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Juniper Kelly heard of the event for pet training and dismissed it without a second thought. She really didn't have time for that with all her homework and hanging out with friends. Well, she really did have time but she believed she didn't need to go. She could handle the pet training very fine on her own and she refused, stubbornly, to have help. How hard could it be to train a frog, she knew everything there was about them. To prove this to herself, on November 4th she dropped her bag and went to her frog.

"Ribbit, jump!" She commanded confidently. That's how it worked with her dog back at the farm. She whistled a quick and sharp toon. "C'mon Ribbit, jump! She tried again to no avail. Defeated, and put her frog back. "So I guess I do need some help." She admitted. It would be fun she was sure, and it would be cool to be around other pets. She just hoped Ribbit didn't make a fool of himself, even if she loved him dearly.

On November 6th, the day of the event, she made sure Ribbit's tank was clean. She wanted people to know she took care of him very well, she loved her little baby. She was excited to see other pets and to train all together as one now that she was heading there. Once you accept that you need help, you're perfectly fine. So that's what she did.

"Ribbit, are you excited?" She asked in a voice one would use when talking to a baby. She had a bag of crickets in there to treat her frog for doing good when he did. When she neared the area, she spotted a girl with a pet. "Willow, right?" She greeted. "From the quidditch match! I'm Juniper if you forgot. " She added happily.

"I'm really excited to do this, by the way. It's a really cool idea, Ribbit REALLY needs to be trained." She laughed and looked at her frog through the glass of the tank. "Ain't that right, bud?" She sat down on the grass with the tank in front of her. She was here now and she was excited. Training pets early on was smart and she was glad she found the time to do this.

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The young Ravenclaw wizard was in an excitable mood today. If not because he was headed out to the grounds to finally spend some time with Bartles, it was because November 6th was his birthday! Cade recalled fondly how he'd celebrated outside last year amongst friends. And while he didn't throw himself a party this year, he still wanted to get some of the fresh Scotland air into his awaiting lungs. Cade was quite pleased with himself being a year older now... finally grown into his teenage years. He was only disappointed he didn't have a full-blown mustache when he awoke in his bunk this morning. But he wouldn't let his spirits linger in the shadows. Today was the day Cade planned to teach Bartles how to tap dance.

It had been in the works since a week after Cade acquired him. He had the inspiration to put on a show in the Steppe dormitory and perhaps branch out to the common room if Bartles was ever received well. The only flaw that presented itself in Cade's mind was the fact that Bartles the toad was unbelievably dense and moronic in character. It would take the strength of a thousand wizards to even will Bartles to blink much less croak. And Cade would look searchingly into that blank bug-eyed stare that the small toad possessed, surely there had to be some sort of brain behind all that stillness.

Finally arriving on the bit of school grounds that Willow had prepared for the day, Cade took up his place to the side of the obstacle course, beaming at the Hufflepuff prefect when she called out greetings and explained the various obstacles. "Thanks, Willow. But I doubt Bartles would jump if I told him to. The toad is mental. But perhaps he'll do it just to spite me." Cade would stare at Bartles pointedly with a hopeful air, but his anticipation was unwarranted. Bartles merely inflated his vocal sac giving a feeble ERUP. Cade sighed and shrugged towards Willow.

There would be no point to even attempt getting Bartles to participate in that obstacle course. No, Cade saw fit to teach Bartles how to at least stand on his hind legs in order to tap dance and to do that he needed the patience of a sphinx. Cade would sit in the grass, Bartles clutched between his hands. He looked around to regard the other students and their pets. Cade espied one girl with her small frog. He watched the pair for a bit noticing how she had brought the frog's entire terrarium. And Cade wondered if he should have brought Bartles' tank. And wanting to be helpful, Cade would speak up. "Have you tried giving Ribbit an incentive to jump? Maybe he's just confused at the vocal command? I've seen some dog shows back at home and there's always a gesture that comes with each trick they do. I recon the call them hand signals, don't they?"

