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It was a nice, warm spring day, and William was rather pleased to be sitting outside near the edge of the Forbidden Forest. This was the tamer part of the forest, actually, close to the boundaries of the creatures sanctuary. He'd set up the class in the hopes that none of the students would be intimidated by the forest. Not yet, anyway.
"Welcome, welcome," William greeted the early students. "You can drop your pygmy puff off from last class over there," and he pointed to the tiny wooden enclosure that had been set up in the barn earlier this year, "and have a seat over here!" There were a few wooden logs scattered around in a semi-circle near his wooden stool.
Today's class should prove... useful to the students. Heh.
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Amelia started to look around the area while absentmindedly petting Pixie when she heard a sound. Curious, she turned her gaze to where she had heard it and saw nothing other than the sticks on the ground. One stick looked a little suspicious though, and she raised her brow, seeing that other students were also looking. Clearly she wasn't hearing things in that case.
Trav nodded, he hadn't thought of that. The moustache was starting to peel off. He quickly adjusted it... and went back to nodding in agreement.
He then took a breath when mister professor moved onto the next person.
Then they were talking about fiery buttocksed skrewt. OOOH! OOOOOOH! Trav knew how to answer this one. He quickly raised his hand. "Uhmmm...Ughhh.... I lost it..." He said slowly. "Oh Wait... you could bring it out a glass of lemonade and hope to befriend it... or if it's winter then bring it some hot cocoa." yup. Make friends with the mean old buttocks and it will all be okay... "then it will become your best friend, and when you're in trouble it's save you're life, and you will all live happily on the coast in a log cabin... just you, the boom buttocks skrewt... and that weird-o named Jeffery that just wont leave your house."
Ooooo, so there was a chance they could keep the Puffs? Sophie liked that possibility! She even felt happier now and sat up straight.
She watched as Professor Williamson stood up and looked into the forest. Her eyes followed in the direction he was looking and... wait... "dangerous creature like some of the ones we're going to see today"??? Say what, professor?? Sophie's eyes widened. He wasn't going to put them in any dangerous situation, was he?? She blinked a couple of times. No... that was Hogwarts! The professors wouldn't do anything that could hurt them... right? Just like in DADA! No harm!
Sophie slowly raised her hand before answering. "We... stand still?" Frozen with fear! But also because it wouldn't scare the creature, so it wouldn't attack or anything... right????
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Alex had to stop himself from physically rolling his eyes at some of the answers people were giving. Did they WANT to end up a char-broiled mess of flesh when they met something dangerous like that? Sure sounded like it. He raised his hand and cleared his throat before answering what he thought was the ONLY logical answer.
"Well, first and foremost, you need to remain calm. If you're freaking out, you won't be able to think rationally and might end up doing something that causes you harm or scares the creature into hurting you. So your first step should probably be to stop, take a few deep breaths, and just THINK about what you'd do in this situation," he said.
Yeah, he didn't like animals, but he liked to think he had least knew how to react like a rational human being around them.
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Ella was listening to her classmates answer Williamson's question when she could have sworn she saw something out of the corner of her eye. She shook her head, thinking all the talk about skrewts was just making her a little nervous. It was probably nothing...
Laura looked at the Professor well that was an easy question. "Professor you have to phone the police if one of them is walking upto your door, because someone wants you dead." Laura was sure that one of them wouldn't be able to walk upto your house on their own, so surely someone behind the animal doing it.
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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.....
Well, they could always question who else they could toss into the line of fire to help them get away from the creature. Surely there'd be a willing Hufflepuff and a non-willing Gryffindor nearby. Sierra didn't think that answer would go over too well with WWW, though. Especially seeing as she sprt of, kind of, maybe forgot to turn in his homework assignment...
