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A thestral? Adelaide looked behind the professors, but nothing there. That was probably a good thing. She wondered who in the group could see it though. Any of friends...

Okay. What girl didn't love horses to some extent? And she had read a bit on the animals in a couple of her books. Addi raised her hand. "There are granians. They are grey and very fast."

Wait, there was a THESTRAL there?? No fair, they shouldn't bring cool animals that not EVERYONE could see. Quite frankly, Caleb didn't WANT to be able to see them, since that would mean that he had witnessed someone dying, and that was depressing and would probably scar him for life. Why couldn't thestrals just be like...normal?

Still, he raised his hand to give a breed of winged horses for the professor. "There's the Granian breed. They're gray and known for being super fast," he explained. Was that where their name came from? Their color? Hmm...

Ascanius couldn't see the Thestral. Which was a relief, yeah? Not only was it a morbid kind of animal, but, no doubt, the fact that other students could see the them might bring some of his peers down. Luckily, he wasn't plagued with crippling memories of death and such. So everyone else could deal with that who had those demons. Ahem.

Anyway, as to the question of winged horses, he knew a bit. Only 'cause he had spent the summer crashing at Atticus'...though he had never really inquired about the horses. Ever. 'Cause he didn't care. Now, more then anything, he wished he had asked.

Not that he would have spoken up anyway. But he did take a listen to what everyone else had to say about them, yeah?

Bree felt a bit uneasy about this lesson. It was hard for her to believe there was an invisible winged horse next to the professor that you could only see if you had seen and remembered death. Though other people took account of it being there and if is true those poor souls. She tried to alleviate her mind of the morbidity as she heard the next question asked and she let her mind slip to thinking about that question. She heard quite a few answers and had to think harder to come up with an answer not mentioned but in time she did. She raised her hand and said, "My mum used to read to me lots of fanciful tails of mythical creatures as a child and one creature I remember fondly is a unipeg, or a unicorn that could fly. They were crazy amazing powerful creatures that were wild and free, no one could tame them, and they could take on most anything"

HOLY.

FREAKING.

MERLIN!

Grayson's blue eyes widened as he watched chunks of an apple disappear into nothingness. That was freaky, mkay? MERLIN. Despite this, he kept his eyes glued to the chunks of apple, almost as if he was mesmerised by it. It would help to actually be able to see the animal for himself because it would be brilliant, even if the creatures were gentle. Major put off. Though, looking over at the board, they were only meant to be seen by people who had seen death. Huh. That was depressing.

Shrugging, the fourteen year old made a few notes about the creatures. Winged Horses, man. Some were known wizard killers! He liked THOSE. And speaking of winged horses, someone over there mentioned Abraxans, which reminded him of his previous school. They had had those over at Beauxbatons. Not mentioning THAT, nope.

He did have something to contribute soooooo up went the hand. "Don't you have to keep winged horses hidden with charms and whatnot? If you're going to keep them, that is. Because, I mean, a winged horse in your back yard or a paddock is going to attract quite a lot of attention."

Also. LOL. Piersie. OH MAN. He was going to remember THAT.

Text Cut: Thompson

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Originally Posted by Charely Potter (Post 11618919)

Early on when the class had entered, Professor Thompson remained silent returning each and everyone's greetings. It was quite chilly out, as he every now and then rubbed his hands together. Other than that and the sharp look he gave Professor Fuller when he suggested the students could step on Professor Morgan, he was all good standing by the Thestral while Piers did his thing first... and now it was his show. "Thank you, Piersie.." Oops. looks like that nickname for him was contagious. Heh. Moving on..

Not exactly how Javy had planned to introduce the fact on the Thestral being there. But no matter, it was a nice opportunity to include them in, "Glad you asked, Miss Cambridge. Considering this particular Thestral isn't one of Mr. Kirby's, his knowledge on one being here isn't as necessary." Least this saved the time on finding out who could see them.

"Now then, to ease anyone's confusion there is in fact a Thestral right by me." Taking a fresh apple from his pocket, he then dropped it in front. The students who were able to see the Thestral knew what was coming. The majority of the rest.. got to see the apple appear to magically disappear chunk by chunk into nothingness. "The Thestrals here are considered gentle creatures despite their appearance and reputation as associating with omens and death, because only those who have seen another person's death and accepted the circumstance of it are only able to see them." Just for the basic facts. Using his wand, the thirty-three year old Professor gently tapped the board behind him with it, making the words start visually appearing onto it. Yep, notes were happening.

