Gwen was the first one there. That never happened. She so easily lost track of time that to be early was an accomplishment. The signs had led her to a garden where little potatoes were running through the tall grasses. "Hello Professor Thompson," Gwen greeted him.

She wanted to ask what they were doing today, and what the little creatures were. Surely they weren't just animated potatoes. This was care of magical creatures, not care of charmed vegetables. But she figured that she would wait a few minutes for the rest of the class to arrive, and all would be explained then.

Er- Kyroh was lost. Class was suppose to be outside yeah? Trekking along outside the first year looked around a bit. He had to be going the right way because....well...where else would he go? As he reached the barnyard Kyroh stopped, looked around and started off toward the back of it.

THEEERE he was!

"Hi Professor, Sir!" The first year greeted grinning. Nope. He did not know your name Professor, and he was not about to have another mistake like when called Culloden Cupboardbin, so you would just be SIR. Taking a seat on the grass he tried to peak over to see what exactly was behind the fence.

Sophie wasn't particularly wild about magical creatures, but she was taking the class this term anyway out of obligation. She felt obligated to take the class of the professor who let her swim in his swimming pool. What kind of rotten kid would she be if she took advantage of his lavish home and didn't even sign up for his class now that she was old enough? This Ravenclaw definitely wanted to be welcomed back next summer, so there she was in a long-sleeved shirt and pants with dragon-hide gloves shoved in her bag, approaching the Barnyard... only to see no one there. Hm.

Well.

She meandered around the back of it out of curiosity and was relieved to see the professor there. Good. She beamed upon seeing him, recalling the fun she and Toby had with him over the summer, and chimed, "Nice to see you again, professor. Glad to finally be taking your class." She wasn't really glad about the subject, but she WAS pretty psyched to have Thompson as a teacher.

And at least it would be an easy O on her OWLs, she figured.

Cris made his way down to the Barnyard for his very first Care of Magical Creatures lesson. As he walked around the barnyard, he noticed Professor Thompson waiting in front of the fenced garden for everyone to arrive.

Glad that he had not gotten his directions mixed up, Cris walked over to the Professor and greeted him with a smile. "Hello Professor Thompson. Isn't it a great day to be outdoors?" Cris asked the Professor but even before the Professor could reply, he noticed movement from the corner of his eye.

Glancing over into the garden, he noticed what looked like potato heads running around. It took him only two seconds for him to realize what he was seeing. Garden gnomes. He was familiar with them, having helped degnome his mother's vegetable garden on many occasions.

"Are those Garden Gnomes, Professor? Will we be working with them today?" Cris turned to ask the Professor.

UGH. Why was it that walking to this class always made Zander so tired? It's not like it was even that far from the castle?? But it always seemed to take his very last breath. So as he passed by his professor he gave a worn out wave and a tired smile. "Hi. BREATHE. Professor. BREATHE How are you?" BREATHE. He lingered around long enough for a response and then walked towards the other early arrivals. Noticing that one boy was already sitting on the grassy area, Zander decided to join in. Thankfully he was a little early and would have plenty of time to catch his breath.

Guess who was early for his favorite subject?

The boy who practically dragged himself out of bed to get here. No way was he missing CoMC for anything. Even if it meant losing a bit more sleep because Jun was just being completely lazy today. Walking onto the barnyard, there were no signs.. Weird. Jun kept walking and noticed the professor standing in front of a gate. And behind that was tall grass and trees. What was this? Another thing like in his defense against the dark arts OWL? Which he still was traumatized over.

"Hello professor," he greeted Thompson and waited for class to start. But Jun could not stop staring at the grass and trees. Still weird.

Ascanius was HYPER FOCUSED because of reasons.

But just because he was in the mood to do a million things and had energy for days didn't mean he was interested in going to class. He was in a rare mood of being productive. Which meant he could be writing music, practicing, looking in his mirror. Literally everything else sounded better then class.

Least it was outside, yeah?

He joined the few of his peers who were already there and remained silent. Class had started, which meant Ascanius probably wouldn't say another word until class was dismissed.

Not even the Professor got acknowledged.

