Steps:
1. Choose a fire and add a few sprinkles of floo powder to it. This will create a magical fire. You may watch your fire but don't tend to it (unless you absolutely have to).
2. Once the Ashwinder has risen from your fire, follow its ashy trail to the EDGE of the woods.
3. Wait for the Ashwinder to collapse to dust.
4. Cast the Freezing Charm on the eggs BEFORE touching or collecting them. You should wear protective gloves as an added precaution.
5. Collect your eggs and place them in a glass jar. Label the glass jar with your name, house, and year and place it back on the table.


Fire right! Ariana approached a fire that she liked cause she had to like it you know and it had to be just the best and she sprinkled her floo powder on it and watched it go all magical and pretty and all and that was awesome. she turned around to the board and looked to see what was AFTER that.. she squinted cause she couldn't see it.. lame.. she walked closer.. OHH follow the Ashwinder.. opps.. she went back to her fire and waited for it

West was eyeing the jars of eggs wondering about... yeah what Alice asked. About cutting them up and seeing the inside. Was there actually ashwinders in them? Essentially it came back to what he was asking, were they eggs at all or were they just called eggs? Like everything he heard of with ashwinder eggs called for using them whole...

He eyed them up and continued wondering while he waited for his questions to be answered.

Steps:
1. Choose a fire and add a few sprinkles of floo powder to it. This will create a magical fire. You may watch your fire but don't tend to it (unless you absolutely have to).
2. Once the Ashwinder has risen from your fire, follow its ashy trail to the EDGE of the woods.
3. Wait for the Ashwinder to collapse to dust.
4. Cast the Freezing Charm on the eggs BEFORE touching or collecting them. You should wear protective gloves as an added precaution.
5. Collect your eggs and place them in a glass jar. Label the glass jar with your name, house, and year and place it back on the table.


Little Ashwinder!! how cute..... [/sarcasim] Ariana followed it as it went into the edge of the woods.. the woods.... Ariana did NOT like the woods no sir no WAY, it was not cool with her... wait.. where did it go.. she was too busy freaking about being a few feet into the woods she.. ohh there it was.. she followed it's little trail to see where it was going to rest and ahh there it is.. little Ashwinder..

Dylan wasn't really paying that much attention. Like...he was thinking about the ashwinder ashes in his pocket. He hoped to be able to do something with that in whatever potion...

It was a question for Lafay...Perhaps he'd go see her in a bit.

He just nodded and whatnot at Alexa as she talked, though. Yep, he was totally faking it.

Steps:
1. Choose a fire and add a few sprinkles of floo powder to it. This will create a magical fire. You may watch your fire but don't tend to it (unless you absolutely have to).
2. Once the Ashwinder has risen from your fire, follow its ashy trail to the EDGE of the woods.
3. Wait for the Ashwinder to collapse to dust.
4. Cast the Freezing Charm on the eggs BEFORE touching or collecting them. You should wear protective gloves as an added precaution.
5. Collect your eggs and place them in a glass jar. Label the glass jar with your name, house, and year and place it back on the table.


COLLAPSE STUPID THING.. it was just sitting there almost mocking her in a way.. it was never going to collapse.. she was never going to get her eggs.. this was just horrible... while she watched she set her jar on the groud and put her protective gloves on anyway as she WAITED for it to do what it SHOULD be doing.. maybe she should get a stick and poke it.. would that work...

maybe?... no? okay. she sighed loudly obviously annoyed at the thing when.. 'poof' it collapsed to a pile of dust... she smirked.. Awesome.

So of course since he was thinking about Alice's question in relation to his own, West thought about her in general.

Frown.

Needed to stop doing that. Back to ashwinders. Ashwinders. Thinking about ashwinders. He forced himself to focus on the eggs some more. What were they going to do with them? Sell them yes? For the school? That kind of sucked in a way that their hard work was going toward Hogwarts instead of their own pockets. He wondered how many eggs there were total and how much money would come of them.

And what that money would go towards.

Also was there any use for the ashwinder dust? Because they left quite a lot of that behind too. West mused on this quietly and did his best to keep his eyes on the jars.

But failed, pretty much.

Steps:
1. Choose a fire and add a few sprinkles of floo powder to it. This will create a magical fire. You may watch your fire but don't tend to it (unless you absolutely have to).
2. Once the Ashwinder has risen from your fire, follow its ashy trail to the EDGE of the woods.
3. Wait for the Ashwinder to collapse to dust.
4. Cast the Freezing Charm on the eggs BEFORE touching or collecting them. You should wear protective gloves as an added precaution.
5. Collect your eggs and place them in a glass jar. Label the glass jar with your name, house, and year and place it back on the table.


