Chris opened the door to the magical creature Nursery to see Owen for the second consecutive day. He had realized how much he had missed Owen his Kneazle yesterday and out of guilt and compassion, cleared a spot of time from his bust school schedule to visit him.

He walked over to the cupberds and grabbed Owen's bowl and a cup of his favorite food. He climbed over the pen wall saying "Hey Owen! Chris is here to see you again today!" Owen's little ears went up at the sound of Chris' voice and he started to run around in circles around his feet.

"I guess you missed me." Chris said laughing at the excited Kneazle. He reached down and picked him up and gave him a big hug and scartched behind Owen's ears in his favorite spot. He then placed him down again by the bowl so he could eat.

After Owen was doen eating Chris pulled out a little toy he had made up at the school. He had fastened an old balled up sock and tied it to stick with some string and he bounced it up and down while Owen tried to catch it. They both enjoyed the game a lot. After an hour or more of fun Chris said good-bye to Owen with a hug and and then he left Owen his new toy. Chris waved one more time and then left the Nursery and headed back to the castle.

Via decided to check for Cid before she totally head back up the castle. That was her 8th visit to her baby imp and for the past visits, she had witnessed changes on Cid. Closing the door she carefully made her way to Cid.

Right at the moment, Cid, was fast asleep. That was the only visit she had seen him sleeping. Via smiled as she watched her baby imp's chest rise and fall. Since she hadn't brought anything for him, she just rummaged her bag for her notebook and documented that Cid's place was neat and clean. After doing some other notes, Via sat there for a while and brought out her sketchpad. She continued to draw until she was already bored from doing so and finally she thought it was time to leave.

"Buh-bye, Cid," she whispered on the little imp's ear. "I'll come back tomorrow with you favourite treat." She stroked the imp's head gently, avoiding waking him up. Upon stepping back, she remembered that there's a chocolate fog in he pocket.

Smiling at the sight of it, she left it beside the sleeping imp and left the nursery.

As it was, Blaze didn't return for his treats anytime soon. Anna couldn't say she blamed him, though. She imagined Blaze wasn't too thrilled about jumping back into his cage anytime soon. So she'd done what any other good caretaker would have done---she let him be. Anna had spent the extra time touring the nursery and watching all the other adorable little creatures spend time with their new caretakers. After a good quarter-hour of touring, Anna heard a slight over by Blaze's cage, and she looked up to see that her beautiful baby phoenix had returned. Smiling, Anna turned around and headed back for his cage.

"I bet you're hungry, arent you?" she asked, sitting down on the ground next to the bird. She grabbed ahold of her bag and pulled it open, then began digging for the treats she'd brought for Blaze to enjoy. Since Blaze was herbivorous and fed only on plants, Anna had brought him some celery sticks and lettuce to munch on. Anna hated celery sticks...and lettuce, too, but if they'd make Blaze happy, then she'd be happy. Not wanting to get accidentally bit, Anna broke the celery and lettuce up into small pieces and poured them into a small bowl she'd brought along. When she was done, she slid the bowl in front of Blaze and watched as he devoured the treats. "Wow. I take it you were a little on the hungry side," she said, laughing as she watched her bird.

While Blaze ate, Anna decided to clean up his living quarters a bit. The cage could use a good cleaning and Blaze could probably use something other than the ground to perch upon. Anna started by scrubbing the bars of the little cage Blaze called home. The cage wasn't too bad, just a little dusty from all the in and out movement of the students and other creatures. Anna almost hated that she had to leave Blaze outside all the time in this nursery. If she had her way, she'd buy a big, beautiful perch, put it in the Common Room, and move Blaze in there. He would probably have more freedom and be able to move about more, too. Not all the creatures could be moved into the Common Rooms, though, so it wouldn't really be fair for Anna to have Blaze with her all the time. When she was finished scrubbing the bars, Anna spread a small blanket across the bottom of the cage. That would at least give Blaze something nice to walk upon. Finally, when it was just about time for her to leave, Anna attached a little pet water bottle to the side of the cage. Blaze would probably like using that for a quick shower or a nice drink of water in between visits.

Anna then turned back to Blaze and motioned for him to get back inside his little home. Anna giggled as Blaze promptly obeyed and strutted himself right back inside the cage. Anna kissed her hand and then placed her hand on Blaze's beak. "Have a good night. I'll come and see you a few times tomorrow, too, okay? Bye now!" she said. As soon as the cage was relatched, Anna picked up her bag and headed back out the nursery.

