9 First Portion Class

On Friday, Slytherin has Portions lessons with Gryffindor, waking up in the morning a little tired from having studied Occlumency until late at night, Dantalion washed quickly, took the portion book and went to the mess hall, looking at the crowded table of chicken legs, sausages and mashed potatoes, Dantalion sat down and had an idea, tapping the table with his wand he said quietly, "Omelette, toast and baked beans", as soon as the words were out, a plate of omelette, toast and beans appeared in front of him.

The Slytherins around him looked on in amazement, not knowing it could be done, and began trying to change the menu, Dantalion silently lamenting the house-elves in the kitchen, feeling guilty for adding to their burden, yet perhaps they are glad that having more work, thinking about it, he drank his coffee with peace of mind.

As Dantalion was eating, Draco appeared in the hall, sat down beside him, helped himself to a chicken leg and asked, "Why don't you wait for me, or don't you care about your older brother anymore?"

Dantalion gave him a blank stare, "You sleep like a corpse! I don't want to be late for the first Portion class!" Draco smiled, after all he knows it's true, if it weren't because his room was next to the common room and the students coming down and talking made him wake up.

After breakfast, several people were talking as they ran to the basement where the Portions room was located, apparently Professor Snape's horrible reputation was also known to the first year students, Dantalion and Draco arrived together.

In the room there are many glass bottles around, the bottles are filled with bluish-green liquids and you can faintly see some organs of unknown animals, coupled with the fact that the room is in the dungeon, the whole environment is damp and dark, if you didn't know you were in Hogwarts would swear it had entered a Dark Wizard's cave. On the other hand, the excited voices of the students gradually subsided and everyone found a place to sit and wait silently for the teacher. Dantalion and Draco sat in the front row.

Bang!

The dark door was suddenly opened and the door panel creaked and groaned, immediately a slender figure entered from behind the door, all around in black robes and pale skin, with a pair of indifferent eyes sweeping the students, under the nose, a little big, the thin lips are tight and the long greasy black hair reminds him of an evil wizard from muggle stories.

Snape waves his wand as he walks to the podium, and the surrounding curtains close, blotting out the already meager light, dimming the room even further, only the glow of the alcohol lamps remaining. Snape took the roll call, looked slowly at the little wizards and said "Draco Malfoy, Dantalion Malfoy, Dean Thomas, Daphne GreenGrass, ...., Harry Potter, oh yes, our new celebrity."

Draco along with Crabbe and Goyle laughed softly, he stopped laughing after Dantalion poked him and gestured for him to stop, meanwhile Snape continued to make the flame, as soon as he finished he spoke quietly, however, everyone in the room heard him perfectly "As there is little wand waving here, many of you will hardly believe that this is magic, I hope you will understand the subtle beauty of the boiling cauldron and its glowing steam and delicate power of liquids, which influence spells, minds and human senses.. I can teach you how to bottle fame, prepare glory, and prevent death, if you're not an idiot like the ones I usually have to teach."

Her eyes narrowed on Ron, who was still whispering something to Harry, Hermione nudged him and pointed at the professor, looking up the boys realized that Snape was looking at them. Ron got nervous, Snape said "Potter", stopping in front of Harry continued, "What would I get if I added powdered asphodel root to an infusion of adsinthe?"

Harry and Ron were confused by the sudden question, at the same time Hermione's hand rose, Snape looked over and pointed at Draco "Malfoy", Draco got up and replied "They make a powerful sleeping potion known as the Living Dead Potion" he finished. proud way looking at Harry.

Snape nodded, "Correct, five points to Slytherin", but once looked at Harry and asked mockingly, "Potter, where would you look if I told you to find a Bezoar?" Hermione's hand again went up, Harry was speechless, Snape pointed at Dantalion, "Malfoy", Dantalion replied "Bezoar is a stone taken from the stomach of a snake and will work for most poisons", Draco looked at his brother with happiness and looked back at Harry mockingly.

