[HP] Can you be gentle with me

They sat in the Potions classroom early in the afternoon. After all, it was their own head's class, so they couldn't lose his face.There are many short tables in the classroom, and each table can accommodate exactly two people, which should be convenient for making potions in groups, and there are two pots of smoking potions on the long table at the front.

The class was also with Gryffindor, and not long after Tahlia and Sirius sat down at a table, James and Remus walked in and sat down at the table in front of them.

"Why didn't you see Lily?" Sirius teased, leaning forward.

James glared at him and said angrily. "Aren't you walking with that Snape, I really don't understand how they got so close...?"

As soon as they mentioned Snape, he himself followed Lily into the classroom. Lily scanned the classroom and saw James who was waving desperately at him. The corners of his mouth twitched slightly, but he still walked close to them. Sitting down, Snape reluctantly followed.

"Snape." Tahlia called to Snape as he passed him, and he stopped, looking at her. "Thank you for your note."

"Yeah." He responded, turned around, and continued to walk forward to sit next to Lily, Tahlia and the others on the right front seat.

The bell rang, and Professor Slughorn walked in with his chubby belly. He smiled and glanced at his classmates, and was about to speak when the classroom door was about to be knocked open. A short Gryffindor student rushed in, impertinently, stammering Professor Slughorn apologized. "Sorry...professor! I... I accidentally got lost...lost..."

"It's all right, kid." Professor Slughorn waved his hand, signaling him to find a seat quickly. "Sit down quickly, freshmen, you will inevitably get lost once or twice..."

At this time, there was only James and the others left at the table in front of them, and there was an empty seat, but this meant that the boy would be in a group alone. I saw him walking there with a panicked look and sitting down, looking at the door of the classroom from time to time, It seemed that he was expecting another student to rush in and save him from the fate of taking the potion alone.

"Why didn't Gryffindor have this student?" Sirius asked James.

James thought for a moment. "Looks like Peter Pettigrew? Remus?"

"Well, it's Pettigrew. I remember that he seemed to be huddled in the corner of the classroom in the first few classes, not talking much..." Remus said.

"Would you like to leave him alone to make potions like this?" Tahlia said.She knows very well what it feels like to face things alone, which makes people feel more helpless and frightened.

"What else?" James asked. "Although the number of freshmen in Gryffindor's class is even, but Lily and that Snape are in a group, which means that one person will be left alone, and there's no way around that."

Tahlia thought for a moment, and raised her hand when Professor Slughorn began to explain the grouping.

"this……?"

"Tahlia Watson, sir." Tahlia stood up.

"What's the matter, Miss Watson?"

Tahlia asked with a glance at Pettigrew ahead. "Sir, is there a limit on the number of people in a group that must be within two people?"

"Why do you ask that?" Professor Slughorn asked back.

"Well, sir...Slytherin has an odd number of students this year, and I noticed a student up ahead who didn't make a group," Tahlia paused. "I would like to ask if it is possible for him to join us?"

"Tahlia!" Sirius yelled beside Tahlia in surprise when he heard this.

Slughorn looked at Peter who was timid in front of him, and then at Tahlia who was standing upright a little behind. Although he was puzzled why this student from his own academy would take the initiative to invite a Gryffindor group, he still spoke. "I think the gentleman doesn't mind?" he asked Peter, getting a small no-noise from him. "Go ahead, kid." Saying that, with a wave of her wand, Tahlia's table grew just enough for Peter to sit on it.

Peter quickly grabbed his things, stumbled a little and walked to sit next to Tahlia, whispered a thank you to him, and Tahlia returned him a slight smile.

"Okay, so I think we can start the class...do you see the cauldron behind me?" He waved his finger to the two cauldrons behind me. "Can anyone tell me the names of these two potions?"

Lily raised her hand hesitantly. "Sir, I think the pair on the left should be water of life and death or a cold potion..."

Slughorn nodded approvingly. "That's right, miss, but can you be more precise?"

"The water of life and death, sir." Tahlia said, holding up her hand.

"Right, you're...Miss Watson, aren't you? Five points for Slytherin," Slughorn said. "May I ask how you judge?"

Tahlia nodded and stood up again. "Although the color of the water of life and death and the cold potion are exactly the same, the smoke of the water of life and death is white, while the cold potion is light blue like the color of the potion, sir." After speaking, he sat down.

"That's right!" Slughorn said cheerfully. "Five more for Slytherin... as for the lady..." He turned to Lily. "May I ask your name?"

"Lily Evans." Lily replied.

"Then, since Ms. Evans also managed to identify the pair on the left as either the Water of Death or the Cold Potion, Gryffindor should also add five points." Slughorn said cheerfully.He found out that there were two children with a good background in potions in this class. It would be nice to have one in the past, after all, not everyone can do potions well.He pointed to the potion on the right. "And this pair?" He looked at Tahlia with expectant eyes.

But unfortunately, Tahlia couldn't identify the potion. Although the orange color of the potion and the deep red smoke had filtered out many types of potions, the range was still too wide for her to recognize what kind of potion it was. , shaking his head at Slughorn apologetically.

