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Eli Delacroix ([personal profile] implike) wrote in [community profile] diversified2014-06-13 01:23 am

In the one life that we've got [closed]

WHO Eli Delacroix([personal profile] implike), Shannon Vaughn ([personal profile] privatematter).
WHAT Care of Magical Creatures apparently involves dragons. Or an animagus professor being a troll and messing with his students. Thirteen year old Eli knows better than to fall for that.
WHEN Modern-ish setting? Eli's third year at school.
WHERE Salem Witches Institute, a courtyard.

For the first time in his time at school, Eli was not running late to a class that wasn't Transfiguration. He wasn't the first to make it to the courtyard where class was being held, but he was far from the last. Every since he was a child, he loved to read about all sorts of different creatures and a class just about the magical ones was definitely right up his alley, especially if he got to interact with them first hand.

He wasn't expected the whispers and panicked looks on some of his classmates' faces when he arrived. His small size meant that the crowd of students was a wall to him and forced him to weave around legs and bodies so that he could get a closer look to see what had gotten them all worked up. He was expecting something surprising, but he didn't expect to see a dragon laying in the courtyard with the professor nowhere to be found.

Why is there a dragon here? Aren't they supposed to be dangerous? This is so cool! Did the dragon eat the professor? Where is he at? Questions fluttered in the air as Eli frowned at the dragon, feeling that something was off about it. He knew that it wasn't a dragon and when it finally clicked, he couldn't help but smile widely. It was so obvious and nobody else could tell.

"It's not a dragon, everyone," Eli said loudly, his childish voice carrying an air of duh as he said it and walked out towards where the not-dragon lay. There was some shock and one of the other kids tried to reach out to stop him but he avoided it deftly in a way that only a small person could do so effectively. Getting close to the dragon, he looked straight at it without any fear and spoke. "Hello, Professor. Are we learning about dragons today?"
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[personal profile] privatematter 2014-06-26 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
"That's correct," Shannon said with a large grin. That had let him place the student, a young-sounding voice that spoke of someone not quite hitting puberty just yet despite his year in the school. At least he would be easy to keep track of in the mass that was his first class. There was a lot of introductory material to go over, and hopefully they would be able to finish it all today and start the real class tomorrow. "Animagi always take some sort of external factor from their human form and work it into their animal forms. It isn't a conscious decision, but if you know where to look, it's the best way to determine if you're dealing with a real animal, or a wizard or witch in disguise."

"Now. To make things easier on me, why don't we do some introductions? We'll go by house and then year, starting alphabetically so no one can accuse me of picking favorites already." That said, he technically didn't need a roll call; he'd been given the student ledger same as any new teacher had, but hearing voices applying their own names would put him at ease rather than having to shuffle through the muddle of so many new youngsters at once. "That means Gryffindor first, then Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin."