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They were going to let the enormous, scary, hairy butterfly fly around freely in the classroom?! Eek! Nancy automatically tightened her grip on her wand as she continued to stare at the hairy Butterfly!Monster. Don't you dare attack me. I have a wand and I'm ready to use it! Mwaha! Well, she would probably shriek and dive under her desk but whatever. The hairy Butterfly!Monster didn't know that, did it?

Raising her hand quickly Nancy replied without her eyes leaving the hairy Butterfly!Monster, "Nectar from the flowers, Professor, I think. And pollen too sometimes." Why did that question give her the impression that the professor wanted to KEEP the hairy Butterfly!Monster?!

Pfft..."Isn't that a trick question? They don't eat anything, though they do drink stuff like the nectar of flowers..." she said after raising her hand. Yup, she knew that answer from her own research a few years ago. Wooot.

Still having her head leaned back and staring, or trying to stare, at the ceiling, she tried to count how many butterflies that flew over her head. One...two...four...seven...too many...

"Well they don't have teeth," Neptune raised her hand, "so they don't EAT the flowers. And quite right! Flowers are MUCH too pretty to be BITTEN into! I believe they have a straw like tube that they use to suck the goodies OUT of flowers. Nectar, I think. It sounds SO sweet to me! If they had a tooth, I'd say they have sweet teeth!" With a LOUD SLURP, Netune provided a demonstration - you know, for the slow children.

Neptune lowered her hand to tap on her lip thoughtfully. They SHOULD feed the baby butterflies! Is that where this was going? Oh did they have little baby bottles! Oh oh oh! Almost as good as kittens! Almost!

I... love this woman =D

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Awwww, the cutsie with the stammer was adorable.

Mildred just wanted... she just wanted to EATHIMALLUP!!!

SQUEEE!!

"Don't worry, sweetie," she smiled warmly, giving his head a light pat, "not everyone can get it right straight away! That's why we practice!"

Clearing her throat, Mildred moved back to the front of the classroom in order to address the kiddies. "Does anyone know what butterflies EAT!?" She giggled, happy with the swarm of colour they'd all created. Minus the few brown moths anyway.

Examining his wand with a perplexed expression as he heard the woman talk, Jake turned to look at Professor In-a-pickle or whatever it was just in time to see her pat his head. So at least he didn't jump.

Ehh. She was right... Jake was sure that in time he'd manage it... which was something he'd never been sure of before. "Yuhh-yeah," the boy beamed.

At the question, Jake tilted his head.

This woman liked butterflies.

Purple ones apparently.

"Buhh-butterffffly ffffood?"

"I think they use some tube as a drinking straw," Ella answered, hand raised, "I think they just gather, like, nutrients from the flowers and plants."

Herminny gave the professor a confused look for she had read in a book from her hometwn library that butterflies don't eat as she raised her hand and answered, "Butterflies don't eat, they drink liquids fron flowers fruit or any other liquid source they can find to gain the nutrients they need for survival".

Oliver had his eyes back on the butterfly which was staying put on the desk but was insisting on flapping it's raven sized wing span about. Urrrh. He shuddered.

He felt nauseous as he looked over at the older Slytherin girl who looked almost as horrified by the monster butterfly as he felt. He swallowed and nodded. That would probably work. He was about to try it out when the professor spoke up. An award? But. But – the beast was still looking at him and she wanted him to leave it!? “Um.. t-thank you, Professor?” He said in a confused, questioning tone. The coupon floated onto the desk and landed right next to the butterfly... so Oliver decided to just leave it there for now. Whatever it was, and backed away a little more from the butterfly.

He sighed and slumped into his seat only for the butterfly to decide to take off at that minute. It flapped it's way to the window and began to thrash about against the glass in a blind panic as if trying to get out. Oh god. Oliver's skin covered in goosebumps and he was sure he was going to be sick. This was worse than that Dark Arts class.

He took that as his cue to go and work at the other side of the classroom. He grabbed his bag and quickly moved away from the massive panicked flailing butterfly.

