If a Skrewt could laugh, it decided that this would be a highly humorous situation. The professor was falling, the students were falling, some were shooting water, some were running, and some were just crazy. It was a complete disaster and highly funny and in the middle of all of the chaos was fire shooting everywhere.

The Skrewt was highly amused with itself and the chaos it has created. It continued shooting fire and pinching its pinchers in a wild motion. It was thoroughly enjoying itself until one of the students hit him with water. And instantly its fire became hot smoke. Well that was as effective, but it was still effective.

Finally, the professor was on his feet again and instructing the other students to join in with him and before the Skrewt could shoot at the professor again, it felt itself being hit with a pretty harsh spell and it was flying through the air towards its home. As it flew, it continued shooting fire towards the students as a final pardon shot.

SPOILER!!: Awesome Students + Bad Skrewt

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Alyssa was embarrassed when the Professor yelled at her for pulling him down. She felt disheartened. All she had wanted to do was help, but had just made things worse. She took a deep breath, held back her tears of embarrassment and shame and ended her shield charm,"FINITE". Then she pointed her wand back at the Skrewt and cast the levitating charm saying,"WINGARDIUM LEVIOSA" when the Professor ended his count on three, and concentrated as hard as she could on levitating the Skrewt back to the forest.

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Nerida looked over at Alyssa, she had only been trying to help and she got in trouble, for saving his life and a fellow student. She sighed moved next to Alyssa as she didnt really see the need to behind the Professor anymore. She raised her wand and pointed it towards the Skrewt and said Wingardium Leviosa!

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Amelia nodded as Professor Williamson told the class what they were supposed to do now. "Finite," she said as she stopped the shield that she had produced. Now she pointed her wand right at the skrewt and called out, "Wingardium Leviosa!" Hopefully it would be sent back into the forest and would leave them all alone again.

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Jory knew Alyssa felt embarrassed about what had just happened."Cheer up, Alyssa,'' he said trying to make his Puff friend feel better. "Stuff happens.''

He directed his attention back to the Skrewt. "Finite!'' he said ending the shield charm. Pointing his wand a the creature,he cast the levitation spell again. "Wingardium Leviosa!'' Concentrating hard Jory waited for Professor Williamson to count to three. He hoped the Skrewt would go back to the Forest now.

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Relieved that Professor Williamson was back on his feet, she simply nodded when she was encouraged to keep casting Aguamenti at the creature. Kurumi had, honestly, been expecting a much larger reaction from the man. Detentions. Point loss. Fire and smoke coming out of his nostrils... Kurumi had been mildly afraid for her life in the sanctuary over the lobalug, and the predicament they were in now was at least ten times worse.

With rapid fluidity, Kurumi continued to cast Aguamenti at the creature, hoping that one or more of her jets of water would hit him and dose the flames.

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As chaos continued to reign, Stella started to get up off the ground from her untimely dive away from the skrewt's flames. She actually felt a little embarrassed that she hadn't thought of using a Shield charm, and hadn't been able to help the Hufflepuff prefect hold it up from her position on the ground either. She just hoped that nobody had noticed, or at least, if they had, they would have just thought she'd been distracted by everything else. She had been, that was for sure, but she still was embarrassed that she hadn't gone for the use of charms as opposed to acting like a Muggle. Especially as most everyone else hadn't thrown themselves to the ground, and it became rather evident that Professor Williamson hadn't really appreciated being pulled to the ground himself. Not to mention there was a Slytherin who obviously wasn't anywhere close to being on the professor's good side, trying to cancel out their Levitation charms as if the skrewt hadn't attacked first.

She'd gone back to casting the Levitation charm herself once she'd stood up again. Hopefully the skrewt wasn't going to fire again, but she wasn't going to run scared again anyhow. And she had a feeling if the skrewt understood them, it would be afraid to cross the professor again too. Especially as he'd explained his plan to everyone, and she'd nodded, not wanting to speak and interrupt her casting. She wasn't sure an Impediment Jinx would keep the skrewt from returning if it really wanted to, but she could hope that it would at least be too afraid after everything to try. And, as the professor hit the count of three, she shifted her wand towards the forest as directed. Hopefully the plan would work.

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Ella continued to watch the scene from her spot on the ground, visibly shaken by the chaos. It seemed that despite the Professor's advice, being calm was not what most of the students would be in a dangerous creature situation. This made her nervous for them and herself.

Hearing the Professor's game plan, Ella got up slowly, dusting off her robes before pointing her wand at the skrewt. Boy it really must be angry now. The sooner it returned to the forest, the better. When the time was right, Ella said the incantation loudly, aiding the other students. "Wingardium Leviosa!"