"Another thing to note is that Thestrals are a breed of Winged Horses." The ones over by the side that were more easy on the eyes. Some were making shriek noises among another. "Who are considerably more tamer by nature and smaller in size. Can anyone share some of the other breeds of Winged Horses?"

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OOC: Mention only one breed + optional small fact on them. Feel free to be creative with your answers. =)

Cutty was about to laugh outloud when Alexa mentioned the Thestral. But doing so would probably ruin the effect of her practical joke upon the class at large. So he held it in by way of smug and knowing smile.

This was gonna be sweet. This was gonna be...

What the?!?! Professor Thompson was in on it too, was he? Was he...? Oh, hey look how that apple is...eating up itself...

Cutty was disappointed that this was not an elaborate hoax being put on the class. It might have made him forget about the cold. Instead, his shivering arm wrote in crinkled writing the notes about the thestrals as well as other types of flying horses.

One had to have seen death then? Cutty looked over at the Gryffindor Prefect and seriously considered if she'd ever killed anyone. You know, by accident or whatever she would've said at the time.

As Sophie listened to the discussion, a thought came to mind--what was the point of the Placement Charm anyway? Unless you were placing something really high and out of reach, couldn't you do it much faster by hand? Shrug.

Sophie couldn't see the thestral, but she took the professor's word that it was there. Hiii, thestral I can't see! So what other types of winged horses were out there? Sophie raised her hand. "Aethonan," she said, "which is a breed mainly seen in Great Britain and Ireland."

Facts. She knew 'em.

There was a Thestral there?! Obviously Adi couldn't see it and he knew that very well but that didn't stop him from craning his neck trying to see the creature. Though he wanted to see it, he wasn't too fussy given the reason why some people could see them.

So other Winged Horses? Adi raised his hand. "There's Abraxans. They're very powerful palominos.'' Yep, Abraxans sounded super cool because of their strength.

SPOILER!!: Pegasus Fantasy

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Originally Posted by ScarletCharm104 (Post 11618935)

Piersie.

Iiiiinteresting. But anyway, Marigold was interested in more than just the nicknames of Professors, no matter how cool and funny they were. She wrote some notes out about sticking charms and how they differ from levitation, but was finished quickly enough that she put her quill down before Javy started talking. ...there were THESTRALS!? She couldn't see them. Nope. Not even after two deaths in her family in two years, she couldn't see that. Whether the horse was basically taunting her about the fact she wasn't there when her grandpa died or just a grim reminder, Marigold didn't appreciate it. Which is why she took the opportunity to change the subject.

"One breed is a Pegasus. They're used in Greek myths and stuff." So a bit of fiction.

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Originally Posted by Felixir (Post 11619002)

Was Tobias Tempus puffing his chest out all proudly and stuff? Maybe. It was a definite possibility. He grinned when Fuller seemed to like his answer, like full on BEAMING (those hours and hours of attempted extra study were starting to pay off), before looking to Thompson for the next part.

Uhhhh... winged horses. Well, there were LOADS but... the one answer that Toby caught himself latching onto was the one which wasn't even in the textbook at all, and he quickly shot up his hand as soon as possible after Mari's answer.

"I don't think Pegasus is actually a breed, it was just the name of that one famous horse," he pointed out, but smiled at Mari anyway because... y'know... Toby liked to share smiles. Then he looked at Thompson again. "Maybe there were loads more back then too, and they were other breeds of winged horses, like Abraxans or something." It certainly was interesting to think about, and ever since Airey did that one lesson about Icarus actually being about wizards and magic, Toby was eager to look for more possible magic solutions to historical stuff. But that was a bit off topic. As for right now? Yeah, no more answers. Toby just stood there, beaming and bouncing on his toes and absolutely buzzing with energy as though he was likely to take off at any moment.

"Take a point for that assist, Mr. Tempus." Especially before he could get the chance to. "Pegasus is thought to be the name of an Abraxan."

SPOILER!!: Correct answers

SPOILER!!: Aethonan

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Originally Posted by Emms (Post 11618936)

So it was a Thestral. Aha, he had been correct... A lump formed in his throat when the memory of the car accident began flooding into his mind again. The sirens and flashing lights... No. He had to stop. He dismissed the thoughts away and refocused on the lesson at hand. Simon continued to gaze at the Thestral for a little while longer until he realized there were notes being written on the board. He quickly pulled out his notebook and began taking notes. They'd be useful later.

