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Greenhouse One is prepped for the last herbology lesson of the term, and the sight does not disappoint. As soon as you enter the greenhouse, you're confronted with two even rows of handsome saplings with evergreen buds. What's more, is that they're floating in midair, roots exposed in patches where clumps of dirt have fallen away.
Professor Bentley is slumped against a work station, her swollen belly looking as if it were about to burst.
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Oh, good, at least she was alright. If coping meant she was alright. But she said nothing was gonna happen with the baby today, so that seemed alright to Penelope. So she sat in her seat and then the lesson was beginning.
And of course the first question would be about what those trees were. The Gryffindor eyed them for a couple minutes as she sorta listened to the other students offer their guesses, but none of them really stuck out to her as correct, which meant she definitely didn't know. She also had no guesses different from the ones others had already said either, so...she just kept quiet and listened - did that one firstie suggest riding it? Now THERE was an idea... - and waited for the next question to come.
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Zahra took a BULB to the BRAIN from Mikey Toussaint. And it hurt, but she wasn't NO BABY, so she totally didn't cry. Totally didn't. But when Professor BELLY asked her question, she crept FORWARD and STUFFED that bulb into MIKEY TOUSSAINT'S SHIRT.
Now he had a baby tree in his shirt. Bet he was OHHHH SO TERRIFIED HAHAHA.
...she might have hugged him, too. From behind. Because why not? Why NOT HUG your best friend in the middle of class after stuffing a baby tree in his shirt? SENSE! ALL THE SENSE.
Her hands were too busy, see, to raise her hand properly so Zahra kind of put a foot up. "I don't know what KIND of tree it is, but if you want a volunteer to RIDE IT...." YOU KNOW, JUST SAYING. Then to Mikey, "REMEMBER that time, we RODE that - coughcoughOTHER THREEcoughcough -. Hhaahaaahaaa."
Ahem. HUGGGS.
BULLSEYE!!
Michael burst out laughing as the bulb smacked Z straight in the head, but it immediately died five seconds later when he felt the bulb down his shirt and Z HUGGING him. In front of everyone. Mikey felt his face go bright red. How many times did he have to tell her not to do that in public?
And just like that he forgot his embarrassment when she mentioned riding the willow and he felt his face split into grin. "How could I forget? I still have the bruises." It had been the best day ever.
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Mo was very interested in the floating trees. Less so the chubby professor. Lady really needed to lay off the ice cream. He'd seen babies, and they weren't nearly that big. So the rest was ice cream. Mo's theory.
But the tree was awesome, and he considered how fun it would be to climb one. Were they going to get a chance? Please please please? He didn't respond, considering all his classmates had, but Mo did reach generally out and tried to capture dirt from the exposed roots. Just his luck... it was out of reach.
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Floating trees? Alice immediately started nodding when that one baby Gryffindor suggested riding it. SHE wanted to ride the tree. Her. Pick her! Please? Nodding a few more times, she tried considering the type of plant it was and drew more blanks. What had she said that one lesson when people were arguing over umbrella flowers versus puffapods? That the plant wasn't a snargaluff.
"... it's not a whomping willow, Professor." Straight face for you, Bentley. Hand up, too, best behavior, see? Also. For those people who said.. dirigible trees? ".. and I thought dirigible plums grew on bushes." What? What TREES? Those existed? Really?
Herbology was so hard, one question in and she already had an headache.
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SPOILER!!: Responses
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Originally Posted by Luna_Midnight
Nerida smiled yeap she had no clue what the tree was called!! But it was floating...."Is it a floating tree?" Yeah not the name but could it fit under the category if yes then couldn't she be semi right....
"Good observation..." though it didn't answer the question. How sad.
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Originally Posted by Harry174
Laura looked at the Professor and raised her hands. "Well I would say that it's a tree that doesn't need gravity." Laura really thought that was it looked like, she would really love one of those trees.
"Yesss..."? Seren started, nodding encouragingly. She needed a bit more detail in that response.
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Originally Posted by jrtpuplvr
Asher studied the tree, wondering exactly what it was. "I believe it's a hovertree." He wondered how it was going to do that when it was full size. Then he wondered if he could climb it when it was full sized.
Hovertree? ... "Not quite."