Vanessa wandered down to the creatures nursery, her sketchpad under her arm, it was nearly full, and she'd probably need to buy a new one over the summer. Today she wanted to get another drawing of Maxxie, to add to her collection, which she was using, along with her notes to show how the kneazle had grown over the time she'd been looking after it. She also liked drawing Maxxie, so really she was doing two good things at the same time.

"Hey Sweetie" She smiled, as she arrived at Maxxie's cage. She hadn't seen the kneazle for a few days, and she had been looking forward to seeing him. Placing her school bag on the floor, with the sketchbag on time, she unlocked the cage, and picked up Maxxie. As she held him in her arms, she scratched his head, and smiled. "I've missed you." She smiled, looking into his cage quickly, she needed to clean it again. Placing Maxxie on the cage, and keeping a watchful eye on him, she quickly cleaned the cage, and filled the two bowls up in there, before placing Maxxie back in.

"now to draw you." She giggled, picking up her sketchpad, and drawing the kneazle, who had grown a little since she had last seen him. Maxxie also seemed to be growing a nice gingery light orange coat. It suited the kneazle a lot, and she noted that down on her drawing, so that she wouldn't forget. "Looks like Im finished now Maxxie," She sighed, locking the cage, and picking up her stuff. "oooh. I nearly forgot!" She quickly, place a few slices of apple into the cage, and watched him eat. "Byee now." She smiled before leaving the nursery.

Hmmm. Bit o' brown there.. bit o' grey there.. bit o' orange right there. Wait, had Thing always been that ginger? Looking up from his parchment, Clifford eyed the kneazle.. he definately hadn't been that ginger when he was a teeny tiny ickle baby kitten. YAY! Something else he could write in his journal! Ignoring the others visiting their own creatures, Clifford sketched Thing carefully, making sure he got all the little details perfect. Whee! He was sure Professor Morgan would like it.

Satisfied that he was done with his drawing, Clifford tucked it neatly away in his rucksack. It was kinda dirty in here, and he didn't wanna go getting POOP all over it, did he? EW!

"You're getting a bit smelly aintcha, mate?" The sixth year mumbled, petting Thing fondly on the head and leaning forward to sniff his cage.

... GROSS!!!

"Jeez, you're meant to clean your own bedroom!" Shaking his head, Clifford gave Thing some more meat to keep him distracted and busied himself cleaning out his stinky cage.

Via dragged her bag inside the nursery. She was trying to be careful for inside it was the bottle where Cid's treats was kept. That's her ninth visit at the nursery and soon she would have to say goodbye to her imp. She was almost finished with her sketch for her pet imp.

The other day when Via came to visit, Cid was sleeping and she wished he wasn't sleeping today. Seeing a seven inches creature pacing on her place, she beamed. "He's awake," he whispered. "Hello, pal," she greeted the imp as she stroked it with her right hand. Noticing his cage was clean as the other day, it seemed like Cid had known how to stay neat when eating. "You've been changing into responsinble imp, huh," she said. And since when did Imps became responsible, she asked herself.

Cid was glancing at Via's bag and Via got the message. "You're hungry? AGain?" she said, "But i haven't got food for you." Her voice in a tone of dismay, the imp started to withdrew back. Via chuckled. "Hehehe... of course i got you some," she said as she placed the bottle inside the cage. AS CId enjoyed the insects, Via was planning on designing his cage and turn it into a marsh. "I bet you'll like that idea," she told him. After some writings and stuffs. She cleaned Cid using a towel she bought exclusively for his use. And then began to work on her plan.

it's kinda tiring working on it even though she's just designing a cage. But she wanted the best for her pet imp. After a while, Via was already finished. "perfect," she said. Cid seemed to be enjoying the new look of his place. "I'll leave you now so you can enjoy it by yourself," she said.

It was hard for her to leave him but then she just have to again. The next time she comes back, she'll have the drawing finished and furnished. She let the nursery.

Lina made her way in to look after her little knarl. Of all things, why a knarl? They were so... spiky. But she had to admit, the moment she took little Teena from her cage, she fell in love.

"Hey there, Teena. You being a good girl today?"

She was an awfully dark little knarl, which was just fine for her. She spent a little time feeding the young thing and cuddling with it, watching it interestedly. After a while she looked about at others, trying to catch someone else taking care of a knarl. She wasn't sure what she was supposed to do other than feed it.

