CoMC Lesson 1: Crup Care 101
 

It’s nearing on 9am and the late risers may be wondering why they’re up so early. Hopefully that confusion doesn’t last for long, however, because it’s almost time for class! Nine AM on the dot, no exceptions. No excuses. The way it always is.

Your Professor can be found standing in the usual area where class is held by the barn. Luckily for you, he has taken appropriate measures to make sure the area has been insulated nicely with some incredible heating charms coupled with some shielding insulation. It’s definitely not as warm as it could be, but it should be tolerable for the next hour of class. Two benches have been set up, as per usual, though the grass is also an option if you’d prefer to sit there instead. Don’t get too comfortable though, you’re going to be getting up very soon!

A bunch of tub stations have been scattered around the grassy area and if you listen closely, you may pick up on some unusual sounds… But there isn’t anything unusual in plain sight. Hm, guess you’ll just have to wait and see what’s in store for the day! Better hurry, we’re starting on time!

OOC: Hey y’all! Welcome to our first CoMC lesson of term! I'll be moving on in 18+ hours! Please take the time to look at the CoMC rules and SS rules in the meantime!

Additionally, though this is our first lesson together this term, it should NOT be your charrie’s first CoMC lesson of the year!

Class is officially in session! Any arrivals posted from this point forward will risk point loss dun, dun, DUN. Just play as if you've been here the whole time, no one will know the difference *wink wink* *nudge nudge*

Class Progression:
1. Individual Greetings + Get a crup and make friends!
2. Give your cruppy a brush
3. Brushing teeth
4. Bath time!
5. Drying timeeee

Echo yawned, she made her way down to Care of Magical Creatures.. why did it have to be so early! she didnt even have time to tame her bed head. Really looking like a hot mess, Echo reached the area and yawned yet again. "Morning Professor Draper" did this man have coffee, because she could go for like 10 cups of it.

Wrapping her cloak around her further it was quite chilly. yess, please some coffee. to wake her up and keep her warm. or her bed, Echo didnt know which one sounded better. She sat down on one of the benches hoping not to fall asleep.

The 'early' hour of the mornings lesson meant nothing at all to one Miss Hadleigh Lynch. Getting up early was always something she had done since she was a small child. Only now she wasn't waking up extra early to watch her favorite muggle cartoons for school, lately it was to get a morning run in before breakfast and then lessons. Today was no different. After her early run around the grounds she had headed inside, cleaned up, put on her school robes and grabbed her things before making her way to the kitchen for an apple, which she ate on the walk outside. By the time she reached the area where the CoMC lesson was being held the apple was gone and disposed of.

"Good morning Professor Draper," the brunette greeted with a small grin. A quick glance towards her peers and some small smiles of a nod of the head were given to them. Another look around had her raising an eyebrow curiously at the tub stations up front. Were they helping to give something a bath today? It sorta looked like the tubs she had used to help clean some of the creatures at the reserve during the summer. Her attention was already peaked and she was curious.

Taking a seat on one of the benches she pushed her hood off her head deciding she didn't even need it. It really wasn't as cold as everyone was making it out to be.

Unlike ... what seemed like... everyone else being half asleep and barely here, Marsha was wide awake and bouncy for yet another CoMC lesson. As usual, she had gone through her morning routine of running, training and then coming into the barn to help with their breakfast and morning routine. Then she had gone and gotten ready for the day before having breakfast with Vince... who wasn't as much of a morning person as she was but he did love his food.

With a soft bounce in her step, the smiley redhead waved at the her favourite Professor, said "Good morning!" with more enthusiasm than a lot of her peers and then looked around at the class set up. With a shrug, she sat down on the grass juuust in front of a bench and smiled as she looked at the tubs. Curious. She tried to sit up a little, and shrink, and then lean a bit closer to the one just off to her side..

But nope, she couldn't decifer which creature was there... guess she would just have to wait.

Early morning was not Niomi best time of the day. She hated getting up. This morning, she got up a little extra early to make sure she wasn't last for class. Five minutes before nine, she arrived. Niomi was a little grouchy, but she arrived on time. "Morning Professor," she greeted, with a small smile on her face. Waiting off to the side, she was ready to start this lesson. Who knows what we will learn today. This was one of her favorite classes, she always loved to learn something new.

Olly really liked Care of Magical Creatures. He liked to be outdoors, and he liked creatures, so it was an all around good time. He didn't mind the early hour like some people did. He was an early riser anyway, but 9am wasn't even that early. It was, like, a regular time, right? People should be awake anyway. He always was. So he was bright eyed and wide awake as he arrived a few minutes early to class. He couldn't risk being late but he didn't like to be too early. Olly took a seat in the grass and looked around, wondering what sort of creatures they would be studying that lesson. So far he didn't see any.

Besides Herbology, Care of Magical Creatures was another class that Vivian was definitely looking forward to. Waking up early wasn't even a bother to her, because she knew this class was going to be GREAT and was very excited. At least, that's what her mum said. Also, she liked the Professor as well. Professor Draper was awesomesauce. And she didn't care that the trip from her common room to the barn was long and tiring.

Vivi skipped her way towards the barn and peeked inside to see if she wasn't late or anything. But then... why would she be late for such an awesome class? Seeing that the coast was clear and that she wasn't late, Vivi skipped inside. "Good morning, Professor Draper! Seems like a splendid day for yet another lesson!" She was so full of positive happy vibes. Then she went to take a seat in front and looked around her. Weird sounds, though. She tried not to mind it.

But the TUB STATIONS caught her attention. The Slytherin looked at them, and then back at the Professor in front. Were they going to take a bath? LOL. "Uhh... I've already taken a shower, Professor..." Silly silly. Why were their tubs here anyway?

Lesson starts here!
 

Finally the trickle of students began to lessen after the sudden peak in arrivals. It was always a bell shaped curve and by the time the seconds started to matter most, the majority of the class was already in attendance. Glad to see they were choosing to practice punctuality. James took a look at his watch, waiting until the minute hand reached it’s proper home before walking over to center himself in front of the class. ”Good morning,” he started. ”Instead of wasting time with a lengthy introduction, we’re jumping right into business today.” How did that sound? No complaints yet, were there? Because if so, James really didn’t care to hear them. #SorryNotSorry.

”I have been in contact with a local animal shelter since the beginning of term and with their help, we made it possible to bring some furry visitors in for the day.” And with a flick of his wand, he revealed the cruppy pen which had previously been under a disillusionment charm. The cruppies were as enthusiastic as the bounciest of Hufflepuffs, jumping on top of each other and letting out soft barks in excitement. Even James Draper couldn’t help but smile warmly at the sight. It was enough to melt even the coldest of hearts.

”Today we’ll be going over proper crup care, as well as getting some hands on experience,” he said walking over to the pen pausing momentarily to let the students take a look. They were excited, yeah? Cruppies were a lot more fun than some of the other possible lessen subjects. ”With that being said, I’m going to ask everyone to walk over to the pen calmly and single file. Once I hand you a cruppy, you can take it and sit by a tub station. You want it to gain your trust from the beginning so now would be a great time to make friends. Be gentle, show them some love, while we wait for everyone to get a cruppy.” Nothing too difficult, yeah?

Just to be sure, he picked on up and held it in his arms, giving her a nice rub behind her ears. Did they get it? Gentle. Calm. Love. Fairly straightforward. Easy enough even for the first years. ... Alright so what were they waiting for?

OOC: This marks the official start of the lesson! Any arrivals posted after this point will risk point loss dun, dun, DUN.

For this task:
+ Don’t wait for me to post James giving you a cruppy, just play as if you’ve been handed one
+ Each cruppy has a collar with a name plate, so feel free to make up the name
+ This is your chance to play with the crups, pet them, talk to them, etc

Only one post needed, but feel free to do more! I’ll post again in 15+ hours.

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Well that was awkward. But really, Vivian didn't seem to have a filter to her words at the moment. She literally blurted out whatever her eleven year old brain could think of. Usually that got her into trouble but at least not today. Yay for that, then?

When class started, the Slytherin paid close attention. She wasn't really sure about the real reason why they were presented with tub stations in class today. She tilted her head a little bit. But when Professor Draper mentioned FURRY VISITORS, her jaw dropped. "GODZILLA!" Hehehehe! "Except... he's not furry. He's actually pretty scary." Meh... could someone stop her from talking please?

