Having literally written two answers down on her parchment paper and spent the rest of the time tickling the tip of her nose with her quill, the fifth year was slightly alarmed when she was snapped back into reality and it dawned on her that perhaps they would be swapping parchments for grading. Care of Magical Creatures was supposed to be one of her best subjects and yet the most she could achieve would be a mortifying 20%.

A wave of relief washed over her as they were allowed to mark their own work, eyes scanning between the posters and the answers as if she would remember any of this in her later exams. How she wished to have a photographic memory but she’d have fun creating flashcards later complete with (not so great) drawings of each of the dragons.

The two that she had managed to identify in the timescale had already been mentioned and the others she had not managed to give much thought over and therefore couldn’t answer the proposed question. She could however come up with something for the other, a surprisingly intelligent answer for a ditsy blonde.

“I suppose it depends on whether we are studying the actual skeleton or just a picture but don’t teeth survive well? As in we could determine a creatures diet just by examining their teeth.’ Carnivore, herbivore, omnivore.. Although she was surprised that Dragons even had teeth after breathing fire daily. How was it possible that they didn’t burn their own mouths?