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"They really are amazing." He shared her opinion there, and griiiiiinned at her too like she knew more than the others.
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"You generally mentioned flying, protection, offspring care, skin, eyes, blood and fire," he said, "and some of you wanted a long life. Well, some traits are achievable, some not, sadly." He made a face. "Today, we will focus on fire-breathing. Do you think it's possible to breathe fire exactly like a dragon? What might be this fire like?"
Did Professor Culloden grin at her? HUH. Must be a first time for her. None of her professors at Beauxbatons ever did that. Most of them were strict. Astrid grinned right back at the Potions professor. See? Hogwarts wasn't that bad... so far. She should report that to Sir Tye soon. He'd believe her and stuff, right?
AND FIRE YESSS. Astrid liked this topic very, very much. She didn't know why she was so amazed with fire. Sometimes she'd find herself staring at a flame on the candle for a long time. Dunno, but it was entertaining and mesmerizing in that way. She raised her hand at the fire question. "
Maaaaybe? With the right potion, maybe we could," she said. ASTRID WAS TOTALLY HINTING AND STUFF. Were they gonna brew a potion that could make them breathe FIRE?!?!?!!?!
ASDFGHJKL SO EXCITING.
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StarShine "So, this is like those things muggles use, as some of you have mentioned. Because we keep it in our mouth, we actually ignite that. So, we won't transform our body into a dragon's. We can breathe fire until we run out of the potion.
"If this isn't an offensive potion, why do you think it was invented? Where can we use it?"
Offensive? Merlin, NO. That was actually an AWESOME POTION. Super awesome. Anything related to FIRE is awesome. Why would people think of it that way?
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For entertainment purposes? I mean... I'd love to try and breathe fire at least once in my life." Just saying. Ahem. That was just Astrid's opinion, but she was sure that EVERYONE had the same as hers. Like... breathing fire? W-I-C-K-E-D.
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StarShine "As for what happens if you drink it, I saw some enthusiastic students among you to demonstrate."[/B] His eyes SHONE. "Why don't we give them a chance after we are done with brewing?"
He smirked again and tapped his wand at the board for the ingredients to appear.
3 goose feathers (chopped WELL that they look like powder)
5 centimetre square of parasites (mycosis fungus)
Roughly 2 centimetre square fire-crab shell (prepared)
One fire slug
8 drops of salamander blood
Some flobberworm mucus (depends on how much rigidity one wants)
"The feathers and fire-crab shells are already prepared and are on my desk, where you can also get a culture of fungus." Mycosis fungus. Should he warn them, in case they didn't know what it was? During brewing, maybe. "The size of the shell depends on how much you want to brew. We don't want to spend all Hogwarts money, so we are keeping them small." He EYED them. No playing around with them, okay?
"Only the fire-crab shell part is modernised. They used to use a plant for that, but it is extinct now due to the wars that destroyed its habitat." He sighed dramatically. "But the effect is the same, so let's start brewing.
"Fill your cauldron 1/3 with water, please, and do not light a fire undernearth.
"Any questions, in the meantime?"
Professor Culloden went on about history of the fire/Dogbreath potion and dragons and blablablabla. Astrid didn't care about that, but took notes anyway just in case these information came out in her exams and homework. What made her stop taking notes for a moment and look up at the Professor were the words "students" and "demonstrate". DID HE REALLY? Astrid was... so... excited. Merlin. She tried not to flail or anything. SHE WAS GOING TO BREATHE FIRE ISN'T THAT AWESOME? She was gonna be a dragon for a day.
That's right, Tag Kildare, you better hide your unicorn mane from me.
AHEM. Anyway...
Astrid wrote the ingredients in her parchment and then went to gather the ingredients she didn't in brewing the potion. Once that was done, she looked up. Oh... okay. Fill the cauldron with water. 1/3, she reminded herself just in case she forgets. She took her wand out, cleaned her cauldron with a "
Scourgify" and said, "
Aguamenti." Once she felt like her cauldron was 1/3 full, she immediately stopped the flow of water with a "
Finite."
AND SHE DIDN'T LIGHT UP THE FIRE YET. Good. See? So far, so great.