Lily walked up towards the area near the forest for the Care of Magical Creatures class. She took Blueberry out from under her arm and placed the pygmy puff down gently in the enclosure. Walking over toward the logs, Lily greeted the professor. "Hello Professor Williamson. How are you today? It's really nice out today." After saying hello, Lily wandered over to an empty log and took a seat, placing her bag on the ground in front of her.

Selena skipped to the the Care of Magical Creatures lesson with a bright smile on her face, and pygmy puff on her head. "Hellooooo Professor W!" Selena chirped, beaming as she popped a jelly bean in her mouth. Because they were colorful and yummy. Except the boogie flavored ones. And the vomit. And the nasty ones. She looked at the little enclosure that was there. Why were they putting the pygmy puffs together?! Was the professor going to FEED the pygmy puffs to other creatures? SLOWLY and HESITANTLY, Selena plucked the little purple ball of pure FLUFF known as Kent off of her head and placed it... in the pen. "We're not going to be feeding the pygmy puffs to weird animals, right?" Selena asked the professor as she took a seat as CLOSE to the pygmy puffs as possible. Because just in case... Selena would be able to snatch Kent and RUN.

Trav made his way down to Forbidden Forest's edge. Which meant, only one of two things... they were either about to receive a very interesting class, or they were being teased and Mister Professor was just going to take them to somewhere with flobberworms. Travis hoped to merlin that the former was true.

With his new packet of moustaches that just arrived, trav made sure he wore his finest for this class. The moustache was neatly placed on his face, and Travis held himself like a right, proper gentleman. Dropping the pygmy puff into the bin, Travis moved to take a seat.

He gave the man a nod and said "How do you do, my dear Professor." Travis' voice tried to become as sir like as possible. He was Lord Travis Joseph Gordon, the fanciest sir ever to walk these ground. Wait did someone say, feed the pygmy puffs TO the creatures.

YES! Trav's Gentleman-like demeanor may have to be sacraficed for today... he needed room for the barbaric blood rituals!

Evelyn wouldn't have attended Willy's class if it wasn't for the fact that she had to return little Samwise. Professor over-obsessed with his animals. Heh. Carrying the adorable little Samwise in her hand, she walked over to the barn.

"Aw, I'm really going to miss you, bud." She petted him for a moment, before she placed him in the enclosure.

The girl walked back over to where Willy was sitting. "Professor." Evelyn muttered in greeting before she wandered over to one of the logs nearby and sat down, her eyes on the ground. She wondered what was in store for them. Something weird, probably.

Ellie was....unsure about attending. Simply because she was being lazy and moody and blah blah blah. She just didn't feel like DOING much. Especially LEARNING. Especially especially learning a lesson that she wasn't even positive she wanted to continue to learn.

But here she was.

She even took a seat pretty near Williamson. "Hi." That was her greeting.

"Hey, Professor!" The prefect grinned at him as she bounced over to the wooden enclosure, giving MO a little pat pat before placing her with the pygmy puffs. It really was a niiiice day out, and the seventh year had plans for it, after this lesson of course. Right now her only focus was to find a good seat and ready herself for some learning.

She chose one closest to him, but also close to the sanctuary, which wasn't nearly as close as she wanted it to be. But maybe, maaaaaaaaybe, something would slip out and come over for pets or something. She could hope. Heh.

Emrys sighed, standing back from the class a few paces. Semi-circle. He hated semi-circle seating. You couldn't hide, someone was always looking at you and, given that they were logs, well, he was bound to end up on the dirt, having fallen off.

Oh, great. And there was that girl - Ellie? - from that enchantment seminar. He walked over slowly, trying to decide whether to sit near her, and not have to look at her, or far away but have to deal with her being able to see him. Near the professor? Or right across?

There was no hiding here! Emrys stood, looking rather stupidly at the semi-circle, trying to figure out which seat would panic him the least.

Heading down to the next CoMC lesson, Stella was hyper aware of Nuage humming on her shoulder like the puff had been pretty much all week. Excpet for lessons and when she'd been asleep, of course, because getting in trouble would have hurt her chances of being able to maybe keep the pygmy puff. Even if she wasn't about to ask Professor Williamson yet. It was hard to go over to the little pygmy puff enclosure, though. "I'm just going to be over here," she said quietly to the pale lavender creature as she picked it up and set it among the other puffs already there. "You can play with your friends, while I go to class, and maybe we'll be able to spend time together again later." That was entirely going to be determined by if she could get up the courage to ask, after all, and something told her that hinged on what happened during the lesson.

