So, catch a cat. Well, there were plenty of them. All dosed up on catnip. Fantastic.

He plopped himself down on the floor in the middle of the corridor. The thing about wild animals was, they didn't like being disturbed, but more often than not were quite inquisitive. So for the moment he was just going to sit. And let them see if they wanted to head his direction. Then he'd worry about trying to catch it when they were on his side. Sounded simple, right?

Wrong.

Despite his previous experiences finding creatures, the cats didn't actually seem to come near him. Unusual, though it probably had something to do with the sheer volume of catnip and people trying to grab the cats. Shame he didn't have any food with him, as then it'd be easy. Well, he did have some crickets he'd caught for Matilda, but he wasn't sure that'd be the first choice for a cat.

Spying some of the cat nip, he teased some apart and bruised it to release some of whatever it was the cats liked. Then he put that just in front of his crossed legs, and held his hand there loosely. He waited some more, and two of the closest cats stalked towards him. One appeared fairly docile, the other hissing. Spike stayed still as they brushed up against him, watching carefully. He could try grabbing the docile one and running, but then it probably wouldn't be docile any more, and the hissing one would chase him and be all scratchy too. Better to wait.

The docile cat rubbed up against Spike's leg, trying to get to the catnip. This didn't impress the other cat too much, however, who promptly scowled at it. Spike bit his lip. He hadn't exactly planned on being in the middle of a cat fight, over some cat nip, with his fingers right in the way. Hmm.

He pushed the catnip towards the hissing cat, whilst using his hand to caress the more docile one so it wouldn't go after it. For a moment, Spike saw a viciousness in the cat's eyes, and thought it might go for him. Fortunately it didn't, distracted by something else happening in the corridor. Phew. Carefully he lifted the docile cat into his lap, and stroked it awhile to make sure it was happy. To be fair, it looked a bit zoned out. Perhaps a bit too much catnip for one day?

"Time to take you back to class," he said after a few minutes. "And find out what we've got to do next."