So uh... the noticeboard had said bring love. Adi always did have lots of that for everyone. Hehe. The Puffer happily shuffled to the door way of the class, his forehead then hair coming in contact with something. Tilting his head upward, he noticed the sparkly heart. It got a chuckle out of him. Sureeee! Let's spread the love!

The Badger entered the class, looking around for the Honourary Hufflepuff that was Culloden but the man was not there. Oh, well. Adi would just leave these three giant chocolate chip cookies wrapped in foil on the table. They weren't laced with anything that would change one into a canary... or were they? That was for you to find out, Professor

Adi now shuffled off to find himself a seat. Could the lesson get started soon?

He was early for class, but that didn't matter, because he had food. Food for himself AND for Culloden, because apparently that was a thing that was happening this term. Not looking where he was going, Zeke turned to enter the classroom only to have his head hit something on the way in.

What the?!

Pausing mid-step, Zeke swivelled to examine what it was his head had come into contact with.

A heart.

A big, red, sparkly heart.

Merlin.

WHY?!

Zeke turned back to see if anyone had witnessed his walking into the thing, but the only person that was there was Adi. "'Sup?" he asked, moving into the room and away from the door and away from the heart thing. Seriously, what was up with that?

Approaching Culloden's desk, he surrendered the cauldron cake he'd saved from his trip to the kitchens -- and it wasn't easy not eating it, so, it best be appreciated.

With that done, he claimed his usual seat and unpacked his notes.

All right, Culloden, everyone knew you were madly in love and married now with a child and they were the loves of your life, but was the heart hanging from the doorway really necessary? Merlin. This was teenager stuff. The man needed to get a hold of himself.

Shaking her head at the antics, Soph entered to find... no professor, just classmates. All right, that made things easy today, no compliment right off the bat, then. Still, she DID have food for him as always and dropped off a plate of steak, eggs, and potatoes. The breakfast of champions. Surely he'd already eaten breakfast, but when didn't he have room for more? Plus, she knew he loved the actual REAL WARM food dishes over the sweets. Well, the sweets he could save for later, but having hot, real food in front of him meant he had every excuse to eat DURING class. While he taught. And no one could even argue with him.

Sophie Brown had his back. And there was no need for her to label her plate. By now, he certainly knew what her cooked dishes looked like. That was important for his safety, really, so he knew which of the many food items on his table to trust.

With a content smile on her face, Soph took her seat and got out her materials for class, prepping and cleaning her things as she always did. Perhaps more cheerfully than usual this time, but... overcompensation. She was fine. Everything was fine. THIS WAS FINE. LIVIN' THE DREAM IN POTIONS CLASS.

Yes that's right. He was early. For once.

Well not that early, but he had seen a glimpse of Sophie Brown sitting down whilst he made his way to the door, so that meant early. Probably. Sophie was always enthusiastic about potions, so it had to mean something... Y'know, showing up right after her. It also meant that his snack item for Professor Culloden was going to look bad in comparison. Man, Soph. Why've you got to do that?

He almost hit his head on the-- Wait, what?

.... Uh oh.

Meant one thing. They were probably brewing a love potion. That was Zander's guess. It was either that or Professor Culloden was trying to prove that he did have a teddy bear heart or whatever it was that Sophie was always trying to get at. Still, it was weird. Horrible? Embarrassing? He wasn't sure, but something weirdly in between, he decided.

Another thing he decided on?

Dropping off the chocolate frog on Culloden's desk before hurrying to take a seat so that the man didn't notice that all Zander Adair had to offer was a measly chocolate... Again... It happened every time. It was just the one food he always had on him, okay?

Potions.

Paulina wasn't really sure how she felt about this class. On one hand she wasn't the best at the subject, on the other Professor Culloden could be pretty nice. She could still remember how he had saved her first potion...after scaring her by yelling at the class and docking points.

She was expecting anything to happen this lesson. Anything besides a red heart brushing her hair. WHAT EVEN WAS THIS??

Making a face, she batted it away and quickly stepped inside the classroom before it could touch her again. Personal space. She needed personal space and it had been violated. By a HEART no less.

Frowning, Paulina set the big apple pie that she had baked the Professor down on the table before grabbing her seat. Hopefully it wouldn't taste terrible, but she couldn't make any promises. Adi got a wave. Now she just needed to fix her hair...