GOOD.. now those little eggies were hers!... almost.. she bent down to pick them up and almost touched them when she remembered she had to freeze them.. what were those wand movements again.. she sat and THOUGHT.. and yes she sat in the dirt cause you know she was TIRED and hungry.... dinner should be soon yes? maybe she'd make cupcakes later and not tell anyone and eat them.. Cupcakes we're good, yes... OH right now she remembered... "Immobulus!" she said clearly preforming the motion as her eggs froze.. now they couldn't hut her. she stuck her tongue out at them.. even though they couldn't see her and began to pick them up one by one.. even though there were only like three of them.

He didn't know about what anyone else thought...but this was actually a pretty neat lesson. Since he knew how to make ashwinders now...having their eggs to use for potion would no longer be an issue.

That would be money saved...Considering they were having to pay their way at this school now.

It was his last term...So, the Slytherin didn't really care, of course. It was just a thing.

Yaaaaaaaaaawn.

When would this thing be over?

Steps:
1. Choose a fire and add a few sprinkles of floo powder to it. This will create a magical fire. You may watch your fire but don't tend to it (unless you absolutely have to).
2. Once the Ashwinder has risen from your fire, follow its ashy trail to the EDGE of the woods.
3. Wait for the Ashwinder to collapse to dust.
4. Cast the Freezing Charm on the eggs BEFORE touching or collecting them. You should wear protective gloves as an added precaution.
5. Collect your eggs and place them in a glass jar. Label the glass jar with your name, house, and year and place it back on the table.

Two, Three and Four.. Oh she had four little eggs.. how cute.. She smiled at them and put the jar on the lid.. cause all jars had lids and stood up, putting her wand away and taking off her gloves as she walked over to the table to put on her Label which she needed to make still.. maybe she should of done that earlier.. oh well. she took out some parchment and wrote down her deets

there.. Pretty. she beamed and stuck it to the jar with a little sticking charm.. " be good little eggs" she said softly and sarcastically as she left them on the table and was DONE...


Can she have food now?

"It's assumed that they are, yes," Peyton answered. "As far as we know, male snakes can not lay eggs, so it's assumed that since Ashwinders will lay eggs before their death, all Ashwinders are females."



"It's my understanding that it's not the purpose of an Ashwinder egg to actually hatch and produce another Ashwinder. They're only born from a magical fire," Peyton answered. "If we didn't cast Immobulus on an Ashwinder egg, it wouldn't have time to hatch. It'd be ruined when it caused the surrounding place to burst into flames."



"Of course they have," Peyton answered. "All the time, actually. Off the top of my head, the Shriveling Potion calls for the brewer to crack the egg into the cauldron. You won't find an actual Ashwinder inside, though, because remember Immobulus causes the egg to cease to function in its natural way. So a frozen egg never really produces much of anything outside of what any other egg would produce."

-----

...and with that, it was time to draw things to a close. "Time's up, class. Clean up after yourselves and put any remaining Ashwinder eggs into a jar. Remember to label your jar, because...well, you're going to need to know whose is whose," she forewarned. "I'll extinguish the fires myself after class is dismissed."

"Now, I have a bit of a surprise for you," she announced. Well, the ones with a little sense to them would consider it a surprise. The lazy ones likely wouldn't. She had no sympathy at all for the last group. "You did the work, so you'll reap the benefits. In other words, I'm going to give you an opportunity to make a real profit from the eggs you've collected. You've seen the payment centers around the castle. I'm sure you can find at least some use for a little extra money in your pockets."

"For homework, I'm taking you to Hogsmeade this weekend. I'll have a little center set up where you can sell your eggs to the villagers. Whatever you make is yours to keep," she said. "All ages are welcome to attend, and you don't need a regular parental permission slip like you normally do. That's because this is a school function, and you'll be coming and going with a school professor. I'll post details on your common room bulletin boards and on my own notice board."

"After you clean up, you're dismissed," she said.

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As the professor concluded class, a cold, thick breeze rolled in from the forest. It seemed to be an almost sentient fog that lay low at the bottom of the tree trunks. A line of fires closer to the edge of the forest even managed to blow out in the breeze.

What could that be, hmm?

Field Trip?!

Really?

Ella brightened up considerably although she did have some questions. Like...was it right to sell eggs that weren't really hers? They technically belonged to Ghost who was sadly a pile of dust that had probably been swept off into the wind somewhere by now. Come to think of it, Ella's eyes had been a tad itchy. O____O Hopefully it was just from allergies and not because the remains of Ghost had somehow winded up in her eyes. MEEP!

