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Bazinga 
Minerva picked up her wand and started making a circular motion with her wrist. "Professor Bentley is this correct?" she kept making the circular motion as she waited on the Professor.
"Looks good dear, just try to keep the motion soft and fluid as if you're doing it without effort." Quote:
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HOPEendures Jezzabelle pulled out her wand and imitated the way the Professor was holding it. Now it was just a matter of going in a circular motion. She raised her unoccupied hand,"Does it matter if you go clockwise or counterclockwise, Professor?" Oh this was important like. She did a little of both and found she preferred to go clockwise but she could manage to do either or.
"Ahh good question Jezzabelle, in fact, have two points."
"The direction of the motion doesn't matter, as we're simply going to be tracing the inside perimeter of the pot, so as long as your motion is smooth and connects, then the charm will work." Quote:
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sevensnared O____o Cow then what? Why was it suddenly about cow in Herbology? Was the charm used to fertilise the seed with cow dungs? Perhaps so.
After finishing his notes, Hades withdrew his wand and made circular motion with his wrist in the air. "I think I get it," he mumbled with a small confusion showed on his face. He still didn't get about the cow thing though. The boy raised his hand again. "Professor! Why is there 'cow' in the incantation?" he asked cluelessly. Although, it wasn't intended to annoy the cheerful professor. Hades was merely curious of what he had heard. Cow?
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"Uhh what cow?" she asked a little perplexed. How on earth had the boy come to the conclusion of... cow... in the incantation? Chaudensis... there was nothing cow-like about it at all.
"Chaudensis dear... chaw-den-sis."
Well on the whole it looked as though the students were getting along quite nicely. While they continued practicing the wand movement, Seren summoned a box of goggles--because you could never be too safe, and another small cart of watering cans.
Right, gloves, goggles, cans, pots, soil... SEEDS!
Feeling around in her robes pocket, she plucked out an old silver tin and screwed the top off. Inside where the fire seeds, all hot and red hissed a little as it met more oxygen.
"Alright everyone, I trust you all have your notes ready.." and that they were paying attention.
"First things first, you must perform the charm on your pot... now you will know if it has worked because you will feel the sides begin to warm, it wont be hot, just warm to the touch. Then come up and get your materials and follow the instructions on the board."
Simple, yes?
Tapping her wand on the blackboard once more, another line appeared beneath he instructions.
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1. Charm pot to heat itself.
2. Fill half of pot up with soil and let it rest for several minutes to warm up.
3. Carefully take a single fire seed with dragon hide gloves and place on top of the soil.
4. Cover fire seed with soil, so that pot is filled. Pat the soil down a little (not too much, you don't want to suffocate it).
5. Water the fire seed with boiling water, without drowning it.
For boiling water, add water (via aguamenti) to the watering can and heat it. This will ensure you 1. control the temperature and 2. don't over water your seed. Use a VERY small amount, simply enough to moisten the soil.
"So everyone come and claim a pot and goggles and get started. ONLY come for your seed when you need it." "Also should you wish to mark your pot for whatever reason, feel free to do so." ... because she expected at least SOME of them to visit their seedling as it grew.
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