Potions Lesson

[John Williams]

John stepped into his classroom with a mixed feeling of happiness and anxiety . He was happy because he was able to do his job again , that is teaching Potions , but anxious at the same time because of the state of danger the wizarding world was currently in . Of course the last time a dark lord had risen to power he had been defeated by the Potter boy , but now John wondered who was strong enough to defeat this current dark lord . Sighing , John conjured up a new notice outside his classroom . It read :

Potions Lesson[/b[

Bring all the ingredients you have . Further instructions will be given .

Your Professor ,
John Williams

John headed into his storerooms to prepare his materials while waiting for his students .

[Daniel Green]

For quite some time now Jake Blackwell was roaming the school with dreamy eyes and a big happy smile on his face. He didn't pay attention to girls around him. He even seemed to not hear their attempts to pick him up, ask him out or invite to their beds. He seemed not to see everyone was surprised and dropped their yaws to the ground seeing him so joyful without any specific reason or not giving any rude comment to anyone while srolling down the corridor - sometimes of course was different, he seemed to be more agressive to things he usually wasn't. Or that he didn't stand in a corner leaning up against the wall flirting, making out or whatever with some girl. Or that he actually ate meals at the great hall. Why had he changed so drastically? No one really knew the answer.

It was quite dark inside and it was a time for a class Jake actually wasn't interested in. So why did he sign up? To have fun of the professor. Professor?! What was he thinking?! Well, since he heard what his friend Lisa did year ago and that John Williams was a Gryffindor during his school years, Jake simply couldn't say no to this class. Anyway, Jake had to appear in the classroom that very day. But he didn't leave the dorm and common room with his friend. He walked alone. Yet it wasn't too far. Potions classroom was placed in the dungeons, so was the slytherin common room.

Jake had a bag with ingredients with himself. He didn't know for what it was needed but he didn't care. He thought that he would be doing nothing anyway. He walked into the classroom not even carring to knock the door or even close them after. He took a random seat and set his bag on a desk before him. He crossed him arms on chest and waited.

[John Williams]

OOC : Sorry for the incredibly random beginning . Couldn't think of how to start

In the storage room , John discovered something strange . He found an hourglass . Oddly , it seemed familiar . "Where have i seen this before ... " John asked himself . It suddenly dawned on him that this hourglass was his former potions teacher and predecessor , Horace Slughorn's . "No wonder ! Professor Slughorn used to place this on his desk during my days in Hogwarts as a student . How did it appear here ?" Apparently , the sand in the hourglass shifted accordingly to how interesting a conversation was . An exciting conversation would result in the sand shifting and glowing quickly , while a dull and boring one would result in the sand slowly moving . "What a fascinating object . Better bring this out , it doesn't belong here ."

With a smile on his face , John brought the hourglass out and placed it on his desk . He spotted someone in the classroom . It was one of his least favourite students , Jake Blackwell . John had always got the impression that Jake disliked him , and wondered whether he found the class boring or simply because he hated the fact that John was a Gryffindor or both . "Jake . You're early . Where are the rest of your ... friends ? " John acknowledged Jake's presence with a less than enthusiastic greeting .

[Lisa Violet Green]

Lisa spent all night in the forbbiden forest practising her new skill. She was an illegal animagus and only her father knew about it. Someone once told her she reminds him of a cat. What a nice animal to turn into. Yes, it was true she chose a cat for her animal form. Not because a gryffindor told her that but because cat really suit her. They can see in the dark, are magestic in moves, like to walk their way. Oh yes, she definately could be a cat.

A black Bombay cat ran out from the woods. But it was not a normal looking cat. It had dark pink whiskers just like Lisa's hair colour. It's one eye was green and second black. Yes, Lisa had to be unusual. It was just like her; it was her nature. A cat looked around to see if anyone was up in that hour. Hopefully noone. It ran straight to the black lake and stopped under the one of the trees hiding completely behind it. And then in five second there was no cat anymore, there was a young fifteen years old girl standing leaned on a tree. She looked around and smiled to herself. She took a short look at the clock tower. She had to go back to the castle and prepare for Potion lesson.

