Theodore was getting the hang of this. The plant really wasn't THAT scary. Kinda cool, actually. And there was the top set of teeth done, now he just had to do the same on the bottom. And quickly, too, before the thing woke up and gnawed his hand off...

"Spic and span, mr. Plant." Noooooo dentist trips needed for YOU!

Theodore brushed the bottom set of teeth, one by one, but quicker until they were literally squeaking clean. OH YEAH.

He looked around to the other students, who all seemed to be getting on with it, too. Gosh, he went to a COOL school. SMIIIIILE.

After they had been announced the task, Gwendolyn was almost ready to go with the first to third years. Being a fourth year was odd. So… if she didn’t go the first category that meant… DING. She got that more hideous plant. Great, the Ravenclaw told herself as she eyed those things, already finding one which no one was taking care of… yet.

Pffft. But she still sort of needed to find another student to work with. Hmmm… The fourth year turned her head as she heard a voice ask if there was still someone without a partner. Gwendolyn simply raised her hand and gave the girl a small wave. Over here.

It seems like Jonathan is anxious too. At least they don't have to be all by themselves. Xing nods, albeit still looks nervous. He slides his hands into his own pair of dragonhide gloves before accepting the brush from Jonathan. This won't be fun at all. Surely this thing has a really bad breath. Uggh!

Carefully, the younger boy approaches the sedated flesh eating plant. He isn't sure what 'sedated' means, but the plant looks like its mind isn't there. If it has any mind, that is, which Xing highly doubts. He isn't that stupid! Slowly, he grabs the upper mouth of the plant with one hand while his other hand begins to brush the teeth in a great speed. He wants this to end quickly.

Nigel went to his work station and looked down. He saw the tooth brush and the minty flossing twine he would need. He was shocked that now he made to brush and floss a fanged geranium. This was not something he ever wanted to do. But since it was part of the lesson he guessed he had to do it. Nigel picked up the toothbrush and started to bring it towards the teeth on the geranium. It kept moving way from the toothbrush and Nigel could not even touch it with a toothbrush. Nigel was annoyed and kept on try but it was like the plant knew it was to get its teeth brushed and it did not want to even though it was sedated. This was just weird. Nigel needed a plan of action if he want this to be a success and started to think of solutions.

Bleeeh Indy. Bleeeh.. Beezus giggled as she averted her whole attention to her plant, and then grabbed the toothbrush. Now, she should be brushing to make her Fanged Geranium's teeth clean.

"Okay..open up wider baby.." And thankfully, the plant was listening to her. Wow. Now, she proved it. Plants should really be taken care like babies. Or did it just wanted to be called baby?

Hmmmm...Eeekkkk! It's teeth was....dirty. Trying so hard not to grimace at the sight, Beezus raised the toothbrush and started brushing the plant's teeth. That's right. She was gonna follow Indy's lead and maybe even do that song. It goes like, "Brushaaa, Brushaaa, Brushaaa.." She glanced at Indy and giggled. Oh, and it was really easy to move with that mucus West had sprayed on her gloves. More flexxyyyyyyyy.

Phew! Sarah was quite relieved when a girl waved to her. So there still is someone alone. She'd seen the Ravenclaw several times before. Have I talked to her before? Her name was... Gwen. Wasn't it?. She moved towards the fourth year. "Hi, I'm Sarah" she said, uncertainly. I've talked to her before.

Moving slowly and a little terrified-ly towards the stations, she blinked at the geraniums. Sure, they looked innocent, but that was the idea. So, going through a mental list of what she needed, she frowned.

Gloves? On.

Toothbrush? Sitting next to the scary plant on the table.

Flossing thing? Next to the toothbrush.

She could totally nail this.

"You do promise you won't eat me, right?" she asked the plant. The flowerhead kind of dipped a little, and Elise took it as a promise. Because it had to be sure! Or Elise'd be flowerfood. Eww...

