Rare antidotes used to treat Doxies contained dried Billywig stingers. They were widely used in potions and even in the Fizzing Whizbees sold by Honeydukes.
As everyone knew, they could make people float a few feet off the ground for a short while, but they also had certain side effects, such as dizziness and a prickling pain all over the body. Although Honeydukes had dealt with those side effects, eating too many could still cause problems.
"So that's how you rolled down from upstairs?" Snape looked suspiciously at Taubert Weigel, who lay in the hospital bed.
"Yes! Ow!" the little Ravenclaw eagle whimpered.
"You ended up like this just from falling down from the girls' dormitory?" Pomona asked skeptically.
She had thought he had fallen from Ravenclaw Tower.
"I didn't expect this to happen either, Professor," Weigel said.
Snape seemed to want to say something, and Pomona felt that he desperately wanted to make this "romantic master" drink a few mouthfuls of pumpkin juice laced with Veritaserum.
"I'll bring the Skele-Gro over later, Poppy," Snape told Madam Pomfrey. Before leaving, he did not forget to give Weigel a "death glare" that nearly petrified him.
When Gilderoy Lockhart had still been teaching at Hogwarts, he had once held a book signing called "Sailing, Vampires and Lovers." It took place on Valentine's Day, when the entire Great Hall had been decorated pink, filled with owls flying about and large goblins dressed as "angels."
They were giants among goblins, but ugly dwarves in human eyes. In any case, Lockhart had selected six special guests, and Weigel had been one of them.
The new book was called "Sailing and Vampires," but its reception among the teachers and students had not been as enthusiastic as expected. When Lockhart wanted to invite people from outside the