Tyler felt great. He hadn't felt this well-rested in a while. He turned to look at the clock. Wait, was that right? 8 am? His Oils and Herbs class started in 30 minutes! He tripped over the blanket hanging from the side of the bed as he got up. This resulted in a bump on the chin that was getting swollen. No time for that now. He showered and dressed and ran out of the house, forgetting to feed Milo.
Tyler ran most of the way to class. He opened the door to the classroom went in covered in sweat with a large bump on his chin. Mariel was in the corner of the room. Her copper locks and freckles drew his eyes every time he came to class. She took one look at him and laughed. That wasn't good. He had been trying to get her attention for months, now that he had, it was the wrong kind of attention. Perhaps he would make an amazing potion today that would make her forget all about his appearance.
"Class, today we are going to be creating a potion that will make things larger, just like in Alice in Wonderland." Mrs. Hanery chuckled as she pulled herbs and oils from the large cabinet.
When Mrs. Hanery chuckled, it meant trouble was on the way. Tyler swallowed the knot in his throat as he remembered that he was a bit behind on the required reading for the class. He hoped that he could get by today with what he already knew.
Tyler started mixing the ingredients. The contents of the bowl were a sickly shade of gray. Other students had brilliant blue and green in their bowls. Tyler wondered what was missing. He added a few extra drops of the oil of garniga, hoping to make his batch look a little better. When the oil hit the mixture, it bubbled and disappeared into the gray blob.
It was time to add the magic. That was his least favorite part. He watched as Mariel said her spell. Her voice was like a thousand angels as she ran her tiny fingers over the blue mixture in her bowl. A small butterfly emerged from the bowl. It grew larger until it was the size of a bird. The class ooohed and clapped.
Tyler wasn't sure that he should try adding magic to the gray blob, but he had to pass the class. The results could be bad, but on the other hand, they could be amazing. Tyler chanted over his bowl, but it was difficult to concentrate. He just remembered that he had forgotten to feed Milo on his way out. Milo appeared above the mixture, an orange temperamental cat. Milo started to grow, first to twice his size, then he started to fill up the room.
Mrs. Hanery called to the class to evacuate the room. She tried saying a reversal spell, but Milo kept growing. Milo soon filled the classroom. The students were screaming. Tyler tried to sooth the large and agitated cat, but Milo just hissed at him.
Milo started pushing out the walls of the classroom as he continued to grow. Loud footsteps could be heard in the hall rushing towards the classroom.
Dean Litsky's voice boomed "прекращать!"
Milo slowly started to shrink. In a few minutes, he was his regular cat size again.
Dean Litsky handed Tyler a slip of paper and said "You see me tomorrow," in his thick Russian accent. His bushy gray eyebrows raised as he looked at Tyler with a frown on his wrinkled face.
Tyler picked up Milo and took him home. He opened the cabinet and grabbed a can of food for Milo. He was really glad that Milo was normal size again because the cat food can for big Milo would have been ridiculous. He rubbed Milo's chin and opened his Oils and Herbs textbook. No more improvising. Well... no more improvising without basic knowledge.
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