"I think it'd be a good idea to flick your wand out your holster," Sierra suggested, raising her hand. Then, like, Puffer Brother said over there, "Using your brains wouldn't hurt either. Not all creatures are approached in the same way, so you need to figure out what's best in that situation." A few seconds of silence passed as the wheels in Sierra's head continued to turn. "But you know, if...say, a Nundu was coming after you, I think it should be socially acceptable with everyone to just throw all caution to the wind, turn around, and make a run for it."
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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.
Sierra caught a movement out of the corner of her eye and quickly jerked her head to the side. Nothing. If it was something, it was gone now...
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.
Laura suddenly saw something out of the corner of her eye, she was going to keep an eye on this thing and maybe this was why the Professor was telling them that they had to be prepared, because well this whatever it was might attack them, though she was sure that it wouldn't do any damage, whatever it was actually looked cute.
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.
As he was writing down notes, Hades thought he saw something at the corner of his eyes. He quickly looked at the direction. Nothing. Strange... He was sure that he saw something. It wasn't his imagination for sure because there were also other students who looked at the same direction. Hades looked around the area suspiciously before he continued with his notes. What was that thing?
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'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.
"Yes, good." William nodded. "You should NEVER just flat-out RUN from an approaching dangerous creature, UNLESS you're in a situation where you can see it from a distance, but it can't see you, so you still have time to make a safe getaway."
SPOILER!!: OMG SHE WROTE A NOVEL.
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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."
"Well, panicking is not a good thing," Williamson frowned at Kurumi. At least she knew it was bad, now, and had a better plan for action... or so it seemed. He found it mighty suspicious that SHE just HAPPENED to be at the scene of all these creature 'attacks' though... hmmm.... what was that saying about the perpetrator being present at the scene of the crime....?
Anyway. "Yes, so, your new strategy is much better." He forced himself to refocus back on the Gryffie prefect. "Wand in hand, ready, and WATCHING. Always keep your eyes open."
SPOILER!!: ANOTHER PREFECT, ANOTHER STORY.
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"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.
"I'm glad to hear that you don't panic around any sort of creature, Arya." Perfect. She could be his first volunteer for today's lesson, then. Heh. "Keep your head down and your attention to yourself, yes, good."
SPOILER!!: FORMER PREFECT ALSO LONG.
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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.
Wand ready? "Good answer," William flicked his brown eyes toward the Ravenclaw briefly."Let's not talk about spells just yet.... but yes, in the case of a blast-ended skrewt, if you have ANY chance of doing ANY damage to it at all, you HAVE to his the armor-less section of its stomach."
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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.
"Neither," William winked at the poor, nervous Puff. Hehehehe.
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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...
"Right, but I asked what you personally would do.... so would you fight or take flight?" He cocked an eyebrow at the boy.
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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.
"YES! Good!" William might have been just a little too enthusiastic in his response to that answer. "Do not attack unless a creature attacks you first. Write that down, everyone!"
SPOILER!!: NOT A PREFECT BUT DEFINITELY A LENGTHY ANSWER!
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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...
"Daichi?" William swiveled his head toward the boy when a sound like a whimper came out of his mouth. "You all right there, bud?" If he could read minds, he would definitely say something was frightening the boy....already...
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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."
Aww, what a noble puff. "Yes, great point. Let's not give the creatures a REASON to attack by angering them, right guys?"
SPOILER!!: Silly Puff, calling for Jenkins. HA.
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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!
She ran for Oliver Jenkins, of all people? Really, Ella??? William let out a loud chortle before he was able to clap a hand over his mouth. It took him a few seconds before he regained and control and was able to nod seriously at her answer.
"Well, at least that... worked?" He shrugged. "You were able to get to the soft underbelly of the skrewt, anyway...." Something was nagging him in the back of his mind about why the skrewt was supposedly called away.... but he couldn't recall it anymore.....
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"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."
"Perfectly said!" William smiled at the Hufflepuff's concise answer.
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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.
"Also well said," he nodded the next Puff. Short and succinct answers were always welcome in his classroom. Ahem.
