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BanaBatGirl · 03-25-2009, 12:20 AM

Today's lesson was not in the greenhouses like ordinarily - no, today was extraordinary. Extraordinary weather, nice and warm, called for a special lesson.

Anastasia Bunbury was seated barefoot in the student garden, chillaxing on the grass in a very very verrrry old pair of blue jeans and surrounded by puffapods in pots. This was the southwest corner of the garden where not-so-many plants were located...instead, there seemed to be long two furrows of earth flanking a pathway. Clearly it had been turned up for planting something.

"Come and have a seat! Let's chilllllll for a lil bitttt," your professor greets you with a loopy smile. "Sit sit."

Golden Monkey · 03-25-2009, 04:47 PM

William had been in his own little world of fluffy bunnies and candy corn and had no idea what they would be doing in this class, besides play in dirt which was just cool with him. He never even noticed the odd look he got from the third year he had thrown a snowball at the last time he had seen her, nor did he notice professor Ashby enter and begin to make a sand castle.

He blinked several times humming as he looked up and noticed everyone with a bush. Jumping up he tripped over his shoelaces and fell ion the ground, dirt getting all over him as he hurriedly got up and went to pick up a bush. He didn't even know what they would be doing he was so distracted. Frowning at the weird looking thing in his hands he walked over to his post and plopped down, listening to Bunbury as she said to ... hug it? Well, if she said so he thought giving the bush an awkward hug.

Sitting down now he held the bush in his lap and blinked. More singing? Hadn't he embarrassed himself enough in the last class with his retched singing? Now he had to do it again?!? There had to be a loophole, perhaps if he stuffed five chocolate frogs in his mouth and waited for them to melt his mouth would be glued together, leaving him free of singing again. But no, he loved this class too much so instead waited. Oh wait, they could hum, that would be better for his sanity he figured, beginning to hum the weird song Bunbury had picked for them. Over the course of the song though he found himself humming his fishy song and soon the words were starting to come out of his mouth again without him realizing it.

RachieRu · 03-25-2009, 04:54 PM

Vanessa stared as Professor Bunbury said that they had to hug the Flutterby bush. She had to hug a bush! Okay that was slightly wierd. But also slightly cute. She just hoped the bush didn't decide to make her sneeze or anything.
Picking her bush up, Vanessa kind of stared at it, before hugging it awkwardly. Now she'd hugged a bush. That was definetly one of her ambitions in life. Oooh...but now they could sing? Yeey. But Vanessa took to humming the tune, which everyone else to be doing, Not wanting to be the odd one out

EquestrianGal88 · 03-25-2009, 05:07 PM

Freya looked at the bush in front of her with some crazed look on her face. 'Wait, what? Hug the plant? HUG a plant? Ugh...' She gazed at the purple flowers on the bush again, 'And I thought saying 'thank you' was weird. This is borderline insanity.'

Nevertheless, Freya wrapped her arms around the plant and gave it a hug, well, if one could even call it that, her arms barely touched the thing. She was just about to relax when the Professor mentioned singing, 'Singing?! Noooo! I am so not singing! Not in front of, *gulp*, other people!' Freya decided to hum along with the others, though she was so quiet it was almost undetectable. 'Crazy...crazy...crazy...'.

Torchwood · 03-25-2009, 05:10 PM

Qaz didn't know the song, but it was catchy. Soon she was whistling along.

While she whistled, she got better acquainted with her plant, gently stroking a stem or two, then several leaves. Such a beautiful plant, she thought.

When Qaz looked up from her plant, she happened to notice her tabby, HiJinx, watching....hidden under a bush nearby. He must have herad her whistling and thought that she was calling him. 'Hello, big guy, would you like to come and say hello to the pretty plant?'

What's she up to with all those others...I wonder...perhaps I should investigate.

Qaz watched as HiJinx approached. When he arrived, she spoke softly to him. 'How's my fella? I want you to say hello to the pretty plant'

Pretty plant, indeed. I bet it likes to play catch with itself, fluttering around like that....perhaps a closer look. Sniff...sniff. Seems safe enough. Rrreeooow.

'That's a good boy. We must talk to the plant gently. Mommy's going to prune it soon...like when I clip your nails so they don't get to long. Why don't you run off and find me an acorn...can you do that for me?'

Acorn. Why on earth does she want an acorn. Humans can be so strange some time. Rrrak. As you wish...there sould be plenty of acorns around here....

Qaz watched her cat wander off then went back to whistling...and stroking her Flutterby

Tommehbell · 03-25-2009, 05:27 PM

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"Yeah, this stupid cold is irritating, " Ella said, as she covered her nose and mouth with the kerchief. Surely not wanting to make her friend sick too.

"I'll be back," she told her as she walked over to grab the bush. It was weird to hold the moving plant in hands. She kept the plant away from ther body as much as she could. She didnt want to get sick anymore by anything. "atleast this's thing is smelless," she muttered as she got back to her seat.

