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Shake it, Bake it, Brew it	By : Blackkitten23 Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male Views: 70336 -:- Recommendations : 7 -:- Currently Reading : 30
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(I’m thinking)
“I’m speaking”
Last Time:
“Moody … maybe we should start farther back … lets return to the UK, but lets not tell Albus. School just started so he’d be too busy” Remus said strangely compelled to return and start searching there without telling Dumbledore. Moody believed that it was a wise idea and agreed …
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Hermione scowled as she walked into the potion class and saw Cache standing in the front with the professor “this jerk is starting to bug me” she grumbled quietly as she sat down next to Ron.
“tell me about it. That prick got me in trouble” Ron snarled though a smug smirk crept to his lips “I’m sure the headmaster will give me some help” he said softly as the other students noisily took their seats.
“doubtful” Hermione huffed. As much as she believed that the headmaster was infallible and an all-knowing staple of goodness, but even she knows they no longer have the privileges they had the year before.
“of course he will. We are helping him” Ron hissed quietly with a smirk not realizing Neville sat down behind him.
The muggle-born witch sighed in annoyance “Harry is not here. We can’t be friends with someone not here. The deal is off”
“WHAT?!” Ron screamed.
“Mr. Weasley, is there something you wish to say to the class?” Severus asked in his usual smooth, yet deadly, tone. The professor watched as the Weasley fearfully shook his head and plopped back into his seat looking very sulky about something while Hermione looked embarrassed “now that Mr. Weasley has calmed down we can begin. Today we will be trying something different. We will begin with a quiz” he said before disappearing into the pantry.
Cache chuckled as he heard everyone groan, except an excited Hermione, and start shuffling around their bags for parchments “everyone relax and put the parchment and quills away. This is going to be an oral exam” Blaise raised an eyebrow when he saw Draco breathe sharply at the word ‘oral’, but ignored it “and answering, whether you’re right or wrong, will get you a piece of candy … before you all panic the candy was my idea” Cache quickly explained to calm the students who looked at Severus as if the world was ending. A bit extreme, but he understood where they were coming from. If Severus came up to him last year and gave him candy he’d run for the hills ….
“this had better not spoil them” Severus sneered as he returned with several jars of ingredients, which he lined up on the front desk “in herbology you learn what plants look like before they’re prepared and bottled. In this class you have the luxury of having labels, but not today. You must learn to get to know the various items used to truly understand a potion so you must identify each of these ingredients. Who would care to try first with only sight?”
Of course the first person to raise her hand was Hermione “leeches, mandrake, mistletoe berries, lionfish spikes. spider webs, black beetle powder and dragon blood” she answered smugly. She smirked when the blonde apprentice reached into a green bottomless bag and tossed her a candy from its depths, but she scowled “I don’t like Cockroach Clusters” she huffed ungratefully. Severus bit the inside of his cheek to keep from laughing at the very subtle symbolism. Harry was clever and knows the two backstabbers better they thought they knew him.
“I said you’d get a candy not necessarily that you’d get to pick it. Besides how am I supposed to know what you like?” Cache asked good naturedly, which is a vastly different attitude than the professor who shot Hermione a nasty glare for her own attitude “now as for your answers you missed a few-”
“no I didn’t” Hermione argued absolutely positive that all her answers were right.
Severus sneered “Ms. Granger you are wrong in several counts. Can anyone tell me why this method is incorrect?”
For several seconds there was silence. Hermione was fuming because she was embarrassed in something she believed she should be the best at and no else seemed to be brave enough to answer the question. Finally Neville raised his hand …
“ummm … the ingredients may look the same as something else if it’s prepared differently s-so we have to use our other s-senses” Neville answered nervously and flinched as Hermione huffed. Cache gave Lyra a single pack cauldron cake, Neville’s favorite, and she took the delicate cake over to Neville earning a few coos for being cute. After giving Neville the cake she trotted back over to her sister who was curled up next to the front desk.
“two points to Gryffindor” Severus muttered grudgingly though he was quite proud in reality. He vowed he’d help Neville out of his shell and he will “there are several issues that can lead to a fatal or, in the best case, a simply failed potion. The most dangerous is mistaking one ingredient for another. The ingredients before you are in stages that are different then what you’re all used to. In fact you haven’t actually seen many of these outside a textbook because they only just arrived in my pantry today, but they have a striking similarity to things you worked with already or wasted” he said as he shot a glare at Ron who has had a history or destroying potions and therefore wasting ingredients just as bad as Harry was believed to have during the first year “Cache will open each jar and you will all get in line to get a closer look. Only Cache can handle the ingredients, but you can ask him cut or manipulate each item”
As the students lined up in front of the desk Cache put on some medical gloves, which did look odd to those not involved with muggles, and removed the caps of all the jars. Most of the students simple gave him odd looks, but Hermione actually looked disgusted. Harry was baffled as to why. First did everyone think it was wise to touch certain raw ingredients with bare hands, living leeches especially? … if they really were leeches that is … Second why was a muggle-born looking at a muggle item as if it’s inferior?
