CoMC #1: Riddle Me This
 

Though it had taken a while for him to decide, Professor MacFusty had, at last, come to the conclusion to hold his lesson in the paddock located outside the Magical Creatures Nursery. Knowing that perhaps some students would be confused, he left an announcement pinned to the door of his hut, indicating where to go and what exactly they should not do upon reaching their destination and taking a look at MacFusty's current companion.

For instance, they should not yell or gasp or point fingers or just plain run away.

Well, they could run away, but that would be a bit silly, not to mention a pity as well. Not that this sentiment was shared by the creature pacing restlessly near him. From the small stool he was sitting on, Lachlan was busy using his elm wand to write on the blackboard located almost right next to him, the following message:

"Can you not yell? I know I said this already, but please don't do it. Rosie won't like it anymore than she likes having me call her 'Rosie.' Also, take out a piece of parchment, some ink and write your name and year on it. Then just place it on your lap when you are done. Thanks!"

Lachlan smiled to himself at a job well done (mostly--there was not much he could do about his only half-decent handwriting), and pocketed his wand. The Creature he'd seemed to refer to as 'Rosie,' however, grunted at him and sat down upon her hind legs, looking both supremely offended and nearly obnoxiously bored.

"You need to relax, Ros--Milady," Adviced MacFusty, employing a kind, soothing tone.

The young Sphinx used her cool aquamarine almond-shaped stare to glare daggers at him, but said nothing else. Normally, Lachlan would have been slightly alarmed of being in the presence of a seemingly irritated Sphinx, but in better spirits he could not be. And in any case, even if Rosie did decide to pounce and have him for lunch, her efforts would be stopped by the series of charms placed around her. Also? She was wagging her tail, so she couldn't be that upset.

Quietly, Lachlan chuckled and waited for the students to arrive.

OOC: The lesson will not start right away, just to give everyone a time to arrive, react to Rosie, etc. Don't forget to get familiar with the class rules, and that, you know, Lachlan is THERE, so chatting TOO much isn't really a good idea. Not unless you think the idea of staying after class to clean up the stable is a good idea.

Helena was excited about this lesson! Simply because she didn't take it last year and she was super curious about it. So... she walked cheerfully towards the place, where the first lesson will be held and smiled when she spotted the man. "Hello, professor," the girl said.

She also noticed the instructions on the blackboard, but something else caught her attention. "Is this... a Sphinx?" She read a lot about them! And this one was... fascinating!

Ellie was torn between looking forward to coming to Saylen's class, and dreading it. Could they possibly be going on another trip? Or were they going to have to witness more cruel treatment of innocent and adorable creatures?

Upon arriving at the paddock, the thought was wiped from her mind. There was a sphinx. A real life sphinx.

GASP.

After staring at it for quite a while, Ellie finally tore her eyes from the beast and allowed them to take in the...professor? "Are you..." The new professor? Filling in for the evilish woman?

And to the sphinx, "Hiii pretty sphinx." Wouldn't want to be RUDE or anything, right?

Rosemary walked towards them and seeing the Sphinx, she curtsied before smiling to the Professor, "Hello...."

She then sat down before taking out her quill, ink and parchment before writing her name and year at the top.

Luna was excited about care of magical creatures ''Hello proffeser'' said Luna with a smile

Ronnie ran down to the Class. She was really excited about this and couldn't wait. She loved this class. It was her second favorite only to be followed by charms. She saw the note and went to the padlock fence. She took at long in had gasp.

Was...that...really...a sphinx. They like were crazy animals weren't they, did the Professor really think it was a good idea to show us THIS animal. Ronnie took out a piece of parchment never taking her eyes of the animal. She wrote.

On a piece of parchment and sat down right in front waiting for the lesson to start. The creature was beautiful in so many ways and down right frightening in others. It was going to be a good lesson, Ronnie was sure of it.

Christina practically skipped into Care of Magical Creatures. It was one of her favorite lessons- she loved creatures of all kinds. "Hey, professor!" she said happily. She leaned over a bit to see the lovely Sphinx striding around behind the professor.
"She's beautiful, professor! Where on earth did you get her? They can be quite violent if I remember correctly. Not that it should stop you," she said excitedly. "After all, it's no fun to only learn about tame creatures."
Chris had always been facinated by the more dangerous creatures, the ones she never thought she would be able to observe up close. She looked around further and noticed the professor's request, taking out a piece of parchment.

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Christina Lindman 2nd Year Gryffindor

This was all kinda weird...walking down to magical creatures class and not having Destiny by her side while doing so. She supposed it was all for the best though. What if Professor Whoever he/she is had a firs going!? Her EX-friend would have stopped her immediately from hugging it getting closer, she was sure of it. Now though? Now she had the freedom of hugging it appreciating the flames.

Unfortunately, there were no flames. Just a sphinx. Pfft.

Staring at it some, it was only a few seconds later did she notice the blackboard and what was written on it. Huh. Name tags. What happened to the Professors knowing their names and years before their lessons began? Sitting down, she pulled out a parchment, her quill, ink, and her notebook so she had something to write on before starting on this name tag thing. Why did it make her feel like a first year again?

Hannah was ready for the First lesson.She got a blank piece of parchment and took out her quill.

she took a seat on the ground she said with a smile.

Aiden arrives at the Magical Creatures Nursery with her copy of "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them". Seeing that other students wrote their names, houses and years on a piece of parchment, Aiden takes out her quill and parchment and begins to write.

Stella walked into the outdoor classroom with a book about magical creatures in her hand. She sat down and noticed that everyone took out a parchment and wrote their names, and she didn't get why. "Hello, Professor," she said quickly forgetting that there is a teacher in the classroom

The first student to arrive seemed far too stunned by the mere sight of Rosie to even write her name on a parchment. Lachlan nodded as greeting, with a small smile, and said, "Indeed it is. And you are...?"

For the Sphinx whose name appeared to be Rosie, the student may as well not been there. She refused to acknowledge anyone who did not directly and truly acknowledged her first.

The fear was clear in the young Slytherin's face, but he seemed to be doing his best to hide it and at the same time, calm down. Lachlan instantly knew he liked the boy, and it had nothing to do with the fact that the student belong to MacFusty's former house. Not entirely, in any case.

Ahem. "Hi, there. And your name is...?"

Rosie remained silent, but may have done some sort of huffing sound, a sign of clear annoyance.

Cheeky humans. She did not like to be ignored.

Fishing out his wand, Professor MacFusty used it to pin the parchment with the girl's name and year to her robes. "Hello to you as well, Miss Jones. Miss Jones, who by the sign of , was already one of Rosie's favourites.