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There was just something that bothered the Ravenclaw boy with the technique of simply levitating the creature, and sure enough, one of the worst things he was afraid of happening actually came true-- it started to rain fire.

He flicked the Wingardium spell away and replaced it with the wand stroke for "Protego", at the same time dodging behind the Professor for added protection. Yeah when it comes to the danger of getting burned, Vickers wasnt risking himself when it wasnt his plan that was being followed when trying to dispense of a problem.

He could see the student leaders handling things well enough then looked onto the Professor wearily. He had a right mind to just collect his precious school supplies and stand away in a safe spot while things were dealt with by those in the position to do so, but as he took a look around, there were already enough youngsters that wasnt making the situation any better.

With a deep breath, he raised his wand again on the Professor's cue and started with the Levitation charm, putting as much force as he could muster directing the Skrewt towards the forest.

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If a Skrewt could laugh, it decided that this would be a highly humorous situation. The professor was falling, the students were falling, some were shooting water, some were running, and some were just crazy. It was a complete disaster and highly funny and in the middle of all of the chaos was fire shooting everywhere.

The Skrewt was highly amused with itself and the chaos it has created. It continued shooting fire and pinching its pinchers in a wild motion. It was thoroughly enjoying itself until one of the students hit him with water. And instantly its fire became hot smoke. Well that was as effective, but it was still effective.

Finally, the professor was on his feet again and instructing the other students to join in with him and before the Skrewt could shoot at the professor again, it felt itself being hit with a pretty harsh spell and it was flying through the air towards its home. As it flew, it continued shooting fire towards the students as a final pardon shot.

Williamson watched as his class regrouped and worked together to keep the Skrewt levitating, and then, when he asked them to, levitating toward the Forbidden Forest.

"IMPEDIMENTA!" he shouted loudly, adding a silent stunner along with his first cast, pointing Oakey's wand at the skrewt and watching as it spiraled away toward the Forbidden Forest. The thing's back end was still smoking and William could have sworn the creature would have been laughing were it capable of such a thing, but all in all, the creature was gone.

Thank MERLIN. Now he just had to deal with the (likely traumatized) students.

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Oh, boy. Did a Hufflepuff kiddo just hugged him from behind? Good thing the girl is small, so he falls only as far as on his knees. "Get off me, you little-!" scolds the elder student as he struggles to finally free himself from the disgusting embrace. Had Williamson been busy with his face full of mud, Hades could've saved Blizz! As he gets back on his feet and makes a run for the the skrewt, he suddenly he feels as if someone tackles him from behind. Hades falls flat on his face. In the mud. Struggling once again as he tries to get up, Hades finds himself binded by a rope.

To make things worse, there comes Williamson literally dragging him away like a sack of potatoes. "Leggo of me!" he kicks the ground in protest until the professor finally stops and lectures him. "Couldn't we just resort into something other than violence?" Talk back, Hades' specialty. "I'm sure Blizz isn't so dangerous!" It can't be! Even if it is a hybrid of... Manticore, was it?

Starting with this one. "Sometimes you have to fight fire with fire, kid," he sighed, flicking his wand at the boy to release him from his ropes. "A fully-grown blast-ended skrewt is as dangerous as a young, untrained dragon. And the thing about skrewts is: you CAN'T train them!" They were wild beasts!

"Don't make me restrain you again or you'll be kicked out of my class and thrown into detention." Indefinitely.

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Laura wished the Professor would take the silence charm off her so she could help but well until he did she was going to stay behind the prefect that she was with now, she really hoped the Skrewt would go away now because well it was starting to annoy her and even though it was up in the air, she still felt it wasn't done with them yet, though she hoped she was wrong.

William turned to little Laura next, who, after tackling Hades, didn't seem so bad after all. "Finite," he murmured, lifting the silencing charm off the child. "Laura, thanks for tackling your classmate, but in the future, PLEASE think of your own safety first and don't try to talk to creatures that can't be talked to." Like Skrewts. "If you need a list of reasonable creatures you can negotiate with and ones that you shouldn't waste your breath on, come to my office sometime and I'll help you out.


He nodded and then held the wand in his hand out to Oakey. "Thanks for letting me borrow your wand, Oakey. I uh, I swear I thought I still had mine..." He'd just forgotten where it was.....