“since many of you seem confused let me explain the gloves. It is a terrible idea to pick up any raw ingredient with bare hands. The potion and salves you worked on so far are very low level creations that don’t require active ingredients. Even advanced healing potions don’t require these dangerous items, which would be used in potions you would need if you were potioned by someone and need it removed or in potions you wouldn’t want to come across unless you want to die an agonizing death. All the things in that pantry are safe to handle. A couple of these ingredients on this desk are deadly if handled incorrectly and you can’t touch any ingredient that’s for a potion with anything magically charged thus the non-magical gloves, which you will find is more popular than you think if you proceed in the world of potions or with caring for creatures or in Herbology when dealing with certain plants. I prefer this type simply because it’s easy to handle things over the thicker and stiffer types you’ll find in potion shops, Shall we begin?” Cache asked with a smile.
It was turning out to be a fun challenge for everyone. Cache was asked to cut or pull apart the mystery ingredients and they all examined what they could from a safe distance. However when Ron came over to see the long black thing Hermione thought was a leech he decided to open his big mouth …
“so we can ask you to do something right?” Ron asked.
Cache nodded despite the fact he knew that there was a poorly contrived insult or sad attempt at tough talk coming “yep, what would you like?”
“for you to shove that where the sun doesn’t shine” Ron smirked clearly under the impression that he was clever. This goes to show you that he spent far too much time getting sucked up to for being Harry Potter’s friend. He actually thought he was clever …
“lucky you! I happen to prefer being on top so go ahead and bend over” Cache said jokingly, proving he spends too much time with Poppy, and successfully making Ron gape like a fish. The red head was shocked that his comment backfired and that the other students were snickering at him save for Hermione who seemed even more disturbed than before. At this point Blaise stopped snickering when he turned to glance at Draco and raised eyebrow as he noticed a blush gracing his best mate’s pale cheeks for a brief second before disappearing. Cache chuckled cheerily and leaned down to look straight in Ron’s eyes “behind you” he whispered.
When the fool finally turned around he paled as he saw the professor staring down at him “50 points from Gryffindor and you will be joining me for an additional week of detentions for speaking to my apprentice in such a deplorable manner now take your seat Mr. Weasley” Severus sneered successfully scaring the red head back to his seat even though everyone else was still looking at the demonstration. A few more moments passed before everyone was told to be seated “now who would like to try to identify these this time?”
Draco raised his hand and pointed at the ‘mistletoe berries’ piled in the jar “frog eyes, the pupils shrank so they only look like berries”
“correct” Cache exclaimed and Libra hopped up on her two back legs to take the chosen treat Cache gave her over to Draco. Again Blaise noticed a subtle, almost shy, reaction from his friend as he took the little jar of Bat Blood Soup from the kneazle “anyone else care to try the next?”
One after one people gave it a shot. It turns out the leeches were really pickled Deadly Snare. The spider webs were fibers from deep in the Whomping Willow. The black beetle powder was really dark seashell powder. The lionfish spikes were actually the pointy hairs from an acromantula’s back. The dragon blood was aged sap from the mistletoe plant and finally the mandrake was really shriveled bat wings. Though she got them all wrong at least Hermione is learning something, but she didn’t seem to see it that way and seemed to be sulking …
Severus gestured for Cache to clean up the ingredients before looking at his students “we will be going deeper into potions. Not just with the ingredients, but also with the brewing process. To show you what I mean tell me a potion recipe step by step” he demanded and internally sighed when Granger decided redeem herself by reciting a complicated recipe from memory earning herself a second candy … an acid pop “as longwinded and unnecessary as ever Ms. Granger. Now why should you stir clockwise twice?”
“because the recipe created by-” Hermione was silenced when Severus cast a silencing charm over her.
“I did not ask for the history. I asked why stir in that direction for that numbers of times. Will you give me a more relevant answer that isn’t ‘because’?” Severus asked dryly as he broke the spell he put on her, but he could tell she didn’t understand and that she was seething underneath the surface. It’s as if she was refusing to be wrong to the point where she won’t even answer unless she knew she was right “anyone else?”
Neville slowly raised his hand “ummm … to blend the ingredients?” he said nervously and again received another candy.
“that’s only partly correct” Severus said without the usual bite in his tone “part of stirring is to blend everything, but another is to create and control the reactions certain ingredients will make. For example, in the recipe Ms. Granger mentioned you have to stir or the ingredients will bubble over. This is what we’ll be discussing this year. There are no textbooks with this theoretical information so take notes”
Cache frowned after watching each of the students leave the classroom “I figured Hermione wouldn’t know the answers, but I didn’t think she’d shut down during the guessing game. She didn’t even attempt to answer and correct her first answers” he commented casually. Not that he really cared about the witch. It was just interesting to see her act the way she did.