Turning back from the enclosure, she returned to the area set up for the lesson and gave the professor a smile. "Hello Professor Williamson," she replied. He seemed to be in an awfully good mood, which oddly unnerved her a little. Especially as close to the forest as they were, with all the rumors of creatures escaping and wandering the castle grounds this term. She couldn't really blame the Slytherin prefect for worrying that they were going to be feeding the pygmy puffs to something. She wasn't going to ask, though. That just felt like it would hurt her chances for other things.

Momotaro II sat proudly on Kurumi's shoulders after having bathed once again in pumpkin soup at breakfast. Kurumi had nearly missed her morning lessons thanks to the little guy, but she had somehow managed to get him cleaned up and decent without having to sprint too quickly through the castle to reach the grounds.

As she approached Professor Williamson, she heard him explain that they should drop their pygmy puffs off. That sounded like they were throwing away old socks and...well...Kurumi just didn't like that image. Momotaro II cooed on her shoulder and snuggled closer to her ear as if to say DON'T THROW ME AWAY! However, as Kurumi approached the enclosure and saw that there were other pygmy puffs rolling around, she knew she had to let him go. "Thank you for the week, Momotaro II," she whispered, giving the little guy a kiss on the head. "You...be...safe..." Because she would be coming back to visit him later. With that...she set him down in the enclosure and watched him roll off, her bottom lip quivering at the site.

Kurumi then made her way over to the logs and sat down with an obviously depressed expression on her face. She missed her pygmy puff already. Sorry, Professor Williamson, no greeting for you today unless a frown counted.

Alyssa walked up and saw the Professor sitting on a wooden stool. She saw that a wooden enclosure had been set up for Pygmy Puffs. Alyssa gulped. She didn't want to return Nerfball and was going to ask the Professor whether she could keep him. But she figured that she would put him in there for safekeeping until class was over and then she would go back and retrieve him and then ask the Professor at that time. So for now she walked over to the enclosure and slowly lowered Nerfball to join his friends. "I'll see you after class okay, Nerball. I'll miss you."Alyssa sadly waved at him before going up to the Professor.

"Hello Professor Williamson. It's a great day to be outdoors isn't it?" Alyssa smiled at the Professor before picking a log to sit on.

After taking care of Doyle the pygmy puff for a time (and keeping him safe from the antics of Corvin) it seemed odd thinking of returning the creature to its rightful home. Oh well...it wasn't as if he was much of a pet person besides his familiar and those of his family. And there would probably be an argument at home that Cleo, Watson and Corvin were anything but pets.

Entering the COMC area ready for class, Gideon spotted the professor and the corral where the other pygmy puff resided. "Good day professor," he greeted with a polite nod, before moving to do as he was asked. "Here ye go," he said picking up the red puff from his spot and lowering him down to be amongst his fellows before straightening up. The 5th year then moved off to take a seat in the semi-circle ready for the lesson and curious what would behold them today.

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Lily walked up towards the area near the forest for the Care of Magical Creatures class. She took Blueberry out from under her arm and placed the pygmy puff down gently in the enclosure. Walking over toward the logs, Lily greeted the professor. "Hello Professor Williamson. How are you today? It's really nice out today." After saying hello, Lily wandered over to an empty log and took a seat, placing her bag on the ground in front of her.

"Hello Lily," Williamson greeted the Ravenclaw with a nod. "I'm doing FANTASTIC! It IS nice outside, you know? We'll enjoy the weather in class today, don't worry about it."

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Selena skipped to the the Care of Magical Creatures lesson with a bright smile on her face, and pygmy puff on her head. "Hellooooo Professor W!" Selena chirped, beaming as she popped a jelly bean in her mouth. Because they were colorful and yummy. Except the boogie flavored ones. And the vomit. And the nasty ones. She looked at the little enclosure that was there. Why were they putting the pygmy puffs together?! Was the professor going to FEED the pygmy puffs to other creatures? SLOWLY and HESITANTLY, Selena plucked the little purple ball of pure FLUFF known as Kent off of her head and placed it... in the pen. "We're not going to be feeding the pygmy puffs to weird animals, right?" Selena asked the professor as she took a seat as CLOSE to the pygmy puffs as possible. Because just in case... Selena would be able to snatch Kent and RUN.

