"Thank you, Professors!"

Having finished with the dragon and writing down the homework, Celandine spotted a niffler that she had not noticed in the class before. She skipped over to it and knelt down, "Hiiiiii!" She cooed a bit and reached out to scratch it's ears and head. Cute!

Chris was so excited. "Yay i get to keep owen over the summer!" he couldn't wait to tell his parents. Ok. he made a note reminding him to pick up a form later today when he visited his kneazle. He walked up and collected his wand and other belongings and then said. "Thank you Professors Truebridge and Morgan this was definatley the best Care of Magical Creatures I have ever had." And then he left to walk up to the castle.

Constantine's spirits instantly lifted when a girl came over and started to scratch his head. Oooh, the ears. He liked the ears. He made a little mew like sound as she scratched his ears as his eyes searched her for any shiny stuff. Shiny. He liked shiny. But, he was enjoying this scratch more. Scratch scratch scratch.

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"Soon Annie, but not just yet." Iliana answered sweetly. "I will be assigning homework in a few moments and then when the kids have all gone back up to the castle, it will be our turn. I know you're anxious; so am I." She told her honestly.

"Okaaaaaaaaay," Annie answered with a long sigh. She crossed her arms and sat on the bench, tapping her foot just slightly as she waited for the homework to pop up and such.

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Constantine's spirits instantly lifted when a girl came over and started to scratch his head. Oooh, the ears. He liked the ears. He made a little mew like sound as she scratched his ears as his eyes searched her for any shiny stuff. Shiny. He liked shiny. But, he was enjoying this scratch more. Scratch scratch scratch.

Bored of waiting, Anastasia spotted Cela petting the niffler. "Awwwwwwwww," she cooed in one long tone. "I wanna hold 'em, can I hold 'em?" Without waiting for an answer, and forgetting the niffler was actually the Groundskeeper, Bunbunz scooped the fuzzy little creature up and cuddled him in her arm.

"You are uh-dor-uhhhble," she squealed, petpetpetting his little head gently. She tickled the underneath of his chin a little bit. "Do you wanna see the dragon too, Mr. Niffley? Huh?"

Qaz finished her notes and copied down the homework. Time to be brave. She cautiously walked over and started to pet the dragon. Oh, if my brothers could see me now. She didn't want to press her luck, though, so she backed off after only a minute or two.

'Thanks Professors! It was a wonderful class. Definately something to write home about!' Qaz shouted to the Professors, waving as she started back to the castle.

Neo squeaked again as he was picked up into the air and placed in the arms of a tall person. He cuddled up and closed his eyes as she scratched his chin and petted him. Hmm..he could get used to this life...

He opened his eyes up again and his little light brown eyes peered at her curiously. And then his whiskers twitched.

Awww Mr. Niffley liked the chin tickle! Annie giggled lightly and cuddled the lil fuzzy buddy some more. She tilted her head to the side when the niffler seemed to make eye contact with her...and his whiskers twitched.

"Hmm, something on your mind, Niffley?" Bunbunz asked softly. "Oright, you wunna see da dragon!"

She bounced off her bench and skipped over to Professors Morgan and Truebridge, trying not to bounce Niffley much. "Hey hey heyyyyy," the redhead greeted 'em. "Can we pet the dragon now?" We being herself and NeoNiffley.

Copernicus was eager for his turn to pet the dragon, and he was careful to put his hand right where indicated in order to feel the slight rise and fall of the sleeping dragon. Coooool. When he was sure he'd been there long enough, Copernicus retreated back to let someone else have a turn.

"Thank you for the lesson, Professors Truebridge and Morgan," he nodded at them before gathering his supplies. He certainly had to think about whether or not to keep Tiberius. True, he loved the Abraxan, but he simply didn't have a place for a huge winged horse. Nor did he think that such a creature would be happy confined to a stall. Hmmm.

Lina waited patiently to be able to pet the dragon. When her turn came up she was very careful in touching it, as though it were fragile and would break under her fingertips. Ever so lightly she placed a hand against its rigid side and felt the breath of the large beast. There was a sort of awe and wonder at actually touching a live dragon for the first time.

Once she'd spent a little while feeling the dragon breathe, she made her way over to the professor and retrieved her wand. "Thank you very much, Professor Morgan." She gave a little bow and made her way out to play with her knarl.