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Originally Posted by the fastest seeker
Cassia tried not to stare too much as the Professor stood. Which looked like it needed tremendous effort. Why hold a lesson when you're tired. Maybe they should leave and let the poor woman rest. That'd be very noble. Should she stand and call the others to leave. She almost was very sure no one was going to listen to her. How cruel. Very cruel. She couldn't believe she was part if this cruelness act.
Not that she really had a choice.
Triple their size?? Did the woman think it was something pleasant. Obviously. So did the others. More monsters at Hogwarts. Gigantic ones too. And actually she would've gladly answered but she didn't really have any idea. So she kept silent. She also was internally freaking out don't mind her.
No guess? ... How sad. Though Seren did appreciate the girls pensive demeanor.
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Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19
Jory continued to look at the floating saplings. He didn't know why but they fascinated him. Sure, he had seen loads of stuff floating in mid air but plants was not on the list.
What could those saplings be? The badger studied them, then raised his hand. "Er Umbrella flowers?'' he asked, feeling silly. He really had no idea what they were.
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Since when were Umbrella Flowers trees?... And, hadn't Jory helped out with the plant sales? ...
Merlin.
Seren just shook her head, trying not to look mortified by the Badgers response.
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Originally Posted by Bazinga
Minerva heard the question and took a few deep breaths before looking up. These things weren't the same as what was in the dungeon she told herself she would be fine. No one was setting anything on fire today, well at least she hoped not. Looking at them she really had no clue what they were and her anxiety from even seeing them was enough to drive her more crazy than she was already feeling at the moment. "Are they some sort of trees."
It was probably the most uneducated guess Minerva had ever given in any class. Clearly her focus was not there today. Her eyes shifted back down to the table and she tired to get her mind off of plants, which was very hard since they were in a greenhouse.
... another observation. Seren dearly wanted to reply with something sarcastic, but it wasn't in her nature... even with the hormones, so she simply moved on.
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Originally Posted by Talikins
With a pout out, the red head listened to the Professor as well as half blankly stare at the saplings floating in the air. A little strange and for sure something she had never ever seen before, but of course interesting
So they would learn about these plants? Yep. Just like she thought so, except she couldn't exactly answer the Professors question because she had no idea what they were called. But wording. Because she said hazard a guess the Puff would do so.
Raising her hand she waited her turn. "Professor, A Dirigible tree?" Because wasn't there a Dirigible plum tree where plums floated or something? Maybe she was just getting confused. Probably.
"Not a bad guess, but no."
At least she wasn't telling her something as obvious as it was floating, and it was a tree.
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Originally Posted by Deniiz
There will be no birth today.
"Haha--" Forrest had the virtue to look around at that moment to see whether anyone else laughed, and upon seeing that NO ONE even smiled, his face went the deepest shade of red.
"Ha. Ahem."
Now he had to answer the question correctly to make up for his rudeness, didn't he?
...
...not happening today. He preferred to lean down as much as possible in his desk and hide behind it, thank you. Let the others answer it correctly.
... well that wasn't awkward. Seren kindly bypassed the Hufflepuff, he didn't need picking on just yet.
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Originally Posted by Princesspower
Sarah must learn some more magical plants... at home they had a lot more mundane plants then magical, that was mainly because muggles expected them to be like them. She could think of muggle plants, like Bamboo and Redwood that grew really tall and stuff, yet that float? She could only think of lillies- and they float in water. However she did remember reading about these kind of saplings once.
Seren was surprised by Sarah. The girl seemed unusually quiet for the first question of the lesson. Not that there was anything wrong with that.
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Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow
Ella was well so she nodded and gave a small smile when Professor Bentley asked. She was happy to hear the woman assure the class that she wouldn't be having the baby, y'know, during the lesson. That was reassuring.
As for the trees, Ella tilted her head and eyed them curiously. Hmm. "Are they a type of Pine tree, Professor?" The sixteen year old knew that pine could be used for wands and that it was a type of evergreen, right? That would maybe explain the buds. ...Maybe. Or she could be completely off like she usually was in these types of situations. Oh well, it was worth a try.
"Nope, not these ones." Once the foliage grew it would be clearer.
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Originally Posted by Emzily
Good, no birthing. That would be GROSS.
Theo looked over at the saplings and wooooah, they were floating. That was quite cool, but he couldn't quite think of any name for it. He listened to what everyone else had to say, and when someone said a hover tree, Theo immediately agreed with that. He just nodded in their general direction but didn't feel the need to say it again.
With no response from the Snake, Seren moved on, looking for other hands to go up.
