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It was the day before Halloween, and the Fall weather was lovely this afternoon and absolutely perfect for their lesson today. All the new school rules aside, Professor Wayland was not going to break tradition. He had the lesson set up just outside of the Barn as usual, with his trusty blackboard and hay bale semi circle.
No hay bale throne today? Professor Wayland sat sipping his Chai on a single hay bale. The Professor was a little out of sorts, but he would press through for his students. And so he sat, sipping away with a quiet smile, impatiently awaiting his fantastic pupils to get there so this fun lesson could be started.
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Rylee sat up just a little bit straighter on her hay bale this morning as the lesson began. Her eyes shifting momentarily to the side as the small group of trees was shown. So they would be learning about something that lived in trees.
Right away her hand went into the air to give her answer, "Chipmunks live in trees." They were really adorable creatures too and really little. Letting her hand drop down onto her lap once more she waited for the lesson to continue.
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And the most obvious answers were already taken too.
So he opted to stay quiet, until thinking about trees led him to a memory from some summer, "y'know professor, sometimes people end up living in trees too" Awesome Magical Treehouses were a thing.
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Kaitlynn sat the and thought and thought and thought.... and while she thought answers were already being tossed out. Animals, magical and non-magical that live in trees. She didn't want to repeat a given answer. All sorts of mammals and reptiles. Creatures with wings....
"Fairies live in trees, Professor." She was fairly certain they did anyway, after all...they fly.
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Leading the rebellion? He had NO idea. She nodded in response to the question Professor Wayland asked, realizing it was probably meant to be a joke. But this was no joke. She was leading a rebellion. As soon as all the puzzle pieces fit together just right.
It wasn’t the two of them for much longer though because Abra came rolling in soon enough. She didn’t mind because she liked him. He was a good one and she’d allow him to sit next to her. Not everyone got that kind of privilege. Hearing a new voice draw near, she looked up to see yet another friend-(ish) (emphasis on the ISH) person. “Thanks, Lucas,” Zoryn sent the boy a smile and flipped her hair. Her’s DID look nice. Everything Zoryn wore looked nice. It was her trademark. She also noticed that he sat only somewhat near which amused her to no end. Because either he was afraid of her or he was afraid of what she’d do if he stole Faith’s seat. That’s what Zoryn figured, anyway.
As more and more people started to show up, her sparkly TROLL display gained some looks. Some of approval, others not so much. But you know what they say, right? Any press is good press. And Zoryn LOVED the press. Especially Witch Weekly. That counted as press, right?
”Hiya Nat,” she winked at the Slytherin before turning her attention to this weird Hufflepuff she didn’t know. ”Did it myself. Incredible, I know, right?” Even people she didn’t know were noticing. She was THRIVING in the attention not gonna lie. “Thanks Beth,” Zoryn KNEW she was owning it, but it was nice to hear it from others too. She waved at Juni before taking note of the weird costume some tiny kid was wearing. And before she knew it, class was starting.
As for the question on trees and things, Zoryn chose to sit this one out. She questions that didn’t refer to straight fact recall.
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Yeah, Zoryn, you had it right. Lucas did NOT want to take the seat that he knew inherently belonged to Faith just by its being next to YOU.
He snorted at Zachary's answer and chuckled. A lot. It was FUNNY. He was right! Sometimes people DID live in trees. Like Tarzan. "Professor," he raised his hand. "I read somewhere there are certain types of...kangaroos? that like to live in trees. They go on the ground for food and stuff, but this tree-kangaroo prefers to be all up in the air." He smiled a bit.
Oooooh, whoever had just said FAIRIES - that was a GOOD ONE. Lucas wished HE had thought of that.
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Septimus was settling in with parchment and quill just as Professor Wayland decided to open up the class from his simplified perch. Oooo their lesson was going to deal with creatures in trees. The Ravenclaw tried to think of his magical options, though other than the rather obvious bowtruckle answer already given, he was coming up dry. He was better with the more muggle creatures though even several of them had been given up by the time he was ready to speak up. Thankfully one was still not taken.