After listening to the Professor's question about other breeds of Winged Horses, he paused and let the information set in. Breeds of Winged Horses? Oh, he knew one of the answers. He had just read about this the other day. In his mind, he searched hungrily for the answer. When he found one of the breeds, he raised his hand. "Professor, the Aethonan is a breed of winged horse. There popular in Ireland and Great Britain," he explained.

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Originally Posted by Squishy (Post 11618964)

Wait, there was a Thestral? O_O

Since she hadn't seen anyone die (thank goodness), this was news to Lux. But yes... There was an apple disappearing in thin air right before her eyes. Huh. Interesting.

Transfixed on the spot where the Thestral was supposed to be, she listened as Professor Thompson started talking about winged horses. Okay, so what were some of the other breeds? Raising her hand, she said, "Aethonan is one. They are chestnut in colour."

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Originally Posted by SweetPeea (Post 11619050)

The class had begun & Josie's undivided attention was on both of the very knowledgeable Professors. Seeing as to how the lesson was going to be about the placement of certain things, along with some of the most majestic creatures she'd read about in her young life, she knew that it was going to be one she'd favour.

Josette listened as the questions had been asked, whilst answers were being given left & right. But it was when Professor Thompson had brought attention to the mention of a winged horse she couldn't see, her curiosity had been sparked longing to see what it looked like. Although, the apple he'd dropped disappeared into nothing! Sadly for her though, she'd never witnessed death before, otherwise she would have been able to see this creature. Josette then heard Professor Thompson ask what other kinds of winged horses there were & immediately the Granian had popped in her brain from her readings. And there was another that soon came to mind, which caused her to raise her hand, "Professor, I-I do remember r-reading about a winged horse that's commonly known to be from G-Great Britain & I-Ireland.." She tucked her hand back into the warm blanket. "I-I believe they're called... A-Aethonans? And they a-are known to b-be the colour of a c-chestnut.."

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Originally Posted by griffin (Post 11619058)

There was a thestral there? Penelope couldn't see it, but that was probably a good thing. The closest thing to a person dying that she had ever seen was when her dog killed a bird.

Winged horses. What did she know about winged horses? Not much, but Penelope remembered at least one breed of winged horse. "Professor, one breed of winged horse is the A- Ae- Aeth- Aetheio- Aethon- Aethonan. Aethonan." She could kind of pronounce it. At least she had been able to say it, even if it did take her a few tries to get it right. Penelope had a lot of questions about thestrals, but most of them had already been asked. "Can you use a placement charm to put a bridle on a thestral? Are placement charms used to attach the thestrals to the carriages that bring the students to the school?"

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Originally Posted by Anna Banana (Post 11619208)

SPOILER!!: Abraxan

SPOILER!!: Granian

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Originally Posted by Daydreamer11 (Post 11618952)

Professor Thompson took over his portion of the class. When he asked a question about winged horses, Jasmine had an answer ready and raaised her hand. "The Granian is a breed of winged horse. It is gray in color and known for being very fast."

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Originally Posted by Expecto-Penguin (Post 11618953)

Kace was learning interesting thing. Well he now knew the charm Professor Fuller was talking about. He was dazing out again but now he was focused! He heard Professor Thompson's explanation of winged horses. He nodded and knew Thestrals were one of them. Granted he never seen one before. But he knew one of them.

He raised his hand and said, "Professor I know one, it is called the Granian. It is very fast and their color is grey." Who knew he would know something about winged horses. He was gonna take Pegasus but Mairgold took it and he had to think of something else.

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Originally Posted by Harry174 (Post 11619041)

Angel raised her hand. "Professor there's the Granian which is really fast and grey and must be very good for racing in one of those horse races they do." Angel beamed, she wondered how that worked because if it was a general race surely it would put the others at a disadvantage and Angel thought that would be so uncool.

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Originally Posted by GrapehGrape (Post 11619136)

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Originally Posted by Lissy Longbottom (Post 11619145)

Nodding curtly at each correct response. Good, they knew a little about them. It gave Javy the chance to share more facts about them soon enough.