It was only when the pen was revealed when Vivian's face lit up. CRUPPIES! OH MY GOSH! She was literally all heart eyes at the moment. Of course, she wasn't going to allow herself to be LAST to receive a cruppy so when they were allowed to form a line, she blotted up and went immediately. Ain't got no time for slackers, yo! Also, since she was soooo far away from Prancer, she was very excited to play with one today!

When it was her turn, the blonde tried to contain her excitement... which she failed at, by the way. She was oozing with enthusiasm. Once she was handed one, she felt like she was going to burst into happy tears. A cruppy... in her arms!

BEST. DAY. EVER. ;______;

"Hi, cutie patootie! What your name be?" Vivian said as she stroked the fella's fur. Adorable. This was amazing. "Oh, your name's..." Vivi squinted at the name tag around the puppy's neck. "Pepito." Strange name, though. She wouldn't name her dog that, by the way. Oh well, the fact that the cruppy looked SO CUTE made up for it.

And yeah, she received cruppy appreciation licks and cuddles. Happy Vivian was happy.

"Yes Sir," Hadleigh replied to James' comment about always being ready. Almost always was she ready for her lessons. Even when she wasn't fully in her proper mindset she had been rather prepared and today was a good day so far. Nothing drastic had happened yet and the lesson being one of her favorites made it that much better.

Waiting for everyone else to arrive she couldn't help glancing back towards the two large bins. What was inside them? Whatever it was it must be semi smallish to fit in there but then again it all depended on how many of whatever they were was inside.

Drapers voice caught the girls attention and she turned her head to where the man had been standing. The fact that there weren't any questions being asked left no hint to the days lesson but then it wasn't needed. A charm was lifted making many little cruppy visible and Hady nearly, nearly beamed in excitement! Eeeppp! Crups were one of the cutest ever and having spent almost her whole summer helping with one the teen liked them even more then before.

Rising to her feet she joined the line to get a cruppy to work with. With a small grin she took the little one from the professor and was already smoothing the fur between it's ears the second she got it. Cradling it in her arms close to her chest she returned to her seat on the bench. "Hey there little one, lets see what your name is hmm?..." she whispered rubbing one of the crups ears while checking it's name tag on it's collar. "Sammie? Well that's a nice easy name." Hady grinned down at the one on her lap.

Cruppies? Niomi has never heard of them before. She loved this class because of her deep love for animals. Each lesson she attends she loves them even more. There is so many creatures to discover.

After Professor Draper aloud us all to grab a crupper, Niomi studied hers. She loved him (was it a him?) already. She saw he (she will call it a he) had a name tag. "I wonder what your name is," she said, right before she looked. "Nicey," she read. Hmm, she hopes that means this cruppy is nice and not mean. Niomi continued to pet it and study Nicey until Professor Draper continued with the lesson.

Another messy class playing with dirt, great! Echo eyerolled and went over to get her crup. Holding out her hands she had to fight back the urge to throw the thing once it was in her hands but once the Professor had placed it there she didnt think it was that terrible, opening up her eyes she looked down at the collar, trying to figure out its name.

"Spike.....very intersting" who would name a crup Spike. shrugging she started to carefully move her hands around. "you arent so bad, im Echo" she had hoped that the other students were talking to their crups as well because she didnt want to come off as crazy.

Crups?! Crups! CRUPS! Olly jumped up from where he was sitting on the ground at the first sign of the crups. He was so excited! He loved crups. And this was a perfect time for a lesson on crup care, considering he had just adopted one and wanted to give him the best care possibly. He could barely contain his excitement but somehow managed to get into line and walk toward the pen without exploding. He beamed at the professor when he was handed a crup.

"I have a crup!" He declared. "I just adopted him!" Well it had been a couple of months ago now, right at the end of summer. But since he had been at school he hadn't been able to see him much. He couldn't until Christmas. He liked that there were all these crups for him to see and play with and love. He snuggled the one he had been handed and went to go find them a spot on the grass to sit.

"Hello buddy," he crooned. "You're so cute, what's your name?" He looked at the tag on the collar. "Well hello Henry. I'm going to take good care of you today." He wished he had some sort of toy so the crup could play. He looked eager to do something, but Olly didn't carry dog toys around with him. That would be weird.

Bethany was definitely happy. As soon as the word "crup" had come out of Professor Draper's mouth, her ears (as well as her mood might she add) had perked up. Who could resist adorable little cruppies after all?

She cooed at the cute, albeit jumpy, crup as it was placed in her arms and walked toward the closest tub station, turning its tag around eagerly, "Taffy?". How Cute! Clearly whoever had named this one was as much of a clever taffy lover as she was. She cooed once more at Taffy and stroked its fur back into place, cursing the cuteness of these things that turned her heart into mush, but secretly, or maybe it wasn't so secret with all the cooing she was doing, she couldn't wait for the rest of the lesson.

Cruppies cruppies cruppies! Did anyone see the cruppies?! Was the Professor REALLY let them HAVE the cruppies?!

She did hear they had to walk to the pen calmly but Bec looked like she was going to explode soon because she wanted to squeal so loudly at this situation. CRUPPIES! She looked at the creatures with her hand over her mouth to keep silent as they bounced around and jumped over each other. Her eyes seemed to sparkle though.

In short, Bec was excited for this lesson.

As she waited in line behind a random student whom she didn’t know, the Gryffindor positively BEAMED at the Professor as she was handed a cruppy when it was her turn. She held the creature in her hands and staggered to another place for herself cause this one was a little bigger than she had thought.

Sitting down on the ground, the eleven year old checked the name tag that the cruppy was wearing. “Ace?” the cruppy lifted its head up and licked her face. “Eww!” she wiped her face with the sleeve of her uniform but she was smiling.

“Can we keep them Professor Draper? pretty please?”

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In all honesty, crup care was probably an incredibly easy way to have this lesson. It wasn't anything monumentally difficult, but it was a fun way to teach the needed material. And given the fact that so many students seemed to be down in the dumps lately, he decided something light and enjoyable was the way to go. So he cared a little bit... Sue him. As he handed Ms. Meadows her little one, he considered the question with a small grin forming on his face. SMALL. "We'll be discussing this at the end of the lesson." He knew someone would ask eventually.

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For once it had appeared that James had done something to please almost everyone. Never thought he'd see the day.

And with that, James handed off the last of the cruppies and made his way back towards the center to get everyone's attention once again. "If you look into each tub, you'll see all the supplies we'll be requiring for today's lesson." He had gone through and made sure each one had all the necessities right before class. "But first, let's start with a brush."

Thank Merlin this stuff was simple. "These crups shed, so it's important to brush them once a week to make sure all dead hair is removed." Make sense? They only shed a little, but nevertheless this was highly important. "Go ahead and give them a brush," he watched, waiting for everyone to pick theirs up and go for it. They knew well enough to be gentle, yeah? Though they didn't look like babies, these ones were still quite young.

"And Fifth Years, I'd suggest you pay very close attention to your crup. I can guarantee this will come up on your OWLs," it was almost a fact crups were amongst those creatures that came up most often on the test.

OOC: Sorry for keeping things slow! I should be posting in another 18+ hours to move us!

This is a really easy lesson to hop into (and even play catch up with), so feel free to join at any point!

now they are supposed to be grooming them, her spike.

and WHAAA----- Echo was wide awake now! this was going to be on her OWL's! okay okay, dont panic Echo you can stay awake and pay attention.

"right brush them once a week" she wished that she grabbed her quill and parchment on the way down, she had hoped that a few of her friends were writting this down for her so she didnt have to remember it all by hear.

Bringing Spike closer to her she gave him a warning. "im going to brush you, dont bite me.. its not going to hurt" well she hoped that it wasnt going to hurt him.

Showing the little crup the brush she started with his back, with slow soft strokes. "see its okay" she said while moving around the body, then her Crup started to make noises once she got to the belly. "ahahah, mines ticklish." she stopped brushing the belly and continued on Spikes back.

"there you go, no more tickles" this little crup was starting to pull on her heart strings.

Beth set Taffy down into her lap and rummaged around her bag to find a quill and parchment, she really should be writing all of this down for the upcoming OWLs and it wasn't helping that her school bag was a mess of papers and spilled ink stains, obviously she'd have to invest in a new bag the next time she was in Hogsmeade since her stubbornness hadn't allowed her buy a new one when she was initially shopping for supplies in Diagon Alley.

