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❝ you won't date clover because you're absolutely devoted to hermione ! ❞
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"IS EVERYONE HERE?" barked professor grubbly-plank, once all the students had arrived. there was a small unenthusiastic hum. "right, let's crack on then. who can tell me what these things are called?" she indicated at the large heap of twigs and sticks in front of her.
hermione's hands shot up quickly, and draco did an imitation of her jumping up and down, eager to answer the question. maeve shot him a ginormous glare, and he wavered a little bit, but resumed once pansy parkinson began to cackle with over-exaggerated laughter.
the twigs leapt into the air, revealing themselves to be tiny pixie-like creatures made of wood, with very knobbly arms and legs.
"so, does anyone know the names of these creatures?" the professor asked, sprinkling a handful of what looked like raw brown-rice, and the creatures gobbled it up immediately.
hermione's hand shot up again, and she opened her mouth to speak, but she was cut off by another hand raising in the corner of her eye. it was clover's.
"oh! yes, miss depraysie, is it?" professor grubby-plank nodded to her.
"yes, professor." clover nodded. "they're bowtruckles. they're tree-guardians, and they usually live in trees which contain the wood of which wands can be made out of. like yew, oak, beech, apple, etcetera."
"very good! five points for hufflepuff!"
hermione furrowed her eyebrows, briefly glancing at maeve to see if she was impressed— and she was.
"so, does anybody know what they eat?"
both girl's hands rose quickly again, but this time, hermione didn't give clover a chance to answer instead of her. "woodlice, professor."
"indeed, miss granger. five points for gryffindor. so, whenever you need leaves, or wood from a tree in which a bowtruckle lodges, it is wise to have a gift of woodlice ready to distract or placate it. they may not look dangerous, but if angered they will try to gouge at human eyes with their fingers—"
"—blimey, a bit like hermione, then." ron remarked with a snort, nudging harry.
hermione sent the two boys a fierce glare. "do you have to be so intolerable, ronald?" she sighed, moving over to the other side of the greenhouse to ask the professor a question.
"i think if we could have one shining day together without you two arguing, i would run stark naked through the courtyard." maeve said with a laugh.
"clover would want you to do that for free." levi chortled, making harry and ron laugh aswell.
maeve was not amused, and she crossed her arms. "what?"
