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A cold, wet morning dawned as January 16 arrived. Rain lashed the castle windows, but the Transfiguration classroom remained dry and toasty warm owing to a number of warming charms that Celestia had strategically placed around the classroom.

Enlarged jars of bluebell flames stand proudly at each corner of the room, carefully enchanted with Unbreakable Charms and gaining a height of 4 feet. The blue light emanating from the flames dances merrily on the rows of evenly spaced single desks that dominate the space. Some of the standard torches provided in every Hogwarts classroom have been doused in order to keep the room from being too bright, though there are areas of the room where (regrettably) students are faced with a mixture of blue and yellow light. Celestia was not concerned about this, however; she had installed the massive bluebell flames as soon as the first snow fell before Christmas. The students were surely used to the lighting effects by now.

A plain card table, made remarkable only by the Impervius Charm placed upon it, stands shoved up against the wall on the left hand side of the classroom. Here, a steaming teapot and equally steamy pot of hot chocolate, along with all of the possible trappings that anyone could desire for either drink, sit invitingly. A large stack of Styrofoam cups are provided, and students should know by now that they are welcome to either (or both) drinks.

The only new feature of the room on this gloomy January morning is a sturdy oak table that stands against the wall opposite the door. Student desks in the first two rows of the classroom are squashed together rather closer than they normally would have been to make room for this odd new addition. Rattling cages, carefully draped with bits of plain brown cloth, are perched on the table's surface.

Celestia herself can be found sitting in her usual red, squashy armchair behind her desk at the front and center of the room. The normally clean surface of the teacher's desk is marred today by a large number of small, silver pins. With a casual jab of her wand, the door of the classroom swings open with its usual BANG! at precisely 9:45 AM.




OOC:Hi guys! Welcome to the first and only Transfiguration lesson of the term! A last minute schedule conflict came up for me with school, so I'm opening this lesson up super early for arrivals, but we will still be starting the official lesson onFebruary 16 at 12 AM CST (6 AM GMT).Thanks for your understanding! Don't forget that even though this is our first lesson together OOC, the students have been having Transfiguration lessons IC with Celestia since September. Please don't forget to read the Transfiguration rules before posting! Hope you all have a great time!

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9:45 wasn't that early. No. The problem with having a class that started at that time was food. Emmalyn's breakfast never seemed to hold her over until lunch, and 10:00 was the perfect time for second breakfast. Thankfully, she knew that the fabulous Professor Grimsbane would have some sort of treat for them.

Once the doors popped open, Emmalyn made a quick dash to the hot chocolate and filled her cup as full as it would go without spilling over. No need for toppings, those would just take up room in her cup where the chocolate deliciousness ought to be. She inhaled the creamy sweetness, eyes closed to better experience the aroma, then made her way to one of the front row desks. The front area was a bit squished, she assumed because of the big oak table, and she was one of the smaller students. She was happy to take one for the team and fill a tiny spaced seat. Plus, she enjoyed being up front. "Good morning, Professor Grimsbane. It's a beautifully dreary day, isn't it?" The blue lights danced off her light skin and almost gave her a ghostly look.

She placed her parchment and quill on her desk and her books under to save room. It was a bit early for class to start, so she spent her time pondering what could be on the new table.
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Ah, rattling cages covered in brown cloth to hide what was inside. That wasn't ominous at all. Natalie was beginning to dread surprises. Rattling cages never seemed like a fun idea. So she was nervous to find out what was inside of them.

Sitting near the back this time, the young Slytherin set her bag on the floor and took a seat, eyes on said rattling cage. The suspense would kill her, did the teacher know? Hurry, someone distract her.
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"Good Morning, Professor," Max greeted somewhat sleepily as he entered the Transfiguration classroom. He enjoyed this class but ugh, too early. Anything before noon was too early quite honestly.

He checked out the drinks table Professor Grimsbane had set up and was disappointed to see that there was not any coffee on offer. Coffee would be so great right now.

Just like he always did, the Slytherin moved towards the back of the classroom and flopped behind a desk. He greeted Natalie with a small smile before turning to the front of the room. And that's when he noticed the drapes... and the rattling...

Okay, he was feeling more awake now.
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The rainy morning hadn’t stopped Stasya from going about her usual morning schedule. It had meant she’d needed her umbrella along with some mostly working Impervius charms in order to make sure Dobby and Albus got their breakfasts, and she’d barely gotten the chance to snag a couple of fresh scones for herself from the Great Hall before she’d had to make her way up to Transfiguration. Part of her hoped Professor Grimsbane wouldn’t mind if she had her breakfast quickly before the lesson started, but she could have waited until afterward too if she had to.