"Um, let's get to know each other, okay?" she started. "My name is Arline Bi Materia, and I'm going to become the greatest genius inventor of the wizarding world! But you and my friends are okay to just call me Lina, alright? And maybe the teachers. I don't mind that."

The little thing obviously did not answer, but sniffed about her hand. "And your name is Teena. Like Christina, and teeny, okay? I like the name Christina. I thought about Prima, but then I think of prima donna, and that just wouldn't be right for you. I don't think so, anyway."

The rest of her conversation with the little spiky puff went very similarly, and time managed to pass quickly with it. After some time, Lina carefully put the little one back in its cage. "There you go. I promise I'll be back tomorrow, okay?" She nodded as though it had responded itself. "Okay." And with that, she left the little one to the professor's care.

Professor Morgan hurried her way down to the Nursery and into the pen. As she spotted Cela and Copernicus, she gave them a little wave and walked over to join them beside the fence. "We are going to have to expand their space over the summer I think." She said, mostly to herself. They were so big now!

Looking up at the sun shining through the clouds, Iliana removed her robes to reveal some old, worn muggle jeans and plain white fitted T-shirt. She never bothered anymore with her fancy riding outfits and since she wasn't planning on getting on today anyways, it seemed like the most logical choice of clothing. "Alright Copernicus, like I told Cela, you've both been doing a wonderful job with your Abraxans. Tiberius is happy and thriving under your care and you've more than earned this." She said, climbing onto the fence and out of the way. "Okay you two, show me how its done!"

"I was wondering about that, actually, Professor," Copernicus slid off the fence and made his way to Tiberius, his hand out and open to tempt the young Abraxan forward. "How can we adopt a creature this large? Wouldn't they prefer to live in the wild?" He sort of hoped she'd tell them Abraxans loved living in stalls.

Tiberius approached to explore Copernicus's hand, nickering softly. He laughed softly and rubbed the Abraxan's nose. How was he supposed to... show her how it was done when he wasn't really sure himself? Maybe Cela knew.

Walking into the nursery Kayla made her way to Marco's cage and she looked inside to see Marco standing by the door waiting for her. Wow he had gotten bigger, she opened the cage door and waited for Marco to take his usual position onto her shoulder. She didn't have to wait long, the moment the door opened the clabbert jumped straight out and sat himself onto her shoulder. Kayla chuckled softly and reached into the plastic bag she had and pulled out a lizard and handed it to him.

"I hope you appreciate the trouble I go to hunting these lizards for you" she murmured as she reached up and gave him a pat. Kayla headed out of the nursery into the grounds and found a nice grassy spot near a tree in case Marco wanted to climb. She placed him onto the ground and waited for him to finish his lizard before taking a ball out of her bag. "Don't know if your into playing catch and throw but I guess we'll soon find out." Kayla giggled as Marco tilted his head looking at her curiously, she rolled the ball towards him wondering what he was going to do.

Marco looked at the ball for a few moments before picking it up and proceeded to try and eat the ball. Kayla burst out laughing as the ball popped in his hands. "I guess not" she mused, as she picked the clabbert up and handed him another lizard. "Looks like it's tree climbing for you then. Next time I'll wear something a little more appropriate and I shall join you but for today I'll just watch." She carried Marco over to the base of the tree and watched as he scampered his way to the top. Kayla laid back on the grass and watched as Marco swung from branch to branch. After an hour of this she called him back down and then carried him back to the nursery. She gave the cage a clean out and replaced his water before placing Marco back into the cage and giving him another lizard. "I'll see you again soon" she said as she gave him another pat and then headed back out of the nursery.

Lina made her way into the nursery and again to Teena's cage. There she was, all curled up into a little spiky ball. Carefully, Lina nudged it. "Teena..." It didn't move. She sighed and decided to wait a little while for the knarl to awaken. As she did, she pulled out some parchment and began drawing her little buddy.

Chris hurried into the Nursery and excitedly jumped over the pin wall and picked up his Kneazle Owen. "Guess what Owen? I get to take you home with me this summer!" he jumped around hugging Owen. He could hear him purring happily. he sat the black and white spotted Kneazle on his feet and grabbed the water and food bowls from a shelf and put them down for Owen to eat.

After a while Chris layed flat on the ground on his stomach and let Owen walk back and forth on his back and playing with his hair. Then Chris would get Owen's new favorite toy and hid behind the chair and make it look like hte sock was moving by itself. This would allow Owen to use his stalking skills.