Rosie positiviely, preened, and may have flashed a small, albeit brilliant smile for the polite Slytherin girl.

"--The new professor, yes. It's nice to meet you, miss." Or at least he hoped. He also hoped she'd supply him her name, for at her shock of having spotted Rosie, the girl seemed to have forgotten to read the instructions.

Rosie wasn't pretty. She was glorious. She was majestic. She was beautiful enough to deserve an entire synonym of the word Beautiful to be created after her. To look at her was not enough--Staring was the right way to do it.

And yet, yet the girl had referred to her as Pretty. What was she? An Abraxan? A hippogriff?

But she took it anyway, not expecting humans to know any better, and gave the girl a stiff nod of her great head.

"A member of the house of Rowena Ravenclaw, are you not?" Wondered Rosie out loud, and speaking for the first time. Her voice was not the typical deep sort that was part of her ancestors; instead, it was almost musical. She sounded very young, too. "Wit beyond measure is a man's greatest treasure."

"Hello," Lachlan greeted kindly. "What's your name, miss?"

Lachlan once more employed his wand, and pinned the parchment to the girl's robes. Just like he'd done with Lola Jones. "Miss McGonagall."

All this curtsying kept giving Rosie the idea that the students thought of her not unlike the way they thought of a Hippogriff.

How insulting. She didn't HAVE WINGS!!!

The parchment was pinned to the girl's robes after a flick of MacFusty's wand, and he gave the girl a small nod of his head, accompanied with a smile.

Pointedly, he ignored Rosie's grunt yet again. "Hello, Miss Adler."

An obviously shocked Ravenclaw arrived and Lachlan tucked his tongue behind a molar to prevent a small chuckle from erupting. Distractedly, he scratched one of his cheeks and nodded at the boy. "Hey, there. The 'Wow' that came out of the boy was enough to make Rosie bristle and to procure a small out of MacFusty. "I promise she doesn't bite. Don't be afraid."

Rosie would have liked to remind the MacFurry fellow that she could indeed bite, but refrained and instead busied herself by staring at her paws with a disgruntled expression.

The parchment was pinned to the girl's robes after a lazy flick of Lachlan's wand, and it was followed by a nod directed at her. He didn't fail to notice, though, that most of the students so far were quite young.

Now, he could only hope Rosie would notice the same and acted accordingly.

Lachlan didn't have to look at Rosie to know that the sphinx had quietly grown outraged. [b]"She's actually not mine," Lachlan said, not unkindly, "You can say that Lady Rosamund and I are friends." Though Rosamund would beg to differ.

Lady Rosamund VII was one hundred percent outraged.

TAMED.

She did not even look up from her paws, and simply remained still as she stewed in silent anger.

The older Slytherin did not seem to be scared by Rosie, and Lachlan had the faintest idea that perhaps it would take a lot for the girl to grow afraid--or impressed, for that matter.

"Miss Flores," He greeted her, after pinning her name to her robes.

"Hello there, Mister Heartnett." He nodded towards the young boy, and with the corner of his eye watched as Rosie's tail began to wag yet again.

Hello, Miss Malfoy and Miss...?" The other one hadn't written down her name.

Looking around the class, he checked his watch, checked to see if Rosie wasn't violently trying to fight the charms placed on her (she wasn't, surprisingly), and then added. "We will wait a few more minutes before commencing." To give others time to arrive, and all that.

There is a classroom for the study of Care of Magical Creatures!
In the class, students receive information about a wide range of magical creatures, from flobberworms to Fire crabs, and even unicorns.

Feeding, breeding or maintaining does prefer human being, having talk with Magical Creature?
''Nice to meet you. May be drink just a little with you together?'',- carefully said Anasta Riddle, enter through this Space.

Hello Professor how are you todayshe said with a smile.I'm Going to ask if we need our books today.

Rose grinned as she walked in and then caught site of the Sphinx and the notice beside it. 'Oh, hello Rosie! Oh, you are lovely!' Rose said 'You look so magnificent!' Rose said as she looked at the eyes. They were so..... Well, they looked so lovely! 'Oh, hello Professor!'
She wrote on a piece of parchment

"Oh," Helena said quickly, while her face turned pink. "Helena Hopkins," she added, then turned her attention to the BEAUTIFUL creature and smiled at it. "Hello to you too," she giggled at the apparently grumpy Sphinx. "Does..." he? she? "it have a name?" She asked, looking back at the man.

Rosemary nodded, "Professor Lachlan." She greeted as she looked at Rosie in awe and admiration, "She's magnificent...." She sighed softly in envy.

Thomas ran to the class was he late? "Wow" he said breathless catching sight of the Sphinx "Hello Professor Lachlan sorry if im late." Thomas writed down on his parchment.

Dani nervously made her way towards where the Care of Magical Creatures lesson would be held. She went over to the other students and saw the instructions. Quickly getting out some parchment and a quill to write out what was asked of her:
She nodded politely at the Professor and smiled- "Hello, Professor" she said softly, she spotted the girl she'd met and waved at Kita before going over to her and waiting with her for the class to begin.

BEAM.

"It's VERY, very, VERY nice to meet you," Mr. Saylen replacer. He had no idea. Treyen must be thrilled, yeah? Did the boy even know yet?

Actually, he probably did, it always seemed like Ellie was the last to find out about staff changes. She should probably pay more attention to the Staff table at the opening feast.

She beamed at the Professor some more. "Oh and 'm Ellie." Not 'Miss'. Not 'Miss Stone'. And NOT 'Eliana'. Ellie'll do.

Turning her attention back to the Sphinx...that SPOKE to her (a cause for more goggling), she said, "I am..." The motto, she wasn't too sure about. "Do you think so?"

Ellie valued many things other than 'wit'. What exactly did 'wit' imply, anyway?

Selina sat at her desk and took all of her supplies out of her bag. She set up her desk to be ready for CoMC. That meant gloves, a man eating book, and a quill and notebook. Not the usual supply list for a classroom setting.

Once she was ready she looked at the new Professor who had quirky manner of speaking. When would class begin?

After feeding his cat back in the boys' dormitory, Theodore had made the long journey from Ravenclaw Tower all of the way to Care of Magical Creatures. He hadn't trekked this far in a long time and by the time he arrived, he was slightly flushed, his breathing a bit heavy. Wiping his forehead with the right sleeve of his robes, Theodore's heart rate only increased at the sight of that... that thing. Blinking a few times, he saw that it was a sphinx. A SPHINX. DURING THE FIRST LESSON OF THE YEAR. His instincts told him to run and hide under his covers, snug with his tabby cat, but his ever-inquisitive mind froze his feet to the ground. Theodore Dumble was here to learn, gosh darn it, and not to be a coward!

His eyes skimming the instructions, he took out his new Care of Magical Creatures notebook and inked in what he needed to.

Kita could see someone waving... at her? No one ever waved at her. Apart from crazy people who probably wanted something from her. She turned round and waved back at the blonde girl who was now making her way over towards her. "Hey Dani," she said, knowing fully well that this girl wasn't crazy or needed anything. Cool.

"OHMIGOSH SO PRETTY!"

Knox positively BEAMED as he hurried up to the class and laid eyes on the sphinx. YES, a sphinx!!! It was only then, the fifth year spotted the note about yelling.. and he quickly covered his mouth with a hand. Oopsy daisy.

When he'd calmed a little, Knox removed his hand and instead wriggled his fingers in the direction of the creature. He wanted to touch the pretty. EEEEEE!

Feeling impatient and restless and AAAAAAAAAH EXCITED, the Slytherin found a seat and hurriedly wrote his name on some parchment. When were they going to get to the petting part!?

Xandi made her way towards the padock and took out her parchment.
She scribled the details down before looking up and spotting a creature. A Sphinx to be exact. Xandi smiled, she'd never seen a Sphinx before, except for a picture in a book from the library once.

Isobel showed up and her gaze was first drawn to the sphinx. "Hello Professor," she said. She knew this professor was not from the ministry and therefore was not weird and liked being called professor. "Hello pretty sphinx," she smiled at it. Then she sat down on the ground and wrote on a piece of parchment before setting it on her lap.

Dani smiled and nudged Kita slightly- "It's good to see you again!" she said with a little nod as she held onto her notebook for the lesson. She didn't know if she'd need it though, she knew this lesson was quite practical. "Looking forward to the lesson?" she asked quietly as she looked around, it was so different to Beauxbatons.

Each and everyone of the students who arrived received nods and small smiles from Professor MacFusty as he pinned the parchments with their names to their robes, while Rosamund spent her time ignoring the newly arrived students. It was better that way for now, MacFusty thought; Rosamund was very close to throwing a fit just like the one she'd thrown earlier when he announced the reason why she'd come from so far away, and it had taken him almost two hours to calm her down.

It had almost cost him a finger, too, but that was neither here nor there. "For those who asked, I am perfectly well, thank you." And he could seen that most of them were, too, if not a tad shaken by Rosie's presence. "Now, I'd like to---" But the rest of his sentence was lost by a loud yell that quickly reminded him of France, and as a result, Beauxbatons.

"Knox Macnair." Lachlan said, his tone very nearly flat. He did manage to sound somewhat polite, though, as he regarded his old student with a stern look.

Never following instructions. Always the excitable one.

How had he gotten sorted into Slytherin? "Control yourself, Mister MacNair, please." That wasn't really a suggestion. MacFusty opened his mouth to continue, but was, once again, interrupted. This time by Rosie.

Rosamund, who'd quit ignoring the humans and gone back to cooly regarded each and every one of them, raised one of her eyebrows at the little red-head. "I do, but I can see that you do not." She wagged her tail, and her mouth twitched at the corners at the boy MacFurry had referred to... as.... what was it again?

Unimportant. "Should we agree to disagree, perhaps? Or shall we continue to talk until we find a point in which we agree, at last?"

Lady Rosie tried to hide her own pleasure of having made that comment rhyme. She tried. She really did.

She failed at it, too.

"No, you will not," Lachlan said firmly, but with a small smile for both Rosie and Ellie. He had, after all, a class to continue and did not need for Rosamund to go on tangents, in which everything rhymed, but nothing made much sense.

It'd already happened, before the students arrived. "As I was saying." He cleared his throat. "I'm Lachlan MacFusty, your new Care of Magical Creatures Professor." Obviously. "And I want you all to tell me what you expect from this subject this year, and what are your thoughts about the word Respect."

Alex looked at the spinx with big eyes before listening in to the professor. What did he expect? Well he expected the sphinx not to attack him that was one thing. He glanced down at his parchment for a second thinking over the professor's words.



He slowly raised his hand. "Alex Reed, Slytherin." he started, better introduce himself to the newbie professor. "I expect to see loads of cool animals." he nodded. Yeah, so he better bring them out. *firm nod* What he thought about the word respect was a thinker. He stayed quiet instead of answering that one. Besides, he was far too busy to stare at the sphinx-thingy.

Hannah raise her hand,Respect means to me.If you show Respect and the other person shows it mean a great deal of Respect.In other word if the person dose no show respect its act of being a mean person or coward.

As Helena took a seat, she had the chance to actually read the instructions that were written on the blackboard, so she took a piece of parchment and wrote her name on it. And... placed it on her lap. But she couldn't stop admiring the beautiful creature!

Buuut she had to stop eventually, because professor MacFusty had spoken. What did she expect? That was a simple question, so she raised her hand. "Maybe hippogriffs?" The girl suggested, slightly shrugging. "But a sphinx is just... amazing." MORE than amazing. "As for the respect, do you mean respect for the magical creatures? Because everyone should show them that." Yup.

Charlie entered the paddock, rather nervous for the lesson. She was excited but scared that whatever they would be working with would attack her. She had gone off magical creatures when she got bitten by a wild Bowtruckle on a camping trip to a forest with her dad. She had came anyway to try and get over her fear.
"Hi Professor," she said quietly as she realised that a Sphinx was staring at her. It was beautiful and Charlie anted to touch it but she couldn't and sat down next to Luna and wrote on her parchment.

Charlie raised her hand, "I think respect means to treat someone like your...equal." she said, her eyes kept twitching over to the Sphinx. She didn't think it was her equal. More like her superior. Charlie gulped.

"EEP!" He was always getting told off, so not fair. Just because he was appreciating the pretty! Tearing his eyes away from the sphinx - he was so going to nuzzle it before the end of the lesson - Knox finally turned his attention to the Professor.

Lachlan MacFusty! He'd taught at Beauxbatons for a couple of his first terms.. well, now he was DEFINITELY get to nuzzle the sphinx. Y'know, with him and the Professor being old buddies and such.

A tad delusional? Perhaps.

"Respect?" The fifth year said, tilting his head to one side? What was that all about? He wanted to play fetch with the sphinx. And cuddle it. And and and... what did respect have to do with Care of Magical Creatures? HUH?

"There's a super duper old muggle song called Respect," Knox said, waving his hand in the air. "It's pretty good, Sir." Again, what did that have to do with Care of Magical Creatures?

"I expect will be seeing loads of animals" "Respect is kinda like a rule to show people respect"

Ellie was all for the option of continuing talking until common ground was found. Especially because it would be with a Sphinx. And she could tell her children and grandchildren about the educated conversation she once had with a real, live Sphinx.

