0_________________0 Ella felt like she was reliving some kind of nightmare. Her eyes grew wide as suddenly a skrewt appeared. IS THIS REAL LIFE? she thought, holding her wand out in front of her. She turned her head to Williamson with a frightened expression and tried to speak in a soft voice, "P-p-professor, t-th-the sk-skrewt!" Her voice was quiet but urgent and she was rooted to the spot when the skrewt decided to suddenly launch a huge flame into the air. Ella flinched but still couldn't move, as she watched. At least Williamson was here now, he was an expert right? He wouldn't let anything hurt them...

Now that he had heard a few students yelling that it was a bowtruckle , Daichi vagely remembered reading about them before but that had been it.

As he waited for the Professor to confirm that he was alright, his dark brown eyes caught the attention of something at the right.

Seeing the huge flame up in the air, his face paled even more. His eyes began to water with fear and his body started to tremble. "i don't like this, i don't like this , i don't like this" he kept mumbling as if in trance. His gaze never left the flame as he stepped back and eventually ran towards Professor Williamson to hide behind him.

If he had to choose between a bowtruckle and a Skrewt...the answer was simple to him.

What on earth was happening!?

Evelyn stared as a skrewt appeared out of nowhere. She took a couple of steps back and started to panic when the creature suddenly shot a flame up in the air.

This class was totally going out of control. She took a few more steps back; her eyes still on the skrewt. Hopefully, Willy would deal with the situation.

Evelyn was still staring at the creature when from the corner of her eyes, she noticed someone lying on the ground nearby. Frowning, she turned slightly to find a guy sprawled on the ground with a pair of glasses nearby.

She picked up the glasses and handed it over to him. "You okay?"

As Alex waited for the professor to confirm that he was ok, he suddenly felt a rush of HOT AIR behind him...he jumped about a foot in the air and turned, only to find himself face to face with a Blast Ended Skrewt who'd apparently just shot a trail of fire into the air. EEP! If Alex still had his long hair...he'd been in AWFUL trouble right now!

Stumbling a few feet back, he gripped his wand and assumed the stance that the professor had been doing before he got attacked by the little stick-man he was currently dealing with. Ok, calm. He had to remain calm. They'd JUST discussed this--although Williamson had never gotten far enough to go into detail about WHAT to do in this situation. Gulp.

Not wanting to cast a spell and startle the creature, he took a deep breath before saying very quietly. "It's ok, Mr. Skrewt...no one here wants to hurt you, honest," he said. Now he just hoped that no one lost their minds and tried to hurt the poor thing. It was probably just scared...right?

Sophie was still frowning at the weird thing that was on Professor Williamson's hand when a huge flame was shot a few feet away from her. "AAAHHH!!" She jumped and backed away to make more room between her and the... thing. "What is this thing??" She asked to no one in particular, still staring at the creature with wide eyes.

Emrys turned his head toward the voice as he groped around on the ground for his glasses, completely unable to see what was causing the commotion around him.

Grasping wildly toward what seems to be a person-blob holding a small black blur - his glasses! - he felt the plastic against his fingers and grabbed. Setting them back on his face, he felt his cheeks burning as he looked up.

"Yeah, I'm fine," he said, still on the ground. Looking up, however, he caught sight of the blast-ended skrewt and shrieked.

"What in the name of Merlin's purple silk pajamas is going on!?" He scrambled to his feet and hugged his bag to his chest, his pulse pounding in his ears.

As Amelia was waiting for the Professor to say if he was alright or not there was a burst of flame. She jumped into the air before looking around to see what caused it.

She immediately regretted looking. D: "Professor, there's a SKREWT!" She shuddered and moved further away from it in case it decided to blast more flames.

Professor Williamson would protect them, right?

"Good." Evelyn turned, her eyes back on the skrewt. Just in case, you know, if it decided to jump on her when she wasn't looking or something..ugh. She shivered a little at that thought.

Merlin's purple silk pyjamas? SNORT. "Well, let's see. A bowtruckle is biting Willy and there's a skrewt out about and it's shooting flames up in the air."

