CoMC Lesson 1 :: Nifflers
 

Professor Morgan was in a glorious mood this morning as she exited her office door. With a flourish of her wand, she levitated a number of large wire cages, each of which contained 2 or 3 fluffy black creatures with long snouts and flat paws.

With the cages leading the way, Iliana headed down to the paddock. She carefully deposited the cages on the ground and then withdrew a small black pouch from her robes. With a flick of her wand, its contents were instantly deposited beneath the soil. Professor Morgan had instructed the class not to wear anything shiny; she sincerely hoped that they took heed of her advice, otherwise they were going to be in for an extremely interesting lesson.

There was still some time to before the class was due to start so the professor reached down and unlatched the cage closest to her, pulling out one of the black fluffy creatures and cradling it in her arms. Then she leaned up against the paddock fence and began stroking its head while she waited for the first of her students to arrive.

OOC: Class will start shortly, please make sure that you read the CoMC Classroom Rules before attending. I've updated them today in regards to this terms' lessons.

Karma skipped happily down to the CoMC lesson that she had been waiting for. These creatures always fascinated her, whatever it was that Professor Morgan had waiting for them.

She hummed as she walked down the pathway, holding her books in one hand and removing her jewelry with another. There were rumors of what it was for today, NIFFLERS! Those little buggers were crazy, seeing as how Cam's attacked her last year for one simple, small necklace. Eep!

"Morning Professor Morgan," Karma said, stopping by the cages. "Aww, they're cute. Did I miss any jewelry?"

No earrings, no necklace, no rings (as if she would ever have one, PSSH), hopefully she had gotten everything.

Yawning, Kiri stumbled down the path to the paddock where the Care of Magical Creatures lesson would take place. Ever since the flooding of the dungeons, she'd slept badly, frequently waking up from nightmares full of swirling water. Classes kept her mind off of it for the most part, but by now she was pretty tired and no clue what would make it better.

As instructed by Professor Morgan, she had no shiny objects on her person. The only piece of jewellery she possessed, a delicately crafted bracelet her grandmother on her mother's side had left her, was safely stowed away in a box at the bottom of her trunk. She never dared to wear it anyway.

Kiri saw she was one of the first students to arrive. A few metres in front of her, she spotted Raiden, which brightened up her morning considerably.
"Good Morning, Professor," she said courteously, stifling another yawn and joining Raiden.
"Hi Raiden."

Mariel walked out to the grounds in anticipation of the first Care of Magical Craetures lesson. After reading the notice in the Ravenclaw common room, she made sure to wear her hair down without any of her shiny barrettes present in her locks. She had a pretty good idea of what they would be studying today and she didn't need any of the creatures knocking her down to root through her hair as that would be neither a pretty sight nor pleasant, not to mention the tangles she'd have to deal with later.

As she arrived, the third year noticed that she was only one of a few students present. Must be early. Shrugging softly to herself, she turned her smile towards the teacher and the creature in her arms. "Hello, Professor," she greeted the teacher. Yes, she had been right about the subject matter, she thought, looking down at the animal. Very cute, but awfully incorrigible.

Hayley was sooo excited! She loved animals and stuff, and she was sure Care of Magical Creatures was going to be her favorite class. Humming happliy to herself, she wandered over to where the lessons were taking place. Noticing the cute fluffy creatures she squeed a bit "*Squee!*"

"Hi Professor," Hayley said shyly, twiddling with her hair a bit. Happyhappyhappy...AMINALS!

Oh this was going to be an intriguing lesson.Having been asked not to wear anything shiny,which admittedly she never did anyway,Sarah was eager to find out why.
Walking down to the paddock she could see the Professor holding something black...and furry.
"Hi Professor Morgan!" she said,breezily. "Oh what a cute little thing!" Sarah was going to ask if they could touch it,but thought it best not to.Might not be as cute as it looks.

She then saw Mariel and strolled over to stand next to her. "Hey,do you know what that is?" she enquired,pointing at the creature in the teacher's arms.

Ricco had a feeling he knew what the class was going to be about when he read the announcment on the notice board as it said that nothing shiny could be takien to class, so checking and double checking for shiny thinggs ricco made his way down to the COMC class when he was sure that he didnt have anything shiny. As soon as he got down to the hut Ricco spotted the nifflers sitting in the cages and so standing near the Prefect he waited for the class to begin.

