Hayley raised her hand, "Uhm..it would be helpful if you.." everyone else had already taken all the good answers, but waiit! "It would be helpful if you need to harvest some plants that were growing deep underwater! Like, seaweed or kelp...or other underwater type plants!"

Melanie listened intently to her explanation, beaming as she acknowledged that their answers were right and writing down the information. The plant sounded kinda gross to her....but useful at the same time. She couldn't help but cringe though as Bunbury placed it right in front of someone at her table... Bleh, what was with teachers and putting gross things on their desks, first dirty cauldrons and now slimy plants...

She raised her hand to answer the professor's question, taking a guess. "Well, if you can't swim, then it can probably help you learn how and you could use it for a dive if you're going very deep down and that was you wouldn't need a bunch of scuba equipment or even the bubble head charm. So basically if you wanted to breath underwater is the obvious thing to use it for, like during the flood and all...or you could use it to scare the socks off someone by putting it in their clothes trunk or something..." she answered, shrugging, before dropping her hand back down to her side.

Herminny raised her hand and said, "I believe gillyweed would be good for deep sea diving to study the organisms that live there as long as you don't go too deep cause the effects only last an hour."

"Well," Varius started after raising his hand, "I think a good example of when gillyweed is needed is when there is water... and you need to breathe under it." Yep a million points to Varius for that groundbreaking conclusion. What was with the water themed lessons? Maybe Lawson wasn't the sole cause of all the floodings -- Bunbunz must be helping him also. Cow! He loved her though.

Lyra listened to everyone speaking of that nasty, ickle, green water that was going on around the school. Flood. Flood. Flood. She was tired of hearing about it and that was not the only time for gillyweed to be used or needed. There were...other ways but...she didn't want to think about them right now. It was bad enough dealing with being a drowning rat.

Copernicus raised his hand. "Professor, if someone stuyding marine life, either flora or fauna, wanted the opportunity to do their research in as natural a setting as possible, gillyweed would be a good option. It would allow the work to be done without impinging on the native environment or scaring the wildlife."

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Torin raised his hand and said, "it can come in handy when you are trapped in a locked office that's flooding with water. Especially when your shoes are there with you and you need to be able to waterproof as many of them as possible. This way you can stay alive AND save your shoes." He smiled. He knew this one from experience even though he actually never had to swallow the stuff.

Oh Torin. Of course he had to bring up Bunbury's poor, flooded office and dead'd shoes.....sadness.

"Yes, Mr. Kane, it would be useful there, if only you had enough time to digest the gillyweed before your shoes were attacked by water...." she trailed off with a somber sigh.

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Reese took the Gillyweed from Professor Bunbury and examined it. Was this stuff tasteful? Probably not. She tilted her head slightly and then passed the Gillyweed to the next student. She looked back up at Professor Bunbury when she asked another question. She raised her hand before she spoke. "It could be useful like now. Well, not right now, but right now," she answered. Did that EVEN made sense? She didn't think so. "I mean, the flood and everything. Gillyweed could be useful if someone got caught in the flood and couldn't get out," she explained.

The flood was obviously going to be a hot topic. "Correct, Reese, and it already has proven useful in the dungeons and kitchen." Now if only her coworkers would stop overusing it.

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Apparently Clifford WAS just afraid of waterplants as he was water, for the Head Boy nearly toppled right off his stool when Professor Bunbury plopped some infront of him. Oh gosh. No. Ew.

Gulping, the seventh year thrust a hand in the air.. trying not to look at the gillyweed. "It's - It's good to use.. when.. when your Common Room is flooding.."

"Also correct, Carden." Goodness, was he scared of the gillyweed or was that panicked look on his face just a result of remembering his flooded common room?

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Cam looked at the gillyweed Bunzz had, and while waiting for it to be passed to him, raised his hand. "If you happen to fall into the lakeee," he said, and was about to add if the Giant Squid came and ate ya, but naahhh Squidward wouldn't do that, "oooooor when this school eventually floods... and all." Hmm. Well at leastt he didn't make it sound THAT bad, right?

"It's not going to flood. It's not," Bunbury repeated loudly to reassure herself. Just like the greenhouses weren't going to flood, nope. "The flooding is a result of a small leak in the dungeons, that is all, although yes, gillyweed is helpful to keep nearby."

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William beamed putting his hand up again, "It's helpful for when you've dropped something at the lake and you really need it." like a pair of shoes he thought frowning as he looked down.

