Professor Flamsteed was going to meet her here by the entrance to the great hall. After drinking the potion, Penelope was feeling more confident about what she was about to do, but she was still feeling a little uneasy about the whole going up and talking to people thing. She took a few deep breaths. This time she was going to be confident and brave. She would go and talk to people, and she wouldn’t start crying in front of Flamsteed or anything like that. She could do this. Whatever task Professor Flamsteed assigned her to, she would do. Penelope was ready.

Having convinced herself that she was ready to face Professor Flamsteed and everyone that she might have to talk to, Penelope pulled out and started to read, waiting for the suited astronomy professor to show up. It was unlikely that she would miss it when he showed up, given that he was not one for quiet entrances. Flamsteed would already be at the staff table. Maybe she should get that cat fur off of her robes… Eyes still focused on her book, Penelope reached into her pocket for a lint roller. Okay, now it was gone. No, she couldn’t focus on the book anymore. Penelope closed the book and put it away in one of her pockets that was magically enlarged on the inside. She was going to watch the doors so she would see when Flamsteed was coming.

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Professor Flamsteed was going to meet her here by the entrance to the great hall. After drinking the potion, Penelope was feeling more confident about what she was about to do, but she was still feeling a little uneasy about the whole going up and talking to people thing. She took a few deep breaths. This time she was going to be confident and brave. She would go and talk to people, and she wouldn’t start crying in front of Flamsteed or anything like that. She could do this. Whatever task Professor Flamsteed assigned her to, she would do. Penelope was ready.

Having convinced herself that she was ready to face Professor Flamsteed and everyone that she might have to talk to, Penelope pulled out and started to read, waiting for the suited astronomy professor to show up. It was unlikely that she would miss it when he showed up, given that he was not one for quiet entrances. Flamsteed would already be at the staff table. Maybe she should get that cat fur off of her robes… Eyes still focused on her book, Penelope reached into her pocket for a lint roller. Okay, now it was gone. No, she couldn’t focus on the book anymore. Penelope closed the book and put it away in one of her pockets that was magically enlarged on the inside. She was going to watch the doors so she would see when Flamsteed was coming.

Leaving the staff table briefly before the Headmistress gave her speech, the Astronomy professor made his way through the Great Hall with the box of rocks and pamphlets levitating behind him. Lowering it to the table with his wand, he turned and looked for the Ravenclaw and a grin instantly crept across his face.

Excellent. This was going to be a five fwoopers with one stone sort of evening.

And yes, the rock references and puns were likely to be a THING this evening.

"Miss Wright, stellar to see you. I trust you had a good rest of the summer," he greeted as he began gingerly taking rocks out of the box and setting them on the table in neat little rows. "Here, takes these pamphlets and go hand them out to people," the pet rock enthusiast instructed, handing her a stack of parchment. "I'll make sure and arrange things here. We'll need to be efficient with our time...and close up shop briefly when the Headmistress makes her speech...but when in doubt, we ought to be able to catch the crowd as they make their way out of the Great Hall and to their dormitories for the night."

And since he knew a few short cuts, he could still make it back to the Gryffindor common room before the prefects got there with the rest of the house in tow.

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Leaving the staff table briefly before the Headmistress gave her speech, the Astronomy professor made his way through the Great Hall with the box of rocks and pamphlets levitating behind him. Lowering it to the table with his wand, he turned and looked for the Ravenclaw and a grin instantly crept across his face.

Excellent. This was going to be a five fwoopers with one stone sort of evening.

And yes, the rock references and puns were likely to be a THING this evening.

"Miss Wright, stellar to see you. I trust you had a good rest of the summer," he greeted as he began gingerly taking rocks out of the box and setting them on the table in neat little rows. "Here, takes these pamphlets and go hand them out to people," the pet rock enthusiast instructed, handing her a stack of parchment. "I'll make sure and arrange things here. We'll need to be efficient with our time...and close up shop briefly when the Headmistress makes her speech...but when in doubt, we ought to be able to catch the crowd as they make their way out of the Great Hall and to their dormitories for the night."

And since he knew a few short cuts, he could still make it back to the Gryffindor common room before the prefects got there with the rest of the house in tow.

He was here with the rocks! Penelope moved towards the box to help set them out on the table. ”Good evening Professor Flamsteed. Stellar time for a pet rock adoption fair.” As for her summer after the field trip, she had come home to find that her mother had adopted two kittens. Penelope had been allowed to name them Cassiopeia and Andromeda. Professor Flamsteed wouldn't want to know about the cats, though. He didn't like cats. Really, really didn't like cats.

This was so exciting! She was actually doing the pet rock adoption fair! Penelope was feeling extra bouncy right now, and it wasn’t because she needed the loo. Actually, now that she was thinking about it… She could wait.

Ooh, flyers for the pet rocks! Penelope took the posters and saluted the astronomy professor. ”I’ll hand these out.” Headmistress’ speech. That was the kind of thing that she should be around to hear. Speeches like that tended to include important information. The rock on the poster looked so cute! Wait, what was that? The first letter of the sentence at the bottom of the poster wasn’t capitalized! Penelope fought the urge to get out a quill to correct all of the posters. She was just going to live with it and play a game that she liked to call ‘see if any other Ravenclaws notice it and fix it.’ Most other people probably wouldn’t care.

