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When not in use for classes, several of the greenhouses that are located on the school grounds are open for private and independent research and study. In fact, this is highly encouraged.
Within the unlocked doors of the greenhouses you will find rows and rows of plants. The greenhouses contain a wide variety of plants - both magical and mundane. Want to practice your pruning skills? Why not practice on the Abyssinian Shrivelfig of a Flutterby Bush? Or perhaps you want to harvest some Puffapod seeds- just don’t drop them! -- unless you want to of course.
Unfortunately the stores cupboard is quite bare. Under normal circumstances a variety of resources would have been at your fingertips, but it seems as though the items have been sold and pawned off. There are no seeds, or dung or meat scraps here, and there is only a single pair of large dragon hide gloves on a dusty shelf. If you borrow it, remember to return it.
Remember Professor Bentley likes to take regular strolls through the greenhouse to check on things. So make sure you wear your protective gear and behave yourselves accordingly.
SPOILER!!: Greenhouse Index
1 - VARIOUS including: toadstools, bubotubers, mimbulous mimbletonia
2 - VARIOUS including: creeping ivy (Wasima), fire seed bushes, venomous tentacular, screechsnap, polypody
3 - VARIOUS (largely floral) including: flutterby bushes, puffapods, angels trumpets, umbrella flowers, bouncing bulbs, snarfalumps, wiggenbush
4 - VARIOUS including: fanged geranium, piranha plants, bloodroot, chinese chomping cabbage, mixed herbs
5 - VARIOUS - ARID including: various cacti and grasses 6 - VARIOUS - AQUATIC including: gillyweed, sea lavender, sea cucumbers and coral
7 - VARIOUS - TROPICAL including: cobra lilies, albany pitcher, venus flytraps, poke weed and fire vine
8 - VARIOUS - RESTRICTED ACCESS: includes various flesh-eaters and various dangerous plants including snargallufs, midnight magnolia, dragon trees and mature mandrakes
NOTE: This is not an exhaustive list, it's just to give you an idea of what can be found in each greenhouse. Greenhouse 8 is restricted, locked and enchanted and may only be accessed with Professor Bentley. Any attempt to post that your charrie has broken in, will result in your posts being deleted.
They'd been in the castle for almost a week now and he'd gathered enough information about the Hogwartians' life. It was both similar and different to their life at Beauxbatons. Which was natural and normal. However, he wasn't here just to observe and though he looked like a nice guy, deep down he wasn't feeling very nice. Third place?!. Oh, no, that didn't happen. He was almost sure there was some kind of a mistake. These Hogwarts students didn't look like they cared much about their study, how could they be in first place. Well, there is the fact that they were familiar with the land.
Sebastien left the common room and strolled around the castle then sneaked to the Greenhouses making sure he wasn't spotte. He had his cap drawn down covering most of his face as he kept his eyes downcast. Let's say he wasn't here to enjoy the beauty of the plants. Although, he was one to do so, he today wasn't here for that reason.
Once in, he shot side glances around making sure the coast was clear then retrieved a jar from his bag. He'd chosen to come here very early and on a day he knew there was no Herbology lesson. He wasn't planning on getting caught and he was almost sure he wasn't. cocky much?
Twisting the jar open, the fifth-year smirked at the ashwinder eggs inside. No the eggs weren't frozen so they weren't to brew any potion. Since he was in a hurry, he simple tipped the jar and let its contents fall to the ground as his arm was stretched as much as possible. He didn't want to catch any fire of course.
Immediately after that, he turned on his heels and headed out smelling the fire coming. He was going to get rid of the jar of course.
Zahra Kettleburn had come to terms with the fact that she was not as smart as her siblings. They'd both been Ravenclaws, and they were what Zahra referred to as nerdy points herders.
But it didn't take any type of genius to note that ...... one of the Greenhouses was on fire.
.....cool.
MAYBE THERE WAS A WILD DRAGON FLYING AROUND THE GROUNDS, SETTING STUFF ON FIRE?????
This second year's eyes turned SKYWARD? YAY DRAGON!??!!!?
Zahra Kettleburn had come to terms with the fact that she was not as smart as her siblings. They'd both been Ravenclaws, and they were what Zahra referred to as nerdy points herders.
But it didn't take any type of genius to note that ...... one of the Greenhouses was on fire.