Harvey was getting ready to open up the geranium when Mins asked him if he was getting his open.. "I hope so.. hang on I am gonna try" he said as he carefully .. very carefully reached towards his geranium holding both the top and bottom half very very gently and slowly pulled the two halves apart.. slowly.. making weird facial expressions as he did.. as if willing the geranium to follow him and his mouth opening up.. just to give the geranium an idea of what he wanted it to do.. he then smiled as he saw that the geraniums were opening up.. "Yeah mine are opening up" he said a little excitedly as his seemed to be going easy on him and opening up.. he looked around the room and had seen others that were having trouble but his were like well behaved geraniums.

He then watched as Minnie managed to get hers open too.. after talking to it nicely.. he then remembered when they had to talk to their plants and read them a story as much as he had hated it.. he kind of enjoyed reading it a story and talking to it.. dancing and singing for the plant he didnt enjoy as much.. but it was all part of caring for the plant and so he had done it.. ok.. so maybe he kind of enjoyed singing the song.. but not the dancing.. he wasnt the dancing type.. ok well that was a lie.. he did dance.. but with people.. like Minnie.. they had danced in their first year.. and those classes came in handy over the summer after their first year.

Anyways back to this geranium that needed its teeth taken care of.. he picked up the brush and gently began to clean it.. but he could see that a little more force was needed to get them clean.. so he put a bit more force into it not wanting to hurt the geranium.. afterall he didnt want it to clap shut on his hand even though it was gloved.. so he cleaned the fangs at the bottom.. putting in a little more force here and there to get them clean.. cause that was the whole point of this task.

Indy just stared at her friend. Oh Beezus. "You sound like an idiot." Indy just stared at her friend. Oh dear. But Beezus wasn't really paying attention to her anymore, so Indy decided to give her full attention to her plant. Who looked pretty darn fantastic. She stood back for a moment to admier her work. Oh. She was so amazing at flossing and brushing. She should totally like get an award or something. Well she could get one after she had like finished the task seeing as she had only flossed half of the teeth. That would not be good.

Stepping back towards the plant, she began flossing the top layer of teeth. "Flossa Flossa. Make you beautiful teeth....a. Flosssa. Flossa. Flossaa." Laa dee daa. We're a great singer too. Indy mused carrying on with the flossing. Hmm. Then she was done. "Oooh....we look pretty good job Indy." And she was all done. Perfect.

Pffffffft, he was such a whiny boy. Louisa just stayed still and rolled her eyes as he struggled, squirmed and whatnot. It wasn't as if Bentley was going to let something happen to her students. The Ravenclaw's reasons for not doing this was totally logical, on the other hand. she didn't want to die young

When he finally got the guts to move forward, Louisa's hands on the brush tightened and she stopped breathing for a second. THEBOYWASGOINGTODIE! her heart screamed...

... siiiigh. He didn't. He was actually alive and standing a moment later. Louisa nodded vigorously and strode toward him with the brush in both of her hands.

"Okay.. uhh... oh merlin it looks so scary from over here..." Her voice trembled just a liiittle bit before she swallowed and raised the brush with its brushing side toward the ugly big teeth. The girl made sure not to stand too close to it, not even as close as Lewis had to. She merely stretched her arms aaaallll the way so the brush touched the teeth. Louisa instantly shuddered, "ew ew ew ew ew ew..." this never stopped as she started moving the brush up and down making a disgusted face, too.

The girl made sure her fingers were in a safe place on the brush, not even her fingernails were allowed to get close to the repulsive big teeth. When she had to move the brush slightly to the top of the teeth, her eyes bore into Lewis', "Push the lips a bit... I need to get to the teeth's roots." Ew ew ew ew ew ew ew ew...

So since apparently people were happy with their gloves now, and West's own were all flexy and awesome, West went and claimed a FANGED GERANIUM and a TOOTH BRUSH AND FLOSS and found a workspace and put the spray bottle to one side in case anyone else did want to soften their gloves.

BUT IT WAS WEST TIME NOW.