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Originally Posted by hpfan18
OOOOHHHH so she didn't know the sexy of the baby yet. Hmmm that was understandable. Most people loved surprises and Kace did too. He smiled at the professor once more and noticed she was starting the lesson. He looked at the saplings and noticed they were babies still. She asked what they could be?
Kace had NO idea. But he could venture a guess right? "Professor perhaps could it be a Maple tree? I mean i hope it is because i do love Maple syrup!" he smiled with glee.
Oohhh, a little warmer. "Almost, but not quite."
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Originally Posted by DecemberMoon
Eliza stood at her station, concerned eyes on Ethan and Minerva...and on that big baby belly. She was glad to hear there wouldn't be any need to rush her to the hospital to deliver - so at least she could put that thought away for a moment. The other one though, about her friends, she had more trouble with. What's the matter with them? She knew they hadn't been around and had heard something about a detention, but she hadn't gotten the full details yet. They seemed awfully sad and that made her sad, a little. Mostly though she wanted to give them ice cream because it would probably help. Later though.
She looked at the floating plant and hazarded a guess. "Is it some kind of hybrid? A dirigible plum mixed with some sort of pine tree?" Or maybe it was just a regular tree that she had levitated to fool all of them. She wouldn't know until the professor revealed the answer.
Now there was an original idea. "Unfortunately no..."
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Originally Posted by Ivana R
Annabeth didn't know anything about those floating plants. Anything. But she disliked remaining silent much more than hazarding a completely nonsense guess. They would grow the triple their size... It should be an oak or something like that. She raised her hand and said, not much aloud - hopeful that her guess wouldn't be heard by all the students: "It should be floating oaks."
She grinned, looking at the teacher and then to her belly. She frowned. She was not sure that the baby could wait until the ending of the lesson.
Should be? Meaning... it wasn't? Hhhmm. "No... not quite." Not quite indeed.
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Originally Posted by jrtpuplvr
After listening to several of the students, Asher began to think about his first answer. If they professor really thought they needed to guess to find out what kind of tree it was, it has to be more special.
He studied it more closely and tried to even see what it smelled like. "Maybe it's an ice cream tree. Grows little scoops of ice cream and has chocolate syrup in the trunk."
An ice cream tree?..... Merlin. It wasn't as if the school needed any more of that... the students already seemed to be having plenty. Never mind the fact that she didn't know where it was coming from to begin with... ice cream really ought not to be in a budget.
"Nope."
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Anya continued staring up at the tree. What was it? She had no idea. But she wanted one.
...
And she wanted to ride that too now that the little first year mentioned it. Were they allowed to? Or... could she get one and then ride it? It looked... comparable to riding a topiary.
No comment? Seren smiled and turned away.
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Originally Posted by MaverickMagpie
"They," Tobias said with a raised hand and a gesture of his head. "Are floating trees."
And then he smiled. Toby thought that he had appropriately deduced that mystery... kind of. He didn't know but darn it he'd TRIED. That had to count for something.
The Hufflepuff stared at the plants after he'd answered... thinking. Maybe he should start... reading ahead. Yeah. That'd probably be a good idea.
Floating... trees. Seren nodded, but it didn't really answer the question.
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Yes, Dylan was concerned....Everything about pregnant woman....made him nervous as it was. His mother had just given birth to twins. The whole experience was clearly remembered by the Slytherin Captain, thank you very much...
...but if Professor Bentley was positive all was well...Okay. He'd roll with that.
"Some kind of magical-version of a cherry tree?" Dylan really didn't know..."Or....maybe a birch tree?"
Herbology was clearly not his strongest subject...
"Not a bad guess," Seren encouraged with a nod.
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Originally Posted by AlwaysSnapesGirl
Oh, good, at least she was alright. If coping meant she was alright. But she said nothing was gonna happen with the baby today, so that seemed alright to Penelope. So she sat in her seat and then the lesson was beginning.
And of course the first question would be about what those trees were. The Gryffindor eyed them for a couple minutes as she sorta listened to the other students offer their guesses, but none of them really stuck out to her as correct, which meant she definitely didn't know. She also had no guesses different from the ones others had already said either, so...she just kept quiet and listened - did that one firstie suggest riding it? Now THERE was an idea... - and waited for the next question to come.
Was there something the Lions hadn't told her? ... were they all alright? Did they need counselling sessions? ... Or were they all mute?
