Heirs to Something Greater (d.m)

8: The Cure to Butterflies

A/N: A lot like Adelines POV. Which you can find on @g_afy03 s profile!!! Please enjoy:)

Lunch went by without further delay and I was excited to get to Herbology. I enjoy most plants but the true exciting part is the sentient ones, they've always caught my eye. Professor Sprout was quick with the introductions and then we made right to work. She let us choose groups of three so Adeline, Neville, and I ended up working together.

We were actually working with physical substances so I was having the time of my life. Adeline was not as she dropped a hopping toadstool and had to run after it for a few minutes. She wasn't very talented when it came to plants but she stuck with it and continued to the task.

"You could tighten your grip, you know, they're quite tolerant of being held. Adeline, try holding them upside down and one at a time, it helps calm them," Neville spoke up shyly and I smiled at him. He was extremely kind and I appreciated his words.

"Congrats Longbottom! Ten points to Gryffindor, I couldn't have said it better myself," Professor Sprout smiled down at him proudly before making her way to a student who was struggling.

"You're very good at this Neville! I was just worried about hurting the poor thing," I took the large one that was in the table bucket and lightly shook it upside down until spores poofed into the small sample bottle. The little nuisance writhed in my hand so I took Neville's advice and gripped a little tighter.

"Thank you... you are good as well," Neville shyly smiled and turned back to his work.

"Oof this dumb thing," Adeline scowled as she lunged for the mushroom that escaped her a second time. She caught it midair and held it up to my face in triumph, "Haha I got him good now!"

She lightly shook it as it started wiggling again and I gasped.

"Addy! Quick put it over the glass before-"

A poof of spores sprayed right over Neville and I's face. Adeline laughed slightly before apologizing and offering her robes to help wipe it off. Professor Sprout saw the mess and provided us with washcloths, we were both able to wipe the powder off.

"Longbottom and Bloom, I would recommend not going out in the moonlight tonight as you will attract many leaping toadstools to the area if so much as a smidge of spores are still on your face. Finley, I would recommend you read the textbook more thoroughly before shaking plants in people's faces," Professor Sprout warned before turning over to the next group.

Neville laughed slightly and muttered, "At least mushrooms aren't going to pop out of our noses."

Adeline and I laughed at the small comment and he looked at us with a smile. We seemed to have made a great friend today and I was happy about it. I decided to officially designate Neville to be my plant buddy... inside my head of course, outloud that would have been a weird thing to say.

The class was over before we knew it and I noticed a small textbook in Neville's hand. He saw me peering at it curiously and he pulled it out from underneath his arm, to show me it's cover, "Magical Mediterranean Water-Plants and Their Properties."

"Professor Moody gave it to me after tea... earlier," Neville's head lowered a bit at the thought and I hurt for him.

"That's one of the coolest things I've ever seen, may I take a look at it with you sometime?" I asked with wonderment in my voice and Neville immediately perked up. I was hoping that the topic would distract him from his thoughts, but I truly was curious about the subject. Water creatures and lifeforms were one of my favorite things to study.