She still felt like most of the new rules this term were stupid, but Brooklyn was at least prepared by now. Not for the sparkly heart that had brushed past her braided hair as she’d passed beneath it to get inside the Potions classroom, but she was prepared for the rest. Aside from the fact Professor Culloden wasn’t visible in the classroom. She’d been tempted to check and make sure he wasn’t just hiding. She resisted that, though, instead dropping the couple of sugar quills and lemon drops she’d taken from her candy stash onto the professor’s desk along with whatever the few others who had arrived had left there.

Once that was taken care of, she went over to her usual seat. Zeke had gotten a nod of acknowledgement, but aside from that she’d pretty much just taken her seat without notice of the others. As far as she was concerned, she didn’t have to. That note about bringing love didn’t mean she had to pretend to like everyone.

Ew Potions ewwww. Yoongi felt like he was the only one who disliked the subject. And it was even worse because the tutor he had had during his previous school hadn't come with him to Hogwarts. Boo for him. So that meant he had to do this horrible subject on his own. Of course the subject alone was horrible. The professor was ok and the classroom always made him relax more. Must be the light.

As he entered with a plate of cookies in his hands, something he wasn't going to eat himself, he felt something brush against the top of his head and a shiver went through him as he jumped in shock....dropping the plate with cookies. "Aww man!" he whined, as he looked up at a HEART floating in the air above him. What even? Oh right the cookies! Quickly taking out his wand he non-verbally repaired the broken plate before summoning the cookies back on it.

"Hello Professor. I just accidentally dropped these on the floor and......." he looked up but then realised the man wasn't there. Huh? Had he been talking to thin air?! Soooo what was he supposed to do with these now? He decided to take the plate with him to his seat.

Hady was on time as always. Maybe even a few minutes early she wasn't entirely sure as she made her way towards the Potions lesson. Wha-? Something skimmed the top of her head (how she wasn't sure being she was smaller then most) as she entered the room causing her to pause and tilt her head back to see it. A-A heart. A large sparkly heart. She laughed softly shaking her head a little bit even as she reached upwards and ran the tip of a finger over it. Yeah she happened to like sparkles at times.

Anyhow...pulling her vision from this heart she stepped into the room giving a small nod of her head in greeting to each of her fellow mates. On the way to her seat she set a plate down on Culloden's desk which held a batch or peppermint rice crispy treats like the ones she made during the holiday. Finding it odd that he wasn't already there at his desk Hady slowly continued on to her own seat settling down in it and promptly taking out everything she would need for the days lesson.

Well Dante felt we has going to be late by how slow he was going. But when you live in the dungeons. You get here early regardless. The Heart was basically at eye level for him now. Sometimes it sucked getting taller. Not that he would complain because literally looking down on people is fun. Though he had no idea why he punched the heart and walked into the classroom.

Huh, no Culloden yet. Probably was invisible in the classroom or running late.

He would not be surprised at either Dante thought taking a seat near the back.

There was a heart hung at the doorway. Did the Professor know? Did he want him to take it down for him? Because he totally would. This was obviously some prank played on the man by an older student to get others to laugh at him but Blaise wouldn't fall for it and he would be letting the Professor know....as soon as he got here....?

Huh. Where was Professor Culloden? How was he gonna know he'd been pranked if he wasn't even HERE to see??? Professors these days.

While he waited for the man to get here, the little boy took up his usual seat, of the impression that whoever messed with the doorway had obviously messed with the Professor's noticeboard too.

Merlin, he wasn't gonna be happy when he found out. Could he watch? He'd be quiet and let his quill take all the embellished notes, honest!

Angel had been touched by a heart at the door, now that was embarrassing and she totally wanted to know what it was there for, she looked around to see if she could find the Professor but alas he was nowhere to be seen so that meant she would have to ask him later, all she knew was it was something to do with luck but surely that wasn't right maybe it was there for another reason as well.

Cinna had cinnamon rolls... again. No surprise there. What could she say? She was a creature of habit. Well honestly she couldn't decide what else to make. Culloden loved her cinnamon rolls. Everyone did. So cinnamon rolls it was. And she may or may not have eat one of them for her breakfast. He'd never noticed it either way.