Emiliano was excited for this lesson. His smile could say everything as he walked towards the class, noticing Professor Iliana was already there, holding a puffy and beautiful creature in her arms.

As he approached, he smiled.."Good day, Professor...how have you been?" He greeted. Emiliano sat and continued to glance at the creature to be studied that day. Good thing he never wore anything shiny...just those hand-bands he made sure to take out before leaving the common room.

Nifflers?? That should be a nice...and interesting lesson.

Jude skipped into the paddock. "Mornin' Professah!" he called cheerfully as he settled himself all focused on the cute little creatures at hand. Black, fluffy, adorable. This was going to be a FUN lesson, and he didn't even know what they were playing with yet. He sort of knew what they were. They liked shiny, based on Professor Morgan's warning of that on the bulletin board before it got destroyed.

He just hoped he had gotten all the shiny off. He wasn't THAT conscious about his appearance on his best days... and this certainly wasn't one of his best days, considering his common room and belongings were still flooded over.

Lettie walked down to the care of magical creatures classroom...her first class for this subject, and she really was excited. Cute little animals were nice, but so where the scaley ones that ran around on the ground so fast that you couldn't catch them...just like the lizards near the creek back home.

She got closer and saw a few little animals inside some cages. 'Awwwww!' Leticia thought and stared at them with a bright look in her eyes, 'They're so cute!' All she wanted to do was snuggle them, but no, that would be bad probably.

Kel was pretty excited for this lesson. Nifflers sounded very exciting...Magical creatures interested Kel. So...well, he arrived to the class excited, of course. Smiling as he entered the classroom, he waved at the proffessor and greeted "Good morning, Professor," very cheerfully as he took a free seat.

Isabella hurried to the Care of magical Creatures class. she didnt want to be late...as soon as she arrived she saw a couple of students were already there...she saw Professor Morgan leaning against the paddock fence and saw some black fluffy creature in her arms...Isabella shuddered instantly. she never got well along with animals...and these are magical...she reached the paddock and slowly said
"good morning Professor"

Ruby walked in a huff to COMC she had to take her jewelry off and she wasn't happy she never took her necklace off, she walked towards Professor Morgan who was leaning against the paddock fence and noticed Nifflers in her arm she shrugged and went and waited for the lesson to begin "Good Morning Professor"

Jule hurried behind Bella. She saw the professor leaning against a cage with furry creatures. She caught her breath and said, "hello professor."

Satine followed closely behind her Ravvie friends, Jules and Bella. She smiled at the professor, "Howzit, Professor!" Remembering the bulletin she did a quick shiny object and jewelry check to make sure she had remembered to take it all of...yep, that's a big positive she was locked, cocked, and ready to rock!

Herminny headed down to COMC professors hut at the alloted time and saw her down by the paddlock fence and headed down there. When she got there she thought uh, that creature is ugly and you could see it on her face about a split seccond but then she quickly put on a brave face and perked as she saw Professor Morgan and how gental and sweet the creature seemed to be.
She started to smile as she said, "Hi Professor Morgan", realizing mabe I should'nt judge a book by it's cover. Then she looked down at her wrist and saw the shiny silver bracelet her mother gave her for her birthday and quicly pushed it up her arm so it would be hidden by her robes hoping it would nit slide back down her arm as she stood there and waited for class to start.

Iris skipped over to care of magical creatures - she was really looking forward to it, because she loves animals. Iris then remembered the notice on the notice board "please do not wear anything shiny or valubal" it said, Iris couldn't think why, but she needn't worry about that - she didn't have anything shiny or valuable on her to wear! it was all still in the Girls' Dorm, and she hadn't been able to go in there at all.

Noticing a few people already here, she gave them small smiles and went over to the professor and said "good morning professor!" brightly, before turning away to see if Aaron, Mystic, Grace or Fallon were here yet, then she spotted Satine, "Hi Satine! I wonder what we're doing today? and what are those things in the crates?" she said to the purple haired girl.

