First Years: Lesson Three

[Jodi Peterson]

Jodi sat behind her desk reading a muggle novel with a cup of coco in her hand. It was cold outside, and inside was not much different. Even with the fire lit, still Jodi was feeling a chill up her spine. The sky had been treatening to rain all day, but still the clouds kept it all inside.

Jodi used her wand to open the classroom door and went back to reading. An easy lesson today: Honking Daffodil. A load of information, but easy to remember.

[gatlingrimm]

Lucian stepped into the classroom for another lesson on Herbology, he was wearing the usual Slytherin uniform. He looked around and he appeared to be the first student here, for Lucian this was a first indeed. He was playing with his wand inbetween his fingers as he walked slowly to the desks, pondering on which one to sit in.

Lucian decided to sit in the middle row, so he took his books, his wand, and his writing utensils and set them on the desk infront of him while making his piece of parchment levitate.

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[Jodi Peterson]

Jodi smiled as her first student entered. Good to see someone was early to her lesson for once, having 2 students enter her last first year class just as it was ending. "5 points for you Lucian," she said still with her perly whites showing. "Would you like a hot coco or coffee?" she asked, noting the weather outside.

5 points for being early.

[mikashintomi]

Mika walked into the Herbology classroom and was soon surprised to see that she was the second one to arrive. What's next, she's actually going to be the first one to arrive to a class? The dark haired girl had decided to wear a light sweater underneath her slytherin robes today. This was mainly because of the fact that it was so cold outside.

She made her way to a seat near the back of the classroom and took a seat. Mika began rummaging through her bag and soon grabbed out a dark green sketch book. She proceeded to open it to a blank page, and soon the slytherin girl began to draw on the page. Since she couldn't sing or play one of her instruments during class this had proved to be the best activity to do before class began.

[gatlingrimm]

"Oh no thanks professor, I am fine. Thanks for the offer though!" said Lucian with a wide smile on his face, a teacher had never spoken so casual to him before, he couldn't help but look forward to this class, even though Herbology wasn't his strongest subject. He was begining to warm up to the subject, things like this would come in handy some day.

"How are you today Professor Peterson?" asked Lucian returning her generosity with kindness, and friendship.

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[maxx]

The third class....

That was good. That was really good. If he never attend class ever again. That wonderfuly means that he has to pass the exams! Maxx opened the door to the Herbology room a.k.a. the green house. There was the T.A. and there was to Slytherins. Yay! That was good. Not going to make fun of them but make them happy today, but wait. The Mihael boy couldn't because it would make him happy. That should not happen to a person with a smiley face sweater in the common room. :[

The Mihael boy look around for a seat in the back. His request was good. No one was in the back. Maxx walked towards the backish row. That was his favorite row. It makes him a bit happier. Most of all.... the back row is where a group goes no stop talking. His ear bleed when that happen. That was the worst day of his life that time. How many cotton balls did that take till his left ear stopped bleeding. Five? Nope it was three cotton balls. That was consider to be a lot for one little first years ear.[/size]

[zackary]

Another class. That's all that Zack could think of. IT wasn't that it was bad. It's just that it was yet another thing he really didn't know too much about. Herbology. Some kind of study of magical plants. Plus, Zack really wasn't sure of where he was going. So far, he'd only been to Potions, and that was in the Dungeons. That would mean that it probably isn't down there. Plus, that probably wouldn't have any very pleasant plants. Whatever, all Zack knew was that this was going to be fun. He figured that an adventure to find a class would be worht it, as long as he does actually make it to the class in one piece. So as soon as he'd gotten all of his stuff packed into his bag, he started on his way to the Herbology classroom.

So, it may have taken a little longer than Zack had wanted, but he'd finally been able to find the classroom. He still wasn't quite sure of where he was, but he knew he was in the right class. He crossed through the door to see a few others in there, as well as the teacher. Seemed just like last time. And it also seemed like the same amount of people in the room before him as well. Zack just moved through and grabbed a seat in about the middle of the class. It'd be slightly different from the others. You know, they either take the front or the back.

[dragonguy93]

Tom quickly ran to class thinking that he's late, but upon arriving he was glad he wasn't and had some time to get his things out. He sat down somewhere in the back of the class, he took all the items he thought be needing for this class out and waited for the lesson to start.

