Lex was beginning to think that everyone knew things but her. Here was yet another thing that no one bothered mentioning to the 11 year old; a bird that could disappear. There were so many things she could do with that.

Question.

"Professor...can the bird make others disappear too?"

Because then she wouldn't stop asking her father until he got her one for sure. They weren't extinct, as everyone just said, so it shouldn't have been a problem and she didn't see why she couldn't get one.

Before the Professor could answer her question she heard something that didn't sound very um...very well...it sounded like somethin' was getting killed! But of course, this was Hogwarts. A perfectly safe place where stuff like that didn't happen. No one ever actually got killed here because the place was so magic and there were things to protect stuff. Plus every time she took a guess at something being dangerous it turned out to be far fetched. Suuuure the Jobberknoll died but like...they just died--that thing in the back sounded like it was actively fighting for its life or something back there! Merlin! Didn't animals know how to be quiet during a lesson?

She listened to the others commenting--ah hah! So she wasn't going mad and hearing things!!! Good.

The Abraxan? Feeding at this time? Doesn't sound good? Oh boy. She just kneeew where this was going and her suspicions were confirmed when a girl got all frantic after running down to check. Oh no.

Minerva was listening to the class and all their answers. She was watching them pet and feed and bird. This was an interesting lesson, she liked learning about all these new animals. As they sat listening Minerva heard a thud and looked around not seeing anything she turned back to the class.

Minerva jumped as someone screamed.. What the... Was going on? She turned to see a ravenclaw looking horrified over something...

Laura looked at Mick as he threw an eraser at her, she quickly picked it up and winked back at Mick, this was awesome, he was awesome, could this day get any better, she put the eraser on her desk, she would give it back to Mick eventually, probably when the Professor wasn't looking.

Laura was looking at Mick and when she turned round the Abraxan was gone.

Ethan had taken his seat next to Minerva and resumed listening to the class and their answers. He vaguely watched the others interact with the Augurey.. wondering if maybe his parents would let him have one.. and still hoping to see a diricawl soon. He had seen one before, but never got to touch one or feed it.. maybe he could today.

The boy became vaguely aware of some sort of commotion at the edge of the building. He glanced over at a few of the students as they vocalized concerns, not really paying much attention until he heard screaming. Cora? His eyes snapped to the girl as she was very visibly distraught. The Abraxan? What was going on? "Cora.. what's happened?" he asked, brow furrowed with concern as he started to make his way over to her.. but the voice at his side made him stop.

Eliza heard a quiet, muffled sound as she watched the Augurey. Then, a horse whinnied from somewhere in the barn. Getting restless, are we? She figured it had just been time for the animals to stretch their legs some and didn't pay the noises much attention.

That was, until she saw Cora come yelling and crying from a stall in the barn. What is going on?! She rushed over to her friend and tried to put her hands on her shoulders. Something about...a what? Abraxan? "Cora, what's wrong? Are you okay?" She searched her face for answers, not liking to see her upset. Eliza felt herself getting choked up and angry. Has someone done something to Cora? Why is she crying?

"Professor, Cora needs you!" she called out in the direction of her teacher, not wanting to leave Cora in order to get her. "Cora, what happened?"

Ella had been sitting quietly, watching as the rest of her classmates took their turn petting the Augurey, when she heard something odd. It wasn't loud or anything and usually she would have just ignored it but several other classmates seemed distracted as well.

The third year followed Kurumi's gaze to where an Abraxan had been standing only moments before and blinked several times, confused. Huh? Could Abraxans disappear just like the Diricawl could? Ella was puzzled...

O__O

And then people were FREAKING OUT, which honestly wasn't the best choice in a situation like this. Especially when Professor Newlin was already in a delicate state. Ella looked around at the older students, hoping they would know what to do. "Erm...people should stop yelling and just wait quietly until Professor Newlin tells us what to do." Cause honestly, Ella hadn't seen anything other than a disappearing Abraxan and she didn't know why everyone was so scared. She did know that screaming wasn't going to help, though.

Harvey looked around to see what everyone was screaming about, only to notice the Abraxan had gone. He looked around the grounds maybe it ran off somewhere or something, but he couldnt see any tell-tale signs of it having gone. Had something taken it? He then moved closer to Ella ready to protect her if necessary! He stood next to her as she told nearby people to stop yelling since there was a professor nearby. "I think you are right Ella.. need to think with a clear mind on this and I agree we just have to listen to the professor" he then looked round to see if he could see anything strange, even though the professor was there he was not taking any chances when it came to Ella. He knew that she would be able to look after herself if she saw something coming, but what if she didnt see it coming... thats where Harvey came in!

