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Despite having been displaced from the greenhouses, the plants were fairing much better within the castle walls, so she wouldn't be complaining. In addition to this, it meant she could stay longer for breakfast and still make it to class well ahead of time. It still wasn't warm, within the room off the Great Hall, but it was considerably better than the damaged greenhouses, offering them some protection from the elements.
The long room had been set up specifically for the lesson. A long table, much like the ones found in the Great Hall, has been moved into the centre and placed at intervals behind them were a number of medium to large pots, and barrows of potting mix. On the table are four boxes containing seeds. The boxes aren't labeled, so only time would reveal their contents... unless you're particularly apt at identification.
Standing at the head of the table - with a blank blackboard positioned behind her, Seren slipped on her new gloves and waited patiently for the students to arrive. Tick, tock.
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SPOILER!!: AJ
AJ was just about to work her magic when the sound of somebody saying the spell funny nearby caught her attention. Looking over to see who it was, she saw a familiar face. "You okay?" It wasn't every day that you got to see somebody almost fall over a tree they had made. It was amusing, but AJ managed to keep her giggles under wraps.
Turning her attention back to her own tree, she cleared her throat. "Parveus M..." she was cut short though by the moose calling. Not able to control herself this go round, AJ busted out laughing. She didn't even have to look to know that it was coming from Ian. That voice matched the voice that was just saying the spell funny. "Hey, maybe you can shape your tree into a moose." Maybe all you had to do was say moose after the spell and moosey things would happen.
Ian nodded back at AJ as she asked if he was ok. He was a little embarrassed he'd nearly fallen over his own tree, but he was ready. He saw her try to contain her giggles and it probably didn't help him much.
As he was about to practice his wand moosement, he looked back at AJ and she said maybe he could shape his tree into a moose. What a wonderful idea! he thought to himself. And then, the idea of the moose reminded him of a silly song he'd heard in an american movie about vacations. How did that go again? As it came to him, he began to practice his counterclockwise movements as he sang the song (loud enough for AJ to hear)
Who's the moosiest moose we know?
Marty Moose!
Who's the star of our favorite show?
Marty Moose!
M is for Merry - we're merry, you see;
O is for Oh gosh, Oh golly, Oh gee;
S is for Super Swell family glee;
E is for Everything you want to be.
M - A - R - T - Y;
M - O - O - S - E.
What's that spell?
Marty Moose!
Marty Moose!
Marty Moose!
(Hyuk! That's me!)
He grinned widely at AJ as he finished the song. How's that for you? Moosey enough?
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Many things came to mind as she started circulating the room once more. Firstly, that she was a little hungry, secondly that she was a little cold, thirdly that she wanted hugs and lastly... that the students were just absolutely amazing. On task, practicing, and developing their skills. It was a beautiful thing, so beautiful in fact, that she might have cried if she let herself. But no.. there would be none of that... and oh! look at that! effort! "Charming work, Ian," she commented in passing. And lovely singing too.. hehe
"Excellent progress everyone, remember... practice makes perfect.. but we don't have forever. Once you have achieved the the task you're welcome to leave and of course as reward for your hard work and all your assistance during our little crisis, you may keep your bonsai, take it home, gift it to a loved one... do with it as you see fit." Except neglect it or abuse it... there would be NONE of that... or else.
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The practising had continued for a while until he was sure that he was pronouncing it properly. It did help to listen to how other people were pronouncing the words, especially those who had gone ahead and managed to produce their own Bonsai plant. ........ WELL. Up until the moment he realised that accents were aplenty.
Wand movement, Whitty. Wand movement.
So, grabbing his wand up again, the boy held it up towards his pot. This was just a practice, he reminded himself. And three small anti-clockwise circles sounded dead simple. He moved his wand around in three small anti-clockwise circular shapes around the plant. Was that it? Grayson moved his wand around in another anti-clockwise shape.......... and then another........ and then another.
Pause. Three more anti-clockwise circular shape was drawn using his wand.
Agatha was still busy being frustrated and pretending not to be - she was clearly failing at that too - when that little Gryffindor girl spoke to her again. "I've always been okay." Go AWAY. The third year shot her a hard stare that only lasted two seconds, then she turned away herself. Agatha Hapgood didn't need any help from a first year... who... had already done the spell right.
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.
Resisting the temptation to headbutt her tree was SO HARD, but the idea momentarily left her mind when Cutty gave her a... flower? Weed? A dandelion. What? Why? Was that his way to try and make her feel better? She would rather him doing the spell on her tree for her.
