CoMC- Class 1
 

Allie walked to class, and took a seat on the log.
"Hello Professor!" she said. "Its a beautiful day, isnt it?"

Anna strolled out onto the grounds, practically bouncing in excitement. Professor Brooks class was always---ALWAYS---a treat! Anna got along so well with the professor, and she even looked up to her a good deal. She'd been waiting for a while for this class to start.

After admiring the beautiful day, Anna looked over to see a group of wooden logs set up in a semi-circle fashion, with Professor Brooks standing right at the front. Anna flashed a smile in the professor's direction and then took a seat on a log nearby Professor Brooks. "Good day, Professor Brooks," Anna greeted.

At last, the first care of magical creatures lesson. Valentine was exicted for this class most of all. And it seemed as though it took forever for it to come. But now it was. Valentine had a small smiled across her face as she walked over to the semi circle of logs, finding one close to where the teacher stood so she could pay more attention. Close is better than far after all.

Camira walked over to the professor. "Hello, Professor Brooks", she said cheerfully. "How was your summer?" She actually liked this class, as long as there were no kneasles involved. She heard the professor's instructions and walked over to a log and sat down on it. Not the most comfortable thing, but it was better than standing.

"Hello girls!" She smiled at the Gryffindor girls. "It is a beautiful day. I'm sure the creatures we are studying will like it too." She winked and then looked at Anna. "I hope all is well." She said, remembering their last chat.

"And what creatures are we studying today?" Allie asked excitedly.

Ross noticed astrid sitting on a log so he decided that he should walk over and sit beside her. On his way to his seat he waved to professor brooks and shouted "Hey, miss"

Wow, before she knew it the class was filling up. It was exciting to have so many eager students. Sophie continued to wave and say her greeting.

"Oh Ari, I've been meaning to talk to you. We should be expecting a lot of new kittens in say....a week?" She winked.

"I was waiting for someone to ask that. It's always a surprise. I'm giving the slow pokes a few more minutes to arrive before I start." She announced.

This was the first time Sophie taught boys; she looked around to see a few of them, one looking not too impressed. She hoped they'd be as friendly and easy to teach as the girls last year.

Qaz plopped down on a log...not the most graceful of girls. It was a beautiful day to be outside.

Asteira made her way down to the magical creatures class as she couldnt wait.This was pretty much her favorite class and she hoped that she wouldnt screw it up like the others. Which werent her fault, may she add. "Hello Professor." she said with a grin as she waited for some further instructions.

Aris' eyes lit up and she almost squeed happily, "That's great professor! I'll come down and visit her later." she replied winking back. She had been worried about her cat for the longest time, having been too busy to check on her. "I'll also bring down the stuff I got too." she added smiling.

Molly made her way over to the class and quickly found an empty spot on a log as far away from the professor as she could.

"Sounds like a plan!" She said, still very excited to be doing ther birth of the kittens.

"Take a seat...well log. Just a few more minutes. Can anyone guess what we are studying? I'll give you a hint. They will match the grass."

Camira raised her hand. "Could it be a boomslang? The females are green. Or maybe a clabbert?" She had no idea if the animal was green or if it could blend in with whatever.

Anna looked up at Professor Brooks and thought about her question for just a moment. "Matches the grass?" she asked, still thinking. "Frogs? Toads? Turtles? Erm...glumbumbles and clabberts like someone else said?" She shrugged. She really no idea what they were going to be learning about.

Qaz raised her hand and replied, 'A moke is silver-green...that would blend in with grass.'

"Ohhh..ummm...something green." she said. "Is it a frog?"

"Nice try, but it isn't one of those." Sophie said.

She was shocked. Sophie didn't expect someone to actually guess it. "You're correct. 5 points to Slytherin! We will be studying Clabberts." She said.

"Ok I think it is time to start. Before we do, I'd like to know what you have all studied before. Especially the boys, since I didn't teach you last term.

Anna raised her hand. "Professor, my boy---, erm...ex...erm, boyfriend?...anyway...once told me that the boys studied nifflers in class last year. He even got bit by one," Anna said, shaking her head at the memory of hearing what Cale told her. "And, of course, we studied Abraxans and Gnomes with you."