.....cool.
MAYBE THERE WAS A WILD DRAGON FLYING AROUND THE GROUNDS, SETTING STUFF ON FIRE?????
This second year's eyes turned SKYWARD? YAY DRAGON!??!!!?
Forrest had decided to do some studying at last, since he had slacked off since the beginning of the term. Herbology wasn't his ideal starting point, but it wasn't so horrendous either. He even brought his gloves! He was serious about studying this time. He really was--
Fire... FIRE!
He started taking deep breaths as panic OVERTOOK him. He couldn't breathe. And that girl was standing WAY TOO CLOSE WHAT WAS SHE DOING LOOKING AT THE SKY?
He couldn't utter one single word, though. He could only stare at the FIRE and try to breathe.
Forrest had decided to do some studying at last, since he had slacked off since the beginning of the term. Herbology wasn't his ideal starting point, but it wasn't so horrendous either. He even brought his gloves! He was serious about studying this time. He really was--
Fire... FIRE!
He started taking deep breaths as panic OVERTOOK him. He couldn't breathe. And that girl was standing WAY TOO CLOSE WHAT WAS SHE DOING LOOKING AT THE SKY?
He couldn't utter one single word, though. He could only stare at the FIRE and try to breathe.
Zahra had turned a few times, her eyes UPWARD... She'd never seen a REAL WILD DRAGON FLYING AROUND.
Mikey was SO MISSING OUT...
Oh hey! There was a boy! What's his name! UHM..... FOREST! HIM! Zahra jumped up and down on the spot, UP and DOWN. "That GREENHOUSE is on fire! Do you think it was a dragon?!?!??????"
Zahra had turned a few times, her eyes UPWARD... She'd never seen a REAL WILD DRAGON FLYING AROUND.
Mikey was SO MISSING OUT...
Oh hey! There was a boy! What's his name! UHM..... FOREST! HIM! Zahra jumped up and down on the spot, UP and DOWN. "That GREENHOUSE is on fire! Do you think it was a dragon?!?!??????"
JUMPING JUMPING IN A CIRCLE ZOMG FIRE.
........d-d-dddddRAGON?!
"There's a dragon?!?!?!"
If he fainted there, the dragon would possibly eat him right after fying him. So, he couldn't faint! He tried to breathe some more, put down his bag and said "D-don't you tttthhhink we should call a professor?" But if there really was a dragon too... "And Alexa." She'd cut him alive if he didn't include her in the adventure.
If he fainted there, the dragon would possibly eat him right after fying him. So, he couldn't faint! He tried to breathe some more, put down his bag and said "D-don't you tttthhhink we should call a professor?" But if there really was a dragon too... "And Alexa." She'd cut him alive if he didn't include her in the adventure.
Hehe! ONE COULD ONLY HOPE THAT THERE WAS A DRAGON!!!!!!!!! Zahra kept jumping, waiting, HOPING, COME ON DRAGON!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Until SIGH...sigh..... Hufflepuffs.....
They were Zahra's least favorite by a lot.
"Why? Cause she's PRETTY?" Was that what ALL boys thought? Why was that just insanely annoying???
"Yeah yeah okay. You start shouting real loud for a Professor and I'll keep an eye out for the dragon."
Hehe! ONE COULD ONLY HOPE THAT THERE WAS A DRAGON!!!!!!!!! Zahra kept jumping, waiting, HOPING, COME ON DRAGON!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Until SIGH...sigh..... Hufflepuffs.....
They were Zahra's least favorite by a lot.
"Why? Cause she's PRETTY?" Was that what ALL boys thought? Why was that just insanely annoying???
"Yeah yeah okay. You start shouting real loud for a Professor and I'll keep an eye out for the dragon."
Solid plan, that.
Alexa? Pretty? Forrest furrowed his brows as he doofily considered it.
"Because she wanted to see one," he said at last, because thinking Alexa as 'pretty' was... stupid. She was Alexa. Forrest had frankly never considered as a girl before.
Besides. Dragon. Freaking out.
...but also curious.
"YOU look for a professor!" he said to the weird girl at last and looked up at the sky hopefully too. Because... surely a dragon was tamed here enough to not hurt students?
Alexa? Pretty? Forrest furrowed his brows as he doofily considered it.