-skip-

Lisa walked into the classroom. She blinked seeing a certain professor there. Something told her she's done something bad to him but she couldn't figure out what that was. Stupid memory loss. Of course she used an unforgivable on him, the same everyone had to believe was used on her - Imperius curse. It was a detention professor Williams gave her and Zacky previous term. They found few useful items in his office.

"Hello..." she greeted the professor with a nod. She took a glance at her friend Jake and smiled at him. She noticed two man staring at each other with no small amout of hatred. They both looked confident and stubborn. She shrugged and took a seat.

[John Williams]

John heard someone enter the classroom . Glaring at Jake , he turned to face the entrant . "Well well well . What a surprise , Miss Green ." John said unpleasantly . He had vague memories of him giving her and the Slytherin Quidditch captain Zacky Shadows a detention last term and found himself unable to remember anything . Of course , she and Shadows had both gone into hiding and recently she had came back saying she was under the Imperius Curse . John didn't really believe that of course , he had seen how close she was to Artemus Dowell and highly doubted her words . But he couldn't do anything about it anyway .

"Well , since the two of you are early and the rest aren't yet , I will allow you to have your own free time . Be warned however , if i see a wand pop out from either one of you , both of you will be punished severely . Is that clear ?" John stated .

[Roxanne "Roxie" Weasley]

Roxie walked to class with a bag of ingrediants. She couldn't find any of her friends in this class so she decided to go alone and make the best of it. She was silently hoping to herself that she would at least have someone to talk to. But if she didn't she could always make friends. As long as they were actually decent people. Which was hard to find these days.

It was kind of weird how all years were in one class. But she didn't mind, she could always try and keep up with the class. Plus the teacher a former Gryffindor. Which made it much better. Still he was probably one of her favorites, and that didn't happen often.

She walked in and noticed two Slytherin 6th years. Wow, great, just my luck. She thought to herself sarcastically but she was early. More people were bound to show up, weren't they? "Hello Professor" she said pleasently. "How are you?" she asked politely taking a seat by herself. She glanced at the door quickly, looking for one of her friends to come and save her. because she couldn't handle a class without someone to talk or fool around with.

[Daniel Green]

Jake didn't have to wait long for the professor to appear. It wasn't like he cared. For him the teacher could never show up. But he needed to pass the subject so he had to stay cool. But he wasn't so sure if he could hold his anger back if that teacher crossed the line. Hopefully he didn't so far. His comment just went over him. "Obviously not here." Jake responded negligently and shrugged but kept an eye contact with professor Williams. Then both of them heard the door cracked. Jake didn't care to turn head to welcome a newcomer with his gaze. But he heard a familiar voice and he knew to whom it belonged to. Potions teacher's words just confirmed he was right. He didn't have to look at the girl to know it was Lisa but he did to greet her with a smile. At least he didn’t have to sit there alone anymore. He leaned his elbow on the desk and rested his chin on his hand. Hearing another words of their teacher Jake rolled his eyes. "Yeah Yeah." he muttered under his breath.

Then not long after some other student walked into the classroom. It was another girl, Jake could say hearing the voice. He didn't turn his head this time too. He didn't care who it was but he was sure it was someone who liked the professor or at least cared to use a polite tone. Jake just hang his eyes on a cauldron before him.

[Evelyn Rose]

Evelyn sauntered into the room, and glanced around herself. Several students were present, along with the creepy-looking professor. Unusually, Evelyn was not in her correct school uniform. Being a Ravenclaw, this girl was one of the most rule-abiding students. However today was different. She had woken up in an extremely bad mood and did not feel like conforming. Despite this temporary rebellious attitude, Evelyn had attempted to slightly mask her outfit with her black school cloak. Her fear of the fact that she was breaking a minuscule was watered down a little by the knowledge that Professor Williams was unlikely to notice.

Evelyn silently dropped her bag by a table at the back and seated herself, before taking out her class requirements from her bag and setting them up in an obsessing compulsive alignment. She gazed expectantly at the teacher, wondering what they would be covering today. She was hoping it would be something worthwhile - the last few lessons had been quite boring and, frankly, Evelyn had already known all of what the professor had attempted to teach his students. Regardless of the fact that potions wouldn't help what Evelyn wanted to be in later life, it was in the girls nature to fuss over her education. She was a spock and a know-it-all, something she couldn't help and didn't want to anyway. Knowledge was her element, and even if it was pointless stuff like potions, she wished to gain as much information as she could. The words knowledge is power ran through her head at this thought.