She’d still made her way over to the hot chocolate once she’d arrived. So far she hadn’t sensed any issues with it this term, and it might help her last until the end of the lesson if she couldn’t quickly eat the baked goods in her bag until then. So far it looked like she could pick any seat, really, too. She’d managed to arrive fairly early, but still, she carefully picked her way over to her usual desk before she set her things down just as carefully. She wasn’t about to spill her cup when it was necessary.

“Good morning Professor Grimsbane,” she said, giving the professor a smile once she was settled in her seat. There might’ve been some eyeing of the rattling cages and the pins. Obviously she wasn’t going to agree with anything that involved poking whatever was rattling the cages, and she didn’t know if she was entirely okay with the idea of turning a creature into a pin either.
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Patrick strolled into the classroom, a muffin in his hand. He really needed to stop getting up so late. You’d think he’d have it figured out considering it was the second half of the term. He imagined he had enough time to finish the muffin before the class started. Taking stock of who was in the room he wandered over to his normal seat, about halfway up and watched the others in his room. Slowly opening the wrapper on his muffin to finish breakfast before he likely got his fanny whipped in this class.

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Dare she allow herself to be excited by the rattling cages?

No, no she didn't.

It as January, any hopes the Ravenclaw held for her lessons had long since been dimmed, as it often was by this time of the year. The worst of it was, they always got your hopes up, y'know? They showed you things that had SO much potential but then when it got around to the actual lesson and what they'd be learning, it was clear they had very different ideas about the same items.

Suffice to say the Professors' were always more tame...watered down.......inconsequential to her life.

"Hello Professor." Jessa plopped down into a seat by the table Nat was at, nudging at the cage to gauge any initial reactions. Was whatever it was animated? Was it charmed to react to outward stimulas or would it just keep it's regular pattern of rattling. "What'd you think's under here?"

She had a few guesses, based on the set of the classroom but for now, she was willing to poke around.
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The now seventeen-year-old entered the classroom carrying his own cup of steaming hot coffee. He knew Professor Grimsbane would provide drinks for them, but he also figured that coffee would not be offered. Why professors typically avoided giving them coffee, he didn't know. Most students usually drank it anyway. Plus, it would really help with those days when they just didn't get enough sleep, for whatever reason.

"Hello, professor," Ronan greeted, choosing a seat towards the middle, more where the blue glow was in the room. He liked the way the light played against his skin. Thought it made him look more attractive, something he needed, seeing as Valentine's Day was less than a month away and he was still single. Nobody wanted to be that sad sack who was alone on February fourteenth.
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Daehyun normally enjoyed early morning lessons, because that was when he could focus best, but this was a particular case - having been absorbed in a new bestiary he'd found at the library, he'd lost track of time and got too little sleep, which was why he was going to pass on the tea and hot chocolate that awaited them - such things calmed him and eventually put him to sleep, so he would have to refrain this one time.

Tugging on the tie around his neck to loosen it a bit, he walked into the classroom, and his eyes immediately fell on the blue flames. He couldn't help the small "Whoa," before examining the classroom further. Rattling cages. Silver pins.

... what was professor Grimsbane up to? What did she have in store for them?

He'd slept too little to process anything. So, with a slight nod and a smile towards the professor, he said, "Good morning, professor," before moving to sit at the far end of one of the rows in the back. He wasn't particularly good at human interactions, and half asleep - just no.
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Brrr… Yes, this was a morning that justified wearing her coat. Kye loved the rain, but she didn’t want to die of cold today no thank you. BANG went the door, and Kye was almost too sleepy to jump. Almost. Suffering from her daily breakfast coma, Kye entered the Transfiguration classroom with a yawn. Once she was able, she greeted the woman at the desk.
“Good morning, Professor Grimsbane,” she managed. Then, quite immediately after walking through the entryway, Kye felt the warmth from the room wrap itself around her. [b] “Ugh, thank you. It feels wonderful in here!” she said, a bit more happily. Surely Professor Grimsbane understood how dangerous it was to provide such a dimly lit, warm room right after breakfast?? Were the professors all in on a bet to see who could make them all fall asleep first?! That’s what it seemed like…
Yesssss hot cocoa!! There would never be a day in her life that Kye said no to some good hot chocolate. That was just a fact. She moseyed over to the little refreshment table and helped herself to a full cup… with a little bit of marshmallows. Satisfied, Kye turned to look for a seat. It wasn’t until now that she even noticed the squished first couple of rows. Uhmmm no thank you, I like personal space. Plus, she didn’t need to be right next to whatever was in the cages… She chose a seat a bit further from the oak table, on the far side of the third row, and got out her parchment, ink, and quill.
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As Kirk would never admit it, he had overslept thanks to his clock ceasing to work. So by the time he was ready for class, he had no time for breakfast. Great. Maybe Mel had some snacks leftover that he could partake in between lessons before lunch. Anyways, he made it to the Transfiguration lesson with a soft smile emerging from him.

