CoMC Lesson #1
 

Waiting right in outside of her hut door, Professor McClane glances up at the still rising morning sun casting a light glow on the area. Bean bag chairs of every color have been set up in a half circle facing the hut, with just enough room in between as not to crowd anyone (or their pets) in particular.

Noticeably, a couple of jars have been set out on the picnic table on the opposite side of where the lemonade and cookies usually are. Professor McClane thinks you all should be paying attention if you don't wish to put the food of a creature in your mouth.

OOC: CoMC hasn't started yet, please feel free to have your characters arriving to class right now :) Update: Class has started, please do not post arriving late, simply jump in and act like you were here the whole time ;)

Aurora skipped down to the grounds, she was looking forward to this lesson! She plonked herself on a green beanbag and grinned at the professor. "Hello Professor!" she said, gazing at the jars on the table. "What's in those?" she asked. She put her hand to her shoulder where Salvatore was poking his head out... the little red Salamander took one look at the stranger and went back to hide in Aurora's long red curls. She glanced up to the sky... as soon as she'd left the castle she'd noticed Sage fly out of the owlery...

THERE HE WAS!!!

She looked up and waved an owl treat at him. The eagle owl spotted the treat and circled for a couple of seconds before diving and snatching the treat from Aurora's hand, swallowing it in one and flying up to land on her shoulder. This upset Sage who, crawling under Aurora's robes, scuttled down her sleeve and settled on her wrist, his head poking out ever-so-slightly.

Ellie was terribly disappoint MacFusty wasn't standing outside the hut. That man had such a potential for epicness.

But LOOKIT! BEANBAGS!

MacFusty didn't have beanbags. That's cool points from him. And cool points for....whoever this new Professor was.

The Ravenclaw gave the new woman a smile as she plopped down in a purple beanbag. She eyed the jars, but they were of no particular interest to her.

Luna looked around CoMc hmmm? interesting subject ''Hello Proffeser'' she smilied

Now this was a class that Nora couldn't wait to take.

... well, what silly girl like herself wouldn't want to study about who knows what pretty magical creature? Or at least... she wasn't really looking forward to studying about acromantulas or anything else that would like to eat her or anyone else.

"Hello, professor," she smiled, and then took a seat on a green bean bag chair. She felt very Slytherin..ish at the moment. Hehe.

Damon bounded over to the grounds where yet another good term of creature study was starting.. Finding one of the more softer beanbags to sit on Damon sat down, Damon would have brought his pet owl along but he didn't think that having an owl in a class would be useful. "Good Day Professor" said Damon in the most courteous manner possible.

Care of Magical Creatures!

Hugo loved this class. With the outside and all. And he could learn something for his wandmaking. They had to bring there pet, so Hugo brought his barn owl Athena with him. It was a shame he didn't have a cat. He wanted a cat. He would've bought one but... Stuff happened. Not really, he was just lazy. Hugo walked on the grounds. The morning air was still a bit cold and dew was on the grass. It felt great being outside so early. This all looked lovely too. "Good morning, professor," he said as he approached his new professor. "I'm Hugo. This is Athena," he patted his owl on the head. Yup, she was reaal cute.

Kimalia walked down to the grounds for her lesson, she brought her owl, Precious along since the Notice Board did request the students bring their pets along.. She just hoped her Owl would be safe should any exotic creature come along her way.

"Good day, Professor." Kimalia gave a curtsy with her owl on her shoulder bowing too. "Good, Precious." Kimalia patted her owl's head for being respectful, she was definitely getting extra treats later. She chose the bright green-colored bean bag to sit in while the other students arrived.

Care of Magical Creatures. Interesting.

Daphne made her way towards the grounds, feeling a little excited. Hm. Hopefully she would get to learn about some really interesting creatures..like unicorns! They were maginificent creatures.

The girl ran a hand through her hair before turned towards the professor and greeted, "Good Day, Professor! Hope you're doing well." Daphne sat down on a pink beanbag chair and waited for the lesson to start.

MJ walked down from the castle to the grounds for Care of Magical Creatures. The Professor was stood outside the hut with a ring of cosy looking beanbags around her.

"Hello Professor McClane; my name is MJ Cacklesmaw; I'm a Ravenclaw First Year. This is my barn owl, Avis!" MJ said, as she fondly stroked Avis' head. He hopped further down her arm to give Professor McClane a friendly hoot. He wanted to say hello too!

"Good Morrow." Eino greeted the new professor, with a brief nod as he passed by her on his way to the hut. The hut was a lot more comfortable this year, but Eino still missed his old Professor. He wanted to let him know that most of the faerie eggs had successfully hatched and Eino released them in Iceland, during his brief visit there, when they were mature enough, but alas, they had a new Professor. Maybe she would like to hear about the faeries. Eino made his way to one of the blue bean bags chairs and sat down. This was a very strange setting for a classroom, especially for care of magical creatures, but Eino was looking forward to it nonetheless. This one of his favorite classes after all, even if he wasn't particularly good at it.

With her bag slung on one shoulder to the other side of her body, her eyes squinting slightly against the rising sun, Louisa had made her way down to the Grounds where the Care of Magical Creatures lesson was held. She was looking forward to meet the new professor who might, hopefully, teach them how to take care of a cat or a puppy instead of Magical Creatures - okay, that didn't make much sense but Louisa didn't trust magical creatures.

