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Finals were upon them and Claire was more than prepared for the next few days of exciting student torture. Instead of spreading the students out to work on their finals individually with their different years, she decided to have them all in the room together. The potions' lab was more than large enough to accommodate the numbers and she had found a few different potions that all used the same ingredients. The challenge for her students would be for them to remember which potions she taught them that year that used those ingredients. Her plan would be that cheating would be difficult because the different aged students would be all mixed together. Now the question is whether or not the idea would be a complete disaster or not. At the front of the lab, Claire was leaning against her desk facing the classroom. The students were shuffling in and she called out to one of them, "Stop messing with the materials and find a seat." Her voice was stern. It was what her friends called her 'teacher voice', "Don't pretend like the rules from the past three years don't count for anything." The little third year boy blushed and found a seat near the back of the classroom. Straightening up, Claire watching the rest of the students filter into the classroom.

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It was time for another exam. Where many might be nervous about the exam, Raven was looking forward to this one. She loved potions. Ever since she was little and being home schooled the potions lessons were her favorite. Her parents taught their children more magical lessons than muggle ones. Sure she knew enough to get by in muggle society but that was due to her own studies. For this exam she didn't have to pretend to be calm, didn't have to pretend to have it all together. She was completely prepared for this one. 

Raven found the idea of all the students taking the exam at once to be quite interesting. She highly respected the professor for taking up the challenge. Raven walked into the lab with confidence, grace, and poise. She always arrived on time. Never late or early for that matter. If she arrived then there wasn't much of an impression when she walked in but if she walked in late it became a negative impression. Thus always on time. She ran a very tight schedule for herself in order to maintain such an image. Sometimes she wondered why she did it then was swiftly reminded by a fellow Slytherin. Her blood, her family it really was dragging her down even if she seemed to be soaring. 

Raven passed by the professor. "Good day Professor Zimmerman" Raven was very polite, her voice like silk. She did what she could to stay on the good side of the professors. Granted there was one that her charm didn't work on but there were other was of gaining respect.

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Claire smiled at the Slytherin girl nicely when she entered the room, "Miss Gaunt, how are you this morning?" She asked, sure the girl was fine. Of all of her students, there were to that she was least worried about and Ravenna Gaunt was one of them. Looking down at the class roster, she had a large number written at the top giving her an idea of the amount of students she should be expecting in the lab this morning. At the moment, most of them had not arrived.

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Raven looked around the room in a quick glance. She was wondering where everyone else was. She knew she had arrived on time, which for exams was five to ten minutes prior to the exam itself. She decided to take her normal spot, seeing as no one was there yet in her place there wasn't going to be a scene. Considering there were going to be students there younger and didn't known of the unspoken seating arrangement that the older classes shared it would have been quite interesting. 

Raven looked at the professor as she took her place in her usual spot, front and center. "Quite well, thank you. I am looking forward to the exam. Everything looks interesting" Raven stated as elegantly as she could. She might have had some nerves due to anticipation but she wasn't going to let any of that show. Not in front of so many students. 

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Claire nodded and smiled nicely, looking away from Raven to look across the classroom and make sure no one was digging around in the materials again. It appeared her previous statement had reached the younger students because they were clumped together in the back looking absolutely terrified. Claire coughed to get the attention of the entire classroom and grinned, "All right! Welcome to your Potions final exam!" She stood up right, leaving her desk behind, and began to venture down the center isle between the lab tables, "Because you all know how much I hated grading essays, I have set up a more...practical test of your potions knowledge." She cleared the throat the catch the eyes of a first year boy throwing a balled up bit of parchment at his neighbor with a silent giggle. His face went pale when he noticed the whole class watching him, "Against the windows you will find the table contains many materials that were have used and become familiar with through the year. Your challenge it to, from memory, recreate at least one of the potions we covered in class using the correct safety measures. As you can imagine, there is very little leeway in an exam of this nature. Unfortunately, that means it will be a pass fail." She grinned through the chorus of groans that echoes across the room, "Starting at the front, everyone will have an opportunity to collect their materials." She waved the first student forward and the process started more smoothly than she could have hoped.

