Greenhouse 'Mischief' (Tag;; Open)

[severus]

Severus was sitting inside the fourth greenhouse, hiding behind a shelf full of plants in order to escape the sights of an unruly Gryffindor who, as it turned out, didn’t like to be called an idiot in front of a batch of his peers. It wasn’t Severus’ fault the boy didn’t know what he was talking about and could be called on his stupidity quite easily. If the guy had really wanted to avoid looking like a fool, he shouldn’t have been going on about something he knew nothing about in the first place. That was the best way to avoid humiliation.

The half blood prince had a knack for getting into trouble.

Luckily, the Gryffindor appeared to have given up the chase before too long, allowing Severus to shift out from his hiding spot. Sighing, he decided to linger within the greenhouse for a while, just in case things weren’t as safe as they seemed and the Gryffindor was hiding just outside the door or something. Severus wouldn’t be surprised if he wandered out seconds before the boy would have thought to give up and leave. That was just the Snape way.

Running a hand through his characteristically greasy hair, the potions prodigy looked around the glass lined box that served as the home for many student-raised plants. Merlin, did he hate herbology.

The only good thing about plants was their chemical properties when it came to making potions. Aside from what brew they could help create, they were of no value to Severus. He wasn’t one who believed plants needed to be treated with kindness or trees needed to be hugged every now and again. They were mindless weeds only a step up from dirt and they didn’t have feelings no matter how gently you watered them or encouraged them to grow. How people found pleasure in tending to them was also beyond him. It was work. Tedious, mind-numbing work that Mother Nature could handle well enough on her own without the assistance of stupid humans. Honestly, there was no point. He hated it. So what if a spell could make a stupid plant grow faster? It was still just a stupid plant. Having a class on the art of wasting time annoyed him.

But, to be fair, Severus didn’t like a plethora of things in the world.

Seeing as he was indeed alone, and it didn’t look like there would be anyone joining him any time soon, the young Slytherin decided to have a bit of fun on his own while he was waiting for safety. He moved over to a group of plants, not quite sure what they were, and smiled faintly. They all had labels on them. Kid’s names. No doubt they were part of a class project. Some were taller than others, and greener too. Maybe they were trying to find the best method for raising the plant.

Chuckled, Severus took out his wand, casting a spell to switch the labels around. He would make sure all the green-thumb students got a shock come their next class meeting.

Once that was done and the novelty lost, Severus moved away from the plants, knocking a pot over just to hear it crash as he started to look around the greenhouse. To be fair, he had never really given the place a good look around. Not even when he had been forced to sit there and listen to the teacher drone on about nothing.

Some of the plants hanging from the ceiling weren’t that ugly. And some of the others were fairly nice to smell. Of course, he didn’t know he was inhaling some kind of toxin as he sniffed the various flowers, but he assumed there wouldn’t be anything deadly hovering around on campus.

Then again, the school did have a lot to it that many would consider dangerous.

He sighed, pulling the leaf from a particularly soft plant and rubbing it between his fingers idly as he moved on. The place was bigger than he had thought it was. Maybe he had been thinking of one of the other green houses.

[lloydhoratioirving]

He took a guitar case from his trunk and peeked inside it, making sure it was still there and in one piece. Yep! It was perfect. No one had messed with it. That was a good thing, a very good thing. Lloyd like his guitar, and he didn't want anyone doing anything to it. Leaving the Common Room, and the case behind, he just hung the guitar over his back from the strap and headed down the stairs.

Happily, he waved at a group of his fellow housemates. "Hi!" He said brightly, and as usual, they waved right back. Grinning, Lloyd kept on walking. As he headed off, he heard one boy grumbling about Snape being a jerk and deserving to have his head knocked off.

"Why?" Lloyd asked in genuine curiosity "Why're you gonna knock off his head?" and the boy explained that Severus had called him an idiot in front of his friends. Confused, Lloyd shook his head, "That don't mean nothin'. I get called an idiot all the time! Don't bother me none." He announced, "You ain't an idiot. Just 'cause someone calls you an idiot, don't mean you gotta beat 'em up. Just don't let it bother ya. I don't let nothing nobody says 'bout me get to me." but the boy didn't seem to follow Lloyd's sunny outlook so he just shrugged and headed away again.