Stellar indeed! The Astronomy professor enthusiastically saluted the Ravenclaw and watched her head back into the Great Hall. He had to admit that he was a little proud of the fact that Miss Wright was handing out the flyers on her one and, well, being a bit more social than he had observed her to be over the terms. Nothing like a bit of forced social interactions with your peers to start off the term, right?

Right.

Now...he had some arranging to do....

First, he lined the rocks of his own design along the right hand side of the table. Simple and stylish. If a rock could wear a suit, they would look like THESE pet rocks. Next were those Miss Wright and her sister had decorated - so he had been informed previously anyway. There were some colorful ones and then some rather eccentric looking ones...but he had no doubt they all would get adopted by the end of it all.

Surely at least by the end of the term. The couldn't have ORPHAN rocks, after all.

Rubbing his hands together, he set Pebbles on the ground by his feet - attached to her pink leash, of course - and began putting together the first adoption kit so it was all ready for their first eager pet rock owner. He paused to check his sundial watch and gave a firm nod. Miss Wright out to be back soon...and just WHO would the lucky first student be?!

CANDYYY!

AND PET ROCKS!

Like Adi had told Penelope, he was here to check out the rocks. "PROFESSOR!" Woops! He had not meant to be so loud but who could blame him? Everyone could tell he was THRILLED to be back at Hogwarts, riiiiight?

Anyway... ehem. "Sorry. I didn't mean to shout like that. How are you? Did you have a good summer?'' Hehe. Adi always had questions buuuut just look at all those rocks, man! So colourful! And some so... unusual looking. At least their expressions were. "Would toads like pet rocks?'' he asked Flamsteed as he leaned a little closer to the group that was oh-so-colourful. And yes, he was not adopting one of these if his beloved Guster could not get along with them.

Ilia was fairly certain that she had found the proper place when she saw the table. It seemed like there was only one other.....very loud student here besides herself. The man behind the booth was a professor? He was certainly not what came to her mind when she heard the word professor. He looked quite dashing, as if he were going to a ball or something. She was curious and slightly impressed, he looked nothing like the other teachers that she saw.

She got a little more curious and began to look the rocks over. Some were quite strange and unusual with odd expressions. Some were incredibly bright , with garish colors that assaulted her vision. No, none of those would do for their precious toadette. She gravitated toward the right side of the table. Now, those rocks she liked. Simple, sleek, and dapper in her opinion. If she was going to have a rock, it had to be one that the toad liked. What one would make her comfortable? He needed to be big and smooth, yup since they had a girl toad they were getting a boy rock. Then she could have a boy toy, she thought to herself. She was laughing at herself in her mind, this was ridiculous and silly, but she was having fun with the idea.

.....................Was that a rock...on a....pink leash? Ilia was confused even more. The people in the country were C.r.a.z.y. With a capital c..........so it could be fun.

As Hady made her way towards the Great Hall she froze in place staring blankly at the table there in the Entrance Hall with a very cheerful looking Professor Flemsteed standing behind it. Were those rocks? Colorful rocks...with faces?! Oh! Oh! It was a Pet Rock stand!

Trying not to laugh or even crack a grin at this the small snakette made her way over. "Hello Professor, did you have a nice summer?" She greeted warmly giving a wave of her hand as well her eyes skimming over all the pet rocks across the table before spotting a certain one she knew on a pink leash. "How is Pebbles doing is she helping out with the Pet Rock adoptions?" Hey this may have sounded silly to anyone else around but Hady knew that Professor Airey would take this question seriously.

She wasn't quite sure why but she was seriously thinking about getting herself one of these Pets. Yeah she had Hagan here with her but he wasn't aloud to accompany her to all her classes. At least with one of these she'd always have company...always. Unless like she lost it or something, which would never happen since she wasn't careless like that. Now though came the real trouble...which one did she want?

"Professor, would it be wise to adopt two? That way the first one doesn't get lonely?" Another very serious question here. Loneliness wasn't good.

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CANDYYY!

AND PET ROCKS!

Like Adi had told Penelope, he was here to check out the rocks. "PROFESSOR!" Woops! He had not meant to be so loud but who could blame him? Everyone could tell he was THRILLED to be back at Hogwarts, riiiiight?

Anyway... ehem. "Sorry. I didn't mean to shout like that. How are you? Did you have a good summer?'' Hehe. Adi always had questions buuuut just look at all those rocks, man! So colourful! And some so... unusual looking. At least their expressions were. "Would toads like pet rocks?'' he asked Flamsteed as he leaned a little closer to the group that was oh-so-colourful. And yes, he was not adopting one of these if his beloved Guster could not get along with them.

The professor had certainly heard the Hufflepuff before he had seen him - mostly because he had had his back to the entrance as he ensured that all the little pet rock babies were in perfectly straight lines parallel to one another.

"No need to apologize, Mr. Rehman," he saluted with a muffled chuckle. "With all the buzz coming from the Great Hall, we all need to raise our voices a bit to be heard. " Airey was no Maddox. He had no problem with loud noises. Obviously. He was a loud fellow himself, after all. "And it was quite stellar, thank you for asking."