"Morning, Professor." Kirk greeted before making his way to collect some hot chocolate to drink.. was that oak table always there? No way. He would definitely remember the desks being so close in this case. He duplicated a few more marshmallows into the cup before taking a seat.
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The first thing she noticed as soon as she entered the classroom was the rattling cages. It's very difficult not too. Wonder what's inside that under that brown cloth. Hopefully something interesting but not too dangerous.

The Slytherin was still eyeing the rattling cages when she made her way to her seat but she managed to turn her attention to the Professor for a few second to greet her "Hello, Professor. How are you?"
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9:45 was the perfect time for a lesson. It gave Rylee more than enough time to go for a jog despite the rain, have breakfast, take a shower and get ready for the lesson. Not to mention feed Neptune and let him play on the floor of her dorm while she cleaned out his cage. See. A ten a.m lesson wasn't early at all.

With the strap of her bag slung over her shoulder, Rylee skipped into the classroom already waving at those there. "Good morning, Professor Grimsbane!" she greeted cheerfully heading right for the table that held the hot cocoa. She filled a cup up with the hot liquid and added her usual favorite toppings to it before carefully selecting a desk up in the front row were there seemed to be less room due to a large table being there.

Setting her drink down on the desk and taking her seat she pulled out her usual quill with the purple ink and a sheet of parchment. Now that she was all ready she could sip her drink, a rattling sound catching her attention as she did so. What was making that noise?
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The ONLY downside to Transfiguration was that the classroom was SO far away from the Slytherin Common Room, which meant Skylar had to leave extra early to make sure she wouldn't be late. Who knew when one of those staircases would move on her, giving her an unnecessary detour. She did wonder if Professor Grimsbane was getting along better with the staircases now that she'd been here for several months. Fortunately, for Skylar at least, she was generally awake pretty early anyway. But still didn't make climbing staircases any easier; really they should just allow broom travel to any and all classes. This was 2095, after all.

Entering the classroom, first thing she noticed were the rattling cages. Followed by the Professor in her usual squashy armchair. Followed by the lack of coffee available at the refreshment table. Did she have train this one the way she did Professor Newton Marchand, in getting her to add coffee as an available beverage option? 9:45 wasn't that early, but when you'd already been up for three, three and half hours, coffee would have been nice. "Morning Professor Grimsbane!" she greeted, finding a seat near the front. Also, she might have inconspicuously adding a non-verbal cushioning charm to her seat. Because hey, if the Professor was going to be in a cushioning chair, she wanted to be too. Ah, the perks to knowing magic and being an older student, yes?
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Lessons before 10 am should be forbidden, sure this lesson was just fifteen minutes short of being a ten o'clock lesson. There was a lot that the ravenclaw could do with that extra time. But none of that mattered she was awake now, and had already had one class down, breakfast and a run down. So she was awake and ready for today’s lesson.

Yep this was weird. Juni was not a morning person, but slowly things were chipping away and turning her into a early bird… and she hated it. Why was it so hard being a Ravenclaw… when you love sleep.

Anyway, at least it was going to take a lot of energy to get to the classroom. She headed on into the room. Well wasn’t that interesting, rattling cages, and hot chocolate. What a combination ”Morning Professor Grimsbane.” The fourth year said with a half smile as she passed her. She immediately spotted the spotted the Slytherin captain and headed to sit down with her. She waved at her own captain when she passed him ”Hey Captain Kirk.” With a smile and wave.

She flopped down beside her older Slytherin friend. ”Hey Skylar.” Yes… she was getting so much better at dropping the miss with her older friends and feeling more like actual friends with them.
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Zarina did go to bed early the previous night but she was still so tired from training on the quidditch pitch the night before. Her muscles were sore and she had to take an extra walk to the Transfiguration classroom since it was so far from the slytherin common room. Lessons should be banned from starting at 10am, I mean 11am would be fine because she could have time to get breakfast. Zarina skipped food this morning and went straight for the tea and regretted it because she placed a hand on her stomach and felt the rumbling sensation of hungry. Sshhh. Shut up stomach. You will get fed soon.

She saw the doors open when Zae made it around 10am. She saw some fellow students and fellow housemates already made it here. She nodded and saw her captain and Zae beamed at her. She made her way towards her and sat near her. Once she found her seat, she noticed the professor was sitting at her desk. Zae gave her a half wave and muttered, "Good morning Professor." as she sipped her tea. Hmmm apple spice. Just the way she liked it. Zae turned her head towards Skylar and said, "Sup Captain?" then she noticed the Ravenclaw player (Juniper) and she smiled at her and said, "Heyyy.." but the name escaped her memory.
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Daisy entered the classroom and greeted the Transfiguration professor with a smile and a warm, "Good morning Professor!" She then made her way to where Emmalyn was sitting and sat down next to her. "Hey, Em," Daisy greeted her fellow Badger as she prepared herself for the lesson.
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It was definitely cold, and sometimes it was just the best time to stay in the common room and cuddle. Although that idea was very tempting, Vivian had priorities and an example to set. She didn't want the other Slytherins to think it was okay to skip classes--maybe--and not earn those house points, you know.

