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Post by Professor Pomona Sprout on May 11, 2004 23:31:04 GMT
Opening the Greenhouse door, Pomona Sprout walked into the humid room. Holding out her wand her pointed it to the vents in the back and sides of the room. With a flick the opened and started bringing in cooler air. "Much Better." she said to herself as she walked over to her chalk board. Turning around she looked at the large table in the middle of the room. Seeing the many spread of plants on the vast table, she nodded and turned back to the chalk board. With another flick of her wand large words which read 'Pollbrute Tractious' appeard on the top. Two pictures of the plant showed up not to much later. Lines formed from the pictures describling what were parts of the plant.
When she was done, Pomona walked over to the large table, made for many people, and started to sort out all the tools for the students. A few minutes later she sat at her desk waiting for her students to arrive.
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Post by galanodel on May 12, 2004 23:44:00 GMT
Kimi stood up slowly from the Slytherin table, she had actually made it down in time to eat for once. Fetching her bag from under her seat she slung it over her shoulder and walked out of the great hall and the school building. Making her way across the lawns towards the green houses she winced and shaded her eyes with her hand from the bright morning sun. Stopping she put down her hand knowing that made her look like an idiot at the least and let her hair down from it's messy bun style and let it fall around her face and turned her head slightly downward causing it to fall around her face protecting her eyes slightly from the light. "Ah much better..." Smiling Kimi finished walking acriss the lawn and entered the green house where herbology took place.
Walking into the hot green house at spotting the professor she gave her an ever so slight but respectful nod as she greated in a surprisingly lively sounding voice as she walked by Professor Sprout "good morning Professor." Kimi walked over to the large table and sat down towards the back of it. Looking up at the board she skimmed over it with her eyes quickly then took out a peice of paper and her wand, moving her wand a few words could faintly be heard from the front of the room as miniture copies of the drawings and writing on the board appeared on her paper. Setting the paper down Kimi looked up and moved her long hair out of her face replacing it in a ponytail and leaned back in her chair to wait for everyone she was surprisingly earlier and cheerful for it being a morning class let alone morning.
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Post by Cassie on May 13, 2004 22:22:34 GMT
Walking out of the front oak doors of the school she held her bag full of books by her side. Smiling she hummed on her way to Herbology. Cassie loved this class, among all of her others also. She liked to handle plants and find out all the many different species.
Walking in the green she reached the Green house door. Pulling it open it poped like it was a vacuum inside. A humid feeling fell over her skin. Smiling at Professor Sprout she said, " 'Morning Professor!" Cassie noticed one other student in the room. A slytherin. Not sure how to react she acted like she wasnt there. Finding a single place at the large table she stood there looking to the chalk board for futher instructions.
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Post by Drusilia on May 14, 2004 0:06:25 GMT
Drusilia walked across the Hogwarts grounds towards the green houses. She saw two other people quite a ways ahead of her, with a sinking feel that could also be described as dread Drusilia thought she recognized the farthest girl as a Slytherin, and not just any Slytherin. Hoping she was just seeing things, it was a really bright and bueatiful day after all, Drusilia kept her cheerfulness reaching the green house she walked in and the dread came back full force accompanied by the uncomfortable humidity of the green house.
Drusilia hadn’t imagined it earlier it was her least favorite Slytherin. Drusilia saw her cousin Kimi sitting farthest away from the teacher as possible at the back of the table. Like she normally did Drusilia tried to remain as quite as possible not wanting to feel or hear her cousins cruel looks and comments about her and her parents being a total disgrace who made Kimi sick along with the insults aimed only at her. Making her way over to the table she ask in a voice that any librarian would be proud of seeing as it was so soft, "may I please sit next to you?" of the girl she recognized as a hufflepuff.
Not wanting to be by herself even though a professor was present Drusilia sat on the side of Cassie farthest from Kimi and shivered visably, Kimi seemed way to relaxed for it being hot and a morning class. Drusilia watched glanced at Kimi out of the corner of her eye and saw her leaning back in her chair, no sign of her wand at the moment. Taking that into acount Drusilia put on her small black framed glasses and quickly made notes on what was on the board for easier visablity later.
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Post by dawn on May 14, 2004 2:05:40 GMT
Dawn slipped out of bed and took a shower. After dressing in her ever so gruesome Hogwarts uniform. Tightening her tie she slipped her arms in her black clock and looked at herself in the mirror. Smiling faintly at her reflection she was proud to be wearing the Slytherin colors. Grabbing her wand she flicked it and a Bannana nut muffin floated in the air in front of her. Smiling she began to eat it.
