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Originally Posted by Steelsheen 
Vickers pondered the next question. It was true, if the hag wanted to kill the Princess wouldnt she have used something more potent and immediate? A curse even? It didnt make any sense to him.... unless "Professor, is it because the hag wanted to kill the Princess slowly? Maybe putting her in a coma-like state was the first step to her twisted plan? Persecute the Princess in her dreams or something? Or.... maybe she wanted to have the Princess' own people to bury her alive." man that was sick.
Scabior stared."....interesting thoughts Mister Vanderbilt" Twisted boy. Quote:
Originally Posted by Anna Banana Something about Scabior's tone didn't sit right with Sierra. He was such a sarcastic person, and you know what annoyed Sierra most about that? She was used to being the sarcastic one. She didn't like this competition, much less competition she couldn't be sarcastic back to. Blah.
Why did the hag choose the draught instead of killing the princess? Maybe because 'Death Beauty' wouldn't make a very good fairy tale title? Sierra smirked at her inner answer then raised her hand. "Because if she did away with the princess, she could no longer use her as bait. With the princess in her hands, this hag had the whole kingdom at the tip of her finger," she started. "All she had to do was simply wake her. If she was dead, that'd just be an opportunity lost."
Pausing, she realized how harsh her words sounded. "Err, ...at least, that's possibly what the hag might have been thinking..." Not her. She had more decency than that. Trailing off, she glanced up at Lafay. Scabior thought for a moment. "Good guess. But the princess being dead wouldn't really benefit the hag. She committed the act out of jealously.." Unknown jealously at that, but probably because the princess was most likely beautiful and she....was a hag. "Controlling the kingdom wasn't really a goal." Or it wasn't known to be a goal. Quote:
Originally Posted by nups21 Ira thought about it. Yeah, it would have been much easier for the evil witch, Leticia, was it? It would be easier to kill the princess rather than put her to sleep! SO why did she do that?
Then Ira had an idea! She raised her hand up and answered, "Professor, I think that the witch thought that, maybe by putting the princess to sleep for a long time, the princess will turn old, and so will have wrinkles and grey hair, and basically, look old and ugly.." Though all old people weren't ugly, were they? Anyways, she continued, "So that when the princess would wake up, she would go into shock and then die from shame!" Hehe.. that really seemed pretty far-fetched and funny to Ira too.. But then she didn't have any other answer! "And so the evil witch won't be blamed for her murder!" "Hag." He corrected. Quote:
Originally Posted by Squishy ♥ Oh, erm... Amelia wasn't really sure she could think of a good answer to this question, but she still wanted to try. "Maybe she wanted the Princess to go into a coma and suffer instead of dying immediately. Or maybe she thought killing a princess outright would cast too much suspicion and thought that a coma would work better as people would assume it was natural." Or something else. Amelia honestly had no idea how someone who wanted to kill another person operated.
] "Good guesses" Scabior nodded, they were solid. Quote:
Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88
Alyssa thought for awhile before slowly raising her hand,"Professor I believe that Leticia used the sleeping draught instead because if she had out right poisoned and killed the Princess, everyone would have immediately suspected that she was responsible for her death and she would have been arrested within minutes of the discovery. By making the Princess sleep until she died, no one would be the wiser and by the time they did, she would have been far away from the Kingdom and harder to catch."
He shrugged. "It's very doubtful they would have known that she was the one to do it." Quote:
Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19 Jory raised his hand. "It's probably because the witch didn't want to be caught for killing the Princess. She'd rather place a curse,'' he said. "Hag." He corrected. Quote:
Originally Posted by Harry174 Laura looked at the Professor and raised her hand. "It would have angered the King and Queen and they could have had her killed, and maybe she was scared of death and so she didn't want to die, but if she didn't kill her and hid her the King and Queen might not be able to find her and so she could say the Princess had run off." Laura wasn't sure if she was right and well she was guessing. Scabior raised a brow. "I still think you are thinking of it as more of a fairytale." He paused. "Grief would be the first emotion upon hearing that the Princess had died, and also, Lecticia probably didn't know the King and Queen personally." They were royalty. Quote:
Originally Posted by Gabrielle Glenn hesitantly raised her hand, "Erm.. maybe the ha- Leticia," She corrected herself, "Couldn't bring herself to actually kill or maybe even wanted her soul to remain whole?" Becsause killing ripped your soul. Not good. Scabior snorted. "I doubt that." Very, very much. Quote:
Originally Posted by SilverTiger
Stella just decided she really didn't like Leticia Somnolens. Poisoning innocent young princesses with Draught of Living Death for who knew what reason. Plus, she just wasn't comfortable with the topic in the first place, and the fact she'd thought of that potion back when they'd still been talking about the fairy tale. It was definitely not a potion she'd ever really thought about wanting to learn, especially considering they usually had to test their potions on somebody. It might have been easy for Leticia the Hag to sentence someone to that fate, but she couldn't. Not even if they were also brewing the antidote.
Which, actually, gave her an idea, along with some of the other answers that had been given, and she'd raised her hand tentatively. "Perhaps Leticia knew she was the only one who was proficient enough to brew the potion and identify the results. If she assumed that nobody would be able to brew the antidote correctly, or even realize that was what had been used, the princess was basically as good as dead. She could control the situation, and obviously she wasn't going to confess what she'd done or used, so the princess would just stay asleep for who knew how long. Leticia could just wait long enough, and then bring her back and convince her her family abandoned her or something. I'd think that would be wrose than death."
