Lesson Two: (creature) Erkling

[Professor Jackson Shaw]

(if you come in late just RP as though you were always here)

Jack stood infront of his desk, his pointed pointed directly at the very strong cage which was hung from the ceiling. Inside stood a creature about three feet tall, it's hands gripping the bars of the cage very tightly giving Jack a fearsome look. Why on earth he even thought about bringing something like this into his classroom he would never know. Though, there was every chance that his students may run into one eventually and they had to be ready for this beastie, which in Jack's own mind, this beastie was one of the worst types around. It looked slightly gnomish, although taller, and had a body like a Grindylow -- in the sense it's thin, easily breakable with a thin pointed face -- it looked revolting. Well, unless you were a child it didnt pose much of a threat to you... at least Jack hoped, though he wouldnt be letting it out, that was for sure.

"Dont you look at me like that..." He told the creature who was looking at Jack very hungrily, "Cut it out wouldja you're giving me the creeps." He turned around to see a student already seated, evidentally watching Jack talk to the creature within the cage. "It's staring at me..." He said to the student as though it gave him every reason to act like an idiot.

Once the class was reasonably full, Jack opened his mouth to speak. "This little nasty is called an Erkling. It is a most foul creature by any standard of the mark and also quite dangerous, it is classed as a Level Four Dangerous Creature by the Ministry, although it classes no threat to us adults. Now, can anybody tell me anything about this creature? Or why it is classed as a level four creature when it poses no threat to adults?"

[Harrison Greg]

With all the crazy stuff that had been going on in the castle recently Harrison thought it should have been compulsory for everyone to attend Defence Against the Dark Arts so they would have some idea how to stop a suit of armour the next time it chased you down the corridor. As a result Harrison made his way over to the first floor and as he pushed open the door to the classroom he was first of all greeted by the sound of Professor Shaw shouting at a cage, but also an empty classroom which meant he was the first person to arrive. “Aww brother.”

He hated being the first in lessons as it meant having to make small talk with the professors and unless they were female and beautiful it was something that this Gryffindor did not enjoy doing. So instead of talking to the Professor or any of his classmates that where slowly filling the classroom Harrison simply sat there, leaning back on his chair casting a few simple charms on a quill that he had in front of him on the table.

Finally the lesson started and Professor Shaw seemed to be going on about that creature he had sitting in the cage which apparently was a dangerous creature called an Erkling. However Harrison did not have the foggiest why it was dangerous but posed no threat to adults. Wrinkling up his nose slightly Harrison did not bother to put his hand up in the air, instead he just spoke out in his normal cool and confident voice. “Is it because it is so ugly it has the potential to blind if you stare at it for too long?” Harrison sniggered slightly at his own, rather pathetic and immature joke.

[Dean Hogarth]

Dean was scared of everything and anything in life and that was something that almost everyone knew. All you had to shout BOO at him and he would even whimper or run down the corridor in the opposite direction as fast as his legs would carry him. His scared attitude was something that had always concerned is father and he always told his son to face fear in the eye and get to know his enemy. So that was why the poor Hufflepuff still took Defence Against the Dark Arts, because he was desperate to overcome his fear…but after five years he did not seem to be getting anywhere.

Even now as he sat in the classroom (as far away from that creature as he could) and quietly sat down just looking straight forwards at nothing already wishing that the lesson would start and finish so he could run away s fast as possible. Luckily however the professor started the lesson and jumped straight into the action asking about why this creature was dangerous, now that was something that Dean did not like the sound of. The creature was small and quiet elf like, Dean bet it would not go mistaken down in the kitchens but he doubted that if it was that dangerous even Hubbles would not be stupid enough to let it work for him.

“I-If it has a high d-danger rating then it…it must k-kill.” Dean sounded out trying to ignore the Gryffindor’s previous smart arse snap about it being ugly. “An-and if it is safe t-to adults it must…” Dean gulped as his brain jumped to a conclusion that he hoped was wrong. “a-attack ch-children.”