"Good morning, ma'am." The almost fourteen years old flashed a smile toward the professor when she'd arrived and then took a quick overall glance at her classmates. Not many had arrived. Phew. She could sit wherever she wanted.

OHMYROWLING IT'S GRACIE'S CLASS!! *bounces*
 

Another lesson. Another new professor. Perhaps the Prophet had been right? Not that Ryden cared for British politics - or politics in general, as a matter of fact - but it did seem like the teachers just couldn't stick. Oh well, it was none of her business as long as her grades were ok. They NEEDED to be ok, otherwise she would never hear the end of it. Guh.

Plonking herself down on a beanbag at the back of the area - what was it with Hogwarts and unconventional ways? - she nodded towards the professor who's name she did not remember and placed her bag on the ground beside her carefully, for Tabs was inside. The silly kitten might die of excitement if it was released straight away.

Here goes yet another lesson.

Destiny found herself in a bit of a dilemma as she packed up her things to get to the first Care of Magical Creatures lesson. She had read that they were allowed to bring their pets to the class, but, which pet was she going to bring!? She had a few to choose from. Of course, she knew she wasn't going to bring her owl, Travis. He was so annoying and would just disrupt the whole class..

Her cat, Sly, would be all right to bring. She was sure he would just sleep the whole time or find a patch of grass to eat. But then again, he might go around eating everyone's shoelaces. Marcus the rat and Ruffles the flobberworm could easily be kept in her pocket, as could Carter the turtle. Sweet Merlin! Who to briiiing....?

In the end, she decided on all of them. Except her owl. But he was probably flying around the grounds, so he might make an appearance anyway.

Pockets full of pets, and a big ball of white fur for a cat following behind her, Destiny finally reached the place where the lesson would be held. "Hello, Professor!" she greeted as she passed, and taking a seat on a beanbag, she began emptying her pockets.

She hoped Evelyn didn't let her cat try to eat Marcus.. again.

Oooohhhhh! Care of Magical Creatures! One of her favourite lessons. She walked over noticing the table of jars before even the teacher. She pulled her bag further onto her shoulder, disturbing her little tawney owl asleep on her shoulder. "Sorry, but it's time to wake up anyway." she told Sunny bouncing her shoulder up and down to wake her up properly.
"Good day professor!" she said happily, stroking her little owl on it's head just for it to bite her. "Ow!" The stupid little... She took a seat. Before she strangled this owl.

Desiree had seen the care of magical creatures sign on the notice board, it had said anyone could come.. so she thought why not. Besides she had a pet. She was carrying her nice barn owl "Good girl Lila" she said quietly as she approached the hut. Seeing the Professor she smiled "Hello Professor"

Now where to sit.. Hmm She didn't see any first years, but looking around she saw a girl from Diagon Alley, the one from the robe shop! Nora, right? yes Nora. She prayed that was right. Taking a seat on a nice blue beanbag chair she turned to the girl on her right. "Hi Nora" she said smiling slightly. Oh no what if the girl didn't even recognize her? That would be embarrassing.

As the twelve year old Gryffindor approached the first CoMC class of the year she flashed the professor a quick grin. She had been suprised to see a new professor, but not really that fussed. Thea had brought along her large white persian, Maleficent.. and she wasn't sure if this had been such a brilliant idea. It was one of her favourite subjects for some strange reason, and she grinned at the other people who were already sat down on the bean bags. Selecting her own bean bag, Thea plonked the purring feline onto her knee.

Although she wasn't much of a morning person Alice couldn't wait for her class, and that was Care of Magical Creatures seeing as she already had some experience in the field of Pygmy Puff breeding! Alice was already relatively awake due to her excitement of the first class. She arrived at the professor's hut and was delighted to see a variety of comfy bean bag chairs surrounding the area. Alice took her seat in a nice green bean bag and eagerly awaited the class to begin.

With Puffles her pgmy puff on her one shoulder and with Aya her owl on the other Nessie walked into the classroom quite cheery. She loved animals especially her own animals. "Morning Professor" she smiled at the new professor. "Im Renesmee Dixon" she introduced herself and then continued to walk.

She looked around and saw bean bags in almost every colour imaginable. Obviously she chode a purple one and she sat down putting Puffles and Aya carefully on her lap. She could feel Puffles was pretty tense but Aya on the other hand was as calm as anything. Her two pets were complete opposites. "Calm down Puffles" she tried to reasure him but still tense he crept up closer to her and started to hide behind her robes. She stroked him a little and then stroked Aya too when she noticed that there were a few jars on the table. As she waited for the lesson to start she wondered what the jars were for.

So far, most of the classes Ashley had thought he wouldn't like, he'd turned out to be pretty okay with, and so he'd decided not to go to class with any expectations. Instead, he just had a hopeful optimism that he would do well and not mess up.
Making his way to the proper area, he arrived quickly, thankfully not getting lost on the way. He was really starting to figure out how to get around, which was good. People probably didn't like to be stalked, accidentally or otherwise, and so he was going to have to find a good way to get himself to classes sooner or later anyway.
As they were supposed to bring their pets, he brought the only one he had, his black owl, which sat on his head, probably solely because it knew he hated that. But he was used to it, so he and the headowl just went on to find a beanbag to sit on, giving the professor a smile as he passed by. "Hello, professor," he said politely before taking his seat.

