Lesson Four - Winged Horses

Haley walked down towards the class in CoMC. She was looking forward to this class as it was her last class of the entire year. It was her final class. Haley had to stop to think about that. She then grinned. Soon she would be in her second year. Haley almost felt like sprinting down or start skipping, but figured that it would be so typical of her to trip in her own feet and come bleeding to class. However, she dared to make a jump. Then she continued walking, ready for the last lesson of her semester.

Haley smiled to Pxyis as she walked towards them.

"Hello Haley. How are you today? It's such a nice day."

Haley's smile widened. "I'm a-okay. Last lesson of the year and everything," she said happily, "And, yeah, it really is a good day. It's like the heavens are celebrating with us," Haley said with overdramatic hand movements.

"How about you?" Haley asked with a warm smile.

Airen casually strolled through the grounds the the CoMC lesson. He listened to the soft breeze that blew through the trees. He thought of a small song he heard in a muggle movie. He hummed it. It was slow and mysterious, but it also had this lullaby theme to it.

He leaned on a tree. Looking at the two other girls as they made small talk. He remembered Pyxis from the Shadow Society and from the drama known as the Swordmage Class. Speaking of which, he needed to get the next lesson scheduled. He figured two lessons per year. Most of becoming a swordmage was practice, practice, practice.

Shrugging the thought off, he focused on waiting for the professor to begin the lesson.

Not wanting to be late this time, Parker made sure to set off quite a bit early to get to class. As he came down the hill he was glad to see his friends already there and was more glad to see he was a bit early as well. He was very curious as to what they would be doing in class today. He was also eager to turn in his summary. He approached Haley, Pxyis, and Leshia, smiling and saying "Hullo."

Humphrey walked into his care of magical creatures class, curious to see what animal they would be learning about today. "Humphrey Williams. I absolutely love Hippogriffs." he said.

He smiled at her, rolling his eyes jokingly at her. "How many times do I have to say not to call me that, it makes me sound like I'm your pet or something! And I'm fine, any clue what we're doing in class yet?" He was eager to find out, as he really did like this class, well, he seemed like pretty much all his classes because he was learning just so much.

He smiled. "Haha, very funny. Really? I though we'd be collecting fungus from under the tree," he joked back, something he wasn't too used to doing. He smiled a bit, more to himself at how he'd opened up a bit more.

After mentioning the assignment he reached into his own bag. "Yep, I did. You did, right?"

Humphrey watched as a silver Hippogriff with black streaks raced out of the middle of the sun and into their clearing. The Hippogriff landed and ran off its momentum. It returned and stood staring at Humphrey expectantly. He knew what to do. He slowly walked up to about ten feet away from the Hippogriff and bowed deeply, he held his bow until the Hippogriff slowly bent its left knee in head in acknowledgement of their mutual respect for each other. It was now safe to approach, and he did. "Thank you, so much Professor. I can't believe it, a real Hippogriff. What is his name? May I ride him?" he asked excitedly as he petted the large animal that was a cross between a griffin, eagle, and horse. The Hippogriff then opened its beak and licked him full on the face. Yuck, that was one thing he didn't like, animal saliva. But he simply waved his wand and said, "Tergeo." and the saliva disappeared.

When Pxyis confirmed that she did do her work, Parker nodded, "Good, I didn't want to have to help you make it up right before class then. Wait, yeah- you did yours on the Chimaera too, right?"

He did have to admit, sometimes all of his assignments were a bit difficult to keep track of, he just hoped she didn't do it wrong.

"Please, Professor. They are my favorite animal, and I have flown as a Hippogriff before. I know what I am doing and how to hold on. Please?" he begged her while admiring SilverTail's plumage.

"Yes, Professor Girard." and he walked with his head cowed to the back of the line. gone was the pride, excitement, and confidence of moments before. Humphrey looked as if he was about to cry, and in fact he did. Silently while watching Professor Girard. He felt intense disappointment at what she had just told him. He had been looking forward to meeting and riding a Hippogriff since he found out he was a wizard. It did not go as planned.

Haley grinned at Leisha when she came walking down.

"Hey! And seriously, I can't wait to get back home. I really miss my folks," she said seriously.

Then Parker turned up. "Hey," Haley said, along with the rest of them.

Parker and Pyxis started up a conversation, and Haley turned back to Leisha.

"So, what creatures will we see today, do you think?" she asked her.

"Hippogriffs!" Humphrey roared.

Haley grinned at Leisha. "Yeah," she said silently, making sure he wouldn't hear her, "He sure does. But hey, can you blame him? Just because we're cowards..." Haley said jokingly with big eyes and then laughed wickedly.

She looked at Humphrey. He seemed like a very kind person, but he did seem a bit self-sentered as well. Not in a completely hopeless way, though. Haley HAD met worse.