A moment was spared before answering Williamson's question just so Ellie could STARE at Kurumi. She wasn't glaring she was just....shocked? WHERE in the WORLD did she LEARN this stuff? Well...books, maybe, but... Well...WHY? WHY would ANYONE care about a platypus' venom?

Just...

ANYWAY. "I think it depends on the creature's ability to cause harm. One that could easily kill you would be more dangerous than one that could bite you. But one that could bite you would be more dangerous than one that can't or won't." Like...As Kurumi said, Acromantulas and Chimaeras were dangerous. Crups were less dangerous. And...well, Pygmy Puffs were not dangerous at all.

Right?

Alyssa was eager to report about the time she spent with Nerfball so she raised her hand.

"Professor. I had a lot of fun with Nerfball. While I had him, I was able to more or less finalize the type of foods he eats. I've discovered that he'll eat almost anything edible. He was kind of afraid of the dead rat but that could be because the rat was almost larger than he was. I kept him clean by brushing his hair and making sure that I got all the food scraps out. I did notice that he didn't really like having water on him. Which brings me to first questions, can Pygmy Puff's swim? As for his gender, I figured out it out during his play time with the other Pygmy Puffs. I noticed that he had the same low squeek and behaviour with another male Puff. and when he played with another Pygmy Puff, a female, Nerfball was all excited and happy and kept bouncing on her. Which brings me to my second question, Professor? How do Pygmy Puffs...uh...procreate? Is it like how all the animals do it?

Even though we only had a short time together, Nerfball and I bonded really well. I really loved doing this assignment so much that I would like to ask you whether I could keep him." Alyssa quickly slipped out that question.

Then she quickly finished off by answering the second part of the Professor's question. "I think what makes a creature dangerous is it's unpredictable nature. If you know what to expect from it, you can avoid making it angry or take precautions to avoid getting hurt or killed. I only encountered a Thestral and Hippogriff, but I didn't find either of them frightening or lethal. For the Thestral since I couldn't see it, I felt more curious than anything else. As for the Hippogriff, since I had a chance to work with one last term, I knew what to do and not do."

Amelia raised her hand now. "It was great! I learned more about my Pigmy Puff. What she likes and doesn't like. And we bonded more. She's a great pet now." She even had Pixie in her pocket right now. D: She liked keeping her in her pocket lately besides in classes where it might be dangerous. "I liked the assignment because of all that." It had been a fun assignment!!

She thought about the second question now before answering that as well. "I think that creatures can be dangerous if they are threatened. Obviously something like a Flobberworm can't really hurt you... but others can. Also I think some creatures like hurting people. Either because they are mean, or they like to eat us."

Sophie was sad because she had just returned Lavender. She didn't feel like talking at all, but raised her hand when Professor Williamson asked the first question. "I loved the assignment, Professor!" She started with a small smile, looking at where the Pygmy Puffs were. "Lavender and I had a great time together. She even helped me out with some homework!" Her smile widened a little. "It was really easy to take care of her, since she is so calm and quiet." Sophie wished she could keep Lavender. She had never wanted a pet before, but she had grown to love Lavender. Sigh. "I see now that a pet doesn't necessarily mess up your life." That's what she used to think, with all the taking-care-of-it work, feeding, bathing and blahblahblah. Sophie enjoyed all of that - at least for a week... maybe this feeling wouldn't last for much longer, though.

Anyway, what made a creature dangerous? "The fact that it can kill us makes a creature dangerous..." Right?? "And... well, creatures that can hurt us a lot can be considered dangerous too." At least in her opinion. Sophie then stopped to think. The first thought that came into her mind was a weird creature that once had hurt her mother's feet really bad. "Dugbogs are dangerous, professor!" Sophie didn't like them. After she saw her mother's feet, she hoped she would never see one of those creatures around.

She shifted on her seat so that she could lean back and rest her hands on the edge of the bench, legs stretched out and feet crossed at the ankles. If she could slip off her shoes she would, the prefect was that relaxed, and at the same times exited.

One hand had to rise to answer his questions though, didn't it? It went up briefly. "First. I liked caring for my foster pygmy, MO." It had her missing, smore, but not enough to take him back from her sister. As if such a thing would be possible now anyway. "It was interesting to watch her eating habits now that I had a clearer idea of what they ate." And explained why so many of her snacks just up and disappeared.

