Out on the grounds (Charms 2 & Transfiguration 2)
 

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After you have left the classroom, you are led to a wide open area on the school grounds. This is where the second portion of the joint lesson will be taking place so don't dilly dally in getting here.

In the sky, there are tiny hoops floating at even distances but those are none of your concern for the time being.

Gather around for the instructions to be handed out once the last of the stragglers have arrived. No worries about the crisp winter morning air as charms have been placed around the area to keep the temperature comfortable. Thoughtful; yes, we know.

Bringing Hugo with her, Margo made her way out to the grounds. She sure hoped that she wasn't late. And plus now Margo was pretty sure she was never giving up Hugo, dragons may scare her, but he was adorable and Margo was starting to grow very attached to him.

As the puff went to the grounds, he held onto his dragon cage pretty tight because anything could happen. He saw other students were there and he went next to Margo and he saw her dragon and thought it was quite cute. As he looked up admiring the view he noticed there was an obstacle course. Aaaahhh so he knew what they were doing. He hoped his dragon was up to the task because it was snoring on. He would have to wake it up soon.

He hoped his dragon would make it through the hoops because its wings looked quite tiny but who knows his dragon could prove him wrong. Wait he needed to name him. He pondered a name and came up with Jeffery. Yeah he liked it. Jeffery the Dragon.

Joining the gathering around Quigley after finding a presumably safe place for her things, Heather couldn't help but notice two things. One, the temperature wasn't as cold here. And two, there were hoops floating around here. Were they racing their dragons or something? Because Snoopy seemed to be ready. His wings were just flapping away and he was making little whining noises as if he wanted out of the cage already. "Shhh, calm down Snoopy, you'll get out soon enough." As soon as that direction was given, of course.

Janelle arrived out on the grounds with her dragon in tow. Fining an empty spot, she set his cage on the ground. It looked like many of the students hadn't arrived yet. Janelle was tempted to sit down next to Mike's cage, but.......you know.......Bellaire. She did kneel down just to make sure that he was fine. "So what do you think Mike. Do you like the outdoors?" Maybe they would get to let their dragons out of their cages.

Even though Mike was not a real dragon, but a transfigured rock one, living in a cage could not be much fun. Janelle wondered if they would get to keep the dragons as pets. Probably not, but she wished it could be true. Anyway, she would enjoy Mike while she could. Hopefully class would resume soon.

Taking in the fresh air, Beverly sighed, hugging the cage closer to her chest. Said sigh got stuck in her throat when her gaze landed on the tiny hoops. Holy dragons. Cough, cough, cough!

Were they going to do some circus stuff with the dragons?

She glanced down at the cage where Opal the Antipodean Opaleye dragon batted its wings against the bars. Hold on, little dragon. Your time would come...soon.

Right they were outside now and the majority of the walk through the Castle had been spent by Ezra talking to his little Welsh Green he decided to name Charles. As he has been walking on the grass though he hadn't noticed the floating hoops until just then.

"Anyone want to bet me if I can reach one of those?" He said as he sat his dragon cage on the grass and looked around with a grin. No professors just yet and it looked like just one Prefect.

He hadn't made a move yet, but was using his hands stretched out before him in a show of calculating distances and put his finger in his mouth and held the spit covered digit to the wind to feel.

This was going to be awesome. Something wicked was going to go down with their tiny dragons, and AJ was pumped. She had to try really hard not to push and shove people out of the way to get here.

Once they made it to their destination, AJ looked around and noticed the hoops. Oh. Were they going to ride their dragons through them? They were going to charm them to be bigger, and dragon rides for everybody!

Caged dragon in her hand, Kate followed the others out onto the grounds. Their dragons weren't heavy, but tiny Kate was already getting tired lugging the cage from one location to the next. She switched hands and held the cage firmly in her left hand as she came to a stop.

Ohh, hoops. She looked from the hoops to her dragon then back again. Something told her they were going to be flying through those hoops sometime soon. She didn't know how, but she just figured they would be.

Either way, this was so going to be one of those 'Don't try this at home' kind of things!

