Hermione opened a book on potions and followed the instructions with precision. Even though she knew the recipe by heart it was her first time brewing this and she didn’t want to make any mistakes. A tap of the wand against the cauldron made it heat up slowly. She stirred the liquid counterclockwise and dropped in crushed-up petals, bringing the potion to the boiling point. She waited for ten minutes before letting the temperature go down. Hermione began stirring clockwise and dropping in the pixie dust. She let it simmer for half an hour before turning off the heat to let the potion cool down. She then filled up five bottles to the brim and labeled them as "sleeping potion’.