Dec was kind of scared. He didn't really know how strong his potion was, but because this girl was frighteningly strong, he figured it was mega strong. Yay or nay? Also, this girl was giving him a death stare! O_O HE STARE BACK TOO.

The little giggle before the girl slammed pinned his arm down is what left him wide-eyed and terrified. Whoooooaaa. "Guess my potion worked well..." He stated, shaking around his hand to make sure it was still in one piece. Or at least he hoped that was it.

He was really strong? His hand wavered a little as he looked over at her. Was she serious or was she doing what he had been trying to do? Was she setting him up for trouble???? JEEZ. This was one to WATCH. "Ne.............. never............" he grunted, trying to put every ounce of his strength into trying to beat the girl but it was starting to get harder and harder. So much so, that he even started sweating and it was taking every part of him to try not to use his other hand. That was cheating and Grayson didn't cheat. Especially if there was every chance that he could get caught.

And then it happened.

Wobble.

His arm was gradually inching closer and closer towards the table. His blue eyes widened. Another couple of grunts escaped from his lips as he tried to push Lux's hand away. Jeez. Had his potion really been that good that this girl, a small girl who didn't even LOOK that strong, was beating him in this arm wrestling game? Merlin, he was going to be the laughing stock of the school, especially if she ended up telling her darling boyfriend about this.

More wobbling.

And.................. SLAM went his hand on the table.

No. WHAT IN THE NAME OF MERLIN. Had that SERIOUSLY just happened?! Oh jeez.

"How did you............." he started, his eyes wide as he stared at his own hand that was pinned down on the table and then over at the girl. That was the main question. Just HOW?! UGH. Be NICE or whatever. This was just a GAME. Just a lesson. "Looks like you're tougher than you look." Wink. "Congrats, Lux!" See? He could be nice. Grins were happening too.

Oh? What was that that had flown out the classroom? Oh that's right. His bruised ego.

See! He knew it was strong! Watching the Potion Professor take the hammer, Kyroh secretly hoped that he wouldn't be that strong. It wasn't a nice thing to hope but he wanted to beat him!

....But the Professor was strong.

"I can beat that!" Kyroh declared. Grabbing the hammer again, Kyroh tried to mimic Culloden, attempting to make a half circle but the hammer was simply too heavy. Instead he drew in a giaaaant breath and swung down.

It moved again! But not too the third line like the professors had. It seemed mostly to go in between the first and second line. "Or maybe I can't." Hm. "It's okay though! You can win." Dropping the hammer the first year shrugged. He didn't NEED to be super strong. Just super smart. Like spiderman. Sorry Clark Kent, Kyroh didn't like you that much anyways.

Oh? Cosgrach smiled to himself as he stepped aside to have a better view of tiny Kyroh's arms. And when he could do only slightly better, Cosgrach smiled again.

"Yeah, it's okay. I have a reputation to protect anyway." He grinned at him, and turned to the class.

***

Cosgrach clapped his hands to draw everyone's attention and smiled at them. Yes, yes; he'd been angry at times, but all seemed to be forgotten for now. At least, until he looked at those people. He chose to look at students he liked to avoid those eyes.

"Time's up, people," he announced, "thank you for not exploding anything." Even though they came close. "And thank you for not poisoning each other." So that they were capable of following basic orders. Heh. "This was a good class and okayyou'redismissedbye."

He stepped down and glancing over Sophie briefly, looked at Kyroh, a.k.a new potentially favourite student. He forgot to mention the homework, so he gasped and clapped his hands again.

"Homework! Will be posted on your noticeboards soon. We'll do it this Saturday, together. Now, go." He grinned maliciously. Oh, he had PLANS.

OOC: Thank you for participating, guys! I'll close the thread tomorrow. IC HW time is next Saturday, but I won't be able to do it with you this upcoming week, so I'll post it next week. :3

Wow!!! AJ had actually managed to beat Adi. "Thanks man." she said in response to Adi's congratulations. "Your potion must have been way better than mine." Because he totally would have beat her under any other circumstances.

