The next day Caesar got ready and goes to breakfast following the older students of Ravenclaw. He asked them about the dungeons and their location along with the mechanism of stairs. In the great hall he saw Cassandra in the Slytherin table. Waving to her as a greeting he took a seat in the Ravenclaw table and started eating. Just some eggs, bread and milk.
After a light breakfast, he waited for others his age in the great hall. Terry boot and Anthony Goldstien came running and complained," you should have woke up up properly ", Caesar asked," where is Michael? ", Terry chuckled and said," he is still taking a bath. Hope he won't be late to the potions class ".
Caesar shrugged and said," eat quickly we need to hurry to the dungeons ", Terry and Anthony started gobbling up food and after sometime the three of them goes to the dungeons. Thanks to Caesar who asked seniors about the dungeons they are not lost. By the time they reached the potions class room, they still got sometime before class.
Caesar just sat there while Terry and Anthony started their talk. Students started pouring into the potions class room and even Michael managed to arrive. He is breathless and almost collapsed on the seat beside Anthony. He said he came running to the class.
While Michael is breathless the door of the classroom burst open and Michael held his breath looking at Snape. Snape scanned the crowd and his eyes landed on Caesar for a moment contemplating then said," there will be no foolish wand waving here or any stupid incantations. This subject is a beautiful art that many learn unless you're the usual dunderheads I encounter. I can teach you the refined art of brewing a potion that can do things your wand can't ".
He then said," despite all this every year I encounter few troublemakers who thinks what they stairs in a couldron is the noble art of potions when they're just cooking something that has no literal meaning and in my words, Worthless. The potion we brew today is the cute for boils ".
He explained the potion, it's effects, limitations and the brewing steps then said," you can start now ", Caesar is paired with Anthony who is so nervous. Caesar meanwhile didn't even say word. He started processing ingredients while observing Anthony and stopping him before he makes their potion disaster. He has no good impression of Snape, but that doesn't mean he is going to provoke this man. To him he is just a stranger now. Better maintain that until he cross Caesar's path in future.
As Caesar processed the ingredients Snape is standing behind them. He is almost breathing on their necks while Anthony is shaking with fear and almost threw everything into the couldron. He only calmed down after Caesar patted his shoulder and nodded at him. Anthony pretend to brew while Caesar does the work.
After the twirl with wand no explosion occured the colour of the potion is exactly as the text book says. Snape took the potion and said," not bad. 1 point to Ravenclaw ", he then walked away while Caesar and Anthony breathed a sigh of relief. But the peace didn't last long as Snape started scolding students.
" Mr Boot you idiot. How do you extract the mucus out of a slug? ", " Miss Abbott, are you deaf? The porcupine pills needs to be cut before throwing into your Couldron not directly "," Miss bones, did you left your brain in the common room. I just instructlted Miss Abbott about the procupine pills ", all students are dead pale after leaving Snape's class and almost crying.
Anthony is okay since no scolding happened to him. But Terry and Michal looked like zombies. Their faces are blank and their gazes are dazed. Snape meanwhile looked as calm as ever. He just ate his lunch and walked away from great hall like it's just any normal day for him.
The next class though is their charms class which made everyone in Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff sighed in relief. Griffyndoor looked at their pale faces and broke in cold sweat. Caesar ate his lunch in a detached manner from the rest of Ravenclaw first years who seem to have no appetite.