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Trav nodded, he hadn't thought of that. The moustache was starting to peel off. He quickly adjusted it... and went back to nodding in agreement.
He then took a breath when mister professor moved onto the next person.
Then they were talking about fiery buttocksed skrewt. OOOH! OOOOOOH! Trav knew how to answer this one. He quickly raised his hand. "Uhmmm...Ughhh.... I lost it..." He said slowly. "Oh Wait... you could bring it out a glass of lemonade and hope to befriend it... or if it's winter then bring it some hot cocoa." yup. Make friends with the mean old buttocks and it will all be okay... "then it will become your best friend, and when you're in trouble it's save you're life, and you will all live happily on the coast in a log cabin... just you, the boom buttocks skrewt... and that weird-o named Jeffery that just wont leave your house."
Why was Jeffery so weird?
Smiling to himself as the boy's mustache started to peel away from his face, Willy tilted his head at his answer. "Sureeeee......... you're welcome to always TRY that approach, but let's be honest here, Mr. Mustachio.... that's highly unlikely to work. Good luck though."
He wouldn't be responsible if the kid got his eyebrows singed off in the process of 'befriending' a skrewt anyway.
SPOILER!!: Nother Puffer
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Ooooo, so there was a chance they could keep the Puffs? Sophie liked that possibility! She even felt happier now and sat up straight.
She watched as Professor Williamson stood up and looked into the forest. Her eyes followed in the direction he was looking and... wait... "dangerous creature like some of the ones we're going to see today"??? Say what, professor?? Sophie's eyes widened. He wasn't going to put them in any dangerous situation, was he?? She blinked a couple of times. No... that was Hogwarts! The professors wouldn't do anything that could hurt them... right? Just like in DADA! No harm!
Sophie slowly raised her hand before answering. "We... stand still?" Frozen with fear! But also because it wouldn't scare the creature, so it wouldn't attack or anything... right????
'We stand still?' William chuckled at that answer to himself but did nod anyway. "Yes, try that first to see if the creature just passes by you without doing anything." It couldn't hurt to give peace a chance, could it?
SPOILER!!: Lissy Lou-Who
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Alex had to stop himself from physically rolling his eyes at some of the answers people were giving. Did they WANT to end up a char-broiled mess of flesh when they met something dangerous like that? Sure sounded like it. He raised his hand and cleared his throat before answering what he thought was the ONLY logical answer.
"Well, first and foremost, you need to remain calm. If you're freaking out, you won't be able to think rationally and might end up doing something that causes you harm or scares the creature into hurting you. So your first step should probably be to stop, take a few deep breaths, and just THINK about what you'd do in this situation," he said.
Yeah, he didn't like animals, but he liked to think he had least knew how to react like a rational human being around them.
"Perfect way to put it, Mr. Greingoth!" William beamed over at the Hufflepuff. "You'd be surprised how many people forget that they OWN a BRAIN."
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Laura looked at the Professor well that was an easy question. "Professor you have to phone the police if one of them is walking upto your door, because someone wants you dead." Laura was sure that one of them wouldn't be able to walk upto your house on their own, so surely someone behind the animal doing it.
Like this one. "Er.... Laura," poor child, "I don't think the Muggle poolicemen are going to be of much help to you in this situation." He shook his head. "But huh, if you're considering a career in Magical Law Enforcement... well you sure do have the Auror-suspicious-thinking-style down pat...."
SPOILER!!: Yeah I'm still lookin' at you, KID
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Well, they could always question who else they could toss into the line of fire to help them get away from the creature. Surely there'd be a willing Hufflepuff and a non-willing Gryffindor nearby. Sierra didn't think that answer would go over too well with WWW, though. Especially seeing as she sprt of, kind of, maybe forgot to turn in his homework assignment...
