Backpack slung over one shoulder, Dalton pulled his hat lower over his ears as he plodded down to the Greenhouses. He was always glad when they got to wear proper clothes during school hours for the uniforms didn't half get uncomfortable, and so the seventh year had his hoodie zipped up as he approached Professor Myers.

"Morning, sir," he said, nodding before moving to sit down next to the cardboard box.

Etta thought it was UNFAIR to go on a field trip and picnic when her classmates were missing. Couldn't they do this when the boys returned? Didn't the professor care about them at ALL? Because surely, they would come back.. right? The thought almost made her cry. But... they WOULD come back because she and Junia had returned safely and they would too. Especially when one of them was a prefect. Please let them be okay.. Please.

She looked quite uninterested as she reached the greenhouses, tucking her hands deep inside the pockets of her jeans. "Professor." The Hufflepuff mumbled as she stood next to one of the portkeys, a beach ball.

Honestly, the only place Skylar wanted to field trip to was to the alternate Hogwarts place that Etta and Junia and others had been. Not because she wanted to face the danger, but because she wanted to help the three boys come back to safety.

The only positive side to today's lesson was they could ditch the uniforms and Skylar didn't need to be told twice. Donning jeans and sneakers and a green sweatshirt, she was as ready as she'd ever be. Perusing the four portkeys, Sky did have to wonder if they led to the same place or on the possibility of it being tampered with yes, she'd read in Hogwarts, A History on the Triwizard Tournament of 1994.

Finally, after deliberation, she stood by the pair of enormous broken plastic glasses, as she awaited further instructions. "Morning Professor" she greeted habitually, more than anything.

Levi totally felt bad about Henry and those two other guys disappearing, sure, but he also sort of was really excited about a field trip. It wasn't like they went on those all the time or EVER as far as he could remember and at the very least it would make for a memorable lesson. Right? He definitely had a bounce to his step that slowly deflated when he realized that probably people would not feel the same.

Right. The missing people had families and friends and probably significant others or something. It was time to turn on that sensibility chip his dad often reminded him about. He scratched the back of his head and then palmed it a couple of times, as if trying to find some on (or off) button back there.

"G'morning, Professor Myers." Levi had definitely sobered up by the time he reached the greenhouse. It was--unfortunate. He'd appreciated being in a good mood and forgetting that he was basically supposed to be have grown a new umbilical cord that could be attached to prefects, professors and the head boy and girl when needed.

He sighed, eyes rolling heavenwards and pocketing his gloved hands in his jeans. At least he was out of the limitations the uniform represented, though he couldn't say muggle clothes were his typical attire. But he supposed to old beat up single pair of jeans he owned, the bright blue sneakers and oversized turtle neck sweater would have to do. He went to stand by the old sofa and leaned against it as he waited for the other students. Was he allowed to sit down?

Juno was wearing regular clothes and it felt so good! Jeans, t-shirt, boots, leather jacket, prefect badge, wand, and back pack with everything she would need for today, including a rather large lunch. Hey...she liked food. She was super excited for this field trip, even if some of her classmates and a fellow prefect were missing. All the prefects were doing double duty right now, and a she could definitely use a break.

"Hello, Professor!! Can't wait for the field trip!" Paul Myers was one of the best teachers in this school, and she loved him dearly! She walked over to the old sofa, and waited for her boyfriend to arrive.

The news of a field trip seemed rather like a gift to Elle, after all the changes to life in the castle due to the unfortunate disappearance on several students. Anything that got her away from mysterious dangerous portals was welcome, and the fact it involved Herbology made it that much better in her opinion. She had headed out to the greenhouses in one of the groups heading that direction, dressed in jeans, boots and an oversized sweater, her school bag over her shoulder. Inside it held her lunch, as requested, along with another little field trip participant. She wasn’t about to leave her hedgehog behind to get sucked up by another portal while she was away.