But she couldn't help but eye the rattling cages. If that was a creature, Vivian was sure this wasn't the right class for that. It was CoMC or Defense class, so maybe... maybe, it was just a spell? She could only hope. The rainy weather wasn't exactly the best setting for her to deal with any creatures. To keep her fingers warm, she poured a cup of hot chocolate for herself. "Good morning, professor," the prefect greeted the woman with a smile before moving to sit at her usual place.
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She was happy to take one for the team and fill a tiny spaced seat. Plus, she enjoyed being up front."Good morning, Professor Grimsbane. It's a beautifully dreary day, isn't it?" The blue lights danced off her light skin and almost gave her a ghostly look.

The first student to arrive was a first-year girl who was appropriately eager for chocolate in the morning. That fact had endeared Celestia to Emmalyn long since the school year started. She beamed at the young Hufflepuff now as the girl graciously took a front row seat.
”Good morning, Miss Walsh. How are you today?”, Celestia asked as she took a delicate sip of her own cup of hot chocolate. Her mouth twitched up at the corners as soon as she heard the Hufflepuff’s remark, and she was able to keep a straight face by replying quickly: ”Oh yes, quite. I have to admit that I’m glad we won’t be working out there today.” She was certainly NOT a fan of the sort of torrential rain that continued to assault the castle as she spoke.


SPOILER!!: ”Natalie”

Ah, rattling cages covered in brown cloth to hide what was inside. That wasn't ominous at all. Natalie was beginning to dread surprises. Rattling cages never seemed like a fun idea. So she was nervous to find out what was inside of them.

Sitting near the back this time, the young Slytherin set her bag on the floor and took a seat, eyes on said rattling cage. The suspense would kill her, did the teacher know? Hurry, someone distract her.

Natalie was rather quiet today. Celestia gave the Slytherin girl a friendly smile and said cheerfully, ”Good morning, Miss McKinley!” She noticed that Natalie was eyeing the cages with particular seriousness and went on, ”Nothing to worry about in there.” Her inclination was to alleviate the Slytherin’s unease as quickly as possible, but she felt that it would be best to wait for the rest of the class to arrive first.

SPOILER!!: ”Maxton”
"Good Morning, Professor," Max greeted somewhat sleepily as he entered the Transfiguration classroom. He enjoyed this class but ugh, too early. Anything before noon was too early quite honestly.

Celestia’s eyes narrowed slightly at the first signs of obvious sleepiness from a student. She firmly believed that most teenagers’ brains simply could not focus before noon, but the class schedule didn’t have to room to move all lessons to those coveted times. The professor certainly still expected the class to slog through their morning lessons like this one without snoring, however.
”Good morning, Mr. Carden,” she replied smoothly. Her tone didn’t betray any hint that she was mentally making a note to watch the Slytherin boy closely throughout the lesson for signs of impending naps.


SPOILER!!: ”Stasya”

“Good morning Professor Grimsbane,” she said, giving the professor a smile once she was settled in her seat. There might’ve been some eyeing of the rattling cages and the pins. Obviously she wasn’t going to agree with anything that involved poking whatever was rattling the cages, and she didn’t know if she was entirely okay with the idea of turning a creature into a pin either.

Ah yes, here was one of the students that Celestia had resolved to keep a particularly keen eye on for this lesson. She knew that the young Gryffindor girl was enamored with creatures and that Stasya would be among those students who might strongly object to today’s lesson. Perhaps Celestia would get lucky and the young students who often bore unmistakable signs of spending a lot of time around animals and the outdoors wouldn’t object so much to working with mundane, Muggle-world animals. The professor sighed softly and offered an encouraging smile to Stasya once she was settled in her usual seat. ”Good morning, Miss Dalgaard-Volkova. I do hope this stops--”, she gestured towards the windows, ”--before you go out to the barns again.” Celestia shuddered to think how much of a mess the various critters were likely to be by the time this weather let up. Crups were bad enough about rolling around in mud as she well knew, and the professor was quite sure that the other creatures wouldn’t be any easier to bathe.

SPOILER!!: ”Patrick”

“Morning Professor. Lovely day today?” he asked the professor as he stuffed a piece of the muffin in his mouth. He hoped it was a lovely day today, he sure needed it to be.