Bookbag in one hand and wand in the other, Anna Greingoth headed out the Common Room and onto the grounds. The weather was nice today. As a matter of fact, it was the perfect weather for the first Care of Magical Creatures lesson. Anna wondered briefly what the topic of today's lesson would be. Hmm...nothing shiny...nifflers, maybe? That'd be fun! Hopefully it'd be just as exciting as the dragon lesson from the end of last school year! Either way, Anna was sure Professor Morgan had something wonderful up her sleeve!

Approaching the paddock, Anna took in the sight of Professor Morgan, cradling a small, black, fluffy creature in her arms. "Good day, Professor Morgan," Anna greeted, pausing just briefly to glance at the creature before passing her by and going to take a seat. She placed her bookbag on the ground and her wand in her lap, then waited patiently for the lesson to begin.

This would have been Varius second class in which he had attended and he doubted it would be as interesting as Transfiguration was. They wouldn't be eating pastries like Tranfig, no, they would probably be feeding the pastires to some undeserving creatures! Man, Varius was not a huge fan of animals at all unless the were cute, tame and able to be pets. That's his philosophy, word.

However, he did keep in mind that he wasn't sure what animal they would be experiencing today and he made sure NOT to where anything shiny as instructed.

Victoria walked back down to the hut for her first lesson, she wondered what creature they would be studying.

"Hey Satine, Hey Jule," said Bella as she turned back to see her friends.
"all the shiny things locked away?" she asked with a smile.
"hello there victoria" she called as she saw her other Ravvie friend come in. she wondered where Laura, Linda and Shaunee were.

Sydney skipped towards her first CoMC lesson. She was looking really forward to the lesson hoping it would be as good as Transfiguration & Arithmancy. She slowly walked towards the front of the class "Hello Prof. Morgan" She said greeting the professor and sat on a nearby desk. Sydney liked animals however she was very nervous. What if she or the creature gets hurt? Pushing the thoughts to the back of her mind, she silently observed the fluffy black creature while twisting a strand of hair around her index finger.

Care of Magical Creatures wasn't a class she was usually excited to attend. This case wasn't any different. As she entered, dull and ordinary, as instructed by the Professor (i.e. no gold and pink satiny ribbons), Daphne noticed that she was surrounded* by Raiden Kururugi and furry things.

Glad to see the boy wasn't looking as green on the face as he was on the train, Daphne patted his shoulder as she passed him by. Patting his head didn't seem possible anymore. Daphne made a mental note not to treat little Raiden Kururugi as...well, little Raiden Kururugi. "Doing well, Kururugi? Hello Professor and..." she stalled not figuring out the name of Raiden's friends. Giving it up as a lost cause she shrugged her shoulders and took a seat before realizing who was next to her.

"Varius Tipps!" squeaked the blond. "Its--Hello?"

Don't touch my hair. Don't touch my hair. Don'ttouchmyhair.

In the meantime, while Daphne's hand flew up to protect her crown, Raiden Kururugi was pulling out a coin which was probably not a very good idea.


*In Daphne's perspective more than two is a crowd

Thomas heard that the lesson is about nifflers. Thomas heard here and there some peoplle in Diagon Alley talking about the creature.

Laura wandered into the class. She was really excited, and curious too. They'd been told not to bring anything Shiny to the lesson, and so the young Ravenclaw had left off her earings and made her way down to the grounds. Maybe they were doing Nifflers, Laura though. She'd read somewhere that they liked Shiny stuff...

Seeing her friends, Laura went over to them. "Hi," she said, a little breathlessly from running. "Mind if I join you?" Without waiting for an answere, she put all of her stuff down and sat down beside them.

"Hello Thomas, I come down the professor yesterday cos Merlin hurted her leg flying back with a letter from my parents.

"Hi Victoria," said Thomas smiling at her back. Thomas looked for a table which was close to Vicky. Thomas found a table in front of Vicky. Thomas took out his inkwell and two parchment rolls.

"hey Laura...i was thinking where you were? so ready for Nifflers i guess," said Isabella.

Naomi walked on the grounds to her first Care of Magic Creatures lesson. She was very excited to start. She loves animals and the magical ones are so much more interesting. She remembered what the note posted in the common room said and removed her earings, necklace, and rings and deposited them in her bag. "Good afternoon Professor Morgan." She said with a smile.

