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DaniDiNardo · 12-05-2018, 11:49 AM

The Courtyard is where the students spend their time between lessons if they’re not in their Common Room or the Great Hall. Its architecture reveals the Courtyard to be one of the oldest parts of the castle. It connects the castle with the Grounds and also leads to the Wooden Bridge. In between classes, the Courtyard is usually filled with students enjoying some sun before heading back into the castle again. Whether you choose to occupy one of the many stone benches or enjoy a picnic in the warm lush grass, the Courtyard is the perfect place to relax with your friends from all houses.

In the middle of the Courtyard stands an antique ceramic fountain, perfect for admiring your own reflection or making wishes at. Be aware that once your coin has been tossed into the water, you may never get it back as it will continue to sink. Be careful not to fall in as an attempt of retrieving it, the staff does not usually fancy a swim in the fountain to fetch little students.

FearlessLeader19 · 02-24-2019, 04:42 PM

As much as Kay and Alice got along with each other and were friends, she was not supporting Alice’s behaviour. “Alice! Really, this is not the time nor the place to be feuding. Control yourself.’’ This was all said quietly to the History of Magic Professor. What was more important was ensuring the safety of everyone like Trent said earlier. Tristan was going to loose it- it was something that she was worried about. What’s more was that all this arguing was escalating her headache. She reached out and laid an arm on the Creatures professor shoulder. “Let’s worry about the students for now, Tristan, and see to it that Toddles is safe as well.’’ Meaning, no attacking anyone else.

Oh, dear! Two Hufflepuffs were in tears. “Mr. Wallce, Ms. Muldoon, please don’t worry, the situation will be under control. May I have an older Hufflepuff to take these two under their wing, please?’’ After all, they would be all moving back to their respective Common Rooms soon.

“Ms. Kettleburn! There you are.’’ Kay had thought she had seen Chloe around before but had the fur been there? More staring happened on her part. Goodness! "What has happened to you?’’ It took her a moment but she snapped out of it. “Like the headmaster said, please go to his office. He’ll take it from there.'' She tried her best to keep the worriedness out of her eyes. What in the world was going on at this School?

“Mr. Jackson? Ms. Primeaux? Assist me in leading the Ravenclaws back to the Common Room where we will head up our search.’’ Trent’s words were taken seriously and Kaysha began beckoning the Claws back to the Castle. Whichever Professors wanted to accompany her, it was all fine. She’d even tolerate Joshua for now; the same went for Alice if she calmed herself down.

OOC: Hey, Ravenclaws! So, I've already posted Kay at our Common Room for the search. This is a great opportunity to have some fun so jump right in

hermygirl · 02-24-2019, 04:52 PM

Amongst the growing chaos, Noble cut one of the calmest figures - albeit still with a furrowed brow. The Hufflepuffs now vaguely assembled into a line, he finished his counting somewhat obvious to the disagreement between Wayland and O'Hara, the appearance of a ghostly Dopple, Toddles, and goodness knows who else. His focus was solely on his students, and all were accounted for.

He headed back down the sort of line, as the Headmaster gave his next updates. He could certainly escort them safely back downstairs. As for anyone resembling Kettleburn... Noble looked across to the Head Girl. Assuming there hadn't been another polyjuice incident, he guessed that Trent was referring to the fur. He turned to the line of Hufflepuffs. "Anyone who has any er, fur, please make yourself known to me...and then together head to the Headmaster's Office."That way, he'd know who not to expect in the common room straight away. "Derfael, Rosa...could you take the back of the line?" He looked to his prefects.

And right, there were also two crying first years. And really, Kay needed to be looking after her own house. He had this under control. He bent down beside Mary and Ronan now. "I know it's scary," he said to them, his face softening. "But I'm here to protect you, okay? I won't let anything bad happen to you. And when we're back in the Common Room, we can get hot chocolate and maybe talk about what's happened."

Bazinga · 02-24-2019, 05:03 PM

Hearing Professor Wayland's voice that he would handle this she was very grateful and moved back to clinging to her brother. So much was going on and it was making everyone so much more on edge, at least it was her. She had noticed Zoyrn laughing and some seeming not really caring about being there at all.

When the headmaster spoke to O'Hara Chloe was sure that the pink creatures and Toddles would be okay, but honestly, she wanted Toddles to maybe stay with her so she could watch over him.

Then he said something that made Chloe's head spin, "No, no, I don't want to go back to the common room, my brother isn't in there. I don't want to be away from him." They would part family during this, would they? She looked at Gunnar with a bit of panic. They really weren't going to make her go to her common room and then it happened. O'Hara barked orders for Ravenclaw... She was the head of house, she couldn't make them go could she?

Chloe frantically looked for her real head of house. No, no, she wouldn't force them. Chloe felt like she would rather take on the pink things then go with O'Hara that might hurt the creatures in front of her. In all the panic she looked up to see older Chloe as a furry creature...

