Iris looked at the professor, quite glad that she'd apparently not noticed that she'd paused and stared for a good minute or two. She made herself a bit more comfortable in her seat, and listened to Professor... Saylen talk.

Creature... What does it mean to us?

The prefect raised her hand. "Iris Beaumont, Professor." Iris looked directly at the professor as she started to talk, "For me, the word 'creature' defines any... uh..." Okay, finding the wording for what a creature is, is actually very hard, "like, any animal or being that's alive, but isn't a plant."

Eh... that wasn't a very good answer, really. Iris carried on, and elaborated her answer. "I mean, like... a plant wouldn't be a creature, because it's rooted to where it lives and grows, even if it's able to move and stuff. But! A Creature can travel, move around freely at it's own will. So... to me, creatures are anything that can travel, hunt for food, communicate with others of it's own kind - and sometimes other kinds." Iris nodded uncertainly at her own words, "I suppose in a way, we wizards and witches would also be creatures, in some senses."

There. That sounded more like a half decent answer. Even if it was a lot of nonsense. It's what she thought a creature was, and that's what the professor asked for. Teehee.