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Originally Posted by AmbiguouslyMe

The Pied Piper had been having little luck getting the children of this place to follow him. Other than the one boy following his lead and going to the book, he'd mostly been ignored.

What powers did these children have to resist his flute?

Cloaked still in green, over, of course, the uniform it seemed required he wear, The Pied Piper had taken to following the children, instead. To classes.

He would need to learn more about this place and these children if he was going to be able to lead them away.

Perhaps to that forest on the edge of the grounds.

Flute in hand and hood up, he entered the room... immediately finding that his feet had left the ground. Well, then. This was certainly different. "Eep," he squeaked, softly, paddling his arms and legs in the air to try to propel himself over to a rock.

Grabbing on, he latched his foot in a groove to hold himself steady. Raising the flute ot his lips, he began to play a soft and low tune.

... uhhh... oh...kay?

Botros, with his trident and his golden conch in his lap, just listened happily to the boy who decided rightfully to entertain the king of this underwater castle. He smiled and nodded with the not-so-bad melodies coming off the flute. "Bravo bravo!" He clapped lightly, looking at everyone else and urging them to clap with him. "You'll certainly be rewarded. SEBASTIAN!" Where was his faithful, dedicated consular?

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Originally Posted by hermionesclone

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Putting his previous swimming lessons to good use, Grayson starting swimming around and further into the classroom to try and get a better view of the classroom. This was so freaking AWESOME. Spinning around, he gave the Professor -- who was sitting on a THRONE. MAN! -- a wave, his biggest smile to date spread across his face. Could they talk down here?

"Hey, Professor Botros! AWESOME set up!" he called, watching as some bubbles escaped from his mouth. Uh huh! Much Whitty approval.

Botros beamed at the floating boy, he didn't understand why kids were strolling (read: floating) into the classroom but he certainly was mighty impressed with how kind all those peasants were. "Professor is a mundane word we don't use here, but you will be rewarded as well for your kindness and enthusiasm. It is my own doing." In an awfully small place, this was all he could do in the short time giving to him. "SEBASTIAN!" He called for the little crab.

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Originally Posted by Hera

Ancient Runes sounded about as fun as Arithmancy, only this time he hoped not to lose points for stupid things like names. But really, he didn't know much about Runes aside from the fact that it involved symbols carved and drawn onto things. Like... a different language. He only hoped it was EASIER than learning another language, cause he was still failing at French despite Ashley and Avery's best efforts. There were too many weird sounds and words his mouth just couldn't wrap around.

His initial expectations for Runes were that it would be like Arithmancy. Desks and chairs and a board. But when he entered the 'classroom' he was blown away... almost very much literally. WHY WAS HE FLOATING IN THE AIRRRR?!

Zeke flailed a bit before taking in the sights. It was, under water? HOW?! ... and then of course the term MAGIC came to mind. The floating thing too, would be magic, how FUN!

"Hhh--hehhh.. hello," he stammered as he swam/drifted further inside and tried to get a grasp of something, anything... and failing.

BAH!

"Help?"

Stuttering kid, aww, he met dozens of those. It wasn't easy to face the king, he could understand the overwhelming feeling that was probably overcoming the poor kid. Botros waved at him as another student helped him get... settled.

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Originally Posted by nicole black

Justine hadn't been very keen on Ancient Ruins, actually she wasn't keen on any class lately, a feeling which stemmed fine a combination of her own restlessness and how half the student body was behaving like escaped insane asylum patients. Astronomy had been the worst of it all, Hooksteed and the other characters had made a disaster of the lesson (which had really bugged Justine because it was actually one of her favorite classes), needless to say, Justine had excused herself early.

However, she thought she might give Bostros a chance.

Entering the classroom, Justine was not disappointed. The Professor had gone all out: the throne, changing around the classroom to make it look like an ocean, the rocks... And then Justine began floating, her body lifting into the air like a balloon. It was incredible! She grinned, trying it out, floating about classroom, though, one thing that wasn't great was the issue of her skirt....

Frowning to herself, Justine took out her wand and quickly transfigured them into shorts. There much better, now she could keep her modesty. "Professor, zis is amazing." Justine said, unable to keep the thought to herself as she slipped into one of the alcoves.

