Transfiguring More Stuff: Meow
 

As you enter, there is a closed cardboard box at the door. A note above it reads:


The box is acting as a barrier to keep the inhabitants of the classroom in, so be careful as you step over into the classroom. Watch that you don't stop on a cat. The room is full of CATS, most of them feral, hissing, and meowing, but a few might seem familiar to you (HAVE you seen your kitty lately?).

Shaw is rubbing his bald head at the front of the room.

Lexi came into the Transfiguration classroom and simply STOPPED. Put HER wand in a box? Pffft. Yeah right.

Crud...

She really wasn't the type to disobey a Professor. Crud, crud, crud. VERY reluctantly she flexed her wrist and sent her wand sliding into her hand and after staring LONGINGLY at it she deposited it into the box like the sign thingy said.

"Goood day, Professor," she called out as she looked into the room of filthy... MERLIN! HER CAT WAS IN THE ROOM! She gasped and looked back at the man. "DID YOU STEAL MY CAT?" she exclaimed as she rushed forward to scoop Merlin up into her arms. GAH! Now he was probably DIRTY and had probably learnt BAD HABITS being around those filthy beasts!

I'll take the kitty bait xD
 

Kurumi walked into the classroom and her eyes were instantly drawn to the masses and masses of cats that were in the room. She was liking this class already! Perhaps Shaw wasn't so bad after all?

But then, she took a step in and saw the sign that said she had to put her wand in a box. O______________________O WHAT?! Wasn't taking away a wizard's wand essentially taking away their life?! A knot in Kurumi's stomach tightened and she felt a bit faint. "Excuse me....Shaw," Kurumi said as she took a step towards the box, her wand in his turquoise holster held firmly in her right hand. "May I ask why we must deposit our wands?" She really didn't fancy having to run around the room with him chasing them all with his chainsaw if that was the plan. "A-A-Are we going to be working on wandless magic?" That would be a REASONABLE answer...but this man wasn't really the reasonable type.

Kurumi's eyes scanned the room as she waited for him to respond...when she saw SOMEONE that ought not to be in this room. That SOMEONE had short stubby legs and an ego the size of a Hungarian Horntail.

"W-W-Walnut?!" she squeaked as she watched her cat roll onto his back, expecting some sort of worship from everyone.

Hallie entered the Transfiguration classroom. She stopped abruptly in front of the box that they were supposed to drop their wands into. She looked at the box and sign and just blinked her eyes.

She was NOT giving up her wand. It was bad enough her brother had broken her first wand over the summer and she had to get a new one before the term started. It was a good thing she still had the fake wand that did nothing when you said spell...she pulled that wand out of her robes and dropped it into the box before she moved into the room.

"Janie!" Hallie screeched as she ran through the crowd of cats to her small kitten hiding in the corner by herself. Picking up the kitten Hallie turned to the Professor with her eyebrows raised. "This had better be a fun class Professor." She told him. How dare he take her kitten.

Coincidence her FOOT! Merlin NEVER left the towers. He had TOTALLY stolen her cat. Lexi pressed her face into Merlin's fur and hugged him as he meowed pitifully. She shot the man a death glare and pouted a bit. CAT STEALER!

Merlin was SAFE now so she began to look around at the other POOR POOR kitties that had no doubt been lured from their homes here in Hogwarts and subjected to Merlin knows what... the WIZARD, not the cat.

Fallon just eyed Shaw as Snuggles came up and rubbed against her leg. She picked up her cat and he started to nuzzle her face. "Uh huh. Coincidence." She didn't believe him for a moment. She just hoped the class would turn out better than it had already started. Fallon mindlessly pet her cat, who didn't seem to care very much about how he got here.

Caroline walked into the Transfiguration classroom. She wasn't sure if she really wanted to be here or not. Her wand? Didn't she need that for this class? Well it looked like if she didn't give up her wand she wasn't getting into the classroom. She gave up her wand and walked into the room cats everywhere. "Hello Pro....Shaw" Seriously she didn't want to have to go thought his name pronouncing again.

It seem that some of the people had found there cats in the classroom. She looked around she hadn't seen that little furball of hers in a while. She was probably in the dungeons chasing rats....... like always. Looking around maybe she was here. Ah There was the furry white furball. "Jane?"

Arya didn't like the idea of parting with her wand, even for a second. And especially not in the class with Shaw. SHAW who gave Chicken Girl a SAW. Just didn't seem right.