Celestia’s lips thinned as she eyed the muffin that Patrick brought in with him. She wasn’t overly fond of having food in her classroom, but she had never outright banned it either. As long as he was done before 10:00, she supposed that it was alright for him to eat.
”Good morning, Mr. Dooley. Make sure you clean up your desk before we get started,”Celestia told him sternly. She couldn’t stand the idea of a student trying to work complex spells with trash and crumbs and Merlin knew what else on his desk to distract him. Still, the professor offered Patrick a small smile to soften the impact of her tone. As for the Slytherin’s question, Celestia had not really taken note of it once she’d become distracted by the possible mess.


SPOILER!!: ”Jessa”

"Hello Professor." Jessa plopped down into a seat by the table Nat was at, nudging at the cage to gauge any initial reactions. Was whatever it was animated? Was it charmed to react to outward stimulas or would it just keep it's regular pattern of rattling. "What'd you think's under here?"

She had a few guesses, based on the set of the classroom but for now, she was willing to poke around.

Celestia beamed at Jessa as she came in; the Ravenclaw prefect was always full of excellent questions and insights in class. She appreciated the young witch’s curiosity and constant quest for knowledge -- though that same trait could land the Ravenclaw in some trouble if she wasn’t careful.
”Hello, Miss Cambridge. I wouldn’t mess with those cages without dragon hide gloves on if I were you. They might just poke back,” she informed Jessa cheerfully. Personally, Celestia thought the animals inside were more likely to retreat than to bite or act aggressively, but there was no way of being certain with wild animals. She hoped that Jessa and the rest of the class had paid attention to the notice board when it had mentioned dragon hide gloves being required today.


SPOILER!!: ”Ronan”
"Hello, professor," Ronan greeted, choosing a seat towards the middle, more where the blue glow was in the room. He liked the way the light played against his skin. Thought it made him look more attractive, something he needed, seeing as Valentine's Day was less than a month away and he was still single.

”Good morning, Mr. Carter,” Celestia replied as the Gryffindor sat in the middle of the room as usual. She couldn’t help noticing that the boy always sat where the blue light was most prevalent; perhaps he was cold-natured. Or perhaps he simply liked sitting in the middle rows. Celestia shook her head slightly to clear it. Overanalyzing the seating choices of her students was not what she needed to be focused on right now.

SPOILER!!: ”Daniel”

Tugging on the tie around his neck to loosen it a bit, he walked into the classroom, and his eyes immediately fell on the blue flames. He couldn't help the small "Whoa," before examining the classroom further. Rattling cages. Silver pins.

... what was professor Grimsbane up to? What did she have in store for them?

He'd slept too little to process anything. So, with a slight nod and a smile towards the professor, he said, "Good morning, professor," before moving to sit at the far end of one of the rows in the back. He wasn't particularly good at human interactions, and half asleep - just no.

Another student with signs of sleepiness. Celestia would be watching the first year for the first sign of an impending nap, but she gave no sign of this as he entered. She simply smiled at the Gryffindor and replied, ”Good morning, Mr. Yoon.” Celestia was watching Daniel move to the back of the classroom -- optimal conditions for a surreptitious nap? -- when she remembered that he was also something of a creature enthusiast. All the more reason to watch him closely today…

SPOILER!!: ”Valkyrie”

“Good morning, Professor Grimsbane,” she managed. Then, quite immediately after walking through the entryway, Kye felt the warmth from the room wrap itself around her. [b] “Ugh, thank you. It feels wonderful in here!” she said, a bit more happily. Surely Professor Grimsbane understood how dangerous it was to provide such a dimly lit, warm room right after breakfast?? Were the professors all in on a bet to see who could make them all fall asleep first?! That’s what it seemed like…
Yesssss hot cocoa!! There would never be a day in her life that Kye said no to some good hot chocolate. That was just a fact. She moseyed over to the little refreshment table and helped herself to a full cup… with a little bit of marshmallows. Satisfied, Kye turned to look for a seat. It wasn’t until now that she even noticed the squished first couple of rows. Uhmmm no thank you, I like personal space. Plus, she didn’t need to be right next to whatever was in the cages… She chose a seat a bit further from the oak table, on the far side of the third row, and got out her parchment, ink, and quill.

Celestia grinned as the Slytherin girl entered the room and immediately noticed the temperature change. It was always nice to be appreciated, even if it was for a little thing like heating. ”Good morning, Miss Atwater,”she replied smoothly. ”You’re quite welcome!” If the combination of heating charms and hot drinks was likely to help students drift off to sleep, the idea hadn’t occurred to Celestia. Perhaps that was fortunate for the class; if the professor had thought of that particular side effect to the room’s warmth, she would have left the classroom deliberately chilly.