"Second, what makes a creature dangerous to us is there method of defending themselves and attacking, and their eating habits. If a creature is herbivorous, and first natural instinct is to run from danger instead of taking the offense, then they're not that dangerous to us. But if they're like an acromantula who don't fear people or mind eating them, then they're pretty dangerous. They don't have to both prey on humans and be offensive in nature like the acromantula, but having one of those qualities is enough to make them dangerous." Her feet swayed happily as she paused to ponder her response. "But even a creature who's first instinct is to run can become dangerous depending on the situation. So maybe, sometimes it just depends on the situation for some to be dangerous, and others are just that way naturally. I've met many of the former, and only a handful of the later. Acromantulas, dragons, a kappa, a sphinx..." She could go on, but the prefect was getting tired of talking. Hehe.

The Pygmy puffs, trav could care less about. Mister Professor was speaking about DANGEROUS CREATURES! Fun!

Travis thought for a second composing his words carefully. He always wanted to speak as fluently as possible... especially when he since he seemed to stumble over his words when he got supper excited about a certain topic.

Breath...

Trav then raised his hand. "Well, sir." he started, his answer was going to be complete and scholarly. "If they're big and go RAAAWWRRR!" Trav demonstrated large claws with his hands waving them fiercely, and stomping his feet. "...Then they are scary and icky, and if they are scary then they must be bad... and bad things are always mean and dangerous."

Not that Travis minded, he loved big scary icky slime monsters... they could be all cuddly sometimes.

Glenn raised her hand, "Well- I found that my Pygmy Puff was actually a... well a girl not a boy." But the pygmy puff still remained with the boys name that she had first given him. She had liked her pygmy puff, maybe slightly less than everyone else had liked there's. Cats were more interesting to Glenn; they did much more stuff.

Now, to the second question. She knew a quite bit about this one, kinda. Living on the edge of Sherwood Forest gave you some knowledge about the creepy creatures that resided there. "A dangerous creature would be an animal that could hurt a witch or wizard or a magical creature that could show itself and harm muggles." Like a dragon or something creepy and big like that; like the stuff that resided in the forbidden forest.

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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.

William listened thoughtfully to Kurumi's first answer, nodding along as she spoke. "Well said, Prefect Hollingberry. I'm glad you enjoyed it. It sounded like you got a lot out of the project." And he was quite happy about that.

He waited for her answer about the second question and continued nodding. "Good answer." Something was bugging William in the back of his mind about the acromantula/chimaera sighting but he shook it off. "So how did you react in that situation?"

Had she really been face-to-face with BOTH those creatures??? Geez.

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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.

"Good, good clear response, Lily." William acknowledged the Ravenclaw with another nod. "Dragons are most definitely dangerous but, when handled well, they are beautiful creatures."

He loved dragons.

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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.

Chuckling at the Slytherin's answer, William smiled. "I'm glad you enjoyed the assignment!" As for her second response.... "Yes, that's a good point. Irrational creatures, like irrational people, are hard to handle because it's hard to predict what they're going to do next."

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A moment was spared before answering Williamson's question just so Ellie could STARE at Kurumi. She wasn't glaring she was just....shocked? WHERE in the WORLD did she LEARN this stuff? Well...books, maybe, but... Well...WHY? WHY would ANYONE care about a platypus' venom?

Just...

ANYWAY. "I think it depends on the creature's ability to cause harm. One that could easily kill you would be more dangerous than one that could bite you. But one that could bite you would be more dangerous than one that can't or won't." Like...As Kurumi said, Acromantulas and Chimaeras were dangerous. Crups were less dangerous. And...well, Pygmy Puffs were not dangerous at all.

Right?

Er. That answer was confusing, but William blinked and nodded at the Ravenclaw anyway. "Sure. Right. You're saying that the bigger the bite, the more dangerous the creature?"

He couldn't think of anything large and harmless, anyway, nothing like a giant kitten. So. Sure, Ellie, sure.

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Alyssa was eager to report about the time she spent with Nerfball so she raised her hand.

