Already sitting down on her knees and her fruits charmed Hady shifted to sit up more straightly. Now to roll the fruits near the winged horses without hitting any of them. Hmm..

It'd be easiest to aim near a horse that was by itself right? Checking out each horse in the pasture she found one. It was like a mixture or black and white and really quite handsome. Grabbing an apple that was all glittery like Hady took a breath and rolled the apple out over the grass, it stopping a few feet from the horse in question. Said horse barely lifted it's head to look at it.

Maybe another fruit would help? Grabbing up a lemon this time she rolled it across the grass. This lemon bumped into the apple from before knocking it closer to the horse! Both the apple and lemon landing near it's hooves!

Oh! Oh! Look!

Her marbled looking winged horsey saw the fruits! Slowly the horse stopped eating the grass and began to move forward for the fruit. Now where was a Porlock?

Adi shook his head and smiling slightly, let the matter drop. "I know you didn't but I just thought it would have been better.'' He was always willing to share stuff with AJ, anyway but at times he just wasn't going to spoil her. Adi smirked. "You're never going to find someone with nice hair who puts up with you this much.'' Yep. Their joking around with each other was still there and always would be.

"I'm not going to let you win especially after the taco one.'' Adi was determined as always. And no, he wouldn't be pretending to have trouble with the spell just to help AJ. She had told him not to do it again and he wouldn't.

Lemon on right palm, the Hufflepuff began. "Magimus!" He concentrated fully, blocking out what was going on around him. Sparks made themselves known once more and in another instance he had a shiny lemon. Awesomeee!

"Nope, you are. I didn't have to repeat the spell just now on the lemon.'' It was kind of rude to point that out but he knew fully well that AJ would be even more determined.

"Magimus!" Shiny apple. "Magimus!" No shiny tomato. Hmph. The Puffer tried again. "Magimus!" Shiny tomato! AWESOME! "I'm all done!''

Holding a red apple, Lux drew a circle around its circumference using her wand. "Magimus!" What a pretty sparkly fruit she had. Beaming, she set it down before picking up one of the lemons and performing the spell on that as well. Soon all six fruits were sweetened, and she didn't need to taste them to know because they all sparkled.

Pleased with her work, Lux repositioned herself so that she was on her knees. Time for her to get the attention of one of the winged horses so that a Porlock would show themselves. Professor Thompson had made it look so easy but maybe she'd have more trouble with it since she had never tried the other spell before.

Slowly she rolled one of the tomatoes to what she deemed to be a good distance before sending the other fruits after it one by one. Wand at the ready, she waited for a horse to come over while being as still as possible.

Norah looked up from the lemon she had been eating when Professor Thompson began to speak. HORSEY TIME? AW YEAH. Skipping up to the basket, she picked up a couple of apples and lemon, cradling them with her arm as she looked around. Was this a partner thing? Not a partner thing? Half a partner thing? Had he said that? She considered raising a hand and asking, but then it'd look like she hadn't been paying attention and she was okay, just shiny fruit and ickle horsies were kind of the most excitingest things. Ah well, she could sweeten some fruit over here 'till somebody made that clear, yeah?

Holding out her first apple, the third year pointed her wand and circled the fruit's circumference as she said, "Magimus!" THERE! Sparks right there! Okay it was only one spark but it counted alright, it did. And now the apple was all shiny, and Norah found herself reallyreallyreally wanting to eat it. AHEM no, it was for the ickle horsies. She wanted some porlock friends, uh huh. Holding out the next fruit--a lemon for some variety, yep--and performed the circle again. "Magimus!" WOOT. Two down, one to go. Norah paused to tuck a curl behind her ear before holding out her last apple. "Magimus," she said, and one sparky circle later TA DA! Three shiny fruits. Now she just needed a PORLOCK FRIEND.