Astrid raised her hand and said, "Ma'am, last term we went over those gorgeous Abraxans. It was amazing. And also those evil, funny little gnomes." she said with a giggle.

Dominic showed no sign of disappointment when was incorrect; he didn't expect to be able to know what creature it was this woman was referring to. Especially cause women like talking in circles, never giving them the full picture.

Clabberts. He heard of those, but didn't they also dwell in trees and she said grass. Ah, there it goes with the circles again.

Before they started though, the Professor asked the boys what they've studied before. Bwaha, that question was amusing. Raising his hand again, he spoke up, noticing there weren't many boys in the class. "This is my first time officially in school, as I transferred, but at home, i never studied from books or anything. It was more just me observing creatures and their behaviors."

"Erm - well, last term some greedy bloke taught us about Nifflers... but then again, I wouldn't really call that teaching.." Clifford trailed off and scratched his chin thoughtfully.

Well, the Gryffindors and Hufflepuffs had learned how to clean stinky cages!

Ross decided that he was going to tell the truth this term so sticking his hand up in the air he said "To be honest miss i did not pay attention in class last year but i will pay attention this year" He said hoping that astrid would not divert his eyes.

"We studied gnomes, and abraxans if I think." said Allie.

Lucas sat on his log excited about his first CoMC class. He was so good at the subject he couldn't wait to get started.

Sophie had meant what had they studied in other years...not last year but that didn't matter now. She shook her hair at the boy's old CoMC professor, they sure had a lot to catch up on. That man was a disgrace.

"So, who can tell me what Clabbert's are?" Sophie asked the class.

Anna raised her hand and said, "The clabbert is a magical creature that lives in trees. It looks like a cross between a monkey and a frog. It's has smooth, hairless, green skin, with webbed hands and feet and long arms. It's head has short horns, and it's mouth is full of razor sharp teeth," she said. She thought some more and then added, "They have large pustules in the middle of their forehead, which turns scarlet and flashes when it senses danger."

Astrid raised her hand and said, "The clabbert is an arboreal creature that resembles a cross between a monkey and a frog. Its smooth skin is mottled green. The Clabbert has short horns and a wide grinning mouth. Its long arms and webbed hands and feet allow it to move gracefully through the trees. On the Clabbert's forehead is a large pustule which flashes red when the Clabbert senses the approach of danger, including Muggles."

"Clabberts are arboreal creatures, Professor." Evangeline answered, after raising her hand in the hand. "They look like a cross between a frog and a monkey, they have mottled green skin, horns and a grinning mouth. Also, they have a large pustule on their foreheads which flashes red when the Clabbert senses the approach of danger, including Muggles."

Ross had remembered reading this in a book some time so he stuck his hand up and tried to remember "Erm.... A Clabbert is an arboreal creature that resembles a cross between a monkey and a frog. Its smooth skin is mottled green, and it has short horns and a wide grinning mouth full of razor sharp teeth. Its long arms and webbed hands and feet allow it to move gracefully through the trees. On the Clabbert's forehead is a large pustule which flashes red when the Clabbert senses danger. " he said "i think thats right professor"

Camira raised her hand. "It is a cross between a monkey and a frog and is partial to trees. They are native to the Southern United States, and feed on lizards and small birds and depend on the pustule in the middle of their forehead to alert them to danger."

"Clabberts are creatures that resemble a cross between a monkey and a frog." said Allie."The Clabbert's has long supple limbs make them ideal for swinging between branches, which likens them to some primates. Their hands and feet are webbed, and their smooth, hairless skin is mottled green, giving them an amphibious appearance. They bear two short horns and have wide, grinning mouths full of sharp teeth. Clabberts are easily distinguished by the large pustule in the center of their foreheads, which turns red and flashes at approaching danger, including Muggles"

"You are very right. 5 points to Hufflepuff."

"Yes, you are also correct Anna. 5 points to Gryffindor." She smiled at Anna's detail.

"You all get 2 points each, for answering just like your fellow students have.'

"Like Anna and a few others have mentioned. The clabberts have a pustule on their forehead. This is a fantastic survival tool. Back in the day, witches and Wizards used to hunt these creatures and use them to sense danger for themselves. What affect do you think this has had on clabberts? Feel free to be creative in your answers. I want to know what you think." Sophie said, looking for creativeness.

