The Student Garden
 

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Your wonderful Professor Bunbury has been extremely careful and tedious in preserving this garden started by Professor Caraccio. She hasn't moved a single plant around nor made any other changes, with the exception of the puffapods and flutterbies the class planted in Term 21 in the southwestern corner of the garden. Oh, and don't overlook that bright, shiny pink shed in that contains tools, buckets and watering cans for the students to use.

A warm pond with giant Victoria amazonica water lilies borders the western edge of the garden and newly painted pink benches have been renovated so hardworking students may take a rest after pulling weeds by the pond. Lining the student gardens are the cherry trees which were grafted in Term 15 and the Northern Planters are occupied by the student hybrids created at the end of Term 16.

North-Eastern Planter

• Excelsior's White Lily x Tiger Lily (unnamed): a lily which looks much like the tiger lily, though a light yellow color
• Rapunzel's Honking Daffodil x Narcicuss (The Bright Badger): a petite narcicuss that squeaks

Central North Planter

• Jasmine's plumeria rubra acutifolia x catharanthus roseus (unnamed): a deep-blue colored Frangipani
• Sho's Silver Rose x Yellow Carnation (Sunrise Carnation): large-petaled carnations which look like a metallic yellow
• Ariana's Pink Rose x Blue Rose (unnamed): roses with red petals that fade to purple

North-Western Planter

• Hermy's Sword Leaf Iris x Winter Love Lily (unnamed): slender spread petals, shimmering in purple, blue, and gold
• Ryan's Royal Iris x Easter Lily (Rowena's Knight): lily with frilled petals in blue and purple
• Bess's Dark Mauve Iris x Light Pink Lily (unnamed): dark pink lily with specks of deep violet adorning the center

SPOILER!!: Basic Map of the Student Garden

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*Yes I made that in photoshop and yes it is crude so just squint and play along, k?*

What kind of days did Hogwarts have in store for Allison? As of that first day it was chaos. She really couldn't believe things could get crazier than they did the night of the feast, but things just seemed to get more and more complicated.

True she had met several new people, but in that load of new people, some of them were out to get Allison. (Or so she saw it that way) Allison needed peace and quiet. She had thought the library would provide that. But even after completing her homework for Astronomy she could still hear the echoes of people talking and remember all the interruptions.

So there she was walking into the student garden with nothing but her mother's butterfly accompanying her. She was set to meet Arya there, and that would suit her just fine, after all, Allison had loads of ranting to do.

Arya walked slowly through the garden admiring all the magical plants. She had takin her shoes off and had them in her hand to feel the ground beneth her. She wished she had brung Perseus with her, but she didn't have the heart to wake the sleeping kitten. Walking through a row of flowers she saw Allison. Walking over to her she wraped her arm around Allison's. "Hey Allie, whatcha thinkin 'bout?"

"What I'm thinking about?" that was the worst question Arya could have asked. At least if she expected a simple answer.

"Lots of things! Millions of things! Did you know muggle preach global warming, yet they do nothing about it? We at least use brooms. But them? Uh-uh. I told my best friend back home to use a bike instead of making her mum drive her to school. She thought I was a nut-job. Well I'll tell you what! If I could, if I was Minister of Magic, I'd get rid of it all! And why do we have to hide from the muggle society?!" Yes. Allison was rambling and trying to avoid getting to the point.

"I was doing our Astronomy homework, and I found out that there are rumors that we have never actually gone to the moon. I felt so dumb! How could I answer the questions Professor McFarlane asked if I didn't have good information? It's all so dumb!" Stomping towards the cherry trees Allison turned and faced Arya, "I didn't want to come to a school of crazies!"

And wa-lah, her real concern was finally shown.

Of all the thing she thought Allison would talk about, Global Warming was not one of them. She listened quietly as Allison rambled on from one odd topic to another until she reached one that she hoped wouldn't stress Allison out more than she already was.

"I know what you mean, it tooks me hours to finish my Astronomy homework. There was so much about the stars I didn't know..."Her speech drifted off as she gazed up at the stars. "The school's not full of crazies Allie its just a few."She was still looking at the stars, thinking about eventful the day had been. "That girl that came to our table was definatly wierd, but I think we out number them. Wasn't flying fun?"Arya looked down just in time to see Sabel gazing up at the stars as well. She headed in his direction with Allison in tow. "Hey Sabel, fancy seeing you here."She gave him a warm smile.

Aw boo. Allison didn't want any reminder of the event at the table, and there was Mister Sabel. Laying as if not a care in the world. The idea of pouncing on him occurred to Allison, but quickly she decided against it. How very unlady like tsk tsk. Rolling her eyes she followed Arya and stared at Sabel with boredom.

It was too bad that such a beautiful night could not be appreciated by a childish eleven year old in such a foul mood. Pointing her index finger at Sabel she accused him in a mono-tone voice, "You left us to be eaten by a tiger!" Even though her voice sounded bored, one could hear the emotion behind it.

Arya ploped herself beside Sabel and layed down in a soft patch of grass on her stomach. Looking from Allison to Sabel she didn't know what to say. She understood where both of them were coming from, but didn't want to start an argument so late. She was tired and the last thing she needed was a fight. "Guys can we please talk about something else? I don't wanna talk about this. Flying class was fun wasn't it?"

ASDFGHJKL! x a billion and one! Didn't he get it she was defending him. She was about to become a tiger herself! Okay, maybe not. She was about to have Robin peck the girl! Okay she wasn't going to either.

"Arya...Sabel just screamed at me," Allison looked at Arya to solve the problem. With big puppy eyes she sent Arya a plead: auction Sabel before I want to adopt him as my brother.

