Just when she thought this class couldn't get anymore insane, Shaw goes and gathers a bunch of crazy feral cats then tells the class to catch one without a wand. Brilliant. Just brilliant.

Vashti watched the cats and the students trying to catch them uneasily, wondering how exactly this was supposed to be done. It didn't seem at all possible do do this without getting scratched or bitten, which was something she wanted to avoid. She couldn't just not to the assignment though, so the plan was really how to get scratched and bitten the least. So she glanced around, searching for either a partner or a cat that looked nicer than the others. Or both.

Ariella entered the corridor, excited. She loveloveloved cats. She immediately spotted an adorable black and white one pawing a bug in the corner. Now how to catch it.....

She spotted the catnip. Catnip!! She picked up a handful and made her way over to the cute little kitty.

"Here, kitty!" she cooed, holding out a handful of catnip. She got down on all fours, letting the cat smell her hand before reaching in to pick it up. The cat meowed as Ariella picked it up the proper way--grasp it gently around the middle, but support it by the behind, too. The cat squirmed a little, leaving a slight trail of scratches on her arm, but then relaxed and buried its head into Ariella's arm.

Mission accomplished!!!

Eino continued to follow the white sphinx on his hands and knees, but the cat was far too fast and agile for Eino to keep up. Every once in a while it jumped in the middle of all the other cats and Eino lost sight of it, but always managed to find it. The cat ran from catnip to catnip. Some it didn't seem to like and others were already crowded by other cats. He continued to follow the cat, who didn't seem to mind being follow but also didn't seem likely to listen to Eino's call, until the cat finally settled on a catnip. Eino took this opportunity to approach it very quietly. The cat seemed to be distracted, and enjoying its delicacy, when Eino launched himself at the cat but failed to capture it. The cat quickly ran away and got lost in the crowd... again.

Nika listened to Sierra carefully. It was basic logic. The cats wanted the catnip, if they got the catnip then they would have the cats. Then Sierra mentioned how they might happen to get attacked. Right. That might be a bit of a problem. These cats are high, or at least they are acting like it. They are running around like crazy and there was probably no way that they would calm down. "Well I guess it's worth a try." She replied with a small forced smile.

That's it Shaw is more insane that she thought. Chasing crazy cats!? Really Shaw? Really!? Nika took the hairband that she had around her wrist and used it to tie back her hair. Things were probably about to get real crazy, real fast. "So where exactly do we get the catnip?" She looked around for cats clustered together. Where there were cats, there must be catnip.

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This was SO going to be like a lion stalking a gazelle... only it was a lion stalking a little lion. Or something like that. Yeah.

"What exactly do you think it would mean to think like a cat... Like do we need to crawl around and meow and stuff to get into character or something? I think you are right about the domesticating bit there. I think if we love them enough they will turn nice." Logic. She had it.

Lexi took a few steps toward the kitty target and stopped short as she had a thought. "What if one of us runs at the cat shouting and makes it run off in the opposite direction toward the tackler?" FEW STEPS CLOSER TO THE KITTEH.

Maybe she could use her shoe strings to hog tie the kitty if it refused to be domesticated. That would keep it from scratching her and infecting her with kneazle pox.

Neptune LAUGHED. That was not what she meant at all, but now that Lexi brought it up - why not? She held up a finger for Lexi to hold on a second. If she wanted to get in character, Neptune could provide the makeup. Miss Bott rummaged in her purse until she came out her lipstick and mascara wand.

"Leeeeexiiiiiiii," Giggle. Neptune approached her friend. "To think like the cat, we must be the cat. Plus, maybe we'll be more inviting this way." GIGGLE.

Neptune painted Lexi's nose first, then added whiskers.

....GIGGLESFORLIFE. "If I were a feral kitty, I'd come to you." Truth.

