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Master Numbers: 11: Master of Illumination, the inspirational messenger, the number of light; one who raises the consciousness, reformer of world problems, wants to uplift others, inspires by teaching own truth 22: Master Builder, visionary; knows how to plan and execute large projects; wants to further consciousness of humankind; the humanitarian 33: Teacher of Teachers, master of compassion, master of healing through love, use of creative energies to serve others Karmic Numbers: 10: Renewal rebirth, karmic completion, master, beginning again with consciousness 13: Reworking karmic laziness through discipline 14: Remedying karmic abuse of freedom through order and stability 16: Remedying karmic abuse of responsibility and love through spiritual rebirth 19: Reworking karmic abuse of power through learning to show compassion and sacred use of cosmic wisdom for the greater good — Well, it looked simple enough. Maybe she'd ask one of the fifth-years if there was anything she needed to tweak . . . "A Shrinking Solution? Really? Why don't we ever learn any of the fun stuff?" said Heri suddenly, breaking the silence when she finally reached the potions portion of her homework. She had worked through her shorter assignments already and hadn't been looking forward to what Professor Snape had assigned them. Heri frowned down at the brewing instruction for the Shrinking Solution. Juice two shrivelfigs and use the juice as the potion base. Slowly increase the heat to a simmer while stirring gently. Add four finely minced daisy roots and five sliced caterpillars and increase the heat until the potion turns red. Add one tincture of well-shaken wormwood and stir clockwise vigorously until the potion turns yellow. Juice four leeches directly into the potion and stir anti-clockwise slowly for five counts until the potion turns purple. Shake one rat spleen and add it in along a splash of cowbane. Finally, let it boil on a high temperature. If done correctly, it should end up a bright, acid green. Heri made a face at thought of touching entrails, especially one from a rat. Megan tittered. "Somehow, I can't imagine Professor Snape making 'fun' a priority." Heri and the girls were holed up in Myrtle's lavatory, working on the homework they had been assigned that day. Normally, they would work in the common room or library or out on the grounds, with the boys with them as well, but Wayne had detention with Professor Snape, and Zacharias and Ernie were putting off their homework to spy on the Ravenclaw Quidditch practice instead. The girls had chosen Myrtle's loo because it was a safe place to work on brewing — that and it excited the other girls to be so near the Chamber of Secrets. It was a month and a half into the school year and already Heri was fed up with what they were learning. It wasn't that she thought it was unimportant, it was just that the subject matter was rarely something that had an everyday use. Shrinking Solution, really? When would she ever need to have a living thing de-aged to infancy and shrunk down to the size of an action figure? And that was just potions; the other core classes were just as superfluous. Heri was going through a textbook that hadn't been on the book-list that year. It was called Which Way's Witch and it was one of the books Mayblossom had mentioned learning from. It was pretty old-fashioned in mindset by the standards Heri had grown up with, but it made up for its gender-biased instructing by being a potions book with far more interesting recipes than the one Hogwarts used. "See?" Heri said. "This one gives you the voice of whatever person you choose for three hours! And this one here — it's put in water and makes it taste like the favourite drink of whoever tastes it! I haven't seen a mention of rat spleens or caterpillars even once in this book." "Maybe we ought to transfer to that school your friend goes to," said Sally-Anne from where she sat on the counter of the sinks. She swung her legs idly as she looked over her parchment. "I much prefer what they teach over there over what Snape has us doing here." Hannah looked up from the potion she was working on on the floor and scoffed at Sally-Anne. "Oh, there's a brilliant plan: toss out a quality education that others would kill for to enrol in a second-rate school that peaks at O.W.L.s level. Why didn't I think of it before?" Heri smiled wryly. "Claws in, kitty-cat," she said in response to Hannah when Megan giggled and Sally-Anne looked ready to snipe back. "You know quite well that you'd throw a party if Professor Snape turned in his resignation. If Sally-Anne wants to dream of running off to parts unknown, she's has every right to dream." Hannah rolled her eyes but conceded the point. There was silence for a few moments save for the scratching of quill on parchment, the flicking of pages turning, and the bass rumble of potions boiling. Heri gave the brewing instructions another glower before tossing aside the notes she had on the Solution with a huff. Brewing it wasn't a priority anyway, they were going to make it in class the next day all the same; they had only thought to work ahead so they wouldn't be troubled during class. "Are you alright, Heri?" Hannah said suddenly. Heri startled lightly. She looked up to see her friends looking at her with concern. "What do you mean?" said Heri. Hannah hesitated and looked to the other two for support. "It's just . . ." she began. "You've seemed so agitated since school started." Megan nodded. "It's like you keep expecting something bad to happen." Sally-Anne scoffed and flipped her hair. "Of course she's worried something might happen — that Sirius Black bloke has it out for her!" Megan scowled. "Oh? Then why're you so concerned as well?" "It's called caring for your friends. Just because I understand doesn't mean I'm not still worried!" "Enough with the bickering already," Hannah said sharply. Megan and Sally-Anne stopped but sent her pointed looks.
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