Anyway. Time to finish class up. "Let's regroup in the barn, everyone," Williamson raised his voice to be heard. "To the barn! We need to debrief and discuss what went wrong with our handling of that magical creature back there." Williamson led the way to the safety of the barn where the hay bales from the last lesson were still set up.

"Go ahead and tell me one thing you think you, me, or your classmates could have done better in that...." that SNAFU, "that altercation with a blast-ended Skrewt."

They could have a LOT of different answers here....

Daichi knew he hadn't helped much. His wand arm hung by his side as he continued to stare in to space. He wasn't aware of the impedimenta spell being used and that the FIRE blasting Skrewt was gone. Nor that a fellow Slytherin student had run up to it to save it and that a moment later he was tied by another spell.

Only when he heard a faint voice somewhere in the distance that they should retreat to the barn did his legs automatically move. Entering the barn , Daichi's face was still pale white. His brown eyes were wide open as though they were re-living the past. Tears sprung in his eyes and a second later they glided over his cheeks.

Where was Mr.Duckles when he needed him?!

The skrewt was gone! It was gone! Ella jumped up and down excitedly before realizing that probably wasn't the best reaction. She looked around sheepishly and then listened to the Professor for instructions. Truth be told, she was happy to get back to the safety of the barn at this moment. She tucked her wand safely in her pocket and the little badger followed closely behind Williamson.

Alyssa was glad that the Skrewt was gone but most importantly of all, that it and no one had been hurt in the process. She ended her levitating spell saying, "Finite" before holstering her wand. Picking up her backpack, she followed the Professor and the other students back to the barn.

Amelia was so happy when the skrewt left the area, that she jumped up and down and did a little happy dance. They had done it! They had vanquished the fire-shooting beast. :33

When Professor Williamson asked for everyone to head over to the barn, she followed after him and her fellow students.

Laura looked at the Professor. "I'm sorry Professor, I just thought that if the Creature knew we were friendly it would leave us alone, but I think after class I'll come to your office and I'll have a little chat with you." Laura smiled at the Professor as she went to where the Professor told them to go.

Laura was happy that she had been praised for tackling her classmate, normally she would have been in trouble, but well she had seen first had what the Blast-Ended Skrewt could do and so she had decided she wasn't going to let the silly boy get hurt. "Professor I think I should have listened to you and not tried to talk sence into the Blast-Ended Skrewt." Laura sighed.

Alyssa still feeling ashamed and embarassed over the incident in the Forbidden Forest, didn't even feel like volunteering an answer but she knew that she had to finish out this class before she could leave, so she slowly raised her hand,"I think the main thing that we ALL didn't do, was to work together as a team. Some people were freaking out, while others were giving orders when there should only have been one person. YOU!!. Then of course some of us wanted to help out, like I did but all I got was yelled at. Anyway, I think that entire situation could have been handled a lot better. We should all have stayed calm and stuck together and made sure that we had brought our wands."....and that was all she was going to say.

Oooh, it was question time. Amelia raised her hand before she answered him. "We could have worked as a team better. Some of us were level headed and didn't panic, and others did. And we should have all listened to your instructions. Basically we could have worked together as a unit better." A lot better. :/

Oakey took his wand back from Professor Williamson and smiled. The smile was probably not needed after what just happened, but he couldn't resist. Oakey was positive that was the same exact Skrewt that attacked him, Ella and Professor Jenkins in the pathways, it looked about the same size. It was satisfying revenge having his wand deal the final blow to the creature, and the Skrewt had it coming too.

No, Thank you Professor. He responded, as he pocketed his wand back in his robe. Would you like some help looking for your wand later?

As he walked back to the barn with the rest of the class. Oakey responded quickly to Professor Williamson's question. I think what could have been done differently would be that we listen more carefully to your instructions, Oh and not throw things at the Skrewt! They're dangerous creatures that are short-tempered, I think the attitude comes from it's Manticore blood.

Relieved that the creature was back in the forest, Kurumi lowered her wand and ceased her countering of the shooting fire with water from it. Phew. She was glad that that was over and shot Arya a quick smile. Could she...sit down now? She was feeling sort of exhausted. Oh, nope, no sitting down just yet.

Grabbing her things, Kurumi followed Professor Williamson over to the barn, glancing over her shoulder every now and again to make sure that the creature really was back in the forest and not wandering back out again. Once at the barn, Kurumi took a seat and folded her legs under herself as she listened to everyone. See, it WAS one thing to talk about what to do and it was another one to act on it. It was just as she had said at the beginning of the lesson, she herself had panicked when she had come face to face with dangerous creatures on the grounds. It was a human's natural reaction to such things because your instincts of fight or flight were kicking in to high gear.