SPOILER!!: ”Kirk”
"Morning, Professor." Kirk greeted before making his way to collect some hot chocolate to drink.. was that oak table always there? No way. He would definitely remember the desks being so close in this case. He duplicated a few more marshmallows into the cup before taking a seat

”Good morning, Mr. Forsfelle,” Celestia replied warmly. She couldn’t help liking students who went for hot chocolate rather than insisting on bringing in coffee. She thought she noticed Kirk’s attention stray from his marshmallows to the oak table on the other side of the room. Good -- a healthy sense of curiosity was sure to help him today.

SPOILER!!: ”Alyce”

The Slytherin was still eyeing the rattling cages when she made her way to her seat but she managed to turn her attention to the Professor for a few second to greet her "Hello, Professor. How are you?

Celestia approved of the fairly large number of students so far who seemed properly cautious and wary of the cages. She had not gone as far as to put protective spells around them for this very reason. In light of recent events, the professor was slightly curious to see just how many of her students would investigate something that was possibly dangerous. ”Good morning, Miss LeFrique. I’m doing quite well, thank you. How are you?”, she replied with a small smile.

SPOILER!!: ”Rylee”

With the strap of her bag slung over her shoulder, Rylee skipped into the classroom already waving at those there. "Good morning, Professor Grimsbane!" she greeted cheerfully heading right for the table that held the hot cocoa. She filled a cup up with the hot liquid and added her usual favorite toppings to it before carefully selecting a desk up in the front row were there seemed to be less room due to a large table being there

”Good morning, Miss Prichard,” Celestia returned with a warm smile. It was difficult for the professor to avoid being pleased with the first year’s normally sunny attitude. Cheerful students were a joy to teach, and Celestia’s smile widened when Rylee chose a seat in the front.

SPOILER!!: ”Skylar”
Entering the classroom, first thing she noticed were the rattling cages. Followed by the Professor in her usual squashy armchair. Followed by the lack of coffee available at the refreshment table. Did she have train this one the way she did Professor Newton Marchand, in getting her to add coffee as an available beverage option? 9:45 wasn't that early, but when you'd already been up for three, three and half hours, coffee would have been nice. "Morning Professor Grimsbane!" she greeted, finding a seat near the front. Also, she might have inconspicuously adding a non-verbal cushioning charm to her seat. Because hey, if the Professor was going to be in a cushioning chair, she wanted to be too. Ah, the perks to knowing magic and being an older student, yes?

Any suggestions of coffee were better left unsaid. Celestia had nothing against the drink in particular, but she didn’t like to encourage the younger students to drink that much caffeine if she could avoid it. Students gained enough extra energy from sugar and tea; she couldn’t imagine how rowdy they might get if they were ALL hyped up on coffee. Without suggestions of coffee from the Slytherin to disturb her, Celestia smiled at the Slytherin and replied: ”Good morning, Miss Diggory!”

SPOILER!!: ”Juniper”

Anyway, at least it was going to take a lot of energy to get to the classroom. She headed on into the room. Well wasn’t that interesting, rattling cages, and hot chocolate. What a combination ”Morning Professor Grimsbane.” The fourth year said with a half smile as she passed her. She immediately spotted the spotted the Slytherin captain and headed to sit down with her. She waved at her own captain when she passed him ”Hey Captain Kirk.” With a smile and wave.

As the clock ticked closer and closer to 10:00 sharp, Celestia began to stop looking for signs of obvious sleepiness or nerves in her students. She felt a flutter in her stomach that always accompanied the beginning of her lessons, no matter how much practice she’d had by now. She remembered to smile at Juniper as the Ravenclaw came in and replied distractedly,”Good morning, Juniper.” The fact that she had addressed the girl by her first name didn’t really register with Celestia; she had called all of the students by their personal names at the beginning of the year, mainly due to her horrible memory for surnames.

SPOILER!!: ”Zarina”
She saw the doors open when Zae made it around 10am. She saw some fellow students and fellow housemates already made it here. She nodded and saw her captain and Zae beamed at her. She made her way towards her and sat near her. Once she found her seat, she noticed the professor was sitting at her desk. Zae gave her a half wave and muttered, "Good morning Professor." as she sipped her tea.

Celestia smiled at the next student to enter in the same slightly distracted way. Her thoughts were already on the pins, cages, and upcoming lesson. She managed to give the Slytherin girl a smile and return her greeting, ”Good morning, Zarina,” easily enough, though she did slip up and forget to use the girl’s surname again. Hopefully the Slytherin wouldn’t mind.

SPOILER!!: ”Daisy”
Daisy entered the classroom and greeted the Transfiguration professor with a smile and a warm, "Good morning Professor!" She then made her way to where Emmalyn was sitting and sat down next to her. "Hey, Em," Daisy greeted her fellow Badger as she prepared herself for the lesson.

Celestia was glad to see that another student came in to the room smiling. She knew that morning lessons were a trial for many of them, and she appreciated any signs of enthusiasm. ”Good morning, Daisy,” she replied brightly with a pointed look at the clock. The young Hufflepuff wasn’t late, but 10:00 was approaching fast.