She looked confused, but then realised what his intention was. Professor Bentley might have mentioned something about them practising in other things or something. Hm. Practise. Whatever. She didn't even remember the spell anymore. URGH. "Parvous Minori Mininus."
WHY WAS THAT KID SINGING?? It was making her headache worse and UGH she wanted to go back to the Common Room now. Shooting glares at pretty much everyone - except Cutty - Agatha would try the spell on the dandelion then. It was irrevesible so that was bad news. She did three small anti-clockwise circles with her wand while saying "Parvous Minori Muninums." The yellow part of the dandelion started shrinking, widening Agatha's eyes, but it soon popped and all that was left in her hand was the stem.
...
She was done with this lesson. D-o-n-e. But her tree was still massive. Soon enough, it would be the only big-tree there and that was going to be horrible. She was ready to leave the lesson now before people found out it was her tree.
Well, desperate times called for desperate measures. With the stem still in her hand, the Slytherin went over to where Cutty had just shrunk his tree and looked at his Bonsai before staring at him. "Cast the spell on my tree? I'll give you money."
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SPOILER!!: AJ
AJ was just about to work her magic when the sound of somebody saying the spell funny nearby caught her attention. Looking over to see who it was, she saw a familiar face. "You okay?" It wasn't every day that you got to see somebody almost fall over a tree they had made. It was amusing, but AJ managed to keep her giggles under wraps.
Turning her attention back to her own tree, she cleared her throat. "Parveus M..." she was cut short though by the moose calling. Not able to control herself this go round, AJ busted out laughing. She didn't even have to look to know that it was coming from Ian. That voice matched the voice that was just saying the spell funny. "Hey, maybe you can shape your tree into a moose." Maybe all you had to do was say moose after the spell and moosey things would happen.
Ian nodded back at AJ as she asked if he was ok. He was a little embarrassed he'd nearly fallen over his own tree, but he was ready. He saw her try to contain her giggles and it probably didn't help him much.
As he was about to practice his wand moosement, he looked back at AJ and she said maybe he could shape his tree into a moose. What a wonderful idea! he thought to himself. And then, the idea of the moose reminded him of a silly song he'd heard in an american movie about vacations. How did that go again? As it came to him, he began to practice his counterclockwise movements as he sang the song (loud enough for AJ to hear)
Who's the moosiest moose we know?
Marty Moose!
Who's the star of our favorite show?
Marty Moose!
M is for Merry - we're merry, you see;
O is for Oh gosh, Oh golly, Oh gee;
S is for Super Swell family glee;
E is for Everything you want to be.
M - A - R - T - Y;
M - O - O - S - E.
What's that spell?
Marty Moose!
Marty Moose!
Marty Moose!
(Hyuk! That's me!)
He grinned widely at AJ as he finished the song. How's that for you? Moosey enough?
Ian was okay, and that was a good thing. She wouldn't have known what to do if all the moose business was because of something wrong that was going on with him. Other than laugh that is.
Man, Ian was in a good mood. His spirits rubbed off on her, and she couldn't wipe the goofy grin off her face. That was how you did work! Maybe AJ should use his tactic next time instead of threatening the tree. If Bentley had heard... she was already on the brink of crying. The Gryffindor didn't do well with crying.
Suddenly Ian busted out with a song. How did he know one about a moose? He even knew the lyrics well. More laughing ensued. "Good one," was all she managed to get out between fits of laughter. AJ was easily amused, and the whole moose thing was pretty epic in her mind. "Makes me think of the mickey mouse song."
They could leave already? Was she ready to go? For the first time ever AJ wasn't ready to walk out of class at the first chance. Ian had her cracking up, and she managed to to get the tree spell thing to work. It was a good day... minus the cold of course.
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So...Ian seemed to be amusing AJ. If it weren't so blasted cold, he'd be having a grand time. She really seemed to enjoy his song. Aye. It's very much like the Mickey mouse song, I think. It's fun at least. Maybe after I finish my tree, we can sing It's a small world after all. That made him laugh and giggle some and so he seemed to be joining in her frivolity.
He looked at her. Ok...serious now! I've got to make this spell work. Since the professor had said it needed to be said correctly.