Finishing up her notes Emmylou's dark blue eyes when towards Kace. She knew that he wasn't that far away from her so what the heck. She was able to look at him well so were other people but she wanted him as her partner because working alone got a little boring. Emmylou walked over to Kace and a big smile formed on her face. "Would you like to be my partner?" He could say no but she knew that he wouldn't because it wasn't that often that the both of them partnered up in any classes so it was time for something new.

Now she had to catch him up because he was using an apple. She thinks he is. "Is it okay if we use a lemon? I don't think many people are using lemons?" Before Kace would be able to answer Emmylou hurried up and grabbed a few lemons because who wouldn't want to try a sweet lemon, once all was said and done.

Sweet lemons = lemonade.

It was Showtime. Janelle couldn't wait to play with the Porlocks. Hopefully she could perform her spells properly and everything would work out. The first thing she had to decide was which three fruits she would use. Should she pick three of the same? One of each? Finally tired of wasting time, Janelle decided to go with one of each fruit. It would be a challenge because they would range from kind of sweet to totally sour.

Janelle walked over to the basket took out an apple, a tomato and a lemon. Then she looked for a good place to work, away from the crowd. She thought that going from easier to harder would be the best way to go. Setting down the tomato and lemon, Janelle concentrated on the apple still in her hand. Taking out her wand, she made a circular motion around the piece of fruit. "Magimus", she almost shouted. Sparkles started to appear around the apple and Janelle knew that she had done things correctly. One down, two to go.

With the first part done, Janelle traded the apple for the tomato. She thought she'd better concentrate a little harder this time because the tomato would need more sweetening than the apple. Repeating the process, she made a circle around the tomato. At the same time, Janelle said "Magimus". Then she gave the tomato a few extra circles......just to be safe. Her work was rewarded because sparks were starting to form around her tomato. How could the Porlocks possible resist these super sweet, super pretty treats? Taking a deep breath, Janelle eyed the lemon. Now it was time for the real challenge.

After what felt like forever (but was actually a few minutes), Lux could see one of the Abraxans wandering away from its friends and towards her fruit. Yeeeees, that was exactly what she wanted to happen because Abraxans were so pretty. Well, they were all pretty, but she liked Abraxans a lot.

Making sure to stay still, she watched as the horse stopped about halfway to one of the apples. Horses sure liked apples, and this one must be especially nice because of the pretty sparkles. The strange looking shaggy locks below the Abraxan's legs had to be the Porlock. She wanted to pet it but knew that the spell was needed first.

Using the same wand movement Professor Thompson had, Lux sent the Animalis Fidelis spell towards the Porlocks but missed probably due to the distance. Pouting, she got to her feet and headed back to the basket to grab another apple. Shame she had sent all the other fruits across the grass already, but she'd have time to try again as the Porlock was distracted with the other fruits.

Seeing it eating the apple the Abraxan had its eye on earlier, Lux was happy it was closer now so her aim would be a little better. After performing Magimus on the new apple, she sent it rolling along the grass and waited quietly for the Porlock to move on and eat it.

Okay, it was time to tackle the lemon. Janelle picked it up and immediately went into sweet mode. She pictured sugar. She pictured candy. She pictured cake and ice cream. Then she pictured her lemon so super sweet that the animals couldn't resist it.

Janelle began to move her wand round and round the lemon, making perfect circles. As she did this, she said, "Magimus, Magimus". A little extra didn't hurt, did it? She was determined and she kept going until she saw some sparkles beginning to appear. Janelle was on a roll, but she didn't completely trust her skills yet. She didn't want a Porlock to lose trust in her because her lemon was too sour. Better too sweet than not enough, she thought so she repeated the spell one more time. This time the sparkles were more impressive and she was satisfied that the lemon would be tasty.

Now that her fruit was ready, Janelle had to get the animals' attention. Spotting some of the winged horses, she headed in their direction. She was careful not to get too close to them. Kneeling down, she rolled the apple toward them. It was fortunate that she was pretty good at bowling because the apple went right where she wanted it to go. Close enough, but not too close. Next, Janelle rolled the tomato. She followed with the lemon. Now all she had to do was wait. Fortunately, she was good at freeze tag too. She could stay still for a long time. Patience, she had to be patient.