Aha! She pulled the wrinkled parchment (she swore to Merlin she would organise her bag later) out, along with her quill and wrote down the first step.

Caring For Crups
1. Brush fur at least once a week

Well that was easy enough, she would ace her OWLs...hopefully. Now to really do it, she picked the brush out of the tub and looked at Taffy, who's gaze was switching between her and the brush in her hand. "Time to remove all this dead fur!" She told Taffy, and began to gently brush through all the dead hairs. Beth's heart practically melted when the little crup started to purr as soon as the brush touched its head, he nuzzled her hand and really she was quickly becoming attached to the little cutie.

Niomi's ear really turned on when Professor Draper said this would be on the O.W.L.S. She really needed to pay attention so she can do good on the care of magical creatures O.W.L.

Okay, next step, cruppies need to be brushed one a week. Niomi got the brush out. She didn't start brushing Nicey until she thought it was okay. Niomi gently continued to pet the cruppy until it seemed calm and comfortable. Slowly, Niomi started brushing Nicey. If she started to act uncomfortable, Niomi would stop for a second. She didn't want Nicey getting upset with her. Niomi would like to keep this lesson good. She didn't want there to be a problem between her and her cruppy. Niomi continued to brush Nicey, until further notice. In the mean time, Niomi noticed a lot of dead hair being brushed away already. She was surprised at how much hair there was. Not even Mittens, Niomi's cat, lost this much dead hair.

Brush every week, got it. He would have to be very careful to remember everything from this lesson so he could care for his own crup. Brushing was simple enough. Olly looked into the tub next to him and found the brush. "Ready boy?" He asked the crup. Henry gave a little wag of his tail which seemed like a good sign to Olly. He grinned and began brushing. There was a lot of hair that came off, and Olly made sure to turn so the hair would go downwind and not directly onto him. Maybe when this lesson was over he'd have to go borrow Flamsteed's lint roller.

While she was waiting for the rest of the students to receive their cruppies, Vivian was having waaaay too much fun with hers. She got all kinds of crup appreciation, from snuggles to licks. The little blonde girl giggled at all these gestures. However, it sure made her miss her lovely Prancer at home. Prancer wasn't a crup, but Vivian loved him to bits... just like she was enjoying the company of cruppy Pepito.

Once everyone was done, Vivi stroked the cruppy's hair. "Alright, alright. I enjoy your love but I have to listen to Professor Draper," she said to him, then leaned forward towards his ear to whisper. "And also, I don't wanna lose house points, okay? Good Pepito." Merlin, Pepito was such a hyper little doggy! Not that the Slytherin complained about it. She'd rather have an active one than a shy one, to match her own personality too. She kept petting the cruppy while paying attention to the Professor.

Ah, so they were going to care for the CRUP. The tub stations weren't for human use, but for cruppy bathing purposes!. OH LOL. Vivian blushed a bit and did a peace sign at Professor Draper. Sorry. Silly her! Anyway, the Slytherin did double check the supplies inside her tub. Nothing missing, as far as she knew. But now, it was cruppy brushing time!

"You have really nice fur, Pepito, did you know?" Vivian said as she stroked and brushed the cruppy, the dead hair falling off. Yeah, she was just going to make sure none of them fell on her clothes.

Brush brush brush... and cruppy wiggles and tail wags, of course!

This little cruppie was a wiggly bundle of joy in her arms. Any left of sadness or anger that she might have been holding bottled up inside her was gone. A small wet nose nudging itself into the palm of her hand whenever she would stop petting the crup for even a fraction of a second. This alone was enough to make the teen laugh softly and continue with the petting her attention only being pulled from her newest friend when Draper began to talk once more.

Brushing. Once a week. Got it. She already knew this. It never hurt to be reminded though which is why Hady made sure to pay close attention to what was being said. "Alright Sammie, it sounds like you're in need of a good brushing," she told the cruppie baby giving it him a gentle scratch behind the ears. Rising to her feet carefully from her seat on the bench she walked over to the least crowded of the large tub stations. Sitting down on the ground she cradled Sammie in her lap.

"Okay so it's really simple. I'm just going to brush your fur and remove all the unneeded old fur so your coat stays nice and healthy. Not only will it make you look even cuter as if that's even possible...buuuutttt it'll make you feel better too." Yup she was talking to the crup and telling it what she was going to do. Nothing at all unusual with that. In fact it was very normal and a lot of people did this.

Reaching into the tub she felt around for a brush finally closing her hand around one and pulling it out. Starting at the top of Sammie's head she worked her way downwards. Slowly and very gently brushing his fur all the while continuing to talk softly to him about random things like her summer, her new siblings and family, lessons, her music or whatever else came to her mind. Small yips and playful licks to her hand were giving letting the Slytherin now she was doing it right.

Though James was treating this lesson as if the most important bit was learning how to take care of the crups, it was really about the indirect learning they did by observing the creatures' mannerisms and behaviors. See there was a trick here. Of course lecturing could have taught them the same material, but at least this way they were doing the shelter a favor too. And no one had complained yet.

It was interesting to see how each student approached the task. It all depended on the crup too as it seemed some were much more energetic than others. This was normal. "Alright, now if you look at your supplies, you should find a toothbrush.... And some paste," yes there was specialty cruppy toothpaste. That stuff existed. "Just like us, it's important that these cruppies get their teeth taken care of." He walked around, weaving through the various stations set up on the ground.

"You should apply a pea-sized bead of the paste onto the brush. And gently hold your crup's mouth open just wide enough for the toothbrush. Brush along their gums and then move down, but it's easer to work your way from the back of their mouths to the front," he paused to make sure they were getting all of this. "Rinse with some water as you go." Aguamenti, the younger students knew that one by now yeah?

Oh and, "This may be difficult as the crups haven't become accustomed to it yet," but what's fun without a little bit of challenge?

OOC: Either 2 posts or 1 detailed post for this task. I'll be posting again in 18+ hours to move us forward

WE have to brush their teeth now, she had completely forgotten to do that herself this morning because of the early class, she threw on her robes and booked it out of the common room.

Spike already did such a good job with her brushing him now she hoped he would be as good with her brushing his teeth.

Laying the crup on her lap with his belly facing up Echo grabbed the tiny tooth brush and tooth paste. Then she wiggled to take out her wand out of her pocket to use it for water, because water was no where to be seen. "this ones going to be a little more uncomfortable" please dont bite me!!! PLEASE!!!!

"im going to get everything ready" taking the tooth paste she put a very small pea sized amount on its tip with getting her wand and saying "Aguamenti" she put the tooth brush under the stream to get it wet. Once it had enough Echo said "Finite" to end the stream.

"okay Spike im going to hold your mouth open okay?" did they not get like full on metal gloves, she would be more comfortable doing this with some metal gloves. Reaching her hand down slowly she used her left hand to keep Spikes mouth open.

As soon as her fingers were in reach instead of biting her it instantly started to lick her fingers, "well its way better than biting" she was speaking alot to her crup friend. "this might not taste as good" the brush was now in the back of the little creatures mouth, doing as instructed working on the gums and then working her way down. Echo could tell that Spike did not like the taste of the tooth paste. "i know its not yummy" brushing the full left side she took out her wand and got some water for him to wash out his mouth. Echo picked him up so he could face the ground to let the tooth paste and the water fall from his mouth.

Placing him back on his belly on her legs she repeated the same thing for the right side of his mouth and the front. "your doing so good" she said, but she was just about to finish the front when Spike sneezed so hard where the tooth paste spat all over Echo's face. "ewwwwwww" she said while getting her free hands robe sleeve to clean off her face.

"i think thats enough for your teeth today" she rinsed his mouth out one more last time and let him rest on her legs, with his back facing her this time. She started to pet it with her thumb to get it to relax. All in all Spike let her do her thing.

Brushing our cuty and post 1 of brushing his teeth
 

Major catch up-Getting a crup and brushing him
 

Class was beginning and Janelle was almost bursting with excitement. They were going to get to play with crups today! This was going to be sooooo cool. Go over and get your crups. Janelle didn't have to be told twice. She was up on it in a flash. Quickly and not very calmly, she joined the line of students waiting to get their pets for the day.

