When Maddie spotted some older kids headed for the door, she hurried after them. Didn't want to miss her chance, y'know. "Bye, Professor. Thanks for the lesson," She called over her shoulder, waving a bit. Then she turned back around and slipped out the exit as soon as the Snargaluff was taken care of.

So the Flesh Eating Fir ate other Flesh Eating plants.........interesting. Well Jasmine had survived the lesson with her flesh intact, thank goodness. Surprisingly, she kind of enjoyed it. Go figure.

Gathering up her things, Jasmine headed toward the greenhouse door. Waving to Cris and Ethan, she said, "Thanks a lot guys." Last task of the day, stun the Snargaluff plants. Taking out her wand, she directed it at the plant and said, "Stupefy". Jasmine looked around to make sure that no younger students needed to exit. When she was certain that the plant was properly stunned and still, Jasmine made her way out the back door of the greenhouse.

"Of course she was." Angel seemed to be quite taken by Benjamin and she didn't think that Angel would appreciate her talking to Adi about his best friend. Her sister had been very sensitive lately and she didn't want to hear anymore drama directed at her. "I'm sure Benjamin will sort her all out then." Abby was a claw so she was sure that she would get out okay.

"You don't have to apologize, it wasn't a biggie." AJ didn't mind at all, she just didn't want to seem clingy by hanging on to him forever. She wished that she could rely on her own wand and smarts, but that would come in due time. The first year didn't like having to rely on somebody else, but if she had to Adi would be her first choice. "Thanks. You know I have tons of questions." When didn't she?

So Flesh Eating Fir trees ate one another. She'd remember that. Anything that was wizard friendly Beverly was okay with (who wasn't?). She got thinking, though, if they made for any potion ingredients. The odd thing -- which Beverly might have not found all that odd -- was that she didn't see these trees as frightening. Sure they could be harmful, but enough to scare her? Maybe if a full grown one was chasing after her.

Lesson was over. Finally! She could go and find her best friend. She had lots to tell him about flesh eating plants. Beverly wondered if he liked them too. Maybe they could read about it in the library. Turning on spot, she made her way out, pausing just before reaching the Snargaluff and directing her wand at it.

"Stupefy!"

There. Now the little ones could pass by without being abducted. Good Karma points for her.

Kace was grinning when Toby got the answer right. Well at least someone from his own house got the answer right. Hufflepuff pride right there. His answer was wrong, Ehhh....he will be better next lesson. He heard the lesson was over and he did learn a lot this lesson. He heard the professor mention to stun the plant on the way out. He didn't want the vines to wrap around him.

As he was leaving he said, "Immobulus!" with a wave of his wand and then the plant was stunned. He grinned and was getting good with the spell. He let the first years go and then he left the classroom, as he left he said to the professor, "Thanks for an interesting lesson!" he smiled and waved his hand in farewell.

...ew.

Sometimes plants (and creatures, but that was a different class) could be so disgusting. They might eat...themselves? Ugh. Sophie didn'd even want to think about that. She didn't have to either, because class was dismissed.

With her wand clutched to her side, she headed toward the exit. Looking around, she stepped forward, before a few younger students, and pointed her wand toward the Snargaluff. Bentley was awesome--she considered Sophie one of the OLDER kids.

"Stupefy!" she said.

With the way cleared, for now, Sophie walked forward and left the area.

Ethan held his stomach as it began to protest for food. Growing boy is hungry. The Slytherin picked up his things, and gave a wave to Professor Bentley. "Thanks for the interesting lesson, professor." Nod nod. "See you around!"

The snake then turned to where Jasmine and Cris were. "Thanks to you too, guys! See ya!" Ethan gave them a grin and wave and headed for the door. "Stupefy!" Yeaaaaaah. He just loved doing that spell.

Now...how about those blueberry cheesecake...

Norah walked as quickly and carefully as she could to the door, following an older student who had just cleared the way. She held back from skipping though, y'know because of the flesh eating plants and all. She turned back to face the professor and waved, "Goodbye, Professor! Thank you!" Then, she rushed out the door before the snargaluff could recover. Whew.

Of all the questions she had expected to be confronted with, this was not one of them. Seren offered the Hufflepuff a considerate expression. "This is a restricted greenhouse,so it's always locked... I suppose though that's just where the Snargaluff was positioned before I started at the school, and it's quite taken with the spot." I was guarding the exit, in its own way, but it wasn't guarding it from anything in particular. Probably just biding its time, waiting for an unsuspecting soul to enter through the door.