Heading down to the dungeons from the kitchen. Yes. The cinnamon rolls were fresh! What it the name of Merlin was that? A big sparkly hanging on the door. She raised her eyebrows curiously. Valentines day was last month. For whatever reason it the decoration was up for. Were they going to brew a love potion? The seventh year was less amused now, or maybe this was going to be interesting. She headed on into the classroom.

She sat the pan on the table. No Culloden, that was too bad she had something very nice to say to him. Well she would just have to tell him later then. Moving on to find a at seat. She waved to Adi and Paulina. She passed by Zander and Sophie and give them a small smile as she went t take a seat.

Janelle was in a good mood as she arrived at Potions class. It was a good thing because she was not expecting to get knocked in the head by a ginormous red, sparkly heart thingy. She reached up to steady it and extract it from her hair. Not giving it a second thought, she headed to the Professor's desk. He wasn't there, which was strange. Janelle kept her hand near her wand 'cause you know, constant vigilance and all that. With her other hand, she placed the cupcake that she had brought, on Professor Culloden's desk.

Turning around, Janelle greeted her classmates. "Hello everyone." It was going to be a great day and she was going to brew something awesome. Janelle just knew it. She washed her hands, found a seat and began to prepare for class. Hopefully the professor would make his appearance soon.

Aaaand... it was time!

Cosgrach emerged from the store room and upon seeing the food on his table, smiled to himself. They were learning for sure. He also checked the heart to see if anyone decided to take it to their lover - it was still intact (the teenagers were too blunt these days without any ounce of romantism) and gestured at the table.

"Thank you for the sweets," he said, "you can come up and take some of your choice. This is why I implemented that rule. I read somewhere that sugar is good for learning and makes you happy. I figured we could all eat a candy before classes to be happy and open to knowledge more." Yeah? It made PERFECT sense, didn't it? Remember the first lesson of the year, kids? Except - he saw what must be Sophie's plate and quickly seperated it. He said SWEETS and that wasn't sweet. That was his meal only.

Giving everyone a minute to come and take whatever candy they wanted to take, he sat on his chair and pointed at the heart.

"If that isn't obvious enough, today we'll discuss love potions and brew Amortentia." He paused for the effect. No, they weren't allowed to take a sample and... slip it into the pumpkin juice of their crush. "What do you know about love potions or Amortentia? One characteristic per person, please."

OOC: The lesson has started, so please do not announce late arrivals but just RP as if your character has been here all along!

I'll post again 12 or so hours later.

And the Professor was here!

Brilliant. Zeke had his things out, ready and rearing to go... but when he heard that they were WELCOME to the food, he couldn't help but grin, and the second they were given the go-ahead to come up and take something, he did... and went straight for the cauldron cake he had brought in.

*snags*

Content with his life decisions now, Zeke returned to his desk, ready to get stuck into things. Sugar and things really did help. And they were brewing Amortentia. That was dangerous. As for what he knew about it, he knew enough.

Hand raised, he contributed his thoughts, starting first with a little tidbit of context. "Professor, my dad's a potioneer, he worked at the ministry developing some love potions... Amortentia twenty----something, twenty-two?... anyway, they're dangerous, they manipulate the drinkers emotions into developing powerful and obsessive infatuations from the person who consumes it." Nasty stuff it could be, or at least, the reactions and dramatics of it all were nasty, or so he'd heard. Granted, Gavin had probably exaggerated a great deal of it.

From his seat besides Adi, Benny was ready for the lesson as Culloden walked in, the treat he had absentmindedly swiped from breakfast on the table up front. He had learned not to forget something each class. However as the professor offered the seemingly sweet feast up for them all to take from, the Gryffindor refrained as he wasn't that much of a sweets eater in all honesty. Besides...his boyfriend had enough of a sweet tooth for them both.

Amorentia...how had he not picked up on that possible topic by the heart he had narrowly avoided upon coming in. There was only one thing the seventh year knew that didn't involve infatuation like Zeke had said and he raised his hand to supply it. "Amorentia smells different to everyone because the smell is connected to the love of the smeller."