Note: @Willow Anderson | @Juniper Kelly Bartles disposition is completely slow (it took him a month to realize he had been adopted) But Cade finds this quality endearing and loves Bartles' stubborn stupidity.

As soon as Annie had heard an event was happening on November 6th to train your pets, she'd been over excited in the anticipation of seeing so many animals in one place. Sure, Hogwarts had its limitations on what pets’ students were allowed to keep, and Antoinette herself didn't even own a pet yet, but that didn't matter. Just being around them was enough.

Besides, Annie had grown up with a vet for a father and grandparents who owned a farm. She'd spent her entire life around animals. She had a strange sort of affinity to them; they understood her, and she understood them right back. She'd seen so many people make mistakes when training their pets, even how they handle them. Animals were not cruel by nature. They did what they did to survive. There was no hidden agenda, no malice. It was simply instinct. But they could love, and feel, and they could learn, and the bond between an owner and their pet was special. Dad had always told her that.

She could see it now, as she neared the small group in the grounds. They were easy to spot, with the small obstacle course made of sticks and various tanks, owls and cats scattered around. Annie hadn't even reached Willow, the Prefect of Hufflepuff and Organiser of this event, without a giant smile upon her face. Annie's eyes were sparkling. She was so utterly content, surrounded by all these beautiful creatures.

One girl was having particular trouble with getting her cat to walk over to her, and Annie - feeling uncharacteristically confident - strode over and offered to help. "Do you mind if I borrow - Mittens - was it, a moment?" She smiled sweetly, bending down to coax Mittens towards her. "If you remain still, and hold out your arm like this, it gives them time to learn your scent," she explained. After a few moments, Mittens, a mackerel tabby, plodded on over to Annie and her owner. The girl, feeling immensely grateful, asked Annie if she would carry on training Mittens while she got on with some homework. "Of course!" Annie replied, feeling like all her birthdays had come at once.

Luckily, Mittens seemed to have taken a liking to Annie and followed her as she neared Willow and the small group around her. "Hi," she said shyly, her confidence suddenly gone. Her introverted nature was returning, having been tucked away for a few minutes. "I hope it's okay I join you all? This is Mittens," she added, gesturing to the cat headbutting her legs. "She belongs to that girl over there. I'm going to try and train her a little."

She smiled at Willow and the others, before bending down to look in the nearby tanks. ”Who are these little guys?” She asked curiously. She’d never had much experience with frogs, but they were very cute all the same. Annie had seen them for sale at Magical Menagerie.

To her left, she could see another girl having a trouble with a cat called Sandy. "Cats can be stubborn things, can't they?" She laughed.

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Henry Knight hovered over a open book in the library, the teen spent most of the day in the room surrounded by books reading about wandless and wordless magic. The third year was interested in learning the two types himself, he heard they were difficult to do but if something contained academics then he was up for the challenge.

Henry imagined knowing wordless or wandless magic could be help in dueling, not having to worry about if your opponents disarmed or casts a tongue tying spell on you. The third year imagined it was just as helpful as the Viridian Vipers Captain; Dmiti Jones unique ability with splitting spells that he always admired.

Henry turned the page, reading each word with focus and concentration, determined to memorize the book when his orange feline companion; Loki jumped onto the table and sat in front of his onwer. Staring him down with amber eyes, watching Henry's every moment.

The third year wasn't paying attention to Loki or even knew that he was on the table, staring at him. Henry turned the page of the book, blue eyes examining each word with care as his mind raced to store the information away for later.

"Meow!"

Startled, Henry snapped his neck up and nearly fell backwards in his chair as he stumbled backward a bit. His blue eyes landed on his feline, staring him down and clearly not pleased to have spent majority of the day stuck inside in the libary.

Henry looked around, making sure that his feline didn't disrupt anyone or cause some chaos before turning back to Loki as he whispered" Loki, quiet or they'll us- you out." However, that wasn't response that the feline wanted and while he couldn't understand human words, he saw his onwer wasn't moving or leaving the library.