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Originally Posted by Mell
BULLSEYE!!
Michael burst out laughing as the bulb smacked Z straight in the head, but it immediately died five seconds later when he felt the bulb down his shirt and Z HUGGING him. In front of everyone. Mikey felt his face go bright red. How many times did he have to tell her not to do that in public?
And just like that he forgot his embarrassment when she mentioned riding the willow and he felt his face split into grin. "How could I forget? I still have the bruises." It had been the best day ever.
Seren flashed Michael a warning look... chatting to a minimum in class... and less touchy feely with the girl. Mmhhmm.
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Originally Posted by Cassirin
Mo was very interested in the floating trees. Less so the chubby professor. Lady really needed to lay off the ice cream. He'd seen babies, and they weren't nearly that big. So the rest was ice cream. Mo's theory.
But the tree was awesome, and he considered how fun it would be to climb one. Were they going to get a chance? Please please please? He didn't respond, considering all his classmates had, but Mo did reach generally out and tried to capture dirt from the exposed roots. Just his luck... it was out of reach.
At least it wasn't only her Lions that were quiet... this made her think it was probably and end of term winding down thing.
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Originally Posted by lemon
Floating trees? Alice immediately started nodding when that one baby Gryffindor suggested riding it. SHE wanted to ride the tree. Her. Pick her! Please? Nodding a few more times, she tried considering the type of plant it was and drew more blanks. What had she said that one lesson when people were arguing over umbrella flowers versus puffapods? That the plant wasn't a snargaluff.
"... it's not a whomping willow, Professor." Straight face for you, Bentley. Hand up, too, best behavior, see? Also. For those people who said.. dirigible trees? ".. and I thought dirigible plums grew on bushes." What? What TREES? Those existed? Really?
Herbology was so hard, one question in and she already had an headache.
"You're right... it's not a whomping willow," Seren agreed, cause you know, it answered her question to a tea. Mmmhhmm. Her expression was equally as serious as Alice's, for a moment, and then she continued smiling. "You're quite right... bushes, not trees."
SPOILER!!: Questions
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It was good they were both well, wonderful even and with the summer coming up she could have that time with the baby then be RIGHT BACK THERE at the staff dais. YUP.
Annnyway, the plant. The plant that she didn't. Lex blinked at it.
Guessing what they were? Well...they were floating so..."Epic."
She didn't know of any other plants that did that whole 'gravity got nothin' on me' thing, granted, she didn't know much of anything about plants, but whatever. That was what she would say it was, an epic plant that would grow three times that size.
"Will it still float even when it's fully grown?" THAT would make it so much more epic and of course she'd want to climb it because TREES DIDN'T TYPICALLY FLOAT where she lived. Not many opportunities you understand and well...if she fell...how many people could say they fell out of a floating tree????
It'd all be real legit. She was currently working that out in her head.
"Oh yes, absolutely.. though they'll require more room. Though they are capable of growing indoors, when properly maintained, regularly trimmed." Almost anything was possible with a bit of magic.
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Originally Posted by Meizzner
Nigel was more interested in how they survive if they were floating. It seemed that they would get enough sunlight. But where would it get the nutrients it needed. Interesting.
"Professor. How can the tree survive if it is floating?"
Maybe when it grew. Gravity would take over and push it down into the ground.
Sounds plausible.
Aaahhh, a good question, but not one she could answer just yet. "We'll get to that shortly." No point getting ahead of themselves.
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Originally Posted by Mad Eye Touz
Zahra took a BULB to the BRAIN from Mikey Toussaint. And it hurt, but she wasn't NO BABY, so she totally didn't cry. Totally didn't. But when Professor BELLY asked her question, she crept FORWARD and STUFFED that bulb into MIKEY TOUSSAINT'S SHIRT.
Now he had a baby tree in his shirt. Bet he was OHHHH SO TERRIFIED HAHAHA.
...she might have hugged him, too. From behind. Because why not? Why NOT HUG your best friend in the middle of class after stuffing a baby tree in his shirt? SENSE! ALL THE SENSE.
Her hands were too busy, see, to raise her hand properly so Zahra kind of put a foot up. "I don't know what KIND of tree it is, but if you want a volunteer to RIDE IT...." YOU KNOW, JUST SAYING. Then to Mikey, "REMEMBER that time, we RODE that - coughcoughOTHER THREEcoughcough -. Hhaahaaahaaa."
Ahem. HUGGGS.
