that is not paleontology {thirdies}

The outdoors made a great place to live, or so the Third Year had conjectured. He sat his satchel down on the grass, and he began to pace the grounds, waiting for someone to get here. After all, he was sure that if Hogwarts didn't have this class, he would have given up on this place.

He waited for someone to come and get him out of this misery.

Suzy walked down the paddock with her arms crossed over her stomach the other resting on the first while she twisted her hair around her finger. Yawning, she stood up on her toes trying to see ahead. She saw a guy already there. She let out a relieved sigh as she realized the guy was in the same house as her. It would be awkward to have a Huff there, too much kindness. And for a Ravenclaw as well; too much intelligence. For a Gryffindor to be there would be too much trouble too. It's not like she despised them, there was just a part of them that she didn't like.

She soon reached the field and slightly bowed her head to the guy as a silent greeting (she wasn't the social type, apparently).

She sat on the grass, shifting awkwardly. A long day awaited her. A long, long, long day... Man, it's tiring even just to think of it.

Airiana shifted her bag onto her other shoulder, taking her time as she came down the hill of the school and out onto the grounds. She'd spent a long time trying to come up with an excuse for skipping this class, but she could never come up with it. Truth was, she just didn't feel like getting up to go. She loved magical creatures and they had to offer, but she was too bored of school to do anything with them.

Her pale blue eyes shifted across the grass and she spotted two other students. She sort of hoped for Belinda or Robin or Valerie because they had become nice friends with her in the short hours of their classes. It was also because she didn't know anyone in her own house, which was strange for a Slytherin. Most of her house didn't even bother to socialise with Hufflepuffs, and that's who she'd chosen to hang around.

Out of the nearby privit bushes, a funny little witch climbed, her hat cocked and dishevled, branches sticking here and there, and a tear in her tartan cloak. She spotted the students and over she went to grett them.
"Hallo! I say, sorry for my appearance! I was just chasing a color changing snapping hedgehog." she said, and with a sweep of her wand, everything was put back in order, neat and pristine.
"I'm Professor Finch, the new Care of Magical Creatures professor." she said with a smile.

Airiana was a little perturbed as she took in the new CoMC professor. Her pale blue eyes observed the woman with as much respect as she could muster for the oddly dressed, oddly acting teacher. She smiled with amusement but then looked away as if she couldn't focus on her.

"Good morning, Professor Finch."

Elizabeth looked at the girl, *clearly a slytherin* she thought. Professor Finch examined her, pierced her eyes at her, she has to be from that Wolfgang lot, she has their ways...
"Yes! Hallo, good-morning!" she said forming a smile on her anicient face.
"Lovely, lovely day for it out-of-doors, quite. I say, whom ever are you love?"

"Oh uhm, yes ma'am. It's wonderful, I suppose." Airiana couldn't be certain but she could've sworn that her professor had given her such a strange look. Her smile faltered, not truly a smile anymore.

She attempted her chance at keeping a grimace off of her face. It wasn't so great, her lips turned down at the corners very slightly. Most people didn't really ask her who she was, they just sort of knew. Which was great that one person didn't know her heritage and what had happened to her family, but it still hurt her to remember what had happened when ever she told or wrote her name. She spoke softly, "Airiana, ma'am. Airiana Wolfgang-Hawthorn."

Korvus listened in on the class, finally stepping out from behind a tree, stand besides a blonde lass, who was also in Slytherin. His yellow eyes looked at the Professor sharp, bowing his head. "One must apologise for tardiness Professor, I have no excuse." He mused. He did have a sort of excuse, but flying about the forbidden forest wasn't what he was going to say.

He smirked to his other class mates, his eyebrows raising.

Airiana looked at Korvus, slightly uncomfortable. She'd didn't like the way his eyes looked, they scared her more than most people's eyes did. The unnatural color of the eyes were unnerving.

"Class... only just started we haven't learned anything yet," She whispered quietly as she looked down at the ground. A class full of Slytherins and a crazy teacher, what could be better?

Her mind scoffed and nudged her, Everything.