But, alas, the teacher stopped them. The smile he gave made it okay, though.

All attention was on the professor, then. MacFusty. "..." Ellie was going to say something about the Hebridean Black dragons, but opted not to. Maybe he wasn't part of those MacFusty's. Maybe he had low self esteem of being overshadowed by the uber cool MacFusty's his whole life, and would rather not have someone bring up the awesomeness of his name when it was unrelated to him. Yet, MacFusty wasn't a very common name, was it?

Expect? Well, she'd like another trip. And Stryker hinted at one last term, but maybe that was before he knew Saylen had left, as well. Honestly, Care of Magical Creatures was one of the few classes she expected anything from. No snacks, like in History of Magic, no flying like in Flying, no headaches like in Arithmancy. Maybe, "To learn about amazing animals." Such as a Sphinx. Maybe even a dragon? If he did end up being one of those MacFusty's, that is.

As for respect, "That has to be earned." Saylen hadn't understood that. Nor did Bishop.

What they expect out of this subject? And....what they thought respect is? "I expect to learn about magical creatures." she said after lazily raising her hand. "How to take care of them, if they're dangerous, what to do if they feel threatened, where they come from...all of the good stuff." Obviously. That was what they're supposed to learn in this class correct? She knew a certain someone wouldn't be too pleased if all they were going to do was sit around read out of a textbook. But seeing as there was a sphinx sitting right there, that probably wouldn't be the case.

"And respect is something that one should...pretty much give to everyone, or everything, regardless of what you may think. It'd be rude not to." And...she was rude a lot of the time apparently, but that was beside the point.

*Nudge nudge* What?! Who was- Oh, it was just Dani. Kita smiled, keeping one eye on the Professor. "It's good to see you again as well," she whispered, "Yeah, it's one of my favourite lessons. What about you?"



Kita bit her lip. What did she want? Well, what she really wanted was some food but that's not exactly answering the Professor's question. Not really, anyways. Hm...

She raised her hand. "Um... I expect to learn about interesting creatures," That won't try to eat me alive! Not exactly a hard request now is it? But that is all she expected from Care of Magical Creatures. To learn about interesting creatures.

Um... Respect? Now that was an interesting question! What did Respect mean to her? "Respect is..." Overrated? No, no, no, you can't say that! "when you respect someone!" Good one Kita(!) "Like, when you acknowledge their abilities and... you're not rude basically." She shrugged. That had to be good enough right?

If that was all true, then MacFuzzy will be on his 'cool list' forever and ever. And lookit! It was true! He'd brought a Sphinx for them. Because it was for them, no?

As long as the creature eats no one, then it was all good, no?

The fifth year wrote what it needed to be written on his parchment, and then eyed it once more.

Yeah, he'd decided to strike-through one part he'd written.

Oh, but MacFuzzy was talking! That's why he let his eyes wander off from the parchment to the man in question and raised his hand, "No creatures to be harmed or appearing to be harmed, that's what I expect," eyes on YOU, MacFuzzy, and the awesome Sphinx next to him.

Also, "Respect goes both ways," so, respect me and I'll respect you. Right? He'd learned that with Saylen.

Millie was basically only looking forward to this lesson, well she was until she saw the sphinx. DIDN'T THEY EAT PEOPLE?! And everyone was acting so calm about it, and it was just sitting there. WHAT. She avoided eye contact with the little demon sphinx-y thing but she figured it was safe because you know if it wasn't, the professor would be in trouble. And Millie would scream.

ANYWAY. Respect? What she expected? Well she definitely hadn't been expecting a sphinx and she respected the teacher because he was a teacher, did that count? Who knows, so instead she sat there in silence and let the other people just answer it for her.

Still amazed at the sight of the animal in front of her, Ariadne thought about the Professor's questions. She did like cute animals, like kittens and puppies, but magical creatures? Not so much. So she hesitantly said : 'I would like to know more about magical creatures without needing to...umm...make too much contact with them.' That sounded silly, but it was at least her sincere expectation of a CoMC class.

Now to the next part of the question. 'Respect is treating others as you yourself would like to be treated. It implies tolerance and understanding.' The girl was still holding the parchment with her name and year in her lap.

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Ariadne Marchbanks First Year Gryffindor

Rosemary raised a hand, "I expect to learn as much as I am able about all the many creatures that roam across the world. And my thoughts of respect are that you would teat others as you would wish to be... However, our seniors and all creatures have demand for greater amounts of respect."

Kimalia had already chosen a safe distance from the creature that had many spells containing it. It's so huge.. Kimalia was a little worried despite it's beautiful look. She chose to smile and focus on the professor. Hearing the professor's first question she almost jumped out of her seat making her name tag fall from her robe clip.

After pinning it back on herself, she rose her hand calmly and answered. "Well sir, I'm assuming we'll be learning how to respect many magical creatures," Kimalia glanced at Rosie who was merely gazing at all the students in a peaceful state. "despite how dangerous they maybe, respect is having trust and showing tolerance and gratitude."

Oh.

"Sorry, sir. I'm Jamie Keaton from Slytherin house." The Jamie Keaton. Yes, it seemed that the boy was distracted by the killer animal in his presence. APOLOGIES. The huffing sound that the animal made caused a small gasp to leave his lips and a sudden step back. Why was he such a wimp??!

What did he expect? He expected not to be mauled to death.

"I expect to learn about magical creatures, I guess. Because I have absolutely no idea what that is." He pointed to the killer looking cat. That was him all over. Couldn't tell the difference between a crup and a dog, or a cat and a kneazle. Respect over all? Hmmm.... "Respect is being nice to people and not talking over them when they are talking. Also not to.. point." Like he had JUST pointed to that animal.

Whoops. The boy looked down.

Idiot. :head:

Karol Raised Her hand . " Professor , I expect To Learn about The magical Creatures and what they do . " She said " And also , Respect is How you Would Treat another Person With Kindness . " She stated .

Animals. Lachlan smiled, though he didn't have to look at Rosie to know that she found nothing funny about the word 'animals.' "Thank you, Alex."

"Precisely, Hannah." Hannah. That WAS her name, right? Lachlan was positive it was something with H but what if it was Heather or Heidi?

He'd just call her Miss Malfoy from now on.

Hippogriffs. Maybe. Lachlan would keep that in mind for now, but it all depended on how they handled and dealt with Rosamund. Though, now that he thought about it, he should have held a lesson about a creature like Hippogriffs before bringing Rosie over.

Oops. He flicked his wand towards the parchment on Helena's lap, and pinned it to her robes. "Indeed. Magical Creatures deserve the same amount of respect as anyone else."