"I think it'd be a good idea to flick your wand out your holster," Sierra suggested, raising her hand. Then, like, Puffer Brother said over there, "Using your brains wouldn't hurt either. Not all creatures are approached in the same way, so you need to figure out what's best in that situation." A few seconds of silence passed as the wheels in Sierra's head continued to turn. "But you know, if...say, a Nundu was coming after you, I think it should be socially acceptable with everyone to just throw all caution to the wind, turn around, and make a run for it."
Sierra caught a movement out of the corner of her eye and quickly jerked her head to the side. Nothing. If it was something, it was gone now...
"That would be a good idea," he smirked at the way she acknowledged her sibling, "and it depends on how far away the Nundu IS, because you know, they are pretty quick creatures." Just sayin'.
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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.
It was just as William was about to ask his next question that he noticed something scurrying across the grass. He didn't think much of it, though, and just assumed that it was a harmless field mouse or something. So, time to move on!
"Okay, so you see the skrewt, and you THINK it sees you, so you whip out your wand and stand up in a defensive position." William jumped into place and flicked his wand holster on his left arm, which was where his wand ALWAYS was.
Only today... the wand wasn't there. "Huh," the man murmured to himself. "I could have SWORN I remembered to put that there this morning....."
No matter, he could carry on anyway. "Uh yeah, uhhhh, you all should stand up and do this with me." The professor nodded to himself and quickly snatched (what he thought was) a twig up off the ground, transferring it to his left hand, his wand hand. "So you're standing there, you've got your wand in your hand, you're facing the skrewt but remaining MOSTLY still, and NOW what do you do?"
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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.
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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.
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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??
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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.
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Amelia started to look around the area while absentmindedly petting Pixie when she heard a sound. Curious, she turned her gaze to where she had heard it and saw nothing other than the sticks on the ground. One stick looked a little suspicious though, and she raised her brow, seeing that other students were also looking. Clearly she wasn't hearing things in that case.
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Ella was listening to her classmates answer Williamson's question when she could have sworn she saw something out of the corner of her eye. She shook her head, thinking all the talk about skrewts was just making her a little nervous. It was probably nothing...
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Sierra caught a movement out of the corner of her eye and quickly jerked her head to the side. Nothing. If it was something, it was gone now...
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Laura suddenly saw something out of the corner of her eye, she was going to keep an eye on this thing and maybe this was why the Professor was telling them that they had to be prepared, because well this whatever it was might attack them, though she was sure that it wouldn't do any damage, whatever it was actually looked cute.
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As he was writing down notes, Hades thought he saw something at the corner of his eyes. He quickly looked at the direction. Nothing. Strange... He was sure that he saw something. It wasn't his imagination for sure because there were also other students who looked at the same direction. Hades looked around the area suspiciously before he continued with his notes. What was that thing?
The Bowtruckle felt eyes peering down at it. Perhaps it had scuttled a bit too fast through the blades of grass.... But the children wouldn't know what it was they were looking at.
Because he hopefully wasn't going to let them have a good look at it. No. He just wanted to lash itself onto that large tree in the distance.
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It was just as William was about to ask his next question that he noticed something scurrying across the grass. He didn't think much of it, though, and just assumed that it was a harmless field mouse or something. So, time to move on!
"Okay, so you see the skrewt, and you THINK it sees you, so you whip out your wand and stand up in a defensive position." William jumped into place and flicked his wand holster on his left arm, which was where his wand ALWAYS was.
Only today... the wand wasn't there. "Huh," the man murmured to himself. "I could have SWORN I remembered to put that there this morning....."
No matter, he could carry on anyway. "Uh yeah, uhhhh, you all should stand up and do this with me." The professor nodded to himself and quickly snatched (what he thought was) a twig up off the ground, transferring it to his left hand, his wand hand. "So you're standing there, you've got your wand in your hand, you're facing the skrewt but remaining MOSTLY still, and NOW what do you do?"[/color]
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Except fate got in the way, as the Bowtruckle felt itself being snatched into the air, it wriggled to get free and finally sunk its teeth into some juicy flesh. Take that, evil human.