Fifth years were supposed to be cool, yeah? Well Janelle was about to lose all of her fifth year cool points because she found it hard to contain herself. She wanted a cruppie. Gimme, gimme. At last, her wait was over. She reached the front of the line. Arms out, she carefully accepted the crup that the professor handed to her. "Thank you professor", Janelle said, as she gently began to stroke the crup's fur. She found a good spot near a tub station and sat down with her special parcel.

Placing her new friend next to her on the grass, Janelle continued to pet him. "Hi little buddy, I'm Janelle and we're going to be really good friends." Noticing the collar around his neck, she took a peek at his tag. "What's your name, huh? Mikey. Well hello there Mikey." Janelle was just thinking how how cute Mikey was when she got a lick on her hand. "Awwwww, I like you too." Her crup was just a ball of energy. He was in constant motion whenever Janelle stopped petting him. If she wanted to keep him still, she'd have to keep up the physical contact. She placed Mikey in her lap and made him comfortable. Just then they got the next set of instructions from Professor Draper.

Janelle looked into the wash tub and noticed all of the supplies inside. First task, brushing the crups. Hopefully they would have time to play later, but for now, she had a job to do. Janelle thought it best to prepare her crup for what was coming. She grabbed the brush from the tub and showed it to Mikey. "I'm going to brush you now. Don't be afraid, I won't hurt you. I just need to get all of the knots and loose hairs out and you'll be nice and pretty." Before using the brush, Janelle used her hand to mimic the act of brushing. She was going to ease her way into the whole process. Mikey didn't seem to mind so far, so Janelle figured it was time to introduce the brush.

While speaking softly to her crup, Janelle began to brush him........very gently. Mikey was being very cooperative and Janelle was pleased. "You are such a good boy. I'm so lucky I got you for a partner today." Janelle patted him on his head and kept brushing. Clearly crups did a lot of shedding because there was quite a bit of hair in the brush already. Then Professor Draper mentioned OWL's. Ughhh. Did he have to go there? "Well Mikey", Janelle said. "I guess you're going to help me pass my OWL's.". At least this was a fun way to get some learning in.

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Question for the Professor
 

Post 2.
 

Janelle and Mikey were busy bonding when Professor Draper told the class what they would be doing next. Brushing teeth? Janelle had not expected that. When she'd peeked in the supply bucket, she had missed those two things. She was a little unsure about this next task. How was Mikey going to feel about having his teeth brushed? How was she going to keep him still?

Stroking the crups head, she said, "Mikey, I'm going to need you to work with me here. I'm going to brush your teeth now." Of course he would have no idea what that meant. Janelle reached into the tub and got the toothbrush and toothpaste. Holding the toothbrush in her hand, she looked at Mikey. "Watch Mikey. This is how it works.". Then Janelle held the brush near her teeth and moved it up and down mimicking the tooth brushing motion. "Now I'll need to keep your mouth open. I'm going to make your teeth nice and clean." Whether Mikey understood her or not, Janelle did not know. The little crup looked at her while she spoke, as if he was listening to every word. He then gave Janelle a lick on the face. She couldn't help but giggle. She was loving this crup already.

Ok, it was the moment of truth. Janelle kept Mikey in her lap and told him, "Stay still now". She tried to move quickly, but efficiently. There was no telling how long she could keep her buddy in place. Taking out her wand, Janelle pointed it at the toothbrush and said, "Aguamenti". She let it just dampen the brush and then said, "Finite". Then she took a moment to pat Mikey, just to keep him happy. Opening the tube of toothpaste, Janelle squeezed out the required pea sized amount onto the toothbrush. Finally, she placed the cap back onto the tube. It had not escaped Janelle's notice, that Mikey seemed to be watching her every move. She didn't know whether that was good or bad, but she chose to go with good. Already determining that her crup was smart, she figured that he was just satisfying his curiosity.

"Ok Mikey, I need you to open up." Janelle opened her moth to demonstrate. Why did it seem like the crup was laughing at her? If crups could laugh, that is. Janelle knew better than to appear afraid of the task at hand. Surely Mikey would be able to sense her fear. So she faked confidence that she didn't really have and got to work. Carefully, she opened Mikey's mouth a little wider and held it just so. First she brushed along his gums. Then she placed the toothbrush on his back teeth and began to move it in a downward motion for the upper teeth and an upward motion for the lower teeth. Janelle made sure to get both the inside and outside surfaces. Then she addressed the rear teeth on the opposite side. Removing the toothbrush, Janelle directed her wand toward the toothpastey teeth and rinsed them with Aguamenti.

"You are being such a good boy", she said with relief. Janelle may have spoken too soon because when she aimed the brush at the next set of teeth, Mikey decided to lick the toothpaste off of it. "Mikey, the toothpaste is not for eating......you're not supposed to swallow it." Hopefully swallowing a little would not hurt him. Adding a pinch more toothpaste to the brush, Janelle began to quickly brush around the side teeth.......to the front teeth.......and back to the other side. She rinsed his mouth again and let him close it for a moment of rest. "Ok buddy, just a little bit more. Almost finished." Janelle opened Mikey's mouth once more and repeated the process on the inside of the remaining teeth. "Aguamenti", she said for the last time and made sure that his mouth was properly rinsed. Apparently Mikey was thirsty because he then tried to get a drink of water from Janelle's wand. After letting him get a sip, she ended the spell. "There. All clean. You were awesome Mikey." Janelle gave the crup a big hug and a head pat. She got another lick in return. Now what would they be doing next? A bath perhaps?

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Taffy was still nuzzling her hand when Professor Draper gave them the next set of instructions. Brush the crup's teeth? That shouldn't be too difficult. She jotted it down quickly on her note paper for future reference, grabbed the little gold-coloured toothbrush, and turned back toward Taffy. He stopped nuzzling her and instead backed away, standing further away from her than he had the entire lesson. Bethany didn't really know what to think. Was he scared? She pet his head a bit, hoping it would calm him down enough for her to actually get a bit of toothpaste onto the brush. "Calm down Taffy, I promise this doesn't hurt." She said, scratching behind his ears. It seemed to have worked a bit and the little crup had let his guard down. She picked him up gently as to not startle the poor thing more than he already was, and placed him onto his back.

Now for the toothpaste.

She picked the brush back up and quickly applied the toothpaste, she didn't have much time before Taffy would start to get restless again. Using her left hand she slowly opened the crup's mouth, while the right inched toward his teeth with the brush, please don't bite me, please don't bite me, please don't bite me . As soon as his mouth was open wide enough, Bethany put the brush to the back of his mouth and began brushing. She noticed the crup was beginning to squirm around, "Shh Taffy, it's okay, I promise this is for your own good...and for the health of your teeth." Nobody wants unhealthy teeth. When she had finished brushing Taffy's gums and teeth thoroughly she left out a sigh of relief. Regardless of her slightly damp robes and the streak of toothpaste on her cheek she patted Taffy's head, "See, that wasn't too hard buddy."

The brushing part of this cruppy care lesson wasn't even the hard part of it. Vivian had gotten used to this, since she did the same with her Aunt and Uncle's dog, Prancer, at home. However, Pepito was such a very energetic ball of fur and was enjoying all this a little bit too much. The blonde struggled a little bit, trying to let the cruppy sit still or something. But, you know, Vivi remained positive. It's not like she'd down this before. Once she was able to get the hang of it, Pepito did calm down. Although Vivi did try to avoid the wagging forked tail. Not that she was scared of it, but it was a little bit too early to be getting wounded in the morning.

Once that was done, Vivian patted Pepito in the head. "Good job, boy. You're such an angel," she said. She received cruppy licks for that, and giggled at all this loving gestures. It sure did make her miss Prancer a lot. They will be reunited soon though! She could feel it, and she was hanging on to that string of hope.

So they weren't just going to brush the crup's fur? Even their teeth! Well, that must've been normal, really. Teeth care was part of proper hygiene, yeah? Though Vivi couldn't resist it. A small smile grew on her face. Seriously, it was kinda funny and cute. She looked down at the tub again, and retrieved the tooth brush that Professor Draper was referring to. It looked like a normal tooth brush, to be honest. Like the one she normally used for her own pearly whites. Then she took the tube of paste and squinted at it. Specifically used for cruppy care. Well, that made sense. Vivian wouldn't personally allow anyone else use her own tooth paste, much more a creature. Oh, well.