The prefect stared into the box suspiciously, twirling her wand idly between her fingers. "Do prefects have to deposit there wands too?" Her chocolate eyes flicked up to the man curiously. "What if you need some help... with the lesson." Yeah. That was a good excuse to keep her wand right? She thought so.

With her free hand she wiggled her fingers at the kitties.

It wasn't so much that she didn't want to attend the transfiguration lesson today, it was just the fact that she was extremely reluctant to give up her wand. Standing in front of the note and re-reading the words for the millionth time, Evelyn heaved a sigh and rolled her head back to stare at the ceiling. HE would be quite upset if he knew she skipped a lesson...

Placing her wand in the box, the Slytherin moved inside the classroom, a bit startled what with all the cats and the...yelling. Good Merlin. Moving around a few, she eyed the Professor, wondering just...Why?

Whatever the reason, she was staying near the box full of wands. "You a fan of cats, Shaw?" She didn't see Poof in here yet, thank goodness. Merlin only knew what sickness she'd catch from all the other less fortunate cats in here.

Orabelle walked into the class. The only reason was because she was hoping to see something... somewhat interesting. Instead she saw cats. Lots... and lots of cats. Her grey eyes were wide. What?! What were these disgusting furballs doing here?! At least they were dogs, ugh, then Orabelle was running for her life... if she ran that was.

"Hello... Shaw," Orabelle said, trying her best not to wince as she addressed the professor so... informally. She looked at the board and groaned. And no wands? How was she going to survive around these horrible cats and kittens? Given... she had one, but at least they weren't like that. Plus hers was back home.

Lexi heard the NEXT comment the man made and her jaw dropped. HOW DARE HE insult cats and cat people. POUUUUT.

"That's rich coming from the creepertastic kitty snatcher," Lexi muttered to Merlin. Seriously! How had he sneaked around in the common rooms luring cats out? She would like to know.

Huh.

Leaning against the wall near the door, she crossed her arms and nodded, missing that a certain small purple eyed cat sitting near her feet. "Aw...this all makes sense now..." Glancing around once again, she shook her head instead, a tad confused. Hates cats...so surrounds himself with them.

Uh huuuh....

Hallie nodded her head, the girl was right. He had nothing to say since he was the one taking their cats. "I agree with you. For someone who steals our cats you're contradicting yourself." Hallie snorted, seriously? What was this guy doing with all of their cats? Hallie was extremely close to taking Janie and just walking out of the class.

Oakey dropped his wand off into the class as the note had said. It was impossible to find a seat to sit on because the entire classroom was filled with cats...WHY CATS? he thought to himself. SHAW! was definitely a weird teacher. Heyo Shaw oakey said in a friendly tone, Are the cats part of the lesson or are they here to learn too?

"I 'member your face." Shaw nodded towards the front desk. Familiar male types that remembered HOW to address him properly could sit near him and act as a buffer between the cat people.

Well then. Lexi hoped Merlin had sprayed everything the man owned. Really. It would serve him right. Feh.

Aaaand since he seemed not to like being called professor she would be sure to address him as such. KITTY THIEF! "How are we going to Transfigure stuff without a wand, sir?" she asked as she scratched under Merlin's chin.

"You're probably not going to. Not at your age, at least. Naw, I reckon you gotta be older and more wisely than you to do it without your wand. You should probably keep your knickers firmly on though 'til we get started."


"We 'bout ready to get started? We all here?"

Sierra walked to the front door of the classroom, a very unamused look on her face. She still hadn't warmed up to this Shaw man (not that she usually warmed up to that many people anyway), and so she was a little hesitant to come to his next class. She paused as she read the sign, instructing her to deposit her wand into the box. She rolled her eyes and did just as it asked. No sense protesting anyway.

However, she wasn't so accepting of the cats--hundreds and hundreds of cats, it seemed--littering the classroom. She stepped in, a look of disbelief on her face, and wasn't paying attention to the little kitten at her feet.

"RAAARRRRRR!" the kitten cried, and Sierra looked down to see that she'd stepped on its tail. "Well if there weren't so blasted many of you..." She gave the kitten a half-annoyed, half-sympathetic look then moved aside. Her brown eyes scanned the room, falling upon cat after cat after cat.

"Hissy Fit?!" she finally exclaimed. Sure enough, backed into a corner and hissing in frustration at nearly every human and cat in the room, was her very own pet. She'd named it Hissy Fit, because it was rarely ever calm around anyone but her, and it commonly hissed angrily at anyone else in its vicinity. "How did you catch her?" Sierra asked Shaw, amazed that anyone could even get that close to Hissy Fit.

