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Hera 
"Yes death is the ultimate result of under-watering and over-watering... but why or how do they die exactly?"
The girl stared at the Professor's respond. How? Why? Louisa shrugged, "
They need to drink just as we do?" With an awkward smile. She didn't know the answer but the Ravenclaw never sat mute after a question. Never so..
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Hera After giving the students a few minutes to jot down any notes, Seren approached the front of the class again... it was time to move on to the next part of the lesson... trimming!
“Now secondly, part of our activity today will require you to trim a Flutterby Bush... and we will be using a special charm designed especially for the task. Diffindo is good for when your taking cuttings, or you need to sever particularly thick branches, but for smaller, more intricate tasks we use the Trimming charm. Before we get started on the actual bush however I would like you each to practice the incantation and the wand movement... separately at first and then together.”
With another swish of her wand Seren produced a number of severed tree branches on the table.
“The incantation is flipnsnipwitit.... flip-n-snip-wit-it, as for the wand movement all you’re required to do is swish your wand wherever you wish to trim your plant.” Seren demonstrated by swishing her wand back and forth briskly.
“So remember, first practice the incantation... then the wand movement, separately.”
“Then take one and practice trimming back the leaves.”
Watching and scribbling on her parchment what the professor was saying, Louisa's mind was struggling to feel the joy in the lesson. In fact, Herbology wasn't her strong subject.. it was her guardian's aspiration but not Louisa's. At least the Professor was nice enough to handle the thing.
"
flipnsnip--" She started but lost focus. Groaning, she cleared her throat and repeated, "
flipnsnipwitit." Hmm.."
That sounds ridiculous." She said quietly. She then grabbed a branch and started practicing the swishing movement near it. No incantation yet. That seemed easy enough.
"
flipnsnipwitit. flipnsnipwitit. flipnsnipwitit. sn--" She giggled. She so has to play this game with her brothers one day! Saying this five times quickly! Another giggle. Fingers crossed it wasn't against the rules to giggle to oneself in the class -_-
The thirteen year old sat upright and cleared her throat. "
flipnsnipwitit." She muttered swishing the wand against a branch, only to cause it roll over unaffected. She scowled at it. "
Hmm. Not easy enough I see." She caught its end with her free hand and tried again, "
flipnsnipwitit." The branch twitched. She threw it away, "
It's broken." She said lamely and looked for another one.
There! A thinner one. "
Flipnsnipwitit." She said determinedly and this time it worked. She swished and the trimming ,despite its awfulness, was a success.