Celandine detoured to professor Morgan's hut after having visited the abraxans. She knocked on the door politely, intending to ask a few questions about the progress of the foals and maybe have a go at the saddles again.

Knocking before he entered, Jude slipped sheepishly inside.

"'Eh dair Professah Mo'gan..." he said, not looking forward to this. "Oi jus' came ta tell ya tha' Oi'm leavin' for aboot 2 weeks, an' so Oi can' take care o' me Augurey while Oi'm away. Oi jus' though' ya should know. Oi'm leavin' in a few hours, kin'a loike a family emergency. This way, Oi jus' din't want ya ta think tha Oi'd abandoned 'er or anuhthin..." he said and looked at her.

He hadn't really dealt with Professor Morgan a lot in the past, and didn't know what to expect for a reaction. So instead, he just stood there silently, face expressionless, hoping for the best.

Iliana laughed sweetly and shook her head. "No Vanessa, I don't mind." She said, taking a seat beside her. "I'm doing great. Thanks for asking. And how are you?" She asked, happy to see a smile on her face.
"I will be my pleasure. Maybe Charlotte can even keep Vincent company." She joked. "Come by anytime, my door is always open." She added, waving her goodbyes.
"Bye Jake. Come and visit me soon." She said. "And there's nothing to be sorry for."She added sincerely. "…. be careful." She whispered, as they walked out the door." She had a feeling that it would be hard from here on out not to worry.

There was another knock at her door and Iliana called out again, "Come in, it's open."
Iliana looked up from her place on the couch and waved Jude inside. "Well, hello." She said.

She listened carefully as he explained about his family troubles and then replied. "Never you mind, dear. Aubrey will be well taken care of in your absence. Now you run along and leave everything to me."

Celandine stepped inside and smiled brightly, "Hi Professor! I wanted to ask a few questions about the abraxans and thank you for the unicorn class and I drew a picture for you because I couldn't stop thinking about how beautiful they were."

Celandine bit her lip and offered the drawing to Professor Morgan.

"Good afternoon Miss Toussaint, its lovely to see you today." She said, walking over to meet Celandine half way. Taking the picture from her hands, she opened it up and laid it flat on her desk. "Oh wow! Celandine this is magnificent work!" She exclaimed, clearly impressed. "You are truly gifted. Would you mind at all if I hung this drawing up right beside my desk?"

"Oh of course I don't mind, Professor!" Celandine answered cheerfully, "Thank you. The unicorns inspired me and I felt like drawing something else after I did the homework. It's relaxing." Cela told the professor.

"Thats good..." Vanessa smiled, glad that Professor Morgan was alright. She frowned just the smallest bit when the Professor asked the question back to her. "Errm...I'm good," She nodded, trying to smile a little more. "Some things are better than they were before now."

Iliana's face lit up and she pointed her wand at her beautiful gift. Using a quick fixing charm to attach it, she smiled at how perfect it looked on her wall. "Thank you so much Celandine." She said, sitting down at her desk, still admiring her new artwork.

Just then, Iliana grabbed a piece of parchment and started to scribble something down. Where had her head been today. She had almost forgot. Still writing, Iliana glanced up at Cela and said, "Oh and there was something you wanted to ask me about Abraxans, right? You know, Cassiopeia seems to be simply thriving under your care."
Iliana was almost certain that she knew what Vanessa had meant by 'things'. She decided not to ask, hoping that she knew she was there for her if she ever needed to talk. Instead she began making idle conversation. "So... your classes are going well?" She asked.

Feeling another slight twinge in her leg, Iliana turned in her chair and lifted up her robes to take a look. She frowned when she saw that the swelling had gotten worse and picked up her wand. She swiftly splinted her leg and immediately felt some relief. She smiled at the difference and turned back timidly to face the girls. Maybe they would pretend not to notice. She thought, optimistically.

Vanessa was glad when Professor Morgan decided not to ask about the "things" she really didn't want to talk about them. Not now that everything was moving on so perfectly. "Yes...They are," She nodded, smiling. Her classes were going very well, especially the one Professor Morgan taught. "The Unicrons were soo pretty!" Vanessa added, smiling, she'd liked that lesson especially, even though all of the care of magical creatures lessons had been awesome.

Vanessa noticed the Professor cast something on her leg, but she decided not to ask. Professor Morgan hadn't pressed onto her problem, so she wasn't going to do the same. "Are you enjoying the teaching Professor?" She asked, interested. Professor Morgan was a new teacher so, she'd like to know how her experiance was going.

"Thats okay professor." Celandine smiled brightly, "Oh yeah there is! She flew! On her own! Well not on her own, but with Tiberius. My question is, is it better to let them continue on their own or should I be going with them? Either riding on Cassiopeia or on my broom?"

Iliana just smiled, loving the response she was getting over her last lesson. She turned her head towards the open window and could just make out Kimber running in the distance. She looked back at Vanessa and pointed, making sure that she wouldn't miss the show. "Unicorns are one of the most fascinating creatures that we have here. I am not surprised that you find them intriguing." Professor Morgan said. She watched in silence until Kimber ran out of view and then turned back to Vanessa.