"W... what is going on"

Zannash · 02-24-2019, 06:18 PM

Mary continued sobbing, now beyond annoyed by Ronan. She didn't want to be grouped with him like so many people were trying to. They were crying for very different reasons. "Stop," she pleaded again. "Stop, please!" It was no use. She wasn't going to succeed in changing Ronan's entire personality. She was falling to pieces.

Continuing to sob, she looked up upon hearing her name. Wasn't that the Ravenclaw head of house? This shouldn't be her business to deal with. Some particularly unhelpful words were followed by a request for an older Hufflepuff. She wasn't going to be under the wing of some prefect, let alone the same wing as Ronan. If everyone would just leave her alone, she might eventually feel better.

To her relief, she was interrupted by Professor Noble, who seemed much more comforting to her. He was still addressing them based on the reason he assumed she was crying, but he was doing it directly instead of deflecting the job to someone else. "I miss home" was all she could manage.

Daemon · 02-24-2019, 06:42 PM

Ronan let go of Mary's hand as soon as she asked him to the first time. It had been a knee jerk reaction in the face of his teacher, his nicest most kind teacher ever, you know, dying and becoming a ghost. He desperately wished he had stayed with Bel and her people, they wouldn't have yelled and screamed at him for no reason, and other teachers wouldn't be calling out for someone to "take them under their wing" or whatever it was the Muggle Studies professor wanted.

He did appreciate Noble, his head of house, and he tearfully nodded at his words. "C-can I go be with B-Bel?? I don't wanna stay with Mary she yelled at me," Ronan blubbered, all thoughts of appearing cool and collected in front of his peers gone from his head. He wanted Mum and Dad and Noel and Sunny, even if they would probably laugh at him for being so scared of a ghost. At least he would be home, at least no one would yell at him for nothing, at least Maxie would't ignore him and people wouldn't think he was stupid just because he didn't get O's on his homework and he wouldn't be cold every morning and he could bake and dance around and be.. be safe.

A fresh onslaught of tears appeared and the twelve year old's knuckles turned white as he clung as tightly as he could to his own middle.

Waterloo · 02-24-2019, 08:38 PM

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“Max Carden? ” His hoarse voice called out, he needed to get Max and Natalie close to tell them to count and gather the Slytherins..

Then he could pass out.

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Originally Posted by Birchwoodmom

"Max Carden? Natalie McKinley? " She called out a bit louder than necessary, hoping her voice would carry over the din of the courtyard crowd. She figured if she could get one or both of the Slytherin Prefect's attention, Kalen could focus on taking care of himself.

In all of the chaos around them, she hadn't had a moment to process that Dolly was a ghost, the pink fluffies were a danger, and Toddles was apparently the original cause of all their troubles.

There was a lot happening. Overwhelmingly huge amounts of stuff happening and Max could feel his head starting to get slightly frazzled by it all. This kind of chaos and mayhem really wasn’t his scene.

Natalie and Cam were freaking out about Liam being a possible mutant snack. Chloe Kettleburn had grown more body hair than he’d ever be able to grow in a lifetime. The professors were all freaking out and someone call the ghostbusters because DOPPLE.

See? A lot.

But despite all the havoc, he still somehow managed to hear his name being called. And Natalie’s.

“I don’t think we can get out of this one. Kennedy looks like he’s seen a ghost.” Too soon?

He gave Bel’s hand another quick squeeze, left his rolled up comic book with her for safe keeping and after promising her he’d find her later, weaved through the crowd of students towards Kennedy. Hopefully Natalie was following. He was positive Liam was going to be okay. He was pretty sure his dormmate didn’t have a screw loose like old Dopple did.

It was quite a mission, but he was finally able to squeeze his way towards his Head of House. “Don’t worry, Professor Kennedy. Natalie and I will get the Slytherins back to the Common Room in one piece.” Because Kennedy really didn’t look up to the task right now.

Stormdancer · 02-24-2019, 09:10 PM

Holly hadn’t been happy when she’d had to turn around and walk back up to the courtyard with Patrick before even reaching the pitch- after all, she had been going to work on some new moves for the upcoming Quidditch game. She was really beginning to love being a keeper, even if she wasn’t the usual height and size for one- hopefully she’d grow and besides… Gymnastic’s had given her an amazing core. She loved flying without using her hands. She felt so free.

That wasn’t the point though - as soon as she got to the courtyard and had spotted the … well, most of the students if not all of them, making their way there, her heart sunk. Cameron! “Cameron! Cam! Cam, where are you?!” The thirteen year old called out over and over again as she pressed through gaps between bodies until she spotted her brother standing with Bel and Max. Not caring, the tiny Slytherin pushed through the throng until she threw her arms around Cam’s waist.

Okay. Cam was good. Now, where were Jorgie and Alis? Her eyes kept hunting for them in the crowds, giving Ronan a smile as he ended up standing next to Bel… but really, every time the Professors and Headmaster started speaking, her heart thudded that little bit faster and she felt more and more sick.

….There were pink, fluffy… ball things… that were eating things. Like the hourglasses! And the Portraits! And the books! ………………… AND PROFESSOR DOPPLE?!?!?!?!

