The Headmaster entered his classroom and made his way to the front of the class.

"I apologize for my delay students...I've been somewhat...occupied."

He gave a heavy sigh thinking about what had just happened in his office and the note he left for the Staff to read in the Staff room.

"Now...I would like to begin as soon as possible. We have lots to cover."

He settled down at his desk and shuffled a few stacks of parchment around before turning to to board and passing his wand in front of it.

Blackboard

"Over the summer holidays I was fortunate enough to catch wind of a very amazing discovery, made by Muggles no less. It seems that on one of their deep sea explorations off the coast of Sri Lanka, in the Bay of Bengal, uncovered several magical creatures. I, of course, set off immediately to intercept their findings and retrieve them before the Muggle scientists could uncover their true nature. Unfortunatly, I was too late and none of the specimens survived. I was able to place a few memory charms on some of unsuspecting scientists and take their findings.

Quite frankly, I am amazed that they were able to aquire this first specimen," he said pointing at the board.

"Now, does anyone know what this creature is?"