Transfiguration Lesson III [On the Playing Field]
 

A little field trip was in order for the kids today. Literally really, considering they were on a field. The Playing Field, that Chad had very kindly let Isabelle have the use of for this lesson. It was just the right size....

Walking down the first thing you will notice is a GIANT curtain in the middle of the pitch, surrounding what, you may well think....All in good time. A long table is off to the side, with 4 wicker baskets, each with the name of a house on the front, and a large wooden box. A padlock is keeping the box firmly shut. Placed in neat rows on the floor are cushions, grouped by colour: Yellow, Red, Green and Blue - each with a stuffed toy perched on top. To the side is the blackboard from the classroom, bearing the following message:

Professor Magnus is stood in front of the curtain, smile on her face, waiting to greet you as you arrive.




OOC: I'm not starting the lesson until a bit later. Please have your character arrive, and take their seat, say hello etc. No excessive chatting though! Thanks. ^__^

OOC: LESSON HAS STARTED. Please don't have your character arriving late, or points will be taken. Just have them act as if they were there the whole time. Thanks.

Melenie walked quietly and sat on a blue cushion looking at the teacher, swirling her hair around a bit, "Hello Miss." she stated before leaving her hair alone and waiting for other pupils to join.

Helena strolled to the playing field for the next Transfiguration lesson. What were they going to do there?

"Hello, professor," she said, smiling, then quickly looked over at the blackboard.

Groups? For what?

Okaaay. She scanned the... not-exactly-classroom for the green cushions and sat down on the nearest one.

Luin walked onto the field looking around at all of the items that had been set up. Hmm, another inter-house thing? This should be interesting. Although all of the Transfiguration classes have been pretty interesting so far. She smiled and waved at professor magnus as she walked by her, "Hello Professor." she then went and found a seat on a blue cushion. It was quite comfy too.

Emily walked onto the field, looking forward to another transfiguration lesson. Imeediately Emily's excitement was heitened by the scene of coloured cusions, the curtain, and baskets...

What did Professor Magnus have in store for them? Emily could feel her heart begin to beat rapidly as she saw the note on the black board... house colours... house teams... competition. Surely it would be a competition. Brilliant.

"Hello Professor", she greeted cheerfully as she went to take a seat on a bright blue cushion.

Chloe was rather glad a lot of her classes were out of the stuffy classrooms and out in the great outdoors. She made her way out to the grounds once more to the playing fields for transfiguration. All she knew was that they would been working with animals which sounded fun. As she got to there feild she saw 4 different colored cushions. She saw the professor and only a couple of students had arrived thus far.Though sadly no Gryffindors yet. "Good day professor", Chloe said as passed and took a seat on a red cushion as instructed. How hum.

Harper entered the playing field and looked around suspiciously. Hmm. A curtain. Baskets for their houses. Oh great was this some kind of Easter maze?

"Hello, Professor Magnus," she smiled, taking a seat on a cushion, but jumping up when she realized there was a stuffed animal on it. "Oooh!!" she grabbed at it and set it in her lap as she sat back down again.

This might be fun.

Lucy arrived at the field, she was ver excited about it. As she came littel closer she saw something written on the board, hmm, what is it she kept thinking untill, she read it. what? Sit according to houses? Wasn't quidditch enough, that they started it in classes too, professor is really out of her mind. saying that she looked around, only one gryffindor? Where are the others?

Lucy went close to the girl, she couldn't see who it was from the back. She came near her. Oh it's chloe she said and took a seat beside her "hey there, i'll sit here?" she asked.

Selina walked onto the playing field. She loved Transfiguration and was curious why all of the Professors as of late had been having class outside the classroom. No matter. She sat down on the red cushion and waited.

They had another lesson outside? It wasn't that Hyun minded, he loved the fresh air.

Following the group of sheeps students towards the playing field, Hyun jogged after them from the castle to the grounds. He wanted to stay fit and in shape for his up coming match! He still couldn't believe that their captain had actually catched the last snitch! He was so happy that his team was still in the competion that he wanted to stay in shape.

Arriving at the playing field, Hyun immediately noticed a GIANT! curtain in the middle that made him stop jogging. What was it for? and why was it here?! He also saw a few baskets with the house names that made him wonder what the lesson would be about.

He grabbed a green cushion from the pile and placed it on the ground while sitting on it and saying a "Haai, professor!"

Well now, here was a lesson she was looking forward to. A class outside...and it wasn't nighttime! Regardless that it was a subject she somewhat didn't like, the Slytherin was going to really enjoy this fresh air. Fresh air was GOOD for people.

Making her way down to the grounds, taking her time since she had left somewhat early to do just that, Evelyn took a deep breath before looking towards the are the lesson would be. Sure, she had noticed it before, but she wanted to...not look at it until the last moment. Just to enjoy the natuuuuure.

"Good day Professor Magnus." she smiled before moving over to a green cushion. Meep? Stuffed animal. Moooooove!

Iris wandered down to the Playing Field, wondering why on earth the Transfiguration lesson was being held there.

Seeing the curtain, she frowned. It didn't look reassuring or promising. Cushions? They had to sit in ROWS, on CUSHIONS?! What was this, primary school? Smiling at the professor, Iris waved to her, "Hullo, Professor Magnus!" before going at sitting down on one of the cushions.

Now... what could possibly be in those baskets?

General greeting to alllll of you. <3
 

Isabelle grinned as the first lot of students began to arrive. At least they had read the notice boards properly, and weren't waiting outside the classroom for it to open. "Good day everyone," she greeted, just as cheerfully as they had towards her. "Please make sure you sit on the right cushions, I've provided them more for your comfort than anything." Right now anyway. One Hufflepuff. Hopefully more would arrive before she really began.

"You might want to place your bags over here out the way. Unless you wish to use them for practise instead of your stuffed animals?" As long as they used something, she didn't mind. Although an animal would be more suited, considering what they'd be doing later.




OOC: I'll wait a bit so a few more people can arrive. ; )

Harper glanced down at the stuffed animal in her lap. She was going to have to practice on it? Aww...but but but...could she keep it after? She gave it a squeeze. Well of course they would practice on them, why else would Professor Magnus care to give them to them?

She levitated her bag out of the way to the sidelines while she stayed seated. May as well take advantage of precious laziness! :D

Hugo hopped on the playing field. YAYY TRANSFIGURATION! He threw his bag on the pile and took a seat on a blue cushion. "Hello, professor," he said, cheerily. Oooh, stuffed animals. Hugo loved them. He took it on his lap and stroked it. It looked like an otter. Lovely!

Why should they place their bags away? What were they going to do?

And... stuffed animals? Helena didn't even notice them. She quickly stood up and placed her bag away, where professor Magnus told them to, then walked back to her green cushion. But the curiosity was still there.

"Heyy Professor," Ellie greeted as she arrived at the playing field.

She was very uncertain about this, not having the fainest idea why they would be here. Or what was behind the curtain. Or what was up with the baskets. Or why they had stuffed animals. Or why they had cushions to sit on.

