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Term 52: May - August 2019 Term Fifty-Two: It Comes (Sept 2098 - June 2099)

 
 
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Old 05-12-2019, 01:03 AM
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As had been foretold in the corn husks, it was a sunny cloudless day at Hogwarts. Perfect conditions for what was to come and had the usually resigned centaur in an almost playful spirit as he stood beside his stump in anticipation of the two-legged one's (your) arrivals with the Forbidden Forest to his back. Sitting on the stump is a wooden bowl filled with colorful edible flowers carefully selected and plucked from the earth by Thereos and a few select younglings from his colony.

A pleasantly crisp breeze shifts his peppered brown locks, signaling the arrival of Hogwarts students and the rise of his chest. Upon making eye contact, his warm eyes of earthy hues reflective of the forest and the autumnal leaves seemingly bore into your very soul, he instructs you to pick one or two flowers from the bowl to consume. "Take this time to slow down. It is vital to your success here today. Use all your senses to see it, touch it, smell it, and sense it. Once you have become acquainted with your selections, gently slip each into your mouth. One at a time. Allow each petal to melt against your tongue. Sense it. Savor it. Smile between each wave of floral flavor. Let it linger and then swallow it. After you have swallowed it, let your lips turn up slightly and smile."

The flowers are all perfectly safe. No harm will come to you. Trust. Centaurs are not prone to such deceitful methods of instruction.

So come. Take your flowers and mindfully eat them. Instruction will begin shortly.
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- Arrive at the stump at the edge of the Forbidden Forest; mindful floral eating (this post)
- Entering the Forbidden Forest; what do the trees tell you of our purpose here today? (link)
- arriving at a sacred crooked grove; what natural order and rituals have brought you here on this path to Hogwarts?(link)
- preparing for a dendromancy reading (link)
- BOWTRUCKLES!(link)
- BOWTRUCKLES ATTACK! (link)
- BOWTRUCKLES CONTINUE THE ASSAULT (link)
- BOWTRUCKLES CONTINUE BEING RELENTLESS (link)

- Thereos calls the class to him (link)
- BOWTRUCKLES SURROUND THE CLASS (link)
- Thereos addresses concerns & 'speaks' to the bowtruckles (link)
- BOWTRUCKLES ALLOW SAFE PASSAGE (link)
- class dismissed; (link)
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Honestly, she really hadn't wanted to go into what brought her to Hogwarts with what were basically acquaintances and strangers. Yes, her parents' divorce was amicable, but that still didn't mean it was something to be talked about in a classroom setting, sorry.

"So we're literally, not figuratively, going to be tree huggers?" she blurted out with a chuckle. Sorry, Thereos, that had just come out. Oops. But he did realize what what he just said sounded like to human ears, right? Surely centaurs did possess that much self-awareness. Then again, he had thought it okay to ask such a personal question before.

Anyway, she approached a tree that had a small branch sprouting a couple of feet above her own head and wrapped her arms around it, laughing quietly the whole time. Yes, she knew she was supposed to be breathing deeply, but she couldn't help herself. Literally being a tree-hugger. *laugh*
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Rylee very well knew she could have given more information about her reason for attending Hogwarts. Why, though? What she had given had been enough even if she had left out the mention of her wand which was being touched upon right now as Thereos spoke. Sure it was important but so was a lot of things. Like that hint of a smile on Thereos lips when she spoke of wanting to go into Herbology. His words were curious that much was for sure and her attention was instantly caught.

She was meant to select a tree of her choice. One that called to her and... hug it. She could handle that. Drawing a symbol and laying her hands upon the earth in front of her was easy enough too.

It was with a sure foot that Rylee walked around the grove of trees. Letting her feet show her where to go, she found herself standing before a decently large sized tree with branches galore and leaves the rustled in the soft breeze as if beckoning her closer to it. A light smile tugged at her lips as she wrapped her arms around the tree trunk and breathed in deeply. Whether or not she looked silly didn't bother her in the slightest. Inhaling deeply again the breath was let out slow and followed by one more nice deep breath.

Dropping her arms from around the tree trunk, Rylee suppressed the urge to giggle. Sitting down beneath her chosen tree she touched the pointer finger of her left hand to the dirt and drew the symbol they had been meant to draw. Pressing her left hand to the ground over the symbol she than laid her right hand upon her left.