Dylan made his way to the barnyard and noticed the professor standing there, waiting for everyone. Well, he had thought he would get lost trying to find the place but turned out it was quite easy, thankfully. "Morning Professor!" he said with a cheerful smile and wave as he passed him by. He then stood there, playing with the ends of his Hufflepuff scarf as he waited for the lesson to begin. Hehehe. Fun.

This was the lesson she's been looking forward to. Other than potions and charms, this was her next best subject. Spotting the professor, Beverly shot him a shy wave of her hand. "Good day, Professor Thompson," accompanied by timid grin.

Now, what was that behind him? Rising on her toes, Beverly's curious gaze roamed the garden. Did he have an infestation? Did he need help? She just had the best meal, so she was full of energy and ready to go.

Was he late?

Because Hogwarts’ so huge compared to his old school, the panting sound that Ethan made was quite obvious since he ran all the way from the other side to the Barn Yard. Maybe next time he should use his skateboard to get to CoMC class. Oh and also, he had to go back to his dorm to change since it was in the noticeboard that he needed to be in a long-sleeved shirt. Heh. If only someone would teach him to properly transfigure his clothing. He didn’t want to end up wearing a teeny-tiny shirt now, yeah? Getting embarrassed during his first few days in school wasn’t exactly his idea, so the safest route was to take a second trip back to his dorm, change and get back to the back of the Barnyard.

Anyway, Ethan looked ahead as soon as he realized that he was actually early for class. Hu-zah. He joined the others and greeted the man, who is their professor. “Good day, sir.” Smiles for you adult person, because today is going to be a great day

Care of Magical Creatures was always a fun class, because it involved awesome animals and activities. So of course Lux was rather excited as she made her way over to where the lesson was being held.

Glancing around her, she knew right away what this lesson was about. This could be interesting, she supposed. "Hello, Professor Thompson. How are you today?" After sending him a smile, she noticed both Cris and Dylan were there as well. "Hey, guys!" Now where was Bay? Lux hoped that her boyfriend would arrive soon.

Jasmine was looking forward to her first Care of Magical Creatures class at Hogwarts. She was curious to see what animals they would be working with and how this class differed from the one at her old school. Arriving at the barnyard Jasmine saw the professor and went over to greet him. "Hello Professor Thompson. My name is Jasmine Guidry. I just transferred here from Beauxbatons and I'm excited to be in your class."

Moving on, Jasmine noticed that both Cris and Lux had already arrived. Walking over to them, she cheerfully said, "Hello there". Glad to have found her friends, Jasmine waited for class to begin.

Kate was a bit bewildered when she came to this class. Magical creatures… like what? Surely there couldn't be a whole lot of magical creatures for them to study. Muggles would've noticed, right? But still, she was curious. Hopefully magical creatures didn't just mean cats. She would leave if it meant cats.

She glanced around at the other students and noticed a couple of students were sitting down, Kate walked over and sat next to them. Well, it's better than sitting in desks. Maybe they'd get to do something fun. Kate smiled to herself and propped her elbows up on her knees while she waited for class to start.

Cris was glad when more students began showing up. He waved hello to Lux,"Hey Lux, where's Bay," he whispered to her when she got closer even as he looked around for his Gryffindor friend.

Then he saw Jasmine and all thoughts of where Bay was were temporarily overshadowed. "Hi Jasmine," he whispered when she came over to stand next to him. The day was definitely starting out well, he thought to himself as he smiled at Jasmine.

Josie made her way around the back of the Barnyard when she had seen Professor Thompson, so it had sort of made sense to the twelve year old; to the head to back of the Barnyard. Also because everyone else had been doing so, so it only made more sense to follow everyone else's lead. Right? Right.

As she neared the Professor, she gave a polite wave which was followed by a shaky, "G-Good m-morning Professor.." The brunette cleared her throat before giving another small smile, then hastily turned on her heels to go and find a seat of some sort as she waited for the lesson to begin.

...Actually, didn't look like there were any seats at all to sit upon..

Come to think of it, it was quite alright, Josie didn't mind standing. Especially since she wasn't an old decaying old person like last term. NOT. FUN. So simply standing without any aching bones, was a great thing! As she stood there waiting for the lesson to begin, she'd caught sight of some familiar faces including Sophie (of course) & that boy she'd met on the train & again at the tree house last term, what was it..OH IT WAS DYLAN! RIGHT! He was nice, from what she remembered of course. She would've waved, but she was figured that he wouldn't remember her anyway, so her hands remained clasped together in front of her tiny body.