Before she knew it the professor was already dismissing the class. AJ was having so much fun and didn't really want to leave. "See ya later! Thanks for the lesson professor."

Cris was disappointed that neither Jasmine or he were able to try out the hammer because just then Professor Culloden had declared class was dismissed. Reluctantly relinquishing her hand, Cris smiled at her,"Thanks for agreeing to wrist wrestle with me. Maybe we can do that again," Cris nodded his thanks.

Returning to his workstation, he picked up his quill and copied down the additional notes Professor Culloden had shared with them. Then he began cleaning up his workstation. Taking out a jar, Cris first magically cleaned it and then began scooping up the remaining potion into the jar, using his metal spoon. Once the cauldron was emptied, Cris placed the lid over the jar and tightened it before placing it inside his backpack.

Then he set forth to clean up everything he had used and not previously cleaned using the Scouring Charm. The cauldron was cleaned and so was the cup and the spoon. Packing up everything back into his potions kit, Cris closed it shut. Then he proceeded to clean up the workstation. Ensuring that everything was cleaned, he slung his backpack over his shoulder, picked up his potions kit and made his way over to his Potions Master.

"Awesome first lesson, Professor. Already, I'm looking forward to your next one," Cris informed his Professor. Then curiosity got the better of him, and Cris couldn't help but ask the older man. "I do have a question for you, Professor. Do we need to add more ice cubes to maintain the effects of the potion and if so, won't adding more water end up diluting the mixture?" Cris asked curious to know the answer.

Arm starting to burn from effort, Lux hoped that this was going to be over soon. All of this exerting energy was starting to tire this small girl out, and Grayson was definitely putting up a good fight. Oh well, a challenge was always good; maybe it was fortunate that they seemed to be equals when it came to potion brewing.

When his hand slammed down on the table, it took a second for it to sink in that she had actually won. Of course that was what she had been going for and it wasn't as if she never won anything; but in a competition of strength, this was not an ordinary outcome. Not exactly weak, Lux still was a year younger than her opponent, and she also was smaller than him. He was being a really good sport about it, and that was very much appreciated. "Thank you, Grayson. You put up a really good fight." It definitely had been close between them strength-wise.

Flexing her hand to loosen up her muscles, she heard Professor Culloden say that class was over. Did they have good timing or what. After waving bye to Grayson, Lux made her way back over to her workstation where she dropped ice into her cauldron. Maybe her potion wasn't AS hot now as it had been before, but it was still steaming.

Setting about cleaning everything and putting stuff back where it belonged, the table that she had been working at was spotless in almost no time. Making her way towards the doorway, she waved goodbye to Professor Culloden. "Thank you for the lesson. Have a good rest of your day!" And out the door she went.

Wow, he certainly hadn't expected to get it, least of all on the first try. It was Benny's turn to look over at his partner. Had Ethan done something to make it particularly strong? There certainly wasn't that much within himself to have such a powerful effect on his being to hit so strongly against the hit plate of the high striker.

Having to give it another shot, the third year waited his turn once more before stepping up again. Ben tried to use the exact same effort he had used before to test if he got the same reaction. The wind up...the lowering of the hammer to the ground...the hit. All happened roughly the same way, expect this time he only manage to make it go up to 4oo...the level lower than the top point.

"Still a strong effect...."

Even though her first attempt going well kinda put a downer on his victorious round, Theo grinned and clapped for Derry as she rang the bell. "Not bad, not bad." He really would love to try it without the potion... still felt like it would be a piece of cake. Before Theo could offer her an arm wrestle, the professor announced that the activity was over.

ALREADY?

"Thanks for not poisoning me!" That was always nice. He held out his hand for a FIRM handshake, because it was just necessary with all this POWER, okay?

SHE WON! JHDJHSLJHSL!

AHEM.

Not that she was surprised or anything. She kept calm and simply smiiiiiiiled at the older boy when she'd pinned his arm, as if she'd been expecting that ALL ALONG. Heh. He looked SCARED! Did she mention she REALLY liked this potion? Thumbs WAY up for the potions professor. Or they WOULD be if Maddie did stuff like give people thumbs up.

