Adi happily and excitedly made his way towards the barnyard for the next Care of Magical lesson. Of course he would be early but who cared? This was the best subject EVAAAH! He was wondering what creature they'd be studying today when he spotted some dude brushing a...HIPPOGRIFF!

The Hufflepuff nearly passed out with happiness. They were studying this awesome creature again! Woot! This one seemed familiar...wasn't he the one from the last lesson? Henry, if Adi was not mistaken. He edged closer, into the open space but he made sure to keep a fair distance.

It was then Adi turned his attention to the dude doing the brushing. He did a double take. It was none other than Professor Thompson. Well, in Adi's defense, the man was not that recognisable in thaaat getup.

The boy waved to his Professor, not wanting to shout and startle the Hippogriff. Now he would just stand here and admire the powerful creature.

Hold the snitch.

No really, stop everything. Was the Professor dressed down? Had she missed something? Coincidentally she might have on account of her never checking the noticeboard anymore. It was all too easy getting a Firstie to tell you everything they saw planned in any one week. Maybe the Firstie forgot to mention this part of the class. It was highly likely given the scene before her.

"Hello Professor." She said, getting her eyeful while keeping a distance from the Hippogriff. Friendly as he was, you just never knew when he'd snap and some poor unsuspecting Puffer would get it.

Only one here so far. Things weren't looking good for Adi unless some other Puffers decided to show up.

Did she need to ask about the little pools and stuff? Probably not. Chances were he'd explain anyway.

Nice weather and COMC class.

A day couldn't get much better than that. Benny made his way across the grounds and towards the barnyard, excited for whatever was to come. There wasn't much that could disappoint in his favorite subject and as he spotted Professor Thompson and the hippogriff besides him where class was to be held the fourth year was sure that it wasn't going to fail this time around either.

"Hello Professor," he greeted quietly to be polite and acknowledge the man but not make any sudden loud noises. Ben surely didn't want to bother and anger the majestic beast. Dragons might be his fav but the hippogriff was still great in its own right.

"Hey," he added as he came up beside Adi, knowing his best friend had to be in his element with his favorite creature around. A polite nod sent Lex's way, noticing the Head Girl rounding up the small group early for the lesson.

FREAKING HIPPOGRIFFS, MAN!

SWEET!

It was the first thing Grayson noticed when he neared the playpens for their Care of Magical Creatures lesson. Was he happy about this? YES! Hippogriffs were awesome! They always demanded the highest levels of respect, which was something that Grayson obviously admired. And they had claws to swipe at anyone who distespected them. Brilliant. Just brilliant.

He was still gonna keep his distance, though, even if he was gonna try and stand at a good spot in the playpens so that he could get a good view.

The buckets? Were they gonna wash this hippogriff? Could he ask Thomp--

.................

Professor THOMPSON? He was wearing t-shirts and shorts? In spring? Not that Whitty was the type to say anything -- dude could wear whatever he liked -- but wasn't he cold? Or did he just have some serious tough skin? "Hey Professor!" he called, giving the man a 'sup nod. Dude was cool. And the question about the Hippogriff could wait. They were gonna find out sooner or later, he hoped.

Oh look! "'Sup, Adi! 'Sup, Lex!" Nods for you two as well.

And he didn't know the other guy so none for you.

You know what totally counted as light clothing? Pyjamas.

Or, well, that's what Toby figured. He'd simply grabbed the closest thing to 'light clothing' he could think of, and that would be most comfortable, and that... was a pair of pyjamas. Clean ones, sure, but whether they were going to remain that way depended on the class activity.

So, looking very much like he'd simply rolled out of bed, Toby made his way down to where today's class was being taught. Nobody else was in their pyjamas, he'd noticed, not so far anyway, but that didn't bother him. After being off school, sick, for so long, Toby couldn't think of much better than to go to his first lesson back in comfy comfy PJs.

The Hufflepuff entered the fenced off area, blinking around at the set-up for just a moment before finding himself a space somewhere along the inside of the fence. And Henry was here. Awesome.

"Hi Professor T," Toby greeted the slightly-less-fashionable-than-usual Thompson, before hooking his schoolbag up on a fence post and boosting himself up to sit on the actual fence himself. Just perching. And waiting. And watching.

Heading out to the barnyard for the next CoMC lesson, Brooklyn wondered what they would be studying. The fairies had definitely been memorable, even if she still was a bit peeved at the one who had attacked her hair. It hadn’t changed anything about her attire for the lesson, though. She wasn’t about to bow down to the whims of a tiny magical creature, or anyone for that matter. People were supposed to bow down to her.