"Professor. I had a lot of fun with Nerfball. While I had him, I was able to more or less finalize the type of foods he eats. I've discovered that he'll eat almost anything edible. He was kind of afraid of the dead rat but that could be because the rat was almost larger than he was. I kept him clean by brushing his hair and making sure that I got all the food scraps out. I did notice that he didn't really like having water on him. Which brings me to first questions, can Pygmy Puff's swim? As for his gender, I figured out it out during his play time with the other Pygmy Puffs. I noticed that he had the same low squeek and behaviour with another male Puff. and when he played with another Pygmy Puff, a female, Nerfball was all excited and happy and kept bouncing on her. Which brings me to my second question, Professor? How do Pygmy Puffs...uh...procreate? Is it like how all the animals do it?

Even though we only had a short time together, Nerfball and I bonded really well. I really loved doing this assignment so much that I would like to ask you whether I could keep him." Alyssa quickly slipped out that question.

Then she quickly finished off by answering the second part of the Professor's question. "I think what makes a creature dangerous is it's unpredictable nature. If you know what to expect from it, you can avoid making it angry or take precautions to avoid getting hurt or killed. I only encountered a Thestral and Hippogriff, but I didn't find either of them frightening or lethal. For the Thestral since I couldn't see it, I felt more curious than anything else. As for the Hippogriff, since I had a chance to work with one last term, I knew what to do and not do."

Merlin, Alyssa's answer was just like... having an entire conversation in five seconds without taking a breath. But at least it was thorough!

"Good work with your research and journals, Alyssa. Pygmy Puffs can float but no, they don't really.... swim." He winced a little at her awkward second question and shrugged. "They're just like other animals. One of one gender and one of another gender...." And she could get the picture from that.

ANYWAY. "Those of you who want to keep your pygmy puffs should see me after class, all right?" Will shot a glance toward Kurumi and Daichi too, since they had seemed particularly torn up about leaving their puffs in the corral.

"Right, it's like Zhenya said. Irrational, unpredictable creatures are hard to handle. I know you worked with Hippogriffs in the past but I'm sure you didn't work with wild ones." Like the one that had attacked his arm... ooh. That memory came flooding back all of a sudden. Who knew Hippogriff talons could be so sharp?!

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Amelia raised her hand now. "It was great! I learned more about my Pigmy Puff. What she likes and doesn't like. And we bonded more. She's a great pet now." She even had Pixie in her pocket right now. D: She liked keeping her in her pocket lately besides in classes where it might be dangerous. "I liked the assignment because of all that." It had been a fun assignment!!

She thought about the second question now before answering that as well. "I think that creatures can be dangerous if they are threatened. Obviously something like a Flobberworm can't really hurt you... but others can. Also I think some creatures like hurting people. Either because they are mean, or they like to eat us."

"Great! Glad you enjoyed it." William smiled at the girl, feeling almost like she probably had her pygmy puff on her person in the middle of class but choosing not to say anything about it.

"That's also a good point. So we have irrational, unpredictable creatures; creatures that are threatened; human fear and loathing; and hard to handle creatures that are all considered 'dangerous' by you all so far."

Perhaps they should be writing that down? Mmm?

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Sophie was sad because she had just returned Lavender. She didn't feel like talking at all, but raised her hand when Professor Williamson asked the first question. "I loved the assignment, Professor!" She started with a small smile, looking at where the Pygmy Puffs were. "Lavender and I had a great time together. She even helped me out with some homework!" Her smile widened a little. "It was really easy to take care of her, since she is so calm and quiet." Sophie wished she could keep Lavender. She had never wanted a pet before, but she had grown to love Lavender. Sigh. "I see now that a pet doesn't necessarily mess up your life." That's what she used to think, with all the taking-care-of-it work, feeding, bathing and blahblahblah. Sophie enjoyed all of that - at least for a week... maybe this feeling wouldn't last for much longer, though.

Anyway, what made a creature dangerous? "The fact that it can kill us makes a creature dangerous..." Right?? "And... well, creatures that can hurt us a lot can be considered dangerous too." At least in her opinion. Sophie then stopped to think. The first thought that came into her mind was a weird creature that once had hurt her mother's feet really bad. "Dugbogs are dangerous, professor!" Sophie didn't like them. After she saw her mother's feet, she hoped she would never see one of those creatures around.