Really, people shouldn't take anything too hard to heart. It was a learning experience. It was why they were in school. Mistakes were expected to happen. So Kurumi sort of just shrugged her shoulders at all the negative energy coming from people. Could they have been a bit calmer? Of course. Kurumi personally felt that her and Arya had worked well together as a team, having a mutual understanding of creatures and not freaking out the moment fire had started being thrown, so she was proud of what they had accomplished.

Taking a deep breath, Kurumi raised her hand. "We just need to keep in mind that creature behavior can be unpredictable and to look for warning signs of animal aggressiveness and fear...because we were given them, but many ignored them." There really was no other way to say it. All the screaming, flailing, and diving to the ground had only frightened the creature and agitated it...and the candy throwing had been a bad idea. "As the Headmaster is always saying, we need to practice constant vigilance." Because, well, when creatures had been appearing on the grounds...students really hadn't acted much different than they had in this lesson - herself included when it came to the vegetable patch incident.

With a final push with his wand Vicekrs watched the Skrewt float away, but not without receiving a final scare as the parting fireball shot past his shoulder. He froze that split second and only started breathing again when he realized that he wasnt on fire. Finally hearing the Professor say it was time to go the Ravenclaw hurriedly collected his things and followed the rest of the class towards the barn.

The problem with Hades is he tends to blur the differences between being single-minded and stubborn. Williamson's words won't be much of a use to this nutcase. Albeit three words caught his attention; Can't. Train. Them. "So, you're saying they're XXXXX classified?" his blue eyes widen as Hades stretches his body after he was untied. Did they just dealt with a very dangerous creature? If only the others hear this...

Detention? Pfft!! "Detention is my middle name," he smirks. Practically. His actual middle name is Severus, one of the finest Hogwarts headmasters. He was thrown into detentions more than he could remember. At least five times a term. This term however, Hades has broken a new record for not getting even one detention. He sort of missed it, the cold and depressing place.

Stella couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief once the skrewt had been deposited in the forest again. Granted, she still wasn't certain if it was going to stay there, or if Professor Williamson was certain it would either, but at least it wasn't shooting fire at them any longer. She'd slid her wand back into its holster as the professor had taken a moment to talk to the few students who had done particularly crazy things when the skrwet had attacked, and found herself glancing at the pygmy puff enclosure again. Hopefully Nuage and the others weren't traumatized by everything. She didn't want to go over to look when the professor was rounding everyone up though. Something told her it was better to stay with the group, especially not knowing if any other creatures were going to decide to get curious and leave the forest.

It seemed the professor wasn't exactly about to test that theory either, as he'd ordered everyone to reconvene inside the barn. Presumably a safer place, and she followed everyone after grabbing her school bag and making sur eit wasn't damaged from the water and fire and everything else. Settling on a haybale once she'd gotten inside, she raised her hand as a question had been asked. "We probably should have assumed the skrewt wasn't going to be convinced to go back to the forest on its own," she suggested. "Dangerous creatures can't be bribed with candy, or scared away by things being thrown at it or past it, and we should have used magic to neutralize the situation and get it back to its home from the start." And I should have remembered the Shield charm instead of wasting time ducking when Alyssa had suggested it, she added silently in her head.

Jory raised his hand. "We could have gotten rid of the Shrewt earlier, faster and with less risks if there was less panic,'' Jory said knowing it was true though he could understand why students panicked. The thing wanted to kill them, no doubt they'd make a good meal.

Settling onto a vacant spot next to Stella, Vickers was still trying to calm down and sort out his thoughts, he knew a COMC class would involve dealing with creatures and he's fine with that, just nothing of the level of a live Blast-Ended Skrewt, at least not without a heads up. After all it was a bit of a leap from Pygmy Puffs.

Now what could they have done better with regards to that Skrewt incident? He raised his hand slowly as he gathered his thoughts for his answer "Sir... Blast Ended Skrewts have a tough armour that deflects most spells, but thats not what makes it so dangerous, its the fact that it shoots out fire. It essentially doubles it range and therefore the danger zone around it. Since shooting spells onto a Skrewt can be very tricky to be effective, I thought perhaps the best course of action was to contain it first-- cast a shield bubble around it or conjure something to "cage" it so that its blasts are neutralized. Once its contained, we could have either gotten it to calm down or sent it to sleep temporarily before moving it back to its own habitat."

