Rabbits...

Tobias felt his lower lip wibble at the news that they would be turning RABBITS into hats. He quickly sucked his lip back in, however, and stood and walked to the front of the room to retrieve one. He wasn't sure what was wrong with him, or why this made him so sad. Professor Bellaire had SAID that the rabbits wouldn't be harmed, and he didn't have any reason to disbelieve her. Perhaps it was the idea that they would be forced to be still for as long as the caster decided, and that could be FOREVER. To be honest, the possibility of being forced to keep still for any length of time scared Toby almost as much as dementors did, so he felt awful that he had to do it to a rabbit.

After he picked a rabbit from the box, vaguely worrying about the fur that would be left on his clothes, and feeling thankful that he didn't have an Astronomy lesson after this, Tobias went back to his desk, holding his rabbit in his arms and sort of snuggling it carefully, so as to sort of reassure it.

He stroked the rabbit's head and suuuuuuuuuper soft ears and watched its twitchy nose as it looked around.

Toby decided right then that he loved the bunny.