Out he went into the sunlight and smiled, taking in a deep breath, "Nice day." He muttered and wandered along aimlessly. He took the guitar from his back and tuned it as he walked. He didn't have any destination set in his mind, he was just letting his feet take him where they wanted as he let his mind wander.

He knew he should probably write home to his folks, but he didn't want to do that just now. He'd write to them later, he had plenty of time! Besides, they hadn't written to him yet. He'd given them an owl too so they could write more often. Maybe they just didn't know exactly what to do, being muggles.

He found himself outside the Greenhouses, and figured that it was as good a spot as any to sit and play his guitar. He leaned against one of the walls and strummed it, at the exact moment something broke in one of the buildings. He blinked and looked around, maybe one of the cats around the castle had gotten into the greenhouse and was causing trouble. He'd have to get it out! Peeking his head into the greenhouse he smiled, "Here kitty kitty! C'mon let's-..... you ain't a cat." he said, thinking out loud.

It was that Severus Snape guy. Without letting the smile fall from his face, Lloyd walked in and set his guitar against one of the walls. "I guess you broke uh....whatever it was you broke?" he asked, and just looked around at all the plants. "I never did understand this class too much." He said, "All these plants is just weird." He went on, gingerly poking one, which slapped his hand with its vines. Frowning, he smacked it firmly back and then hopped back out of range. "......I don't like plants like that." He muttered, "I like the ones my mom grows. Much.....nicer. They don't fight you or nothin'."

He smiled at Severus, thinking he must like the plants if he was in here, "You like Herbology or somethin' Severus?" He asked, he called almost everyone by their first name, because he figured if he went by surname, it meant he didn't like them or respect them. "Raine- I mean...the Professor liked Herbology. Maybe it's one of them girl things....you know?" He asked with a smile and a small laugh.

"So....you don't like Herbology? Whatcha doin' in here then?" He asked, "I only came here 'cause....it's where I ended up. Then I heard ya break somethin' and...you know." he shrugged, then wandered back over to his guitar and picked it up, "Just wanted to play this." he announced, heading back over to Severus, he leaned against a wall and went back to tuning the instrument.

[severus]

Severus had to tilt his head at the strange kid who had wandered into the green house. It seemed like he was completely off his head, babbling without even so much as introducing himself properly. It wasn’t like Severus went out of his way to learn the names of Gryffindors, yet apparently he was infamous enough for this boy to know him. Granted, the kid looked vaguely familiar, but that was probably just because he had seen him in passing once or twice. He honestly didn’t have a faint guess as to what he was called, or who he belonged to.

Clearly he seemed like the type who shouldn’t be out without someone on the other end of the leash.

“Professor?” Severus growled, tense just because he was talking to a Gryffindor. Didn’t matter how weird he happened to be, he could still turn out to be a threat. People had acted weirder just to get his guard down in the past, so he wasn’t that interested in taking random chances on the seemingly harmless.

“Which professor? The herbology professor? I imagine liking plants would be in the job description- you’re not making much sense.” What professor was he even talking about? When it came to Hogwarts, there were plenty of teachers around. Too many, in Severus’ humble opinion. No one needed to be taught Charms or Care for Magical Creatures. That kind of crap was easy enough to pick up on one’s own, or not at all if you happened to hate animals.

The boy seemed to be speaking about one teacher in specific, but Severus didn’t know enough of them by their first name to make a guess about it. So he decided not to care and moved on. First, the kid had thought he was there because he liked Herbology, and now he was asking him why he was there if he didn’t like.

Clearly a weird kid.

“I never said I felt anything about it one way or another,” Severus replied lowly, still not that keen on speaking with a Gryffindor, “you’re jumping to conclusions all on your own. All I wanted to do was have some time to myself- you know, away from Gryffindors. So if you’re here to give me a hard time, you can turn around and head right on out again. There are no Professors here right now. No one would know if I decided to use dark magic on you.” He knew he was being threatening without giving the kid much of a chance, but he didn’t want to end up on the wrong end of any spells. If this Gryffindor was just stalling him until his buddies arrived, he was going to be in trouble. He’d had enough trouble. So it was better he nip any potential threats in the bud.