SPOILER!!: ”Vivian”
But she couldn't help but eye the rattling cages. If that was a creature, Vivian was sure this wasn't the right class for that. It was CoMC or Defense class, so maybe... maybe, it was just a spell? She could only hope. The rainy weather wasn't exactly the best setting for her to deal with any creatures. To keep her fingers warm, she poured a cup of hot chocolate for herself. "Good morning, professor," the prefect greeted the woman with a smile before moving to sit at her usual place.

Celestia found it fitting that the last student to slip in before the lesson started was both a prefect and a student who was clearly regarding the cages with suspicion. The professor certainly approved of the latter, and Vivian was on time, even if she was cutting it a bit fine in Celestia’s opinion. Still, she received the same somewhat distracted greeting that the last few students had gotten: a smile and a ”Good morning, Vivian.”


As soon as the clock struck 10, Celestia pointed her wand vaguely at the door once again and it shut with another BANG! The noise made the cages go quiet for a few seconds before faint scurrying noises replaced the rattling. Celestia restrained herself from rolling her eyes with difficulty; she had little patience with the perpetually frightened animals, though she made a note to give them another small dose of potion before the class began working with them.

Celestia turned her attention back to her students and gave them a reassuring smile before saying, ”Nothing to worry about. Try to ignore the noise for now.” She knew as she said it that the words were almost useless; distractions tended to become more pronounced once attention had been drawn to them. Her brown eyes fell on the pins on her desk and then returned to the cages. She could still arrange the activities for the lesson in the most logical order, even if she did address the students’ curiosity now. The professor felt that it would be counterproductive to announce the spell they’d be learning right away, however. As much as she hated leaving students in suspense, she also didn’t want them focusing too much on that aspect of the lesson just yet.

”As I’m sure many of you have gathered by now,” Celestia began, ”we are working with animals today. Before we move any further into the lesson, it is important to discuss two related issues here.” Celestia was about to launch into a speech about ethics when the sight of Miss Dalgaard-Volkova made her stop; the young creature enthusiast reminded Celestia that there were people who were perhaps better equipped to have this discussion with their peers than she was. As for the magical issue she had been about to bring up, it would be interesting to see who had been paying attention to past lectures.

”To start off, who can tell me the differences between a natural, wild animal and an animal that has been conjured by magic?”, she asked the class. Without even waiting for the hands to rise into the air, she continued: ”The second issue we need to address is, of course, ethics. What are some ethical problems involved when performing spells on animals, and how do you think these problems can be solved?” Celestia braced herself for the storm of protest that was bound to erupt at this last question. She hoped that her students could keep an open mind today.


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Well consider him wide awake. Was that why she'd shut the door like that? Daehyun nearly jumped out of his skin and, sitting straighter in his seat, he fought against the eyes that, in turn, fought against him staying awake.

... and what was in those cages?

Ignore the noise?! He wasn't sure if that statement was supposed to be reassuring, but he was starting to worry that living beings were in there, unlike the animated toy mice they'd used in Charms before. And the pins became more worrisome as his eyes fell on them once again.

... and then she'd said it.

... working with animals.

... he was suddenly feeling sick.

Hand in the air, he knew professor Grimsbane would probably make him regret his next words, but he couldn't help it. "To me, they're no different, if they're living and breathing." Maybe family issues affected his answer, but it was still his opinion. "And those problems can be solved by not casting any spells on them. Conjured by magic or not, it can still hurt them."

Oh, Merlin, was detention awaiting him?
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Oh no.

Shera's eyes widened as they went over to the covered cages. Her eyes then shifted to her friend Daehyun because if she knew him at all then she knew that he was probably freaking out about this whole thing as well.

You know what. Shera was all for solidarity, because she wasn't going to leave Daehyun alone in this. And also... she had her own concerns and they were pretty similar to Daehyun's.

"Professor, isn't one of our ethical dilemmas that even though we created them and don't really recognise them as real they still don't know any better and still feel like a normal animal would... I don't think it's really right to do anything to them... I don't even think I'd want to change them back. I mean... they might not have known better before but now they're alive!"

She paused for a moment before tilting her head to the side slightly, before beaming at Daehyun and then at the professor. "Plus animals are super cute!"
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Okay, if Kye had one wish right now it was for Professor Grimsbane to learn how to close a door without trying to break it into a billion pieces. Having gotten a bit more comfortable, this time Kye jumped a little bit higher than she had last time. She should have seen that slam coming, but she was a bit preoccupied with eating a marshmallow off the top of her cup. And what was tha…. Oh. Lovely. She had spilled hot chocolate on her front. Like, a little puddle had formed. With an agitated expression, she took her wand out and cleaned the spot.