Eagerly, he prepared himself. Toothbrush? In hand. Geranium? BLOODY but not really MAW open in front of him. It looked to be dozing. West leaned forward -keeping his nose clear- and examined the teeth.

This was so much more awesome than brushing his own teeth. Wait til he told his dad!

Which approach would be better? Round and round? Up and down? Back to front? Front to back? They were all fangs, not the chompy molar type, did that make a difference. He peeeered at them, fascinated.

Brush. Brush. Brush. Brush.

Jezzabelle held the black and oddly shaped tooth brush in her itty bitty little hand as she brushed back and forth on the top set of teeth. It was harder than she thought it would be but that was because it wasn't really all that easy to remove the left over remains of something like flesh. She shuddered a little when she thought about it but continued to brush away.

It was calming kind of thought, to brush the teeth of something other than herself. The smell of dirt settled around her and she couldn't be happier than in this moment. If anything it made her forget about all the things that had stressed her as of later. Actually, she was going to have to get some Fanged Geraniums for herself now.

Brush. Brush. Brush. Brush.

They looked like they were getting cleaner and eventually they would look all shiny new and pearly white...until the next meal which would surely ruin all her hard work. She moved from tooth to tooth though and began to hum to herself. So much fun!

SPOILER!!: responding to Kennedy. sort of.

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Kennedy had been distracted with balancing his glasses on the bridge of his nose perfectly. He wanted to be prepared for when it was time to do whatever they were going to do. So, when someone spoke his name he looked up, his head turning from side to side.

His green eyes landed on an innocent looking girl. He remembered her. How could he not when he almost attacked her for educational purposes last term. He also remembered Sierra calling her Aspen, so he would go with that. But what if that wasn't her name? It'd be rude, but then it would also be rude if he referred to her as a 'hey'.

He would go with the first. "Hey, Aspen," he greeted. As soon as he greeted her Professor Bentley spoke and his attention was back on her, but before that he sent the Ravenclaw a nod and grin.

...

Aspen... well... at least he DID know her name. Lots of people didn't. She returned the smile and was ABOUT to ask him to be her partner... but he had someone else in mind.

That was okay. She'd catch him later about her business she had with him.

...

So...

She couldn't work alone apparently.

...

Aspen considered attempting to go work alone anyway and just being REALLY quiet about it. If she didn't screw up, maybe the Professor wouldn't even notice. But then, WEST was THERE and no doubts watching. She'd need to set the right example.

Sigh.

"I don't have a partner yet."

Hmm. So finding a partner wasn’t so bad this time. ‘Hello’, the fourth year gave a small smirk as she noticed the other student approaching the place where she was standing. Truth be told, Gwen didn’t know who the other person was, so she felt kind of relieved as the girl introduced herself. Had she met her before? Probably not. ‘I’m Gwen’, the Ravenclaw said curtly.

‘So I guess we should start…?’, the fourth year mused as she eyed the plant. Erm. It’s all right. It will be fine…, Gwendolyn told herself as she waited for some kind of response from the other girl. Hmm. At least the plant is sedated…, she told herself. Calm down. It is just a plant. Just a flesh eating plant. It shouldn’t be that bad… The girl wasn’t thinking straight.

‘Which part do you want to do?’ Hold the thing or do the brushing? Those were equally bad. Sort of. Everyone seemed to be making a big fuss about these plants… but they were kind of harmless. Yes? Anyway- they were surely sedated, riiight? Gwen started at if for a moment. Seems so.

A great feeling of excitement and fear rose in Zack's mind he could help but he was too confused whether he should run or stay in the class. He imagined what he would look like he just ran out of the class. No he didn't want that. He looked around nervously thinking he he would still be alive if he got a bite from the plant. But as professor said they didn't had to worry. He sometimes felt that he didn't deserve to be in gryffindor, well gryffinodr was all about bravery and here he was al scared. Maybe the sorting hat did have some problem after so many year, it was now malfunctioned he thought.