Guess they both had the jumping to conclusions thing down.

“You can find somewhere else to play your stupid guitar, if you’re really looking for a spot for that kind of thing.” Did purebloods know about guitars? Sometimes it was difficult for him to remember what he should and shouldn’t know about certain things while pretending he wasn’t born in a muggle lifestyle.

Such was the life of a Slytherin in hiding.

[lloydhoratioirving]

"Oh uh....Professor Sage." Lloyd said, forgetting for a moment that he wasn't talking to someone who would know who was talking about, he shrugged slightly, "The Runes Professor."

"I was just tryin' to figure out what you were doin' here. Figured if you didn't answer me, you were tryin' to tell me you don't like it without actually saying anything." Boy this guy sure seemed....mean. Oh well, maybe he just didn't know him well enough. "I ain't gonna cause you no trouble." He assured him, "I'm Lloyd by the way. You don't gotta threaten me or nothin'." He told the boy, a little weirded out to be honest, "I know who you are, 'cause ....well.... I see you gettin' a hard time a lot. I don't think it's right but I can't really stop nobody from doin' it. I just won't hurtcha." He promised with a grin.

"You sure do know how to be a jerk." Lloyd grumbled, setting the guitar down again, "Just because you don't music doesn't mean you gotta be mean about it." he was little....offended by his words and was starting to see why everyone picked on him. Still, Lloyd wasn't going to hex him unless he had a perfectly good reason to.

He sat down next to the instrument, deciding not to say anything at all, instead he thought it best to start a letter to his folks. He carried a self inking quill and some parchment with him most of the time, just in case he had to remember something. He leaned over, writing away, the scratching of his quill audible in the silence of the greenhouse. He was obviously concentrating on his work, his face scrunched as he thought hard about what to write. He looked up, so far he'd written 'I met Seaveros Snapee today, he seems like an okay guy, little bit grumpy like old man Wolfe down the street. Ha ha! Maybe he's nice once you get to know him.' as he leaned away holding out his letter to read what he had so far, the wind picked up outside, blowing in through the open door and whipping the parchment from his hand.

"Hey!" He yelped, grabbing for it, but it flew to Severus' feet and stopped there, sighing, Lloyd said "Can I have it back? It ain't done yet."

[severus]

Ah, the Runes professor. He knew very little about her, except that she taught a mildly interesting subject. Not one of his favorites, but he didn’t entirely loathe it, either. He didn’t know if he liked her much or not- it was hard to know with teachers. Most were difficult to read. But he imagined she wasn’t horrible. Only Dumbledore was on his loathed list, and only because the man seemed constantly aware of everything and it was really annoying. He knew everything, but never did anything to help? What an asshole headmaster. In any case, it didn’t make the Runes professor a bad person. “Why would you bring her up?” he asked suddenly, “do you know her or something?”

Severus frowned. This kid seemed a little thick- he didn’t like the way he spoke. The only thing Severus hated more than a prankster was an idiot, and this kid was quickly falling into the latter category. Still, he was claiming not to be one of the former, so maybe it worked out… a little.

At least he wouldn’t end up hurting from the confrontation.

To his surprise, he was starting to feel a little… funny. He really didn’t need anything making it worse. Not that it was bad, mind you. It was just some kind of weird feeling, making his head light and his thoughts somewhat clouded. It was getting a bit more difficult, he found, to look annoyed as he spoke to the other. How weird.

Probably nothing to be concerned about.

“I like music,” he mumbled, doing his best to keep his irritated attitude, regardless of how relaxed he was starting to feel. He had a reputation to uphold… didn’t he? Watching the boy, he didn’t say anything else, not wanting to cross the line and provoke a fight. Even if the kid seemed more strange than hostile, it was never wise to be careless.