Pushing threw a crowd of Hufflepuffs she managed to make it to the large Oak doors without killing anyone. With an angry look she opened the doors. "Dear mother, just because im a Prefect I HAVE to go to ALL my classes! pppphh, uncalled for." she groaned. Walking on the dewy lawns she made it to the green house. Dawn absolutly hated herbology. "Ludicrous Class! Brainless!" she mind exploded with thoughts on how the class was stupid and useless to take.
Ripping the Greenhouse door open a flood of hot air hit her face. "EH!" she exclaimed as she noticed Professor Sprout turn her head to wonder what was wrong. "Hot Air!" she glared at the vents. Walking into the class Dawn saw Kimi sitting alone. Walking over to her she slapped her books down on the floor and sat into the chair next to Kimi. "Absurd Class, eh? Why do we need Herbology? Rather use a wand to find out if things harm you, sheesh!" Dawn vented in a whisper, as she tapped her fingers on the table.
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Post by Kim Sullivan H4 on May 14, 2004 2:08:46 GMT
Kim slowly walked into the Herbology classroom and was shocked to not see that stupid girl already in here. She practically lived in classes so Kim was prepared to come and finish what she had been unable to finish in the Great Hall the day before. Seeing no Hermione, Kim was about to turn and leave but Professor Sprout spotted her. No point leaving now, especially with Sprout being the head of Hufflepuff.
Sighing, Kim entered the green house and looked around. There was a Slytherin whom Kim had never really talked to before. She gave her a look but decided not to sit with her as she was not one of Kim's new Slytherin friends. The other two girls were a Ravenclaw and Cassie, another Hufflepuff. Kim walked up to Cassie and slammed down her bag full of Charms and Transfiguration books. Again she had no intention of staying in class today and as such hadn't brought the right books.
Crossing her arms across her chest she glared at the blackboard waiting for class to start, or better yet, Hermione to show up.
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Post by Nasser Salah G6 on May 14, 2004 6:25:43 GMT
Like most of his classes, Herbology was a class Nasser usually enjoyed. It was an interesting class which he always learnt something new from, and the atmosphere was usually very cheerful and relaxing; working in a greenhouse was a lot more fun than in a classroom, or worse, in the dungeons.
Nasser walked out of the Gryffindor common room 10 minutes before class and made his outside on to the grounds. He entered the greenhouse and greeted Professor Sprout. A group of girls had arrived, none of which were friends of Nasser's. He knew Dawn who was a Chaser and had played in matches with her, but he usually steered clear of her when they weren't on the pitch. She was a Slytherin and a pureblood, and Nasser knew too well how most Slytherins felt about muggle-borns, especially Gryffindors. He did know Cassie however and smiled brightly at her and said "Hi!".
Taking a seat at an empty table, Nasser looked at the drawing of the plant they were doing today.Professor Sprout had labeled several parts of it, and Nasser read the diffrent names waiting for everybody else to arrive.
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Post by rosewood on May 14, 2004 17:57:08 GMT
Julie had Herbology first thing that morning. She loved the class and it was her best subject. After a quick breakfast she looked in one of the mirrors in the girl's bathroom to make sure she looked okay, and ran off to class, her supplies in a small bag in her hand flying behind her. She wondered what they would be covering today as she entered the greenhouse, and discovered that Professor Sprout had already drawn an illustration of the plant they were going to learn about.
She smiled at the Professor and wished her a good morning, then sat down at a table at the very front of the class. She looked at the drawing on the board interestedly, and waited rather impatiently for the class to start.
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Post by Jaquin Prokenstien on May 14, 2004 23:35:28 GMT
Jaquin arrived at the greenhouses with his bag full. Herbology was his 3rd best subject, tied with DADA; he was best in his year and excelled at Care of Magical Creatures, which was his best subject, then Charms came second. The Pollbrute Tractious drawings were something that Jaquin recognized, as he was talented in Magi-biology and biology, he had read it somewhere. Trying to remember what its properties were, he sat down next to Julie Rosewood, the best at Herbology in their class.
As he sat down, he greeted, "Good day, Julie! What do you think we will be doing today?" Jaquin put his bag down and took out one of their Herbology text books. He waited for the class to start.
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Post by Savannah Johnstone R7 on May 16, 2004 4:56:04 GMT
Savannah walked across the grass towards the Green houses. Herbology was by no means her favorite subject. She in fact hated it. There were uses for plants and whatever else they did in Herbology, but Savannah did not have a green thumb. Most of the time she butchered whatever plant she was supposed to be tending to, on accident of course but still she was not keen on the subject.
Entering the classroom she was overwhelmed by the heat in the room. Looking around she found a number of people already assembled including several other Ravenclaws. Where to sit? That was the question, looking around she found her semi friend Dawn sitting near. They weren't really friends yet, but Savannah liked her company, Dawn was very sarcastic which was a perfect match for Savannah. Upon closer look though, Dawn was sitting next to another Slytherin whom Savannah didn't know and as such she decided to find somewhere else to sit.