Lachlan raised his eyebrows at the student who arrived late. "Glad that you could join us, Miss..." Pinning the parchment slash name tag to her robes, he added, "...Rimsworth. Unfortunately, I will have to deduct two points from Ravenclaw for your tardiness." Pity, really. Lachlan wasn't the sort who took points easily, but if he let this one slide, next thing he knew some students would not even bother to show up.

"What?" The world had slipped from his mouth before he could help himself, and Lachlan stared at Knox MacNair before clearing his throat and cough in order to avoid a snort to come out of him.

A song. A muggle song.

Some things would never change. "Are you familiar with the song, Mister MacNair? Would you say you're familiar enough with it to serenade us for a moment?"

"And to show respect for Magical Creatures as well," Added MacFusty, with a small nod towards the young Gryffindor.

"That is correct..." MacFusty leaned forward, squinting his eyes and trying to read the Hufflepuff's name. "Miss Rawley. Yes, that is correct. Can't expect them to respect us if we don't respect them."

Lachlan was not unaware of the slight curious look on the girl's face, when he said his name. But he pretended otherwise, and instead nodded along to her own definition of respect. "That is correct, Ellie. Respect isn't a gift. It is a reward."

The amount of what looked like first years was big enough to plant a very tiny seed of doubt about the entire topic they'd be discussing. But then, the younger students seemed to be very familiar with the word RESPECT so far, so perhaps they were ready for it.

After all, if they didn't respect Rosie, there was no way she'd play along. "You are not wrong, Ariella. Thank you."

What was her name again? Something about flowers... "Yes, correct." She still looked completely unimpressed, and even bordered the line of looking openly bored, but at least he was participating. "It would not only be rude, but also rather unwise." Especially when it came to Rosie. "Thank you for sharing, Evelyn."

Lachlan gave the Hufflepuff and the girl he was talking to a pointed look.

"Yes, yes. Being rude is bad." And unnecessary.

Unless you had Jarvey who happened to be called Stanley and just rejected anything you said.

....?

Lachlan MacFusty stared at the Slytherin girl. There was some... odd expression on her face, and she was going on about love...?

What....?

"It sure is, Lola."

Strange kid. Should he send her to Lily? Maybe Jones was sick...? "Thank for participating."

Because he was already familiar with the Hufflepuff prefect, Lachlan didn't bother to pin his name to his robes. One of his eyebrows raised a fraction at the boy's stare and comment, but didn't think too much of it. "Indeed, Treyen." Was all he said, before moving on to the next student.

The girl didn't seem to have much to say, though she did look a bit frightened. Lachlan nodded in what he hoped was a reassuring way, before pinning the parchment to the front of her robes.

The girl's completely honest comment made him grin enough for his dimples to show. "Thank you for your honesty, Miss Marchbanks. Though you should know not all Magical Creatures are dangerous." He also hoped she could overcome her... fear? Yes, that exactly.

There was no better way to learn about creatures than by interacting with them. It was that simple.

Lachlan didn't say anything to the girl other than to nodding in agreement, but that was mostly because it seemed that Rosie had finally realized that there was another Rose-something who was part of the class.

Honestly, she could be so rude sometimes. "Lady Rosamund," Lachlan muttered, "Remember that respect goes both ways."

In response, the Sphinx merely grunted and nodded stiffly at the Gryffindor girl.

Those were some big words coming out of such a young student, but seeing that the girl was a member of the Ravenclaw house, Lachlan supposed he should have expected no less. "You are correct, Miss Basthowe." And incredibly eloquent, too, but Lachlan didn't mention that. From his school years, he'd learned that most Ravenclaws were perfectly aware of their smarts and pointing them out would only earn you a look that clearly said, 'Thank you, Captain Obvious.'

Not only did the young girl supplied a very good answer, but also efficiently pinned her name to her robes. And, naturally, Kimalia was a member of the house of Salazar Slytherin.

Not that he was biased. "Thank you, Miss Fanster. And I can assure you that Rosie is not as dangerous as she looks." No, she was actually worse, but they were all perfectly safe right now.

Rosamund, who had been mostly quiet for the past ten minutes, lazily rested her eyes on the Slytherin girl and drawled out in her musical voice, "I like her."

Rosamund stared at the finger directed at her. Then processed the boys' words.

Almost angelically, she smiled. "I suppose we can all see now why a member of the Ravenclaw house you are not.

That didn't even rhymed.

Bloody kids.

Lachlan's mouth pursed. "Rosamund, apologize at once."

Lady Rosamund the Seventh gave the Care of Magical Creatures Professor a very long look. Then slowly turned settled her cool almond-shaped eyes on the Slytherin boy. "My apologies, young snake. I should not have spoken to you in such a way.

And that had almost rhymed. Her mother would be so proud.

Lachlan momentarily pinched the bridge of his nose, and stood up. The grass rippled under his feet as he marched around the students, and began to talk. "It pleases me that most of you seem to be aware of what a great part Respect plays when it comes to dealing with Magical Creatures." He paused, to watch Rosamund wag her tail again, and then continued. "As many of you have pointed out, respect goes both ways. You cannot expect respect from anyone, or anything, without giving it first." He shot a small smile to the Hufflepuff girl who'd last spoken, and continued. "I want you to keep that in mind not only for this particular class, but for the rest of the term as well. Creatures will not respect you or cooperate with you, or even befriend you, if you do not respect them." It worked the same way with humans, really.

When MacFusty reached the area where Knox MacNair was sitting, he placed a hand gently on the boy's shoulder. "Before we immerse ourselves in the topic of Sphinxes, I believe Mister MacNair owes us a performance? A song, I believe?" He smiled at the Slytherin, and then continued, "In the meantime, though, while we wait for him to get ready, I want you all to write down in your parchment one thing you know for certain about Sphinxes."

Belle found the sheet on her seat and put her name on the sheet.
Then she wrote down what she knew about sphinxes. She remember her grandma telling her that the famous harry potter had to get past one in his fourth year in a maze, and what they loved to do is tell riddles. She wrote down, "Sphinxes love to ask a riddle of travellers to allow them pass through to go onto their journey."

Knox WAS familiar with the song. Actually, he was extremely familiar with it. His mother collected old muggle inventions, and she happened to have that song on an old vinyl. He often boogied to it in front of his full length mirror - practicing his moves.

"Sir, I haven't had any rehearsals!" Macnair gasped in horror, giving his head a quick shake. And helloooo, they were here to learn about magical creatures! "Not to mention the acoustics out here would be simply awful!"

He'd totally sing if it meant he got to adopt the sphinx though... maybe they could strike up a deal..