After playing for awhile Chris held Owen til he fell asleep. The Chris layed him down in his little basket and quietly left the Nursery.

Once Teena awoke, Lina finished up her drawing and tucked it away. She pulled the little knarl from its cage and found it had gotten itself dirty somehow. "Oh you... How did you manage this?"

After some searching she found a small tub and some soap, then began to wash the little knarl carefully. However, the thing wiggled an awful lot. She continued washing, however, and soon had a dirty tub and clean knarl. "There you go, Teena. It's all done. Oh, I almost forgot."

She reached into her bag and pulled out a small vial. She didn't know how else to carry milk around with her, after all. She took out a piece of parchment and carefully folded it until it was a decent small dish for the creature. She poured some of the milk in the paper dish then gave it to the knarl. "Here. A little apology for giving you the bath, but you needed it. Forgive me?"

The knarl seemed to consider her carefully, then edged over to the milk. Finding that it seemed safe, it lapped up the milk rather happily. Lina smiled. "There we go. All better!"

After some time playing with it, she put the sleepy knarl back in her cage and left.

Mariska put her things down by the exit of the Nursery, running a hand through her hair tiredly. She pulled it up, tying it back a little haphazardly before she strolled into the area she usually found Pandora. Another week had gone by already, to her surprise. Another surprise was how much she enjoyed this little time she got to spend with her Kneazle. Mari was seriously considering asking to keep her, since she really hadn't ever connected with an animal like this before.

She smiled when Pandora came strolling up to her, again leaner and more sure of her steps. Mariska knelt before her, holding out her hand with a bit of treats for her. " Good girl," She said, smiling as Pandora purred under her touch. She went about feeding her, and then she brought out a fine tooth comb, using it to comb through the cat's grey and white fur until she was satisfied at the softness of it.

Taking her journal out and writing down the progress of her Kneazle, Mari watched Pandora again. She wrote down as much as she could before she was convinced by Pandora's pouncing that her Kneazle wanted more than just a treat. She wanted attention in the form of batting at Mari's hands with her paws. " Well, my pretty little Pandora, I've got to go again. I'll be back soon. We'll play more then," She said, picking her up to let her nuzzle against her cheek. Then she let her go, watching and wondering slightly at the very knowing look in the gray cats face. It almost said, "You better come back because I'm going to miss you," to Mari. She shrugged and left, feeling a bit more grounded and relaxed after her visit with Pandora.

Once again, Mariel had been overwhelmed with homework and even more importantly, Quidditch, that had made it seem near impossible to visit Felix as often as she thought she should. And no way would she be adopting this creature as the option was presented. Not that the 13 year old thought she was doing a poor job, really, it was just a good thing that her jarvey wasn't soley relying on her for his care. Besides, she already had Pandora to take care of and Aramis was probably already slightly neglected, not to mention she didn't fancy raising anything quite as foul-mouthed as a jarvey no matter how marginally cute he was presently.

The Ravenclaw girl stepped into the nursery and quickly found her jarvey's cage. "Hey, Felix," she greeted him with a small smile as she approached. Unsurprisingly, he had grown quite a bit since the last time she had visited. Leaning closer, she thought he said something that sound like... her hair? Did he just insult her hair? Frowning at the thought that he was finally growing into his insults and bad language, she also subconciously patted her hair. It couldn't look that bad today, maybe slightly windblown. Well, whatever, they usually just said things like that, they didn't really mean them, right?

Not letting his comment bother her, Mariel set about refilling his food and water dishes. She absentmindedly stroked his head as he ate his jarvey kibble and once again thought about sketching him. Of course that would have to wait till yet another time as she hadn't brought her sketchpad. Shrugging to herself, the thirteen year old pulled a small rubber ball out of her pocket and tossed it into Felix's cage. Watching him scamper about the cage as he played with the ball, the Ravenclaw girl's thoughts were elsewhere, focused on the upcoming Championship game. Perhaps today wasn't the best today for a visit, being so preoccupied. No, he still seemed happy for her visit, insult and all.

After a few more minutes of watching, she realized that she'd be late for Quidditch practice if she didn't leave soon. Deciding to leave the ball with Felix, she gave his head another scratch before saying, "Bye," and dashing out the door, determined to visit sooner, and mean it this time.

"Hello Professor Morgan!" Celandine greeted cheerfully before pausing to listen, "Oooh, well... bareback?" Cela preferred bareback when it came to flying horses, though once they got bigger a saddle made it easier to stay on.