Chaos had seem to break loose and Alex had no idea why--then he heard it. Something was up with the Abraxon. He wasn't sure what, he just heard a weird noise come from the animal distantly. "Professor?" he asked, raising a hand. "The abraxon is making weird noises," he said in agreement with the others who had already brought it to her attention.

Sierra had been casually sitting there, minding her own business and listening to the answers of others, when she heard the muffled sound of an Abraxan nearby. Her eyebrows furrowed inward as she listened to the reactions. Was...the sound anything unusual? Horses, even winged ones, neighed, right? Sierra listened to see if the Abraxan needed anything else, but...all seemed to be okay. "Whatever it needed," Sierra said, looking over at her brother, "it seems to have it now. I don't hear it anymore."

It was refreshing to see that quite a few of her students were really excited about the lesson. And unless word hadn't gotten around about her poor, poor Jobberknoll, which, she doubted. It was Hogwarts, after all. She thought it would have been one of the more somber lessons. As it was, though, Vanora sent Cassia a smile and nodded her head.

"We'll get to that in a minute."

She had a Hufflepuff to deal with first.

Laura did know that she was in a Magical Creatures class, right? And despite the fact that she had mentioned dark creatures, the girl should know by now that she wouldn't be teaching them about those. That was Professor Romanos' area. And Quidditch, she didn't even need to get into that. "If you say so." Was all she was going to say about that.

Oh.. erm..

perhaps it was about time that she thought of naming all the creatures in the barn. It wasn't like she didn't want to name them, because she did! But there were just so many creatures! And she really was a horrible name picker. Kurumi knew her coati's name, after all. "He," Vanora glanced over at Befelda and gave her a smile. "does not have a name. There's an attachment that comes with naming a creature. And since these aren't technically mine.."

She didn't have to finish that. She did nod her head, though. Of course the bird was comforted. Being petted felt nice.. she figured.

And that was the answer she was looking for! Well, not the whole long spiel about the Diricawl and her grandparent's honeymoon, but the answer to the Augurey question. Vanora was glad someone had been paying attention. "That is right! Uric the Oddball once had fifty Augureys. And he kept them as pets." He also thought he had died and tried to walk through walls because of those birds, but she was not about to get into that.

Wearing a jellyfish hat, though. That could be interesting.

That.. was actually a really good theory. Vanora thought about what Emmaleigh said for a moment before nodding her head and offering a smile. "Their actions during the winter months could be the reason. My theory has always been because of their close resemblance to the vulture." And anyone who knew anything about vultures would know why.

But, they were only theories. She was, in no way, telling the Hufflepuff she was wrong.



And.. students were getting off track.

Vanora may have been in her own little world, it was known to happen when she was talking about creatures, but she was more than certain that she had not mentioned anything about an Abraxan. And she would have mentioned that she had already fed them if it hadn't been for Eliza and little Cora's crying, and she couldn't help but make a face. She liked kids, she really did. But having to deal with them crying.. that was just something that she couldn't do.

"Umm.." she glanced around nervously, hoping that a different adult would stop by and just swoop the girl away. But no such luck. And since there was talk about the winged horse making weird noises, she supposed she had to get closer anyway. Giving the Augurey a quick look, just to make sure he wasn't freaking out as much as she was, Vanora slowly made her way over to the Ravenclaw, first peeking inside the now empty stall. "It's okay, you don't have to cry." Really. She didn't. So, could she please stop? "I just left the stall unlocked, so he could leave when he woke up. Which he obviously did." She gave the stall door a tug, to show that it was indeed unlocked. "And horses do make noises, weird ones especially when they're rolling around." Which he obviously had done, going by the hay all scattered around. "He probably just went out into the pasture." So.. they.. could get back on with the lesson, yeah?

Yeah.



She eyed Cora warily before slowing backing away from her and stopping next to the Augurey once again. Back to the lesson. "Well, time is actually running out for this lesson, so instead of me bringing out the Diricawl like I had planned," not that she could find any of them now anyway, thanks to the crying. "I'm just going to bring out the final creature." And if no one could tell by the look on her face, she was beyond excited for this.