Maybe this would actually end up being enjoyable.

One of his daughters was hiding in one of the alcoves, and yet again calling him 'professor'. What a funny blue-dressing girl she was. "I am glad you like it. It's home. Come sit here with me on this fine shell, dear." Princesses were allowed to sit next to his throne.

"SEBASTIAN!" he called out once again.

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Originally Posted by Squishy

Entering the classroom, Lux was startled to find herself feeling like her feet had left the floor which could only mean that she was falling. A fear of heights went hand and hand with a fear of falling, so of course she started panicking....until she realized that she wasn't falling. She was FLOATING.

Still kind of freaky since she was off the ground, but at least there was no gravity, which meant no hard landings. That made Lux feel a little better. "Hi, Professor Botros! This is so cool." You know...when you stopped feeling freaked out about the no gravity thing, which should hopefully happen for her soon. Spotting some engravings on the wall, she figured that they were probably going to be a part of today's lesson.

Another daughter of his! How splendid. "Is it not? Come take a seat by us, princess." He gestured to another shell hovering in the air next to his throne. "And this professor-calling is not necessary, you know that." His majesty would do just fine.

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Originally Posted by Holmesian Feline

Morning had been a great matter of confusion. The choice of clothing had been all wrong, everything rather drab and red always reminded him of the Queen. But the choice of headgear was worse. He couldn't find a single hat in his belongings besides a simple pointy black one. Ugg...he much preferred top hats! So very proud and dignified. Never the less, he had put the hat upon his messy head of bed hair and strolled about the castle wary of the Queen of Hearts and her cards until he noticed people heading into a room.

Oooooo something had to be going on!

He followed along with a jaunty step, quickly grabbing for his hat as it seemed to come right off his head. Until he noticed he himself was now floating above the floor. "Oh...De-LIGHT-ful!!" he exclaimed with a laugh as he moved around in the xero gravity. "I don't supposed you have a pot of tea?" he asked, as he did a minor flip almost quite by accident gaining another chuckle.

Oh look...the young woman from the table the other day.

Waaaaavvvvee!

Oh the weird hat-wearing young man was an odd one, indeed. "We have everything we need here, but you must be of service to us first, for us to reward you with what you need." He smiled serenely at him and looked around for, "SEBASTIAN!" again. He handled those things, really. Where was he?

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Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19

Adi had been expecting the usual set up for Ancient Runes. Not this It looked so cool! And the students that were there already were floating/ hovering. He eagerly stepped into the room and was immediately lifted off of his feet.

WOOOOAH!

Professor Botros had a THRONE. Awesome! Adi used his hands to propel him over to Grayson. Just as the other boy was enthusiastically calling over to the Professor. "Hello, Professor. What Grayson said.''

"Yo, Grayson. What's up?'' How about a fist bump? Oh loooky! Bubbles were floating around him and the Slytherin. Cool! Adi grabbed hold of a rock and pushed himself off which caused him to float backwards.

WooooHooooo! This was FUUUUUN!

"I thank you, kid, though no need to call me with such a mundane title. I do want to reward you for your kindness and appreciation of the royal home, but I seem to have lost one of my good servants. SEBASTIAN!" He hollered, slowly losing his patience.

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Originally Posted by Daydreamer11

Jasmine slowly made her way to the Ancient Runes classroom. She was not anxious to get there because this was definitely the most difficult class for her. Refusing to give up when things were challenging, she was determined to give it her best effort.

When she entered the room, Jasmine was startled as her feet left the floor. She began to float and realized that the room and been changed into an underwater setting. If she hadn't been so surprised, she would have immediately realized how cool it was there. As it was, it took her a few minutes to appreciate the awesomeness of the room.

"Hello Professor", Jasmine said as she floated by him. Then she gave underwater waves to Adi and Lux. This was going to be very interesting.

"Oh dear, child, come closer and take a seat next to your sisters here on this shell." He waved with his trident to indicate the shell seat on his left side. "And stop with the professor calling like all the other humans." Pishposh.

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Originally Posted by Optimist

What the heck? Puck tucked a section of her hair behind her ear as she glanced around the classroom. Magic was wonderful wasn't it? The desks were gone, there wasn't a blackboard. Heck Professor Botros was sitting on a throne in the front of the room like King Triton.