Cela was entranced by the niffler. It was sooooo cute! She giggled as it sniffled at her, but kept her pendant and her locket tucked safely down her shirt, even going so far as to put the hand with the pink bracelet on her wrist behind her back incase the niffler liked the little metal charm a little too much.


Cela nodded in agreement when Professor Bunbury came over and snuggled the niffler. "Reaaally adorable." She agreed, giggling as Bunbunz took the niffler over to meet the dragon. Since Cela already had her wand, she began to offer a wave at the niffler before brightening with realisation and rummaging in her pocket for a galleon which she quite happily donated to the little thing, giving it one last ear scratch before skipping back up to the castle.

Neo's little mouth opened and accepted the galleon, offering another little mew as thanks. Ear scratch! He closed his eyes over as she gave him a small scratch, but then watched sadly as she started to walk away. Sigh. Oh well, he still had this person!

Professor Morgan watched anxiously as each student collected their wand and headed back to the castle. As the last girl left the forest, Iliana bounded over towards Bunbury and scratched her Neo behind his ears. "Oh Annnnnnnie!?" She called, playfully. "They're all gone, you know what that means." She giggled and kissed the 'niffler' on the head, caught up in the moment. Maybe she'd forgive Annie and Less for their silliness after all. As excited as she was, anything was possible.

Ethan administered some more potion to the Vipertooth before walking over to the dragon's side, stroking it gently, "Alright then, Iliana, Annie..." He looked at the niffler for a moment and cleared his throat, "Come on over."

Neo gave a playful mew as she scratched him behind the ears. She sounded happy; had his ever glorified furriness made her happy? And then he felt her kiss the top of his fuzzy head. I think that would be a yes.

Oh wait...they were talking about it that stupid, big, terrifying thing. Hey, he wanted to see it too! Dropping the galleon the girl gave him, he squirmed a little in the big woman's arms and waved a paw to the ground.

"YAAAAY!" Bunbunz squealed like the lil girl she thought she was. "Dwaaaaagon time!" She huggled Mr. Niffley once more and then noticed him squirming. "You wun down? HOKAI!"

Annie gently set NeoNiffler on the grass and then skipped over to Ethan. "So where do we pet 'er? Can we hug 'er? Can we ride 'er? Can we can we can we huhhhhh?"

"No riding." Ethan shook his head, but you can touch her here if you want to feel her breathing, the rest of her hide is much thicker and harder to feel through." Zan pressed his hand against the side of the dragon and indicated Annie could too, even though his mind was racing over what was going on. And what was up with the niffler?

As she walked towards the dragon, a tiny flash of gold caught Iliana's eye as the sun reflected off her tiny locket laying in the grass. She bent down to pick it up and then dangled the slender chain just above NifflerNeo's head. Seeing the curious expression on Ethan's face made her pause and pick the niffler up. She carried him over to Zan and gave him a weak smile. "Professor allow me to explain." She began. "It seems that whatever is going on here with our colleagues has also affected our dear groundskeeper." She pet his fur absentmindedly, as she explained. "He has a tendency for hiding from ... 'the adults' is how he puts it ... and for running away. I encountered something similar earlier this term. He seemed so lost and disoriented. He kept calling his dog by the wrong name." She whispered the last. "I'd like to keep him here with me until this can all be straightened out." She finished, now nervously petting Neo, hoping that Ethan wouldn't be angry with her. Currently, he was the ONLY person she could talk to. She hated the thought of losing him too.

She looked at him expectantly, waiting to hear his reaction. The dragon could wait. She hoped.

Truebridge paused, hand still on the side of the dragon. "And the incident with Less in the Great Hall... I assume she isn't usually so... err... excited about... ummm... pie?"


Ethan sighed in reluctance, "Perhaps we should take them somewhere safe. Perhaps... Kazimeriz..." would look at him in obvious disgust because Zan had no idea what was going on? "He might know what to do." Ethan reached into his pocket, fished around for a moment and came up with some more chocolate, which he passed to Annie.

Relived that Ethan hadn't screamed at her for her decision, she exhaled slowly and realized that she had been holding her breath. Iliana shook her head. "I have never in my life seen her behave that way." She answered, feeling both embarrassed and somewhat scared by the memory. "Though it had been a few years since I had seen her... But Ethan, after today... " She didn't know how to finish. Something had to be wrong with her friend. And the others as well, she thought holding the niffler closer.