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Jory jumped up from his seat, sweeping his surroundings with another look hoping there was no dangerous creature around. He was so sure he saw something move.
Jory thought of an answer to Professor Williamson grabbed a twig off the ground. "I think we should wait for the Skrewt to make the first move. Or else shoot an Impediment jinx at it,'' he said, hand in the air.
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Alyssa stood up and did what the Professor told them to do. She took out her wand and stood in a defensive position just like he was doing and stood very still, just like he was doing and then raised her other hand to answer,"Professor would we wait to see what it intends to do, but at the same time, be alert for any sudden moves and do we also make sure that we are still at a safe distance just in case it decides to attack you?"
Alyssa's eyes then opened really wide when she saw what the Professor was holding. "Uh Professor...the thing in your wand hand..."Alyssa said pointing at it and quickly pointed her wand at it when she saw it bite the Professor.
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"Well, panicking is not a good thing," Williamson frowned at Kurumi. At least she knew it was bad, now, and had a better plan for action... or so it seemed. He found it mighty suspicious that SHE just HAPPENED to be at the scene of all these creature 'attacks' though... hmmm.... what was that saying about the perpetrator being present at the scene of the crime....?
Anyway. "Yes, so, your new strategy is much better." He forced himself to refocus back on the Gryffie prefect. "Wand in hand, ready, and WATCHING. Always keep your eyes open."
Was he eyeing her strangely? She should be the one eyeing him strangely. After all, they were now having a lesson about dealing with dangerous creatures when there had been a bunch on campus already. Seemed like a cover up to her and Professor Williamson should have released some dragons on the grounds because THAT would have been awesome.
Really though, it had been her first interaction with a dangerous creature outside of a class setting, acting perfectly would have been astonishing. Live and learn, right?
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"Okay, so you see the skrewt, and you THINK it sees you, so you whip out your wand and stand up in a defensive position." William jumped into place and flicked his wand holster on his left arm, which was where his wand ALWAYS was.
Only today... the wand wasn't there. "Huh," the man murmured to himself. "I could have SWORN I remembered to put that there this morning....."
No matter, he could carry on anyway. "Uh yeah, uhhhh, you all should stand up and do this with me." The professor nodded to himself and quickly snatched (what he thought was) a twig up off the ground, transferring it to his left hand, his wand hand. "So you're standing there, you've got your wand in your hand, you're facing the skrewt but remaining MOSTLY still, and NOW what do you do?"
Were they supposed to copy his movements? Kurumi didn't actually stand up, but instead remained crossed legged on her bench with her wand out and her upper body in a defensive position like he was demonstrating.
Oh, wait, they were supposed to stand up. hehe. Kurumi Jumped to her feet and re-positioned herself and was about to answer with her thoughts when...
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HIS WAND CAME TO LIFE?! Well, it wasn't actually his wand but a stick that he had picked up off the ground, only it wasn't a stick at all and Kurumi immediately recognized it as a bowtruckle. But...why was it munching on Professor Williamson?!
Her eyes darted around the area, looking for something in particular, when she noticed a small tree not too far from where she was standing. Leaning over, Kurumi checked its branches and leaves, hoping that the tiny insects were present. Come on...come on...AHA!
Kurumi waved her wand over the insects (wood lice) and levitated a few into the air, guiding them towards Professor Williamson and the obviously hungry bowtruckle.
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What he would personally do? Hmm... "Depends on the size. I can perform a descent Impediment Jinx, but if it's large, then I'd run for m-" he stopped, bulging his eyes as he saw something root-like hanging on the professor's hand. Was that a Mandrake? No, no, no! "PROFESSOR!! BOWTRUCKLE!!!" called out the boy pointing at the professor's wand hand with his wand.
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Alex beamed at Professor Williamson's reaction to his answer. He KNEW he'd gotten it right, and was so glad the professor agreed that some people just didn't THINK. Hehe. This dude was pretty cool, Alex had decided. Pretty cool indeed.
