When the young child (Desiree) grabbed the tiny gnome as he ran past, he VALIANTLY tried to bite her in the finger - only to find that he was thwarted by dragonhide gloves. Ok, Professor-Man, you prepared these kiddos well! The gnome didn't have another chance to try and bite harder before it went flying over the fence.

Meanwhile, it was VERY sweet of the young Hufflepuff (Brandon) to try and reason with the gnomes, but gnomes were not very reasonable creatures. SO the tiny creature in his grasp swung himself a few times, getting momentum before he was able to swing himself up and BAM! Teeny tiny gnome teeth sunk RIGHT into said Hufflepuff's finger. Hehehehehe!

The Gryffindor (Atlas) may have had an excellent idea, shaking the Bertie Botts beans to get the attention of the gnomes. He didn't seem to have much foresight, however, to anticipate that he might get a BIT more attention than he bargained for by doing that. A lot more attention, actually.

Not one, not two, but FIVE little gnomes of various sizes (and one that looked oddly like a squash for some reason) heard the beans. They turned and saw what he was offering, which was WAY better than whatever satisfaction they might get out of irritating the grumpy Potions man. They CHARGED the boy, arms flailing wildly at the promise of CANDY as they ran at him. CANDY CANDY CANDY! GIVE IT HERE!!!!