Suddenly, a paper was at his feet. With a bit of difficulty, Severus knelt down to pick it up, the movement making him a little dizzy. Stumbling slightly as he got back to his feet, he brought the note up to eye-level, reading it before arching an eyebrow. “You spelled my name wrong,” he said with a faint chuckle, “not even close.” He extended his hand, offering the note back to the boy. Normally, he might have used the minor fault as a reason to get really angry at the perpetrator, but now… now he wasn’t really feeling up to it. Instead, he simply offered a slightly drunken smile.

“S-e-v-e-r-u-s,” he said lowly, “and there’s only one ‘e’ in Snape.” He leaned back against the nearest table, knocking another plant over on accident. It crashed to the floor, the small flower giving an almost human wail as it was crushed under its own pot.

[lloydhoratioirving]

"Yeah." Lloyd said, "We pretty much grew up together. Her brother's my best friend. She doesn't give me special treatment though, so don't worry 'bout that. ....'Course, I don't take her class. Too hard." he exclaimed, obviously not concerned about admitting he couldn't take the professor's class.

"You do? Cool. Well....I might play somethin', I just don't wanna annoy you or nothin'." Lloyd said cheerfully, maybe this guy wasn't so bad after all! He was starting to get through to him, he was cheering up or.... so it seemed. Whatever was going on, Severus seemed to be warming up more and more as time went by.

"I did?" He asked and then laughed, "Sorry, I ain't too good at spelling." that was obvious, but he crossed out his mistakes and wrote it as Severus spelled it out for him. "Thanks." He said and then gasped a bit as he knocked over the plant, which screamed. "Okay.... that was creepy." and he shrugged, "Oh well."

Severus also had a strange smile, kind of like he was tipsy, but Lloyd hadn't seen him drinking, didn't smell any lingering alcohol or any empty bottles and he hadn't been acting like this before. Maybe that was just the way he smiled. Oh well!

"So uh......what's your favorite class?" He asked, "You're real good at potions. I'm....okay. I mean, better than some people, it's a fun class!" He said, "One of the ones I'm actually good at. I like Charms too, and Care of Magical Creatures. I'm muggleborn, so I ain't seen things like hinkypunks and bowtruckles and hippogryphs before! Never seen thestrals neither, but.....I still haven't." He laughed lightly, "I guess it's a good thing. I hear you gotta see someone die before you see them things."

He gave the strings of his guitar a strum and nodded, obviously satisfied at the sound.

[severus]

“I see em,” Severus huffed softly, “the thestrals- I can see them. They’re pretty terrible-looking dudes.” He was feeling so relaxed all of a sudden. Why was that? Eh, it didn’t really matter. As long as he wasn’t angry, he was happy for another feeling. He didn’t think it would be too much of a problem if he had to deal with an unusual sensation. Why would he complain about feeling good? Of course, he didn’t really consider that it had been one of the plants that had made him feel good, and it might only be the first sensation he would be feeling while the toxin was in his system.

Meh.

“I like potions, yes,” he hummed, answering back to what he had said earlier, “it’s my favorite. But the ones in the book are so unrefined… I like to make sure they’re better than that mess.” He wasn’t really sure what he was doing, being so honest, but he couldn’t seem to stop himself. Something had made him feel very… inhibited. Plus, this kid wouldn’t really get him in trouble of anything, would he?

“I don’t like to tell people because sometimes I take potion ingredients without permission to do things like that.” Oh damn, he probably shouldn’t have explained that part. Chuckling, he hopped up onto the table he’d been leaning against, sitting on top of it without a care in the world. Suddenly, he was feeling restless. Like he needed to do something really fun to get away from his itching legs.

“Why do you play that in school?” He asked after a moment, “I thought we weren’t supposed to have muggle things… and anyway, aren’t you worried about getting picked on? Most of the students here don’t like muggle stuff, and I think you’d probably be a target taking that thing around the school with you.”

The Slytherins would target him, that was for sure. But they targeted everybody. Even people in their own house weren’t safe, if they made the wrong move.

[lloydhoratioirving]

"Really?" Lloyd asked in surprise, "You can see 'em? That's pretty neat." Still, he wondered who he'd seen kick the bucket, he didn't want to ask though. That wouldn't be cool, and it'd probably make Severus very very angry.

