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BanaBatGirl 
Bunz almost chuckled under her breath at this answer. "Haha YES," she pointed at this Hufflepuff, "I appreciate that answer. I was actually going to bring this topic up because I discovered, much to my dismay," Bunbury reached into her bin of wands now and withdrew a 10 and 3/4 inch willow wand with a phoenix core. She twirled it about her hand and then looked up to continue.
"As I was saying, after our joint Herbology/Care of Magical Creatures lesson, I discovered that Hogwarts' very own, most noble Whomping Willow tree had been riled up and emotionally scarred by some students sitting in this very room."
She paused and glanced around at them all, tapping the wand in the palm of her free hand. "Perhaps we should discuss the proper way to approach an animated tree like that and how not to approach it. Any GOOD IDEAS?"
Merlin here was another half-possessed child. Bunz took another lonnnng minute to stare at Lou-Ann and her exclamation about broccoli. Honestly. "Um.... yes, the Dionaea muscipula is carnivorous so you should be careful around it..."
Weird, weird child.
LouAnn watched as the professor pulled a very familiarrrr looking wand out of that container she'd been holding. So familiar, in fact...oh my!
Willow; Phoenix Feather Core; 10 3/4 inches...
that's mah wand! LouAnn sat up straight and tall, proud of her wand for making a cameo appearance in Herbology class.
...but then...ohhh, apparently it wasn't a good thing to have such a wand, as someone---not LouAnn, of course---had sent the Whomping Willow into near about St. Mungo's status. LouAnn
had approached the tree during that little scavanger hunt, true. Had she peer-pressured it, though? Nooo, she thought not. Deciding not to bring attention to the fact that her wand was being displayed during a speech about emotionally scarring a tree, LouAnn raised her hand to answer all the questions that had been asked.
"We should be cautious around mandrakes, because if your ears fall victim to their screams, it could kill you! Even a baby mandake can put a person out of orbit for a while," she said, answering question number one.
Umm...What in Merlin's name was a Snargaluff? Deciding to save face and not attempt things she didn't know about, she cleared her throat and moved on.
...Oh, yes! Back to animated trees and how best to approach them. LouAnn eyed her wand---
she wanted it back---then shot a suspicious glance over to the Bunz. LouAnn had
not manhandled the Whomping Willow! "I think we should keep a careful eye on the plant and see how it reacts to certain movements from us. If it seems alright with what we're attempting to do, then we can take that as a sign that it's safe to continue like so. On the other hand, if its leaves get all of a dither, then we should back up and find a different approach. I've learned that most animated trees will more or less tell you what to do with it."
"Oh, and bubtoubers are dangerous, because they resemble
slugggssss," she said, thinking how disgusting it'd be to accidentally pick up a slimy slug thinking it was a bubotuber. "...and I don't mean the jelly kind either! Oh, and they smell like petrol! Anyway, if you don't cure it correctly, it can cause painful boils! If you do, those, it can cure acne."