She loved small furry animals, she looked at Thomas and started to daydream about him.

Ash walked up to where the class was standing and said "Good afternoon Professor while dropping her bag by her feet and gazing at the small furry animals

Reese walked down the the paddock, checking herself to make sure she wasn't wearing anything shiny. She was so excited for this lesson. Professor Morgan was one of her favorite teachers and she liked this subject a lot. It was a very interesting class to attend. "Hello Professor Morgan," she said as she finally made it to the paddock.

Maybe after the lesson, she might go and see Merlin to see if her leg was better.

Shana walked through into the paddock to attend her favorite lesson and waved at the professor.Heey Professor Morgan. she smiled.

WOAH! That's a lot of people to say Hai to. ^_^
 

Iliana wasn't surprised when Vanessa turned up first to her class. She smiled at her, pulling the Niffler closer and said, "Good Morning Vanessa, isn't he just the sweetest thing?!"
"Hello to you, Raiden. I hope you had a pleasant summer." She laughed at the playful way he waved and lifted the niffler's paw just enough to wave back.
"Good morning Karma." She said, looking for jewelry when asked. "Nope, it doesn't look like it." So far, so good. The students seemed to be following her warning. Good stuff.
"Hello Kiri. How are you this morning?" She asked with a smile. She looked exhausted. The poor thing. She'd have to remember to take it easy on her Slytherin students today.
"Hello Mariel!" She greeted the Ravenclaw happily. "I see that you've been back to visit Felix lately. Sorry I missed you."
Iliana LOVED first years. The always made her smile. "Good morning, dear!" She said brightly. "And what's your name?"
"Hey Sarah, good to see you again." She said, smiling at her enthusiasm. Today's lesson looked promising already.
"Well hello Emiliano, I've been wonderful!" How nice of him for asking! "And how was your summer?"
"Good morning, Simone." She said, winking back. "Did you have any trouble finding us?"
"Hey there Jude! She returned the greeting. "Its so good to see you again."
YAY! More little ones! She thought, nodding her head to the student. "Good morning and welcome!"
Iliana gave a little wave back "Good morning!" Granted she couldn't lift her hand very high, she was still pretty sure he'd be able to spot the gesture.
"Ruby, hello." She said. "It's so good to see you."
"Good morning, come and sit down." She said, motioning with her head.
The professor smiled brightly at the greeting. She knew she'd never seen this girl before. She would have remember for sure. "Hello. And what's your name?"
"Good day Herminny." She said. "How are you today?"
"Hey Anna! Glad to see you." She said, sincerely. When dealing with creatures such as these, it was always great to have the Head Girl present. Speaking of which... Where was Clifford?
""Well, this is a niffler." She said. "Actually they're ALL nifflers. And they're the topic for today's lesson." Nice way to state the obvious, Ili.
"Daisy!" Iliana said happily. "I'm so glad you could make it. I wanted to apologize for dashing off like that the other day."
"Good morning!" She smiled again, happy to see how many students were present. Excellent!
"Good morning Abby!" She said. "And yes... He is a he indeed."
"Good question Raiden." The Professor said, standing up straight and walking closer to the students. "If for any reason you still have anything shiny on your person, please remove it now and bring it up to me. I will hold on to them for safe keeping." She said.

"We will begin as soon as all shiny objects are brought up and everyone's seated." She said, nodding to the last few students entering the paddock.

Isabella was getting nervous looking at the small furry animal in the professor's arms she turned to Laura and asked
"um...Laura...i know this is really silly question to ask but...but are you scared of animals?" sge hesitated...

"Hello professor, can you check Merlin's leg after lesson to check if it is fixed please?" she smiled at her professor.

Naomi walked up to Professor Morgan, taking out the jewelry she had just put in her bag. "I forgot to take off my jewelry and I just put it in my bag but do you want it?"

Ah-ha! And there was Clifford now. "Glad you could join us!" Iliana said. No class would be complete without the Head Boy in attendance.
The professor walked over to the girls that were talking. "No more chatting please. Class is about to begin"
"Certainly Victoria. Bring her by right after." She said.
"Yes please Naomi. Please bring it up and put it in this pouch." She said, pulling it from her robes (with some difficulty considering her arms were a tad bit full). "I've placed a special charm on the pouch and the Nifflers won't be able to sense what's inside."

