FAVORITE SUBJECT ALERT.

Eden was in a gooooood mood for this class because this class ALWAYS put her in a good mood. She walked down to the grounds, tying her hair back as she went, and stopped only when she reached the creature pens. She smiled at Professor Thompson. "Good day, Professor...how're you doing?"

So she was feeling friendly. Professor Thompson was always nice, though...she didn't think he'd mind the casual conversation.

She was also the first one here. Or one of the first ones here. Well then. COME ONE FRIENDS, COME!

Ethan stretched his arms and let out a big yawn before he entered the barnyard. He had a good sleep back in their dorm, which was kind of rare last term given it was his OWL year. Somehow, he still felt a bit sleepy, but is hopeful that Professor Thompson will fix that in a minute or so.

CoMC was always packed with an interesting activity anyway, so he was kind of sure that he’ll feel pumped once the class starts. Making sure that he was all ready, Ethan knocked on the door twice, pushed it open and had let himself in. “Hello, Professor.” Uh-huh. Nothing unusual, eh? The man probably disillusioned a creature or something behind him so they won’t get over excited, eh? Ethan stood behind the back of the room and waited for the rest to arrive.

COMC lessons were his favorite.

You didn't have to be close to Benny to know that about the sixth year. And the Gryffindor was ready for the latest lesson...despite anything currently going on with his life. He would be doing his best to simply enjoy the class and whatever Professor Thompson had to show the class on the subject matter.

So at the appropriate time and in the usual comfortable clothes, Ben picked his way across the grounds to the COMC area. Seeing the note on the door, he quietly slipped inside and took in the usual surroundings. Nothing seemed to be there out of place or grabbing his attention, including the presence of a certain Hufflepuff. "Hello Professor," he said, greeting the man simply as he took a spot off to the side to await the beginning of the lesson.

WOOT!

CoMC, HERE CAME ADI!

The Hufflepuff hopped and skipped practically all the way over to Barnyard, wasting no time in entering through the structure's slightly opened doors. It did say 'enter', after all. And there was the Professor! "Hiya, Professor!'' Whaaaat was in there? The pen that the man was guarding, he meant. Wasn't there someway Adi could take a peek? But he could see no way for him to do this. How disappointing.

Anywayyy. There were Ethan and Eden. "Hey, guys!'' he said happily as he came to a stop beside Ethan aka his rock n' roll buddy. He noticed Benny by himself but Adi ignored him completely and fidgeted with the Manchester United badge that Henric had given him earlier that term. Yeah, Benny. Surely you noticed Adi always wore the badge?

With one hand shoved into his pocket and the other hand twirling his wand deftly through his fingers, Toby stepped into the barnyard. He was tired, worn out in all the ways, and feeling kinda despondent. All these things he put down to his NEWT studying, at least if anyone were to ask. It seemed that the NEWTs were really living up to the name, which was horrific and stressful but provided the perfect excuse for things.

In any case, today was CoMC, one of Toby's favourite classes and one of the ones he found it easy to do well in, so of course he was here. His love for animals had probably grown a hundredfold, if that was possible, since recent things that he was trying to not think about. Still twirling his wand, doing some neat little tricks as he did so, Toby glanced around for any clue of what they might be looking at today. Seeing nothing particularly telling, he simply looked to Thompson, said, "Hi Professor T," then looked back to his watch still-twirling wand.

It was fantastically soothing, really, to watch and do. AND it kept his fidgety hands busy, so that was like a double bonus.

Smile on her face, Lux made her way to the Care of Magical Creatures classroom. She was looking forward to seeing what they would be working with today. She hoped it would be more unicorns, but that was doubtful. A lesson on mermaids would be so amazing. That would be her favourite for sure.

Seeing some of her classmates already inside the creature housing area, Lux waved at them. "Hello, everyone." And of course Professor Thompson was there too; she noticed him leaning against one of the animal pens. "Hello, Professor!"

Care of Magical Creatures!

That's what time it was and just where Hady was headed. This was one lesson she was always excited for and couldn't help but hurry to. As she reached the open door of the barnyard with it's 'Enter' sign hung beside it she did as told and walked inside. Glancing this way and that it was easy to see there currently wasn't anything to much of interest in view. Hmm...

Without a clue as to what the lesson held in store Hady grinned brightly anyhow, "Hello Professor," she chirped warmly sending a wave the mans way. Everyone else got a grin or a nod of the head in greeting sent their way. She was in a good mood today and it showed. Hopefully whatever they got to do today with keep her in a good mood or even better, push her into a great mood. Now just what was it they'd be doing?