Merlin.
"Zahra, I'll kindly ask you to keep your hands to yourself in class time... this is hardly the time or place to be chummy with your boyfriend." It was an offhanded comment. A joke and caution all in one, and whether or not the two children were in a relationship was another matter, one she didn't care for right now. "And no... we do not climb," climb, not ride, "saplings..." they were still much to young and fragile. Silly silly.
SPOILER!!: Correct Answer
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Originally Posted by Mell
HOLY MERLIN!!
He actually knew the answer to this. Well he hoped he did. Mikey raised his hand in the air, stretching as high as he could go. If he tried to get it any higher he was going to pull his arm out of the socket.
"Oooh. Oooh it's a gravity-resistant tree."
Yes?
And finally... a correct response. Happy days! "Yes! Gravity-resistant," she repeated, nodding.
"When healthy, Gravity-Resistant trees resemble Maple trees, only with a deeper shade of green." And they'd come to see that, in time, though there was work to be done. "Now.. first of all, let me be clear... nobody is to attempt to climb these trees, because they're saplings they are still quite weak and will not yet be able to safely support your body weight, secondly, they're ill." Perhaps it wasn't obvious to them yet, but in time, perhaps they'd see the signs.
"The Gravity-Resistant tree was first cultivated in Nepal, but has since been introduced to most of Europe successfully."
"I want you all to take a moment to observe the trees, and see if you can identify the cause of their ill-health." Seren too cast her eyes up at the trees, no leaves as yet, just twiggy with green buds which would soon bring foliage. The roots were of a considerable size in parts, other areas seemed to be shriveled or decaying in others. "Where have they gone wrong with its care requirements?" she asked more directly, they, being the wizards she'd salvaged them from.
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West was seriously zoning out, as had become habit lately. His usual drive and curiosity in classes seemed to be lacking. He was watching the tree though, eyeing it up, thinking about things...
... but not answering. Just... there.
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HOW COME HE WAS GETTING A LOOK? Zahra was the one shoving things down his shirt and then hugging HIM!! Why wasn't she...
Whoop there it is!
Michael had to hide his laughter behind his hand as Bentley reprimanded his BFF. That was just too funny.
Wait!!!
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa???
"I'M NOT...SHE'S NOT...WE'RE NOT...THAT'S JUST EWW..." Girlfriends and boyfriends meant kissing and...stuff and that was...Mikey shuddered just thinking about it. No offense Z, but this Toussaint was not into that.
Before he could say anything more, something he was likely to regret later, he heard the Professor pretty much say that he was the only one who answered correctly.
He threw his BFF a smug look. "Beat that Kettleburn." Mikey turned back to the Professor just in time to hear her next question. He had no idea what the answer was though, but put up his hand anyway. "Someone's probably been feeding that awful ice cream."
Laura looked at the Professor and raised her hand. "Has someone been feeding them something awful or have you not kept them far enough apparent." Laura sighed that would have meant that they were fighting for food and energy.
Toby couldn't stop himself. He let out a softly spoken "oh no!" That wasn't fun... he wanted them to be not ill.
But they weren't going to DIE because the professor surely wouldn't give them a lesson on dying trees... would she? Hm. Hopefully not.
Tobias didn't know much about plants but there was one thing he did know. "Maybe nobody has been talking to them," he offered with his hand raised. Ya know. 'Cause plants like talking. "Or playing them music. So they're all lonely and stuff. So they're sad."
Apparently muggle plants liked that so why not wizard ones?
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Nope, never head of that one. The red head looked up and down at the tree once more, to put the name to the face, or in this case a tree. Right. So whenever Gravity-Resistant was mentioned, she'd think of this which wasn't difficult considering the tree floated.
Waaaait. These trees were ill? Like she'd know.
With a pout, Renesmee looked at her tree once more, this time much closer and she noticed a few things which at first she thought was normal. One. There weren't proper leaves, just buds. two. The roots they were decayed in some cases. So what was it's problem? She could only think of one thing.
Water. Lack of water....No. couldn't be that actually. Or maybe? She had an argument in her mind before eventually raising her hand. "I think it's something to do with water, Professor. Maybe too much?" Her previous guess wasn't too bad, so how could this one be much worse? Worth a try.
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Gravity-resistant trees. COOL. Ella smiled and observed them curiously, feeling a bit bad that they were ill. Would they be nursing them back to health, then? The blonde hoped so. She didn't think she could handle watching the things die or something. Meep.