“Most wild owls live in trees…” When they weren’t homed owls and live in house and cages and owleries. Or when they had other habitats like burrowing owls and such.
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Natasha quickly raised her hand. "Many species of birds, magical and non-magical live in trees." she said shyly.
"Very good, Natasha." Tristan said with an encouraging smile, before moving to the next hand in the air.
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Skyler blinked. Magical and non magical huh? She didn't know a whole lot about non magical creatures, except maybe dogs, cats, hers was roaming the castle somewhere, and owls...oh! She raised her hand slightly.
"Wouldn't owls be considered both magical and non magical creatures professor?" She asked.
So they weren't learning about nifflerd today huh? Darn.
Tristan inwardly sighed, but outwardly gave Skyler a small smile. "That they are, Skyler. Thank you." He said before turning to the next hand in the air.
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When Professor Wayland asked his question, Abra hesitated for just a second before raising his hand; he was sure his answer was technically correct, but wasn't sure if it was what Wayland was looking for. "Bowtruckles? I know they're a specific creature, rather than a kind of creature, but I wasn't sure if... um... Well, you know... yeah." ... Yeah.
Was Abra questioning the phrasing of his question? He raised an eyebrow for a second, grinning. "Very good, Abra. That they do." Tristan said with a wink before moving on.
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Then he addressed the whole dress code dilemma, at least he give them the chance to choose what they wanted to wear, options without consequences Anyway on the first question. Animals that live in trees. She listened to a few of the others answers before raising her hand to answer. ”Lemurs live in trees in Madagascar.”
Tristan nodded smiling, "That is correct, Juniper. They do!" He gave her a reassuring wink before moving on.
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Mask off?! Well, this lesson officially sucked and it hadn't even started. Józef begrudgingly removed his mask and stowed it away in his bag, his downcast gaze disguising his scowl. At least he could maybe put it on after the lesson, and wear it up to the Castle.
By the time the last student had arrived, the scowl was gone, and Jó was looking everywhere impatiently for some sign of what creature might be scared of his mask. Wimp creatures, most probably - but even so, he was curious. He perked up a little as Professor Wayland started the lesson, his hand hovering in the air whilst he craned his neck to see if he could see anything in the trees.
"Monkeys, sir!" There were LOADS of monkeys lived in trees, like Spider Monkeys and.... Were orangutan's monkeys? What was the difference between monkeys and apes? Was that what they were going to learn about?!?!
Noting Józef's attitude for having to take off the mask, Tristan was surprised at how excited he was to offer up an answer for the question he had asked. With a chuckle, he replied, "Yes, Józef there are many different types of Monkeys that live in trees." He turned with a grin to the next hand.
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What kind of creature lived in trees? He had two answers for this one, both that were very alike but the Professor had only said one so he chose the one he knew a bit more about. And so, the hand went up in the air with a little bit more confidence. "Clabberts! They live in trees in North America but you're not allowed to keep them in front of Muggles, I guess." Or something like that.
"Very good, Lucas, and no you can't really keep any magical creature in front of Muggles, unless it looks like a non-magical creature." Tristan said with a nod and an encouraging smile.
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In no time, it seemed, they were getting started. Hanna saw the trees, which really didn't give much away regarding the plan for the lesson. Even Professor Wayland's question was very broad. They could be focusing on any animal, really. Well, tree-dwelling animals. A few came to her mind but flickered out just as quick. Hmm. Raising her hand, and going with the broadest kind of animal, Hanna said "Birds. Owls!" Hanna loved owls. They lived in trees, right?
"Yes, very good, Hanna." Tristan said with a smile and a wink. Birds seemed to be the popular answer today but that was alright. It was to be expected.
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Stella thought for a bit before her hand shot up in the air like a rocket. "Some species of snakes are arboreal they prefer to live in trees, and they hunt in trees as well." she said hoping that was ok.