"Meow! Meow! Meow!!!"

Loki stretched his neck back and cried loudly, holding the last one for a bit longer causing Henry to set his book on the table and scramble to his feet as he reach and out to pick up his orange feline.

Holding Loki in his arms, Henry whispered" fine! I'll put everything away then we'll go for a walk around the grounds just be quiet." The teen set his feline on the ground who started to lick his paw then clean his ears with it as Henry put back the pile of books he had out into their correct spots.

Once he was done, Henry gave a light whistle calling to his feline. Loki ran to Henru and clawed up his pant leg and and shirt to his owner's right shoulder where the feline sat.

Henry walked through the library with his feline sitting on his right shoulder, Loki's amber eyes watching the scene. The third year left the library and walked through the corridors toward the grounds, be figured that it was nearly noon but didn't worry about finding the great hall for lunch since he was planning to skip the meal as usual.

The third year took a step outside in the grounds, crossing his arms loosely over his chest as he took a breath closing his eyes as he did so.

There was something about the breeze that circled hogwarts and the sweet smell of the grass before the first days of snows that always felt so comforting and pleasing to the young wizard.

Henry opened his eyes and looked around, he expected to see less people out in the grounds at that time especially since it was close to noon.

A variety of noises surrounded his ears and swirled around his mind as a handful of smells sneeped into his nose and overwhelm him but also feeding his ever looming anxiety that hovered over him similar to a invisible rain cloud only the third year could feel.

Following the noises and scents, Hsnry walked through the grounds. Blue eyes looking around for the source wondering what was happening that day and what he will walk into. Nearing close to the origin, Henry came to a sudden halt when he saw it.

A group of students attepmting to train their pets, the third year saw two ravenclaws he knew and liked. Juniper Kelly and Clair Fernandez, looking from them to the others he also recognized the hufflepuff prefect and dueling captain; Willow Anderson who ran one of his duels last year.

The teen couldn't find any of his friends and while he wasn't expecting walking down to the grounds and seeing the group that day, he still at least hoped one of his friends would be there. Smiling softly to himself as he imagined of his bunk mate and friend; Avery Chen try to train his pet, curious how well his pet would learn and what the kid would teach his pet.

Then thinking of his stepsister; Rose Moon and imagining her trying to train Chaska. The third year wondered if her feline is treat motivated or affection motivated, perhaps he'll ask her the next time he their together.

Henry looked on at the group, he considered turning back. His anxiety spiraling in his mind, presenting every situation that could go wrong and how he can cause it and ruin their fun. Henry stared at them, blue eyes longing to join in and try Loki a bit more than he already have. The third year have trained Loki a but since he got him last year but he hadn't had much time to train him that year with classes and dueling practices and friend's.

"Meow."

Henry smiled softly at the call of his feline, the two felt like polar opposites sometimes but also seemed to be the push that the other needed to decide on a decision or join a group.

Taking a breath, Henry hid all his emotions behind the barrier. Only a soft smile could be seen on his face as he walked toward the group looking at each student there as he walked toward the hufflepuff prefect and dueling captain first.

Offering the girl a soft smile as he spoke" hello, I'm guessing you set this up?" Henry took a moment pause if she wanted to reply seh could and for him to take a breath before continuing" well this is a brilliant and you can count on me on coming if you do this again," offering a nod toward the hufflepuff then her feline as well who the third year noticed was orange or partly orange as well.

Walking toward Clair, Henry gave her a small nod as he spoke" Hey," then walked over Juniper watching the girl try to train her frog as he smiled a little before speaking" Hey, so that's your frog? He's cute," Henry offered the ravenclaw first year a smile as Loki jumped from his right shoulder and Henry looked at him, smiling softly as he spoke" Sit."

The feline sat, Henry looked over at Loki and spoke" lay down." The feline gave a yawn and decided to examined the group with his amber eyes instead, the third year knew he was in for a challenge when it came to training his feline.

