It may have been a cold winter's evening, but there was nothing better to get the blood moving than the vision that was Professor Saylan!

Patroclus grinned from ear to ear as he trudged towards the collection of students, hugging his robes tight against his chest. His Gryffindor scarf was wrapped so tightly around his exposed neck, that he looked like his neck was bigger than his head!

"Buenas noches" the boy smiled as he took a seat near the fire!


Si Si!

Holding onto her scarf, Dianna walked towards the benches were her other classmates were.
"G-good Evening, Professor." Dianna muttered under her scarf. Even if she was born and lived in England she still shivered under the heavy cold especially during winter. Look at it this way, at least the sun's gone.

"Sup, Professsssah," Fletcher man-nodded to Maya as he strutted up to the fire, his hands digging deep into the pockets of his leather jacket. He sat down next to Treyen and removed his hands from his pockets, holding them out toward the fire.

Look at that. Nice, dugbog-free hands. THEY HAD BETTER STAY THAT WAY, Tiger!Lady.

Arya was trying not to think about the cold, so hard she was trying. But it was hard. With every breath she was reminded of the cold as a small misty cloud formed.

Why couldn't they have done this lesson when it was warmer.

She didn't waste time taking a seat beside the warm fire, and close to the professor. Tugging her yellow beanie over her ears, she smiled at the woman. "Hey, Professor Saylen." The girl suppressed the need to ask the woman if she had any marshmallows.

She didn't, however, suppress the need to search for them with bright eyes.

Oh wow.. this girly was an Aussie? Oliver looked at her curiously “'S'no wonder you're cold.” He replied with a smile. “What possessed you to move to Britain?” Man, Oliver had never been, but from the mental picture in his head, he would so choose Australia over Britain any day. All surf, sand and... kangaroos. Heh!

He reached out a rather tatty bottle green gloved hand and shook Mia's. It always amused him how everyone did that around here. It seemed so formal to the boy. “Nice to meet you, Mia.” He smiled. Ehh.. and apparently he didn't need to introduce himself... she already knew his name. He was just so awesomely awesome like that. “So wha'cha reckon Senorita Saylen has in store for us this lesson?” He eyed the rather odd professor.


Diggy Diggy Diggy! Oi oi oi!

He waved his nephew over. “Pssst.. Why dontcha come join us, Digz?”

He let out a giggle when the boy covered his ears as Saylen yelled. He was so strange that boy sometimes.

Care of Magical Creatures. Not usually one of the classes Grayson was really anxious to attend, but since they were having class after dark, she wanted to go. Even if Professor Saylen was almost as scary as Professor Lafay. And as such, she made her way out to the grounds carefully, bundled up in her fuzzy boots, parka and knit beanie like she'd been for most of the winter. At least there was a fire. Kind of like at the first Runes lesson, and she got a bit excited for the possibility of more snacks. Finding an open seat near the fire, though, she had another thought before she smiled at the professor. "Evening Professor Saylen," she said. "Are we going to be studying salamanders tonight?" Or maybe Ashwinders, but they needed unattended fire for those. Embers, and the bonfire was far from that point. Thankfully.

Emmy pulled the scarf down from her mouth, so that she could speak freely.
"Buenas noches, professor. ¿Cómo esta usted?" she enquired, with a passable Spanish accent.
She hoped Saylen would appreciate the effort she had made, and might even reply in Spanish...

Bring a helmet? Oh I'd do better than bring a helmet....

Salander walked... or rather clanked his way down towards COMC. After his experience with the last class, safety was definitely his number one priority. It was a struggle to get what he needed, but it was well worth it. Besides he needed these more, at least for this class. He was pretty sure that the suits of armor wont miss a few pieces or ten for a while.

It was a little tough trying to sit low in the metal suit, but the Slytehrin lad managed, even braving the cold by sitting at the back of the class far from the nice warm fire. Just in case them nasty biters would get attracted to the light...

Alice looked down from the skies at the sound of what seemed to be armor clanking. In the dark in was difficult to see who it was at first but after as the figure got closer Alice realized it was Salander. He walked...not so gracefully...to the back set of logs and plopped down.

Alice turned around in her seat. "Salander?" she asked at first wanting to make sure it was actually him. "Looks like you took the whole protection thing to a new level. Nice." Alice knew the whole incident with the Dugbog had been pretty frightening, so she wasn't surprised that he didn't want to come unprepared.

This really was not the sort of weather to sit outside for lessons. Sarah's nose had turned into a block of ice, despite her repeated efforts to get as close to the flames as possible. In the end she resorted to holding one of her gloved hands over it.

And with her scarf covering her ears to keep them warm, she didn't immediately hear Trixie join her. Jumping as the blonde sat down next to her, Sarah just about made out the words that accompanied her arrival. "Ohhh, no, it's not. Well, now it is," she giggled, nudging the Snake with her arm. At least she'd have an ally if Saylen got...Hmmm. Got whatever.