Which could make things awfully difficult seeing as there was a hippogriff in the yard. Maybe she’d bow down to him. The animal was certainly majestic, and getting it’s respect might only help her later on. She was willing to do anything to get on the good side of anyone who might be of use to her. Just like she’d done with most if not all of the professors, plus Ethan. Anyone with power could be useful to her, and now the hippogriff was added to that list. “Hello Professor Thompson,” she greeted the man brushing said hippogriff sweetly, even as she’d eyed his clothing. Well that was casual. She was much more comfortable in her uniform and everything. Warmer, too. She didn’t do cold.

Jasmine was ready for the Care of Magical Creatures class and made her way to the barnyard. She was wondering what they'd be doing today and she didn't have to wait long to get the answer. Spotting Professor Thompson with Henry the Hippogriff told her everything she needed to know. Well maybe not everything, but at least it gave her a hint.

"Hello Professor", Jasmine said as she neared the playpens. Seeing that Adi and Lex were already there, she gave them both a wave. Jasmine found a spot to wait, making sure not to disturb Henry. Hopefully class would be starting soon.

Man there was really nice weather today. He was liking it, he could just stand out here without his heavy robes on. As he made his way to the lesson he noticed some students were already there. He smiled to all of them and gave them a wave. He noticed the Professor brushing the Hippogriff and Kace waved to Thompson. "Heyy Professor can we brush the hippogriff as well?" he was just curious is all. He wouldn't mind brushing the hippogriff but if he wasn't allowed it was cool.

He went over to the benches and sat down waiting to see what they would learn today.

Zander was pretty excited for this class because well, he'd come to realize that it was the only class he really got excited about lately. Not because he hated every other class there was, but there was just something off-putting about the other ones. But not Care of Magical Creatures. This class was the best. Although it used to be the second best because of Herbology, but ever since Walton came in and STOLE the position... Ahem. Anyways.

Yep, he was pretty pumped about this!!

And... Was that Professor Thompson??!? In SHORTS? and a TSHIRT??? Well, uh. Oh. He walked up to the man and waved happily give him a quick, "Hiya Professor! NO WAY!! Hippogriffs again!!!"

and he thought he was excited BEFORE! Quickly spotting friends he walked towards the group of them. Standing right near Grayson and Lex.

CARE. OF. MAGICAL. CREATURES. Yeah.

Eden was always pumped for this class. Hair pulled back into a sleek pony-tail, she entered the clearing and smiled up at Professor Thompson. "Good day to you--" she said and tipped her head at him. She then spotted quiiiiiite a few people she knew--waving at Grayson, Jasmine, Toby...and finally Zander. The cute kid she had been crup/kneazle buddies with!

She went to stand by him and smiiiiled a bit. "Hi." She said before tucking some loose strands of hair behind her ear. "How's it going?" she asked, just being friendly and whatnot.

One did not draw a nose on someone else and NOT be friends, RIGHT? At least---well, Eden didn't think so. "Hippogriffs are so cool--" she said, looking at the one Professor Thompson was brushing. GAH. She wanted to pet them AALLLLL. Obviously that wouldn't be happening, if Eden wanted to keep her eyes in her head--and any other limbs, too.

As the Gryffindor stood waiting for the rest of the class to start showing up, he kept his eye out for friends. REEAALLLY hoping that either Kevin or Simon would show up because it felt like AGES since he'd seen either of them! Kevin wasn't that hard to find being that they were both Gryffindors and all, but the fourth year had hardly even seen Simon at all this year!! It was definitely an outrage and Zander wanted to protest or something. But anyways, seeing someone else approach he couldn't help but sink down a little once he realized it wasn't either of the two that he was hoping for. BUT, it was that girl from History of Magic instead and she did wave, so of course Zander smiled back at her-- a little unsure about whether being beasts together meant being friends or whatever, but she was being pretty nice so okay!!

Besides, Simon or not Zander was actually excited for this class!! So when she came to stand by him, he was happy to have some company. "Um, Hi," he smiled back. "Pretty well, actually!" That was a first all term. Ha. "Creatures is one of my favorite classes, but erm, how's it going with you?" Such a good mood for such a weird week/month/term??.

At the comment about Hippogriffs Zander nodded his head quite enthusiastically. They ARE REALLY COOL!! Any magic creature was really cool in his opinion, especially crups but he wouldn't get into that now, but yeah Hippogriffs were awesome! And last time they got to pet this one, so maybe this time they'd even be able to ride it or something!? Wouldn't that be REALLY cool!! "They're awesome!" he totally agreeed. This time watching Thompson carefully. Maybe if he saw how much they liked the Hippogriffs he'd be even more willing to let awesome things happen! Like Hippogriff rides. Just sayin'. It was worth a shot, right?