"A stellar inquiry!" he exclaimed, gesturing specifically towards the nearest rock to himseld. "All creatures enjoy and appreciate the presence of a pet rock. In the Gryffindor common room, if you were not aware, we have a massive pet rock that I often find students' pet sleeping upon or curled up around the base. Felines, toads, and rodents alike."

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Ilia was fairly certain that she had found the proper place when she saw the table. It seemed like there was only one other.....very loud student here besides herself. The man behind the booth was a professor? He was certainly not what came to her mind when she heard the word professor. He looked quite dashing, as if he were going to a ball or something. She was curious and slightly impressed, he looked nothing like the other teachers that she saw.

She got a little more curious and began to look the rocks over. Some were quite strange and unusual with odd expressions. Some were incredibly bright , with garish colors that assaulted her vision. No, none of those would do for their precious toadette. She gravitated toward the right side of the table. Now, those rocks she liked. Simple, sleek, and dapper in her opinion. If she was going to have a rock, it had to be one that the toad liked. What one would make her comfortable? He needed to be big and smooth, yup since they had a girl toad they were getting a boy rock. Then she could have a boy toy, she thought to herself. She was laughing at herself in her mind, this was ridiculous and silly, but she was having fun with the idea.

.....................Was that a rock...on a....pink leash? Ilia was confused even more. The people in the country were C.r.a.z.y. With a capital c..........so it could be fun.

AND ANOTHER!

Airey couldn't quite remember this one name...other than they had just been sorted into Slytherin. Forgive the man, he had a short and selective attention span at feasts.

"Good evening," he greeted. "Come to adopt?"

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As Hady made her way towards the Great Hall she froze in place staring blankly at the table there in the Entrance Hall with a very cheerful looking Professor Flemsteed standing behind it. Were those rocks? Colorful rocks...with faces?! Oh! Oh! It was a Pet Rock stand!

Trying not to laugh or even crack a grin at this the small snakette made her way over. "Hello Professor, did you have a nice summer?" She greeted warmly giving a wave of her hand as well her eyes skimming over all the pet rocks across the table before spotting a certain one she knew on a pink leash. "How is Pebbles doing is she helping out with the Pet Rock adoptions?" Hey this may have sounded silly to anyone else around but Hady knew that Professor Airey would take this question seriously.

She wasn't quite sure why but she was seriously thinking about getting herself one of these Pets. Yeah she had Hagan here with her but he wasn't aloud to accompany her to all her classes. At least with one of these she'd always have company...always. Unless like she lost it or something, which would never happen since she wasn't careless like that. Now though came the real trouble...which one did she want?

"Professor, would it be wise to adopt two? That way the first one doesn't get lonely?" Another very serious question here. Loneliness wasn't good.

"Good evening, Miss Lynch," he smiled towards the young Slytherin as she approached. "It was quite eventful." Which was an understatement, but good enough. "She is indeed," he continued, giving the pink leash a bit of a tug and moving Pebbles across the stone floor with a low grinding sound and a thud.

Another excellent question. It never ceased to amaze him how inquisitive students at Hogwarts could be. "The fantastic thing about pet rocks is that they easily adapt to any and all situations. They are perfectly fine on their own, but also comfortable in pairs or more. Pebbles hadn't felt terribly lonely, at least such concerns had never been voiced to me, but with the introduction of Boulder last term...she had no problems with it either. You could always adopt one now and mull things over and perhaps adopt another later."

Pet rocks. Pamphlet in hand, Hayden made her way to the entrance hall. Why were they having a pet rock adoption fair? Sometimes it was best to just not ask questions. That way, she wouldn't be consumed with the existential fear that nothing in the universe actually made sense. At least rocks made sense. Hayden had never had a pet before, not really. There was the cat of course, Hallie was just a few feet away from Hayden after having followed her from the Great Hall. She'd never actually gotten her as a pet though, it had just sort of happened.

"Hello professor," she greeted Flamsteed as she entered the entrance hall. "Did you have a good summer?" Hopefully it had been at least a little relaxing after all the excitement of the field trip. Hayden got closer to the table and display of the adoption fair that had been set up. Aw, they all had googly eyes. How cute. Hayden gently picked up a long, sleek black rock with one large and one small googly eye. Aw, he was looking at her. Hayden looked back up at the girl who had given them the pamphlets.

"Penelope, right?" She was pretty sure she had heard someone mention that was her name. Hayden regarded the girl solemnly as she gently cradled the rock. "Do I need to sign something to be authorized for adoption? And promise to take good care of it? Is there a birth certificate?" It was all very important. Being a mother/a pet owner was a big commitment.

Tyler walked out to the entrance part where he heard the pet rock thing was, just then he saw the girl that was handing out fliers to everyone about it. He went upto her but saw that she was looking at the flier "Umm.. hi.. Tyler here.. just wanted to come see what this pet rock thing was about." Yes those fliers were interesting but she didn't have to look at it right "You ok? something wrong with the posters" her looking made him want to look now so he started looking at the poster no idea what he was looking for though, but if she was looking there must be something there.

