[Potions] Lesson One: Polyjuice Potion

[Bradyn Reed]

After Bray finished rolling his eyes at the elder Slytherin he turned back to Char. "Sorry, I guess I got caught up in the moment. It's not like a brave Gryffindor wouldn't have said something like that anyway." He said and laughed a bit. Bray was always amused by the generic ideas of the Houses, that never seemed to portray people completely.

After Bray took a final glance at the Polyjuice potion, he seemed to wonder what they could possibly do with it. It was already brewed, except it obviously didn't have any hairs in it, so what were they going to get out this lesson? "but I have to admit, I wish we were aloud to drink some. I could do some damage as someone like Fay Locke or Shay Bourke." He grinned a little to himself, now disappointed that they were even being teased with a potion like that.

[Naruto Greene]

Naruto let out a soft yawn and looked around making sure no one was watching her before she put her head down on the desk and let herself drift off to sleep. Ramen would take notes for her. Besides no one would notice if she fell asleep. She was already sleeping deeply after just closing her eyes not a sound coming from her.

[michael123]

Mike looked down at his class, frowning, "Enough!" he looked around the room, his eyes narrowed. "The next person to speak out of turn will have a weeks worth of detentions, is that clear?" He asked the class. He did not tolerate people talking in his lessons. He looked around the classroom making sure he had everyones attentions. When he decided he had he carried on, "Now, as some of you have duely noted, this is polyjuice potion" He looked at a young ravenclaw boy, "And here was i thinking Ravenclaws were supposed to be smart, that is exactly the reason i shall not be allowing you to drink it!"

"Now, before anyone else comes up with stupid remarks or things that are of no importance to the class, can you tell me what the polyjuice potion actually does"

[Sarie Thimble]

Sarie raised her hand. "It allows you to turn into some one else for a hour. It is not for animal transformations it has really bad effects." She was rather jumpy and she said her answer with a very small voice. She hoped he would be in a better mood if he heard the right answer.

[michael123]

He looked at the young Gryffindor. She had a lot of potential in this lesson he knew that. "Indeed, fived points to Gryffindor" he walked over to a young woman asleep on the table and slapped a very heavy potions book open infront of her, "May i suggest, going to sleep earlier as to avoid falling asleep in my lessons?" He said, his icy eyes on hers, "Ten points from hufflepuff, and you Miss, have earned yourself a detention" The way Mike saw it was, if you didnt follow a thing he said, you were in trouble and someone falling asleep was not going to brighten his mood.

[Maria Turolia]

Maria was glad when Prof. Vance finally shut up the small argument that was going on behind her and began class. Listening carefully as the professor asked his question and the small Gryffindor answered, she looked at the potion that set on the professor's desk.

At hearing that points were deducted from Hufflepuff for Naruto's little nap, Maria glared slightly at the second year. What was she thinking sleeping in Prof. Vance's classroom? She obviously wasn't very bright. Turning her attention back to Prof. Vance, she watched him. Waiting patiently for him to continue his explanation of the polyjuice potion.

[Bradyn Reed]

Bradyn winced a bit as he was publically scolded by Professor Vance. 'Geeze, I didn't think he'd be listening in on student's discussions before class.' He thought bitterly and found himself unable to redeem his Ravenclaw intelligence because Sarie answered first. "I'm sorry, sir.." He grumbled before putting his elbow on his desk and leaning his head into his hand. "Vance seems like he's in a good mood today." He muttered under his breath to Char, obviously being sarcastic.

Chuckling a little bit, he turned to see who dared to sleep in this class. Ah, one of the younger ones; guess one year at Hogwarts isn't enough for you to know to be wary of Vance. Upon looking towards Naruto, he noticed that Maria was in this class too. Bray smiled at her a bit before turning his gaze back to the crabby Professor. "Though it may only last for an hour with a single dose, taking another dose before the first wares off can keep you in that form as long as necessary." He said, encouraging their lesson to return to Polyjuice potion and leave the students alone. Bray wouldn't forget the little insult he received, either.

[michael123]

Mike looked around the classroom from the front desk, surveying each of them indivdually. He wasnt quite sure why some of them were here, he had this suspicion like none of them wanted to learn really. Sighing, he felt like telling them to leave. "So, are we all past talking out of turn and sleeping in my lessons?" He slowly began to walk around them all, "Before we continue, i want to get this clear. Nobody speaks unless spoken to by me, or unless instructed to talk to someone else. Nobody sleeps in my lessons, ever. This class is not supposed to be fun, it is supposed to drill some sense into those heads of yours. You all are not stupid. I would go as far as saying you are quite smart. So use your heads"

He looked at the ravenclaw who had been talking in his lesson and gave him a slight nod, "Yes, five points to ravenclaw" he looked at the rest of class, "Polyjuice potion is a potion that can change someones appearance at will, however it is one of the most difficult potions to brew and it takes a month to brew it. Now i have no doubt that some of you have already used this potion in their times spent here, but nobody will be drinking it today. And if i catch anyone using it while i am here, there will be consequences. Now as young Mr Reed said, you can keep the form you take as long as you continue to drink the potion."

He turned to his desk and took vials off them, walking around, passing them out. "I will be keeping a very watchful eye on all of you. Now, take one of your own hairs and put it in the vial. See what colour you terrible lot, really are"

[Sheba Snow]

Sheba, who had kept very quiet next to Char, sending Bradyn and Edward churlish glances at the appropriate moments, now took up her vial. She was disappointed to hear that they'd neither be able to drink nor keep their potions, as it would've come in very useful for when she and Edward needed to smuggle themselves into other Houses' common rooms in search of shiny trinkets for Felix to guard. Turning her head slightly to look at Edward, she gave him a significant glance, wondering if he was thinking the same thing.

