Day Six

I went to Dumbledore this morning, and he gave me permission- and some gardening equipment- to transplant any tree on Hogwarts' grounds into a pot for my one true love. Of course, he still thinks it's Draco, but I might as well use his insanity to my advantage. At first I didn't even know what half of the gardening crap was that he gave me, but I found some books on gardening in the library... and I soon found out what they were... It was just my luck that I happened upon Pansy as I was leaving. When she asked me what I was reading, I didn't say anything. I just ran away- and then got yelled at by Madam Pince as I passed her.

Smooth move, Theo.

I went into the Forbidden Forest to find Pansy-flower a tree as lovely as she was, but half of them were dead and the other half old, whithered, and snarly, like my grandma. I saw a few brightly colored trees, but they looked too much like pansies. I saw one wicked-looking tree that was slowing green and dripping this really gooey slime, but when I looked it up in one of the books I'd brought, it turned out that when you touch it, it sends this weird chemical into your body, and it supposedly turns your eyes and hair green. But I don't think that's actually going to happen- I still look exactly the same, and it's been hours.

Besides, green's Pansy's favorite color. So I'll be okay either way.

After a few hours of wandering around, I got lost. Not that it mattered- I just had to find the perfect tree. If I had to sleep on the ground next to a mossy log all night, I would have, because I refused to leave that spooky place until I found a tree. And then I did. Merlin, it was the best tree ever. Yeah, I nearly stepped on it, and I ended up falling into a pile of dirt and leaves when I tried to avoid stepping on it, but the tree was okay.

After I'd transplanted the tree into a pot with my "shovel" and all that other stuff (can't remember what they're called, who even cares?), I realized that I was still lost. Luckily, after a half hour of walking and looking for the path, I found Argus Filch. Actually, he garbbed me by the scruff of my robes and tried to drag me off, but I just picked up my "shovel" and knocked him unconscious. I suppose I could've used my wand, but I was already holding the thing anyway... and it was fun. Then I followed his footprints back to the path, then back to the castle.

I went to Dumbledore's office, and he agreed to let me keep the little tree in his office and take care of it until I gave it to "my one true love"- he's gonna be pissed when he realizes that I'm not gay like he is, but now is all that matters. Now, Pansy, and the tree. And maybe my awesome-looking hair, too.

It's not like it's really going to turn green, right?

-Theo