Taking On The Magical World 40 Chapter 39: Adrian Pucey

"Good, it is just that I do not want anything to happen to you, you know how terrible you are when it comes to potions, and it could get awfully dangerous especially for you. I really try the best I can for you and make sure you do not mess things up but if you do not listen, I cannot be held accountable for any of the mistakes you make, you know?"

His eyes widen as he continues to listen to what I say, I guess he must have started to remember the good old times we use to have together. Woah, I have to say when Professor Snape dropped him onto me, he was a real arrogant racist p.r.i.c.k, but we had lots of time to work on his character together, it must be sweet old memories to him now, maybe it is something he recalls from time to time just so he could remember the good old day.

Good old memories, me and him, him insulting me and my blood states and me making sure his cauldron always explodes but he learned really quickly that I can do a lot more than just make his cauldron explode. Anyways nowadays we get along just fine, really it is as if we have always been the best of buds.

I look at him evilly and ask, "why the long face, Adrian, my good old buddy?"

"It is nothing, boss, the air you know, it kind of chilly."

"Listen here, Adrian, my old pal, if you follow my instruction just as I say them, we will get along just fine, okay?" He quickly nods his head and I continue talking, "but if you do not, well then, I do not need to mention what will happen, correct?"

He gulps loudly and answers, "Yes, boss."

"Good, now go on and get Wiggentree bark, Moly, Dittany, one pint of Horklump juice, 2 drops of Flobberworm Mucus, 7 Chizpurfle fangs, Billywig sting slime, a sprig of mint, Boom Berry juice, one stewed Mandrake, Honeywater, Sloth brain Mucus, Moondew drops, Salamander blood,10 Lionfish spines, Unicorn horn, and Wolfsbane from the ingredients cabinet and make sure to be quick about it."

He gets up and goes to the supply cabinet, but I know that he will be back since he did not write a thing. Well, I will just have to deal with it when he comes back but before that let's get set up here.

I get out a cauldron, my protective gloves (dragon hide), bra.s.s scales, and crystal phials, oh, and I nearly forgot, I get out my wand, and o boy let me tell you something, your wand is the quintessential thing when it comes to potionnering and that is because it can do just about everything for you, from swirling, moving things around, and much more.

As I am finis.h.i.+ng getting set up, Adrian comes back with a fearful face. I look at him and ask, "Well, did you get the stuff I told you to get?"

"No... boss," he answers with his face facing downward, not daring to look up at me.

I let out a loud exhale just so that he could hear me loud and clear and know how I feel. And he does, you can notice it from the way he tries to visibly make himself look smaller.

"Adrian, what did you take away from the speech that I have specifically tailored for you?"

"You said, listen to what I say and do it exactly how I say it and then everything will work out," he answers back, still looking down on the floor.

I shake my head, "Good it seems like somethings have gotten into your hard head, huh, well let me give you some advice. If you want to easily follow my instruction then make sure that you always have a pen and paper with you because it would make everything a lot easier for me and you since you can just write what I tell you and then carry it out swiftly, so then we won't be having any of this nonsense of you trying to remember everything I say because really who are we kidding, I would be surprised if you were able to remember just 20 of the worlds I have said."

I look over at him and ask, "so why are you not starting to write down what I am saying, muh?"

He hurriedly starts to get moving and grabs his parchments and feathered pen from his bag. "Now I am going to say the ingredients again so make sure you get it down this time and make sure you hurry up everyone is getting started," I tell him the ingredients once again, he quickly writes it all down on his parchment and rushes off to the ingredients cabinet.

As I look at him getting the ingredients from the supply cabinet, I think to myself, these Slytherins are really a weird bunch, the only thing they respond well to is fear and bullying but if you try to be kind them or even friendly to them, they will make sure to step all around you. Now that I think about it this is how they seem to operate as adults as well in the books, bullying nearly everyone to get their way around and fearing those who are much more powerful than them. It would seem like this is just how they are raised, vicious little snakes.

I look at the Gryffindors that are here down in the bas.e.m.e.nt, taking potions together with the Slytherins, they are both so different from each other. One response to fear and bullying and the other one responds to friends.h.i.+p and kindness.

It looks like the idea that 'different people respond differently to the same situation' is more than true.