Ella sat on her hay, bouncing her knees. She was thinking about the question and a ton of answers popped into her head. "Professor Williamson, I think that we could have been less impulsive and more patient...easier said than done of course but it would have been less chaotic that way." Ella hadn't liked all the panic, it made her feel like she was going to faint and she definitely didn't want that.

Tayla had remained quiet most of the class and quite stunned, too. She followed the professor and students back to the barn. "Erm..." she began, shaking her head and trying to compose herself. "We shouldn't have panicked so much. We should have...thought about what to do first...before acting impulsively and making things worse." Tayla nodded and was silent again, feeling a little dizzy.

All right, so they were back in the barn, they were safe, and... oh shooooot, William had left the pygmy puffs outside, all penned in on their own. Ooops. They would be all right out there for the next five minutes though, right? He was just going to talk to the students, give 'em their homework, and then....

Pass the puffs back to those who wanted to keep 'em?

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Daichi knew he hadn't helped much. His wand arm hung by his side as he continued to stare in to space. He wasn't aware of the impedimenta spell being used and that the FIRE blasting Skrewt was gone. Nor that a fellow Slytherin student had run up to it to save it and that a moment later he was tied by another spell.

Only when he heard a faint voice somewhere in the distance that they should retreat to the barn did his legs automatically move. Entering the barn , Daichi's face was still pale white. His brown eyes were wide open as though they were re-living the past. Tears sprung in his eyes and a second later they glided over his cheeks.

Where was Mr.Duckles when he needed him?!

...or maybe not. "Daichi?" Williamson voiced nervously, eying the crying kid and looking COMPLETELY clueless as to what he should do about him. He moved over to stand by the boy and put a gentle hand on his shoulder. "Are you okay? It's not... we're safe here now, bud, no more dangerous creatures around."

He SHOULD be OKAY. Damn, were all of Willy's classes THAT traumatizing?! Maybe he should go back to teaching dragons instead of children...

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Laura looked at the Professor. "I'm sorry Professor, I just thought that if the Creature knew we were friendly it would leave us alone, but I think after class I'll come to your office and I'll have a little chat with you." Laura smiled at the Professor as she went to where the Professor told them to go.

Laura was happy that she had been praised for tackling her classmate, normally she would have been in trouble, but well she had seen first had what the Blast-Ended Skrewt could do and so she had decided she wasn't going to let the silly boy get hurt. "Professor I think I should have listened to you and not tried to talk sence into the Blast-Ended Skrewt." Laura sighed.

Good, she was even apologizing. William nodded to show he'd heard and exhaled, moving back to his bale with a heavy sigh.

"I think you're right, Laura, that would have saved us all some trouble." He smiled back at the girl anyway.

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Alyssa still feeling ashamed and embarassed over the incident in the Forbidden Forest, didn't even feel like volunteering an answer but she knew that she had to finish out this class before she could leave, so she slowly raised her hand,"I think the main thing that we ALL didn't do, was to work together as a team. Some people were freaking out, while others were giving orders when there should only have been one person. YOU!!. Then of course some of us wanted to help out, like I did but all I got was yelled at. Anyway, I think that entire situation could have been handled a lot better. We should all have stayed calm and stuck together and made sure that we had brought our wands."....and that was all she was going to say.

"Well said, Alyssa, except for the yelling part." He gave her a stern look. "You didn't get yelled at for 'trying to help' but because you forcefully shoved me down without giving me a chance to react." In other words, he could have saved his own skin, thank you very much.

"Next time, everyone," he directed this bit to the whole class and not just Alyssa, "let's remember to listen to the adults around and heed their advice, eh?" So when he said DO THIS, NOT THAT, WORK TOGETHER, maybe they would.

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Oooh, it was question time. Amelia raised her hand before she answered him. "We could have worked as a team better. Some of us were level headed and didn't panic, and others did. And we should have all listened to your instructions. Basically we could have worked together as a unit better." A lot better. :/

Another good answer from a Hufflepuff. "Thank you, Amelia. Sometimes wizards have to think like a unit. A team. A team of soldiers trying to combat a common creature enemy." Sometimes that was sad but true! Dangerous creatures were dangerous for a reason, after all.

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No, Thank you Professor. He responded, as he pocketed his wand back in his robe. Would you like some help looking for your wand later?

As he walked back to the barn with the rest of the class. Oakey responded quickly to Professor Williamson's question. I think what could have been done differently would be that we listen more carefully to your instructions, Oh and not throw things at the Skrewt! They're dangerous creatures that are short-tempered, I think the attitude comes from it's Manticore blood.

"Nah, I'm sure it will turn up." Despite having just faced a highly dangerous creature nearly unarmed, William shrugged off the case of his misplaced wand without another thought.