"Sorry me mistake...Shaw," Simon said standing corrected. He fought the urge to roll his eyes at the odd behavior but he kept his cool. Who was he to really care what the man wanted to be called.

No air out of his sails

Lexi SNORTED at the man. SNORTED I SAY!

Her knickers were firmly in place thank you very much. And she could do ANYTHING with practice. It sounded like he was presenting her with a challenge... well then the gauntlet had been thrown. SNORT.

Giving him a false smile she nodded her head and said, "Yes, Professor." Professor Kitty Snatcher... or Professor Creeper. Hmmm. She would think on it. Yeah. Chewing her lip and still scratching under Merlin's little kitty chin she made her way to a seat near, but not TOO near Evelyn... and the door... and the box of wands... and STARED at the man.

Hallie stomped her foot down, scaring a few of the cats near her. "I demand to know why you've taken our cats." She declared in a loud and strong voice. "Sir." She added on, just because. She wasn't happy that Janie had been taken from her basket in her dorm and then he was IGNORING HER! <_< Eyebrows raised and a death glare set, she stared at Shaw.

Arya looked at him, frowned, and looked back at the note.

"Deposit them there wands into the box. No exceptions. You'll get them back later." MAYBE. She eyed him.

SIIIIIGH.

"Fine."

She still wasn't too sure if she trusted him with her precious wand, but seeing how she didn't have much of a choice, she reluctantly placed her wand in the box and stared at it for a long moment before moving into the classroom, picking up a cat that wasn't feral and taking a seat.

Was Perseus in here?

Wha...? Wait, what?

Her?

Frowning, she sloooowly shook her head, really hoping that wasn't pointed towards her, however, any words failed to escape her. Why? Because there was a claw in her leg, that's why! POOF! GAH! Oww...that was it. Forget the fact that Poof was HERE, in this room strangely full of felines that were probably catnapped by Shaw, she was getting declawed over the summer.

Finally though, that whole situation was sorted out without embarrassing herself and yelling, Evelyn scooted into the seat nearest to the door. In other words, the seat closest to the box of wands.

"Merlins beard!!! What the heck is with all the cats", Chloe said allowed as she walked into the transfiguration class room. Chloe really did not like cats. She got attacked by.a mob of them as a child, never trusted one since. She dropped her wand in the basket and headed to an area of the room with the least amount of cats. If they were gonna transfigure those bloody beasts she hoped they would just get to it.

Oakey was about to take a seat in the front row right in the center of the class when he remembered the last lesson and the amount of chainsaw usage there was. Oakey was curious as to what was going to happen though so he still sat in the front row but on the last seat closest to the door(looking to make sure he wasn't sitting on a cat). WHY CATS?

There is a Ravenclaw shortage in this room
 

Eino quickly deposited his wand into the box as directed, the hurried inside the room and dodged his way unto a seat. The cats were everywhere! Big cats, tiny cats, funny cats, more furry cats. It was as thought on big cat had exploded and created a bunch of littler ones. "Oh, kitty kitty. Here, kitty kitty." Eino called in a high pitched voice while making a kissy face and snapping his fingers at the cats. Needless to say, the cats ran the opposite way. Nonetheless, he continued to call after them as he waited for class to begin.

No wands Isa nearly screamed. She did not want to give away her wand. She better get it back or her mum would kill her.

"Shaw what is with the cats," Isa asked. She pretty much hated cats, except for kittys,, they are cute. She was glad she didnt have a cat. He seemed to catnap these.

Theo entered, a bit hesitant about dropping off his wand but nonplussed overall. He had loosened up quite a lot over the past few weeks. Looking about, the room seemed covered in fur... and claws. "Bree?" He nervously called out, stepping carefully between tails as he looked for his tabby feline. Knowing her, she probably wouldn't come to him; she could be such an ice queen sometimes. Alas, as he reached his desk, none other than the kitty was perched on top, yawning as if to convey that he had taken too long to arrive. "I guess we're doing animal transfiguration?" He asked to no one in particular, although his eyes flickered over to the professor. It was a wonder that you could hear anything in the midst of all of the meows and hisses.

Nika was quite hesitant in "taking a seat near him". If he decides to bring out the chainsaw again she's not going to stick around. Wait... did he just say they're going to catch a cat!? WHHHHAAAT!?! She got up and put her "cat catching face on" whatever that face was anyway. Now to catch some cats?