Now this was the question she expected to get, time and time again. "You may... but it needs to be with my supervision, this is a restricted area." And for obvious reasons. Kids had a way of getting eaten if they weren't careful.

And awwww, such a darling young Lion. "Thank you for coming," Seren returned warmly, giving her a short wave goodbye.

"You're welcome! Thanks for coming," she replied brightly to Marigold as she too departed. Though, she noted the use of immobulous instead of stupefy. Taking chances there.

The question was repeated, but this time by Cris.. hardly surprising as the boy seemed rather taken with the flesh eaters. "Of course, but I'm afraid it'll be in my company as this is a restricted greenhouse, all visits must be supervised." But yes, yes they could.

Seren waved a goodbye to Bay, having been in the midst of discussions as he farewelled her.

Yet another immobulous.

Students needed to have their ears cleaned out it seemed.

"You're welcome Kyroh, have a good day," she replied, giving the boy a pat on the back as he passed.

He was such a cutie. Ahem. Not clucky.

Aaaawwwwwwwww. "I'm glad you liked it!" she beamed in reply. Though the whole part about being an honourary Lion caught her off-guard. What was that about? "You are?" she asked... though perhaps too late as Lux had already taken to the exit.

Badger, Lion? Honourary? ... She would have to look into this later.

"You're quite welcome, dear," Seren replied brightly, unsure if it was Angel or Aubrey she was talking to. She could hazard a guess, but this way was safer.

"Enjoy the rest of your day."

Oh? Awesome lesson? She supposed it was, but then again, she was biased. Flesh eaters were her favourite.

"See you later," she called out, waving goodbye.

She was watching as the students slowly made their departure, the older looking out for the younger ones. Maddison cause her attention, and it was good to see her exiting safely with the assistance of the others. "Goodbye dear, see you later."

Immobulous again...

Merlin help them all. Was it so difficult to follow instructions?

Oh well, they lived, so she supposed it was fine, for now. "Thank you for finding it interesting!" she returned brightly, offering Kace a wave goodbye.

Seren grinned at the Slytherin as he passed, "You're quite welcome," she returned before giving him a wave goodbye too. "See you then."

And there went another cutie. Seren beamed at the young Badger, "You're most welcome... have a good day," she replied before turning to those that remained.


It was about time to get things packed up, but a cup of tea was calling her name. She could afford herself that break before returning to this.

OOC: Thanks for coming peeeeps! Thread will close in approx 24 hours. Yep.

Leah nodded. She could understand why it was this greenhouse was restricted, with all those flesh-eating plants. Maybe the snargaluff was one of the reasons that made the greenhouse dangerous. Hopefully it would not kill. "Thank you for the information, professor! BYE-BYE!" the second year waved at Professor Bentley and dashed at the door, where the Snargaluff was still and apparently not dangerous yet.

But it started attacking as soon as people exited. Groaning, Leah waited near the gate for an older student to stun the plant again. Then she heard a familiar voice. "Hey, Angel. You looking for someone?" Benny... That must be that Gryffindor dude. "Your boyyyyfriend, perhaps?" the girl wriggled her eyebrows.

Angel smiled as she heard Leah voice. "Leah!!!!!" Angel hadn't seen her for ages. she was looking around thinking about something when Leah spoke again.

*blush*

"No he's not my boyfriend." Angel wished he was but she wouldn't tell Leah that. "We are just good friends and him being an older student, he can help me get out of the greenhouse." Angel wondered where he was.

O___________o

Angel turned back to the Professor. "I'm so sorry Professor Bentley, were are my manors." Angel looked around at the plants. "Thanks for the amazing lesson, I've learnt a lot about plants." Angel beamed. "I hope I can come and help you feed them again one day." Angel really hoped she could.

Leah smirked as her best friend blushed. She was so cute, liking older boys and stuff. The second year could tell, because she had experienced hundreds of crushes only in the past two years. Hopefully that Benny guy liked Angel back, and all that was left was to link them up.

O_o It was weird to stand there thinking about this stuff in a restricted greenhouse.