SPOILER!!: No response

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Originally Posted by Meizzner (Post 11618954)

So mostly everyone was right. See why talk when everyone just repeats said correct answer. Too much effort that was.

What.....Did he?

Yes Thompson just called Fuller Piersie. It was hilarious. Nigel grinned while listening to Thompson's info about Thestrals. So that is what it was. Interesting. Can't see it . But Nigel will take his word for it. The Seventh Year knew of three types of winged horses other than Threstals. Abraxan, Aethonan, and Granian. No doubt all were just spoken of.

Though Winged Horse Races were fun to bet on.

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Originally Posted by Hey Ju (Post 11618987)

Agatha didn't really know what the Placement Charm was, ALTHOUGH he did know what it was once other people started mentioning what it was. Oh. She should start learning the proper names for the spells soon.

Creatures talk now, which Agatha liked a bit more. It was easier to deal with animals rather than spells, in her opinion. Not that she would tell anyone that. Wait, HUH? Thestrals? What did her uncle have to do with them?? The girl had no idea her uncle had thestrals, to start with. She would have to ask him about that asap.

All of the winged horses she knew had been mentioned already and, to be fair, Agatha didn't know much about any of them to give any extra information, so she had to keep quiet once again. But Merlin, it was really freaky to see that apple disappearing next to professor Thompson. The sight sent shivers down Agatha spine and she fixed her scarf around her neck.

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Originally Posted by Poolicious (Post 11619000)

Placement Charm? Yeah. She didn't know what that was and what's that for so she just sat there and listened what everyone said. Moves an object from point A and secures it to point B, whatever that point is. Ohhh. That's pretty awesome charm.

They were going to learn about winged horses? Cool. Give her undivided attention to Professor Thompson? That she could do, Professor. Candice turned her attention to the Care of Magical Creatures Professor aka Professor Handsome Face Number #2. And did Professor Thompson just called Professor Handsome Face Number #1 Piersie? The first year let out a small giggled. That's just really adorable nickname.

Back to the lesson. Thestrals? There's a Thestrals? She wanted to see it but unlike her brothers she never saw anyone die with her own eyes (Thank Merlin for that!) Other Winged Horses? The only winged horses she knew was Pegasus but someone already mentioned that, she didn't see the point to repeat the same answers so she just gonna sit this one out again.

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Originally Posted by Mordred (Post 11619035)

Piersie?

Okay.

That name shall stick then. Professor Piersie. Mhm.

Ethan watched as Professor Thompson procured an apple from his pocket and tossed it to his side. Why is he wasting food? Oh. Oooh. There’s actually a Thestral beside him! Ethan wasted no time and got his notebook and muggle pencil and started to scribble down some notes. Information’s good, yeah? Yes. The Slytherin looked from one student to another as they contributed their answers. Well, all the breeds of the winged horses he knew were already mentioned. He did turn to Kyroh though when the little Claw mentioned if Hippogriffs count. Hmm. If it did, does that mean that Gryffins count too?

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Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow (Post 11619090)

So you COULD move people using the charm. Maddie smiled thoughtfully as Professor Charms Man confirmed, thinking of ways she could use this, y'know, when her magic was POWERFUL enough. Which it WOULD be someday, MHM!

Then the class was asked to talk about winged horse breeds but MADDIE's eyes were focused on the spot where the Thestral was meant to be. She couldn't SEE it and that was terribly annoying to the first year. NOT that she wanted to see someone die but STILL. Sort of a tease to bring something to class that not everyone could observe properly. She also wondered about the ones who COULD see it. Questions had formed in her mind but she knew she had no right to ask them so she simply watched on quietly, a thoughtful expression on her face.

HM.

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Originally Posted by DuckyLinJi (Post 11619108)

Piersie?

The Gryffindor raised an eyebrow when their Care of Magical Creatures Professor called the Charm's Professor that. He looked between the two of them and laughed. Piersie! BWAHAHAHA.

The second year suddenly stopped laughing when an apple was thrown on the ground and DISSAPEARED in to thin air. Wait, a Thestral? Kevin had heard about those creatures. His mother had told him about them. Magical place or not, anyone who couldn't see the Thestrals and only saw an apple dissapear chunk by chunk would be weirded out.