“T-they don't eat, professor. They drink with that preposterous...” Eh? Nope.. that wasn't right.. He frowned. “I mean that proboscis thing on their face. They gather nutrients from fruit and flowers.” He eyed his butterfly at the other side of the room. He was sure that monster must eat meat. ..or people. Eeep.

Not sure he wanted to try again... yet. Oliver sat and looked around the class to see how everyone was doing. He spotted Miranda who was busy conjuring normal sized red and black butterflies. Eh. He so much for simple magic. Perhaps it was because he used an Italian accent. Papilio. PAPILIO – how could you say that WITHOUT an Italian accent?

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Originally Posted by Super Spaz (Post 9044313)

"They eat flowers," Dylan said, raising his hand.

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"Miss, do they eat plants or something?" Bella asked, her voice moving accross the room, raising her hand

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What did they eat? Oh...hang on, she knew this.

Raising her hand in the air, Sarah answered. "Is it fruit, ma'am? I've seen butterflies use a long thing on their head and suck juice out of oranges and things before." She proceeded to do an impression of said 'long thing', using her finger against her forehead.She looked like an idiot, frankly.

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Iris looked up from the large array of rainbowishly coloured butterflies that she'd managed to conjour when Professor Pilliwickle spoke loudly to everyone. What do they eat? She raised her hand, "Um ... Don't they eat leaves and flowers and ... leaves?" she said, slightly unsure as a blue butterfly decided to perch itself on her head. Iris frowned slightly at it, but decided that as long as it didn't excrete on her, then he was fine sat there.

Butterflies look pretty in her hair, anyways. hehe.

"You're all quite right!!!" Mildred exclaimed with a - you guessed it - GIIIGGLE!!

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Lucille watched transfixed as the proffesor fixed the butterfly. "HOORAH!!" She cried when the butterfly was dancing merrily again. "You are a genius. Queen of Butterfly's" she chuckled and gave the proffesor a healthy clap on the back. "Phew. Thought he was a gonner there."

"Erm....do they eat, like, Dust and stuff? I mean, they're not very big, are they. Surely they can only manage a bit of dust?"

She stared at the healed butterfly as she said this. It didnt LOOk hungry, anyways.

QUEEN of the BUTTERFLIES!? Oooooh, Mildred liked that. She liked it a LOT!

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"Nectar! Yes, butterflies like nectar!" Mildred beamed proudly at all her smart students. Yup, she was one PROUD Professor!

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OH. But these two were just TOOOO smart. HEHE. "Yes yes yes," she bounced, more excitement brewing. "They DRINK and SUCK the nectar from flowers. They have a very, VERY sweet tooth!" Just like she did! Shame her false teeth disagreed with toffees.

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Awwwww. BLESS HIS LITTLE HEART.

"Butterfly food?" She chuckled gleefully. That made her imagine the little butterflies going to little butterfly supermarkets and buying all their little butterfly food!

Maybe they had little butterfly dinner parties!!

"Who wants to FEED the butterflies they conjured!?" Professor Pilliwickle addressed the class in delight, wobbling in anticipation. SHE DID SHE DID!

Livvy held up her hand to answer the question. "Technically... butterflies don't eat. They drink. They have a proboscis, which is a long tube in their mouth, that acts like a straw. But I believe they fly around and perch upon flowers, fruits, piles of manure... and so on, so as to gather nutrients," she said, nodding her head. YAY. Butterflies.

But. Why were they learning about butterflies? MEEHHH?

FEED BUTTERFLIES? EEEE. She did! She did! Livvy's hand flew back into the air. "Oh! I would LOVE to.. professor."

"I'd love to feed mine, though there anit any ive conjured up Professor" She called raising her hand. She'd love to feed her's, having never done it before. It would be soo much fun!! She concluded.

"OOoohhhhhhhhhh!!!!" Neptune JUMPED out of her seat and raised her hand up HIGH HIGH HIGH. NEPTUNE BOTT WANTED TO FEED HER BUTTERFLIES! She'd feed Raiden, then Garrett, then the one she had named after that boy she didn't know (Ian) and then that OTHER one, that... really... NOBLE looking chap (Sebastian). And Kellen, too! She'd cuddle them and kiss them and feed them until their little tummies were content!