Tristan raised his eyebrows, impressed with that answer. "That is correct, Stella. Thank you for a unique answer." He said with a wink and a grin.
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For now, the young girl would use the Professor’s question as some form of distraction. Creatures magical or non-magical that lived in trees. “While not specifically tree dwellers, Sir, leopards have been known to spend a lot of time in trees, they store their meals up there, rest in them and sometimes use them for a quick escape as not many other big cats have been known to possess the agility and weight conducive to climbing.”
Was Jessa actually giving him an answer and not asking him a question? He gave her a nod and smiled, "That is very true, Jessa they do. Another wonderful and unique answer." He said with a grin, hoping to get her to relax a little more. He would have to check on her later.
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Sitting up a little now, his eyes wandered towards Professor Wayland, ready for the first instruction of the day. Raising his hand in a flash, Ewan couldn’t help but blurt out one of his favourite creatures “One answer Professor. I’d have to say a Sloth, Sir. They’re just so interesting!”, his enthusiasm getting the better of him.
Quickly, he turned to Beth and eyed her, a mischievous smile on his face. “Hey. Hey Beth. What do sloths throw when it snows?”, a little chuckle escaping as he poked her playfully. Not giving her time to answer, “SLOWBALLS!!!”,he shouted, his laugh echoing off into the distance.
“Ooops. Sorry Professor”.
"Very good, Ewan. Sloths are the coolest." He said with a wink and a grin. He was about to turn to the next hand in the air when he was interrupted by a very loud yell from the young man.
He turned back, raising an eyebrow. "I hate to interrupt your joke telling with my lesson, Mr. Jones, but I would appreciate it if you would pay attention. Two points from Ravenclaw." Tristan hated taking points, but he also didn't appreciate yelling out random words in the middle of his lessons. He quickly turned back to the next hand in the air.
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"My personal favorite arboreal creature is the chameleon, of the family Chamaeleonidae," he began, an EAGER gleam in his eye.
And, because he could never resist, he chimed in when Stella spoke about snakes. "Like the Green Tree Python! It has arguably one of the best best adaptations for life in the trees in its strong prehensile tail. Not to mention its striking green camouflage coloring!"
Tristan could always count on Derf to have an interesting and detailed answer. He was glad he controlled himself and only gave one answer and grinned when he added to Stella's. He smiled, a Magizoologist in the making, "Very good, Derf. Chameleon's are super cool and definitely do live in trees. Thank you for expanding on Stella's answer." He said with a wink before moving on.
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Quickly thinking of another she stood up as she was at the back of the group and wanting to make sure the Professor heard her she spoke clearly.
"A Thunderbird perhaps." she replied quickly, before sitting back down, biting her lip, hoping her answer was acceptable.
Thunderbirds were a type of bird, a magical bird at that, and if the Thunderbird was small or the tree were large like the Redwoods in California or the forests in British Columbia it could be possible.
Tristan didn't want to outright say no to that answer. Lizzie seemed kinda nervous about it. "Maybe, but very doubtful. Thunderbirds are native to Arizona which is mostly desert and they are far to big to live in a tree, unless of course they lived in Redwoods. But good thoughts." He said with a reassuring smile.
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After a few moments, she raised her hand. "koalas! They spend basically their whole lives in eucalyptus trees." Add to that the fact that they were adorable.
"Very good, Madison! Koalas live in Eucalyptus trees and eat the leaves of the trees." Tristan said nodding in agreement with the young Gryffindor before moving on to the next hand.
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He shook his head in an attempt to clear his thoughts of Penny, mostly and thought hard for a moment. His brain ran through the mental rolodex of animals it held until a lightbulb went off and he raised his hand: "Sir, squirrels often make their homes in trees." And they were SO CUTE. But also kinda scary, honestly, with their little buckteeth and beady eyes...
"Very good, Benji." Tristan said with an encouraging smile. Squirrels hadn't been said yet, which had surprised him a little but he was glad someone finally said it.