He watched the board behind the Professor and read the writing that had appeared. Mweh they had to take notes? Yeah..no. He had a good memory ~~meaning he was going to regret not taking notes in a few hours~~

Another breed of winged horse? Kevin thought for a moment but no answer came up to him. So instead of answering, the boy put his hand in his robe pocket took out a Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Bean and sneakily ate it.

....Sardine....eeeuugh...

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Originally Posted by fanficfanatict (Post 11619154)

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Originally Posted by SlytherinSistah (Post 11619198)

Nothing much to say here, literally. He would just assume they were much too cold at the moment to even consider giving an answer.

SPOILER!!: Unicorns

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Originally Posted by ArianaBlack (Post 11618990)

Zander felt a surge of pride as he realized he was the first to have answered the previous question. HA! He actually did know something after all. He then watched as the torch was passed from one Professor to another. This was going to get real confusing, real fast.

Thestral? So Professor Thompson over here was proposing that tehre was some kind of creature by him, yet Zander didn't see anything. Uh? Is seeing, believing because Zander totally isn't SEEING. Professor, this Thestral thingy must be defective. Hmph. Yes. That must be it.... Oh wait. The next statement definitely cleared things up. Only those who have seein another person's death and accepted the circumstances. Oh. That makes sense.

Because none of the above for Zander. So no Thestral. Or, erm, yes Thestral, but no seeing Thestral. Ahem. GROOOOOAAAN. Notes? They were outside for Merlin's sake. Winged horses? Uhuuummm..... "I've seen drawings of winged unicorns before?" Did that count? Because that's all he's got.

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Originally Posted by Rosa Chispa Princessa (Post 11619160)

"While they have their similarities, Unicorns aren't considered winged horses." As for the Winged Unicorn situation. "Even with wings they would fall under Winged creatures."

SPOILER!!: Hippogriffs

SPOILER!!: Others + Questions

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Originally Posted by Kaos.Doodles (Post 11618995)

Watching as Professor Thompson dropped the apple Kyroh's eyes grew. An invisible winged horse? No- a Thestral? Invisible? It was eating the apple and he couldn't even SEE it. MORE BLINKING WAS FOLLOWED."Professor! How come it's only another person's death. Like how come I can't see the Thestral if I saw like a bug die?" HM? Was he saying that only people were the only important living creatures? KYROH WANTED TO SEE THE HORSE. Oh. "And do Hippogriffs count?" They were sorta horse like right? You could ride them and stuff.

My, my, lots of questions here. Excellent ones too, Javy noted."With another human we tend to see them as more relatable and their untimely demise would only remind us on the other experiences that they would be missing out on once they're gone." For example. "Hence why we consider another human's death more painful when factoring in the pity for their own loved ones as well."

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Originally Posted by AlwaysSnapesGirl (Post 11618997)

She raised her hand. "Professor, d'you know why thestrals can only be seen by some people? Is it some sort of spell or magic that was cast on them once and then all of them got it? Did they eat a bunch of invisibility cloaks?" This Gryffindor was curious.

The good questions kept coming, "There are some theories that suggest Threstals are in fact remnants of the persons that died in front of another witch or wizard, but nothing of solid proof other than from witness accounts that they are in fact only seen after witnessing another one's death."

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Originally Posted by Cassirin (Post 11619001)

With a small sigh, Mo turned his attention back to the empty spot. Wait... was it right there, or was it a few feet to the left? What empty spot was he meant to be watching? Eh... did he have anything to contribute, now that he'd lost the thestral? He raised his hand. "Professor, can you breed the different winged horses? Like are there cross breeds?"

"You can get hybrids from mixing breeds such as a Abraxan and Granian to have an Abraxnian. However, they are prone to birth defects and a much shorter lifespan." Therefore

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Originally Posted by Deezerz (Post 11619025)

Gaze flickering between Professor Thompson to the Thestral and back, Beverly raised a trembling hand. It was cold, okay. "There's four known breeds of Winged Horses." Her gaze flicked toward the Thestral once more. "Abraxan, Aethonan, Granian and...Thestral." Get a grip of yourself, Wayne! "The Abraxan in the largest of them and my favorite and--aren't Thestrals unlucky?" She was curious. It was also the main reason she was eyeing it. Among other reasons.

Nodding as she got the names of the other breeds correct. "Thestrals are neither lucky nor unlucky. The myth on them being unlucky could be traced to a misunderstanding. It is considered unlucky for someone have witnessed another one's death, rather than being able to see Thestrals."

