"Correct. It was used in the past as the bases for one of the tasks in a previous Triwizard Tournament." He nodded at all the students who mentioned it.



"Do YOU want to go ahead and drink the lake water?" Scabior asked the first year.



"All good answers, yes." He nodded





"Your theory makes sense…" But that's all it was, a theory, and so it was wrong. Or could be wrong.



"No. The Muggles are ignorant to Hogwarts because of all the charms and spells that are on it. If anything, building a giant castle next to an important source of water would make Muggles suspicious and probably end up killing a bunch of them because their water source was cut off." He smiled. Happy Miss Stone?



Scabior looking to Williamson then shrugged. "That's a good guess, yeah."



Dash nodded, catching on to what was being said "…And animals need water, and so the lake supplies that." That's where she was getting at right? Either way, what she said made said. He smiled at her.



"Correct, traveling could have been an issue, another means of escape or enter if deemed fit." He nodded.





"Yes." He nodded. Like someone before had said right?



Dash nodded but gave a skeptical look soon after. "You are correct on most parts, though I doubt the lake was purposely created to help aid the flooding of Hogwarts." Just a little note there, if that was what she meant.



"Correct, back when Hogwarts was founded, a large body of water could be deemed dangerous. No one could really know what resisted in it."





Scabior raised a brow. "So what you are saying Miss Greingoth and Miss Reed is that the Hogwarts founders included the lake while creating this glorious school to hide and protect students of Salazar's Slytherins house and yet leave all other students unprotected?" He snorted. He liked the idea…sadly, no. "Nice try."



He blinked, slightly confused, just as the first year was it seemed. "I'm not sure you understood the question Miss Penta."





"Right you two are! The tradition of first years arriving to hogwarts on boats is a major way that the lake has been used in the past and even presently." Good job.





"Right, it was used negatively then." He nodded.



…This girl was weird. Ravenclaws. Was he actually suppose to answer her? "Right….I'll try to dig those up for you Miss Odessa." Dig up the non-existent transcripts.



That, was a whole bunch of information just shot right at him. And Scabior wasn't able to grasp any of it. "Please Miss Potter…learn how to take pauses when you are speaking." But she got a nod too because….something had to be right out of all the things she said.




"It was here." He said with a sigh



A different spin on things. Scabior smiled. "Makes perfect sense Miss Riddle." Good job.



Scabior gave the boy a nod. "That makes sense to me Mr Gert." Which meant that he could have been right.



"No. I just said that we were studying the lake." He eyed the Ravenclaw, tempted to take points for her lack of attention.





"They didn't make the lake. They included it."



Wow. Scabior just looked at the kid and chuckled. "Who wouldn't want a lake indeed."



He nodded in agreement, the creatures were important.





"Used just like how it is now then you mean?" He nodded.



"I doubt the mermaids would want to meet the students." Though he wasn't an expert in Magical Creatures, APPARENTLY that was Williamson, so the man had better say in this.



[B]"A real home." He repeated. "I would surely hope that your house does not include a lake inside."



"That could keep the Ministry away.." Huh. Interesting. Sadly if that was true, it didn't work now.



"Right, as a means of safely, having a lake sounds pretty smart."




"So they included a lake to make the Slytherin Common Room look creepy." He repeated the boys words, just so he could hear how ridiculous it actually sounded.



"Thats what the enchantments are for." Scabior said shaking his head.



"…." Scabior just stared.



"Not quite. Not only because of them."



"Of course there is life in the lake." He said, slightly annoyed. That didn't even need to be stated.



Lake to hold water? Scabior chuckled. "But yes, it was already here when they built Hogwarts."



Scabior just stared at the young boy. "You Mr Bellaire. Please do not have any sweets before coming to any of my classes."



"It could have been sure." Though, they probably didn't drink right form the lake.




"Noonono." Sigh. First years. "They didn't make the lake. They included it." He would explain after.



Scabior just nodded his head at the few people who said something about plumbing issues.

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"To clear somethings up, the founders did not make the lake." He looked toward a few first years who were asking. "I said they included it. Meaning, that when they set out to find a place to build Hogwarts they, decided early on to build the castle in an area that included a lake."

He nodded. Hopefully they understood now. "So really, your guesses are as good as mine. Could have been for the creatures to study in classes, or for the protection of the students. What is know about the main inclusion of the lake is that the founders did find it important to somehow be supplied to a fresh source of water, and this is why like a handful of you mentioned." He nodded at those people. "All Hogwarts plumping runs through the lake." He paused. "But don't worry, there are charms, set upon the lake to make sure that all the water in it, and all the water that we obtain is clean."

"Over the years the lake has been used for much more than just a source in which the plumbing runs through. It has been used for transportation, recreational, educational purposes and even that one time during the Triwizard Tournament as a task." He nodded. You guys did not have to write any of this down. But you had to REMEMBER. It was easy enough.

"The lake has a general name associated with it, do any one know what this is? For those of you who know what the name is it, any guesses as to why it was giving this name?" They didn't have to answer both questions, only one. Whatever they wanted really.