Upon Professor Vance snapping at them Sheba jumped back to attention, twisting a single strand of hair from her hairline and plucking it out sharply. She looked at it in the candle light for a moment before prodding it into the thick broth in her vial.

There was a long pause, then nothing happened. 'Sir, I don't think mines brewed right...' She spoke too soon, the gooey concoction suddenly paling. Sheba stared, fascinated, as it thinned out to a much lighter density, blushing a deep ruby red that shimmered in the light. 'That's so nice!' She exclaimed, grinning in satisfaction.

[Maria Turolia]

Maria picked up the vial for a moment, examing the potion before she added her hair. After looking at it for a moment, she set it gently back down on the table in front of her. She played with her hair for a moment, seperating one single one from all the rest. Quickly she plucked it out, and then held it up above the potion. She realeased the hair and watched as it floated down toward the vial, but then blew sideways slightly just missing. Shaking her head she picked up the hair and dropped it directly into the vial.

Her eyes stayed glued on the muddy brown potion, as she waited for it to change. She furrowed her brow as it seemed to be taking it's time in changing. Hearing another girl behind her start to say something about her potion not working, Maria turned her head for a moment and saw that the girl's was starting to turn a red. Looking back at hers, she saw that it appeared to maybe be changing just slightly and at so slow a pace it was hardly noticable.

Maria rested her head on one hand as she waited patiently for her potion to finish. A small smile played on her lips as it became a dark purple color and was slowly lightening. She sat up straighter immediately watching what would happen. It kept getting lighter, except for one moment, when appeared to get darker but quickly lightened again. She nodded at it as it finally settled on a bright violet purple color.

[Bradyn Reed]

Bradyn snatched the nearest vile and frowned a bit. He didn't really like the idea of plucking out one of his hairs and wasting the potion, but this seemed to be quite an interesting lesson. 'Girls are so immune to that pain..' Bray thought glumly, noticing that Maria and the other girls were having no problem with it, while Bradyn dreaded the thought of ripping out of his skull. Staring intently at his vile, he watched the thick liquid bubble hoping to distract himself while he pulled out a strand of hair. 'Ouch..' He thought and noticed that his hair was getting quite long. 'Bry'd probably have a cow if I cut it..' Bray grinned at the thought and carefully placed the hair into the potion.

He glanced around the room at a student mention that theirs wasn't working and caught that Maria's and Snow's had changed already. Bray smiled warmly at them, having no idea if the colors meant anything at all but he thought he'd just be nice. When he turned his attention back to his potion he saw that his was nearly changed too.

"What?!" He couldn't control himself from saying when he finally registered what color it was. It was a deep maroon and for a moment it went darker, as if it was going to change into a red, but then it brightened. It was, without a doubt, fuchsia. Bray glared at his potion a bit then sighed in defeat when it wouldn't change again.

[Alexine Roise]

No one had noticed another girl sitting in the room, she was called Alexine. A true Hufflepuff.She looked around and saw some brewings turning in different colors. Potions was not her favourite class. Although you could learn to brew some interesting potions like Amortentia. There was this chance that you could get hurt. Alexine was afraid of this so she did everything with extra care. She got to the point that she had to 'torture'herself. That's how it feels for her, taking one hair out which did its very best to grow. With pain in her heart she took some hairs and started to pull. She didn't pull hard enough.Why would she?She answered this question herself. To get points,points for Hufflepuff this was important. She closed her eyes firmly and pulled harder.When Alexine opened her eyes she had a few hairs in her hand and a hurting spot on her head. She did her hairs as elegant as possible in the vial. Nothing happened. Till the vial was turning all colors of the rainbow. Green,Blue,Red,Yellow,Blue again and finally ended up in Indigo. She liked that color but was really jealous on Bradyn his fuchsia vial.

[Sarie Thimble]

Sarie heard that she was to pull hairs and she did it right a way. She followed the instructions to the T. She could tell Vance was in a really bad mood today. Why though he wasn't this bad. He didn't really well in the classes she had been. She dropped her hair into the potion. Hers turned a pale blue. She wondered if that meant any thing. She had noticed that Bradyn's was rather a fuchsia while a girl a few seats away was Indigo. She raised her hand. "Professor, I noticed that the potions are changing colors depending on the person who puts thier hair in. What does it do that?"

[Alexine Roise]

Alexine studied the girl sitting a few seats further,she was a Gryffindor with a kinda familiar face. As far as she could notice it was a short girl. Although Alexine isn't the tallest herself but, younger than her usually meant shorter. The girl asked why the people's vials were so different in color. Good question.Where does Indigo stand for?Indigo is a kind of purple, purple people.. Are purple people nice or sarcastic? And what was the meaning of fuchsia in this case? Did this mean caring or arrogant . Did pale blue mean calm or cold? If you could read personality from Polyjuice potion it would defenitly be my favourite potion. I waited for the answer of this professor Vance who in my eyes could be a bordeaux red vial guy. The deepest passion (for potions) or ignorant? This was all one big question till the answer was given.

[Lena Steege]

Lenny, who had been sitting next to a Hufflepuff girl with the Indigo vial. all the time had a hard time brewing this weir but interesting potion. As she saw that her neighbour already had a indigo vial. Lenny reached for her bag and took a notebook and two pens. She gave one pen to her Hufflepuff neighbour and she kept one for herself. She ripped a paper out of her notebook and wrote:

How did you do that?

She shove the paper to her neighbour when the professor could not see it. Lenny waited for an answer.