Hayley's eyes widened in wonder. She is TALKING TO ME! Even better, THIS teacher didn't seem MEAN! Hayley was just FILLED with joyousessness! "I'm Hayley," she said, smiling shyly, "Hayley Evans."

Hayley hurried to grab a seat up as close to the teacher as she could. Thankfully, she hadn't worn any shiny jewlery, so this was possible for her!

Emiliano looked up towards Professor Morgan and smiled. "It was great. I got to visit my family at Mexico and convince my parents it was the best to stay here at Hogwarts. " Quite brief his explanation, a smile spreading across his face for such amazing acomplisment during his summer.

"How was yours, ma'am?" He asked, not forgetting his manners.

And there she was, Karma Atkins...should he invite her or not to sit beside him. "Karma," He called hoping she would get the hint about the invitation.

"No they are really fluffy, but thanks for waning me, they don't really look all that cuddly Ash said smiling to Lily "I made sure to take off my necklace earlier, I ddn't really wanna get it broken during this lesson

Kel looked down at his hands, making sure he hadn't put on a watch or necklace or something. Crap. He had some money in his pocket he didn't realize. Feeling quite stupid, he stood up and walked to where the rest of the students were putting shiny stuff. He dropped his two sickles next to the pile and then went to sit back down.

"Ok professor" she waited for the lesson to start.

Professor Morgan was one of the nicer teachers, and from his seat the Head Boy smiled up at her. "I wouldn't dream of missing one of your classes, Ma'am," he said, bowing his head politely and waiting for the class to begin.

Walking over to the paddock, George took a deep breath and silently sat down, not wanting to distract the professor in case she got upset or mad. He'd made sure he'd taken off his watch that didn't work and hidden it deep in his trunk before coming to this lesson. Not wanting to risk anything, he wore his robes properly and sat perfectly still. One move could make anyone do anything.

*glares at my lack of laptop*
 

Bella immediately shut up and turned to face the Professor and waited paitently for the class to begin

"Oh yes." Vanessa nodded, resisting the temptation to stroke it. "I do enjoy you're lessons." She grinned, sheepishly.
Then she noticed a little firstie who looked a little scared. Giving the Professor one more smile, she moved to stand by him. He didn't need to be so scared!

Naomi left her jewelry with Professor Morgan and returned to the rest of the class. She looked around for someone she knew but no luck. Maybe someone else who didn't know anyone would start talking to her.

Jude smiled as Professor Morgan greeted him. He simply smiled at her and nodded a bit, taking his place in the middle of the crowd, looking at her with awe. Well... maybe he was looking at the cute little furballs with awe more than the teacher, but it got the point across either way.

Jack wasn't wearing anything shiny so he waited paitently until the class started.

Nodding slightly, she grinned and started to quiet down, "I think the lesson is about start. I'm excited!"

(OOC: is it noon? >_> it's 11am where I am so I don't know whether lesson is really starting or not.)

The professor collected the students' things and grinned. "I know, guys. It's hard to part with them." She felt strange herself, not wearing her pendant. "But class won't last for long and then you'll have them right back." She eyed Evangeline curiously as she handed over her ring. "I'll take good care of it, I promise." She said, pulling the drawstring tight and returning the pouch to her pocket.

"Okay class let's begin." She said, sitting on the ground and resting the niffler on her lap. "For today's lesson we're going to be learning about - and handling - Nifflers." She pet the niffler's furry body as she spoke scratching him gently behind the ears. "Now class, I would like each of you to tell me one thing you know about these creatures. Just raise your hand and call your answers out."

Grace walked to the class. She wondered why the teacher'd told them not to wear anything shiny. Her only shiny thing, her watch, which thankfully, didn't drown along with her other stuff, was in her bag safe.

Seeing Iris was already there talking to a purple haired Ravenclaw girl, she went there and said "Hey!"

Turning to teacher as she started the lesson, she realised she didn't know anything... She remained silent.

Naomi raised her hand and said. "I know something Professor Morgan." she said. "They can be very distructive because of looking stuff."