She nodded. "Yeah my cold was a killer." She told her with a warm smile. She knew the kind of hell her friend was going through with her cold. She wasn't sure she liked the cold weather. She was missing her Middle Eastern school all the more right now.

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"Yep yep, that's it exactly! Three points!" Annie beamed at Kayla. "The leaves aren't diseased, exactly," she frowned, "they're just a lil wild. And I want 'em to be tamer, ya know? And I dunno where the butterflies went. Were they ever here? I didn't see any."

She twirled a bit of red hair around her finger and looked to the next student.

"Exactly!" Annie bounced on her toes a little. "Have three points. And that's why we use a spell instead of clippers or something, cos flutterbys are delicate."

She didn't even notice Helios standing up and creating a scene - Bunbunz had already warned everyone about making a scene in her class and she wasn't going to deal with it.

"Two points! That's spot on," Annie nodded to the Gryffie.

But that Ella girl wasn't giving up, was she? "Medicated herbs are um, aren't they for old people to study? How do you expect to know everything already?!" You're probably older than I am anyways.

At least the girl had a good answer. "Wow, see, four points for that answer. Are you sure you don't know the medical herb thingies? Huh?"

"Two points. Correct again!" She petted one of the fluttas. "There are a few other precautions I'm thinking of though..." Annie hinted to the next students.

Did this girl just make that up? "I've um, never heard of that one..." Bunbunz blinked at her, biting her lip to avoid laughing at the girl wrestling a bush. "Mr. Ashby, have you ever heard of the spell Rotundus? For use in pruning?"

"Excellent answer!" Anastasia clapped at the Hufflepuff. "Three points!"

"Very good, Herminny," the redhead nodded. "Two points...."

Aha, shaping! Yep, that was right. "Three points, Qaz," she nodded. "I wanted to plant some funky, shaped bushes here...but the flutterbys aren't good for that. Maybe next term."

She smiled and tilted her head toward Ella. "See, she knows more about remedy thingies than I do. Listen to her."

"It ISSSSS!" Anastasia gigglesnorted along with the prefect. "You're toterly right. Haircutting it, very gently, is what we wanna do. Three points."

"Well not just nargles...um, you wanna remove all dead leaves and promote healthy growth, see," Annie wrinkled her nose at the girl. She didn't even notice the pear invasion.

"SINGING! EXACTLY!" The redhead clapped very enthusiastically now, feeling tempted to give Miranda a bajillion points. She'd settle for four though. "Four points for your insight! I thought no one would guess."

Annie had opened her mouth to start the song when she just now realized that the commotion between Kayla and Helios was still going on. She watched the boy slowly get smaller and smaller as he walked away. Huh.

"BUHBYEEEEE!" Annie waved to him. That was rude, prolly, but she did say leave if you don't like it. Whatever. Not like she could punish him anyways... unless that Professor nickname wasn't just a nickname....nah....

Back to the flutterbys. "Okay now, does everyone have a bush? Before - and as - we trim them, we need to prepare them for cutting off their pretty crazy branches."

Annie skipped to the front of the cart and picked out a potted flutterby of her own.

"Firstly, you should give your flutterby a hug. Everyone hug your bush now."

She squeezed her pot and all, beaming at it as its flowers gently caressed her cheek. "Then you're gonna wanna sing as you prune - Mr. Ashby will be teaching the spell shortly - but this is the tune I think we should sing, or hum if you're nervous."

Bunbunz cleared her throat and started humming before she remembered the pruning part. "Oh Mr. Ashby, come show us the spell now." Right, they wanted to sing as they trimmed. Yup.

She was not going to hug that bush. Plain. Simple. The end.

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Originally Posted by Monkey Princess

William had been in his own little world of fluffy bunnies and candy corn and had no idea what they would be doing in this class, besides play in dirt which was just cool with him. He never even noticed the odd look he got from the third year he had thrown a snowball at the last time he had seen her, nor did he notice professor Ashby enter and begin to make a sand castle.

He blinked several times humming as he looked up and noticed everyone with a bush. Jumping up he tripped over his shoelaces and fell ion the ground, dirt getting all over him as he hurriedly got up and went to pick up a bush. He didn't even know what they would be doing he was so distracted. Frowning at the weird looking thing in his hands he walked over to his post and plopped down, listening to Bunbury as she said to ... hug it? Well, if she said so he thought giving the bush an awkward hug.

Sitting down now he held the bush in his lap and blinked. More singing? Hadn't he embarrassed himself enough in the last class with his retched singing? Now he had to do it again?!? There had to be a loophole, perhaps if he stuffed five chocolate frogs in his mouth and waited for them to melt his mouth would be glued together, leaving him free of singing again. But no, he loved this class too much so instead waited. Oh wait, they could hum, that would be better for his sanity he figured, beginning to hum the weird song Bunbury had picked for them. Over the course of the song though he found himself humming his fishy song and soon the words were starting to come out of his mouth again without him realizing it.