SPOILER!!: LEXI IS KITTIFIED

Hallie was stomping around the corridor, clearly not happy as she was mumbling things under her breath. "Who does he think he is?" She questioned a cat who wasn't paying attention to her. Giving a huff, Hallie turned her nose up into the air and gave a sigh. If she wanted points she was going to have to catch a cat...

Lunging at a nearby cat, Hallie jumped back when the cat jumped and hissed at her, trying to claw Hallie's skin off. "Well fine!" She yelled at the cat as she turned away and stomped down the hall. She'd just find another cat to catch.

The calico actually didn't try to bite Fallon or anything. It seemed very tame for a feral cat. She figured it would be easier to catch the cat if it got to sniff her first. Yes, she knew it sounded weird, but some cats were like that. They didn't trust a person until they had that completely recognized that person's scent.

Everything was going great: until the calico decided to bite her finger! "Ouch!" The bite had broken the skin. Fallon hadn't been bitten by a cat since she first got Snuggles seven years ago. She had forgotten how much it hurt.

Fallon wasn't going to play nice anymore. What was the worse that could happen? She'd already been bitten once. "Come here you little bugger!" She picked up the calico who started to meow and hiss and claw in protest. Fallon was going to have a ruined pair of robes, but she didn't really care. She'd caught the cat...and hoped that it would calm down soon. Maybe if it did: she would try to take care of it. Maybe help get rid of it's fur problem.

With that thought in mind: Fallon headed back into the classroom, angry hissy calico in hand.

Chloe really did not want to catch a crazy cat, especially a feral one. She started to breathe heavilly as she saw the abudance of cats running throughout the corridor every which way as her fellow classmates chase them. Chloe saw one coming right for her and decided it was time to get over fear, they were only mostly tiny cats. She dove to the ground and grabbed for the little cat and got it. It squirmed quite a bit but Chloe manged to keep the little thing under control. Maybe this would not be so bad.

Sierra's body stiffened and she gasped as someone's bald cat ran right across her foot. "Eww," she muttered, "that one's bald!" Someone else could catch it.

Sierra shrugged. "Well, let's just watch where they go for a second. Maybe one of them will turn up with something," she answered. She grew still and quiet, even if the corridor wasn't very still and quiet, and watched as the cats zoomed around and around. She followed one in particular until it dashed into a tiny nook then dashed out a second later. "Look," she said, pointing to the area the cat had been, "I bet it's there."

She just better not get over there in that blasted nook and turn up a spider or something, though. She waded through the cats, occasionally bending down to try and catch one or two, but never had much look. "They're not usually this fast," she fussed, giving most of them glares.

She finally made it over to the nook she'd pointed at, wishing she had her wand to shine into the darkness. Reaching her hand into a place she couldn't see into wasn't really her thing. "Do you see anything?" she asked Nika.

Lexi blinked a few times and nodded her head as Tuney dug through her purse. Making her hands into little kitty paws she rawwrrrred a bit. Yeah. She would BE the cat. "Neptune Bott. You are a genius!" Lexi said through a fit of giggles. Yeah. She totally was.

OH kitty face Lexi FOR THE WIN!

Taking the lipstick and mascara from Tuney she giggled as she did the same on her bestie's face. "Well what kitty wouldn't love me? Feral or not." GIGGLE!

When Lexi finished painting her friend's face she clapped her hands together and bounced a little bit. "The boy kitties are going to flock to you."



Noow. "Alright. Let's tackle some cats. Or... try to charm them and THEN tackle them."

Merlin, he wished Opal and Woody were here. They'd save him from the vicious little monsters.

Despite his fear of cats, Jayce knew he had to get this over with and fast. He didn't want to be the last one out here. With.. GULP leftover cats. GULP. He wasn't about to be left behind and swarmed/clawed to death. NU UH. Not in his plan for the day. So, he walked all the way down the corridor. Where there were a couple huddled in the corner.