Holding up a finger, to let them all know to wait a minute, they had wasted more than that anyway, Vanora grabbed one of the bird stands and dragged it into one of the creature stalls. She was gone for really only a minute before returning. Only this time, the bird stand was not vacant. Perched right on top sat a brightly feathered bird of only orange. She was still considered a baby! Professor Newlin BEAMED at the students while stroking the bird's feathers. "Who can tell me what they know about her?"

And could anyone guess what they were going to do afterwards!?

Seeeee? It was just like she thought. Even the Professor was saying there was nothing wrong. gosh, these people were just sooooo dramatic. It must have gone out like the Professor said. There was no need for people to be crying; Laura did enough of that for everyone already.

Just like she'd been thinking earlier, her idea would have been pretty far fetched. An Abraxan dying? Ridiculous. They would have seen it. Right. Now she could move on.

Judging by the enthusiasm the Professor had she could tell that the next thing would be super cool. She watched her every move until she disappeared and reappeared with a very prettiful colour...it would have been better in blue though...just saying. WAIT!! She knew what that thing was!!

"Professor, that bird!" She barely managed to start. She'd only seen one once. "That--it's song can make you go mad can't it?? My aunt had one...she said she liked the music it made.....we don't visit her anymore..." Though she really should. The woman had really loosened up since acquiring the bird. She was actually fun now! Though unfortunately her father disagreed. Meh.

It appeared that her classmates were making a fuss about nothing, and Vivi refused to be drawn in to their drama. They were learning about some fascinating creatures today, and she very much wanted to hear everything she could.

Tiny... orange... baby bird thing. Hmm. What could it be? "Professor, is that a Fwooper? Like Lex was saying, they can make a person go mad if they hear the song so people have to keep a Silencing Charm on them at all times."

It really was a shame they couldn't hang out with the diricrawl, so Vivi added a helpful, "Can I stay after and see the diricrawl, please? And maybe help you name it?"

Laura looked at the Professor and smiled. "It's a dinosaur." Laura hadn't seen anything like it so how was she suppost to know what it was. "Professor I though Dinosaurs were extinct though something either to do with a weird ice-age where everything turned to ice, or something to do with something falling from space killing them all." Laura sighed, though if the Professor had one did that mean they could make more dinosaurs?

So...they'd all freaked out for nothing? Ella was actually quite relieved to hear Professor Newlin say that the Abraxan had probably just wandered off. That put her mind at ease, especially after the whole Jobberknoll incident. Sheesh. Poor Newlin couldn't take any more strange things happening to the creatures!

Ohhhh...That was a really bright bird! Ella smiled at it, trying to think of what type it might be. She was aware that Fwoopers were usually brightly colored, though she wasn't one hundred percent about orange being included in that list. Meh. She decided to go with that anyway since several classmates seemed to agree. "Professor? I also think it's a Fwooper. The silencing charm that has to be put on it, well it has to be reinforced monthly so they can't drive anyone insane!" And well, that was a good thing...the reinforcing bit. "Oh, and you need a license to own one!"

Minerva listened as the Professor calmed everyone down. She still didn't understand why people were so upset. Trying to listen to the professor she watched as she brought the next bird out. It was a pretty color, but Minerva wasn't really sure what the bird was called. "It's pretty" she said not really knowing what else to say.

She listened and a look of worry crossed her face as she heard the other students say about it's song making you go mad. Well if that was true she hoped the silence charm was placed on this bird. They had enough odd things going on, there was no need for anymore people getting all crazy over a bird.

Kurumi tried to return her attention back to her parchment, but it was hard if not downright impossible with students jumping up and down and talking about...a plant? When had there been a plant in here? Blinking a few times, her attention was back on Professor Newlin when she explained that she had simply left the gate open for the creature to walk out when it wanted to...which was not a reason that computed with the Gryffindor at all. She had seen the creature when they had walked in...and now it wasn't there...which meant it had to have left the stall while they were all sitting here and they would have heard it. Even if it had flown out of the stall they would have heard it.