"It did, yeah. Well done on that. And congratulations to ME." GRIN! She gave the older boy a pat on the shoulder cause he had LOST and she felt a bit sorry for him and then casually shook the hand that she was STILL holding on to. "See you around."

And look at that, time was UP.

Maddie headed back over to her station and started cleaning, organizing, and getting ready to leave. First Potions class had been a SUPER success.

"Not bad?" Derry raised an eyebrow. "I think you'll find that's what is known as a perfect score. I'd've won a teddy if this was a muggle fair." Which he knew. Because he was muggleborn right? Unfortunately, this was not a muggle fair, so she didn't get a teddy. "We should play finger jousting to see who's really stronger." she suggested, but then the lesson was announced as over... sigh. "Nevermind..." But it was still a fun game.

"Yeah, likewise." she said, giving him a big smile. It was pretty lovely to be all, not poisoned and all. She reached out and took his hand, shaking it enthusiastically. They were both going in the same direction though, right? Derry took a couple of steps back to her table and grabbed her bag, before waiting for Theo. Lunch time, right?

Apparently, the old man professor favoured this Beverly girl so, she could very well be the one winning this game yet that didn't mean Gareth would be done with her. First, he was just entertaining himself by putting that bloody fang in her hair and hoping to see her reaction to it, but now, this had turned into something much more serious. He glared at the girl as she performed her part of looking like a victim to the professor.

Then the ginger one with a big nose started to talk making it all more difficult. Slytherins stick together. Meh. She just looked like the kind who liked sticking together. Sarcasm...that was. Gareth rolled his eyes both at the ginger girl and the weird Gryffindor boy who was with Beverly. Gryffindor. Seriously? She was hanging with one of those...meh.

Then the professor was talking to him again. Pick the fang? Gareth narrowed his eyes at the man but refrained from saying anything. He silently went by Beverly and picked the bloody snake fang up from the floor. The professor was kicking him out the classroom. Just wait until his uncle would hear about this. The old man had NO IDEA. Still, the Slytherin boy was not going to say anything. He idly threw the bloody snake fang on his desk, on his own stuff there and left the classroom with an unimpressed expression.

Of course, not forgetting to slam the door shut after himself.

He didn't let her win. She'd won on her own? Well, not entirely on her own considering that she had a consumed potion that had given her strength, but so had he. Caterina beamed all happy like and bounced on the spot, bypassing Mo's offered hand and cheek to give him a super big hug. Ooops. Don't squeeze too hard, might break the boyfriend. HEHE. She was a winner! "That was so much fun." It was also very likely that she would never win again, so she was going to cherish her moment of victory. She was definitely still grinning when the professor spoke. They were doing their homework together? With him? Huh.

Cat raised an eyebrow in question to Mo about this homework thing to see if he had any ideas, but then they were dismissed so her grin was back. "C'mon. Do you need me to rub your arm for you?" Grinny grinny Cat was grinny as she gathered up her things. Let's goooo, boyfriend.

Sophie had already started her clean-up at her table when Culloden announced that class was over. She was glad to not be poisoned, too. Thanks, West.

With her things packed away, she started to gather her things to leave, until she made eye contact with Culloden. Hm? Did he want something? Seemed not, as the next second he was talking about homework stuff. Ooookay, then, professor.

He was being weird today.

"Bye, sir," she said simply, exiting the classroom with all her things, leaving a spotless work station behind. What could she go do now that she was super strong? Maybe she'd go wait in the corridor and pick Mo up when he left the room and impress him with her super-strength.

Reputation?

Well Kyroh was lucky, he didn't have a reputation to protect. As the Professor announced the end of class and gave instructions Kyroh nodded. "See you later Sir!" Skipping off to where he had moved his cauldron he quickly began to clean the items from his kit up and even placed some of his potion in a vial.

Not so he could drink. But just in case, you know?

Once everything was cleaned with the brand new spell that he had learned Kyroh packed everything up, and raced out of the class.