Too many emotions were running through her head. Sabel was the only guy apart from Damien, but she really didn't know him, who had been nice to Allison. Thus the reason she admired him. However when that other girl had ridiculed her, and had talked about her family company chocolates to Chaucer, and had ignored Allison she had wanted to smack the girl with her shoe. And then some random Slytherin had saved the day and had left Allison with chaos and a massive headache. Has she not screamed at the poor old man portrait that claimed himself a pirate?

And all for what? For Sabel to scream at her?!

Of course, Allison was exaggerating.

Arya reached up and gently pulled Allison down beside her, positioning herself between the two in order to keep the peace. "Guys come on, its over and done with. Lets just move on with it." She looked at both of them with a little fustration in her voice. This was not the peacefull evening she had in mind.

Emily walked into the student garden hoping for some peace and saw, suprise, Arya, Allison and Sabel. "Hey Guys!"

Allison's jaw drop. Had she just been scolded?! The last person who had scolded her had been her mother, and it was because she had changed her brother's online gaming password and refused to tell him the new one.

With a small voice she answered Arya's question, "Flying was amazing." HA! Try getting something more out of me Arya! And there she went again, Allison and her self-monologue.

And before she could go on being sarcastic Sabel said sorry and the broke Allison's little tough front. Being the cry-baby that she could be Allison's water-works broke loose. "That's not faaaaair! You said sorry! Not fair. No." Crawling towards Sabel she petted him as if he were her pet, "Ish ok. I'ves fohgiven joo."

Looking up from Sabel's petting Allison looked at Emily and have a hiccup of a hello. She wasn't the one who could deal with emotions and when times got too rough, the only thing Allison knew how to do was cry. Giving a watery smile to Arya while still latched onto Sabel she said, "Professor Vindictus is a much better teacher than my cousin Bianca."

A look from Sabel told Arya that this wasn't gonna end just yet. She sighed an understanding sigh and let Sabel speak his mind. Truth was she wasn't to happy about what happened at the table either, but she wasn't angry at Sabel for leaving. She remembered the look he gave her when they were at the table that said he had no idea what was going on. Looking up she smiled at Emily, "Hey Em." before looking to Allison. "You know you can't blame Sabel for what happened. He was just as confused as we were. None of us knew that the girl was crazy."She hated going against Allison but she had to side with Sabel on this one.

Dropping Sabel's head Allison looked at Arya with astonishment. She had nothing to say back, perhaps because Arya was 100% right, or perhaps because Arya was going against her. We shall never know, but one thing was for sure, at that very moment, on that school night...Allison Scott was speechless.

Wiping at her tears she sat as so to hug her knees, and when she did she did the only thing logical in her head, she stuck her tongue out at Arya. "Fine whatevs. I swear I won't try to help Sabel anymore." Looking at Sabel the corner of her lips tilted upward, "I mean, Sabel is a big boy. I'm sure he can save himself."

Arya felt the tears weld up in her eyes but she refused to let them fall. She went over and hugged Allison in hopes to comfort her. Looking at Sabel she shot him a 'help me' look. Hoping he would know what to say, or atleast say someting. It seemed he was too lost for words.

Patting Arya's arm Allison grinned at the three crazies next to her. She had already assimilated that she was insane as well, so in her words 'whatevs.' Standing up she looked at her friends, "So who here was being a tough dude, and was talking back to my Head of House." Allison bit her bottom lip and looked at Sabel.

She didn't understand why he looked so uncomfortable. Everything was okay now. Yes. He had cheated and said sorry, and that had solved things. After such a long emotional roller coaster, Allison fetched her bunny pack and retrieved a chocolate. Stuffing it in her mouth--for energy, she plopped down on the grass and stretched her arm out for her mother's butterfly who had wandered off during the little emotional scene. "Little."

Arya blinked her tears away, confusion on her face. What had just happened? In a matter of minutes Allison up and talking about flying class ,eating chocolate like nothing had happened. She remembered vagily what Allison was talking about, but wasn't able to bounce back like Allison. She listened to Sabel talking and wondered if there little argument about breakfast was over. Giving up she sighed and lade down in the grass looking up at the stars. "Was Keeley okay?" It couldn't hurt for her to play along, even if she was still confused.

Allison mimicked what Sabel had been doing earlier and lay on the ground. She didn't recognize one constellation. Well that's why she was going to take Divination. At least she hoped they taught that there. "Well that was brave and all but scary too. Out of all the classes, I think I liked flying best."

Turning to look at her friends Allison frowned, "I dunno about Muggle Studies. I was wrong about going there. I thought I'd learn something I didn't know. Seems I already know enough about muggles to worry about the subject. Oh and sorry Arya. Really. I mean kicking you in the stomach with a ball. Ah-ha, oops?"

Allison had the gift of energy--and the gift of getting that energy mostly from chocolates. So while her inner turmoil was lost because it no longer contained relevance in Allison's head, Allison was all over the place. The crying had helped her so much that she felt as good as new. However because she was back to her usual self she also managed to skip Sabel and Arya's confusion.

And baam inner turmoil wins and is back. "Going on?" Allison looked from Arya to Sabel. Going on? Who was going where? And on what?

Arya took a deep breath before letting out a long sigh. He's just not gonna let this go. Can't he tell I was glad to be done with it? Now he wants to bring it back up...great. Wiping away they tears she thought was gone,she looked over to Sabel. "I think were all just freaked out by having such a crazy first day...that's all. but were fine now, and I..."She trailed off not knowing what to say cause truth was she didn't know what she was feeling. It was more like a mixture of emotions that all most made her cry. She looked away from Sabel to Allison glad for the change in subject. "Muggle studies was fun, you should go back Allison. It won't be the same without you." She smiled remembering the class. No, it wouldn't be as entertaining without Allie there.

