They met up the next evening to discuss scenes and various planning problems. Hermione had already approached The Daily Prophet with a business plan outlining their idea and the money that they hoped to raise, and was now eagerly awaiting confirmation of their sponsorship. Now all that was left to do was get the recruits organised.
"Ok, so does everyone agree that Professor Sprout's scene should be in the garden?" Hermione asked, to which there were general murmurs of consent.
"Don't tell me someone's grown a U-shaped marrow?" asked Madam Rolanda Hooch innocently enough from her corner, until everyone turned to face her, then she raised her eyebrows suggestively and aimed her gaze at the Herbology professor's thighs.
"Wha-oh." Hermione blushed. "Well...I mean...of course there are other...things." she finished lamely. Ginny Weasley chuckled at Hermione's embarrassment.
"And besides," Pomona Sprout interjected. "Do you expect me to stand in the garden showing off my bush for all the students to see?"
At this, Ginny openly guffawed, and Hermione spluttered.
"For goodness' sake!" Ginny piped up, saving her friend from further blushes. "Are we or are we not in the Room of Requirement?"
At her voice, the room transformed into a perfect replica of the Hogwarts garden.
"Great!" Hermione clapped her hands together. "Come on then!"
Professor Sprout reluctantly got to her feet. "Are we shooting now?"
"No," Hermione said. "We're waiting for the sponsorship from The Prophet to be finalised before we hire the camera and things. Think of it as a practice run."
Professor Sprout rolled her eyes, but nevertheless went to sit on a small patch of grass next to a variety of plants and vegetables.
"Clothes?" Hermione interjected.
"It's a practice!" Sprout huffed. "And I've had plenty of practice taking my clothes off, thank you."
Another round of laughter spread throughout the room.
"Fine, alright. We'll just place objects in front of where they should be if you were naked, then."
While Hermione had the intellect and organisational skills to pull the idea off, she lacked the creativity and dramatic flair needed to make the scenes stand out. This was left to Ginny and – against Hermione's better judgement – the mischievous Madam Hooch. They set to work, the rest of the room marvelling at how easily the two worked together; only a glint from one pair of eyes to another, or a twitch of the mouth from one, was needed for them to understand each other's thoughts.
"There." They both said proudly as they stepped back. No one in the room could suppress a grin.
"Perfect." Hermione stated. Minerva McGonagall, standing at the edge of the scene, bent down to pick up an object that had apparently been overlooked by the two would-be artists.
"And the carrot?" she inquired drily, holding the long orange vegetable upright and quirking an eyebrow. After a startled succession of blinking from the occupants of the room, they all dissolved in peals of laughter once more.
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