Care of Magical Creatures? Weird. Joanna never heard of such lesson, maybe they teach it only Hogwarts, because in the US she never learned such lesson. Joanna stumbled down to the grounds, to the area which the lesson was taking place, when she entered the area, all her thoughts were distracted by one thing...

BEANBAGS!!!

Eeep! The Ravenclaw loved beanbags, they were so fun to play with, so if this lesson is boring, or scary (because of the magical creatures), Joanna could just play with her beanbag. YAY! Joanna picked a random orange beanbag, and simply slumped on it. Hopefully, there aren't any creatures inside the beanbags which will jump out of them, in the middle of the lesson.

"Morning Professor," she quickly said, making her way back to reality. She was so distracted by the awesomeness of the beanbags', that she forgot that there is a professor in the 'classroom'. Oh no! She's going to turn into one of those English snobs at the end! NO!!! Stupid beanbags... making her forget her manners. SO RUDE!

While normally she found it a difficult time to catch Poof when the cat needed a bath, Evelyn had an even worst time catching the half-kneazle when she was being playful. Finally though, with her hair up in a ponytail and bag over her shoulder with Poof laying comfortably in it (her little head peaking out so she could see everything), Evelyn made her way down to the creatures class, wondering why they needed to bring their pets.

At least the Professor asked them to bring them, and she didn't have to be surprised to find Poof rubbing on her legs like in a certain CRAZY PROFESSOR'S class last term. Thank Merlin Shaw wasn't here this year.

"Good day, Professor..." Newperson. Was it just her opinion, or was the only old person in this school Vinny? Shaking her head at the thought since she didn't want her brain filled up with trying to figure out the flying instructor's age, Evelyn sat in a rather pale green been bag chair next to Destiny, not at all aware that perhaps her friend had brought Marcus. If she did, she would NOT be afraid to set Poof on the creature if Destiny shoved the rat in her face.

Poof on the other hand was making little 'clicky' noises as she stared at all of Destiny's pets.

Nora wasn't actually paying attention to anything that was happening around her, since she was wondering if this professor might let them bring their pets for the classes. Wouldn't it be fun, to have Elijah with her? At least here. She had a feeling that Elijah's eyes or tail would become potion ingredients if she'll ever bring him to Potions. Or anywhere around professor Lafay.

Thinking of a lot of silly things, she was surprised to hear her name all of a sudden. She looked around and smiled as she recognized Desiree, whom she had met on Diagon Alley some time ago. "Hi," she said, but her eyes ran towards the blue bean bag chair she was sitting on. "... traitor." She couldn't stop herself from giggling silently, and she also hoped that the girl would take that as a joke.

Yup. She was definitely feeling Slytherin..ish.

Kennedy was not a morning person. He was the type to usually sleep in, especially if the weather was mild. All wrapped up in his covers...oh yeah, that was life. He had been preparing for this lesson since Bianca told him wonders about it. Ken was wasn't much of an animal person, but that could be because he's rarely been exposed to them and because of that he didn't have a pet to bring. It made him feel a bit out of place.

"Good morning, Professor," he said, bashfully. Then we went to sit on one of the beanbags. He really liked this kind of seating instead of desks.

Harlow's hair was in rare form today. It was as big as ever, but she was wearing a little tiara. It wasn't a real one, that was in her Gringotts vault. But her daddy told her every princess needed and crown and todays he just felt extra special so she had it on. It twinkled in her mass of hair. "Morning Professor." she waved at her and gave her a big smile and a little curtsy.

Harlow spotted Kennedy and she skipped over to him and sat down on the weird looking chair next to him. She sank into the chair and give a tiny squeak. "Well that was a weird feeling." she commented. "Hullo Kennedy." she smiled at him.

Looking up, Thea recognised a Slytherin who Daichi had said helped him out of the lake. Smiling she waved, for the banter really .. seen as the lesson hadn't started.

Maleficent followed her gaze and stared at the boy..

Had she just called her a traitor..? That was a nice way to be greeted and now she was laughing too. Hmph.

Desiree followed her gaze and suddenly realized she was talking about her beanbag. Desiree let out a laugh "Well blue's my favorite color.." she explained smiling at her unslytherin like response. It wasn't a rule that Slytherin's had to love the color green anyway. Suddenly Lila jumped up on her shoulder. Desiree didn't see a pet with Nora.. "Did you bring an animal?" she asked as her owl began chewing on her hair.

Ahh, Care of Magical Creatures. It was a class that she always enjoyed, even when she was getting attacked by giant spiders. Growing up on a farm, Em loved animals, and magical creatures were no different. Emmaleigh had left her common room with her pygmy puff in hand, and headed up to the owlery to retrieve her owl Yvaine. When she arrived up there, she had found her other owl Halt still there. He had shown up a couple of day ago with a letter from her parents. He was either resting up for his trip home, or he was upset about not being brought to hogwarts this term. "Halt, Yvaine" she said giving her sharp whistle. "We've got a class to get to."

Em had finally managed to get out of the castle, but it was a slow journey with two owls and a pygmy puff. She had ended up placing pintsize in her robes pocket where he usually lived anyways, and Halt found his usual perch on her shoulder. Yvaine had sat perched on her arm until Em exited the castle, and took then the bird took off the the sky. Knowing the owl would follow, she continued to the class. When she arrived, she greeted the professor with a cheery "Good morning Ma'am" and and then found a seat on one of the bean bags.