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"Thanks!" Archer replied to the professor's compliment on her sweater.
And then class was starting. The most obvious answer to the question was any of the numerous species of bird. But then, that was already being covered to various degrees by her classmates. As was the second most obvious, monkeys. So, time to go to the ol' knowledge well. Fortunately, her brain spit back an answer pretty quickly. Something she'd seen often enough when she was younger but hadn't seen at all since the move back to England. "Possums like to sleep hanging by their tails from tree limbs." True story. And they could be mean little creatures, too.
"Correct, Archer, but Opossums can live just about anywhere, trees being one of the places." Tristan said with an encouraging smile before turning to the next hand in the air.
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Hand RAISED, really raised like nearly knocking into her bail-mate’s head she was so excited to raise it…or maybe she was trying to stop their dad jokes? But either way her hand was raised. ”Professor, The Tarsiers are a type of primate that reside in trees that live mainly in the islands of Southeast Asia…they’re the second smallest primates in the world the smallest being the Berthe Mouse Lemur” she excitedly explained with a grin.
What? They were cute.
"Very good, Anabeth! They are super adorable, too." Tristan said with a small grin and a wink before moving on to the next student.
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............... Animals in trees, did the man say? Aaron's hand shoot up in a blur (he'd thankfully remembered to do so, at least). "BEES!" .... Ahem, what? Rubbing at the back of his neck, his grin shifted to resemble something more sheepish. Sorry, he'd gotten excited there for a moment. "It depends on the species, but there are a few wild breeds who chose dead and hollowed out trees for their homes... It's more practical, I think, because they prefer habitating near a food source." Flowers, you know?
Tristan listened intently to Aaron's answer, trying not to chuckle, "Very good, Aaron, though habitating is not a word. But I understand what you mean." He gave the young man a wink and a small smile before moving on.
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"I reckon loads of bugs and insects live in trees," he said, arm in the air. "I saw a caterpillar near a tree once." Not actually in the tree. But not far away. Did that count?
"That they do, Max. More than you realize!" He said with a nod. One thing Tristan didn't like all that much was bugs. But being a Magizoologist...he had learned to deal with them. It was part of the job.
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So far, there had been no acts of defiance. No rebelling. And it was stressing Dorian out. He half concentrated what the Professor was saying but the majority of his focus was on the other students. Especially the ones who had proven to be...intolerant to the new school rules. Wasn't it funny though, how people had different reactions to change?
He took a small breath and told himself to focus on the lesson and not on what could potentially happen and that this was Professor Wayland's class. They had him for several years now.
....wait...what?...why were people giving answers?! Had he missed a question?! Dorian blinked, looking around at the others and instantly felt guilty. This whole time he had been silently criticizing the others when in reality he hadn't been paying attention himself. The fourth year grabbed his notebook instead to make small notes to show that he was doing...something.
Tristan looked over Dorian who seemed to be very confused about what was happening at the moment. He raised an eyebrow at the young man before turning to the next hand in the air. Hopefully he would get an idea of what they were talking about with the next step in the lesson.
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He was listening to all of the answers but no one had mentioned his favorite. He raised his hand and stated proudly, “frogs like to live in trees. South America has some really cool ones.” they were some of the Beatles species and coolest colors. Some of them were EXTREMELY dangerous.
"Very good, Patrick. Yes, there are many different types of tree frogs." Tristan smiled at the young man giving him a nod, before moving on.
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Rylee sat up just a little bit straighter on her hay bale this morning as the lesson began. Her eyes shifting momentarily to the side as the small group of trees was shown. So they would be learning about something that lived in trees.
Right away her hand went into the air to give her answer, "Chipmunks live in trees." They were really adorable creatures too and really little. Letting her hand drop down onto her lap once more she waited for the lesson to continue.
"Chipmunks do live in trees, Rylee, and they are mean little buggers!" He said with a chuckle. Tristan had been bitten far too many times trying to find on creature and ended up with a Chipmunk swinging from his finger.