SPOILER!!: Hayden

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Pet rocks. Pamphlet in hand, Hayden made her way to the entrance hall. Why were they having a pet rock adoption fair? Sometimes it was best to just not ask questions. That way, she wouldn't be consumed with the existential fear that nothing in the universe actually made sense. At least rocks made sense. Hayden had never had a pet before, not really. There was the cat of course, Hallie was just a few feet away from Hayden after having followed her from the Great Hall. She'd never actually gotten her as a pet though, it had just sort of happened.

"Hello professor," she greeted Flamsteed as she entered the entrance hall. "Did you have a good summer?" Hopefully it had been at least a little relaxing after all the excitement of the field trip. Hayden got closer to the table and display of the adoption fair that had been set up. Aw, they all had googly eyes. How cute. Hayden gently picked up a long, sleek black rock with one large and one small googly eye. Aw, he was looking at her. Hayden looked back up at the girl who had given them the pamphlets.

"Penelope, right?" She was pretty sure she had heard someone mention that was her name. Hayden regarded the girl solemnly as she gently cradled the rock. "Do I need to sign something to be authorized for adoption? And promise to take good care of it? Is there a birth certificate?" It was all very important. Being a mother/a pet owner was a big commitment.

Penelope looked at the Hufflepuff girl who had said her name. How did the Hufflepuff girl know her? Was this another one of those people who she had met and forgotten and was now expected to remember? She would figure that out later, but right now she was going to help the Hufflepuff girl with the pet rock adoption. Penelope prepared an adoption kit consisting of a box, care manual, and rock candy. ”You can put the rock in the box, and it comes with a care manual and rock candy. Here’s an adoption form.” She gave a form and quill to the Hufflepuff girl. Birth certificate? Could rocks even have those?

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Tyler walked out to the entrance part where he heard the pet rock thing was, just then he saw the girl that was handing out fliers to everyone about it. He went up to her but saw that she was looking at the flier "Umm.. hi.. Tyler here.. just wanted to come see what this pet rock thing was about." Yes those fliers were interesting but she didn't have to look at it right "You ok? something wrong with the posters" her looking made him want to look now so he started looking at the poster no idea what he was looking for though, but if she was looking there must be something there.

Penelope looked at the first year Ravenclaw boy. Tyler. She would have to remember his name, at least for now. ”Hi Tyler, I’m Penelope. Pet rocks are really just rocks, but they can make good pets if you’re not allowed to have pets or if you have allergies to animals. They’re also great if you just think it might be fun to have a rock as a pet. Are you thinking of adopting a rock?” Personally, she was not the kind of person who had any of the afore mentioned problems with having a real pet. She had quite a few pets of her own, including her owl and cat that she brought to school with her. Oh, that. Was he the kind of Ravenclaw who would notice the kind of things that she would on this poster. Penelope handed a poster to Tyler. ”What do you think of the posters?” Let him see for himself if he thought anything was wrong, and see what other comments he might have about the adoption fair.

More out of curiousity than anything else, Yoongi had seen people leaving the Great Hall and he figured that they could walk around near the entrance instead of staying at the feast and he had decided to follow. He vaguely saw a young girl with a blue and bronze badge handing out flyers but he liked to investigate things on his own. Plus he did not have a flyer yet... Yes, he was the observant kind of person.

He pushed the door open and was greeted with an very odd sight. A man, possibly one of the Professors was standing behind a long table and it sounded like he was selling ....rocks? He also spotted Ilia whom he met in Diagon Alley and he smiled at her. And that Yellow badge P guy (Adi)was here too.

As he moved closer, he overhead Hady asking if she could adopt two pet rocks. What even? Oh right, he should probably say hello to the man as well. "Hello Sir...what....what is this?"

SPOILER!!: Professor!

"Good evening, Miss Lynch," he smiled towards the young Slytherin as she approached. "It was quite eventful." Which was an understatement, but good enough. "She is indeed," he continued, giving the pink leash a bit of a tug and moving Pebbles across the stone floor with a low grinding sound and a thud.

Another excellent question. It never ceased to amaze him how inquisitive students at Hogwarts could be. "The fantastic thing about pet rocks is that they easily adapt to any and all situations. They are perfectly fine on their own, but also comfortable in pairs or more. Pebbles hadn't felt terribly lonely, at least such concerns had never been voiced to me, but with the introduction of Boulder last term...she had no problems with it either. You could always adopt one now and mull things over and perhaps adopt another later."

Shifting from one foot to the other Hady listened closely as Professor Airey answered everyone's question before he'd gotten to hers. This was fine by her of course as they all had good questions as well, ones she wanted to know the answers too so it saved her the trouble of having to ask herself. As she listened to questions being asked and answers being given her eyes moved over each and every pet rock sat on the table. Did she want something simple...or a bit more um different?

Hady gave a nod of her head in understanding about the summer being eventful. That was clearly an understatement where some vacations were listed, probably her own as well. A small grin briefly crossed her face as she watched Pebbles 'move' across the floor. It was rather amusing that the Professor cared for his pet rock as much as he did, it made the young girl actually smile a bit.