She watched that little first year trip and fall on his face and in the dirt. It gave her a giggle, and she laughed. It was funny and he had thrown a snowball at her and for no good reason. he would be cute if she didn't have that against him.

She walked back over to snag another plant. The first one didn't like her and it kept dodging her. She picked up her pot that was full of water at the bottom and a little plan formed in her head. She grinned as she walked over by William as she walked over his head she reach up to scratch at a spot on her nose and she lost grip on her pot and it tipped over and the water cascaded down all over William. "Oh William. I'm so sorry," She cried looking down at him.

Lockhartian · 03-25-2009, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by BanaBatGirl

"Yep yep, that's it exactly! Three points!" Annie beamed at Kayla. "The leaves aren't diseased, exactly," she frowned, "they're just a lil wild. And I want 'em to be tamer, ya know? And I dunno where the butterflies went. Were they ever here? I didn't see any."

She twirled a bit of red hair around her finger and looked to the next student.

What? Really? That's what pruning meant? Awesome! Herbology wasn't as bad, then...maybe, maybe.

"But...I don't get it...why is the plant called butterfly when it doesn't have a single butterfly?" she asked, frowning a bit, it was just silly if the plant didn't have one, unless the name was based on butterflies? But those flowers didn't look like butterflies...

Did it actually matter? Yes!

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Originally Posted by BanaBatGirl

Annie had opened her mouth to start the song when she just now realized that the commotion between Kayla and Helios was still going on. She watched the boy slowly get smaller and smaller as he walked away. Huh.

"BUHBYEEEEE!" Annie waved to him. That was rude, prolly, but she did say leave if you don't like it. Whatever. Not like she could punish him anyways... unless that Professor nickname wasn't just a nickname....nah....

Back to the flutterbys. "Okay now, does everyone have a bush? Before - and as - we trim them, we need to prepare them for cutting off their pretty crazy branches."

Annie skipped to the front of the cart and picked out a potted flutterby of her own.

"Firstly, you should give your flutterby a hug. Everyone hug your bush now."

She squeezed her pot and all, beaming at it as its flowers gently caressed her cheek. "Then you're gonna wanna sing as you prune - Mr. Ashby will be teaching the spell shortly - but this is the tune I think we should sing, or hum if you're nervous."

Bunbunz cleared her throat and started humming before she remembered the pruning part. "Oh Mr. Ashby, come show us the spell now." Right, they wanted to sing as they trimmed. Yup.

Ummm. No. She didn't have a butterfly, and she immediately got up to get one, not a very damaged one, of course, not that it was something Kaika could tell...she probably got the one that was worse than the rest.

She sat down again, wherever it is that she was sitting down. She eyed the plant and her eyes opened wide, she was NOT giving the plant a hug, "I could break it..." she whispered, it's not like it's a tree...so, she just patted a few leaves and flowers, very gently, instead.

Then her eyes widened even more....like she was going to sing...HA...NO. The plant will have it with just the patting, nothing more. Besides, she was good with spells, sometimes. And she'll talk to the silly butterfly if needed, nothing more. There.

Golden Monkey · 03-25-2009, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Tomasina Riddle

She watched that little first year trip and fall on his face and in the dirt. It gave her a giggle, and she laughed. It was funny and he had thrown a snowball at her and for no good reason. he would be cute if she didn't have that against him.

She walked back over to snag another plant. The first one didn't like her and it kept dodging her. She picked up her pot that was full of water at the bottom and a little plan formed in her head. She grinned as she walked over by William as she walked over his head she reach up to scratch at a spot on her nose and she lost grip on her pot and it tipped over and the water cascaded down all over William. "Oh William. I'm so sorry," She cried looking down at him.

William was busy looking down at his plant, frowning at the ugliness of it as he stopped humming. He didn't want to hum, it was bad enough he had to hug the thing in his hands. He was looking around for something to do, his mind far from plants right than as he spotted a bird flying paast him. He blinked, tilting his head and didn't even notice Paris walking by him at that moment until a great pile of water fell on top of him, soaking him to the skin. Coughing and sputtering he jumped up, whirling to see her standing there. "It...it's okay." he said, shaking his hair out before seeing who it was.

He frowned as he wiped his eyes free of the water and said, "You did that on purpose didn't you?" in an accusing tone.

Tommehbell · 03-25-2009, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Monkey Princess

William was busy looking down at his plant, frowning at the ugliness of it as he stopped humming. He didn't want to hum, it was bad enough he had to hug the thing in his hands. He was looking around for something to do, his mind far from plants right than as he spotted a bird flying paast him. He blinked, tilting his head and didn't even notice Paris walking by him at that moment until a great pile of water fell on top of him, soaking him to the skin. Coughing and sputtering he jumped up, whirling to see her standing there. "It...it's okay." he said, shaking his hair out before seeing who it was.

