Cal was still very much in shock about the whole costume and scene the professor was doing to pay much attention to what was being asked. He could feel the wave of second hand embarrassment hit him like a ton of bricks and he continued to sit there, with his hand covering his mouth in concern. Was the school absolutely sure this man wasn't completely mental? Above all that, the fourth year had no clue what the answer to question was. If anything, the flowers were probably as shocked as he was and the red was drained out of them. "They were s-sc-cared pale." He mumbled, setting his head down to rest on his arms.

Glad to have company that he could be around 24 hours a day and 7 days a week, Rooney gave Miss Liv a squeeze and leant his head on her shoulder briefly almost like a kitten begging for attention. Which he liked to do to her, because she was the one person he let play with his hair. ALL for the sake of roles! ...Speaking of roles.... Rooney wasn't sure what he expected from this lesson or from this Professor, but it cERTAINLY hadn't been what had happened. It certainly had been nothing like what was happening right now. And this wasn't even a dream. Recreations of anything Disney was his THING. And he had his co-star RIGHT beside him. This was fate.

Maybe Professor Myers wasn't as bad as he always had been.

Maybe he'd fallen and hit his head though, because Rooney was a little in awe of his face paint skills. It took TIME to get that eye look and the pasty face and the lips and...Roo really did appreciate the details before him. So much so that he knocked his tea over and stood on his chair with a foot on the table. "OH NO! Your majesty, please! It's all his fault!" He wasn't fluent in this, no..not at all.

Liv needed to join in.

LIV NEEDED TO GET IN ON THIS. UGH THIS WOULD BE SO AMAZING IF THEY WORKED TOGETHER SO WELL.

They needed costumes, honestly. But their talent was buckets and spades more than anyone in this room so they could cope without.

As for the answer to Professor Myers' question... Rooney gave nothing of an answer but thought about how white was the colour of innocence and clEARLY they were all innocent in here. CLEARLY. None of them had painted those darn roses.

But it served them right.. For planting white.. When roses should have been red..

Oh darn.. Off with their HEADS!

... And a wild Herbology Professor slash Red Queen appears.

For a moment, Vivian got scared because MERLIN, that was auch a scary outfit to wear on her first lesson of the year! When the Professor entered, Vivi actually had to grip on the edge of her seat. She had almost fallen on her bum there. But yeah, she did recognise the character. That Queen from Alice in Wonderland. She knew that, but the general appearance of her Professor was frightening to a degree. Vivi finished up her glass of water before setting her full attention at his Royal Highness.

OHHHH first question! "EEEEHHHH! Your Majesty, pick me!!" the Slytherin wiggled on her seat and waved her hand frantically in front of the Professor. "Maybe the roses got scared!" Why else would it turn white then, right? She did listen to the other people respond. They were entitled to their point of view but she was gonna stick to what she believed him.

BOUNCEBOUNCEBOUNCE on her seat!

WHAT EVEN WAS THIS?

Esme's eyes widened as her Professor Head of House entered the classroom dressed up as the Red Queen from Alice and Wonderland. Now the roses and tea made sense but she wasn't giving that matter much thought because she was too busy trying to keep a straight face. She had to give Professor Myers credit: he was VERY creative. It was something that she really liked about the man.

Shaking her head, she raised her hand. "Judging by the fact that hydration is important for this lesson, I agree with those who think it relates to the moisture from your hands."

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What in Merlin's beard....?

Now the Professor was looking like something out of his little sister's story books...and yelling about painted roses and WHY they were changing colour and "Professor I don't think responsible Prefects should be standing on tables, acting disruptive and causing commotions. It doesn't represent them very well and is in poor taste and makes it hard for me to learn." If any other Prefect had done it, it would have been funny (except stupid Penelope), but this was Rooney and nothing he did was funny because the guy was absolutely mean and rotten.

As for the question the man had asked, it only garnered a scowl from the boy because of what it potentially implied.

"Is it because stupid magic was used on them?" That was typically why anything did what it did around here. Blaise flicked at a rose petal and watched it change colour.

Yup, pretty much looked like magic to him. Blaise picked up his cup one more and took a long sip. Consider him unamused.

Dora was all for being dramatic, but this was over the top. And that was saying something! But whatever... OH MY MERLIN! Why was that Prefect joining him? And standing on a table?! The theatrics were not helping her LEARN. And she needed to focus!

Just nope. So much nope.

Dora sat staring with her bug like wide eyes and crossed her arms. Until they all piped down she wasn't participating in this class. HMPH!