Aww and here was another student who wanted to keep her puff, judging from the way she was talking about it. He would definitely have to talk to those who wanted to keep theirs after class.

"I'm glad you learned something from the assignment. Pets are definitely NOT too much work." He loved his pet cruppy. "Creatures that can kill are definitely ones you should worry about, right, and dugbogs, which are not known for killing, are certainly dangerous toward your ankles!" He could agree with that one, having personal knowledge on such an attack.

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She shifted on her seat so that she could lean back and rest her hands on the edge of the bench, legs stretched out and feet crossed at the ankles. If she could slip off her shoes she would, the prefect was that relaxed, and at the same times exited.

One hand had to rise to answer his questions though, didn't it? It went up briefly. "First. I liked caring for my foster pygmy, MO." It had her missing, smore, but not enough to take him back from her sister. As if such a thing would be possible now anyway. "It was interesting to watch her eating habits now that I had a clearer idea of what they ate." And explained why so many of her snacks just up and disappeared.

"Second, what makes a creature dangerous to us is there method of defending themselves and attacking, and their eating habits. If a creature is herbivorous, and first natural instinct is to run from danger instead of taking the offense, then they're not that dangerous to us. But if they're like an acromantula who don't fear people or mind eating them, then they're pretty dangerous. They don't have to both prey on humans and be offensive in nature like the acromantula, but having one of those qualities is enough to make them dangerous." Her feet swayed happily as she paused to ponder her response. "But even a creature who's first instinct is to run can become dangerous depending on the situation. So maybe, sometimes it just depends on the situation for some to be dangerous, and others are just that way naturally. I've met many of the former, and only a handful of the later. Acromantulas, dragons, a kappa, a sphinx..." She could go on, but the prefect was getting tired of talking. Hehe.

"Pygmy puffs sure do have interesting eating habits," William agreed with a tiny smile, listening to her second answer too. "So the fight vs. flight instincts of a creature factor into its level of danger, I would say that's a fair analysis. Situations have an impact too, good!"

She had met acromantulas, dragons, kappas, and a sphinx....?! "Were you in danger in any of those situations, Arya? Why don't you tell us how you reacted to those creatures."

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The Pygmy puffs, trav could care less about. Mister Professor was speaking about DANGEROUS CREATURES! Fun!

Travis thought for a second composing his words carefully. He always wanted to speak as fluently as possible... especially when he since he seemed to stumble over his words when he got supper excited about a certain topic.

Breath...

Trav then raised his hand. "Well, sir." he started, his answer was going to be complete and scholarly. "If they're big and go RAAAWWRRR!" Trav demonstrated large claws with his hands waving them fiercely, and stomping his feet. "...Then they are scary and icky, and if they are scary then they must be bad... and bad things are always mean and dangerous."

Not that Travis minded, he loved big scary icky slime monsters... they could be all cuddly sometimes.

Fighting back a laugh at the way the mustached kid was going all RAWRRR on Willy, the professor simply tilted his head at the boy. "But not all scary things are bad and dangerous, right, and not all mean things are scary. For example," his voice suddenly got louder, "Professor Scabior is a mean person, but is he scary? Not in the slightest." The man was all talk and no action. "So that doesn't mean he's dangerous. Think on this in relation to our discussion on creatures." He winked at the kid.

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Glenn raised her hand, "Well- I found that my Pygmy Puff was actually a... well a girl not a boy." But the pygmy puff still remained with the boys name that she had first given him. She had liked her pygmy puff, maybe slightly less than everyone else had liked there's. Cats were more interesting to Glenn; they did much more stuff.

Now, to the second question. She knew a quite bit about this one, kinda. Living on the edge of Sherwood Forest gave you some knowledge about the creepy creatures that resided there. "A dangerous creature would be an animal that could hurt a witch or wizard or a magical creature that could show itself and harm muggles." Like a dragon or something creepy and big like that; like the stuff that resided in the forbidden forest.