"Pepito, this is a tooth brush and paste," Vivian said as she showed the two to the bouncy cruppy. The cruppy tilted its head at her with that. Did he not know what it was? "First time, huh? I'm going to use them to clean your chompers! So that they'll be healthy! Yay!" Oh please. She was such a natural at all this creature care. The Slytherin placed a small amount of paste on the brush, then looked at it. LOL. That was too small. She added a little more, to make sure that it was roughly the size of a pea. It looked good enough for her now. All was good.

Vivian looked back at Pepito. So it was brushing time, then! "Since you're such a good boy, you deserve to have shiny teeth! Please follow me! Can you grin like this, Pepito?" The first year GRINNED so wide in front of the cruppy, but it did not follow. All it did was chase its forked tail. BLINK BLINK. Guess she had to manually do it herself, then. She wasn't going to complain. She was patient! Vivi took her wand out and dampened the paste using a quick "Aguamenti!" before she proceeded to hold Pepito's mouth into a wide grin. "Awww! You look good! Keep grinning, okay?" Vivi kept her grin too, so that Pepito didn't feel awkwardly grinning alone, then she brushed the cruppy's teeth, starting from the back then moving up front, just like the Professor said. And, yes, more avoiding of the wagging forked tail in the process too. The teeth brushing was also accompanied by a lot of toothpaste and cruppy drool. A sticky, bubbly, and sort of slippery mixture, but Vivi tried not to pay attention to that despite how gross it looked.

"There you go! See? Pearly white and healthy teeth!" Vivian said, contented with her work. She rinsed all the drool and toothpaste bubbles with another "Aguamenti!" Vivi received yet another round of cruppy love and affection, face licks and snuggles. The blonde scratched the back of Pepito's ear. Such a good cruppy! <3

Brush their teeth? They had to brush their teeth? Olly guessed it made sense. If he had to brush his teeth every day then so did the crups. It just seemed like a lot of work, and not something the crups would be happy about. But he would do his best to try to make it work. Olly but the brush back into the bin and found the toothbrush and the toothpaste. He squeezed just a bit out onto the toothbrush, except maybe it was just a bit more than he had meant. It was supposed to be about the size of a pea? Well his was about the size of a jellybean. Oh well it was okay. More should be even better, right?

Now came the hard part. He had to get his crup to sit still and allow himself to have his teeth brushed. Olly stared right into the crup's eyes. "Okay Henry, I'm going to brush your teeth now. It's good for you and your breath will be minty when we're done so just let me do it, okay?" He stared at Henry for a few more seconds before moving the tooth brush toward his face. He did not open his mouth. Of course not, that would have been too easy. So Olly took his other hand and used it to try to open Henry's mouth for him. Except he did not like that so much and snapped with his teeth. Fortunately, Olly was able to jerk his hand away in time to avoid being bitten. He glared at Henry.

"Hey, don't do that, that's not nice. I'm not going to hurt you okay? Just let me brush your teeth." He reached slowly toward Henry's mouth and used his thumb to gently pull up the skin around his mouth. So far it was going okay. He was able to brush that side of the mouth, and then he did the same for the other. But all he had done was brush the outside, and that wasn't good enough. He had to get the other side of the teeth and the bottom. That was how he brushed his own teeth. He had to make sure that the crup's teeth were brushed just as good as he brushed his own teeth. Except now was the hard part where he had to actually get Henry to open his mouth.

He moved his hands slowly so as not to startle Henry. When he got close, the crup spun and tried to run in the opposite direction. Olly quickly grabbed him and pulled him back. "Stay here," he said firmly. Henry stared at him and cocked his head to the side. His eyes fixed on the toothbrush as Olly moved it closer to his mouth. Henry's tale started to swish against the ground. Again Olly moved his hand slowly toward Henry's mouth and gently reached inside. He prodded it open and held his hand there to keep it open. Henry's tail was still wagging. While he had the chance Olly quickly brushed the sides and bottom and back of Henry's teeth. Then he removed his hand and held up his wand. "Aguamenti." That rinsed Henry's mouth out nicely.

"Good boy!" He patted Henry's head and scratched behind his ears. The crup's tail wagged even faster. When Olly tried to move his hand away, Henry shoved his head back against his hand. So Olly kept petting him as he waited for the next part of the lesson.

Post 1 (*playing ketchup*)
 

Catching up
 

MAJOR catch up and Post 1
 

James only grinned a little hearing her question, "They're going to be a bit restless," well... Depending on the crup because they all had very different personalities. Which was probably apparent by now as some people were having the easiest time. "That's normal, but it's also a part of the challenge." So no, they wouldn't be using any spells on their creatures for this. They could handle it on their own. And James was watching incase they needed some reinforcement.


Speaking of which, this one may have been the winner.

And it was quite the sight. James watched in amusement, choosing not to jump to the rescue quite yet. Fortunately for the boy, the cruppies still had tiny bodies that could only carry them too far before they got real tired. It was a matter of seconds before the crup would have to roll down and take a long breather. So they wouldn't be able to make it out of the bounds of James' sight. But... He still kept a close eye on them.


There was always one, wasn't there? Fortunately for Ms. Stevens, James had thought of this. Walking over to her station with her cruppy, he held out a small vial of an antiallergy potion, which should be enough for the lesson. "If you want it," he said keeping it held in front of her. He'd make that her choice. Some students were stubborn.

******

Addressing the class again, "Alright once you've finished up with the toothbrush, you can set that aside... Actually, go ahead and take all the remaining supplies out of your tubs." There wasn't much left sitting in there but at least the shampoo, towel, and food. And as many could have guessed the reasoning behind having tubs..... "We're going to give them baths." How exciting, yes?

This would without a doubt be the most challenging part. But... He believed in them. Most of them. They were ready for instructions, yes? Because James wasn't planning on waiting any longer. "You want to fill your tubs with water before beginning, but don't fill them all the way." That would make things difficult. "And you're going to need to get your cruppy in the water... So it may be easier to lower them into the tub before you start adding in the water, but that's personal preference." James preferred to do it the other way around himself.

"Have the specialty crup shampoo on hand, but first you want to use aguamenti again to get your creature wet. Be very careful around their head. You don't want to flood their eyes, nostrils, and ears." That was MAJORLY important. He waited for a bit so they could get started before he continued. "Once your crup is wet, apply the shampoo. You want to start at their head and work your way down through the tail. Then soap their belly and legs," the scrubbing would be the fun part. And luckily the smell of the shampoo would help cancel out the smell of wet crup. ... Sort of.

"Wash their foot pads too, that's quite important," he added as an after thought. Again, he paused to make sure they had all of this and were getting started on the task. "Once you've lathered up the shampoo, you can start rinsing it out starting at their head. If you still have time, you should use a little more shampoo to run this over one more time." Weaving around the different tub stations, he worked his way back to the front.

"If you haven't already, get started."

OOC: For this task you need at least 2 posts (including everything I have written below), they can be split however you want. I'll be posting again in ~ 24 hours.

+Pour water into bath
+Get crup into the tub
+Use aguamenti to get him wet, but be careful around their head
+Once dog is wet apply the shampoo.
+Started at head rinse all the suds out of dogs coat
+Use a little more shampoo and run through this one more time
+Wash all the suds away

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If Echo thought that brushing their teeth were hard enough now they were to give them baths. She sure hoped that Spike liked the water... knowing not all creatures did so, she gave her little furry friend a look. Placing him down on her lap she took out what was left in the bin so she could start to fill it up with water.

The tub was emptied but Echo wanted to make sure that it was super clean before giving Spike a bath. "Scourgify". The bin was now clean and it was now her turn to fill it a little bit with water. "Aguamenti" she made sure the stream was focusing on her tub and when she thought it was full enough she said "Finite" to end the stream.

"okay Spike.. the water is nice, dont splash around alot okay?" holding the small crup in left hand she slowly lowered him in. First his feet went in and he didnt seem to mind, but Echo was still going to go slowly. the legs........ now the belly......to the neck.. thats where she stopped.

It was kind of like when her aunts gave baths to their kids, not letting the head go underwater seemed pretty important. taking out her wand again she followed her instructions to get the Crup even more wet. "Aguamenti" she said while making sure she didnt hit Spike in the face.

she stopped the water flow and picked up the special crup shampoo and started to lather its legs... giving it a nice massage. "see this is the best part....right?" she knew that the little creature wasnt going to answer her but who cares, this was starting to turn out to be fun, even tho she hates to get messy. once the legs were done echo moved to its belly, trying not to tickle it she lathered in the shampoo and then did his little arms, and just the top of the head to stay away from his eyes, ears and mouth. When it comes time to rinse him she can just use her thumb to clean its top of the head, so no water will actually come close to its face.