GIGGLES!!!!!

"I do, I do, I dooooOOOOoooo Mrs. Professor!"

OH.MY.GOD.

Nancy gaped completely stunned at the hairy Butterfly!Monster as it finally decided to take off - somehow she could even feel the wind in her hair when it did that - only to...crash against the window. Eek! "I...erm...Professor!" Nancy exclaimed, too dumbstruck to do anything herself but simply gesturing at the enormous hairy Butterfly!Monster. It was going to smash the window. Or eat them all.

Out of the corner of her eyes - her main focus was still on the hairy Butterfly!Monster in case it decided it preferred people over nectar after all - Nancy noticed the Slytherin boy moving away to another desk. Good thinking. Maybe it wouldn't find its creator immediately then again.

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Originally Posted by Waterloo (Post 9044378)

"Who wants to FEED the butterflies they conjured!?" Professor Pilliwickle addressed the class in delight, wobbling in anticipation. SHE DID SHE DID!

Feed the butterflies?! Somehow this one enormous butterfly creeped her out so much that she didn't even dare feed any others. Still gripping her wand tightly she stared straight ahead at the hairy Butterfly!Monster. She was so not going to get near any of those butterflies. So not.

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Originally Posted by Waterloo (Post 9044378)

Smiling widely, Jake nodded his head, feeling his hair flopping around stupidly. He didn't even care that he was wrong... kind of. This lesson made him feel GOOD!

Buuuuut, when she mentioned feeding the butterflies they'd conjured, Jake looked down slightly miserably. "I wwwuh-would..." he said slowly. "Buhh-but I ddddidn't mmmanage..."

Le siiiigh.

He'd have to seeeeriously try and practice this.

Iris giggled at the professors enthusiasm. She was ADORABLE! hehe. Iris's eyes lit up when she mentioned FEEDING them. Iris raised her hand enthusiastically, "Ooooh!!! Me! I want to feed the butterflies."

Iris looked up into her hair, and smiled at the butterfly that was still sat there in her fringe, then looked back to Pilliwickle. "But ... HOW do we feed them?" Iris smiled politely, "I mean. ... they're not exactly horses that you can just feed Polo mints to off of your palm."

"Professor," said Lucille, a little uncertainly. "How exactly do we feed them? I mean with the strawy thingies? Do we get out own stawy thingies?" She looked excited at the prospect, then slumped in disappointment. "Thing is," she said, "Im not too sure i like flower juice..."

Frown.

"I'd love to, professor!" Ella grinned. She thought of maybe conjuring up a flower, but she didn't know any spells or even if the flower would satisfy them if it weren't rooted to the ground. "Er.. what should we conjure, professor?"

Butterfly!Monster. ahahaha! <3

F-feed them!? Oliver blinked, gulped and eyed his butterfly at the other side of the classroom. Did he want to feed that? No. Funnily enough, he did not want to feed that.

He shook his head. Negative. And sat at a empty desk. Maybe he should try again. Yeah.. he would. But in a little while. Maybe.

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"I don't know." she mumbled, scowling again. "It's not like I was thinking of pink when I did the spell. Or yellow for that matter." Stupid colors. At least she was able to make some green and silver ones. What if...what if conjuring pink butterflies meant something about her!? That would be creepy...

"At least yours are blue and not pink." Sitting back in her chair, she leaned her head back and stared at the ceiling. Only she couldn't, because there was a line of butterflies blocking her vision of it. And they were taking up her breathing space. Did butterflies breathe?

'Maybe if you think of pink, they will turn out a different color!' Ehh, it was not a good idea, but it could work. Destiny was thinking green butterflies and they turned blue. 'Pink is better than yellow.' Because yellow reminded her of Hufflepuff, and Hufflepuff reminded her of Kay..

'Blue is not good.' Nooooo! She did not want blue butterflies attacking her, she would rather be attacked by green ones! Or be attacked by none at all. 'Butterflies are weird.'

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Originally Posted by Waterloo (Post 9044305)

Clearing her throat, Mildred moved back to the front of the classroom in order to address the kiddies. "Does anyone know what butterflies EAT!?" She giggled, happy with the swarm of colour they'd all created. Minus the few brown moths anyway.