Making a whimpering, terrified noise, Holly clung to Cameron’s waist all the more. They were eating people??!!?! Her eyes looked around all the more for Alis and Jorgie, and kept an eye out for pink fluff balls. ~~Why were they pink? She loved pink? Pink made everything better! … but maybe not now. Oh Merlin.~~

Sticking close to Cam’s side even as she moved to take his hand rather than cling to his whole person, she turned quickly to look behind her when Ronan turned sheet white - and her eyes went as wide as saucers as she SAW Professor Dopple. She was there. As a ghost. Ghost. Right there. But she’d died?!?!

………………

Oh Merlin. What. Was. Happening?!?!?!

Shooting Ronan a look that she hoped told him she would give him a hug if he wanted it after … nope, she didn’t know the girl [Mary] all but screamed at him. Oh, he was staying with Bel. Okay, that was good. She nodded, to him - Bel would look after him… Just like she was going to find Alis and Jorgie and stick by Max and Cam. Yes. Yes she was.

Still looking for her best friends, Holly kept Cam’s hand as they walked back to the common room.

~~Could she cry yet???~~

MunchyBubbles · 02-24-2019, 10:31 PM

SPOILER!!: Kassie and Max

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Kassie could feel Kalen's body shake under her hand and she had to take a quick, deep breath to keep from screaming at the man to sit before he fell to the ground. She was not in the mood to keep a fully grown man from collapsing.

When the words Dolly and ghost started to be tossed around and the shaking of Professor Kennedy increase, Kassie decided to conjure a chair to encourage Kalen to sit. "Please take a seat before you fall or pass out. I don't believe I've ever seen anyone quite so pale and I'm not as young as I used to be. The odds of me catching you are slim at best. Plus, I don't believe dear Tristan needs any extra worry on his plate."

"Max Carden? Natalie McKinley? " She called out a bit louder than necessary, hoping her voice would carry over the din of the courtyard crowd. She figured if she could get one or both of the Slytherin Prefect's attention, Kalen could focus on taking care of himself.

In all of the chaos around them, she hadn't had a moment to process that Dolly was a ghost, the pink fluffies were a danger, and Toddles was apparently the original cause of all their troubles.

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There was a lot happening. Overwhelmingly huge amounts of stuff happening and Max could feel his head starting to get slightly frazzled by it all. This kind of chaos and mayhem really wasn’t his scene.

Natalie and Cam were freaking out about Liam being a possible mutant snack. Chloe Kettleburn had grown more body hair than he’d ever be able to grow in a lifetime. The professors were all freaking out and someone call the ghostbusters because DOPPLE.

See? A lot.

But despite all the havoc, he still somehow managed to hear his name being called. And Natalie’s.

“I don’t think we can get out of this one. Kennedy looks like he’s seen a ghost.” Too soon?

He gave Bel’s hand another quick squeeze, left his rolled up comic book with her for safe keeping and after promising her he’d find her later, weaved through the crowd of students towards Kennedy. Hopefully Natalie was following. He was positive Liam was going to be okay. He was pretty sure his dormmate didn’t have a screw loose like old Dopple did.

It was quite a mission, but he was finally able to squeeze his way towards his Head of House. “Don’t worry, Professor Kennedy. Natalie and I will get the Slytherins back to the Common Room in one piece.” Because Kennedy really didn’t look up to the task right now.

Kalen was trying his hardest to focus on what was happening around him, he was struggling to stay upright and had a hand braced against the wall of the courtyard, he wasn’t going to pass out right now. He couldn’t, he had so much to do and right now his Sytherins were of the upmost importantance, he could collapse later.

He put all his attention into focusing on Kassie and what she was saying. “I’m actually quite light for someone my size.” He tried to joke with her, but his voice was still deep and very raspy, and even just talking made the ringing in his ears worse. “I just need a moment, I promise I won’t fall over, and don’t alert Tristan, we can’t..” He sighed softly as his voice trailed off. If they even looked at each other. Well..

Lets just say that drinking tea outside of the kitchen wasn’t his only fear this term.

He took a deep breath and tried to focus, his vision was still blurry, but he was able to make out Max as he came closer.

“Thank you Max, please do a head count once you get back into the common room, and then start a search, looking for any mutants, myself and a few other professors.. ” hopefully “Will be there soon to help out. If you find any mutants, don’t touch them, I’ll deal with them when I get there. ” he instructed with a wheeze, his voice still raspy but able to be understood

“I’ll be there in less than twenty minutes.. ” He said with a nod, hopefully that would be enough time to talk to Amelia.

He took a deep breath and raised his voice. “All Slytherins, please follow Max and Natalie to the common room. ” He said softly.

He could do this.. he could get something for whatever the heck was happening to him and he could go do his job.

Zannash · 02-25-2019, 12:39 AM

Oh dear. Now Mary was crying even harder. What had she done! Ronan was now mad at her. As much as she disliked his hyper self, the guy had been the only person that really talked to her. "I'm sorry," she said, but her throat was so dry it barely came out. By now, the tears had soaked the front of her shirt.

