The easiest way to get from one floor to the next is to take the staircase. But, you' better watch out! It moves

Nicholai decided that his time would be better spent in the common room, finishing the last of his homework than stalking around the corridors aimlessly. He was getting the hang of the moving staircases now, and barely noticed when the portion he was on swung sideways to connect to another. He stepped across the threshold the moment that he could and continued his descent.

He looked up as he heard a thump that was slightly out of place amongst the groaning of the moving staircases and the mutterings of the portraits. After a minute he spotted a kid huddled up in the middle of the opposite staircase. Nicholai sighed; there wasn't anyone else around and the kid was a Slytherin, so he waited for the part of the stairs he was on to swing around again and made his way to where the kid was. After a bit of manouvering and patience Nico reached the staircase and approached the kid who couldn't have been any older than Cela.He wondered howthe kid got all the way over here since this part of the stairs didn't link up with the rest very often at all.

"Do you need some help?"

At least it was a distraction from Kayla. A certain hufflepuff.

Odd... that didn't sound like a portrait's voice...It sounded rather like a student, actually. Raiden opened his eyes and there indeed was a student standing there... Oh! Celandine's brother! What an unfortunate circumstance to meet the older boy in, though... huddled up on a moving stairwell, about to be sick all over the place, and possibly several other places depending on where the stairs decided to move...

"Hello, Celandine's brother," he said softly, wobbling as he stood, one hand on his tummy. "I'm, er, o-"

He'd been about to express that he was okay, which would have been an utter and complete lie, when the stairs lurched a bit again. The hand that was still gripping the railing shot up to his mouth and his face dropped a few shades; he wobbled a bit more before leaning against the rail awkwardly to maintain his balance.

"I ate...something," he managed. "Dunno what...Hospital Wing? Where?"

The rest of the words were distorted and lost with the presence of his hand. But really, he couldn't unclamp it from his mouth, what if he were to be sick all over Celandine's brother?! That would just be rude!

Nicholai raised his eyebrows at the way the kid addressed him; Celandine's brother? So he'd be a friend of Cela's then which made sense since she tended to surround herself with Slytherins.

Nicholai couldn't help but step back in alarm at the look on the kid's face; there was no way he'd stand being vomited on. Nicholai had imperviused his clothes recently, but the idea of it alone was something he couldn't fathom. The merest flicker crossed his expression at the thought and he sighed; he couldn't just leave the kid.

"Sit down." Nicholai gently took the kid's shoulder and arm and eased him to a seated position on the stair. "You are right; I am Cela's brother, my name is Nicholai."

Nico pulled his wand from his sleeve as he spoke to the boy in a calm tone.
"Impedimenta!" Nicholai cast the charm on the part of the stairs they were on so that it wouldn't move for a little while. Once he was satisfied that the stairs were motionless he bent down and regarded the kid.

"What is your name? Do you know what it was you ate?"

Piper was walking up the staircases toward the 7th floor corridor and she noticed two boys sitting there, both of them appeared to be Slytherin's and she frowned for one looked like he was going to be sick. She was about to stop and ask if she could help, when she noticed who else sat there.

Ohh dearPiper thought to herself as she rolled her violet eyes and tossed her black hair over her shoulder. I wonder where his drooling fan girls are?She asked herself as she looked Nico over and shook her head, I don't know why every girl in in a huff, he is not that cute at all..She smiled slightly to herself as she walked by.. ignoring Nico totally, but giving the younger Slytherin boy a look of concern.. She sighed.. but realized she probably couldn't do anything..

Tasha walked up the stairs behind a girl who looked like she was in Gryffindor. As she reached the landing she saw two boys sitting against the wall. Both of them was in her house so she decided to see what was wrong.

"Hi... I'm Tasha... I s everything okay?" She asked as she knelt down beside them.

Sitting down was definitely better than standing. Raiden allowed the older boy to lower him onto the step again; he could feel that strange numbness going through his jaw that happened just before he got sick. Merlin, he hated that... A small flicker of alarm cut through him when Celandine's brother- er, Nicholai, he reminded himself- pulled out his wand. Merlin's pinky finger, was he going to jinx him on top of him being ill? He was a Slytherin, so... there was really no expected behaviour in his House. Not that he'd met a mean Slytherin yet, that is... it seemed most of the mean people were in other houses...