"Good! Yes now we all know to NOT throw things at Skrewts." He had certainly learned his lesson, anyway: he did not know everything there was to know about every creature. Especially not about Skrewts.

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Taking a deep breath, Kurumi raised her hand. "We just need to keep in mind that creature behavior can be unpredictable and to look for warning signs of animal aggressiveness and fear...because we were given them, but many ignored them." There really was no other way to say it. All the screaming, flailing, and diving to the ground had only frightened the creature and agitated it...and the candy throwing had been a bad idea. "As the Headmaster is always saying, we need to practice constant vigilance." Because, well, when creatures had been appearing on the grounds...students really hadn't acted much different than they had in this lesson - herself included when it came to the vegetable patch incident.

William found himself nodding quite a bit as Kurumi spoke, agreeing with her on all her points. "Practice constant vigilance, right, and don't panic when confronted with an ornery creature." He smiled at the Prefect. "I hope everyone walks away from this lesson knowing that."

Please let them have learned something today. Please.

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The problem with Hades is he tends to blur the differences between being single-minded and stubborn. Williamson's words won't be much of a use to this nutcase. Albeit three words caught his attention; Can't. Train. Them. "So, you're saying they're XXXXX classified?" his blue eyes widen as Hades stretches his body after he was untied. Did they just dealt with a very dangerous creature? If only the others hear this...

Detention? Pfft!! "Detention is my middle name," he smirks. Practically. His actual middle name is Severus, one of the finest Hogwarts headmasters. He was thrown into detentions more than he could remember. At least five times a term. This term however, Hades has broken a new record for not getting even one detention. He sort of missed it, the cold and depressing place.

"Yeah probably.... whyyyyyyy?" William was HIGHLY SUSPICIOUS of this kid. Not just because his name was Hades, not just because he was a Slytherin, but mostly because he weirdly reminded him of himself at that age.

"Keep talking like that, and your middle name will become your permanent home." He rolled his eyes at the boy.

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It seemed the professor wasn't exactly about to test that theory either, as he'd ordered everyone to reconvene inside the barn. Presumably a safer place, and she followed everyone after grabbing her school bag and making sur eit wasn't damaged from the water and fire and everything else. Settling on a haybale once she'd gotten inside, she raised her hand as a question had been asked. "We probably should have assumed the skrewt wasn't going to be convinced to go back to the forest on its own," she suggested. "Dangerous creatures can't be bribed with candy, or scared away by things being thrown at it or past it, and we should have used magic to neutralize the situation and get it back to its home from the start." And I should have remembered the Shield charm instead of wasting time ducking when Alyssa had suggested it, she added silently in her head.

"Also well said," William nodded at Stella. "Thanks for your contribution and participation, Ms. Gardiner."

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Jory raised his hand. "We could have gotten rid of the Shrewt earlier, faster and with less risks if there was less panic,'' Jory said knowing it was true though he could understand why students panicked. The thing wanted to kill them, no doubt they'd make a good meal.

"I agree 100%," William nodded at the Hufflepuff. Hear that, panickers? Your classmates are calling you out now.

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Now what could they have done better with regards to that Skrewt incident? He raised his hand slowly as he gathered his thoughts for his answer "Sir... Blast Ended Skrewts have a tough armour that deflects most spells, but thats not what makes it so dangerous, its the fact that it shoots out fire. It essentially doubles it range and therefore the danger zone around it. Since shooting spells onto a Skrewt can be very tricky to be effective, I thought perhaps the best course of action was to contain it first-- cast a shield bubble around it or conjure something to "cage" it so that its blasts are neutralized. Once its contained, we could have either gotten it to calm down or sent it to sleep temporarily before moving it back to its own habitat."

Hmm here was an analytical Ravenclaw answer. William wasn't used to having very many of THEM participating in his lessons.

"That's a good idea, Vickers, you should have spoken up sooner," he remarked dryly to the boy. So what if Willy never used logic when dealing with the creatures? Soooooooooo?

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Ella sat on her hay, bouncing her knees. She was thinking about the question and a ton of answers popped into her head. "Professor Williamson, I think that we could have been less impulsive and more patient...easier said than done of course but it would have been less chaotic that way." Ella hadn't liked all the panic, it made her feel like she was going to faint and she definitely didn't want that.

"I agree, Ella," Williamson smiled over at the little Puff. "The chaos and panic make it hard for anyone to focus and try to handle a dangerous creature." So clearly panic only added to the problem.