"Unrefined?" the Gryffindor asked, a little puzzled at first until he remembered what that word meant. "So .... you make 'em better?" He asked with a smile, "That's really cool! My friend Genis loves doing the same thing when he's cooking. He can make anything and it'll taste great! He's in third year, but he's always been real smart. You must be real smart too. You look smart." He added.

"I don't usually play it 'round people, 'cept close friends or anyone who happens to over hear me." He said with a shrug, "People bring muggle posters and books written by muggles. I can have my guitar. I mean, no Professor never told me to send it back home or nothing." Lloyd then laughed, "I get made fun of for a lotta things man! I ain't too good at classes where you gotta do a lot of reading, and I really ain't that..... smart. I figure if they're gonna target me for somethin', it might as well be for somethin' I'm good at."

He got up and wandered closer to the plants, "And my parents don't really too upset if I tell 'em my grades, 'cause they know I'm tryin' as hard as I can. That's all that really matters to 'em." He smiled, "Mom and dad are great! 'Course, I scared the hell out 'em with my magic. Raine had to explain things to them since they didn't really believe it had happened, even though they was right there the whole time."

As he spoke, he inspected the plants at random and stared for a while at one of the plants Severus had smelled. Frowning, Lloyd scratched his head. "Hmmmmmmmm." he hummed for a long drawn out breath, "Somethin' about this plant.... I can't remember....." he scrunched up his face, thinking hard. It was on the tip of his tongue, "I know!" He said brightly, smiling instantly, "Genis told me about something he learned in one of the books he'd taken out from the library this week! It causes a rash if touched bare handed, like poison ivy does! And ....and it's.... it's roots are useful in potions! So is the pollen! And .....and it's...." He frowned, scratching his head again, "It's either really really dangerous or mostly harmless." he chuckled, proud that he'd proved he wasn't stupid, it just took him a while to figure things out.

He smiled over at Severus, "Looks harmless to me." He said, just looking at the various plants, having fun pointing out plants that looked harmless, and ones that looked dangerous. He was right about a couple, but most of the time he was wrong. After a while, he grew bored with it and headed over to Severus.

"Soooo......what now?" He asked, "What do you do for fun?" He was going to suggest they play football, but Severus didn't seem the sporty type. He seemed like the type people used as the ball. But you never knew! If Severus didn't come up with something fun to do, Lloyd would suggest something. He was bored, he wanted to do something besides sit in a boring greenhouse looking at dull and boring plants.

[severus]

Severus watched the other the best he could, but honestly he wasn’t listening to a damn thing the other had to say. It wasn’t that he was bored or disliked having to listen to the kid ramble on, he just couldn’t focus on anything for more than a couple of seconds. He had heard about half a sentence before his mind started to wander again, blocking out the rest. His eyes ventured away from him, scanning the room idly.

There had to be something interesting to look at.

Oh, a pretty little plant. Was that a bug over there? No… just another plant. It was strange how some of them moved, and some of them didn’t. It was like some had more life in them than others. Oh, there was a pretty little flower over there, and a dangerous one next to it. Better move them apart from one another- was that a bug? Nope. No bugs. Why did he keep thinking he saw bugs? Damn, plants were boring. What was that kid talking about?

He looked at Lloyd again, having completely lost track of where the conversation was heading. It seemed like he was talking about one of the plants, but Severus wasn’t sure what he had said or why it had been something important. He tilted his head thoughtfully to one side, looking far more confused than he probably should have, and offered the boy a puzzled smile. “Who looks harmless?” He asked, considering that was the only thing he had heard.

It didn’t matter- he was so bored.

“I feel kind of light-headed,” he mumbled, though he was way past ‘kind of’. It seemed like he was floating on a cloud at that moment, without a care in the world. Actually, he wondered what it would be like to go flying while he was already feeling like he was flying. Would it make it feel like he was in space? Weird.

Needed to try it.

Lloyd had asked him a question, Severus focusing just long enough to catch it. Fun? What did he do for fun? Boring things, really. Making potions and spells, and getting picked on by other people. Which, really ,wasn’t that fun at all but it was how he seemed to spend his free time. Then there was reading, but he knew he wouldn’t be able to focus on the pages. Anyway, none of those were activities he could do with his new companion. It would be rude to just leave him.

