Zhenya arrived at Care of Magical Creatures, excited to be outside learning again. It was good, and not the first time this term. It was an excellent start. She looked around, wondering who the Professor was, and saw... nobody. There was an animal there, but Zhenya didn't know if it was supposed to be there or not. So, she stayed clear of it, frightened of what it might do. Although other people seemed to be talking to it, so the animal was perhaps the Professor in Animagus form.

Seth smirked and looked up at Peyton "are you going to sit, or just stand there?"he said.

Looking around at the seats, Seth knew Peyton would throw a fit just at the idea of sitting on haystack. Talk about the simple life.

He couldn't keep his blue eyes off of the, beautiful creature roaming around. He wanted one!

Belle was excited to go to her favorite class of the term. She was excited to know what she was going to learn. As Belle made her way to the grounds, she noticed the professor standing there. "Good morning professor! How are you today?" She was looking around observing what they were doing in class....it looked interesting...

Peyton raised an eyebrow at Seth. He was going to make fun of her if she told him why she didn't want to sit on a haystack though it was partially covered. She bit the inside of her cheek, glanced at the haystack and then back at Seth.

"I don't want to sit there," she muttered. "I'm..." Uhmmmm. "...allergic to hay...and I'm wearing a skirt so I can't sit there." That was one BIG lie and Peyton had a hunch Seth knew that. She was sticking with her reply though, that stubborn little red.

Seth raised a brow and sighed. "Oh, for the love of-" he said as he took oh his robe and placed it down so she could sit. Yes, he knew she was lying but he was a gentleman. His mom always told him to, treat girls with the upmost respect.

"There, now you can sit."Seth finally speaking to her in a polite tone.

He rolled the cuffs of his uniform shirt, up to his elbows and continued observing the beautiful creature.

Creatures class...

At least this one sounded promising. Maybe the professor woman would show him something interesting...like dragons or any other creatures with sharp teeth. Winged horses were okay too. Just not unicorns please. They were too girly and all smelled feminism as they did not allow boys to touch themselves.

Walking in, the Slytherin boy eyed the ridiculous animal first. Huh? Was the professor an animagus or something in this form? Was this the professor looking at every student in the classroom? Perhaps...but most likely not. Trying to stay away from the animal anyway, he chose himself a random hay seat and sat down

Well...well...well...

Look at there! Was not this Princess Peyton. Oh...she indeed was and it looked like she had a problem.

''Princess...'' Richard tried to take her attention. He was aware of the fact that she was talking to this Gryffindor boy but he did not care. She was allergic to hay and could not sit on. ''My princess...'' the Slytherin boy smiled at him widely and patted his leg. ''Why don't you sit here instead then?''

It was weird to even think that Nina was kinda very excited to come to class. Maybe her love for animals had something to do with it?

Anyways, the girl strolled all the way to the COMC classroom and stepping into the room she could first notice the animal which was cute but didn't knew why the professor wasn't here yet, she wanted to pet it though but managed to stop herself from doing it. Few people were already here so she went to find a seat and waited for the lesson to begin.

Creatures class! EEEEEP. Mo paused, perhaps a bit dramatically, in the door of the stable and took in everything with wide eyes. Only there wasn't much to see, what with the professor not being there and no animals being...

Oh, there was an animal right there.

Mo waved hastily at those he knew, including and especially West, as he scurried forward to get a first hand look at this creature. Whatizit? Was it hungry? Was it nice? Was it a boy or a girl? Did it hang by that tail? Could he pet it?

"If anyone objects to me petting this thing, you better say so," he said so quietly only the fuzzy creature would have been able to hear him. See? No objections.

"Care of Magical Creatures. Oh Merlin"

Rachel was not really the type of girl that loved those big animals, so she was expecting to not see them in her first CoMC class.

And hopefully she wouldn't.

- Hello Professor Shepard - said the Ravenclaw - I'm Rachel Fletcher, first year - added her before sitting.

Oh well, that was different.

O_____o

What was he doing?

Oh...OH!

Well...that was a bit huge of a surprise. Peyton blinked at Seth while he draped his robe over the haystack for her to sit down on. That was oddly nice. He was never nice. Why was he being nice?

She eyed him suspiciously and set her bag down. "Thank you," she said, warily. Why were you being nice to her, Seth? HMM? "You missed a spot," she added, just to get the upper hand in this. Whatever he was playing at she'd play better.

Peyton had just sat down when...



There he goes with the 'princess' thing. Peyton smiled up at Richard, feeling all giggly again. Stop it, Baltazar.

Oh, Merlin!

*Giggle*

Whaaaat? He wanted her to sit on his lap? That only caused a small giggle to escape Peyton's lips. What was she supposed to say to that? Wasn't it illegal or something? "I'm alright, maybe next time," she smiled.

Besides, Seth had been really nice and she didn't want him to think she didn't appreciate his gesture. Which she acted as if she didn't, but she really did. Heh.

Seth raised a brow and laughed. That boy was so uncouth. Not only is it disrespectful to automatically offer a gesture like that to a young lady. But didn't he have a girlfriend? Hmm.

The Gryffindor chuckled and playfully rolled his eyes and spread his robe even wider, so Peyton wouldn't get some demonic rash or something.

"No problem, Peyton." Seth replied with a friendly smile.