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Tayla had remained quiet most of the class and quite stunned, too. She followed the professor and students back to the barn. "Erm..." she began, shaking her head and trying to compose herself. "We shouldn't have panicked so much. We should have...thought about what to do first...before acting impulsively and making things worse." Tayla nodded and was silent again, feeling a little dizzy.

"All right, well said." Pretty much everyone was having the same answers now, so Willy nodded to those who hadn't spoken up.


"I actually had other plans for this lesson, believe it or not, where we were going to encounter a dangerous creature in a controlled setting, but since the Skrewt showed up...." William shrugged. He'd have to send an owl to Medea explaining how his class had ended up going and that they'd reschedule for next term.

So! That just left two things. "Would anyone else like to share their thoughts or ask any questions? If not, I'll assign your homework for today's lesson... and I just want to say, despite all the panicking and not following directions, you are a very impressive group of students and I'm proud of all you."

There. A little positive motivation for them. He meant it, too, every word.

As he waited for the other students to file in to the barn, Daichi used the sleeve from his robe to wipe away the tears in his eyes and cheeks. He wanted this class to end ..no .. he wanted Mr.Duckles his plushed duck who was still at home. That thing gave him comfort but he felt lost in these kind of situations (which luckily didn't occur too often) without it.

He hadn't heard the Professor saying his name but he did fell a hand on his shoulder. The Slytherin snapped his head up before he relaxed a bit and tried to smile, even if it is a weak smile. But upon hearing what he said Daichi frowned. "I-I wasn't scared of the the creature but..because of the fir--" He trailed off as he blushed feverishly and looked back down at his lap. He didn't like it that anyone knew... only one person in Hogwarts knew his past and he hadn't seen that person in a while either so he couldn't talk about it. "I-i'm fine, sir.. sorry"


As Williamson moved away, Daichi tried to listen to the other students and slowly he began to control his breathing and eventually when he knew he wasn't in danger anymore he relaxed.. atleast tried to. He let out a long shaky breath to calm himself and when the Professor told them his original plan was to practise this in a safe enviroment made him shake his head.

And then... he was proud of them? His cheeks flashed red for the second time because he didn't have the feeling he was directing his words towards him. The only thing he had done this lesson was ...standing still in fear. Oh and throwing away his PRECIOUS CHOCOLATE!

"P-professor?" he voiced with his hand raised. "Can i have..Mr.Duckl--i mean Ducky duck back? Please?" He meant his Pygmy Puff of course.

Ella smiled as the Professor praised the class. It was good to hear, especially since they hadn't exactly acted as he wanted them to during the skrewt attack encounter. After hearing Daichi's question about Ducky Duck, Ella too raised her hand. "Professor Williamson?" She said softly. "I also wanted to know what was going to happen to the puffs we took care of?" Even after the skrewt chaos she was still quite worried about Barnabus being left all alone to fend for himself. Not that he couldn't...Ella just wanted to know he'd be safe.

Miss Puff prefect let out a big sigh of relief when the creature was back in the forest were it belonged, her wand lowering, but she didn't sheathed it just yet. Her nerves were still a bit on edge, but it was to be expected after that. She did however, return the smile to Kurumi. They were a good team, them.

She took up the rear of the group going into the barn, though when inside, took a seat up front as usual. Her hand found it's way into her pocket, and she couldn't help but fiddle around for a certain object, having her to miss the first part of the discussion. But really it wasn't anything she didn't already know, was it? Her behavior with Kurumi earlier has surely proven that.

Hand out of pocket now, her thoughts drifted back to the conversation at hand, completely missing a few comments and ignoring others...

Her hand finally raised as she heard the last response. "Professor, what creature did you plan for us to encounter?" Something awesome she bet. She smiled a bit more at his last comment, proudly.

Lily didn't really have anything else to say... All she had really done when the skrewt arrived was stay well out of the way of the professor and everyone else. But she did kinda have a question. So she raised her hand before asking it. "If we were to encounter a dangerous animal like that, what spell would be our best tool of defense if we needed it?" That would be something good to know in case they ever ran into an animal like that and didn't have a professor around to help them.

Alyssa raised her hand and said,"I'm sorry grabbing for you Professor. It was just a reflex reaction. Anyway what did happen to the Bowtruckle? Did it get burned by the flames? I hope not....and uh!....can I have Nerfball back too?" Alyssa quickly slipped that in before looking back down at the ground.

