**Tear**
Right before I was about to leave for Herbology, I heard my name.
"Tear?" I looked around to see who was calling my name in a timid voice.
"Tear?" the voice came from Professor Longbottom, the Herbology teacher.
"Aren't you supposed to be in Greenhouse Five?" I asked, then realized it was a bit rude. "Sorry," I apologized quickly.
"A better question would be aren't you supposed to be in Greenhouse Five?" he asked, raising his eyebrows.
"Uh…" I stalled.
"I'm just messing with you." I gave a sigh of relief. "I'm actually here to find you," he continued.
"Me? Why?" I asked.
"Well, one of the people in the Ministry, Mr. Benite, is dropping off a few rare and valuable plants. Do you think you could wait here and bring them to me when they arrive? I have class next hour, as you know because it is your class, and I don't, er, can't, miss it. Just be careful with the plants, okay? Use this charm to levitate them down to my classroom- proflamasis levateves," he quickly told me in his nervous voice, which always sounds like he knows something bad is going to happen.
I walked around a bit and sat down in front of the house points. I watched the Great Hall empty and the House points slightly adjust. I was curious about how you could make a muggle version of the amazing containers that hold and count the house points. I was just finishing up the mental blueprints when I saw maybe fifty house points deducted from the Gryffindor container. I made a mental sticky note to put on my mental blueprints to ask Amy or Lily if they knew why all those points disappeared. My thoughts were scattered by a loud, "Ahhh!"
I turned around to meet a guy who was slowly turning to gold. "Help…" he moaned, his mouth quickly solidifying.
I quickly scurried around the room in a circle looking for something that would help. "Dautry…" the guy from the ministry begged. Then he completely turned to gold, like a perfectly sculptured statue, holding a harmlessly green plant.
"Dautry, Dautry, Dautry…" I muttered as I speed-walked through the halls. I knocked on the door that was labeled 'Dautry'.
"Come in," said a women's voice with a commanding tone. I took a deep breath, then walked into the headmistress's office.