But, she took a seat on a blue cushion anyway and turned the stuffed animal around in her hands.

Maybe...she should put her camera down with her bag?

Simon nearly laughed when someone said are we going to have a nap time but he manage to stop himself and he decided to ask the Professor something. "Professor how old do you think I am? He ask as the professor said something about a stuffed animals, he hadn't had one of those since he was about 8 and he was also trying to figure out what a stuffed animal had to do with Transfiguration, then he suddenly smiled maybe the Professor was going to allow them to destroy them.

LESSON HAS BEGUN! No posting coming in late, please!
 

OOC: Sorry for lateness, was busy. >_<


Issy watched the young Hufflepuff arrive, an amused smile playing at the corners of her mouth. She knew how he felt. There were plenty of times in her days as a student that she wished the day started later, and lessons didn't begin before lunch. But here they were. How times change. "I'm afraid not, Alex," she smiled. "The cushions are to separate you into houses and keep you comfy on the floor. And the animals are for practise...." So, you know, don't fall asleep yet.

Issy smirked. That was obviously a reference to the stuffed animals. "These are not for you to play with, Mister De Simpson, if that's what you are alluding to." She gave him a knowing grin, before turning her attention to everyone.


And now onto business.

"Welcome everyone to our third lesson. As you can see you all have a stuffed animal to assist you with today's spell, a conjuration one - which will be a little harder for the youngsters among you, but I'm sure you'll give it a good go." Clearing her throat, Isabelle walked over towards the board and wiped off the message she had put there at the beginning of class. It was ready for other things now.

"Would anyone like to hazard a guess at to what we'll be doing?"

Leaning back on her hands...and then her elbows since she wanted to look up at the sky, the Slytherin stayed rather silent before her attention moved to the Professor once the lesson started. Hmmm, yes. The stuffed animal.

It bugged her.

Narrowing her eyes at the thing, Evelyn thought for a moment before raising her hand. "Are we shooting arrows at them?" she asked, a little evil smirk appearing on her lips. Pfft, well that's the first spell that popped into her mind when the Professor said 'hazard'.

Kurumi was reminded of their first lesson when they were asked about what spells they would like to learn. "Professor, are we going to learn how to conjure a cage or perhaps duplicate our stuffed animal?" Both seemed like they would be very difficult forms of magic.

Well duh...obviously they were going to transfigure something.

Mia looked at her stuffed animal and then over to each group of students before raising her hand in the air. "Are we going to transfigure them into the animal that represents our each individual houses?" Because that would be so cool. Even better if it was like Alex said and they conjured a real one.

Chloe really hoped they would not be transfiguring actual animals but even she could tell things were looking that way. But perhaps, "Will we be transfiguring the stuffed animals into something for the animals", a girl could dream can't she.

Luin looked at the stuffed animal in her hand that she had been looking at. Hmm...conjuration, that should be somewhat tricky, usually not taught till the 6th year too. She looked up at the professor then. "Seeing as we are using the stuffed animals. They are soft and wont hurt if they hit something or someone. I would hazard a guess at Geminio. Creating duplicates?"

Simon smiled he was glad they weren't going to play with them, he was sure he would have look silly and Simon didn't think it would be for him to look silly, if his parents knew that they would go mentle. "I am glad of the Professor."

Simon looked at the Professor and smiled, he was going to ask if they were going to destory the teddies. "Professor are we going to destroy the teddies?" Simon thought it might be fun to do that, even though he doesn't normally like destroying things.

What a violent thing to think of first. Poor stuffed animal. Issy made a mental note to make sure that the one Evelyn was using was still intact at the end of the lesson.

"Urr, no, we're not." No.

"We're doing conjuring today actually, but good guess." Isabelle smiled at sleepyhead. It would be kinda fun, too. But no.

A twinkle formed in Issy's eyes. Someone was so close. "You are along the right track, Kurumi. With the cage suggestion." So close. But not exact.

"That's a good guess, and a very patriotic..." was that the right word? "one, Mia. But not today. The separate houses is for the task later on." Which you will find out about....later on.

"Good guess, Chloe, but that's not it." Isabelle smiled at the Gryffindor and moved on to the next answer.

Ahhh, they were using the stuffed ones for now. But she wasn't going to tell them that until later, when they'd practised enough. "Not today, Luin." Smile.

Destroy the teddies? Another one that wanted violence. Lovely. She might have to check all the animals before they left. "No, Simon. We're not going to destroy them. In fact the spell could even be used to help them. If they were real."


"As Kurumi so very nearly got, we are going to conjure something to use for animal capture, smaller animals anyway." Hence the stuffed ones that were no bigger than a bunny. "It's not a cage per say, at least not to start with, and it doesn't hurt them. The spell you will be learning conjures a net, which when it touches the ground, hardens to form a cage, or a trap of sorts. Those of you that are more skilled..." Yes, sixth and seventh years I'm looking at you. "...might even be able to manage ones with doors in them. For easier access."

Turning her wand on the blackboard, Isabelle flicked it and the chalk started scribbling a word:
"Now, this is pronounced thus 'In-car-SOL-vo', and the wand movement is a simple jab in the direction of whatever you wish to trap - in your case the stuffed animals." For now. "Let me demonstrate." Isabelle wandered over to the nearest student and gave them a smile, before nabbing their toy. Rolling her sleeves back, she placed it on the ground in front of her, and took a level stance. In reality the thing would be moving, so a firm base was always a good start. Pointing her wand at the animal, she jabbed it forward while saying the spell. "Incarcolvo!" A black mesh erupted from the end of her wand and headed in the toy's direction, momentarily covering it completely. But within seconds it had sprung up and gone stiff, leaving the animal with room to move around inside - if it could have moved.

Turning back to the kids, she grinned. "Now it's your turn. Please practise saying the spell on it's own first, then the wand movement, then put the two together. You may stand as well, if you feel it would help you. And don't forget to ask for help from me, or the older students, if you need it."



OOC: I'm heading off for the night, so please just have your charrie practise. No excessive chatter though, Issy is still there even if I'm not. ;)

Bit for you in here, Miss Lissy Lou [the brother]!
 

Sierra adjusted her position on the green cushion and then craned her neck to get a good view of the demonstration. There was some mountain troll of a Hufflepuff sitting in front of her, so her viewing was significantly limited at the moment. She wanted to hiss at the Puffer, but then she realized it was her brother and made a small attempt to bite her tongue.

Move, you Mountain Troll Brother!

Once the demonstration was over, Sierra made a grab for her wand and then began practicing the incantation itself first. Did she actually need her wand just to say the incantation? No, but she felt a little ridiculous just sitting there on her cushion calling out a word over and over again. For now, she just used the wand as a distraction while she practiced saying the word. "Incarcolvo!" she called out. "In-car-sol-vo!"

She was close? Kurumi wracked her brain a bit more for any spells she may know, but since the Professor had mentioned that whatever spell they were learning that day would be very difficult for the younger years, Kurumi decided to sit and wait until further explanation was given.

