Ooooh, Merlin. The Professor was watching him fail already. This was bad. Really bad. He knew about creatures. If his dad and sister could see him now they'd surely be shaking their heads at him. "It seems that way, Sir, but I can handle it." His current tactic might not be working as planned but he was smart. All he had to do was figure out what captures Thierry's attention.

Think, Lukas, think.

Thierry closed his eyes. He may very well take a nap. Yes, a nap right here on the grass sounded nice. Sleeeeeeeeep.

Oh, come on! Lukas breathed out a soft sigh. His kneazle was napping. Now. This wasn't playing out like he had hoped. Turning the ball with the bell inside over in his hand he remembered something. Treats. He had put treats in his pocket. Reaching into his pocket he pulled out the small amount of treats. He broke them each in half and stuck a few pieces through the slots of the toy ball, shaking it to make sure the treats wouldn't fall out easily. The rest of the treats he kept in his closed fist.

"Heyyyyy Thierry, look what I have..." he walked over to the kneazle and knelt down. "Here you go, boy. This is for you." Laying a bit of a treat at the kneazle's paws. Hopefully this would work.

Sniiiiiiiiiff. What was that? Smell good. A treat? Yes, he would like a treat. Good, human giving him treats! Bright icy blue eyes opened up and before the human could blink that treat was gobbled right up. More pleeeeeeease.

It worked! Sort of. Thierry was awake so it was a start. "Want some more? I have more right here. See?" Lukas opened his hand up so Thierry could see and smell the treats he was holding. "You can have them if you follow me. Or... " Pause. Jingles the ball with the bell and treats inside. "If you can get this you can have what's inside." Hopefully that was incentive enough to get him moving. "Come on now..." He rose to his feet, holding the toy down low and jingling it again as he moved towards the obstacle course.

Mooooore treats. Hey, hey, come back here little human. Where was he going with those treats. Could smell them. Treats were yummy. Wanted more. Follow the human for treats. Yes, yes can do that. First must stretccccccch his paws and yawwwwwwn. One his paws he moved after the treats!

Lukas grinned widely. Thierry was following him! Progress was being made. "That's right. Come get the yummy treats." Jingling the ball in his hand letting Thierry sniff the treats when he got close. "Here we go, Thierry, up the ramp you go." The Ravenclaw jogged alongside the ramp keeping the toy a few inches in front of the kneazle the entire time. "Awesome! This way." Onto to the area where they had to weave around pole things. Yes, he did weave his way through it in front of Thierry praising the kneazle the entire time. Seesaw, uhhhhh, alright. He moved to a faster jog alongside the seesaw, they wouldn't fit on it together and he wasn't about to run over it ahead of the kneazle and cause an accident! Luckily Thierry followed those treats really well!

Sniff. Sniff. Yummy. Treats were close. Up this thing, then down. Back and forth following the human with yummies. Want yummies. Upppp seesaw annnnd whoa! it went down!.. leaps off swatting at the toy that human held. Treats still there...

"We're almost there and these are all yours!" Lukas jumped over the low hurdle followed closely by the kneazle. Ummmm... Hoops?! Quickening his jog he ran to the other side of the hoop dangling and jingling the toy through the hoop so Thierry would leap through each one. When they reached the final one, Lukas tossed the toy through the hoop and watched it hit the grass and roll a few feet. "Get it, Thierry!"

Leap, leap, leeeeeap! Tired. No mo- What happened?! His treeeeats! Right through that hoop he went darting after that toy and batting it around with his paw when he reached it. Picking it up in his mouth. The prize was hiss.

They did it! Well Thierry did it. Whatever. All that mattered was they were done! Grinning brightly, he walked over to his kneazle and scooped him up into his arms. "These are for you. You earned them." He opened his hand offering the few small bits of treats.

He was being lifted. Ooooh! Treeeeats! Yeeeees.