“Death, no. But petrification, yeah...” he went over it in his head first to make sure he was remembering the right potion. (As fifth years, he and his brother had both bern cramming for their upcoming O.W.L. exams!) “Mandrake restorative draught.”

Minoru noticed the protective gesture.

“Hey, it’s not all scary monsters and curses and stuff.” He tried to reassure them. There were a lot of dangers in the wizarding world, true. But there was a lot of fun too. “You ought to see a good quidditch game!!”