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Chapter 49: Christmas Break
December 19, Shrieking Shack
"Here is the last potion for this month." Jas handed it to Remus.
Tonight was the full moon, and Remus had been taking the Wolfsbane Potions for the past six days already.
"Thanks. But I still feel bad that you have to make these every month… you refuse to tell the ingredients, but I'm sure it's expensive," Remus said.
"You shouldn't think like that. We are friends, so of course I will make the potions for you. And don't worry about the money... my potion business is doing quite well as of late." Jas noticed that sales had been steadily increasing throughout the month of December.
Clients were also asking for more complex projects, which would, in turn, grant him more money.
He had even received a request for a Felix Felicis potion, although he wouldn't be able to start that one until they returned from the Christmas break.
"And I appreciate it… but…" Remus still looked conflicted.
"No buts. Just take the potions and shut up," Sirius huffed. "Jas is making them for you because you're friends. If you refuse to take them, it would be like spitting in his face after all the work he put into them."
"Sirius is correct!" Peter added. "And you've been so much better since you started taking them."
Remus remained quiet for a mont. "Okay, okay..." He glanced at Jas. "Thanks, Jas. I won't say anything else again."
"You better not. Besides, I'm still working on improving them. I may have sothing concrete soon enough," Jas said. He was handling too many projects at the mont, which left him little ti to focus on the most important things as much as he would like.
"What are you saying? These are incredibly effective already!" Remus exclaid. He couldn't imagine how these Wolfsbane Potions could be improved.
"Wait! Sothing occurred to just now," Sirius exclaid. "Since tonight is the full moon, doesn't that an…"
"Right! The mandrake leaves. We can finally take them out!" Peter shouted.
"It just occurred to you now?..." Jas raised an eyebrow. "It's a good thing I rembered to prepare the three necessary vials and added the chrysalis of a Death's-head Hawk Moth already. Tonight, we'll add the mandrake leaves and hide them in a dark room." Jas took a small portable parchnt and began to write. "There's an incantation that you need to repeat every sunrise and sundown until the next thunderstorm… I'd better give so notes to you two."
"Hehe, it's a good thing we have Jas with us," Peter said.
"I wonder what kind of creature I'll turn into," Sirius said while lying down on the couch. "Maybe a dragon?"
"I don't think that's possible…" Remus pointed out.
"It's only non-magical creatures, right? Like cats, birds, dogs… sothing like that," Peter comnted.
"I think so," Remus responded. "I've done a bit of research during my free ti, but there's little information in the school library. Animagi aren't sothing that will be explained in class either."
"That's too bad… I wanted to be a dragon. I'd use it to scare my old folks," Sirius chuckled.
Remus turned to him. "I know you're joking, Sirius, but… keep in mind that even if you guys can beco Animagi, you'll all need to keep it a secret. You could end up in Azkaban otherwise."
"Is it that serious of a cri?" Peter looked worried.
"I don't know the exact sentence for illegal Animagi, but it does involve spending ti in Azkaban. Not a place you want to be, even for a short period of ti. Dentors are no joke," Jas explained.
"Yikes…" Peter looked very pale now.
"It's going to be fine. No one will find out," Sirius assured his friends.
"Perhaps we should talk about sothing else," Jas suggested. "In two days, we'll begin the Christmas break. Is any of you staying at the castle?"
"Since my transformation will happen tonight, I can go ho for the break. I wish I could tell my parents about the potions so they won't worry so much about the full moon, but…" Remus knew he couldn't say anything. Jas was an unlicensed potioneer, and he could get into a lot of trouble if people knew about his labs.
"I'll be going ho too. I already miss my mom's at pie!" Peter rubbed his belly with a smile.
"I wish I didn't have to go back…" Sirius frowned. "Normally, my folks would just leave alone. But Mom sent a letter two weeks ago, demanding that I and my brother Regulus be at the house for the break."
"Did sothing happen? You didn't get any detentions this year, so far at least," Peter pointed out, since this was a rare occurrence.
"Maybe that's why. They must be thinking that sothing is wrong with Sirius if he doesn't get a dozen detentions in the first trister," Remus suggested.
"No, it's not that," Sirius huffed. "I don't know the details, but she said there was so important eting for the Black family, and I had to be there. If I refuse to go, they'll probably cut my allowance to zero." Sirius turned to Jas. "What about you?"
"I've also been requested to return ho for the break. My parents want there for so reason." Jas still found it strange to speak about his parents.
"They probably just want to make sure you're doing all right," Remus said. "I an… you almost died last sumr, mate." He didn't want to downplay it. Jas's dragonpox had been very close to claiming his life.
"So, we'll all be ho then," Peter said.
Jas noted the expression on Sirius. He really dreaded being stuck in the Black Manor for over two weeks. "Hey, Sirius. When is this important eting your parents ntioned?"
"On the twenty-fifth… why?"
"Perhaps I can pay your family a visit and suggest that you spend the remainder of the break with ." Jas's words shocked his friends.
"You want to visit…" Peter started.
"The Black Manor?..." Remus added.
"Sure," Jas said nonchalantly. He had already made plans to visit that house during the break even before learning about Sirius's situation. He had so business there.
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