Now... to wait.
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Tense. Nervous. Edgy. Unsettled.

The bowtruckles living this deep in the forest were particularly so as of late. Awoken from their afternoon slumbers by the unwanted voices of strangers, they crept cautiously through the branches of the great trees and peered combatively downwards.

Still not visible and fluidly camouflaged from those dwelling on the ground, the leaves rustled pleasantly. No different than the sound of an autumn wind through the branches.
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They were supposed to....hug a tree? Was Thereos being serious? This was certainly strange. She watched as a classmate approached a tree and wrapped her arms around it. Nobody said anything or laughed. Apparently he was being serious.

Avalon restrained herself from rolling her eyes as she circled around their spot in the forest to find a tree. She found a medium-sized one, with a smooth looking bark and leaves that seemed to gleam in the sunlight. What kind of tree it was, she had no idea. Avalon was not very well-versed in the area of botany. She reached out and touched her palm to the trunk of the tree. She honestly didn't know if she could bring herself to hug it. That was just too odd for her.

But Thereos was watching, and she didn't want to come across as rude or unwilling. Swallowing her pride, she tentatively wrapped her arms around the tree, taking three very quick, but still deep, breaths. Thank goodness that part was over. Avalon plopped down under the tree, resting her head back against the bark. She had to admit, it did feel nice to sit outside and be in sync with nature. With her right hand, she reached down to the dirt and attempted to draw the symbol, whatever it meant. But one of the lines was lopsided. No, that just wouldn't do. She brushed her hand back over it, turning her design back into dust, before trying again. After she had her symbol drawn to her liking, Avalon followed Thereos's instructions and hovered her hand over it. This was an odd lesson indeed.
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Huh? So he had gained 3 points just for eating the flower? Cool…they were the first points he had ever earned. He finished chewing the arugula flower, swallowed and then popped lavender buds into his mouth. The professor was right, it did sooth his pallet and got rid of the peppery taste.

He followed along quietly as they wandered through the forest, trying to avoid the girls in the group, but also following the instructions to stay close enough to keep contact. Upon entering the grove, he got a little distracted. When the professor began talking he turned to pay attention and just kinda stood, open mouthed trying to understand. His face took on a goofy look, eyes narrowed. Was he even speaking English? It wasn’t Russian, because Sammy would have been able to follow that too. Nope…

Bows…wands…runes…flower eating…

Was he expected to eat another flower? He had just finished the lavender one.

Wait…hug…a…tree…

Ok, well he understood that. He squinted up into the trees, looking for squirrels and other creatures that might try to bonk him on the head with nuts or other things. He wandered around and found himself stopping in front of a big maple. He paused looked up, then down, then around, and finally walked up to the tree. Feeling stupid he put his palms against the tree and pressed his face up against the bark. How long was he supposed to do this for? His eyes roamed around and after what felt like a safe enough time, he pulled away and sat down. He doodled the mark into the ground and leaned back putting his weight on his hands. His eyes drifted up into the tree’s leaves.

He suddenly had the urge to whistle…
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Although Gunnar had been tempted to drop this class at the beginning of the year since he hadn't been planning on taking it at NEWT level and thought about not even taking the OWL exam for this subject, he somehow couldn't resist being taught by a centaur. He was rather interested in creatures and beasts in general, and was curious about the viewpoint from the centaur for reasons pertaining to his future. But he was sure he could still drop it if it ended up being more extraneous than he hoped.

And so here he was, eating a flower. Gunnar supposed he could see the irony in that, considering his aspirations in creature nutrition. But he was trying to keep an open mind.

Following Thereos and his classmates into the forest, the fifteen year old kept silent for the most part. While that was partly due to him appreciating having class in the forbidden forest and enjoying nature as it was, he was mostly just listening and trying to decipher what the centaur was saying. It was like trying to figure out riddles, honestly, but it was still sort of fascinating. Open mind, right?

Uh... okay, right... find a tree. Gunnar wasn't exactly sure which tree he was supposed to select, whether it was completely at random or if there was one that was supposed to, uh... call to him or something. He glanced around at some of his classmates to see how they were selecting their trees, and he just decided to walk forward and picked the one closest to his path.