He frowned as he wiped his eyes free of the water and said, "You did that on purpose didn't you?" in an accusing tone.

She giggled as he sputtered and coughed. She got him good and with a whole pot full of water. That would teach him to throw a snowball at her. She stepped back back and got ready to defend herself in case he got froggy and wanted to jump up to get beat down. She wiped the grin off her face when he accused her of doing it on purpose. DUH! Of course she had, but was she going to admit to that? Not likely. She glared at him when he frowned at her. "I most certainly did not. You little git." She told him as he eyes smoldered at him. How dare he accuse her!

"You tried to blind me with you big head blotting out the sun and making it impossible for anyone to see anything around here." She shot back.

Mad Eye Touz · 03-25-2009, 06:49 PM

Plymouth was in his own little piece of heaven. Eeeeeeee! He skipped (literally) up to the cart to get his flutterby. YAAAAY!!

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Yaaay, I really like this lesson! Miranda wasn't up for much Herbologyims before, but this was pretty fun. And you get to hug the plant!

Skipping fast over to the bushes, she picked one up and walked fast back to her muddy seat. Then she put her arms around the pot and hugged her Flutterby like it was a teddybear. Miranda tried petting the bushy thing, too.

And singing! Yaaaaaaaaaaaaay!
She sang and hummed the parts she didnt know that well. But oh she sang! Squeeeeeeeeeee!

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Awwwwwwwwwww!! They had to hug their bushes? So far, this actually was being a rather good Herbology lesson. Or maybe Evangeline was in one of her silly days. Merlin knew they happened. "Hewwo, Mister Fluttery Bush. I'm gonna give you a nice haircut, alright?" Evangeline mumbled as she gently squeezed her bush. And ooooh, they got to sing too!

Oh yes. Definitely one of her silly days.

And he was in good company!!! Plymouth went to go stand near Clifford and Miranda. He couldn't have been smiling bigger if he tried. "Well. It's always nice to make new friends. Alright everyone, let's tidy things up!" Plymouth "hehe'd" and danced his little bush around in a circle before hugging it HARD.

"Come on little friends!" Plymouth sang and started hugging branches individually.

Golden Monkey · 03-25-2009, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Tomasina Riddle

She giggled as he sputtered and coughed. She got him good and with a whole pot full of water. That would teach him to throw a snowball at her. She stepped back back and got ready to defend herself in case he got froggy and wanted to jump up to get beat down. She wiped the grin off her face when he accused her of doing it on purpose. DUH! Of course she had, but was she going to admit to that? Not likely. She glared at him when he frowned at her. "I most certainly did not. You little git." She told him as he eyes smoldered at him. How dare he accuse her!

"You tried to blind me with you big head blotting out the sun and making it impossible for anyone to see anything around here." She shot back.

He wrung out his hair and gaped at her. She said his head a big? Oh, that wasn't cool, not at all. So he had a large head, so what? He kept a grip on his plant, but dropped it when it wiggled out of his hand. He held a clump of dirt on his hand and an idea came to him. With no inclination of why he was about to do what he was going to he lifted his arm and threw it in her face.

"I may have a large head, but at least I don't have a nose that looks like a pigs snout!" He shot back, his blue eyes piercing.

Tommehbell · 03-25-2009, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Monkey Princess

He wrung out his hair and gaped at her. She said his head a big? Oh, that wasn't cool, not at all. So he had a large head, so what? He kept a grip on his plant, but dropped it when it wiggled out of his hand. He held a clump of dirt on his hand and an idea came to him. With no inclination of why he was about to do what he was going to he lifted his arm and threw it in her face.

"I may have a large head, but at least I don't have a nose that looks like a pigs snout!" He shot back, his blue eyes piercing.

She wasn't even thinking he was going to do what he just did. She saw it in slow motion as his hand raised and then launched his clump of dirt into her face. It caught her right in the middle of her face and then splatted everywhere. She felt dirt go up her nose and in her ears and in her eyes. She dropped her bush, and she cried out in pain as the dirt went into her eyes. She started rubbing furiously. "You awful toad!" She screamed as her eyes burned. She had to keep rubbing and blinking, then something exploded in her chest and her fury boiled over. He was a first year trying to pick on her and she was taller than him! She wasn't going to take this anymore.

She looked up at William and the look on his face was all she needed. She ran over to him and before he could stop her, she tackled him, jumping on him as they tumbled to the ground. "You want to throw dirt at me!" She yelled trying to push his face into the dirt.

Golden Monkey · 03-25-2009, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Tomasina Riddle

She wasn't even thinking he was going to do what he just did. She saw it in slow motion as his hand raised and then launched his clump of dirt into her face. It caught her right in the middle of her face and then splatted everywhere. She felt dirt go up her nose and in her ears and in her eyes. She dropped her bush, and she cried out in pain as the dirt went into her eyes. She started rubbing furiously. "You awful toad!" She screamed as her eyes burned. She had to keep rubbing and blinking, then something exploded in her chest and her fury boiled over. He was a first year trying to pick on her and she was taller than him! She wasn't going to take this anymore.