William chuckled at the sight of the pygmy puff enthusiast, Selena. "You don't have to drop Kent off in there," he told her slowly, moving over to the enclosure and plucking the purple puff right out of there. "I only wanted the pygmy puffs your classmates had borrowed from me."

He handed her her puff back and shook his head with a little sigh. "No no no...... we will NEVER feed pygmy puffs to any other creatures, Selena. Not in my class." How many times did he have to go over that with her? Silly child.

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Trav made his way down to Forbidden Forest's edge. Which meant, only one of two things... they were either about to receive a very interesting class, or they were being teased and Mister Professor was just going to take them to somewhere with flobberworms. Travis hoped to merlin that the former was true.

With his new packet of moustaches that just arrived, trav made sure he wore his finest for this class. The moustache was neatly placed on his face, and Travis held himself like a right, proper gentleman. Dropping the pygmy puff into the bin, Travis moved to take a seat.

He gave the man a nod and said "How do you do, my dear Professor." Travis' voice tried to become as sir like as possible. He was Lord Travis Joseph Gordon, the fanciest sir ever to walk these ground. Wait did someone say, feed the pygmy puffs TO the creatures.

YES! Trav's Gentleman-like demeanor may have to be sacraficed for today... he needed room for the barbaric blood rituals!

Not sure how to react to the mustache, William just pretended like it was an everyday occurrence. "I am doing well, my good student, sir, how are you?" He wondered if he should bust out his life-size Albus Dumbledore replica beard for today's lesson?

Nah, it'd just get in the way. Next class!

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Evelyn wouldn't have attended Willy's class if it wasn't for the fact that she had to return little Samwise. Professor over-obsessed with his animals. Heh. Carrying the adorable little Samwise in her hand, she walked over to the barn.

"Aw, I'm really going to miss you, bud." She petted him for a moment, before she placed him in the enclosure.

The girl walked back over to where Willy was sitting. "Professor." Evelyn muttered in greeting before she wandered over to one of the logs nearby and sat down, her eyes on the ground. She wondered what was in store for them. Something weird, probably.

Hmmph. One of THE Hufflepufs. William's eyes narrowed at the girl sitting down and nodded stiffly to her greeting. No words, just a nod. That's all the acknowledgment she deserved.

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Ellie was....unsure about attending. Simply because she was being lazy and moody and blah blah blah. She just didn't feel like DOING much. Especially LEARNING. Especially especially learning a lesson that she wasn't even positive she wanted to continue to learn.

But here she was.

She even took a seat pretty near Williamson. "Hi." That was her greeting.

"'Lo," was Williamson's greeting back to the redheaded quidditch captain. Yup.

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"Hey, Professor!" The prefect grinned at him as she bounced over to the wooden enclosure, giving MO a little pat pat before placing her with the pygmy puffs. It really was a niiiice day out, and the seventh year had plans for it, after this lesson of course. Right now her only focus was to find a good seat and ready herself for some learning.

She chose one closest to him, but also close to the sanctuary, which wasn't nearly as close as she wanted it to be. But maybe, maaaaaaaaybe, something would slip out and come over for pets or something. She could hope. Heh.

"Hey, Arya!" William cheered up a bit to see a normal, enthusiastic HUFFLEPUFF in his class. Good riddance to the ones like EVELYN the LOBALUG THIEF.

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Heading down to the next CoMC lesson, Stella was hyper aware of Nuage humming on her shoulder like the puff had been pretty much all week. Excpet for lessons and when she'd been asleep, of course, because getting in trouble would have hurt her chances of being able to maybe keep the pygmy puff. Even if she wasn't about to ask Professor Williamson yet. It was hard to go over to the little pygmy puff enclosure, though. "I'm just going to be over here," she said quietly to the pale lavender creature as she picked it up and set it among the other puffs already there. "You can play with your friends, while I go to class, and maybe we'll be able to spend time together again later." That was entirely going to be determined by if she could get up the courage to ask, after all, and something told her that hinged on what happened during the lesson.

