You weren’t the best at Potions. You knew this because every time you would make one in Snape’s class, every scowl was seen and every look of grimace was shown when you did something wrong.

It’s required to take his class every year of your life at Hogwarts. It wasn’t long before he assigned you a permanent partner with his star student: Guinevere Beck.

“Make sure you crush the shells,” Beck says, wrapping her hand around yours and squeezing it so the cicada shells would crush.