But Nicholai was just stopping the staicase from moving. Oh. That helped a bit...

"I'm Raiden, Raiden Kururugi," the boy mumbled around his hand. Really, he wouldn't dare to remove it now... "Nice to meet you, Nicholai."

He tried to remember what he'd eaten as two people came by... one stopped and asked if everything was alright. He nodded weakly; he just had to wait, he hoped, and it would go away? Maybe? Merlin, what had he eaten that day?!

"Pumpkin pasties," he recalled. "That's the only out of the ordinary thing..."

Aaah, Meredith was here too... Please, Merlin, God, whoever... Please don't let him throw up, not with all these people here to witness and possibly be hit by it!

"Hi, Tasha..." Nicholai greeted absently, still watching the boy. "I'm Nicholai."

"He'll be okay..." Nicholai looked at both girls, "Don't crowd him though."

Well he looked a tiny bit less peaky without the motion of the staircase to deal with- but he'd have to get him moving soon since it wouldn't stay motionless forever.

"Okay, Raiden." Nicholai offered a half-smile to the boy, "Do you trust me to levitate you to the hospital wing?" Nicholai listened as Raiden said what he'd eaten, "Pumpkin pasties hmm?" Nicholai made a mental note to move very fast if Raiden looked to be about to blow; orange was not his colour.

"Do you want me to go ahead and tell them our coming?" Tasha said helpfully as Nicholai said he was going to take him to the hospital wing. Pumpkin Pasty? She thought as she stood up. Never eating those again...

"Maybe you could...go get a bucket." Nicholai suggested, eyeing Raiden. "I'll take the levitation slow, so as not to jolt him, so you'd be able to get one and get back before we get to the hospital wing."

"Right... Be back in a minute" Tasha said as she hurried off towards any direction she could think of... Okay... A bucket... Why has my hair gone green?!? She thought as she ran.

Bad mood.

Bad bad mood. Alyss had almost fallen off of two staircases at her attempt to get up to the very top of Hogwarts. If anyone dares to... And she fell over. GWAD DAMNIT! What the hell was he doing here? Scowling at Nico, she made a move to continue when, "Raiden!?" She squinted at the first year, and then scowled again at Nico, "What's up with him?" She demanded, if this godforsakenidiot had done anything to her favorite first year, he'd be going down.

Tasha could hear voices as she hurried up the stairs, levitating the bucket still... That is until she crashed into another girl who wasn't there before.

"Wha- Sorry! Here... I found a bucket... I just can't find it... Where'd it go? It just hit my wrist..." Tasha said as she looked round her as she sat on the floor, her still green hair now everywhere...

Clunk, Clunk...

Oh for goodness sake! Tasha thought as she flipped over and watched the bucket tumble down the stairs. She raised her wand arm and pointed her wand at the bucket.

"Wingardium Levi- OUCH!" She said loudly as her wrist clicked painfully. "Wingardium Leviosa..." She said, pointing her wand and moving her whole arm instead of just her wrist.

"Levitate?" He said from behind his hand. "Like... like the water balloons?"

This... was this a good idea? He'd seen in Charms that Nicholai was more than proficient, but...What if Nicholai dropped him? Or worse... what if Raiden threw up in while in the air, and then on top of that, Nicholai dropped him?! Raiden wanted to protest this idea, but as he opened his mouth to say something, his stomach gave a very violent lurch and he only got out a simple "Urk."

It was possibly the only way... He nodded. ' Levitate away... I guess,' he thought, more worried for the people who were with him than himself actually throwing up. He knew it was unavoidable... but he'd rather not throw up on the stairs, after all. Or the people. That... that would be bad. Especially as Alyss joined their little group on the stairs, looking all worried and scowly facing at Nicholai... Raiden kept his hand over his mouth, but the one on his stomach let go long enough to give her a weak wave.

"He's sick. Allergic to pumpkin maybe..." Nicholai ignored the scowling and her demanding tone. "I'm taking him to the hospital wing.

Oh fantastic. Now Tasha was injured too? Any more first year Slytherins planning on adding to the casualty list? Nicholai looked up and down the stairs before turning to Tasha.

"Let me take that." Nico took the bucket gently, "You should probably come along too I guess." He gestured at her wrist, "A good lesson as to