His reaction to Noble surprised her. Had she really yelled? She didn't even know she had the voice capacity for that! She had yelled! What was wrong with her? "I didn't even realize I yelled. I was just... really sad... I miss home." That might have been the most open thing she had said all year.

**Dolly Dopple** · 02-25-2019, 12:54 AM

WHY on earth was everyone looking at her like that?! How very rude! Staring was not nice, and it was quite frustrating for the old woman because she couldn't figure out what they were staring for! Perhaps her next charms lesson should be a charm on having MANNERS.

Oh, no, that didn't exist. Never mind. But it was still a good idea.

That was when she heard some students shout the word "GHOST" and Dolly couldn't really be sure WHY. She had looked around and seen no ghosts. SHE was a ghost? Never! She just had dry skin! How rude! What were they on about? And what was this whole mayhem about anyway?

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Then there was Dopple's (clueless) ghost, a not at all tactful Ravenclaw, and a Headmaster who looked about ready to jump out of his skin. "Um...one of those fuzzy pink creatures," she REFUSED to call them cute anymore, "made a meal of you, Professor Dopple." Could say awkward?

Mention of a pink fuzzy creatures caught Dolly's attention again, because they were her friends. Had they gotten enough to eat?? Oh, what was this child saying to her? They made a meal? Of?? .... HER?? Dolly blinked at the child, perplexed. "Why, what on earth do you mean? I'm just fine. See?" And that was when she looked down to look at her own body. She was looking for bite marks or perhaps a missing leg, but what she finally saw, was... alarming.

She was.... SEE-THROUGH???

Her feet weren't touching the ground!

"Oh!" Dolly squeaked suddenly and her body flew backwards just a tad. She saw the ground move from under her, but felt nothing. Her feet weren't on the ground and they were see through!

Oh. Ghost.

A meal.

The creatures.

"Oh my," she said finally, all of the strange words coming together all of the sudden. "Oh dear. I am a ghost, aren't I?"

Suziella · 02-25-2019, 01:04 AM

SPOILER!!: Stella

Listening to Stella worry about the creatures and what would happen to him made him happy and sad all at the same time. He patted the young Gryffindor's shoulder and said, "Not to worry, Stella. They will be okay. I will make sure of it." He gave her an encouraging smile before turning back to this mess of a meeting.

SPOILER!!: Derfael

Tristan turned to look at the Head Boy and was filled with pride. His students knew the importance of helping these creatures instead of harming them. "I agree with Derfael. The ministry should be contacted so they can be safely handled. Hogwarts is not safe for them and it is not safe with them here." Tristan turned to the Head Boy giving him a nod, wink, and small grin.

SPOILER!!: Headmaster

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The meeting was quickly descending into chaos faster than his mind could make sense of and it wouldn't be helping anyone.

The man belatedly heard the words of the Head Boy, having truly been preoccupied. In fact, it only hit him after Noble ordered the Hufflepuffs into a line. At the moment his brain was processing things out of order--like Spinnet's yell about Dopple being dead now and even McCarthy's after she'd seen the ghost of Dolly. In truth, standing here at the front of the increasingly uneasy group of gathered students, it was hard to hear what most of them were mumbling and muttering on about. He shot his staff a look, hoping they would handle whatever was happening.

The man winced at Katharos' blunt explanation, looking again to Dopple to see how she would take it before....O'Hara continued to happen. He'd hoped she'd put an end to it after he'd said what he said. Again, this wasn't the time or the place for such reactions. Professionalism was still a thing.

"That sounds like something you should personally be working on should you wish to remain employed." Regarding her shortcomings with magic. That was all he would say on the matter. This was Hogwarts. Dangerous things happened ALL THE TIME apparently. A Professor unable to defend herself adequately, let alone the students was not fit for the job. But that was not a discussion they needed to be having now. Her argument with Tristan brought him back to some semblance of himself--as did Toddle's erratic behaviour. Malachi reached forward and yanked the elf off the woman with as much force as he thought necessary to dislodge the creature. "ENOUGH!" Meant for all three of them. This wasn't helping anyone. "Toddles, go back to my office and wait for me there. I have some questions so we we can better help your "fluffsies". Go. Now." He wouldn't ask again. "And that's enough from you both as well. This is not the time for this. O'Hara, we're not killing these creatures. We have options, options we'll discuss together as a staff once we've gotten the students to safety. No more."

He cleared his throat and turned to the students once more.

"Everyone listen up." He'd have to hurry before something else happen...ed.......

"Kettleburn????" It SOUNDED like the Head Girl but that was...she was...a ball of fur........

W H A T ? Malachi shook his head, trying to concentrate. No more distractions. "This is how we'll move forward. Classes will be cancelled for the rest of the afternoon. You all will be accompanied back to your common rooms by your professors and Heads of Houses. Together, I'd like you all to search the common room--again, not alone. If you find any of these creatures, draw it to a professor's attention. Again, don't touch it, don't feed it. Once the Common Room sweeps have been completed, the necessary wards will be put in place to ensure they stay out." Yes, that would be a good place to start.