:claw:

Harvey walked into Care of Magical Creatures with his snowy owl on his arm and selected a bean bag and sat down, he looked around for someone but he did not see them so he settled down.

Salima walked into the grounds looking around at anyone. She felt as if she should of read the noticeboard carefully, as nearley everyone had brought their pet but she didn't mind because she didn't have a pet anyway.

Penny meandered down to the Core of Magical Creatures class with Dora hooting happily on her shoulder...

She was quite looking forward to this class, Magical creatures and their care and habits interested Penny greatly...

Sitting down on a comfy bean bag, she dropped her bag to the ground, Dora fluttered down onto her knee, pecking her pocket for some treats..

Penny thought that maybe she should introduce herself to the new teacher.. "Good morning Professor, I'm Penny Laughgood, second year Hufflepuff... and this here Snowy Owl, is Dora"

Spike skipped down to the first Care of Magical Creatures lessons, skidding to a halt as he reached the hut. He was usually excited by the prospect of a class involving creatures, but one that involved bringing your own pet had the signs of being awesome. Or in Spike's case, pets in plural.

With a grin and nod to the Professor, he bounded over to a blue bean bag and jumped onto it. His curls ruffled, as Matilda moved around upon his hair, wondering whether it was safe to explore. A tentative leg dropped on to his forehead, before it disappeared back into his unruly mess. Spike was joined by his other pets too - Killy and Kranky were safely in his pocket, away from any prowling furballs, whilst Sophie was hidden in his robes too. He'd get them out in his own time, if he wanted to.

"I'm sorry if that was rude," Nora started to mumble, and she had a feeling that Desiree wouldn't hear much of it. "I didn't mean it that way," she added with a smile. Nope, she most definitely didn't want to be rude and annoy her.

But soon enough, Nora thought about something else. An animal?

Oooooh.

That was when she had actually remembered that they were allowed to bring pets for the class. Good thing that Elijah was spending pretty much all his time in her pockets. She carefully took out the tiny, green lizard out of a pocket of her robes, but held him in both her hands, trying to shield him from Desiree's owl. She loved owls, and she had a feeling that they also loved lizards. "Meet Elijah," the girl grinned.

Let's just hope that Desiree won't think that she was weird, carrying her lizard in her pocket. He was the one that enjoyed it, after all.

:claw:

Harvey saw Penny and waved at her. "Hey Penny how are you?"

" Good morning " Willaim told the professor. Willaim is ready for COMC class.

Nora mumbled something that Desiree didn't quite catch, then she was apologizing. "Oh no it's fine, I thought it was funny" she said smiling, she was sitting on Ravenclaw's colors and right now they were winning, and Slytherin was losing..

Desiree watched as Nora pulled something out of her pocket. A lizard! "He's really cute" Desiree said happily. "Can I hold-" All of the sudden Lila lunged forward at Elijah... O__O "Lila no!" she called. Luckily she caught her right before she could attack the poor little lizard. Phew. "Bad Lila" she scolded the owl "Sorry.. she's just a little hungry." she explained giving the owl some treats.

Bring pets...huh? This was going to be a different class then? Actually Josh was hoping for a class about Unicorns so he would be seeing if the Professor had enough proof of their existence yet this was interesting too. Leaving his robe in the dormitory, on his bed next to the window, he checked the rest of his school uniform before making his way to the grounds with Lock (the one on the right) happily clinging on his left arm and the wild, disobedient, vicious Hotty in a cage. Of course, that bird would be in cage since she looked way angrier than ever when Josh had visited her in the owlery this morning so he had no idea what part of his body she'd consider breakfast this time.

Not to mention that it had been a great struggle to put her back in that cage...which Josh did not like to discuss about and which was the very reason of the fresh scratch on his right cheek. Eh. At least it stopped bleeding, for now, or not the Gryffindor did not know as he did not, again, check himself in a mirror before coming down to the grounds.

Once he arrived the Magical Creatures class area, he stopped, looked around and took a deep breath feeling grateful that the class was on the grounds.

''Hello, professor!''

Penny smiled over as Harvey said hey...."Hi Harvey, I'm great thanks, how bout you?"

Selina walked down to Care of Magical Creatures tiredly. She was not sure what Professor's obsession was with having class before 10 o'clock in the morning at the earliest, but she was not enjoying the waking up part of coming back to Hogwarts. Of course, she loved her classes, Professors, friends and food, but seriously, couldn't everyone stand to start their day just a tad later? It was super early and if she did not have one of her friends in her dorm waking her up everyday she would simply not get up, which would be a shame because she would miss breakfast.

Then she stumbled into CoMC and smiled at Professor McClane and said, " Morning Professor." Bright and early morning.

Phoenix walked in the CoMC classroom, her cats Kisa and Ebony at her heels, the class had been requested to bring their pets with them and with a sigh of relief, Phoenix noticed she wasn't the only one with more than one pet, Kisa and Ebony wouldn't go anywhere without each other and wouldn't stay at home while she was at school so she had had to bring them both.
'Hello Professor.' she greeted as she passed the desk and took a seat near the back of the classroom, Kisa leapt up onto her lap as Ebony proceeded to investigate his surroundings. She could see no one she knew but she hoped that she would make some new friends.