He eyed them trying to pick out the weakest one. But none of them looked all that weak or.. nice for that matter. So, he glanced around for a cat that seemed like it could be easily caught. That's when his eyes caught sight of a little long haired white and brown one staring up at him. The cat opened it's mouth and hissed.

NU UHHHHH. SCAAAAAAAAAARY KITTY. IT WAS GOING TO EAAAAT HIM.

He backed up a bit and eyed it some more. What could he do? He could.. grab it's long fur.. but it would bit him for sure. Jayce wanted his mom. She'd save him! The seventh year's blue eyes stared into those of the cats. What nowww?

Nika nodded as she waited in the silence. It was a bit awkward considering the two weren't really friends. Nika rocked back and forth as she watched all of the cats running around. She was a bit startled when Sierra finally spoke and broke the silence between the two. Nevertheless she followed Sierra's finger to the little nook. Were they going to have to go in there?! Great. Thanks 'Just Shaw'.

Nika followed Sierra as the Slytherin made her way towards the little nook. "I think they're all a bit cat nip happy." She muttered as she watched them all running around. Why did Shaw give them all catnip!? Wouldn't it make more sense to have them caged individually so that they could just past the "capturing stage"? But No. Shaw probably wanted to make this as hard as possible didn't he? Something he would do.

She squinted her eyes as she tried to look around in the dark little nook. Too bad she didn't have cat vision. She bent down a bit to look get a better look. Yeah... she did see something. Whether it was catnip or just poo she wasn't sure. "I think so." there wasn't too much of it but it was there. If it really was catnip it would hopefully be just enough to use for two cats. If only she had gloves. Why didn't Shaw warn them about this!? It would have been helpful. "Do you see that bit there? I'm not sure if it's catnip but it sure looks like it." She said nodding and pointing.

Eino was chasing after the cat when it directed him right towards... that girl. He wanted to avoid walking towards her, but if he did he would miss the cat and it would be nearly impossible to find it again. In addition to that there was no way to go around because, well, it was a narrow corridor and she would see him anyway. He watched as the cat ran further and further away and decided to proceed. He closed his eyes thinking that she wouldn't see him with his eyes closed, or maybe recognize him... Uh, wait, she didn't even know who he was. Just as he was walking by her she spoke, and of course he couldn't contain himself and keep his big mouth shut. "It's a sphinx!" He justified the cat's baldness. He then realized how close he was to her, and stopped breathing and started sweating and ran away.

Arya watched the other students for a while until she saw one cornering a group of ferals. "They'll attack if you keep them cornered." She spoke almost cheerfully. It took her a bit, but she finally retrieved some cat nip from one of the nooks it had managed to sneak into and walked over to the older boy, holding out some for him with her eyes settling gently on the ferals. "You have to coax them out and give them some space... that is, if you don't want to get bit." Getting bit by a feral was the WORST.

She kept a bit of cat nip for herself and knelt down a safe distance away from the cornered group, hand held out slightly in offering to them. Wasn't the BEST plan, but she was working with what she had.

This was insane. Completely and utterly insane. Oh, sorry didn't mean to bring cows in to this. ANYWAY...Isobel waved to Nika and Oakey. "Hey guys," she said. Nika was with that one Slytherin girl...Sierra or something like that. But Oakey looked alone. "Either of you want to team up with me?" Sierra could too, but she didn't seem like she liked Hufflepuffs very much.

Jayce swallowed with difficulty some more. It was going to eat him. They were ALLLL going to eat him. He was going to take another step towards them when he heard a voice just a little ways behind him. He whirled around to face said person. Whaaat? They'd attack if- ohhh. That makes sense. He took a few more steps back until he was standing beside the girl. "But if you don't y'know, corner them.. how do you catch them?" he asked curiously.

This was like.. A LOSE LOSE SITUATION. He'd never win. Nope.