“I don’t really know,” he said, “we could… teach each other some new spells?” And by that, he meant he’d pull out his wand and accidentally light a plant or two on fire. He watched them burn, smiling faintly. In his fog, it looked really cool.

So he lit a couple more on fire, just to see how they looked, too.

[lloydhoratioirving]

"Light headed? That ain't good." Lloyd said softly, "Maybe you should sit down or something. Or.....lie down. Or go to the nurse. She's nice! Little....pushy, but nicer than the nurses at my school." He said with a small laugh.

"Teach each other spells? Uh....okay! I know a couple spells that are fun! I-" and he gasped as Severus lit some things on fire, "Ummmm I don't think that's a good idea." He said and proceeded to put the fires out with water and then stared at Severus, now he'd finally caught on that something was wrong with the boy.

"Starting a fire in a place like this is.....well it's ...a stupid idea." He said, "Come on, I'll .....teach you to fly without a broom! I know a spell for that! But we can't learn it in here." He lied, picking up his guitar with one hand, he put the other on Severus' back and gave him a gentle push toward the exit. They had to get out before things got bad, but little did he know that he'd missed totally dousing the flames and things were still hot and smoldering, all it took was a little time and soon, the fire was starting to build once more, catching onto the next plant and spreading steadily.

Lloyd wasn't sure what to do about Severus, he didn't know him that well and he sure as hell didn't know how he normally acted, but something was wrong. He had to get him to the Hospital Wing one way or another, even if it meant getting chased there or something. He was a good runner and he was certain that since there was something wrong with Severus, he wouldn't be a very good shot.

"If you've got stuff to bring with you, you'd better get it." Lloyd said, "Don't wanna leave it behind and have it stolen. I'll teach you the spell just as soon as we get outta here okay?" He planned on knocking Severus unconscious with a spell and then levitating him to the Hospital Wing. It would work, he just had to wait for the right time, when Severus would never see it coming.

[severus]

“I know the nurse,” Severus huffed, “she’s always treating me for something. I don’t like her very much- she’s always smiling.” He knew she was just eager to comfort him, but he didn’t like her. Maybe a portion of his mind blamed her for all the trouble he went through, he didn’t really know. It was hard to understand much of anything in his current state.

Severus frowned. It was a dorky kind of frown a child might offer when something didn’t go their way. “I don’t want to learn how to fly without a broom,” he huffed, “it’s bad enough doing it on a broom!” He moved away from the boy, unwilling to move any further into the open. He wanted to stay in the green house and watch all the plants burn! He shifted and spun on his heel, wobbling inelegantly as he stumbled back into the green house.

It surprised him, even in his haze, to see how much the fire had spread, especially since he had thought the other boy had put the flames out already. Clearly he hadn’t managed to do as good a job as he first thought. That was good! In Severus’ warped mind it was good, anyway.

How it was good from a normal stand point was anyone’s guess. The Slytherin smiled and moved deeper into the green house, watching as the flames began to catch more easily on the plants, spreading without inhibition. It seemed like some of the plants were far more easy to light on fire than others. One weed looked like it was resisting the fire altogether, standing perfectly safe despite all the flames licking at it from every side. Severus was pretty impressed with that plant, and had to wonder if he had the same kind of fire resistance. However, he seemed just in control of himself, for the moment, not to want to try it out.

Getting a burn didn’t appeal to him, even while he was flying high as a kite.

Blinking, fighting off some spots in his eyes, he turned to look back at the door, wondering why the other kid would want to put the flames out in the first place. They were very pretty, and it didn’t seem like they were doing any harm. Only burning plants, right? That Lloyd kid was totally a party-pooper. First wanting to go to the hospital wing, and then wanting to leave all the fire? What the heck?

Severus coughed softly, the smoke in the room starting to burn at his lungs. Though he was happy to fearless in the fire, his body was reacting to it as anyone in their normal frame of mind would. Being surrounded by all the smoke, and not using any spells to clear it, was not great on his breathing.

