The Girding Potion. Ella knew a little bit about this as she'd read up on it so she did have something to offer. The blonde raised her hand and waited quietly to be called on. "Professor, this potion is meant to give whoever drinks it added endurance. "

Lex was painstakingly aware that this was her final class as a second year for Potions and she still didn't know the answer to Professor Lafay's questions. It kinda sucked. She didn't want to be that one third year in the back of the class, hiding under the desk because she didn't want to be picked on.

Thing is...she still didn't know the answer.

Ahem. This was where the text book came in handy. She threw her hand in the air and started waving it around enthusiastically to get the Professor's attention. "Me! Me! I know the answer!!" While she shouted this she was actively skipping through the text for the potion--

Ah hah!!

"I know the answer, it...it..." She squinted her eyes a bit and looked down at the writings on the page. "It gives you extra endurance!" That was the answer right?...Or had the book lied. Books did that sometimes you know.

Jory raised his hand. "It give the user a bit more strength, Professor.'' At least he thought that was what it did.

Alyssa honestly didn't care whether Professor looked at her or not when she greeted her. She suspected that it was because she had told Professor Williamson that she had seen her taking RoRo, the dragon, for a walk. It wasn't like she had told Professor W that Professor had stolen the baby dragon or anything of that sort, since she knew Professor Lafay wouldn't stoop that low to do something like that.

So she shrugged to herself and when Professor Lafay asked everyone a question, she answered like she always did regardless of whether the Professor treated her differently or not.

"Professor it's like what Alexa and Ella said. The potion is something similar to the Strengthening solution, only in this case, it gives one more stamina to do things."

Girding potion? She's read about that somewhere though her mind was a bit addled. The professor had called her skylar. Nell was completely taken by surprise and a little hurt. She didn't even look like a skylar. Finally her brain caught up with her and she remembered a bit of what she had read.

"The girding potion gives the consumer added endurance that can last for a few weeks depending upon the potency." And apparently the potion smelled pretty badly too. Nell wrinkled her nose at the mere thought.

Dylan blinked as she looked from him to somewhere else in the room...following her gaze to Sierra. Blink...Erm...Was he missing something? Confusion was clear on his features. The Slytherin could feel it there.

...but they were starting. So, that'd be left for thinking about later.

Girdling Potion?

Hand-raising..."Since girdling means to "secure" or "encircle"...I'm going to guess that the potion itself does something similar..." He pointed at those around him answering. "Endurance...Securing endurance? Encircling yourself with endurance?"

So ariana was here and listening and excited.. she wasnt sure what she was excited about but she was. she was sitting in her station paying attention when the teacher asked a question and ariana just kinda stared.. for once she had no idea.

She was stumped, so she listened around to all the others and it made some sence she guessed but she wasnt sure, she was never sure unless she was told so by the teacher, these were all just guesses. weird guesses although they were all similar, she trusted the teacher... sometimes, there was that one year when her and professor lafay had that falling out over that one potion ari got her hands on and slipped to her but it was all in fun in ariana's eyes..

oh wait class right, she began jotting down what some of her classmates were saying, notes never hurt right?

Yeah, okay... she totally caught that all she got was the last name. Honestly? Come on, at least she was here. Everyone else got a miss or mister or master or prefect or captain or another title at the front of their names, but she just got her last name. That hardly seemed fair. Also... she did NOT like when people called her JUST by her last name. It made her all twitchy because NO ONE was ever allowed to just call her that... sort of.

Anyway, she took her seat and waited for the final lesson of her potions career EVER to start.

Once it did, she looked around the room to people who were answering. She had been doing her best studying on the side, but she got so easily distracted when it came to this class. Anyway, from what she could tell this potion was going to be something for stamina. Interesting.... could they use this for Quidditch?

Kat didn't really know MUCH about the Girding Potion, but she was basing her answer from the word 'gird' which was the root word of the adjective. Everyone knew about them because well... not all of them were stupid. However it did seem pretty weird repeating what someone else said. But whatever, it might mean house points so why not give that a shot, huh?

The Slytherin raised her hand. "Like all the others said, it provides or gives the drinker more endurance or stamina. It also helps prepare or ready the drinker for activities." That's how she understood it.

Watching as other students continued walking into the classroom, she'd caught the greeting by the professor and basically wanted to hide. At least she hadn't gotten a glare from her! When the professor asked the first question she thought on the question. Her mum had mentioned that potion once. EW, wasn't it one of the stinkiest potions?

