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Gillyweed was no stranger to the greenhouses. Since their first year at Hogwarts, she and her twin had become frequent visitors to this part of the grounds. With their mother being a herbologist and their names drawn from magical plants, it was no surprise that the duo had inherited an affinity for Herbology. Drake, always the more boisterous of the two, was drawn to the louder, arguably more dangerous variety of plants. She, on the other hand, was captivated by aquatic flora, where subtlety and patience revealed the most fascinating secrets.
Today the Slytherin had ventured from Greenhouse 2 into Greenhouse 3. Over the summer she had taken the liberty of reading about all of the plants that they would be focusing on in the fourth-year curriculum, and she was eager to see the details that books couldn't fully capture: the way a plant moved in response to light, the subtle shift in color, etc.
It didn't take long for the curly-haired brunette to make her way through the various species, identifying them and rattling off their magical properties with ease. When she came upon a particular plant submerged in a pool of water, growing horizontally with its unusual shape sprawled across the surface, she paused.
"Stubby Purple Coral," she muttered to herself, her voice barely above a whisper. "Latin name Coral Acropora Tenuis, also known as Spongy Sea Nettle." She crouched down for a closer look at the plant covered in stubby nodules, observing that, based on how vivid its purple shade was, it was being well cared for.
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