"I'm fine, your owl is cute"

Tori was pretty excited about this class. She loveeeeeeeeeed magical creatures and was hoping to one day acquire a baby unicorn of her own. But until then, she was happy just having a pygmy puff for a pet.

Skipping into class, the redheaded Slytherin picked out a pink beanbag chair and plopped down, giving the professor a friendly wave as she did so. "Hello Professor! I am SO excited for your class!"

She even clapped a little, as if to prove her point. Heehe!

School bag slung over one of her shoulders, hair in a loose ponytail, and Perseus perched gracefully on her shoulder, the Puff prefect made her way down to the new creature professor's hut. She'd forgotten to visit this one, which was surprising considering this was her most favorite class, but Arya supposed she could meet this one after the lesson or whenever else she made her way out to the stables.

"Morning professor." She murmured, sparing the woman the faintest of smiles as her eyes wandered around for a free seat. Hm. Well she wasn't sitting beside Chicken Girl and her little zoo, Arya picked a bean bag close to the professor, completely ignoring the table, and settled into it with her kneazle.

Sarah was quite looking forward to this class. She loved animals, and animals tended to like her. She was indeed excited to meet new and magical animals. She supposed that they might like her as much as other animals. But, then again, they were magical animals and maybe they would hate her. What did she know?

She rifled through her bag randomly, wondering if she would need her gloves for this lesson.

Looking up from her bag, she decided she was bored with waiting. She glanced around. Might as well meet some new people... and that boy looked as good as any.

"Hey," she she said, walking up to him and giving her usual charasmatic grin, "Do you mind if I sit with you?"

At the sound of a squeak Kennedy turned to the beanbag next to him. It was little Harlow...and she was wearing a tiara. "Hey there Princess Harlow," he said with a grin and then feeling stupid for saying that out loud. "How are yah today?" For some odd reason the boy wanted to touch her hair.


At the corner of his eye Kennedy spotted a girl that was apparently waving at him. It was him, right? He waved back, but then his green eyes connected with the cat's. Was it going to bite him or something?

Smiling, Thea looked down as the boy spotted her cat. Wah. Putting her hand infront of Maleficent's eyes she shrugged in apology. Maybe she should keep away from people this lesson.. to avoid any injuries.

Picking the cat up, she plonked her back on her lap so she wasn't facing anyone else. Sigh..

Nate had sat down on a blue bean bag chair with his brown-feathered elf owl, Elijah. He smiled up at the happy looking creature that was perched on his shoulder, remembering that Pam had named him. Nate turned back to face the professor, squinting at the sun, and wondered when she was going to begin addressing the class.

Jayden saw that Nathan had come to class. He seemed to be avoiding her lately. "Hey!" She called out to him, waving him over towards her.

From her beanbag Phoenix had a pretty good view of everyone around her without drawing too much attention to herself and she had just spotted a girl desperately trying to get her owl to behave and stifled some laughter. She also noticed that Ebony, who had decided he wanted a good look around his surroundings, was making a beeline for aforementionned girl and her owl.

With a cry of 'Ebony no!' Phoenix leapt from her beanbag, depositing Kisa uncermoniously on the floor and rushed over, scooping her cat up just as he reached out a paw to bat playfully at the edge of the girls robe.
'I'm so sorry, he doesn't usually like strangers.' she apologised, afraid that she was about to get told off for not controlling her cat.

Orchid looked around the class wondering if Lauren was here yet or not, wanting to sit beside somebody she knew, but she couldn't see her due to the fact that she had forgotten wear contacts that day. Guess I should put my glasses on. She thought to herself as she reached into her backpack for them. She went to sit instead of stand like she had been for the whole day previous when her owl, Alfred , that sat perched on her shoulder began to protest as did her pigmy puff, Kaya, that sat in her hands. "Fine, you guys win." She muttered.

OOC: I just want to mention that Orchid didn't arrive late, she was just standing and was wanting to sit and look for her friend.

Violet skipped down to the grounds with a grin on her face enjoying the nice whether of late summer and early autumn. "Good Morning Professor." she said with a big toothy grin not feeling as nervous about her classes after her first few

Kita looked around at all the people there and their pets. It was kind of weird. She was used to seeing people around but she wasn't used to seeing them with their pets. Never had she seen so many cats in one area! Grey cats, cute little cats, cats running towards her, cats who-

Wait... WHAT?!

o_O

Why was the cat running towards her?! Had she DONE something to the cat?!

Too stunned to say anything for once, Kita instead turned to the young girl who had leapt out of nowhere to scoop her cat away. She reached up a shaking hand and petted her hooting owl. No need to add to the drama right? Kita could do that on her own.

She turned to the girl and let a small smile take over her face. "It's fine," she said, "As long as he doesn't attack me, i'll be happy."

... Was that last bit even needed?

"Er... nice to meet you kitty cat," she whispered, smiling down at the cat. Maybe then it won't attack her...?

Harlow giggled at his greeting. "Its not real. I've got a real one but its locked up in my vault." she explained. She bounced on the chair and giggled again. At least it was fun. "I'm alright, my tummy settled down after that broom ride. So I'm right as rain today." she smiled brightly at him.

There were two reasons why Sammy was here. One: OWLs! She had to be prepared! And two: She had been allowed to bring her cat, who was seated on her lap but since arriving there had been another reason. THERE WAS FOOD. And since the house elves weren't letting them into the kitchens anymore she was practically dying from starvation between meals and had been eating extra to fill her up. But she was a little afraid to touch the food because some of it smelt like the stuff she fed her cat. As much as she liked food she wasn't about to eat cat food.

