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𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 ━ two teenagers learn
what it is to fall in love, to fight
,to lose and to stumble but become
stronger despit...
AS ANNABELLE HAS ALWAYS KNOWN, (ALWAYS AS IN SINCE SHE WAS ELEVEN) POTIONS CLASS DID NOT AGREE WITH HER, NOT EVEN A LITTLE BIT, and as an aspiring healer that sucked, major. Because she needed to excel in it to even get the right qualifications. And an E sounded so farfetched at this point, she might as well start applying at her mother's gardening store.
But Remus Lupin, her Potions godsend guardian angel brought upon her by Merlin, was at least helping her enough to at least slowly but surely start to remember simple potions by heart thanks to his help. With him she had a better chance at not ending in a cold cardboard box under a bridge in the middle of London where she would slowly wither away and feed stray cats instead of herself.
Of course, fifth year—her O.W.L year, the year was not making it easier for Annabelle, and Slughorn only seemed to be getting giddier as the difficulty of the curriculum grew. And his lesson on the properties of the Moonstone, a milky coloured gemstone that shone just as brightly as the sun, funnily enough, was again hard for the girl to comprehend.
"Fun fact." Slughorn smiled widely as he waggled between two sets of tables with the jar containing the shining gem, "Moonstone gems were actually one of the gemstones placed in Rowena Ravenclaw's missing diadem."
How anyone knew what was on a missing, keyword; missing diadem was beyond her, but then again, she did live in a magical world. And word of mouth should hopefully hold some truth when it was told by freaking ghosts! And she, for a fact knew that the Grey Lady from Ravenclaw Tower was the daughter of the famous Hogwarts founder. Ghosts should know stuff like that right, especially ghosts whose mother's diadem went missing? Their History of Magic teachers wasn't a ghost for no reason, right?
Unlike Annabelle, who would have rather seen Potions dropped from the curriculum, it seemed that almost all the fifth year students were enthralled by the sight of the glowing stone as they hung on the every syllable falling from Professor Slughorn's lips.
"With other ingredients, Moonstone is used regularly in several love potions as well as Draught of Peace, however, it is normally used in powdered form." While Slughorn went further in the abilities of the stone, most students started to whisper about love potions the moment they had been mentioned.
"I don't know what's so special about love potions." Lily huffed, but even Annabelle could detect a hint of curiosity in her emerald eyes. "I mean it doesn't create real love right? Just the illusion of it, an if you're smart enough to brew a complicated potion like that, you should be able to differentiate between real love an fake love."