He gave a stiff nod, but that didn't mean that what the girl had said had been wrong. In fact most of it was correct. It just meant he would get back to her. Quote:
Originally Posted by Fira Lea frowned and frowned at the man! Why was he so quick to believe that muggles stole it? If it was true than wizards were not the smartest either since they were supposed to keep their words secret and muggles could steal stories that involved magic from them. Haha. HAH! Anyway...
She has started to think that this Leticia hag had been really stupid. Using that Draught of Living Death? Really? ''That potion. Lame.'' The little Gryffindor murmured. Yes, that was what she thought of the diea; lame. There were so many way effective means to attempt to kill someone.
''Hags does not have all the magical skills wizards do professor. So maybe she wanted to kill the princess by dark magic so it would be easier but she was unable to use better magic for that. So she just brew this potion and hoped the getting old or starving would kill her.'' Scabior chuckled. "Don't let a hag hear you say that kid, or you'll probably be transfigured into some grotesque creature" Quote:
Originally Posted by affy7ann Tayla was listening to the questions and answers, but this time decided to share her thoughts. She raised her hand and said, "Maybe it was too boring for her to simply kill the princess. Perhaps she wanted to do things in a more interesting way. Or maybe she didn't know how to brew a fatal poison properly but was a master of sleeping potions like the Draught of Living Death." He nodded. "She could have been that naive." Quote:
Originally Posted by Gabrielle A sudden question struck the badger, ignoring her soaked robes, Glenn raised her hand, "So the Draught of Living Death is kinda like being in a coma, isn't it?" She thought to the slumbering bodies of muggles in the hospitals and she blurted out, not even raising her hand this time, "It couldn't be used as a form of muggle-baiting, could it?" That would be horrible is that was what some terrible people did. Scabior didn't skip a beat and as the question was asked he already had his answer. "Yes, exactly like a coma I would say." He let the next question sit for a moment before raising a brow. "Muggle-baiting...what do you mean? Quote:
Originally Posted by Hermione345
Laura put her hand up. 'Maybe because the use of the potion wasn't as punishable as killing the princess..maybe she was scared that she might be caught...and she just wanted the princess's life ruined,' she said
"Nah, she wouldn't have been scared." He shook his head. Quote:
Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow
Ella thought this was a hard question. If one wanted someone dead, they wouldn't just put them to sleep... "Professor, maybe Leticia used the potion because she wanted to keep the family and friends suffering...I mean if the princess had died they could grieve her and move on but it must of been hard knowing she was in a sleep so deep it was like death and stuck that way."
"They wouldn't have known she was only sleeping, just that something was wrong with her." Quote:
Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie Kurumi wrinkled her nose slightly. She really did not like talking about this potion. Putting someone into a deep sleep was not something that she really wanted to think about. Still, she was sort of forced to think about it now, so Kurumi swallowed hard before raising her hand. "Perhaps what Leticia wanted to do was not literally kill her, but more fake her death? In doing so, she not only brought about despair to the country, but she also would have a captive that she could use to her advantage should the opportune moment present itself." On that last bit, Kurumi nodded her head towards Sierra, who had said essentially the same thing earlier. It was scary how her and the Slytherin were on the same page. Really scary actually. "Yes and no. Leticia would have much sooner tortured the princess than used her to her advantage." Jealously made you do stupid things. Quote:
Originally Posted by Cassandra Taylor thought about it for a bit then raised her hand,
"PRofessor, could Leticia perhaps have thought that it would be awful to actually kill the princess since her soul wont be whole or she would of felt bad." She shrugged, "Or maybe it was too cause more suffering." "Trust me, Leticia would not have felt bad." Quote:
Originally Posted by iceblossom22
Elise smiled a little as she scribbled down the notes. Draught of Living Death, spindle soaked. Silly princess pricked her finger. Now, why didn't she poison the princess instead of making her sleep.
Raising her hand, she smiled. "Maybe the hag thought that by causing the princess to sleep, she would have the whole kingdom under her control because she could revive the princess whenever she wanted. But if she'd killed the princess, everyone'd just cry and move on."
"Yeah but as I said before....." to whoever he had said it to. "It wasn't simple about control, just a jealous hag...being jealous." Hags were notorious for their brutality.
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Originally Posted by hpfan18 Belle could only think of an logical reason. "Well Professor i think she used the sleeping draught instead so the death wouldn't look so conspicious. No one could prove that she was dead or that someone poisoned her." Belle said with a little smile. She wasn't sure if it was right but she gave it a shot. He nodded. "Makes sense" He himself had gotten a little distracted as he watched the students begin to create their potions. Watching someone create a potion was pretty entertaining, if they actually knew what they were doing.
Watching the younger students make the potion...that was just funny.
Scabior cleared his throat loudly, almost as if to say, stop paying attention to Lafay and pay attention to him. "So, Miss Gardiner basically hit the nail on the head." Muggle idioms cool. "But I think the most important thing to take note of is the fact that, the princess was as good as dead." He quoted her yes. She should feel special. "The Draught of Living Death is such a powerful potion, that Leticia didn't see any problem in using it first to fake the princess's death. What isn't known is what Leticia was going to do with the princess."
She could have had a number of plans. Hags were strange. "Whatever she had planned however, didn't work out. She believed that she would be the only one to know of The The Draught of Living Death. But a wizard in the town heard about the Princess' ....sudden coma like state...and was convinced that something was suspicious. He snuck into the castle and smeared a potion on his lips before kissing the supposed dead princess." Just image if she had actually been dead. Scabior looked over to Lafay, well if the woman wanted to ask about the potion....
"Now that potion did work and Leticia's plans were foiled. But I want to touch on something important. Any ideas why this Wizard would go and save the princess, after feeling that something wasn't right?"
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