[Jodi Peterson]

Jodi smiled toward Lucian. "Young man," Jodi said with a wink. Lucian was probably only two or three years younger. "... My name is Jodi, or Jodz for short. Please call me by my first name. And I am not a Professor, just a mere TA. Give me a few years and maybe I will be, if Linn ever retires," Jodi said in a wishful tone. Timothy was a very nice man, but it was him that would stop her from progressing in teaching, unless she was to pick a different subject area.

"2 House points to the rest of you," Jodi said, marking the role. "Good to see some people attend class around here. We'll just wait for a few more students. Oh and today's lesson is on Honking Daffodil. You might want to write that down," she said. Picking up a piece of chalk Jodi wrote on her black board the topic for the lesson. Writing on the black board was neater, but writing in chalk was easier. Either way, Jodi kept both in her room side by side, to use depending on her daily mood.

2 house points for attendance
2 house points for attendance
2 house points for attendance
2 house points for attendance

[maxx]

Notebook!!!

Where was his notebook. Maxx quickly looked through his bag of his. The bag that he has, has a care bear on it so that made him feel sorta happy. There it is! The Mihael boy grabbed his notebook and took out his quill and gray ink and wrote: Hanking Daffodil on top of the paper of his notebook. That also hads care bears stickers on it.[/size]

[kittykatbar]

James entered the classroom with a small sigh. He was late... This was begging to become a bad habit he thought to himself with a sigh. He was late to most of his classes.

He looked around the Herbology. He took a seat and attempted to catch up with what was going on.

[chelsea]

OOC; <Headdesk> And here I thought since the Second Lesson just ended the Third Lesson wouldn't start... Rats.

I hate classes.

Good lord, she never thought she would be thinking that. As she shook her head and entered class, her notebook opening in front of her as she stared blankly at the whiteboard, she couldn't help but worry about the homework she wasn't handing up recently. History of Magic, Herbology - she was really lagging behind, wasn't she?

She really needed some time to clear her mind. Closing her eyes briefly as she slipped into a random seat, she withdrew her notebook and wrote in that cursive handwriting of hers, Honking Daffodil. An amused look came upon her face as she wrote this. What sort of name was that? Amusing.

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[Jodi Peterson]

Seeing many other students arrived Jodi spent a second to mark her role, frowning at a few that didn't attend. Didn't matter. They would be missing out on a fun lesson. And the prize.

Jodi used her wand to summon a Honking Daffodil from the green house into the classroom. She'd already spent the morning preparing the plant in a nice small pot, the Trio's emblem on the side. As soon as the plant came through the door of the classroom, it started to honk loudly.

Jodi talked over the plant and toward her class. "This is a Honking Daffodil. No prizes for figuring out what it does. It honks," she said. She picked her wand up from her desk and cast a silencing charm on the daffodil, before placing her wand back down. "And now it doesn't," she said with a smile.

"Honking Daffodils were an accident. About 40 years ago, Fiona Bjorn, a Swedish witch living in Canada, was sick and tired of the Canadian geese always landing on her goldfish pond and making a huge mess of the pond and surrounding flower gardens. Her solution was to enchant the daffodils in her garden to honk loudly at the geese and drive them away."

"They come in many colors," Jodi said, looking toward the flower that was yellow in color. "There isn't much to know. You can't teach these flowers squat. The honk whenever they want to. Annoying I think. These daffodils are actually useful. They are perfect as alarms. Witches and wizards all over the world are quite keen on these little buggers. Some use them as a perimeter to keep nasty pests out of gardens. Other wizards use them you know... just for display."

"So, if you'll all follow me, we'll be growing a few of these." Jodi walked through the rows of tables and to the classroom door. "Last one out of the classroom please close the door," she said, before walking into the adjoining Greenhouse.

[mikashintomi]

Mika grabbed out a piece of parchment and wrote the words Honking Daffodil on the top. Soon the T.A, Jodie, began to speak about the plant, after more fellow students arrived. The dark-haired girl glanced around the room. It was a small class today but not matter, maybe today class would finally be a little fun.