He finally gathered some courage and moved his right hand towards his bag to remove his dragon hide gloves from his bag. He wore them quickly without thinking anymore and marched towards the Fanged Geranium Station. He stood in front of one of the small Fanged Geranium and looked at it carefully. A small relief grew on his face and he saw the size of the plant and then compared it to the ones with the forth years and the older student. Of course they needed a partner for that he thought. But still he thought if he could have a partner too he could always use some help.

He took the little toothbrush in his right hand and then taking a deep breath he moved it closer to the teeth of the fanged geranium. He thought of goint through it as quickly as possible so that he didn't have to worry much once it was over.

He grabbed the mouth or whatever that was i his left hand trying to keep it still while he cleaned the front teeth of the plant. He rubbed the brush to the front teeth first as they were nearer he din't dare to move in the ends ones first.

His hands were shaking as he tried to clean them. Well that wasn't too difficuly h thought as he cleaned the teeth. It looked better as he finished with the ones in front. Satisfied with what he had done with the front ones. Now it was time to go with the end ones.

Okay, so now he has a partner. That problem is now solved. NOW, for the harder part which is to clean the mouth of this huge plant. Jonathan does not complain about the cleaning part, it's just that the plant just terrifies him with it's head and the structure. seriously, this plant can eat 2 people at once. He looked at Xing and swallowed as he starred back at the plant. The faster they do this, the earlier they can finish, right?

Gloves, check.
Brush, check.
Floss, check.

Everything seems to be in place as Jonathan checked for both him and Xing, now just to start. "We can divide the work. You work on it's left side while I work on the right side" he suggested. That way it's completely equal. Well, unless if Xing has a better idea that is.

Jonathan took the brush, he stood on the right side of the plant and held the fangs. Its teeth were huge. Jonathan began brushing the largest tooth.

...

No.

No way.

There was NO way he touched that thing. He wanted to live. He had a good, long life ahead. He had his own ambitious. He hadn't even graduated yet!

No.

It was useless.

It was useless to be backing away without even noticing it, because the next thing he knew, he had hit someone. Gasping for the fear that it was the murderer plant, he turned quickly to find a girl. Relief.

Not.

He still had to do this. Or else, he would be laughed at. He could see Louisa working there. If she could do it, so would he.

"Sorry for hitting you," he muttered, face as white as a chalk. "I--uh..," he scratched his head, "I--" 'HATE these plants, I wanna live a long life, so if you could just take care of it all' "I don't have a partner as well." Pause. Shooting a dreadful look at the nearest piranha. "Shall we work together?" Because she was a Ravenclaw and such... she ought to understand from these stuff, right?

Oichi started to feel a bit better hearing the professors words. Ofcourse, the professor is very knowledgeable and would never put students harms way. Especially a young one like me. Oichi listened to the professor as instructions were given for activities for younger and older students. Okay, so my task is to brush and floss the teeth of a fanged, sedated, germanium, alright. Wait, how is a plant sedated?..... Remember, the professor is an expert, you ask her about it later With that Oichi gathered the tooth brush and tooth paste ad approuched a work station with the fanged plant thing. It looked freaky. She really did not want to touch let alone brush it's teeth.

Looking around frantically as more people paired up, Cass frowned as she bit her lip while trying to see if there were still any other students that didn't have a partner.

Oh please, please, pleaseee. Let there be at least one!

"Who else needs a partner?" She called out as she glanced around the busy room worriedly.

Xing looks at Jonathan as the older boy divides the work. He nods and smiles, agreeing with the other boy. It would be quicker this way. And so he continues to brush the same tooth he was doing on the left side of the plant. There are several times when Xing pauses for briefly, pressing his nose against his arm. The expression on his face looks disgusted. The plant surely has a nasty breath, whatever its name is.