Liv had passed away. She was in the afterlife. Yep. Had to be.....because in what other universe....No, NO, in what other R E A L I T Y. WOULD ALICE IN WONDERLAND BE UNFOLDING BEFORE HER VERY EYES?! Were her dreams TRULY BEING REALIZED IN THIS VERY MOMENT?! HAD DISNEY COME TO HOGWARTS?! Was their very zen Herbology Professor REALLY dressed up like the Queen of Hearts?!

Olivia Lynn Phillips swooned.

Professor Myers had just earned himself a very smol, very BLONDE fangirl. Thank you, and goodnight.

....BUT THE EXCITEMENT HADN'T STOPPED THERE. THERE WAS DIALOGUE HAPPENING. Actual quotes from her absolute favorite Disney film of ALL TIME were being spoken in her presence!!!!! With a clatter, her tea cup, which had been poised at her lips when the show had began, fell noisily to the table....soaking their table cloth and chipping the cup. The irony that she'd just unknowingly recreated a Beauty and the Beast character was lost on her at the moment.

....and Rooney. HER Rooney! Wasn't he just BRILLIANT?! Wasn't he just EVERYTHING wonderful in the entire world?! WHY, YES, BRONWYN. Challenge accepted....Though, in a rare show of decorum, Liv kept both of her feet planted firmly on the ground....because 1) there wasn't enough space on their table for the both of them....and 2) she didn't want to be on a separate table. Hmph.

...and Blaise was receiving the most disappointed look right now. Her gaze lingered on him for a few moments, crestfallen...before she cut right across him and joined her #TheaterBestie in the performance. YES. SHE KNEW ALL THESE WORDS. Did Chloe have her liquid eyeliner in her bag?! Would she let Liv borrow is so she could draw some Clubs on hers and Roo's faces?! No, no, Liv supposed that'd be too much. Their performance would simply have to be a standalone. Alas. *DRAMATIC*

"Not me, Your Grace....The Ace! The Ace!!!"

Though, she'd decided to forego a table top, Liv made big, sweeping gestures with her arms, extending and acting through the parts of the scene that she both loved and knew by heart.



Nah, but seriously, Liv didn't have an answer for you, Professor Your Grace. She was only just now taking this all seriously.....if she could get on the level with you all. BUT YES, THIS WAS ABSOLUTELY THE BEST WAY TO GET HER FULL, UNDIVIDED ATTENTION.

D I S N E Y!

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Oh.
My.
Merlin.


SHE WAS RIGHT!

Noelle giggle snorted when Professor Myers walked into the classroom...... Dressed as the Red Queen. Her vision was playing out in her head!!! Only, she had thought of Professor Myers as the Mad Hatter. Of course, now she had to make some adjustments. Sabbie could be the Mad Hatter, and Professor Myers... The Red Queen. Though, Professor Myers did make a good Red Queen. Noelle clapped. She couldn't help it. "BRAVO BRAVO!"

She loved Disney.

But now her attention was brought back to the roses. ..... And the responses of others. Most looked appalled but Professor Myers costume and dramatics but Noelle was quite pleased.

Raising her hand, she called out. Does it have anything to do with how like mood rings change colors?" Magbe the heat of your touch? It was a guess, because Noelle had noooo idea.

But she did want to change into an Alice costume.

As he was sipping and was talking to Mel, he jumped a little bit because he didn't expect the Professor to start yelling when he ran into the classroom. He almost choked on his water because of it. He started clearing his throat and muttered, "Bloody merlin..." quietly to himself. Alright now this dude was totally quoting Alice in Wonderland. He knew that movie coming from the muggle world and everything. He was kind of impressed.

He eyed him carefully and he knew he wasn't going to drink the tea. The professor might have put something in it. He continued to drink his water and now the crazy professor wanted to know why the roses changed color? How would he know? "Maybe you got the magic touch?" Yup the only comment he got. Might as well use it. Seemed appropriate for this situation.

............ dramatic slamming.

........................................ dramatic yelling.

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...

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What even? Now he was glad he didn't touch the tea, if that's what the Professor was drinking, he didn't want to think about the state of mind his peers would be in... eventually.

Zeke sat where he was, his expression neutral as he watched Myers carry on like a maniac with the whole dress thing, and the hair thing, and the roses and taking peoples' heads thing.

Of course, he KNEW what the man was going for, but it didn't make it any less weird.

In an effort to bring some normalcy back to the classroom, Zeke rised his hand and offered his response. "Chemistry, Professor... the chemical reaction between the your touch, a human touch, any touch? and the roses petals..." which would obviously have some amazing genetic makeup for the reaction to occur. Right?