Brrrrrr, it was chilly.

Theo didn't like it, hence having a face like a kicked kitten.

But he was here at least, so the professor should be glad about that. With his arms folded tightly across his chest, Theo made his way to where the professor was stood and had a little peek at what was over the fence. Grass and trees. Yay. "Morning, sir."

Angel walked into the classroom, she was wanting to see what magical creatures there were, being a non-magical kid she had never seen them before and surely if there were loads they would have seen them, like dinosaurs she knew they were extinct but were tall and amazing when they roamed the earth.

"Hi Professor." Angel smiled, now if only her sister Aubrey was here they could confused the poor Professor. And now she came to think about it she hadn't seen her sister Abby for ages, she would have to catch up with her later.

Olly was here too.

The professor got a nod in greeting. After a quick glance around Olly had to realize that no one interesting was there yet. Maybe Ascanius. But he wasn't interesting enough for her to walk over to where he was standing. Instead, she just remained standing where she was. He got a nod too, though.

Grass. Huh. It didn't look like there was anything else there.

Walking excitedly towards the yarn Nick was so happy there was a jump in his walking. He just wanted to get started with something. As he entered the fenced area he saw the professor standing. It was Nick's ever first class for the year and he was really happy to be here.

He looked around the garden taking in the tall grasses and the trees and the smell of dump mud. Everything was so amazing. As he was looking at the beautiful trees and the scenery his eyes wide open at what he just saw. Rubbing he eyes he looked again and there was nothing, but he knew there definitely was something. Then there was another hop from something looking like a potato or what he thought looked like a potato. He knew then maybe that is something they were going to learn about in today’s class. Trying to get his attention in class he glanced at the professor and greeting him “Hello Professor. I’m the new Gryffindor. Nick Tatum” then he realized why would he say something like I’m new wasn’t that obvious?

His school bag hung over his shoulders as he made his way to the first Creatures lesson of the term. He followed the signs and as he arrived at his destination he looked around to see who else was here as well. Mweh, no one that he knew. Oh wait, the only person he did 'know' was Bart and he had left him!

He pretended like he didn't see the Professor and ignored him. Instead, his gaze was towards the tall grass as he had just seen something pop up from it. What had that been?

Leah was excited. No one was visible at the barnyard, meaning that she was the first to arrive at class, yeah! She ran down towards the spot, ready to congratulate herself on her victory(?) when she heard voices coming from the back. Meh, she was not first after all.

A bit disappointed, the second year walked to the back of the barnyard and greeted, "Hello professor." and made sure that he noticed the long-sleeve tops she was wearing, along with her leggings. She really paid attention to the notice. Then Leah bounced to her honorary sister Angel and stopped right in front of her. "Hi hi, Angel. How're ya doing?"

Jasmine's smile got brighter when she saw Cris. For some reason, he just seemed to have that effect on her. Careful to keep her voice down, Jasmine addressed Cris and Lux. "Any idea what we might be doing today? I'm ready to get started." Jasmine scanned the area looking for Bay. In the world of Baylux it was rare for her to see one without the other.

Nigel was humming some songs to to him were guilty pleasures. He did not really care at this point. Might as well have some fun before he makes his way to class. But no dancing. That was saved for the common room and dorm room. Maybe the prefect's bathroom. But that was it.

Ah, there was Professor Facial Hair 2.0. He would not come up with anything better. So..yeah. Even taking his time getting here. It was pretty easy to see something move through the grass. Potato.....Please not garden gnomes. Other than chucking them out of orbit. They were not fun.

"Hey. Professor Thompson. Visit any good joke shops recently?"

Awesome. Donny skipped down to class while humming to himself. Could you tell he was excited?? Outside classes were the best. Would they be gardening? Because that didn't sound exciting, not at all.
The things looked like potatoes, but Donny doubted that's what they would taste like. He hadn't ever seen potatoes run around either. Donny shrugged, maybe it wouldn't be gardening-related after all.

Oh, right. Professor. Donnacha skipped over and beamed up at the man. "Hiya, professor.......!" What was his name again? Professor Professor would do for now.