He pointed his wand at the spot he had planted his seed and with a flick, he uttered the incantation, "Hervicius!"Nothing happened. He blinked his blue eyes. Wait. What....?

Simon was about to try the spell again when he noticed a little green stem popped out of the soil. Ohh.. So it had worked. The boy watched as his tree grew to its full size within a matter of minutes. He was temporarily distracted by his Holmes (Ethan) beginning to panic. He turned around to face his friend, wondering if he could help. However, by the time, he could open his mouth, Ethan's tree had stopped growing.

The Snake let out a sigh of relief for his best mate. Phew. That could have gone really badly if it kept growing. Then his heart sunk. Oh Merlin! He'd left his growing tree unsupervised. Readying his wand for whatever awaited him in the pot, he turned around and saw that his tree had stopped growing. Oh brilliant. It was at its supposed height, yes?

He patted the tree. "Good tree," he said becoming very proud of the seed that had grown up so quickly. He could have wiped a tear away. Happy tear of course. Simon hugged his tree.

Yes, the boy that had turned his nose up at that very thought hugged his tree. This tree was special. They had been through a lot together already in a matter of minutes. Almost the whole lifetime of a tree. They were friends. He blinked a couple of minutes. Merlin, he was starting to sound like his little sister.

Then the Slytherin took a step away from the tree rather awkwardly and awaited further instruction.