Emrys looked at the girl dumbstruck. "W-w-well, CLEARLY," he sputtered, backing away from the girl and the skrewt slowly. Perspiration beaded on his forehead - whether from the heat of the blasts or his nerves he wasn't sure - and his palms were clammy.

He looked around frantically. Was there enough of a distraction for him to make a beeline for the castle? The professor didn't even have a wand, for Merlin's sake!

Hearing MORE screaming and flailing behind her as she attempted to catch the bowtruckle'S attention with the wood lice she was levitating, Kurumi's head snapped around and her eyes confirmed what everyone else was shouting. Yes, there was a blast-ended skrewt in the classroom. At least it wasn't that blast-faced beetle or whatever it was that she had found at the beginning of the term with Jonathan.

That thing was frightening.

"Uuuuuum..." she murmured as she continued to flick her wand up and down to make the lice seem more tantalizing. She wasn't going to be able to really do anything about the skrewt seeing as she was already preoccupied. "Uuuuum...didn't Professor Williamson JUST say not to panic?" Because that is what everyone was doing. It was a wonder that the poor creature hadn't gone and done something drastic with all the shouting.

Kurumi's attention was back on the levitating lice now. Come on little creature attempting to bite off the professor's hand...

Nerida was in awww, two animals in one lesson! That was awesome! First the bowtruckle, who bit the Professor and now a blast ended skrewt. She was a bit scared when she first saw the bowtruckle. But with the Skrewt she was just facinated and amzed. She had never seen one before. The automatic resoponse to a creature raising its pinchers or something like that would be to scoot back, but Nerida didnt do that.Looking around at the paniced students she said Calm down, if you guys scare it, it might react violently!

'What the blazes is going on? Now we have a Blast-End Skrewt too?? Are we going to have a Hippogriff, a Thestral and a Acromantula as well?' Alyssa thought to herself. Seeing the flaming creature and some of the students panicking, Alyssa did exactly what the Professor had told them to do. Not run, assess the situation and wait to see what the creature's intentions were. So she stood still in a defensive position, even though she so badly wanted to see whether Williamson was alright, and wand in hand in the ready position, she kept a watchful eye on the Skrewt.

She smiled in response, feet twitching this way and that out crossed in front of her. The prefect wasn't one to panic in general, especially around animals. Though she did have her moments. Listening to the responses, and waiting for the next question, she didn't even pay much attention to the creature scurrying through the grass until it was in WWW's hand, and BITING him.

That was going to bruise.

Her wand was drawn and she rose to her feet in one fuild motion, wincing internally at the bite, but most importantly not freaking out like a lot of other students seemed to be doing.

How was it they already forgot the key points they were just discussing?

"Guys we really shouldn't panic it's..."

... Not that bad?

Well. Now it was, what with a blast-ended skrewt shooting fire everywhere. Part of her wanted to sigh at all the panicking, another part was a bit to fascinated and curious to do so. The prefect moved from around her bench so as not to get tripped up should she have to run or... something, and flicked her eyes to the younger students all frightened. "Guys, please don't panic. You'll scare the skrewt." And the last thing they needed was a frightened animal that could shoot fire.

Now that Amelia was a safe distance away from the Skrewt and its flame shooting capabilities, she was fine. Brief moment of panic brought on by the fact that she didn't like fire much.

She started to study the creature. "It sure is interesting in appearance." Surely not pretty by any stretch of the imagination. Surely it wouldn't try to attack any of the students?

He was definitely out of his mind, but he had to agree with this Hufflepuff prefect. Even if she was a Hufflepuff. At least she had some senses. "Y-Yea... You might p-provoke it," he stuttered, backing off a few steps behind the prefect. Hades hesitated whether to jinx the skrewt or not. This was a lesson after all, so he was sure that they were safe as long as Williamson was around. Or at least some elder students, like this prefect for example.

Just to be safe, Hades raised his wand, but kept it low. At the same time, he tried to figure out what was the Ministry Classification for this creature.

Max wasn't scared of magical creatures; quite the contrary, he loved them.

But a blast-ended skrewt appearing out of nowhere and shooting fire around his classmates? He wasn't wild about that situation.

