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A cat arrived. Very nice.
And also a frog. Wonderful!
Seeing that everyone was settling in by now, Maya decided it was time to get the lesson started. "Allright, settle down everyone." She called out, walking out into the middle of the circle. "You all look..." hilarious "...quite wonderful in your costumes. I'm glad you all decided to dress up for the occasion." Hehe.
As she spoke, she slowly turned around so that everyone could hear her well. "Before we start, I'd like to make clear that there will be no biting, hissing or marking your territory. Whatsoever. Understood?" She raised an eyebrow, looking at them all for any hint that they'd comply.
"Today we will be discussing creatures, and how they are affected by us...wizards, muggles and those inbetween." She smirked before looking serious. "We have many creatures in the wizarding world who have to be hidden from the muggle world in order to survive... Can anyone tell me why this is? Give me one reason each please."
Kurumi thought for a moment and tried to get into the head of her mother. What would she say if she saw, say, a dragon on her doorstep. "
Professor, a lot of the creatures that are in the wizarding world are misunderstood due to Muggle fairy tales. Take dragons for example. Were the non-magical population to learn that they were real and not just something from fantasy, they would probably demand that they all be killed in order to 'protect' the general population. Or, if they learned that Dragon's blood has twelve uses, one being an extremely strong cleaner, they would probably begin hunting them to take their blood. The same can probably be said in regards to unicorns," she paused for a moment. "
In history, species have been wiped out because of humans. Take the regular elephant for example. They were hunted for their tusks. Or sharks, they are killed just because they are considered dangerous."
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aussiegirl She returned her gaze to the front of the class and listened as her fellow students gave their answers and then something occured to her and she raised her hand again. "Sorry for the interruption Professor. But are we about to start letting muggles into Hogwarts or something? This is about the third, maybe fourth class that has focused on muggles and we haven't even got Muggle Studies yet?"
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We already have them in Hogwarts," Kurumi responded calmly but with a slight hint of agitation. Was it really such a bad thing that their classes were considering how the non-magical world and the wizarding world could interact? It was like a breath of fresh air to Kurumi. "
Unless you are excluding muggleborns from your statement."