William chuckled a bit at that question too. "Well that's good to know..." At least the puff wouldn't be insulted by being called by the wrong gender now. Heh. "I'm glad you brought up Muggles, actually, we'll be talking about them shortly. Thanks, Glenn."



It looked like about everyone had spoken, so, time for the next question then! "All right, so, we've talked about what makes creatures dangerous, things like: Can an average wizard handle them? Are they irrational and unpredictable? Are you encountering them in a sticky situation where they might feel threatened and want to fight? Or are you just projecting your own fear and loathing on the creature?"

He stood up then and again looked off into the forest as if waiting for something. "When you come face-to-face with a dangerous creature like some of the ones we're going to see today, you should ask yourself those questions as well as a few others. What do you think your first move should be when you find, say, a blast-ended skrewt coming up the path toward your house?"

Williamson was curious to see their reactions to such a scenario, particularly since he thought he had heard something about a few students actually being IN such a scenario.....

'We're going to be working with dangerous creatures today? Cool' Alyssa thought to herself. Then she thought about the possibility of facing a creature that she wasn't familiar with. Alyssa thought for awhile before slowly raising her hand. "Professor I know my first tendency would be to head in the opposite direction, like run. But I've heard that sometimes running makes the creature more angry. So I guess my first move would be to figure out what it intends to do. Maybe it is just taking a walk and means no harm at all." 'Yeah right' Alyssa thought to herself.

Kurumi cocked her head to the side when he turned her answer around and asked her another question. How had she reacted? Well, she had silenced a Hufflepuff for being loud for one, but that wasn't exactly creature related. "To be entirely honest, professor, I panicked. It is one thing to read about creatures in a book and then be put in a safe environment to interact with them like we have been with creatures in class, such as with dealing with hippogriffs last term." Which she had also encountered this term too...and it hadn't returned her bow or even seemed interested in following typical hippogriff protocol. "But...when you are not expecting it and they appear suddenly and attack you because they are looking for a meal...your mind sort of goes blank and instincts take over." Truth. Honest to Merlin truth. "My hand was on my wand and casting Stunning Spells before I really realized I was doing it. I didn't want to harm them, but I didn't want them to eat me either." She swallowed. "The Acromantula spoke with us though..."

She trailed off there, not sure if NOW was the time to go into such details. Might set everyone in the class into a panic.

Catching Professor Williamson's glance, the Gryffindor smiled weakly. She really WANTED to keep the pygmy puff, but she physically couldn't. Not when she had a certain feline back in the dorms. Maybe she could work out something else? Volunteer to help care for them or something so that she could still be a part of Momotaro II's life? She would be sure to speak with Professor Williamson after class. Yush. There might even be cookies involved not that the man didn't already deserve cookies.
Notes notes note and more notes. Kurumi attempted to keep up with all the little tidbits and explanations Professor Williamson gave as he addressed each student individually. Her quill movements froze when he spoke though.

When you come face-to-face with a dangerous creature like some of the ones we're going to see today

Well, THAT was a cheerful and encouraging thought. Was HE the one setting all the creatures loose on the grounds? He had seemed all excited about the thestral and hippogriff...been suspiciously missing while she and Kennedy assisted the Headmaster and Professor Scabior with the Acromantula and Chimaera. Hmmm....interesting...

Pausing for a moment again, Kurumi raised her hand. "When I encountered creatures on the grounds," where they ought NOT be spotted to begin with. "...I wondered just WHY they were there instead of their natural habitat. So...when I could, I tried to observe what was going on in my surroundings for a clue as to why they were there. The same could be said for the blast-ended skrewt. So...my first move is to have my hand on my wand, just in case, and eyes on the creature observing."

Nerida had put little Squeaky in the box, not really wanting to. She didnt anwser the Professor, there were no words for her time with Squeaky. What makes a creature dangeorus, hmm if it looks like it wants to kill you and creatures that feel that they are going to be harmed!
Nerida beamed when the Professor said to come talk to him after class if they wanted to keep the pygmy puffs, he just go back on her yay list! She quickly wrote down what the teacher said knowing shed be able to read her fast handwriting. She thought for a moment and then said Look around, see what could of made the skrewt come to your house, but dont turn your back on it, having your wand ready just in case the animal becomes wild, and being pepared for anything to happen. And definetaly dont run, unless you know how it will react.