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Echo had almost forgotten to clean its little paws!, quickly soaping them up she got ready for the next steps. Now that her Crup was all soaped up Echo took her thumb to wipe the little amount of soak on her crups head so there was no worries about getting the water in Spikes face.

Taking out her wand she said ”Aguamenti” and started to rinse around Spikes neck, he started to make noise and flop around a little bit but he wasn’t making to much of a mess or noise. ”shhh its okay!!!” she thought it would be a good idea to move away from his neck, so she moved on his arms and he started to quiet down. ”you really are ticklish aren’t you” she said while giggling. Now that the neck and both arms were done, it was time for the belly and she knew that Spike would move around a lot, his belly seemed to be the most ticklish.

Holding on to him a little tighter, but not to hurt him Echo started to rinse him.. squirming and squeaking happened like crazy.. ”shhhh shhhh, its okay” she moved from his belly now to his legs and he started to calm down again. ”mental note to self, Spike is really ticklish on his belly” maybe she could tell the Professor and who ever got Spike next year or when ever that they be extra careful with his belly. Finally rinsing off his little paws Echo read her instructions and she had to use a little bit more soap and do it all over again.

Soaping him up with very little amount of shampoo Echo did the same steps and made sure that she didn’t get any soap or water in Spikes face.

Spike wasn’t going to like Echo now, she needed to rinse him over again, lucky for her there wasn’t much soap. ”Aguamenti” she said and carefully rinsed him again to make sure that nothing hit the face. Her little crup was surely clean now. Picking him up out of the bath Echo placed him on a towel and wrapped him up like a baby. Pointing her wand at the tub she said ” Evanesco” and the water disappeared. Might as well clean the tub again ”Scourgify” and the tub was fully clean. Now she sat there with a bundled crup helping him to dry, and she’ll give him another brush to get the knots out after he was dry.

Still catching up
 

Major major catch up!
 

Post 3 (Catch upppppp)
 

Mini Catchup & Post 1
 

One last stroke down Sammie's back with the brush gently and she was finished. The little guy might not have looked like he had much fur or needed a brushing but the proof was there. She had collected a rather decent amount of fur from him which she had balled up and set into the tub so it didn't get blown away or anything like that. Setting the brush back into the tub Hady gave the cruppie a nice rub behind the ears earning herself some licks to her hand which made her laugh quietly.

"Alright bud, as much as I'd love to just sit here and play with you we need to get those little teeth of yours clean." Yeah, sharp little teeth. A lot of them. A bite to her fingers wouldn't be needed right now even if it wouldn't hurt all that much. Sammie tilted his head his ears flopping from side to side as if her words puzzled him, which they probably did. Still laughing she reached for one of the tooth brushes and special crup toothpaste. Taking out her wand she cast a quick 'aguamenti' on the toothbrush to wet it just a bit. Then came a little drop of the special toothpaste.

"Now we need to get your mouth open..." Hady showed Sammie the toothbrush to get him aware of it first. Only she had to pull it away quickly when the pup tried to lick it. "No, no it's not for eating," she laughed shaking her head. Such a cutie this guy was! How was she going to brush it's teeth though? Letting out a breath she used a finger to pet the side of it's muzzle effectively getting herself licked. While he was occupied with licking at her hand the brunette got the brush into Sammie's mouth gently cleaning his front teeth. Her laughter kept the crups attention on her and not the toothbrush. At least just then anyhow. When it was time for the back teeth she had to gently hold the top of his head and somewhat use her finger to get his mouth open. It took a little work but she soon enough managed the task. "Good job! Now you're teeth will be stronger then before." Not like he needed that but yeah. Using aguamenti again she cleaned the toothbrush making sure all the paste was off and she even let a small trickle run from her wand for a few moments allowing Sammie to get himself a small drink. He deserved it!

As she was giving her little buddy his drink she could hear Draper talking about giving them crups baths and what all would need to be done. Mhmm she had this. Giving a creature a bath was nothing new. If she could bath a Hippogriff then she could give this little baby a bath easy peasy. Holding Sammie on her lap and petting his head she removed the other supplies from the tub laying everything at her side.

Grabbing her wand again she used it to add some water into the now empty tub being careful not to add to much. Cancelling the charm Hady shifted onto her knees so it was easier to lean over the tub and not completely soak herself with water while doing it. Cradling Sammie in her arms for a moment she gave him a quick snuggle before slowly lowering the mostly now calm cruppie down into the tub. Nearly instantly he tried to wiggle himself free and get out causing her to set a hand on his back holding him semi in place. "Easy, it's just water. Like you were drinking..water...." This didn't help much as he stared up at her with a look of 'what are you doing to me?!'

"Sorry Sammie...," she whispered quietly looking down into the big eyes of the baby crup. Before she could even think about it or feel bad she had to get this done. It was just water and some soap. Nothing harmful to him and he'd get used to it. Picking up her wand again she cast a quiet 'Aguamenti' again this time to wet Sammie's fur a bit making sure not to get his face much, stopping the water when he was wet enough. Now that he was wet Hady opened up the shampoo pouring a bit on his fur and began to gently rub it in forming bubbles as she scrubbed.

Post 1! First few steps!
 

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Post 1
 

Bethany paled. Bathtime?! She knew from previous experience that bathing magical creatures was not the most exciting thing in the world. In fact, bathing any animal was a talent in itself, and Beth sure enough did not have that talent. She looked down at Taffy and silently hoped to Merlin that this wouldn't result in her covered in water and soap, she'd save that for the little crup in her arms.

"Alright Taffy, time to clean you up." She said hesitantly, emptying the tub and setting the rest of the materials in it to the side. She picked Taffy up and set him down into the tub, that way he wouldn't be able to dash away once the water touched him. She grabbed her wand from her robes and sent an "Aguamenti." into the tub. Taffy began to wriggle around once the water touched his paws and Beth did all she could do to prevent him from jumping up and running away. She already saw one poor boy's crup run around as soon as it heard the word 'bath' and nearly ran into Draper. That would've been a sight to see, she giggled to herself.

Once the water had filled the tub up to the level she wanted, she pointed her wand to Taffy's back and dampened the fur that was still dry. Once that was finished, she stopped the stream of water from her wand and picked up the shampoo bottle. "This is just shampoo Taffy, it won't hurt you." She said, and then proceeded to pour some onto the shivering crup's fur.

Post 1
 

Catching Up/ Post 1 for Bathing
 

Niomi was enjoying brushing her cruppy, Nicey. When Professor got there attention, she stopped in sadness from enjoy a lovely time with Nicey. She knew this wasn't the end of their time together though.

Brush their teeth? Niomi never had to make sure her pets teeth were always brushed. Okay, well first time for everything. Cruppys have toothpaste? That's fine by her. She was glad he was informing the class on this information. She wouldn't be able to figure out how to brush her cruppies teeth.

Niomi put a pea-sized toothpaste on the brush, just as the Professor instructed. Next, she calmly and carefully opened Nicey's mouth. At first, Nicey showed signs of being uncomfortable. After a while, Nicey got used to Niomi brushing her teeth. She continued to brush Nicey's teeth, using water as well, until they looked clean. Once she was done, Niomi stopped, and continued to pet Nicey until the next instructions.

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Once Professor Draper mentioned the tubs, Niomi looked inside them. She found all kinds of supplies to use for her cruppy. Now, it is time to give Nicey a bath. This will be interesting.

"Aqyamenti," said to till the tub. . Once it was filled, she grabbed Nicey and placed her in the tub. At first, Nicey was startled, with the sudden change on environment, but she got used to it. Next, Niomi go Nicey went and ready to wash. She was extra careful of her head as well! Now, time to move onto the next step.

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Post 1
 

Olly took his tub and dumped it out on the grass in front of him. He needed it to be empty so he could give Henry a bath. That sounded difficult, but necessary. He was determined to do it all correctly and learn well to give his own crup a bath. He hoped his dads had been taking proper care of him while Olly was away at Hogwarts. They probably were, they were good at taking care of things.