Loki is a intelligent feline that is quite stubborn and does things when he wants to, the feline has trust issues so its a challenge for him to trust others but he does like to be around other animals including small ones such as toads, rodents, and so on....

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MWAHAHAHAHA! The small, yet tiny, Part Goblin thought to himself. He was to be invited to a training jamboree... hosted by Willow? The Hufflepuff Prefect and Dueling Co-Captain? That was... odd. And why would he see posters across the school? He doesn't even have a pet, not even a measly little worm! Well, there was one at home, but not with him at Hogwarts, as the stony school seemed to love to shut down his ideas. His ideas of destroying toilets every time it was sat on, or even touched, or if anyone looked at anything except Cody, they'd be on fire.

UGH! Why did that school seem to despise him? He had a ultimate motive. That was to attend the Training Jamboree, see if he can manipulate the people attending into giving him a pet. That was all he wanted, and for some reason, he had to be shut down? Well, manipulation didn't seem to work on the staff at Hogwarts, not even the second year. CURSE YOU. It would have to be time to attend the dang Jamboree.

Those who truly knew the Part Goblin might think that he gave the goblin heritage a bad name, others may argue, as they have seen Cody's good side, which was rather rare if you were to think about it, and to be fair, Cody hated that side of him, as it made him feel vulnerable. There seemed to be quite a few people there, including Willow, the Hufflepuff Prefect, and her pet, Buttons. Juni- why would Cody need to finish that name? Juniper- UGH- PAGE- NO. The monstrous short girl with red hair showed up with her brownie frog- at least, that had to be what she named him. Or got bribed to at least.

An unfamiliar second year had entered the Part Goblin's eyes. Cade was his name, and of course, he had to be someone of importance at Hogwarts if he was to name his warty toad- well, to be nice, it was a frog, if he was to name it after something so nice, like Bartles, wouldn't that signify royalty? Of course, Cody was quite prejudicial and he always thought that if you make Cody mad, he'd be quick to make enemies with you, so as always, he'd look around, make grumpy faces, and hold out his wand as if using it as a threat. Someone was in a bad mood today!

... Clair, someone Cody knew, and was also his enemy, went to a odd cat with a bow on it, and for some reason, named it Sandy. Why would you do that? Go with something cool, like Deathbringer, or Moonstalker! Something dark and chilling, not something so cute and adoring. That was what scared Cody, as if someone would name him something cute. Now, Cody did not have a problem with the poem that Juniper wrote for him on his birthday, which was a little under a month ago.

Now, the girl with the cat was oddly giving him... food? Cody wanted to walk up to the girl and tell her that Sandy shouldn't get human food, except for Peanut Butter, as that seemed to be the only decent food to go with those horrid mouse chasing, snake killing, spider eating, bug smacker cats. And this cat seemed to be half the size of Cody when sitting, and Cody quickly turned around before he thought about what the cat could reach if the cat were to scratch him if the cat stood up.

Antoinette Asteria, yet another enemy of Cody, also looked around for pets, and ended up training Mittens, another horrid beast, while the owner gets to do luxurious homework. Being in a room surrounded by enemies and a prefect was rather frightening to Cody, as he began to realize what could happen once that Prefect left, but he desperately turned and discovered Henry... with his cat. Cody was allergic to cats, which was why he despised them so much.

"Bro. What is Loki doing here? Why am I surrounded by enemies? Is this a trap to get me detention? Bro, I swear you know the answer." Well, you have to admit, Cody was feeling rather suspicious of everything going on. Which was that sweet things were occurring, YUCK, and his enemies surrounded him. A Hufflepuff prefect was in the room as well, but at least he'd come across someone he didn't know, and one of his two friends.

The Part Goblin began to sneeze rather violently, and Cody was starting to regret coming here. The other person he saw in the room was someone he met in the past, but never wanted to talk to her for fears that she would slap Cody in front of everyone. Lizzy scared Cody, and Cody didn't know exactly why that was so.