"Fun?" Allison gasped, "Fun? You must be kidding. Arya I, Allison icky Scott, smacked you with an old soccer ball. Or football, whatevs!" Crawling towards Sabel once more she cushioned her head with his stomach and sighed. He was so warm and his tummy screamed of cuddles, so moving slightly as to be perpendicular to him Allison shifted her head on his stomach.

"That class was awful. I'm sure Professor Lawson knows what he is talking about, but I was so bored. I dun care sasquatch about soccer," Allison delivered the word with disgust. "So were you Arya, don't lie! I saw you. If it hadn't been for my gum you would have fallen asleep!"

Staring back up to the stars she stole a glance to Sabel when he fell back and watched Allison rest her head on his stomach.Arya laughed at Allison feeling slightly better, and glad Sabel had stoped with his questioning. "I was fun when we started to play soccer, but talking about the history was boring. And I wasn't about to fall alseep...I was just gonna give my eyelids a break." She hoped the next class was just as fun and active as this class was.

Last post til a few hours. I must wake up early tomorrow! Dx
 

"Sorry Arya, but you are on your own. I've got a long list of classes I'm planning on taking this term. And Muggle Studies isn't working for me," Allison said as a matter-of-factly. Humming she thought of a way for her to see Arya more often. As it was, with all the classes starting she had barely caught a glimpse of Anastasia.

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Her mother's butterfly was as alluring to Allison as were the night stars. Shining and glowing, with an inescapable sense of both stars and butterfly having a sort of soul. To her, each star was a person who had passed, and her mother's magic was for Allison a proof of an existence. Both appealed to her greatly.

"I love the stars. But you know what, I can't wait for Charms! My mum is-"

"Gah!" Sabel's hand had landed on Allison's perfect Chaucer hair-do. Not knowing whether to be bothered because Chaucer's masterpiece would be ruined or because her chatting was interrupted Allison opted to continue her sentence, "My mum is excellent with charms. When her butterfly disappeared I was quite worried."

But what was this? Her pillow had suddenly gone rock solid, and the only way to make it all work out in her head...was logically poking it. Poking Sabel's stomach Allison growled. Why should her pillow be uncomfortable? Heck no, loosen up Sabel!

"Well atleast well still have other classes together. Are ya'll taking Care of Magical Creatures?"Arya stoped looking at the stars and closed her eyes yawning. The little...whatever they just had took what little energy she had left. The thought of sleeping in the garden was sounding really good to her right about now.

She spoke to Allison in a sleepy tone. "I can't wait for Charms either, I know a few but not much." She heard Allison make a weird noise but ignored it as she was just to comfortable to move her head or open her eyes.

OCC: Goodnight Guys! See ya in the mornin!

He tried to focus on what they were talking about. He really did. Something about Charms and then something else about Charms and a butterfly. He was about to open his mouth and ask what exactly Allison had meant by that and was going to say he was definetly taking Care of Magical creatures.

However, it may have gone over much better if a certain finger hadn't been jabbed into a certain stomach. A surprised squeak expelled itself from his lungs in place of the sentence he had been prepared to deliever, and with the vocalization his body curled inwards a bit so as to try to press his back, and thus his stomach, away from the prodding finger.

And then like an elastic band having been snapped, he collpased flat back against the earth, staring at the stars. He could feel his stomach quivering in anticipation of the next attack and he was seriously debating running. However Allison didn't seem, at the current moment, to be of any threat but poking him again or somehow hindering from said-sid escape plan.

So, out of many options, he lay there.

OOC: Alright guys. It's been a lot of fun and a hoot but I should turn in for the night. I'll definetly post here tomorrow if you guys are still RPing at this site :) Have good one. :glomp:

Still dragging Lucy with him, Tyler walked into the student garden. He did like plants, and girls usually gave him roses on Valentines Day back home. Though he usually felt awkward to recieve so many that were anonymous. But maybe this time he would give out anonymous flowers to a certain someone. Three guesses who. Tyler let go of Lucy and wandered around the flowers, avoiding the dangerous ones of course. "Have you ever been here?"

Lucy was surprised at where he had brought her. The student garden was really pretty, and there were so many different flowers that she couldn't smell them all. She eyed him as she replied: "No, I haven't. But I don't think I want my first time here to be with you," She lied, smiling to herself. He would probably make her sniff one of the poisonous flowers and then leave her there to suffocate. Yep. Now she preferred drowning in the lake.

Ouch. Tyler didn't show it but what Lucy said hurt him a little. Sighed and comtinued looking at the flowers. The thought of giving Luce some of these pretty flowers burshed out of his head. "Well, you can leave if you don't want to stay here with me," he said, not wanting to turn around. But he slightly turned his head towards her and looked away.

Lucy could tell he was upset at what she said and so she softened her expression. Walking up behind him, she grabbed his hand again and turned him around. Looking straight at him, she said, "I was only joking, LoverBoy," hoping the use of his nickname would cheer him up. Maybe she shouldn't have been so harsh. It was so hard to keep secrets from someone you're good friends with, without hurting them. "So...what's you evil plan?" She asked, refusing to leave his gaze even if he didn't want to look at her.

Tyler just looked at Lucy, not really knowing what to say. Why did she keep calling him LoverBoy? "I sure hope so," he chuckled. What was Tyler going to do next to her? "I don't know yet. Maybe I'll make you sniff one of the poisonous flowers and call it even," he said with an evil look on his face.