Ross thought about it for a second the answered "Does it mean that they have been domesticated at a extent but the ones that are still wild will probably fear all wizards"

Lucas raised his hand. "Well I am sure that the poor dears were doubly scared. I mean not only did they have their own fear of being paraded around to sense someone else's fear. They had to deal with someone else's fear. I'm sure they developed complexes about witches and wizards over the years." he said hoping that was the answer she was looking for.

Camira thought a moment before raising her hand. "I think it could have resulted in domestication, if many of the clabberts were caught. I also think that as a direct result of domestication, if it indeed happened, it might have desensitized the pustule a bit. Domestication makes for a safer environment, after all. I'm also not quite sure how witches and wizards used the clabberts because wouldn't the clabbert only sense what it felt was a danger to itself and not what was a danger to the witch or wizard?" She was actually quite curious about that.

Ella grinned widely at the thought of Clabbert.Her hand raised up in the air, "They are a cross between an amphibian (frog) and a monkey, with a horn. They are described as being hairless, with smooth, mottled green skin, and webbed hands and feet, and long limbs that are good for climbing and swinging.

Clabberts are native to the Southern United States, live in trees and feed mostly on lizards and small birds. They possess a pustule in the middle of their forehead that glows red and flashes in the presence of danger, Professor," she said, twirling the quill in the other hand.

Astrid raised her hand and guessed, "Professor, I think that any time people are hunting and domesticating creatures for their own needs, that in endangers the survival of that particular species. It also might have changed the way that they lived. Did they have to go into hiding, the poor little dears?"

Anna thought about the professor's question a moment and then raised her hand. "This couldn't have been good for the clabberts, Professor," she said. "Anytime a human takes a creature out of its natural environment, there is a huge chance that you will unintentionally harm or even kill the creature. I've read where the clabbert feeds mostly on small lizards and birds. There can't be too many opportunities for the clabberts to obtain that type of food when a human has them pretty much imprisoned. Also, I don't think this would end up being very useful to the wizards. If imprisoned, a clabbert is likely to feel threatened by the wizard...so their postule would flash just by being around the wizard alone," she said.

"Well if the pustles tell you if danger is coming, wouldn't it help them to survuve?" she said. "Like tell them if a predator is coming, so they can run away."

"In a way...yes" Sophie answered.

Sophie nodded, "The indeed were scared."

"That's right. Which also means they might not trust us."



"Exactly. And do you think they knew what to feed the clabberts? Of course not. They started to die out. Also they started to lose their ability to hunt and look after themselves. Living in the wild became a challenge."


"Yes...but no. They witches and wizards used to use the clabberts. Soon they saw their owners as dangerous, so they were always flashing red. Eventually they became useless to the humans and were tossed back to the wild.

"Good answer. 3 points for you. They started to hide. Became endangered. At one point, there were no more clabberts to be found." Sophie said sadly.

"A point to everyone who answered." She said. "The International Confederation of Wizards started to fine those who kept clabberts in sight of muggles. Why do you think that is?" Sophie asked.

Anna raised her hand and said, "The sight of a tree at nightfull of glowing postules attracted too many muggles who were wondering why there were Christmas lights up during the non-holiday season."

Lucas raised his hand again. "Well because they looked like grass and it would had looked silly for someone to run around waving grass all over the place. It would have drawn attention to them and muggles would have asked questions." he said.

"The started to fine them as if you were to see them at night you would think that they were christmas lights and would start to get curious" He said quickly

Wait. What? Wizards were actually allowing muggles to see the clabberts? She raised her hand. "Professor, could it be because it was exposing muggles to something magical? It's just like how wizards can't use magic in front of muggles unless it's a life and death situation. Besides, wouldn't the muggles get excited by seeing a creature they'd never seen before? They might start searching for them and whatnot." She had no clue if that was right or not, but she sure hoped that didn't happen.

Allie riased her hand.
"Maybe because, when Muggles saw a bunch of these wierd monkey-frog things, with glowing things on there forhead, they got suspicous." she said. "And they could call someone to check it out, and a bunch of bad things would happen, which means alot of work for the ministry."

"Correct! That's three points to you for being so fast Anna." She looked to the rest of the class, feeling generous today, "And one point to everyone else who answered."