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Zachary had no clue about trees.
And the most obvious answers were already taken too.
So he opted to stay quiet, until thinking about trees led him to a memory from some summer, "y'know professor, sometimes people end up living in trees too" Awesome Magical Treehouses were a thing.
Tristan looked at Zachary with confusion, and wide eyes. Who did he know that lived in a tree? "UH....sure, Zachary. You may need to explain that answer a little more." He was obviously missing some details.
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Kaitlynn sat the and thought and thought and thought.... and while she thought answers were already being tossed out. Animals, magical and non-magical that live in trees. She didn't want to repeat a given answer. All sorts of mammals and reptiles. Creatures with wings....
"Fairies live in trees, Professor." She was fairly certain they did anyway, after all...they fly.
"Yes and no, Kaitlynn. Fairies can live pretty much any place. Some live in trees, some live in this very castle, you just have to know where to look." He said with a grin. Fairies were very elusive creatures.
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Leading the rebellion? He had NO idea. She nodded in response to the question Professor Wayland asked, realizing it was probably meant to be a joke. But this was no joke. She was leading a rebellion. As soon as all the puzzle pieces fit together just right.
As for the question on trees and things, Zoryn chose to sit this one out. She questions that didn’t refer to straight fact recall.
Of course, Zoryn wasn't going to answer. Why would she participate in class at all? Why would he expect her to? He sighed and turned to the next person with their hand in the air.
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He snorted at Zachary's answer and chuckled. A lot. It was FUNNY. He was right! Sometimes people DID live in trees. Like Tarzan. "Professor," he raised his hand. "I read somewhere there are certain types of...kangaroos? that like to live in trees. They go on the ground for food and stuff, but this tree-kangaroo prefers to be all up in the air." He smiled a bit.
Tristan nodded, "Yes, very good, Lucas. There are Tree Kangaroos. Very good." He said with a grin, impressed with the knowledge that Lucas had.
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Septimus was settling in with parchment and quill just as Professor Wayland decided to open up the class from his simplified perch. Oooo their lesson was going to deal with creatures in trees. The Ravenclaw tried to think of his magical options, though other than the rather obvious bowtruckle answer already given, he was coming up dry. He was better with the more muggle creatures though even several of them had been given up by the time he was ready to speak up. Thankfully one was still not taken.
“Most wild owls live in trees…” When they weren’t homed owls and live in house and cages and owleries. Or when they had other habitats like burrowing owls and such.
Another Owl answer. Alright then. "Yes, very good, Septimus, thank you." Tristan said with a smile and a nod. There were no more hands in the air at this point and he was glad to be moving on.
"All great answers, everyone." Tristan said standing in front of the class with a grin. "And only one of you mentioned the creature we will be working with today." He pulled a handful of what looked like rice out of his jeans pocket, and from the pocket in his shirt a little green, stick like, leafy head popped out.
The little Bowtruckle climbed it's way out of Tristan's pocket and down is arm to stand on his palm and nibble on the dried wood lice in his hand. "Today our creature is the Bowtruckle. My friend here's name is Dahlia. She has lived in the barns here at Hogwarts all her life." As the little creature finished the last wood lice she climbed up to Tristan's shoulder, and rubbed her little face against his cheek. Chuckling, he said, "And she has a bit of a crush on me." He grinned pulling a fairy egg from his pocket and giving it to her.
He was pretty sure that no one had noticed the little eyes staring at them from the trees, but that wouldn't last long. They were being very obvious about it. "Now before we get on to the activity, give me one fact about Bowtruckles. It can be about what they eat, where they come from, what they look like, etcetera. But please, only one so everyone gets a chance." He said with a grin, as Dahlia had started to rub his face again.
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BOWTRUCKLES!! Penny couldn't help but grin wider as the professor spoke and then his little friend came out to peek. OH MERLIN SHE WAS ADORABLE! It was all the Hufflepuff could do to stay seated as she raised her hand high and waved it a bit. "Bowtruckles eat woodlice, sir!" she chirped. And they were almost as cute as Benji Park! Hehe.