"Your professors and I will be having a meeting after dinner to discuss how best to proceed. Please return to your common rooms after dinner tonight as well. No loitering about. Prefects, ensure everyone is accounted for, do patrols only in pairs and keep them brief before heading back yourselves. I don't think I need to stress how serious this situation is."

He looked to Dolly again...not...really sure....what to do their...."We'll be back inside in a minute, Dolly." He assured. "Anyone who even vaguely looks like Kettleburn over there head to my office." Were they clear on all this?

"Professors, if you could kindly begin leading the students back. Prefects, help to keep them in line along the way." Again, unless they even vaguely resembled Kettleburn. ANY kind of fur qualified them here.

As soon as the word left the Headmasters mouth, Tristan backed up. He didn't want to be the cause of more fear and sadness for his students. "Yes, sir." He said quietly. He really was happy that the Headmaster was on his side for this issue and taking the reins on this.

Tristan listened to all the instructions from the Headmaster, nodding in agreement and understanding. They needed to make sure the students were safe in the common rooms and get any creatures out of the common rooms and dorms. "Will do, sir." Tristan said in response. He was sure the staff meeting would be....interesting.

SPOILER!!: O'Hara

Listening to Alice whisper at him, he kept his eyes straight forward on the headmaster. She would never understand. There was no point in arguing further with her because she was stubborn and he was never going to get through to her. "No, Alice. I think this conversation is over." He gave her one icy glance and walked away.

He wasn't going to waste time trying to convince her of what she so clearly was against. It was sad to think that there were people still in this world that hated magical creatures so much that all they wanted to do was harm them.

SPOILER!!: Kay

"Of course, Kay." Tristan gave her a small smile and patted her hand on his shoulder, before walking away towards his Gryffindors. He was already preparing to do just that.

Once he made his way over to his Prefects, he gave them their tasks. "Abraham and Stasya, please escort the Gryffindors to the Common Room, do a head count when you get there, and then start searching for creatures. Please, make sure that everyone is wearing dragon hide gloves. If you absolutely need to, immobilize them." He said with a pointed look. "Another professor and I will be there in a few minutes to help, so please make sure that every Gryffindor is accounted for." He gave them a stern nod, "Off you go." He turned to the group of students around.

"All Gryffindors follow your Prefects." He called out. He had one more thing to take care of before he could head up to the Common Room.

Birchwoodmom · 02-25-2019, 01:52 AM

Don’t alert Tristan. Right. That wasn’t going to fly with her, but she’d humor him for the time being. However, once the common room had been searched as the Headmaster requested and the students were safe, Kalen wasn’t going to have a say.

Kassie kept her hand out for Kalen to use as much as he needed to support himself. She wouldn’t be leaving his side until she was sure he was recovered. Thankfully Max arrived and took on the responsibility of leading the Slytherins back to the common room with Natalie.

“Alright, Kalen, let’s get you to back to the common room and start the search. Lean on me as much as you need, I won’t let you fall.” Her mothering instincts took over and she almost apologized for the authoritative tone she was using with him. Almost. “Let’s go.”

Cassirin · 02-25-2019, 02:07 AM

Oh, so now they were worried about her furry nature? Chloe nodded politely at her Head of House, although she was totally bummed she couldn't help herd people back to the Common Room and help keep them calm. "I'll be along shortly, Professor. I'm sure this is just a thyroid issue. I've been dealing with allergies all term."

And a nod to the Headmaster before Chloe scanned the crowd for anyone else who looked like her. Was it really the time to worry about her when they had a ghost and an infestation? Seeing no one lingering, Chloe turned to head inside for the Headmaster's office, her fur a flurry as she moved.

sarahlooo · 02-25-2019, 06:58 AM

Alright, okay, there was a dead-turned-ghost professor and everyone was panicking and it turns out that the slightly cute (but not enough for her to get near THANKFULLY) creatures were actually DEMONS and now Natalie and Max were in charge of getting all the Slytherins back to the common room in one piece.

ALL the Slytherins.

The fate of all the Slytherins rested in the hands of Natalie McKinley and Maxton Carden.

This was a recipe for disaster.

"All Slytherins, follow me!" Natalie shouted suddenly, her small sliver of leadership skills finally shining through. She waved her hands for all of the Slytherins to see before looking at Max. "Max, you round up the back and make sure that they all follow me." He could do that right? No one was panicking as much as Kennedy was. You know, and maybe it wasn't THAT bad because at least the Charms professor had come back as a ghost! So, she was only, like... half dead!!!(?)

And with that, Natalie turned on her heel and started leading her snake housemates back into the castle and towards the dungeons. "If you see a creature, DON'T touch it!" Or else they would end up like Dopple! Or with fur. Or both? Weird.

Uncle Moose · 02-25-2019, 02:57 PM

SPOILER!!: Head of House, Healer & Chloe M. Let Mark Eat!

Merlin what?! He was eating. This was a most delicious delicacy he was nomming on. He scratched at his chest as he chest where the hair/fur was growing a bit more with each itch. Hmm interesting. He felt like Gaston from Beauty and the Beast. Only less of a jerk.