Tentatively, he wrapped his arms around the slender trunk and pressed the side of his face to it, breathing in slowly several times. He didn't feel any different or sense anything really, but he did notice a little rusting of the wind through the leaves. And then... what was it? He pulled away from the tree and glanced over at the ground where Thereos drew that symbol to make sure his matched. Taking a seat on the ground beneath his tree, he stuck his finger in the dirt and marked out a similar symbol before placing his right hand over it and his left hand on top of that. Okay then.
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Missa wasn't sure what to think of the lesson so far, it was different than anything she had experienced before - part of her even wondered if there was something MIXED with the flowers, and if that meant they'd be .... not really themselves for the rest of the lesson.

But her excitement was still there, because just as she had hoped - they were walking into to the forbidden forest, and with a centaur. It was ...wild.

The tone of the entire thing wasn't as dangerous as she'd hoped it to be, but it was still something. Listening to the professor, her hand moved to touch the trees which passed them by - wondering what could be done to surpass these human limitations he spoke of. She wished Eiji had been there, discussing this with him - seemed like the perfect thing, though she could already see him rolling his eyes at everything the professor was saying - maybe after class she could find him - it could also be a reason to not avoid him all that much anymore.

Before she could entirely lose whatever the professor was saying, with her own train of thought - she saw Gunnar hugging a tree. And then she saw almost everyone ... doing the same.

What in the world -

- oh they were hugging a tree, actually hugging a tree. Somewhere Eiji was definitely rolling his eyes.

- she looked at the professor, questioningly, "are we sure they won't resist us further when they realise it's a human hugging them?" she asked, as she approached a tree and looked up at it. "I mean - would they want the same kind of connection with us that they have with you?"
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Peering and pushing through the leaves, the bowtruckles looked down in horror as the humans approached their trees. Their homes. Chittering and chattering their sharp teeth at one another, they formulated a new plan of attack. One that would hopefully work better than the last time their Home Trees had been threatened a few days prior.

Scattering through the branches and rustling them more viciously, several bowtruckles took their positions over the humans while some collected acorns and took careful aim...
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Austin nodded. He was glad this was a class where silence was welcomed. And encouraged. Thank you Thereos.
Austin had found his tree. He drew the symbol. He couldn't help but hear a sound. Shuffling of leaves. He glanced up and saw a dozen or so botruckles. Austin backed away. He didn't want to be attacked. Even if they were tiny. And he didn't want to disturb their home.
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What was... that look? Kaiser wasn't too sure he liked it, and he found himself avoiding looking into the centaur's eyes, instead directing his gaze back down at the little symbol that had been dug into the ground beside the sapling. Just for something to look at.

He was relieved when the lesson moved on, and he could look at Thereos again, but that relief was cut short by the realisation that he had to go back to deciphering his words once again. Wands. Wood. Bows. Trees. Right... riiiiight...

Kaiser was... sort of following. Kind of. Well, actually, his attention was wandering, as Thereos' words kind of washed over him. It wasn't until those around him started moving off towards the trees that he realised they had been given an activity.

Preferring not to ask the centaur to repeat his instructions, Kaiser decided to watch what neighbouring students were doing instead, so that he could follow suit. Mostly that involved approaching and hugging a tree, which... well, okay. Then there was that business with the symbol. Basically, nothing too taxing.

Picking a tree at random that hadn't yet been claimed, Kaiser approached, head tilted slightly as he considered it. He closed the distance, ready to put his arms around it and hug it - though not knowing exactly why he was doing so, thanks to his wandering concentration during the instructions - when a furious rustling from up above caught his attention. Curious, he peered up into the branches, but initially saw nothing but twigs and foliage. Kaiser stood there staring for a moment, frowning slightly, and was about to lower his gaze again when, like noticing an optical illusion, he realised exactly what he was looking at. Those weren't twigs.

"Woah," Kaiser said, stepping back quickly away from the tree and raising his hands as though in surrender. Uhhh...
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That did it.

As soon as the one human [Felixir] raised his hands and elongated his form, the bowtruckles knew they were under siege once again.

So an acorn was thrown, two for that matter, at the boy [Felixir] and another few leaped from the branches down upon a girl [Samia] and boy [Krel Ansell] as they gave their menacing battle cries of speech.

Several more scampered down the trunk of the tree behind another human [Fireheart] and charging at her while a few branched off and made their way towards two others [emjay & 2111jen] and launched acorns at them as well.