[John Williams]

"Ah . Roxanne . Please take a seat." John gestured for the Gryffindor to sit down . He started the lesson . "Now class , would you please turn to page two hundred and -" John broke off . Another student had entered his class while his back was turned . To his surprise it was the Head Girl . She did not even greet him , and he could see that she wasn't even dressed in her school uniform . She had been trying to conceal her clothing with her school cloak . It wasn't working on him .

"Miss Rose , I am very disappointed in you . First you enter my class late , second you don't even bother to greet me , thirdly you are not dressed in your proper school uniform . Now , would you prefer to go and change , or would you want me to talk to the Headmistress about this ?" John put down his Potions book on the table and stared at the Head Girl .

[Airous Fai]

Airous hurried down the hall to potions class. He was already late thanks to a few ghost who had gotten him lost, again. He sighed and moved into the classroom quickly.

There where only a few students. He didn't recognize any of them. "S...sorry I'm late...got lost." He mumbled to the professor and scrambled to a seat near the back of the class.

Of course that was just like Airous. He wasn't very social. But that was sue to his dark past. Lately he found it easier to talk to a few people but not to others such as professors or staff at Hogwarts. It was to risky for them to find out his past.

He slumped a little in his seat and wondered what this class was going to be like. He didn't mind potions class...he just wasn't the best at it.

[John Williams]

John stood at his desk . He noticed the girl not saying anything . "See me after class , Miss Rose." He then picked up his Potions book and started teaching . "Now , as i was saying , please turn to page two hundred and five and read the chapter on brewing your own potions ."

John sat down at his chair . It had been too long since he had taught . Watching the students with mixed feelings , he noticed another student entering . Strange , haven't seen him before. John thought . "You are late , Mr - ?"

[Evelyn Rose]

At the professor's tone, Evelyn immediately felt guilty. What was she thinking? She was head girl! She couldn't be going around dressing like a Slytherin. The girl shuddered at the thought. Evelyn flipped open her book, intending to make up for her bad-girl attitude by being the best pupil she could possibly be this lesson. Upon arriving at page 205, Evelyn began reading from the start. Her experienced eyes sped through the text faster than most of the other students'. Reading was what she filled most of her spare time with, so her eyes were a lot quicker than the average seventeen year old's. At the end of the chapter, Evelyn looked up. She had intended on apologizing to the professor, but he was already talking to another student. Evelyn decided on confronting him after class, when he wanted her 'to see him'.

[Airous Fai]

One thing Airous hated about any school was how the professor always seemed to call students out when they where late. As if it was already embarrassing to have to walk into class after everyone else, who were already onto the lesson and of course being behind.

Still Airous knew not to be rude no matter what his feelings where toward professors and students. "Airous, sir." He smiled politely. "I got lost...sorry..." He said again before opening his book up, trying not to be the center of attention any longer than needed.

[John Williams]

"Mm . Airous , please try not to get lost next lesson . My classroom isn't that hard to find , is it ? I'll be letting you off this time ." John chided . He didn't really like taking points off for trivial matters such as lateness .

As he turned back to face the class John noticed that the Headgirl , Evelyn whom he had just scolded moments earlier , was apparently trying to make up for her behaviour by paying attention . "That's good." He thought .

"Alright class , have you all finished reading ? If so , we have a little over an hour left . I would like you to brew one potion of your making for me , you can use your textbooks as reference , or you could try mixing random ingredients up . But , i won't grade it . Submit your potion in a vial to me when you are done ."

[Evelyn Rose]

Evelyn paid close attention to her professor's words. Make any potion I want? Psh, easy. The headgirl set to work, taking out all her ingredients and flipping her book open to the Contents page. She read down the list until she came to Amortentia, also known as the Draught of Living Death. Evelyn flipped to the page number next to the title of the potion, and began brewing. She removed all her ingredients except for wormwood, asphodel, valerian roots, Sloth brain, and 13 Sopophorous beans (which she crushed with the flat of her knife), and brewed them in her cauldron. After a while, the liquid turned clear and blackcurrant-coloured. Moments later it turned lilac, then after being stirred counter-clockwise seven times, turned clear. Her hour was up. Evelyn raised her hand to indicate she had completed her task.