They had to feed them! Did they have too? Ehh, maybe she would feed them, as long as they don't bite her, but they don't have teeth, right? 'Maybe I'll feed one.' Only one. She didn't want to be covered in butterflies.

YAAAYY!!!

Once again, it seemed as though the girls were being FAR more enthusiastic at the prospect of feeding their butterflies. SILLY boys! But no matter! They had hungry butterflies to feeeed!

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Originally Posted by Evangeline Hermione (Post 9044389)

"If you didn't manage to conjure any butterflies, you can keep practising if you like," the elderly woman sighed happily. Really, there was no such thing as too many butterflies!! "BUT.. I'm sure someone elses butterflies would like seconds!"

And now it was FEEDING time!

"We're going to conjure FLOWERS!" Mildred beamed around the room, answering the questions of how they were going to feed the butterflies. "the theory is much the same as conjuring butterflies. You must CONCENTRATE. Picture your flowers in your mind!" They could do it!! "The incantation and wand movement however, are different."

Another demo!

"Like so. Orchideous!" Swooping her wand in a circle before her, a large bouquet of PUUURPLE flowers appeared on the desk of the nearest student.. a few butterflies landing on it. Her flowers certainly weren't orcHIDEOUS! They were PRETTY! "Keep your words clear! Or-KID-ee-us! Now, give it a try!"

This was going to BRIGHTEN up the room even more!!!

Bella closed her eyes a second before opening them. Sighing she said the spell for the butterfly's. She knew nothing really was going to happen, she couldnt do that. But to her surprise loads of butterfly's came from her end of her wand, she jumped.
"Professor ive dont it!! Butterfly's" She called to the professor, "Should i feed them now?" She asked

"Orchideous!" Ella casted, and a bunch of COLORFUL flowers appeared in front of her. Boy, the teacher's spirit was getting to her. She kind of liked it. "OOOH! Professor! Look at mine!"

Yes, getting a little TOO hyper now..

Nymphy wasn't very good at Transfiguration, but atleast he knew the spell and had studied its effects before. "Well..... here goes nothing! Orchideous!!" he yelled. it worked, but the flowers were a few shades lighter then a normal flower. It looked as though they ahd been lightly colored with dull shades of pastels. "Uh, professor. Arter my flowers supposed to be so,...dull?" he asked.

Well... in Jake's opinion, butterflies, being things with a free will (more or less) were harder than flowers to conjure up, so... why not try the flowers now.

Even though that would be a hard word to say.

"Or... kuhh-kid... ee... us..."

Hmm. No.

"Oh-or-kkkid-ee-us..."

Still no.

"Or-KIDDD-ee-us..."

N-yes!

Jake flailed his arms around and positively BEEEEEEEAMED! His FIRST piece of magic in FOREVER! It was only one small wilting daisy, but SO WHAT?! He'd DONE it!

"I DID IT!" he squealed excitedly, bouncing up and down with a grin on his face. "I duhh-did mmmmagic!"

That made him sooooo happy.

Ok, conjure flowers. You can do this Lucille!

Lucille pictured a lovely bunch of emerald green flowers clearly in her head, and -

"ORCHIDEOUS!!"

Lucille opened her eyes, expecting to see the emerald flowers, but instead - Well THAT wasn't right. Not at all.

Still, it was food, right. AND a flower. Kinda.

"Erm," called Lucille, raising her hand for the professor with a crease crinkling her brow. "Do cabbages count, professor?"

Of course flowers were next. It certainly didn't surprise Adrienne, coming from the professor. She was starting to wonder if Valentine's hearts were going to be next, at this rate. But the professor wanted flowers, so she was going to get flowers.

Thinking about what kinds of flowers she thought butterflies would like, as well as what she might like, she made note of the wand movements necessary before casting. Orchideous!, she thought then, deciding to go nonverbal to extend her concentration. And, as a bouquet of roses and lily of the valley appeared from her wand, and some of her butterflies flew over to it, a smile crept onto her face. Maybe this class wasn't as weird as she thought.