Their sharp teeth clattering viciously. Not again! Not today!
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That did it.

As soon as the one human [Felixir] raised his hands and elongated his form, the bowtruckles knew they were under siege once again.

So an acorn was thrown, two for that matter, at the boy [Felixir] and another few leaped from the branches down upon a girl [Samia] and boy [Krel Ansell] as they gave their menacing battle cries of speech.

Several more scampered down the trunk of the tree behind another human [Fireheart] and charging at her while a few branched off and made their way towards two others [emjay & 2111jen] and launched acorns at them as well.

Their sharp teeth clattering viciously. Not again! Not today!

Acorns.
Squeaky squeals.

And suddenly Bowtrucklers were crawling all over the place.

At least it wasn’t squirrels.

Sammy didn’t really move. He kept his hands on the ground and his knees crossed in front of him. He knew Bowtruckles could bite and pinch and scratch, but as long as they stayed away from his face, he’d let them be. Maybe they’d see his passivity and calm down.

Or maybe this was part of the ‘not fighting’ and ‘being respectful’ with nature that the professor had been talking about.

He was still fighting the urge to whistle.
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Austin jumped back from the accorns and shook his head at the botruckles. He wasn't there to hurt them.
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Okay, uhhhh... uhhhhhhhhhh... Kaiser did not sign up for this.

As one acorn pelted him square in the forehead and another thwacked him in the ear, Kaiser hurriedly backed further away from the tree that the creatures were clearly trying to protect. He was not about to risk life and limb in the name of Divination, thank you very much.

Having put a little distance between himself and the tree, Kaiser turned, following the noises of the other bowtruckles, only to find them charging at his classmates. Not good? Not good. He looked to Thereos, hoping the centaur would know what they were supposed to do in this situation. Kaiser's vote was on a tactical retreat back to the castle, sooner rather than later.
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As soon as the one human [Felixir] raised his hands and elongated his form, the bowtruckles knew they were under siege once again.

So an acorn was thrown, two for that matter, at the boy [Felixir] and another few leaped from the branches down upon a girl [Samia] and boy [Krel Ansell] as they gave their menacing battle cries of speech.

Several more scampered down the trunk of the tree behind another human [Fireheart] and charging at her while a few branched off and made their way towards two others [emjay & 2111jen] and launched acorns at them as well.

Their sharp teeth clattering viciously. Not again! Not today!


Avalon had just started to relax under her tree when she heard a faint rustling in the leaves. She glanced behind her just in time to see several green things rushing down the tree trunk. Her eyes widened in surprise as she sprung to her feet and hurried several meters away. What were those things? Her grandfather had told her all about magical creatures, and she had definitely seen these before in books, but she couldn't quite remember the name of them. Stick-like, green, but sort of angry-looking. And why in the world were they chasing her? She quickly scanned the area for Thereos. Hopefully he could tell them what to do.
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So there she was one minute, hugging her tree with all the amusement in the world, about to let go and do the whole drawing the symbol in the dirt thing. Then, all of a sudden, some of her classmates were being attacked by bowtruckles. Archer's reaction? To laugh even harder while letting go of her own tree, while not making the same mistake as TSOT (that Slytherin over there) (Kaiser). Good prefect behavior? Probably not, but sometimes you just have to laugh at yourself. Or others, as the case may be.
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It was strange. As Gunnar sat beneath his chosen tree with his hands covering the marking on the ground, he felt like he became better attuned to the sounds and atmosphere around him. But what was even stranger was the fact that it sounded like the wind was picking up and rustling harder through the leaves, but he didn't actually feel any wind.

He looked up at Kaiser as he heard him and gave him a quizzical look. What was wrong that he was looking up at the tree like that? He turned his head to look up at the leaves and was just about to ask him when he saw several acorns flying out of the trees, raining down on his classmates as well as himself.

"Wait.. hold up," he said to his unknown assailants, covering his head with his arm before scrambling to his feet and trying to move out of firing distance. He even caught a couple of the acorns and pocketed them before trying to peer at the leaves from where he was standing.