Though he did glare angrily at with the robe still in his teeth when Chloe called him Markie and to stop acting like a Baby. Not cool. She KNOWS he hates that and yet she continues to mock his age. Did she not see this chest hair!? He was an mature adult for real now. He had gone through puberty and then some. Was Nettie here? Did she see how grown up he was?!

Nom nom nom chew chew chew...and

with a tug on the robe with his teeth, as hard as he could. He tore the piece he was chewing off and then swallowed the cloth.

Delicious.

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Before he could ask Kaira what she meant by mutants when all of a sudden there was a younger Ravenclaw chewing and sucking on his school robes??? "Oi oi oi, what are you doing there, mate?" he asked, entirely bewildered as he used his free hand to try and tug it free from the Ravenclaw's jaws. "...I reckon you really don't want to know where all these have been today..." Like...really really did not want to know and he had only brushed some of the mucus and mud and creature feces off and administered a quick deodorizing spell on them. Professor Adara and then Professor Stewart both swooped in to tell the boy, who thanks to Chloe's addition he now knew was Mark Gunter, to stop gnawing on his robes like a goat. At least Professor Noble didn't add to all that - seemed more concerned with making sure everyone was present and accounted for by the looks of it all.

As much as his mouth and his head told him that this was the most delicious and delectable food in all the world, his stomach disagreed. The Head Boy even agreed with his stomach. But why!? WHY!? Why stomach....don't do this belly. You would betray his taste buds like this!? Why that piece of robe stayed resting in his tummy. Marked leaned forward and covered his mouth as he blew chunks some even spraying onto the very robes of the Head Boy.

This was most unfair.

It was quick and painless and all of this tasted awful in his mouth. Nothing like the robe he just got to eat. Merlin what was on that robe that made his stomach disagree with his mouth?!?!

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He looked to Dolly again...not...really sure....what to do their...."We'll be back inside in a minute, Dolly." He assured. "Anyone who even vaguely looks like Kettleburn over there head to my office." Were they clear on all this?

And then of course there was all the stuff that happened in that moment Mark lost his lunch. There was a Ghost Dopple, the Head Girl looked like cousin It. That was actually sort of funny.

But...no no it couldn't be. Mark looked down at his slightly coated in barf chest hair then looked over at the Head Girl again. Then down at his chest once more. The Young Ravenclaw pieced this puzzle together pretty quickly. Whatever had happened to the Head Girl had happened to him!!!!

NO NO NO this wasn't Puberty. Not Fair!!

Hesitantly and embarrassed Mark straightened his tie and buttoned back up his shirt. He should probably go with Chloe K. to the Headmaster's Office.

Toddles · 02-25-2019, 03:11 PM

Toddles no likey this Missus Mistress and had decided that Toddles would SPIT into her goblet AND soup come dinner. Maybe switch the chocolate in her chocolate lava cake with dung from the greenhouses too because not only was she saying to kill Toddles' Fluffsies, she was also hitting Toddles AND calling him AWFUL names. Names that would make Nimma CRY if Nimma heard!

MORE TERRIBLE THINGS!

Toddles was also too upset to hear the Little Missus [Bazinga] and was about to launch himself once more at the Missus Mistress when his face SMACKED into the bum of Mister Master Creature Master instead."Toddles gets Fluffsies from nice Mister Master at the carnival over the summer! Toddles promise take good care of Fluffsies!"

Launching himself again and once again finding himself blocked by the Mister Master Creature Master, Toddles found himself with even MORE to say...except that Mister Master Headmaster was now talking to Toddles and giving Toddles instructions. "Toddles does as Mister Master Headmaster wishes, Toddles does." And then he looked at the MEAN Missus Misstress and blew a raspberry at her before POPPING away from the courtyard.

*Nordic Witch* · 02-25-2019, 03:33 PM

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Hearing Professor Wayland's voice that he would handle this she was very grateful and moved back to clinging to her brother. So much was going on and it was making everyone so much more on edge, at least it was her. She had noticed Zoyrn laughing and some seeming not really caring about being there at all.

When the headmaster spoke to O'Hara Chloe was sure that the pink creatures and Toddles would be okay, but honestly, she wanted Toddles to maybe stay with her so she could watch over him.

Then he said something that made Chloe's head spin, "No, no, I don't want to go back to the common room, my brother isn't in there. I don't want to be away from him." They would part family during this, would they? She looked at Gunnar with a bit of panic. They really weren't going to make her go to her common room and then it happened. O'Hara barked orders for Ravenclaw... She was the head of house, she couldn't make them go could she?

Chloe frantically looked for her real head of house. No, no, she wouldn't force them. Chloe felt like she would rather take on the pink things then go with O'Hara that might hurt the creatures in front of her. In all the panic she looked up to see older Chloe as a furry creature...

"W... what is going on"

Joshua watched and listened as Kay took charge and then left to lead the Ravenclaw students back to their house on the seventh floor. After her retreating figure. "I'll be along to assist with the search in a few minutes Professor Stewart. I'll bring up any claw's that might have missed the instructions."

