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When the class had filed into the room, D had several tables, each laid out with an egg, each one in a box and swaddled in a blanket for warmth. The room itself, in fact, was overly warm as well, though it didn't seem to bother D any.

"Today we will be looking at dragons," he said. "Or, more correctly, we will be looking at several types of creature which are likely to be called 'dragon', though the name may not be wholly correct in each instance.

"For this exercise, you will split into groups, each with an egg, and then deduce which type of 'dragon' comes out of it." D gestured to where each table had a stack of books on it. "Those will help you to figure it out, as long as you look carefully. Please be very gentle, but know that dragons, even small ones, can bite."

[OOC: Split up into groups of three, if you please. The egg will begin to hatch as soon as someone touches them and each comment will give a clue as to what type it is. OCD is ~~coming~~ up.

ETA: ~~Commuting home now, will respond to tags ASAP upon getting home.~~ HOME NOW.]

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The glitter got Cedric's attention and he took a seat at table four.

Jo tilted her head at the egg as she sat down next to Cedric. "Shiny."

"It is," he said. "Are there glittery dragons?"

Jo flipped through one of the books. "I'm not finding anything," she said. "Maybe it's a boykissy dragon?"

"A boy dragon that kisses other boy dragons?" Cedric asked. "Boykissy is universal?"

"No reason for it not to be," Jo said. "And it'd be boring if it wasn't."

"I didn't even know dragons had an interest in kissing," Cedric told her. He leaned closer to look at the egg. "It doesn't smell bad."

"Well, boy-whatever dragons do instead of kissing," Jo amended. "Guess that means it's not bad?"

"Possibly." He looked up. "Did you want to touch it first?"

"Okay," Jo said, warily reaching a fingertip towards the egg. "Wonder if it'll look like Spot."

"Spot?"

"Lizard the teacher gave me to look after," Jo said. "He's a Leopard gecko, so Spot."

"Oh." He nodded. "I thought you were comparing a dog and a dragon for a moment."

Jo grinned. "That'd be an interesting looking dog."

"Priceless too, if it was a fire breathing dog," Cedric said.

"You'd go through a lot of postmen though."

"They'd probably deserve it," Cedric said, looking back at the egg. "Touch it. I'm ready in case it explodes or oozes goo."

"Right," Jo nodded, and gently poked the egg with her forefinger.

Cedric watched intently, waiting for a full grown dragon to leap from the egg.

"That was a little anti-climatic, don't you think?" Jo asked softly, still watching the egg.

The egg finally chimed and wobbled in place a little, a spider-webbing of cracks spreading across its surface.

"It just needed time to wake up," Cedric said, pointing at the cracks.

Jo nodded, and watched. "What do you think it'll be like?"

"Shiny," Cedric said immediately. "And...lots of white teeth." He could almost see it as a dragon version of Gilderoy Lockhart.

The cracks spread and shards of egg shell began to fall like sequins, chiming softly as they hit the tabletop. A tiny paw poked out of a hole and waved frantically.

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