Walnut is sea green xD and now "work" begins
 

"So, then I suppose you have deposited your wand as well?" Kurumi asked nervously as she pointed to the sign. "No acceptions." She offered him a smile. She wasn't trying to give him any lip...she just didn't want to have another chainsaw incident. once was more than enough for her.

What was taking his Mistress and everyone else for that matter so long to come over and worship him? This was ridiculous. Didn't they notice his stubby little legs? It took him much longer to waddle around than the average cat. Walnut began to waddle toward his Mistress, purring along the way when he noticed...
THAT one Ravenclaw boy who had tried to drop him out the window at the Owlery. Walnut narrowed his eyes and hissed. That kissy face is NOT appealing.

Avoiding the boy, the cat then waddled RIIIIIIGHT on over and stood next to Shaw and shiffed his shoe. Interesting...coconut...yep, this man was now Mr. Coconut. Walnut rather fancied the smell and began rubbing himself up against the man's leg.

Kurumi's eyes widened and she let out a loud squeak as she dropped her wand into the box. Wandless magic didn't seem like such a bad thing, but Walnut taking a liking to Shaw was certainly unsettling. "I-I think my cat likes you, Shaw," she said as she smiled again nervously and pointed to the cat that looked like he had just found a fresh batch of catnip at the man's foot. Was Walnut...drooling...

o___________________O

Just as she was about to bend down and pick up Walnut, he took off like a shot from a bullet. You HAD to be joking...

GASP!

He wanted HER cat first?! Whatever for? She clung to Merlin for dear life and shook her head. No way, Creeperdoodle. NO WAY.

...

Oh for the love of Merlin and Morgana... those freaking cats had gone CRAZY! Lexi watched in awe as the cats went bonkers and ran off hissing and such. "Wh-why do you want my cat? And how are we supposed to catch wild cats without getting all scratched up and bit and stuff?" Surely it wasn't safe... or FUN. She didn't want to get cat scratch fever or kneazle pox or something crazy like that.

Bree longed to join the other cats, but Theo held her tightly. Shaw, once again, had assigned them the impossible. Yet, as a typical Ravenclaw, Theodore kenw that here had to be some solution. Throwing up his fist in the air and straightening up for battle, Theodore cried, [size=7]"CHAAAAARGE!"[/s] as he rushed out of the classroom and into the kitty corridor. Bree, meanwhile, looked at her owner as if he was a psychopath.

CATCH THE CATS! Oakey would probably need to see Moretti when this was all over from all the scratches he 'll probably get... BUT THIS SOUNDED FUN! AYE SHAW! Oakey hopped up on his seat and dove out the door after the cats. popping his head back in for a moment! I'll bring back more than one for yah too!

He went off again

Fallon listened as Shaw started to talk, making sure to keep Snuggles safely in her lap. She didn't need him running off with everyone else. She watched as Shaw went in grab the box of wands...and how all of the wild cats rushed into the corridor. She thought it was weird but stayed put with her Snuggles.

Fallon listened in as some people started to protest the cat catching. She thought it wasn't the best idea either. "What if we already have our own cats Shaw? What's the point of catching one if we already have one?" Fallon wasn't usually one to talk back, but those ferrel cats didn't look too healthy.

As Raven enter the class, he absolutely not eye-ing doors, but what is this a box with "Wands ----!?!" Raven looked up and see the notice "Oh, no, my best-friend will go to that box, and maybe, just maybe return." Raven confused and with hesitation

at the inner of the room there is slight commotion, "whew, cat" Raven didn't wants a cat, is he must with dog to enter.

at the end, in order to enter the room, Raven placed his wand to the box, hoping it will return very soon, and as entering the room, a hissing cat get in his way. "May I kick you, Kittiepeapie" Raven whispered.




"Hehe, catching you", Raven eye-ing to the cat is whisper, what is this lesson, I though Transfiguration is trasforming one thing to another.

SHAW --what you wanted to do, Raven thinking, better be catching one of this pester cat...

She could sit by him? Well, since she didn't have her wand and he didn't have his saw, she supposed it couldn't kill her to sit by him.

Or maybe it could. Since he had her wand now.

Hm. She'd find out soon enough, making her way over to a empty seat near the man.

Arya wasn't too sure about catching a feral cat... cause they were feral and all. But it was a challenge that she was strangely enough excited to try out. The shift of her wrist reminded her of the empty holster and her wandless hands, which was just unsettling. And she glanced back at the box again before placing her domesticated cat on the ground and heading out into the corridor.

She so wasn't surprised that her own kneazle came and rubbed up on her as she exited the classroom.