Kurumi took out her quill and parchment and began to write down the instructions before setting it back down on the table. Now, setting her hands on her knees and sitting up as straight as possible, Kurumi first mouthed the words without saying anything - and probably looked ridiculous in doing so.

"IN-car-SOL-vO! In-CAR-SOL-vo!"

Somehow, Kurumi was pretty sure that she wasn't saying that right. She was putting too much emphasis all over the place. Taking a deep breath again, Kurumi tried to recall from memory the way Professor Magnus had said it.

Thinking that perhaps she had recalled it properly, she spoke. "In-car-SOL-vo!"

Yes, that sounded right.

Now, to practice the wand motion...

Rowan sat quietly on her comfy blue cushion listening and taking notes. She practiced saying the incantation several times. Yes, she was only a second year, but what could it hurt to try? She decided to watch as the older students practiced it a bit before she'd give the wand motion a try. She really didn't want to blow up her nice stuffed animal.

"In-car-SOOL-vo" Nika said trying to pronounce the word. "No wait. In-CAR-sol-vo. No, no. In-car-SOL-vo" She nodded her head twice. That's it Nika. SHe lifted her wand and jabbed it into the air. "Now to add two and two together." Nika put her stuffed animal in front of her and tried the spell. Nothing happened and Nika just stared. "Why can't I ever get anything right!" Nika was a little angered, but she didn't let it get to her. This time she decided to stand up. "Okay here goes nothing. In-car-SOL-vo." Nika watched as the black stuff came out of her wand and covered the animal. She watched the thing in awe. "I got it on my second try!" Nika jumped around in joy. For her this was an improvement, a big one at that.

Ummm this was sooo cool!

Patroclus wondered why Professor Saylen wasn't involved for this would be an awesome combined lesson, it would be like hunting on the plains of Africa, however no animals would be harmed!

Wishing he had of worn his safari gear, the Lion Prefect got to his feet, whilst mulling over the words in his head, then projecting them out loud.

"In-car-SOL-vo"

It was a rather round sound, and Patroclus really had to move his mouth, to ensure the words were articulated perfectly,

"In-car-SOL-vo" he took a breath, "In-car-SOL-vo.....Incarcolvo!"

Prefect, he had nailed it, now it was time to add his wand!

Emily payed very close attention to Professor Magnus's demonstration. Eyeing off her stuffed animal she practiced the incantation.
"In-car-SOL-vo" she said out loud, "In-car-SOL-vo... In-car-SOL-vo... Incarcolvo"..

Taking her wand inher hands she aimed it at the plush toy...
"Incarcolvo!" she yelled. A large black mesh erupted from the end of the wand and enclosed around the target. Emily was please she got it the first time but decided to continue practicing. After freeing her plush toy she tried again.

"Incarcolvo!" mesh erupted from her wand again..... "Eeeep!" it missed the target, the mesh landing to the side of the toy engulfing a spare cushion.
"Whoops", she said.

Continueing to practice Emily found it was becoming a lot easier, though she couldn't imagine actually trapping a live animal, that would be harder. At least toys didn't move.

"Incarcolvo!" she said trapping her stuffed toy in mesh again.

Raising her hand she said, "Professor, will we get to try this on a live target?" she asked. She very much wanted to prove to herself that she would be capable of it. After all in the line of being an Auror the skill would no doubt come in handy at some point.

Selina wrote down as many notes as she could handle for her brief spew of information. As the classes got harder Selina was finding it increasingly difficult to keep up notes wise. Thank heavens for Kurumi.

Once the teacher instructed them to attempt pronunciation Selina tried her hardest, "In-car-colovo? No no, incarcolvo. That's it." Selina spent the nest few minutes perfecting her work.

Blink. Blink.

Animal capture? That was...plain cruel, Magnus! See? All that time spent with Saylen didn't do the Transfiguration Professor any good. Saylen was not a good influence.

Oh, well, now Magnus was explaining? Ooooooh, okay.

'In-car-SOL-vo'. Mmmm, alright. And then his eyes widened as he watched the spell in action. This was like Herbology all over again. The similarities? Well, it was rather odd their choice in what to teach the Hogwarts students, for sure. Especially since they could've been eaten thanks to Vindictus and now...trapping stuffed animals? It was, like, weird.

And...they were going to practice now? Could he practice with a live human being? No? Because that will make the lesson even weirder? He doubted it.

Aha. "In-car-SOL-vo," he said, practicing the pronunciation. HE won't let Kingsley down, ever. Treyen smirked, for some reason, and then focused on the stuffed animal. "Incarcolvo!" the boy said, with a jab towards the animal. Hehe, the thing was now trapped.

TRAPPED!

And he did it on the first try. A very unusual thing, by the way.

UGH.

Why were things spelled so idiotically?

IncarSOLvo? Whyyy did it have a 'c', then? It should be pronounced incarCOLvo! But nooooo.

HMPH.

"IncarSOLvo, incarSOLvo," Ellie repeated a few times, wandless. And quite sarcastically too, mind you.

Well now Treyen's just perrrrrfect, isn't he? :P
 

Harper bit her lip as she listened to the professor's instructions. Well, why didn't they just spell it with an S in there instead of that blasted C? Being homeschooled, she had come across many a spell that she could in no way pronounce until her mother said them out loud herself. It was quite ridiculous. Or...redikkulus. Or whatever. Mmhm.

She looked down at the stuffed animal in her lap and sighed. "I'm sorry, little guy. I don't like trapping defenseless things. Especially ones that are already stuffed. It kinda adds insult to injury." In a way....right? She patted it on the head and bit her lip again.

She first tried the wording: "Incarcolvo, incarrrrrcolva. I mean Incan Volvo...Gahh!! Incar-sol-vo." she repeated the latter word over and over. Well, may as well give it a go.

She looked over to where Treyen sat on his little Hufflepuff cushion and squinted at his wand movement. He was very precise, was he not? And - oh, wouldyoulookithat. He got it on his first try.

Beginners luck. Puh.

Harper looked away from him and concentrated on her own wand and stuffed animal. Poor thing

"Incar-sol-vo!" she tried. A short stream of light spurted from the wand tip, but other than that, nothing. "Incar-soooooooooooouuuuul-vo!" Nothing.

"Darn it, I said...IN-CAR-SOL-VO!" she said, quite agressively, might I add. A net sprung around the stuffed animal and turned into a cage before her eyes. HA! Now it couldn't get out even if it tried. Which it couldn't, because it was a fake stuffed animal. And therefore completely defenseless. So sad.

Luin nodded to the teacher and then listened to the description of this next spell. Okay, interesting. She thought about it for awhile. This was going to be a bit more difficult to get than the rest of the spells so far. She started with the incantation, as instructed "In...car..sol..vo" "In-car-sol-vo" ok "Incarsolvo!" ok, that seemed good enough. She then started on the wand movement, jabbing her wand forward, hm..seemed simple enough. She saw the teacher's stance and wondered if she should assume it as well. She shrugged, maybe later?? She then started trying the spell, setting the stuffed animal up in front of her, "Incarsolvo!" jab....there was a brief yellow spark from the wand and nothing. She frowned, then tried again...."Incarsolvo!" jab...a net formed and then fell apart before it landed.
After a lot more practice she managed to form a net and get it to stay on the stuffed animal. She looked around, this sure was a tough spell, she wasn't sure if she had it down perfectly though.