Boulder? "Oh! I didn't know you got another pet rock Professor, is he here as well?" She questioned , eyes scanning the rocks quickly to see if she'd be able to spot him. She didn't. Getting one now though and then maybe another at a later time sounded like a very good idea. That way she could bond with this one first and let Hagan meet it as well before thinking about another. It would also give everyone else a chance to get one. "That's a good idea, I think I'll only adopt one today. Would you happen to have any green ones? Or maybe silver?" Odd question maybe but those were her favorite colors.

More students were making their way to see the curious rock pets. There was a girl (Freya) Adi did not know but still she got a cheery 'hello!' from him. But then his attention was back to Professor Suits. Ohh, a salute! Adi liked those. They always looked so smart. He returned one to his Professor, pleased that the man hadn't minded his shouting. "I have another question,'' the Puffer said. "It's not pet rock related but is there anyway I can have those super cool eyebrows from last term again?'' Hehe.

"Actually, I had not known that, Professor.'' Hmmm. No one had ever told him about this huge rock in the Gryffie common room. "All the more reason to let me visit that common room some day... so I can do some exploration,'' Adi said as casually as he could. Be a sport, Astroman!

He leaned closer to the smaller group of rocks (the eccentric looking ones). "I think Gus will like this one. I know I do.'' He pointed to the rock with the green nose and HUGE orange smile. Seeeee? That rock was made for him. Orange was his favourite colour and the smile was just as big as his.

Adi turned when he heard more voices. Goody! It looked like Flamsteed was having more adopters! Oh hey! It was the new guy (Yoongi) he had seen around. "Hey, man! Liking Hogwarts so far?''

Okay...so Henric couldn't help himself, he was just too curious for his own good. He needed to know what was all the fuss about and why would his friends want to adopt one.After a few moments of pondering whether he should go, Henric shrugged and naturally his body followed the students heading out of the great hall to look for the pet rocks that was mentioned.

Henric saw Adi,Hayden and llia already admiring the display of eccentric looking rocks on the table. Whhhaat...Professor Flamsteed organising all this?! Hogwarts was getting stranger and oddly peculiar every second yet Henric couldn't resist not being part of it all.

"Hello, Professor Flamsteed...really nice display of..uhh..rocks here," Henric commented. Oh merlin...did he just saw one with a very bright coloured fancy looking suit on? Was that little rock studmuffin heading out for a date or something?...

He noticed (llia) saw one with a pink leash,"Please tell me that is not for 'Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana', my eyes hurt looking at its colour,"he groaned, and oh yes...their new toad's name was that.Surprisee~~()

Henric glanced over to (Adi),"Adi, I think you dropped something, that pink leash is meant for you," he sniggered.

Ooh a box. That would be able to make a nice carrying case and could act as a bed. Even though rocks didn't sleep. It would have to be kept someplace safe while she was sleeping. Before she could commit to her new pet, Hayden crouched on the ground and held the rock out toward Hallie. She needed the approval. "What do you think Hallie?" The calico cat meowed and pressed her nose against the rock before losing interest. That was good enough for Hayden.

"I'll take it, thank you." She still didn't really understand why there was a pet rock adoption fair, but oh well. She still wanted one. Hayden took the quill and signed the adoption certificate. Then she rolled it up gently and plac it into the box. It was followed by the rock itself. All set. "His name is Kevin," she declared.

Okay. Rocks.

This...was the right way to go, right? It probably would have been a good idea for him to ask the girl advertising at his NEW HOUSE TABLE (!!) where to go. But his deduction skills of the word "entrance" led him this way. The way he had entered this place. Which, luckily for the oldest Bronwyn boy, was definitely the right place. A ROCK ADOPTION. Oh, Gandalf! Oh, Dalek! His eyes widened, and he reached for his notebook -- but alas, the realisation that it was missing hit him again and his shoulders slumped a little.

Later. He would find it later.

Finding a spot between some people, Rooney squeezed his little eleven year old body into a gap and peeeeeeeered at the table.

"'ello? I'd --uh -- rock? Rooney? -- That's my name."

Rock now?

These were people that he hadn't spoken to at all, and he didn't have his notebook to scribble his observations about them and channel his anxiety into there. This was a problem.

B R E A T H EEEEEE.

Ilia smiled politely at the suit clad gentleman and gave a polite bowing nod. "I believe I have." Her eye was most definitely caught by a larger, sleek and shiny black rock. It looked smooth and pretty and she thought that their little princess might like it. An odd, she knew to be nonsensical query crossed her mind though. "Is there any way to tell the difference between a boy and a girl pet rock? I wanted to get my toad a little brother." She smiled a little at the sentence that just left her mouth. She could see that the Professor was taking all of this very seriously and she felt that she should act so as well. He seemed interesting and nice enough.



Ilia saw one of the people she had met in Diagon Alley also looking at the rocks. She wasn't too sure Yoongi had liked her very much on their first meeting, but she waved to him regardless. It was good to be polite no matter the case and maybe they would get along well.



Ilia was surprised when the loud boy had told her hello. He seemed very friendly and pleasant so she waved back. "Hello." Her voice was soft and she said it a bit shyly, but she managed a small smile. New people made her awkward sometimes, but seeing he was a Hufflepuff like Henric made her a little more friendly. Maybe he was friends with him.



