Professor Snape spent a long time explaining to Harley how to handle the ingredients.
After all, the main ingredients needed for Wolfsbane Potion were extremely rare, and some of the primary and secondary ingredients were poisonous.
One of the main ingredients was even classified as a Level Three toxin by the Beyonder Apothecary Association, making it extremely dangerous. Its preparation was also quite different from that of ordinary ingredients.
"Only those foul-smelling werewolves, riddled with disease, could withstand these poisons,"
Professor Snape remarked sharply, his voice full of loathing for werewolves,
"As an old book from the East that I once read put it, 'Fight poison with poison!'"
After a full evening of lessons, Professor Snape told Harley before she left that to brew Wolfsbane Potion properly, she would need to study werewolves.
"So when you get back today, remember to read up on werewolves. I'll be quizzing you next lesson."
Professor Snape spoke cheerfully, imagining Harley discovering Professor Lupin's secret and making the whole school find out.
Harley saw straight through Professor Snape's intentions.
So she nodded along while apologizing to him in her heart.
The next day, Harley didn't get to sleep in again.
Professor Flitwick had scheduled Charms Club for nine in the morning, and Hermione had dragged Harley out of bed at seven.
Like the Transfiguration Club, Charms Club brought together selected students from every year.
But this time, there wasn't a single Slytherin.
Apparently, Professor Flitwick disliked those who called him a Half-blood behind his back, and the Slytherins with sufficiently strong Charms skills had all said things like that.
"Several of those nasty Slytherins were reported to Professor Flitwick by us," Fred whispered to Harley.
"Tattling is wrong, and we hate tattletales too, but what they did was just awful."
"Take that fifth-year,