Olly pointed his wand at the tub. "Aguamenti." He filled it about three quarters of the way full. Maybe he should have gotten Henry in first, but it was too late for that now. He was sure it would be fine this way too. "Alright Henry, time to get in the bath." The crup just sat there and looked at him. Of course it couldn't be that easy. Olly grabbed Henry around the middle and pulled him into the tub. There was quite a bit of splashing and Olly could have done with getting less water on his robes, but in the end he accomplished his goal of getting Henry into the tub. He raised his wand again. "Aguamenti." This time, instead of spraying haphazardly, he was careful about where he sprayed the water. Henry needed it all over his body and on the top of his head, but Olly was careful not to get it in his eyes or ears. When he was done he stowed away his wand and reached for the shampoo.

continuation plus Post 1 || with permission from Ern hehehe
 

Post 2
 

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Scrubbing the soap through Taffy's fur was a seemingly never-ending task as the cruppy wriggled around and splashed water everywhere. Beth lathered the shampoo in her hands and then continued to softly run the soap through the fur on his back and down to his footpads, careful not to hurt the shivering little thing. Taking her wand out of her robes, damp ones might she add, she pointed it toward Taffy's head, and rinsed out the dirty suds. She noticed everyone else going in for a second wash and decided to do the same.

"Alright buddy, one more time." She said to the still shivering crup. Beth grabbed the nearly empty shampoo bottle, really it wasn't her fault Taffy wouldn't stay still, and lathered it on his fur again. She gently scrubbed through the hair again and sent an Aguamenti onto all the soap. "See Taffy, now you smell better!" She giggled, patting Taffy's cute little head. It was a surprise she hadn't gotten her hair wet throughout that whole ordeal, thank Merlin.

Post 2
 

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It was time to get the shampoo and wash Nicey, the cruppy. "It's time to clean you and make you smell good," she told Nicey. Grabbing the shampoo, she put some in her hand, lathered it up, and started to shampoo onto the crups fur. Starting at the head, Niomi soaped Nicey all the way to the tail. Then she moved onto soaping the crups belly and legs.

Once the cruppy was all shampooed she was ready for a rinse. "Okay, I'm going to rinse the soap off now Buddy," she informed the cruppy, again. Taking her wand, she held it by Nicey, "Aguamenti." Once the water became present, Niomi moved it all around the crup, washing all the soap off. After it looked like all the soap was gone, she looked over again for any extra soap that may be hiding. She found some behind the back leg. Using aguamenti again, Niomi washed it away.

"I'm going to wash you one more time," with that being said, Niomi lathered up the shampoo once more, washed the crump, from head to tail. OH! She almost forgot the belly and legs. Once the crup had soap all over it, she said, "Aguamenti." Niomi did a double check to see if the soap was allll gone, and it was. "All done little cruppy," she told Nicey, with a smile and a small pet. She loved this crump already. She was hoping she could have the crup for good and take it home.

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Post 1
 

Bath time. "I knew it", Janelle said to herself. "I hope you like water Mikey because it's time for you to take a bath." This was definitely going to be interesting. Janelle hoped against hope that her crup had done this before. Otherwise, it might be a bit of a challenge.

Janelle took the remaining supplies out of the tub, as she listened to the professor explain the steps they would take. Their choice, water first or crup first? Janelle thought about it and decided that, given Mikey's tendency for friskiness, she'd put the water in first. That was her first mistake. Putting her new friend down, she took out her wand. "Aguamenti" , she said, holding the wand over the tub. She watched as the water flowed into the tub, filling it slowly. Janelle wondered how Mikey would like a bubble bath, but quickly dismissed that thought. When the tub had enough water, Janelle said, "Finite".

Mikey seemed to know what was coming because he jumped around, giving little barks every now and then. Janelle wasn't sure whether that was a good thing or a bad thing. This whole bath thing could go either way. "Mikey, I'm going to put you in the tub and make you nice and clean. You're going to look so handsome when we're done."

Putting her wand away, Janelle bent over and scooped Mikey up into her arms. "Alright buddy, we're going for a little swim.". That was a poor choice of words. As Janelle lowered the crup gently into the water, he began to flail. As he tried to dog paddle in the tub, water splashed around. Janelle tried to calm him down and began to hold and pat him. " No Mikey. I didn't really mean it was time to swim. I need you to be still now."

Ok, so Janelle didn't need to wet much of Mikey's body because he was already pretty wet.......and so was she. Holding the crup's head and patting him at the same time, she got out her wand again. Aguamenti", she said, once more. Janelle continued to hold Mikey with one hand. With her wand hand, she sprinkled the remaining dry patches on his body with water. Then came the tricky part. Janelle started to trickle water onto the crup's head, but thought better of it. Instead, she let go of him, poured some water in her hand and stroked it onto his head. "There now, you're all ready for the shampoo." Let the fun part begin.

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Yay! This was Vivian's favourite part! Bathing the cruppy sure wouldn't be difficult or a hassle for her, since she'd done it quite a few times at home with Prancer. Minus the forked tail, at least. She was starting to miss Prancer as the cruppy in front of her kept bouncing in front of her.

"Okay, Pepito, I'm going to wash you! Are you ready? Excited?" Vivian asked him, and the cruppy wagged its forked tail around and bounced even more. What an adorable creature! It made her miss Prancer even more! Vivi took the remaining supplies from the tub and set them aside. "Aguamenti!" she said and a jet of water came pouring out of her wand. She filled one-fourth of the tub and stopped it with a "Finite!" before the water level rose. That was good enough, she thought.

The Slytherin looked back at the cruppy. I'm gonna place you inside the tub now, alright? Just lessen the tail wagging while I do this." Vivi stood up and sloooowly lifted Pepito. There was still a lot of wagging - the first year sighed - but she avoided and ignored it. She then placed the cruppy inside the tub. "Good boy, Pepito!" She grinned at him, and a thumbs up as well.

"Aguamenti!" Vivi said, and she pointed the wand at Pepito. The cruppy splashed and it looked like he was enjoying himself, which made the Slytherin smile as she wet the rest of his body. She paid extra care when she reached the head, as Professor Draper had said. She scratched the back of Pepito's ear when she was done. "You really are a good boy, aren't you?" she said with a smile. "Finite!" And the water stopped

Time for the shampooing part. Vivian placed a generous amount of the crup specialty shampoo on her palm, placed the rest aside, and applied it on Pepito. Lather lather lather. The lil cutie was having so much fun, creating splashes and wiggling. "Fun, right?" And more massaging on the cruppy's coat.

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Now that Mikey was good and wet, Janelle talked soothingly to him while she opened the shampoo. She poured a little into her hand and rubbed them together to make a lather. Then Janelle began to rub the shampoo into the fur on Mikey's head. As long as she seemed to be "petting" him, all was well. He was a good little boy. Janelle was careful to get all around his head. She made sure not to get any soap in his eyes.

Adding a little more shampoo, Janelle lathered Mikey's neck and worked her way down his back. He seemed to be enjoy eying the attention so far. This was one crup who seemed to like physical contact. As long as you were touching him, he could be pretty still. Next, Janelle tackled his belly, rubbing in more shampoo and scrubbing him well. Mikey started to do his little cruppie laugh again and Janelle wondered if he was ticklish. "You are being such a good boy Mikey. We'll be done in no time." Janelle moved on to wash the crup's legs and took extra care in washing his feet. Once she had scrubbed every nook and cranny, it was time to move on.

Mistake number two. When Janelle had finished with the shampooing, she let go of Mikey to retrieve her wand. Mikey chose this moment to do what Janelle had often seen dogs do. She should have known better. He started to shake the water and soap off, resulting in cruppie wetness and shampoo going everywhere. Hit with the soapy mess, Janelle wrapped her arms around her buddy. "Mikey! You have to be still. I wasn't planning on taking a bath too." Steadying Mikey with one hand, Janelle rinsed the water off of his head. She made sure to get all of the shampoo off of his head before rinsing the rest of his body.

Checking her watch, Janelle determined that she should just have a chance for one more wash and rinse. "One more time", Janelle announced before repeating the process. This time she had no major mishaps because she had learned from her mistakes. When the last bit of shampoo had been rinsed from Mikey, Janelle breathed a sigh of relief. "Look at you. You're all clean and smelling sweet." Giving Mikey one more pat, she wondered something. Raising her hand, Janelle had a question for the professor. "Professor, are we allowed to give them a blow dry with the hot air charm?" Just wondering 'cause it would be nice.