When she heard his voice, Ilia beamed at Henric happily. "I was just.....admiring it." Sure, that was the word. She was pretty sure that she overheard that it was the professors rock and while this confused her, she didn't wish to offend. "No, I don't think pink is really her color......or mine. 'Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana' would need something really classy, she is a princess after all." Nope she was not a pink kinda girl, blue.....that was her favorite color. "I was considering that one. Since we got a girl toad, we could get a boy rock I thought." Her grin was meant to tell him that she knew it was all silly, but she was having fun with the idea. Boy toy, it was seriously funny to her , funnier than she felt it should have been.

Tyler smiled as he listened to Penelope talk about the rocks, wait! what? was he thinking about it. No? oh dear he couldn't say no.. could he? not with the professor.. standing right there Tyler might seem odd with people actually adopting a rock of their own. He supposed they were low maintenance, just leave it in your room and come back to it, no need for feeding etc. He could name it too.. didn't seem so bad now afterall. "Umm yeah? I could be thinking about it" oh well there we go he looked like he might be actually adopting a rock as a pet, would have to be a boy rock he didn't want a girl one with all their dramas no offence Penelope he just didn't get girls and their dramas. What did he think of the posters? was that a trick question "Umm it is a very good poster, why?" he looked at it wondering why she was asking that question. He looked at the poster, something just didn't seem right about it though, what was it? he just couldn't put his finger on it. Tyler actually starting to frown a bit as he concentrated on the poster. There was something... give him a minute

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Pet rocks. Pamphlet in hand, Hayden made her way to the entrance hall. Why were they having a pet rock adoption fair? Sometimes it was best to just not ask questions. That way, she wouldn't be consumed with the existential fear that nothing in the universe actually made sense. At least rocks made sense. Hayden had never had a pet before, not really. There was the cat of course, Hallie was just a few feet away from Hayden after having followed her from the Great Hall. She'd never actually gotten her as a pet though, it had just sort of happened.

"Hello professor," she greeted Flamsteed as she entered the entrance hall. "Did you have a good summer?" Hopefully it had been at least a little relaxing after all the excitement of the field trip.
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"Miss Malone," he smiled at the Hufflepuff. "It was quite eventful." Quite eventful indeed.

And seeing as Miss Wright was seeing to the fourth year's needs, he would turn his attention elsewhere for the time being.

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As he moved closer, he overhead Hady asking if she could adopt two pet rocks. What even? Oh right, he should probably say hello to the man as well. "Hello Sir...what....what is this?"

Looking over at the next curious student, Airey greeted the young man with an eager beam. "Good evening, Mr. Hyland," he saluted. He remember the name and face from his sorting. Airey had selective memory for that sort of thing during opening feasts. "Welcome to Hogwarts and congratulations on being sorted to Gryffindor. As your Head of House, I am please to inform you that THIS," he said, making a grand gesture with his arms over the table. "...is the best investment a student like yourself will make this evening."

GRIN.

"And please, never call me 'sir'. Professor Flamsteed or Profesor Airey will do just fine."

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Boulder? "Oh! I didn't know you got another pet rock Professor, is he here as well?" She questioned , eyes scanning the rocks quickly to see if she'd be able to spot him. She didn't. Getting one now though and then maybe another at a later time sounded like a very good idea. That way she could bond with this one first and let Hagan meet it as well before thinking about another. It would also give everyone else a chance to get one. "That's a good idea, I think I'll only adopt one today. Would you happen to have any green ones? Or maybe silver?" Odd question maybe but those were her favorite colors.

He knew he should have brought Boulder with him. Alas.

"A gift, actually," he winked, nodding his head towards his assistant for the evening - Miss Wright. "There are a few green ones here...they have festive little noses and everything," he said as he picked up two green ones in either hand and showed them to Miss Lynch. "And this one here has some silver detailing that seems to be the best of both worlds, in terms of your request that is. OH LOOK! I think it likes you."

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More students were making their way to see the curious rock pets. There was a girl (Freya) Adi did not know but still she got a cheery 'hello!' from him. But then his attention was back to Professor Suits. Ohh, a salute! Adi liked those. They always looked so smart. He returned one to his Professor, pleased that the man hadn't minded his shouting. "I have another question,'' the Puffer said. "It's not pet rock related but is there anyway I can have those super cool eyebrows from last term again?'' Hehe.

"Actually, I had not known that, Professor.'' Hmmm. No one had ever told him about this huge rock in the Gryffie common room. "All the more reason to let me visit that common room some day... so I can do some exploration,'' Adi said as casually as he could. Be a sport, Astroman!

He leaned closer to the smaller group of rocks (the eccentric looking ones). "I think Gus will like this one. I know I do.'' He pointed to the rock with the green nose and HUGE orange smile. Seeeee? That rock was made for him. Orange was his favourite colour and the smile was just as big as his.

Airey smirked. "Crack open a book, Mr. Rehman. Standard Book of Hexes ought to be the best place to start." He felt like Yoda just now, sort of. Setting the Hufflepuff on the correct path towards finding his answer without giving him the answer entirely. Ah, the life of a professor. In a sense, they all were Yoda.