"Oh! Bowtruckles.... right? But why are they attacking us?" He glanced over at Thereos. They only did that when they felt threatened, didn't they? And he didn't really think the class was being too disruptive. But he was really curious about it.
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From her place on the ground, hands still pressed gently against the earth upon the drawn symbol, Rylee remained. Normally sitting somewhere and remaining completely still and quiet wasn't something she was capable of for very long. Unless it involved creatures or nature of some sort that is. Oh, and Quidditch... but even with that she got to move around eventually especially while playing Beater. So perhaps that didn't count.

Rylee kept calm and relaxed, inhaling slow breaths that were let out even more slowly. There was a gentle rustling over leaves above her head which at first didn't concern her in the least. She was meant to be focusing on the sound of the leaves and the tree under which she was sat. Become one with nature, listen to everything around her.

The wind was picking up however and that surely wasn't the sound of the trees communicating with her right now. No, leaves didn't sound like that. The chattering was rather loud but it wasn't coming from her tree... was it? Something hit the ground close by, bounced and rolled near her feet. An acorn. Huh? Lifting her head and glancing around, hands still on the ground though she saw acorns falling from the trees at a rather alarming rate. Nope, wait... not falling. Thrown.

Rylee narrowed her eyes some to see what was the cause of this. Bowtruckles! They were invading the home of Bowtruckles! She knew what could happen if they made them feel threatened and clearly they felt that way. Only... she wasn't doing anything but sitting there with her hands pressed to the ground. Best to remain calm and still, let the Bowtruckles see she meant them no harm.

For now she wasn't going to move. She meant no harm to the Bowtruckles or their trees.
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Under normal circumstances, perhaps this family of bowtruckles could have reacted differently. Particularly when it came to the likes of the two Gryffindors [Krel Ansell & Kolyander]. But not today. Not this time. Sitting still only made them easier targets and a few became tangled in the girl's red hair while one made an attempt to shimmy up the boy's shirt to scratch him up there.

The laughter battle cries of another [lazykitty], drew a few bowtruckles away from the bumps on a log to flank this one and launch in assault. The sound so menacing to their fragile ears.

No human was left untouched. A boy [2111jen] had one attempting to climb up his trouser leg. One small bowtruckle, no more than a toddler by human standards, struggled with an acorn to pelt at another boy [Felixir]. Another, carefully timing itself, dropped down from the branches of a tree upon another girl [Fireheart]. One particularly perturbed bowtruckle took personal offense to another boy [emjay] pocketing their weapons and began chattering its teeth rabidly while in hot pursuit.

This distance between the humans and the trees did not appear to matter to the bowtruckles this day. Not after what they had seen days prior. The boy [emjay] did ask a very interesting and telling question. Why??
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Austin blinked when he felt one climb up his trouser leg. Austin carefully took tbe creature off of his leg and put him on the tree.
"Hey," he said quietly to it. "I'm not going to hurt you," he said only loud enough for the botruckle to hear.
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Thereos had entered his own meditative state in his spot on the ground. Content to continue his lesson when the breeze told him so and the rustling and bustling of all the students around the groove ceased. Though he soon found the environment perplexing, the whispers of the trees becoming hurried and angry while he felt no further breeze on his bare back (by human standards) and along his flank.

Curious, Thereos opened his eyes only for these warm brown pools to darken. Leaping up to his feet, powerful hooves pounding at the ground and even reeling back on his hind legs only while his front prayed in the air a moment. Bowtruckles were known to attack when their trees were threatened. Anyone with any sense knew this of the creatures. Someone among his flock of Hogwarts younglings must have approached their tree inappropriately. There was no other explanation to this.

However...this area of the forest was more centaur territory and while bowtruckles were known to visit, it had never been a place of residency. In fact, Thereos could recognize a few of the tiny creatures scampering about. Their roost had been much much deeper in the forest. Where the canopy of green let through no rays of the sun at all...

So why...were they here? The Milky Way was cracked and Pluto ascending.

"TO ME!" he bellowed trotting towards the center of the groove and planting his hooves firmly to the ground.
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Austin turned around when Thereos bellowed. Inside voice, please? We can all hear you ya know. But he didn't say that, instead, he turned, careful not to step on any botruckles that might be on the ground and walked over to him to see what was going to happen next.
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Under normal circumstances, perhaps this family of bowtruckles could have reacted differently. Particularly when it came to the likes of the two Gryffindors [Krel Ansell & Kolyander]. But not today. Not this time. Sitting still only made them easier targets and a few became tangled in the girl's red hair while one made an attempt to shimmy up the boy's shirt to scratch him up there.

