A/N: I don't own Harry Potter
This is for the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Seasonal Challenges Autumn
Days of the Year - 5th October: World Teachers Day: Write a teacher/professor!au
Color Prompts: 3. Violet
Tarot Cards: 7. Eight of Wands - Write about something happening quickly. ALT, write about someone panicking.
Let's bake a Cake: Salt - [Colour] Blue
Word Count: 606
"Professor Sprout?" Pomona Sprout heard a soft voice ask from the doorway of the greenhouse. She carefully put down the plant she had been holding and looked up. Hannah stood in the doorway looking upset.
"Yes, Miss Abbott?"
"Um, I was hoping you could help me?" Hannah asked shifting from one foot to the other. She seemed slightly embarrassed.
"Of course, what do you need help with? I know it's not my classes, since you're passing with high marks. Is it one of your other classes?" Pomona knew Hannah was having trouble with potions, no real surprise there if one gave it much thought. She did try to keep up with how her Hufflepuffs were doing academically.
"No Ma'am. The Yule ball is approaching and I bought a dress at a resell shop, but it's missing a button and I... I don't know how to fix it!" Hannah wailed. Pomona blinked but nodded.
"That sounds like an easy fix. Do you have a button to replace the missing one?" Hannah sniffled but nodded.
"Yes, the dress had an extra one stitched inside, but no one ever taught me to sew."
"There's no shame in asking for help in a skill you've never learned. Bring the dress to my office, can't very well fix it out here. I've got some thread and a needle, don't worry, Miss Abbott. We'll get that dress fixed and you'll be ready for the ball. No need for tears." Hannah nodded giving her a weak smile before darting off towards the castle. Professor Sprout shook her head and wondered not for the first time if maybe Hogwarts should start teaching some kind of life skills class. Just last week one of her older students had asked her about cooking.
"I'm going to bring this up with Professor Dumbledore at the next meeting," she stated heading back to the castle herself. She could finish the rest of the repotting after dinner. Actually the plants might just prefer it that way. The night air was always better for them, more magical somehow.
It was nearly three when Hannah knocked on the office door.
"Come in, Miss Abbott. Do you have your dress?"
"Yes, here it is, see, isn't the color amazing. If you hold it in the light just right it looks violet instead of blue."
"That it does. Have a seat." Hannah sat watching as Professor Sprout took the extra button and examined it for a moment.
"Can you fix it?"
"Yes, here, come a little closer and watch. I'm going try to teach you how to do it yourself so next time you don't need to panic." Professor Sprout pulled out a needle and thread. She color matched the thread to the dress using a charm Hannah hadn't learned yet. "This is a needle, you thread the thread through this small loop here." Hannah nodded watching as Professor Sprout slowly sewed the new button onto the back of the dress, explaining every step as she went so Hannah could hopefully repeat the process if she needed to.
"And there we go, one dress completely fixed, unless it needs any other modifications?"
"No, it's perfect otherwise. Thank you Professor Sprout!" Hannah exclaimed hugging her Head of House before darting back off to the girls' dorm with her repaired dress.
"Yes, more students need to learn these simple skills," Professor Sprout muttered. "Maybe I'll skip talking to Professor Dumbledore and just start a club," she added knowing Professor Dumbledore would most likely have more important things on his mind than students learning some basic skills. They did have that Tournament to deal with.