He tried to make his face serious as he stared down his Blackthorn tree. He cleared his throat and in his best marty moose voice, he said [PARVIUS MINORI MINIMUS![/b] He watched with delighted glee as his tree went from a huge blackthorn, taking up a large portion of the area in front of him to a small tree suitable for carrying to his dorm downstairs. He jumped up and down with glee as he showed his excitement. It was even better as he saw in the shape of the tree, two branches that extended up and out to form what he could only describe as moose antlers. He was now pleased to be the owner of a blackthorn bonsai MOOSE!
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Wand movement practice time. But really, how many times does one need to practice three small anti clockwise circles? That sounded pretty straight forward. Unlike the incantation.
So Adi gave the movement a go, making the three small circles in an anti clockwise way. One...two...three.
One...two...three.
One...two...three.
One...two...three.
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Now it was time to try and cast the spell properly. Uh huh.
Remembering his plan with the weeds, Grayson looked around his nearby area for one of those little buggers. Come on, there had to be PLENTY of those around here. They sprouted around everywhere! Even between the cracks on the pavement! The search lasted what seemed like a couple of minutes until he finally spotted one around the back of his plant. Bingo.
Grabbing it, the boy placed it down on the table somewhere near the pot of his own plant but not too close. Accidents. He then took hold of his wand again and cleared his throat. "Parveus Minori Minimus!" he said, moving his wand around in three small anti-clockwise circular motions.
And the result? Nothing.
Great. Just great.
"Are you trying to make me look incompetent? HMMMM?" This was said to the plant and the plant only, and was probably met by a small scowl, too. Try again? SHRINK, please, mkay? "Parveus Minori Minimus!" he said, a little louder this time and while he was moving his wand around in the correct motion. The weed looked like it was going to do nothing, which caused Grayson to almost start rolling his eyes, when............
................. it shrunk and then............
...................... POP! Gone.
Smirking and with a whole lot of confidence coursing through him, Grayson turned his attention towards the plant. Your turn! And here's hoping this would be much more willing to shrink than the freaking weed. Another deep breath was taken before: "Parveus Minori Minimus!" he cried, moving his wand around in three small anti-clockwise circular motions.
It was like watching some sort of reversal video, except for the fact that nothing in age changed. The plant, along with the pot it was planted in, shrunk to a much smaller size but still looked like a fully grown plant. One that his mum wouldn't mind him bringing home. Brilliant. That was more like it.
They could live longer than her. Well...that was quite interesting. Beverly glanced at her Enchanted Elm, was it going to out live her? Now she was imagining herself as a little old lady with a Bonsai and...NO. She's already had the unfortunate pleasure to live that. Nope, nope. Beverly Wayne wasn't getting old ever. She'd figure something out.
Shaking herself from those thoughts, she watched as Professor Bentley executed the following spell. Beverly's gaze turned to one of wonder as the Alder shrunk to a smaller version of itself. That was totally WICKED. Quickly jotting down the notes that appeared on the blackboard, Beverly turned to her tree.
First up was the incantation. She didn't want to troll it and ruin her beautiful Elm. He was too pretty for destruction. And yes, it was a he and his name was now Elmert.
"Par-ve-us...Mi-no-ri...Mi-ni-mus," she pronounced carefully. Did that sound right? She checked her parchment. "Par-veus...Mi-nori...Mini-mus." It did. Beverly had retained the way Professor Bentley had pronounced it. "Parveus Minori Minimus...Parveus Minori Minimus." That sounded about right.
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She was not going to rush herself. Lily wan ted to make absolutely sure she at least intellectually had the spell down before she attempted it, and she’d resolved not to pay attention to anyone around her in order to focus. Although she’d noticed a few people somehow finding weeds around the room to test with, which she found a bit surprising. Maybe Professor Bentley loved weeds as well, but then, she couldn’t se why she would have been okay with using them as test subjects if she did. It was all confusing, and therefore, she pushed the thoughts away. She was just going to practice the spell and then hopefully not make her elm tree look horrible. Especially since she now knew she was going to be able to keep it. That meant she had even more reason to prove she was a competent spellcaster. It wasn‘t even a Ravenclaw thing. This was personal.
After repeating the incantation a few more times to herself quietly, she flicked her wand back out of its holster, ready to start practicing the wand movement. That meant letting the incantation out of her head for the time being, seeing as she’d rather not accidentally test the spell on her classmates or any of the plants scattered around the room. Once that was done, she held her wand out in front of herself slightly, keeping it loose in her hand. She was ready, but she wanted to be relaxed. Circles were simple, but that gave more room for error if she rushed it. Once she felt more relaxed, she grasped her wand tighter and traced out one tiny counter-clockwise circle, followed by another and then a third. She repeated that a few more times slowly, and then sped the circles up. She wasn’t going to try to put the two aspects of the spell together until she knew she was ready.
