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After disillusioning the shelf of books again, Severus sat down at his desk and opened the book. If the recipe for the potion was in any of those books; it was most likely be in this one. Fortunately, the potions were listed in alphabetical order as wizarding books did not have indexes. While he had heard of the Drink of Despair, he did not know exactly what ingredients it contained although after hearing Kreacher describe his symptoms, he could make an educated guess. He found it and ran his finger down the page. As he had suspected there were only two ingredients, Deadly Nightshade which caused the extreme thirst and hallucinations and Mistletoe which was the cause of the stomach pains.
Severus replaced the book on the shelf and disillusioned the shelf again. He searched on the next section of shelves and on a shelf further down to find his copy of the Encyclopedia of Universal Antidotes that was an extremely thick book. He pulled it off the shelf and was about to open it when a soft chime sounded. He sighed and placed the book on his desk. He had set the chime to sound at 9:55 so he would be on time to meet Minerva in the Entrance Hall and begin their patrolling. They would be patrolling until midnight.
Their patrol went smoothly. He was thankful that there hadn't been any miscreants attempting to drag an illegal dragon up to the Astronomy Tower tonight. Severus returned to his quarters and sat down behind his desk. As much as he wanted to continue researching an antidote for the Drink of Despair; he knew grading papers had to come first. He finally finished up at 1:30 and went to bed, deciding he would rise at 6:30 rather than his usual 5:30. Once all the plans for retrieving the horcrux locket were in place; he would tell Harry and Lily what was going on as he had promised Harry he would not keep things from him or lie to him.
After sleeping deeply, Severus rose at 6:30 feeling refreshed. He did his morning ablutions and went into the kitchen just as Blinky popped in with breakfast. "Thank you, Blinky," Severus said as he picked up the Daily Prophet sitting beside his plate.
"Does Mr. Professor Severus require anything else from Blinky?"
"No, this is fine. Thank you."
Blinky popped out again, leaving Severus to peruse his paper. It was the usual dribble the paper routinely reported. He tossed it aside and started on his breakfast. He smirked as he wondered what Potter's reaction had been when Dumbledore had informed him of Harry's blood adoption and he was certain Dumbledore had. He had not seen an obituary for Potter so he obviously did not die of heart failure.
Severus finished off his breakfast and piled his dishes in the sink. He brushed his teeth and got ready for his first class of fourth year Slytherins and Gryffindors. He glanced at Harry's schedule he kept pinned on the bulletin board next to his desk, but he knew Harry had Transfiguration first today.
He entered the Great Hall to check on his Snakes, his cloak billowing. One of the most important rules of Slytherin House was that everyone was required to eat three meals a day, especially breakfast and Severus insisted on nutritious food. He's even visited with the elves about it. He wanted his Snakes to excel academically as well as at Quidditch and nutritious food would help with both. He and Poppy kept an eye on the older witches to make sure none of them were developing the eating disorders that were often seen in Muggle teen-aged girls. He was pleased to see everyone, even Pansy Parkinson, was present and eating a nutritious breakfast.
Severus walked over to the Ravenclaw table where Harry and his friends were sitting today. He knelt down beside Harry. "Good morning, Harry."
"Morning, Dad. How come you weren't at breakfast this morning?" Harry asked nodding his head towards the high table.
"I was up rather late grading essays after Professor McGonagall and I finished patrolling and I decided to sleep later and have breakfast in my quarters."
"Sounds like a good idea," Harry replied smiling.
"I will see you later in Potions," Severus said, straightening up.
"Okay."
As he made his way out of the Great Hall, he ran into Lily who was just coming into breakfast. He stopped. "Good morning, Lily."
"Good morning, Sev."
Severus lowered his voice and asked, "Can we meet later? I have got new information regarding what we were discussing last evening.""Of course, Sev. Why don't you stop by my quarters after your last class?"
"I will do that."
Lily smiled as he walked away, his robe billowing out behind him. Potter and Black could never figure out how he did that as he had done it while he was a student. They swore he must be using some type of dark magic.
Severus had a free period before lunch and he spent the time searching the Encyclopedia of Universal Antidotes. He found there was an antidote for mistletoe poisoning, but after looking through a few other books; he concluded that the wizarding world did not have an antidote for deadly nightshade and since that was the main ingredient of the Drink of Despair, the antidote for the mistletoe would not be effective. He thought for a moment then went back to his shelves. He had a few Muggle medical books too as he liked to keep up with what Muggle scientists and doctors had discovered. He pulled one off the shelf that he had bought when he had taken Harry to Diagon Alley for his school thing, but hadn't had a chance to look at yet. It was called, The Poison and Antidote Sourcebook 1991. He opened it at the back to the index and ran his index finger down the D column. Yes, there it is …deadly nightshade. Severus turned to the page listed and quickly read the information. The treatment used for deadly nightshade was to induce vomiting, lavage, and to administer activated charcoal. It was also used to treat mistletoe poisoning.
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