First Years: Lesson Two

[Jodi Peterson]

Jodi spent five minutes setting up her classroom. After sitting at her desk for a minute or so, she received an owl from Timothy Linn. She left a note on the board for students to walk in and seat themselves. She would be there as soon as possible.

Today's lesson is on Aconite
Please take a seat
I will be back soon
If you can, please write as much as you know on Aconite before I get back

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[emmawinters]

Emma strolled into the classroom, books stacked on her arms all the way up to her nose. She took a seat in one of the tables in the front, placing her books on the floor. She swiftly drew out a piece of parchment and her quill. She threw a quick glanced at the board and then began jotting down some notes.

Aconite

• Aconite is a toxic plant commonly used in Potions
  
• It is also often called monkshood and wolfsbane
  
• Belongs to the buttercup family
  
• It's used as an ingredient in Wolfsbane Potion
  
  She stopped writing, and paused, thinking. She couldn't remember anything else and so set aside her quill and waited for the lesson to begin.
  

[Jodi Peterson]

5 points for being early

[connor15]

Walking in to what looked like the deserted class, Alias hadn't really enjoyed Herbology that much. But, he hadn't even been to a class. So, technically, he couldn't not like Herbology, for, he didn't know what it was like.
Sitting down in the class, Alias saw that there had only been one other student and that the teacher was away for several minutes, Alias sat down beside the Hufflepuff girl and introduced himself "Hello, I'm Alias ... Kawfoot" he said, adding his last name before he finished speaking.
Grabbing his quill and parchement, Alias started copying down what he knew about Aconite, he could only remember a few things but decided to get ahead since he wasn't able to make it to last class.

[purple]Aconite
× Commonly known as Wolfsbane or Monkshood
× It is a mundane plant with magical uses in Potion making
× Aconite is a blue and yellow plant with dark green leaves
× Found in alot of suburban gardens all over the world
× Is found to be deadly if consumed raw[/purple]

Alias then sighed, he couldn't remember much else about this strange plant. He looked over at the girl he had introduced himself to and smiled, waiting for an answer.

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[maxx]

Herbology... another class that he didn't really come to because Maxx wasn't really. There. He open the door and then closed it again, not really closed but it was open about one foot from the wall. Herbology was the study of plants, not just plants, magical plants. Today's lesson is going to be about Aconite. He doesn't know much about the plant besides that it was commonly used for potions and it was very poisonous. Maxx found a seat in the back and grabbed his notebook and wrote::

Aconite||

|. Very poisonous.
||. Commonly used for potions.
|||. One use for the ingretiment is to make Wolfsbane.

Yes Maxx doesn't really know anything about the magical plant but that was three things atleast. Normally the Mihael boy would get atleast two facts about something that he knows about something important. There was only that one girl who is normally surounded by other people talking to her. Maxx didn't want that to happen again because his ear started hurting when it was settling down when the T.A. spoke for Defence Against the Dark Arts.[/size]

[maddie]

Herbology. Hmm. Maddie actually had no idea how this class would be. Sure, she knew what the subject was about, she wasn't stupid. It's just.. she had never really learnt it here before, so it was sure to be interesting. Maddie wasn't exactly enthusiastic about going to Herbology, but she was still interested.

When she got to the classroom, it was like.. empty. There were a few other students there, but no professor. She had left a note. You're kidding. This professor expected them to do work while she was gone. Okay, now it didn't seem so fun.

Maddie took a seat, really taking her time. To be honest, she really had no clue what this thing she had to write about was. But all she could do was try. It wasn't her fault that she knew nothing about Herbology. So Maddie wrote what she could:

Aconite: Used in some potions?

Yeaah. Maddie wasn't very good at this. Of course that was just a guess, but a guess was better than a blank page, yes? Now she was left with nothing to do but wait for the professor to return. Or would it be better if she didn't return. Maddie didn't know, but she was looking forward to the end of the lesson. Let's just say, Maddie was never very good at school work.