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Jamine was glad that Professor Bentley said they could keep their bonsai's because she had already made plans for him. I mean they had bonded and all. She couldn't possible leave him now.
Even though she had successfully performed the task, jasmine felt that she could benefit from just a wee bit more practice so she searched for a random weed to practice on. Spotting one that she found suitable, Jasmine prepared to repeat the spell. She concentrated on reducing the weed to a smaller size, making her usual mental picture. Then she made three anti-clockwise circles with her wand and said "Parveus Minori Minimus". The weed shrunk to a tiny size, just as Jasmine had hoped.
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As soon as Lux was confident that she was saying the incantation correctly, it was time for her to move on to the wand movement. That at least seemed pretty simple.
With her wand, she made three small counter-clockwise circles. There. Done. For the fun of it, she decided to do more because why not. It never hurt to be extra prepared for a spell, and besides she didn't want to mess this up. Her tree was depending on her to turn it into a pretty little bonsai. One... two... three more small counter-clockwise circles as Professor Bentley told them they could leave after they were finished and keep their plants. Awwww, she was so sweet; Professor Bentley was an amazing woman. Suddenly she hoped that Zander was doing okay and the brussel sprout thing was working. Curiously she looked around the room trying to find the little Lion.
Aaah, there he was.
One... two... three... One... two... three... One... two... three... and on and on she went making her small counter-clockwise circles.
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Why were the incantations for Herbology a lot more difficult than the ones in lets say, charms or transfiguration? Still, the second year Gryffindor refused to take any notes. If he forgot, he would simply look at the notes of one of his neighbours. He watched the Professor as she demonstrated how to turn her Alder tree in to an Bonsai. Three small anti clockwise circles...okay, got it.
He looked up at his own Enchanted Elm tree before he decided to practise the incantation first. "Parvos Minoro ..what?" okay the incantation was a lot harder than he thought it would be. Maybe because the Minori and Minimus sounded alike. Kind of like a tonguetwister. "Par..parvos" it took him a few moments of listening in on the other students that it wasn't Parvos with an O but EU. "Parveus Minori Minimus...Parveus Minoro..no Minori Minimus"
He continued to practise, muttering the incantation under his breath until he had it right. "Parveus Minori Minimus!" YES! That was it..right? "Parveus Minori Minimus" Hmm maybe he should have practised the wand movement first because he was sure he would forget the incantation soon. And no. Still not taking notes, that was for dumb people. He was smart enough to remember it all. Which meant he was so gonna fail his O.W.L.S one day
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Okay, that was enough practicing. Time for Lux to turn her tree into a bonsai. Fingers crossed she would get this tongue-twister of an incantation correct and everything turned out perfectly.
Performing the wand movement, she called out, "Parveus Minori Minimus!" Her Enchanting Elm - and the pot it was planted in - drastically shrank in size before her eyes. Awesome, now she had a tiny tree like Professor Bentley. What should she do with it? Maybe it would make for a nice present, but part of her wanted to keep the tree for herself. Was that selfish of her? Lux did not like to think of herself as being selfish, but it was such a pretty bonsai. And besides who would she give it to? There was Bay of course, but also her parents and siblings... Not to forget her best friends. It was a tough decision to make because she wouldn't want to make anyone feel left out.
Unless... What if she made several little bonsais? That way no one was left out from getting a present. Maybe she would give them to the Professors too; surely they would enjoy that. And the Headmistress and Mr. Kitridge. Mr. Kirby would have gotten one too, but he had vanished suddenly and she had no idea where had had gone to. Hopefully wherever it was the man was doing well. The dude was like a brick wall, so it seemed rather unlikely that he could ever be in any danger.
As a result of this, among other things, Seren took to taking turns about the room. Pausing to watch students and their progress, but not really seeing.. she was essentially lost to her thoughts.
It was only as trees started sprouting left right and centre, that she came to, and with a short shake of her head, and a smile back in place, she continued on. Observing.
"Wonderful, wonderful! We're half way there," she informed excitedly.
Heading back to her position at the head of the table, Seren clapped her hands together in an effort to capture their attention, and continued with the lesson.
"As Kyroh had asked not long ago, Bonsai is the art of growing dwarf ornamental trees and shrubs, and while they don't serve to have a proper practical application, they do make for charming companions and are great for homes that are too small to cater for their bigger counterparts." Clearly not as useless as Annabeth had thought. Hmph.
