Raiden raised his hand. "I imagine that it would be really difficult to collect dragon venom when you can't even find the fang that's supposed to inject venom, sir..." He thought for a moment and frowned. "Plus... you wouldn't really want to take the chance of reaching to the back of a dragon's mouth to get venom if it's not gonna be there, right? And as for the type of venom... well, I think only certain types can be used for potions and other things right? Some kinds... will mess it all up." There had to be a better reason than that. "Uhm... and if it's acidic venom, that melts stuff, you'd want to know that... so you would have the right thing to collect it in."

OOC: if we're still doing sources... I'm running off my brain, thank you. >.> Doesn't seem to work in Raiden's favour.

Cela raised her hand, "So you don't hurt yourself or the dragon while you rummage around trying to get the venom and so you don't waste the venom by not collecting properly. Ummmm.... So you can do it quickly and not have to use spells or potions that make subdue the dragon for longer than neccessary."



ooc: um if I don't stick a thingy bout my source its cos its a brain thing.

Kiri put up her hand and said: "To add to what my classmates have said, I'd imagine it'd also be good to know what kind of poison it is in case something happens and you need an antidote or something quickly."

Kayla raised her hand again, "Well I guess you would need to know the type of venom so that you can use the right equipment. No point going in there with container to collect the venom, if it's going to be so potent that it like melts your container or whatever. It's also helpful to know what type of fang the dragon's have so that when collecting the venom you know where to look and also what to avoid, it is also essential to know the venom delivery system so that you can avoid being bitten by the dragon."


ooc: that would be me taking a good hard guess

"Exactly, good answers all of you. Aaaand here are the details about the venomous breeds and their venom delivery systems. It would be useful to take notes."


Ethan tapped the board again as he spoke, "There are a whole bunch of hard to pronounce words coming up, but do be sure to take note. We will be moving on very soon."

Ethan opened the wand case he'd been carrying and carefully drew out his old wand, still split almost directly down the centre by the secondary fang of a juvenile Peruvian Vipertooth. the Fang was the length of his hand and a couple inches thick, his wand splintered around it.

"The dragon that we are dealing with today did this to my wand. This is one of the secondary fangs of a Peruvian Vipertooth." He held the wand so the class could see, carefully replacing it in the wandcase after just a moment. "You can never fully predict the behaviour of a dragon, but one thing for sure about the Vipertooth is that it is fast." Ethan paused.

"It will not be awake and therefore it's speed will not be a consideration, and I will be ensuring it does not wake up for the duration of the lesson. I am going to see to the dragon now, and Professor Morgan will bring those of you who have behaved along shortly." Ethan looked at Iliana and nodded at her, tucking his wandcase under his arm.

"I'll see you in a few moments." With that, Ethan headed off in the direction of the forbidden forest, to double check all preparations.

Herminny thought, wow if a dragon can do that to a dragon experts wand it's a good thing the only dragon she would be seeing today espcially with the nutty proffessors around. Herminny was starting to get so exited cause she knew she would soon be seeing a real dragon up close and personal for the first time ever. Then Herminny's thoughts shifted to the nutty professors and she seriously hoped none of them did anything stupid when professor Nico brought the dragon out, if that dragon woke up Herminny was not so sure of her ability to stay cool,calm, and collected.

"Thank you, Ethan." She said, watching him go.

"Ok class, bear with me, there is still one more topic to go over before we head out to see the dragon. As I am sure you all know, many useful materials come from the parts of dragons. I want each of you to look in your textbooks and give me one example of a dragon part and its uses."


OOC: I will be gone for awhile but am leaving this thread open. Keep the chatter to a minimum if you want to see the dragon. Prefects, please keep an eye on the class. =)

Glad that they were done with the difficult to pronounce names for teeth and poisons and other strange things of dragon physiology, Kiri thumbed through the section in her textbook dealing with useful dragon parts. She raised her hand and said: "I think dragon heartstrings are used as the core of wands, Professor."

Herminny opened her textbook and found several answers answer quite quickly and raised her hand and said, "Dragon hide is used to make clothing and shields". She knew several more answers but she had the common courtesy to give other students a chance to answer unlike a certain Ravenclaw girl in the class who was starting to get on her nerves but she decided she would stay cool calm and collected anyway cause it was the best she could do cause she learned she can't change people, she had already tried that, it ended in disaster.

Raising his hand slowly, Jake looked in his textbook, but it didn't make that much sense to him. So in the end, it was back to the Jake standby.