[emmawinters]

Emma glanced up as another first year joined her in the otherwise empty classroom. He took the seat next to her and introduced himself as mister Alias Kawfoot. Nice name. "Hey," she replied after he had written down his notes. "I'm Emma Winters, first year Hufflepuff. I've seen you around in some of my other classes. Nice to finally meet you," she smiled.

[sophieann]

Sophie-Ann strolled into the Herbology classroom, feeling kinda relaxed. Out of the classes at Trio's, this was one of the ones that was easiest to get a grip on, coming from a muggle background, kinda like a more fun version of biology. Plus, y'know, the walk out to the greenhouses was always bracing, and one could never get bored of the beauty of the Hogwarts grounds. Even if it was flipping freezing.

Soph waved quickly to Emma as she moved towards a desk on the same row, on the other side of a boy (who appeared to be a fellow Gryffindor) from the Hufflepuff. "Hiya folks," Soph said, smiling at the pair of them. She glanced at the board, and saw the instruction 'Write down everything you know about Aconite." This shouldn't take long, she thought to herself with a chuckle.

[connor15]

Alias watched as the Hufflepuff's face turned from facing her parchement to looking into his eyes. He smiled, as he heard many other First Years entering. Alias hadn't really socialized much since the term had started, but nevertheless, it was always great to have another friend.
Hearing the girls voice, Alias' perked up and stopped day dreaming, "Emma Winters, I really like your name." he said, "It sounds very 'graceful', you could say." Alias said, blushing.
"Yes, it is nice meeting you, I have seen you along with the rest of the first years. But, I haven't been that 'sociable' since the Term had started, parents figured if they'd find out that I'm failing, they'd put me back into Public School" he said, with a sign of disgust.

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OOC: Sorry, it sucks >.<

[lottie]

Charlotte was off to... Herbology. Right. Down at the greenhouse. She walked across the lawns, shivering a bit because it was bloody cold. Stupid winter. And stupid school uniform. Skirts for girls in the winter? I mean, honestly, it was ridiculous. Huddled up with a Mihael scarf around her neck and hot pink mittens, she walked across the grounds. There was no snow yet, but it would come soon.

Upon entering the greenhouse, the Mihael relaxed because it was quite a bit warmer inside. She took off her scarf and mittens, resting them on a table at the back of the room. Sitting down, she got out some paper and a pen, doodling on the sides of her paper. She was kind of bored, and hoped that Chatwin or Holland would arrive to keep her company.

[jarodlacroux]

Indeed Jarod was late for Herbology. But never fear, he's here at the doorway. Jarod never really liked Herbology much. Then again, what class did he like? Okay, there was Transfigurations only because he was able to pick on the professor. She found it her duty to annoy the heck out of him and so he must do the only thing he can and be a smart arse to her continously until he graduates or until they get a new TA. However, Herbology was a different story. There was a TA and she didn't know his name enough to ever call on him.

So Jarod walked to an open table and took out his notes. Today was Aconite day, yay. He knew some things about Aconite, so he wrote most of what he knew down.

Aconite
- Known by two other names: Wolfsbane and Monkshood
- Extremely poisonous
- Called Monkshood because of the shape of flower that resembles a monk's cowl
- Useful in Wolfsbane potion
- It's not a cure for Lyncathropy, but prevents the effects of extremely dangerous dementia during transformations.

[jasminezeddle]

Herbology was a class that Jasmin wasn't sure she was going to do good in. Her blonde hair was up in a ponytail and she was wearing her hufflepuff uniform. Her bag was slung over her shoulder as she walked there. Her blue eyes searched the room as she walked in. She took a spot by herself and set her bag down, she didn't know anyone in the room so she started daydreaming which she did a lot.

[Oliver Mannequin]

Oliver Mannequin is not late to class for the first time. And he is glad. Oliver looked around the classroom and sat down. He notice one person he knew in the classroom and smiled.

Ollie wave at Jasmin and sat down on a seat behind her. He took out a parcment and a quill and wrote down what was in the board quickly before turning his attention back at Jasmin.