"The transformation to Bonsai, is a permanent one, and the change cannot be reversed... however, particularly when coupled with the Herbivicus Charm, their longevity is guarenteed ... not to say you don't need to care for them, you do, but they are likely to live much longer than even you."
"The incantation for the Bonsai Charm is, Parveus Minori Minimus .... which is quite a mouthful, so you want to make sure you get it right. Mispronunciation may result in unevenly sized branches."
And with that in mind, a demonstration wouldn't go astray, "Take for example, my Alder..." she started, wand drawn out and pointed at the tree. "With your incantation, you will require focus, and the wand movement calls for three small anti-clockwise circles.... like so." Together with the incantation, "Parveus Minori Minimus," and the wand movement of three small anti-clockwise circles, she executed the charm. The tree, as quickly as it had grown to full size, shrunk - along with its pot - until it became diminutive in stature, though still handsome and fully grown.
"See," she indicated, holding it up in her hands for all to see. "Now it's your turn. Practice the incantation, practice the wand movement... the charm will only work on flora, so if you spot a weed anywhere feel free to practice on that first." And for their benefit, she tapped the board with her wand to ensure the appropriate information was there for them.
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Annabeth listened to the teacher and released her tree. That spell seemed hard to cast, so she thought it useful to practice the words before grabbing her wand. "Par-veus Min-noooo-ri Min-ni-mous,"it wasn't good. She had to try again. "Par-ve-ous Min-no-ri Min-ni-mmus"it sounded terrible. "Par-veeeus Mi-noho-ri Mi-ni-mus" Gosh! Who had invented that incantation???? It couldn't be easier? Something like "tiny tree"? Anna snorted. She closed her eyes and said, "Parveus Minori Minimus". She smiled. It'd work.
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It was completely awesome to watch the Professor's tree shrink down to bonsai sized, although Mo had to wonder that if trees had feelings, would it bother them to be forced to be raised small their whole lives. And how did Muggles make bonsais happen, since they didn't have magic?
But now it was time to work on his own blackthorn tree, and Mo gave the tree's trunk a fond tap in anticipation. "You're gonna be portable soon, bud. Maybe you can come home with me." Would they be allowed to keep their trees?
Focus, though, Mo. Focus. Time to learn the incantation. It was a complicated one, less so because it was hard to say but more because it was long and hard to remember. He mouthed the incantation from the board once. Twice. And then tried it out loud. "Parveus Minori Minimus. Parveus Minori Minimus." Complicated.
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It was time to shrink this flesh loving plant. "Parveus Minori Minimus!'' Adi said clearly as he did the wand movement- three small circles in an anti clockwise direction.
One...two...three...
Feeling like he was once again watching something happen in lapse time, the Puffer marveled at the sight of his Enchanting Elm and the pot shrink. These spells were so cool. So, what would he do with this miniature Elm? Hmmm. Well, he could keep it for now in his dorm. Next to Hannah's framed photo. Hehe. Adi wondered what his "older sister" would think of that.
Annabeth wasn't sure about the movement she should do with her wand. It was said she had to make three small anti-clockwise circles. It seemed to be quite easy and everything which seemed to be "quite easy" had been more difficult than she could guess.
Anna picked up her wand and pointed to the tree, waving it three times anti-clockwise without saying the incantation. Some golden sparks emerged form the tip of her wand, quickly she lowered her wand and checked if she had burned the tree. "No damage, thanks god." Relieved, she practiced the movement without her wand, while muttering the incantation, to make sure she would do it right.
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So much for not staring at Bentley for the entirety of the lesson. Sigh. He was doing so well at the start of the lesson, but all focus on his plan seemed to deteriorate as the class progressed. Gah.
Zander watched as Beautiful Bentley preformed her magic stuff on the Alder tree. Which again, was the SAME tree that he had picked the seed for. IT WAS A SIGN, OKAY. A sign from Merlin himself. It had to be. All that divination compatibility stuff was totally bogus. But this, this tree matching stuff was the real deal.
Ahem, anyways. He had been so entranced watching her that he nearly forgot that he had to do all that bonsai stuff on his tree too. OOPS. He looked around the room nervously and noticed that most of the other students had already gotten pretty far on theirs!
Welp. He should probably get started too, huh? Or he could just sit here and stare at his Herbology Angel all day. Was that an option? Because he choses that one. Just as he was busy staring away, the beautiful woman began to speak once more.
GIVE IT TO A LOVED ONE!?!
