Something strange was definitely going on this year. But before Silvia could really take the time to ponder what, the lesson continued. She looked down at the dead plimpy. This is going to be disgusting, she thought. Picking up the scalpel, she cast a quick scourgify on it. Her gloves were already on. Slowly and carefully, she placed the end of the scalpel on the indicated area and made the incision. She removed the fin and dropped it into the tray, and repeated the process until all the fins had been removed.

Now for the next part. Taking a deep breath, Silvia took hold of one of the legs and slowly twisted it, averting her eyes a bit away from the icky creature, until she heard the pop. She did the same with the other leg, then removed them and placed them in the tray. She hoped the end of class would come quickly; she didn't think it was safe to be around Professor Lafay for long when she was in such a bad mood, not to mention she wanted to get away from these freaky bulging eyed fish thingies plimpies