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Professor Sprout trotted out from the Great Hall and headed towards her favourite place; the greenhouses. She'd just finished breakfast, and was actually looking forward to teaching her mixed class of Gryffindors and Hufflepuffs. More than that, she was looking forward to the chance to find some surveys, now that McGonagall and co. had let her in on their little secret.
Taking a leaf out of Flitwick's book, she gave her class a simple lesson; sketching assorted plants and writing down their uses. This, she figured, would give them plenty of opportunity to do the surveys, and give her plenty of opportunity to find them.
Sprout sat, and watched, and sat and watched, and sat and watched. Nothing... but wait! What was that at the Hufflepuff bench? Ernie Macmillan was holding... his work. Damn, she thought. Ahh, but wait, what was that sitting in front of Lavender Brown? ...Her work. Double damn, she thought, frustrated.
The end of the lesson came, and she hadn't found any surveys. The class was filing out of the greenhouse when Neville Longbottom tripped on a pot and flew through the air. He landed with a large thump, rolled, and then sat up groggily. He looked around, and then spotted his bag. "Oh no..." he moaned. His bag had flown through the air too, but hadn't landed as safely as Neville had; it was currently being mauled by one of Sprouts more vicious species of plants, and his books and notes were going everywhere. The class burst out laughing, but seemed to decided that evacuation might be a better option when the plant threw Neville's copy of Advanced Transfiguration into Ron's face, giving him a blood nose.
Sprout yelled at the plant to put Neville's bag down... and amazingly enough, it did (it also managed to peculiarly look guilty at the same time). Neville thanked her, and began to collect up his things. Sprout got down and helped him gather up everything, grabbed his bag out of the grinning mouth of her plant, repaired it, and sent Neville on his way. She then turned back to her plant for another round of scolding, when she noticed a piece of parchment stuck in it's teeth. She pulled it out... but it was only some of Neville's potions notes. She turned to throw it in the bin, and noticed... a survey lying on the ground! It must have fallen out of Neville's bag, she thought happily. She placed it in the pocket of her robes for safekeeping.
At the end of the day, in...the staffroom! (AU Note: Sorry, guess that's kinda predictable, hey? Well... too bad :P lol)
Sprout walked up to the group, which had now grown to include Professor Trelawney, and triumphantly pulled out Neville's survey. "Nice work, Pomona," said Snape appreciatively. They started reading...
Starting time? 8:25 amPersonal
Full name? Neville Franklin Longbottom
Nicknames? Don't really have any.
Birthday? 30th July
Age? 17
Sex? ...You're offering? Lol, male
Siblings? None
Star sign? Leo
Single or taken? (sighs) Single
Hair? Brown
Eyes? Brown
Best and worst features (in your opinion)? Well, I really suck at potions, but I've got a really bad memory too...best...hmmm...ever since Harry started the DA, my jinxes have gotten really good!
Blood? Pure. Like it matters to anyone that's not a complete git though :P
Pets? Trevor, my toad
A bit more personalFirst kiss - who/where/when? Ginny/Yule Ball/4th year
Ever pashed? Yep (bet you didn't see that one coming, did you? Heh heh...)
Still a virgin? Yeah
If not, who/where/when?
Current crush? ...Parvati. Damn...
Ever had a crush on a teacher? Oh yeah, I dream about Snape all the time ;) Ha, no, just joking.
Who do you hate the most? Bellatrix LeStrange. Either her or Malfoy. Or Snape...
What do you sleep in? Boxers and a tee-shirt. And socks :)
SchoolWhat house are you in? Gryffindor! Thought I was gonna be in Hufflepufff though :P
Who is your favourite teacher? Professor Sprout.
Who is your least favourite teacher? Snape. In Ron's words, "the slimy haired git." :P
Favourite subject? Herbology
Successes? Erm... well, I got the 10 points in 1st year that won us the house cup! And even McGonagall's said how much better my spells are now! (Thanks to the DA)
Rule breaker? Well... is Gran going to read this? Only when I'm with Harry & Ron!... and Hermione, too, now that I think about it. You know, she's really not the good girl everyone thinks she is :P
FriendsBesties? Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, and Luna
Loudest? ...Ginny :)
Shyest? Well... hmm, everyone's put me down as being the shyest...damn...
Who do you go to for advice? Harry or Hermione. Don't normally look for advice though...
In lifeEver:
Been Close To Death? Well, in 1st year, I thought that three headed dog was gonna get me for sure... oh, and there was that time in 5th year when I broke my nose... but it wasn't bleeding that badly :P
Been Cursed? Yeah, Crucio curse in 5th year. Trust me, you do not want to go through that. Ever.
