Minerva walked into the greenhouse feeling very cold. Brrr was it a chilly winter day as she moved into the room she noticed Professor Bentley wasn't there yet. Hmmm that was odd, but then there was a note. Well she guess she would just find a seat and wait for the others to show. Finding the first seat open she walked over sat down and pulled out her parchment to get ready for class.

Ella was early for the lesson. Quite early, actually. She did really enjoy Herbology though, and had wanted to get out of the cold winter air. So she arrived at the Greenhouse and entered, surprised when she didn't see Bentley there. Okay so maybe she was way too early. Shrug.

Reading the note on the board, the third year nodded and headed over to the stools. She dropped her bag to the floor with a THUD and plopped down on the seat before setting to work brushing the snow off her robes.

Kat arrived at the Greenhouse. She wondered what their next lesson will be about. Obviously, about plants and herbs. But specifically, what about those plants this time? The last lesson was mainly about herbs, though. So maybe there's a connection.

"Good day, Profess..." Kat started. But Professor Bentley wasn't around. It was awkward for the fourteen year old witch. What's with Professors being absent in their classes nowadays? First it was... she forgot what class. Now it's Herbology.

So awkward.

Kat went to her normal seat and sat down. Waiting for the other students won't be that long, would it?

Hopefully.

Jory entered the Greenhouse and looked around. There were only a few other students there so far. He didn't see Professor Bentley but he did what the note on the blackboard said - he took a seat and didn't touch anything.

He wondered what today's lesson would be about. He had quite enjoyed the last one.

Why does it feel that Herbology lessons were so many. Probably because Cassia didn't enjoy the subject. Hmmm....She entered the greenhouse as usual her eyes on the ground while she walked in. She didn't like staring at plants and greenish things. Though her hate for them had decreased a liiiitle bit when she did that task force assignment. Maybe this club would really help her get over her uneasiness towards plants. Hopefully.

She glanced at the note on the board. Don't touch anything..Pfffft...Like Cassia would want to. She shrugged and chose the furthest seat from plants. Which was hard considering they were in a GREENhouse. But some seats were closer to plants than others.

She slumped down and hugged her bag to her chest while tapping her foot against the ground. Hopefully they weren't touching many plants today. Especially evil ones.

Making her way to the greenhouses in her sneakers and with her dragonhide gloves held in her right hand, Kurumi was a bit surprised to find that there was no Professor Bentley around to greet them as they arrived but instead had left a note for them...not to touch anything they shouldn't. Interesting wording. Did that mean she was in a different greenhouse bringing in whatever specimen it was they would be working with today?

There were no such thing as flesh eating herbs, were there?

Making her way over towards the stools, Kurumi set her bag on the ground as she sat herself down on one towards the middle of the group and set her gloves on her lap.

So Gideon made his way down to the greenhouses, his sachel slung over his shoulder as per usual. As he stepped through the door he almost opened his mouth to greet the professor, their head of house only to find the woman not there. A note in her place on the chalkboard telling the students she'd be there soon. Okay...he could certainly not touch anything. Wasn't sure about some of the others.

"Hey Kurumi," he greeted with a friendly smile as he walked towards the tables. The Gryffindor boy taking a stool nearby his fellow prefect and setting his bag down on top of the workstation to await whatever was to come.

Jen walked into The Green House. The professor wasn't there. Jen looked around and didn't see anyone she recognized so she just stood by a table and waited for the professor to show up.

Gwen made her way to the greenhouses, actually looking forward to this class. Even though she hadn’t been very fond of Herbology in the past years, she recently learned to like the subject. As she stepped in, the fifth year gave a quick look around, noticing the message written on the blackboard.

Fineee. So all she had to do was find a seat. A few students had already arrived there, and Gwen was able to spot a familiar figure… Jory. Despite the fact that she still hadn’t gotten used to everything that happened lately, the girl walked in the direction where she had spotted the Hufflepuff, eventually taking a seat next to him. ‘Hi’, she greeted Jory

Plant time...

Plants were...not for him, obviously but he could not deny the fact that one day the information about them could be useful to him like the poisonous or flesh eating ones so Richard did not look as unwilling as he would be in a Muggle Studies lesson as he walked into the greenshouse.

First he stopped by the entrance and looked around a bit. Plants everywhere, of course and there were already some people in. All students though, the professor did not seem to be around. Well...well...well. It seemed he could have a bit fun before she would arrive then. Quickly he eyed everyone in the classroom and stopped when his gray eyes found this...Kurumi girl. A smirk appeared on his face at her sight. Sitting alone. Good.

Or maybe not.

The Slytherin narrowed his eyes as a Gryffindor boy joined her before he could. A prefect, as it seemed. Still, he was not going to let this ruin his fun. Still wearing his smirk, he walked to the two Gryffindors and stood beside them. ''Hello, beautiful.'' he said to the girl with his most flirty attitude. Then he simply gave a cold look at the boy. ''And who might you be, dude? You better stay away from my girl.''

Shivering from the cold, Logan walked into the greenhouse and was surprised to see that the Professor wasn't there. Huh. Confused, he looked around and spotted what Bentley had written on the board. Right. Taking a seat near the front, he waited for some people that he knew to show up.

Nigel walked into the Greenhouse ready for another day of Herbology. It was not his favorite subject. But it was not terrible.

He walked to his desk not even caring of the Professor was here. He took a seat and waited to see what they will be doing today.

Belle walked into the Greenhouse shivering. It was quite cold outside. She did not mind herbology. It helped her learn more about plants. Plus her mom is always quite keen to learn something new from this class.

