Second Years, Lesson One

The fact that Herbology was in the second half of the year for her this year had upset Prim greatly when she’d realised, since it was one of the only classes she even cared about at all. She eagerly grabbed a pair of earmuffs when she made her way into the greenhouse and she looked around at the cute decorations with a large smile on her face. She loved being in Professor Carter’s greenhouses, she considered him the best professor in her opinion. She settled quickly into her space, paying close attention as the professor talked about what they would be doing this lesson, mostly dealing with mandrakes this year. She loved those ugly little beggars. She raised her hand immediately when he asked what they were and she was excited when he called upon her. "A mandrake is an ugly plant that you can chop up and use in potions." She had to emphasise they were ugly, even if she found them interesting, because it was one of the most identifiable things about them. They looked like ugly babies. She couldn’t believe they would actually get to handle mandrakes this year, and quickly readjusted her earmuffs. She didn’t think she would need them for this lesson but they were probably theirs to keep. She definitely wouldn’t be forgetting them for this year, no way. She didn’t want to be the one to pass out - or die! - this year. With a soft smile, she gathered her things as class was dismissed, already looking forward to the more hands-on work next time.​

Jonah took a pair of earmuffs and shuffled into the Greenhouse, looking across his classmates and trying to decide where he wanted to sit. After seeing where @Elijah Edogawa ended up sitting, he decided to shuffle towards him and sit on his side which would be farther from the professor. Herbology, as a subject, wasn't something he minded. But he didn't particularly like the Herbology professor so he'd never really been keen to attend the class. As the lecture continued, Jonah tried his best to jot down notes on a piece of parchment - in Japanese, because he's given up on writing them in English. He wasn't looking forward to dealing with the plants that looked like a creepy baby either. This was going to be a long semester.​

The earmuffs as they walked into the room was pretty telling of what plant they would be working with this semester, but he knew anyway, because he'd heard it from Sayuri. He wasn't surprised, it was a risky plant to work with, which took them well into their later years learning, but it was one of the easiest too, as keeping safe from it was fairly simple and even at the ages the plants were likely to be, he doubted they'd be mature enough to actually kill someone, at least that was what he was counting on. He took a seat away from everyone else, having decided earlier in the week he would be avoiding any and all friends for the foreseeable future because he hated the grades he'd gotten last semester. How as he supposed to prove himself with E grades? He wasn't on the Quidditch team - he simply couldn't risk it. When Jonah sat next to him though, he smiled at him, glad that he'd chosen to sit with him. He might be fobbing off everyone else, but he could never, and would never wish his brother to leave him alone, and actually if he was sitting with Eli, perhaps that meant he didn't hate him as much as Eli initial thought he did? Soon the class wrapped up, and he made a mental note to keep his earmuffs handy, and also make sure Jonah remembered his too, so he didn't have to seek his brother out in the hospital wing.​

Eurydice stared at the earmuffs held between her two fingers in disgust. She didn't know whose ears these have been on so, she set them on the table and refused to touch them again. She was not at all fond of Herbology, which meant she was not at all fond of the professor, and she was especially not fond of the idea of taking care of ugly plants. Especially one's whose cry could be fatal. While she liked some horror movies and the like, the mutated baby was very much unpleasant to look at. And they were dealing with that for the whole semester? Wonderful. When the professor dismissed them, she left immediately, leaving the earmuffs on the table. She was just going to have to ask her brother to get her some earmuffs.​

Herbology was one of those subjects that Eoghan thought bridged the gap between the magical and muggle world. There was necessarily anything magical about tending to plants, but their uses were certainly interesting, especially when it came to making potions. The Ravenclaw cared less however for the actual growing of the plants, and would have preferred to just see more of their uses. He made some notes as the professor told them about an ugly plant they'd be learning about this year, although he wasn't sure how fun it was going to be if they had to look at that for every lesson. It reminded him of someone, but he couldn't exactly pinpoint whom. At the end of the lesson he packed up his things and headed out the greenhouse after Lili, glad once again they got to share their lessons together. It would be strange next year if they had a different schedule. ​