"Well maybe, William, but remember the effects last for an hour so if you just dropped something in the shallow part of the lake that won't take long to fetch, a Bubble-Head Charm might be more appropriate." And hopefully Ashby would be teaching those soon.

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"Well if your friend was trapped at the bottom of the lake, you could take it, to give you time to rescue them underwater," Aislynn said. "Just like good ol' Harry!" She laughed a bit. She thought the biography chapter on Harry Potter's experience on the Triwizard competition was always one of the most fascinating.

Somebody was obsessed with famous Gryffindors, mmmhm. "Correct, dear," Anastasia glanced at the child again. "You seem absolutely infatuated with that boy's story." Weird kid.

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As the professor said to explain a variety of uses, Cy’s mind started to spin a bit too fast. The kid obsessed over pirates, and most sorts of violent organizations. But mostly pirates, because they hunted treasure and burned things down. AND, they had parrots.

Basically, they were awesome.

So explain Cy did. “Ahh, Professah I know.” The brown-eyed Hufflepuff said, nodding in her direction. “Me’ friends back down undah’ used tah’ tell me about piraites. Liisten, listen. Someone would do something… bad. Then the captain would absolutely CHUCK a spaz and make him walk the plank. Sometimes with weights attached to his feet.” He paused for a moment and looked around the room methodically, for dramatic effect.

“SO! If he had gillyweed, he could just stuff that lil’ rippah’ in his mouth and swim back to the coast after taking the plunge. Genius eh?” Oh Cy was a genius, and he knew it.

Speaking of weird kids, here was another one and he had a thick, funny Australian accent. The corner of Annie's mouth almost twitched into a smile at the boy's creative example but she just nodded at him instead.

"Very genius, I absolutely agree." Hehehe Hufflepuffs.

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Dominic had been sitting quietly during the foremost part of the lesson, but this was mostly due to the fact that he had gotten stuck sitting next to some annoying LOUD, RAMBUNCTIOUS firstie (yes, that's Cy! xD) who had found a 'home' on Willow's lap just a few weeks prior when they moved up to the seventh floor. So it was between getting a word in with him and just not wanting to speak mostly due to trying to figure out how to quiet the kid that had preventing Dominic from speaking thus far.

Eying the bag of gillyweed that started being passed around between the students, the sixth year bit his lip, deciding it time to speak. Maybe. Because he was sure there had to be some practical examples readily available in his mind. Oh bummer; Clifford beat him to the common room mention. Sighing, he raised his hand to think of another use.

"Well, gillyweed might also be useful if you're trying to concentrate on something and need to stifle the blabbering of others near you..." Dominic suggested thoughtfully. He sure wouldn't like having that shoved in his mouth. Wincing at just the very thought, he shook his head. "Yup. Getting people to be quiet." Seemed practical enough for him.

And incorrect Hufflepuffs.

"No, Denton, that would not be appropriate." Bunbunz shook her head and gave him a stern look. "For one thing, if you were nowhere near a body of water, the person would be starved of oxygen if they had swallowed the gillyweed you so rudely shoved in their mouth. For another, that is an absolute waste of gillyweed when a silencing charm does a much more effective job."

Not that she was speaking from personal experience....or anything....

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Hayley raised her hand, "Uhm..it would be helpful if you.." everyone else had already taken all the good answers, but waiit! "It would be helpful if you need to harvest some plants that were growing deep underwater! Like, seaweed or kelp...or other underwater type plants!"

Merlin's pants, Bunbury didn't want to believe it but that little firstie she'd made cry at the opening feast had the exact answer she had been thinking of. "Excellent, impressive thinking," she muttered at the girl, leaning forward on her stool slightly to see if the child was somehow cheating. "We might get to that in a bit, really...."

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Melanie listened intently to her explanation, beaming as she acknowledged that their answers were right and writing down the information. The plant sounded kinda gross to her....but useful at the same time. She couldn't help but cringe though as Bunbury placed it right in front of someone at her table... Bleh, what was with teachers and putting gross things on their desks, first dirty cauldrons and now slimy plants...

She raised her hand to answer the professor's question, taking a guess. "Well, if you can't swim, then it can probably help you learn how and you could use it for a dive if you're going very deep down and that was you wouldn't need a bunch of scuba equipment or even the bubble head charm. So basically if you wanted to breath underwater is the obvious thing to use it for, like during the flood and all...or you could use it to scare the socks off someone by putting it in their clothes trunk or something..." she answered, shrugging, before dropping her hand back down to her side.