Lucy narrowed her eyes at him. "You wouldn't," She whispered. Would he? No, no, he wouldn't. Right? Lucy got a bit scared then, and starting backing off, letting go of his hand. "You're evil," She joked, giving him a cute smile. "But I like evil," She continued, "It makes me feel less lonely." He was just like her, and she couldn't get over the fact that he looked so cute standing there.

Tyler grabbed Lucy's hand pulled her towards him, even closer than before. "You never know, I've done bad things before so this wouldn't be a first," he smirked. "Then I guess we're more alike then you thought,"

Arya heard Sabel make an unrecognizable but didn't bother to open her eyes. She was oh so comfortable laying there in the grass. As she listened to the sounds around her she began to drift off to dream land.

Allison had woken up startled. It was late out and they were suppose to be sleeping in nice warm beds! Not on grass and on a pillow that shifted once in a while! It had seemed that her method of sleeping had done nothing to Sabel, but Arya and Emily seemed to have dozed off.

Freaking out more than necessary Allison slapped her hands in front of each of her friend's faces. "Uh-uh! If you are going to sleep, it won't be here!" Kneeling and sitting on her feet Allison groaned, "Come on yall! Wakey wakey! We got a long day tomorrow. Divination and DADA start. Must be ready for that."

Avery Isabella Grace walked over to the Student Gardens. She walked over to a flower that looked like a white lily and a tiger lily hybrid. Avery caressed the petals with her pale fingers. She murmered a song to it, not caring if she looked like an idiot. Not many people would be able to hear her voice.

Her skin was ivory and her eyes were hazel. She wore smokey eye shadow and her lips were ruby red. In her mouth she wore fake vampire fangs that you stuck to your canines. She didn't know why she wore them, she just liked to. Avery's hair was pitch black with a few extentions. She had a petite and elegant frame and she was around 5 feet tall. A bit short for a sixteen year old girl.

She wished she knew a few people that was her age. This place was full of little first years and second years. And they were ALL acting as if they were in love. They didn't even know what the meaning of the word is. Avery found it funny. She didn't have her first boyfrind until she was 14 and even then she wasn't obsessed enough with him to say she was in love with him. Poor little kids.

Still making as much noise as possible to wake her friends up, Allison caught sight of a small figure in the short distance. Before she could recognize the presence and possibly say hello, her mother's small butterfly flew towards the figure.

From where she was making her racket Allison could only see a girl standing among flowers with now a beautiful white glowing butterfly roaming around her head. The image was something that would register in her mind forever. Sometimes Allison thought the place more than just magical, she saw Hogwarts as tragically haunted. She herself sometimes didn't understand what things she picked up, but one thing was true. Hogwarts had a long history.

Nudging Sabel with her foot Allison kept staring at the figure. And finally saying a final "WAKE UP!" Allison rolled her eyes and walked over to the girl.

"Allison Scott. And that roaming around your head is mine," upon looking at the girl Allison was in between two options, running away terrified at the fake fangs and dark apparel of the girl, or laughing her head off that she had been so scared at first at something so ridiculously fake and make-believe. She hadn't met a single vampire who wouldn't dress like that for fun. What she did notice however with her big chocolate brown eyes, was that the girl although just a few inches taller than Allison's '4"8, was much older than Allison. She wasn't Sabel older, she was I'm a teenager and much older than you older. Tilting her head, Allison's brown silky loose curls tilted; Chaucer's hand magic on her hair was still working its magic and shined beautiful over the star lite sky.

Sabel jerked. Well rather nearly sprang to his feet with the sudden contact to his ribs. Who was he and where was he!

Blinking he looked around catching sight of Arya and Emily to one side and Allison...oh there she was; walking towards a girl he thought he recognized from the seventh floor. Reaching up he rubbed his eyes, stiffling a yawn. He had fallen asleep? Out here?

He looked around again as he rubbed his side where he had apparently been poked and prodded throughout the night. He had fallen asleep. Fancy that. And, besides the brusing he was sure to have on his ribs, he had earned a good sleep.

He was about to lie back down in the grass when he heard Allison addressing said-seventh-floor-girl, and his head swivelled over to watch them.

Avery Sabel & Allison
 

Arya woke up and glared at Allison. She wasn't one to take to being woken forcibly. But before she could say anything she noticed that Allison was talking to someone she couldn't see. Stratching she looked over to Sabel who was too just waking up and smiled before turning to see who or what Allison was staring at. At first she couldn't tell who it was but after rubbing the sleep out of her eyes she noticed it was Avery. She smiled a yawn to the girl. "Hey Avery."

Avery smiled as the butterfly fluttered around her head. She admired the beauty of it. Avery noticed beauty in a lot of things lately, even if they had no beauty at all. She once admired a stone wall in the dungeons and the strange patterns on the stone.

"Nice to meet you my name is Avery Isabella Grace.", she introduced herself. Avery didn't dress dark because she wanted to be a vampire, she dressed dark because it was the clothes that made her feel good about herself. She wore the fangs just because she thought they were cool. "I'm a sixth year Hufflepuff"

Avery looked at Arya and said, "Hey Arya, what have you been up too?"

Sixth year? Hufflepuff? Sabel sat up properly and crossed his legs, rubbing the ache out of his next as he gave the new girl a small smile. That was a first; he hadn't met very many sixth years, and none that he had met he could recall being in Hufflepuff.

