New experiences, new friendships! PV Vi

Isabella Bernard stepped into the warm greenhouse, the air thick with the smell of damp earth and growing things. Her boots crunched softly on the gravel floor as she joined the others at their workstations. Today was their first herbology lesson—and they were starting with mandrakes.

She listened carefully to the instructions. Gloves on, mufflers secured tightly over the ears, both hands around the base of the plant, and pull gently but firmly. The most important rule: never remove the mufflers while the mandrake is out of the soil.

Sliding on her gloves, Isabella made sure her mufflers were snug. Around her, classmates were already beginning to pull their mandrakes. Screeches filled the greenhouse, sharp and wild, though thankfully muffled. It was still enough to make her flinch.

Swallowing her nerves, she turned to her own pot. The leaves trembled slightly, as if the mandrake already knew what was coming. Isabella reached down, wrapped her fingers around the base of the plant, and gave a slow, steady pull.

The mandrake erupted from the soil with a piercing scream. Even with her mufflers on, the sound buzzed in her ears. Her arms shook slightly, but she held on. Dirt clung to its tangled roots, and to her gloves but she’d done it. Her first mandrake pull.

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