Hiiiii, everyone! Adi saw you! He gave Zeke, Polly, Cinna and Janelle a grin and a cheery hello each. He watched with interest as all the sweet stuff were placed on Culloden's table. Yeah, the man was going to be pleased about it all. Speaking of him... there he was finally making his appearance. Hi, Professor! And they were allowed to share the sweets? Cool! Don't mind if he snagged a cauldron cake.

Oh, yeah. Amortentia. Adi had already suspected that much. He nommed on the cake as he positioned his book in front of him, ready to take notes. Hmmm... smells. Yes. The Puffer wondered what the potion would smell like to him. So many possibilities. The Puffer raised his hand after Benny. "The drinker must take the potion regularly for the pseudo love to remain intact.''

CANDY?! As soon as the words were out of Culloden's mouth, Olly was at his desk and selecting a chocolate frog for himself. What a great rule. He could definitely get used to eating candy in every class. They were already able to in some other classes too. Hogwarts was great.

Amortentia? Wasn't that really complicated? It wasn't something that just anyone could brew when they felt like it, right? But if that's what Culloden said they were going to do, Olly was not going to argue. Instead, he just raised his hand to answer the question. "It's a love potion. Well, it causes strong infatuation." That was not the same thing as love, technically.

They were getting candy?? He wanted candy! The young Gryffindor hopped from his seat at the invitation to help himself, having completely forgotten about the heart at the door. The Professor had the right idea, this would make him all sorts of happy and ready to learn. Why couldn't more Professors do this?

Jelly slugs. Bring on the learning.

"You should NEVER give a love potion to a girl who's bigger than you and throws a harder punch 'cause when it wears off she'll remember everything and beat the living Circe out of you. It causes strong dislike after." But understandably so he supposed. Girls didn't like having fake like stuff. They were aggressive enough when they weren't under potions.

"Can I come pick another candy Professor? This one won't last long."

So that was the point in them bringing candy. To share and be happy before the class began. Made sense really only she wasn't in the mood to eat candy today. In fact after hearing what they were about to brew she wasn't in the mood before anything. Could she possibly skip this potion and maybe go back to focusing on the animal potion or something or good use?

Wrinkling her nose Hady sat back in her seat and listened to her peers give their answers. "It's a fake love, the worst type of love. The drinkers feelings aren't true." To her anyhow. If someone was to love her she wanted the love to be real, pure. If it wasn't truthful, honest and whole then what was the point?

Jet was slightly amused by the heart, but not enough to cause any external reaction. She also wasn't surprised when the professor said they'd be learning about love potions and eventually brew Amortentia.

As usual, Jet didn't answer first, but she also didn't wait until last minute to add her thoughts. When someone mentioned that Amortentia was a love potion, the Slytherin added "The most powerful love potion."

While thanks for the offer Professor. Dante had just gotten comfortable and did not really want to go up front to get some candy. sweets. whatever.

"Don't some make the drinker obsessed with the first person they see or something. Not like love just obsession."

He had no idea what amorentia did or what most love potions did. But he read that somewhere and just cant remember where. It could be true or a complete lie.

Either way it was a question and somewhat answer

So there you go Professor C. A question for you in the form of an answer.

And as if right on cue, there was Professor Culloden looking mighty pleased with himself. As always. He watched the man curiously as he went on to offer--WAIT WHAT? They were going to get to EAT the stuff they brought? Huh.

Well there was only one way to go and that was the way of the chocolate frog he just deposited. That way he knew there couldn't be anything funky with it. Just taking a necessary precaution. Also, he was really hoping to get that Rowena Ravenclaw card he had been pinning for since the beginning of time. Ahem. But y'know... Details.

After having picked up the chocolate, the Gryffindor made his way back to the seat and listened to the posed question and nodding at some of the answers. Sounded like Zeke knew a lot about love potions mhm. All Zander knew was that he was looking at them one summer and Cinna thought it was quite a laugh.

Also, there was that one time in class. That one time when Zahra Kettleburn practically sucked Gabe's face off. Yeah. That was scarring. "They toy with people's minds and make them do the craziest things," Zander would know. He had to watch the dramatics happen.

Angel raised her hand as the Professor spoke about love potions, this was not a subject she wanted to talk about she was still sore about everything that had happened this past term. "Professor, if you drink too much of it I take it you can go crazy?" Angel thought that would be possible right?