“indeed” Severus said as he prepped for the next class “she is one of those fools who can’t stand admitting that they were wrong. If she doesn’t change soon she will have a great deal of trouble in this class” the professor with a sadistic smirk. It would be most amusing to see the muggle-born crash and burn because of her own stubborn personality and inability to accept any flaws and Severus looked forward to it ”Arthur Weasley, Ginny’s father, is furious about Ron’s actions. He’s coming next week over the weekend and since you healed her you should be there. He would’ve come today, but I convinced him to wait for the weekend so no classes are missed and less students are around to hear what’s going on. We’ll be meeting in my office”
“sure, just tell me when. Oh, and the class I had earlier was with Lockhart. The idiot released a group of pixies in the room and ran screaming. I had to round them up and put them away before anyone got hurt. I even took the pixies away so he couldn’t use them again, but anyway, he wants to start a dueling club and wants us to be his assistants” Cache muttered dryly. The fact that the idiotic writer thinks he can pull off looking good if he spars with Severus is hilarious! Then throw in someone who spars with vampires and werewolves and it’s not looking good at all for the DADA professor.
Severus smirked “is that so? I will be happy to assist him. I could use the laugh”
“it should be entertaining that’s for sure. Right, I have to go oversee the first years’ flying lesson next since I was volunteered by Dumbledore. See you at lunch” Cache said and lead his kneazles out of the room …
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Lucius sighed in relief as the vampire appeared in the floo with Frank and started looking around for the various runes attached to the wards around the house so that they could finally be fixed “thank you for doing this. May I ask why it is you’re here too?” Lucius asked more curious than anything else since it was Trocar doing all the work.
“I’m here in case you decide to open the windows ann let the sun in” Frank said very bluntly shocking both Malfoys.
Narcissi looked horrified at the thought “we wouldn’t do that! Even if we weren’t indebted to Harry we wouldn’t. It’s a terrible thing and it goes against the teachings of most dark families”
Frank sighed and looked at the windows that were all sealed shut “of course you probably wouldn’t, but you can never be to sure. Many vampires fall into such traps because even though they only require blood to survive they also need shelter and certain things need money for that. Very few humans are rich upon being turned so vampires need to get money somehow. Runes are one of the very few things they can still do magic wise, but when entering someone’s home they’re at risk. All the home owner has to do is flood the room wit light to kill them. The few people who report it only do so because Gringotts had an account with that vampire and want to know what happened. Of course the home owner bitches, putting on an act claiming they were nearly killed and the aurors don’t bother looking passed that story cause they don’t care. Just another dark creature they don’t need to worry about. Maybe, just maybe, they will be saddened, but it’s only because they couldn’t kill us like they do in their ‘hunting games’. It’s one reason there are fewer and fewer of our kind every year … that and because know one wants to bring children into this world-”
“Frank! Knock it off!” Trocar snapped at the werewolf who was getting more and more pissed as he ranted about that particular topic. The vampire sighed as Frank calmed down and went back to his calm self and turned to the stunned Malfoys “I’m sorry … it’s kind of a touchy subject” he muttered as he looked at the paintings to find the main rune sequence.
Lucius shook his head “no it’s quite alright … I had no idea that things were so serious. How are any dark creatures able to pay for homes like Eventide?”
“Sanguini was very wealthy when he was turned so he started making several safe and heavily warded places for vampires and werewolves. Maria and myself chipped in too and we all came together to create networks. The rent was low so it was affordable for everyone could pay if they wanted to stay. For those who couldn’t pay with money they paid with skills or knowledge. Werewolves could use magic so they’re asked to charm various things and so on. When people, light and dark witches and wizards, began killing vampires pairing up with a werewolf for safety also became an exchange for shelter. We even found each safer jobs even if it was usually part time. I was the one who found Frank his first job …” Trocar said cheerfully, but then trailed off as he looked Frank in the eyes before quickly looking away. Frank, however, didn’t stop watching the vampire. Both Malfoys could see there was more to these two creatures’ past than a simple friendship “I found the main rune sequence. Could I have your staff Lucius?” he said as he felt the magic from the rune under his fingertips.
“yes of course” Lucius handed the vampire the ugly staff eagerly and in an attempt to ease the tense atmosphere he changed to a different topic “so how is everything in Hogwarts?”
Narcissa smiled “yes, how are Poppy, Draco, Severus and Harry handling being around Dumbledore?”
Trocar chuckled as he set the staff next to the main sequence and began writing runes “the young Weasley girl was sorted into Slytherin and her older brother, Ron, hurt her for it. On top of that Dumbledore claimed Harry Potter wasn’t at school because he was ill”
“ill? … if one rumor got out it would be mayhem. I know a couple reporters who’d love to see what they can find” Lucius said with an evil smirk before going up to write a few letters …
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