Really, this was Ancient Runes...he was probably Ægir or Rán...but considering the weirdness of the school he could have been something else entirely. "Hello Professor Botros" Puck sent the old man a quick smile as she felt as though she was floating, the bubbles were one of the most interesting part of the class really.

"Hey Lux" she grinned at her friend and looked around the classroom. This illusion was so much fun, she continued to grin around at everyone.

Another one of his daughters! Botros waved at her enthusiastically and tapped another shell seat with him trident. "Come join us, princess. We shall all behold the beauty of the king's daughters." Come come! And stop with the professor calling already! What was wrong with his beloved daughters lately?

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Originally Posted by Felixir

One minute Toby was walking into the Ancient Runes classroom, swinging his schoolbag along side hime (and noting that Professor Botros was not waiting at the door), and the next... floating.

He gasped, understandably surprised. Only for a moment though, because attending Hogwarts meant that this sort of thing happened without warning aaaaaaaaaall the time.

"Coooooooool!" Toby exclaimed, floating and 'swimming' around. He wasted no time at all in somersaulting through the air/water, laughing gleefully. And then, of course, he finally spotted Botros. "Hi Professor Botros! This is super neat!"

Time to explore? Heck yes.

Botros beamed at the new young man who floated into his castle. "Thank you, I am pleased to know my humble home pleases you. You will be rewarded accordingly." He looked around and shouted once more. "SEBASTIAN?" Where in Poseidon's name was that crab!?

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Originally Posted by ArianaBlack

The Gryffindor noticed two things upon entering the room. One, who was playing the flute? Two...... Was he floating? What the heck is going on? As if Ancient Runes wasn't confusing enough.... This was weird. Zander looked around and grabbed onto rocks as he made his way towards-- That boy who was having a lot of trouble (Zeke). Poor guy was probably even MORE confused than Zander was and now THAT was saying something.

He reached his arm out towards the kid, but still held on to one of the rocks, just incase you know? Wouldn't want them both sinking or whatever. "Uh, grab on!" Bubbles?

Oh yeah, and he also smiled in Botros's directions, but he didn't have a hang of this whole underwater-but-not-really thing so he didn't "swim" over there.

Oh what a valour little thing he was! Botros was utterly impressed with the initiative this peasant had showed in helping another in the presence of the king. "What a boy! What a marvelous way of showing your competence in our program for young seahorse knights!" He clapped lightly. "You'll be rewarded handsomely regardless. SEBASTIAN!" Where was that pathetic excuse of a friend, errgh.

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Originally Posted by Sararara

Dorothy poked her head through the door and felt her mouth fall open. There was WATER on this side of the rainbow? Her head swiveled from side to side as she floated through the room. It was so...blue. Spotting a man seated in a throne, she propelled herself sa fast as she could in his direction. "Hello! Are you the wizard?" she asked excitedly. Home! She could get to go home! Dorothy looked down at her empty basket. "I'll find you too, Toto."

... he was cut off by a confusing and confused girl.

"Uh, well, I sure do possess the powerful magical instrument in all seven seas." He clutched his trident and raised it over their heads proudly. "I am the King, I have the power over strong magic, and for that I truly am a wizard." Though this title was lame and not at all fit to a royal merman such as himself.

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Originally Posted by Expecto-Penguin

Times for another Ancient Runes class. Kace was quite excited for this he always loved coming to these lessons plus he and Bostros were cool with each other. As he entered the classroom he noticed all his classmates were floating. He gave them a quizzical look and stepped in and knew why. He was floating too like he was underwater.

WWOOOAAHHHHH!!!!

He felt himself like he was swimming which i am sure it was intended since it was an underwater scene. He saw some rocks to hold onto but he was having too much fun. He was starting to do back flips and front flips in the air. He wondered where the professor was for all of this? He saw him and waved to him. "Hello Professor!!" he called out while still floating.

... even though he was tired of people calling him 'professor', Botros waved at the boy all king-like. "Hello, my dear."