After a moment the Porlock was done with the first apple and moved on to the second one. Lux waited for it to have a hold of the fruit before sending the Animalis Fidelis spell towards it again. She was happy to see it work on her second try since she had never performed it on a Porlock before.

Happily she watched as the creature made his way over to her while still keeping a hold of the apple. That made her laugh, because she sure understood how amazing food was; they must find the sugar cube flavour delicious.

Smiling, Lux reached out and began petting the Porlock while cooing at it. She couldn't believe how small they were and was glad she was on her knees even though they were starting to feel sore. The Porlock clearly enjoyed the attention because it made the same cooing sounds as in the demonstration. Continuing to pet him, she watched him finish the apple and continued to speak sweetly.

"You're such a good Porlock!"

As Kace was hearing the tasks of today's activity, he heard they could work in partners or by themselves. He preferred to work with a partner because it was more fun. As he turned his head, he noticed Emmy was right there. He smiled and knew what she was going to ask, but he wanted her to ask anyways. He smiled and nodded, "I would love to be your partner." Now this activity should be fun for the couple.

She asked if they could use lemons and he didn't mind at all. "Nope not at all.." and then he saw her hurry to the basket. Now to do the spell. "Alright let me do the spell and then you can feed it to the Porlock okay?" He got his wand at the ready and he knew the spell was Magimus. He cleared his throat and said, "Magimus!" and did the circle alone and then on the fruit. He saw the sparkles on the fruit and knew he did it right.

He held the lemon towards Emmy, "Would you do the honors of feeding this lemon to the horses?" He grinned and knew she wanted to but he wanted to ask.

Sure enough they were going to be working on more fruits which would then be used with the winged horses and their porlock guardians. Well Benny was satisfied that he had gotten it down so now he just had to work on it on a few more specimans so he would work with them for the task at hand. And there was the chance to work with the winged creatures that tended to get his notice and like second only to dragons.

Following Professor Thompson over to where they were, the fifth year made sure to pay attention to whatever was said or done. He didn't want to miss even the littlest thing in case it would be a big help in the long run. Like the animalis fidelis spell...something that would prove to be quite useful when interacting with creatures of all sorts.

When the class was given the go ahead to try it all out themselves, Benny debated working alone or with someone. Adi was already working with AJ which was fine. They could be all overly competitive with each other he supposed. Then perhaps Angel might work with him? Or would it be better to keep focused and do it all himself?

"Want to work together, Angel?" Benny asked as he moved to retrieve his supply of fruits from the large basket. The Gryffindor opting for one of each this time...an apple, lemon and tomato now in his possession, letting them reside in his robe pockets until he needed them so his hands were otherwise free.

Janelle waited, frozen on her knees with her eyes on the horses. She hoped that she didn't have to wait too long for something to happen. At last, she noticed some movement in her direction. Not one, but two winged horses were headed in the direction of her fruit. Very slowly, Janelle slid her hand toward her wand in anticipation of the Porlock. Once her fingers closed around the wand, she kept her hand still again. She did not want to scare the animals away.

Just as the horses reached the fruit, the Porlock appeared......seemingly out of nowhere and went straight for the apple. Smart Porlock. Janelle gave her wand a flick in the direction of the Porlock and said, "Animalis Fidelis" She hoped against hope that she'd done the spell correctly and that it had hit its target. Janelle hadn't really practiced the spell and even with practice she wasn't always on the ball with her spell work.

Missed it. "Aww man", Janelle thought". The Porlock continued to nibble on the apple as she prepared to cast the spell again. Maybe she'd have a better chance now that he was preoccupied. Again she flicked her wand toward the protector. "Animalis Fidelis". This time, luck was on Janelle's side. The spell must have hit her Porlock because he picked up the tomato and headed toward her. Janelle almost bounced with excitement. She was going to get to play now!