"Not deep down, Miss Lockhart, because remember the effects only last for an hour depending on the amount of gillyweed you consume. And gillyweed is NEVER to be used as a prank item." Bunbury frowned at the silly girl.

Actually, she hadn't considered having a test subject eat like four times the normal amount of gillyweed and then see how long it lasted. Hmm, there were plenty of testers here....maybe they could try that out in a bit...

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Herminny raised her hand and said, "I believe gillyweed would be good for deep sea diving to study the organisms that live there as long as you don't go too deep cause the effects only last an hour."

"Yes, see Lockhart," Anastasia looked back at the Hufflepuff and nodded toward Herminny, "This is a much more appropriate answer." Tutut.

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"Well," Varius started after raising his hand, "I think a good example of when gillyweed is needed is when there is water... and you need to breathe under it." Yep a million points to Varius for that groundbreaking conclusion. What was with the water themed lessons? Maybe Lawson wasn't the sole cause of all the floodings -- Bunbunz must be helping him also. Cow! He loved her though.

And this one was, again, not. Hufflepuffs these days - did they or did they not have brains?!

"Thank you, once again, for stating the explicit, Captain Obvious," the redhead muttered sarcastically. "Where would we be without that striking conclusion, I do not know."

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Copernicus raised his hand. "Professor, if someone stuyding marine life, either flora or fauna, wanted the opportunity to do their research in as natural a setting as possible, gillyweed would be a good option. It would allow the work to be done without impinging on the native environment or scaring the wildlife."

Rolling her eyes at Tipps, Bunbury turned toward Copernicus. "Ah, precisely. Good idea, Mr. Kettleburn, although it might prove bothersome to the researcher to only observe marine life in hour-long increments." Since, of course, that was how long the effects of this plant lasted.

"Let's continue. Who first discovered gillyweed's magical properties that could be put to use? And based on what we've recently discussed, where and how do you think this discovery was made?" How were most discoveries made, after all...

"Elladora Ketteridge, Professor." Evangeline offered the answer after politely raising herh and in the hair. And how was the discovery made. She was pretty sure she had read something about it, but couldnt really remember it. "By accident, I suppose. She must've eaten the plant..." Who would eat THAT?! "... and discovered that she couldn't breathe normally so she ... I don't know ... fell into the water?" Wacky lady.

Raising her hand, Anna said, "The effects of gillyweed were first dicovered by Elladora Ketteridge, although Beaumont Marjoribanks is credited with re-discovering it. It's said that Ketteridge once ate gillyweed, causing her to nearly suffocate. She found that when she stuck her head into a bucket of water, she recovered." She though a bit more and then added, "Most discoveries are made either through accident or by trial and error. An event happens, such as the incident with Ketteridge, and it gets people to asking questions, such as "Why?" or "What if?" I'm sure after hearing of Ketteridge's story, many a witches and wizards wondered what about the plant caused her to first suffocate then to be recovered through water."

Clifford had absolutely no idea. "Uhm - was it discovered by Mister Gillyweed?" He guessed, hand in the air. Y'know, people normally named things after themselves, right? "And.. And maybe he discovered it by.. eating it? Yeah, he tried it right.. and then turned into a fish and started choking.. suffocating! And - and then he jumped into his pond." Riiight..

So she didn't think the whole school was gonna be underwater, eh? WELL JUST WATCH AND SEE BUNZZ, WE'LL ALLL DIEEEEEEEE. It was surprising how he could keep a straight face with him thinking about that inside. Cam raised his hand again. "This Ketteridge woman discovered it FIRST but pfft, this other guy came in a century later and took all of 'er credit!" Well not really, but... oh well, "she was probably sailing 'cross the Med. Sea when she found the plant and likee... she was insane enough to try to eat it and all!"

"Maybe she was hungryy?"

Cyrus eyed the Prefect as he answered. Blabbering around him? Well Cy was definitely around him, actually, he was right next to him. The Aussie just gave Dominic a bit of a scowl and looked back up to the Professor.

Of course it was genius, and well, he was glad that she agreed. I nodded his head and pounded his chest with his right first respectively.