As she walked in, she felt warmth from the greenhouse since it was always humid. Belle saw the professor and greeted her, "Good morning Professor!" then she made her way to go get a seat and prepare to take notes.

Another herbology lesson... presumably on herbs. Sarah had become much more interested in herbs since the first lesson, and especially since she began keeping a herbs journal. She flashed a smile at all and then she noticed that the teacher did not seem to be there. This was not the first time that ear that the teacher was not there when she arrived. Well in the case of Divinition the teacher was there.
Sitting at one of the stools she made sure she had brought all that she had needed. She had dragon-hide goloves packed together with her notebook in her satchel. And a glance at her shoes revealed that they were not high-heeled. Well Sarah never wore high heeled anyways... despite her height. Common dense and courage well she had sourage.. after al she was lion and she was told that she had common sense. And then a smile... well Sarah smiled even more now. Why not smile... her heart was beating after all!

YAY!!!

It was time for the second Herbology lesson, her most favorite class at Hogwarts. One of them, at least. Flying was up there as well, even though only first years needed to go. She loved to polish up on her skills every now and then. After all, she did need to brush up on her Quidditch skills...

Cardigan entered the greenhouses, not too surprised to see that Profesdor Hadley wasn't there at the moment... It had happened in other classes as well, strangely enough.

But why???

She walked over to the nearest seat and sat down, slinging her book bag onto the floor.

Sooo...

What's next??

Emmanuelle entered the greenhouse wondering if they were going to be studying herbs again for this lesson. She kind of hoped so, since it would be a nice break from the work the other professors were giving them. And the excitement surrounding the missing house tables, the staircase situation and the scene in the barn. Looking around, she noticed that Professor Bentley didn't seem to be in the house yet, but there were stations set up and stools set up in a group away from them. Hmm... wonder what that's all about? Em took a seat on one of the stools, placing her bag on the one beside her. Bending over to dig stuff out of it would be rather difficult on a stool, after all.

Milton was STILL grumpy (more than usual) about missing the quidditch match. AND the fact that they had lost when it was a TIE. But.... it was herbology time. He could rant more later and kick more things and... get more headaches. Sigh.

Shuffling into the greenhouse, Milton looked up to see that the professor wasn't there yet. Good. Because he didn't want to talk to anyone. He looked around at the not-very-full classroom and chose a work table that was far from human contact.

But he could never be far enough way from human contact..... they were everywhere. Sigh.

Ethan entered the greenhouse tentatively. The conflicting emotions he had been feeling lately only magnified themselves here.. and he had a feeling he knew why. He glanced around the room, no professor and a few familiar faces.. but he opted for a seat near the door and near some plants. The plants could serve as a refuge for the boy.. he knew exactly how he felt about plants. People were another story.. and what he needed was a little time alone, not that he'd get it in class surrounded by people.. but what choice did he have? Class was about to begin..

So it had taken her longer than she'd anticipated to find her new red gloves, then again, Caltex didn't help, and the geraniums really did need a cup of tea... so therefore, it wasn't her fault. Nope.

"My apologies," she called out as she entered the greenhouse, glad for its warmth in comparison to the weather outside. Mmm toasty.
After scanning over the heads that were present, Seren quickly checked the time on her pendant watch.
"I think we'll wait a few more moments for the latecomers."

Offering the students a smile, she then turned to Miss Emery. "Would you find a seat please dear."

OOC: The lesson will start in 2 hours.

Lily had somewhat been rushed when she didn't realize what time it was. So she has hurried to get ready for the herbology class and to get down to the class. Stepping into the warm greenhouse, the third year sighed softly before giving the professor a slight nod and a quiet "Hello professor." She had been having a rough weekend with reinjuring her wrist and having to watch the Quidditch team tie and lose the match. Somehow life just wanted to destroy the redhead this term. After attempting to smile at Professor Bentley, the claw made her way to a seat that she plopped down in before pulling out some parchment and a quill.

Sophie walked into the Greenhouse and spotted some of her friends immediately. Smiling at them, she made her way to take a sit where the stools were, placing her bag next to her and waving at professor Bentley. "Hey there, professor!"

Finally taking a look around, she saw the flowerbeds that were pretty close to them and the work stations. Kicking her legs, she almost wondered what exactly they would be doing that day. Almost...

The herbs looked quite nice. They were prettyy and really well arranged which made them look even prettier! So Sophie just kept thinking how lovely the herbs looked while she waited for class to start.

"Oh. Uh sorry mam." Jen says
She finds a seat and waits for the professor to continue."

"Hello, hello," she greeted the last couple of students to arrive.

Right. Time to get this show on the road. If any students fell victims to frostbite on the way that's their own problem.

"Well, let's get started. Now while we know that herbs have various uses both magical and mundane, they also have particular care requirements. Something we didn't cover last lesson. Does anybody want to hazard a guess as to what that might be?"

OOC: The lesson has officially started, do not post your character arriving, unless you want to... Use your creative minds but only state ONE . The lesson will continue in approximately 10 hours (:

Uhmm... Well...

Herbs... Uhh... Didn't they take this up the previous lesson? Or not? Kat could not vividly remember since she's been attending too many classes this term. And not to mention losing her first game of the term was just disheartening to the fourth year snake. But now she had to keep her head focused on lessons. House points were her hope.

"I heard the most herbs, need a least four to eight hours of daylight per day," Kat said. Uhm. Yeah.

Her head was still wired to how disappointed she was. But... well...