Cale rolled his eyes. "Sick psychopath," he grumbled. That would be SOOO like Kazi to get some sort of amusement out of torturing two friends. Two GIRLS, at that.

"Nothing will, we'll be fine," he said with a smile. "She just needs to stop playing with Plymouth's head--I know in my heart she'll never leave, but I don't think Plymouth gets that yet. He still thinks he has a chance with her and it's sad, cause he's a pretty cool kid," he said with a sigh.

His eyes nearly bulged out of his head at the last statement from Reese. "A boyfriend? No, you don't need a boyfriend," he said, shaking his head. "Especially next term--IIIII won't be here to protect you!"

"I've actually never met this Plymouth guy,so I can't say weither he's cool or not,"Reese told Cale. "Hey,since your not going to be down,who's going to protect Anna from all these single guys?Like Plymouth or any other boys who are looking for someone pretty." She raised her eyebrow at the question.She was curious about this one.

"Oh,come on,Cale.I won't make another wrong turn with a boyfriend ever again.I'll find someone who's NOT like Lucas.I want a guy who will be there for me and who loves me,"Reese told Cale.It was kind of strange talking about guys in front of a guy,but Cale was like family.He deserved to know most of the stuff that went on her little head. "Do you want to find one for me?Because,I'll let you.That's if,you don't stall on finding one."

Cale laughed. "I've hired her a bodyguard," he said with a triumpant grin. "Actually, bodyguard might be stretching it a little...he's just a kid who said he'll watch her and make sure no one gets to her, in exchange for tutoring lessons from her, that is," he added with a small grin.

"I'm not gonna find you a boyfriend! You're too young," he said stubbornly, chuckling a little to himself.

"Ohhhhh,a bodyguard?" Reese said."Is this bodyguard cuuuuuute?" Ohmygosh.Maybe she shouldn't have said that.But,it just sort of slipped out.Erm.She quickly asked another question before Cale could have time to answer that one. "Plllllllease,don't tell me this bodyguard is out to protect me,too?" She was pretty much joking about that.Cale wouldn't hire a bodyguard to protect both Anna and her.Right?Right.

Reese pouted. "I'm NOT young.I'm turning 16 this summer,"she told him."And,I think,I capable of finding my own boyfriend.I was just kidding about you finding me one." Cale would stall.That's what he would.He would stall in finding Reese a boyfriend until she graduates.

Finally getting a moment to breath from the studying and quidditch and non-stop daydreaming about a certain Captain, Dominic headed down to the Student Garden where it was time to check on his Puffapod and Flutterby. He wasn't sure about the Puffapod since it hadn't really looked a whole lot great last time he visited to water it, but there was still hope, right? Of course.

The fifth year casually walked along the aisle of many students' plants, passing other students in the process of also pruning and watering and whatever, until he found his plants. His name and year neatly printed on the tag thingy.

"Well, at least Flutterby isn't all DROOPY!" He mentioned to no one particularly, frowning at the still droopiness in his puffapod plant. There were flowers, but they weren't as pretty or large as some of the others. Perhaps if he used the new spell to prune the dead stuff off the puffapod, then it'd be better?

No harm in trying.

"Flipsnipwitit!" The Hufflepuff prefect used the karate chop technique taught during the lesson, as he carefully chopped off the dead leaves from the flutterby first. Then repeated the same technique on the puffapod, pruning off the dead stuff.

Ah... they were now nice and clean and really there was just only one thing that came to mind, as Dominic watered both his plants. It was the puffapods last chance. He was normally very good with plants, but for some reason, this term was proving to be challenging and he wondered vaguely if it was because he had somehow accepted too much under his realm of responsibility. "You two be good to each other now. Because remember, this is our last chance."

And with that, Dominic left the student gardens, hopeful that they would get better after their pruning and watering.

This time, Evangeline wasn't as moody as she entered the student garden. And mainly for one reason: no drawing was necessary this time!! Woohoo!! They could still draw, of course, but Evangeline was no Picasso (or maybe she was since you never could really understand what was on her drawings).

Carefully making her way through the corridors of plants and busy students, Evangeline looked for her Flutterby and her puffapod. Hmm. They had to be here around, somewhere. Ah! There they were! With a smile, Evangeline carefully knelt down infront of her plants. Oh deary. Her bush had grown sooo much already. Well, at least she got to practise her AAAAAAYAAAAA! karate chop. Mwahaha.

Pulling her wand out of her pocket, Evangeline titled her head to the side for a moment, trying to remember the incantation. It was a hard one and not even the Prefect couldn't remember it just like that. When she got it, she gave her wand a karate chop and very carefully pruned the flutterby bush. It couldn't get too big, now could it? Nope. Hehe.

Humming slightly under her breath, the sixth year pulled back and looked at the bush. Ah, yes. It looked much better now. Hehe. She repeated the action on her puffapod flower, pruning the biggest flowers. Hehe. She'd take them with her and then make some sort of floral arrangement for the dormitories.

Putting the flowers carefully in her bag, Evangeline dipped one finger in the dirt around her plants. OH noes! Too dry! "Aguamenti." She said, watching as the jet of water watered her plants. Yummy, yummy drink for them!

One that was done, she stood up and made her way out of the garden, unaware her knees were full of dirt.

Jane was still staring wide eyed at Cela and Anna, who had gone back to Pixie and Trixie and not answering her question. She decided to sing some more to her seeding Puffa, and also not forgetting Mr Flutta.