Turning back from the enclosure, she returned to the area set up for the lesson and gave the professor a smile. "Hello Professor Williamson," she replied. He seemed to be in an awfully good mood, which oddly unnerved her a little. Especially as close to the forest as they were, with all the rumors of creatures escaping and wandering the castle grounds this term. She couldn't really blame the Slytherin prefect for worrying that they were going to be feeding the pygmy puffs to something. She wasn't going to ask, though. That just felt like it would hurt her chances for other things.

His head swiveling toward the sound of a humming pygmy puff, William smiled at the sight of another Ravenclaw. Well well, look which House decided to show up at last!

"Hello, Ms. Gardiner," he greeted the girl back with a little wave.

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Momotaro II sat proudly on Kurumi's shoulders after having bathed once again in pumpkin soup at breakfast. Kurumi had nearly missed her morning lessons thanks to the little guy, but she had somehow managed to get him cleaned up and decent without having to sprint too quickly through the castle to reach the grounds.

As she approached Professor Williamson, she heard him explain that they should drop their pygmy puffs off. That sounded like they were throwing away old socks and...well...Kurumi just didn't like that image. Momotaro II cooed on her shoulder and snuggled closer to her ear as if to say DON'T THROW ME AWAY! However, as Kurumi approached the enclosure and saw that there were other pygmy puffs rolling around, she knew she had to let him go. "Thank you for the week, Momotaro II," she whispered, giving the little guy a kiss on the head. "You...be...safe..." Because she would be coming back to visit him later. With that...she set him down in the enclosure and watched him roll off, her bottom lip quivering at the site.

Kurumi then made her way over to the logs and sat down with an obviously depressed expression on her face. She missed her pygmy puff already. Sorry, Professor Williamson, no greeting for you today unless a frown counted.

Kurumi also got a wave, and a bit of a stare, since she didn't seem her usual bubbly self today. Interesting....

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Alyssa walked up and saw the Professor sitting on a wooden stool. She saw that a wooden enclosure had been set up for Pygmy Puffs. Alyssa gulped. She didn't want to return Nerfball and was going to ask the Professor whether she could keep him. But she figured that she would put him in there for safekeeping until class was over and then she would go back and retrieve him and then ask the Professor at that time. So for now she walked over to the enclosure and slowly lowered Nerfball to join his friends. "I'll see you after class okay, Nerball. I'll miss you."Alyssa sadly waved at him before going up to the Professor.

"Hello Professor Williamson. It's a great day to be outdoors isn't it?" Alyssa smiled at the Professor before picking a log to sit on.

"It is a FANTASTIC day to be outdoors!" William clasped his hands together loosely and smiled over at Alyssa, "and we're going to learn LOTS about the creatures of the great outdoors today!"

He'd just let the last few stragglers trickle into class before beginning... oh, there was something of a straggler now.

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After taking care of Doyle the pygmy puff for a time (and keeping him safe from the antics of Corvin) it seemed odd thinking of returning the creature to its rightful home. Oh well...it wasn't as if he was much of a pet person besides his familiar and those of his family. And there would probably be an argument at home that Cleo, Watson and Corvin were anything but pets.

Entering the COMC area ready for class, Gideon spotted the professor and the corral where the other pygmy puff resided. "Good day professor," he greeted with a polite nod, before moving to do as he was asked. "Here ye go," he said picking up the red puff from his spot and lowering him down to be amongst his fellows before straightening up. The 5th year then moved off to take a seat in the semi-circle ready for the lesson and curious what would behold them today.

"Hello, Gideon," William nodded toward the Gryffindor. He smiled to see the red pygmy puff blending right in with his peers and then glanced down at his watch.

"Just a few more minutes.................." It was like William was waiting for a sign or something. Ha. What a silly thought.

Jory headed off to CoMC with Furball on his shoulder. "Hello, Professor Williamson,'' he said before going over to put his Puff with the others. "Bye Furball!'' He petted the creature before going off to take a seat on one of the wooden logs.