On to her next question though, she asked WHO discovered the stuff? Cy for one, had absolutely no clue. And second of all, he wasn't ABOUT to try and fish the answer out of the textbook (which sadly enough, was right in front of his face). So he shot his hand into the air and began to try and answer. "Well, I have NO clue who discovered gillyweed. But I'm sure that someone was in the 'Terranean, you know, doin' some fishin' maybe. Let's just say he stumbles upon some gillyweed. The bloke was a picnic short of a sandwich so he downs the magical herb. Go for a bit of a swim, and figure out that he can suddenly breathe undah' water floppin' around with gills and fins. Thinks back on all he had tah' eat that day. Realizes that it was gillyweed. And BOOM, discovery made."

Cy folded his arms and sat back in his seat. People would be marveling.

Herminny raised her hand and said, Beaumont Marjoribanks is credited with discvering gillyweed but it was Elladora Kitridge who first consumed it and nearly suffocated but was lucky to figure out putting her head under the water for an hour would alow her to breathe because it makes you grow gills like a fish. As for how it was discovered like so many other things I would say completely by accident. I mean it looks like a bunch of worms so I would say mabe they were extremely hungry and that was all they could find, either that or their crazy, I would hope it's the latter.".

Professor Kazimeriz slipped into the greenhouse and stood at the back of the class. He watched Professor Bunbury but said nothing, not wanting to disturb the lecture.

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"Elladora Ketteridge, Professor." Evangeline offered the answer after politely raising herh and in the hair. And how was the discovery made. She was pretty sure she had read something about it, but couldnt really remember it. "By accident, I suppose. She must've eaten the plant..." Who would eat THAT?! "... and discovered that she couldn't breathe normally so she ... I don't know ... fell into the water?" Wacky lady.

Accidents were how most discoveries were made, after all, and Evangeline was correct.

"Yes, you're on the right track. Very good, Prefect Green," Bunbury nodded at the girl.

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Raising her hand, Anna said, "The effects of gillyweed were first dicovered by Elladora Ketteridge, although Beaumont Marjoribanks is credited with re-discovering it. It's said that Ketteridge once ate gillyweed, causing her to nearly suffocate. She found that when she stuck her head into a bucket of water, she recovered." She though a bit more and then added, "Most discoveries are made either through accident or by trial and error. An event happens, such as the incident with Ketteridge, and it gets people to asking questions, such as "Why?" or "What if?" I'm sure after hearing of Ketteridge's story, many a witches and wizards wondered what about the plant caused her to first suffocate then to be recovered through water."

But of course Anna was on the ball too. "Yes indeed, Anna, that is one of the stories I've heard about Ketteridge. Excellent," Bunbury nodded. The other story involved....ah.... a bit too much partying on a beach in Italy one night and really wasn't worth repeating to the students.

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Clifford had absolutely no idea. "Uhm - was it discovered by Mister Gillyweed?" He guessed, hand in the air. Y'know, people normally named things after themselves, right? "And.. And maybe he discovered it by.. eating it? Yeah, he tried it right.. and then turned into a fish and started choking.. suffocating! And - and then he jumped into his pond." Riiight..

"Mr. Carden....." Bunbury sighed deeply as if it pained her to listen to his ramblings. "Did you lose your Herbology textbook in the flood? Perhaps a classmate would be so kind as to share one with you so that we may be spared any more wild guesses?"

She really hoped that kid wasn't going to attempt a NEWT in Herbology.

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So she didn't think the whole school was gonna be underwater, eh? WELL JUST WATCH AND SEE BUNZZ, WE'LL ALLL DIEEEEEEEE. It was surprising how he could keep a straight face with him thinking about that inside. Cam raised his hand again. "This Ketteridge woman discovered it FIRST but pfft, this other guy came in a century later and took all of 'er credit!" Well not really, but... oh well, "she was probably sailing 'cross the Med. Sea when she found the plant and likee... she was insane enough to try to eat it and all!"

"Maybe she was hungryy?"

"No, she wasn't sailing, but you're half-correct," the professor acknowledged Cam. "It was by accident, you see, so perhaps Ketteridge was hungry when she ate it. Since gillyweed is a weed, it's good at being sneaky and feeding off small shrubs and bushes, draining them of nutrients and water mostly. Gillyweed LIVES to absorb water, one of the reasons it's probably wriggling near your hand right now, trying to absorb any moisture off your skin...." she trailed off with a raised eyebrow in the boy's direction.

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Cyrus eyed the Prefect as he answered. Blabbering around him? Well Cy was definitely around him, actually, he was right next to him. The Aussie just gave Dominic a bit of a scowl and looked back up to the Professor.

Of course it was genius, and well, he was glad that she agreed. I nodded his head and pounded his chest with his right first respectively.