Chewing furiously and anxiously, Kurumi jotted down some uncharacteristically messy notes, Kurumi looked up when the next creature was introduced. Um...there was a Silencing Charm already in place on this one, right? Still, the Gryffindor instinctively covered both her ears with her hands, making it impossible for her to properly raise her hand to answer and for her to hear what others had said. Uncupping one of her ears, Kurumi raised her hand and spoke. "It's a Fwooper, native to Africa and typically found in four colors, orange, pink, lime green and yellow." Which was why they were associated with the number 4 in Rowling's Runes.

Oh! Vivi wanted to help name the diricrawl! Kurumi somewhat beamed over at the Ravenclaw for that and glanced back towards the professor. She wanted to get up close and personal with it too. Hands on was exactly what this Gryffindor was after. "May I as well?"

And hands were now back covering both her ears now, just in case.

Oichi's eye brows raised as felt something was not quite right about the way the professor said that the abraxan had woken up and gone for walk. It's neigh sounded like one of distress. However with all the craziness of her other classmates on the issue and class moving on she decided to just let her inibitions go for now. She saw the professor go for a moment and bring back a breath taking familiar looking orange bird and ask the class class what it was and she raised her hand, "Professor that bird is really rare, it's a fwooper, there song drives people crazy so I bet he has a silencing clarm on him I hope.".

Hmm. Well that was weird with the abraxon. Alex turned back to the class and his eyes fell upon the bird. Oh coooool! He knew what that was. He raised his hand.

"That's a Fwooper," he explained with a smile. "Most people think their song can make people go insane, so in order to keep one, you need to silence them," he explained.

Jory raised his hand. "I think that is a Fwooper,'' the badger said, looking over the brightly coloured bird. He thought she was one of the most beautiful birds e had ever seen. "Their eggs have very eye catching patternslike the Fwoopers themselves.''

WHAT A COLORFUL BIRD. Or not. It was just orange. BRIGHT ORANGE. And it hurts Kat's beautiful eyes. Right, this bird needs more colors. A mean a LOT more colors. Now... "Is that a fwooper, Professor?" Kat asked. She did know fwoopers had those blast colors. And all that jazz. "If I connect CoMC with Ancient Runes, I know that the four various colors of the Fwooper are used to represent number four in the alphabet in Runes."

The Abraxan went out for a walk? What like under the floorboards? He may not have said any of those but it was clear in Vickers' face that he wasnt quite buying that story. He knew what he saw, and unless the majestic winged horse shrunk to the size of a flobberworm there was no way that creature would've gotten out of its stall without them seeing it first.

But the Professor was determined to move on with the last creature and with one more wary look back at the Abraxan's stall Vickers turned his attention towards those bird stands... and his gaze settled on that brightly colored feather duster "Its a Fwooper...." he murmured, suddenly gripping his bag and wondering if he had his ear muffs with him from Herbology class. So what did he know about it? "Fwoopers are known to come in four colors and such numeric representation are used in Runic alphabets."

What was really going on it this class? She wasn't even sure what was real life anymore. She gave dirty looks to all of the people that were crying. Whatever was going on there was no need to cry. Honestly! Weak people disgusted her.

She put her attention back on the professor and listened to what she said. Obviously nothing was out of the ordinary. She watched as a beautiful bird came out. "Professor, that's a Fwooper and they are beautiful." Duh Hannah. It was obviously a beautiful bird.

Belle saw the professor bring out a bright creature. It was beautiful O__O. Belle could not stop but stare and admire the creature. Belle saw it's orange feathers. It was even more adorable since it was a baby! Awwww!!!!

Belle sort of know what that creature was. "Professor that is a Fwooper." Belle said, she remembered they had a weird name. "They have weird patterned eggs i know that. But it is just as beautiful as the mother bird."

Sarah was glad about the fact that she had gotten the answer right. Although the embarressing part was the fact she had missaid his name. Yet the his name was mentioned by her pretty soon so that made up for it.
"it is a fwooper," she said raising her hand upon hearing the next question. "Uric the Oddball tried to convince the Wizards' council that listening to one was beneficial for a wizards health. In fact he listened to it continuosly for months... He failed to convince them when he showed up at the presentation in his birthday suit wearing only a toupee, which actually was a dead badger" she said.

Sierra looked up at the brightly colored bird. Oh, ...a Fwooper! Sierra had never actually seen one of them face to face, but it was most definitely a Fwooper. "That's a Fwooper, Professor," she said, raising her hand. "The bird is a symbol in the runic alphabet, as well. It symbolizes the number four, since its feathers come in four different colors."