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Hearing the assignment brought a huge sense of relief to Raven. This she could do with no issues. Her favorite potions from this past year were the Strengthening Solution and the Draught of Peace. Now the first one was out the window since it to a couple of days to brew properly. The Draught of Peace was the better choice. She knew the potion forwards and backwards and it might come in handy later. It wasn't long before it was her turn to go to the table. She looked at the ingredients and grabbed powdered moonstone, syrup of hellebore, powdered porcupine quills, and powdered unicorn horn. She returned to her seat and began. It was a difficult potion to master and was very exact. One mistake would be disastrous. 

Add till red, stir till orange, shake quills, add till purple. The list was long and tedious. Raven took the potion making very seriously. No movement was wasted. Every moment, every stir overly accurate. She was nearing the end. Seven was the magic number. Seven stirs clockwise, seven counterclockwise. Burner on low, simmer for seven minutes. It certainly felt like the longest seven minutes ever. She added the final ingredient and held her breath waiting to see the color.Turquoise blue with a light silver vapor. It was done. She made sure to stay calm as she waited for the professor. "Professor, I have finished the assignment" Raven waited to see what the professor was going to say. 

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Sitting a little towards the back of the class Oliver smiled when he heard the assignment, he was pretty happy to be done with essays at least for the time being since he knew he had to get back to the history paper after class. He stood up and waited in line with all the other students and when it came to his turn he was thinking back to all the potions they learned that year and years passed. When He saw the Porcupine quills, Shrivelfig, Wormwood, Sopophorous Beans sadly there were no peppermint sprigs but that wasn't technically needed they just helped to counter balance the excessive singing and other side effects.

Once he brought his ingredients back to his desk he first took out a piece of blank parchment and wrote down the steps making sure he remembered just how to brew it properly. After he finished making his quick notes he set to work on its brewing. First he added the shrivelfig and then the porcupine quills. Then he stirred the potion anti-clockwise four times before he added the sopophorous beans and wormwood. Finally he stirred it another six times anti-clockwise. Smiling when he saw the potion emit a rainbow, the smell was nice and sweet and it was a beautiful sunshine yellow.

Oliver leaned over his hastily written notes and once again reviewed the process he took brewing the Elixir to Induce Euphoria, smiling when he noted it was done properly, minus the peppermint to help counter act the potentially excessive singing.

"Professor Zimmerman, I have completed my potion." He said once he was sure the color was correct.

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Melanie slipped in to the back of the classroom right as Professor Zimmerman gave her instructions. She hated being late, but the staircases had changed on her at the last minute. Sure, she should have been walking faster or left earlier, but this was the only class she wasn't worried about. Luckily, the row she found an open spot at was up to grab ingredients right as she put her bag under the table.

The ingredients were all familiar and she breathed a small sigh of relief as she noticed the makings of the Sleepless Draught. It was one that they had learned this year, not to mention one of her father's top sellers. Melanie knew this one like the back of her hand.

A few long, complicated minutes later, Melanie was greeted by the characteristic purple hue that let her know everything had went as planned. A smile graced her lips as she raised her head to find her instructor. "Professor Zimmerman, I'm finished. I would also like to apologize for being late." No explanation for her absence, just a humble tone and a completed potion. Hopefully that would be enough.

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Claire smiled at Raven, nodded at the well done potion, "Very good, Miss Gaunt." She said, waving her wand absently over her shoulder. If you looked closely, a quill on the desk made a mark on a bit of parchment, "And for being the first student to complete the exam with a perfect potion..." She started, grinning, "Ten points to Slytherin." It pained her to do it, knowing that would likely cinch the win for them, but she had made up her mind and it unfortunately played out this way. She ten moved on, checking on her own Lion next, "Mr. Foster, well done. You're free to go." She said, examining the potion by tilting the cauldron to one side slightly. The color flashed strangely before returning to normal and she could tell he had added something a little extra to help with the brew. Not wrong, but not completely correct either. She waved him off and move to the next student. "Miss Thorn, what have we here?" She asked, looking down, "A Sleeping Draught, I see. Well done and well brewed. You're free to go." Another flick on her wand over her shoulder and quill was scribbling her thoughts down so she wouldn't have to discuss the grade with her students just yet.