And then he chocked back some laughter at the next remark. What WAS it with Hufflepuffs seemingly wanting to jump ship and join Gryffindor? At least that was how he interpreted the behavior. "A reminder, Mr. Rehman, that while all the other common rooms last term had passageways revealed that allowed others to enter them, Gryffindor did not." MWAHA! Most secure of all four houses! Perhaps that had something to do with Medea being his assistant previously. She had helped make his office impenetrable after his precious Carolina blue silk tie was stolen.

Poor thing...he wondered where she was.

Back to business.

"Ah, a stellar choice. All yours as soon as you sign this pledge," the professor nodded as he passed a piece of parchment to the prefect along with a quill.

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"Hello, Professor Flamsteed...really nice display of..uhh..rocks here," Henric commented. Oh merlin...did he just saw one with a very bright coloured fancy looking suit on? Was that little rock studmuffin heading out for a date or something?...

He noticed (llia) saw one with a pink leash,"Please tell me that is not for 'Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana', my eyes hurt looking at its colour,"he groaned, and oh yes...their new toad's name was that.Surprisee~~()

Henric glanced over to (Adi),"Adi, I think you dropped something, that pink leash is meant for you," he sniggered.

He looked down at the table and beamed. "Why thank you."

He then busied himself with putting together a few more adoption kits, and readying the rocks that looked to have been selected for transport. But then...he overheard something. Perhaps he had misheard and perhaps he was overreacting...but no one - NO ONE - insulted Pebbles or her leash!

IT WAS EVEN IN HIS CLASSROOM RULES!

"5 points from Hufflepuff!" he exclaimed, pointing an accusing finger at Mr. Nicolei and flaring his nostrils. "For instantiating that Pebbles' leash is aesthetically unappealing and therefore insulting HER." And also implying that it was better suited for Mr. Rehman.

Pink was certainly NOT that prefect's color.

"I suggest you apologize to her, immediately."

AND NO PET ROCK FOR YOU!

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Ooh a box. That would be able to make a nice carrying case and could act as a bed. Even though rocks didn't sleep. It would have to be kept someplace safe while she was sleeping. Before she could commit to her new pet, Hayden crouched on the ground and held the rock out toward Hallie. She needed the approval. "What do you think Hallie?" The calico cat meowed and pressed her nose against the rock before losing interest. That was good enough for Hayden.

"I'll take it, thank you." She still didn't really understand why there was a pet rock adoption fair, but oh well. She still wanted one. Hayden took the quill and signed the adoption certificate. Then she rolled it up gently and plac it into the box. It was followed by the rock itself. All set. "His name is Kevin," she declared.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

THERE WAS A FELINE IN HIS PRESENCE! RIGHT THERE! A FELINE! SLDJKFDSKLSJSFSLSKJ!

Covering his mouth so muffle the next manly shriek that passed his lips, he used his wand to levitate a pledge form towards the Hufflepuff. No way he was going to go over THERE and hand it to her himself. Nope nope. Look at the CLAWS and FANGS on that BEAST!

"If you please, Miss Malone," he said, his lips just barely peeking over his hand. "Could you sign this as well?"

Especially since she was bringing an innocent pet rock into an environment with a BEAST like that. He would not deny her a pet simply because she owned one of those...things - Medea owned several after all - but he had to be SURE she was committed.

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Okay. Rocks.

This...was the right way to go, right? It probably would have been a good idea for him to ask the girl advertising at his NEW HOUSE TABLE (!!) where to go. But his deduction skills of the word "entrance" led him this way. The way he had entered this place. Which, luckily for the oldest Bronwyn boy, was definitely the right place. A ROCK ADOPTION. Oh, Gandalf! Oh, Dalek! His eyes widened, and he reached for his notebook -- but alas, the realisation that it was missing hit him again and his shoulders slumped a little.

Later. He would find it later.

Finding a spot between some people, Rooney squeezed his little eleven year old body into a gap and peeeeeeeered at the table.

"'ello? I'd --uh -- rock? Rooney? -- That's my name."

Rock now?

These were people that he hadn't spoken to at all, and he didn't have his notebook to scribble his observations about them and channel his anxiety into there. This was a problem.

B R E A T H EEEEEE.

Side stepping a bit more AWAY from the feline, he turned his attention towards the small little first year before him. A boy whose name he had, unfortunately, not caught from his Sorting...but that did not seem to matter as he introduced himself right away.

Outstanding manners, this one.

"Good evening, Mr. Rooney," he greeted with a wide smile. "Looking to adopt? Which one of these lovelies strikes your fancy?"

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Ilia smiled politely at the suit clad gentleman and gave a polite bowing nod. "I believe I have." Her eye was most definitely caught by a larger, sleek and shiny black rock. It looked smooth and pretty and she thought that their little princess might like it. An odd, she knew to be nonsensical query crossed her mind though. "Is there any way to tell the difference between a boy and a girl pet rock? I wanted to get my toad a little brother." She smiled a little at the sentence that just left her mouth. She could see that the Professor was taking all of this very seriously and she felt that she should act so as well. He seemed interesting and nice enough.
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That was an excellent question. "That is one of the great mysteries of the pet rock community," he said, making things up by the seat of his trousers mostly. "There are no real distinguishing features to give any indication of a gender, and some will argue that they are in fact genderless. However, as a pet rock owner, you tend to have a gut feeling about them and just know."

