Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88

Cris blushed at Leah's compliment. "That's nice of you to say, Leah but I can't take all the credit, since I think all the Hufflepuff people I know are all really nice. Thanks for helping me out here." he thanked her as he watched her walk off to gather more empty pots.

Right then Professor Bentley confirmed what he had suspected.

Okay back to business. "I'm going to grab more pots and enlarge some of them for the bigger plants," Cris told the others as he quickly walked over to the supply shed, pulled out another wheel barrow and began placing the empty pots into it. Then he wheeled the barrow back to where the others were, and began enlarging the pots.

Pointing his wand inside the first pot, he traced his wand over it and said,"Engorgio". An icy blue light streamed from his wand and the pot began to grow larger. When he was satisfied with the size, Cris ended the spell and moved on to enlarging a few more pots before holstering his wand.

It was time to start re-potting the plants.

Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88

Cris noticed an older Ravenclaw smile over at their group, and he smiled back. He didn't know who she was but she seemed nice. He made a mental note to himself to ask Jasmine whether she knew the girl being in the same house and all.

Then he was back to Operation Re-potting. He returned to the supply shed and pulled out a bag of potting soil and a spade before returning to the plants. He poured some potting soil into each of the pots before proceeding to remove the plants from their flower beds. Leaning over a Flutterby bush, he began loosening the soil around the plant, until he could see its roots. Cris then gently lifted up the plant, one hand holding it by its trunk and the other gathering up the roots and slowly placed it in one of the larger pots. Once the plant was in the pot, Cris scooped more soil into the pot until all the roots were covered up and the plant was lying securely in the pot.

"This plant it ready to be brought up to the castle," Cris told anyone who was withing listening distance and who was one of the potted plant movers. Then he moved on to the next bush and repeated the repotting process again.

Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88

Cris looked up in surprise when Kevin volunteered to take the pot he had just repotted the plant into. "Hey thanks Kevin," Cris grinned up at the young lion. He had to admit that when this boy wasn't talking in a loud voice, he was a present decent chap. Laughing to himself at the difference a class made, Cris returned his attention to transferring another Flutterby Bush from the flower bed into its temporary pot.

Gently lifting the bush up by at the base of its trunk, Cris transferred it, along with its root ball into another pot, added more soil before moving on to the next plant. Once he had a few plants transferred safely into pots, he called out again,"I've more plants here to be brought up to the castle," Cris gestured over to the six pots.

Quickly glancing around, Cris smiled appreciatively at how everyone, despite their differences, had banded together as one in a time of emergency. With their help and luck, Cris hoped that they could save as many of the plants as possible.

More pots...I need more pots. Cris quickly picked up his wheelbarrow and pushed it back to the supply shed and placed more empty pots into it before wheeling it back to where he had been working. Cris then proceeded to examine the plants for survivors, counted the number that require larger pots before proceeding to magically enlarge the empty pots.

"Engorgio," Cris waved his wand in a circular motion and watched an icy blue stream of light enveloped the pot and it began to grow larger and wider. Cris ended the spell, saying "Finite" before repeating the Engorgement spell again over each pot until he had the number of pots he required for the larger plants.

"I have some bigger pots here for those who are helping to re-pot the larger plants," Cris called out to anyone who wanted them.