Echo downed her tea and raised her hand

"Professor, could it be like a defense mechanism? in forests and jungles anything thats bright in colors are normally poisonous, so could it be warning animals from eating it by being a bright color?"

she was totally thinking about of the box, and most defiantly wanting some more tea. "would it be okay if i had another cup Sir?" she asked politely, anything thats going to distract her and get her away from the dirt. that would work.

Flipping her hair from out of her face she listened to the other students give their guesses, spotting a few friends while they spoke. Echo waved at Colt "haiii" she said quietly.

Melbourne was busying herself by sipping on her tea as she heard Colt sit down near her. “No idea…except – dear merlin…look at Professor Myers” she laughed aloud as she saw the wig atop the Professor’s head. “I guess…we’re doing a Lewis-Carol themed lesson?” She suggested to Colt with a grin.

“Or Professor Myers has lost it” she offered with a shrug of her shoulder…Colt’s answer made her snort. “Nah…it’d turn gold if he had the magic in him.” Mel grinned. Midus.

Charlotte got a smile when she came and sat by him. Hello, he liked having company. Especially the company of friends. Except then Rooney came in, and that boy got a brief apprehensive glance. Olly prayed he wouldn't come sit anywhere near them, which was a possibility considering he had heard Charlotte was dating him (though Merlin knows why). Though it seemed that his dislike of Olly won out, something for which Olly was extremely grateful. He opened his mouth to greet his Gryffindor friend when the commotion began.

What was that? Or rather, who? It seemed to be a queen. Also something that was probably from Alice in Wonderland. That wasn't something Olly was too familiar with, but he did understand the concept and this was definitely very Alice in Wonderland-like. Was that...professor Myers? How had he done that to his face? That was very impressive. It must have taken him hours. Olly squinted, trying to memorize it so he could attempt to recreate it. Because it would indeed be very impressive if he could do it. Olly was too distracted to pour himself some tea but maybe that would be happening later. Answering the question, though, that should happen presently.

"Well they're magic, probably." That probably wasn't a very good answer, was it? Of course they were magic. Olly thought for just a moment and then elaborated. "Could it maybe have anything to do with heat from out touch? I know there are toys and cups and things that change colors if you hold them or make them a different temperature."

What was even happening? Isabella gripped her water glass and shrank in her seat. She hadn't particularly wanted to go to Herbology in the first place, but she couldn't just skip her first class. And she didn't want to be called on. There were a lot of students in her class, which meant the professor couldn't call on everyone. And plenty of other students were volunteering to guess why the roses changed colors.

It was pretty cool, though, having flowers that could change color. Isabella wondered if it was a charm or if the flowers had been bred that way. Venus flytraps could sense touch, she wondered if these roses had sensitive hairs or something like that.

Gendry was sipping his tea when he was startled by a large amount of noise from what appeared to be a man in a flamboyant dress. Gendry reached down to dab at the now spilled tea to dry his robe and listened to the professor (that's who Gendry assumed it was) blabbering about something or other with flower colors. He just listened to the other students speak. Gendry was still flustered about the tea.

.................................... Screaming professor.................. Who's throwing things around.................. and screaming................. Screaming quite a bit actually...................... Yep, definitely just another year at Hogwarts.

The fourth year looked around as everyone started throwing out answers and stayed quiet. Philipe was always quiet in class it seemed. He didn't like talking, and it seemed the others had a perfectly fine time talking, so there was not a need for him to do the same right? The fourteen year old nodded as if to agree with his own thought and took of his tea, just waiting for class to continue.

Louise Fellen didn't know what to do. She was frozen to the spot gaping at the QUEEN from ALICE IN WONDERLAND. What?! But she had been told when she got her letter that movie magic wasn't the same as real magic! Well, she decided to herself, they most certainly lied because the Queen of Hearts was right in front of her, here in the flesh, threatening to chop off the heads of everyone in the greenhouse.

WHERE WAS THE PROFESSOR?!

Louise frantically looked around, keeping one eye on the Queen and the swinging roses, and another on the crazy student standing on the table... the crazy student... meaning her House Prefect? Was she supposed to stand on the table too? She heard what her prefect was saying and realized that he should have been in Gryffindor. Standing up to the Queen of Hearts like that? Didn't he know what would happen to him?

Louise tried to warn him but gave a frightened little squeak before she slipped beneath the table to wait for the professor to come and rescue the class. Consequently, she didn't hear Professor Myers' question, especially over the commotion.

There was a lot going on. Not a quite as much as had happened in certain lessons in the past, but enough that made Daxton remember exactly why he did not like classroom settings even a little bit.