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As he waited for the other students to file in to the barn, Daichi used the sleeve from his robe to wipe away the tears in his eyes and cheeks. He wanted this class to end ..no .. he wanted Mr.Duckles his plushed duck who was still at home. That thing gave him comfort but he felt lost in these kind of situations (which luckily didn't occur too often) without it.

He hadn't heard the Professor saying his name but he did fell a hand on his shoulder. The Slytherin snapped his head up before he relaxed a bit and tried to smile, even if it is a weak smile. But upon hearing what he said Daichi frowned. "I-I wasn't scared of the the creature but..because of the fir--" He trailed off as he blushed feverishly and looked back down at his lap. He didn't like it that anyone knew... only one person in Hogwarts knew his past and he hadn't seen that person in a while either so he couldn't talk about it. "I-i'm fine, sir.. sorry"

As Williamson moved away, Daichi tried to listen to the other students and slowly he began to control his breathing and eventually when he knew he wasn't in danger anymore he relaxed.. atleast tried to. He let out a long shaky breath to calm himself and when the Professor told them his original plan was to practise this in a safe enviroment made him shake his head.

And then... he was proud of them? His cheeks flashed red for the second time because he didn't have the feeling he was directing his words towards him. The only thing he had done this lesson was ...standing still in fear. Oh and throwing away his PRECIOUS CHOCOLATE!

"P-professor?" he voiced with his hand raised. "Can i have..Mr.Duckl--i mean Ducky duck back? Please?" He meant his Pygmy Puff of course.

Oh. Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh. The kid was afraid of the fire. It all made sense to William now, and boy did he feel bad for the boy. Choosing tactfully to not comment on that anymore, he instead winked and smiled.

"Gimme a sec, Daichi, and I'll make an announcement about that."

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Ella smiled as the Professor praised the class. It was good to hear, especially since they hadn't exactly acted as he wanted them to during the skrewt attack encounter. After hearing Daichi's question about Ducky Duck, Ella too raised her hand. "Professor Williamson?" She said softly. "I also wanted to know what was going to happen to the puffs we took care of?" Even after the skrewt chaos she was still quite worried about Barnabus being left all alone to fend for himself. Not that he couldn't...Ella just wanted to know he'd be safe.

Good, it looked like his plan to get some of the pygmy puffs off his hands had worked! Ha!

"I could tell you two really bonded from your journals," Willy nodded. "I'm going to make an announcement about that in a second though, Ella." Hold your hippogriffs! Hehee.

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Her hand finally raised as she heard the last response. "Professor, what creature did you plan for us to encounter?" Something awesome she bet. She smiled a bit more at his last comment, proudly.

"Ah ah ahhhhh," Williamson turned his head to wink at the curious Puff. "I can't say, Arya, because I might just do a lesson on it yet." Shame she would be graduating and wouldn't get to see it, though!

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Lily didn't really have anything else to say... All she had really done when the skrewt arrived was stay well out of the way of the professor and everyone else. But she did kinda have a question. So she raised her hand before asking it. "If we were to encounter a dangerous animal like that, what spell would be our best tool of defense if we needed it?" That would be something good to know in case they ever ran into an animal like that and didn't have a professor around to help them.

"The best spell that's your best defender is, hands-down, the shield spell," William answered simply. "The stronger shield you can make the better. Granted, it's not an offensive spell and it certainly can't protect you from anything, but if you have the opportunity to throw up one of those and then make a mad dash away from, say, a skrewt, I'd do it."

He nodded at the curious 'Claw and scratched his chin. "Two points to Ravenclaw for asking a fantastic question, by the way."

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Alyssa raised her hand and said,"I'm sorry grabbing for you Professor. It was just a reflex reaction. Anyway what did happen to the Bowtruckle? Did it get burned by the flames? I hope not....and uh!....can I have Nerfball back too?" Alyssa quickly slipped that in before looking back down at the ground.

Mhmm.... "Nah, I'm sure it's fine. I think I saw it scurrying away to find more wood lice before we even started levitating the skrewt." Williamson waved a dismissive hand. "And actually, I was just about to address that!" Look at her, thinking ahead like that.




"Two more things, class. One: your homework assignment is here," he flicked his wand at the usual stretch of wall so it appeared in writing on the barn, "so don't forget to copy it down before you leave. And two: if you would like to permanently adopt the pymgy puff you played with last lesson and took care of for homework, see me after class. Or if you have somewhere to be right now, you can owl me before your final with the name and description of your pygmy puff."

Williamson smiled at his students. "Enjoy the nice weather, too." He was in a weirdly good mood after fighting off that skrewt. Heh. It was almost like the man had already....forgotten the incident....