"Ok, well I have a little treat for you all." Sophie smiled. "I have been working on gathering a small group of clabberts. These ones are more trusting because I've been working on gaining their trust. However they might be a little scared because there is so many of you. I'd like you all to be as friendly as possible. " She said, knowing that they would be. "Are you ready to meet the clabberts?

Anna looked up at the professor and smiled. "Thanks," she said, grateful for the house points. "I can't wait to meet the clabberts! Hopefully their postules won't flash, and they'll realize we mean no harm!"

Lucas clapped his hand together in delight. "Yes ma'am." he responded.

Allie smiled. She was exrremly excited about seeing them.
"Yes!" she said.

Camira bounced on the log a bit. She couldn't wait. Real life actual clabberts. This class was so much fun.

Sophie turned to where the forest was and called out to the group of clabberts. Slowly they started to make their way over to the group of students, however they stood a few meters back. Hovering, and waiting to see if the students meant no harm. “Ok, I want you to pair up and then find a clabbert. Just slowly approach them, with smiles and they will understand that you are friendly. Once you have done so, I will give you more instructions.”

“Any questions?” Sophie asked?

Anna watched in amazement as a group of clabberts ran from the forest and almost right up to them. This was amazing! She'd never seen one before, but they ended up looking just like she always imagined them to look. Anna noticed that they stood a good ways back, no doubt waiting to see if they should light their postules to indicate they felt threated. Anna then began to look around in search of a partner.

Lucas walked up to Anne and tugged on her leg. "Anne will you be my partner, please?" he asked.

Anna felt a slight tug on her leg and looked over to see Lucas Greenwood, that friendly Slytherin boy she'd met a few times earlier in the term. "Oh, hey there, Lucas!" she said. "It's Anna...but you're close enough! Of course I'll be your partner. I wonder what we're going to be doing with the clabberts today...should be interesting."

Asteira looked around to see who she all knew in the class. she should really get out more. she looked to see willow without a partner either. She was nice...She would make a good partner. She made her way over to willow as she asked," Hey willow, want to be partners?"

'Come on guys. I wish you could see your faces." Sophie laughed. "They are not going to eat you. I assure you that they are more frightened of you. Just partner up for now and I’ll walk through looking after the clabberts step by step. How does that sound?"

"You have a serious man-handling problem, Astrid. What if I didn't want to be your partner?" she said jokingly. She walked up to the Clabbert that Astrid picked.
"Hey there. Aww, your so cute!" she said, smiling. It was so cute.

The clabbert Astrid approach, jumped back and hid behind the others. "Woahh..not so fast there, slowly move back and we will try again as a class." Sophie said.

Camira looked around. Everyone was partnering up. Who could she partner with. It looked like all that was left was slug boy. Great. She walked over to him. "Would you mind being my partner", she mumbled. Where were all the people she actually liked today?

Astrid blushed and said, "Sorry Professor! I didn't mean to scare the little dear."

Almost jumping in her seat at the sound of someone's voice, Willow looked up to see that it was that girl from the feast. Wasn't she friends with the prefect? And what was her name again? Er--no matter. She would remember... eventually.

"Er--sure, thing... " Whatever your name is. Nonchalantly, she shrugged.

Wasn't it something related to red? Yeah... Something red. Huh.

his face fell, he hadn't meant to call her by the wrong name. "I'm sorry Anna." he said quietly. Most of the big people in Hogwarts had been mean to him and he wasn't looking forward to repeating that. He cheered up when she agreed to be his partner. "I will be the best partner I promise." he assured her. He took her hand and and waited for more instructions.

He nodded at the professor.

Qaz watched from behind the others...she was more of a cat and dog person...these creatures were a bit...strange....

Everyone seemed to be partnering up already, which made Dominic quite hopeful in the fact that maybe there would be an odd number in class. Until his luck was thwarted by chocolate thrower girl approaching him. Looking up at her from his log, he sighed thoughtfully. He minded - yes; had a choice - not if he didn't want points docked.

"I-- well," he looked hesitantly around towards the other students, hoping a partnerless male would spring up out of the blue. Too many females. Then he heard the Professor telling them to just partner up, so the fourth year nodded. "Suppose we don't have much a choice, eh?" He gave her the smallest of smiles to show his appreciation and then realized they should probably learn each other's names. "Name's Dominic. Fourth year Hufflepuff. Seeker." he told her, standing up and waiting for further instructions about meeting the clabberts.