"Coax them out? Space?" OHHH. Maybe she was just going to grab one by the fur like he had thought about doing. That had to be the only way. Right? "Why are they so angry?" he whispered softly, not daring to take his eyes off of his original target. It would surely attack and gnaw his face off if he did. "I'll get you my pretty and your little friends too." BEAAAAAAAAM. He just.. had to get this girl to help him. She seemed to know what she was doing.

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Lexi blinked a few times and nodded her head as Tuney dug through her purse. Making her hands into little kitty paws she rawwrrrred a bit. Yeah. She would BE the cat. "Neptune Bott. You are a genius!" Lexi said through a fit of giggles. Yeah. She totally was.

OH kitty face Lexi FOR THE WIN!

Taking the lipstick and mascara from Tuney she giggled as she did the same on her bestie's face. "Well what kitty wouldn't love me? Feral or not." GIGGLE!

When Lexi finished painting her friend's face she clapped her hands together and bounced a little bit. "The boy kitties are going to flock to you."

Photos!: Tuneycat!

Noow. "Alright. Let's tackle some cats. Or... try to charm them and THEN tackle them."

Neptune made kitty claws at Lexi. Rawr. "Even if we don't catch a kitty, we're definitely going to be the cutest in class."

As if they weren't already.

She patted her newly whiskered cheeks, GIGGLED, and surveyed the hall for their cat again. "Of course they are. And I'm going to ignore all the boy kitties." Hmph.

She crouched, GIGGLED, crouched, GIGGLED, and tried to stalk a kitty with her "claws" up. "Kiittty..... me and Lexi loooooove youuuu. We'll give you food...." Giggle.

Lexi GIGGGGGGGLED and nodded her head fervently. "Although... I think we are the cutest in class without the kitty makeup even," she said with yet more giggles.

Lexi crouched with Tuney and started to stalk her prey... the kitties I mean. THE KITTEHS! "Heeeeeeeere kiiiiitty, kiiity, kiiiiiiitty! And hugs. We will give you food AND hugs. And give you kitty kisses," Lexi said in a sing song voice. The grey kitty was sitting a little ways away EYEING them.

Letting out a HIIIIIIIIIIIIIISSSSSSS the grey kitty EYED the two clowns that were trying to catch him.

Lexi held her hand out for the kitty to SNIFF at the same time she kitty decided to swat at her and hiss some more. o_____________O

Sierra followed Nika's gaze to a slightly dark spot there in the nook. She could see what the girl was pointing to, or at least see the shadow of it, but she wasn't exactly keen on just reaching for it, not even knowing what it was. "Yeah, it could be cat poo, too, though," she muttered, and she backed away and just looked at the dark spot.

Then that drooling Ravenclaw boy from History of Magic came by, staring and then yelling something about the bald cat being a sphinx. "Whatever," she said, eying the cat for a second before it dashed away. "Hey, you wouldn't be able to pick up this--..." She trailed off, though. She was going to ask him to pick up the catnip/possible poo, but he'd dashed off after the cat again.

Then the Hufflepuff Quidditch captain came by, and she so rudely asked Nika to be her partner, even though Nika already had a partner. Sierra noted how she completely ignored her. She might have asked the girl to join them, too. I mean, they were in need of a catnip/possible poo picker-upper.

Evelyn...was officially...weirded out.

Mostly because Lexi and Neptune decided to make themselves look ridiculous like cats, but that was beside the point! The point was, she was trying hard not to hiss back at these cats, which was WEIRD. She was no cat. She was a SNAKE.

Wait, they hissed too...

Scowling, the girl shrugged off her cloak and held it in front of her. There was no way she was going to get scratched, and this was the only way she could think of to grab a cat without making some other person get one for her. Actually, it's how she got Poof to take a bath. *shudder* Those were not fun times.

...

