Originally Posted by Droo

"So it sounds as if polyjuice is the potion to brew..." She told the class. "Does anyone remember what the ingredients were in it?"

Originally Posted by Droo

Suddenly a note, shaped like a butterfly, flew straight to Hecate's desk. As the woman read the note her face darkened. "Students," She said, getting her things together. "I'm being called away with an emergency. This does not mean class is dismissed. I want you to pick a potion from the recipe book and make it. Then leave it on your table labeled with your name. Head Boy, Head Girl, you will take charge and make sure everyone follows the rules."

... Hopefully she'd be back before the class period would end. And she quickly escaped the classroom.


ooc: Hecate may be gone, but I'm not... *WINK WINK*

Dreamer's Elixer

Use/Effect:
A potion to make the drinker forget or remember their dreams

Ingredients:
water
1 cup of valerian root
half a cup of Kava Kava
1 deadly nightshade berry
8 leaves of devil's weed
1 cup of Poison Hemlock seeds
1 poppy flower → red poppies are the most potent
10 leaves of Calea Zacatechichi

Procedure
clean cauldron
fill with water to brim
light burner
wait for water to boil
add valerian root
add Kava Kava
clean 18 carat gold
prick deadly nightshade berry with needle to get one drop
burn berry
drop the one drop into cauldron
burn & clean needle
slice devil's weed along the vein with a silver knife
add leaves to cauldron
dip your pestle in the cauldron, shake it a bit, so it's just wet and not dripping
put Poison Hemlock seeds into your mortar, crush them into a mush
use wooden spoon to add to cauldron
put on goggles so fumes don't make you sleepy
drop poppy let the potion wilt it on it's own and it will sink to the bottom of the cauldron

Stopping here makes the drinker does not dream. To allow the drinker to remember their dreams vividly continue as follows:

add Calea Zacatechichi leaves and allow them to dissolve
potion should be purple
while thinking about a recent dream move wand over cauldron in a semi circle motion and say Sopororis

Basic Sleeping Draft

Use/Effect:
The basic sleeping draft is to be used before bedtime in order to aid in sleeping. However, it should not be used longer than a week or two or one may start falling asleep at odd times of the day.

Ingredients:
water (500mL)
lavender (a pinch; crushed)
chamomile (a handful; crushed)
for nightmares: purslane (a pinch)
for more powerful brew: ginger (a pinch)

Instructions:
Bring water to a slow boil.
Add lavender and stir 21 times, counter-clockwise.
Add chamomile and let simmer for 20 minutes (potion should be pale, clear, purple with a tint of green, though the green may not always be observable)
For nightmares: add a pinch of purslane and stir 5 times, counter-clockwise
For a more powerful brew: add a pinch of ginger and stir 5 times, counter-clockwise

Dresden Draught

Use/Effect:
The potions helps you keep awake, content and better at concentrating.

Ingredients:

• Water
• Armadillo Bile
• Bottle of a muggle soft drink called Pepsi
• Cherry syrup
• Powdered moonstone
• A chocolate bar

Instructions:

• Fill Cauldron with water
• Bring it to a boil
• Add the armadillo Bile
• Add the bottle of the muggle soft drink called Pepsi
• Add the cherry syrup
• Stir until the potion goes from a pinky red colour to pale purple
• Add the powdered moonstone
• Add the entire bar and wait till it dissolves rapidly and faint wisps of white smoke erupts off the surface of the potion.
• Let cool