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Originally Posted by griffin

Penelope was really looking forward to runes class this term. She found the subject fascinating, and wanted to learn more about runes. When she entered the room, however, she began to have serious doubts about the class. Someone please say that this was just about the rune they would be studying today and that Professor Botros had not been possessed by a fairy tale character. It couldn't be worse than the astronomy lesson had been, could it? Deciding to find out for herself if the runes professor was himself today, Penelope floated over to the professor. "Good day, Professor Botros. I'm looking forward to studying runes this term." After greeting the professor, she found a rock at the edge of the room to hold on to.

... aww, such a cutie commoner this one was. She was obviously confused and also overcome by the overwhelming presence of the King. "Runes indeed are something to learn about. I've inherited the knowledge from my ancestors, you'd notice those carvings on the walls of this corner of my castle. But no need for such mundane titles, dear, I am simply the King." He smiled warmly at her.

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Originally Posted by Holmesian Feline

"Hello dear sir," he greeted with a big smile. "Mighty fine chair you can there." Indeed it was more throne than chair which made him stick out even more than being the only one sitting and not floating." I wonder if I may ask if its your un-birthday?" Special chair for a special day, he always said. Or was it special chair for any sort of day? The Hatter chuckled as he realized he wasn't quite sure which it was.

The odd man with the odd hat was back again. and Botros blinked at him once before he scratched his chin. "I don't... think so... no. IS IT ANYONE'S BIRTHDAY TODAY?" He asked the entire crowd, maybe this man had a trick up his sleeve for the king if anyone's birthday was today? Eh?

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Originally Posted by Edward Penguin

Pinocchio followed the directions he had seen on the board. It wasn't as difficult as he thought it would be when he started reading. He had looked long and hard to find a hat that would suit him. He had even stuck a feather into it and then he hadn't found any short pant outfits like papa gepetto had made for him, but he had cut the legs off of some regular coveralls and now he was properly outfitted like a boy his age should be. He had been whistling as he entered the classroom, his bright yellow shirt peeking out from under the bib of his outfit.

As he walked over the threshold he began to feel himself lifting off of the ground. It was very much like being a marionette in a show. He was used to feeling of being in the air, but without the strings. Oh boy! We're going to be in a real boy puppet show and everyone is dancing like they have no strings. I'll bet the puppetmaster will be very happy with how well we do a show. He had said this to no one in particular, but he noticed his satchel trying to float past him. He reached out to grab it and then for a rock. Very, very fun. This will be the best puppet show ever. He looked up to see who was operating the show, but he saw one who looked like he was in charge. Hi there! I'll bet Papa Gepetto would love to know how you operate so many puppets at one time.

Papa Gepetto? Botros smiled nervously at the boy. "I am sure your papa would love to come and be at the presence of the king--" i.e. himself. "--you may bring him over any time. He and his... puppets. I operate no shows, I am the king, but my Sebastian does, hold on a moment. SEBASTIAN!" That crab was SO getting cooked tonight!

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Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo

There was always this one thing about Ancient Runes. Either you walked in and knew the class would be dead boring or you found yourself gearing up for something epic--never something in between, always one or the other. This was one of those epic classes as Lex had come to find out. No sooner than she'd entered did she feel herself floating up and up. Coupled with the class set up, this was brilliant!

Not wishing to float too far up, she hooked her arm around one of the nearby rocks to come to some form of a stop. It was official; she didn't care what they were learning today, this class was already a win.

"Good day Professor, nice throne you got there. Lemme guess, Kind Trident?" Only joking of course. After seeing Professor Airey get taken by hook she would allow herself to be entertained by the idea. It used to be unlikely but you never knew these days. He could be anyone, even himself. This was probably just one of those classes, you know?

"Is this to help us in learning more about 'Lagaz'?" Nice way of introducing the topic. Well thought out. Hats off to you Professor.

While waiting for the class to start Lex watched some of her classmates that seemed to not be all that there in the head. Had they found the book too? Merlin this was getting to be an infestation. Wonder what antics this class would bring and if she'd actually stick around to see this time.

"Oh there you are, princess! Come join me and your sisters on those shells, the show will start in no time." Ignoring what crazy Ariel was saying, Botros tapped one of the empty shell seats with his trident. Almost all of his daughters were here, how wonderful, now if only Sebastian would show up already!

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Originally Posted by Wood'sLittleFlower

Floating.

She was floating.