K-Lee clutched at her polar bear soft toy. This better not hurt Reyde. Well better get started.

"In-car-sol-vo. In-car-sol-vo." K-Lee repeated, memorising the words. Now pointing her wand at her soft toy. Wincing slightly, she performed the spell.

"In-car-sol-vo!" She scrunched her eyes shut, nervously looking at Reyde. He was alright, but the spell hadn't really done anything. She sighed. At least Reyde was alright!

Ooh!

They were going to be creating a net cage of some sort. Destiny wondered if the spell would work on people. People like Raccoon Girl, wherever she was. Glancing around the field, there were no signs of that Hufflepuff, but then again, she couldn't really see. Not with her hood covering half her face and how she was practically cowering behind Evelyn.

Looking back at the Professor when she started to demonstrate the spell, Destiny lifted the hood up a little bit so she could see. Yeah, it would be so cool to capture Raccoon Girl in that net.

Standing up when it was time to practice, she moved the stuffed animal off the pillow and drew her wand. If she did capture anyone in it, it would be an accident. Honestly. The hood of her robes..making it hard to see. "In-car-SOL-vo. In-car-SOL-vo." she said, and once she was confident with the pronunciation, she practiced the jabbing motion. That part was easy. It was just like poking people!

And all together now!

"Incarcolvo!" Point. Jab.

Nothing.

Jab. Jab. Jab. Jab. Jab. Jab. Jab. Jab. Jab. Jab.

"I think my wand is broken."

Rolling his wand within his hands, Patroclus rolled his shoulders and cleared his throat; It was hunting time!

'Cue the Western Showdown music'

Spinning his wand in his hand like a gunslinging cowboy, Patroclus stood with a wide stance, closed his hand around the wand and jabbed,

"Incarcolvo!"

As he finished the incantation, his wand gave a lurch in his hand, and from it's trip a web-like net shot forth. It spiraled in the air, then hit the ground and vanished instantly.

Slumping his shoulders slightly, the Prefect pulled a face, before trying again, "Incarcolvo!" Jab!

This time was better, the web net sprang forth and contracted on the pillow at which the Lion had aimed, with a PING it stiffened and created a comfortable space around the pillow, however it wasn't going anywhere........it was a pillow

"In-car-SOL-vo!" This time Rowan said it with the wand movement. When the net actually came from the end of her wand it startled her so that she let out a loud gasp and stepped backwards, tripping over her pillow. Landing rather ungracefully on her backside, she giggled and watched as her net turned into a cage over her stuffed animal.

Helena took a couple of stuffed animals, then walked back to her cushion. Time for practice. The girl started muttering "In-car-COL-vo, Incarcolvo, Incarcolvo," and so on. The wand movement didn't need any practice, did it?

She pointed her wand towards the first stuffed animal, a small giraffe, jabbed forward and whispered the spell. "Incarcolvo." She also tried to conjure a door for the trap, even though professor Magnus told the older students that part. As for the trap... uh... It was there, no door, and it was kind of... tight? Uh... she wanted to trap the stuffed animal, not suffocate it.

Okay, try again. Her next victim was a cute little duck. Jab, "Incarcolvo," and there it was! A good sized trap, and it even had a door. Or... not. It wouldn't open, even if it was there. Oh well. At least the prisoner won't be able to get out, right?

OOC: Just a quick note - Not all words are said as they are spelt. :P AND, the toys do NOT belong to your characters. They are ones Isabelle has provided, that were already placed on the cushions, so don't worry about hurting something of yours.



O____o was a good face to pull. Issy had never seen anyone split something in two by doing this spell before. She didn't even know it was possible with a net, that was soft until it hit the ground. Twice.

Biting her lip, Isabelle walked over to Jaina and picked up the split teddy. With a flourish of her wand it was repaired, almost as good as new. "Try and take things slowly, Jaina," she smiled. "Conjuring isn't easy for young students, but...this is the first time I've seen anyone do that. Just stay calm."

As she thought, the older students were finding it a bit easier. Even if they didn't have the aim first time. heh. Live target? A shifty look spread across Isabelle's face, and she tapped the side of her nose towards Emily. "We'll see."

"Are you making sure your mind is completely clear of other thoughts, Destiny?" After all, Patroclus was in this lesson. But Issy wasn't going to say that. No, she was just going to suggest that maybe the snake should..."Be less forceful. Not all spells require such strong movements. Try and make it more fluid."


Making her way back to the front, Isabelle grinned and nodded at the kids who were doing well. The younger ones would need to concentrate harder, but there was no reason they couldn't at least get a net out. Maybe not always get it to stiffen as required, but you never knew. "Carry on practising for now." Some of you need it.

Simon looked at the Professor he didn't know if to just destroy the teddy bear and leave the classroom or do what he was told, the teddy bear was looking at him funny, he couldn't believe how weird they looked and he couldn't believe that he used to have some of them. "Professor those teddy bears look weird." Simon sighed, hopefully the professor wouldn't mind him saying that.

Simon decided that he would try and practice the spell. "Incarcolvo, Incarcolvo, Incarcolvo." Simon looked and then realised that nothing was happening with his wand, that was odd it normally always worked. "Professor I think my wand has broken, am I suppost to have an MOT done you know like muggles have done on cars?" Simon had never thought about that before and he had owned the wand now for 3 years.

Kurumi looked up from her jabbing practice to listen to the advice Professor Magnus had given. Not so much a jab as it was a fluid jab. What was a fluid jab exactly? Maybe she should pretend to be jabbing with something like a feather instead of her wand? That would probably make the movement softer and less dramatic. Reaching for the stuffed animal that was sitting next to her on her white pillow, and adjusted her sitting position so she could more easily point her wand at it.

"Incarcolvo!" Kurumi squeaked jabbing her wand very slooooooooooooooowly towards the stuffed cat.

Nothing.

Kurumi had expected as much considering Professor Magnus had said that this spell would be very difficult for the younger students.

Shifting her position again, Kurumi repeated the spell three more times and still nothing happened.

Scratching her head, Kurumi rolled onto her stomach and stared at the purple cat. At this rate, she wouldn't mind if it melted like all her other transfiguration attempts had been thus far. At least that meant she was able to change the shape. Nothing happening was...disheartening.

Sitting back on her knees, Kurumi repeated the incantation and wand movement and this time she saw some change. the tail of the cat began to widen and flatten out until it looked like a lopsided pancake. After a few more moments, the flattened tail turned into a purple net looking mess.

Progress? Maybe?

Emily grinned and nodded, she understood... the slight tap on the nose clearly meant yes!.... though now that she knew they were going to practice to living... moving... targets, Emily wondered what they would be.