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Originally Posted by laurange (Post 11619088)

Apparently, it was a breed of winged horses. "Well, I can't see it, but I think that thing behind you that just ate the apple has wings. The thestral." she squinted. "What does a thestral even look like?"

Javy only had to glance at the Thestral that Cassie was currently petting once more to tell, "They closely resemble the Granian over there-" Pointing at the grey winged horses off to the side "though are considerably darker to charcoal black. Their appearance is more emaciated naturally, with large bat-like wings."

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Originally Posted by PhoenixStar (Post 11619094)

Whoo, she took a stab in the dark and actually got a pretty decent answer out of it. Sure her answer wasn't completely right, but she would take it. Her attention turned to the man in charge of the creatures. A threstral? Not only did the first year have no idea what he was talking about, she didn't see anything other than the winged horses in front of her. Maybe the professors were in to tricking the first years too, and they got all of the older students in on it as well.

Before her very eyes she watched an apple disappear. "Wicked!" She immediately thought about what her sister said about a muggle magician... maybe that was what they were doing right now. Another breed? Who was she going to know that when she didn't even know that winged horses existed five minutes ago? The lion raised her hand. "What about a horse?" Yup, just a plain ol' everyday horse.

"Well, that would just be a horse." A wingless one at that, so.. yeah. Not much else to add.

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Originally Posted by hermionesclone (Post 11619172)

He did have something to contribute soooooo up went the hand. "Don't you have to keep winged horses hidden with charms and whatnot? If you're going to keep them, that is. Because, I mean, a winged horse in your back yard or a paddock is going to attract quite a lot of attention."

Also. LOL. Piersie. OH MAN. He was going to remember THAT.

Smirking slightly, Javy glanced towards Piersie. Of course the Creature teacher knew this. It was required for just about any magical pet. But hey, there was a Charms Professor here.. So yeah, Javy was letting him share the answer to that.

"Good.. Since most of you at least have the basics on their appearance and some of their abilities. We'll move straight on to the most important of today." Then tapping the board again, to add more notes. "We not only have the Thestrals, but a whole set of visible Winged Horses nearby waiting on us."

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Winged Horses
Ministry's Classification: XX-XXXX
Beasts

Granian; Grey-coloured. More aggressive and faster. (5'2 / 62 in / 157.5 cm as average height)

Abraxan; White-coloured. Gigantic/Extremely powerful. Requires forceful handling. (7'6 / 90 in / 228 cm as average height)

Aethonan; Chestnut-coloured. More easily domesticated, cautious, and trusting. (5'8 / 68 in / 173 cm as average height)

Thestral; Charcoal-black-coloured. Intellectual. Considerably fast. (6'0 / 72 in / 183 cm as average height)

"Now before we get to the fun part, you have only a little more to learn. Specifically with keeping a handle on them easier.." Looking towards Professor Fuller. It was his turn now again.

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Originally Posted by Charely Potter (Post 11618919)

Oh, for Merlin’s sake.

SRSLY?

Piers GLARED at Javy for a SOLID five seconds before returning to his deadpan stare across the lake. He was so going to punch that guy when this lesson was over. The students were LAUGHING at him and his dumb nickname. It was one thing to have Cassie call him that. Javy? That was a different story.

SIGH.

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Originally Posted by DuckyLinJi (Post 11619108)

He let Javy do his teaching about winged horses, keeping his own gloved hands tucked in his coat pockets, but as he was watching their students share their answers and ask their questions he noticed one quiet Gryffindor who was doing something else... Eating every flavor beans.

Without saying a word, Professor Fuller discreetly used his wand to summon the kid’s bag of beans. The bag plopped right into his hand and he CASUALLY started eating them. Ooh, grapefruit. Yummy.

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Originally Posted by hermionesclone (Post 11619172)

At this question, Piers assumed Javy would want him to answer it. Either way, he was going to.

”Of course,” he started. ”If you’re in a muggle-populated area, you’d want to keep all of your magical items and tendencies hidden, wouldn’t you? The easiest solution would be to live in a wizarding community that already has the protective enchantments so muggles can’t come across your winged horse, but there are ways to keep them hidden if you don’t.” Some they should know already from previous charms and DADA classes.

Once he clarified that, he waited for all the students to answer and for Javy to finish his instruction on the winged horses.