Marisol sighed. She hadn't accomplished anything much, and it was obvious that Potions was not going to be one of her strengths. At least she did a little. Even if she didn't finish. Right?

The first year headed out of her beginning lesson with a heavy heart. She could try again tomorrow. There sure was lots of homework at Hogwarts! The eleven year-old could tell that much from the class. Well, the teacher was nice, and that was a comfort.

"Goodbye, Señor!" she waved to her professor as she left the room quickly.

Sophie's hand connected with Caleb's, and soon enough, they were both in position and ready to start their arm wrestling match. Sophie was about to trick him and start on the count of two, but he'd counted so quickly that she didn't exactly have time to. His THREE startled her, and she nearly got caught off guard.

When the match started, she honestly felt like she could do anything. Lift a car? Piece of cake. Lift two cars? Sure, why not? Lift a mountain? Ehh...she wouldn't push it. Either way, this match seemed so easy, which was also kind of a let down, because that also meant Caleb's potion was stronger. Argh.

She made a face as she pushed to get her arm down. Caleb seemed to be putting up a good fight, though. At least, it seemed a little hard for Sophie to beat him. A few seconds later, though, she felt the impact of her arm against the table, and she opened her eyes in shock. HA! She'd won! She'd won! BWAH HAHAHA, Caleb Newell!



At first, she heard clapping and thought she was getting some kind of ovation for beating Caleb. Then she looked over and saw the professor was only trying to get everybody's attention. They'd do homework together? Huh? Ehh... Either way, class was over.

"See ya later, little brother," she said to Caleb. With that, she began cleaning her work area and gathering her belongings. When she was done, she turned and left the classroom.

Well, that had been a fun lesson.

Jasmine was surprised, but relieved when Cris threw in the towel. She was so tired she didn't even have a sassy line to throw back at him. When he suggested they try their luck with the hammer, she was willing. "I'm game. Let's give it a shot"

Just as they were about to head over to try the hammer game, the Professor announced that class was ending. Turning to Cris, Jasmine said, "That was fun" "Thanks for trusting me enough to drink my potion." As Cris headed back to his table, Jasmine went back to hers and began to clean her remaining potion supplies.

Ethan stepped down as he let his partner take the hammer and gave the mugglethingamajig a try. He was supposed to hit that bell up the top, yeah? The lever just went halfway for him and wondered what went wrong in Ben's potion.

Ethan scratched his head as he watched Ben hit the plate.

DING.

The Slytherin deadpanned at the sound, and remained so when Ben took a second try. The potion worked. His potion worked! "Yussss!" Ethan pumped his fist in the air and did a little dance. "It wooooooorked!" Ethan beamed at his partner and clapped his back. "How does it feeeel to have that kind of super strength?" He wanted to know.



"Indeed, professor!" Ethan gave him a thumbs up, returned to his workstation, cleaned all of his potions stuff, and gathered his things inside his satchel.

Oh and homework's going to be a practical one? Hmmm.

Homework might be an awesome one too. Ethan waved to Culloden to say goodbye. "Thank you sir! See you around!"

He was about to exit the classroom, when he turned around and got back to where Ben was. "Hey. If you need help in Potions, just tell me okay?" Because seriously, he could have hit the bell and make it go dingdingding. "Thanks for partnering up with me, Ben! Catch you later!" Ethan gave him a wave too and went straight to his next class.

Time's up! Leah turned around, sighing. It was a really fun class, drinking and making superduper strength potion. And she did not explode anything.

Still feeling her new strength, the second year picked up her now feather-light bag and swung it onto her shoulder. It was a pity that she still looked tiny. Meh, there were homework assignments, but Leah could do that much. She still had time to rest before Saturday! Walking towards the exit, the girl stopped in front of Professor Culloden.

"Great class, Professor! I bet I can carry you now!" She said jokingly, and paused. "I also wanted to tell you that being angry often is bad for your health. I understand that there are people making you mad, but you should try to control your anger." She nodded. Especially in his age, he should be more careful. After a grin, Leah walked out of the classroom.