Raeden leafed through the notebook for the drfinition of "hybrid" as she did she found the page. BUt to late, for another girl had answered. She looked down at her notebook and found a similar definition though worded differently.

Qaz raised her hand and responded. 'I believe a hybrid is a cross of two different plants, Sir.'

"Very good. Two points to Ravenclaw. Though do remember the hybrids do not only refer to plants, but all things living. I don't want anyone getting confused if it pops up elsewhere. A hybrid is a cross between any two living beings. Plant to plant, animal to animal. What are some common hybrids amongst both muggles and the wizarding world?"

Raeden sighed and closed the notebook. Though her name was on it, it felt awkward to look through the notes in there that were not her own. She smiled quess i'm going to end up failing. at least untill i get enough notes of my own. she thought to herself as she conjured a new notebook and began to jot down notes.

"Uhmm..." She looked to Brooke, she wasn't very good at Herbology... it must have been a Slytherin thing, but she was ready... prepared. "Yeah, ok."

"Peppermint!"

Kennedy had seriously contemplated not participating as much in this lesson as she had in the past, but first she decided she would participate at least a few times. Then maybe she'd slow down a bit.... maybe... She raised her hand and answered with her typical textbook answers, "FOr animals, there are the mule, hinny, beefalo, and liger, for plants there are hybrid breads like triticale and the fruits tangelo and limequat. In the wizarding world, there are mermaids, hippogriffs, manticores, centaurs and chimaeras."

Raeden paused... then raised her hand, however by the time it was in the air the question had been answered so she lowered it.

Ryder raised his hand he might actually know one answer. "Um isn't a mule a hybrid then if animals can be them. Cause isn't a mule a donkey and a horse?" He said it kind of low he hated to answer if he wasnt a hundred percent sure and he wasn't that sure.

Qaz raised her hand and repied, 'In the Wizard world, there are Centaurs, Hippogriffs, and Griffins'

Cassandra slowed her speach "Peppermint is a hybrid between spearmint and water mint."

Brooke giggled quietly at Cassandra. She couldn't believe she agreed. Cassandra worked really hard in the class, but it wasn't her best... Picking up her quill, she began to write down some notes and other people's answeres.

Qaz added, 'There is the broccaflower, which is a cross of broccoli and cauliflower'

"Other plant hybrids include:
Leyland Cypress, a hybrid between Monterey Cypress and Nootka Cypress.
Limequat, lime and kumquat hybrid.
Loganberry, a hybrid between raspberry and blackberry.
London Plane, a hybrid between Oriental plane and American plane (American sycamore).
Tangelo, a hybrid of a Mandarin orange and a pomelo or a grapefruit which may have been developed in Asia about 3,500 years ago.
Triticale, a wheat-rye hybrid.
Wheat; most modern and ancient wheat breeds are themselves hybrids.
White Flag Iris, a sterile hybrid which spreads by rhizome division
Evening primrose, a flower which was the subject of famous experiments by Hugo de Vries on polyploidy and diploidy. " She looked at Kennedy and looked back to the professor. "And as this is a herbology class I assumed you meant plant Hybrids Professor." She smiled

Tara looked bored, she didn't like herbology much. So she kept her mouth shut and wrote down the hybrids they had named already. Her slytherin mind set kicking in, she hated everything but cute boys, big egos, and DADA.

"What about different cross breeds of dogs? Do those count too?" Ryder asked. He thought to himself they were two kinds of dogs and they were animals.

Kennedy didn't quite understand why that Slytherin girl Cassandra kept looking at her. Kennedy simply smiled back a friendly, cheery smile and went back to thinking about hybrids and quidditch. Kennedy was having a hard time dealing with whether she would rather be known as the 'smart girl' or the 'quidditch all-star.' She felt like she had to choose between the two for her reputation's sake and wasn't sure what to do...

Raeden smiled to herself. Hybrids can also be humans. Or Muggle cars. she thought to herslef with a giggle

"While mermaids, centaurs, and other such creatures seem like hybrids, they are not. They are their own, separate, complete race. A chimera is something a little different. It's less of a hybrid and more a combination of complete creatures. An example if what I mean is chimerism among humans, both muggle and wizards." He looked over the class. "Can anyone say why I make these distinctions, and what the most common problem amongst hybrids is?"

Jen looked at the one girl who had just spoken... Cassandra. Her and the other girl... Kennedy, obviously weren't too fond of eachother. She also remebered the teacher saying both animals AND plants could be hybrids. oh well, Jen thought, I don't want to get in trouble or a fight or anything. She looked down at her notebook and began writing down some of the examples and tried thinking of others. Jen thought about the teachers question. 'A common problem could be maybe like defects. If the two creatures are not meant to mate or something... maybe defects could occur.' Jen said, blushing a bit. She didn't know if she was right, but it was worth a try.

Ryder didn't have a clue to what Professor Erikson was saying. He hid his head and got his quill ready to write some of this down. He looked at Tara who he had never met before but she also seemed like she was in her own world rather then sitting in the class. He smiled at her.

Tara looked at Ryder near her and whispered, "I think Dogs are too muggle for witches and wizards, but if they weren't i would count them." she smirked and winked at him sweetly. Looking back at her parchment she countinued to write down what the professor was saying not understanding any of it.

Raeden raised her hand. "Is the distinction is that mermaids are not humans who mate with fish, for mermaids come from their own species. And Centuars aren't created by a human mating with a horse, but two centuars. So they are their own species seeing as to have one boren there are not two different types of creatures mating which would be a hybrid?" she answered hopefully.

Daphne raised her hand, only sure of part of the question. "I think you make the distinction is because creatures like Centaurs would be really offended if you told them they were part human, part horse. They'd probably trample you." Daphne paused. "Well, I know a problem with animal hybrids is that they can't reproduce..."

Kennedy decided not to raise her hand for this question. She knew Professor Erikson had been joking at the beginning of class when he asked her to give everyone else a chance to answer, but in a way she felt he was probably hinting a bit of truth there too. She also figured that was probably why the Slytherin girl kept looking at her, which made Kennedy smile to herself because she didn't feel as if she was in competition with anyone. They were all there to learn so she didn't mind if anyone else answered before her or better than her.

Besides, her mind was drifting a bit toward Quidditch and defensive strategies anyhow, which was very unlike Kennedy to allow her mind to wander off. She looked over to Tag and crossed her eyes playfully. After all, she needed a little more fun in her life.

"Well a chimera is as if someone diffindoed three animals and put them together, it isn't an animal that is merged. Like colors, red and blue make purple... and not something with red swirls and blue swirls... right?"