Dorothea didn't often enter these competitions, they had never been her thing and perhaps she just felt them a little bit unladylike but here she was and she was excited. She smiled at her sister Millie who sat in the audience ready to watch as part of her Hogsmeade excursion from school, perhaps it was the younger Potts that had rubbed off on her.

The first potion was one that as a governess she was very familiar with, whipping up a little brew to calm the nerves of a distressed ward, or even one of the Lords or ladies of the house was an essential thing to help things go smoothly. She had brewed it many times, but never in front of an audience, so that would certainly be a factor. She carefully adjusted her sleeve cuffs and began in earnest.