Chuckling a bit at the fact that the professor had forgotten his wand, Alex stood as instructed and pulled out his wand, when suddenly...the stick the professor had grabbed was MOVING! Alex blinked a few times as the stick seemed to chomp down on the professor's hand, and it was like a Lumos spell had been cast on his brain--Alex knew exactly what it was. A bowtruckle. Not hard to piece together when you thought about where they were, and what sticks were capable of BITING another human being.
At least he hadn't gotten the long, spiny finger claws. OUCH.
"Professor! Are you ok??? I can get the nurse!" Alex offered. He noticed a prefect...the Gryffindor one his friend August was always hanging around...giving the bowtruckle some of that wood lice stuff they supposedly liked so much, so he figured he should probably make sure their teacher wasn't about to lose a finger or anything while she handled THAT situation.
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"Eh? Y-yeah i'm fine" the Slytherin tried to smile but the thought of a Skrewt that blew fire at him kept playing in his minds eye and he had to shake his head to concentrate.
Deciding to ignore his thoughts and concentrate on the lesson, Daichi raised an eyebrow at the Professor when he heard him mumbling. He couldn't hear what he was saying but he did see his lips moving. It reminded him of his older brother who was always mumbling when frustrated, hehe. This thought got him relaxed a bit more and stood up with the rest of the class like instructed. He also took his phoenix feather wand and listened and was about to answer when....
The twig in the mans hand came to life and bit him!
"WAAH! WHAT THE!?" The Slytherin shouted in his higher than usual pitched voice from shock. He was already tensed up by the Skrewt talk and now this?! The third year almost fell backwards to the ground. Luckily, he could balance himself and looked panicky , not knowing what to do because he had no idea what that thing was.
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Ella was somewhat annoyed by Professor Williamson's reaction, especially since she initially tried to get him though he was out or something. She tried not to let the annoyance show on her face and kind of nodded when the man started to speak. "Er-yeah I guess it did work..." Only it hadn't really. Something had helped to call the skrewt away.
Then Williamson was standing with the uh-stick at the ready and asking them to do the same. Ella pulled her wand out and took in her surroundings, pretending a skrewt was in front of her. "Professor, I agree with my classmates. I'd see what the skrewt was going to do first." Maybe it would just kind of walk away, not wanting to hurt such a small human...that would be nice.
Then the stick-thing in Williamson's hand was moving and it-it bit him?! "Professor!" Ella said, wide-eyed. "Are you alright?!"
Like this one. "Er.... Laura," poor child, "I don't think the Muggle poolicemen are going to be of much help to you in this situation." He shook his head. "But huh, if you're considering a career in Magical Law Enforcement... well you sure do have the Auror-suspicious-thinking-style down pat...."
No matter, he could carry on anyway. "Uh yeah, uhhhh, you all should stand up and do this with me." The professor nodded to himself and quickly snatched (what he thought was) a twig up off the ground, transferring it to his left hand, his wand hand. "So you're standing there, you've got your wand in your hand, you're facing the skrewt but remaining MOSTLY still, and NOW what do you do?"
Laura looked at the Professor and smiled. "You look at it and ask it who it was that sent you there, you never know Professor, it might actually answer you and once you know who sent it you know who it is trying to kill you." Yeah that would be the perfect situation. "And then once you got your information you confuse the poor creature."
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Except fate got in the way, as the Bowtruckle felt itself being snatched into the air, it wriggled to get free and finally sunk its teeth into some juicy flesh. Take that, evil human.
Laura was about to tell the Professor that whatever was in the hands of his wasn't friendly. "See Professor this is just what I was saying." Laura smiled. "Someone wants you injured Professor." Laura wanted to bite the thing back but well the Professor would deal with it, though she had a good idea. "Professor if you want I'll interview the thing to find out why it is here." Laura was sure she could do that, but well did the cute creature talk.