He had no idea what the Professor meant by light clothing. LIGHT clothing. Did he mean WEIGHT? or COLOUR?... why were instructions and things never perfectly and explicitly clear? Hhhhmm?

To be on the safe side, Zeke accounted for BOTH cases. He wore faded blue jeans and a white T-shirt with his light (but black with white lace) sneakers.

He liked Care of Magical Creatures, but the whole fairy thing had him thinking otherwise for a short while. This though, this was more up his alley.

HIPPOGRIFFS!!!!

Zeke waved to the Professor and stood off to the side just in the entrance - unsure of how close he could get. He didn't fancy getting attacked by it.

Care Of Magical Creatures!

Hadleigh was very excited this morning about going to class. This was probably her most favorite really and she was ready to learn all she could about the next creature. Making her way to the barnyard on her light blue jeans, light green shirt and white sneakers she couldn't keep her excitement at bay. There was a small hop to her step as she slipped inside the entrance to the barnyard.

It only took the blink of an eye for her to see the days lesson. A Hippogriff! Awesome! Grinning she waved a 'hello' to the Professor not wanting to startle the hippogriff. Nope cause that would seriously be a bad bad idea. Stepping off the the side and out of the way of the entrance she gave a waves to everyone she knew.

What would they be learning about today? Maybe they'd get to ride the hippogriff just like at the Fireworks Festival!

Care of Magical Creatures. One of the best classes at Hogwarts so far according to Cyprien. Of course he couldn't be a 100% sure but it seemed like COMC was a class that only got better with time. It would be something to see what they were doing today. Hogwarts was looking like a place that Cyprien could get used to.

Ian busted up into the Care of Magical creatures class. The only saving grace being he was able to wear light clothing.

He gave the professor a greeting. Hello there, professor. and then he notices a hippogryff. This class might turn out ok. He keeps his distance as he enters the corral.

After returning each curt nods and small waves, there seemed to now be enough students. So it was about time to get started as the Professor's brushing gradually ceased with Henry. "Good day, everyone. It's quite lovely out here again today, so as promised, we're going to be spending time with the Hippogriffs. Grooming and then riding them." Much more freedom than in the classroom, in Javier's opinion. "Despite what it may appear to you all, Henry here isn't the only Hippogriff we have now." Taking his wand out, with quite a few simple pointing motions in mid-air. One hippogriff appeared, then two, then three, and so on and so forth.

"Now then before we really begin you'll need to approach one carefully." Those who attended last year's class and the event would definitely remember this. But for reminders sake, "Keeping your distance with one, once you have his attention you are to not blink and slowly bow, waiting until the Hippogriff returns your bow before you're able to go up to stand near and pet them."

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As stated you are to approach a Hippogriff. This should take three labeled posts, whether your character blinks or not. Next post will be tomorrow. =)

Angel was scared, very scared... Weren't these animals like dangerous, she was glad she had snuck in and was with her boyfriend Benny because well he loved animals right and maybe he could actually help her right, he would let anything harm her. "I'm really scared Ben." Angel sighed.

Eden thought he looked a bit down for like...a SECOND. But then he was all friendly and whatnot and Eden was glad he wasn't trying to scoot away from her or anything. That would be...a bit UPSETTING.

"Same. I'm pretty sure I want to go to Uni with something to do with....creatures." She blushed a bit and smiled. It was a little early for her to start thinking--BUT. It was better to have some sort of idea than nothing, right? "I actually want to work with kneazles--" it made her laugh but THEN Professor Thompson started talking so she shushed herself and turned to look towards him. She was ASSUMING--with reason--that the class miiiiight have something to with hippogriffs? Yeah?



OOooooh! Yay! They each got to approach one--well yeah! She turned to Zander and raised an eyebrow. "Wanna' go to the same one? We might need each other's help--and I really don't fancy doing it by myself?" So she was ASKING him very nicely to....ahem, approach one of the hippogriffs with her. She'd take turns with him, of course. "YOu just...bow and NOT blink right--" Well Professor Thompson had JUST said that but STILL. Eden had to make sure and stuff.

Jasmine waited and watched as the other students arrived for class. Seeing her housemate Eden, Jasmine responded to her wave with one of her own. Then before she knew it, it was time for class to begin. Professor Thompson explained that they would in fact be working with the Hippogriffs today. This was great in Jasmine's opinion. She had enjoyed the lesson with the Hippogriffs last year. She hadn't gotten a chance to ride one during the Fireworks Festival so it was good to have another opportunity.