He watched the eagles, lions, snakes and badgers follow their respective heads and prefect's depart from the courtyard. Joshua was about to follow suit when his attention was drawn to Chloe that looked distraught if not even panicstricken by the situation. Approaching the young eagle he asked softly. "Are you all right Chloe? Do you want me to accompany you back to the eagle common room?"

*PhoenixRising* · 02-25-2019, 04:25 PM

HOLY HIPPOGRIFFS.

Whatever was happening now seemed to be not quite the same as what had happened oh so many years ago in her own sixth year at Hogwarts. Yes there were furry students, but the students back then who became .... afflicted well, they were different creatures. This time it seemed as though those affected all had the same fur. The same itch. And there was Toddles mentioning something about a 'fluffsies'????

Wait, what happened to Dolly Dopple? Sure she knew the woman was quite old, but witches lived beyond normal life expectancy so she was practically a spring chicken and yet Amelia had the distinct feeling it wasn't old age that took the woman's life. Who was now there ... as a ghost???

Oh Noble. Just the man she was looking for. She nodded in concurrence when he mentioned quietly about Trent getting to the point and then oh, they were to make sure the students got back to the common room, but first ... she happened to catch the eye of Kassie standing near Kalen, whom looked as though he was about to pass out.

Okay, she'll be right along to help with the Hufflepuffs (because she wanted to speak to Noble pronto) but first ... "Kalen? Please take this," she removed some pepperup potion from her emergency kit that she'd grabbed on her way out. Because while his prefects were seventh years and didn't seem affected by the fur infliction, that didn't mean they shouldn't have their head of house there and alert.

And what she wanted to talk to the Headmaster about with Archer and Chloe, now Mark and a few others too, well, he saw with his own eyes. So now they just needed to figure out the antidote.

lazykitty · 02-26-2019, 06:54 AM

She felt awful about it, considering how much more important things were going on right now, but the reminder that that nobody Rosa had been chosen to replace Daisy as prefect over Archer herself stung. But, in the moment she showed incredible restraint and kept the thought to herself.

"Yep," she replied to Professor Dopple. I mean, it wouldn't do any good to lie to her now since she had seen for herself now. Though, she did slightly regret the bluntness...

Then the Headmaster had said for anyone who even vaguely resembled the Head Girl to go to his office. Somehow Archer didn't think he meant in the sibling way either. Yikes. She herself had been finding patches all over herself, so.....

"Me, Professor Noble," she spoke up, showing the patch of fur on her shoulder and moving to follow Chloe and another Ravenclaw. Surely she wasn't the only Hufflepuff having this furry little problem....?

Bazinga · 02-26-2019, 03:29 PM

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Joshua watched and listened as Kay took charge and then left to lead the Ravenclaw students back to their house on the seventh floor. After her retreating figure. "I'll be along to assist with the search in a few minutes Professor Stewart. I'll bring up any claw's that might have missed the instructions."

He watched the eagles, lions, snakes and badgers follow their respective heads and prefect's depart from the courtyard. Joshua was about to follow suit when his attention was drawn to Chloe that looked distraught if not even panicstricken by the situation. Approaching the young eagle he asked softly. "Are you all right Chloe? Do you want me to accompany you back to the eagle common room?"

"No, I'm not alright. She was wanting to kill the poor creatures that are only doing what their instincts are telling them to do, and then with Toddles, and now we are suppose to go back with our house, but I want to stay with my brother." Why did that stupid hat make siblings go to different houses!

"Do we really have to go with our houses sir, can't we all go somewhere safe together, like the Great Hall" Wouldn't that be better to have everyone in one place.

She looked at Gunnar knowing it was probably a losing fight trying to stick together, but she didn't want to be away from him. What if something happened and she didn't know. Looking between Gunnar and Professor Chloe felt a knot form in her stomach.

sweetpinkpixie · 02-27-2019, 08:53 AM

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Amongst the growing chaos, Noble cut one of the calmest figures - albeit still with a furrowed brow. The Hufflepuffs now vaguely assembled into a line, he finished his counting somewhat obvious to the disagreement between Wayland and O'Hara, the appearance of a ghostly Dopple, Toddles, and goodness knows who else. His focus was solely on his students, and all were accounted for.

He headed back down the sort of line, as the Headmaster gave his next updates. He could certainly escort them safely back downstairs. As for anyone resembling Kettleburn... Noble looked across to the Head Girl. Assuming there hadn't been another polyjuice incident, he guessed that Trent was referring to the fur. He turned to the line of Hufflepuffs. "Anyone who has any er, fur, please make yourself known to me...and then together head to the Headmaster's Office."That way, he'd know who not to expect in the common room straight away. "Derfael, Rosa...could you take the back of the line?" He looked to his prefects.

And right, there were also two crying first years. And really, Kay needed to be looking after her own house. He had this under control. He bent down beside Mary and Ronan now. "I know it's scary," he said to them, his face softening. "But I'm here to protect you, okay? I won't let anything bad happen to you. And when we're back in the Common Room, we can get hot chocolate and maybe talk about what's happened."