Walking over towards the other Ravenclaws, she slumped down in the chair next to Julie and put her head down on the table waiting for class to begin.
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Post by Aden McGrogan on May 16, 2004 16:29:23 GMT
Rolling over in his bed, Aden slept soundly. A flutter of a pair of wings was all you could hear in his room. "Slater Im Sleeping, Please Leave Me ALONE!" he vented as he covered his ears with his blanket. Slater, his owl, hooted loudly as Aden jumped up from his laying position. Turning over to his owl, proped up seated at the foot of his bed, he noticed a letter. "Who is sending me a letter?" he said outloud. Reading to unravel the string to make it secure he opened up the parchment. A red Letter flew out. "Oh Dear Merlin, Mum!" he exclaimed as Aden noticed he has gotten a Howler.
"ADEN GREGORY MCGROGAN! I HAVE GOTTEN A LETTER FROM YOUR TEACHERS SAYING YOU HAVE NOT CAME TO ONE CLASS THIS YEAR! HOW IS THIS SUPPOST TO SHOW HOW OUR FAMILY IS! YOUR SISTER GOES TO ALL HER CLASSES! ALTHOUGH SHE HATES IT, AS WE ALL KNOW! GET YOU OLD RAGGED BUTT OUT OF THAT BED AND GET TO HERBOLOGY! THE CLASS STARTS TODAY, PROMPTLY IN THE 'ORNING! I WILL BE OWLING YOUR TEACHER TO MAKE SURE YOU PARTICIPATE IN ALL YOUR CLASSES! GOOD DAY BOY!" the red letter that was previously formed as a mouth ripped itself up and flutted to the ground. "Dear wreched mother!... Stupid Herbology!" he vented as he got changed into his robe.
A few minutes later Aden was found marching acrossed the lawn toward the green houses. Fumed with anger he pulled open the door as slammed it shut behind him. Glaring at a few students who rose there heads when he arrived he found a seat next to his sister who was accompanied by a fellow 6th year Slytherin. "Did you Old Mum and tell her about my attendance!?" Aden growled at Dawn.
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Post by Harry Potter on May 16, 2004 18:13:05 GMT
Harry Woke up and had a good breakfast. But loosing track of time he darted out of the Oak doors to arrive to herbology on time. Running across the greens he arrived at the Glass class room, the green houses. Pulling The door open he smiled at Professor Sprout as he scouted the room.
Hermione did not yet arrive, quite pecular it seemed to Harry. Ron was most likely running late. Seeing Nasser, a Gryffindor one year younger than himself, sit by himself at a spot on the large table. Harry decided to join him. "Hello there Nasser." Harry said as he sat down in an empty seat next to him.
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Post by Professor Pomona Sprout on May 16, 2004 19:30:04 GMT
Pomona smiled and nodded as a few students greeted her as the walked in. As the table begain to fill Pomona started the class. "Hello everyone." she said with a smile. "I just wanted to say to everyone before the class begins is, whom ever is taking this class should have already mastered three spells. One which is Effodio spell. Which is used to dig something out of the ground. Second the Severatum Totallus spell .Which separates two idems from each other. And third, Repotino. Which puts soil into a pot without using your hands." Looking at the youngest students in the class she said. "If you do not know these spells please partner up with someone who does." nodding she walked over to her chalk board and began to teach.
"The plant you will be working with today is Pollbrute Tractious. Which is also known as 'Speading monster'. Pollbrute is used for changing its physical appearance to any type of food. It is normally used to feed to a type creature that resists spells and or charms. Pollbrute can kill any creature in 7-10 minutes. It doesnt depend on size. It effects the nervous system and breaks it down."
Watching the students she went on "This is a mature plant and is beginning to double up in roots. Today we will be separating the roots and replanting them into a different pot." Pointing her wand to a picture on the board. "Pollbrute plants are Lethal. When eating any part of it can kill. But outside of eating, if you just found it, the roots can somtimes detect they are out of the ground. The roots sometimes begin to grow rapidly and may strangle the person who is repotting them, but these plants were never repotted, so they most likely do not know how to go into defence and hurt anyone." smiling at a few frightened faces she saw sitting at the large table.
"This is what you will be doing. Everyone watch carefully!" she exclaimed as she begain the demo. Using her wand she said, "Effodio!" The soil from the pot spilled out and the plant sat bare in the bottom. Professor Sprout said the second spell, "Severatum Totallus!" with a flick of her wrist. The plant's leaves began to shake as the large mass of roots split into two. Using her wand she moved one of the two root balls to a new pot. Pomona flicked her wand to the left and circled the both pots. "Repotino!" she voiced as soild fled into both pots at the same time.