Raising her hand, "doesn't it have something to do with giving a person more endurance?"

Bliss flicked her thumbnails against each other as she semi-patiently waited for class to begin. Each class seemed to drag and the year as a whole seemed to be speeding by. Already it was the third and final potions of the year and for some of the students in the room, Bliss looked around and spotted all there faces, this would be their last potions lesson ever. Time was going far too quickly.

OH, finally. The third year propped herself chin up or her elbows and listened to the Professor's question. A Girding Potion. She'd read about that before, she was sure."It gives the drinker more endurance .. or stamina .. or," Bliss paused and blinked. "Nevermind .. endurance or stamina." That was right, or at least she thought it was. It was what everyone else had said, or similar, so it must be right.

Sierra blinked...and then smirked. Well...she hadn't exactly thought of it like that. "Yeah, you're right," she said with a shrug. "I'd come to you." She smiled when her mom told her she'd always be her student. It may not be in this exact room in this exact subject, but she'd always be learning from her somehow.

"...and a Girding Potion?" she said, not raising her hand since she was already talking to the professor. "It's a potion that gives you the upper hand, because you withstand a lot more than you normally can. For example, I may look small, but I can really smack a bludger. On top of that, though, I could use a Girding Potion to be able to withstand any Quidditch injuries and then be able to smack the bludger even harder."

The first thing she thought of when she heard Girding Potion was a girdle. And girdles held your waist in. So maybe it holds things together? Makes them smaller? She thought for a moment. No...a shrinking solution makes things smaller. Girdle...girding...Tightening? She wasn't sure enough to guess, so she just listened - and upon hearing the other answers, she was glad she hadn't said that thought out loud. Ohhh. Okay, well yeah, that makes sense too I guess. She started taking down notes before they got any further.

SPOILER!!: Eliza's Potions Notes

Eliza Dawnsel
Ravenclaw - 2nd Year

Potions - Lesson Three

Girding Potion - Gives the consumer more endurance

West wasn't about to repeat all the given answers, especially since they were what was in his textbook anyway. West just waited, wondering about interesting things like.... side effects.

Belle was glad Ms. Lafay was doing well. Then she heard the professor ask a question and it got Belle thinking. She heard about the Girding potion. Belle racked her brains and knew something about it. "Professor i know the potion helps stamina, well increases it.."

"Girding... that's like girders. And girdles. Things that reenforce something." Mo was being very helpful by explaining how words worked. Just, FYI, Professor? This was how words worked. "So I would think it would do like they said."

Word.

"Good... everyone seems to know the potion." And then she pointed towards the board with her wand. "The following ingredients are the most known ones."

• Water to fill the cauldron
• 50 Dragonfly thoraxes (40 toasted/10 unheated)
• One set of Fairy wings (2)
• 3 Flying Seahorses
• 12 Doxy eggs (Divided in 4 measures of 3)

"The instruction for a basic Girding potion are simple." Again tapping the board the directions appeared.

• Add the set of fairy wings
• Heat until the potion turns turquoise.
• Add one measure of doxy eggs. (That's 3)
• Heat until the potion turns pink.
• Add 20 of the toasted dragonfly thoraxes or until the potion turns red (sometimes it takes only 18 or 19, but never more than 20)
• Heat until the potion turns blue.
• Add 20 of the toasted dragonfly thoraxes until the potion turns silver (sometimes it takes only 18 or 19, but never more than 20)
• Heat the potion until it turns red again.
• Add three measures of doxy eggs. (That's the remaining 9)
• Add the 10 not-toaster dragonfly thoraxes.
• Heat the potion until it turns blue again.
• Add three flying seahorses.
• Heat until the potion turns green.

"I'd like you to go get the ingredients. And then get one more. One ingredient of your choosing. And add it to the potion. Do not tell me why you added that particular ingredient or what the potion is now capable of doing... Just brew it. Ask me any question you wish during. Just don't ask if you are doing it right."

ooc: This potion should be brewed in 8 posts. Feel free to ask question, I'll answer once a day.

Yep, clueless here. No idea what a girding potion did. Though, Sky had to admit that Mo had the right idea. She just wasn't going to say this outloud. Nope, nuh uh. Not agreeing with a Ravenclaw, even though their intelligence was legend. So, she sat silent, listening to everyone's answers.