As he begins brushing the second tooth, his curiousity overcomes him. Once again, Xing stops and turns to Jonathan who is still brushing the teeth. "Hey, Jonathan. Do you know what 'sedated' mean? I'm sorry, I don't understand many English," he asks shyly at the same time, he continues to brush the tooth.

Dylan smirked as Vicky chose to brush, stead of floss. Was someone scared of the big, bad teeth? Vickers did seem like a more logical boy...than a brave boy. So, Ravenclaw had obviously been the perfect choice in houses...

Watching him approach the aforementioned-sedated plant, the Slytherin sighed. He almost wondered what would happen if the plant suddenly sprung up on full alert and started attacking students. Would he know what to do to defend himself?

*SIGH* Gah, his mind was a scary place.

"So, where in the States are you from?" Perhaps if he started talking about home, it would relax his partner and make him not think about what he was doing.

He was being so selfless today...Hmm.

Sometimes you saw people that slept with their mouths open. It was usually a sign of a snorer. A mouth breather. Not a nice sight but in the case of a Fanged Geranium? A welcome one. If Stan (for, even though West didn't know what the Geranium was called, Stan wasn't NOT its name, so mentally that was what he was calling it) -if Stan was snoring, it was silent, but the mouth thing? Was open. Vibrating slightly, West noticed with great interest.

He wielded the toothbrush with surprising delicateness and reverence and veeeeery carefully began by brushing one fang. Just the one. And then he paaaaaused to watch for some sort of reaction.

...

...

Nope? It was safe. He tried another tooth and adjusted his grip slightly.

Yes he was gonna do this one tooth at a time, stretch it out as long as possible, cos it was awesome and he was totally risking life and limb and nose, and retelling the story to his dad would be more awesome if he could draw that out too.

Once it was clear that the flower wasn't going to eat her, Elise picked up the toothbrush and eyed the plant skeptically. How do you brush a plant's teeth? Cocking her head, she bent slightly so that she was eye level with the plant.

It had it's mouth tightly shut.

"Hi there flower," she cooed. "What are you hiding? Show me those teeth. Come on!" Maybe talking to it like a puppy would work... "Good flower. Open up!"

Yeah. This might take a while.

When she could, Aspen caught West's attention. She held her gloves up for him. If he wanted, he could spray her gloves.

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No.

No way.

There was NO way he touched that thing. He wanted to live. He had a good, long life ahead. He had his own ambitious. He hadn't even graduated yet!

No.

It was useless.

It was useless to be backing away without even noticing it, because the next thing he knew, he had hit someone. Gasping for the fear that it was the murderer plant, he turned quickly to find a girl. Relief.

Not.

He still had to do this. Or else, he would be laughed at. He could see Louisa working there. If she could do it, so would he.

"Sorry for hitting you," he muttered, face as white as a chalk. "I--uh..," he scratched his head, "I--" 'HATE these plants, I wanna live a long life, so if you could just take care of it all' "I don't have a partner as well." Pause. Shooting a dreadful look at the nearest piranha. "Shall we work together?" Because she was a Ravenclaw and such... she ought to understand from these stuff, right?

Aspen wasn't bothered about being bumped into. That happened, no big deal. She WAS a little bothered at how pale her poor Slytherin partner appeared to be.

It was clearly fear.

She nodded at him without comment. Sure. Partners. And maybe she COULD do all the work and save this poor soul from fainting, or as she'd learned from her brother recently, wetting himself. It was ACTUALLY common among Slytherins.

Who knew?

Aspen cleared her throat and pushed up her sleeves as she approached their Toothy Project of the Day. "Do you know anything about surgery?" she asked, as if at random. Meanwhile, Aspen was bent WAY down to look UP at the open mouth of the Piranha. She checked out the gaps and spaces and was figuring out a plan of action.

Oichi took a couple of deep breaths. I can do this, I know I can. Oichi picked up the tooth brush and applied some tooth paste to it. She then got closer to the plant. An aroma came from the plants teeth that was possitively aweful. When was the lasttime someone cleaned this things. Right, that is now our task, ick.