She had another pet as well, Hayden her purple pygmy puff, but she had decided against bringing him because he had been all cute and sleepy and adorableness. So had Moggy but Sammy had picked her cat up anyway. So there she sat. The blonde Whovian and her kitty cat, waiting for the class to start.

Lysandra continued to pet Stein when she heard footsteps of more students arriving for class. She looked up to see Sarah, who was digging through her bag and the girl she met on the train. Violet, if she remembered correctly and she had a big grin on her face. Hey Sarah! Violet! she said, waving her hands at the two first years. Today felt like a great day. It wasn't too hot. In fact, to Lysandra, it felt like the beginning of Fall.

Phoenix smiled in relief that the elder girl wasn't angry with her 'I'm really am so sorry, Ebony as soft as anything, wouldn't hurt a fly, he tends to keep away from people he doesn't know, you don't have any food or anything in your pockets do you, he's a bit of a greedy guts.' she gently moved Ebony so that he was draped across the back of her neck, his favourite postion and he immedietly started to purr, rubbing his face against hers.

Penny looked down at Dora and smiled...

"Thanks Harvey, her name is Dora and she is a Snowy Owl", Penny gave Harvey some treats so he could give them to Dora..

"Here give some of these, and you'll have a friend for life", Penny chuckled.

Wouldn't hurt a fly? Now Kita liked the sound of that! Any animal that wouldn't hurt a fly was an animal she could get along with! She smiled in return at the younger girl. She was polite, yes. And-

Wait... Did she have food?

Kita tried her hardest not to giggle. She ALWAYS had food. More specifically, chocolate frogs. Teehee! Now wasn't this interesting? "Your cat has a good sense of smell," she said, before dropping her voice to that of a whisper, "I have chocolate frogs in my pocket." Unwrapped, of course.

Introductions no? "Er, i'm Kita, Kita Lewis. And this," she held up a hand to fluff her owl's feathers, "is Alaska, my owl."

Kennedy gave the girl an apologetic grin. He didn't mean to just stare at the cat, it was just that he wasn't used to being around animals. The closest he's been to one was a pigeon that was casually flying by in his home town.


A real one? "Like one made of real gold and diamonds?" he asked. And, she had a vault? Geez. Kennedy's possessions varied from his worn out messenger bag to his almost brand new shoes.

He smiled back at Harlow. She sure seemed ready for class. "You rode a broom?" Wasn't that dangerous for someone her size. Not even he would try to ride a broom...at least not yet.

'Yep, can smell food a mile away this one.' said Phoenix with a fond smile at the black cat who was now playing with her hair.

'I'm Phoenix Talisman, you've met Ebony and that indignant looking ball of tortoiseshell fluff on the blue beanbag over there is Kisa.' she said, pointing back in the direction she had come from, Kisa, upon hearing his name, looked up and fixed Phoenix with an annoyed look before letting out a loud indignant 'MEOW'

'Oh hush you, I said I was sorry.' Phoenix shook her head 'Pets, who have them?' she joked looking back at Kita 'Your owl really is beautiful.' she added as she studied the creature sitting on the older girls shoulder.

Nessie leaned into Sammy, smiling at the look on her face as she stared at the food. "I think it's supposed to be tuna. I'm not a fan of it myself." Nessie scrunched her face up just thinking about it. Shaking out of her trance she held out her hand. "I don't think we've met yet. I'm Nessie Masen. And you are?"

Maddy arrived to CoMC, lugging Jinx in her cage. She paused when she saw the array of bean bag chairs set up for everyone to sit in. She chose a bright blue one near the middle of the group. She set the cage down beside her, considering giving Jinx her own chair. Yes, she took her pet out of her cage and set her down on a compfy lime green bean bag. Sure beats some cramped up old cage. Maddy was not going to get lemonade and cookies this time, after what happened at the Slytherin house meeting, she learned her lesson on that one.

August had been sitting in his bean bag chair and had been looking around at the other children and their pets. He saw many owls and some cats here and there but Bruce his pet box turtle, who was pretty old, was definately his favorite.

The Gryffindor watched his turtle munch on a piece of grass as he waited for the Professor to begin the lesson.

Animal misbehavior.
 

Aurora was watching the other pets, knowing full well that Salvatore was likely to run after one of them. She held the red lizard in two hands, just to make sure he didn't run off. Sage, however, didn't like the fact he wasn't getting any attention and hopped onto her lap, startling her so that she loosened her grip on the salamander. Spotting his chance, Salvatore leapt off her lap and off to her left...

She eased Sage off her lap and gazed around to find Sal... honestly, having them both in the same place was dangerous. She looked to the Professor, hoping she wouldn't get in trouble for her lizard's behavior. "Um, excuse me, everyone... has anybody seen my salamander..? He's bright red..." she asked the class. Sage seemed to lose interest and flew off to sit on the roof of the hut. Such a show off. Probably for the best...

Minerva didn't bring a pet to school and since she wasn't allowed to bring her dog she didn't think she wanted a pet at school, but now seeing all these other pets it made her miss her dog more, plus she wanted to get an Owl of her own. She turned to Harvey and stuck out her arm. "Come on Mr. Frost come see me for a little bit." Harvey wouldn't mind sharing his Owl at least for class anyways.