Celandine looked at Cope as he asked about the adoption thing and she nodded in agreement, though for her she much preferred the idea of letting them free and maybe getting to visit or... Celandine figured she could offer, "My grandmother has Abraxans and Granians, if they get too big to be at Hogwarts they could join the stable there so we can visit all the time and they can make more friends than just each other." As she said this, Cassiopeia made her way over to Copernicus and nosed his hand away from Tiberius jealously. Cela giggled and undid her school robes, folding them over the fence and skipping over to the Abraxans and Copernicus in her uniform. She had no qualms about riding an Abraxan while wearing a skirt.

After spending a few moments talking quietly to Cassiopeia and informing her that they were going to fly together and would she mind terribly? Celandine vaulted on to the abraxan's back. Cassiopeia looked slightly startled and then very curious, turning her head to look at Cela as if to ask what was going on. Cela leaned into Cassiopeia and wrapped her arms around her and nuzzled happily while the abraxan took a few steps sideways, adjusting to the unfamiliar sensation of having a rider.

Once it was okay, Cela looked up at Professor Morgan and Copernicus with an expectant expression on her face.

Once again, and possibly for the last time in the term...no, Freya's entire school career, the student made her way down to the nursery to check up on Noor the Knarl.

She entered and immediately removed her cloak, not even needing it anymore since it was already too hot for her liking outside. Putting on a pair of thick gloves, Freya walked over to Noor's cage, gasping slightly at what she saw in front of her.
"Oh gosh..." It seemed that Noor had grown some more, the poor thing could no longer fit inside her wooden sleeping box and was sniffing eagerly as her caretaker showed up. "You sure are the size of a cat now aren't you?" True, the once tiny Knarl now looked fairly heavy, and her spines were the length of large nailfiles. "You just have to have a pituitary issue going on, sweetheart."
Freya opened the top of the cage and with a slight grunt, removed the knarl from inside. "I certainly don't think it's normal for you to be this big." She held the animal out in front of her and looked her over. Everything looked fine, her claws were perfect, the nose wasn't runny, her fur wasn't even that dirty, and the teeth were slightly crooked as they'd always been.

With a sigh, Freya brought Noor to the inside play area and locked her in before making her way back to the cage to clear it out. 'I think moving her to a new cage is best...'. Her eyes glanced around the nursery and found a few larger, vacant cages. 'This one should do fine.' She chose one that was closer to a window and cleaned the old cage out entirely. 'I hope Professor Morgan doesn't have a problem with me doing this.'
Freya filled the new cage with a good amount of shavings before picking up the old sleeping box and looking it over thoroughly. Tapping her wand on the box, Freya managed to make it much bigger, enough so that Noor could happily fit inside. 'That should work nicely for my giant Knarl.' Looking back to the playpen, Freya saw Noor pacing the perimeter and gazed towards her caretaker when Freya's eyes caught her. The student sighed and walked back over to her animal, picked her up and brought her back to the new cage.

"Now, don't get all fussy with me, I had to move you since it seems you might have developed some sort of acromegaly...or gigantism, I'm not sure. Anyway, here's something that I know you like." Freya placed a solid ball into the cage for Noor to play with and bury possibly. Noor had made herself at home in Freya's arms and was starting to chew on the ends of the girl's sleeves. "Nuh uh, enough of that." Freya pushed the Knarl's head away and couldn't help but smile a little bit.
After a moment more of cuddling her animal, Freya placed Noor into the new cage and stayed put for a while longer. "You do realize that if I take you back with me you'll have to put up with Silas? Of course if he messes around too much with you he'll get a big snoutfull of quills." Noor merely looked up at Freya like she was waiting for something.
The student filled Noor's water dish and food dish. This time adding a few more insect segments to the growing amount of food, seeing as how Noor probably needed more nourishment than before.

Of course, like usual, Noor took one sniff of her food and left it be. But instead of going to sleep like she normally would do, she gazed up at Freya again, the word 'out' clearly expressed in her beady black eyes. "Ohhh..." Freya lifted her knarl back out of the cage and sat down with her on the floor, leaning against the wall. "Curse you for being so dang cute..." She laughed slightly and allowed Noor to curl up on her lap; her long-clawed feet pointed towards the ceiling. 'You're still a big baby.' Freya thought as she stroked the less dangerous gaps of Noor's spine covered body.