He would hang out with ferals.

Lexi turned to see Neptune had arrived without her notice. She was sneaky like that sometimes. Yeah.

...

"Clearly he's a loony, but HOW are we supposed to catch wild cats without protective gear? I want to... no I NEED to know. I might have to get a vaccin... whatever those Muggles give for DISEASES." She snorted again and kissed the top of Merlin's head.

"Here... you take him and put him in the corridor, Neptune. I can't NOT participate as much as I would love to," she said MISERABLY. That's right. Lexi Denver was going to RATHER RELUCTANTLY try to catch a freaking wild cat. "Tuney... just be careful. I think one of them was foaming at the mouth earlier."

Truth. Or the truth through Lexi's eyes.

She finally got out of her seat and held Merlin out to Neptune. SET HIM FREE!

Fallon looked down at Snuggles. She definitely did NOT want to transfigure her own cat. She set her cat down and headed out into the corridor with the rest of the students. She had no idea how to catch a wild cat. This was going to be fun...

Before darting out of the room, Eino raised his hand. "I don't have a cat, Sir Shaw, so if I catch one, can I keep it?" He didn't know whether all of the cats belonged to someone, or whether maybe, hopefully, some of them were stray, and he could take care of one or all of them. He wanted a cat, one that could fly and deliver his mail, because owls were too old fashioned. Mail-delivering flying cats were the future!

This is why Josh shouldn't go and get detention. She'd have preferred her was HERE, instead of there, or wherever he was. He could've caught one of those crazy cats for her, right? OBVIOUSLY, he would be better at it.

Just 'cause...

Eying Poof, who was lazily laying on her desk, as all the other cats bolted from the room, Evelyn flicked her gaze over to the professor...before turning her attention back to the door again. Seriously? He was serious about this? Transfigure cats?

"Stay..." she muttered, poking Poof as she stood up only to be swatted at. Good Merlin, Poof was in a mood today. Whatever though. This cat will look like an angel compared to the ones in the corridor.

HOW RUDE!

Just... RUDE!

She was SOOOOO going to tattle on him when this class was over. Like... STRAIGHT TO TATE SHE WOULD GO. He couldn't get away with STEALING and... TORTURING children.

SNORT.

"No silly! I said I can't NOT participate. We can catch kitties together. Like I would leave you to fend for yourself... we can corner them and the other can grab one." Yeah. Team work and junk.

Lexi shot the CREEPERDOODLE KITTYNAPPER one last glare and headed to the door with Tuney.

Eino's jaw dropped. That easy? Had the professor just given him a cat? BEST PROFESSOR EVER! First Professor MacFusty allows him to keep the fairy eggs he had found and built a nest for them, and now he was going to get a cat! This school year couldn't get any better. Correction-- If he finally caught a pogrebin it could get a little better, or a dragon, or both. Regardless, this got him more excited than he had ever been. "Thanks!" He said with a grin and darted off into the corridor.

CATS?! Ariella entered the classroom with a cute little black and white one. She had caught it pretty easily...only escaping with a few scratches.

"Hey, ickle firstie, wanna join us here" Raven called to a first year Lion, wanna have some fun catching little claw cats.

ooc: Raven is at the corridor trying to catch one

Chloe really did not wanna go on the for a cat. She did not even wanna be near one. Even so she really felt she had no choice in the matter and stepped into the corridor. How was she gonna do this?

Just as he said he would Oakey returned with a robe full of 5 feral cats. It was tough and Oakey's left arm was covered in scratches from the cats., but this was a lucky moment for the boy who only ever felt bad luck coming his way.

What are the chance that you happen to be carrying a toy that cats would go crazy for... Just one more thing he'd need to thank his owl for.

Got you 5 cats Oakey walked over to Shaw!, still struggling with the robe he had the cats in. Holding out the robe to Shaw!. His left arm hurt a bit but it was totally worth it.

No more Cat Catching for Oakey though. He didn't want to end up with scratches on his face or anywhere else for that matter.

Hallie gave a harsh laugh. Shaw was definitely not her favorite teacher. He was insane, that's what he was. "Alright." She said. "Sir." She said with a sneer. She felt the need to be snottier then usual.


Listening with boredom as she petted Janie, Hallie's eye's got wide as she let Janie down. "You've got to be kidding me." She stated not at all pleased with her hands on her hips.

Once the cats went crazy and left the classroom, Hallie turned sharply towards Shaw, "YOU'RE CRAZY!" She hollered at him before she turned and stomped out of the classroom, he wouldn't hear the end of this from Miss Washington.