Nika moved around awkwardly in her pink bean bag. Everyone here had a pet, well everyone except Nika. Sort of. Her parents didn't let her get a pet. Not for this term, not last term, not even her first year. They think she's not responsible enough. Sure maybe she accidentally lost her friends pet frog that she was frog sitting for a week, but in her defense that was last year! Nika's thirteen now, and that means she's a responsible teenager. She deserves a pet. HMPH.

So instead of bringing a real pet she brought Bun-Bun who is very much real to her. Nika may not have a cat, frog, or a... salamander? Huh Aurora a salamander? But Nika has a Bun-Bun. HA. Nika let her thoughts wander as she looked around. Now to wait for class to finally begin because these beanbags are suddenly feeling real uncomfortable.

Stella had perched herself on one of the beanbags along with Lyra in her lap and her bag pulled up as close to her as possible. Her kitten was getting settled in, so was looking around like she was anticipating entertainment, and Stella simply wanted to be prepared. Especially if any real magical creatures were going to arrive, since so far it was just everyone's pets like requested. Plus, she hadn't forgotten the pixie incident in Herbology, and didn't want Professor McClane thinking she didn't have control.

It seemed others weren't quite as nervous about class, and she glanced over at the Slytherin girl in concern. "A bright red salamander?," she verified, shifting Lyra's position on her lap to look at the ground. "Kind of like your hair?" Hadn't the salamander been in the girl's hair earlier, after all? It didn't really matter, though, and after a moment she saw movement near the picnic table. "Is he over there?," she asked, pointing. She'd definitely seen red over there.

Jesifur was excited for her first care of magical creatures lesson. She walked over to a bright yellow beanbag set her things down to the side and flopped down.

WHAT. How did people always manage to surprise her when they started talking to her? She wasn't that easily surprised, was she? GOSH. Tuna? As much as Sammy claimed she loved all food, tuna was not one of those things she particularly preferred. She would eat with like sushi or something but that was about it. Another Nessie? Seriously? This was going to get confusing.

"I don't think we have, it's a pleasure to meet you Nessie. I'm Sammy Star and this is Moggy, though we're supposed to keep chatting to a minimum so" she said, putting a finger on her lip once she had finished. Hufflepuff was at -49 she didn't want to stay there or go down further, so being quiet it was.

A mile away? "Merlin's beard!" she whispered, looking at the cat, her eyes growing a little wider, "Your cat is... is... magical!" ... Yes, ok fine, she couldn't find a better word for it.

Phoenix! Interesting name! "Nice to meet you Phoenix," she said smiling at the girl before turning to her cats, "Hi Ebony, Kisa." PLEASE DON'T HURT ME!

Ahem!

Maybe she needed to calm down...

Wait... was that a meow? Kita tried her hardest not to squeal. That. Was the cutest. Sound. Ever! "They're so cute!" she said, her voice going slightly high pitched. At least she wasn't squealing for what seemed like the hundredth time that day.

She couldn't help but giggle at Phoenix's comment. "I know, one minute you love them and the next, you want to get as far away from them as possible," she said, shaking her head at her owl. Yes, Alaska, i'm looking at you! Wait... Beautiful? And Alaska? "Thanks!" she said, fluffing her owl's feathers.

Jez peered into the jars, wondering what they'd be doing today. CoMC was the class she was really looking forward to!

"Hi Jez, did you bring Rowena? This is my owl, Avis," The barn owl gave MJ's friend a hello hoot.

"Um, yeah. He likes to hide there." she said, automatically putting her hand to her shoulder where he usually sat.

Oh... where..? She followed the girl's point to the foot of the picnic table... "Thank you!" she said, running over to look.


Hmm... red... RED!! THERE! She pounced, putting her hands over the flash of colour. "GOTCHA!" She raised her hands to her face, peering between her fingers... "Right, Sal. You. Behave. Right. Now." she hissed at him. The little red lizard looked at her, innocently. "Don't give me that look. I've told you time and again to stop running off after other animals."

IDIOT thing. He'd probably spotted a mouse or something... She went to sit back down, pulling a little wooden box from her pocket. It was full of crickets - dead of course. She took one out and put it on her knee, putting the box back in her pocket. The lizard scuttled towards the cricket and snapped it up then, content, curled up on the palm of her hand.

Nessie's eyes widened and she looked at Sammy apologetically and mouthed 'Sorry' and brought her finger to her mouth mymicing Sammy's movement. Nessie then turned to Kamilah - her owl - and started stroking her feathers waiting for the class to start.

Phoenix smiled, Kita was by far the most excitable older student she had ever met and it was a breath of fresh air to all the the other older students who seemed to think talking to younger students was a waste of their time.

'Yeah my cats are probably the softest animals on the planet, there's nothing they like better than curling up on your lap and falling asleep, well Ebony's very food orientated as well, always looking for where his next item of food will come from, but then I wouldn't change them for the world.' she said, bending to fuss Kisa who had vacated his beanbag to demand attention.

India was sitting cross-legged on one of the beanbags - sinking in move and more with the slight movement of petting her little Ginger. Ginger - her kitty, was her best friend. She loved her so very much - and she'd gotten the name by partly the color of her fur and the fact she'd eaten her mothers ginger pie as a kitten. Silly little tiger-girl.

Everyone's pets looked so adorable. She smiled, as she pet Ginger.