Trying to blend in, but also attempting to avoid the cursed hairy animals he saw so many of just by arriving, he came across another eleven year old boy, also taller than Cody was, who had a common rat. Cody was obsessed with rats when he discovered that rats were the reason for the bubonic plague, better known as the black death. That was a really immersing topic for Cody, since he had interest in that. Of course, regardless of what Muggle science have said, it had to be a stupid wizard or jealous witch casting a curse which ended up killing populations in Europe. Indeed, it was sad, and Cody was really sorry about that, but the rat in front of him seemed to be a little under twenty eight centimetre.

Cody asked as politely as his fake facade would allow him to, and the taller eleven year old boy allowed him to borrow the rat for a little bit, as long as Cody didn't get him killed. But the boy refused to tell Cody the name of the rat, so Cody decided to give it a little nickname, something that sounded cool, after a neat dragon book series he read just before he got to Hogwarts, Wings of Fire, and he decided to give it a nickname of a hybrid of a Nightwing and a Seawing, and called it Darksea.

"Alright Darksea! Get off my long fingers! NOW!" Cody said, rather hastily. He had quite an attitude today, and if that rat was to bite Cody, perhaps Cody deserved it.

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Juniper, who was sitting criss-cross, cleared her throat and made an attempt once more to get her baby frog to jump. Really it shouldn't be this hard since he was, well, a frog! Juniper looked up to the sound of the voice, wondering if it was directed to her. She turned to the boy, and seeing his eyes on her and her frog, she realized he was talking to her. "Oh, maybe! I mean, he's not the smartest either way." She chuckled and pulled out a little brown bag. "I mean I have some crickets, I guess I could try? But knowing him he'd jump this once for the food then go back to not doing it.." She knew her frog was right here, but it wasn't a secret of what a lazy butt he was. Even if he was still adorable. "Yeah, for dogs they call it hand signals! That's how we trained my dog back at home, I just supposed frogs are different." She shrugged. Maybe it was weird of her to think such a thing?

She looked at the frog in the boy's hand. "Aww! Girl or boy and what's the name?" She asked eagerly. Truth be told, she hadn't expected many others to have frogs here. For some reason not many people liked them. Poor things! Just because they were 'warty' doesn't mean they can't be loved! For one, all the kids here go to a school CALLED Hogwarts!

Since more kids were coming, Juniper wasn't surprised when a girl walked up with a pet. "Aw, Hi, Mittens! Cutey!" She looked up at the girl from the ground with a grin. "Yeah, Course!" She grinned wider as the girl took interest in the frogs. "This is Ribbit Browney Jr, like the muggle actor! He's a little silly sometimes" Following the girl's gaze, she noticed Clair having trouble with a cat. "Agreed! I'm more of a frog person anyway!"

Juniper spotted a familiar orange cat. "Loki!" So that meant Henry was here! "Hey, Henry! Yeah, this is the great Ribbit Brownie Jr. I told ya about!" That was when they first met, Juni remembered. That was also when Juniper realized that purebloods don't know what Marvel is. It still stings.

Juniper watched Henry train his smart cat. "Hey at least he knows sit! How'd you teach him that? With treats, or..." She tilted her head at her frog. "This lazy froggo doesn't want to do Anything!" But you could tell she still cared for her pet, really.

Juniper was having a good time for a while until she got... a bad feeling. She looked around and saw why. Cody Stevenson had come to join. She rolled her eyes and looked back at her frog, but couldn't help but watch as Cody sneezed around the cats. An idea formed in her head. "Henry! Mind if I pet Loki?" She asked hurriedly, hoping he didn't say no.

She reached her hand out to the pet and hoped he still liked her like when she first met the feline. She needed an excuse to be away from Stevenson.
"Bro. What is Loki doing here? Why am I surrounded by enemies? Is this a trap to get me detention? Bro, I swear you know the answer."
Juniper rolled her eyes some more. "Excuse me" She said to Cody with bitter sweetness. "We're trying to have a good time, thank you very MUCH!"

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