Daichi thought that the third lesson would be in the barn as well. But he was surprised when he saw the students hanging outside and followed them until he saw the professor and a *classroom* outdoors. Not that he minded because he was more of an outdoors person anyway. Ducky Duck was on his shoulder and seemed to be sleeping. Her fur was going up and down softly and when Daichi heard they needed to give them back he froze. He stared at the professor. "sir?" he asked and looked at his sleeping pygmy puff. "Does it mean that if we place the Puff in there we are giving it back or...or... Is it just so we can move freely and can take them back with us after class?" because Daichi was getting really fond of his little Ducky Duck. And just in case they were for sending back he quickly added: " i-i-'ll pay for her!" not that he had any money with him right now...

So still with Ducky Duck sleeping on his shoulder he waited for an answer from the professor before he would place her with the others.

Glenn carried her pygmy puff, Elliot, on her shoulder as she head down to the Forbidden forest. Shiver. She had her hair in a semi neat ponytail that hung over her shoulder, not yet too frizzy but it would bound to become so in the spring heat.

Walking over to the wooden enclosure, Glenn gave a small kiss on the top of his her pygmy puff's head and dropped her in the enclosure gently, "Bye Elliot."

She walked over to the wooden logs and gave a smile to the professor, "Hello." she sat down on one of the wooden logs and looked hesitantly towards the forest. That was where all of those creepy creatures had been coming from. She loved forests, not quite the creatures in this one. ESPECIALLY, the spiders, the giant spider. Eww.

Ella carried Barnabus on her shoulder, walking down to the edge of the forbidden forest. Though it was a beautiful spring day, she couldn't shake the uncomfortable feeling that being so close to a forest full of scary creatures was giving her.

Spotting Professor Williamson, she smiled. "Hi Professor, hope you're well!" Then she walked rather sadly over to where she would have to return Barnabus, her little buddy.

"Okay Barnabus, you have to stay with the other puffs from now on." She said, placing the little yellow fluff ball into the enclosure. "Try to remember all the great times we had together cause-" *Sniff* "we had a lot of fun. I'm going to miss you, Barny! Keep trying to refrain from eating boogers, you're making good progress." With that, Ella bent down and kissed the little guy on his little head. Barnabus, being so close to her nose, couldn't resist. "UGH! Barny, really?" She rolled her eyes at the puff but smirked. Then she went to find a seat.

Tayla walked to their next Care of Magical Creatures class. She spotted the handsome professor and smiled. "Good morning, Professor!" Tayla greeted, a little too eagerly. The nice day - and for some reason, seeing the professor - gave her an extra cheerful mood. She pet her pygmy puff Teacup then went towards the wooden enclosure Professor Williamson referred to. "Be good, Teacup," she said, hugging her pygmy puff once more before leaving the cute little creature inside the enclosure with the other puffs. Then Tayla went to the wooden logs and took the nearest seat to the professor she could find.

Not long before the lesson was scheduled to start, Hades appeared and eyed those little fluff balls. Right... That assignment. Too bad he purposely forgot to pick one of those last time. Still, he can't deny those things were cute! But did he just heard that the students called the pygmy puffs with weird names? Shrugging, Hades walked to one of the logs scattered on the ground and nodded at Professor Williamson. "Good morning, professor~" greeted the boy with a cheeky smile.

Amelia smiled as she headed over to where the class was all assembled for the lesson. "Hello, Professor!" she said as she took a seat. She looked over at the enclosure for the Pygmy Puffs, and felt happy that Pixie was her own Puff and she didn't have to return her. It would have been too sad otherwise.

Rot and bother. As Emrys stood there, conspicuously awkward, the seats were filling rapidly and he was no closer to making a decision.

Fidgeting with his bag, he put his head down and murmured a few low 'excuse me's as he sped through the slower students and plopped himself down in what he thought was the least objectionable spot remaining - the spot at which there were few directly across and, if they paid attention to the professor, not really facing his way.

He refrained from looking around the circle lest someone make eye-contact.

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Jory headed off to CoMC with Furball on his shoulder. "Hello, Professor Williamson,'' he said before going over to put his Puff with the others. "Bye Furball!'' He petted the creature before going off to take a seat on one of the wooden logs.

"Hello there," Williamson greeted the Hufflepuff with a puff on his shoulder.