It was his turn to go again, so Piers grabbed the chalk and started to head towards the board. ”As we discussed, most of you already know this spell’s incantation, so it should be quite easy for most of you older students, and some of you younger ones as well. But we’ll all review, just to make sure we do it right.”

Fuller turned to board and wrote down what they needed to know:

FIXATE
(FIX - ATE)

”Fixate,” he said out loud, for all the students to hear. ”A very simple charm to pronounce. Two syllables, and it was pronounced just like it read. ”The wand movement can be tricky, but not so long as you know what you’re doing. What you will be doing is using the Placement Charm to fit the bridle onto your winged horse. We will have a chance to practice the wand movement in a few minutes, but right now I just want you all to practice the incantation. Say it out loud a couple times and get used to it.”

OOC: Spend the next 16-18 hours practicing the incantation. Just one post is needed. Then we’ll move on to activity!

Hmmm... nothing to add to her horse answer? Wouldn't a horse technically be another breed since you couldn't be a winged horse without first being a horse? AJ didn't honestly care either way. Meh. The first year was still secretly hoping that they activity would involve her riding a winged horse. Better yet, she would like even more to ride one of those invisible threstral thingys. How cool would it be to float along in the air? The lion kept her fingers crossed.

Just a few more steps before it was go time? AJ couldn't handle that. She could still feel her nose so that meant it wouldn't be falling off anytime soon. She listened to the professor go over the spell. Easier incantation to remember ever!!!

"Fixate... Fix-ate... Fixate." Annnnd that was all the practice that she needed to do. Could she saddle up the threstral now please?

Practicing stuff always meant that soon they would be doing actual practical stuff, so Cris was more than eager to practice saying the incantations. So practice he did once he had completed writing his notes down, copying all that was written on the board.

Glancing over at Jasmine, he smiled at her as she concentrated deeply on writing down her own notes. "Can I practice with you?" he asked. Yes it was a simple task but he liked doing it with others.

Winged horses. At least this class wasn't too challenging, considering Hayden had grown up with one side of her family as purebloods. She knew about all the magic stuff, like magical creatures. She'd heard of most of the breeds of winged horses people were talking about, including thestrals though she couldn't see them thank merlin. But she didn't find it that interesting. Until they got to the spell part of the lesson.

What? No wand movement yet? That was a vital part of the spell, and Hayden did not like learning only part of it. The incantation was easy, why did they need to practice? "Fixate," she said aloud. See? Simple enough, wand movement please.

They would be riding the horses?! Weren't they supposed to be avoiding anything that remotely looks like they could even be attempting to play Quidditch, least that crazy who threatened the school hear of it and do something? Right? So, this lesson just seemed to be inviting trouble.

Practice the incantation. Right. "Fixate." There, practiced.

So they would be working on the placement charm and practice using it on the winged horses. Cool. Jasmine took careful notes, writing down the important information shared by the Professors.

When Cris asked if they could practice together, Jasmine smiled. "Of course you can practice with me, but I don't think we have a whole lot to do for this first task." Seriously, how many different ways could you say Fixate. Jasmine said, "Fixate". "Fixate, fixate, fixate." Turning to Cris, she said, "I'm good, your turn".

Adi grinned as Professor Fuller glared at Thompson. Hehe. He liked Fuller's nickname. Too bad he couldn't use it on the man. That would be weird, calling his Professor by his nickname.

Well, it was time to get used to the incantation. "Fixate. Fixate. Fixate.'' There. That wasn't so hard. Hurry for easy and simple incantations! Bring on the wand movement, Professor Fuller!

AHHH SO MUCH INFORMATION. This double class was giving Zander quite the headache. Okay, next time Charms and CoMC should be kept separate because Zander's brain was about to explode. Plus the whole professor tag-team information thing was not going well for third year. First back at Fuller then at Thompson then at Fuller then at Thompson AND TOO MUCH BACK AND FORTH TOO MUCH.

Zander tried his best to focus though, and thank goodness something easy. Just practicing an incantation. Not too bad. AND it was only two syllables so that certainly helped. "Fixate... Fixate... Fixate..." Got it. Easy peasy.

Cris grinned at Jasmine. "Excellent pronunciation of the word, Jasmine," he whispered to her as he then took his turn to practice saying the word.