“Scourgify,” she muttered grumpily. Luckily it wasn’t burn your tongue hot, or she may have let out an involuntary shout. Perhaps this would slip by relatively unnoticed? One could only hope. Feeling a bit as though she was owed this, she went and refilled her cup. She was going to enjoy this, darn it! She sipped some and placed the cup on her desk, so that she could take notes.

The difference between natural and conjured animals? Kind of like the mouse pet that she now owned from that one Charms lesson? Aww her little purple guy was up in her dorm right now, with Edie. “Well, real animals can breed…? Conjured ones probably don’t need to eat either… even though they can.”

Ethical problems involved when performing spells on animals? “Well, I mean, I don’t go around casting spells on humans… so typically, we treat animals the same way I’d hope. I’ve never understood how conjured animals, such as toy mice that come to life, develop thought though… Like, do they have a working brain? Or just as far as the spell limits?” Was she going to make them feel bad morally and then have them cast weird spells on these poor creatures?!
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Dare she allow herself to be excited by the rattling cages?

No, no she didn't.

It as January, any hopes the Ravenclaw held for her lessons had long since been dimmed, as it often was by this time of the year. The worst of it was, they always got your hopes up, y'know? They showed you things that had SO much potential but then when it got around to the actual lesson and what they'd be learning, it was clear they had very different ideas about the same items.

Suffice to say the Professors' were always more tame...watered down.......inconsequential to her life.

"Hello Professor." Jessa plopped down into a seat by the table Nat was at, nudging at the cage to gauge any initial reactions. Was whatever it was animated? Was it charmed to react to outward stimulas or would it just keep it's regular pattern of rattling. "What'd you think's under here?"

She had a few guesses, based on the set of the classroom but for now, she was willing to poke around.
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As soon as the clock struck 10, Celestia pointed her wand vaguely at the door once again and it shut with another BANG! The noise made the cages go quiet for a few seconds before faint scurrying noises replaced the rattling. Celestia restrained herself from rolling her eyes with difficulty; she had little patience with the perpetually frightened animals, though she made a note to give them another small dose of potion before the class began working with them.

Celestia turned her attention back to her students and gave them a reassuring smile before saying, ”Nothing to worry about. Try to ignore the noise for now.” She knew as she said it that the words were almost useless; distractions tended to become more pronounced once attention had been drawn to them. Her brown eyes fell on the pins on her desk and then returned to the cages. She could still arrange the activities for the lesson in the most logical order, even if she did address the students’ curiosity now. The professor felt that it would be counterproductive to announce the spell they’d be learning right away, however. As much as she hated leaving students in suspense, she also didn’t want them focusing too much on that aspect of the lesson just yet.

”As I’m sure many of you have gathered by now,” Celestia began, ”we are working with animals today. Before we move any further into the lesson, it is important to discuss two related issues here.” Celestia was about to launch into a speech about ethics when the sight of Miss Dalgaard-Volkova made her stop; the young creature enthusiast reminded Celestia that there were people who were perhaps better equipped to have this discussion with their peers than she was. As for the magical issue she had been about to bring up, it would be interesting to see who had been paying attention to past lectures.

”To start off, who can tell me the differences between a natural, wild animal and an animal that has been conjured by magic?”, she asked the class. Without even waiting for the hands to rise into the air, she continued: ”The second issue we need to address is, of course, ethics. What are some ethical problems involved when performing spells on animals, and how do you think these problems can be solved?” Celestia braced herself for the storm of protest that was bound to erupt at this last question. She hoped that her students could keep an open mind today.


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Natalie looked up when someone joined her, pleased that it was Jessa. Jessa was smart and pretty and brave, so Natalie was glad to work with her... basically in any situation. Natalie looked from the Gryffindor to the rattling cage and then back to the Gryffindor. "Not sure I want to find out," she muttered quietly. Though the professor had told her not to be worried, so... perhaps they'd leave class unscathed?

As class began, Natale drew her eyes away from the covered cage and listened to the professor speak. Animals, huh? Why did they have to work with animals OUTSIDE of Care of Magical Creatures? Boo. Regardless, she still paid attention. They were talking about real animals versus conjured animals. Natalie raised her hand. "Well, they're not real, conjured ones. So... they probably don't feel pain? Or anything. I dunno."

Really, she didn't know. But it was a guess. As for ethics, well... depended on the person. Natalie glanced at Jessa to see what her thoughts on the matter were.
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Max was kind of grateful for the rattling cages. Whatever Professor Grimsbane had caged up sounded like it wanted to get out and that was the only thing keeping the Slytherin more alert right now.

"Conjured animals aren't real," he raised his arm to voice his opinion. Perhaps an unpopular opinion judging on what some of the other kids had said. "They might look real to us, but they're not so I think it's okay to use spells on them." He finished with a shrug and leant back in his seat.
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