Oh, he pinned the parchment to her robes. "Thank you," she whispered, smiling. At least she didn't need to hold that one on her lap.

... what? Knox was going to sing for them? Okaaaay.

But she had something to do, before he will... was he really going to sing something? So... Helena took her quill and wrote something quickly.

Rosemary looked at Ariadne and shifted herself towards her as she smiled softly, "Don't worry Ariadne.... You heard the Professor.." She smiled as she returned the nod to Rosamund.

She then looked at Rosamund with a calculating mind as she tried to remember what she knew about Sphinxes.

'No wonder...' She thought to herself as she gazed upon the creature before she added one last line.

In short, they are ineffable.

Well. She was glad he agreed. So if she didn't respect him, no harm, right?

It probably wouldn't be an issue, though. Ellie liked him already. She could tell.

Then he went into a speech about respect. Speeches were boring. He shouldn't do that. Though it was all true. At least, what Ellie didn't tune out seemed to be true.

As for writing what she knew about Sphinxes... She didn't have the materials to do so.

Okay, she did. But they were in her bag, and she didn't feel like getting them out. So, unless he was collecting... She had quite a few answers in her head, however, if MacFusty needed an answer out of her. But in the meantime, she occupied herself with observing 'Rosie'.

She smile and then rasise herhand and said thanks professor.Sorry I kinda went over baord on what i know and you said one thing.She put down her purple pen.

SPOILER!!: card

Michael White Third yr

Still awstruck by the Sphinx. Nodding and giving small smile to the sphinxIt was rude to talk about someone without acknowledging them They are Very Magicaland there are 2 types winged and not winged "

Was that Sphinx insulting him?! Wh-why? Huuuh. He felt... degraded! Enough to even go into the corner and wallow in self pity. The apology did nothing to make him feel better. It also worried him that the Sphinx was talking. Jamie had no recollection of those creatures being able to talk...

"Oh... not to worry." Jamie's eyes wandered elsewhere. He seemed to think that he would die if he looked into its eyes. After looking aimlessly around the area, Jamie peered down to his parchment as the professor asked them to write something down.

A fact. A fact. ARGH, he needed a fact.

Quote:

-Sfinks - Sfinxes have long fluffy tails which adds to their overall huge size

SPHINX. Such a difficult word to spell. The boy scratched his head and stared at his parchment, utterly confused. The word alone had confused him. Amazing. The fact wasn't great to write down, either. Then again, Jamie knew nothing about Sphinxes.

He waited for the song from a student, uninterested. He felt annoyed today.

Millie raised looked at the creature for a moment, then away. It was still creepy. There were tons of things that were known for sure about sphinxes. They guard treasure. They are really smart. They speak in riddles. The Egyptians liked them. The list goes on and on, but if they were talking about respect for creature, she figured the one that would be listed as respectful to a sphinx would be to call it highly intelligent. So that's what she wrote.

Kimalia wasn't quite convinced given the simple fact that all creatures are most dangerous when stressed or in danger. She still smiled unfazed by some of the stares she received for showing uneasiness. Glancing at Rosie who was staring at her lazily almost frightened her, but the longer she stared the more relaxed she became. Maybe this one isn't so bad after all..

Excited to hear someone put on a show she grinned even more, but first she pulled out some parchment from her bag whilst holding onto her name tag in case it ever slipped again. Then with her quill made haste in writing



Afterward Kimalia rose her hand until the Professor came over to see what she wrote.

Arya would have answered the first question that was asked, but the magnificent creature that this new professor had presented to them for the lesson was just to beautiful and enticing to ignore. She's never SEEN a Sphinx in person before, this was too awesome.

Not yet Saylen awesome though.

She could respond to this one though. It was easy enough to draw up a fact about this creature. Only one though. Hmm. Arya scribbled down a fact about the beautiful creature, allowed herself one more fleeting glance at her, and then turned her attention to Professor RE-spect and the boy about to put on a show for them. Not as exciting as the Sphinx, but it should prove entertaining.

Was a song really necessary? Not that having someone randomly sing that "Respect" song would be all that awful, but that song wasn't going to be on her Care of Magical Creatures OWL now, was it? No, probably not. So it was entirely unnecessary and wasn't helping her prepare at all.

Vashti remained silent, though, and jotted down something she knew about sphinxes.

SPOILER!!: name tag + sphinx fact

Vashti Greenwell
Fifth year Ravenclaw

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Several sphinxes were kept by a wizard named Crispin Cronk, who was later sent to Azkaban for continuously refusing the Ministry of Magic's requests to hand the creatures over to them.

Selina listened to her Professor speak. He went on about respect and the value of respect with animals, although she was sure that there was a hidden message of respect to himself in that little speech. After all he was a new Professor and they were usually not the most respected bunch.

Then when the Slytherin prepared for his performance Selina began to scribble down a fact about sphinxs on her parchment. Her knowledge was limited to a visit she had taken with her Muggle grandfather to a Muggle Museum when she was seven. But, hey, write what you know.

Kita blinked. Ok, this was a bit... tense. That pointed look the Professor had just shot her way was definitely going to teach her to shut up. She made a mental note to never get on the wrong side of him. She gave him a small smile.

Keeping her mouth firmly shut, she watched the Professor moving around the students. Right! Keep in mind to respect creatures? Practically done. In a way.

Wait... WHAT?! A performance? Now that should be interesting! Maybe the song was going to be about magical creatures...? Who knows!

Hm... Something about Sphinxes... Kita racked her brain, trying to think about something, anything, to do with sphinxes. "Ooh!" she said as something came into her head and she bent down and scribbled onto her parchment:

SPOILER!!: Kita's parchment

Kita Lewis
Sixth Year
Hufflepuff

Sphinxes come from Egypt I think.

Oh. Alex hadn't given the best first impression, he shouldn't have said 'animals' then the subject would have been called Care of Macigal Animals, which is was not. He however tore his eyes from the sphinx in front of him to write down one thing on his parchment that he was certain about.



He looked up at the sphinx and then nodded his head, that had to be a true fact.



he added one more fact before putting his quill down and resumed his eyeing of the sphinx. Hai sphinxiebooo! When he heard a Slytherin would put on some sort of show he grinned widely and resisted the urge to clap his hands together like a seal and jump up and down like his dog. Sing, boy! SING!

GAH! Catchup XD
 

Kurumi had been staring in awe at the Sphinx from the moment she had entered the classroom. It's frightening yet beautiful head of a human and its majestic yet menacing body of a lion. Kurumi had only read about this creature and was rather jealous that Triwizard Champions in the past had been given the opportunity to speak to one during a task. Although, she was sure that the students at that time had not enjoyed trying to figure out such a tricky riddle that she wasn't sure she would have been able to figure out under such pressure.