Nika let out a small giggle as a random ravenclaw almost walked right into Sierra. Poor kid, he looked terrified... or embarrassed, it was hard to tell after his quick run. Then her attention was taken away from him as she heard someone talking to her. This time it wasn't Sierra, but it was ISOBEL! Too bad the hufflepuff hadn't found her earlier because Nika already has a partner now. One that she's not too fond of, but it's not like their going to hang out after this or anything. It was only a class assignment. She shrugged slightly as she opened her mouth to respond. She quickly looked at Sierra and saw that the Slytherin didn't look so thrilled about Isobel asking her. "Erm... Well I've sort of already partnered up with Sierra." She tried to give Isobel an "I'm sorry" look as she rubbed the back of her neck.

Then she turned back to Sierra and listened to her. Nika nodded her head eyeing the dark spot. So the Snake was thinking along the same lines as the Lion. Maybe they could go and ask Shaw for gloves or something because Nika didn't want to risk it. She shifted around uncomfortably as she looked at the spot some more. "Do you think we should take the risk?" If only there was a clueless first year around in need of help. Even though Nika wasn't evil she couldn't help but think of giving a firstie the dirty work. Hey, they didn't have to poke around in the poo last term so this could be a sort of makeup session for them.

Then she had an idea. What if there were some sort of cat poo scooper or something around. How did Shaw expect to clean the cat poo anyways. There must be something in the room somewhere. "Hey do you see a poo-scooper anywhere?" She asked her partner as she started scanning the room.

While the older boy seemed to have his eye on a blue-eyed feral, Arya had her eyes set on a tuxedo one. He seemed.... to be watching her more than the others, and that could be either a good or bad thing. She hadn't decided yet. "You... don't really 'catch' them... you just have to let them come to you. It's safer that way for us." They could also make a trap, but she wasn't sure they had the materials or magic for such a thing, and she sure wasn't using her robes.

Hopefully they would come to them and not runaway.

That would just suck.

She looked at him and nodded her head with a smile. Yup. Space and coaxing. "Ferals are wild essentially. They don't like being around so many people." People at ALL. Especially not a bunch of students looking to catch them. She was whispering too, though she wasn't really sue WHY they wee whispering.

Hehe. He was funny. She turned her attention back to her the tuxedo feral who's eyes never left her, and extended her hand further while motioning for the older boy to do the same. "Extend your hand with the cat nip and keep talking to them, it'll coax them out." And she did just that; speaking quietly to her feral who in return responded by allowing his ears to perk up a bit instead of lay flat on his head.

Isa rummaged through her pockets trying to find something to use on her sisters calico Daisy. She found her owl whistle.

Isa jumped up and down in celebration. Daisy responds to whistles. Gabii lets her run around in the wild only getting her by whistling sharply. Simce that wasnt one of Isa's talents she could use her owl whistle instead.

'TEET TEET' Isa blew the whistle fighting for Daisy's attention. Another calico came leaping towatds her and another. One gave her a scratch along her arm. Another on her ankle. Finally she manages to grab one. It wasnt Daisy but does that really matter. She carried it back to the room with a firm grip.

Alex usually LOVED cats. They were nice and cuddly and usually they didn't try and scratch him unless he accidentally sat on them. BUT TODAY, these cats were all hyped up on cat nip and just...not pleasant to be around at all, that was for sure.

Oh, and they were FERAL cats to begin with, so that made them extra crazy.

And he didn't have a wand. Lovely.

He knew very well that going around and simply trying to tackle the cats was NOT the smartest plan of action. Instead, he stood there for a few minutes, biting his lip before he finally decided that teaming up with someone was probably his best bet.

"Anyone need an extra hand??" he asked, looking around to see if anyone would be willing to try and team up to catch the cats.

As she followed the others, Helena's eyes went wiiiiide. But because of all that excitement, of course. She LOVED cats! And there were soooo many fuffly cute adorable purring things!

So they had to catch one. Eh, simple.

Helena looked around and noticed a black cat, and that moment she knew she wanted that one. She approached it carefully and reached her hands forward and...

"Ouch!"

It scratched her.