Hello. I usually have nothing to say. Except that my poll is down. Only one person voted, so I'll just surprise you. It'll be one of 4 things. It's been down for some time now. Enjoy!
Autumn's P.O.V
I woke up in my bed, ready for the day. I got up and walked to the bathroom to take a shower. I did my usual before making sure my schoolbag was packed and I went downstairs. I never know the exact time I get up, but it's earlier than everybody else. I sat down on the couch and read again from my Charms book. I always get bored when waiting. As I was reading through my Potions book an hour later, I heard footsteps throughout all that time. No one noticed that I was listening and reading at the same time. I can multi-task, but no one thinks I can. Eh, whatever. I heard footsteps coming towards me and pulled my book away from the hands that were about to grab it.
"Not this time" I smirked putting away my book.
"How did you do that?" Ron asked.
"What? Know you were coming? That's easy. I heard 3 different pairs of footsteps and figured it was you" I shrugged and headed out of the portrait hole. I heard them running after me.
"So, I guess we can't scare you anymore, right?" Harry asked.
"Yep. Actually, I was never scared in the first lace, I was just startled" I answered.
"Well, let's go. I'm hungry" Ron exclaimed starting to run to the Great Hall.
"Him and his hunger. I'm not sure that'll ever change" I smiled shaking my head.
"It doesn't look like it from what I saw at the Burrow" Harry added.
"Let's go before he eats all the food" Hermione said giggling.
"That's impossible, Hermione. He can't possibly eat all of that food from all four tables" I pointed out. She did the absolute mature thing to do: she stuck her tongue out at me. Oh, yeah. Very mature, Hermione.
"Whatever. Let's go" she huffed. Harry was still chuckling a bit, so was I a little bit. We all went into the Great Hall to find Ron stuffing his face in. I rolled my eyes and smacked him upside the head for being rude and a bad example for the first years when I came up behind him. I sat beside him while Hermione and Harry sat on the other side of the table. I picked up a few waffles and bacon. After my second helping, I was handed my time-table from behind from Professor McGonagall. I looked it over quickly.
"I wonder what'll happen in Herbology today" I wondered aloud.
"Who knows? Could be anything" Hermione supplied. I looked at my watch on my right wrist, only to realize that, AGAIN, the watch doesn't work.
"Every time I look at my watch, I ask myself why I even put it on in the first place" I groaned.
"Well, why do you?" Harry asked.
"I don't know. It just...feels right, I guess" I shrugged.
"Well, anyways, let's get to Herbology before we all get detention" Hermione interrupted. I'm glad she did. We all got up and started heading for Greenhouse Three.
I was talking to Hermione about the upcoming year. Professor Sprout walked in.
"Good morning everyone" Professor Sprout said loudly.
"Good morning, Professor Sprout" Everyone chorused back. Now, I notice that she has on earmuffs. Why? It wasn't that cold out yet.
"Welcome to Greenhouse Three, second years. Now, gather around, everyone" she welcomed. We all gathered around the long table in front of us.
"Today, we're going to re-pot Mandrakes" she explained while going behind her to the table and picking up a, rather large, pot. She brought it back over to the table we were all at. Maybe it was for a demonstration.
"Who here can tell me the properties of the Mandrake root?" she asked. My hand shot up into the air, along with Hermione's. I smiled at her from beside me. We both knew this answer.
"Yes, Miss Potter?" she pointed to me. Her look said So, we're playing this game, huh?. I smiled at Hermione, my smile saying bring it. I took a deep breath to start answering.
"Mandrake, or Mandragora, is used to return those who have been Petrified to their original state" I started. Professor Sprout nodded for me to continue, and continue I did.
"It's also quite dangerous. The Mandrake's cry is fatal to anyone who hears it" I finished.
"Excellent. 10 points to Gryffindor" she congratulated. Harry, Ron, and Hermione looked at me proudly.
"Now, as our Mandrakes are still only seedlings, their cries won't kill you yet. But they could knock you out for several hours, which is why I've given each of you a pair of earmuffs for auditory protection. So, could you please put them on, right away? Quickly" she explained. I don't want to be knocked unconscious for several hours, so I put on the earmuffs that were before me. I looked around and everyone put their earmuffs on too.
"Flaps tight down, and watch me closely" Professor Sprout said to us. I looked at her intently, watching her demonstrate. She put her hands on the pot and on the Mandrake.
"You grasp your Mandrake firmly. You pull it sharply out of the pot" Professor Sprout instructed. When she pulled out the Mandrake, I started to hear the cries. I covered the earmuffs with my hands to muffle the cries more. How come when you hear the cries, they knock you out for several hours, but we're hearing them through the earmuffs, and we're fine? I saw everyone else doing the exact same thing as I am. How come we're all fine?
"Got it? And now you dunk it down into the other pot and pour a little sprinkling of soil to keep him warm" Professor Sprout finished. I looked over to Harry and Ron. I noticed that Neville had begun to sway a bit, like he was going to faint. Then he did just that. He fell to the ground with a thud.
"Longbottom's been neglecting his earmuffs" Professor Sprout sighed. Seamus looked down at Neville. A few seconds later, he looked back up to the Professor.
"No ma'am, he's just fainted" Seamus informed.
"Yes, well, just leave him there" Professor Sprout dismissed. Why would you just leave him there!? I'd take him to the hospital wing.
"Right, on we go. Plenty of pots to go around" she told the rest of us. Every one of us, except Neville, went to the pot in front of us and held onto the Mandrake.
"Grasp your Mandrake and pull it up" Professor Sprout instructed as we did as we were told. All at once, all our Mandrakes all cried out. I had to resist from grasping my ears instead and dropping my Mandrake. I quickly put the Mandrake in the other pot and started putting soil on top. After I was nearly done, Hermione, Ron, and Harry finally looked over to me, and pretty soon, started to follow me. If this is what we're doing all period, I'm going to lose it!
I am so sorry for the long wait! I had this typed up for a while, but haven't posted it until now. I'm going to be taking a break from writing to get my brain to reboot itself. Even though it's my Christmas break, my brain needs to reboot from school, final exams and Marching band drama. I don't know when I'll be back, but let's all hope it's soon and my writing will be a bit better. See you later. Review?
