"Hello, Professor," Violet said as she entered her favorite classroom. Curiously, she saw his hands were all bandaged, though he seemed to be trying to hide them. Potions accident? she wondered. Noticing the potions ingredients he had out, she got excited. Runespoor eggs--armadillo bile...Maybe they were going to make a potion to enhance mental abilities. Something Violet felt she could use. The Healer had been reluctant to give Violet anything to help her sometimes foggy memory, because she was afraid of an interaction with the substance Healer Poppy had been using which caused Violet's allergic reaction. But...if Violet were to take a potion of her own making, no one would be the wiser.

As she walked to a seat up in front, as usual, she thought for a moment that for once the room was free of the sinister vegetation that was creeping around all over the castle. But--no! Off against the walls, hunkering down around them like some sort of weird panelling, were the vines. Now Violet was pretty sure she knew how Professor Hernandez had injured his hands.