Deciding it was best not to be rude, Sabel gave Avery a wave. "Goodmorning." He pointed at himself before having to use his hand to cover up a yawn that contained 'Sabel Dakest' mummbled in it ending with a 'sorry'.

No, he definetly wasn't a morning person.

Sitting up and crossing her legs she stretched her arms out, still a little sleepy. Looking back to Avery she lazily watched the butterfly that was flying around her head. "Nothin much..*yawn*..just naping with some friends." She smirked at Allison and Sabel, taking note that Emily was still asleep.

Allison sent Sabel a smirk, "It's still dark out Sabel. No more short naps for you while I'm around." She dotted that down in her head as well; for Allison although with energy, knew for a fact that the minute she truly went to sleep she'd wake up with a massive headache and grand disorientation.

It made sense that Arya knew the girl they were both Hufflepuffs after all. Then again Allison had no idea who the other people around the garden were. And she was sure the boy was a Ravenclaw. Nevertheless Allison gave Avery a smile and asked what had been bugging her in her mind, "Why the fangs?"

The eleven year old had no tact as to ask things, but she was really curious. She wasn't a vampire, why the fangs? Halloween season was still to come. Unless, the girl thought them overly awesome and wanted to have something similar to them. Wait, do vampires have fangs? Something to look over in the library. For sure.

"Good morning to you too", Avery smiled, "I'm Avery"
"That sounds fun. I don't fancy napping much though. I'd rather be running around and having fun", Avery said.
"I like to wear them. They look cool", Avery shrugged.

Lucy gazed at him as he pulled her close yet again. If he kept doing this, she would be breathless everytime she was around him.
"I guess we are," She whispered back, giving him a smile.

It was now or never. Tyler's feeling for Lucy grew more everyday he spent with her. Though he found it strange how he fell for a girl who stuffed a cupcake in to his mouth, pushed him into the lake and turned his hair bright pink. But they say opposites attract. Without thinking, Tyler kissed Lucy. But he quickly parted from her, blushing a bit. "Uhhh...sorry,"

Lucy was so surprised by the kiss that she didn't know what he was doing. However, it dawned on her after he stepped away and apologized. She looked at him and slowly grinned--there was no doubt that he had feelings for her. It was out in the open now.
"It's okay..." She mumbled, wishing it had lasted longer. After a couple of minutes, she spoke again. "Why'd you do it?" She wanted him to admit his feelings for her; and if he did, then she would too.

Tyler nodded and sighed in relief. Okay, good. Lucy wasn't mad at what he did. Wasn't it obvious why he did it? But if he must explain. "Because I like you, alot," he smiled and played with her new red hair. "Yeah you might've tried to kill me in the past, but it didn't mean I didn't like it. It made me laugh and see that you're not all evil, like you look," he laughed and ruffled his hair. "Plus, I think you look wayyyyyyyy better with red hair than your blondie style,"

Awww, he said it! Lucy was so giddy on the inside that she could hardly breathe. And then she laughed softly. "You think I look evil?" She asked him, letting him play with her red hair, which he like so much better. She agreed with him, it was a lot nicer and the change felt good.
"I'm glad you like my hair, Ty. And," She said as she reached up to mess up his hair some more, "I really like you, too." So sweet!! :loved:

"Just a bit," he laughed and put his hands back in his pockets. Tyler let Lucy play with his hair. For some reason he liked people messing with his hair. "Aww how cute," he chuckled and hugged her. "So does this mean we're official now?"

Well she guessed vampire fangs were cool. But not her thing. Shrugging Allison was about to ask why she wore make-up as well when Sabel asked the time.

Allison opened her mouth to give a smart-butt answer when she realized she didn't have one at all. Ignoring the lot of them, Allison turned to face the sky. What time was it? Not knowing and partially not caring she shrugged.

"Dunno. I don't. But I guess it would be best to set off. I don't want to be caught outside at whatever this time it is."

She had a long day the following morning...or in a few minutes or whenever. Transfiguration, DADA, Divination...the list was long. Allison picked up her bags and was about to head off when she remembered something. Walking back towards Arya she whispered in her ear, "It's up to you to wake up Emily."

Giggling she waved Avery and Arya goodbye and approached Sabel next. "I'm glad we we fixed all that mess. Really it had meh going coo-coo." Twirling her finger by her ear Allison gave Sabel a grin. Sighing she raised herself to her tip-toes and kissed Sabel on the cheek, "Good nighty or morning Sabel. Dun let the excited crazy girls bite. Oh and be careful with getting caught on your way to your room."

Nodding to herself, and not wondering whether she had just made poor Sabel completely uncomfortable, Allison skipped off, humming to herself the popular muggle tune at the time.

She laughed and then hugged him back. As for his question, she was still nervous. "I don't know, are we?" She asked him, still grinning like it was the best day of her life--which it probably was. She sooo wanted him to say yes, but it was up to him. She would have said yes, but it seemed prudent to let the guy decide. Silly, but that's how she rolled.

"Do you want me to answer my own question?" he laughed, still holding her. Well then, looks like Tyler had the answer to his own wondering. "Yes, we are," he smiled at her. It was a special smile no one had seen before. It was a smile that just felt different from all the rest.

He was expecting the time. He was patiently waiting for a response from Arya when Allison yet again did the unpredictable.

It was like the spell the White Witch from Narnia cast over those she didn't like; he felt frozen rock solid. He could only blink as Allison furthered the moment by implanting rather disturbing thoughts and scenarios to run through the film screen that was his mind.

And he was left like that, watching her walk away with little motor function or logic to put that function in gear. After a moment he gathered enough wits to say goodbye to the two girls and start off for...his dormitory he supposed.