"So flower for me and day by day,
I’ll keep pruning your branch, I promise,
Nothing but love can stand in our way,
But love can see us through,
Maybe that’s all I wanted to say,
I will always sing for you,"

Mr Flutta, Mrs Puffa, Jane and the whole world was probably at peace at that moment. She didn't cut the flowers because they were still veryyyy pretty now that Mrs Puffa's was UBER pink. She checked the seed and finally made up her mind that it was probably too young to be plucked anyway.

Plucking it will only cut off it's supply of food from Momma Puffa..and then....andddd thennn... it will not grow into a beauuutiiffuull seed. ANNNNDD TTHHHEENNNN it will DDDDDDDDDIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! and BUNBUNZ will KILL me.

So Jane tidied up all the dirt-mess she made, washed her hands in the sink and kissed both Mr Flutta and Mrs Puffa buuhh-byyee and left the garden.

Chris walked into the Student Gardens to check on his Flutterby and Puffapod plants. He walked into the garden and then searched for a minute and then found his. He walked up to them and sat down next to them. He pulled out his wand and said. "Flipsnipwitit!" he made the karate chop motion and started to carefully trim and prune away the dead and useless branches and leaves. He then watered them both with the Aguamenti spell. After he was done singing he began sing a song about what he had just did.

"I help take care of my plants then say good-bye,
Their names are Ms. Puffa and Mr. Flutterby.
I prune them and give them water,
and they love it and don't bother.
I really liked planting them for nice Professor Bunbury,
My next class is about to start so I must hurry!"

After he finished the song he waved good-bye to his plants and left to go up to the castle.

There was little Tobi hated doing more than singing, if not perhaps the whole Herbology thing as a whole. But it would definitely be a bad thing if he didn't give his Flutteby's a bit of a pruning before the term ends. And singing was one of the things he was supposed to do while he did it.

"Uh hi there animate shrubbery that scare me..." he said, approaching it, "How are you today? Feeling non-threatening?" he certainly hoped so.

Tobi wasn't much for making up songs, so he just pulled an old one he's heard before out of his memory, he cleared his throat and began to croon,

"One, two, three, four
Tell me that you love me more
Sleepless long nights
That is what my youth was for"

Tobi took out his wand and made his karate chopping motion, "Flipnsnipwitit," he said as the buzzing sound began and a few dead blooms came of the bush.

"Old teenage hopes are alive at your door
Left you with nothing but they want some more

Oh, you're changing your heart
Oh, You know who you are

Sweetheart bitterheart now I can't tell you apart
Cosy and cold, put the horse before the cart"

Tobi repeated the process, "Flipnsnipwitit." Buzz. Falling blooms.

"Those teenage hopes who have tears in their eyes
Too scared to own up to one little lie

Oh, you're changing your heart
Oh, you know who you are

One, two, three, four, five, six, nine, or ten
Money can't buy you back the love that you had then
One, two, three, four, five, six, nine, or ten
Money can't buy you back the love that you had then"

One more pass of his wand should make the Flutterby bush all healthy again. "Flipnsnipwitit," he said, letting the last of the dead blooms fall.

"Oh, you're changing your heart
Oh, you know who you are
Oh, you're changing your heart
Oh, you know who you are
Oh, who you are

For the teenage boys
They're breaking your heart
For the teenage boys
They're breaking your heart"

He regarded his Puffapod and his Flutterby bush. A little water wouldn't hurt the Puffapod. The Flutterby bush seemed okay though. The leaves weren't droopy at all, couldn't say the same for the Puffapod.

"Aguamenti," he said, focusing a light jet of water at the ground near the Puffapod. It soaked in quickly.

"Guess you needed that," he said. Tobi considered. His Puffapod looked large enough to pick. Hmmm...

"Flipnsnipwitit," he said, karate chopping his wand, while holding the Puffapod near the bloom.

He pointed his wand again at his now plucked Puffapod and said, "Geminio," causing it to multiply several times in his hands. Well, now he knew what he would do for independent study.

After much wandering around near the greenhouses, Mariel finally located the student gardens. She had never found reason to visit them so she wasn't sure exactly where they were, but after seeing several students milling around and realized they must all be finishing up their Herbology assignment, she decided this must be it. Oh, this was the same place they had had class. So she had been here before. Well, whatever. It wasn't like Herbology was her favorite and she didn't pay all that much attention to where things were located in relation to the subject. (Although she was enjoying Herbology a teensy bit more this year as it seemed a little easier and she wasn't getting dirty - except for that stupid mud fight Nathaniel started a few months back - not that she would admit that to anyone.)

Okay, so what were they supposed to do, now that she was here? Something like check on your plants... So which ones were hers again? They all looked pretty much the same. After looking around a bit, Mariel decided a certain flutterby was probably hers after it started quivering faster as she walked by, meaning the puffapod closest to it would have been the one she had planted as well.

Sooo, now what? Um, glancing around, the second year noticed that several others were singing to their plants. She was so not doing that, but... maybe she would hum a little. Glancing around furtively to make sure no one was watching, Mariel hummed - very quietly - the tune of a new song she had heard on the WWN as she leaned very close to the flutterby. She also noticed that it could use a bit of a trim - had she missed a couple branches? - and, pulling out her wand, used the flipnsnipwitit charm to ttrim off a few dead branches.

Standing back to admire her work, she noticed that the puffapod flowers had gotten quite large, so she picked a few to brighten up her dorm room for the last few days of the term. Satisfied with her work, Mariel left the gardens, to head towards Ravenclaw tower.