"That's ok. Just remember, being slow is key. And it is best to let the creature come to you." Sophie said, she really should have mentioned that before.

"Which pair would like to show the class how it is done?"

Asteira looked over at her as it was obvious she didnt remember her name. Werent ravenclaws suppose to be smart. Well this one was obviously the duller ones in the crayon box." Asteira. A-s-t-e-i-r-a" She said to willow as she gave her a smile. Just helping her out."Great. Partners then." she said with a grin. this was going to be fun.

she turned her attention to the teacher as she asked who would like to go first." We will." she told the professor.

Astrid raised her hand timidly and said, "I would really like to try again, if that's okay with you, ma'am."

Anna gave Lucas an apologetic look as she saw his face fell. "Oh, Lucas, don't worry about it!" she reassured. "It's honestly not a problem at all. You were really close, though! I've made mistakes with names before, too." She smiled when he took her hand and began to lead her over to the clabberts. "I'm sure you will be the best partner! Now that we've said hello to the clabberts, let's walk back over to where we were and see what the professor has in store for us!" Anna tugged on Lucas' hand and led himback over to the professor. "Lucas and I would like demonstrate, Professor!" she said.

Ella looked around for the partner, not finding anyone successfully, "Professor, Cant we do this without a partner?" she asked, confusingly. May be the professor can help she thought.

She was quite surprised when he said yes. She had expected some kind of biting remark. And…did he just smile at her? Very strange. Hmm. He had a name? Well, yes, he would, of course. She hadn’t thought about it though. She’d just always thought of him as slug boy. “Dominic, eh? I like it. It suits you”, she said neutrally. “Camira Yaxley, fourth year Slytherin, Potions genius”, she said as way of introduction. Well, he’d added seeker and she didn’t play quidditch so she had to add something, right?

Oooh, volunteering. She wanted to raise her hand, but she somehow got the feeling that Dominic wasn’t to keen on the clabberts so she just waited to see who would be picked.

Dominic looked towards chocolate thrower and back towards the Professor. "We'll demonstrate to the class," he said volunteering them, as he was sure the girl wouldn't mind.



Dominic was sure he saw the hint of surprise on her face when he said he would. Ah - surprising people was always fun. He chuckled to himself when she commented on his names and then introduced herself as well. "Camira? Well, that's ... suitable as well." He snickered again when she added on potions genius. Someone was conceded, definitely. And it wasn't him.... this time.

He sniffed and nodded at her. "Ok." He didn't like to make mistakes, and the big people around here didn't seem to like it when he made mistakes either. He walked back over to the professor and the rest of the class. He jumped up and waved his hand too when Anna volunteered them. They were going to be the best partners ever.

"Ok. Excellent! Asteria and Willow, come over to my side." She smiled, hoping that all would go well. Willow seemed to be nervous.


"You'll get another chance, don't worry." Sophie said encouragingly.

"Ok, Willow and Asteria. I'd like you to take a few steps closer to the clabberts. Don't move too quickly, and if they move back, take a few steps back. They are not dangerous, however they may run away." Sophie instructed.

Asteira. Right. But--why had she thought it had something to do with red? Weeeeird. "Right. Sorry about that." Not really. It wasn't her fault her memory was so bad. "Bad memory and all, you know?" A half smile made an appareance.

A half smile that did not last long, for as soon as she heard Asteira's offer, her eyes attempted to come out of its orbits.

Going first? NOOOO.

"What are you doing?!" Willow murmured desperately. She could not go first!

It was too late, though. Professor Brooks had heard Asteira. Great. Just great. Not.

"Okay, ma'am," said girl in a whisper. Not dangerous? Yeah, right, All animals were dangerous. She was not about to say that, though. Slowly, and looking very hesitant, Willow five steps towards the clabberts and waited for her partner to do the same thing.

Oh no, someone didn't have a partner. Maybe there were others too. This is why Sophie like to get the kids to work in pairs. It gave them a chance to mingle. "Ella don't you have a partner? Is there anyone else who doesn't have a partner?" Sophie called out.