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Samantha scanned them over quickly again, and stood from her seat, leaning on her desk a little, as if she needed support to keep her standin. Her long black cape overflowed off of her petite body. "Why thank you.." She said softly, her tone wasn't exactly kind, though it was rude either. "May I inquire as to what your names are, ladies?" She asked, again neither rude nor kind.

"Well, it's very nice to meet you, Miss Addams," she replied, her voice cool and gentle; semi-kind. "And your name, Miss?" She asked, looking at Iris.

"Greatful you told me so, pleased to meet you as well." She responded quietly, her eyes remaining on Iris for a little bit more. She broke her stare and looked around the classroom at the rest of her students. So many of them just sat silently, probably wishing they were still abed...
"As all of you should know, the most important ingrediant to Magical Potions... is the ability of magic. Be that as it may, witch or wizard, not all of you have the gift of wonderous magical abilities. Hogwarts was created to inform and perfect any amount of magic in you, however small or large that amount is," Samantha said coolly, putting her slender hands into her rather large cloak pockets. "Before we begin on the interesting and dangerous potions, we need to cover the basics, and perfect your basics, as best as we can." She paused, only slightly, once again looking them all over, taking in their appearances, their responses and their attitudes. "How many of you have used Snake Venom, or even seen Snake Venom?" She asked. Inside of her pocket, she twirled a small, glass test tube between her index and middle finger.

Samantha looked past the class out the door to see Nessa waiting for her. She smiled politely, but continued on. "Yes, Miss Addams?" She asked; indicated towards Sunrise. She lowered her arm slightly; it was getting tiring holding the stupid test vile. She finally put her arm down, slowly, to her side. She had her face towards Sunrise, but her eyes kept darting towards Nessa. Eventually, she stopped looking at her, and concentrated fully on Sunrise.

"Very well done!" Samantha praised, her voice a little bit chipper. She was only slightly surprised, though, since the girl looked to be an 'experimenter'. She smiled at her kindly. "This year, we will be doing a bit with Snake Venom. It's the first subject we will cover. However, first we may do the Sleeping Potion, and maybe by next week if I feel you all are ready... we will do more serious solutions of it." She paused only slightly, her eyes leaving Iris and sweeping over the whole class.
"I know your Houses have their own Point system, however... we will have a Potions point system as well. It will not be done by Houses, rather by groups, or individually if you'd prefer. On a weekly basis, you will compete against each other to create an accurate potion, and antidote. The potion will differ week to week, and I will not tell you how to make an antidote, but the antidote must be made first, naturally. Today, our classes are just beginner-welcome-back-to-school classes and our very short, so they will not begin tomorrow. But starting tomorrow morning, you will be starting your first assignment. Your points will allow me to give you your grades. Any questions?"

Samantha smiled, though it was more like a devilish grin. Her eyes flashed a quick red, but when she blinked, it was gone. She glanced towards to the door, searching for Nessa, who was still standing there, but she turned her eyes back to the class. She was suddenly very serious.
"Competition... is a dangerous battle. It's not quite like dueling, but people do get hurt. Our people will not get hurt. We will not be competing like it's for life and death, however much a grade seems to be life and death for some of you. Someone even threatens another classmate, naturally I have to send you to detention and the HeadMaster... but for my class, it will not be a fun class anymore. I like hands-on work, I love competition.. someone ruins that for me, and I ruin it for all of you. We can go from doing potions and having fun, to straight textbook material. You learn the same stuff you're supposed to learn for your O.W.L.'s, most people just tend to prefer hands-on. Am I right? We want hands-on and fun?"
Samantha finished, scanning over the classroom. This class would not be a problem for her... they seemed to actually like Potions, so they wouldn't dare screw it up for someone else, because they then screw it up for themselves too. No, her students liked Potions, and they were selfish enough to not care about the other students that much to do something stupid that could get her into trouble...