Cilla was very excited. It was nice to not be cooped up indoors for a change. She looked around, waiting for the rest of the lesson to begin. Her Common Welsh Green dragon had stirred thanks to the atmosphere but it was not making a fuss. She had decided to name the dragon "Ava."

Zeke was still staring up when a small body neared him. Ohhh lookit! Amur!!

"Whatever this is, it'll be awesome," he said to her, because he was all about stating the obvious.


Furthermore, in his staring and grinning and anticipating of said awesome activity, he chuckled at Hady's arrival. "Hey Lady Snake," he greeted in return. Lion. Yep, that he was.


But BAHAHAHAHAH...

"I bet you couldn't," he egged on, grinning at his buddy. He sneaked a peak around them... in case there was someone here who could tell them off. Hehehehe.

Austin and Thrasher Moore followed everybody outside. He was glad to find that the weather was comfortable, even though winter was upon them. It was something that should have been thought of during the Runes lesson in his first year. But that was in the past, and right now, it was comfortable. He could feel Thrasher moving around in the cage. The little creature seemed excited for the weather too, but Austin knew better tan to let him out of the cage yet.

Adi and his dragon were here!

One of the first things he noticed as he followed his classmates onto the grounds was the hoops. Ah hah. Were they supposed to get their dragons to maneuver through as many of those as possible? Or was it a race? Whatever it was, Adi was sure of one thing. It was going to be fun!

Stepping up beside Benny, Adi was able to really get a closer look at his bestie's dragon. "Awesome,'' he commented. All dragons were awesome though they could never beat Hippogriffs.

Toby was there, but was more preoccupied with his little dragon friend than anything else. Whether he'd noticed the hoops or not, it wasn't clear. Nah. This itty bitty dragon had all his attention. He had, however, looked up and around at the other students upon arriving to see what was going on with them, but otherwise was just quite focused on his dragon.

So...whatever they were going to do outside, Kevin's mind was still on trying to think of a name for his dragon. That didn't mean he wasn't aware of his surroundings and when they were outside on the field, he looked up for a moment to check the hoops in the air.

Probably for letting their dragons to fly through.

Aaaanyways, since none of the Professors had spoken yet, Kevin walked to stand next to his best friend. "Oi, psst" he said, trying to get his attention. "You know a name for this dragon?" he held up his cage with the Chinese Fireball in it who was currently coughing small flames from its mouth.

*snorts* Young people walk so fast these days *shakes cane*
 

They may have been in a hurry but Maddox had no such concerns. His feet would get him there when they did and if that happened to take a while then so be it. Admittedly, even with a lazy stride he'd managed to somewhat keep up with the group, trailing behind only a little and miraculously ahead of some actual stragglers. Technically this would mean he was on time, yes? The others were simply early.

The Charms Professor approached the group, hands buried deep in his pocket and dragon making little screeching noises from his shoulder. Oi, should have put a silence charm on this one. It wasn't loud per say, not unless you had sensitive hearing.

Little conversations fluttered by but it was one in particular that got him interested enough.

Maddox came to a stop right next to Mister Earnest and gave a glance up at the floating hoops. "I'll wager 10 galleons. 20 if you do it in under a minute." And a perfectly solemn nod. No way of telling whether he was being serious or not...but he probably was because how funny would that be? Hah. His wife wouldn't appreciate him suckering galleons out of a little boy but he'd give them back. It was all for the experience.


But then he turned his attention to the rest of students gathering with their little dragons. For the most part they seemed to have gotten a handle on them which meant they'd done the spell right and there shouldn't be any surprises.

"Now we begin the charms aspect of this class." For anyone who'd missed the memo when they left the classroom. "Up there," Point point, "are a few tiny hoops, possibly big enough for a dragon to fly through. Possibly big enough for you to fly through. There's just two problems. Can anyone guess what those are?"

He would never admit it, but half the questions he asked were because of the kinds of answers he sometimes got. Occasionally, these children proved more entertaining than Quidditch.

Feeling a scratching at his neck, Maddox nodded a little then watched his dragon take to the sky. It was all the exercise he'd be getting so why not? So yes, any guesses before they got into it? Pay no attention to the tiny dragon doing loops through one hoop.

Ezraaa and Quigley!