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Daichi thought that the third lesson would be in the barn as well. But he was surprised when he saw the students hanging outside and followed them until he saw the professor and a *classroom* outdoors. Not that he minded because he was more of an outdoors person anyway. Ducky Duck was on his shoulder and seemed to be sleeping. Her fur was going up and down softly and when Daichi heard they needed to give them back he froze. He stared at the professor. "sir?" he asked and looked at his sleeping pygmy puff. "Does it mean that if we place the Puff in there we are giving it back or...or... Is it just so we can move freely and can take them back with us after class?" because Daichi was getting really fond of his little Ducky Duck. And just in case they were for sending back he quickly added: " i-i-'ll pay for her!" not that he had any money with him right now...

So still with Ducky Duck sleeping on his shoulder he waited for an answer from the professor before he would place her with the others.

Aww Daichi. Willy would be lying if he said that Slytherin didn't just make him smile. "We'll talk about it at the end of class, all right, Daichi? Remind me." He winked at the boy like he knew exactly what he was thinking and nodded toward the other students who were filing in now.

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Glenn carried her pygmy puff, Elliot, on her shoulder as she head down to the Forbidden forest. Shiver. She had her hair in a semi neat ponytail that hung over her shoulder, not yet too frizzy but it would bound to become so in the spring heat.

Walking over to the wooden enclosure, Glenn gave a small kiss on the top of his her pygmy puff's head and dropped her in the enclosure gently, "Bye Elliot."

She walked over to the wooden logs and gave a smile to the professor, "Hello." she sat down on one of the wooden logs and looked hesitantly towards the forest. That was where all of those creepy creatures had been coming from. She loved forests, not quite the creatures in this one. ESPECIALLY, the spiders, the giant spider. Eww.

"Hello," the professor returned the Puff's greeting, noting her glance into the forest with a smirk.

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Ella carried Barnabus on her shoulder, walking down to the edge of the forbidden forest. Though it was a beautiful spring day, she couldn't shake the uncomfortable feeling that being so close to a forest full of scary creatures was giving her.

Spotting Professor Williamson, she smiled. "Hi Professor, hope you're well!" Then she walked rather sadly over to where she would have to return Barnabus, her little buddy.

"Okay Barnabus, you have to stay with the other puffs from now on." She said, placing the little yellow fluff ball into the enclosure. "Try to remember all the great times we had together cause-" *Sniff* "we had a lot of fun. I'm going to miss you, Barny! Keep trying to refrain from eating boogers, you're making good progress." With that, Ella bent down and kissed the little guy on his little head. Barnabus, being so close to her nose, couldn't resist. "UGH! Barny, really?" She rolled her eyes at the puff but smirked. Then she went to find a seat.

He smiled at one of the more familiar puffs and her puff. "Thanks, Ella, same to you." Haha. Puff got a booger! Ha!

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Tayla walked to their next Care of Magical Creatures class. She spotted the handsome professor and smiled. "Good morning, Professor!" Tayla greeted, a little too eagerly. The nice day - and for some reason, seeing the professor - gave her an extra cheerful mood. She pet her pygmy puff Teacup then went towards the wooden enclosure Professor Williamson referred to. "Be good, Teacup," she said, hugging her pygmy puff once more before leaving the cute little creature inside the enclosure with the other puffs. Then Tayla went to the wooden logs and took the nearest seat to the professor she could find.

"Good day, Tayla!" It was good to see some Gryffindors in his classes, though William himself was a snake.

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Not long before the lesson was scheduled to start, Hades appeared and eyed those little fluff balls. Right... That assignment. Too bad he purposely forgot to pick one of those last time. Still, he can't deny those things were cute! But did he just heard that the students called the pygmy puffs with weird names? Shrugging, Hades walked to one of the logs scattered on the ground and nodded at Professor Williamson. "Good morning, professor~" greeted the boy with a cheeky smile.

Annnd speaking of snakes.... "'Lo, Hades." William thought the boy looked familiar for some reason but couldn't exactly remember WHY he looked familiar right then and there....

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Amelia smiled as she headed over to where the class was all assembled for the lesson. "Hello, Professor!" she said as she took a seat. She looked over at the enclosure for the Pygmy Puffs, and felt happy that Pixie was her own Puff and she didn't have to return her. It would have been too sad otherwise.

