Okay, first leg forward....and then the second. She was taking the second step right? Leaning forward just the slightest to see, Evelyn hurriedly took the second step to stay in the beat before once again... "Other leg."

See? Now this wasn't so bad.

Pssh, girls were just naturally good at walking in the same step with others. Even when one leg was tied to another. "We totally got this." In fact, Evelyn almost smiled in their success thus far! Though of course she frowned a moment later when she realized how close they had to be. Pfft.

And just as he was about to make a run into the cottage...

SLAM!

OWWWW!

There went the muffled scream inside the IronMan helmet.

Salander sprang backwards towards the ground, his gauntlets over his helmet. The faceplate slammed smack onto his nose when his entire head hit the closing door.

He couldnt see anything! He struggled to pry the faceplate open.

Its stuck.

Uh-oh.

Worse the music was ringing in the helmet on and on and on.....

He couldnt see anything, couldnt hear anything....

.... other than Ol Mcdonald had a farm eee aii eee aii yo!

"Jake make it stop!" he muffled screamed.

Braeden tried his best not to erupt into hearty laughs as Deus took his paw and kissed it. In response, the Gryffindor boy brought his free paw up to his lips (or rather, the lips of his giant mutant deer costume) and tilted his head slightly, the way a shy girl would normally respond to such a gentlemanly act.

A moment later, though, Braeden was able to snap out of it.
"We will continue this after the race," said the boy with a laugh as he returned his attention to the circle they were going around and on trying to keep walking without tripping or falling. "I don't want any crazy, heartbroken girls throwing rocks at me 'cause I took Kipling off the market," he added with an amused grin.

Kurumi, surprisingly, found herself smiling and almost laughing about her and Eino's awkward dance they were performing. It brought her back to when she was a little younger and back in Japan. Every October, her school would hold a Sports Day and it was the only time that her classmates were actually cheering her on instead of throwing rocks and mud at her. Well, she still had some rock issues right now, she glanced at Eino's costume, but at least she also had the feeling that even when class ended, people were still going to be kind to her. "I think we can pick up the pace a bit," she suggested through all her giggling.


Little guy? Was she insulting his legs? Just because they were shorter than the average cat did not mean this lady had to go pointing it out to everyone! Walnut put his ears down and looked up at the woman - well, more like he was looking up her nose. I'll show you whose a little guy... Maybe if he wiggled a bit more, he could escape her grip. Looking down, Walnut saw that the weird puppy was still sniffing this lady's shoes. What was so interesting that he was spending so much time sniffing. Walnut just had to know!

He couldn't help it; the Ravenclaw smiled widely as Braeden continued to put on a show. It was no wonder why they were such good friends: they were opposites. Braeden provided the light side of things while Amadeus provided the more serious side of the spectrum. "You look absolutely ridiculous." Amadeus scoffed, although he laughed all the same as he spoke to his friend. He had fallen a bit behind and grabbed his friend's large, furry arm for support as he caught up and aligned himself back to proper form. He had fallen behind and had to catch up and align himself back in proper form.

As he grabbed his tail, attempting to adjust it because it had become a proper nuisance, he nodded at Brae's last comment. "You're funny," He snickered, "But yes, I agree. The professor should get this show on the road."

Braeden gasped with mock offense as Deus so bluntly told him he looked ridiculous. "Is that really what you think after the moment we just shared?!" he asked. "I thought… I thought we had something special going on, Deus," he went on dramatically. "I see you really think I'm nothing more than that 'ridiculous' source of fun on the weekends…" He sniffled. And it was rather amusing, really, not only because the boys were putting on such a ridiculous act but because they were putting on a ridiculous act while dressed up as a leopard and a mutant deer. Oh yes. They were quite the pair.

Braeden stopped for a moment so Deus could catch up, and once his Ravenclaw friend was walking along with him at the same pace, they were both probably on their third or fourth lap around the circle. Would this ever end? He was beginning to get dizzy. "Yeah, at this rate I'm going to end up barfing my breakfast in this suit," muttered the boy in response to Deus's last words.

Other leg connected with hers, up and steppin. They were awesome at this, two steps and not one fall. Totally awesome. Unlike a lot of the class around them that she could see without her snoopy head. They were terribly clumsy.

"Other leg!"

Arya grinned at Evelyn's comment and stole a peek at the girl to show her the grin. "Totally," her eyes flicked to the others around them. "We're gonna win this." Were they racing everyone? She wasn't sure, but if they were, they were WINNING.

Wait...was she frowning? She wasn't loosing her balance was she? Arya tightened her grip just in case. If Evelyn fell, then so would she, and she couldn't have that.