Slughorn didn't look sullen either. Originally, the potion on the right was beyond what they had learned a lot. He just happened to get through last night, so he put it on the desk today for the students to know, and was about to speak When he said the answer, he heard a small voice, but the enunciation was very clear.

"Beauty Potion."

Slughorn didn't expect that someone would be able to name the potion, and looked in the direction of the voice in a daze, and found that it was a black-haired boy with an expressionless face.

"Impressive! This gentleman!" Slughorn said, recovering. "I think that earns a point for Slytherin, what's your name?"

"Severus Snape," Snape said flatly.

Slughorn thought that the boy must be a descendant of a Potions master, but he was confused when he heard Snape's surname, at least he hadn't heard of anyone with the surname Snape who had special achievements in potions. "Mr. Snape, how did you know that it was a beauty potion?" He was indeed puzzled, and with the knowledge of potions among first-year students, it should be impossible to know, but Snape said it correctly.

"It's simple...sir," Snape said in a flat, memorized tone. "Orange potion and crimson smoke, the fragrance of licorice is wafting, and the smoke rises in a spiral shape. Only the beautiful potion is eligible."

"It's great, it's great!" Slughorn was very surprised. The performance of the two girls just now can be called excellent, but this boy is obviously better. Potion talent. "Ten points for Slytherin!"

Slughorn began to explain the functions and characteristics of these two potions. Hearing Tahlia, he felt that Senior Lucius must have been using the beauty potion continuously, otherwise he would have such flowing but not messy long hair, and he was so handsome that he could almost regarded as a monster...

"...But these two potions are not your task today, what you are going to make today..." He restored his wand, and rows of words appeared on the blackboard. "...It is the simplest potion for getting started—scabies potion. If you feel that you can't read the words on the blackboard, there is also a detailed production process on page nine of your textbook. Please follow the steps." He said. "Although it is a simple potion, if the steps are wrong, it may lead to serious consequences. Please be careful! Alright, children, let's start!" He clapped his hands and asked his classmates to get the necessary medicinal materials.

Tahlia saw that Snape quickly finished taking the potions and quickly returned to his seat, and Lily was just starting to set up the cauldron. It seemed that Snape was not only good at potions but also loved them.Looking back to his own group, Peter shrank aside, not knowing what to do.

"Peter...can I call you that?" Tahlia said. "Can you help Sirius set up the cauldron? I'll get the medicine."

Peter nodded timidly, and stood beside Sirius. Although Sirius was a little reluctant, he didn't say anything. When Tahlia came back with the medicinal materials, the two of them had already set up the cauldron.

They started brewing the potion, mainly Tahlia took care of the cauldron, Sirius handled the ingredients, and Peter occasionally helped Sirius get some more complicated ingredients to handle.

After stirring clockwise three times, Tahlia looked at the two people beside her. "Peter, your snake tooth powder needs to be ground a little more... Well, it's probably like that... Thank you." She took the ground powder that Peter handed over, poured it into the cauldron, and the potion became smoothly The light blue mentioned in the book, then Tahlia stirred five times counterclockwise and threw in 2 slugs.

"Wait! Sirius!" Tahlia said, holding Sirius' hand that was about to throw the porcupine quill into the cauldron, and moved the cauldron away from the flame. "Okay, you can throw it away."

The potion completes and is correctly rendered green.

Tahlia relaxed. She had been concentrating on the steps just now, and now that the potion was finished, she finally breathed a sigh of relief. "Good job, Sirius, Peter."

"Where... where," Peter said. "Almost all...you did it, Miss Watson."

"Just call me Tahlia." Tahlia said, filled three vials of the finished product, and handed them to the two of them. "Okay, we can take it to Professor Slughorn."

The three of them took the potion and walked to the front table.

Slughorn took a look and said happily. "Very good, three, I think it deserves an O," he said, placing the three vials on a small shelf aside. "Although not as fast as Mr. Snape's group, your potion is definitely not bad, Tahlia." He said to Tahlia with a smile, and called her by her name very affectionately.

"Thank you, sir." Tahlia smiled.

boom!

Startled, the three turned their heads and saw that the cauldron of one of the Gryffindor students had exploded, and Slughorn stood up quickly. "I reminded you, children! Follow the steps carefully," Slughorn took out a small bottle of ointment as the skin of the students who had been sprayed with unfinished potions had begun to develop disgusting abscesses. "It clearly says to remove the cauldron from the flames before throwing it into the porcupine quill... Be careful, be careful... I hope other people pay more attention... People who get splashed come to me to apply ointment..."

Sirius stared wide-eyed, swallowed, remembering how he almost caused their cauldron to explode just now, and broke out in a cold sweat, fortunately Tahlia stopped him in time, he thought.

Peter on the side also looked rejoiced, their potion was almost destroyed... He looked at Tahlia gratefully.

Tahlia was also secretly glad that if she didn't stop Sirius, it would have exploded. She didn't expect it to be so serious... She was sweating because they almost blew up the cauldron just now, and she decided to be very careful in the research steps when making potions. , otherwise the consequences are really terrible.