Josh was wandering in the world of fantasies the more he smelled the tasty air inside till he shivered at the idea of being madly in love with a giant squid. This love potions were the greatest evidence that girls had the potantial of being evil! Evil girls. If this was the smell of a love potion which was quite of high possbility since the topic of the class was that, he could not imagine what the effects of an actual potion would be. If the smell was taking him away like that then it meant he really should avoid the potion itself. The idea of being a target scared him since he would definitely do the maddest things a humanbeing was capable of with that effect. Therefore he sat straight to understand the information about love potions much more carefully which would definitely help with defending against it.

"Lovage and fluxweed- excellent, excellent." Kazimeriz nodded. "Change, and loss of impulse control -- both necessary ingredients for a potent love potion."

"It is selfish, absolutely. But whether it is evil, is another matter altogether, although I suppose what is evil is an extremely subjective matter." Kazimeriz added Miranda's suggestion to the board. "Billywig, absolutely. For that feelin of being lighter than air, on cloud nine- again going to euphoria."

"I have seen a few jobberknoll feather-infused love potions in my time, though the general consensus is that they can often cause unpredictable results in the consumer -- affecting the memory is a delicate process, and jobberknoll feathers stewed overlong can actually make the consumer forget that they had love feelings to begin with. Good concept, however." Kazimeriz nodded, adding it to the board.


"I would like you all to attempt to pair up, preferably one boy and one girl at each station. This will be a fairly pleasant lesson, I should suspect. I ask that you do NOT pair up with anyone who you suspect is currently enamored with you-- if anyone spots a known 'couple' pairing up, please alert me and we shall make them regret the choice. You will work in pairs to create a standard Class XX level love potion. The basic formula is on the board:"

He waved his hand toward the board, which changed again:

"Go ahead and get started brewing-- work in pairs, please! I will come around to advise and assist you. Please raise your hand once your potion has turned deep pink or red after the inclusion of griffin dandruff, and we will add the last few steps together for they are a bit more complex."

Cela peeked at Copernicus and raised her hand.

"Professor? Does that mean we have to test the potions out on our partner?"

...


...


She didn't want to love anyone else, even if it was fake.

LouAnn was relieved to hear that they were being allowed to work in pairs for this activity. Almost an entire school year had passed since she'd enrolled in Hogwarts, but LouAnn was still just a tiny bit unsure about herself when it came to classwork and homework. She was also a little more sure of herself when it came to approaching others and asking if they'd like to be her partner. Before now, she was always too nervous that they'd see how far behind she'd become and would turn her down in favor of someone else.

Not anymore, though. LouAnn was confident and ready to ask...hmm...Copernicus Kettleburn! The seventh year was bound to be a good choice to brew with. She edged closed to him, a smile on her face, and greeted him with a friendly, "Hey, Cope! Would ya like to partner with me?"

Cela put her hand down and sulked in an obvious sort of way. Bottom lip jutting out and everything. She hugged her book to her chest and stared at Professor Kazimeriz accusingly.

There better be LOTS of antidote lying around!

All she could do was hope she'd end up working with someone cute and someone that didn't crush on her. Siiiiigh. That would make it hard to find a partner.

Someone smart. Someone cool. Someone that wouldn't go and get them blown up.

Ah. Livvy smiled as she stood up and gathered up her belongings and equipment as she shuffled over towards Cela. "Hey Cela. Wanna work with me?" she asked, cheerfully, shifting her weight around so she'd be able to support her stuff. The Ravenclaw glanced around to find Perni and see if he wanted to work with Cela, but from the looks of it, he was already partnered off with Cela.

OHH... WELLZ.

Emily looked around, she didn't have any friends in this class "would anyone like to be my partner?" she asked the general class

"Boy girl." Cela answered, dropping her head against her chest and just sulking some more.

Sulksulksulk.

well he technically said PREFERABLY boy girl, not necesarily needing to be" emily said.... "oh sorry, i listen in on things all the time" emily urned back to her partner search

LouAnn smiled again and nodded once when Cope thanked her. "Yup. You and I haven't really gotten to work together or hang out together too much this school year, so I thought it'd be fun," she said. When he started moving his own belongings over to her lab table, she took a few moments to move her own things over so he'd have more room.

