Time to start the Potions Homework.

Since there was no essay to write and no cleaning to do, Gwen was actually pleased with the task. Just brewing a potion. Hmm. Inventing a potion better said. The seventh year casually made her way to the classroom, and headed to her seat. On her way, she spotted the flying note. After reading it quickly, the seventh year decided to set up her workstation and start brewing a potion.

Well... let’s see..., she told herself, eyeing the four ingredients on the desk, and the piece of parchment on which she had scribbled a few notes. The peppermint seemed to have been a good choice, since it is used in numerous potions. Mostly because of its healing effect. Moving on. The nettles... Those were used in the Boil-Cure Potion. It probably wasn’t necessary to figure out the potions in which these ingredients were used, but it was easier to discover a new potion based on already known information. Gwen then glimpsed at the caterpillar in the jar. That was used in shrinking solutions. Used in, but not limited to potions with some transformations. And her final ingredient- the polypody. Seriously. Out of all the ingredients she could have picked, she took a POLYPODY.

Sigh.

She’ll have to figure out something for that. Hmm. According to her notes, that ingredient was used for remedies. Pause. Thinking of a potion for which she could combine all these ingredients. Moment of silence.

Got it!

She used a non-verbal ‘Scourgify’ to clean the cauldron and utensils. So- which should be the first step? Since they were allowed to add water to the potion, Gwen figured it was a good thing to start with. ‘Aguamenti’, she pointed her wand at the cauldron and watched it fill with water. So far, so good.