Margo smiled as she watched the porlock come close the class. They were so cute. She loved them instantly. So following the professors lead, Margo picked out three more pieces of fruit. This time all apples, she like those too!! "Magimus" Margo said drawing her wand around the center of each apple to make them super sweet. She wasn't going to even try them this time. They sparkled like they were suppose to.

So going toward the fence Margo rolled her first fruit toward the winged horses and waited.

Janelle waited, keeping very still until the Porlock stopped right in front of her. She thought that it would be best to talk to him first. Then if that went well, she would approach him.

"Hi there. My name's Janelle and I want to be your friend.". She watched the Porlock as he watched her and contentedly ate his tomato. Then she continued. "What's your name? Do you have one!" Janelle looked at the Porlock closely. "Hmmm, you look like a Nigel to me. Can I call you that. Do you like it?" She got no protest from the Porlock so Nigel it was.

Since they were now on a first name basis, Janelle thought it was time to make her move. Nigel had finished eating his tomato so she moved closer to him and slowly reached out. Then she placed her hand on his head and began to pat him. Suddenly Janelle said, "Wait right here for a second.". She retrieved the lemon from the ground and presented it to her new friend.

"Here you go Nigel. I have another treat for you." Janelle was pleased when he took the lemon from her hand and began to nibble on it. "How does it taste. Is it sweet enough?" She assumed that it was since Nigel kept eating. Janelle wanted to pet him some more, but thought better of it. She knew that you weren't supposed to bother dogs while they were eating. She wasn't sure if the same was true for Porlocks. She decided to wait just in case.

Agatha eagerly followed professor Thompson to where the winged horses were and stood there in admiration once they reached the open grass area. They were so beautiful... and mighty and looked really powerful.

The girl made sure to stand right in front of the group and listened to what the older man was saying, not taking her eyes off the magestic creatures in front of her. If only she could own one of them...

She watched the professor's demonstration and was less than impressed by the awkward creature that came out from the herd of winged horses. That Porlock was far from being magestic, beautiful, mighty and powerful and Agatha didn't care one bit about it. She wanted to go to the winged horses. Ugh, if ONLY this lesson wasn't about those odd furry things.

The Slytherin took three fruits anyway, because, really, she wanted to feed the winged horses. She knew those weren't the instructions and really, she had finally managed to get a spell right on the first attempt, so that and that alone was the reason why she was okay to continue following the instructions. "Magimus." And the circle of sparkles appeared again, making Agatha's proud look come back to her face. She placed the apple on the ground and rolled it like professor Thompson had done it.

Marigold rubbed some fuzz from the inside of her robes off her wand, then practiced the wand movement a couple times. A circle was fun to draw in the air, so she kept doing it even around the apple, even after she got it all.

"Magimus," she said, drawing a circle around the apple, then grabbed two more apples. "Magimus," "Magimus." There you go, right?

Alrighty then. No partner. That was really all fine, 'cause porlock friends were EVEV more exciting than real person friends. Apparently that was possible. WHEE! Norah took a deep breathe, because if bouncing was going to scare off the porlocks then she really shouldn't do it anymore, and walked so she was facing one, but still a good distance away from one of the little creatures. Roll time. Like bowling! Porlock bowling with apples. Bestest class ever, obviously. Placing her shiny fruit on the ground, the third year pushed each one individually in the porlock's direction, grinning as it moved to sniff it. HAIII PORLOCK HEH. Ahem. Calm, right. She kept watching, keeping as still as she could, as the porlock took a big bite out of the apple, devoured it completely, and turned to the lemon. Was it gonna come here now? Were they gonna be BESTIES? Norah brandished her wand to get ready to cast the spell. The friendly one, not the sweet one, 'cause it'd be kinda weird if the porlock got all sweet and shiny.