"Shhhh. Don't give it any reason to make you a target. It's probably better not to move, if you can help it." Unless it came near them. Though, despite what he was saying, he was slowly creeping toward Ellie as he spoke, wanting to make sure she would be okay. He knew she could hold her own just fine. He did. She was tough. But he just needed to be sure. He needed to be with her.

He shot a look at Williamson and his bowtruckle friend - was this a hands-on simulation where he prepped them to get a plan in their minds, then let them go free to make their own decisions? Was a blast-ended skrewt supposed to just turn up as if on cue? Though he was baffled about Williamson's intentions, Max tightened his grip on his wand as he reached Ellie's side, observing the skrewt with caution and sizing it up. They could totally take it down - no, of course that was a silly thought. They wouldn't need to do that. Not for a class... right?

Jory's instinct screamed "Run!'' but he resisted it and tried to stay still as the Skrewt shot flames in the air. Some of the younger students were panicking and the Hufflepuff prefect was trying to make them see some sense.

Jory gripped his wand tighter and pointed it in the direction of the creature. Just in case...

Vickers was taking down notes like the diligent Ravenclaw that he was, watching the Professor demonstrate the proper way to defend themselves... with a Bowtruckle.

Eh what?

He was usually the first to point out if something was amiss that the other person may not be aware of, but this time the boy was entranced with the sight of the Professor wielding a creature like a wand. He always wondered what would happen in situations like this, a once in a lifetime opportunity as it were. Would the bowtruckle get sick and make a mess? Or would its defensive nature kick in and....

Yup defensive nature kicked in right there. The Ravenclaw winced. Unless the Professor had skin of a crocodile, thats gotta hurt and scar badly if the creature got that bite in deep enough. Of course he's not entirely ruling out the crocodile option.

Something flashing at the corner of his vision got him to peel his eyes off the Professor and for a few seconds just STARED at what has got to be the ugliest creature he's ever set eyes on. Not that he would say that out loud.

Fire. Cant make heads or tails of the creature. Got to be the blast ended skrewt right?

And naturally the students started to panic. He got his wand at the ready, not just for the creatures but more so for any disaster that could come out of panicking people, which from his observations is most often the case. Is the Professor aware of this? His eyes slide between the Professor and the Skrewt. "Fire in the hole..." like literally.

Laura had been thinking about things when suddenly she saw a Blast-Ended Skrewt. "Professor, I think someone doesn't want you to finish this lesson." Laura sighed, seriously though this was interesting. "Professor do you have an enemies?" That would be one way to explain how come there was now two magical creatures in the class.

Laura looked at the Blast-Ended Skrewt and smiled at the Professor. "He's cute you know." Laura would love to interview this creature first, it was even cuter than the bowtruckle. "Professor can I see if the Blast-Ended Skrewt talks?" that would make thing easier.

Right. Evelyn folded her arms and stood, waiting for the panic to subside a little, when she heard the boy say something..she couldn't hear what he said since a LOT of people seemed to be talking around her..and he started to back away. He looked really scared. Jeez. More scared than the younger ones in the class. "Erm. Relax, okay? I'm sure Willy will do something."

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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.

William genuinely thought he had picked up a stick.... that was, until the stick started biting him. "ACK!" the man couldn't help but cry out in shock at the sensation of tiny, piercing little fangs digging into his hand. His eyes doubled in size at the sight of the bowtruckle in his hand, and he let go of it immediately, hoping the thing would drop off if he weren't holding on to it.

Unfortunately, it seemed that the bowtruckle was the one holding on to him. "Holy Mother of Merlin....." Willy swore, along with a few other choice phrases under his breath. He started shaking his left hand rapidly, then, hoping that he could free his hand of the creature by flinging it off.

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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?

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.

However, it seemed that Willy wasn't going to be able to just shake off the bowtruckle. The thing's fangs were deep into his hand and he was really starting to feel a tingling sensation all throughout his arm.

Fortunately for him, though, one of the Prefects kept a calm, level head and used her knowledge of bowtruckles to come to his rescue. William breathed a sigh of relief as a few of the woodlice came floating their way, and he flapped his wrist one last time to shake the bowtruckle in their direction.