Abra perked up when Professor Wayland told them all what they would be studying that day; more than anything he was surprised that his answer had been so... right. Not that he thought it was wrong, because he'd known bowtruckles for sure lived in trees, but... well... yeah. He watched the bowtruckle - Dahlia - in Wayland's hand for a minute, and when the question was posed, Abra raised his hand again.
"They guard trees that you get wand wood from...?" he said simply, and though he phrased his answer as a question, he said it with a touch more confidence this time. It helped, you know, getting things right in class and getting positive reactions from professors. Helped him relax just a bit.
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Ahhhh Penny was SO SMART. Benji looked over at her as she answered the question, barely hiding a smile. He quickly turned his attention back to the professor before he got caught with googly eyes and raised his own hand: "A group of Bowtruckles is called a branch," he offered.
And they were so adorable. (Not that he would ever call them adorable. 13-year-old boys are waaaaay too cool to call things adorable. But he would think it!) He knew they could be a little aggressive if they felt threatened, but he hoped he'd get to hold a friendly one today!
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‘you can't really keep any magical creature in front of Muggles, unless it looks like a non-magical creature.’
That was going in his notes, that was. What was so great about going to St. Woboldo’s was that he knew all about not doing magic in front of Muggles but it was still such an important point that it had to be in the notes. And because this was about creatures specifically and not magic in general. He even drew a great big - and slightly wonky - square around it to highlight it. There.
And speaking of creatures, it looked like they were learning about Bowtruckles today.
Lucas glanced over at Stella and gave her a grin. She had her answer, yeah? They knew what the lesson was going to be about and it didn’t look like it was going to be dangerous, either. Though, if Wayland has brought out something like winged horses or centaurs or dragons, he would’ve been equally happy.
But they were concentrating on Bowtruckles so, after a moment of thinking, he raised his hand up in the-
Nope. Answer taken.
His hand went down very slowly as he tried to re-think....... and then it went up again. "Bowtruckles have two very sharp fingers on each hand." Their version of fingers and hands because they didn’t look like human fingers and hands. That would be freaky and something out of a scary movie.
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Oh, BOWTRUCKLES. Like Derf's Picketta, only lots of them who weren't already disinclined to hate everyone but Derf. Although they probably just hated everyone but the professor, so still hateful but beautiful little beasts.
"They camouflage well in their home trees, because they look like flora... but they are most definitely creatures. And, also opinion not fact, but they're very very charming." Not biased at all by the fact that she'd been able to amuse one recently with a dancing flower.
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Aaron was choosing to believe this was a more playful reprimand, given he'd earned another wink. He grinned widely in response, shrugging it off. Adults made up words all the time to suit their needs. There was always room for more words, right?
.... This was going to be redundant, but as stated earlier, magical creatures weren't in his wheelhouse. He took no interest in these things, not as an insult, but... he just had other interests. Like Runes. And changing objects from one thing to something entirely new with Transfiguration... And Divination. Creatures made him anxious for some unknown reason.
"Sir.... they're green." He nodded in partnership with his response. Hey, don't fuss at him. He didn't know the first thing about Bowtruckles and a 'captain obvious' answer was all he had to offer at the moment.
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Taking notes she wrote down what Professor Wayland told Lucas, she actually been taking notes the whole lesson really. She loved creatures magical or non magical, maybe she could be a animal healer or so who knows. She was sure this was going to be one of her strongest subjects, she just loved animals!
Seeing the Bowtruckles she almost squealed cause it was so cute! She read about them, but she never really seen one until now! They were cuter in person then in the pictures!
Lucas looked and seen Lucas grinning at her as she smiled warmly back at him standing beside him. She was excited for this lesson, it was going to be a great lesson she could feel it was! Professor Wayland was already cool in her book for letting them dress casually.