Were they going to practice on animals? or on each other? sort of like a game of chasey... but instead of tagging people, you'd have to capture them... so the last person standing would win? or perhaps it was more like a game of scare crow??? playing in teams according to our houses you have to capture as many people from the other houses as you could... but their team mates could free them?

Emily sighed... all the possibilities.

Taking another toy she placed it a fair distance away, wanting to test the range of the spell. Once she was metres away she aimed her wand carefully at the small fluffy object.
"Incarcolvo!" said Emily as she jabbed her wand in the direction of the toy. The mesh net thing erupted from her wand again capturing the plush toy with remarkable speed.

Hugo snorted. Cages? OKKAYY, let's do it! Before taking his beautiful shiny wand out his pocket, he practised the incantation. "Incarcolvo." Sounded alright, yeah? Again. "Incarcolvo!"

That was easy.

Then he took his wand. Point, jab. Jab. Jab? Jab.

Even easier.

Then he cleared his throat, pointed his wand at the stuffed animal and... "Incarcolvo!" Alright, that didn't work... >_<

Cage. A cage? Well that sooooo wasn't as fun as shooting arrows at these stuffed animals. With her hopeful smirk smile disappearing, the Slytherin sighed before settling back down into a comfortable position on the ground, leaned back on her elbows, legs crossed by her ankles, and...stuffed animal on her stomach so she could glaaaaaare at it.

Incarsellvo? Wha? Incarselvo...

Meh.

Waiting a few minutes to listen to what everyone else was saying as they practiced, she finally figured it was Incarcolvo. Maybe. Sitting up straight, Evelyn took the bunny stuffed animal and placed it in front of her. Pfft...look at it's limpy ears, beady eyes, and the carrot it held...and just it in general. Yuuuck. "Incarcolvo." she said, jabbing her wand in the direction the bunny.

...

That didn't work. It was all the bunny's fault! "Incarcolvo!" JAAAB! Wooork net! Wor- oh! Wait...wait no. Just a fly. Pffft.

Hyun sat up from his green comfortable cushion . His eyes looked at the stuffed animal that layed on his cushion......a duck...a big yellow plushie ducky that almost! made him squeel.
He grabbed his wand from his holster with a swift movement. Riiiight...so the incantation was... Eeeh.. He looked back at the chalkboard which had the incantation written on. "Incarcolvo?" sounded like a muggle medicine to him... He pointed his wand at his duck , "Incarvolso!" Nothing happened...he jabbed his wand furiously in the air... jab jab jab jaaaaaaab~!!!!

Groaning in frustration because he had hoped he could have done the spell right immediatly, Hyun focused and tried again. "Incarc...ola?" He looked back at the chalkboard , re- reading the word. "In-Car-Col-Vo" he muttered to himself and took his eyes off the board. Pointing his wand back at the duckie plushie, he shouted. "Incarcolvo!" he jabbed his wand once aaaaaaaaand...Fail.

He.Must.HAVE.That.Duck!

Oh, we know what you are getting at, Professor Magnus. Yes we do.

And it was so obvious that Destiny's mind was clear of that person who the Professor was thinking about. She did not conjure up a heart shaped net, did she? Nope.

But, Destiny would have rather had a heart shaped net than a broken wand.

Removing the hood completely off her head, since there was no point in hiding anymore, Destiny gave her wand a good shaking, trying to get the thing to work. If she wasn't so afraid of it breaking completely, she would have banged it against the ground as well. That would come later though, if it was still broken.

Nodding her head towards the Professor, she practiced a fluid jabbing motion with her wand a few times before adding in the spell.

"Incarcolvo!" she said, watching as the black mesh net appeared and..totally missed her stuffed animal.

"Crud."

While other students were practicing the spell, Josh, holding the stuffed dragon in his hands, was only staring at the toy of course his mind was totally elsewhere. And no one needed to ask what was in his mind. They probably already know it, or not. Who cared? Holding the little dragon a little bit tighter, the Gryffindor finally took his gaze away from it and looked around at the other's work as he moved to a more comfortable position on the red cushion he was sitting.

Pfft.

He was starting to get BORED. So to keep himself entertained, the boy started to pay more attention to what others were doing, his gaze, of course, stopping on Evelyn. It looked like she was having an avarage class. Then he glanced at the professor in case she'd catch him staring at the she-snake instead of practising the spell. Well....maybe he had better get started and at least he would keep himself busy. Yes, that was not a bad idea.

So opening his bad he to get his wand...Huh? He opened the bag some more as if about to tear it up. Where was the wand??!! WHERE??!! He could not see the wand in the bag. Either there was something wrong with his eyes or...or the wand had decided to abandon him. Eeeeh! What could he do now?

When he looked up from his bag which only contained messy and unorganized pieces of parchment and a white quill, the first person his gaze landed on was Destiny, the girl who was sitting on the nearest green cushion. And she seemed to be VERY busy with what she was doing. What was she doing anyway? Ha! She had just missed the HUGE animal, had not she?

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Once his laughter at the Slytherin girl was over, he scooted a little bit on the red cushion towards her direction and whispered loud enough to hear from that distance between them ''Pssst. Pssst. Destiney! DESTINEY! You had better gimme your wand. I want your wand.'' Extending a hand towards her, he smirked. ''You have only ten seconds. Be quick and be a good girl. Gimme the wand''

...

She had missed the stuffed animal. HOW could she miss it? It was RIGHT in front of her. Perhaps Professor Magnus had a way to target the thing better or perhaps her wand was really broken.

Standing there in DISBELIEF, Destiny gave her wand a few more shakes, even mumbling something about it being stupid and useless. But, hearing some type of maniacal laughter, she stopped shaking it to find the source. And she should have known. The only person that would ever laugh like a crazy person would be Josh and she had no problem with it..until she realized he was laughing at her.

Narrowing her eyes, she watched as he scooted closer, not really hearing what he was saying until his hand was out in front of her. What the!? Give HIM her wand!? What was he going to do with it?

"Why do I only have ten seconds!?"

It was like one of those moving pictures on the muggle box. Like..

HER WAND WAS GOING TO EXPLODE OR SOMETHING!!

Weird? The teddies looked like....teddies, to her. Maybe Simon just wasn't used to having them around. Sometimes stuffed animals were more of a girl thing. Sometimes. "Doesn't really matter what they look like, Simon, so long as they serve their purpose." Which was to just sit there and get trapped.

....Or not, in this case.

"You're a third year, correct?" Isabelle asked him, standing next to where he was sat. "I don't expect you to be able to do it first time, you know. I doubt your wand is broken, you are just doing a harder spell. Although, you do need to look after them, yes. As for MOT's - I've never had to take mine in anywhere..." But she usually was careful.

*stare*

"Destiny will do no such thing." Ears like a bat, had Isabelle, she heard everything. Of course the fact she was only a few feet away when the whispering began helped. "Five points from Gryffindor for forgetting your wand. Really, Josh. When coming to a spell casting class, you should check your things first, and NEVER go anywhere without your wand! Go back to the castle and get it. NOW. Or it will be more points off." Silly child. Frowning, Isabelle's arm shot out to the side and pointed towards the castle. He was not going to take someone else's. Destiny needed it herself.

