she said "I need more though."

"It does make things taste better." She said with a smile, "but that's not the reason."

"Memory and brain function don't have a lot to do with bone regeneration, though, but your statement is correct." she said.

"Right... but why is it being used for bone regeneration?" She asked.

"We've moved on to salt. Keep up Master Trigwell." She said to the boy.

She laughed. "That could be true... but not the reason."

ooc: Just discussing. We put the cottage cheese in the cauldron, but didn't light it yet...

"Right!" She said nodding. "But what exactly is needed from the salt that bones need to be strong?"

"Exactly. Bones are made up of calcium, phosphorus, sodium," She stopped herself. She didn't want to give the whole lesson away, "and other stuff, so yes, sodium is needed to make bones hard." She raised a finger. "Let it be known this is something to balance, the body needs sodium, but too much salt is bad for you."

She put the salt down and raised the asphodel leaf. "Why are we using the asphodel leaf?" She asked.

Legend was paying attention, he really was. Who wouldn't want to know how to make a potion that grew bones back? He just had no clue what the answers were for the questions that Lafay was giving them.

Oh- WAIT he knew this one. "Because the milk, salt, and bran will already taste bad together so why not add a leaf?" Snicker. Alright time to be serious. "Or, maybe because it has like healing...powers. And if you put the leaf in then it would contribute to re-building the tissue around the bone?" Or something like that. He had no clue. Maybe his first answer was better.

She was right? Kurumi could have jumped out of her seat for making the Dragon Lady smile. She looked into her cauldron of goopy cottage cheese. She hoped it wouldn't spoil before they got down to making the potion. Then again, it was freezing in the potions classroom.

Kurumi returned to her notes before thinking about the professor's most recent question and added the details about salt.




Truth be told...she had no idea. "Professor, the leaves are sometimes used to to wrap around cheese..." Yeah...that was exactly what the dragon lady wanted to hear. "Also, it is said that the plant has a connection with the underworld. In Greek legend the asphodel is the one of the most famous of the plants connected with the dead and the underworld...and remedy for poisonous snake-bites...so maybe it helps protect our bones from damage or...dying?"

Alice realized that she needed to put the cottage cheese into the bottom of her cauldron so she did so, making a note of it in her notebook.

Asphodel leaf? Alice had no idea what that was so she was just going to sit and listen on this one.

Ugh!

Destiny did not like these questions. She never knew the right answer and she didn't know why the Professor even bothered asking her. Well, it wasn't like she only asked her, she did ask the whole class. But, the Slytherin was SURE, as the woman glanced around the room, her eyes lingered on her for a little longer.

Meaning, the question was directed right at her!

Raising her hand ever so slowly, she looked at the leaf in question. "The asphodel leaf is narrow..and bones are narrow..so it makes sense to use them."

Sense. Destiny was full of it.

Dianna felt like she was in a cooking class rather than potions. But never mind that. Asphodel Leaf? Let's see what she know about this.
"Erm..Because before people used this as a healing remedy..So I guess this can help in rebuilding the bone..?" Dianna said as she lowered her hand.

Amy put up her hand, because it's a medicinal product, it.....can help speed up growth or numb any pain?, or...it sounded familiar, um, does it like keep the cheese fresher for longer? she was sure she'd read that somewhere. Or she could just be being an idiot

"Asphodel leaves makes bones brittle. The bones would probably need to be soft or birttle to start a growing process." she said but that would mean that there had to be bones to make them brittle oh well she had already anwsered

Sidney looks through her Potion textbook. She finds the Asphodel roots mentioned, but nothing on the leaves. Apparently the root is an ingredient in the Draught of Living Death. There is a mention of the ancient Greeks also using the root's pulp was used in the treatment of joint and nerve diseases. The roots also contain a certain amount of alkaloids:

The plant also has an association with the dead. In Hades the Asphodel Meadows were the places where the dead who possessed both evil and good characteristics lived. Asphodel is also the food the dead eat. I never knew the dead needed to eat. I wonder if that is why we add the leaves to this potion. Let's face it when the body decomposes, all that's left is the bones. I think the alkaliods are more like muggle drugs. Doubt they would have anything to do with growing bones. All this imformation and I still can't come up with a logical reason why we put the leaves in this potion.

Sidney raises her hand. Professor Lafay hasn't had an opportunity to yell at her in a while. I'm sure yelling at me will make her day. "Professor in ancient Greek Mythology, Hades has a meadow called Asphodel Meadow. The dead also ate this plant. Muggles also associate the Asphodel plant with death. They often plant this plant in cemetaries. When we die and the body decomposes, all that is left is our bones. Could that be the reason why these leaves are included in the potion?" I know it's the craziest answer ever given, but I can't come up with anything else that makes sense.

:blink:

"Yeeeeees," She said turning away from the boy... "It's because it's an ingredient." She then added, "No, nothing to do with everlasting life, but thanks for trying..." She said sarcastically.

"Yes, Asphodel has healing qualities..." She said nodding and ignoring the previous comment about the bad taste.


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"I think you two mean that it helps with the healing..." She said.

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What was WRONG with these kids! After looking at Destiny silently, she didn't bother answering.

... She looked at the girls and said, "Uhmmm no."

She sighed. "It aids in the healing process, and has some of the minerals required for bone growth." She said and raised the marrow. "This bone marrow is an important ingredient in a bone regrowth potion. It's a magical creature's and not a human's though. The reason for that, is that a human bone's marrow won't magically adapt itself to the DNA of the patient, while this creature can. Which creature's bone marrow do you think this is?"

Adelyn cringed. Bone marrow! Triple gazzilion eww! What animals was it supposed to be! Ha! How was she supposed to know? Taste it? She just took out a wild guess, not caring about being right or wrong. "A fwooper's bone marrow." she replied.

"Maybe it's the bone marrow of a phoenix, since the phoenix is 'immortal' and magical. " Tory said with her eyebrows raised. Just a guess, she thought, if the answer was wrong it wouldn't hurt.

Anna opened her mouth wide. Who was that mean to kill an animal? "What! I'm sorry, I don't like to handel animal guts" she said closing her eyes tightly.

What in the world? Phoenix?

Surely that wasn't an ingredient in this. Those things were rare enough. However, Evelyn couldn't help but wonder if that were really true. And if so, then the professor must have been trying to prove a point about phoenixes or something.

But, back to the question and answers. "Perhaps the bone marrow of a boomslang?" Eh, well the skin of those were used in polyjuice potion and, for some reason, growing bones and turning into someone else, connected in her mind.

Lara was listening closely, she wanted to start making the potion , but it seemed that the Professor had some questions left.She wasn't an expert of creature but she knew some, so she raised her hand and said "Maybe it's a bone of a unicorn?"