"For...for the record, I don't know how well I do with Potions," she admitted, a teeny tiny blush creeping up on her cheeks. "I've come far since Mum and Dad enrolled me, but...we didn't do a whole lot of this stuff in home-schooling. Don't worry, though...I can follow directions well." She didn't want him to think she'd be an absolute useless partner, but at the same time, she didn't want him to expect Severus Snape either.



LouAnn read the first step in the process then looked over at Cope. "You wanna work on the purified water while I crush the fluxweed?" she suggested.

Partners.

Boy girl.

Celandine free.


Reeeeesult.

"Hey Cela!" Jake blurted out, kinda shuffle-scooting closer to the girl, trying not to look too eager. "You... erm... I mean. You and me? Puhh-puh-" Stupid stutter. "Partners? Hmm?"

PLEASE!

Cela nodded and let out a puff of air.

Then she noticed...

"Your hair isn't pink anymore."

She gestured to the seat next to her, where Copernicus had been sitting a moment before.

Emily hated the fact that she was a clumsy first year at the moment, small and unknown, honestly no one wanted to be partners... she was annoyed too, so she started getting her potion ingrediants out and putting them in the order they (if she ever got a partner) would need them.

Hmm...alright, so what exactly did she need to do? Ohh, yes...Crush fluxweed with mortar and pestle, add to water. Allow to come to a brisk boil.

As LouAnn gathered both bunches of fluxweed, she listened to Cope share a bit of advice on successfully making potions. "Hmm...well, I've helped Mum with a little of her cooking, so I guess I'm not as bad off as I thought I was. I did alright with that," she commented. Using the mortar and pestle, LouAnn took Cope's advice and crushed the fluxweed by rotating the pestle. "Make it more even, hmm? Thanks for the tip," she remarked. She worked silently for a bit and only glanced up when the last bit was well-crushed.

She carefully added it to the water then replaced the mortar and pestle. "Mmkay, so it should come to a brisk boil shortly, I suppose. Then we need...lovage pollen," she stated, glancing around their work area.

Fred needed a partner. Hopefully one more his age but it seemed the class was lacking older girls. Where was everyone he thought. He then spotted a young girl. who seemed to be partnerless. This was going to be awkward. He walked over to her and said, "I'll be you're partner". Man it seemed he would do anything for a good grade.

okay" emily said "so im emily you are?" she asked to the boy "and how about you get the water started and i start crushing this" emily said holding up the fluxweed

That nod... meant yes... yes?

Yes.

Yes!

Smiling a little as he deposited himself in the seat beside Cela, Jake glanced up to eye his now blond hair. "Yeah... I kinda..." Woke up while walking along? "I didn't nuhhh-notice when it happened," the boy shrugged, as though this didn't bother him. Scrunching his nose up and adjusting his glasses, Jake glanced at the ingredient things. Wait...

"What were we meant to be doing?" he whispered to the girl, blinking as hehe tried to remember. Silly attention span.

Reese was on about to go ask Jack to be her partner until Kazi mentioned they couldn't pair up with someone that you like. Oh, boooo. Pouting, she looked over at Torin. "You want to be partners?" She asked him. He would be a good partner, right? Kane had created this potion before, so at least he had an idea of what to do.

STEP ONE:
Purified water, 4 ounces
Fluxweed, two bunches- finely crushed
Lovage pollen - 2 drams
3 lovage seeds, whole
Bloodroot, 3 roots- split lengthwise, scrape inner membrane out
Apple cider, 8 ounces
Lionfish heart, minced
Griffin dandruff, 1 dram

Warm water until just before boiling.
Crush fluxweed with mortar and pestle, add to water. Allow to come to a brisk boil.
Add lovage pollen, stir until dissolved.
Potion should take on a light golden colour.
Stir slowly, alternating clockwise and counterclockwise stirs
bring potion back up to a boil and allow to simmer 5 minutes
Add inner membrane ONLY of bloodroots; do NOT include the tough outer membrane of the root!!!
Add apple cider and lionfish heart; potion should take on an iridescent sheen and a light pink to purple cast
Add griffin dandruff and simmer until your potion takes on a deep pink to red sheen.

"Erm, sure, if thats what you want, I'm Fred by the way." He secretly wondered if this young girl was crazy or she really did have the strength to crush the fluxweed but that was neither here no there cause if she couldn't he would when he was doune with the water. Fred poured 4 ounces of water into his couldron and did a quick spell to safely light a small fire beneath it so the water could warm to a boil.