Amadeus accidentally snorted from attempting to conceal his laughter, placing his paw over his mouth as he attempted to hold back. "Cease and desist!" He ordered, his words muffled behind his furry hand. "People will get the wrong idea, Stonem." His stomach began to hurt and he almost tripped, but recovered by sweeping his hand through his hair and getting back into step. Inadvertently, he accidentally swiped off his hood, so he quickly recovered from that and cleared his throat with a prompt 'ahem.' How disconcerting.

Shaking off the silliness, he offered a reasonable solution. "Why don't we slow down? I don't think we have to break a record for fastest three-legged walking in a circle." But, knowing Professor Saylen, one could never be sure.

Violet smiled back at Selina sweetly. She paused for a moment and looked around the class seeing the other students' costumes, they were all magical creatures and Violet wasn't. Violet then took out her wand and waved it swiftly mumbling a spell. Within seconds her costume was completely changed to a FAIRY. Along with that her hair was now different as well. Violet looked at Selina smiling,"Well? Cute yes?" She then said eagerly once Selina had tied their legs together,"Let's go and win this thing Sely!"

walking in large circles in the ring starting to feel a lil bad for Em bieng jostled and pulled " hey em charm your wings to float us around "as mikey missteps and starts to fall backwards

"Ok" Emily said in muffled laughter. This was so funny!
"On the count of three...1...2...3"
They put their tied up leg forward. "So far so good." she said moving her right leg further up as well.

Okay. So they were now basically tied up. Great. The sooner, the better. "Sure, I'll keep that in mind." Cedric nodded. He would entirely trust the Gryffie prefect about this, who really seemed like he'd done this many times before. This should be a cinch.

Cedric listened to his surroundings. The FUNNY, irritating music was quite predominant, topping the other non-important noises or sound. "Right. Let's get this done with!"

His partner's enthusiasm and certainty that they would nail this game somewhat excited and scared him at the same time. He wondered if Prof. Saylen could at least change the music. Heh. What better would it make if she did.

" Well, the cross country worked for you" Rex told Chloe. "Well, you must have gotten to know a lot about the places you lived" Rex said to Chloe."WEll, I am actusllly s trsl muggle, HogWarts found I got straight A's in my clesses, so I transferred here in my fourth term to learn magic and become a wizars" Rex explainedto Chloe.
"We should listen to the professor now" Rex smiled.

WhutWHUUUT?!

Jake flailed backwards as the door slammed. They had been SOOOOO CLOOOOOSE.

The young man was about to turn and offer Saylen a PERFECTLY REASONABLE explanation when Salander caught his attention...

The cry of pain alarmed him at first, but when he looked, Jake grinned. "I thought you were Iron Man! Nice costume," he laughed.

Of course, he barely had time to say this before he was on the floor, thanks to Salander's inability to stay upright. Gah, some people...

THE MUSIC WAS SO LOUD OVER HERE!

"I'm right here, buddy! You're gonna be okay!"

No. No he was not. The music was still playing...




Remembering Saylen, Jake paused in trying to wrench the faceplate up and ended up looking innocently up at Saylen. "Is there a problem, Professor?"

Cue innocent grin.

K-Lee stepped with her right and then together. She could tell he was stepping shorter and for that she was thankful. She already felt like she was going to fall over.

Lucky she had such short shoelaces that she couldn't trip on.

Emmy shook his hand, smiling.
"Emmy Frost, fourth year Badger! I'm a teddy bear." she finished lamely, as it was pretty obvious - big, furry teddy with a purple bowtie... The only bit of Emmy visible was a rather pink face under the bear's chin!

Kneeling down, she began to tie their ankles together. "Shall we go, then?"

"Ready set Go!" And they were off, Patroclus lifted their shared leg, the weight of Cedric's being surprisingly heavy at first, it would be his natural resistance, the boy thought to himself, as he placed the con-jointed feet on the ground, "Now the other leg!" He called, "Now the shared leg, Now the other!"

Getting them into a rhythm, Patroclus began to sound like a rowing caller, but it was working, they were making progress "It's Working!" he cried out in joyous laughter,

Thump. Thump. Thump.

That thumping sound was really prevailing; you could hear it almost everywhere, and it seemed to be now topping that FUNNY song. Cedric felt the ground seemed to be shaking but of course, maybe that is so because they were now hopping and creating that thumping sound as well! He and Patroclus, yep. At first step, Cedric almost stumbled but soon recovered as they went on with the second, the third and so forth. So, it was like feeling the beat of music, eh? Moving rhythmically, Cedric huffed and puffed... but he wasn't tired yet. Just feeling the breezy air brushed his face and all.

He then said, at once, "I wish there's a prize or something when we finished this, or if we won," he paused, "thought this was a game." Well, Ced thought this may be of the children's sort or kind of game but oughtn't all games had prices to give the winners in the end? Hear, hear, Professor Maya!