He still didn't know what time it was.

Lucy smiled at him as he had to answer his own question. "Yeahhh..." She said slowly, waiting for his answer. And yay, he said yes! She grinned and then leaned in close, laying her head on his shoulder.
"Finally," She said with a chuckle, hoping he realized that she was just joking. It had taken him a while, but they got there in the end. And it was like the perfect ending to their story. Except there were bumps that they had to go over now--Traingirl, and Kat. Oh, poor Kat. What would she think? As she thought this, Lucy spoke up.
"I wonder what Kat will think of this...and TrainGirl," She said, getting off his shoulder and looking at him with a worried look. She really hoped Kat wouldn't be mad at her.

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She watched as Allison got up and left, waving goodbye. "See ya in class Allie!"She turned to Sabel about to tell him the time but he was already gotten up to leave as well. "I think its around 10pm Sabel, goodnight!"She turned to Avery and waved goodbye before getting up and heading off to her dormitory.

"Oh really now? Were you expecting this to happen for a while now?" he asked and laughed, nuzzling his nose into her hair. Awww, sweet scent. He lightly chuckled and looked up. Kat. Ugh, she might kill him for going out with her best friend. Her uncle dating her best friend. Tyler had to explain it to her some way or another. "I'll talk to Kat. But I think Cadence wouldn't mind since she has Nate now,"

"I would have had to do something drastic if you had taken any longer," She replied with a giggle. Awww, cute nuzzle!! Lucy grabbed his hand and started walking around the garden. "Okay, but I think she'd rather hear from both of us," She said softly. And it wasn't like Kat was being left out or anything, right? Riiiiiiiiight? Well, Lucy was pretty sure that Kat would not want be around when they were...nuzzling (hehe). But still,...she was her best friend.
"I really hope she understands," She said as she stopped walking and faced Tyler again. And then there was TrainGirl. It was funny because even though Lucy knew her name now, she still kind of liked calling her TrainGirl--it just had a better ring to it. "Let's not worry about her," She said with a smile.

"Drastic measures," tyler laughed and shook his head. He walked along side with Lucy as she pulled him with her. "Okay so we'll just tell her later," he said and gazed at the flowers. Tyler knew Kat might have a hard time at first with it, but maybe she would get used to it. Ty wasn't going to exclude Kat from his life just because he was dating her best friend now. "Sadly I promised her that I'd tell her if I'm dating someone, but that was before her relationship,"

Lucy nodded as he talked about Kat--yes, they could tell her later. She'd have to understand, or...or it would crush Lucy. And then back to TrainGirl.
"Are you serious?! Wow..." She said in response. TrainGirl ticked her off now; it's as if she didn't care about the people she was hurting, and was going through boys as if they were flowers: 'Oh, I don't like this one, I'll throw it away.' Now Lucy shook her head as she thought about her and willed herself to forget about it. It really wasn't her problem. "Yeah, I don't think she'll care much now that she's with Nate," She scoffed, leaning into Tyler again.

"Yeah, but I think I'll let her find out on her own. She didn't tell me about hers so why should I tell her about mine," Tyler said and pulled Lucy closer to him. Now all he had to do was to find that munchkin of his. And he knew exactly where she was. "Come on. Let's go tithe jungle gym. I'm sure kitty Kat's there," he laughed and started walking towards it; still holding Lucy's hand.

Lucy rolled her eyes at him and then nodded as Tyler led her to the Jungle Gym to find Kat. She hoped it would turn out better than she expected; afterall, Kat's always full of surprises. "Lead the way, LoverBoy," She said with a giggle.

Avery walked out to the gardens and over to a flower bed. "Orchideous", she murmered, swooping her wand in a large circle. A few black roses sprouted from the dirt. "Papilo" A few white butterflies shot out of her wand and circled the roses.

Transfiguration Lesson #1 Introduction
 

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Evelyn had walked all the way from the slightly disturbing Transfiguration class, looking for somewhere quiet to practice the spells they learned, even though she pretty much already had the hang of it. Well it was for homework, and if she were to admit it, she found conjuring flowers and butterflies a little fascinating. Not that she would admit it...

Having never been to the student garden though, she decided to check it out. There were a few people here and there, including someone that looked like they were practicing the spells as well. Aaaand, there were no good quiet spots...

Sighing, and without taking her time to look at the beauty of the garden, she went off the trail, ducking under a few branches of trees and making sure to not step on any flowers for fear of Bunz appearing out of nowhere and throwing her to the Devil's Snare. Finally finding a spot where she could sit behind a few bushes and be unnoticed, Evelyn sat down and placed her bag next to her, taking out her wand. Conjuring flowers and butterflies...Weird assignment.

Though with a wave of her wand, and a confident "Papilio", a few different butterflies appeared from the end of her wand, including the green and silver, and 'Bunz' butterflies. Watching them fly around for a few moments, leaning against the green bush, she closed her eyes, feeling suddenly tired. Too many sleepless nights and the stuffed dragon that Josh had given her didn't help her fall asleep anymore which slightly frustrated her.

Taking a deep breathe and laying down, using her bag as a pillow, she decided to try the flower spell again. At least then she could say that she practiced both...Thinking of roses again, by the time she did the spell, she couldn't decide which color rose she wanted. "Orchideous" she mumbled while swooping her wand in a circle. What came out was not what she was expecting. "A white and red rose? Is that even possible?" She'd never seen such a rose before, and of course, she had to sit up and examine it even more.

Well, nothing was NOT possible...Though it wasn't as pretty as a regular red rose, in her opinion of course.