She looked up at William and the look on his face was all she needed. She ran over to him and before he could stop her, she tackled him, jumping on him as they tumbled to the ground. "You want to throw dirt at me!" She yelled trying to push his face into the dirt.

William didn't even know why he had done it, and immediately felt remorse as it went into her eyes. he hadn't even aimed for her face, but as it goes he was an awful aim and there it was. "I'm-" he got out before he was tackled to the ground, his face being pushed into the dirt. He struggled, his face grinding into the dirt more. He immediately remembered something Kazi had said to him in his office and instantly felt defeated. He closed his eyes so no dirt would get in them, hoping he could get out soon.

As with all fights, he got a burst of energy and lifted his head as best as he could. "Oi! I didn't mean to hit your face! I was aiming-" the rest was muffled as she succeeded, his face falling flat against the dirt, his mouth filling with the brown dirt. He coughed, forcing himself up. " Aiming for your robes! I'm sorry alright!" He screamed out like a girl, his voice gravelly. His eyes filled up with tears when he felt a small rock scratch his face. He struggled more, trying in vain to get her off of him.

Lindzers · 03-25-2009, 07:44 PM

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She shrugged off the girl's question and wandered back to the flutterbys. "Sooo...back on topic. We're going to trim these down a little before we plant them....I like, bought them a while ago I think and then I forgot to plant 'em so they've gotten a little wild...."

The flutterby bushes started quivering again, shirking away from Annie's hand as she pushed their cart out into the open. "We wizards do have a spell for pruning plants but before we begin," the bushes again quivered anxiously at the word 'pruning'.

"Before we begin, what IS pruning exactly? And why do we do it? And most importantly," Annie stroked one purple flower gently, "what sort of precautions do ya'll think we should take around a bush as sensitive as a flutterby?"

And this was why Melanie happened to like Herbology sooo much. she asked a lot of questions so you could get points, but at the same time you got to do hands on stuff as well.

As long as they didn't have to massage any plants she was good... that was just weird.

Melanie eagerly walked up to get a flutterby (sweet name...) bush to prune. She wasn't exactly an expert with plants so she knew she probably wouldn't be good at pruning, but she was quite thankful there was a spell to do it. She always enjoyed doing wand work. Despite the fact Melanie still looked a bit nervous about pruning a plant... the only time she had actually even taken care of a plant besides Herbology class was for mothers day and she hadn't exactly celebrated mothers day in a while.

Melanie laid the plant down feet from where she had picked it up, hardly able to carry it around with her size, even though she was pretty strong (in her opinion at least.).

Melanie was unable to answer the professor's questions, but as other did she listened carefully trying to take in every detail. Then she looked expectantly up at Bunbunz for instructions.

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"SINGING! EXACTLY!" The redhead clapped very enthusiastically now, feeling tempted to give Miranda a bajillion points. She'd settle for four though. "Four points for your insight! I thought no one would guess."

Annie had opened her mouth to start the song when she just now realized that the commotion between Kayla and Helios was still going on. She watched the boy slowly get smaller and smaller as he walked away. Huh.

"BUHBYEEEEE!" Annie waved to him. That was rude, prolly, but she did say leave if you don't like it. Whatever. Not like she could punish him anyways... unless that Professor nickname wasn't just a nickname....nah....

Back to the flutterbys. "Okay now, does everyone have a bush? Before - and as - we trim them, we need to prepare them for cutting off their pretty crazy branches."

Annie skipped to the front of the cart and picked out a potted flutterby of her own.

"Firstly, you should give your flutterby a hug. Everyone hug your bush now."

She squeezed her pot and all, beaming at it as its flowers gently caressed her cheek. "Then you're gonna wanna sing as you prune - Mr. Ashby will be teaching the spell shortly - but this is the tune I think we should sing, or hum if you're nervous."

Bunbunz cleared her throat and started humming before she remembered the pruning part. "Oh Mr. Ashby, come show us the spell now." Right, they wanted to sing as they trimmed. Yup.

Melanie smiled happily as her house members earned points. Go Huffies! she thought cheerfully. They were soooo close to Ravenclaw.

As Bunbury said -gulp- something about singing while they worked Melanie couldn't believe her ears. Her jaw dropped slightly, but she managed to clamp it back shut again.

Nuuuu! singing was not a good thing for Melanie, but it wasn't mandatory and it wasn't really singing....

Getting in the spirit Melanie began to hum along to the happy tune of Bunbury's song. It sounded remotely familiar, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it.

Waaaait a minute. Melanie's humming broke off slightly. They had to hug the plant? hug it?!