Henric was very....repeat...VERY....excited for this class. He practically ran as fast as he could from his dormroom to his favourite class of all time, and it only took him what..less than 8 mins to reach.He was panting like a dog, literally trying to catch his breath with little strength left in him.Man...that was brilliant! He waved at the professor,"Professor Thompson, its really good to see you again!"he greeted happily before he proceed to join the rest of the group.

CREATURES! Caleb loved creatures. Which was ironic, since apparently he couldn't keep track of his own creatures very well - he hadn't seen Beans in like, a week. Maybe more. He wasn't sure, the rat was sleeping most of his life away so he never really took too much notice of him. Maybe he'd met a cute lady rat in the kitchen and run away? He wouldn't be too surprised. Happy for him, really.

Taking a seat next to Ethan, Caleb smiled at him and then turned to the professor. "Hey, Professor," he said to Thompson with a smile.

Angel was totally not looking forward to this lesson, everything was going wrong at the minute and it took all her strength just to drag herself to where the lesson was taking place, getting to where the lesson was taking place she looked around and saw that the Professor was leaning again a close pen.

"Good day Professor." Angel smiled at him. "How are you today?" Angel thought that it was only polite to ask him even if her own day was going really wrong.

Janelle was soooo excited for Care of Magical Creatures class. She didn't know what the professor had in store for today's lesson, but she was sure that she would enjoy it. She almost always did. When she arrived at the barnyard, Janelle went inside and saw that a number of her classmates had already arrived.

"Hello Professor Thompson", Janelle said with barely contained enthusiasm. What animal would they be working with today? She hoped it would be one of her favorites. Well, they were pretty much all her favorites so she couldn't go wrong. Giving a wave to her friends, the second year found a spot to park herself until class started. "Hi Adi", Janelle said to her older friend. She had not had a lot of time to talk with him so far this term. She would definitely have to do better. Now if only class could begin, life would be great.

Care of Magical Creatures.

Dante was interested as long as the animals were interesting and that was about it. Everything else was not important. Professor Thompson was cool enough, look at him leaning against an animal pen so naturally. As if he does that every day. Maybe he does.

Dante does not know

"Hello Professor"

Now all Dante could hope is that they were not studying flobberworms because face it, anything is better than flobberworms.

Passing through the entryway to the barnyard, Sophie took in everything that was there - which was nothing out of the ordinary, besides the gathering of other students and Javy, which was still pretty normal for a class, so... hm. What WOULD they be working with today?

Shrugging a little at her own thoughts, Soph crossed over toward the group and instinctively gravitated toward Tobes, standing beside him and giving him a very gentle, playful nudge with her elbow accompanied by a friendly smile.

Hi, best friend. Hi.

Oh, and she gave a cheery little, "Hi, professor," to Javy, too, though she didn't think he would have been particularly hurt if she hadn't greeted him. He knew the way things were. It would've been fine.

Zhenya had already been walking around outside the Hogwarts grounds, enjoying the cool grounds, when she looked at her watch and knew it was time to head over to Care of Magical Creatures. She slung her bag on her back and made her way down to the barnyards, and entered the barnyard with the sign. There were a few people here already, and Professor Thompson of course.

"Hello Professor," Zhenya greeted Professor Thompson with a smile. She smiled at her friends who had already assembled in the lesson, and went to stand by Lux.

This was one of the classes Jenna really looked forward to every time. Creatures were some of her favorite things to learn about - some creatures more than others, but they were still cool in general too.

"Hi, Professor," she greeted with a smile before taking a spot beside Hady. She gave her dormmate a smile too before looking around, as if that might help her figure out what this lesson was going to be about.

Yep, again, for a second year, Marigold was taking Care of Magical Creatures RECREATIONALLY (because of that blasted OWL grade). Which was weird because she liked animals, a lot, but whatever. That's why she was taking the class again.

YOOOO. Cool!professor. One of the only sane ones, though less sane now that Piers wasn't there. Sadface. "Hello, professor!"

Marsha was happy. And she was skipping… Though, coming down the hill she had flown run down part of it, her arms flung out to the side as if she could catch the wind under her wings and fly upwards into the sky. Oh, how amazing that would be… like flying only BETTER.

With slightly pink cheeks from the run, and a huge BEAMING smile on her face, the Welsh girl waved at the Professor as she walked into the housing area. She knew better than to run, full force into a building with animals in it; that was just mean and would likely upset a few of the glorious creatures that considered this building home. Nope, you had to walk politely and quietly up to an animal's home if you expected them to give you any thought or attention.

Just like Rusty and she had done over Christmas break with the baby bunnies.

”Hi, Professor.” she said, her fingers playing with the warm material of her jumper. She had opted for jeans and a jumper so that she wouldn’t be cold, but she could be as hands-on as Professor Thompson let them be without ruining her school uniform.

