Ariadne waved at her friends who'd waved to her then turned to the professor with a nod. Apparently, he had everything all set up and ready to go. Her owl ruffled its feathers, and she cast a quick glance at it before realizing it was just getting comfortable. Poor thing probably had no idea why it had been caged and brought to class with her.

Speaking of which...why did they need their pets?

"There's LOTS of potions dealing with animals!" Ariadne said, raising her hand. "Are we brewing the Animal Calming Draught, Mutatio Animalia, or Comantis Bestiarius?! Because all of those would need our animals to be here!" Ariadne usually wasn't so precise with these kinds of answers, but when you grow up with a potions lab in your house, you kind of get an idea of what's out there.