She was HIS loved one. Yes, it was settled then. No more staring. More bonsai doing. Then, when it was finished he could gift it to her and then they could get married and live happily ever after! Ahem. Right. The plants. Mhm. Taking out his wand, Zander began practicing the movement. It was actually kind of complicated. Three whole circles? And the incantation. That was a whole other story.
"Parveus Minori Minimus...... Parveus Minori Minimus....... Parveus Minori Minimus...... Parveus Minori Minimus...." Now that was a real tongue twister. The Gryffindor decided to practice a couple more times, just incase. He didn't want to gift Bentley a screwy plant. She would be devastated and would never accept his hand in marriage!
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The incantation was a bit trickier, and Mo had to practice the three counterclockwise circles a few times before he felt confidence in them. Strange that this spell took a harder-than-normal incantation on top of a harder-than-normal wand motion. It was like bonsais were meant to be difficult to create magically or something.
As he practiced his circles, Mo hooked an arm around the trunk of his tree and leaned against it. He wouldn't be able to do tree hugging once his tree was miniscule, so he might as well get it all in now. What would a wand made of bonsai-bespelled wood be like? Would a bonsai blackthorn wand be different than a regular one?
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The first part of the activity had been easy enough. Taking the pot from his left side as directed by Professor Bentley. Planting the seed in the mixture of dirt within the pot. Watering it with a quick aguamenti. And then the charm they had been taught which had been the challenge of the steps. But eventually his tree was growing and to a decent height in slight comparison with the professor's own work.
Hug a tree...um...okay.
Benny tentatively obeyed, before awkwardly stepping back and waiting for the next step to begin. He hadn't had to wait long as once more Bentley was speaking and answering questions, the Gryffindor in turn taking notes on his parchment for future reference. Then, placing his quill down beside his wand, the third year proceeded to practice they were to use for the second portion of the activity.
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OH wow! Bay must have been in la-la land because everyone seemed to be much further ahead of him. Looking at the blackboard he saw the spell and the wand movement that they needed to practice now..
"Parveus Minori Minimus…. Parveus……Minori…..Minimus" he said as he broke down each word further.
"Par-Veus….. Min-o-ri……Mini-mus" that didn't seem so bad as he squinted more at the board to see the wand movement.
he followed those instructions too and started to do the wand movements over and over again…three small anti-clockwise circles……three small anti-clockwise circles…….three small anti-clockwise circles.
he did that a few times while thinking about the incantation in his mind…
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Incantation correct? Yes.
With the incantation down, Simon began practicing the wand movement. The movement consisted of three small anti-clockwise circles. He blinked for a second as he had to remember which direction was anti-clockwise.
Clockwise... right? Anti-clockwise begin left?
Sure. He thought it was that. He pointed his wand at the bonsai and began practicing drawing small circles in the anti-clockwise direction.
Circle one. Circle two. Circle three. Circle four. Circle five....
After doing about twenty small circles, he thought it was about time to move onto the last step-which was putting everything together.
Made of Awesome | Ern-la the Best-wa | TZ's Apogee
And now he and his tree were going to have their moment! Mo gave the trunk another pat before taking a few steps back. He didn't want to get clocked by branches as the tree began to shrink, and that seemed like a likely outcome if he was still close enough to hug the tree.
He drew the circles with his wand... one... two... three, before speaking the incantation, "Parveus Minori Minimus." Go tree, go. Ungrow. Slowly at first, and then more and more quickly, the tree began sliding down into itself, shrinking as it seemed to rush in his direction. Somehow, without even noticing it, the pot had shrunk too, and when the whole process ended, he had a small pot and a very small tree sitting before him. Okay, he was awesome.
Now onto practicing the wand movement. He could do this. He just needed to do...Hold on let him check his notebook. He scurried his pages till he found it.
SPOILER!!: Notebook
Bonsai Charm
- Parveus Minori Minimus
- Three small anti-clockwise circles
- Will reduce the size of the target flora and its pot permanently
He needed to do three small anti-clockwise circles. He did a spin clockwise while he looked at the clock in the classroom. Alright now to do it the reverse way. He got that down. He felt confident now! He probably could do it. He cleared his mind and then said, "Parveus Mino Minimus!" and then his tree branches were sprouting out unevenly.
O___O
Uh....maybe he mispronounced it. He raised his hand and said, "Professor what do I do with uneven branches? Do I have to start all over?"
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Room off the Great Hall: Herbology Lesson Two 
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