heart001 Hello everyone, I've taken a small break from 'Magic Tears' to bring you this idea I came up with. The two plants Kairaishi and Dragon Whisker were not my original idea they actually come from Ranma 1/2 but I thought it would be cute to put them into the world of H.P. This story takes place back when Lily and James were in school. Please R&R


Your Heart Has Reason, Which Reason Does Not Know

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"Now, whom among you can tell me which herb causes people to follow commands?" The Herbology teacher, Professor Athens, asked her students.
One rather long hand shot into the air. It belonged to a girl with extremely long bright red hair and excited green eyes.
"Yes, Lily?" the teacher said, looking down at her student.
"The Kairaishi mushroom will make anyone follow a single command, as long as they are clearly exposed to an agent that triggers that command," she said quickly, bowing her head slightly.
"Correct! Very well said... now, who can tell me which item that, when mixed in boiling water, causes male hair to grow continuously?"
Another hand burst into the air along with Lily's. She looked over, and saw James Potter waiting their patiently. She stood on her tippy- toes to reach higher, but the teacher called on James in the end.
"A Dragon's Whisker, when grated finely with boiling water, will cause rapid hair growth, but when the Dragon Whisker is whole it can be tied into the hair and make is stop growing, "James said calmly, with his arms behind his back. His friend Sirius stood behind him sniggering as Lily scowled at him. James looked over at her and caught her gaze. Quickly, she darted her head back and stared inattentively at Professor Athens, who began speaking again.
"Hmm, that will be 10 points each I believe," she said, marking it down in a small note pad, "Now, everyone pair up in groups of five and we'll begin experimenting with the Kairaishi and the Dragon's Whiskers."
Lily looked around the room. She didn't have any friends at Hogwarts; ever since she'd got there she'd been to shy to speak to anyone. She turned to look around the room and realised that, once again, she'd been left out. There was a light tap on her shoulder and she spun around to see James standing behind her.
"You can join us," he said, showing her his others friends. Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, and Peter Pettigrew stood over at two trays. Lily blushed slightly, but followed him as he walked towards his group.
"Hello," Remus said, waving slightly. Lily smiled back, then Sirius took her hand.
"M'Lady, it seems we have not yet been introduced!" Sirius said, acting like a gentleman, "I am called William on Mondays and Sundays, Stephen on Fridays, and Wanda at weekends, but since today is Tuesday... you can just call me Sirius."
James, Peter, and Remus started laughing, Lily joined in shortly after, when Sirius kissed her hand.
"What is your name, dear saint?" James asked, joining in on Sirius' little game.
"Lily Evans," she said, blushing slightly at the attention she was being given.
"Well, Miss Evans, shall we get started?" James asked, bring her to the table.
"All right, enough clowning around," Professor Athens said, overhearing their conversation. She cleared her throat and started to address the entire group of students, "Pick a member of your group to try each of these on."
Lily looked into the trays and picked up the Kairaishi. If used correctly it could be a very dangerous plant. Peter, Remus, Sirius, and James all looked over her shoulder as she held it in her hand. It was rather big and somewhat umbrella shaped, with a black top and an orange bottom.
"Well... Who's going to try it?" a rather mousy voice asked, Lily turned to see Peter talking to Remus.
"I don't want to," Remus said, giving it a rather disgusted look.
"Neither do I," said Sirius, who had given up acting like an idiot.
"I will," James said, quickly picking it up in his hand. Without even pausing, he threw it into his mouth and swallowed it. Sirius pondered a thought then quickly snapped his fingers in front of James' eyes.
"Hug!" he commanded. Quickly, without even realising it, James leapt forward and hugged him. Sirius yelled and pushed him away. Lily laughed along with Remus and Peter.
"Does it only work once?" James asked, turning to Lily.
"I'm not sure..." she responded, still red faced from her laughter.
"Then snap your fingers," Sirius said, still brushing off the front of his robes. Lily reluctantly lifted her fingers and snapped loudly. Quicker then she could have imagined, James hugged her tightly around her waist.
She yelped slightly and stared down at him.
James flushed and let her go nearly instantly. Sirius, Remus, and Peter began laughing so hard that each began turning the colour of a ripe tomato.
Lily started blushing, and even though she hated James for always competing with her in class, she admitted it to herself that she enjoyed it.
They continued laughing, even though the hug had begun to lose it's humour.
James was growing more irritated with his friends' laughter, and so was Lily. They turned to each other and nodded in a silent agreement. Lily took out her wand and made a pot full of boiling water appear. James quickly grated the Dragon Whisker and threw it into the pot.
"We just have to get them to drink it," Lily said, stirring it with her wand.
"That'll be easy," James said, looking down at them as they remained on the floor quivering in giggles. James made three cups appear and quickly scooped up some of the water for each of his friends.
"I'll take Remus and Peter. You deal with Sirius," he whispered in her ear. Lily nodded, and grabbed the last cup. Filling it with the mixture she walked over towards Sirius. He was still hugging his sides, when Lily knelt down on the dirt floor holding the cup in her hand.
"Here, this will help you,' she said softly. Sirius looked up at her with tears in his eyes from lack of breath.
"Thanks," he said taking the cup. She smiled evilly and stood up. Sirius got to his feet and swallowed the cup without taking time to breathe. Remus and Peter seemed to have also fallen for their joke. James and Lily went back to the desk and watched, waiting patiently for the whisker to take it's effect.
As Sirius started walking over to join James, Lily noticed that his hair appeared to be shaking and pointed at it.
"Huh?" Sirius asked himself, putting his hand on his head. Remus and Peter too began to notice something was strange. James started laughing as their hair began to grow quickly, Lily held her hand to her mouth holding it in as much as she could.
"You did this!" Peter said in disbelief, holding his extremely long hair in his hand, "You did this?"
They both nodded and Peter grew astonished.
"That's what you get for laughing," Lily said with a smile of her face. Remus and Sirius pulled out their wands but before they could attack, Professor Athens came up behind them.
"I see you've got the Dragon Whisker to work," she said with a smile. She handed three Dragon Whiskers to Remus, "How about the Kairaishi?"
"Yep," Lily said with a smile.
"Well, please demonstrate so I can give you full marks," Athens said with a small laugh, Lily looked over at James who shrugged his shoulders. Sirius was laughing quietly, and Remus appeared to be waiting patiently. Peter was having problems with the Dragon Whisker and still had a rather impressive growth of hair on his head.
"I'm waiting," said Athens, with her hands on her hips. Lily lifted her fingers and snapped them loudly, nearly instantly James hugged her tightly around her waist and she blushed magenta.
"All right then," Professor Athens said with a small smile, "20 more points ought to do it. Ah, Lila, do be careful next to Mr. Giddy."
Professor Athens dashed towards a girl who was nearly being eaten by a large blue flower.
A loud echoing bell began to ring from the castle, and Lily quickly gathered her books in her hands. She scampered off, not bothering to look back... it had been the best class for her in quite awhile, she didn't want to wake up and discover that it was all a dream.