Fee was still lost.Did everyone parter up already? Meeeeeh not cool. Annnnd alone she couldnt win the task and losing was something the girl couldnt stand. Weell, she wouldnt win it anyway, to much time had passed. Where were all her friends?! Or someone without partner? New people were fine too. Just someone to pair up with.Someone haaaad to admire her pretty unicorn costume...

Allright, this was the last time someone's pet would attend a lesson. Heh. "Walnut, if you don't stay still, I'm going to make your frog costume come live." She snorted. Now how funny would that be. And a bit cruel, probably.

Ahem.

And what were these two doing?
Well, atleast it looked like they were having fun...even though they were hidden under their costumes. A... leopard and a...mutant deer.

"No record-breaking needed, gentlemen." She smiled at them as they passed by. "Wouldn't want you to rush off in super-speed and accidentally poke someone's eye out with those impressive antlers." HEhe.



Maya wanted to point and laugh at them, but, she was a teacher and that would probably be too mean. Hehe. Some other time.

"Don't go throw away your costume after class is over, señores, you will need them for detention." Smirk.

Ah, this girl seemed to still not have a partner?? Well that was not okay.
"Miss Schwarzberg..." Maya approached her, Walnut the cat in her arms and the Crup by her heels. "I'm sure we can find a partner for you. In the meantime, answer me this..." Private lesson, like, hehe. "How do you think a creature's life changes, if it does change, when we force them to modify a part of themselves?" The Mexicana was curious to know her thoughts.

Jake had gone back to Salander's faceplate, but when he heard Saylen speak he looked up in shock.

"Wait, what?!" the young man gasped, and pushed himself to his feet, forgetting Salander was attached as he stepped closer to Saylen, a look not unlike the expression of a lost crup!puppy on his face.

Good job the rope around their legs was loose.

"I never done anyfing," he stated defensively, his London accent showing slightly more than usual.

Ella nodded. "True. But if she was comparing this to a crup losing it's tail, then it would make more sense to tie our arms together, or something." Because that doesn't affect a person's capable ability as much, right? But hey! Where was the fun in that? Bleck, Ella was getting way too lost in thought over this matter. "But yeah, you're probably right." She smiled.

At first she thought the noises was someone humming quite loudly. Eh, at least someone was enjoying this experience. Then Sierra halted and Ella's whole body swung forwards. But she managed to keep her balance. "A little warning when you do that, please." She moaned, then looked to see what Sierra was so dumbfounded over.

AHAHA.

Ooooh, wow. The music amazing! And it made her laugh like, way too much. She actually ignored Sierra's small apology about stopping. "Ooooh. We're real barnyard animals now!?" HEHEH! Well, actually. Ella had been a barnyard animal all along. Being a pig and all. Sigh. The professor's name? Errm, she did actually know this. This was her favourite lesson so she should ideally know the professor's name! "Professor Saylor?" Saylor, Sailor (heh), Saylem, "Saylen." NOD.

She sort of wanted to prance around like a chicken now..

"I think the music is fantastic." Ella giggled. Right, back to walking around in a circle. She took another strained step.

As Selina stood up from the place on the ground where she was tying her and Violets legs together she saw Violet had changed her costume. "When did you...? How did you...? Is that wings? Oh nevermind."

When the music started Selina tried to instruct. "Step, step, step, step, dodge!"

Braeden grinned as his Ravenclaw friend snorted - a sound that didn't come from the oh-so-serious Amadeus Kipling very often - and chuckled as the boy warned him that people would get the wrong idea. "Wrong? Would it really be that inaccurate?" he asked with a laugh, though he dropped the act then.
And then Deus was suggesting they slow down, something that Braeden would've normally protested to (ever the competitive little lion) if it wasn't because he could feel his breakfast coming back to him. And his legs were beginning to ache; the 98586-pound costume wasn't making it any easier for him to move as lightly as he normally would have.

The Gryffindor goof turned his mutant deer head toward Professor Saylen as the woman addressed them, assuring them there was no need to rush and poke someone's eye out with his antlers. Oh yeah, he had antlers didn't he? Braeden had almost forgotten about that. The boy grinned though. "But I thought we were having a race, Professor," he said. "Deus and I are ready - look how fast we move!" Like a turtle after too many Red Bulls.

Spike was bent over, ready to do his spider three legged race. Both of his hands were laid flat on the floor, and his left leg dangled in mid air with his additional four legs. This was the FUN way to do it. And faster. GRIN. Hands...hop...hands...hop.

Or at least it would have been fun, if he hadn't heard the Professor call his name. His surname. He looked up through his curls, still bent over on hands and feet, and scowled - both at the 'Mister Hutchinson' (it was Spike, end of) and at the fact he now was meant to be in a pair.

"But...I've already got eight legs, Professor. That'd make at least nine." He looked at her doubtfully, and wiggled his legs around for effect. "...and nine is three times more than you asked for."