As always, she was excited for class and excited to learn.

Care of Magical Creatures, man. It was one of this subjects, you know? Either they were gonna learn about some dead interesting creatures which would lead to a freaking interesting lesson OR they were gonna be dealing with creatures more annoying than the Talking Toadstools. And boy, was that saying something.

It was probably because of curiosity alone that the seventh year tried to get a peek at any new creatures once he entered the barnyard, only to be disappointed moments later. Nothing unusual here. Where were all the cool creatures at? The Graysons of the animal kingdom? He wanted to be learning about THOSE.

Spotting the Professor, Grayson gave the man a small smile and a 'sup nod while saying, "Heeeeeey, Professor Thompson." Yeah, good to see him and all that jazz. Not wanting to seem like an eager beaver but also not wanting to miss anything exciting, Grayson came to a stop somewhere near the front of the class and tucked his hands in his pockets.

Bring on the creatures, man.

Care of Magical Creatures Time.

This was one of Kace's favorite classes. He loved coming here and learning about new creatures. I mean this could be one creature to add to his new journal. He was well on his way to getting close to his dream. Anyways as he made his way down to the class he noticed other students beat him here to it. He grinned and waved at all of them. Then as he turned around he noticed Professor Thompson. He gave him a polite nod and said, "Hello Professor. Cool cage you got there." he grinned and nodded toward the cage. He wondered what creature was in it.

He took a seat next to Grayson and waited for the lesson to start.

Well then, there was no other reason to delay the start of lesson given the telling eagerness on some faces still. When it was officially time, he removed himself to stand up straight. "Good day everyone. Today we will be practicing real care in the creatures provided for us." Now then, "Before I unravel the doors here, by show of hands who has had experience with caring for a human infant? He definitely knew some in here did indeed have experience. He waited to get a good estimate of hands before moving on, "Alright. Even those who haven't are free to answer, what is one of the most important things they desire in order to live happily and healthy?"

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OOC: Do try to share only one thing. Class will continue sometime tomorrow.

Dot sparkled generally in the professor's direction. He looked like he needed a hug, and she was a very good hugger. And also, she was hoping that if they got tasked with something yucky, he might offer to be her partner on account of how charming she was.

BUT BABIES! Oh! Dot knew about babies. "I have a baby brother, Professor! His name is Bubba, and he needs attention. If you give him a little love, he just lights up like you gave him the whole big moon." She paused. "His name is Sammy, actually, but we call him Bubba."

Marigold PERKED UP at the mention of BABIES. Her hand shot up. SHE DID. SHE CARED FOR BABIES. Her best friend's LITTLE ICKLE SISTER, THAT'S WHO!!! And she held Mitch's niece person. ALL THE BABIES. YES. What was the question?

OH. Happy babies. "LOVE!" Marigold demonstrated by hugging the person next to her. "Even though it sounds WEIRD babies of ALL SPECIES need love and care! There was this muggle study done in like…I don't know for sure, but a LONG TIME AGO, like, BEFORE Glitter Dragon. Anyway. Basically these scientists studied rats that had been pet as babies, and rats that HADN'T been pet as babies, and the rats that had been LOVED were all happy and healthy. But the poor unloved rats were very SCARED of even SMALL THINGS and seemed very anxious and had faster heartbeats. So love is SUPER important."

It was time for class to begin and Professor Thompson certainly got right to the point. When he asked the first question, Janelle's hand shot up. "I've had a little experience caring for an infant. Well, as much as I was allowed." She loved babies and children in general, but not everyone was comfortable with a kid taking care of their baby. She went on to answer the Professor's other question.

"Babies need food to be healthy and happy. If they don't get it, they will make sure to let everyone know about it."

Still purposely toying with the Manchester United badge which was situated right next to his Prefect one, Adi turned his attention to Janelle. He smiled widely at her. Where had she been hiding lately? Sure he saw her around during classes and here and there around the other parts of the Caste but how was it that they hadn't hung out in a while? Hmmm. "Heya, Janelle! How's it going? What's Jasmine up to?" Adi did miss the other girl.
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Oh they were starting! ...with a rather unusual question. Did that mean that they were going to care for a tiny creature? Is that what Professor Thompson was hiding? Anywayyy, about the tiny human beings... Adi raised his hand. Yes, he had a bit bit of experience with infants. Hannah's kids, Henry and Iris, whom he referred to as Little Monster Number One and Little Monster Number Two respectively. "Uh... for you to be gentle with them even if they aren't with you. That way they never get hurt.'' Henry certainly hadn't been gentle with him with all those bites Adi had gotten on his shoulder.