It seemed that the creature took the bait, luckily, and willingly let go of his hand at last. THANK MERLIN! William shot a grateful grin over at Kurumi and quickly wrapped his bleeding hand up in the bottom of his shirt, just now realizing that his class had erupted into nothing short of pure pandemonium.

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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...

Wonderful. Bowtruckles, blast-ended skrewts, and who knew what was next... oh my!

"ALL RIGHT, everyone, you all need to just CALM DOWN," the professor shouted loudly, noting who was panicking, who was hiding (Daichi???) and who was trying to lead the others into a more tranquil state.

"It's just a blast-ended skrewt. They aren't THAT horrible, although any spell you throw at them will bounce off its thick, armor-like shell." He took a breath and gestured for the class to get behind him. "So what we have to do is figure out a way to either lure it away from class," by finding something it would want to eat, "or else stun it by getting to its underbelly."

Right. Think time. "Get behind me, guys," Williamson remembered to add, again motioning the class toward him with his wrapped-up hand. "Prefects to the front. If anybody has candy on them, toss it away toward the forest to distract the skrewt. Do NOT make any sudden movements or cast any spells."

Blast-ended what? Selena didn't like this. She quickly stuffed her pygmy puff into her bag - sorry Kent, it was really that or get eaten - and gulped. Selena didn't like this blasted-ended thingy with a "thick, armor-like shell". Because it meant it was strong. And hard to get rid of. So naturally, when the professor told them to get behind him, Selena did as he said because she didn't want to be EATEN. Neither did Kent. So it made a lot of sense.

Till he told the prefects to go to the front. Heh. Sorry prefects you were all going to be eaten fir- WAIT. Selena was a prefect.

Her eyes went WIDE at the thought of going up "front". Could she hide behind some other prefect? That way she wasn't eaten? A chocolate bar would be nice right about now. Yeah, maybe she could eat it... if the professor didn't tell them to TOSS THEIR CANDY AWAY. Chocolate wasn't candy... right? So she could just leave her chocolate in her bag. Yup. Totally made sense. Selena rummaged around in her bag, pushing Kent slightly aside. She had taken out her textbook so she would have more room for CANDY but now she was going to have to lose all of it. This wasn't fair. The professor was going to give people who gave away their candy the same amount back right?

Selena found her box of Bertie Bott's and tossed it towards the forest. And along with that went her blood pops. And sugar quills. And gummy bears. And skittles. And canary creams. And exploding bon-bons. And the ice mice. And the licorice wands. And her lemon drops. She was like... CANDY-LESS! That was horrible. The professor was EVIL.

"Bye bye candy... I will miss you," Selena said, wiggling her fingers at the candy she had tossed away. All except her chocolate of course. Because she was NOT parting with all of her chocolate.

Ella side-stepped slowly towards Williamson, her eyes fixated on the skrewt. She could not believe she had to face this thing again. And Professor Williamson was saying they weren't that horrible?! Well one had tackled her to the ground along with a professor and another student. That seemed pretty horrible to Ella.

Once she was safely behind the Professor, Ella waited for the scene to unfold, wondering how they were going to get the skrewt to leave them alone. She held her wand tightly in her hand, looking ahead nervously.

Lily stood in almost a shock like state. Who knew an animal, even a magical animal, could produce a campfire without any fuel... or at least that's what it looked like to the first year. As the professor began directing the class, Lily reached down and grabbed her bag slowly before moving behind the professor... way behind the professor. The claw wasn't afraid of fire, but she did the typical muggleborn first year thing and didn't want to be anywhere near the campfire-producing, armadillo-like creature. So she moved as far away from it as she could while still being part of the class group. This didn't happen everyday, that Lily knew for sure...

Right. Calm Down. Not that was Evelyn was panicking or anything. Well, she was actually. Because Willy didn't have a freaking wand!

No sudden movements. Right. She started to walk forward very slowly, her eyes on the creature. Ugh. Why? Why did she take this class? She should have picked astronomy instead. Well, it was too late now. Sigh.

After what seemed like hours, she stood behind Willy, wondering how he was going to deal with the situation. Honestly, how can a professor forget his wand!? Crazy.