Well...this was a bit awkward and once again Derf felt as though he was a disappointment since, well, he couldn't fulfill the duties he NEEDED to do and wanted to in the moment. "Um...professor," the Head Boy spoke as calmly as possible. "I reckon I can't...take up the back with Rosa on account of...well...this..." he explained as he showed his very VERY hairy elbows. Honestly, his sister would go nuts for the opportunity to braid it. She was really nimble with her fingers and stuff. "I can go with Archer to the Headmaster's office though." Since, well, he NEEDED to do that anyway.

So...that was precisely what he started to do, catching his fellow Hufflepuff's eye while also throwing Rosa a bit of an apologetic one. Her and Bel could handle this under Professor Noble's guidance.

But this begged the question of...whether he and the others were turning IN TO the little puff ball creature?! WAS HE GOING TO SUDDENLY TURN AND TRY TO SWALLOW UP SOMEONE?!

.....best get to the Headmaster's office as quickly as possible.

*Nordic Witch* · 02-27-2019, 04:52 PM

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"No, I'm not alright. She was wanting to kill the poor creatures that are only doing what their instincts are telling them to do, and then with Toddles, and now we are suppose to go back with our house, but I want to stay with my brother." Why did that stupid hat make siblings go to different houses!

"Do we really have to go with our houses sir, can't we all go somewhere safe together, like the Great Hall" Wouldn't that be better to have everyone in one place.

She looked at Gunnar knowing it was probably a losing fight trying to stick together, but she didn't want to be away from him. What if something happened and she didn't know. Looking between Gunnar and Professor Chloe felt a knot form in her stomach.

Sweet Turnips Chloe was really fired up Joshua noted from the eagle girl’s words and body language. Holding up a hand too sooth her Professor Wishart said kindly. "Relax Chloe, we are not going to let Professor O’hara or anyone else for that matter harm any of the fluffy pink creatures. The priority right now is to find them and to let Professor Wayland study them to figure out what they are. Toodles will also get the help he needs from Headmaster Trent." Chloe mustn’t have heard what Headmaster Trent and Professor Wayland said to Professor O’Hara. They we aren’t going to exterminate the creatures. Right now they need to figure out what type of creatures the pink furballs we’re and if they we’re harmless or not.

Nodding Professor Wishart affirmed "Yes, you need to go back to your common room Chloe. It was Headmaster Trent’s orders. Your common room will be just as safe as to be in as the Great Hall. We are going to increase all the safety enchantments." Following Chloe’s gaze over to her brother he said softly "I understand that you are scared and want to be with your brother Gunnar, but right now you need to go back to common room so that Professor Stewart doesn’t send out a search party for you. I can go with you up to the eagle common room and also follow Gunnar to his common room too, if that'd make you feel better?"

Lauralicious · 03-04-2019, 08:21 PM

Lany was bored and it was too early in the morning for any of her friend to be up. Hopefully a walk around the grounds would help her. Maybe it was the fact she was thinking too much or maybe she just wasn't tired anymore. Who knew.

Stepping outside into the crisp air in her pjs and slippers,the blonde took a big breath. Already much better.

It was still dark outside and the stars where shining brightly. Looking up at the sky, Lany didn't really feel like walking anymore, so she just said down on one of the benches and admired her surroundings.

MadMadamMalfoy · 03-20-2019, 06:51 AM

Tina was up early on the morning of April 19. She had a long day of homework and studying for her OWLs ahead, and she wanted to get a jump on things. She had a little extra time before breakfast, so she decided to use it to work on her astronomy assignment. There wasn't another soul to be found as Tina looked around the courtyard... not surprising, giving the early hour. Maybe she could get this done before the courtyard became overrun with people to distract her!

She looked at the sky with a slight frown. the sun was partly hidden behind a cloud; that was going to make sundial reading a lot harder! Oh well, this was one of the dates she was given for the assignment, so she'd have to make do. Tina pulled her sundial out of her bag and set it down on a flat surface in the sunniest part of the courtyard and consulted her compass. After turning her sundial so that the pin faced true north, she tried to read the time... but she got nothing. The sun had gone behind a cloud. Ugh! Now this was going to take even longer! She sat on a nearby bench to wait until the sun reappeared. While she waited, she got started on her notes. If nothing else, she could record the current location and center longitude of the timezone. She flipped back to the first page of her notes for the calculations for exact time and copied them onto the new page for reference. At least she didn't have to do those again!

Tina looked up again after some time had passed to find the sun peeking out from behind the clouds, and a small shadow appeared on her sundial. This was probably as good as she was going to get! She studied her sundial intently. The shadow fell between the 7 and 8 o' clock marks, closer to the 8 than 7, so it must be about 7:45. She jotted down the time on the sundial, then adjusted it according to her calculations. When she was done, she checked her watch for comparison, and... it was over 10 minutes slow. How did that happen?! She was sure she'd read the sundial correctly! Maybe the somewhat cloudy weather had affected her reading? Grumbling in frustration, she finished her notes, packed up her sundial, and headed back inside for breakfast.

Text Cut: Tina's observations

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