Wow, Toby wished he could still bounce around like that too. He'd be a perfect puffskein companion, 'cause he liked bright colours and liked to bounce (well... used to) AND he was totally adorable. Although... the bogey thing? That was kinda gross. If Toby and Apollo teamed up, the little puff ball could have ALL the bogeys. Teamwork, see?

But Tobias was getting distracted, and he still had much to do. Like the spell, for instance. They'd seemed to have forged a good bond, so maybe the spell would work well now.

Retrieving his wand from his pocket, Tobias pointed his spell at the canary yellow creature and flicked it. "Animalis Fidelis!"

Had it... worked? Maybe? The puffskein was staring at Toby in just the same way. Maybe it was time to test out the spell.

Instead of turning away and walking, this time Tobias faced Apollo and started shuffling backwards. As he went, the Hufflepuff patted his knees and called the puffskein closer, cajoling the creature along as much as he could. Apollo bounced along, following him. At first the movements were uncertain, like Apollo thought that Toby was playing some sort of trick, but the pair soon picked up speed. Soon enough, Apollo was bounding along in what Toby assumed was some sort of puffskein joy, tongue hanging out and trailing behind in the breeze again. But was that because the spell had worked, or because Toby just had a friendly puffskein.

Still, it was actually kind of adorable, and Tobias was distracted momentarily by the sight of the bounding creature. As he shuffled backwards, the fourteen year old somehow managed to trip right over his own foot, and ended up sprawling backwards on the floor with with a loud THUMP!

"OOFT!"

Wow, that really... hurt. And sort of knocked the air out of him. Tobias lay, slightly winded, waiting to catch his breath so he could get up again.

After a few moments, Tobias suddenly felt something. Something... in his NOSE?! WHAT. NO.

"Apollo!" the Hufflepuff groaned, grimacing as he gently bat the puffskein's tongue away. He turned his head and looked as its tongue steadily retracted back into its mouth again, and it gave him the most innocent of looks.

Hmm. Maybe time to try the spell again?