"Because she wanted to see one," he said at last, because thinking Alexa as 'pretty' was... stupid. She was Alexa. Forrest had frankly never considered as a girl before.
Besides. Dragon. Freaking out.
...but also curious.
"YOU look for a professor!" he said to the weird girl at last and looked up at the sky hopefully too. Because... surely a dragon was tamed here enough to not hurt students?
Right?!
Whatever. Zahra was officially done thinking, talking about, or anything-ing Lex. Pfff. IF SHE WANTED TO SEE ONE, SHE SHOULD BE DOWN HERE. But you know what? She wasn't. ZAHRA WAS.
Zahra Kettleburn - DRAGON HUNTER.
Merlin, she was cooler than she thought.
"I can't look for a professor AND the dragon at the same time, dummy!"
...Zahra did briefly bring her eyes down to the *FIRE* and again... knew she prooooooooooooobably should........... well at the very least go get JAKE the PREFECT 'cause he was soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cool...... and probably wanted to see this too and he also would put out the fire....
Oh wait.
Wait.
THOUGHT!
"WHAT IF IT LAID EGGS IN THERE."
So Zahra went into a burning greenhouse to see. She DID get her wand out and shoot some water here and there. She DID know aguamenti at least.
...right. She couldn't. But then she'd have to stop looking for the DRAGON clearly, because she'd had enough looking and now it was Forrest's turn. He didn't look at her for a while and watched the sky too.
...lay eggs? EGGS?! Forrest gasped and tore his gaze from sky at last to her.
Forrest took another breath to yell when she made it out alive.
She was ALIVE!
He sighed a breath of relief as he nearly squeezed her into a hug. Instead, he opened his eyes widely and said "What you did was reckless and--"
Wait. There weren't any eggs?
He couldn't decide whether to be happy that it didn't lay any eggs or not.
Oh, wait. It wasn't even a dragon fire!
Well, that was a huge disappointment and it plainly showed in Forrest's body: his face and shoulders fell and he just lost all his interest in the situation. Even let the girl continue the shouting. The noise of fire was loud and WOW, she had some vocal cords there!, so if the professor still hadn't shown up, it meant she didn't care about her plants dying.
"Zahra, right?" he addressed the girl, "I think this isn't a fire we can put out, so... time to go." He wasn't keen on getting poisoned with those fumes, thank you very much.
Without waiting to see whether she came, he turned on his heels and started walking away.
½ EagleBrain ♥ Creeperdoodle ♥ Raven Dor ♥ Berry ♥ ½ Team House Elf
There was a commotion! ... outside. She could hear it from her office. And when she heard it, she'd cracked her window open to stick her head out for a peak, and and low and behold... she smelt smoke.
SMOKE.
Smoke was never a good sign.
In that instant, Seren had sprinted out of her office as fast as her legs could carry her, she hadn't even stopped for shoes. Her toes were free and wiggling and didn't mind the feel of the earth beneath them at all. "What is going on here?!" Seren called out frantically, running toward the two students in front of greenhouse.... 4....
o________0
No.
"NOT AGAINNN!" By again, she meant another disaster. What was that now? The third? Fourth? She couldn't even remember... but the flames brought back memories of her burning research shed. That one didn't make it, hopefully the greenhouse would.
Whipping out her wand, Seren swiftly directed it toward the entry and cast aqua eructo. "Well?! Don't just stand there!" This was a matter of life and death!!! THE GERANIUMS! BLOODROOT! CABBAGES! ... sweet Circe. Were Mr Charlton and Miss Kettleburn not going to help in a more constructive manner than just making noise?
BLah blah blah Hufflepuff, nothing he said was heard. THERE WAS A FIRE AND STUFF and he was .... blahblah blah blaaaaaaaah.
BUT OH HEY! HEAD. OF. HOUSE! WOOT.
Zahra waved at her excitedly. SEE HUFFLEPUFF? Her yelling had worked. His hadn't. He just wanted to RUN AWAY. How Puff. Pfff.
"HEY PROFESSOR." oh. Don't just stand here? Okay. Uhm... hehe... Zahra started to run in place. "IT WAS NOT A DRAGON. I WENT IN TO CHECK. NOT. A. DRAGON. And I put some water on it, but it didn't work. But I didn't try very hard either, 'cause I was hoping it was a WILD DRAGON."