"Animalis Fidelis!" FLICK. She watched hopefully as she cast the spell, but missed and hit the floor instead. Whoops. Wiggling a little, she let the porlock take one more bite of the lemon before casting again, "Animalis Fidelis!" Bullseye!

Zander was actually looking forward to the interacting bit, it was always his favorite. The practical stuff. It meant a lot less thinking and a lot more doing, which he preferred in the end. But either way, he had to grab some more fruit, huh? After following the group all the way out near the-- Woah.

He had seen winged horses before, but still. They were absolutely breathtaking. Couldn't believe that Damien actually owned one himself. Where the heck did he fit it?! They were gigan-- okay, not as big as some other creatures. But still. Woah. They looked so strong and... he was totally missing the point here, wasn't he? They were after the Porlocks after all... Not the winged horses. No matter how brilliant they looked.

And speaking of brilliant, he had to make a few more fruits shine, right? Walking over to where they were kept, he grabbed two apples and another lemon. Then he walked back over to where he was standing before and set down two of the three fruits, making sure to hold a single apple in his palm. Drawing the invisible circle around it's circumference, he began "Magimus!" And it... looked shinier? Hopefully.

Then setting this one down he picked up the next one, making sure to repeat the same steps. "Magimus!!" It got more fun each time he did it too, swear to Merlin. "Magimus!" On the last one and voila! He was done with his three. Now to erm, catch their attention?

It was just the waiting game for Margo now, so had rolled one of her apples out there and was watching. She hoped that with all the students working on this at the same time wouldn't affect the porlocks from coming out.

Once the winged horses got used to her being around she began to notice the creatures around them. Those most be the porlocks! Raising her wand "Animalis Fidelis" she spoke the incantation and MISSED! Oh man!!! That's not fair! Margo was sad!! She was hoping that she was going to do everything on the first try this time, and it was a no good.

With a heavy sigh, Margo grabbed another piece of fruit and rolled it over toward the winged horses again., ready to start all over.

Mhm. Yep. Best boyfriend ever. Not that she knew what other boyfriends were like because Kace going to be her only one. Yeah! No matter what! Good this was good, he wanted to be partners. Partners. Emmylou really didn't know the last time that they were ever partners in class before. She had a feeling that they had never been partners before. They would just sit near each other and do their own work and maybe sometimes she would ask him for help with homework but that was about it. The fifth year blinked as she heard Kace speak. She was getting lost in her thoughts again but that was normal. "Good! I wasn't going to take no for an answer." She beamed and giggled at him.

Moooooving oooonnnn noooooow. As Kace did the little thingy with the spell and the lemon Emmylou looked into her notes to see what she had to say. Animalis Fidelis. Animalis Fidelis. Animalis Fidelis. Animalis Fidelis. Animalis Fidelis. She knew it was different than what she had just said so practice, practice, practice. She looked up when Kace asked if she wanted to feed the Porlock. "I would love to." Okay, she could do this. She totally got this.

Emmylou took her wand out and walked over towards the creature. It was kinda cute. Well nothing was ugly so there was that. She set the lemon on the ground and rolled it towards the cute little porlock. "Animalis Fidelis!" NOTHING HAPPENED?! She missed! She looked at Kace for a moment and shrugged. They would have to do it again. She sigh. Well she would. Can't always get it on the first try.

There came the Porlock. Though Agatha didn't care about him at all, she was way too busy admiring the beautiful winged horses and hoping she could have one for herself. All for herself. She would share it with no one ever. Her own winged horse.

No need to say the girl didn't even get her wand out to try the next spell. All Agatha did was to roll some more fruits, this time uncharmed ones because she was purposefully feeding the winged horses and them alone.

Though that was a spell she had perfected on her first try, so... "Magimus." She did the spell wonderfully and once again looked smug as the sparkles appeared. Morgana, she was amazing.

And she rolled the apple like a bowling ball towards the winged horses, but this time aiming for the ugly Porlock. Fine, whatever. If they had to feed them, she would.