Another question, wouldn't Professor Lafay find these eggs useful in the potions lab for ingredients purposes? The blonde wondered for a minute or two why they weren't donating them but shrugged it off. It was nice, Professor Barlow allowing them to keep their earnings and all. It was also unexpected.

...

And then it got cooooooolllllldddddd. Ella blinked as her hair blew in the breeze and she eyed the fires going out curiously. Uhhhhh, what?Ella glanced at her classmates, wondering if anyone else saw that.

The sixteen year old cleaned up any mess she had made along the way and eyed the blown out fires curiously once more, thoughts of eggs and Ashwinders on the brain. When she had finished, Ella packed up her personal belongings and stopped to thank the professor. "Thanks for the lesson, Professor. I'm looking forward to the homework portion." Nodnod. And then she went off towards the castle.

She really wanted ice cream.

She had been just strolling around, really...watching her peers as they collected their Ashwinder eggs since she had finished hers rather quickly.

Just roaming around...yep. She made sure she didn't get in anyone's way of course. She also listened to when Professor Barlow made responses to the questions being asked. Additional knowledge. Mmmmkay, she needed that.

Finally though, when the woman had them finish off what they were doing because time was up, Beezus stopped on her track and listened to the closing announcements. Ooooh. Surprise. Beezus Castell liked surprises. And what do you know, this was actually a surprise. Professor Barlow was taking them to Hogsmeade! To sell the eggs they've collected! And the money will be theirs to keep! And, and...don't forget that didn't need permission slips from their parents for this. Uh huuuuh.

*MENTAL!FLAIL*

It was such a great surprise, Professor. Who didn't like going to Hogsmeade, anyway?

Woot. Woot.

And then Professor Barlow was telling them to clean up. Riiiiiight. Beezus sauntered over to gather her things when........WHY THE SUDDEN BREEZE?

Shiiiiiiiiverrrrrrrr.

The Prefect's musical note tattoo on the back of her neck tingled so a hand went to it and she rubbed it. Instinctively, her head turned towards the forest and she saw some of the fires blowing out. Err...."What was that?" She murmured to herself, eyebrows forked.

Ohhh! They were going to sell their eggs! That would be fun not to mention handy. With all those payment centers all around...

Jory gathered up his stuff and shoved them back in his bag. He was going back to the common room, anyway so no need to repack neatly. He then cleared any mess made during the lesson.

"Thanks for the very interesting lesson, Professor,'' Jory said. Yup it certainly had been. Suddenly, he shivered. "It wasn't cold a few seconds ago,'' he thought, looking around. He looked around. Was that fog? It wasn't there just now, was it? He stared at some of the fires as they were extinguished by the sudden breeze.

They got to sell the eggs for money? Awesome! Penelope could always do with more money in case she needed things, and she didn't like asking people for it. Earning it herself was always better, in her opinion, and this was definitely earning it. So she approved of this.

But now to clean up. Penelope pulled off her gloves and set them back down on the table and was starting to head over and gather the rest of her things when...

...did it suddenly get cold or was that just her?

Oh, no, it was a breeze of some sort. A few strands of her long hair blew in her face, and a shiver ran down her spine.

Merlin, that was random.

She brushed the hair out of her face and glanced around... Wait, weren't the fires still going just a second ago? That wind had blown them out?

Hm. Strong wind or something...

Minerva heard the professor and turned to listen to her final directions. Oh class was over, that was nice. Then she said what their homework was going to be and Min sat thinking about this. She was okay with getting the eggs to sell, but she felt a little weird about actually being the one selling them. This was kind of interesting at the same time though. She decided it would be interesting and couldn't wait to try it out.. Shrugging it could be fun.

Remembering she still had her gloves on, she took them off and picked up her school bag. Turning she saw Ethan's bag and picked it up as well. Looking for him she noticed he was standing with some other students and made her way towards him, but before she could get very far she started feeling the area get colder, what was that. Looking around she noticed a fog, that was weird.. She continued over to Ethan, but felt a little jumpy from the change the air.

Lex was busily chatting away to Dylan, seemingly going from one topic to the next when the Professor began talking. She quieted down and turned to the woman.

It was just as she'd thought. They'd be needing the eggs for something. Why else would they be labeling them? Exactly. What she didn't expect was that they'd be selling them! They were going to Hogsmeade!! There would be good food!!! Even if that wasn't the reason for the trip that was the reason she'd stick with!! Food and ice-cream and and and CANDY!!!! How much did Ashwinder eggs sell for anyway?

