Chapter 76: Potion Brewing!
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The parchments separated and divided up among the students and a box floated over with them to each student.
"Now then, before we begin, the first thing we shall all be going is going over the rules in this classroom, along with the safety procedures, that I expect each and everyone of you to follow."
Andromeda said as she tapped a piece of chalk with her wand and the chalk lifted up and began to write on the blackboard what she just said.
"Potions may seem simple to all of you, and at first glance many make that same mistake but make no mistake about this, it can be just as dangerous as any other craft in magic, if you make a mistake in brewing there is a very high chance that you or your partner will get hurt because of that mistake."
Each and every student in the room was sitting still and giving Andromeda their full attention. Magnus and Harry sitting next to one another at their table we're no exceptions.
"Mistakes happen to even the best of us, which is why we will be taking precautions, the boxes that you each have been given, have your first piece of protective gear inside," Andromeda said as she fished a pair of clear goggle glasses.
"Whenever you are brewing, each of you will wear a pair of these, my husband introduced me to them some years ago, they are a muggle invention made to protect your eyes should the potion you are brewing react badly and spit, each have been enchanted to make them stronger than they normally would be."
"I cannot tell you how many potential potion masters and mistresses have lost their eyesight because of a potion spitting into their eye or eyes, I do not want any of that happening to any of you."
Many students were nodding and looking at their goggles like they were rare gifts.
"Next" Andromeda said as she waved her wand and pairs of long aprons and gloves hovered out and flew over to each student.
"The gloves are to be worn when you are handling any ingredients, to prevent any of the more potent ingredients, and the aprons are to be worn at all times when brewing, both are charmed and are lined with Dragonhide to protect you should you make a mistake in your brewing and your potion react violently," Andromeda continued to lecture.
"At the end of every class you will make sure your workstation is clear and your goggles are back in their box, your apron folded with your gloves and placed neatly on top of your desk for the next student to use."
Each student accepted the aprons and gloves gratefully. Magnus took the apron, and put it to the side, he remembered Andromeda talk about all of this the night before in their mirror call.
She had been ecstatic at his suggestion that she come to Hogwarts to teach, and now he could see why.
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What followed after that was a fifteen-minute lecture on all of the classroom rules and what the students could expect in each of her classes before she proceeded to walk them through the brewing steps for the first potion they would be brewing, the cure for boils.
She made sure to walk through each step slowly and took them through the reason why each step took place, and why it happened in that particular order.
Explaining how each ingredient reacted to one another.
Once she was done and her cauldron emptied into multiple phials, she then walked the students through the process of how to properly clean down their stations to leave it ready for the next class.
Once she was done she began to have each student recites the brewing process of the potion before picking out various students at random and asked them what a particular stage of the brewing was.
All to make sure that they knew the recipe off by heart to help prevent any mistakes.
Only then did she let the students go to collect their ingredients and turn on their cauldrons to begin the brewing process as she walked around watching closely to make sure no one was making any mistakes.
The remaining time passed quickly once the brewing process began and Andromeda smiled as the last student was bottling their potion, another top quality batch that she would be more than happy to send to Madam Pomfrey, her stores would be well-stocked for boils after this.
There had not been one mistake throughout the whole lesson.
"Very well done, if I could award points each of you five points," Andromeda praised, "now for next class I want a half foot parchment from each of you, covering all the details on the potion we covered here today, with emphasis on the most crucial parts of the brewing process. You may begin cleaning up your stations."
Each of the students moved to clear up their stations and wipe them down just as Andromeda had walked them through.
When Magnus was finished he took the leftover ingredients back over to the expanded storage cupboard, where he ran into Neville Longbottom who was doing the same for his station.
Magnus smiled when he saw him and greeted him, "Heir Longbottom, do you have a moment to spare?" He asked politely using Neville's formal title for this first interaction.
Neville seemed to flinch when Magnus called him that but stopped none the less and nodded, his Heir training under his grandmother reminding him that he should always respond in kind when addressed by another of equal rank as such.
"Y-Yes Heir Black, I have a moment."
Magnus nodded, "thank you, Heir Longbottom, I promise not to take up much more of your time than absolutely needed but this is a matter that I have been meaning to speak with you about since coming to Hogwarts and this is the first opportunity I have had to do so with a clear mind." He explained.
"I should have approached you when I approached Heir Potter yesterday, but because of my interaction with Ronald Weasley I feared my emotions would get the better of me should he have spoken up another time."
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