Thankfully, none of the burning seemed to be releasing any other toxins to worry about. At least not at that moment.

[lloydhoratioirving]

Lloyd walked outside without Severus in tow, thinking he'd follow him. It was the smart thing to do after all. He got about twenty feet away before he looked back, "Awfully quiet Severus, you thinkin' or something? Genis gets real quiet when he-...........hello?" He broke off and asked, looking all around for the boy.

Where did he go? Frowning, Lloyd decided to look for him and then gasped as he saw smoke pouring from the Greenhouse! "Fire!" He yelped, stating the obvious. He started to run for the castle, to warn everyone but then it hit him. What if Severus was still in there? What if he was hurt? Lloyd couldn't just leave him there! He set down his guitar and then hurried back for the Greenhouse.

He peeked inside and squinted, damn smoke! He couldn't see a thing! He sighed and performed a bubblehead charm, giving him a ready supply of clean air. He then hurried inside. "Severus!" He shouted, his voice echoing inside the charm. He kept his wand aimed at the fire, spraying water on as much of it as he could, but the fire had spread too much by this point to be of much use. The smoke was thick and even with his vision clear of smoke, he still couldn't see very far ahead of himself. This was one of the larger greenhouses, so it took a little longer for him to find Severus.

When he did, he grabbed him by the arm, "Get down!" He shouted, tugging hard and jerking him to the floor. "Come on, we have to get out of here!" He performed a bubblehead charm for the boy, and then tugged his arm again, "Let's go! Follow me. And be careful." He wasn't sure exactly which way he should go, so he knelt there for a moment, trying to see which way the smoke was heading. It was drifting ...... "This way! That's our way out! Come on!" He started off again, glancing back at Severus every now and again.

There was something clearly wrong with the boy, he seemed taken with the fire! Fascinated with it....like he wanted to play with it or spread even more around. "Don't be stupid! That's fire! Fire! As in will burn you if you touch it! Kill you if you're trapped in it! FIRE!" He shouted, clearly mad at this point. He was also frightened, the heat was getting to him and by now, the fire was threatening to engulf everything. Even the creeping vines that had clung the wooden scaffolding had been taken over by the flames.

It broke!

"Look out!" Lloyd shouted, kicking Severus in the side in an attempt to make him move, since he doubted he'd move on his own and then, rolled to the other side. The scaffolding it the floor in a burst of fire and sparks and debris. Lloyd yelped as some of it landed on him and quickly rolled back and forth, and then used his wand and doused himself with water. "Severus! You okay? Come on, lets get out of here!" he got to his feet to look for the boy, hoping he hadn't kicked him out of the frying pan and into the fire. Literally.

[severus]

Severus had been watching the flames, coughing to himself and mostly ignoring the burning sensation in his lungs. He was more interested in seeing how the flames spread, and if they would engulf all the plants. Some had already proven more immune to fire than others, and he wanted to know just how many of them were fire-proof. Thankfully, he didn’t have to use his wand anymore. The flames had already started spreading quickly enough on their own. All he had to do was stand there and watch, smiling dumbly as he tilted his head slightly to one side, then the other in a clearly absorbed kind of way. It was like he had never seen anything like it before, captivated by the way the flames licked everything around it, causing things to blacken and shrink, curl and writhe.

It was all so interesting, so it was very annoying to suddenly find himself not watching any of it anymore. He let out a bit of a yelp as he felt himself yanked to the floor, more aware than he had been for some time in those few seconds between falling and hitting the floor. However, the bog would not be pushed back for long, and soon enough he was feeling calm once more. Far too calm.

“You shouldn’t be so rough with people,” he hummed faintly, “I was just watching the fire…” he coughed and let a little bit of a gasp, struggling to get in the air he needed until the other cast his charm. His lungs felt like they were on fire as well, which was an interesting thought in itself.

For another time- Llyod was speaking to him again.

He wanted to leave. Well, maybe it was a good idea- he was getting bored of the flames, anyway. So he followed after the boy, wondering if he was going to find out something new and interesting in the journey. Something more fun than the Green House.