On to her next question though, she asked WHO discovered the stuff? Cy for one, had absolutely no clue. And second of all, he wasn't ABOUT to try and fish the answer out of the textbook (which sadly enough, was right in front of his face). So he shot his hand into the air and began to try and answer. "Well, I have NO clue who discovered gillyweed. But I'm sure that someone was in the 'Terranean, you know, doin' some fishin' maybe. Let's just say he stumbles upon some gillyweed. The bloke was a picnic short of a sandwich so he downs the magical herb. Go for a bit of a swim, and figure out that he can suddenly breathe undah' water floppin' around with gills and fins. Thinks back on all he had tah' eat that day. Realizes that it was gillyweed. And BOOM, discovery made."

Cy folded his arms and sat back in his seat. People would be marveling.

"Nice theory, there, er, boy," she had no idea what the Aussie's name was, "and maybe that's how it was rediscovered." Maybe, not that she would know. Bunbury taught Herbology, not History of Plants.

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Herminny raised her hand and said, Beaumont Marjoribanks is credited with discvering gillyweed but it was Elladora Kitridge who first consumed it and nearly suffocated but was lucky to figure out putting her head under the water for an hour would alow her to breathe because it makes you grow gills like a fish. As for how it was discovered like so many other things I would say completely by accident. I mean it looks like a bunch of worms so I would say mabe they were extremely hungry and that was all they could find, either that or their crazy, I would hope it's the latter.".

"I would also hope one would not seek gillyweed out as a way to satisfy hunger," Bunbury agreed with Herminny for once. "There are many better uses for it, as my guest...."

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Professor Kazimeriz slipped into the greenhouse and stood at the back of the class. He watched Professor Bunbury but said nothing, not wanting to disturb the lecture.

Speak of the devil, there he was now. "Professor Kazimeriz, always a pleasure to see you," Annie smiled in the direction of the smelly ancient potions master. "Please, come join us at the front of the room."

She twirled her wand and conjured up a fluffy, squishy pink armchair for the man to have a seat. He knew a lot about gillyweed so why not stay for a while.

Kazimeriz smiled and bowed slightly to Bunbury. "The pleasure is mutual. Thank you." He shuffle-glomped his way to the front of the class, seating himself on the ridiculously pink chair as if it were a throne and he, a king.

YAY, herbology! Fyo was beginning to love this class, really. The Gryffindor raised his hand, clearly in a pretty good mood.

"The properties of gillyweed were first discovered by Elladora Ketteridge, professor," he said, with a knowing nod. They had, after all, discussed this before. - In History of Magic, if he remembered correctly. "Though Beaumont Marjoribanks is credited with the discovery, because she classified it about a century later. Anyway, I think Ketteridge accidentally ate it once, and realized the suffocation caused by it was eliminated if she - umm - sorta stuck her head in a bucket of water."

Nice. Real nice. "Discoveres are made, either by carefully carried-out experimentation, or accident - Like eating an apple everyday and, when it makes you healthy, realizing it keeps the healer away." Wait, should he have said that apple thing? Oh, forget it. "Ketteridge's discovery was obviously made by accident, professor. Who knows, she might have mistook the gillyweed for a green onion, or something like that!"

He raised his brow as suddenly Kazi was in the lesson. What was it with other Staff entering classrooms? He was tempted to say something, but decided not to. Kazi seemed like the kind of guy that you didn't want to cross.

So he decided to just watch and see what happens.

Herminny could'nt help but snicker a little as she watched Kazmirez make his way to the front of the room and take a seat in a pink arm chair, this was just too rich she could'nt help it.

Oh sure, the babbling firstie gets called genius, while his idea is FROWNED upon. Bunbury just had her prejudices; probably because he was better looking than her and she was afraid to admit it. So best to make him (and Carden) look like idiots... Yes, totally it!

But, she did give him a pleasant idea of a silencing charm. Drifting off slightly on who shall be testers of his silencing charm perfecting, the sixth year hardly noticed when their Potions Master joined them in the class. It wasn't until Bunbury pointed it out and made him sit in a fluffy PINK chair.

For once . . . Dominic felt bad for Kazimeriz, who politely didn't seem to mind. Perhaps his vision is wearing down? Nonetheless, the sixteen year old waited patiently for what this lesson might bring. Or not bring. Your choice.