"Hello, Amelia!" William returned the girl's smile.

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Rot and bother. As Emrys stood there, conspicuously awkward, the seats were filling rapidly and he was no closer to making a decision.

Fidgeting with his bag, he put his head down and murmured a few low 'excuse me's as he sped through the slower students and plopped himself down in what he thought was the least objectionable spot remaining - the spot at which there were few directly across and, if they paid attention to the professor, not really facing his way.

He refrained from looking around the circle lest someone make eye-contact.

And when one nervous-looking Ravenclaw took his seat at last, William stood up from his log and moved toward the center of the ring.


"All right, guys, let's go ahead and start. First off, I'd like to hear your thoughts on how you took care of your pygmy puffs and whether or not you liked that assignment. Just a little feedback for me to see if you learned anything after last lesson."

He smiled around at the group and tucked his hands into the pockets of his jeans. "Secondly, by contrast, you can answer this question for me: What makes a creature dangerous? What are some creatures you all have encountered that you would consider frightening or lethal?"

Kurumi had mildly returned Professor Williamson's wave, but her focus was on Momotaro II who had seemingly already forgotten her as he rolled around with the other py gmy puffs. Had that week they spent together meant nothing to him?! All the pumpkin soup baths and sugar cubes and grooming?! Frowning a bit, Kurumi turned her attention back to Professor Williamson and thought about his first question for a few moments before raising her hand to speak.

"I...sort of let my pygmy puff guide me," she said rather vaguely. "Last lesson, we discussed how pygmy puffs ought to act and created a general picture about them, but that is sort of like saying that all wizards are a certain way or that every pit bull dog is an attack dog. There are always exceptions. So, Momotaro II taught me about him. What he likes and dislikes and guided me as to how to properly care for him." That...answered the professor's question, right? She was more than willing to go into further details if he wanted, but she didn't want to go on and on when he could read about most of this in her journal entries. "I rather enjoyed the assignment. It taught me patience and that you really have to listen to the creature you are taking care of, look for signs and really study them."

And that was really all she had to say for now...could she have him back now? Please?

As for his second question, well, that one was a little tricky. To Kurumi, given the proper environment and circumstances, ANY creature could be considered dangerous really. Kurumi rubbed the back of her neck for a moment, thinking about how best to word what she wanted to say and trying her best to throw thoughts like 'dark creatures' and 'Minstry ratings' out the window. It took a bit, but Kurumi eventually raised her hand. "I think...that human fear and loathing are a major contributor. For example, the platypus is capable of producing a venom that can cause severe pain and even incapacitate a human, but we see them as being rather cute and cuddly where as other venom producing creatures, like some snakes, are seen as dangerous. I suppose the difference is that a platypus' venom cannot kill a person whereas other creatures' venom can." She swallowed, thinking a bit more about the topic and remember just HOW many times this term she had come face to face with two creatures that were definitely dangerous. Why? Because she feared for her life. "T-This term...I came face to face with a chimaera and an acromantula..." Both of which were frightening and potentially lethal. "What made me instantly think they were dangerous was, well, because they could kill me." Once again, human fear defining whether or not the creature was dangerous or not.

Lily waited as the professor started the lesson. Once he had finished talking, the ravenclaw raised her hand to answer the second section. "I think a creature is considered dangerous when it is hard to be handled by a normal wizard. Many times they repel spells or have some sort of defense mechanism like venom. An example would be a dragon or something like that." Lily was glad that she had read her textbook because it came in handy with questions like that.

Zhenya didn't know how to answer the first question. She just loved the Pygmy Puff and wanted to have it forever! But holding her hand up, she though she would give some feedback, "Professor, the Pygmy Puffs were so much fun, and it was so good to be able to hold them in our hands, rather than just pat them," like... horses. You couldn't hold those.

For the next question... "And I think dangerous creatures are ones that have the potential to harm people whether or not they feel threatened, like if they are irrational creatures and hurt people a lot," she said. She had never come into contact with a dangerous creature. Well, sure Hippogriffs could be dangerous but only if you made them angry, and didn't approach them the way they should be approached.