Meh! Didn't matter! She had FIVE, that would get her a decent amount of candy along with the money she was expecting. EEEeeeeep! Her candy bag would regain some of its weight--

...

........

What the kneazle...? Lex spun around so she was now facing the forest. Where in merlin's beard had that wind come from...and the...the...was that...fog??? "Did...did anyone else feel that...?"

How rather curious...her gaze stayed on the forest. Cold breeze. Ice-cream was cold. MAYBE THERE WAS A BIG FRIDGE IN THERE!!! It all made sense. The Professor having ice-cream just now, her taking them to the edge of the forest! This was all one big treat wasn't it??? Oo! Oo! Oooo! She wanted ice-cream, was there a line?? Could she be at the front?? Did they have chocolate flavour?????

Field trip! Haruka hadn't been on a field trip since the time her parents sent her to muggle elementary school for a year and her class went to visit Tokyo Tower! This was going to be fun!

She wasn't sure what she'd do with the money she made selling the eggs, though. Her family was well of, so she had enough to pay for the various tolls. Maybe she could give it to other students to use. She could leave it around the castle for them to find. Or, if she made enough, she could use it to buy some supplies for the school. Like good tea for Divinations! She'll figure something out.

Haruka was just finished cleaning up when she felt a cold breeze fall over the area. 'It wasn't this cold just a second ago,' she thought. Suddenly, something went through her body, directing her to look over to the Forbidden Forest just in time to see some of the fires around there be blown out. "This is an unnaturally strong breeze..." She said to herself.

All. Ashwinders. Are. Female.

West's mind was kinda BLOWN by that y'know? He was mulling over it, once more back to thinking about class stuff instead of a certain person, as the professor continued speaking.

Oh hey. They got to keep the money? That sounds even better! West perked up, obviously happy and impressed at that news. Sounded fun. He was an EXCELLENT conman salesman. Him and Theo had been selling things forever.

But back to All ashwinders being female.

He put his hand up.

"Professor, what if the male of the species does exist but hasn't been discovered yet? Like it takes another form or something?" That was how creatures and such got discovered wasn't it? And imagine discovering something like that for sure?

Oh look fog. West glanced toward the forest.

"Maybe there are dementors being born." He remarked, not sounding particularly worried. It was cold though. He shivered and pulled his robes around himself.

Professor Barlow was going to take them to Hogsmeade! To sell the eggs they've collected! And plus, the money will got would be theirs to keep!! And no parents permission! Yes!!

After Professor Barlow was telling them to clean up. Nerida walked over to gather her things when it suddenly got cold...WHY THE SUDDEN COLD BREEZE???!!!

Shiiiiiiiiverrrrrrrr. Shiiiveeerr. Cold. Cold. Cold.

She looked around and looked around where was it coming from, she looked towards the forest, was that fire? She rubbed her eyes was that really fire? Shrugging her shoulders Nerida turned around and picked up her belongings.

Ohhhh, a field trip! He had never had one here at Hogwarts. Or Salem for that matter. "That sounds awesome Professor." Going to Hogsmead and all, that would be fun!! And class had been great too.

When Kaiden was cleaning up, he shivered slightly. He had just been hit with a cold blast of air from the direction of the forest. Looking up, he noticed some of the fires go out. Oh, well that was odd wan't it? And was that a fog? it was hard to tell as it was getting darker. Rubbing the back of his neck, he turned to Mika. "What do you think it is?" he asked.

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Anna Banana

"It's assumed that they are, yes," Peyton answered. "As far as we know, male snakes can not lay eggs, so it's assumed that since Ashwinders will lay eggs before their death, all Ashwinders are females."



"It's my understanding that it's not the purpose of an Ashwinder egg to actually hatch and produce another Ashwinder. They're only born from a magical fire," Peyton answered. "If we didn't cast Immobulus on an Ashwinder egg, it wouldn't have time to hatch. It'd be ruined when it caused the surrounding place to burst into flames."



"Of course they have," Peyton answered. "All the time, actually. Off the top of my head, the Shriveling Potion calls for the brewer to crack the egg into the cauldron. You won't find an actual Ashwinder inside, though, because remember Immobulus causes the egg to cease to function in its natural way. So a frozen egg never really produces much of anything outside of what any other egg would produce."

-----

...and with that, it was time to draw things to a close. "Time's up, class. Clean up after yourselves and put any remaining Ashwinder eggs into a jar. Remember to label your jar, because...well, you're going to need to know whose is whose," she forewarned. "I'll extinguish the fires myself after class is dismissed."