Oh Tinman, you do have a heart. xD

Care of Magical Creatures? Ofim thought for SURE that this class wouldn't talk about stupid comic books! He was excited for this class and hoped it wouldn't be a let down. He liked animals well enough. He walked into the stables and looked around.WHAT WAS THAT CREATURE IN THERE? It looked like a raccoon mixed with a badger. OKAY he thought to himself.

His stomach started to grumble. No good. Luckily he brought snacks with him.
He put his bag down next to a bale of hay and sat down.

Please, please let this class be interesting, he pleaded in his head.

Rawdon slipped into the room and found a seat near the other Ravenclaws. He was interested in magical creatures, especially the dangerous ones, and was eager to see what the first lesson was going to be about.

Anya really loved Care of Magical Creatures. And so, despite the mood she'd been in lately, she arrived to class with a smile. Hopefully they would be doing something fun.

Oh. And she beat the Professor to class. Lovely!

SQUEE! And there was some sort of animal. She kneeled in front of it. She then tilted her head to the side wondering if it would mimic her.

"I want one." she announced. Not to anyone in particular. It... just needed to be said. What were the chances she was allowed to love it hold it during the lesson?

Care of Magical Creatures.

Impressed with his OWL result last term on CoMC, Mordred made his way to Professor Newlin's class in a good mood. He felt odd despite the happy bubble, but that weird feeling won't stop the Slytherin from attending one of his favorite classes.

And so, he got himself a seat and waited for the class to start.

Awar trudged into CoMC. She was still getting used to the fact that her summer of laziness was over.

She tucked a bit of her hair behind her ear as she looked around for an open seat. She found one and walked over it. Settling her things on the ground, she readied herself to sit on the hay seats, wiggling her tushie a bit. She proceeded to sit down, smiling a bit to whoever she caught eyes with.

Melody hurried over to where Care of Magical Creatures was taking place. This should be exciting. She LOVED animals. It didn't matter if they where magic or non-magical. She smiled seeing the creature in front of her once she arrived.

"Hello. There." She greeted the animal. Melody held out her hand, close to the ground, but at a fair distance. This would allow it to sniff her hand if it wanted to and feel safe at the same time.

Amelia made her way to the class. Taking a seat on one of the many hay-bail chairs near the Ravenclaw group she just smiled to herself. Because that thing - the creature walking around was just so darn cute. She wanted one.

"Awww hey there, you are adorable..." she smiled and reaching into her pocket she pulled out a lemon cookie for it and a chocolate frog for herself. She opened the frog and quickly bit off its head.

Kaiden made is may dutifully out to the barn for the first Care of Magical Creatures lesson of the term, and took a seat on the first available hay bale he reached. Letting his legs stick out infront of him, he crosses his arms, and looked around with a sigh. It didn't look like cool dragons this term.

Oichi headed to Care of Magical Creatures class expecting it would be a good time. It usually was. She happily skipped to the stable area where the lesson was to be held. She felt so amazing in the great outdoors. She entered the stable with her bag and took a seat on one of the chairs provided. She soon noticed the professor was not there yet but there was a rather cute looking little creature up front in the professors spot. She decided not to approach it just in case the professor would not like it. She just took out her supplies and waited for the professor to arrive.

Joining the group already gathered for the first Care of Magical Creatures lesson, Sierra took a long look around. Where was Newlin anyway? It looked like her familiar was here at least. She eyed the creature and gave it a look sort of like she was asking, 'Sup? She stepped around it and found a good place to settle in and wait for the professor.

She eyed the Gryffindor that announced she wanted a creature just like Newlin's. Why? Why would anybody want something like that? Sierra looked at the creature like it'd suddenly become roadkill.

...He made it to the class before the professor. Jake never made it to class before the professor. How weird.

Walking through the hay bales, Jake kneeled at the front for a while to look at the... creature that was there. It was sort of cute, although he didn't know what it was. He dug in his pocket, seeing if he had any food for it... but there was nothing. So he gave up with it and went to an empty hay bale, dropped his bag on the ground, and took a seat.

Care of Magical Creatures.

Another elective Ellura was trying out but one she was leaning towards keeping on her schedule. Her grandfather certainly had peaked her interest in his discussions with her as he had introduced he to the wizarding world. Animals were a love of hers including her horse still residing at home. She was downright curious to see just what type of creatures they were going to be shown over the course of the term and any other years for that matter.

She made her way down onto the grounds, heading to the barn as directed by the notice for the lesson as well as the rest of the students heading in that direction. With no professor in sight, the third year simply took a seat quietly on one of the covered bales of hay to await class to be begin. Just then noticing the creature seated at the front of the area.

Oh how cute.

Dylan made his way down to the FIRST Care of Magical Creatures class of the term...Yea, he was sorta excited. The OWLs had jazzed him for this subject, oddly enough. It was the Fire Crabs. The Slytherin felt this new Professor understood...not to get them killed.

So, pretty much...he felt an obligation to attend now.

Hitching his bag higher up on his shoulder, he approached the barn were his peers were mostly assembled.

Where was Professor Newlin?

Dylan eyed the animal sitting where the Professor would usually be, rather suspicious.........Was Professor Newlin an animagus?...because he'd been studying theory for years. How FASCINATING would that be?

Nerida made her way to Care of Magical Creatures.. Ooo the hay seats have a cover on them...Did that mean they would be sitting there forever!!!?? She was about to say hello to the Professor when she saw there was no professor...She looked over at the animal in her place. The blonde walked up to it, "Hello Grise!" and gave it a few strokes. Stroke. Stroke. Stroke. After finishing stroking Grise she found a seat near the front, somewhat.