After feeding his cat back in the boys' dormitory, Theodore had made the long journey from Ravenclaw Tower all of the way to Care of Magical Creatures. He hadn't trekked this far in a long time and by the time he arrived, he was slightly flushed, his breathing a bit heavy. Wiping his forehead with the right sleeve of his robes, Theodore's heart rate only increased at the sight of that... that thing. Blinking a few times, he saw that it was a sphinx. A SPHINX. DURING THE FIRST LESSON OF THE YEAR. His instincts told him to run and hide under his covers, snug with his tabby cat, but his ever-inquisitive mind froze his feet to the ground. Theodore Dumble was here to learn, gosh darn it, and not to be a coward!

His eyes skimming the instructions, he took out his new Care of Magical Creatures notebook and inked in what he needed to.