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Vivian made sure to reach all of the cruppy's body. She started with Pepito's head then his neck then body and waaaay down to his tail. She handled that forked part carefully because nope, nobody was gonna get injured today! The cruppy wiggled more when Vivi started massaging his belly, legs, and foot pads. "Not too much, Pepito! You're gonna get..." Speaking of the devil. The cruppy splashed water on Vivi's face. Meh. So bubbly and soapy. "Please calm down?" Prancer wasn't even this hyper sometimes! The struggle was real.

With that done, Vivi wiped her forehead with a portion of her forearm that wasn't wet or soaked with crup shampoo. Phew! She wiped her wet hands on the edge of her clothes. She'll have to dry that later with a charm or something. Besides, today was kinda windy so that might be some sort of natural blow dryer. She took her wand again. "Aguamenti!" She started rinsing Pepito again, beginning with the head as usual then making her way down.

Then a lil more shampoo, as Draper mentioned. She applied it on Pepito again and the same process as usual, then rinsed the suds away with another helpful Aguamenti. Alright! Finished!

"Don't YOU smell like a dozen of flowers?" Vivi smiled! Yep, she had totally and successfully bathed a cruppy! Aw right! Also, more cruppy licks to the face! So much love from such a tiny little animal.

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Hadleigh worked the shampoo into Sammie's fur gently. She slowly worked her way down from his head where she cleaned his ears as well then all the way down his back and his tail. Reaching around and over him she made sure to get his sides all nice and soapy before lightly scrubbing his belly. Finally she lifted each little paw up one at a time making sure to be careful as she got between his little toes and all around his paw pads. He was one clean crup!

"There we go, all nice and soapy. Now for the rinse. Ready?" Rinsing her hand off in the water from the tub she grabbed her wand and cast a gentle 'aguamenti' spraying the water over Sammie to wash away the shampoo. It took a few moments but pretty soon he was cleaned off. Cancelling the charm she set her wand down and picked up the shampoo bottle again. "Alright one more good wash and you'll be all finished." Pouring the shampoo down the cruppies back she once more got to work rubbing him all over to make sure he was doubly clean. Not a spot did she miss.

For the second time she grabbed her wand. "Aguamenti," Hady cast once more this time taking a little longer with cleaning all the soap off. She even ran her hand down over his back and feet to help push the soap off. "Nearly done now just have to make sure all this soap is gone." A few moments later she laid her wand down at her side making sure though to keep a hand on Sammie so he wouldn't shake his wet fur all over her or run off.

A page of out Myer's book? Ah yes, he had heard of that incident. And now all the kids were distrustful of their Professors, yeah? Leave it to Poncho Paul to ruin everything. James wasn't surprised. He just gave Mason a shrug and went to pocket the vial, when she reached out to grab it. "Suit yourself," of course he had made sure to have some antiallergy potions on hand. It was probably a necessity for all Care of Magical Creatures all over. Kids these days were allergic to EVERYTHING. It was absolutely nightmare inducing. And James wouldn't end up being the Professor with an unconscious student on hand. That, he'd leave for Airhead Flamsteed.

"Never said it'd be easy, Winchester," James grinned. They were working with crups, there had to be at least a little challenge thrown in. Otherwise this lesson would be a complete breeze. Besides, James was sure the boy could figure it out. Or was he giving him too much credit?


Speaking of challenges, this one was having a field day. James had still been keeping an eye on the pair, choosing not to intervene for now. He'd step in if it went on for much longer, but again... What's the fun in a lesson without some adversity, eh? So he watched. Amused. And oh, in coming! Stepping so that there was about a foot of space between his two feet, he let the cruppy run underneath his legs.

And .... Ah, see James knew the boy could do it all along.

And luckily the boy hadn't lost too much time during that little chase. James still gave him a nod that meant something like 'let's get to it', before turning around to take a look at the progress of some others.

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Originally Posted by Daydreamer11 (Post 11959242) Checking her watch, Janelle determined that she should just have a chance for one more wash and rinse. "One more time", Janelle announced before repeating the process. This time she had no major mishaps because she had learned from her mistakes. When the last bit of shampoo had been rinsed from Mikey, Janelle breathed a sigh of relief. "Look at you. You're all clean and smelling sweet." Giving Mikey one more pat, she wondered something. Raising her hand, Janelle had a question for the professor. "Professor, are we allowed to give them a blow dry with the hot air charm?" Just wondering 'cause it would be nice.

"You're one step ahead, Ms. Guidry," he nodded. In other words, he wanted to wait until most students started nearing the end of their crup baths before announcing this bit. But it looked like many of them were just about done.... So with that in mind....

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He raised his voice to address the whole class. "You still have some time to finish up with the baths, but for those of you who are done... You can go ahead and grab the towels that should have been at your station and give your crups a pat down," in other words, please don't try to scrub them dry. "And once you've done that, you can use the hot air charm to dry them even further."

He had to give them the incantation for that, yeah? Most of the older students ought to know it by now, but he had little faith in Professor Charms, no offense. "The incantation is 'ventus' and the movement is a little wave," he said demonstrating. "Call me over if you're having any trouble," or just don't have any trouble.


OOC: Hihi, y'all are doing fabulously <3 I'm having a ball reading all of y'alls posts!
There's still plenty of time to squeeze in your two posts for bathing the crups! And if you're just joining us feel free to catch up starting wherever you want!

I'll be moving us along in another 18+ hours with our final step!

Echo was happy that her Spike was already bundled in her towel but now was going to be the fun part, to hold the little guy and dry him off. "time for you to get dry little guy" she told him while unwrapping him from the towel.

Spike instantly started to shiver as she started to feel really bad for him. "awww you'll be warm soon" she pulled out her wand and said "ventus" and the hot air started to come out, Echo directed it towards him and he looked so cute, his little hair flopping in the wind. "your like a little super model" she laughed while making sure that she dried everything.

Now that he was fully dry she laughed. "you look like a little fluff ball" he was so poofy.

Echo placed Spike back in her lap and waited for further instructions.

Giving Sammie a nice little scratch behind the ears Hady nodded her head to show she had indeed heard with Draper was telling them. Reaching over with her free hand she grabbed up the towel beside her. "Now to get you all dried off, hmm?" she hummed unfolding the towel which left the cruppie wide open to shake himself off spraying her with water. Rather then get upset the Slytherin just laughed it off wiping the water from her face. "Welp at least you weren't all soapy!"

Lifting Sammie from the tub she wrapped the towel around him and gave him light pats all over to soak up the water. No rubbing of anything of the sort as the professor had instructed. It wasn't in the least bit hard. When she had finished she wrapped Sammie free of the towel and set it aside. Picking up her wand she gave it a small wave, "Ventus." A light stream of warm air blow from the tip of her wand which she directed at Sammie's back and legs keeping away from his face. "You'll be all dry in just a few moments and then we can play."

A few moments might not have been very correct as it was more of a few minutes but it didn't make a difference. When the little pup was dry she cancelled the charm and pocketed her wand. Scooping Sammie up into her arms she cradled him close lightly petting his head and ears. "All finished. You were such a good boy, yes you were," she laughed. Sammie giving his thanks in puppy kisses to hands and face.

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Olly squirted out a bit of shampoo onto his palm and set to work. He started by massaging it into the top of Henry's head, then working his way down his neck and body. He needed to get a little bit more shampoo to be able to cover the crup. Henry kept wiggling and trying to spin around in his little tub, but Olly managed to cover ever side with shampoo. Now it was time to rinse.

"Aguamenti." He did what he had done before, carefully avoiding Henry's eyes or ears as he sprayed him down with the water. He watched the soapiness stream down Henry's legs into the water. Olly scrubbed a little bit in some places until he was satisfied that Henry was all rinsed off. Then he quickly put a bit more shampoo into his hand and did the whole thing again. Wash, rinse, and repeat. Olly never repeated because it did not seem necessary, but apparently it was good for the crups. Whatever. He rinsed again, then took a step back because he knew what was coming. Except he didn't quite get far enough back before Henry shook his body and water sprayed off of him and onto anyone in the general vicinity, especially Olly.

"I was just about to dry you," he grumbled to Henry. "Couldn't you have waited just a few seconds?"

Viv reached to the side and grabbed a towel. She patted them down gently so they wouldn't hurt her. Then she yelled "Ventus!!" and the Crup was dry.