Ginger yawned - mewing slightly. Play I want to play.

Orchid smiled as she saw her puppy, Fetta, running around on the grass in front of her, never going to far, just having some fun.

"Lysandra right?" Violet said grinning. "It's nice to talk with you again." she said brightly no longer the extremely shy and nervous girl from the train now she was just happy and bubbly.

A turtle was munching on the soft grass just a few inches away from the spot where Eris was seated. Sure she loved her little brat-prince of a kneazle, Cat, who sat smugly by her side, with his chest puffed out, but the turtle was just so....adorable.

Trying to keep her greyish-blue eyes focused and ready for the lesson, she used what ever periphial version the young witch would be graced with to watch it nibble...like the creeper she must seem to be.

"Hello!" Nate said back, picking up his beanbag (Mine! he thought) and moving it next to Jayden's. "How have you been?"

Sitting on her red bean bag chair, her owl Nymeria on her shoulder, Kynthia waited patiently for the class to start. She really loved all kinds of animals and couldn't stop gigling at one girl's puppy playing at the grass. It was so adorable! The momment she approached the Proffessor's hut earlier, she couldn't help but want to approach every single pet. Nymeria was kind of a bossy owl though and got jealous every time she showed affection to any other pet than her. She still loved her owl though in spite of her being so grouchy all the time.

Kita smiled back at Phoenix. Albeit, the girl was shorter than her most people were but she was still really nice. And she didn't think Kita was scary which was a win-win situation, right? But then again, she didn't know what year Kita was in. Maybe that should be kept a secret...

Softest animals? Curl up? N'aww! Now wasn't that just CUTE? It kind of made her wonder why she didn't get a cat herself. Wait... a food orientated cat? Kita let out a giggle. "I think i'll get along really well with Ebony then," she said, forgetting about the fact that Ebony was the one who had attacked her, "They're both cute. No wonder you love them so much!" Maybe this was a sign that she should show more love to her owl? ... Nah!

Harlow reached and pulled a sleeping Legalos out of her bag. The tiny Persian white cat yawned and snuggled in Harlow's lap. She gave her ca a little kiss on the top of her head. "No the one I have is made of goblin silver and diamonds." A gold tiara? She wrinkled her nose at the thought.

She smiled at him as she pulled out a brush to groom her little kitty. "Yeah I'm trying out for the quidditch team so I figured I should learn how to fly first." she informed him.

Bella is modeled after my own cat! <3
 

Marilyn realized it might have seemed hypocritical of her to have a cat, considering the bad blood between herself and Walnut...but her cat was special. Both of her pets were special...

Anyhow, she was just sitting there with Bella, curled up on her lap...and Isis, perched on her shoulder. She wondered vaguely when they would begin...The blonde had owls to write and send out, had some catalog shopping to do...

*sigh*

Isis: I cannot believe this girl has brought me out here...

Phoenix laughed 'They're cute when they want to be, especially if it means they gain something from it and they'll love anyone, Ebony can be a bit nervous at first, but once he gets to know you he's the most affectionate cat in the world and Kisa will just become anyone's friend for life if he was given a chance.'

Feeling rude for standing over Kita, Phoenix had taken the beanbag next to her and now had Kisa seated contentedly on her lap and Ebony peering out from underneath her hair, the cat was the exact same colour as Phoenix's hair so all that could be seen were a pair of emerald green eyes regarding the room around him once more.

As Chloe sat there waiting patiently for the class to begin she looked at her cat. She never liked cats much but this one seemed to be nice. She didnt want to brig a toad as she didnt like them and she wasnt bringing a rat as she was slightly afraid of them. So she had a cat.
She stroked the cat as it sat beside her.

Danielle entered the room, she was looking around seraching for one of her friends. She figured none of them came to this class so she sighed as she took a sit besides a girl with a cat. She couldn't help but to stare at the cat, oh how she loved them "how cute!" Danielle said as she automatically petted the cat, it was only when the cat started purring that she fiigured what she was doing so she pulled her hand away quickly "I'm really sorry! i did it without noticing" she said while laughing nervously your cat is really cute and i just love cute things, specially cute animals" She said while smiling at her "I'm Danielle Richards, nice to meet you"

:claw:

Harvey accepted the treats and fed them to Dora. Then he pointed to his snowy owl sat on his shoulder "This here is my snowy owl Frost." He fed Frost a treat.

Victoria arrived at the Care of Magical Creatures lesson in an awfully excited mood. She is too curious of what they're going to learn today. She's getting all her hopes on to be learning about some graceful animals like..unicorns!

"Good morning professor." greeted Victoria as she took a seat...on the grass? She looked uncertainly at the ground. Then quickly went dusting off the grass before sitting down.

CoMC was probably the most exciting class Jordan looked forward to. He didn't know what to expect, seeing he didn't attend this wonderful class last year, so he grabbed a seat in a neat-round looking beanbag, and placed his bag of books to his right side while looking around to see any fellow Gryffindor Friends. While looking he noticed that it was actually his first time, that he caught himself a break. Man was he busy, they should just call him Busy Kobe, because he was more than busy! "Good day, Professor." Jordan said to his CoMC Professor as he started to get comfortable in his bean bag.

OOC: Something came up. I'm temporarily closing the lesson for a little bit to keep the chatter down until I can get a reply in, the lesson will continue tonight ;)