"I certainly am. I think teaching is the greatest job in the world." She answered. "I taught Arithmancy at Beauxbatons a few years back and fell in love with it immediately."

"So… any idea what you'd like to do when you leave Hogwarts?"
"They flew, really? Cela that's wonderful. I so happy you were there to see that." She exclaimed. With her next question, Iliana tilted her head to one side and gave her an appraising look. "You know what... I think they might be ready to be ridden after all." She answered. "Let's see…." Still brooding over the details in her head, Iliana began mumbling to herself out loud. "Of course, I'll need to be there to supervise… and they have to promise to be very careful… and make sure not to fly too high... " She trailed off.

When she was finally satisfied that it was a good idea, she shot a glance at Celandine and said, "How does this afternoon sound? I will be making a trip out to the Nursery soon; we can go together."

"Well, I only saw them landing, I was inside mucking out the stable. They have been sharing the same one all this time. But they are too big to share now, so I had to move Cassiopeia into a seperate stall." Cela explained. She tensed up as she listened to Professor Morgan muse out loud and jumped happily when the answer was yes! Cela stilled for a moment and looked up at the Professor, "Copernicus too?"

Iliana laughed her joyous, musical laugh at Cela's reaction and nodded her head with excitement. "Copernicus too!!!" She answered back.

With a flourish of her wand, she quickly sealed the letter she had been writing and handed it over. "Cela, I was wondering... would you mind delivering this to Professor Truebridge before we go? That should give me enough time to finish up in here and meet you and Copernicus near the stables."

Cela's face lit up at that and she nodded enthusiastically, "Oh yes, not a problem, I can do that." Cela took the letter, "It might take me a little while to find Cope... I think he's avoiding me." Celandine was a tiny bit crestfallen by that but she perked up again almost instantly, "I'll go now, Professor. Thank you soooooo much!"

Celandine waved and tucked the letter in her glove before leaving the hut and running up to the castle.

Walking side by side, the poor and sick Pymgy Puff held by Kiri's hands, Emiliano and Kiri arrived just outside Professor Morgan's Hut. And so, he knocked the door, not wanting to look like unrespectful to his favorite teacher. He just meant it...

"Don't worry." Emiliano said, looking at Kiri face to face. "Sol will be fine...and healthy in no time after this..." He told her with a wide smile.


ooc. Hello. Phil will be posting here tomorrow.

Kiri nodded mutely. She wasn't sure what to expect - Professor Morgan seemed nice enough in her lessons, for the few words they'd ever exchanged, but Kiri guessed she might react differently if some stupid second year turned up at her hut with a sick pygmy puff in her hands.

At least Emiliano didn't seem to be worried. He knocked at the door with every sign of perfect confidence. Kiri was immensely glad to have him with her. As the two of them waited for the Professor to answer, she disentangled herself from Emiliano and removed her gloves. She stuffed them into her bag unceremoniously, then grabbed Emiliano's arm again.

Iliana rose from her chair and followed Cela over towards the door, waving goodbye as she left. When she heard the quiet knocking, she flung open the door and smiled down at the pair standing just outside. "Good afternoon. Won't you come in," replied Professor Morgan, noticing the pygmy puff at last. "And I see you've brought a friend."

"Oooh," Vanessa cooed as she watched Kimber out of the window. The small unicorn was really something, very cute indeed, and definetly something Miles wouldn't mind being called cute. "Your lessons are really good Professor," She complimented, after Kimber had ran out of view and she was looking back at the Professor. Care of magical creatures had really become one of her favourite lessons, especially with the magical creatures nursery. That was one of her favourite things to do.

"You suit it..." Vannie commented with a smile, Professor Morgan seems to really enjoy teaching, that's why she was probably so good at it, and she really got along with the students too.

"Weell...I'd like to be a healer," She spoke with a nod smiling, that seems fun. "But I'm probably going to get dragged around with the band I'm in for a while." She giggled, that would be fun too.

"Oh... Hello, umm, Professor Morgan," Kiri said uncertainly as the door was opened. The professor's friendly face was brightened by a smile, and Kiri felt herself relax a little. Then she realised she was still clinging to Emiliano... Hastily, Kiri removed her arm. She could feel herself blush, and for a few uncomfortable moments she didn't know what to say. Then Sol, still sitting in her hand, squeaked his own little greeting, and her brain started working again.
She nodded gratefully at the professor and stepped inside. "Thank you," she mumbled.

Once inside the hut, Kiri turned to Professor Morgan. She wasn't sure how to begin, but so far it didn't look like the teacher was going to bite Kiri's head off for disturbing her outside of lessons, so she held out her hands. The tiny 'puff in her palms was shivering again. "This is, uh, Sol," she said, the name bringing on another blush. "He's my pygmy puff, but... Well, I think he's ill or something. He doesn't. And he won't stop shivering, either," she added miserably.
Kiri took a deep breath. "So I was thinking... As you're the Care of Magical Creatures professor, maybe you could, you know, take a look at him. If you have the time, of course."