That was the nice thing about them. They could be anything that you needed them to be.

And thank you for admiring Pebbles and her leash. The Slytherin's kindheartedness was duly noted.

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What did he think of the posters? was that a trick question "Umm it is a very good poster, why?" he looked at it wondering why she was asking that question. He looked at the poster, something just didn't seem right about it though, what was it? he just couldn't put his finger on it. Tyler actually starting to frown a bit as he concentrated on the poster. There was something... give him a minute

Airey BEAMED at the Ravenclaw. "Thank you, made them myself. Drawing and all!" he saluted.

Awh, this girl (Freya) seemed friendly. She was new, wasn't she? Adi had never seen her around... not that he knew EVERYONE who attended Hogwarts. "Heya! Decided on which rock you want as yet?'' Here was another chance to make another friend and he was going to snap it up.
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It seemed Flamsteed would not be giving him super cool brows again. This was fine with Adi because he would simply follow what the man said. "Don't be surprised if I make an appearance to your lesson on day with my brows like that.'' Just a heads up, Professor. LOL.

"Isn't that so unfair?'' Adi asked innocently. ''We could change that, you know, Professor. You and I can create a secret passage. With your awesome magical skills and my er, encouragement we could have a brand new passage to add to the Castle.'' Hehe. Preferably from somewhere close to the Puffer common room. So what did ya think, Professor?!

Adi took the parchment as he sent a smirk Henric's way. Very funny, Henric. Adi knew his friend was teasing and giving him a hard time just like he would do so often. With a quill in hand, Adi was about to ask, 'Do you think it brings out the colour of my eyes?' when Professor Suits took over.

O_O

Oh, gosh! Poor Henric. "Professor, I don't think he meant any disrespect. He was just trying to give me a difficult time.'' Buddies did that but Adi could understand why Flamsteed was being so sensitive. If anyone had said anything about anything belonging to Gus or about his toad, he'd loose it too.

"You should apologise though, Henric,'' Adi said. Professor Suits be nuts for his beloved Pebbles. He gave the other Hufflepuff a look that he hoped said, 'Don't worry, no harm done'. In the meanwhile, the sixth year signed the adoption parchment with a flourish. "Here you go, Professor.''

Henric stopped sniggering immediately when Professor Flamsteed pointed an accusing finger at him for disrespecting his pet rock. He was momentarily shocked too when the professor deducted points from his house without warning. Whaaat! It was the start of the school year, he couldn't possibly! Henric never been deducted for anything before in his years in Hogwarts! He felt more than unjustly.

"Prof-professor, I-I d-didn't m-mean to insult your f-fine collection of pet rocks or even pebbles, I r-really didn't mean to,"Henric stuttered,before staring down on the floor while trying to keep his back straigtened and his hands firmly placed behind him. He couldn't believe he lose housepoints for it.Darn it...Henric...you did it this time.Henric felt dissapointed in himself.They were both right, Henric was truly at fault here.

Henric was touched by Adi who tried to cover for his mistake.He shook his head,"No no..its entirely my fault, I wasn't thinking straight...I mean no disrespect of any kind,professor..Sir....I'm sorry Professor Flamsteed,Adi and.."he paused to look at his pet rock named,Pebbles,"..I'm sorry Pebbles..." he muttered quietly, feeling very sorry indeed.

Tia didn't realize the CROWDS that would be swarming to get pet rocks. She just hoped all the goods ones weren't adopted already; or worse, would her pet rock have already been taken?

Approaching the table cautiously, the fifth year was pleasantly surprised to find a LOVELY spread of rocks. Yes one of these would look very nicely in terms of a study buddy.

"Evening Professor," Tia acknowledged once he was free from dealing with her peers. Well that would figure that the Astronomy Professor was leading up this whole adoption fair; he didn't want to be the sole eccentric person in the castle being the only person with a pet rock. "Perhaps you could help me find just the right pet rock. I'm looking for one to give me that positive energy I need when feeling down from my OWL studies. A pet that will give me that instant boost, but doesn't require the ... demands of a crup or kneazle." While the latter were adorable, she couldn't make the commitment to their care this year. "I was thinking one of these colourful ones? OR perhaps that one with blue hair?"

See now Aegis was well prepared to continue making an excellent impression to his Head of House. Under his School robes the 6th year Lion wore a grey pinstriped suit and tie. He sat around his table make very little conversation with anyone. He glanced over at the Staff table and noticed Flamsteed's absence. He then also noticed a flier circulating itself around the Table.

Pet Rock Adoption in the Entrance?

Hell yes Aegis would do this!! Anything to be more like his his Idol and Head of House.

The Gryffindor made his way to the Entrance of the Great Hall and looked around to finally spot the Blonde Savior of all the Lions! "Professor!" Aegis spoke loudly and confidently while his face beamed and he waved to him doofishly. Aegis then strode over making sure to let his robes flow behind him some and show off his awesome suit. "Professor Sir Flamsteed, I would like to Adopt all the Noble Pet Rocks!"