As for why they were ill, the sixteen year old noted the parts of the trees that seemed a bit off. She couldn't be sure what caused it, though. Deciding a guess was better than nothing, she raised her hand.
"Perhaps they didn't get the right amount of nutrients they'd need to grow?" Because plants needed nutrients and she supposed floating ones would need even more since they weren't in the soil.
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They would still be floating even when they were bigger. Excellent. They couldn't climb them, yet. There was obviously a yet in this situation. She was positive once they got bigger and had all those thick branches they'd make for an epic adventure--
THEY WERE SICK?????
Lex tilted her head and stared at them. How could she tell? They looked fine to her...maybe she was looking at it from the wrong angle? Yes? No? It seemed that no matter what way she tilted her head they still looked the same. Ummmm....
"Is it because there's no levitated water near the roots so they can have water while they're doing that floating thing they're doing?"
Or was it some plant disease? If it was then she definitely had no idea what was wrong with them. Herbology wasn't her strongest subject. She just liked playing in the dirt. Was that so much to ask for?? No medical stuff and sick plants, those were meant to be pulled from the ground and burned but 'cept, these weren't in the ground and the Professor might have frowned at that suggestion.
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What was wrong with them... Wrong with what? Minerva had totally zones out trying to calm herself. Now she was starting to see how Oakey felt from day one in this class. She tried to remind herself that none of the plants were going to catch fire in here. Bentley would never allowed that to happen, she hoped. Glancing up she snapped back into the lesson. Oh yeah the floating things.. What did she say they were... Gravity- resistant trees.
So what was wrong with them. Couldn't her plant boy just tell her so she could not think about this. She shook that thought out she had never wanted to just float through a lesson before she needed to stop and focus. What was wrong with them, they were in the air for starters, but that wasn't the answer now was it. "Professor could they have maybe not gotten the right amount of sunlight?" She heard the cracking of her voice and shifted her eyes back to her parchment.
Tobias staaaaaaaared at the plants. Maybe it WASN'T talking 'cause like... there were trees everywhere in the world that grew with nobody to talk to them. Well... maybe there was one thing. He raised his hand again.
"It's been super cold recently. Is that it? Does that make a difference?" he tried when there was another gap in students answering.
Maybe?
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Asher was sad hearing the trees were sick. "We should help them." He said with a determined look upon his face. "I bet if we trimmed off the sick, shriveled roots, it would allow the healthy ones to work better. Maybe even trim back some of the branches that aren't doing as well."
He thought more about what could be making the trees sick. Maybe they weren't getting enough water, or maybe too much. Or, they could have been too hidden from the sunlight. "Maybe they just need to be out in the sun for a while. Get some fresh water and a bit of fertilizer."
Asher kept thinking of things that might be wrong with the trees, but most of all, he was thinking of ice cream.
Zahra wasn't USING HER HANDS. She was using her ARMS for HUGS and there wasn't anything wrong with HUGS.... MAN. MAN she was ALWAYS getting in trouble here. She didn't get in trouble for hugs at HOME, not ever, not even ONCE.
...but she totally lost it when Prof. BELLY called them boyfriend and girlfriend and Mikey got all bent out of shape about it. Seriously, she just about DIED of laughter. And she couldn't stop. Every time she tried, she just laughed harder, and then she'd look at Mikey and crack up all over again. It was seriously the FUNNIEST THING she'd ever heard. Zahra pulled her robe up over her face to try and help.
Zahra ducked down behind Mikey to try and get control of the uncontrollable giggles. She literally COULDN'T beat Mikey's answer. Sooooooooooooooooooo funny. But she did HAVE an answer, if she could get it out.
"MAYBE," GIGGLE HAHAHAHA SNORT GIGGLE HAAAAAAAAA," the tree just needs a HUG. Sometimes, "HAHAHAHA BREATHE BREATHE CRACK, "all trees need is LOVE. Like Mikey, Professor. Just LIKE MIKEY."
..she didn't hug him again, 'cause Prof said NO, but.... HAHAHAHA. "I VOLUNTEER FOR TREE HUGS,TOO!" JUST IN CASE!