"Now, I have a bit of a surprise for you," she announced. Well, the ones with a little sense to them would consider it a surprise. The lazy ones likely wouldn't. She had no sympathy at all for the last group. "You did the work, so you'll reap the benefits. In other words, I'm going to give you an opportunity to make a real profit from the eggs you've collected. You've seen the payment centers around the castle. I'm sure you can find at least some use for a little extra money in your pockets."

"For homework, I'm taking you to Hogsmeade this weekend. I'll have a little center set up where you can sell your eggs to the villagers. Whatever you make is yours to keep," she said. "All ages are welcome to attend, and you don't need a regular parental permission slip like you normally do. That's because this is a school function, and you'll be coming and going with a school professor. I'll post details on your common room bulletin boards and on my own notice board."

"After you clean up, you're dismissed," she said.

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OOC v.2: Thanks, everyone, for attending my first class!

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Narrator

As the professor concluded class, a cold, thick breeze rolled in from the forest. It seemed to be an almost sentient fog that lay low at the bottom of the tree trunks. A line of fires closer to the edge of the forest even managed to blow out in the breeze.

What could that be, hmm?

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Originally Posted by Yourenodaisy

Ohhhh, a field trip! He had never had one here at Hogwarts. Or Salem for that matter. "That sounds awesome Professor." Going to Hogsmead and all, that would be fun!! And class had been great too.

When Kaiden was cleaning up, he shivered slightly. He had just been hit with a cold blast of air from the direction of the forest. Looking up, he noticed some of the fires go out. Oh, well that was odd wan't it? And was that a fog? it was hard to tell as it was getting darker. Rubbing the back of his neck, he turned to Mika. "What do you think it is?" he asked.

Mika listened to the Professor as she began to dismiss the class. Aw, that was rather a fun class wasn’t it? She thought that homework assignment was absolutely wonderful. Really, she was going to sell the heck out of these things.

She just ran her hand through her hair as she glanced at all the supplies that were left strewn about. Quickly she got up to put out some of the fires – for safeties sake and all, but before she could get there the fog had arrived and they were put out for her…that was eerie, the coldness that is. She shivered slightly and pulled her robes tighter around her.

Her attention snapped toward West as he said something about Dementors being born. But they weren’t born – Dementors were neither born nor died they just kind of were. She shrugged though he had a point it was cold, and dementors were cold so maybe they had just arrived on campus to wish them hell.

Mika glanced over to Kaiden as he asked about the fog. “I don’t know, I just…its cold whatever it is – maybe West has a point?” She offered with a shrug of the shoulder as she got up and brought the floo powder and extra things to Professor Barlow before grabbing her bag. “Thanks for a wonderful class Professor Barlow,” Mika smiled at her new favorite teacher.

Were they done yet? Aw, yess.. it appeared to be that way. Ethan stepped a little closer to Professor Barlow as she seemed to be dismissing class. Hmm.. the homework seemed a bit interesting.. especially the part about keeping the money themselves. Ashwinder eggs fetched a decent price. Plus, they were going to Hogsmeade.. perhaps they would be able to hang out there a while too? He tried to sneak a look at Minerva to see if she was thinking along the same lines but.. where was she? He didn't immediately see her in the crowd.

Ethan glanced at the faces present there, trying to locate a certain one as he felt a chill in the air and his eyes snapped to the line of fires as they were blown out. Huh. That was kind of odd, but he didn't think a whole lot of it as his eyes drifted to the hint of a fog near the tree line, then back to the class. Oh there was Min.. He gave her a smile as she neared and he headed towards her. "Oh, my bag.. completely forgot about it, thanks.." he said as he reached out to take it from her.

Kommoto's ears perked up at the sound of a feild trip. His Ashwinder still stubbornly clung to life. This had to be a record. Leaving it, he listened to the professor talk about the field trip. His heart fell. He still didn't have his eggs. At least he had nothing to clean up. He gathered his things and slouched off towards the castle.

Ooooooh, a field trip to Hogsmeade! Where they got to sell things. Theo gave West a look because if anyone could sell stuff, it was them. He took another look at his eggs, admiring them, then packed up all of his things to go. What was this? A good mood after finishing one of his least favourite classes? Maybe this professor had the approach that worked for Theo, he wasn't sure, but yay - happy chappy. "Bye, professor!"

Before he left, Theo felt a sudden breeze in the air and shuddered a little. He knew he should have worn extra layers. He thought absolutely nothing of it, until all the other students started to freak out.

............

"Shut up..." Theo muttered, slightly sarcastically but mostly seriously.

Because hello, not a fan of dementors here.