½ EagleBrain ♥ Creeperdoodle ♥ Raven Dor ♥ Berry ♥ ½ Team House Elf
She saw the wave, and it left her feeling torn. To wave back? Or not to wave back?.. that was indeed the question. Opting for a quick palm up wave, Seren continued to focus her efforts on the greenhouse - it was her baby after all. Well, not her actual baby... he was safe, with Aron, or her mother... but the plants needed her now, they NEEDED her.
"Dragon?!" she repeated, certainly confused. It took her a moment to process things, Zahra hoped it was a dragon? But it wasn't? So... she hadn't tried very hard to help? "Zahra, that's verryyyy irresponsible of you," Seren stated, concern mingled with exasperation in her tone. This was for two reasons, firstly because Zahra hadn't cared about the fire, secondly had there been a dragon she would have been endangering her life.
... Gryffindors, Merlin help them.
"When did you notice it? When did it start?!" In other words how long had she been oblivious to the fact that this was going on?
She saw the wave, and it left her feeling torn. To wave back? Or not to wave back?.. that was indeed the question. Opting for a quick palm up wave, Seren continued to focus her efforts on the greenhouse - it was her baby after all. Well, not her actual baby... he was safe, with Aron, or her mother... but the plants needed her now, they NEEDED her.
"Dragon?!" she repeated, certainly confused. It took her a moment to process things, Zahra hoped it was a dragon? But it wasn't? So... she hadn't tried very hard to help? "Zahra, that's verryyyy irresponsible of you," Seren stated, concern mingled with exasperation in her tone. This was for two reasons, firstly because Zahra hadn't cared about the fire, secondly had there been a dragon she would have been endangering her life.
... Gryffindors, Merlin help them.
"When did you notice it? When did it start?!" In other words how long had she been oblivious to the fact that this was going on?
WHAT?
It was irresponsible of Zahra 'cause it wasn't a DRAGON?!?! What did Zahra look like? A DRAGON CALLER? DRAGON TAMER? DRAGON GIRL.
...cool. Maybe she was a Dragon Whisperer....
But man, why was the HoH picking on her for THAT? "I tried to put it!" she was still running in place, now with arms flailing and her wand shooting water again. CAUSE SEE, MAN? SHE HAD TRIED. A little. Some. Enough. "I don't wear a watch, but it was like... uhm.... " SHRUG. SHRUG OKAY? ZAHRA DIDN"T KNOW. TOO MANY QUESTIONS. "HEY PROFESSOR. I'LL HELP YOU PUT IT OUT NOW! Let's do this!"
½ EagleBrain ♥ Creeperdoodle ♥ Raven Dor ♥ Berry ♥ ½ Team House Elf
Tried... Zahra tried?
Seren found herself having to remember that the Lion was only a second year, and an easily distracted one at that. Dragons, honestly. The fire was still contained, at least, it didn't seem to be spreading any which way, this was progress.
"Yes! Good! Team work!" she agreed, pleased that she wasn't to do this alone. Pausing in her effort at dousing the flames, Seren used the bubble-head charm to stop from inhaling the smoke. "You do what you're doing from here.. I'll take a closer look," she instructed, hoping the girl wouldn't go charging into the fray.
Seren found herself having to remember that the Lion was only a second year, and an easily distracted one at that. Dragons, honestly. The fire was still contained, at least, it didn't seem to be spreading any which way, this was progress.
"Yes! Good! Team work!" she agreed, pleased that she wasn't to do this alone. Pausing in her effort at dousing the flames, Seren used the bubble-head charm to stop from inhaling the smoke. "You do what you're doing from here.. I'll take a closer look," she instructed, hoping the girl wouldn't go charging into the fray.
Oh. COOL A BUBBLE HEAD. ZAHRA WANTED ONE OF THOSE. WHY DIDN'T ZAHRA GET ONE? HEY. HEY. man....
"I already went in there! Not much to see really. Definitely no dragon eggs. This fire is kind of boring, really, as far as fires go. But I got ya, Professor!"
WAND UP! AND SPEW ON! Zahra's little wand was spewing water EVERRRYYWWHEEEREEEEE. Some of it might have went in the right direction. Or mostly towards that Hufflepuff hahahahaha. She didn't want HIM to catch FIRE, see?
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