the potter twins watch the movies (on hold for the foreseeable future) :(

chapter twenty

Pomona Sprout: Morning, everyone. Good morning, everyone

Class: Good morning, Professor Sprout.

Pomona Sprout: Welcome to Greenhouse Three, second years. Now, gather around, everyone. Today, we're going to re-pot Mandrakes. Who here can tell me the properties of the Mandrake root? [Hermione and Kat both put their hands up] Yes, Miss Granger?" 

Hermione: Mandrake, or Mandragora, is used to return those who have been Petrified to their original state. It's also quite dangerous. The Mandrake's cry is fatal to anyone who hears it.

Pomona Sprout: Excellent. 10 points to Gryffindor.

Katarina:  but because the Mandrakes are still only seedlings, their cries won't kill us yet, but they could knock us out for several hours

Pomona Sprout: correct miss potter, which is why I've given each of you a pair of earmuffs for auditory protection. So could you please put them on right away? Quickly. Flaps tight down, and watch me closely. You grasp your mandrake firmly...you pull it sharply up out of the pot...

Everyone winces, some covering their ears at the high-pitched squeal cry.

"i could have gone my whole life not hearing that at full volume" Camilla mumbles to kat making people nod in agreement

"i think i would prefer nails on a chalkboard to hearing that again" Kat mumbles back 

Pomona Sprout: Got it? And...now you dunk it down into the other pot...and pour a little sprinkling of soil to keep him warm. [The seedling continues to cry, Neville fainting as Kat looks at him in worry.] Longbottom's been neglecting his earmuffs.

Seamus: No, ma'am, he's just fainted.

Pomona Sprout: Yes, well, just leave him there. Right, on we go. Plenty of pots to go around. Grasp your Mandrake...and pull it up! [The class all pulls out their individual Mandrakes, Draco tickling the chin of his, before it bites his finger, making him glare at it before slamming it down into the pot while Katarina sees and laughs at him making him switch his glare to her. The hallway is then shown, three students seeing Sir Nicholas.] 

Student: There's Nearly Headless Nick.

Nearly Headless Nick: Hello, Percy. Miss Clearwater.

Percy: Hello, Sir Nicholas.[The Great Hall is filled with children eating and studying, Ron using Spell-o-tape to try and fix his wand.] 

Ron: Say it. I'm doomed.

Harry and Katarina: You're doomed. 

Colin: Hi, Harry! Hi, Katarina! [A boy takes a picture, the flash of light blinding the twins for a bit.] I'm Colin Creepy. I'm in Gryffindor too.

Harry and Katarina: Hi, Colin. Nice to meet you.

Dean: Ron, is that your owl? {The quartet look in the direction Dean motioned to, Errol flying with a letter in a red envelope and crashing onto the table, making everyone cringe as Colin takes a picture. The Slytherins laugh at scene.] 

Ron: Bloody bird's a menace. Oh, no.

Seamus: Look, everyone. Weasley's got himself a howler [Laughs are heard through the hall, as Kat glares at Seamus making him gulp and look anywhere but at Kat] 

"you know your terrifying for someone who looks so innocent right?" Harry says to his sister who smile up at him

"of course i know i use it to my every advantage boys think women are weak so i make them think i am right before i kick them in the balls" Kat says with a proud look on her face making those who have in fact been kicked wince and move their hands downwards