Jasmine's first order of business was to choose which of the animals she wanted to work with. There was one Hippogriff that caught her eye for some reason. She couldn't quite put her finger on it, but she knew he was the one. Jasmine walked toward her special Hippogriff and waited to take her turn. Grooming him should be fun by itself, but the ride would be the cherry on top. It would be just a few minutes before she got her chance.

Awesome they were gonna go and pet the hippogriffs today. He never really worked with Hippogriffs often. He thought they were fantastic creatures. He could appreciated that they were prideful. They demanded respect which everyone needs to learn. He was wondering which Hippogriff he was gonna work with. It was a hard decision. But one kept looking at him nervously and he wondered if he should work with that one.

Then one of them caught his eye. It was a brown one with hazel eyes. He took the brave step first and walked over to where it was. He tried to mentally tell himself to be calm and cool and collective. He could do this. He just needed to follow the rules. Wait a minute what were the rules again? He went back to his bookbag before he did anything. He just wanted to refresh his brain.

They were going to be able to ride the hippogriffs? This was something that AJ had been wanting to do ever since the last lesson they had on them. The lion's smile was huge, and she was having a hard time trying to contain her excitement. Her cut over to Adi and gave him a thumbs up. If anybody was as excited as she was, it had to be him. Unicorns were still her favorite creature hands down, but riding a hippogriff, as she found out during the prefect event, was awesomesauce.

Okay... she was going to have to calm her little self down. There were just so many of them. Were there enough for each student to have their own? Oh, pretty please.

Which hippogriff to choose? She wanted the best one, obviously. She picked one out that looked like a good time, and started moving slowly in that direction.

It was finally her turn and Jasmine knew that she was going to have to connect with the Hippogriff. She stepped up and stood in front of, but well away from the animal. Once she caught his attention, Jasmine looked him directly in the eye. It was time for a little staring contest. She was pretty good at it, having been the staring champion of her household. It was nice to finally find a place where that skill came in handy.

Now that she had locked eyes with her Hippogriff, Jasmine figured it was time for the old bow. She bent over at the waist, all the while keeping her head up an her eyes open. Jasmine had a feeling that this one was not going to give in very easily. Why did she always get the stubborn ones? Just like last time, she had to stay in that awkward position for what seemed like an eternity.......not to mention the fact that he was still staring. Jasmine was determined not to blink and have to start over, so she held on.

If Toby felt like he stood out at all in this class, what with his clothes and all, he didn't show it. The fifth year simply sat there on the fence, one foot hooked over a lower beam to keep him balanced, while the other dangled below. Sitting up here made him a little taller, and so Toby used his vantage point to look over the heads of other students and just watch Henry, trying to work out what the hippogriff might be thinking.

When Thompson spoke in that tone that usually signalled they were about to get started, Toby blinked and moved his gaze from Henry to him. Grooming and riding hippogriffs? He could definitely get behind that. And talking to them too, yeah? Yeah.

Once the other hippogriffs became visible and Thompson had given them instructions on what to do, Toby gave a nod of understanding and hopped back down from the fence. Ignoring the small shocks that went through his feet on impact, he navigated his way through the class, heading for a chestnut coloured one that had caught his eye as soon as becoming visible.

Toby stopped a good distance away, made sure he wasn't too close to any other creatures (in case they took his back being turned on them as some form of disrespect or something) and looked back at his chosen hippogriff. The Hufflepuff stood and waited until he had its attention; he didn't bounce or fidget or flail, but was very calm and still and actually quite impassive, very much under control. He waited, stood there in his pyjamas and facing this majestic creature, when it looked around and Tobias found himself staring into those remarkable orange eyes.

Just when Jasmine thought that she couldn't hold her eyes open another second, the Hippogriff bowed. "Oh, so you wanted to make me work for it, huh? Well I don't give up easily." Now that he had given her permission to approach, Jasmine started walking slowly toward the Hippogriff. No sudden movements, eyes still locked on his, she eased forward.

Jasmine stopped right in front of the Hippogriff and paused for a moment. Then she reached out her hand and brought it to rest on top of his head. Giving it a rub, she began talking to her new friend. "Do you have a name?" She knew about Henry, but the other Hippogriffs must have names too. Jasmine had a thing about animals and names. "My name is Jasmine. For now I'll call you Buddy because we're going to be good friends." Continuing to stroke Buddy's head and muzzle, Jasmine wondered when she would get to groom him.