She had a smile on her face as she made her way up to the giant plastic glasses to join the professor and Skylar. “Good morning Professor Myers,” she greeted him. “Morning Skylar.” If they were sharing a portkey, she figured they might as well greet each other. Now they just had to wait for the time of departure.

Slate was glad to get outside and away. It had grown stuffy in the common room. On the other hand, he stopped needing to know his way around. Being escorted to classes made that portion of his life easier.

He made his way down to the greenhouses, not caring that he was swinging his lunch as he walked. "Professor, why is there all this junk laying around?" he asked giving the coach a solid kick.

Olly was so excited. SO EXCITED. First of all because they were going on a field trip and that was exciting in and of itself. But also because it was a field trip for Herbology. With his favorite professor. To a vineyard that he apparently owned. He had been looking forward to this field trip since he had first seen the announcement in the common room. He always liked Herbology, and this lesson seemed like it should be even more exciting than usual.

"Hello Professor." Olly greeted Professor Myers with a grin as he came to stand beside his portkey. He was dressed in muggle clothes, like they had been instructed, with his bag containing his packed lunch slung over his shoulder. "I didn't know you owned a vineyard. That's cool. Is your husband going to be there?" Olly couldn't remember his name at the moment. Something with an M maybe? Martin? He felt bad that he couldn't remember but names were hard.

Lucy had mixed feelings about class today. For one, she was worried sick about her classmates being missing, especially from magical causes she - nor anyone else, it seemed - didn't understand. However, Professor Myers and Herbology were her favorite, and the chance to leave the grounds and be somewhere safer was incredibly appealing.

She joined her dormmate at the beach ball. "Hey," she offered Etta a small smile. And, "Hey, Professor."

The recent school events had Leon anxious and worried. The seventh year had had to stop himself from diving in the portal and trying to save the three boys that were missing. It was hard for him to be so helpless. Especially since he knew what it was like in there.. and the monster..

He just hoped Carlton has enough sense to not want to help it anymore! Not to mention the recent curfew had been driving him nuts and it made him sad as he watched his half sister pace anxiously in the Ravenclaw common room or leave to hide in her bed..

Ravenclaw hadn't been to kind to her lately..

The older boy arrived wearing normal clothes, slightly ragged jeans, an old t-shirt, a long sleeve shirt and a windbreaker.. and he had a bag full of food! Courtesy of Az's cousin!

He smiled as he moved over to Juno and nudged her shoulder.. "Hey Quicksilver. " He said with a warm smile.

Portkeys! Awesome! Katy waved cheerfully at the Professor, in spite of the fact that he was standing up there shouting at them. Merlin, he was rushing her, and she'd only just arrived. Pick a portkey in a hurry... did they all go to the same place?

She opted for the sofa, since it provided a place to sit while she waited. Katy spread out her jacket on the sofa to keep from picking up any undesired lint, and then she perched on the arm and waited. Going somewhere awesome, she hoped, or at least somewhere with a rare ingredient to snag.

Like almost all of her classmates, Kitty's mind was not fully on the upcoming class. Normally she would have liked putting on Muggle clothes and seeing everyone else in their Muggle clothes, but how could she be happy when her friend Rooney, and those other two boys, were missing? She couldn't.

Still, she would try to focus - if only to set a good example for the younger students. That morning she wore a typical black turtleneck suite and dark blue jeans. No makeup. She'd start wearing makeup when the boys were rescued.

"Morning Professor Myers," she said, and though she tried to sound normal, her slouched position and dull eyed look gave away how upset she was.

Alright. Brent was READY.

Well, not all the way ready. He still had to choose a portkey. He was dressed in regular clothes and pretty excited about the field trip. Duuuude. Herbology was pretty cool here at Hogwarts! They always went on awesome trips. He'd say right now, Herbology was probably among his three favorite classes, along with Defense Against the Dark Arts and Potions.

Cool stuff, Professor.