"What are we meant to be doing, you think?" A reasonable question, but one Trixie probably wouldn't know the answer to either.

Why did a shiver go through her spine everytime the woman spoke to her? Maybe it was the cold this time, she couldn't tell. Either way she gave another small smile in response, before turning her attention back to the fire. Best to avoid eye contact as much as possible. Heh.

Urrrrr, yes, class. That's what they were there for. And the sooner it started, the sooner they could get back to the slightly warmer castle.

"Good..." Frown. Did that girl just show her an obscene gesture?? Well it was hard to SEE in the dark, but possible it was just that sign of peace. Heh. "Evening, Miss Gibbins."

Did...these girl need some kind of special attention?
Maya had no idea what they were doing - or why they had decided to roll down towards the lesson - but it was clear they were concentrated on something else.

Nothing good would come of them sitting on the ground either.

Blink. That was some interesting scarf-wrapping. "Good evening, Mister Hudson." Hopefully the children wouldn't choke or anything.

Stuttering. Surely, this girl was not afraid of the dark, hm? "Miss Malfoy. Welcome."

Ah... the Fletcher boy. The Mexicana wasn't sure what the had said, but she assumed it was a greeting. So..."Good evening to you, Mister Fletcher." And see, his hands were all clear of creatures. For now, perhaps.

The kids reminded Saylen of trains. Hehe. Foggy breaths, see? "Hello, Miss Lovegoods." Nod.

Hm? Questions? So early in the evening? The lesson hasn't even started yet. "No, Miss Kelly. We are not." The students won't have access to fire for long.

Spanish... If Maya hadn't been unimpressed by this, she might've been impressed. "Miss Frost." Sigh. Oh allright. "Buenas noches." Yes yes.

The Mexicana was just about to annouce the start of the lesson, but something shiny caught her eye. If only she had a niffler around.

Stare.

Oh and she stared for some time. Yes children, sneak into class while the Professor is distracted.
"Uh..." No. No, she wasn't going to say anything. Just... No. But Maya would get him out of that armour, lest they all be in mortal danger. Mhm.



Okay, time to start.
Turning to a little vivarium (yes, she loved them), Maya scooped up something in her hand and held it carefully. After a moment, she faced the students again, holding out her hand for everyone to see. "Can anyone tell me what this is?" (Warning: Might frighten.) Thankfully the sun had not yet completely set, or they might not be able to see the thing. This majestic creature should be seen by all. Indeed.

OOC: Class has begun. Do not announce your arrival or Maya will take points from you. Pretend you have been here all the time ^^ Also, no chatting.

Oooh. That thing was pretty! Finn liked those. "Isn't that an Acromantula Professor?" He asked as he raised his hand. Yeah. Check out his use of big words. "Or in more simple terms. A spider?" Yeah....just for those who didn't get her big words. He was such a nerd.

Oooh! How pretty. Oliver raised his hand, his eyes on the arachnid. "Is it a tarantula, professor?" Spiders. Spiders made awesome pets.

Trixie was just about to answer Sarah's question when the Professor had started the lesson and the Blonde wouldn't dare say a word with her there. Didn't want to loose points now did we.

Right. What was the question? Trixie looked closely at her hand until she saw what was in there.

O_____________________O


The Blonde let out a literal scream. She was arachnophobic, terribly. Oliver should know that seeing as she would go no where NEAR Mrs Spider. Instead the sixteen year old shuffled closer to the Head Girl and grabbed her arm. She was scared, genuinely scared for the rest of the lesson now. Could she just get out of this somehow? Run away or something. Straight out of the lesson.

*Shudder*

"It's a....a..." Trix was shaking too much to answer "Tarantula...or a spider...or an eight legged creepy thing" the girl gulped so hard it echoed across the grounds. Her eyes would not look at that creepy species and they almost wetted with tears anyway.

Yes she was terrified.

Sitting up, Evelyn brushed out her hair with her fingers getting all the leaves, dirt and...mushrooms out. Jeez. Did Destiny have to slam into her like that?! She could have pulled her out of the way instead...

But she supposed she was rather thankful for it. Otherwise, she may have been a crispy crisp at the moment. That is, if the Professor hadn't stopped her first from running into the fire, or if she didn't jump to the side.

Stretching out her sore limbs, the Slytherin pulled her bag closer to herself and hugged it, already feeling the chilly air seep into her clothes. ACK! She needed to scoot closer to the fir-

....O____O!!

"SPIDER!!!" Apparently, she wasn't going to be warm this lesson. Scooting away from the professor, she struggled to stand up before stumbling to the back of the class. That spider was HUGE! Get'itaway! KILL IT!