Nate held Cad's hand as they ran/skipped to the garden. Nate had heard it was romantic at sunset so after dinner he hurried her here. "I hope its as cool as they say" he said sitting down with Cad on his lap.

Cadence had never been to this part of the grounds before, so she followed Nate where ever he led her. It was almost sunset, and she was feeling extremely content at the moment, both because she had just eaten and because she was with Nate. The evening was unseasonably warm, and Cadence was perfectly comfortable in Nate's sweatshirt. She looked around at the garden as they entered it, and then she felt Nate pull her into his lap, and she sat down. "Well, I mean, it's really beautiful, but is there supposed to be any particular cool thing that happens?" she asked him.

"The sunset his supposed to be really pretty. More beautiful than you. Which I doubt is true but..." he said twirling the ends of her hair around his finger.

Cadence smiled and blushed a little. She then got up, walking over to the little pink shed, searching for a watering can. Once she had found one, she pointed her wand at it saying, "Aguamenti!" and it filled with water. On her way back to Nate, she watered a few floors. She sat back down in his lap, turning sideways in his lap so she could look at him. She was still holding the watering can when she looked in the eyes and said, in an extremely sweet voice, "Nateypoo, I need to tell you something reeeeaaaally important."

"What is it?" he said holding her hand that wasn't holding the watering can. He was kind of worried but he just wanted to hear what she would say.

Cadence looked away from him, pretending like what she had to say was going to be really hard. "I just want to tell you... that... I think... maybe.... you look really hot!" Cadence took the watering can and splashed with water before dropping it and running off through the gardens giggling.

Nate was actually really mad at her. He had tried to be romantic by bringing her all the way out here right before sunset so they could watch how pretty it was and she dumps water all over him. What made it all better was her giggling. She giggled so cute. He just wanted to kiss her over and over to keep hearing her nervous little giggle. He got up and chased her. He jumped over flowers, avoided fountains and benches, and ran all over the garden.

Cadence ran and ran through the gardens, very careful to not step on anything. She kept giggling and giggling, checking over her shoulder to see where he was.

And then she ran into a dead end....

She turned around and saw Nate running toward her. So, she had two choices: she could either stand and wait or run toward him. She chose the latter and ran toward him, and said, "You better catch me!" She figured it was best to give him some warning. Then she jumped on him, wrapping her arms and legs around him, still giggling.

"Sorry about the water..." she said, smiling, and gave him a kiss.

Chris Potter walked into the Student Gardens with a little bounce to his step. He had been having so much fun this term with all his new fellow Prefects, meeting the new Professors, and having fun lessons so far. One of his favorites so far was definately Transfiguration with Mrs. Pilliwickle.

The Gryffindor Prefect headed over to the main planters of all the plants. And began to just walk down the aisles. Professor Bunbury did such a great job keeping them healthy and nice looking. He decided to do a little bit to help. He pulled out his wand and figured this would be a good place to do his Transfiguration assignment and be helpful to the plants. Butterflies helped to pollinate.

As he walked he concentrated as hard as he could on PINK butterflies. He knew that was absolutley, positively Professor Bunbury's favorite color. So every so often he would break his concentration of the pink butterflies, swish his wand around like Professor Pilliwickle had shown them, and say the incantation. "Papilio." a small burst of them would shoot out and begin to lazily float over the flowers.

"Papilio." A few more steps. "Papilio." He took some more and then with one more swish. He had conjured enough. "Professor Bunbury will love you guys!" he said as he watched the tiny, PINK butterflies foating around the garden.

Nate smiled at the warning. He caught her and hugged her close. He kissed her back. He didn't want to hold her too long and drop her so he sat down like that on the grass.

Cadence just giggled again nervously and laid her head down on his shoulder before remembering they were here to see the sunset and snapped her head back up and looked around at all the flowers in the garden. Would they survive the winter? Surely there was a magical way to keep them from freezing and dying. And then the sun started to set, and as Cadence looked around, her eyes widened and a twinkle appeared somewhere in the depths of her pupils, as if the sun wasn't in the sky, but inside of her, behind her eyes. "Wow..." she said, looking around, completely awestruck.

"Wow indeed." he said never taking his eyes off of her.

Kat walked into the student garden looking for some new victims. It's been a while since Kat has dungbombed someone. Or shall we say someones. She walked in and noticed Nate with that girl. What was her name? Candance? Cadence? What ever it really didn't matter to Kat. She was on a mission. She positioned herself behing a huge plant knowing no one would be able to see her. She took out 1 dungbomb and launched it at them. Not really caring who it hit. She peeked over a plant and saw it hit the chick. She ran out of the garden before anyone saw her.

Cadence turned back to Nate, smiling from ear-to-ear. "Nate, this is.. absolutely beautiful. Thank for showing me this.." and she leaned forward to kiss him again, but just as she did, a dungbomb hit her back!

"AHHHHH!" Cadence screamed as she jumped up and whipped out her wand, turning around to see who had done it. She saw a mass of big hair disappearing out of the garden. Cadence pointed her wand at the mass of hair and said, "Stupefy!" Cadence Ballard was one girl you didn't want angry with you. She was something fierce when she was mad.

The hair had disappeared, but Cadence didn't know if it was because the person had fallen or if the spell had missed, but Cadence marched toward where she had shot the curse, wand still out, her hand gripping it tightly.

If whoever had done that was still there, this was not going to be good. Her face was set, and she had forgotten her promise to herself that she would never let Nate see her this angry. Hopefully he wouldn't be scared of her...

Nate wasn't quite sure what was going on because one second he was about to be kissed then the next he was on the ground surronded by foul smelling stuff and Cadence was angry with her wand out.