But look at that Granian...!!!

Cilla walked up to the basket that contained the fruit and selected two apples and two lemons. She headed back to her spot and in turn drew a circle around each piece of fruit as she said, "Magimus," thus causing the fruit to sweeten.

So basically starting all over again Margo waited for the attention of the porlock. When a winged horse caught the attention of the apple she had rolled toward them she knew porlock would soon be coming out. Seeing a shagging looking thing coming this way as well Margo pointed her wand and gave her spell another try. "Animalis Fidelis" She said and this time she got a direct hit on her target!!!

She wanted to shout in celebration but figured that would scare of her creature! Moving in slowly with her hand out so she wouldn't scare him off, Margo didn't really know if it was him or her, but she decided it was a him and that she would call him Herman!

Herman the Porlock, it was adorable!!! She moved in slowly and was able to touch him for the first time!!! "I shall call you Herman!" Margo said smiling.

The Professor's demonstration was impressive. He made it all look so easy. From charming the food to casting the right spell on the Porlock, to encouraging it to come out and over. A new friend. It was cute, sort of. The way shaggy rug carpets were cute. The noises it made however, were the deciding factor for her. It was cute, even if it could use a bit of a hair-brushing.

What had her scrunching her brow up however, were the instructions they were given. Charm the food. Got it. That made sense. The more the better. That made sense too. The way to most people's, and creature's, good sides was through some sort of tasty food. The more food, the better.

What she didn't get, however, was the notion that they were supposed to cast a spell on the Porlock to encourage it to come out. That didn't seem in line with things. It didn't seem like trust, so much as it did forced trust. The Professor had described it as a friendship spell, that encouraged obedience, but to Amur's understanding, friendship shouldn't need a spell. Nor should trust. What happened if the spell wasn't cast right? Or it wore off and the creature realized what had happened? Wouldn't it trust them less?

Confused, Amur went up to the basket and started gathering a large number of food items. She mulled over the options as she picked out lemon after lemon after lemon, sporadically broken up by a tomato and apple. She tried to think of ways in which she could make sense of the instructions, but nothing stuck. So, when her pockets were full, her sleeves each held a few lemons and her arms balanced about five more food items, she went back to her spot and sat down.

Each food item was placed in a row in front of her, in clear sight of the horses and the unseen Porlocks. She picked up the first food item and began her casting. She had to make it taste good. It wasn't for her taste buds, so her wand had better cooperate this time. "Magimus. Magimus. Magimus. Magimus."

The more she concentrated, the brighter the sparks became. When she was satisfied that the food was sweet, and a small bite confirmed it, Amur put it to the side and started on the next one.

Rinse and repeat. The apples were fairly easy, partially because they already had a sweet taste to them. The tomatoes were a bit harder, not really being sweet to begin with and the state of whether they were truly a fruit or a vegetable causing some confusion to her mind, and thus her casting. The lemons remained the most difficult, and each one required two more tries of casting before the sickly sour taste was gone, and it was bearably sweet.

Putting down the last lemon in front of her, in line with all the others, Amur looked at the horses and then at the Professor. There was still no internal answer to her deliberation, and so she let out a noisy breath. "Professor?" Did she want to ask? She sighed. "Isn't the spell counter-productive to earning trust and friendship? I mean...isn't that something we shouldn't have to do? Isn't that more of a ... command than an earning?" And commands stuck less than earnings.

Really, she didn't mean to question his methods. He was the Professor, so obviously he knew his stuff. Amur just knew that casting would be difficult for her without knowing the reason behind the instruction. And she couldn't come up with a good one.

Puck was getting ready to cast the spell when Professor Thompson explained their task. Alright. She needed to make sure that the lemon was perfectly sweet for the Porlock. Taking a deep breath she made a circular motion around the lemon and concentrated on the sweetest sweetness she could imagine. “Magimus!” she cast and hoped beyond hope that it actually worked!