Simon looked at the Professor, really to him it did matter what they looked like if they had been blowing them up then no it wouldn't matter but to have to look at one of them for the whole listen well it was going to be hard "Professor why did you have to pick teddy bears?" Surely she could have picked something better. "Profess you could have picked anything like a dinosaur or a dragon." Simon smiled practicing a spell on one of those two creatures would have been cool.

Simon looked again at the Professor and smiled. "I am a third year." he was glad that she wasn't expecting him to get it first time because he had already failed. "I always try and take care of mine." Simon nodded to the Professor if it didn't need an MOT maybe it was ill. "Professor has your wand ever been ill?" Simon loved this lesson but today had gone so badly, he normally would be able to a spell like this and he was sad that his wand was playing up.

Hahahahah. HAH! She was asking oh-why she had only ten seconds. Well...it was because he wanted it that way. He did not need another reason and she did not need to know about that. There was only one thing she needed to know now and it was crucial for her.

''Your ten seconds are gone, Destiney! You lost it. You are NOT a good girl. NOT a GOOD girl!''

So, smirking even wider he slowly and carefully approached her, leaned towards her and was about to snatch the wand out of her grip when...

Gaaaaaaah!

The mean professor totally GOT him! And she had just ruined all the fun of it. Why was she saying that hmmm? Did she own the wand? He did not think so. It was Destiny's wand not HERS! So there was no point she was deciding what the Slytherin girl was going to do with it. Just staaaaaring back at the woman, he did not react the point loss in any way since he was pretty used to it. At almost every class those professors had to take points from him. Meh.

The Gryffindor boy just kept staring at the Transfiguration professor with the very same expression, neither bothered nor happy, as she scolded him and finally raised his eyebrows as a reaction when she practically yelled at him to go back to the castle and get the wand. The boy took a deep breath and then let it out. ''All right. All right. All right. All right. I'm getting it.'' Just don't freak out on me! Crazy, mean woman. Could not she just summon it here? He was going to walk all that way up to the seventh floor, was not he? Pfff. Better start now so he could be done with it as soon as possible.

So jumping on his feet, he slightly glared at Destiny and started to walk towards the castle, leaving the class.

O__O

Destiny staaaaaaaaaared at Josh, it was the only thing she could think of doing at the moment. He said SHE had lost it? Sure, he was talking about losing seconds, but he lost his mind! Josh was a crazy boy, trying to take her wand and thinking she was not a good girl.

And oh sweet Merlin!

The crazy boy was moving closer. Holding her wand very close to her chest, Destiny started backing away from Josh, still not knowing what to do or say. Perhaps if she was able to trap her stuffed animal in the net, she would have been able to trap him. And then ship him to St. Mungo's or something. Get his head checked.

Thankfully, though, Professor Magnus had ears like a bat and heard what Crazy Josh was saying.

Turning her attention back to the Professor when she (hahahahaha!!) took points from him and then sent him back to the castle, Destiny FINALLY knew why he wanted her wand. It was because he was crazy and forgot to bring his own. "Crazy boy." she mumbled, glaring back at Josh as he made his way to fetch his wand.

And just so she was ready for when the boy came back, she was going to continue to practice the spell. Just in case she really did need to trap him in a net and ship him somewhere for help.

"Incarcolvo!"

Jab.

Well. The net was closer to the stuffed animal at least.

Nika pouted when she heard that points were going to get taken away from Gryffindor. She looked at her professor with big eyes. Nika put the matter behind her and looked once more at the stuffed animal. Raising her wand once more she practiced the spell over and over.

Charley leaned over and hugged Jaina after the teddy was repaired.
"It's okay. Just keep practising. I'm not having an easy time either, but it'll get easier."
She practised the incantation a few more times herself, and the wand movement again as well, then cast the spell towards her teddy.
"Incarcolvo!"

K-Lee didn't even care that it wasn't her own polar bear soft toy. She had already named it Reyde, and she loved him. She hoped the professor would let her keep it.

Might as well go on with the spell and such. "Incarcolvo!" Reyde seemed unharmed... The spell though hadn't worked. The net had sort of half formed. Well it was progress.

AnnaBelle wrote the charm incantation into her notebook, she got off her cushion and tried to say it first.."In-car-sol-vo!" she said. "Incarsolvo..incarsolvo..incarsolvo.."she muttered under her breath. "Yeah i can get the hang of this." she thought. She got her wand movements down, with a little flick she said incarsolvo! But nothing happened. "Hmmm typical." she shrugged. She tried again on her stuffed animal which was a dalmation named bentley, she said it and concentrated and it didn't happen. "Professor what am i doing wrong? what are the wand movements again? Belle asked curiously.

Chloe was rather glad that her assumption in her heaead was wrong. She was also rather surprised to learn the assumption in her head was almost right. They were conjuring something for animals out of thin air, not transfiguring the stuffed animal. Oh boy, that would certainly make things tougher. She grabbed a stuffed animal and "incarcalvo", with a jab of her wand, nothing.

"Actually Simon," Issy smiled, "they're not all teddy bears, you just seem to have picked a cushion with one on. There is a dragon, or a whale over there if you want to swap." If it was THAT important to him, anyway. Although honestly, looks didn't really matter.

Bless him. Truly. Ill wands. No. "Not that I'm aware of. If I'm having a bad day though, my magic can play up. Not usually to do with my wand, however. Try focussing a bit more."

Was he...staring back at her? At least his time in detention had taught him, however long it would last, to hold his temper. And Issy was genuinely surprised that he just agreed to go back and get his wand. She was expecting him to argue, or shout at her - leading to another detention if he had. Disrespect was something she couldn't abide. But he didn't. Progress. "Thank you. Try not to be too long, please, I'm moving on shortly." And he was young, surely he could walk quickly. Grin.

Wandering over as a question was asked of her, Issy watched the girl give it another go, and she nodded her head. "Conjuring is not easy, Belle. You're not really doing anything wrong, it's just you need to spend some time perfectly your concentration, and your magic will follow." Taking out her own wand, Isabelle aimed it towards the girl's animal and said the spell, jabbing the wand forwards in one smooth motion. The net erupted and engulfed the animal, before springing up into a cage shape. "See what I did? The wand needs to jab forwards, but not in a jerky movement, nice and smooth. Have another go."



"Alright everyone, I was hoping to move on to the next part of the lesson - as Emily asked, it is with live animals, as opposed to the stuffed ones. It was also going to be in the form of a game...." Isabelle turned around to face them all, once she'd walked up to the front. "But if you wish to spend a bit longer practising, you may. Which would you all prefer?" Because, you know, real animals moved about a bit. Heh.

Helena's eyes went wide as professor Magnus spoke. "We're going to... practice on live animals?"

No, no, no, no, no. NO!

"Aren't they going to get hurt? I mean... if we cast the spell wrong... somehow." She didn't want that. It sounded a bit... cruel.