"I am willing to try anything, Ethan. If you think Kazimeriz can help, I say let's go."

"Of course." Ethan assented, "I'll have to finish up here..." He stroked the dragon gently and shot a look at Iliana. "I could have sworn she was going to eat me that day. Then I saw her again after that and she was completely different again. And now... and Annie." Ethan looked at Professor Bunbury for a moment, recalling how the woman had been obsessed with Prada. No heels now though.

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"No riding." Ethan shook his head, but you can touch her here if you want to feel her breathing, the rest of her hide is much thicker and harder to feel through." Zan pressed his hand against the side of the dragon and indicated Annie could too, even though his mind was racing over what was going on. And what was up with the niffler?

No riding. Oh baahumbug. Annie narrowed her eyes at Truebridge but stepped up to the dragon nonetheless, gently stroking its side where he said to.

"Pwettttty," the redhead muttered in admiration, giggling just a little as the sleeping creature's side rose and fell.

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Truebridge paused, hand still on the side of the dragon. "And the incident with Less in the Great Hall... I assume she isn't usually so... err... excited about... ummm... pie?"

Ethan sighed in reluctance, "Perhaps we should take them somewhere safe. Perhaps... Kazimeriz..." would look at him in obvious disgust because Zan had no idea what was going on? "He might know what to do." Ethan reached into his pocket, fished around for a moment and came up with some more chocolate, which he passed to Annie.

She was doing a good job of ignoring the adults whispertalking, since they were using big words like 'Krazihairdayz' and such, and only looked up when she smelled some chocolate.

"Mmm," Anastasia giggled, breaking off a little piece for herself. She noticed Ethan was still distracted by Iliana and thus took the opportunity to sneak around to the front of the dragon, by its mouth.

"Heeere you go, sleeeeepy head," Bunbunz whispered, reaching her hand out to waft the delicious chocolate under the creature's nostrils. "C'mon sleeeepyhead, wake up and smell the yum-yums...."

Neo happily chased and jumped for the shiny chain, but then she stopped and picked him up. Happy to be in her arms, his little safety zone, he snuggled in. He then looked curiously, between the woman and the man she was communicating with. The man...he looked...disappointed. Not on his fuzzy fur!

Mewing a little, he crawled to the edge of the woman's arm and then waved a paw, trying to get the old man's attention.

Ethan turned away from Iliana and moved toward the dragon's head, catching Bunbury's wrist and looking at her sternly. "It would rather have your hand. And the venom might make you so sick you will never be able to eat chocolate again." He paused, "There is more chocolate in my jacket pocket." He pointed at his jacket, which he had thrown casually over a bench.

Ethan turned back to Iliana as he heard a little noise. So... he was supposed to pet the groundskeeper?!

...

Truebridge administered some more potion to the dragon, just in case and took a few tentative steps toward Nifflerneo, giving him a brief ear scratch and shooting a slightly uncomfortable look at Iliana.

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Ethan turned away from Iliana and moved toward the dragon's head, catching Bunbury's wrist and looking at her sternly. "It would rather have your hand. And the venom might make you so sick you will never be able to eat chocolate again." He paused, "There is more chocolate in my jacket pocket." He pointed at his jacket, which he had thrown casually over a bench.

"Owoww, no no noo I dun wanna hold hands with you," Annie whined, jerking her wrist away from Ethan and accidentally tossing her chocolate away in the process. "The dwagon wouldn't eat my hhhhaa---" she paused mid-sentence as her bottom lip started trembling. "Wait...pppoisonous? Whhhahhhmmm....."

She wasn't liking this now. "Yessir," the redhead mumbled quietly, swiftly walking away from the big, scary dragon - who was a lot more dangerous than she looked - and over to his jacket. She put the jacket on and promptly sat on the bench, nibbling at some more chocolate as she hugged the jacket to herself. Maybe Mr. Niffley would like the chocolate instead? Niffley the Niffler wasn't nearly as dangerous as the dwagon, was he? EEP!

Alessia walked back to the area with the Dragon, but kept her distance. She held his arm and then watched the group... She took a step back and said. "Papa Valon, he's there... You know... maybe we should go...