She shrugged. It was weird but much better than massaging it's roots. Melanie reached over and hugged the plant and suddenly a thought struck her. She raised her hand high up in the air so the tips of her fingers were just visible over the older student's heads. "Professor Bunbury?" she began excitedly. "How come if plants don't have feelings do they still require human-like treatment." she asked, curiously.

Yay! And they got to learn a new spell too! Even if it was a pruning spell...

TeafortheSoul · 03-25-2009, 07:45 PM

Cela ignored the ruckus and got her flutterby bush, taking it over t a bare patch and sitting down with it. She immediately gave it a hug of sorts, the kind of hug reserved for plants rather than people. Feeling the flutterby petals brush against her cheeks, Celandine giggled and gave the plant a nuzzle before beginning to sing to it.

Tommehbell · 03-25-2009, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Monkey Princess

William didn't even know why he had done it, and immediately felt remorse as it went into her eyes. he hadn't even aimed for her face, but as it goes he was an awful aim and there it was. "I'm-" he got out before he was tackled to the ground, his face being pushed into the dirt. He struggled, his face grinding into the dirt more. He immediately remembered something Kazi had said to him in his office and instantly felt defeated. He closed his eyes so no dirt would get in them, hoping he could get out soon.

As with all fights, he got a burst of energy and lifted his head as best as he could. "Oi! I didn't mean to hit your face! I was aiming-" the rest was muffled as she succeeded, his face falling flat against the dirt, his mouth filling with the brown dirt. He coughed, forcing himself up. " Aiming for your robes! I'm sorry alright!" He screamed out like a girl, his voice gravelly. His eyes filled up with tears when he felt a small rock scratch his face. He struggled more, trying in vain to get her off of him.

She held him firm as he struggled. She was stronger than him and she was used to holding down squirming boys from having to show her brothers who the queen bee in the Greenwood hive was. She heard him trying to speak but she wasn't letting him up. "You like picking on girls do you!" She screamed as she held him down harder. This would be the last time he messed with Paris Greenwood, she would make sure of that.

He got a burst of energy and succeeded in lifting himself up off the ground high enough so he could speak. "You shouldn't have thrown it in the first place," She told him shoving his head back down into the dirt. She was about to twist his arm behind his back and make him squeal like a little girl in a polka dot dress when he lifted up one last time and apologized. She let up on him enough so that he could lift his head out of the dirt and then she saw the cut on his face and then the tears. Well that just took the wind out of her sails and she climbed off of him. She didn't think he would cry like a little girl. "Oh geez William you throw dirt in my face and then you cry?" She asked kneeling beside him and pulling a Kleenex out of her purse and dabbing on his face.

Golden Monkey · 03-25-2009, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Tomasina Riddle

She held him firm as he struggled. She was stronger than him and she was used to holding down squirming boys from having to show her brothers who the queen bee in the Greenwood hive was. She heard him trying to speak but she wasn't letting him up. "You like picking on girls do you!" She screamed as she held him down harder. This would be the last time he messed with Paris Greenwood, she would make sure of that.

He got a burst of energy and succeeded in lifting himself up off the ground high enough so he could speak. "You shouldn't have thrown it in the first place," She told him shoving his head back down into the dirt. She was about to twist his arm behind his back and make him squeal like a little girl in a polka dot dress when he lifted up one last time and apologized. She let up on him enough so that he could lift his head out of the dirt and then she saw the cut on his face and then the tears. Well that just took the wind out of her sails and she climbed off of him. She didn't think he would cry like a little girl. "Oh geez William you throw dirt in my face and then you cry?" She asked kneeling beside him and pulling a Kleenex out of her purse and dabbing on his face.

William grunted as she pushed him further into the ground, a part of him screaming at him for starting this, until he realized it was her who had started it in the first place. "I only pick on girls who start stuff!" He said back, his breathing heavy. He was loosing what little strength he had in the first place when she let go of him and climbed off. He huffed as he sat up, dirt covering his upper body and face as he shook some of it out of his hair.

He sniffled as he touched the cut on his face. "I'm not crying." he sniffled a traitor tear falling from his cheek. He wiped it away hastily as she took out a tissue and dabbed his face. He scowled at the whole situation and blinked dort out of his eyes. that did hurt. "Like I was trying to say, I didn't mean to throw it in your face. I have bad aim." he said, looking at her while he got his composure back.

Tommehbell · 03-25-2009, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Monkey Princess

William grunted as she pushed him further into the ground, a part of him screaming at him for starting this, until he realized it was her who had started it in the first place. "I only pick on girls who start stuff!" He said back, his breathing heavy. He was loosing what little strength he had in the first place when she let go of him and climbed off. He huffed as he sat up, dirt covering his upper body and face as he shook some of it out of his hair.