Annabeth quickly went toward the exit. Feeling secure enough, she raised her hand and said: "Professor, I think the roots are putrefying, it often happens when we give too much water to a plant who was in the ground or a vase, but as we are talking about Gravity-Resistant tree, their roots are supposed to be aired and not immersed in water, I guess. Perhaps they were in exceedingly wet climate, or without variations, as Nepal has monsoon climate with wet and dry seasons of about 3 months each. They could be drowning here." She was confident about it: she had studied about Nepal at her former school. Then the firstie asked: "Professor, are you sure the trees aren't about to fall on our heads?" She looked to the trees frightened.
Nigel was not sure if he wanted to hug the Gravity-Resistant tree. But riding it sounded fun. Since Bentley did not answer his question fully. Maybe they would go over it later in the lesson. This a cool plant to own if you could.
"Not enough water."
It was said already. But Gravity would push the water down to the ground even if you sprayed the tree with it.
Nigel did wonder what made the tree Gravity-Resistant and if you can try it on a human being for testing purposes.
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Kace was SOO close with his answer. He gasped and whispered to himself, "I said Maple though..." But they were gravity resistant trees. He had NO idea what they were. But apparently they disguised themselves as maple trees *shrugs* At least muggles would see them as normal trees if they lived in the muggle world.
Now the Professor asked a question about what was wrong with the trees? They did seem like they were decaying and not having enough nutrients and water. He didn't want to repeat those answers. Kace held up his hand and kind of repeated what Tobias said..."Professor i do not think they got enough sunlight due to the winter conditions we have been having."
At least he guessed and if he was wrong. Then he was wrong. That is why he was in the class right?
Did he LOOK like he was paying attention? Huh? ....'Cause he wasn't.
And that meant that her question was sort of confusing to him, so he was just going to not answer. Mostly because he was lost and also because it seemed like everyone else knew what was going on. He'd wait until he got what was going on before he opened his mouth.
Gravity Resistant Trees? That doesn't even sound like a real tree name! Just...a description of a tree or something. But she believed her professor and knew it must be what they were really called. Maybe they're not doing well because...they're sad like the forest? Maybe they need ice cream to make them happier? She wanted to say these things, but she knew that some of the professor's had been not so happy about ice cream talk, so she thought some more.
The roots did seem a little troubling, but she wasn't sure what it meant. Initially her mind went to dehydration, but after hearing another student explain that a similar thing happened to roots when they got too much water, she was confused again. "Well, I think it's water related, but now I'm not sure if it's because there's too much or not enough. Or maybe there was something in the soil that did that to them? Or well...since they're not really deep in the soil....maybe something in the air?" She wasn't sure, maybe a tree virus or bad bugs?
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"You're right... it's not a whomping willow," Seren agreed, cause you know, it answered her question to a tea. Mmmhhmm. Her expression was equally as serious as Alice's, for a moment, and then she continued smiling. "You're quite right... bushes, not trees."
Two right answers in a row.
Alice was on a roll.
Try for a third? Why were the trees dying? There probably was a dumb answer somewhere in her mind, but she began paying closer attention to the trees.. and.. the way those things were floating made her think of Fizzing Whizbees..
She was hungry. Bentley was still craving apples, yeah? Did she have any here?
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Dylan was taking notes on all of things. She was talking kinda fast but that was okay. He was a rather quick writer...Too bad he'd been wrong about the other. Not a birch or magical-cherry tree...Gravity-Resistant seemed so...obvious now that he thought about it...
"Um....maybe it needed it's soil and fertilizer switched out? Maybe the roots needed more water?"
He continued to write and jot things down...
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Gravity-resistant trees...well THAT seemed obvious now that it was said. Why hadn't she thought of that? Meh. Oh well.
But now even when she knew what they were, she wasn't sure what was making them sick. The others had pretty good answers/guesses already, which meant she had nothing original to add. Penelope did continue to eye them though, attempting to figure it out in her head. Something to do with water sounded right to her. Considering they were floating and what not, wouldn't it be harder for them to get water and to keep it and have some stored for a day when they might not get water from rain or people? Maybe. She wasn't sure. But she continued listening.
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How the heck did any of these people know that they were gravity-resistant trees?? They were magical... any tree could be levitated.
Anyhow, Lily was moved onto the next question. What was wrong with the plant? The fifth year paused for several moments, studying the plant. Most of the others were saying something about water, but it didn't quite feel right to the claw. Raising her hand, Lily posed a guess. "Is there a problem with the soil?? Like part of it has soil among it's roots and there are some parts that seem to lack soil." Hopefully that was right... or at least a good prediction.
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