Simon looked at the Professor and smiled when she said there was a dragon or a whale there, saying that where was this whale maybe it was in the lake. "Professor I don't see a Whale around." He didn't want a toy he wanted a real dragon or whale trying to do a spell on one of those would be cool.\

Simon still couldn't see why his wand wasn't working. "Professor are you sure that it can't be ill, I can go took it in bed if you allow me too, though of course I'd have to borrow a wand whilst it gets better." Simon hoped that the Professor wouldn't mind him doing it, he always focused so that wasn't the problem.

Nika's mouth opened when she heard they were going to practice with real animals. Hearing someone else show concern Nika pipped in to support the girl. "Yeah Professor are you sure it won't hurt them?"

Isabelle was a little concerned that the kids might think like this. Especially the younger ones, who didn't really have a handle on the spell. "No, they won't get hurt," she smiled, tilting her head to one side. "There is only one known way for this spell to go wrong, and that would be just a net coming out, and it not hardening like it's supposed to. You won't damage them, or injure them with a net." If you manage to conjure one...

Isabelle was beginning to get a little irritated with Simon's non-class related questions. Taking a deep breath, she turned to face him and forced a smile on her face. "Simon, the toy whale is over there," she said, pointing to her left. "And your wand is not ill. It's not damaged either, by the looks of it, so please keep trying." Tuck it up in bed? Where did he get these ideas?

"I'm positive. None of you will hurt the animals. The worst that could happen is they end up covered in a net - that you can promptly remove."


Walking back over to the curtain, Issy pointed her wand towards it, and it vanished with a pop. Behind it were two very large pens. One was filled with rabbits, the other was empty. "There are one hundred and fifty rabbits in this pen," she said, gesturing towards them. "They are small like the stuffed animals you have been practising on. The aim is to use the spell you have learnt to capture them, remove the numbered key from around their necks - you only need the numbered ones, place that key in the basket that corresponds to your house, and place the rabbit in the empty pen right here."

She eyed them up and down while she paused for breath. Were they going to understand all this? Mind you, it was fairly simple. "One hundred of the keys have numbers on, the other fifty do not. One of them will open this box..." Strolling over, she placed her hand on top of it and smiled. "The team with the winning key will get whatever is in here, plus 15 extra points for their house." Flicking her wand at the board, a grid appeared with numbers all in a row above it...



"Each time you capture a rabbit with a numbered key, please come over here and strike off that number from the board, adding it next to the name of your house. To make it fair, you can have no more than twenty five keys per house, and no more than one house member in the pen at any one time - so four in all." Folding her hands in front of her, Isabelle sighed. "Are there any questions?"





OOC: Okay, here's how this will work: Not all keys have numbers, so it stands to reason that you won't get one every time you capture a rabbit. When you do get one, please place the number you have - anything between 1 & 100 - in the title of your post, and COPY AND PASTE THE FOLLOWING LIST, STRIKING OUT THE NUMBER YOU GOT. This way we won't get duplicate numbers, and it will be easier to tell who has the winning number - which was picked the other day at random....by my dad. xD

59
 

Kyle had been silently sitting on the blue couch practicing the Incarcolvo incantation. Ooh rabbit catching? She thought looking up eyebrow raising.

Kyle walked over to the "Incarcolvo" she called out trapping a rabbit and pulling off the key. 59. Wow, lucky catch. She thought, smirking, taking the key off the rabbit and placing the fuzzball in the empty pen.

"Good, thiny," she called. Petting its head. It tried to bit her. She glared evil. Evil rabbit. Then dropped the key in the little jar and left the pen. Someone else needed a chance.

Savannah love rabbits! But she seriously have no idea what to do. And what's up with the numbers and pens?? "I'M CONFUSED!" Savannah shouted out loud.

100
 

Really? Kurumi was still having nightmares about chocolate frogs and now she was going to have to deal with rabbits? She actually wished that Walnut was around to perhaps turn a few of them into chew toys...make life easier on them all...until she realized just how horrible that notion was and covered her mouth in shock - despite not having said anything.

Spotting a rabbit hoping by...and hoping that she didn't turn it into a puddle of goo...Kurumi cast her spell and....OMG! The rabbit was fine and in a cage hoping around and looking confused with its floppy ears!

Skipping over to the cage, Kurumi pulled out the key. Lucky....100?

This Professor was not nice until now Simon had thought she was cool, but that had gone when he saw that she was forcing a smile on her face, that was not cool at all, Simon was thinking about saying so too the Professor but he didn't want to get into trouble, and even though she said that wands couldn't get ill didn't mean they couldn't, he would ask his head of house next time he saw her.

Simon looked at the professor and then nearly fainted. "Professor you haven't hurt the rabbits by making them wear keys have you?" He could report her to that what was it call RCPAS or something like that anyway, the poor bunny rabbits couldn't defend themselves.

Number 17
 

Belle had another go, and jabbed at object with one smooth motion and she did it! the net errupted! "Oh my god i did it!" Belle said happily and grinning. She practiced a little more to stay on the safe side.

Belle found a rabbit with her favorite number, she found the rabbit with the number 17, she used her wand movement she had been practicing and the fluid motion and she got the rabbit! She jumped up and down and got the rabbit into the pen. "Hello you little trouble maker you." she said and placed the rabbit into the pen. She took of the key and kept it in her pocket.

#11 - don't forget to use the updated list guys :D
 

Kurumi spotted another rabbit hopping by and immediately took out her wand. "Incarcolvo!" she chirped as her spell erupted from her wand.

Only...instead of making a proper cage, Kurumi had conjured a limp net that the rabbit caught its back legs in and fell forward onto its furry little nose.

Squeaking loudly in surprise, Kurumi rushed over to the rabbit and attempted to get it's foot untangled from the net. "I'm so sorry," she sniffled as the rabbit kicked at her hands with its little hind legs.

After a few more moments, Kurumi was able to release the rabbit from the net and it went hopping away. Kurumi looked down at the limp net, picked it up, and put it in her pocket. No need for someone else to trip on it, right?

The rabbit she had just rescued stopped a few feet in front of her and sat their looking at her. "Are you giving me permission to try again?" she asked rather amused by the animal's behavior. The rabbit sniffed the air showing little interest in her.

Taking her wand out again, Kurumi once again cast the spell and managed to conjure a proper cage this time with a key. She went over to the cage, pulled out the key and checked the number on it before putting it into her pocket.

9
 

Nika looked around the pen. Rabbits. "AWWWW! They are adorable!" Nika stopped herself from going and trying to hug one. She brought her mind back to transfiguration and took a deep breath. "Concentrate" She cast the spell and looked to see which rabbit she got. She ran up to and took off the little tag. "I got 9!"

Kyle noticed no one was working. For Ravencalaw, typical. She thought jumping back into the pen, attempting to trap a rabbit - first one got away.

"Incarcolvo" she called out pointing the spell at one small white rabbit. It hit, the rabbit was trapped - score, picking it up she pulled off the key. "You are adorable" she spoke to it, petting its nose. "I Got Number" she looked at the key, "1" she smiled. Yay 1!