Throw it into the fire! It won't be able to hurt them then.

Louisa was a little more comfortable with the semi-dark atmosphere now that Vashti was next to her. A friend always would be needed in those creepy lessons. Even for a Ravvie like herself.

Listenning carefully to the teacher now that she started talking... well that was a reaaally short talk because she just lifted a--

"Aaaa...ahem" half yell followed by a false coughing that was. What an ugly thing the Professor held! Brugh! Louisa was right, she should have never come down here!

The little girl hugged her knees while raising her hand shakily. "That.. is a giant spider, Professor?" Eeew! Please don't be the theme of our lesson today, please, please, she thought desperately.
It could be some pet the Professor just bought and wanted to show it to them, right? right??

And just like that James was interested. His hand went up. "Thats a Mexican Red Knee Tarantula professor." Epic.

Alice leaned in a bit so she could get a full look.

"It's a tarantula, isn't it Professor?" Alice asked, trying to ignore how creepily long its legs were. Alice was usually alright with spiders, but she had to admit, their long legs were kind of creepy.

Freya was really excited with today lesson she hoped that today they gonna learn some really really cool creatures, but unfortunately Saylen has a different plan. She saw the Professor held something in her hand and then saw the thing in her hand to the class.

"Sweet Mother Merlin..!!SPIDER..!!" No..No..No..they're going to learn that..that..creature?This is a nightmare..!! Oh Merlin..Please..Please..just don't make Professor Saylen asked her to touch that thing.

Ummm. Heh. Eeeeeeee. Ohhhhhh.

Sarah's eyes went wide as she saw the creature in Saylen's hands. It was her worst nightmare. Her brain started flapping, and her mouth went dry. The whole area spun, forcing her to grab Trixie's arm, as she in turn grabbed Sarah's, and take deep breaths. Edging away from the teacher, she pointed at it rather than put her hand in the air.

"I...I...Spider!"

She wasn't going to faint. She wasn't...she wasn-....she did.

Treyen did notice Fletcher taking a seat beside him, but he was soooo into the fire that he didn't even notice the smirk on Saylen's face. Good, otherwise he'd turn around and head back to the Castle.

His attention was brought back to the class when he heard Saylen's voice more than usual. Oh! The class has started!

And...how come he didn't notice the vivarium over there? Oh, right, the fire. The pretty flameees. Back to the class, the boy's hand shot up in the air, and then back down, "A spider, a big hairy one..." he shrugged, and you can put it right in the vivarium now, didn't she notice the kids who were freaking out? He didn't mind the spider, he had his wand *evil grin* if the thing wanted to hurt him, then he'd defend himself.

And...Oh my Gilderoy! The Head Girl! The Hufflepuff Head Girl!

Treyen pretty much went over to the place the Head Girl had...fainted...eh, she wasn't the one for spiders, no? "Head Girl? Wake up?" he said, as he poked the girl on her shoulder, "Yeah, Professor, I think you better hide the spider before she wakes up" he said, looking over at Saylen.

Having been sitting quietly next to her best friend Arya as she stretched out her feet to the fire and tried to prevent her teeth from chattering, Ivory looked up blinking as the professor held something out.

A furry something. A long legged something. A spider? An acromantula?

Now Ivory wasn't deathly scared of spiders, no not at all. But she was anxious about the unknown. Staring at it, Ivory cocked her head to the side. In all honesty, she had no idea if the arachnid before them was magical or non...the lack of knowing what could result from a hypothetical bite was what worried her.

Shaking her head at her irrational thoughts she dismissed them quickly as she nodded along with her classmates answer. It was a creature. With a life of its own, maybe a family, and probably more scared of her than she could ever be of him.

Scooting a little closer to her bestie nevertheless, she waited for the Professor to continue.

.... Really?

James looked around, eyes stopping to rest on the head girl. Who, although was hot, was infinitely less cool after fainting. Come on, it wasn't like the tarantula was dangerous at all. And that one wouldn't even bite.

He cringed from all the unnecessary yelling.

Women.

Err WHAT?!

Trixie looked right next to her. There was an arm grabbing her just a minute ago which was obviously Sarah and now...Well there WASN'T?! Hang on she HAD been sitting next to her yes? Well that was weird...

Erm...Where had she gone?! The Slytherins eyes drifted down to see that she had fainted.

"SAAAAAAARAH" she shouted at her. "Wake uuuuup" the Blonde knelt down right next to her prodding her momentarily to get her attention. It was Trixie that had fainted last time now Sarah was at it too. Oh goodness.

Oh. Oh. OH CRAP.

Lori squeaked a little from her seat near Sarah and Trixie, and jumped up ready to hide behind the Head Girl.

Alas, she wasn't much to hide behind now she was like... Unconcious. "Sarah! Hey! Up! I need to hide behind you!" Now wake up. Please?