Mika wrote down notes on what the t.a had said, and set down her quill when she had finished. She felt she had taken fairly good notes, but didn't let it be shown on her face. For the most part, she only wrote notes down in order to help her pass the class. Could anyone possibly enjoy taking notes? Hearing the t.a say that they would be planting the plants today, the young slytherin gave a soft sigh. Planting annoying honking plants didn't sound very fun, but she'd have too if she wanted to pass the class. Who knew maybe Mika would end up having some fun in the class. She stood up and followed Jodie out of the classroom to the greenhouse.

[gatlingrimm]

Lucian began to write down everything Jodi said about honking daffodils. He was so relieved when the proffesor put the silencing charm on it, he could not stand that sense less honking! He heard that they would be growing the honking devils today, he was half excited and half worried about these flowers and planting them, he really did not know what to expect while planting the flowers.

He had got up and followed a fellow Slytherin out the green house door, and thought he would say hello. "Hello. Um my name is Lucian Grim, I am in Slytherin too. I have seen you in a few of my classes and I thought I might come and say hello." Lucian said with a smile while following them into the green house, he did not know whether anyone else was following, at this point he was more worried about the flowers than the other students.

[dragonguy93]

Tom had gotten up from his chair and followed the other students to the greenhouse, he was a little excited about growing something, but he really didn't know much about honking daffodils, he had never grown anything in his life, so growing flowers could be hard , he was behind a slytherin student, he had seen a lot in classes, he knew his name was Lucian and he was usually the first to get his hand up or finish something, this probably came easy to him as well. Tom hoped growing these flowers would be easy as they entered the greenhouse.

[mikashintomi]

Mika turned her head as she heard someone speak behind her. She had recognized the boy from other classes. As he introduced himself, she figured she might as well too.

"Hey." she said looking at Lucian, but continued to follow the t.a. "I'm Mika."

[Oliver Mannequin]

Late for Herbology he was. Ollie couldn't' believe it. Next time he knew that he should guess that he would arrive at class on time since apparently it does not work for him. How many students are early for class today? A lot, at least it seem like it.

Ollie looked around the greenhouse before sitting down in a seat. James is not that far from him but he didn't sit by him. No idea why. Did he arrive early to class? If he did, Ollie should ask James to remind him of lessons.

[Mimi Suicide]

Oh no, Mimi thought to herself as she sat down. The greenhouse was filled and the class is already talking about something. Mimi does not know what they are doing right now. Obviously they are talking about some plant but which plant is it? And what about the notes. Mimi could probably need to take notes because she probably wouldn't remember what they're talking about now if someone was to bring it up.

Mimi looked around before asking someone "What are we doing?" Mimi didn't want Jodi to be mad at her for being late to class. Mimi seriously doesn't want that to happen. She wants to pass this class and not be a failure for this class. That would be horrible if she were to fail this class, or any class she takes. Ick >_<

[Jodi Peterson]

( OCC:Oliver please re-write your post. We are in the greenhouse, not the classroom. Mimi, could you make this obvious, because you don't say where you are going)

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Jodi had laid out the green house so that each place had a few bulbs, a small watering can, a shovel, two pots, perhaps 15 centimeters in diameter and some bulb fertilizer. Jodi watched as she student chose a place to stand, and Jodi herself stood at the head of the long table to which the students stood around, on a block, to be just a little bit taller.

"In front of you you'll see a little container with about a dozen bulbs. You will only be planting two of these, one into each of your pots. You will need to search through and find the bulbs which are the best quality."

Jodi bent down to pick up one bulb, and held it in her bare hand. "It do this, you can use gloves. To find the perfect bulb it will need to be free of any bruises or soft spots. Imagine this like a bruise on an apple. Also, the bigger the bulb the better. As you can see on the top of the bulb there is a little point, where the daffodil will shot from. If the bulb doesn't have one of these, it is no good. A bulb with two or more shoots is better then a bulb with just one."

Jodi put down her bulb, and picked her pink shovel up and into her hand. "In each pot you will need to dig a whole 3 to 6 inches deep. You'll need to add some bulb fertilizer to the bottom of the hole, and then put the bulb into the hole, with the little shot facing upwards, the root side down. You will then need to water the bulbs with your watering can. When you finish, you may leave the class. Please come here at the start of next lesson to pick your plant up. You may start," Jodi said. She herself started to place some fertilizer to the bottom of her hole.