"Fix-ate...Fixate...Fix-ate...." Cris ended. She was right. It was a simple enough task but it was whom he was doing it with that was more important.

"I guess we wait to practice the wand movements next," he leaned over and whispered to her.... And not wanting to distract anyone from their concentration, he decided that the waiting would include silence as well.

Yeah...Benny was paying attention to the charms portion of the lesson. But he was certainly more then glad when they switched to the COMC section. Although the happy expression on his face faultered a little at the topic. He couldn't help but return his attention to the thestral once the creatures professor mentioned it. And with that the memory of why he could see it after all. The Gryffindor shook his head to clear his mind and forced himself to look away, focusing instead on the answers that were given about other winged horses.

And then back to Professor Fuller.
And back to the placement charm.

Ben copied down the incantation was it was written up on the board. Fixate. Definitely one of the easier incantations this year so far. "Fixate...fix-ate...fixate," he mused, practicing it as directed.

Being the Charms man, it only made sense for Professor ~~Piersie~~ Fuller to answer his question. Soooo blue eyes were fixated on him. Uh huh. Something else that made sense was the answer he had been given. To the fourteen year old, it sounded much easier to keep a winged horse and live in a wizarding community. Then you can't get caught and face charges for accidentally introducing Muggles to these creatures by forgetting to cast the charm.

He had half a mind to do some research into this.

Aaaaaaanyways, he nodded at Fuller as a way of saying thank you.

Oh they were getting started? Good. Note taking was too boring and tedious. Since they weren't practising the wand movement, Grayson didn't bother taking out his wand. Instead, he started repeating the spell out loud. "Fix........... ate.......... Fix.......... ate...... Fixate! Fixxxxxxaaateeeeee! Fixate!" Dead simple pronounciation, this was.

Look at that death stare. It was a thing of beauty. It was like he was fixating on Thompson.

Oh look at that. Puns with the spell we were going to practice. Very simple spell was true. It also had many different meaning being it was a real word and all. All the information was alright. Nigel did not really care about the horse part other than which was faster for reasons. But he kind of already knew the answer for trial and error.

"Fixate or Fixate on getting Fixate right"

That should be enough Fixate's.

this is one thing Bay didn't like… and it was pronunciation… buttt… this one wasn't to bad so he knew he would be okay.. like when he was in DADA class "Reducto" was easy enough and he got a grip on that one.

As he was standing by Lux he turned to her "Hey Cucumber want to practice with me?" he was sure that she wouldn't mind but it was always good to ask as he continued thinking about the spell in his head while he waited.

"Fixate…….Fixate….Fix…Ate….Fixate………Fix….Ate" nothing wrong with a little bit of repetition

Alright so it was onto the practical thing of the lesson. Professor Fuller wanted the class to practice saying the charm. He could do that. It was an easy pronunciation that is for sure. He began saying,

"Fix-ate...Fixate...Fixate...Fixate...Fixate...Fixate.. .and Fixate!"

There with that Kace was satisfied and knew the incantation pretty well. He was more keen on seeing the winged horses.

Yes! He had remembered one of the breeds of Winged horses. :woot:

As Thompson continued discussing the different type of breeds, Simon quickly wrote the notes that were written on the board. Notes were important. Notes are good. They would be useful for the homework and when for exams came rolling around.

Now Professor Thompson had passed the class back to Piersie. Simon was certain that from now on most of the students would tease the Charms Professor with this nickname. Piersie continued speaking about fixate. Fix-ate. Fixate, repeated Simon in his head. He was looking forward to finding out what the wand movement was immediately after the incantation; however, the Professor wished for them to practice the incantation.

"Fixate." He repeated it two more times. "Fixate. Fixate." That sounded correct.

Fixate. Such a dead easy incantation. Not like the stuff they ended up having to learn in Transfiguration. This one was short, and the spell did exactly what it said on the tin. Maybe this was why Charms felt a lot easier to manage. Though... tricky wand movement? Oh boy. Well, one out of two wasn't bad.

"Fixate."

... Okay. That was... easy.

"Fiiiiiiiiiiiixate."

Right.

"Fixaaaaaaaaaaaate."

Maybe Toby was getting a little carried away now. But he couldn't help it. He was getting all HYPER again.

"FixateFixateFixate. Fix. Ate." It... really didn't sound like a word now, so... it was probably best to stop. "Fixate." Starting now.