[kittykatbar]

James walked into the classroom humming to himself as he entered. He looked around and spotted Ollie. He waved to Ollie before taking a seat in the back. He looked at the board. Aconite?. He wrote everything he knew about it on some parchment.

[mikashintomi]

Mika walked into the greenhouses, and was relieved to see that she had arrived on time to this class. It had grown tiring being late to nearly every class. She took a seat in the far corner in the back of the room, and began reading the board. After reading everything written on the board, Mika grabbed some parchment and a quill out of her bag. She began thinking about what she knew about Aconite. Either way, she began writing everything she knew on a piece of parchment.


Aconite

• used in potions
  
• also known as wolfsbane
  
• poisonous
  

[chelsea]

Herbology. She wasn't late the last time, and she had gotten a pass in the last class, last time she checked. So she wouldn't to that badly this tme would she? Blinking a little as she realised she had overshot the entrance door to the class, she tsked herself, she backtracked, and entered.

Seating herself beside someone in Gryffindor robes [ James ], and took her paper for notes. They wouldn't need to turn in their notes, so she had taken out some lined paper. There was nothing wrong with wanting to write straight lines now was there?

And so she wrote in silence.

Aconite -
Toxic.
Known as Wolfsbane.
Ingredient in Wolfsbane Potion

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[dragonguy93]

Thomas walked in, he saw that he wasn't so late and he may start getting to classes on time soon, he sat down next to a ravenclaw girl, he took out a piece of parchment and wrote down:

Aconite
- Poisonous
- Ingredient in the wolfsbane potion
- Known as Wolfsbane

[munelisa]

Yawning the thirteen year old stopped and couched in the middle of the path, closing her eyes and rubbing them. The girl had taken a short, but needed, nap before the class and now was even more tired then before. Munelisa opened her mouth for another yawn as she pushed off the ground and staggered to wards the green house, able to find it with direction from a teacher.

At the door the Mihael girl rubbed her robes over her eyes, and opened them wide, hoping the cold air would wake her. Once that attempt failed, the girl gave up hope and just entered the class room. Upon entering the room, Munelisa stumbled to her seat and quickly took a seat. Right now she felt as if she could fall asleep with her eyes open.

Munelisa brought her fingers to her eyes and held them open with two fingers as she peered at the board.

"An-cu-night? A-on-ite? Antidote.. No.. Aconite... Buut.. Still no idea what that is." She said to herself out loud trying to sound out the word, and figure out what it meant. Munelisa pulled her fingers from her eye lids and blinked a few times to keep them from drying up.

[Jodi Peterson]

Jodi walked into class was a huff and puff. Walking around the castle so early wasn't her idea of fun. As she walked to her desk and spotted that many students did in fact do as she had asked. Standing out the front of the class, Jodi took a deep breath before talking.

"Could you all please quite down. Now, I see that many of you people have wrote down a few notes. Could I ask one or two of you to please tell me each one thing about our plant?"

[siren]

Yes, she knew she was late. Was it the first time, or the third this term? She couldn't remember ever being late before, so it must have been the first. Brenda snuck in only a couple seconds after the TA did, since it wasn't tactful to follow the teacher into the classroom... Everyone knows that. If you're late, then be late. Don't be a teacher's pet. Then again, Brenda was probably as close to a teacher's pet as possible.

She didn't know anyone, really, so she decided to slink in beside that Gryffindor boy again. What was his name? She couldn't remember. All she really knew was that he was older than she was, and that was old for a first year... She blinked and looked up at the board. "Please write as much as you know on Aconite," she said to herself, and quickly withdrew a pen and notebook. Aconite was easy enough. Her father made sure there was a healthy supply in case werewolves attacked the farm.

Aconite

• Extremely poisonous if raw.
  
• Known as Wolfsbane and Monkshood
  
• Wolfsbane because it is used for the Wolfsbane potion
  
• Monkshood because...