Ickle firstie? Excuse me....how juvenile!! Ariella laughed to herself. Besides, she already had a cat. "I've already got one, but thanks," she replied, holding up her black and white kitty.

Chloe returned to the classroom with a black little kitty in her arms. The little thing was not so bad. At this point it had put it's claws away and was purring. Chloe was starting to see this little kitty as rather cute. It seemed not all cats her were vile creatures, thank goodness.

"Whooa, that so fast, nice one, Lion" Raven say, "better be past it to 'JUST SHAW'".
Raven facing another cat and...

Cat. Catch. Assignment. Task. Those words don't relate to each other at all.

"Professor! I caught one here!! Wait, you didn't possibly transfigure them from, err, other things right??"

She made her way to her desk, still with the cat purring on her hands. When she sat, the cat moved to the table and stretched, then went back to her lap and slept.

Isa came in slowly limping slightly as she carried the calico she caught. It was actually kind of cute. This one didnt hurt her, so she set it down. It circled her protectively. She walked over to Shaw. "I caught this darling Shaw." Isa said holding up the calico, oh it didnt have a collar that meant it wasnt owned. "Do you think I could keep it? Do you have anything for cuts. I was cut on my cheek, ankle, and arm. The ankle one is causing me to limp." Isa hoped she could keep the kitty. Oreo would be its name.

Still holding her black cat in her arms, just like holding a baby (and the still nameless cat seemed to enjoy that), Helena walked back towards the Transfiguration PROFESSOR Shaw.

She made her way back to her seat, this time carefully placing the cat on her lap and stroking her shiny and fluffy fur. "Shaw?" She suddenly asked, slightly raising her hand. "Can I keep it?" Because this one was not one of the 'borrowed' cats. It could be hers then, riiiight?

Helena was also wondering what did he want them to do with the cats. Not harm them, hopefully. Because she was not going to do anything that could harm this one. Not now, that it was behaving like the most adorable cat in the world.

Was he kidding?! There was no way Samira was going to run around the school chasing after cats. This was ridiculous! But then again, she didn't want to risk getting in trouble. She sent Shaw a glare before reluctantly moving to the hallway. After a few attempts, she finally managed to catch a small black one.

She moved back into the classroom with a scowl, holding the squirming cat in her arms tightly. "Professor, I caught one." The cat hissed at her, and Samira almost hissed back. She was not in a good mood.

" Hello professor" William told him. Lots of cats in here" William yolf the professor. William left his wand at the frony. " Bu yhe way, I like dogs more than cats. too" William agreed with Shaw.

'Hey, Shaw! I wouldn't have thought you'd like cats!' Rose said astonished. 'Aw, they're so sweet!' Rose cooed. She didn't have a cat, she had an owl... She needed a cat now... But she had one purring in her arms! She sat down and let the cat curl up on her lap. 'Sweet kitty!' Rose cooed as she smoothed the cats head. 'Aw, please Shaw, please, can I have her? She likes me!' Rose pleaded frome her seat. Didn't want to disturb the cat!

Kurumi had resorted to removing her outer robe, luring the fat cat onto it with a few fish cookies, and then literally dragged the cat as it lay on her robes munching away on the cookies. Thankfully, the cat seemed to be well tempered - probably because of the tuna fish cookies - and didn't mind being dragged across the floor.

When she finally arrived back in the classroom, beads of sweat were running down her brow and she felt as though she were going to collapse from the sheer weight of the lump of fur.

"I...got...one...." she panted as she returned to her seat and flopped into her chair.

"Professor? I caught one." Mia said, holding up a black kitten. It wasn't hard. Mia had a packet of those cat treats packet in her pocket; all she needed to do was to shake the packet, and all the cats rushed to her. And they were supposed to be wild cats.

Spike didn't need telling twice. To him, this lesson was perfect. Yes, perfect. And thus he was oblivious to any ruckus against it. See, he didn't have a cat of his own, but was what you might call an animal lover. More a creepy crawlie and critters lover, but cats were fine too. Moreover, he didn't need to worry about the risks of using a wand, cos he wasn't allowed one.

And thus, when told to go catch a cat by hand, he'd literally jumped up and run out with a massive grin on his face. "Sure thing, Shaw!" he said with a face of pure glee. "Any preference on type?" There sure were a LOT of mad cats out there.

Amy wandered into the transfiguaration classroom, a little nervously seeing as the last lesson had been a disaster and a struggle.