Kurumi was so interested in the creature that she almost didn't hear Professor MacFusty begin class.

Thankfully, she did, and she scribbled down her name, year, and house on her parchment.



She then looked up when she heard him address the class. What did she want to learn in class? Um...how about everything and anything that had to do with magical creatures? She wasn't picky, just as long as they didn't have to dig through poop. Still, her eyes kept flicking back to the BEAUTIFUL creature in front of them.

"Professor MacFusty," Kurumi squeaked as she raised her hand in the air. "I would like to learn more about your," she paused at her next word not knowing what would be the proper way to address the creature and NOT offend it. "...I mean, about Rosie." That was the name that had been written on the paper near his hut, right? She was under the impression that it was illegal to keep Sphinxes. "I also think that respect is something you must first think of yourself. Without respecting who you are as a person, I suppose it would be rather hard to respect others."

Kurumi almost squealed when Rosie spoke and addressed several students in the class. OH! How she wished the beautiful creature would also speak to her. She didn't understand why the Ministry put them in the category of 'beast' when they seemed to be so much more than an animal. A hippogriff, sure, that was a beast. But Roise and those like her could TALK! Didn't the term beast seem below them?


After squealing over and over in her head as she glanced up after each thing she had written down to look at Rosie and mostly ignoring the professor because he wasn't nearly as interesting as her, Kurumi set her parchment on her lap and waited for things to move on.

Could she talk to Rosie now? PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAASE?!

Lachlan felt his teeth sink into his bottom lip, which was followed by him clearing his throat. It was all he could do in order to stop himself from laughing heartily. "Perhaps at the end of the class, then?" He inquired, atempting and failing to sound perfectly serious. "When you've gotten used to the idea of performing in front of your classmates?"

No? No? Most likely not. He smiled at the boy all the same, patted his shoulder a couple of times and then moved back towards the stool he'd previously been sitting on. "Is everyone ready to share their thoughts about Sphinxes? If you are, please raise your had and do it." Lachlan flicked his wand toward the blackboard and erased what had previously been written on it.

Rosamund wagged her tail and stared levelly at the young girl. "The first thing you should learn, young one," And she was being quite the hypocrite, seeing that Rosamund was quite young herself, too. "Is that my kind does not accept nicknames from most. They are unwelcome and frowned upon by us."

The thingy was talking to Kurumi! Alex watched with wide eyes before slowly raising his hand. No way did he want to say anything about sphinxes that would upset the creature in front of him, she might bite his head off. Or something that sphinxes did to fourth year Slytherins.

"Um I believe, they like to talk in riddles and such?" he said, but it came out more as a question than a statement. "Because they're intelligent and... stuff." he added ´quickly. "They do like that. Don't they? I mean... Do they?"

SHE WAS SCARING HIM! He liked his head and did not want her to have it.

See? They were just saying their answers aloud. There was no need to waste parchment.

Ever, really, in Ellie's opinion.

Maybe homework was an exception. And Arithmancy. But that was pretty much it.

"Sphinx's have a XXXX rating because they can be violent when someone threatens the treasure they're guarding. Personally, I'd just call that protective. If they were given treasure to protect, I hope they'd protect it, even if it meant becoming violent." Basically, Ellie disagreed with the Ministry there.

Wait--someone was going to sing?! ...but whhhhy?!

Sierra rolled her eyes in the direction of her parchment as she thought about something to say about sphinxes. Something no one else would think to write... She felt the need to be unique, since she'd apparently spaced out and missed a few questions here and there. She frowned as she tried to balance the name card and her parchment on her small lap. Shouldn't they have desks for something requiring writing?!

Oh, they were meant to share now? Hmm...couldn't they have just verbally done this in the first place rather than writing it out? She eyed the new professor, and then she raised her hand to share. "The private ownership of sphinxes is--or maybe was--illegal. Crispin Cronk once got sent to Azkaban for having them in his backyard," she read aloud. Are you going to be sent to Azkaban, Professor!?

XD and I assume one fact each *nods*
 

Kurumi PROBABLY should have been frightened by the look the sphinx was giving her, but she was just so overwhelmed by it that she just looked back at the sphinx with googly eyes. "Oh! I-I-I'm s-s-s-s-s-so s-s-s-s-s-s-sorry!" Kurumi squeaked bowing several times deeply from her sitting position. The sign on the professors door had mention that fact, hadn't he? Kurumi should probably go crawl under a bush somewhere and hide. "What would you prefer I call you?" If anything that is.

Still, the Sphinx HAD given her another nugget of wisdom which she added to her parchment.

Looking up again, and flashing another apologetic smile and bow towards Rosie the sphinx, Kurumi's hand shot up in the air. "Professor," she chirped. "Sphinxes love puzzles, riddles, and enigmas."

Arya had turned her attention away from the boy and back to the creature the moment he'd decided not to preform.... or two seconds after she'd turned her eyes on him. He didn't fascinate her like the Sphinx did. The new professor did, only a bit though, and when he asked for answers she raised her hand. "The Ministry classifies them as Beast because of their violent nature."

Kita's eyes bulged. It can... talk?! Like a human?! Well, obviously, seeing as it's got a human head. But still. Wow! Just... WOW! And to think she thought that the Professor was scary. She sighed. Hopefully she wouldn't have to go anywhere near the sphinx... who knows what could happen. She shook her head, trying not to let her imagination run free.

Share? But... but.... but she had only written down one thing. Ok, that was what he asked for but... share?! She bit her lip and raised her hand. "Um... I wrote down that sphinxes come from Egypt," she said, "At least, some of them do." That had to be good enough right?

Realizing that the Professor wanted everyone to share what they had written, Kimalia raised her hand. "Well, Sphinxes are creatures with the body of a lion, wings of a great bird, and the face + chest/breast of a human." She didn't like sounding like she read off a card and decided to add more to it. "Culture-wise, the Greeks envisioned woman Sphinxes, whilst Egyptians envisioned male Sphinxes."

Kurumi :)
 

Selina looked down at her parchment and rose her hand to supply her answer. She was not the most creative person in the world so she just spoke word for word what she had previously written down. Besides it was kind of nice to have a script, "Sir, Sphinxs are different in every culture. The two most famous cultures to depict them in Greek and Egyptian. According to Greek mythology the sphinx brought on bad luck and destruction. Has the head of a woman, tale of a snake, wings of an eagle, and the body of a lion." Satisfied with her answer she turned to smile to Kurumi on her right. It was funny how the two girls always sat beside one another in every class, minus Potions. Selina sat as far away from Lafay as she could muster.