Killed Someone? God no
Saved Someone? Well, I went with Harry to try and save Sirius Black in 5th, and I helped get Hermione out of there too... but not really :(
Been in love? Umm...don't know (blushes)
Smoked? Well, there was that time where I tried Great Uncle Algie's pipe; couldn't stop coughing for half an hour :P
Gone skinny-dipping? Nah, not willing to risk it with the Giant Squid in the lake lol :P
Broken the law? Well... maybe. Does breaking into the ministry count as breaking the law?
Made yourself cry to get out of trouble? Nope
Made yourself throw up? Nah... but I know Ginny has ;)
Kissed a toad? Look, Trevor's cute and all... but he's Trevor, as in male, and I just don't swing that way ;)
Been rejected? Yeah
Fallen for your best friend? Well... I did have a bit of a crush on 'Mione back in 4th...
Used someone? No
Been used? Probably :P
Most embarrassing moment? Hmmm, there's been a few... probably owning up to writing down all the passwords that time in 3rd. Although that was pretty scary, too (don't mess with McGonagall!).
Scariest moment? Yeah, see above. Or maybe that time when we broke into the ministry.
Dream job? Ahh, everyone's writing an Auror here, and that would be cool... otherwise something to do with Herbology?
Role model? Don't really have one.
Goal in life? To improve my memory lol :P
Special talents? Well, I don't know if being able to forget almost everything counts as a talent :P
FavouritesAnimal? Toads rule!
Colour? Green
Food? Trifle. So good... damn, now I have cravings! Ahhh... :P
Drink? Butterbeer!
Place to shop? The Magical Menagerie in Diagon Alley. Even though I've never actually bought anything there, it's just so cool!
Spell? Haha, Riddikulus. I have good memories of that one... ;D
Thing you own? My mimbulus mimbletonia... or Trevor ;)
Thing to do? Remember things lol :P
Quidditch team/position? Well, Gryffindor of course. Favourite position though... I think I like beater the best.
Motto/quote? FEAR: F Everything And Run
Morning or night? Morning
Summer or winter? Summer
Lefty or righty? Righty
Gold or silver? Gryffindor Gold ;)
Last...Person to make you cry? Can't remember :P
Person to see you cry? Can't remember that, either.
Person you were mean to? Well, I actually try to never be mean to anyone.
Time you fought with your parents? ...
Time you made a wish? Oh, 'bout a week ago; I wished that Snape would disappear or something... anything, actually, as long as I didn't have to see him anymore. Didn't work :(
Time you laughed? At breakfast, when Hedwig flew in and dropped a letter for Harry in Ron's cereal (milk went everywhere).
Time you read a book? Last night, doing Potions homework :(
Thing you ate? Bacon & eggs (mmm...bacon...)
WhatAre you scared of most? Well, in 3rd year it was Snape...
Are you listening to right now? Ron telling Harry that "he needs to control his owl". Heh heh :P
Are you wearing right now? ...I knew I'd forgotten something! Ha, just joking. Wearing the usual; robes, pants, shirt, shoes & socks...
Do you think of these surveys? Good
Is your least favourite thing to do? Potions!
Is your biggest hope/dream? That I find a way to memorise everything :P
What's worse:
Barfing on your date or your date barfing on you? Ha, well, I'd need a date first, wouldn't I? I think being barfed on.
Seeing someone die or you dying? Seeing someone die.
Being helpless or doing something you will regret? Hmmm... gonna have to go with being helpless.
Most likely to respond to this? Luna (I hope)
Most likely not to respond to this? I dunno...Lavender?
Time now? 8:47am... got to get to class!
McGonagall looked up. "Hmmm, that's six surveys so far...Sybil, keep an eye out, won't you?" Snape chuckled to himself. "Yeah, and we're not talking about your inner eye, either. That one seems like it needs glasses," he muttered. Trelawney ignored him. "Of course Minerva," se said, rather haughtily (or at least Snape thought she said it haughtily). Dumbeldore stood up. "Well, I'm afraid I have some business to attend to before dinner. I'll see you all later," he said, and walked out of the room. It was only after he'd left that Snape realised that, apart from Trelawney (who didn't really count because she was new to the group), Dumbeldore was the only one who hadn't yet found a survey. His eyes narrowed as the conversation changed to other subjects...
Hope you guys liked it! Up next will be Luna, and then... it's up to you! I've had a request for the rest of the Gryffindors, so I'll do them, as well as Fred and George, and then I'll do the teachers. Anyone else?
What else... I'll have the teachers react to some of the things they've read in their surveys, but the main part of my story is the actual survey, not the bits before and after (sorry!) I've just kinda realised that I should have all the Gryffindors put down that they'd been cursed, because of Moody in DADA (GoF)... but I can't be bothered changing it... maybe later... sorry guys! Oh, and when I say curse, I kinda meant the really serious ones, like Crucio and Avada, and whatever the hell Hermione got hit with in OotP :P Sorry bout that!
Oh yeah... my plant has a mouth. And teeth, too. Deal with it, k? lol...