He sniffled as he touched the cut on his face. "I'm not crying." he sniffled a traitor tear falling from his cheek. He wiped it away hastily as she took out a tissue and dabbed his face. He scowled at the whole situation and blinked dort out of his eyes. that did hurt. "Like I was trying to say, I didn't mean to throw it in your face. I have bad aim." he said, looking at her while he got his composure back.

He did look a bit funny soaking wet and then covered in dirt, but she didn't have the urge to laugh as she saw his face all cut up and tears streaked. Oh for pity's sake! Didn't any of the boys around here have backbones. Now she had to feel bad for beating up a boy that threw dirt in her face. Where was the justice in the world.

She looked at him as he denied that he was crying. She rolled her eyes, boys, she sighed. "Ok you aren't crying then," She said gently. She gently wiped the trickle of blood that had started to roll down his face. She started wiping hte dirt of his face as well. Now that she had made him cry she didn't feel so big and bad anymore. She felt like a right jerk for beating up a little kid. "Alright and I'm sorry for dumping water all over you." She wouldn't admit she did it on purpose but she would apologize for dumping the water and soaking him to the bone.

Golden Monkey · 03-25-2009, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Tomasina Riddle

He did look a bit funny soaking wet and then covered in dirt, but she didn't have the urge to laugh as she saw his face all cut up and tears streaked. Oh for pity's sake! Didn't any of the boys around here have backbones. Now she had to feel bad for beating up a boy that threw dirt in her face. Where was the justice in the world.

She looked at him as he denied that he was crying. She rolled her eyes, boys, she sighed. "Ok you aren't crying then," She said gently. She gently wiped the trickle of blood that had started to roll down his face. She started wiping hte dirt of his face as well. Now that she had made him cry she didn't feel so big and bad anymore. She felt like a right jerk for beating up a little kid. "Alright and I'm sorry for dumping water all over you." She wouldn't admit she did it on purpose but she would apologize for dumping the water and soaking him to the bone.

He felt like a young child now, younger than he was. His face hurt, but not as much as his pride. Now he'd be teased for crying like a baby just what he needed now. He smiled shyly as he looked down at his body, covered in water and now mud. He couldn't help but laugh, he looked like a mud man now.

"Thanks for cleaning me up some." he said nicely, watching as she finished up. "And I'm sorry for the snowball thing, I got carried away." he said, knowing now would be the best time to get that over with. What was it with him, trying to fight older students who were girls? He was so not being himself right now, and he knew he'd probably get a howler from home if his mum ever found out. "You're pretty strong." he said looking up at her with a small grin as he began removing the mud from his arms.

Anna Banana · 03-25-2009, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by BanaBatGirl

Back to the flutterbys. "Okay now, does everyone have a bush? Before - and as - we trim them, we need to prepare them for cutting off their pretty crazy branches."

Annie skipped to the front of the cart and picked out a potted flutterby of her own.

"Firstly, you should give your flutterby a hug. Everyone hug your bush now."

She squeezed her pot and all, beaming at it as its flowers gently caressed her cheek. "Then you're gonna wanna sing as you prune - Mr. Ashby will be teaching the spell shortly - but this is the tune I think we should sing, or hum if you're nervous."

Bunbunz cleared her throat and started humming before she remembered the pruning part. "Oh Mr. Ashby, come show us the spell now." Right, they wanted to sing as they trimmed. Yup.

Anna nodded once when the professor asked if everyone had a flutterby. She wasn't sure if everyone did, but she knew she'd gotten one. Upon hearing the professor's directions, Anna giggled lightly, starting to feel silly just thinking about hugging her plant. Nevertheless, if she wanted to pass this class---which she did---she figured she better do exactly as Professor Bunbury asked. Shrugging, Anna reached down and squeezed her plant into a little hug, careful to not damage it in any way. With that, step one, the embarrassing step, was complete. Step two couldn't be as embarrassing as step one was...right?

Wrong.

Sighing softly, Anna began to prune her plant, singing "Happy Working Song" all the while. "And you’ll trill a cheery tune in the tub...As we scrub a stubborn mildew stain...Lug a hairball from the shower drain," she sang, wondering just how this nonsense was going to help her flutterby. Apparently, Professor Ashby was about to show them some sort of spell. Until then, pruning and singing it was...

Tommehbell · 03-25-2009, 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Monkey Princess

He felt like a young child now, younger than he was. His face hurt, but not as much as his pride. Now he'd be teased for crying like a baby just what he needed now. He smiled shyly as he looked down at his body, covered in water and now mud. He couldn't help but laugh, he looked like a mud man now.

"Thanks for cleaning me up some." he said nicely, watching as she finished up. "And I'm sorry for the snowball thing, I got carried away." he said, knowing now would be the best time to get that over with. What was it with him, trying to fight older students who were girls? He was so not being himself right now, and he knew he'd probably get a howler from home if his mum ever found out. "You're pretty strong." he said looking up at her with a small grin as he began removing the mud from his arms.