Just as she was about to say something to Kurumi she paused. Kurumi was talking to thin air, "...who are you talking to Kurumi...?"

Theodore, situated in the utmost center of the students, hadn't bothered to answer the first question with honesty. It would have sounded something like, "Tolearnhowtoprotectmyself, andsurvivearoundanyandallcreatures, becausetheyallkindascarememisterprofessorsirand... ermthat'samightfinesphinxpleasedon'thurtmesphinx." Yep, that would have been quite embarrassing.

No. Instead he scribbled furiously on his parchment, attempting to get his mind off of the dangerously beautiful creature that was a bit too close for comfort. Sphinxes have violent tendencies and come from Egypt.

Oh lookie. Millie raised her hand, someone had already said but stuff it, no harm in trying to get points. "Sphinxes are highly intelligent creatures, they're classified as dangerous and require specialist knowledge so only very skilled wizards or witches should attempt to handle one" she said, racking her brain for what she had read. Okay yup. That was all, she was satisfied with her answer. Yup she's done.

Nika had absolutely no idea. You'd think since it was her second year she would've learned by now to read some text books before coming to class. It's as If being a muggle born wasn't enough of an excuse for her. Still she sat beaming with her little "Nika Adler Second Year Gryffie" card on her lap. Maybe she'd think of something to add later on.

Sphinxes are very well known even among the muggles. So it is not too hard to determine their characteristics. Aiden glances over Rosamund before turning back to the professor. "The word sphinx origanates from Greek word sphingo which means to squeeze. There is a single sphinx in Greek mythology which is a unique demon destruction and bad luck," she pauses. "Sphinxes are best known to come from Egypt. However, there are also from South-East Asia."

Isobel thought about the question. Then she remembered something she had read in a muggle book once. She assumed it was true. So she wrote it down on the piece of paper. Then she raised her hand and said, "Sphinxes tell riddles." She hoped it was right.

Rosamund would prefer if the young lion did not address to her at all--she'd prefer that no one there would, really-- but her enthusiasm was refreshing and almost what her dearest mother would refer to as endearing. "If talk to me is what you want, then Rosamund is the name you should memorize."

"She is talking of to me, that much is clear," Rosamund nearly snapped at the student. Honestly. She did not like to be ignored!

Rosamund was being as social as Rosamund could ever be, and Lachlan, not what to break the spell--for lack of a better word--pretended to be oblivious to it all. "You've all made some very good points," MacFusty enthused, after checking that all the facts the students had supplied to him appeared on the blackboard after a lazy flick of his wand.

He'd also noticed that some of them seemed to have included some traits that muggles believed Sphinxes had. Though they'd gotten all of the mostly right, muggles had definitely let their imaginations run free when thinking sphinxes had wings. "You should know, however--"

"That I do not have wings!" Were they not using their eyes? She was right in front of them, for Cleopatra's sake! She had no wings. "I am not an Abraxan or some Hippogriff," Rosamund concluded, sounding both irritated and deeply offended.

"And the only thing human about me, is my voice and the face I sport," For the most part. She did have a face that could have easily fit on any thirteen year old, freckled girl. Though Rosamund liked to thing that her exquisite face, all cheekbones and dimples, would only fit in the body of someone with Veela blood.

Almost restlessly, she began to pace around the care of magical creatures professor, her tail gracefully waging behind her.

"Lady Rosamund is of course right, though employing that tone was not." He gave her a look. "Now that we are discussing the physical appearance of Sphinxes, however, I want you to look at Rosamund, at Rosamund's face, to be more precise, and try to imagine her as a human." Lachlan paused again, and sent Rosie what he hoped was an apologetic look. "After you do that, after you successfully picture her as a human, give me an estimate of how old exactly you'd think she is." Almost wryly, he smiled. "You should probably take her behaviour into consideration, too."

Suddenly, he remembered the blackboard and all the notes he'd appointed there. "Make sure you scribble down those characteristics if you don't have them already." They would be in the final. Maybe. Possibly.

Probably not.

Caroline raised her hand. "Egypian sphinx has a head of a human and a body of a lion. For thousands years wizards have used them to guard valuables and secrect hideaways and are usually only dangerous when what they are guarding is threatened." She wrote down what she had said along with what some of the others had said.

Kurumi was practically bouncing in her seat as the creature spoke to her again. Why would anyone want to call her a beast?! She was FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR too amazing for such a word. Kurumi thought that she was probably more brilliant than some of the other students at Hogwarts, so did that make them beasts? There was a strong case to be made for some of the students to be sure.

Bowing her head once more to the SUPERAWESOME Rosamund, Kurumi was tempted to introduce herself when Selina spoke AND THEN GOT SPOKEN TO AS WELL!

"Isn't she amazing?!"

Kurumi returned to her parchment as the professor wrote a few things on the board and added the things she did not have as well as modify a few of her already written points.

Her eyes then popped out of her head when she heard his next question.

He HAD talked to her before hand, right? So, you know, she wouldn't leap across the small gap and claw a student to death for insulting her age.

o_______________0

Kurumi observed Rosamund and took note of her short temper and impatience, not too different from people in her own year to be sure. "Professor, she seems to be around the same age as most of us here." At least her mannerism echoed that.

Selina heard a voice and looked around. Where was it coming from? She couldn't tell. "Kurumi do you-?" But then she saw it, her, it, her. A sphinx. Where in Merlin's name did she come from? They were not allowed to be private property, Ministry orders. So how did this new Professor get one? But more importantly she was talking to a Sphinx.

Clearing her throat Selina said, "Sorry, I didn't see you. I just... wow. You know that you are fantastic right? Seriously just beautiful." There was something very majestic about her. No wonder the ancient cultures all idolized these creatures.

She then heard Kurumi's faint voice echo to her, "Yeah she really is amazing. Bloody brilliant."

Then the Professor addressed the class and Selina sat up in attention and looked at him. Um, well she is somewhat immature. But at the same time she has a quick tongue, which would led Selina to believe she is quite young. "Sir, actually she reminds me of my age group. So I would have to guess around one hundred and twelve?" That was young for a sphinx right?

Hmmm. Ellie studied Rosie's face, though it felt QUITE rude (not that she hadn't been doing so all class so far), for a while.

"Well, she's not OLD." Ick. "But she's not ickle. She's like...our age, no?" Then again, Sphinx years could be TOTALLY different from human's.

Tayla raised her hand straight away.

"Hello there Professor MacFusty and...Rosamund. I'm Tayla Barnhill. First year, Gryffindor," she said politely, trying hard not to be nervous. "I know that sphinxes are h-highly intelligent. They have a lion's body and a human head." Tayla bit her lip and continued unsurely, "Rosamund looks around...15?"