"Well, five points to Slytherin", Snape once again looked at Harry and said mockingly "I guess fame clearly isn't everything" walking to Slytherin's side added "Well, unlike someone who just depends on nothing but of fame, looks like you read the books, plus five points to Slytherin." Draco was happy to have earned points and that Harry had been scolded.

Harry sighed in relief thinking it was over, but at that moment Snape was back in front of him, "Potter, one last question. What is the difference between monkshood and wolfsbane?" Hermione's hands were shaking at the a, Harry said "Why don't you ask Hermione? I think she knows the answer" Snape called out to Hermione "Sit down", some students chuckled.

He walked across the room and asked "Malfoy", Dantalion got up faster and replied "It's the same plant, wolfsbane" Snape shook his head and gave Slytherin five more points "Why aren't you copying?" He shouted Snape to the class. "10 points will be deducted from Gryffindor for Potter's stupidity."

Portion class requires two students per cauldron, Slytherin and Gryffindor students are paired up, Draco and Dantalion formed a group, Crabbe and Goyle, Harry and Ron, Daphne and Tracey. Snape began the instruction, the pairs were to prepare one of the simplest potions "Boil Cure Potion", even though it was the simplest, the materials and steps seemed quite complicated. As per the teacher's order, Dantalion took out various materials, such as snake teeth, porcupine quills, Draco lit the fire and placed the cauldron. During class Snape trailed his long black cloak, pacing the classroom like a big bat, watching, the Gryffindors were heavily criticized, even some Slytherins couldn't escape.

Dantalion had practiced the simple movements of grinding, dissolving and boiling at home before. "Why are you grinding the thorns?" asked his curious brother, "The book says that the quills of the porcupine are to be cut and added with the fangs of the snake!"

"Even fools know that grinding it into powder makes it dissolve faster" Dantalion shrugged and continued to grind, Draco frowned but followed his brother, he started to grind the snake teeth with a hammer as well.

"Help me put the nettles in a pan and roast them for a while, so the water can mix." Dantalion said how much he mixed the already ground ingredients. Draco opened his mouth, but decided not to say anything out loud, during all this Snape passed by his workbench several times, stopped to observe, but didn't interfere, just narrowed his eyes and looked intently at the twins.

They then added everything to the cauldron "Now it needs to be boiled for five minutes" said Draco looking at the book "Magic Drinks and Potions" in his hand and reminded his younger brother, nodding Dantalion turned up the heat a little, after the liquid mixed started to turn yellow, he quickly reduced the flame to avoid over-boiling, Draco was a little uncomfortable, but his brother was always reliable so decided not to interfere.

In fact, Porção's book is a bit outdated, some instructions, for someone who knows chemistry, are a bit wrong, for example, in the book the author instructs them to cut beans to extract the juice, but a more practical and easier way would be to squeeze them. it. Soon a strange smell arose, Dantalion turned his head to look and saw an expressing green smoke followed by an explosion sound, Neville and Seamus somehow exploded the cauldron, the portion started to spread out on the floor.

Snape snarled "Stupid boy, you put the pork spine in before you took the cauldron out of the oven" cleaning up the mess and deducting five more points from Gryffindor, he sent them to the hospital wing.

After half an hour he walked slowly between the tables and each bench, when he saw the blue concoction that Harry and Ron had prepared, he smiled wryly "Do you think you can drink this potion Potter and Weasley", lifting his wand and cleaning the potion from the cauldron.

The Gryffindor students were the most scolded, but some Slytherin students couldn't escape, Crabbe and Goyle's group became a laughing stock for Slytherin, Daphne and Tracey did a good job, earning another five points for the house, the Draco and Dantalion's final product was praised by Snape as a perfect job adding another 10 points.

Hermione looked at the Malfoy twins, full of dissatisfaction, it was obvious that she had followed every step in the book, so why didn't she get a perfect portion? At this moment her competitive instinct flared up, she decided to spend more time studying portions, she must become top of her class.