WOAH

QUEENY!?

What was she doing with a load of disgusting, ferel, moggys. URGHHH. YOU STOLE MY CAT PROFESSOR! She shouted angrilly. No wonder she hadn't turned up for feeding. She'd beeen STOLEN. By a PROFESSOR. That was wrong!

And she had to give up her wand. What else was he going to steal off her!

*grumble grumble*

And then Queeny ran away. Damn

Grumpily she turned around and out into the hall where she went to get her cat. Shaw was not getting her again

What in the world... First, she had to sacrifice her wand. Then, she has to CATCH A CAT!!!!!!!!!? Ohhh NOOOOOOOO!!! Hayley's a dog person. A. DOG. PERSON. But seeing as the other students had already went out.. "Oh well..." She then hurriedly headed to the corridor... Praying not to be bitten by a cat for catching it like the time when she was small..

Chris walked to the professor and said. "Professor, what is with all the cats! I am allergic to the fur! I have to stay away from them!" Chris said. Chris is allergic to cats, and when near them, his eyes get really itchy."Professor, I will just go to the corner over there away from the cats." Chris said. He then walked to the corner trying to avoid any cats. " I can't touch them!" Chris said. His eyes were already feeling a little itchy.

William picked up a little kitten The kitten had grey fu and was purring. " I have my cat, a cute little grey kitten" William told Shaw.

Hallie stomped into the classroom, hair in a mess and robes teared almost to shreds. The seventeen year old girl was holding onto the cat she had caught with all her might as the cat tried time and time again to wriggle itself out of Hallie's strong arm hold she had on it. "I'm still not pleased Shaw." Hallie told him, what would happen if she threw the crazed cat at Shaw and ran? Detention couldn't be THAT bad, could it? "If that was your idea of fun, you've been mistaken." She declared.

Frightened of what would follow next, Ariadne returned to the classroom, holding the cat she managed to catch, feeling more and more vulnerable without her wand. The only thing that made her feel a bit better was that her own cat, Pluto, hadn't been caught. He was probably on the grounds, chasing mice. Smart cat. She must remember to reward him. But now, Ari had to focus on the task at hand. Passing by Shaw, she said :'I've got a cat. Now what?' hoping she wouldn't get a terribly unpleasant answer. Normally, she would complain about the scratches on her hands but she had a feeling that Shaw didn't care much about anything like that.

Grumpily Amy returned to the classroom, clutching her cat so tightly and glaring petulantly at the professor, she hadn't seen where Simon had gone but either way, they both had a cat now. She plopped down near Thea where her bag had been left and kept clinging onto her cat. She was NOT escaping. Not this time. Not again, Amy was too tired to keep going and running, especially after cats.

Simon walked into the classroom with a cat under his arm, when he had the chance he was going to write to his dad using his owl, maybe then his dad could come and have some words with this crazy teacher, he wondered what the people of his country would say if they could see him now and it made him laugh a little as he picture the look on the faces of his bodyguards and stuff but then he remembered he was in class, looking at his robes and the blood coming from his arms he smiled. "Professor Shaw, you owe me a new set of robes just look at what has happened to mine."

Eino returned to class with a white sphinx in his arms. Strangely, the cat shared the same fascination with pogrebins as Eino did, or at least it thought the word was funny, which was all the same to him, really. He had gotten more exercise out of this task than anything else he had ever done. He was tired and sweaty, but he would do it again if only he had a little bit of energy to spare. He took a seat and placed the cat on top of the desk. While he waited for the rest of the students to return, he hoped that Shaw wouldn't have them do something strange to the cats. He really wanted to take this cat back to the Common Room with him. It was special, and cute, too.

:whaa: *rolls in*
 

Iris had occupied the seat near the back of the classroom again. She didn't like Shaw, he was a nutter. She watched him as he announced the start of the lesson and as he explained WHY he had all these feral cats.... He also wanted them to give in their wands?! ... He really was insane. Huffing as she got up, the Head Girl walked to the front of the class and dumped her wand with the rest of the students wands. She wasn't happy about parting with it; it was part of her! He might've well just told her to cut her left hand off!

Turning around, she followed a couple of younger students out of the classroom to go and catch herself a feral cat. Although... Perhaps growing up in the middle of the countryside would be an advantage here...

William pets his grey kitten " You are a nice kitty" Wiliam told her. She purrs for him again.

Kimalia's jaw dropped. She knew there was something odd going to happen as soon as she dropped her wand in the box and noted all the howling and scared cats. As soon as the cats ran off, Kimalia got up from her seat walking calmly towards a smaller black kitten that was behind everyone.

