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Callie · 07-29-2016, 02:17 PM

Hadley waited patiently, checking the color of the potion periodically. When it was red again, she scooped up the remaining doxy eggs, all 9 of them, and put them into the cauldron.

So far so good, right? There was no way to be absolutely sure, but she was confident. The fact the potion was quite easy, with the only steps really being to add ingredients and heat for a while, helped immensely.

Now for the untoasted thoraxes. The joined the rest, whole, like the others. Please, please say there weren't hidden steps like crushing the thoraxes to a fine paste or something. It still made her nervous and unsure, the fact not all the instructions might be there. This was the exam after all. But she had made a choice; to follow the instructions as written, and had to stick to that.

Once the potion was blue again, Hadley added the three seahorses and then waited some more. She looked as nervous as she felt. The potion was done, and it was much too late to do it another way, and more and more she was convinced the instructions was incomplete. She was gonna fail because she followed the sparse instructions and didn't add the hidden steps, she just knew it.

Failing at potions, what else was new?

When the potion finally turned green, Hadley blew out the flame and bottled the potion. On a strip of tape she wrote her name, house and year and stuck it to the bottle.

Quote:

Hadley Denaker
Ravenclaw
2nd year

And she was done. With a last deep breath, Hads carried her potion to the professor, with a worried expression clear on her face and then, silently, returned to her station to clean up.

07-29-2016, 02:17 PM	#12 (permalink)
Callie DMC Snidget Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Never Never Land Posts: 2,717 Hogwarts RPG Name: Andromeda Renzler-Denaker Gryffindor First Year	Post 3 Fluttery Pegasi Hadley waited patiently, checking the color of the potion periodically. When it was red again, she scooped up the remaining doxy eggs, all 9 of them, and put them into the cauldron. So far so good, right? There was no way to be absolutely sure, but she was confident. The fact the potion was quite easy, with the only steps really being to add ingredients and heat for a while, helped immensely. Now for the untoasted thoraxes. The joined the rest, whole, like the others. Please, please say there weren't hidden steps like crushing the thoraxes to a fine paste or something. It still made her nervous and unsure, the fact not all the instructions might be there. This was the exam after all. But she had made a choice; to follow the instructions as written, and had to stick to that. Once the potion was blue again, Hadley added the three seahorses and then waited some more. She looked as nervous as she felt. The potion was done, and it was much too late to do it another way, and more and more she was convinced the instructions was incomplete. She was gonna fail because she followed the sparse instructions and didn't add the hidden steps, she just knew it. Failing at potions, what else was new? When the potion finally turned green, Hadley blew out the flame and bottled the potion. On a strip of tape she wrote her name, house and year and stuck it to the bottle. Quote: Hadley Denaker Ravenclaw 2nd year And she was done. With a last deep breath, Hads carried her potion to the professor, with a worried expression clear on her face and then, silently, returned to her station to clean up. __________________