Bath time. Oh Merlin, save us all!

Bathing Georgie wasn't the most fun Hugo had ever had, but he hadn't given her a wash in at least a week, which was verging on GROSS. Rolling up the sleeves of his faded blue shirt, he skipped down to the brick building that erupted from the long green grass like some sort of statue. Tugging on his wellies as he stumbled towards the Nusery, he pushed open the door and stepped inside. Blinking as the rush of smells practically knocked him off his feet, the Slytherin took a step forward, and then another...and another. "Geooooorgie?" He cooed, evre so softly, as he tip-toed towards her cage. Georgie hated having a bath; but she had to have one! Grabbing a small slice of chicken from the tub in his pocket, he began to whistled.

"Geeee? There you aaare!" Unlatching the lock of her cage, Hugo beamed and dangled the chicken before her. Smiling affectionately as his almost fully grown Clabbert snaffled down the tasy treat, he disappeared to the shelves, where he retrieved a medium sized tub. Twisting the tap and filling it with warm water, he returned to the mottled green creature. "Now Georgie, I want you to behave! Yes?" Oh no. "NO! No, Georgie!" Nuuuuu! Arms flailing as the animal made a run for it, he managed to grasp her around the waist and hoist her onto his lap. She peered up at him with her large, round eyes, and he sighed. "Gee, you have t' have a bath!" She sniffled, wriggling in his grip. After being a fed a second slice of chicken, his pet cheered up a bit, and co-operated when being placed into the tub.

Scrubbing her with a nice soft sponge, Hugo grinned. "Theeere! It's not too bad afterall, eh?" The clabbert beamed up at him, and he chuckled. "Goood girl, Georgie Porgie." He scratched behind her ear happily, before washing off the bubbles that were perching on her head. Heheee. Gently pulling her out of the tub, he rapped a looooovely fluffy towel around her body and rubbed her dry. "There, much better! Now y' don't smell so bad," he teased, returning her to the soft hay in her cage.

Iliana busied herself up on the wooden fence, trying to find a comfortable position. She was positive that she had just gotten a splinter in the worst place and the thought made her roll her eyes. Upon hearing Copernuicus' question, Iliana stopped her squirming and caught his eyes with her own.

"Copernicus, you certainly aren't obligated to keep Tiberius here at Hogwarts. If at the end of this assignment you feel like you'd rather see him returned to the wild, then I will make the arrangements." She explained. "Personally, I think they'd be happier here with us. Not locked in the stables mind you, but Hogwarts has vast open spaces for them to run and fly freely, away from muggle eyes. We're all that he knows." She said. "But I am leaving this decision up to you." She wondered if she should tell him why Tiberius, as well as all of the Nursery creatures, were brought to her. After a moment she decided it was better not to. She didn't want to sway his decision one way or the other.


"Cela?! Bareback?" She asked, amused by her eagerness. "Okay honey, but I know I have saddles in the tack room if Copernicus prefers." She laughed.

Sighing, Professor Morgan looked back and forth between both Ravenclaws and their Abraxans. "It seems there are several options for us to consider. Think about it please and I will do all I can to help with whatever decision you make." She said.

"Okay who needs help? Clearly Cela, you're feeling comfortable up there but what about you Copernicus?" She said, hopping from the fence and walking over. "Can I help you on?" She offered. Peering at Cela out of the corner of her eye, she pleaded, "Just please don't go too high the first time, okay?"

Via walked inside the nursery and found her pet poking the cage's lock. "Woah, trying to wreck your cage, dear?" she asked. She smiled at the imp and unlocked the cage. Cid jumped outside and started to stretch his arms. It's bee a long while since she last set her outside his cage. "Sorry for keeping you inside for a while," she said. "Maybe you wanna play, right?" Via carried Cid and opened the door towards the play area. "You must have missed here," she said as she joined Cid outside.

As she watched her little pal run and jump and stretch and do everything, she couldn't help but feel a little bit sad that Cid had grown so fast and he's no longer the little imp she used to carry around. She could still carry him around but it's different now, he was all grown up for an imp.

Cid carried his slapstick wherever he went and he accidentally tripped over it which made Via laughed. "See?" she told him, "You're supposed to be making rackets to others and not to yourself." That was just one way to annoy him and Via knew she got it wrong. She started running for Cid came running after her with his stick. "Oh..no..." she said still laughing, "Not again." Cid was soon close enough to Via but instead of poking her, he hugged her leg.