"Aaah, I see. Just good friends." Leah nodded slowly, pretending to accept the fact. "I'll take it that I'm not your older good friend, Angel." she pulled on a sad face. It was like taking a new pair of jeans out of her drawer and wearing them. She had many types of faces. "Unless you want to wait for your boyf- I mean, good friend, shall we get out of here? Benny will not be happy if you get eaten." Small possibility, though.

Angel looked at her honorary sister, seriously why have that face on, it was like her knickers were in a twist or something and Angel had no idea why that would be they were best friends, or had Leah forgot that. "Yeah, just good friends." Angel said again.

*blush*

"Don't say that wor..." Angel stopped as Leah stopped just before she said the word, seriously why was Leah picking on her. "Oh but I thought you were waiting on someone?" Angel beamed. "If you can get us out of here that would be smashing."

Teasing Angel was fun. She could not do this to anyone else, as Angel was her best of best friend. Still, she had to drop it before her honorary sister got mad. The second year knew by now what a Lion is like when s/he is angry.

"Nope, not waiting." Well she was waiting for someone to help stupefy the Snargaluff but she guessed that did not count. "Sure, and.. ah! That place is safe." Leah pointed at a just stupefied Snargaluff. She grabbed Angel's arm and dashed towards it before it recovered. "Come on, Angel. Better get out before we get attacked by that plant." See? The badger was truly worried for Angel.

Oh. She almost got it right. BEAM!

Wait. What? The lesson was over? Nooooo...!!! But she thought they're going to learn more about the Flesh-eating fir. Pout. But all good things must come to an end. After Candice finished gathering her stuffs together, she went over where Professor Bentley was, "Thank you for the cool lesson, Professor." This was definitely her favorite lesson yet.

Now, where was Kyroh she need to return his cloak. The Gryffindor saw older students stun the Snargaluff and she didn't want to be stuck in this greenhouse so she quickly rushed out the door. She just gonna wait for Kyroh outside the greenhouse then.

The third year Slytherin boy was kind of lingering. Something about being in the presence of this many flesh-eaters and dangerous plants fascinated him. A gaggle of younger years, which included lap-sitting Angel Valentine was lingering as well. Presumably, they could not stun the Snargaluff themselves or they would've been gone.

Cutty raised his wand in hand boredly before casting, "Immobulus!". He was about to turn to go but paused to ask a question of Bentley and let the girls pass before him.

"Professor?" He called amidst the demi-choas that comes toward the end of everyclass with students gathering their things, reassembling amongst their friends and the usual post-class reflective chatter. "Will a flesh-eating fir eat other flesh-eating firs?" Like, what does it get from one that it can't get for the other? Or was it like say, a vulture, which although not typically a hunter can and will if in enough need.

Vinnie chuckled a little as she saw the expression on the boys face as she told him she had been daydreaming. He probably always listened...what a good boy. Maybe the brunette should start doing that too. After all it was OWL year...she needed to know a lot. Not just in history.“ Thankfully i got you now“, she winked at him,“ and i promise i will listen now.“ Yeah, be a good girl McFay you need to make a good impression on your new friend.

„Ohhh thats lovely“, the girl nodded,“ so sad you cant bring dogs here. Do you miss him?“ Why were they only allowed cats? What was the big difference between having a cat or a dog? Maybe she could convince someone to have a talk with the headmistress. His dog farted a lot? Snooooooort. „Is it just hot air or stinky air?“, the brunette laughed. This had to be the funniest thing someone had ever told her. What a good way to introduce your dog.“Course i feed my owl“, she nodded,“ i'd be a bad owl mama if i didnt.“ Barneby got a lot of owl cookies, but he was flying a lot so he wouldnt get fat. That would be terrible, a fad owl.

So basically this was like feeding her owl...Vinnie felt a bit stupid standing there like that but why did they have to feed plants that could eat them up. The girl was always in for any ind of adventure...but she didnt chose this. Holding up the rat she swayed it in front of the plant like Ethan did a minute ago...and CHOMP! The plant had eaten the rat all up...in one bite. It would take about three and any student would be gone Probably even West. Eww. „Thanks for backing me“.

Feeding the monstrum: done. What now?! Just as the fifth year was gonna look for the next task she heard Ethan calling her over. That was really sweet of him. Awww. „Yeah sure“, she nodded,“on my way.“ Now watering the plants sounded more like her kind of task. She was good with charms and these ones wouldnt bite her arm off. If she had to lose a limb she'd prefer losing it on a broom or skateboarding.