Wing it.

"Professor," he said slowly. "What about Dragon scales? They could be in potions or something because they obviously have magical properties, right? If they're resilliant to m- but wait... maybe that would mean it wouldn't work... or... Darn, I'm confused now... Erm, never mind."

Rifling through the textbook, Jake tried to find a part that made some sense to him about all this. "Stupid words," he muttered.

Joanne that had been very quiet on her sit raised her hand " Like Miles said, the blood is very important, wasn't Professor Dumbledor that found out most of his uses?" She answered and asked.

Cedric raised his hand.."how about the Dragon's fang...one of the important parts of the dragon..because without this they can't defend themselves
because the fang of the dragons have venom but not only the fang have a venom the dragon's saliva have the most venom but dragon's can't inject a venom if it doesn't have fang..."....Cedric asnwered

Ana raised her hand "The Chinese Fireball eggs can be use as potion ingredients"

Paris had been two busy munching on the chocolate frogs to answers the previous questions but she had eaten almost 4 of them and she was totally full now and could talk. She raised her hand. "Well the venom can be used in poisons and some wizards collect it to sell to muggles so they can make other medicines and pain relievers just like they do with snake venom. The scales were used as chain-mail in the middle ages and the skin is used for various types of gloves." She explained.

ooc: source-my head

Ohhh, they were going to get to see the dragon soon! Anna fidgeted in her seat once again, barely able to contain the excitement she felt. Raising her hand, she said, "A dragon's bladder, saldy enough, was once very useful in an ancient broom game called Stichstock. The bladder was put atop a twenty foot high pole, and certain players would try and reach the bladder in an effort to puncture it with their broomsticks." Anna made a disgusted face just thinking about puncturing a bladder with a broomstick. "Isn't that disgusting, Professor? Poor dragons!" she exclaimed.

OOC: Source is HPL

Abby writes down the notes Professor Trubridge put on the board. She then raises her hand. "Professor Morgan, dragon's blood is suppose to be able to cure a variety of ailments from ulcers to kidney stones. Dragon's blood is also the only known substance that can dissolve gold. Dragon's blood is also suppose to be highly addictive and should only be administered by a qualified healer in life threatening situations. Dried dragon's fat is used to cure ulcers. The dragon is also suppose to have a jewel-liked third eye called dracontia. It is believed to be an effective antidote for various poison. The dracontia can be used continuously by boiling it in water. The water is then drank."


Source: Medicinal Uses of Dragon Part, Medicinal Uses Of Dragons

Cela raised her hand cheerfully, "The dragon hide is used to make lots of different kinds of protective clothing, gloves, jackets and all that sort of thing. It's pretty resistant to most spells and its pretty, looks kind of like snakeskin. Fashion changes and so to does the kind of hide that is in highest demand."

So excited about seeing a dragon up close and personal Kayla almost missed the question and she quickly raised her hand, "The Romanian Longhorn Dragon's horn, when powdered down are used in potions, they are considered to be a Class B Tradeable material."

"Ice Mice and some sugar quills please!" She tried to whisper... and tried to supress giggles when Ili mentioned Dragon parts... all she could think of were jars filled with water and parts of Dragons... but she was good... she wasn't going to give them an excuse to kick her out before the Dragon was there. She was going to pet it if it was the last thing she did!

She kicked the seat ahead of her where Anna was and then she whispered "That true?" and she popped two ice mice in her mouth... "The bladder? Like where they pee? Ewwwwww..."

Disgusted expression still on her face, Anna turned towards the little girl seated next to her professor and nodded. "It is. I read it in 'Quidditch Through the Ages.' Oh, and yes, that's where they peed," she answered. Anna eyed the Ice Mice the professor was popping into her mouth. Dude, yhe professors were lucky! They had all the good candy! Anna had grown sort of used to having multiple professors in class with her. It was odd how they knew they had to teach their own class, but at the same time, they thought they needed to attend the others. This little regression problem needed to be solved...and soon!

Oooh she had just remembered another one that no-one else had pointed out yet. Kayla raised her hand again, "Oh, oh dragon liver is also used and I would have to hazard a guess and say that it's used in potions."

Blossom raised her hand and answered. "Dragon heartstrings are used by Mr Ollivander in some of his wands!" She loved the idea of meeting a dragon seeing as she had only met a different type of evil...

"WICKED!!" She said and kept eating her candy.