But it didn't seem to matter, as they were instructed to go get their ingredients, then brew the potion. With no guidance. What?! She wrote down the given instructions, then gathered her ingredients, still shocked that they were being expected to brew this potion on their own.

Alyssa listened as everyone shared their opinion of what the potion would do and then waited patiently for the Professor to confirm their answers.

....and the moment she was waiting for.... the ingredients and the steps to making the potion.

Alyssa quickly picked up her quill and began writing down each piece of information that Professor Lafay shared with them into her journal.



WAIT!! They were supposed to pick an additional ingredient of their own? Alyssa sighed. She had an earlier suspicion that brewing this potion wouldn't be as easy as the Professor had made it sound. And she was right. So she sat at her worstation and looked at the ingredients that she had already written in her journal. The ingredients that she would need to make this Girding Potion.

Alyssa scratched her head trying to think of ways to enhance her potion. What ingredient would she need?

Jory was even more interested when they were told to pick an ingredient of their choice. He had never encountered a potion like this before. Quickly he wrote down the list of ingredients followed by the steps to completing the potion.

"Now to get the ingredients,'' he thought as he set down his quill. As he headed over to the cupboard, the badger racked his brain trying to come up with a suitable ingredient. "Lionfish spine? Pomegranate juice? Belladonna? Fluxweed?'' The possibilities were endless.

Once she had gotten her ingredients, Sky Scougifyed her cauldron, then filled the cauldron with water from her wand. That done, she lit her cauldron, then added the two fairy wings. The fact that she was having to do all of this without Lafay's demonstrations did make her kind of nervous. After all, how was she suppose to know if she was doing it right? But she managed to put that thought out of her mind for the moment and heat her potion until it was very pretty turquoise shade. Next came the doxy eggs and she added them one at a time, then heated it until it was pink. Now, what next?

As Belle saw all the directions being put on the board, she went to the cupboard and got all her ingredients. After a few trips back and forth to make sure she did not drop anything, she said with her wand, "Scourgify!" to her cauldron. It seemed all sparkly and clean.

Then Belle got her 50 dragon thoraxes and began to separate them and read the directions carefully before she got started.

Nerida quickly picked up her quill and began writing down each piece of information that Professor Lafay shared with them into her journal.

WAIT!! They were supposed to pick an additional ingredient of their own?!!

WHAT! How? What? Why!!? Brewing this potion wouldn't be as easy as the Professor had made it sound! So she sat at her workstation and looked at the ingredients that she had already written in her journal. The ingredients that she would need to make this Girding Potion.

Nerida itched the bottom of her chin trying to think of ways to enhance her potion. What ingredient would she need? There were so many, which one to choose?

Jory headed back to his workstation and set down the necessary ingredients including the additional one- fluxweed, It didn't really take him long to decide as Professor Lafay had said one of their choice.

Now he was ready to start the brewing. "Scourgify!'' he exclaimed pointing his wand at his cauldron. That done, the Puffer now filled it with water. "Aguamenti!'' He grabbed the two fairy wings and added them into the water. Then, he raised his wand again. This time to light the fire. "Incendio!''

"Just have to wait until it turns turquoise,'' he muttered.

Alyssa reviewed the various possible ingredients she could use to add to her potion before finally deciding on one. She checked her journal one more time to make sure that the ingredients she had written down were the same ones as those indicated on the blackboard, before walking over to the Potions Ingredients Cupboard.

Alyssa slowly counted out the ingredients carefully before carrying them over to her workstation. Then she returned to the cupboard, looked around to make sure that no one was around her before quickly reaching into a bottle and taking out the ingredient she had picked.

Then she walked back to her workstation and placed it on the table with the rest of the other ingredients. Now it was time for her to start making her potion. Picking up her cauldron, she pointed her wand inside it and said,"Scourgify." cleaning it. She inspected it to make sure it was clean and free from cracks before she placed it on the burner.

Now to add the water. She pointed her wand inside the cauldron, she said,"Aguamenti" and concentrated on the amount of the water streaming out of her wand and into the cauldron. Once the cauldron was filled, she ended the spell saying, "Finite" before switching to "Incendio" lighting the burner under her cauldron.

She adjusted the knob on the burner to the right temperature before reaching for her first ingredient.