"Standing Here Naked" came on the radio as I was writing this and my brain went literally directly to "Connor is Standing Here Naked" as soon as I realized which song it was XD

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"Okay class, today we're visiting the school garden. As many of you probably know, Everston has many facilities to accommodate for all types of magic and special powers. However, unless you're special ability or interest has to do with many of the facilities, you're not likely to know about them." Mister Foley explained while glancing at Ivy. The girl with the flower crown had almost literally lit up at the first mention of the garden.

"You seem excited," Melissa commented knowingly. Ivy had an elated look on her face.

"Are you kidding?! The school garden is like, my favorite place in the entire school! I love that we get to visit it in class!" She exclaimed.

Melissa rolled her eyes. "Well now ill know where to find you when you mysteriously disappear twice a week."

Mister Foley ushered the class up and out into the hallway.

"G-guess you'll be in y-your e-element, huh I-Ivy?" Chase questioned with a hint of hesitation.

Ivy nodded as she skipped along. "Mhm!" Her eyes widened and she spun on Quinston. "No using either of your powers near my plants! I don't want to see any leaf crisped or frosted!"

The boy's green eyes widened and he raised his hands in a mock surrender. "No plant-harming intended, m'lady," he promised.

Ivy nodded approvingly. "Just making sure."

Mister Foley led the class out the front doors, then went around the side of the school to the back. They went under an arch made out of a bush, and they were suddenly transported to an alternate universe.

The sun shone brightly on the open planters. Butterflies and bees buzzed and fluttered about, making a few students freak out and dance as they dodged the black-and-yellow pollinators. There was a grid of planters about four-by-four feet each, with all sorts of colorful plants growing. Some had vegetables like tomatoes, cucumbers, and lettuce, while others had rose bushes and tulips, hydrangeas and dahlias. Along the edges of the secluded area surrounded by shrubbery and a few planted in pots were medium-sized trees, a few with fruit like apples or cherries or lemons dangling from the branches.

Ivy was grinning like an idiot. "Welcome to the Everston gardens!" She announced for Mister Foley. He frowned but let it pass as the rest of the class gasped in awe.

"This place is awesome!" LuLu exclaimed. Jin said something excitedly in Korean and started bouncing between the planters. Ivy waved to her friends.

"I can give you guys the grand tour! C'mon!" She grabbed Melissa's hand and pulled the laughing bluenette along. Chase and Quinston followed. As they passed by the dinosaur Magiclica, Ivy paused before smiling at Kaya and grabbing her hand too. Kaya was surprised and she made a sound of protest, but Ivy dragged her into her "grand tour" as well. The boys shared a confused look, but said nothing.

Ivy started pointing out signs and marking on the large grow beds. She basically knew this place by heart, as she spent a lot of her lunches here before Mel came and befriended her. Many of the beds were from students with similar powers as the purple-haired girl; or maybe just had an interest in gardening; from previous years, as there weren't many students that had those traits this year. Ivy cared for all the plants when they needed it.

"These plants are my babies," she had said in a dead serious tone when Quinston asked about it.

Kaya giggled. "Like my fanfics!" She and Ivy high-fived. Melissa looked puzzled while Quinston immediately started blushing.

Ivy led them over to a planter in the far corner. "And this," she did a wide wave over the plants as she stepped out of the way to give a clear view. "Is my garden."

For a small area, it was like a miniature paradise. The leaves seemed to be almost a radioactive green, they where so vibrant. The flowers almost seemed to glow their red, oranges, pinks, purples, whites, blacks, and blues. There was a wooden arch with morning glory winding around it, completely covering it in slender, heart-shaped leaves and flowers of purple rings. There were curved poles with hooks on the end, and hanging from those were baskets with draped wisteria and fuchsia hanging just below head level. There was also a small tree growing in the center, with strings of fake flowers connecting it's branches to the hanging planters.

"You've got quite (or Qute?) the green thumb, m'lady." Quinston remarked while everyone looked impressed.

Meanwhile Ivy's expression was one of sheer horror.

"NO! This cannot be happening! My poor plants!" She bawled and started swiftly looking between all sorts of leaves.

Melissa glanced at Kaya in confusion. Ivy had one fist curled at her side while she made a upward motion with her other hand, and immediately plants started growing upwards. The problem was revealed as Kaya made a gagging sound.

Dozens of slugs were all over the plants. Munching on the leaves, sliding up or down the stems. Ivy looked furious.

"How dare they! No slugs are going to ruin my garden!" She threatened.

Melissa frowned. "Quinston, couldn't you like, crisp them with your fire power, or freeze them with your ice power-"

"I would, except that Ivy told me specifically not to do that, and although you were dealing with the Spero at the time, I saw her mad and I'd really not rather have that fury turned completely towards me." Quinston interrupted, getting a laugh out of everyone.

"Good call, Q!" Ivy called. "I know what we need," she decided firmly.

"W-what's up?" Chase questioned with a tilt of his head.

Ivy had a glint in her eye. "We need salt."

"Okay listen up everyone!" The girl with the flower crown looked like a ferocious military officer as she marched up and down the row of her fellow classmates.

While she was freaking out and acting like this was an FBI mission, Quinston and Melissa had actually gone to Mister Foley to ask if their plan was okay. He decided that since he honestly didn't have much else planned other than coming here to the garden, that this worked as a good team-building exercise for the class (and it made the gardening crew's work a little easier.)

Ivy pointed to the boxes of salt that were in the edge of one of the grow beds that Mister Foley had warped to the kitchen to borrow. "In all these planters around you, full of exquisite nature, are evil menaces that destroy, just out of sight!"

"Do you think she's taking this just a bit too far?" Kaya whispered to Melissa.

The sound manipulation Magiclica tilted her head from side to side. "It's honestly debatable. This is Ivy we're talking about." Kaya couldn't deny it as Ivy continued her speech.

"This enemy, slugs, are vulnerable to salt. We're going to go through all the planters around here, and salt any and every icky, slimy, flower-destroying slug we find!"

Onii whined. "But what did the slugs ever do to you? Aren't they kind of cute?" She asked. All eyes turned to look at her. The Aussie rolled her eyes. "Yeesh, just kidding."

With that, everyone got to work. Jin used his special power to fly over the planters and sprinkle handfuls of salt. Everyone else had a handful of the rock substance and if they found a slug, they would sprinkle it with a pinch of salt and leave it without a second thought. Ivy was checking on each planter, making sure there wasn't so much salt that it was going to affect the actual health of the plants any more than the slugs had been.

All was well and done as the class finished up. Mister Foley gathered everyone at the entrance to the garden.

"Well class, I hope that everyone has learned something today. Whether it be the location of the school garden whenever you're in need of a place to enjoy nature, or that there is always a balance between life." The lunch bell was going to be ringing any minute now.

Ivy felt something on her leg. She looked down, thinking it was a leaf, but then screeched.

"GET IT OFF GET IT OFF GET IT OFF!"

She nearly toppled her friends as she jumped and tried to get the rather large, ugly brown slug off of her bare leg.

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I don't think the Aussie girl's name is Onii?? I think that's the school officer's name, who I'm pretty sure is her mom. But I can't find her name, and I only know Onii from a couple of the stream hashtags and I'm very confused. Basically the Australian Magiclica girl with the blue/purple hair? Or am I really REALLY confused?

SHE WAS IN THE "DO U KNOW DA WAE" SHORT. THERE. SKXLALCLSKCKSKCKDKDK

Auf weidersehen!
-Becca!