Approaching the group she smiled and waved“ What plants need watering?“

"That's great, Professor Bentley. I know that you're busy now, so I'll stop by your office and schedule when I can meet up with you here to feed our fleshy friends here," Cris smiled his thanks when Professor Bentley told him that he could work with her to feed the plants in Greenhouse Eight.

Then Cris noticed Professor Bentley watching as some of the students exited the greenhouse and first thought it was because she wanted to make sure that everyone got out safely. It was only then did he realize that instead of stunning the Snargaluff as she had instructed, some of them had cast the Freezing Charm, to immobilize the plant.

"Professor, is there a specific reason why you asked us to stun the Snargaluff instead of freezing it? Did you prefer that it be dopey and disorientated and be unable to attack? As opposed to being partly immobilized and still be able to attack using the vines that weren't immobilized?" Cris asked.

He was really interested to know whether there was a specific reason why she asked to use the Stunning spell instead of the Freezing One.

"You're most welcome, Leah," she replied. Watching as she prepared herself to depart. With Angel... and speaking of... Seren turned to acknowledge her too.

Of course she was welcome, her beaming smile said so without saying it out loud. She added a wink for good measure though. They were two of a kind.

"We can definitely arrange that," she replied with a nod. Before offering her a small wave goodbye.

"Thank you for coming, dear," she replied to Candice warmly. Such a darling first year... she still wanted to hug the girl, but now was hardly the time or place.

Another immobolisation. Merlin.

...

But never the less, she paused to listen to Cutty's question, having been addressed by her title in that way. She raised her brows slightly to indicate she was listening, and indeed... it was a good question.

"Yes.... it doesn't happen often, but yes."

And why was it that this student was not paying attention and was behind with their tasks?! Seren stared sternly at the Slytherin.

"I implore you to keep up Miss McFay, or else it may be a detriment to your health. Three points from Slytherin for not paying attention, and thus endangering your well being."

OOC: That part of the lesson was finished long ago and they have since moved on. Please use the links in the first post to keep up. Sowwwy.

Come see her to set up a time? She supposed that would work. "Or we can arrange that via owl?... you're not the only one that's interested in a little extra time with the flesh eaters, so I may organise to have a small workshop with them... either way, I'll keep you posted on what is happening." No need to inconvenience him with walking all that way from the castle if it wasn't necessary, though he was welcome to do so if that's what he wished.

As for the stunning, immobolising debacle... "Never underestimate the strength and power of a flesh eater.. it's always safer to stun."



But alas, it really was that time now. They ought to get going if they didn't want to miss their next class.

So there had been a reason after all. It was always safer to stun. Never underestimate the strength and power of a Flesh Eating plant. Cris quickly wrote down what Professor Bentley said in his journal before packing his journal into his backpack. This was definitely a very important piece of information to remember....especially when working with said Flesh Eating plants.

Duh! Why walk to do something when a bird can do it for you?

Cris grinned sheepishly, "Oh yes, Professor. Owl would work fine too. Well I guess I should be headed back to the castle too. Thank you, Professor, for taking the time to answer my questions," Cris thanked his Herbology Professor as he smiled at her.

Securing his backpack over his shoulder, Cris pointed his wand at the Snargaluff and saying, "Stupefy," stunned the Flesh Eating plant. He quickly ducked past the Snargaluff and waited for Jasmine to catch up with him before he made his way out of Greenhouse Eight.

Ugh imagine eating your own kind to survive. That is not okay. That is cannibalism. These trees were cannibals. EW. Zander was so busy staring at the cannibal tree that he didn't even realize that everyone had started leaving. When he turned around and noticed that more than half of the class was gone, he realized it was his cue to leave. Oops. He almost broke out into a run, but then realized how dangerous a misstep could be. So yes, power walking is a much better, safer idea for this greenhouse. "BYE PROFESSOR! See ya soon! It was a wonderful lesson." Okay, it wasn't that wonderful. Mustn't be late to the next class.

"No worries dear... I'll see you later," she nodded, giving the Hufflepuff one last smile before watching him make his way past the Snargaluff.

And then there was one.


There was always one... or two... in this case, just one.

"Goodbye Zander, enjoy the rest of your day," she replied, watching as he hurried off, though she aimed another stunner at the tree for good measure... just to ensure her Lion was safe in his escape.



And alas, it was the end of the lesson, and tea was definitely calling her name. The tidying up would come later.