Red hair and a Hand-Me-Down robe? You must be a Weasley!

Chapter 9: Potions

"Tell me, where can you find a bezoar?"

Jade shot up her hand like a bullet. "Yes?"

"You can find a bezoar in the stomach of a goat" Jade answered. Ammie, also known as Professor. Malfoy and Professor. Ammie nodded with a smile. "Good job! 2 points to Gryffindor!"

Ammie Malfoy was originally a Weasley. She is my aunt and that means that her husband, Troy Malfoy, is Draco Malfoy's brother, and also means, that I am related to Draco Juinor. I cringed. "Now today, we will be making the potion of Luck." Everyone looked around at each other, surprised. "Yes, I know it's a hard potion, but Dawn has changed things around Hogwarts for the better. And don't argue! Because you all know that she is right. So now, you have first-class assessments. The other teachers you may have probably hadn't told you about this yet. But they have been assessing you from how well you can do in that first class subject."

Everyone looked at each other in shock. I gaped at Amber, who gaped back. "I didn't know this!" She whispered fiercely. "Alright everyone, open your textbooks on page 1 and place down your cauldrons." There was a ruffle for textbooks and I placed my cauldron on my desk. "Oh yeah. Has anyone else noticed that Dawn wrote most of your textbooks?" Ammie asked. I looked at Jade in surprise. I grabbed my bag and spread all my textbooks in front of me. "Your guide to magical creatures...Dawn Potter...The standard book of spells grade 1... Dawn Potter... A magical History...Dawn Potter...Astronomy stars...Dawn Potter. What the heck? It's true!"

"Well, she is the greatest witch of all time. She knows everything!" Called out a student. I scratched my head. That was true though. "Very true Lupin. Very true. All your other books were made by your other teachers.-"

"So Harry didn't write any books?"

"No, only Dawn and all the others."

"Why did she write our astronomy book?"

"Because your astronomy teacher is a centaur"

"A CENTAUR?!" Chorused the class. Ammie looked around. "Yes, your astronomy teacher is a centaur." She sighed. I pinched Jade lightly. "You heard that?" I whispered. "Yup," She whispered back. "We are so gonna have fun at Hogwarts this year" I mumbled. "Definitely" She muttered back. "Now, page one. Go fill your cauldrons with water is your first step." Ammie said, trying to distract the class. Jade and I walked over to the tap and filled up our cauldrons. The class slowly rose in chatter. "A centaur. Seriously." I said, walking back toward our table. "I know. It's so weird." We placed down our cauldron and read the next instructions. "Huh. It's supposed to be a clear potion, and not yellow. My bad" I said, rolling my eyes. Jade punched me lightly. I crushed the beans with the side of the knife, its juices spilling out onto my board. I poured them into my cauldron, making it a dark violet.

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"Alright, let's see who got the closest to our lucky potions." Ammie smiled after we finished making our potion. There was a sudden yell, and Bev Longbottom spilled the cauldron over the side of his table. "OWWWWWWW-BEEEEEEEVVVV!!!" Screamed his partner. The potion had spilt all over him. "I knew this would happen." Ammie sighed. "Just like your father. Alright, Jack. Stand up straight." Jack slowly rose to his feet with a lot of wincing. Ammie muttered a spell, and almost immediately Jack was free of boils and hot, wet robes. Ammie also cleaned up the wet mess on the floor and Jack could sit back down again. Then Ammie started to walk around everyone's cauldron. "Yes...good...good...mmm...ok... aha! Amber and Alana, is it?" Alana nodded. "You have made an almost perfect potion. Amber looked at me excitedly. I gave her a thumbs up. Ammie started to walk around again. I quickly peeked over at Amber's potion, which was a smooth, light, lilac colour.

I took a glance at mine and saw that it was completely white-ish clear. "I think we might've won-"

"Lola! Jade! How did you make this? This is exactly how this lucky potion should look like!" Jade and I gaped. "We only followed the instructions" Mumbled Jade. "But you did it completely correctly" We nodded slowly. "Show me your textbook!" Ammie snapped, and my hand trembled as I gave her my textbook. She flipped through the pages, looking for something. She checked the bent corners and even the inside of the spine! "That's very strange... Revelio!...Hmmm. No, it looks normal to me..." She trailed off, looking suspiciously at us. Tell me how You made it"

I panicked. What was wrong? Why was she so suspicious? We repeated the same steps of how we made the potion and Ammie watched us as carefully as she could. In the end, she stayed silent. "Class is now finished. Lola and Jade, you win, Amber and Alana you came second, Emily, you came third."

"WHAT? But miss! I'm her partner!"

"Too bad, you copied all her instructions so you do not get the credit. Only Emily does." Draco seemed to melt inside his seat. "Good afternoon class" Smiled Ammie with confused eyes. "Good afternoon Professor Malfoy" Chorused the class and we left immediately. As soon as Jade and I were out of earshot, I turned to Jade. "Jade! I'm going to be late! Sirius asked me to go meet him at the hills and I'll be late If I don't go now! Please look after Amber and make sure she doesn't get into any mischief. Thank you! Bye!" I ran off toward the courtyard where lots of students were hanging around. There, I thought I would find Sirius. I decided to wait by the fountain, which seemed a little less populated by wandering students. I leaned on the marble edge and gazed into its crystal clear water. "Hey, what are you doing?" Whispered a small voice in my ear. I jumped and looked around. There beside me, I saw a most peculiar person.

It was a girl with wavy white hair. White hair! She had these weird pink glasses on her forehead and on her shoulder hung a blue handbag. She also held a magazine by the name of 'The Quibbler' and when I looked down, she wore no shoes. "Sorry if I'm being rude, but- who are you?- Sorry, I mean, My name is Lola Weasley. What's yours?" I shook hands with her politely. She smiled. "No, it's fine." She said in a dreamy high-pitched voice. "I'm pleased to meet you though. My name is Leah Lovegood."

"If you don't mind me asking,- where are your shoes?"

"Oh, someone took them. One day they were there, the next they weren't. I think the Nargles took them." I looked down at her pale feet. Isn't it cold to stand on stone with no socks or shoes? "Well, I was originally going to ask what you were doing by the fountain edge. So what were you doing?"

"Oh, um- just looking into it's crystal clear water" I mumbled, going back to leaning on the edge of the fountain. "Oh. Did you know this is a wishing fountain?" I looked at her with surprise. "No."

"Oh, then this is a wishing fountain. You drop a coin in and make a wish. Sooner or later, it comes true." I looked at her doubtfully. "And how do you know specifically?" I said slyly. "I tried it myself. Just in case. I wished to get the same glasses as my aunt, and Bang! They got sent to me the next day." She touched her glasses lightly. I narrowed my eyes. Should I or should I not try it? As if she was reading my thoughts, she spoke. "You should make one. Maybe you'll wish for a new pair of polished shoes and they come by Owl tonight! Go on. Make a wish" She shoved a single sickle into my hand and I looked at it in disappointment. Fine. I wish for Sirius to come right now and find me before anything else happens. I threw in the coin. "I'm not gonna ask what you wish for. It's your choice to tell me or not."

"Lola!" Cried a voice behind me. I turned and saw Sirius coming toward me. Was that a coincidence? Or did my wish really come true? "Sirius! I waited ages for you! Here, meet Leah Lovegood-" I turned to introduce him to Leah, which I kind of started to like, but she was gone. All that was left was a silver and sapphire bracelet I saw on Leah's arm. I picked it up in disappointment. "Nevermind. She's gone." I slipped on the bracelet, meaning to return it as soon as I could.