"No....?" Arya seemed to be questioning this as well as she thought for a moment on those encounters, head tilting to the side a bit. "I was here at Hogwarts for all but the dragons. There was a bit of running from the acromantulas," And spell casting and giggling, she was sure there was giggling. "And the kappa.... he was totally under control, so was the sphinx I... think." Though now that she REALLY thought about it, something terrible could have happened.

Grinning, a shrug rolled off her shoulders. "Someone that was skilled in handling those creatures was around so I was more fascinated by them than frightened. Mostly. I still didn't do anything foolish since there were very dangerous." And hungry some of them. "But I'm not one to panic around creatures in any situation..."

Oh they were going to see more today? Awesome!

The prefect seriously considered his question, though her eyes were on the forest now as her hand went up and back down. "I wouldn't draw attention to myself, and would make sure I had my want to protect myself." But she'd also stick around for a minute or two just to admire. "For my first move." It was like, a combo move or something. Heh.

Still thinking about how Daichi had already brought up the idea of if they could keep the pygmy puffs they'd bonded with over the week, Stella had honestly distracted herself from really answering Professor Williamson. Besides, everyone else seemed to have much more interesting stories when it came to their puffs, and she hadn't really encountered any dangerous creatures in her sixteen plus years of life. Not if you didn't count her ex and the part-veelas at Beauxbatons, and she was fairly certain the professor wouldn't count them. So most of her knowledge came from what she'd read. Her head had snapped up as the professor had mentioned staying after class to talk about keeping their puffs, though. Maybe there was still a chance she could keep Nuage, although he really seemed like he didn't want it mentioned again. Pestering the professor wouldn't work, then, but she could wait.

Her hand slowly raised as the discussion had continued, though. Hesitantly. considering the professor was looking out at the forest as if he expected something to come out and meet them at any time. "If I found a blast-ended skrewt coming up the path towards me, the first thing I'd do is make sure I had my wand ready to defend myself. There is always the possibility that I could just avoid confrontation, but creatures like that don't generally care if you're running or just standing there. I don't think so, at least. But, in the same respect, I'd only be able to Stun it, or do any damage at all, if I hit it in the belly, right?," she said, checking her information a little at the end. That only was in reference to skrewts, though. The wand thing would be important with any dangerous creature.

Th-they where going to see?? Glenn's hands started shaking so she folded them in her lap and tried to keep the tremble out of her voice as she answered the question, "You...run away or hide?" She had done that before. Her brother and her would go walking through the forest by their house and sometimes a creepy creature would come out and they would run away from it. Not so Gryffindorish behaviour.

Never before Hades had paid so much attention in class that he didn't even stop writing down the notes. Merlin! Could Williamson go any faster? If he did, Hades might have to give up on the notes. He hadn't used his hand to write for quite a while which was why he never submitted his homeworks. Williamson's following question was interesting. What if dangerous creatures were heading their way? Putting down his quill on his lap, Hades raised his hand. "It depends on the creatures. If it's a Blast-Ended Skrewt, as you said, the Impediment Jinx can come in useful. But for the younger students, example, who don't know the jinx, my suggestion is run for your life." Not that he had came across any. If it was a werewolf, then Hades might have some ideas...

Sarassi thought hard and long about such a scenario until finaly saying Well due to the nature of the blast-ended skrewts, it wouldnt be very safe to run for the heels as it could capture you from behind and um hurt you. If the skrewt became hostile and you were a skilled witch or wizard you could peform the Impediment Jinx on it. But I wouldnt attack unless it attacks first, it could be just getting some fresh air, not harming a soul and all of a sudden it gets attacked for looking scary.

Daichi nodded his head vigorously when the Professor told him to speak to him after class and after quickly placing Ducky Duck with the other puffs and sat down he grinned.

As the first question came, Daichi raised his hand. But everyone was talking almost at the same time that he couldn't get through and had the feeling he was being ignored when the second question came.

As the minutes flew by, Daichi became a bit uneasy as they began to talk about dangerous creatures. Why dangerous creatures? Why not stick with the adorable fluffly ones?! Or have a lesson about ducks! Those are creatures too, he would literally pay all the money he had to get a lesson about those cute widdle duckies.

