Chapter 5 - Chapter 5

Percy, Lily, Fred, and George just got to the courtyard and the four of them sat on one of the stone benches that's perfectly shaded under a very large tree. The four of them took a seat and fit perfectly on the bench, the three boys were talking nonstop about their subjects, meanwhile, Lily was working on her extra assignment that she received from Professor Snape. As she is working on it, she failed to realize that the boys were looking at her while she was mumbling to herself as she is writing everything down for the potion. "What are you working o- Oh, I see, you're working on the Cure For Boils potion that's due tomorrow morning." George said while he was looking over Lily's right shoulder. "Mm-hmm. I thought I would work on it while I have this break, but luckily, this won't take too long. So, I'll be able to advantage of this gorgeous day." She said as she is still working on the assignment, she already has the ingredients and what order to put them in the cauldron, she just needed the steps written. Then she writes down, 'Add 6 snake fangs to the mortar. Crush into a fine powder using the pestle. Add 4 measures of the crushed fangs to your cauldron. Heat the mixture to 250 for 10 seconds. Wave your wand. Leave to brew and return in 33-45 minutes.' "Okay first steps are done." Lily exclaimed with a sigh. "Almost finished. Now for part two of the steps." She added, 'Add 4 horned slugs to your cauldron. Take the cauldron off the fire before adding the next ingredient. Add 2 porcupine quills to your cauldron. Stir 5 times, clockwise. Wave your wand to complete the potion.' To her assignment, then she saw that there was a section for steps that are according to the Book of Potions. "Going to need to add these steps as well. " Lily remarked to herself. 'Add crushed snake fangs to your cauldron and stir. Slice your Pungous Onions finely and place in cauldron, then heat the mixture. Add dried nettles. Add a dash of Flobberworm Mucus and stir vigorously. Add a sprinkle of powdered ginger root and stir vigorously again. Add pickled Shrake spines. Stir gently, so as not to overexcite the Shrake spines. Add a glug of stewed horned slugs. Add porcupine quills. Finally, wave your wand over the cauldron to finish the potion.' Lily let out a small light sigh out of relief that she doesn't have to worry about finishing the assignment later tonight or on the next break, which she didn't know when she would get another down time. "Now I can relax." Lily placed her assignment in her satchel and then laid her head on, it was going to be the bench, but she accidentally laid her head on George's lap, which made her bolt up, and she turned to face George. "Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry George I didn't mean to place my head on your lap." Lily was super embarrassed that happened and she was as red as a rose. " It's okay Lily this bench is kind of small, but you did surprise me as well. So, you are okay." George said calmly, but was lightly blushing himself. "We should head to the Great Hall, it's almost time for us to have lunch." Fred said while he started standing up. "Right, we will need our energy for our next class." replied Lily and they all headed to the Great Hall. Ten minutes later, the four of them reached the Great Hall and once again, Lily is still amazed by the significant detail on the doors, they opened them, entering the massive hall, and they sat at their tables with their houses. Percy, Fred, and George sat at the Gryffindor table while Lily sat with the other Hufflepuff students and each on the tables is another large spread of food. As Lily was sitting away from everyone else, suddenly she heard someone trying to do a spell to turn water into rum, but was saying or more accurately, prononcing the for it wrong. This made her look around and she saw at the Slytherin house table that one of the henchmen of Genevieve's, the red haired Slytherin student, that it was the Mexican, with jet black hair student who was trying to turn his water into rum. She was about to go back to her business when there was a sudden explosion that made her jolt and gasped at the sane time. She then saw that his face was covered in what looked like dirt or soot and his hair was now all spiked upward then she heard his friend, the other henchman shouted, "Raphael Sanchez! You bloody idiot! What in the world were you trying to do?!" Raphael replied, "I was trying to turn my water into rum was all, I wasn't trying to cause an explosion Christopher, honest." "Could have fooled me." Christopher remarked. All of the other students burst into laughter for his mistake, but Lily felt kind of bad for him for they were laughing at him.