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Amelia couldn't help but giggle as Professor Williamson searched for her wand. He wasn't even prepared for class with his wand. D: SNORT. Watching him pick up a stick, she raised her brow. It was a weird looking stick. :/
Eh.
Standing up now, she was about to answer the next question when suddenly the 'stick' began to move. "PROFESSOR! You're holding a BOWTRUCKLE!"
CHOMP it went on Professor Williamson's hand and Amelia winced. "Are you okay, Professor?"
Although many of the students had noticed the bowtruckle, Gwen hadn’t. She simply drew her attention towards the Professor while she thought of an answer to he last question. What to do if a skrewt came by? Maybe Evanesco?,she thought, but before saying that out loud, she remembered what she’d read about the spell. Perhaps making the animal going into non-being wouldn’t be the best answer to give in a CARE of magical creatures class.
Something else,then…, the third year thought. Expulso? Errr… maybe the animal shouldn’t explode either. ‘What about using a Freezing Charm?’What- it wouldn’t harm the skrewt, right?‘Or… a spell that one can surely cast’ Spells could go wrong too… and it wouldn’t be a good thing to make the creature angry and make it snap back at you. Or maybe an Incarcerous? Hmm. What about Petrificus Totalus?'Or...Levitate the skrewt with a Wingardium Leviosa?', the girl mused.
All right. One thing was sure- she should definitely stop reading about too many spells. Merlin’s beard, she could have given a decent answer like a normal person would have. Like...‘ask for help’… but she would have never done that, anyway… or ‘stay still and start moving backwards’ But noooo. Gwen had to think of all the possible spells.
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‘Is that a BOWTRUCKLE?’, she mumbled, finally able to see the creature. When did that thing appear?, the third year asked herself as she looked around for a second. Errr… had absolutely everyone except her seen the bowtruckle??
Evelyn raised her eyebrows in amusement when she noticed that Willy was actually searching for his wand. Nice. He didn't even bring his wand to class. He proceeded to pick up a twig, substituting it for a wand.
She stood up and..
Wait...was the stick in Willy's hand moving!?
"Will---" Honestly, she should remember NOT to say those nicknames aloud. "I mean, Professor! It's a bowtruckle!" Evelyn exclaimed. Of course! She'd seen it before in the Topiary Garden.
She winced slightly when she saw it bite Willy. Eeek. That must be painful. At least, he sure wouldn't forget his wand the next time round.
In Ellie's opinion, these were the worst answers possible. And Williamson said they were good. HAH.
So if she was facing a Blast-Ended Skrewt, and had her wand, what would she do? "I'd apparate." DUH. "Go somewhere safe and contact the Creatures department at the Ministry and have them deal with it." You know, trained professionals and all that.
And....
Ellie wasn't going to follow suit and freak out over the bowtruckle. In fact, it hardly fazed her. If he was the Creatures professor, he should be more than able to handle it on his own, no? Especially if he was about to teach the students how to act in a situation far worse than having a bowtruckle bite your hand.
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It was a wonder Emrys didn't do better in Divination, given that he nearly always was able to predict what embarrassing thing would happen to him within a span of a few hours.
First, he'd been thrown off balance by conversation about dangerous creatures loose on the grounds. Getting a bit warm under the collar, he'd begun squirming as his classmates described what they did. This is why I don't leave the castle, he thought to himself.
But the surprise of the twig in the professor's hand wheeling around and biting him? It wasn't that it was particularly frightening, but it was startling and Emrys' body jerked involuntarily at the sight, sending him toppling backward off his log and knocking his glasses from his face.
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The Blast-Ended Skrewt scurried into the lesson...it had followed a trail of other animals from his home...its nice dark home in the Forbidden Forest...afraid that no one would see it since it was below their knees and all the lil students were preoccupied by the man waving a bowtruckle...a bowtruckle how odd......it decided to make a statement a little here I am...
It raised its pinchers in the air and shot a huge flame up in the air...
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