She raised an eyebrow at him as he laughed. "What's funny?" She asked trying to wipe his mouth as he kept laughing.

She finished wiping his face, like she had done a million times whens he had to give the twins a bath with they were wee mites. "Well as I got you all dirty its only right that I clean you up," she offered. Thats how Paris was. she would burn white hot mad one minute and then act like your mother and tuck you in the next minute. "Its alright we were just having fun. I shouldn't have taken it that far." She ruffled his hair and a rainfall of dirty tumbled out. She grinned at him. "Well I have 5 brothers at home to keep in line." She told him. She didn't have to get physical with Lucas just a look was enough to make him burst into tears, but JoJo and Dillon you had to smack them around a bit and chase them to get them to do what you wanted.

"Well we ought to get back to our singing and hugging shouldn't we?" She asked him once he was all cleaned up.

Golden Monkey · 03-25-2009, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Tomasina Riddle

She raised an eyebrow at him as he laughed. "What's funny?" She asked trying to wipe his mouth as he kept laughing.

She finished wiping his face, like she had done a million times whens he had to give the twins a bath with they were wee mites. "Well as I got you all dirty its only right that I clean you up," she offered. Thats how Paris was. she would burn white hot mad one minute and then act like your mother and tuck you in the next minute. "Its alright we were just having fun. I shouldn't have taken it that far." She ruffled his hair and a rainfall of dirty tumbled out. She grinned at him. "Well I have 5 brothers at home to keep in line." She told him. She didn't have to get physical with Lucas just a look was enough to make him burst into tears, but JoJo and Dillon you had to smack them around a bit and chase them to get them to do what you wanted.

"Well we ought to get back to our singing and hugging shouldn't we?" She asked him once he was all cleaned up.

"I look like a mud man from those weird muggle movies." he replied, standing still as she finished cleaning his face.

He shook his head, some dirt falling onto the ground and smiled." It was both our faults." he said, not wanting her to take all the blame when he had basically gotten her angrier than he had ever seen anyone get mad. at least she didn't stay mad long, which was good for him and her. Hopefully the professor missed the whole thing and would'nt punish them. "Ah, that would do it, I'm an only child so the only one I messed around with was my cousin." he explained his weakness away.

He nodded, bending down to pick up his bush which looked like it survived the ordeal. "Yeah, hugging and singing, sure." he said nodding and smiling. Oh boy, what fun he thought sarcastically.

BanaBatGirl · 03-25-2009, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Tomasina Riddle

"Well we ought to get back to our singing and hugging shouldn't we?" She asked him once he was all cleaned up.

"Yeah that would probably be a good idea," Bunbury growled from her hovering spot above muddy Paris and William. Oh no, she hadn't missed the mud fight at all. Not one bit. "You think you can just get in a big ole mud fight WITHOUT me? Or the rest of the class? How is that fair, you two having fun without us?!"

Anastasia crossed her arms and put on her madface. "Fifteen points from Slytherin for initiating the fight - and ten from Ravenclaw for continuing it," Bunbury tsked. "Really, Willyboy," oh yes he just earned himself a nickname, "I would've thought better of you. Now pay attention!"

With that, Annie spun on her barefoot heel and marched back to the flutterbys, waiting for Ashby to come show the awesome spell. She looked at the two Hufflepuffs who had questions - Kaika and Melanie.

"Firstly, it's a flutterby bush. That's like, different from a butterfly. I think." Annie scratched her head briefly. "And secondly, Mel," she tilted her head at the young Puff. "Who said plants don't have feelings, huh? They DO, and flutterbys are especially sensitive. That's why you have to be careful in using this spell."

She nodded at Ashby then, letting him have the stage to teach.

cake.ninjak · 03-25-2009, 10:17 PM

Ian was far too lazy to get up and walk to the front of the class. Plus, he didn't want to leave his dirt castle to the students to screw up. "Gather 'round, children! I shall teach you the finer points of the pruning charm. Oh! And would someone please bring me a flutterby bush?"

While he was waiting, he went back to his castle. He needed a West Tower.

03-25-2009, 10:22 PM

Nodding at Professor Ashby, Liz walks over, and picks up a flutterby bush.

Then she walks over to him, and hands it to him.

Golden Monkey · 03-25-2009, 10:37 PM

William ducked his head as the professor told them off and docked ten points from his house. His cheeks went red and he gulped. "I'm sorry professor, it won't happen again." He said calmly, before walking over to where professor Ashby was and sitting down, his hair wild now after the fight. He couldn't even look at the others right now, so focused his attention on the plant in his lap, as if trying to figure out what to do with it.

He looked at the sand castle and scowled. he had enough of dirt to last him a good long time he thought, his hand reaching up to touch his face where the cut was. It didn't feel too bad, which mean he wouldn't have a trip to the nurse to look forward too. It was a battle mark he figured, his hand rdropping onto his lap and sighing.

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