Emiliano walked into Professor Morgan's Hut with a wide, yet sort of worried smile on his face. He just didn't like to see Kiri so sad about Sol, he just knew the poor creature would be fine sooner or later after this visit to the expert. "Good day, Professor Morgan." He greeted, "How have you been lately?" He asked, his casual manners.

He watched as Kiri talked to the professor about Sol and how he had been doing lately. Emiliano just wondered if he could help in anything.

"Why thank you for saying so, Vanessa. I'm glad you enjoy them." She replied. "Arithmancy was fun, but nothing beats being back at Hogwarts. Its just like I remember it." She added, inhaling deeply, as if taking in the familiarity.

"It seems we have much in common." She said. "I began my internship at Saint Mungo's as soon as I graduated from Hogwarts. See my father is a Muggle doctor and I imagined myself following in his footsteps. I apprenticed under a brilliant Healer named, Helga Fairhaven." She explained.

"I wonder…" She mused, a sly smile stretching across her face. "Vanessa, I think you'd be a great Healer! If you'd like, I could recommend you. As it so happens, Ms. Fairhaven still holds her position there. She is always eager to add a bright, new intern to her staff."

"Good afternoon, dear." She said sweetly before glancing down at the little creature in her hands. "I always have time for my students." She said, patting her gently on the shoulder. "Kiri, why don't you set him down on my desk and have a seat." She suggested.

Stopping just to the left of her desk, Iliana brushed her hair back into a ponytail and bent her head down towards the creature. "When did his symptoms start?" She asked.
"Hello Emiliano. I'm lovely, thanks for asking." She said, waving him over to join them. "The house elves brought over my favorite cookies. Please help yourself while we figure out what's the matter with Sol."

"Ooh...you came here?" Vanessa asked, smiling. She wondered what house Professor Morgan had been in, Gryffindor maybe, she would suit that house. She felt like asking but it would probably be a little rude. "I'm not that good at Arithmancy," Vanessa admitted, blushing a little bit. It was all those numbers.

"We do?" She asked, as she listened to Professor Morgan. Oooh. She trained as a Healer too. That was quite cool, one of her favourite teacher being in the profession that she wished to go into. "Aww...Was your father proud?" She asked, choking on her words a little. She found it hard to talk about things like this. But by doing so she'd make it easier right. She knew her father would have been proud of her, even if he wasn't here now.

"You do?" She felt her cheeks reddening, because the teacher telling you that was quite embarrasing. "You could recommend me? That would be great!" She exclaimed, smiling. It would be good to get a recommendation, then she might get onto the course quicker.

Gently, Kiri put Sol down on the desk. She could see him quivering slightly as he left her hands, so she ran her fingers through his pale yellow fur to calm him down before sitting down on a chair in front of the desk. Kiri couldn't help but give Emiliano a small smile as the professor bent down to examine the pygmy puff. She really was very friendly...

Kiri thought for a moment. "I'd say a few days ago." She paused, and said: "I usually keep him in a cage in the dormitory during the day when I, you know, have my lessons. But two days ago, when I came back from my last lesson, I found him on my bed, somehow he got out of his cage. And..." Here Kiri broke off. She glanced around at Emiliano and dropped her voice. "Some of my Potions ingredients were lying around, too. Maybe he ate something there... But," a pained note entered her speech, "I always keep them stored safely, and anyway, he's a pygmy puff, he can't open the cage on his own..."
Kiri wondered if she should really continue, but something made her. She spoke even quieter, conscious of Emiliano in the background. He didn't need to know. "Maybe someone in my dormitory did it." She swallowed heavily. "Some of them don't like me, I-I think."

"Thank you, Professor..." Emiliano said with a wide smile and walked over.
Aww. Luffly, cookies!! They just smell great and Emiliano's stomach was craving for anything to eat, really, anything!!! So, he stepped closer to the plate and took one, just to try and while he made some company to Kiri to save Sol. He was just too worried about both.

Emiliano smiled back at Kiri and shrugged his shoulders as saying, See...I told you she would love to help you! He cleared his throat and stood against the wall, watching Professor Morgan and Kiri talk about Sol's health. His ears had to just be alert, what if Kiri was hiding something from him? And then, came the whisper. That was...stressing for him. Not to know what really might have happened.

Some people might not like you?? He heard that!!! And that was not so true. He just loved his friend Kiri, for being so sweet and curious for him. Emiliano couldn't believe it came from Kiri's lips. He shook his head slightly and kept standing there and eating the delicious House-elf made cookies.

Kayla made her way down to Professor Morgan's hut anxious to see how Charlotte was doing. Webster had been acting very restless over the last couple of days and she wondered if that was a sign that Charlotte was about to lay her eggs? She knocked softly on the door and took a step back and waited for Professor Morgan to answer. She rocked back and forth on her heels in excited anticipation. Webster was obviously excited as well because he crawled out from underneath her hair and proceeded to climb onto the top of her head.