"OH!" Via sighed as she sat on the ground. She didn't care about the dirt. "I wonder why you're acting like this... Maybe you knew this is the last time i'll come down here and play with you." She stroke the imp's head as she curled up her knees and Cid sat beside her. She never thought she'd be able to care for an imp. After all the pokes, scratching and everything, she managed to say this far caring for a pet.

She soon started telling some stories at him as the imp watched her. How she wished Cid was a real person. Soon Cid went an playing again with his stick but Via didn't budge as her gaze followed him. She opened her bag and brought out some sweets. "I haven't got any insects today,but i know you love these," she said and the imp came running towards her.

That was a seven inch creature which just broke into a jump and Via was knocked off the ground. Staring at the sky with Cid's eyes watching her. Via again laughed. "You're making it hard for me to leave you," she said as she composed herself from being knocked to the ground. The treats were scattered around her. She picked one and ripped it open as Cid already got one for himself. They both enjoyed the treats. Via stood up and dusted her robes. Cid's eyes followed her as she left he area and came back with a piece of cloth. "Now, it's time for you to have a little break," she said and she cleaned Cid using the damp cloth.

Soon Via and Cid went back inside the nursery and Via made sure, the door to the play area was tightly shut. "Time for rest, Cid," she said. "I have something for you." She let him sit at her shoulder as she rummaged for her sketchpad. SHe flipped through the pages and found the page she was looking for.

The page had a drawing of a magical creature. It was sitting in a marsh with eyes closed. "That's you. LAst time, when i saw you sleeping," she said. She knew her drawing wasn't the best and it wasn't exactly the way how Cid looked but she was satisfied with it.



She watched Cid view the picture and then his eyes turned to her and to Via's surprise he gave Via a cuddle. Via returned Cid inside his cage. Before leaving she left something inside the cage. "I've got a copy of the drawing here, it's yours now." With a smile, Cid grabbed for it and Via gave him a wry one.

Turning back she didn't want to bid goodbye to the imp who had been a great pet to her, "I'll try to come back," she said as she head off the nursery embracing the sketchpad. But Professor Morgan was there and she wanted to ask her something.

"Good day Professor," Via greeted as she glanced at the imp. Cela and Copernicus were there and she could see they're having a great time with their abraxans. She wanted to have Cid for her own, she knew her parents would find him interesting.

Ana "jumped" into the nursery, she was in ecstasy. She was going to adopt Padfoot, yes she was!
Her mom didn't like very much the idea at first but after knowing that she had take care of Padfoot all the term she agreed and thought that she was ready.

Ana already has a cat but her mom always said that 2 in an apartment was too much but now she finally agreed. And her cat will have a friend to play with! Well Padfoot is not really a cat but Ana thinks they will like each other.

Ana crossed the nursery maniacally and screaming stopping at Padfoot's cage "Padfoot! Padfoot! I have big, BIG news for you!" and stopped speaking for moments to take a deep breath.

"I'm going to adopt you !!" Padfoot looked at Ana still shocked by the "speed of light" appearance of Ana but then he got out of his cage and started to roll and purr, like he had understand what she had just said. Cats are very smart, kneazles are even more!

"Look I brought you more treats and a new toy!" she said "Go play while I clean your things!" she said with a enthusiastic voice.
Ana started her cleaning and feeding routine and 30 min after it was done.
Ana stayed there for a couple of hours with Padfoot.

"Padfoot, I got to go. I'll be back tomorrow. Love you!" and happily Ana left the nursery.

Lina made her way into the nursery to find it busy. Everyone getting ready to adopt their creature, she supposed. She sort of envied the students who had a phoenix or abraxan, but at least the knarl was cute.

She went to Teena's cage and pulled the spiky bit out. "Morning, sunshine. Nice to see you're up this time. You know, I think you're starting to get bigger already." She pet her little knarl then set it down, letting it run around some but keeping it very close. "Maybe I could train you to sit on my shoulder or stay close to me. Then it would be easier to take care of you when we're out and about this summer."

Ana walked into the nursery for a quick visit. She walked straightly to her kneazle's cage.

"Hi buddy! Ho are you? Hungry?" Padfoot slowly opened his eyes and blinked.
"You're very sleeper , aren't you?" but besides sleeper Padfoot was also crazy and energetic so in a few seconds he was up scratching playing with Ana.