Stella raised her hand, dear god was she a Ravenclaw or a Gryffindor? She chuckled at herself. "Bowtruckles protect Wiggentrees." she remembered reading about that in her book.
Skyler rolled her eyes at the hessitent look. What? She mentioned creatures in the trees. What more did you want? Eh. Skyler shrugged. She blinked and looked around at all the eyes staring at them? Were they in the trees?
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Tristan didn't want to outright say no to that answer. Lizzie seemed kinda nervous about it. "Maybe, but very doubtful. Thunderbirds are native to Arizona which is mostly desert and they are far to big to live in a tree, unless of course they lived in Redwoods. But good thoughts." He said with a reassuring smile.
"All great answers, everyone." Tristan said standing in front of the class with a grin. "And only one of you mentioned the creature we will be working with today." He pulled a handful of what looked like rice out of his jeans pocket, and from the pocket in his shirt a little green, stick like, leafy head popped out.
The little Bowtruckle climbed it's way out of Tristan's pocket and down is arm to stand on his palm and nibble on the dried wood lice in his hand. "Today our creature is the Bowtruckle. My friend here's name is Dahlia. She has lived in the barns here at Hogwarts all her life." As the little creature finished the last wood lice she climbed up to Tristan's shoulder, and rubbed her little face against his cheek. Chuckling, he said, "And she has a bit of a crush on me." He grinned pulling a fairy egg from his pocket and giving it to her.
He was pretty sure that no one had noticed the little eyes staring at them from the trees, but that wouldn't last long. They were being very obvious about it. "Now before we get on to the activity, give me one fact about Bowtruckles. It can be about what they eat, where they come from, what they look like, etcetera. But please, only one so everyone gets a chance." He said with a grin, as Dahlia had started to rub his face again.
Lizzie's heart plummeted into her stomach. Her first answer and she'd embarrassed herself giving a foolish answer, now that her brain had returned to more rational thoughts. Tears began to well slightly in the corners of her eyes, her only goal today was making the Professor see her passion for Care of Magical Creatures, and she was doing a 'great' job.
The Professor moved on, revealing a small green creature from his pocket. Lizzie blinked away her tears, she'd seen this same creature once before, in the Hufflepuff Common room, Picketta the Bowtruckle, Derf's friend.
The Professor wanted a fact about Bowtruckles. She'd read Fantastic Beast back to front at least 100 times, she rifled through passages in her head until the perfect fact popped into her mind.
"The Bowtruckle has a Ministry of Magic Classification of XX, which means they are believed to be Harmless and may be domesticated as a pet or companion. It's one reason why the great Newt Scamander had one as a travelling companion." she stated, still slightly hesitant in her answer after the last flumux.
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Madison beamed. Even though koalas weren't magical creatures, they were cute and she really liked them. Sometimes she wished that she could have a pet koala, but she knew that it wasn't possible... Well, whatever. It was what it was.
Bowtruckles? Huh. Interesting that she hadn't guessed that they would be dealing with those today. Then again, she rarely gave them a second thought. She DID know some things about them, however. She raised her hand. "They can be found in certain forests in England, Germany, and Scandinavia." At least that was what she thought she had read somewhere once...
Ooooh that was the sweetest looking Bowtruckle Beth had ever seen. The little green insect made Beth grin as she watched it climb down to Professor Wayland’s palm to eat the dried woodlice.
Okay…okay, where there was one Bowtruckle there were many right? Her eyes flicked to the trees around tried to catch a glimpse of one if she could…no, no she needed to answer the question and participate. Raising her hand Beth waited to be called on, ”Bowtruckles can be mistaken for members of the Phasmatodea order of insects typically because of looks it’s the Leptynia Hispanica – they had an exhibit on insects at the museum this summer” she added the last bit like it was an important explanation.
It wasn’t, she simply liked science and learning…it wasn't that she was an animal person or anything. No, clearly that roll fell to friend-Daniel...and Cal...they wanted to work with creatures.