Then, without warning, he felt a pain in his side, the force knocking him out of the way as some burning wood crashed down nearby. It missed him, thanks to the shove, and the Slytherin rolled, unharmed, until he landed on his stomach. Though he hadn’t been hurt, he still didn’t get up when Lloyd called to him. All the moving around had made him very dizzy, that happy feeling replaced with a very sickening feeling in his stomach. Suddenly, he wasn’t feeling very good at all, and the last thing he wanted to do was try and get to his feet again. He groaned lowly, only verbally responding when Lloyd yelled for him over the roar of the flames.

“I don’t… like this… anymore…” He said faintly, his head spinning. The fire didn’t have to be dancing around like that- it was making everything a blur of red and orange. It felt like he wouldn’t be able to make head or tails of what was going on until the spinning stopped. Unfortunately, that didn’t seem like it would be happening any time soon.

[lloydhoratioirving]

His bubble charm had burst and by now, Lloyd was coughing, his lungs were burning but he knew Severus was probably in worse shape than he was. He pushed himself onto his feet, but st

"Oh man!" Lloyd gasped, "I didn't hurtcha did I?" He hurried over, keeping down low, ready to get the hell out of the way if anything else decided to fall. Severus didn't look hurt, just.....dazed or....or something. "Join the club. I didn't like this from the start." He tugged on Severus' arm, "Get up." he said, but the boy didn't seem like he wanted to move. "......Fine." He said, "Just....just stay still. Okay?" he had to think, his eyes were watering and stinging like hell, and he wanted nothing more than to get out into fresh air and get to the Hospital Wing.

He considered using a blasting spell on the walls, but just before he did it, he remembered how easily glass broke and he didn't want to send shrapnel crashing down on them and cutting them to ribbons. Lloyd looked to Severus and then, gave a firm nod. It was his only option. "I'm going to getcha outta here!" and he pulled one of Severus' arms around his neck and latched his hand firmly around his wrist, then his other arm snaked around the boy's waist. "You don't have you do anything. I gotcha." and he started to walk, half carrying, half dragging Severus toward the exit.

Following the smoke out was easy enough, it was making his way around the fire that was the dangerous part. Everything was ablaze now, breathing had become painful and he could hardly see, his eyes were red and sore and the heat of the flames was actually making his skin feel tighter. They didn't have much time. Finally, after what felt like forever, they emerged from the greenhouse into the safety of the open air.

Lloyd took Severus far away enough from the blaze before his strength gave out and he fell, dropping the lead weight that was the Slytherin. He rolled onto his back, coughing and gasping for air, grateful to be out. He pushed himself on one arm and watched the greenhouse as flames finally took over the entrance. He flopped back down with a groan and coughed some more, feeling like he was going to hack up a lung at any second now.

"Wh-....why....do you .....suppose.....nobody's.....come yet?" He gasped out, his voice hoarse as if he were a chain smoker. "Professors should....be coming.....any moment...." Lloyd reasoned, and then lay still and silent, just breathing in the fresh, clean air.

[severus]

Severus hadn’t really been coherent for much of the fire. After he had fallen over, that had pretty much been it for his mind. He vaguely remembered someone tugging on him, dragging him out of the fire, but for the most part it was a red and orange blur he wasn’t too upset not to remember anyway. Hitting the grass, he remembered. It had felt nice. That was probably where he had passed out completely.

He felt he needed a bit of a nap.

He hadn’t been conscious by the time the professors arrived, so he didn’t know how furious they were about the whole ‘setting a green house on fire’ thing. If not for the fact that they had two students who needed to go to the hospital wings, things might have gotten even more heated, just from their rage. Instead, they just made sure to put the fire out, deal with the growing audience of students around them, and take the two involved in the incident to the hospital wing so they could recover. Maybe the headmaster would be able to deal with who deserved the blame and why.

Really, it was probably the herbology professor who deserved most of the blame, since they had allowed dangerous plants to just sit, unprotected, in the green house. But maybe that was just the opinion of a certain potions master.

Stupid teachers.

(Kind of a crappy wrap up, but I couldn't think of anything else to say until we shift over to the hospital wing. )