"Yeah! I love you too! But let me give you food." she smiled and filled both Padfoot's dishes. "Now we can play!" and they played for a bit.

"Sorry about the quick visit but I have a lesson in 5 min and I take 15 just to arrived at the classroom!" she said smiling.

"Bye Padfoot!" she screamed while running towards nursery's door, probably waking up a dozen of other creatures.

William walked in with the biggest grin on his face he had ever had as he looked around spotting Ziella sitting waiting for him to come in. She was so big now! Walking over to her he smiled, bending down to open her cage and allow her to walk around him a bit. "Hey girl, look at you!" he said bending down to kneel before her, petting her. Her fur was gorgeous now, a rich deep brown with a white stripe on her head. It was full and thick very healthy looking, which was good.

Standing up he put one finger out, dropping it down. Ziella sat down on her haunches, looking up at him expectantly. "Good girl!" He said proudly. Digging into his pocket he took out a treat and tossed it on the ground. "Ready for more training?" He asked, holding out the leash and attaching it to her collar. He walked her to the paddock and unleashed her, watching as she sat there waiting patiently. "Okay, today's lesson, this is an important one. And it's rather fun for both of us." He said grinning down at her and giving her a pet on the head. "It's really easy so I know you can do this. you're a smart pup." he said, putting his hand in his pocket and taking out a small blue ball. He held it out for her to sniff. She tilted her head at him, her nose inches from the ball and eyed him as she sniffed at it, yipping. "Okay, ready to try?" He asked, holding out the ball for her to see before tossing it to the other side of the paddock.

She tilted her head again at him as he said "Fetch." in a strong voice. Standing on four paws she yipped once more before running around the paddock in a full circle before returning to him. "No, not run around. Fetch the ball." he said in a condescending voice. She whine slightly before trudging off and picking the ball up in her mouth and bringing it back. He nodded, dropping a treat onto the ground saying. "Good girl. Now, let's try again and then you can run around for a good long time okay?" He threw the ball again, watching as her head turned in the direction and took off running full tilt towards it. She trotted back to him and kept it in her mouth. Which brought him to another training lesson he had read about. "Drop it." he said, pointing his finger down to the ground. She shook her head, eyes alight. "Ziella, drop it!" he said in a stronger voice, which made her growl slightly.

Shaking his head he knew she was playing around with him by the look in her eyes and the way her forked tail was waggling back and forth. He grinned shaking his head and walked towards her. She jumped back, a low bark emitting from her mouth as the ball soon became covered in slobber. He made a face and got down on two knees and crawled towards her, his eyes bright. She backed up, and took off towards the other end of the paddock. Luckily it looked like they were alone so he could chase after her around a bit, not only for her to get excersize but for him as well. He cornered her, his eyes playful as he gently lunged at her. She laid down, knowing what he was up to and yipped as his hands began petting her furiously. She yipped once more, and dropped the ball, her tail smacking the ground in delight.

He laughed as he picked the ball up, then tossed it again to the other side of the paddock. She took chase and skidded to a halt picking the ball up with her mouth before running back and dropping it. "Good girl now you're getting it!" he said happily, ruffling her fur up some. "Okay, enough for now you need food and water." he said leashing her up and bringing her back to the cage, where she crawled in and laid down, head in her paws. He got up, getting the food dishes before walking back and putting them in front of her, filling the water bowl and sitting down, taking out his journal. When she had finished eating he got up, closing the cage. "I got to go, exams are coming up you know." he said, reaching in and giving her a friendly pat before turning and walking out towards the door.

Copernicus watched Cela climb onto the Abraxan with a little bit of awe. She just hopped right up there like she had all sorts of practice. And she had a practical option for the Abraxans. Ugh. He was a dunce today. Every day. He turned back to Tiberius, giving the Abraxan a nuzzle before letting him go and stepping completely clear.

"I... I don't know, Professor. I just want him to be happy, and I don't know where he'd be happiest. With Cassiopea, I guess." He crossed his hands under his arms and kept on backing up. "So if Cela wants to take them home with her... I guess... that would be fine." Only it wouldn't be fine, because then he'd never get to see Tiberius again. But Tiberius would rather go with his best friend than anything else, so it was an obvious choice.

Copernicus stopped when he hit the fence and realized he didn't have anywhere else to go. "I can't, Professor. I'm sorry. I'm just too big. He can't carry me yet. He's still too small." Plus the whole thing where Copernicus had no CLUE how to get onto an Abraxan, even with a saddle.