Not that he had ever truly forgotten.

Mostly, it was loud. The chatter had started to build and the volume of the class had crept up, making it wholly uncomfortable. Daxton had already put on his stolen-from-Paul-Myers earmuffs to block the worst of it out, including the sounds of those slurping on their probably-poisoned beverages. Also, there was a lot of moving around, and one kid had managed to get tangled in the rose bushes after somehow crashing into them, and roses were turning white left, right, and centre. It was altogether too overwhelming, and even as Blaise came to sit beside him, Daxton was wondering whether he could make a swift exit before Myers could show up and notice. As it happened, Daxton's signature move in class was the Swift Exit.

Turning his attention to Blaise, Daxton was momentarily distracted by the Gryffindor's actions with the teacup. He watched him curiously, wondering if Blaise would drink, but not advising him against it, preferring to see what would happen if he drank. The moment's distraction, however, cost him dearly, and suddenly a great dramatic movement out of the corner of his eye had Daxton spinning in his chair to find the culprit.

He could not hear quite so well, because of the earmuffs, but oh could he see Myers, in all his strange attire. Daxton blinked, then stared, then frowned in confusion, tracking Myers' progress through the classroom and watching his expression change quite drastically, until it was obvious that he was laughing.

The theme of the lesson was now abundantly clear: Alice in Wonderland. Daxton's thoughts were on that, and not on finding out whatever Myers had asked the class. Looking between the professor and the teacup Daxton had nudged away earlier, his suspicion spiked. He reached out, and shoved the teacup even further away, then avoided even looking at it, as though it might get him that was. Instead he looked at Myers, noting that red really was not his colour.

.......... But then kids were yelling dramatically - Daxton did not need to be able to hear them to know that, though the earmuffs could only do so much - and Rooney Bronwyn was up on a table. The entire lesson was already too much too much to much, and it had only just begun. More unsettled than usual, Daxton shot a glance at Blaise, then at the door. He did not know what his Gryffindor associate would do, but Daxton was planning to leave the second he was sure he could do so discreetly, and was already prepared for a Swift Exit.

Jace felt his face pale as soon as the door of the Herbology greenhouse flung open and revealed a person that resembled a badly mangled geisha. The tiny half-Japanese clutched the glass of water in his hand, his mouth ajar, and brown eyes not blinking. Sure, he’s seen a kabuki countless times when he was younger, but that didn’t stop him from having his heart in his throat.

He winced when his own prefect joined in on the fun. Jace looked at the older boy from head to foot, wondering if he had consumed the tea. Slowly, with his other hand, he politely pushed away the teacup before him, and had the glass of water sit beside it. Contamination is the worst.

Averting his attention back to the professor, he tried his best to come up with an answer without wincing at the sight.

Merlin, he looked like Jace’s living nightmare.

Finally closing his mouth, the Ravenclaw slowly raised his hand and waited for his turn to answer, “Could it be…the sudden change of temperature? Erm…it’s to…signify someone’s presence perhaps?”

Eye twitch.

Seriously, Professor Myers can wipe the gunk off of his face now, thank you.

SPOILER!!: Head Boy Henric

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Originally Posted by Symphora

Henric walked into the Herbology classroom, not really bringing anything but his handsome-self in. Boy was he thirsty. He noticed the writings on the board. Ohh....TEA? Splendid! Don't mind him, he loved tea! He grabbed a teacup for himself, before carefully taking a sip. "Blegh...taste a little bitter." He tore off the top of the sugar packet and poured it all into his tea. He took another sip and his face brightened a little. Yum....Henric wasn't the type to be suspicious about anything at all when it comes to Professor Myers class. So he poured more tea into his teacup. And wow....look at all the roses scattered over the room! His girlfriend would definitely enjoy this class since they were her favourite flowers. Should he pick one for her? Henric reached out for one but stopped himself when his touch caused the rose petals to turn WHITE. "Woah... cool...." he said in awe. He chuckled, maybe later. Henric noticed the Head girl was sitting by herself, "Hello Hello...is the seat taken?" he asked, smiling.

Penelope was sipping water from her water bottle when she heard someone talking to her. She put her water bottle down and turned around so she could see who it was. Henric! "Hello Henric! No, no one's sitting there. You can sit here." She smiled at Henric.

Woah, professor dressed as a fairytale character and yelling something about painting roses. She had not been expecting that. Then there was Rooney acting out more of the scene. Penelope clapped for the performance, wondering what this had do do with herbology. Okay, on to serious business. Why did the roses turn white when touched. "Are the roses charmed to change color when something contacts the petals?" She had heard of flowers changing color by absorbing colored water, but had never seen anything quite like this. Why was it especially important for them to be hydrated today?

