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Hogwarts RPG Name:
Bennett Potter
Slytherin
Sixth Year

Hogwarts RPG Name:
Atlas Ward
Ravenclaw
First Year
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SPOILER!!: Beau
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Had Beau had a really great attention span, he would have probably paid attention to what Remy had been doing in Healer Professor Dog Guy's garden place. He would probably need that another time, but ANYWAY he had been too busy thinking about fire and wanting to go FIND THE FIRE and do all of the cool things that were physically possible with magic and fire and wooooOOOOOOOOOOO. When they were all done there though, Beau had been CERTAIN of one thing! That the fireseeds or whatever were going to be in the Gryffindor Common Room and he was going to have to play HERO and save them ALLLLLL FROM THE FIIIIIIIIIIIRE.

Pity.

The long old walk to the tower had been for nothing and the first year was definitely affected by being THE WRONGEST OF THE WRONG.

They'd stopped at a few other places that Remy had suggested and Beau was slowly getting more and more annoyed with how BAD they were doing at this. THEY WERE ON A BLINKING TIME LIMIT AND THEY WERE STUCK SULKING AROUND THE CASTLE WITHOUT FIRE. WITH. OUT. FIRE. Somewhere along the way, the topic of the fireplace in the library had been brought into play and Beau had just headed that way out of courtesy.

He needed a new seventh year.

This one was not useful.

HOWEVER THEY WERE GREETED WITH THE BEST BUSH OF FIRE WOOOOOOOOOW. Beau-ey GASPED LOUDLY and pointed a wiggling finger in the direction of the bush and other students approaching it. "THIS IS SO DANGEROUS AND SO COOL" What if a book set fire?! Could he try it?! Was it magic fire that didn't hurt the books?! Is that why it was here?! SO MANY QUESTIONS.

Instead, he stepped behind Remy and tried his absolute best to push push PUSH the older (and much bigger) boy in the right direction. "We gottA BE FIRST BACKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK, REMY!!!!!!!!!! DO. YOUR. STUFF." And ask for help if he needed it. Although Beau wasn't sure how much help he would be when he couldn't even manage basic spells yet.

Apparently as soon as Remy had mentioned fire, there was only one fire that Beau would believe Healer Reed would have used. The Gryffindor Common Room fire. Well, it was as likely as anywhere else, except for the fact that three quarters of the class wouldn’t be able to get into the room to harvest the seeds. However, Beau had been adamant, and since that meant they were on the top floor, Remy figured they could hunt the fireplaces on the way back down to the Potions lab. If they still had enough time.

However, when they finally made it to the library, the grin on his face was wide and real. ”Yeah, we got shown how to harvest them in Herbology a few years ago. If you put your gloves on, you can help me harvest them, okay? It’ll be very warm to touch, but it won’t burn you if you follow my lead. Okay?”

While Beau got his gloves on, Remy took out the second metallic container he had in bag, along with his gloves. ”Now, we learnt that the seeds have to be kept on fire so the way you store them is really important.” He wasn’t sure if Beau was even listening, but he felt better at least trying to include him. ”There is a charm to heat up the container so the seeds stay on fire. It is called Chadensis, and you just twist your twist ever so slightly - but its a very soft motion.” He glanced at Beau, before casting the charm on his container, which he let rest on his glove so he wouldn’t feel the heat.

”Okay, and to actually pick the seeds, all we need to do is reach into the fire and grip them gently, and pull then put them straight in here.” He motioned to the heated container in his hand. ”We need 5 of them, they are easy to pluck.” The Hufflepuff said, reaching into the fire to twist one seed gently from the firey bush. ”See? Your turn.” If he wanted to put his hand into the fire that is… If not, he’d collect the other four too.
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