Attention Hogwarts

[alt_poppy]

I'm very sorry to report that there has been an incident in the Greenhouse over night. Professor Sprout insists that most of the Mandrakes will be perfectly fine once they've had a chance to re-establish themselves and to heal, which they should do shortly.

It will, regrettably, be some while before we are able to restore those who have been Petrified.

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I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

[alt_sally_anne]

An incident? An INCIDENT?

What do you want to bet it was Alecto Carrow?

Re: I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

[alt_ron]

I heard the pots were all smashed, and the Mandrakes seemed like they'd had a big party and got totally pissed. But maybe that was because they were out of their pots for a while.

I also heard she found a bunch of dead rats and a rooster in the greenhouse. I get how the rats got in, but I'm not sure about the rooster.

[alt_horace]

Most regrettable, Poppy. Most regrettable. Still, I suppose we must be grateful they were not completely destroyed.

I remain, of course, at your disposal when the time comes to prepare the potion.

[alt_poppy]

Thank you, Horace.

I trust there will be no further setbacks, though I confess that I'm concerned by Pomona's inability to say whether this was simply a case of the Mandrakes sowing their wild oats and getting out of hand or whether there might truly have been foul play. We've set some extra protections on that Greenhouse to be safe. Goodness knows, mature Mandrakes could do terrible harm should someone meddle with them: death would be a dire price for foolishness.