Raising her hand, Anna said, "Nifflers are furry and black, and they have really long snouts. They're attracted to anything that is glittery or shiny, which is why it wasn't a good idea to wear anything of that nature to today's lesson," she said. "Oh, and the Ministry of Magic classifies nifflers as XXX, which means 'Competent wizard should cope'." She had a few more things she'd love to say, but she thought it might just be best to try and let everyone share something. Maybe later, if there were a few things still left unsaid, she could share some more.

Raising her hand Ash called out"Niffler's love shiny objects and wanna collect them

Divad was anxious. He had no idea what a Niffler was or did. So he just sat there hoping others knew.

Alternately hot and cold feelings still creeping up her arm from Raiden holding her hand again, Kiri mouthed Hi to the two people she was now standing next to, a girl Raiden had called Daphne and a boy she had never seen before and who Raiden didn't seem to know, either.

She felt a small blush coming on at being introduced to a friend of Raiden's in such a way. Oh no, not in class! Kiri thought desperately, but there was no helping it. Hastily, she raised her hand and said: "Nifflers are very good at finding treasure, Professor. Even when it's buried in the ground."

Laura raised her hand. "Well," she said. "I read that they are really bad as pets, because they reck houses searching for shiny things?"

Emiliano raised his hand, ready to answer at least one fact about such interesting creatures. "...Well, they are excellent diggers, they mostly live in mines of gold...shiny things..." Too few, he needed more information. Yet, he thought it was enough, let's give a chance to the other students.

ooc: Source Harry Wiki

Raising her hand, Rachel thought for a moment before replying. "Well,they are strongly attracted to anything shiny, and even though they are affectionate creatures they might be hard to handle when there's something of interest to them in the vicinity. That's why they are really good for treasure hunting - I heard goblins keep them for that very purpose," she said, grinning at the thought of the goblins being nice to the nifflers. The goblins have pets... There's an odd thought.

"um...professor...they um...like to borrow shiny things..." said Bella raising her hand...she had read that in her text some time back...but that was the only thing she could remember...

Thomas raised his hand and said," Nifflers live in Britan and Nifflers are often kept by goblins to burrow deep into the earth."

Sarah raised her hand in the air before she spoke. "Uhhh they like shiny stuff,Ma'am? That's the reason you asked all not to wear anything shiny,right?"

It was the best she could do,and yes she had just answered a question with....a question.

Shivering as a girl moved to stand by him, George looked up at her and gasped at the girl who had been wearing a prefect badge before. Why is she standing here? Have I done something wrong? He wondered, desperately trying to find a reason why she was there.

Staring curiously at the animal the professor had, George heard her speak. Worrying because he hadn't been paying attention to her words he looked around at the people sitting near him. Hands in the air? He frowned. Must have been a question. He shrugged and then stared at the animal, watching it closely in case it decided to attack him.

Reese raised her hand. "Nifflers like shiny objects. I mean- they like to search for objects that are shiny and they, erm, they also live in mines," she told the Professor.

Isabella turned to Thomas as he spoke about Nifflers being used by Goblins...
"wow...that's interesting..." she said to herself...
Bella quickly noted down the rest of the information that she was collecting...about Nifflers being in mines, good pets/bed pets,short tempered...she was roughly jotting them down and later she would cancel them if they were not correct. she looked up and waited for the professor to speak...

Kel bit his lip before raising his hand. "Well, they like shiny things..." he said, "And wizards use them to find money and stuff?" he said, not feeling very confident about his answer. He dipped his quill into some ink so he could take some notes on right answers.

Iris raised her hand nervously and said, "once, my mum told me that we couldn't have one because they can destroy your house and things very quickly whilst they are looking for shiny things."

Iris hoped that it was nifflers that her mum had told her about... the creature in magical mengerie looked just like that when she asked for one all of those years ago... when she was five.

Jude raised his hand with the only thing he knew about them, "Dey're cu'e an' black an' loike shineh thin's..."

Thomas raised his hand again and he said,"Nifflers can be harmless but if there is any valubale or glittery objects around they can be kind of distructive."

Julie raised her hand, Weren't nifflers set into the office of Delores Umbridge in Mr. Potters time? Julie loved her history and she had thought she had read that somewhere.

Ricco stuck his hand up and calledd out "They are used by the goblins mainly as they are great at finding diamonds in mines and things"