But it seemed it would never happen... siiiigh. Daichi shifted a little where he was seated and nervously bit his lip when the talk got to the blast ended skrewts. He had heard about them... they had fire. Daichi didn't like fire. In fact, he was terrified of it. Having Pyrophobia is not something he wished to show in class. He'd already lost his cool in DADA but back then it had been dark in the classroom. Now they were in the open for everyone to see his pale face.

Shaking his head, Daichi tried to answer the question though as he raised his hand. But only a soft mutter came out before he lowered it again. He didn't think he was going to like this lesson if real skrewts showed up...

Amelia smiled as she started taking notes on what the Professor was saying. She thought it was a good idea to have this all written down so she could remember it in case an evil creature came for her. Or for Pixie. She wanted her Pygmy Puff to be safe too. Pixie was hers and no one else's. Pixie had been her Christmas present from her parents. D:

When the scenario of the blast-ended skrewt was presented, she raised her hand immediately. "I'd make sure that everyone was inside to be safe and have my wand at the ready. I wouldn't attack it until I knew if it was actually trying to do harm instead of just walking by. You wouldn't want to randomly blast an oblivious skrewt because then you'd definitely be dealing with an angry creature."

Ella sighed when she didn't get a chance to share her experience with Barny but her diary notes had been detailed so Professor Williamson would hear all about it anyways.

The small badger's eyes grew wide when Williamson said they would be seeing dangerous creatures today. WHY? She didn't want to meet anything dangerous, she'd much rather have another pygmy puff bowling lesson! Then the Professor had mentioned the skrewt and Ella gave a start, remembering the 'incident' on the pathways...was Oakey here in class too? She raised her hand. "Professor, er-I encountered a skrewt on the pathways and erm...it kind of er-it came at us so I ran to find a Professor while the other two, classmates of mine, stood with their wands at the ready..." Which had been quite unsuccessful. "It um-well I returned with Professor Jenkins, he was the only one I could find, and he tried to handle the situation but the skrewt charged us!" Ella gave a shrudder thinking about the experience. "So my classmate levitated it off of us and then the skrewt kind of just left...like it was called away or something..." Which was STRANGE. "Professor, I clearly don't know what one is supposed to do in that situation..." She said sheepishly, hoping they wouldn't be meeting that same skrewt!

"Don't panic?" Janice said, not quite surely after raising her hand. "And you should not underestimate the Blast-Ended Skrewts or any pther dangerous creature you're facing. Better leave them to the experts to be handled, unless you are an expert yourself."

Scampering quickly across the grass, the bowtruckle was stealthy. It saw what it wanted way in the distance and no human child was going to get in its way this time.

Hopefully.

Listening to her classmates' answers, Kurumi jotted down a few points of notice along with some other ideas that their comments sparked when she thought she heard something. Snapping her head around, Kurumi's violet eyes searched the grass for the source of the distraction, but was unable to see anything other than sticks. Although...something did look a little bigger than the average stick...but it was too far away from her to tell.

Just to be safe, Kurumi picked her feet up off the ground and crossed her legs on the bench she was sitting on. You know, in case the noise was actually something and it wanted to nibble on her toes.

Jory raised his hand. "Well, the first thing your instinct will tell you to do it run. But some may just draw their wands and wait to see what the Skrewt will do and then the persons will try to defend their territories,'' he said.

As he spoke, Jory thought he saw something move in the grass, but when he looked he could see nothing. Just to be safe, he pulled his feet closer to himself. He didn't want anything to jump on them or even take a bite.

Alyssa noticed something move from the corner of her eye. She glanced in that direction and couldn't see anything except for the slightest rustling of the grass. Could it be the wind or were they no longer alone??

As Daichi waited for the Professor to speak again. And hopefully say they weren't going to deal with skrewts, he gazed towards the place where the pygmy puffs were and even though he couldn't see Ducky Duck anymore in it , he still smiled at the thought of maybe getting her back after class.

Out of the corner of his eye he thought he saw something moving and turned his gaze away from the Pygmy Puffs towards the grass. But as he looked he didn't see anything so he figured it must have been his imagination.