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BOWTRUCKLES???? Natalie knew what they were, thanks to Derf. And she even liked his little bowtruckle, even if she didn't like her.
"Derf loves Bowtruckles!" Natalie added to the discussion with a chipper attitude... And then she turned red because it was uh, rather unnecessary to add. The sentence had just sort of jumped out of her when she heard the topic of the lesson. Oops. Natalie cleared her throat. "And they, err... eat insects," she added a second later to save her outburst.
Aaron was choosing to believe this was a more playful reprimand, given he'd earned another wink. He grinned widely in response, shrugging it off. Adults made up words all the time to suit their needs. There was always room for more words, right?
.... This was going to be redundant, but as stated earlier, magical creatures weren't in his wheelhouse. He took no interest in these things, not as an insult, but... he just had other interests. Like Runes. And changing objects from one thing to something entirely new with Transfiguration... And Divination. Creatures made him anxious for some unknown reason.
"Sir.... they're green." He nodded in partnership with his response. Hey, don't fuss at him. He didn't know the first thing about Bowtruckles and a 'captain obvious' answer was all he had to offer at the moment.
Skyler face palmed. And her question was obvious??? Well, this guy sure gave her a run for her money if that's the case then. She sighed and didn't say anything in responce.
Natasha didn't know much about Bowtruckles, but tried to remember what she had read. Her classmates seemed to have covered everything she knew about them and much more. Then a little fact came to mind and she hoped she was remembering correctly as she raised her hand. "I think I read they only have brown eyes to help with camouflage."
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It wasn’t that Stasya wasn’t aware of creatures that lived in trees. She had one as basically her familiar, as most everyone who had been anywhere around her knew. One creature that had been mentioned already, but either way, she’d stayed quiet because she’d gotten distracted. By Professor Wayland’s response to Chloe, about there being sick creatures in the barn. Which she hadn’t known, probably because of all the stupid rules that had recently been set, including the one that restricted their presence in the grounds unless they had a professor escort. She’d thought about testing that one, but hadn’t yet mostly because of her worry over the prefect notebook keeping track of her location at all times or spying on her in some other way. Either way, it was quickly becoming much too much stress for the sixteen year old, and she didn’t have Professor Hirsch to tell her things would all be okay anymore. Not with the other restriction on the contents of their mail.
She’d perked up at the mention of what they’d actually be studying in the lesson, though, and almost instinctively glanced in Derf’s direction. “Bowtruckles have their own language, too, and they can act just like people do. Creating cliques and bullying other bowtruckles if they feel like it,” she added, raising her hand just in case she actually was being watched. She was tempted to bring up her experiment regarding making wood lice cookies for Picketta, too, but it seemed like more of a tangent than anything constructive.
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Despite the professor's confusion, Zachary really didn't want to get into the history of his mom's neighbour's wife kicking him out and how the bloke ended up living in his kid's tree house for six months.
So, never mind and moving on.
Bowtruckles!
He had definitely read about them, so his hand went up and he offered a fact he clearly remembered, "....they can get quiet violent when threatened"
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Hanna let out an audible gasp, then clapped her hand over her mouth, sinking back into her hay bale. Oops. But... BOWTRUCKLES! Hanna had never, at least not that she knew, met and handled a bowtruckle. Until NOW that was!
It was so sweet! Looking at it popping its head out of Professor Wayland's pocket. Aww. LOL, well Dahlia wasn't the only one that had a crush on Professor Wayland. He was very handsome. Ugh. Red cheeks. Hanna blew a breath out of her mouth to re-focus herself on the subject. Professor Wayland. No, bowtruckles! Bowtruckles. Bowtruckles.
Each time Hanna thought of a new fact, someone else spoke it. But there were still things that were said that she didn't know about them, which was interesting. Hmm... Hanna raised her hand slowly. "Er... they're similar to the mundane creature Praying Mantis. Are they... related somehow?" Although... although Praying Mantis' were insects. "Do Bowtruckles eat them, Sir?"
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