People had gone insane. That was the only explanation that could be given for Professor Myers’ entrance into the greenhouse and then the two students who had suddenly fallen for the act. As it was, the only reaction that Brooklyn had given to the Queen of Hearts histrionics was that she’d stopped stirring her cup of tea. The sugar quill was now steadily melting, left behind as she watched the playacting speculatively. She wasn’t about to join in. She didn’t act. She danced, and she played violin, but both her pointe shoes and her violin were back in her dorm so therefore she wasn’t going to join in.

Nor did she suggest a reason for the color changing roses. Besides, nobody had painted them red anyhow. They’d turned white, and once again she wasn’t joining in when it came to Alice in Wonderland dramatics.

Selina pulled her friend up from the ground, and watched with mild amusement as he de-thorned himself. He had really made a mess of those roses, and by the look of it himself.
Apparently tea made you pee more?! Where had he gotten that information from, Selina had no idea if that was even close to true, and she didn't care anyway. She loved tea. She took a seat at one of the rose covered benches while Tenacious went off to get his water.
It was just as Selina was raising her cup or freshly made tea to her mouth that the HoH made his entrance. Selina dropped her cup of tea in surprise, shattering yet her second piece of china in just as many days and drenching both herself and the roses around her in hot tea.

The HoH's entrance just made her feel ashamed to be in Hufflepuff yet again, he seemed to be entirely undignified, and she carefully re-adjusted her 'found' Slytherin scarf to cover up her yellow badge and tie. She did however think she may have an idea about the answer of his question.

"Has it perhaps got something to do with water absorption? Do the roses absorb the water from our skin, and turn white when fully hydrated?"
It was her best guess, and she thought it was a pretty good one. It wasn't like she'd seen anything about these roses in her Herbology book, and it was only her first ever lesson.

Charlotte was TORN. On the one hand, ALICE's ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND!!!! She LOVED that book, though she wasn't quite so familiar with what Roo and Liv were on about, even if she LOVED the show and absolutely clapped a little (literal, in a circle) round of applause for them, and for Professor Myers, who looked a little bit horrifying but still very impressive. But, TORN. Because on the other hand? She was ALMOST FOURTEEN so probably should be too GROWN for all this right?

She looked down at the tea, which she hadn't yet sipped, and wondered if maybe it was going to make them all shrink or grow or anything like that. That could be fun!

She put her hand up, the teaspoon still in it. A drip of tea rolled off the spoon and down her forearm.

"Professor, are the flowers weight sensitive? So that gardeners could maybe tell its been pollinated?"

Janelle was sitting quietly, pondering the day's possible lesson when........Professor Myers happened. For a moment or two, she thought that the evil book that Jasmine had told her about, had returned. Alice in Wonderland? Okaaaay. Then Janelle realized that the professor was just acting, putting on a show for the class. There was a lesson hidden somewhere in his performance. It would have been over, had the students not jumped in. Glad for the temporary distraction, Janelle took this opportunity to get some tea. She figured that all was well now.

When Janelle sat back down with her cup of tea, the first question was posed. Why had the roses turned white after being touched? Her classmates presented some pretty interesting theories. They thought of possibilities that hadn't occurred to Janelle. After giving the question some thought, she raised her hand. "Is it possible that the body heat from a person could make the roses changes.......or perhaps coming into contact with body oils?" Or maybe they were just charmed to change. Who knew? Janelle couldn't wait to hear the real answer though.

Hadleigh had just lifted the cup in her hands to her mouth and was about to take a sip of the hot drink as the door to the green house slammed open. In came their Professor as.... as the Queen of Hearts from Alice in Wonderland? The man/women was shouting on and on about someone having painted her roses. The commotion from just this alone was enough to have slightly startled her calm atmosphere causing the tea to slosh over the sides of her cup and onto her hands. "Ouch.." she muttered quietly quickly putting her cup down on the table before she ended up burning herself again. Thankfully it wasn't to bad, her hands being a little red from where the hot liquid had touched.

Grabbing for a napkin she wiped up some of the mess that had dripped down onto her table. At least it hadn't been worse then that. This was normal for Hogwarts but usually not for this lesson. Anyhow a question was being asked about the color changing roses and like most of the time the same answers were being given. Really she wasn't sure but chances were they were just some special type of magical rose that changed color when pulled from the bush which it grew on. Not everything had to be complicated.