Selina watched carefully as the other students scrambled to catch the rabbits. Finally after many minutes of looking from rabbit to rabbit she spotted one that seemed to be hiding from the chaos. It's tail was shaking from fear and although Selina knew she shouldn't prey on the weak one it was nature's way. So Selina said, "Incarcolvo." And placed the rabbit in the pen. Before she put it down she checked the number, 69. She ran up to the board and struck out the number.

Kyle sighed she'd been exhausted lately.

Pointing her wand at a rabbit, blank...greeat she complained. "Blank." She put the rabbit back down in the correct pen. "Good rabbit, go munch on something."

Charley practised next to Jaina for a few more minutes, then went into the pen as she'd noticed that only one girl had caught any rabbits for Ravenclaw whereas the other houses were participating more.
She saw a small rabbit who was not moving much a few metres from the gate, and chose it as her primary target.
"Incarcolvo," she said forcefully as she performed the wand movements towards the rabbit, and a cage formed around the animal. She grabbed the key and found the number 7. After moving the rabbit to the other pen she ran to the board and wrote it down.

Selina was enjoying this small exercise. The cute bunnies also helped in the enjoyment of this game. To prepare herself for another catch Selina looked for another bunny. At the edge of the playing field Selina saw a small bunny chewing on a glade of grass. It was not expecting anyone to go for it, so Selina did, "Incarcolvo!"

Once she had the bunny in her grasp she checked for the number. It read 33 so Selina went to the board and crossed out the number. From there she placed the bunny in the pen but not before kissing the top of it's head.

Kyle pointed her wand at a little one, Incarcolvo she called, out grabbing it. She found it was a lovely one with a lovely number on it.

"99" she called out putting the bunny in the previously empty pen, and the key in the bowl. Walking to the board she ticked off number 99 and marked it in the ravenclaw slot.

50
 

Live animals certainly provided a challenge to catch especially ones who liked to hope around. After several failed attempts, Simon decided to try to focus on a familiar target, pretending the rabbits were opposite team members and the net around them was like hitting them with a bludger. "Incarcolvo!" he finally cast once his focus was in place on one particular animal. As usual the net shot from his wand and solidified, but this time it had a captive.

"Yes!" he exclaimed with a content sigh before moving to retrieve his quarry. Picking up the rabbit, he slipped the key from around its neck before setting it down into the pen. "50...right smack in the middle," he mused, moving to the house boxes and dropping it into Gryffindors.

Emily aimed her wand at a random rabbit, she could she the light reflect off its tag...
"Incarcolvo!" she chanted as she jabbed her wand in the direction of the rabbit.
The large mesh escaped her wand and captured the rabbit.

Hurrying over she picked it up and checked the tag, "Lucky number three" she said to herself.

She placed the rabbit in the pen and the tag in the ravenclaw box.

42
 

Spotting a fluffy white rabbit, Kurumi cast her spell and manged a half decent cage that was drooping a bit to the side, but at least there was a key in it. After taking the key and scratching the number off the board, Kurumi returned her gaze to the rabbit who...due to her poor casting...had managed to break the cage by kicking it.

Now it looked like a limp noodle in the middle of the pitch.

"Um...Professor," Kurumi said holding up her key and looking at their professor. "Does it still count if the rabbit escapes?"

Please say yes...

Selina tried really hard to locate another rabbit. But every time she went to cast her charm the rabbit seemed to run and hide in a pack of rabbits. Darn her morality.

Finally after several minutes Selina caught another one with her swift cast of "Incarcolvo!" The rabbit before being disposed into the pen was identified as number 13. Poor thirteen wasn't such good luck after all.

Moving between students and rabbits Emily searched for her next target.
She found a particularly cute fluffy one.
Aiming her wand at it, careful to make sure she wouldn't hit anyone else.
"Inarcolvo", she said capturing it in seconds.

"Your just too cute", she said as she removed the tag.
83

She took the rabbit over to the pen so it could be reunited with its friends and then dropped the tag in the ravenclaw box.

ooc: RAVENCLAW also got 7 guys...look up. bic.
 

Kyle looked up, "Inarcolvo" she called out, one down running over and pulling the tag. Number 8, "eight" she called out. Holding the key she placed it in the bowl, marked one the board and put the little guy in the other pen.

"Incarcolvo!" said Emily aiming at another rabbit....
the mesh flew out of her wand, but missed the target, landing on the floor- capturing... nothing. Fail!

"Concentrate", Emily said to herself.
"Incarcolvo!" she said aiming at another rabbit, jabbing her wand at it more gracefully this time.
Success!

Running to pick it up Emily examined the tag, 70. She didn't like that number but over looking it she ran over and dropped the tag into the ravenclaw box before placing the rabbit in the pen- gently. Lovely rabbit.

Charley captured another rabbit. "Incarcolvo!"
She put the rabbit into the other pen and then looked at the tag. Number 10. She went and marked it off the board.

Drifting between students- trying not to get captured or bumped around she chased after a rabbit!... stopping she planted her feet and aimed her wand- jabbing it at the rabbit.
"Incarcolvo!" said Emily.

The mesh flew out of her wand, capturing the innocent rabbit.

Running to pick it up Emily took off the tag, 27. She hurried over and placed it in the ravenclaw box/bowl thingo before placing the rabbit in the pen with the other captured ones.

Professor! ^_^
 

Whaaaat?

Rabbits!

Treyen hoped that Kaitlynn's rabbit was not in there with the other bunch, because, well, that wouldn't be good, right? The rabbit could get confused AND...he actually had no idea if it was a white one or not, so, yeah, never mind.

Okay. Let's see if he got it right. So, they were supposed to...sort of...capture one of the white fluffy things and each of those was a HOLDER for an AWESOME key? Got it.

The boy nodded at Magnus' instructions and was getting ready to aim at whatever white spot he saw hoping up and down when he was reminded not to close his eyes, wouldn't want a classmate stuck in a cage, right? Actually, good question, "Professor Magnus," dearly Professor Magnus, "Does the spell work on us, too?" Not that he was considering any idea of the sort, he was merely curious.

Aha! We spotted YOU, white thing! The boy kept the little rabbit on his sight and then aimed at it, "Incarcolvo!" and then the jab, and then the cage, and then...did it have a KEY? A numbered one? Aha! Number 23! Bahahahaha!

WIN.

Board. Marked. Rabbit. Empty pen. Key. Hufflepuff basket.

"Incarcolvo!" said Emily, capturing yet again another rabbit... aawww no tag... poor rabbit. Emily walked it over and placed it in the pen, stroking its fluffy ears.

Then headed back to find one with a tag.

"Incarcolvo", she said capturing a rabbit mid hop.
Yay! tag!.... 77!

Emily added it to the Ravenclaw stash, then took the rabbit to the pen.

"Incarcolvo!" Charley trapped another rabbit.
"Let's see what your number is," she murmured as she bent down towards the rabbit. "21 it is." She put the rabbit gently in the other pen and crossed 21 off the board, then added the tag to the Ravenclaw collection.


(going to take them off the list because it's hard for me to keep them all straight otherwise)