"And that is it. Any questions?" she asked. "No one start the planting untill I have answered all questions." she warned.
(( This is an advanced thing to do in herbology. Since this wasnt in any of the books, there is bound to be a question or two. Please feel free to ask them now. And No one Is to Start the repotting untill all questions are answered!!))
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Post by dawn on May 16, 2004 21:14:09 GMT
Dawn saw her little brother Aden storm into the Green house like a Tornado. He plopped down next to Dawn and Kimi. Turning her head he snapped at her. Dawn in a bad mood already. Glared at him and replied. "No. I like I would bring up classes to her. I hate half of them already, but im forced to go. But at the last staff meeting when the Prefects had to go. I heard that Owls would be sent out to parents of students who dont attend classes." Dawn turned away from Aden as she yawned and barley listened to Professor Sprout lecture.
When the Professor said, "Any Questions." Dawn leaned toward Kimi and said, 'This is easy enough, the only question I have is can I feed some to Pottuh over there.' She smiled as she glared at Harry, almost directly across from her. "Pottuh!" she said trying to get his attention. "Watch out at dinner, for food may not sit too well in you." she began to laugh. "You Never know who can get into the kitchen now adays, eh?" Dawn smirked as she gave him a kiniving look.
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Post by Cassie on May 16, 2004 21:37:32 GMT
Cassie listened intensively as Professor Sprout went on about the plant Pollbrute Tractious. Going over the three spells in her head she knew how to all three. She felt proud at her age, she knew how to do more than most. When Sprout said she would take questions, Cassie's hand shot into the air.
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Post by Professor Pomona Sprout on May 16, 2004 22:18:55 GMT
Professor Sprout saw one hand raise within seconds. "Yes Miss Harper, What is your question?" she asked waiting for a reply.
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Post by Cassie on May 16, 2004 22:24:25 GMT
Lowering her hand she spoke out. "Umm, Professor Sprout. Well what if, the Pollbrute does know how to act defencive from instinct? How would we react to it then?" Cassie asked as she bit her lip, a little afriad of the outcome if that did happen.
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Post by Professor Pomona Sprout on May 16, 2004 22:31:03 GMT
Nodding to her question she replied. "Good question. Well that would he highly unlikely with these specific plants you have in front of you. But if that is the case, that you see the roots grown at an alarming rate you would do a simple spell. Rudicio. It would shink the roots in enough time for you to put the soil into the pot and be finished." Smiling she added. "Good question, hopefully everyone heard that.... Any other questions?" wondered Pomona, waiting for a hand to raise into the air.
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Post by galanodel on May 17, 2004 1:12:47 GMT
Kimi was becoming cranky fast from the suffacting humidity in the green house, she hated herbology even more because of it. Her mood quickly darkened for a moment when she saw Drusilia walk in the room. Looking quite amused when she met Drusilia's eyes for a moment before she saw her cousin whisper something to a huffy. She looked like she was trying to become invisiable. Not able to hold back a laugh she shook her head and looked down plenty of time to play if she felt like it but right now the green house was driving her nutts.
Becoming lost in thought Kimi looked up in surprise when Dawn sat down next to her and complained about the class. Smiling slightly she waited until Dawn finished and then replied, "I couldn't agree more. Why would any one be messing with them in the first place? That's what magic and servants are for!" Feeling somewhat better that someone agreed with her she once again leaned back in her chair.
Listening to Dawn's converstation with her brother Aden after he arrived Kimi turned towards Dawn and commented, "why didn't you say anything?" Letting out a small grown she rested one elbow on the table and rested her head on her hand and complained, "I hate letters from my parents, they only send them to complain or lecture or whatever. Good thing I've went to the boring things though, a lecture from my parents never turns out well for anyone."
When Sprout began class Kimi turned her head and looked at the front of the class with an extreme look of bordom on her face. "If one of those things starts to grow its not gonna live." Kimi muttered. Kimi couldn't help another smile at Dawn's comment, "Well why don't you ask? She asked for questions and that sounds like one to me." Listening only slightly as a hufflepuff asked a question Kimi leaned back over and added to Dawn, "but of course there's an antidote and boy wonder would be saved like always." Kimi made a face, "they don't let anything happen to him cause the world would end if he died they seem to think..." Kimi looked somewhat sickened and added again, "it would be a much better place if he did though..."
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Post by Professor Pomona Sprout on May 19, 2004 19:04:51 GMT
Looking around the room, Pomona didnt see another hand rise into the air. "Alright everyone, you maybe begin as there is no more questions. If you need me just shout." with a smile she said as she stood at the end of the table and watched the students begin.
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