The beach ball kind of reminded Brent of where he used to live in Malibu, California, so he chose it. Thank goodness it was half-deflated. It'd be kind of hard to hang on if it was a full, inflated ball. "Hello, Professor," he said, catching site of the man over by a pair of glasses.

Ohboyohboyohboyohboy!

Tenacius has been looking forward to this field trip. Because fieldtrip! And Herbology! Fieldtrips + Herbology = FUN. And this one being in Tuscany? Yup the Gryffindor Ace was particularly bubbly today.

"Goodmorning Professor Myers!" he greeted the Herbologist with an even brighter smile that would rival a Tuscan sun. He spotted the couch-- seems to be a popular choice with all the students milling about it-- and flopped comfortably on the vacant space. This floppy tub aint goin' nowhere until 10:15 that much he knew. So he grabbed some chips out of his picnic basket and started offering it around "Chips anybody? Freshly baked!"

Zelena made her way to the Greenhouses with not her usual brightness. After all, there were students missing. She greeted the professor with a, "Morning, sir." and then stood near the cardboard box with an expression of nervousness tinged with gloom.

Derf was beyond distraught. A sentiment that was only intensified by his mandatory attendance of this particular subject. Henry was missing and the first year was having a hard time sleeping at night without his pseudo older brother and fellow chocolate frog card enthusiast about the common room. Derf looked up to a lot of students - he was not particularly tall for his age, after all - but Henry was special. He was like...like...a blue lobster!

Dressed appropriately and all that, the first year draaaaaaaaagged his feet and offered the Herbology professor a half wave in greeting.

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Slate was glad to get outside and away. It had grown stuffy in the common room. On the other hand, he stopped needing to know his way around. Being escorted to classes made that portion of his life easier.

He made his way down to the greenhouses, not caring that he was swinging his lunch as he walked. "Professor, why is there all this junk laying around?" he asked giving the coach a solid kick.

...and then promptly made his way over to Slate. At least he could be useful here and help his friend out. Unlike with Henry...who he could do NOTHING for...

...although the Hufflepuff was still desperate to try...

"Junk is-s uss-s-sed s-so attention isn't drawn to a portkey by muggles-s," he explained somberly as he sat down on the couch. Wait...Slate probably didn't know what a portkey was. "Portkey is a type of magical trans-sportation. Um um...kind of like...um um" Derf paused to scratch his head and try to THINK of something that it was like...but he was kind of drawing a blank here. "It's like....teleportation. It will take us-s to a certain place."

AH, Hogwarts. Probably the only place in the world where a castle-wide lockdown didn't stop a Professor from treating the students to a field trip. So they couldn't go to the Quidditch pitch, but they could go to Tuscany. Still, Tuscany sounded awesome and Daisy was properly excited. The inclusion of Muggles clothes and a packed lunch on the material necessary for the class only spiked her curiosity and so the Slytherin made her way to the greenhouses.

There were lots of people here already, all divided between what she assumed were the portkeys. Right. Well, that seemed like an obvious choice.

"Morning, Professor!" She greeted politely as she approached the giant glasses the man was holding and took her place next to Skylar. This was just another example of how sneaky Slytherins were, clearly. Shooting a quick glance at Professor Myers, just to make sure he wasn't looking at them, the fifth year leaned closer to her housemate. "It's probably best to stick with him, right?"At least if something happened, the Professor was right there.

Mason couldn't imagine why they'd thought NOW would be a good time to go on a field trip, especially when there where PEOPLE MISSING. Like they'd legit DISAPEARED, and they were out here in the bloody cold gallivanting around as if nothing was wrong.

The only good thing that had come out of this so far was getting out of Hogwarts. The entire place was starting to feel stuffy and crowded, even the Grounds felt suffocating to her, so for once in her life she welcomed the cold bite of the early morning air.