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Kazimeriz smiled and bowed slightly to Bunbury. "The pleasure is mutual. Thank you." He shuffle-glomped his way to the front of the class, seating himself on the ridiculously pink chair as if it were a throne and he, a king.

Of course it was always a pleasure to see Bunbury. She was a lovely sight, wasn't she? Of course she was. Ahem.

Best be explaining why Kazi was here, eh.

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YAY, herbology! Fyo was beginning to love this class, really. The Gryffindor raised his hand, clearly in a pretty good mood.

"The properties of gillyweed were first discovered by Elladora Ketteridge, professor," he said, with a knowing nod. They had, after all, discussed this before. - In History of Magic, if he remembered correctly. "Though Beaumont Marjoribanks is credited with the discovery, because she classified it about a century later. Anyway, I think Ketteridge accidentally ate it once, and realized the suffocation caused by it was eliminated if she - umm - sorta stuck her head in a bucket of water."

Nice. Real nice. "Discoveres are made, either by carefully carried-out experimentation, or accident - Like eating an apple everyday and, when it makes you healthy, realizing it keeps the healer away." Wait, should he have said that apple thing? Oh, forget it. "Ketteridge's discovery was obviously made by accident, professor. Who knows, she might have mistook the gillyweed for a green onion, or something like that!"

"Uh, yes, Fyo," Bunbury almost beamed as she remembered the boy's name, "Good, you have the story correct. Try to keep up now."

She cleared her throat and settled back on the pink stool, situated slightly behind Kazimeriz's chair. "Since we were just discussing the ah, history of gillyweed and its uses, I thought it would be prudent to invite an expert to speak on both matters. Your potions professor is not only knowledgeable about the practical uses of gillyweed in his subject, but it might also interest you to know that he was on hand for the most famous, single instance to date where gillyweed was used to great effect."

Anastasia flipped a bit of red hair over her shoulder and then looked toward the old man, expecting him to elaborate on that introduction.

Aislynn couldn't help but snicker a bit at seeing Professor Kazimeriz in a pink fluffy chair. It was something that seemed unheard. She sat up more attentively. Gillyweed was pretty interesting.

She got the idea the Professor Bunbury might think she only knew of Harry Potter, but it was not true. She just thought it might add some interest to the younger students. Herbology was one of her favorite subjects because a lot of the herbs and plants she was familiar with in her studies of Healing.

Bunbury handed over the torch to Kazimeriz and she was very interested in what he has to say.

Kazimeriz cleared his throat a little and nodded. "Yes, what Professor Bunbury says it true. I would be happy to speak a bit on that particular incident but first, I would like to discuss a little about the plant itself. Would someone like to summarize what Professor Bunbury has taught you about gillyweed so far in this class?"

"Yes, professor," Fyo said, politely. He had been late on that last question, you know.

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She cleared her throat and settled back on the pink stool, situated slightly behind Kazimeriz's chair. "Since we were just discussing the ah, history of gillyweed and its uses, I thought it would be prudent to invite an expert to speak on both matters. Your potions professor is not only knowledgeable about the practical uses of gillyweed in his subject, but it might also interest you to know that he was on hand for the most famous, single instance to date where gillyweed was used to great effect."

WHAT?

It couldn't be -

"Do you mean the Triwizard Tournament, professor?" Fyo asked, hand shooting into the air and eyes round and wide as galleons. Duude, this Kazi man was old, if that was true! Like.. SO in his thousands.

Welllll.. Maybe not thousands, exactly.

But still - he was old. Y'know.

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Kazimeriz cleared his throat a little and nodded. "Yes, what Professor Bunbury says it true. I would be happy to speak a bit on that particular incident but first, I would like to discuss a little about the plant itself. Would someone like to summarize what Professor Bunbury has taught you about gillyweed so far in this class?"

Fyo raised his hand, again. "Well, we've been told that gillyweed is the most famous magical plant native to the Mediterranean. And.. um, it looks like packed, greenish, rat tails. Oh, and if you chew it, it gives you GILLS so that you can breathe underwater."

Annd.. What else? "It squirms after it's harvested, too."

William sat straighter in his chair at the front as professor Kazimeriz walked into the greenhouse before sitting in a fluffy pink chair. He heard a few snickers but didn't snicker himself. no he had more respect for the man than that. Holding himself more straighter he nodded at the man and turned to listen to Bunbury his eyes widening. Most famous use of gilllyweed? He had never heard of that, except for the Harry Potter moment but that was years and years ago. He wasn't there for that was he? now she definitely had his attention.