The laughter battle cries of another [lazykitty], drew a few bowtruckles away from the bumps on a log to flank this one and launch in assault. The sound so menacing to their fragile ears.

No human was left untouched. A boy [2111jen] had one attempting to climb up his trouser leg. One small bowtruckle, no more than a toddler by human standards, struggled with an acorn to pelt at another boy [Felixir]. Another, carefully timing itself, dropped down from the branches of a tree upon another girl [Fireheart]. One particularly perturbed bowtruckle took personal offense to another boy [emjay] pocketing their weapons and began chattering its teeth rabidly while in hot pursuit.

This distance between the humans and the trees did not appear to matter to the bowtruckles this day. Not after what they had seen days prior. The boy [emjay] did ask a very interesting and telling question. Why??

Well, this was rather unusal behavior for Bowtruckles. Sammy was by no means a expert with the creatures, but he knew enough from listening to his grandfather talk about wand wood trees to know they usually weren’t this aggressive unless they felt threatened. Maybe one of his classmates had done something wrong?

”Ouch,” Sammy exclaimed looking down to see that one had climbed up his arm. He carefully plucked the little creature off his shirt and attempted to place it gently on the ground. He then got to his feet.

Looking nearby, he saw that an older Gryffindor girl (Kolyander)with red hair seemed to have some bowtruckles crawling in her hair. ”Need some help?” he asked moving towards her, trying to keep his pace slow and calm so the bowtruckles wouldn’t have any more reason to be upset. He also kept his eyes on the ground around him so he wouldn’t step on the one he had placed back on the ground.

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Thereos had entered his own meditative state in his spot on the ground. Content to continue his lesson when the breeze told him so and the rustling and bustling of all the students around the groove ceased. Though he soon found the environment perplexing, the whispers of the trees becoming hurried and angry while he felt no further breeze on his bare back (by human standards) and along his flank.

Curious, Thereos opened his eyes only for these warm brown pools to darken. Leaping up to his feet, powerful hooves pounding at the ground and even reeling back on his hind legs only while his front prayed in the air a moment. Bowtruckles were known to attack when their trees were threatened. Anyone with any sense knew this of the creatures. Someone among his flock of Hogwarts younglings must have approached their tree inappropriately. There was no other explanation to this.

However...this area of the forest was more centaur territory and while bowtruckles were known to visit, it had never been a place of residency. In fact, Thereos could recognize a few of the tiny creatures scampering about. Their roost had been much much deeper in the forest. Where the canopy of green let through no rays of the sun at all...

So why...were they here? The Milky Way was cracked and Pluto ascending.

"TO ME!" he bellowed trotting towards the center of the groove and planting his hooves firmly to the ground.

Sammy paused in his movement towards the red-headed girl when the professor began yelling. ”Um,” he said looking at the girl and remembering the professor’s orders to remain within a hand’s reach of his flanks or within distance of someone who could reach the professor. ”We should move closer to Professor Thereos.” He reached out a hand to grab the girl. He’d help her with the bowtruckles when they were closer to the professor.
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The braying of the centaur rattled more than a handful of the bowtruckles and their angry, sharp, fingers ceased their attacks briefly enough for a few of the humans to scamper free if they were paying attention.

The two boys [2111jen & Krel Ansell] were successful in unlatching their attackers from their clothes and limbs, but not before each bowtruckle managed a searing swipe of their vicious fingers over the backs of their fleshy palms, easily drawing blood.

Somehow, and remarkably so, as students moved closer to their centaur mentor the bowtruckles' attacks softened and ceased all together as their green twiggy bodies circumnavigated the group. Encompassing them within a circle of bowtruckles.
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Wow, calm down, Thereos. The entire forest probably heard him, as loud as he was. And although Gunnar was on his way towards the centaur leading their class, he might have stepped a little faster as he caught sight of a particularly angry-looking bowtruckle headed his way. What was their problem? And it concerned him mostly because he wanted to understand these creatures and their motivations.

Once he was closer to the centaur, he couldn't help but notice the group of bowtruckles encircling the entire class. But at least they weren't attacking them anymore. "What is happening?" he whispered to the nearest person next to him as his eyes carefully watched the little green creatures. This was weird, right?
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