After lunch, the Golden Trio headed to Herbology. They ran into Neville who gushed excitedly about the extra-credit points he had earned the other day. They gathered around a set of plants. Professor Sprout asked who could identify which plants. After Ron and Harry identified two that were used in polyjuice potion, they stood back and listened to Neville and Hermione take turns identifying each plant and giving a mini lecture on its properties. Ron grinned and pulled out a piece of parchment.
Ten Things To Do when Bored in Herbology
1. Plan a party for Neville since he earns back House Points Fred and George loose.
2. Ask Sprout if she has a plant she's named Mary Jane.
3. Think about what you want to eat for dinner.
4. Sneak in something from lunch and eat it for a second lunch.
He passed the note to Harry who snickered. "Wow, what would your list be without food?"
"Lunch wasn't filling at ALL!" Ron protested. Harry shook his head thinking about the two plates of food Ron had inhaled fifteen minutes earlier and continued with the list.
5. Tickle the Venus fly-trap when it gets close to Malfoy's hair.
6. Count how many times Sprout suggests to Neville that he should be the next herbology professor.
7. Mimick the sounds of mandrake plants to freak Sprout out
He passed the note to Ron who turned purple trying not to laugh. Ron took over writing the list.
9. Sleep.
10. Mud fight!
"Well, maybe I'll ask Ginny." Justin said to his friend as they potted plants. Ron nearly dropped his plant.
"Ginny? Going out with a HUFFLEPUFF?" Ron gasped. Justin glared at him and threw a handful of soil at Ron.
"Harry, get this wet!" Harry conjured some water with his wand and soaked the bag of fresh soil. Ron grabbed two handfuls and wrestled Justin to the floor.
"HARRY!" Hermione shrieked. Ron slapped some mud in her bouncing curls before she started screaming at him.
"You guys! YOU GUYS!" Neville yelled. "You're going to knock over the plants!" He got a handful of mud in his face.
"HUFFELPUFF! GRYFFINDOR!" Professor Sprout yelled. "Ten points from each house!" Everyone groaned. "Now clean up the floors - NO MAGIC!" Neville succesfully re-potted the plants while his classmates begrudgingly were on their hands and knees cleaning the mud off the floor and themselves.
Herbology was interesting indeed.