Once her feet made it into the room, she was instantly lifted off of the ground and didn't know what to make of it all. She was... mostly uncomfortable. The whole floating thing? Yeah, not for her. She couldn't keep herself upright and was on a slow forward flipping path toward anything or anyone she could grab onto.

And the first thing that she happened to reach? A rock. A rock that happened to be very far from everyone else. So, she clung to it and kept her eyes forward on the front of the classroom.

This was going to be an interesting class.......

"Oh Aquata! There you are, princess. Come sit with us, too. Come, come. SEBASTIAN!" He gestured at the shell seat next to his throne for her to take a seat at. Luckily for her, she wouldn't be floating once her bottom touched the shell.

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Originally Posted by Ginevra

With all the goings on around the school especially the recent classes, Samantha was nervous about attending the lesson. Ancient Runes was a subject that she didn't do so well in. Samantha entered the classroom and was amazed at the set-up of the classroom. It was almost serene. After giving Professor Botros a smile and saying to him, "Hello, Professor," Sam floated over to where Penelope was and held onto the rock next to her.

"Afternoon, dear." The king smiled back at the kid. There were awfully so many kids today at this corner of his castle. "No need for you to call with mundane titles. King works just fine." Beam.

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Originally Posted by SpiritWolfe Malfoy

There was two things the young Slytherin noticed as she reached the doorway to Ancient Runes. The first being there was no desks or chairs anywhere. The other was everyone was floating? Tilting her head slightly she entered the room and was instantly swept up off her feet and into the air/water!

Whoa! This was so awesome! Floating/swimming through the through the air she waved her hand at Professor Botros. "Hello Professor!" She chirped excitedly. Flailing her arms a bit Hady made her way towards one of the small alcoves grabbing onto it and peering inside.

"It is King, but hello back to you, dear. So, what do you have for us today? Surely you're here to entertain the King and his daughters." He looked around for the supposedly director of this show. "SEBASTIAN!"

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Originally Posted by Govoni

The best thing about Runes...in Gabriel's honest opinion...was that it did not deal in plants OR animals. Usually.

Carving something was easy enough, right? He hadn't really done so before....but from a theory stand point, it'd been sorted. Papers had been written about the individual runes...Without having carved any of them, though, Gabe couldn't have rightfully said which was his favorite.

Probably Sowilo.

............Wait. What?

Why...........were people.....floating....around the room...and clutching....onto rocks? What. Was. This?

He'd seriously considered turning around INSTANTLY....and storming BACK to Ravenclaw House...but....Well...he caught sight of CB.

...and she was clinging to a rock....like her life depended on it.

Gabe knew coming to this school had been a bad idea. He'd known it'd be a disaster. He'd get....attached to people...and then feel compelled to do stupid stuff...like enter a room with zero gravity, apparently. Hadn't they just dealt with Astronomy craziness?! Wasn't this RUNES?!

Oh, no.........Captain Hook wasn't going to make another appearance, was he?...

No, no....that couldn't have been right. This seemed...more ocean? like?

Okay. Whatever.

He entered the classroom...clutching onto his bag, and tried making his way towards said CB. Gabe....needed to speak to her, anyway...

More kids were floating in but the precious crab was not yet here. Could it be he was abducted by the envious enemies of the King??? Oh Odin's mercy may fall upon his beloved crab if that was right. Botros suddenly blew into his golden conch, defeanening the entire room with the BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO sound to get everyone's attention.

"EVERYONE, LISTEN UP." Most of them were kids and the age of his beloved daughters but they would do for a rescue mission. "The kingdom's dear friend and dedicated servant, Sebastian, seems to be MISSING. I REPEAT, HE IS MISSING." His voice was booming through the room with angry bubbles forming around his face. He waved them off with his hand. "ARRANGE YOURSELVES IN GROUPS AND START SEARCHING FOR HIM IN HERE IMMEDIATELY." He looked around at his daughters. "ALSO, SOME OF MY DAUGHTERS NEED THEIR HAIR BRUSHED." Specifically Ariel. "YOU WILL BE REWARDED FOR YOUR SERVICE, DO NOT LAG. BOTH JOBS ARE EQUALLY IMPORTANT." Searching for Sebastian and tending to his daughters' hair.

He sat back on the throne with a very serious, distressed look on his face.