With her bag slung over a shoulder, Mase made her way to where Myers had set everything up, still slightly annoyed over the school's impartialness over the entire situation. She nodded her head towards the excited-looking Professor, "Morning." Ugh, why the hell was everyone crowding around that gross-looking sofa?

Crinkling her nose at the thought of trying to squish in there, Mason opted out of even attempting that and made her way to the less-buzzard-flacked beach ball. Tucking her hands into her leather jacket, Mason stood next one of the girls (Etta) there, "Can you believe we're going on a field trip while Henry-them are missing?" she asked, rolling her eyes as she kicked at the damp-earth. Ugh.

Kane LOVED any excuse to wear muggle clothes. Today he had chosen crisp dark wash jeans, his high top sneakers, and a striped hoodie. He had his coat on over it, of course, since it was February and STILL COLD (seriously, couldn't it just be spring already?!) He stood on his tip toes to try and see if his bro was anywhere in the crowd that had gathered - with this stupid curfew, he hadn't seen him in what felt like AGESSSSS.

Myers was EXCITED, as he always was, and he grinned and waved at his head of house. He was SO COOL, yo. "Hey Professor!" he said happily as he took a position by the beach ball. He waited patiently, hoping to wave Brent over if he came in so they could stick together during this.

Noelle was dressed in muggle clothes. She was having a bittersweet moment right now. Because her mind was on the portal and the lockdown, but she was really excited about being able to get out of the castle for a while. She grinned as she had her things with her and her packed lunch.

She walked up and stood by Olly as she waited for class to begin. "Morning Professor" She said giving him a smile.

Although he liked the uniforms that Hogwarts had, the fact they could now wear their own clothes during a field trip in Herbology was something he had been looking forward to.

Following the other students, Mason pulled his thin scarf higher so that his chin was covered . It wasn't that cold,he definitely had worse at Durmstrang.

"Morning Professor" he greeted with a nod of his head and then turned around to look at the object the man was holding. A giant pair of plastic glasses. Looked like it was broken.

The Ravenclaw then jumped a little in shock when the Professor suddenly shouted over the students to grab a portkey. Mason looked at the other two before deciding he was going with the glasses. IF something happened, their group would have a professor nearby.

So without leaving his spot, he turned back around to face the pair of glasses.

Field trip day!

Muggle clothes…check. Bagged lunch…check.

Wand tucked away in a secure but accessible location…double check.

Now they could be off to Tuscany!!! Cassie was excited and so she made it to the meeting place in front of the greenhouses with plenty of time to spare. At least she hoped to. No way she was being left behind. Sure enough, she was safe and everyone was still milling around. The portkeys sooooo out of place there was no missing them as students had gathered around them. “Good morning, Professor,” the Ravenclaw greeted the man as she came into the group. After a minute or so of deliberation, Cass opted to move towards the sofa.

As good a portkey as any other.

She was running late. How did she oversleep? All the duties and the studying had her up later and now she was paying for it. Rushing around she hurried to catch up to the group. Some Head Girl that needed to be escorting. She got there as quick as she could and gave a small nod to anyone that noticed. Her hair pulled up in a pony tail she gave a quick glance at the professor.

"Morning"


Then hurried to find her spot with the group.

Porkey had to be the only way for them to travel today, didn't it? She hated traveling by porkey. But she really wanted to go, so she would suck it up.That was the only downside to this field trip. Honestly she was still surprised that they were still allowed to go on the field trip with the missing students missing. Frowning as she followed along down to the greenhouses. Hopefully someone would find the three boys soon, and they would be alight.

Muggle clothes on? Cheek. Lunch? Yep. She was ready to go. "Hello Professor Myers. Are you sure there isn't another way " She said with her kind smile as she walked by him. Now to pick a porkey. Fun. Did she mention that already? Seeing Katy she headed over to the sofa and flopped down on the opposite arm of the sofa that her Katy best friend was. Hi Katy. Taking the same porkey with Katy made her feel a little bit better.