"Gotcha." She scooped it up quickly, but gently whilst rubbing it's head while it meowed. "Now, now, no one's going to hurt you." I hope, she glanced around the room to see if any were giving her looks. She walked back to the classroom showing Shaw the kitten before making her way back to her seat.

With some hard, determination, and a well deserved scowl at a certain someone, Evelyn finally got herself a cat. Not just any cat. A squirmy, meowing, and giant clawed cat who had a fat tail. Not to fear though. She had it bundled up in her robe so she could get scratched.

It was just the problem of making sure Poof didn't swat at it that was worrying her. Goodness, Poof was going to be so upset! Seeing her, Poof's owner, holding another cat. The emotional pain she must be going through!

Or...Poof could be asleep on her desk. Huh. Lazy cat.

Roderigo was strongly opposed to the idea of the entire class being wandless against an army of deranged kittens. But what else was he supposed to do. This man, Shaw, made him quite nervous. He yelled a lot, and they weren't allowed to call him "sir" or "Professor"? He retrogressed to the taciturn boy he was over a year ago when he first came to Great Britain and, thus, Hogwarts. However, his resilience was broken by the task Shaw gave them all. They had to go retrieve a mad cat that was hyped up on catnip. His brow furrowed as he progressed with the rest of the class in retrieving the feral cats.

Well isn't this just fun! Catching angry cats!

NOT!

Chasing after angry cats at home was terrible enough, now having to catch on at school!! And why without magic?? Doesn't he know that cats are very sensitive animals and would...hiss and...scratch...and bite! Not that they're terrible animal or anything, just doesn't like to be bothered. Still, why do they have to catch stupid cats?? Couldn't he just tell us what we're doing with them?? Savannah just hope that she wouldn't get hurt.

She sighed and walked out in to the corridor, looking for a friendlier cat to catch.

Caroline came back into the classroom with a beautiful huge cat, who had now had his buried inside her elbow. "Shhhh It's okay." petting his head. She found a seat and sit down still with the cat in her arms. The cat's long tail kept twiching anrgily and smacking her in the face.

Quick post before bed. Iris is already in the corridor.
 

Iris turned around as she got to the door when she heard someone yelling her name. Grinning as she saw who it was, Iris shrugged. "Ahh... I suppose. It's you or I'm working on my own after all." Oh, how the pair had both grown up. Those silly arguments in Second Year seemed a million years ago... "Hurry up then, or we'll have to try and catch the craziest cats that everyone else avoided!" And then with that, Iris dashed out of the door and down the corridor.

With the cats, Raven is returning to Transfiguration classroom, patting the cat to make it comfortable with him, scratches is common to cat-napping, right, so Raven is completely fine with some scratches.

Raven walked cautious toward the 'Professor' desk, when he remember this man didn't wanted to be called Sir, or what-so-ever than 'just' Shaw.

"Good day, again 'Shaw'", "here my cat as you told the class" Raven didn't sure if this is okay, he know this Shaw is a Ministry Approved Professor, what else he can say, eyeing Shaw, waiting for what ever the professor may say.

After a while, Gwen came back with a cat. She looked around, hoping that what would follow won't harm the animal.

'And...now what?', she asked puzzled.

Carr walked back into the room with an angry-looking cat in her arms. At least it had stopped trying to get away. Instead, it had made its entire body rigid, stretched out its legs and paws, as if in an attempt to take up as much space and be as difficult as possible. Carr herself wasn't faring very well. There were several scratches on her arms and face and her eyes were getting puffy. She could feel her nose running and her lips began to swell and itch as hives popped up.

"Pwofessoh, I thin' I'n awergi'--" sneeze "--to gats."

Yeah. So. WIN. Lexi totally caught AND tamed a feral cat all without getting scratched. She was an awesomely awesome PRO kitty catcher, yo! All should bow to her greatness.

She gave PROFESSOR Shaw a smug look as she petted Sir Kitty under his chin and cooed at him. Yeah. HA! Now she would sit and STARE at PROFESSOR Shaw until he moved the class forward. STARESTARESTARE.

The robe of 5 cats Oakey had caught had seemed to calm down. Had the cats stopped moving? This didn't seem good. He was about to check to see if his cats were okay when he felt a slight movement inside his robe.

HA! thought you could trick me did you, stupid cats. trying to play dead so Oakey would open the robe. Not gonna happen! he yelled at the cats.