"Uhh...Cadence? What's wrong? Why does it smell?" he said standing up pulling his wand out.

"Dungbomb." Cadence replied with venom in her voice and she continued to walk across the gardens.

When she got to the place where her curse had been fired, there was nothing there. The Hair must have disappeared. Her first instinct would have been to blow something up, so she wheeled around and saw Nate still behind her, and something softened inside of her. She pocketed her wand and waited for him to catch up.

Nate made a face and walked in front of her. "Stay here. I'll be right back." he said walking towards where she was looking.

Cadence folded her arms in front of her and waited very impatiently for Nate to return. Stay here? Did he think she couldn't fight her own battles? Nevertheless, she watched him walk away, though what he was searching for, she wasn't sure, because The Hair was gone, and Cadence had absolutely no idea who it had been. Could have been anyone having a really bad hair day.

Whistling, Tyler walked into the garden, trying to see what other flowers he could conjure for Lucy or Kat for her birthday. Maybe some flowers to match her hair would be nice. Hands in his pockets, and looking around, he spotted Nate and Cadence.

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It was too late to turn back since they might've seen him already. He waved at them and smiled. It seemed that Nate was looking for something behind a plant. A bug? A person? Whatever it was, Tyler arched an eyebrow and decided to walk to them. "Sup guys? What are you looking for?" he asked as Nate looked behind a plant.

Cadence saw Tyler walking around in the gardens, but looked away, hoping he wouldn't come over since she was just hit with a dungbomb by The Hair. Too late... he was coming over. She turned to face him, hearing him talk. "I wouldn't come too close to me if I were you, Tyler. Someone who was having a really bad hair day just threw a dungbomb at us. I shot a stunning spell in the direction it was running. I think It's gone, but Nate is still looking to see if there's anyone." she said, her voice still thick with anger.

Tyler stopped when Cadence told him not to come too close. Now he new why. It smelled like a Dungbomb here. But being related to Kat and Jules, he was immuned to the smell. "No need to get hasty with the spell, all you should've done was yell," Ty chuckled and shook his head. But of course, Cadence would react with defensive spells.

"So all you saw was someone that was having a bad hair day...?" Tyler questioned and looked at her. That could almost be anyone in the school. Including himself.

Cadence was a bit exasperated now. "Yes, yelling wouldn't have made It run away faster. And no, it wasn't just a bad hair day. It was a really REALLY bad hair day. It's hair was HUGE!" She looked around, waiting for Nate to come back. And then she felt bad for having an attitude. "I'm sorry, TyTy, I just... nevermind. I'm sorry for having an attitude with you. Just frustrated." She said, turning back to face him and dropping her arms to her side, her facial expression softening. She didn't understand why everyone hated her. She just wanted to go crawl in a corner somewhere and cry again.

Tyler at Cadence, but ignored the attitude. BUt he nodded as she apologized for it. "It's alright, I understand where you're coming from," he said and zipped his hood up. "It was probably a prank and they didnt see who they hit," Tyler shrugged. Honestly, he had no clue who would do that to Cadence. Lucy wouldn't sink that low. Cause then she'd have to hear Tyler mouth.

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Siiiigh. What a borrrrrring dayyy! And what makes it even boring is that he can't find any of his friends! Anyone! So to kill his time - which Blake is fond of, he embarked on a journey. A journey to explore Hogwarts.

With a pencil and notebook clutched in one hand, Blake roamed around Hogwarts, looking for a nice spot. He was in a mood for doodling and what better place than here! A garden. Garden?! Hogwarts had a student garden and he never stumbled here? Strange. Whistling, he slowly strolled around, admiring the pretty flower in his head as he sniffed them. He found some tacky pink benches and plopped down on the one under a tree. Since he was feeling pretty lazy today, he lounged on the bench and pouted. Borrrrrrrring Day!

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Ooh, to return to the garden again...such a nice day, and such nice memories. Lucy ginned as she remembered a happy day that occurred not too long ago and that was when she noticed a very familiar boy sitting on a bench. She immediately smiled and ran over to him. "BLAKEYYY!!!" She shouted, her hair flying wildly behind her. As she reached him, she hugged him, though it hard because he was lounged on the bench. "How are you??" She asked him as she pushed him over a little so she could sit next to him.

With his long arm dangling down from the bench as he tugged at the grass, Blake sighed. Superrrrrrr bored. He didn't feel like doodling either so he tucked his pencil behind his ear and just when he was about to chuck the notebook, a loud shriek caught him off guard. Whoa! Shifting his lazy gaze to source of the sound, Blake first couldn't make out who it was. Squinting his eyes as the person got nearer and nearer and until he realized that who the girl was, she attacked him. She then pushed him over and sat down. He nonchalantly placed his legs on her lap and frowned. "I'm good...bored to death.." He muttered, still focusing her face. She looked familiar, very familiar. Scratching his head, he frowned yet again. Pretty girl indeed! B..buttt...WHAT!?!?!?! Is she...."Lucy? Is that you? Oh my...you've changed!" He spat out, sitting up abruptly. She can't be Lucy! Where are the gorgoeus blonde hair? Wibble.

"Yeah... just a prank..." she replied, complete disbelief in her voice. So many people seemed to have a problem with her, there was no way this was a completely random prank. She looked around to see where Nate had disappeared to. "Hey, Nate, come back, there's no one there."

"Oh ok!" he said tucking his wand back in his coat. He stopped short in front of her. He loved her in all but she sure did stink. Nate sort of smiled but backed a few feet up.