SPOILER!!: Sophie, Ella and Alec. ^__^
Ella seemed to have suddenly realised what she was doing and didn't seem too comfortable with it. Sophie's smile widened a bit in a reassuring way. She knew that Ella should at least try and teach her Pygmy Puff how to behave. What could happen with it if Ella wasn't around to watch him all the time?? He should learn that the Whomping Willow was not a good company for the ones who couldn't think properly.
Sophie frowned curiously. He's been acting weird for a while then?
"Maybe professor Williamson can help?" And she couldn't help but chuckle at Ella' question about Pygmy Puff shrinks. That sounded crazy! But...
"Dunno, maybe there is?"[/COLOR]
And she saw with the corner of her eye two things moving really fast towards the Whomping Willow. She turned her head in that direction just in time to see Alec juping on someone. O_o she didn't know Alec was the fighting kind... then she noticed something else going towards the Willow.
ANOTHER PYGMY PUFF!!! WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO THOSE CREATURES???
Her eyes widened and she put her hands over her mouth to keep her from screaming. She didn't want to use the Freezing Charm on another Puff and risk to hurt it! And she was too far to run for it... OHMERLIN, NOWWHAT??[/QUOTE]
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TakemetotheBurrow
Ella nodded. "I was thinking the same thing. I think I'll try and see Professor Williamson after classes one day. Besides I adopted Barny after working with him in Williamson's class so maybe he has some ideas." She giggled at Sophie's reaction to her shrink question. "I know it's silly but it doesn't seem so crazy, not after coming to Hogwarts." Nope, after coming here anything seemed possible.
Ella followed Sophie's gaze and saw what could only be another runaway puff headed towards the willow. "What in the name of merlin!" She said, watching as Alec, her fellow Hufflepuff, seemed to tackle the thing. She looked at Barny and then over to Sophie in disbelief. What was happening to the puffs at Hogwarts?
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Alec didn't know why he did what he did. Maybe something inside of him just wanted to save this unknown, strange boy? Because there was no way he was going to let the boy get hurt by that vicious tree! It was a mean, mean tree and he was pretty sure that the boy was nice! Really nice! He shouldn't have a mean tree whipping him around like whipped cream!
... Except whipped cream was already whipped.
And another thing! Why was this boy running after the tree? Did he want to get hurt? The tree could squish him! He was only a small boy compared to the huge tree... And the boy didn't even have a broom! He was lucky that Superman Alec was here to save him from something that would have been really really horrible!
... Now he was just confused. This boy was slightly weird, wasn't he? Who wanted to get hurt by the tree and then stopped someone from saving them? That was just weird. And it didn't make sense to the young Hufflepuff. None of this made any sense. How did he go from chasing sweeties to being confused?
Is this what happens when you turn into a teenager?
AND WHY WAS HE CALLING THE TREE PAUL?! Alec shook his head and pinned the boy down some more. "I'm not getting off until you stop chasing the tree!" he said, "And why are you calling the tree 'Paul'?" ... Was that the tree's official name? Like his name was Alec and the boy's name was... something. He'll find out later.
Alec didn't really realise how weird this must look to people who were around the tree as well. All he had been concerned about was saving the poor boy from getting hurt! He was just doing his job and being like Superman! That's all! No one can say that he wasn't doing a good job because, according to him, he was!
It was just as Alec flipped his hair to the side that he noticed two people looking in their direction. ... What? Who were they? He squinted slightly as he tried to make out the two girls. They seemed really really familiar! As if he had known them for AGES and had talked to them before. ... Odd.
... IT WAS SOPHIE AND ELLA! And they were looking at him, Alec, and this strange boy! What were they going to think now? That he was being mean? That they were wrestling? That he had saved someone's life? ... He hoped it was that last bit! Alec smiled slightly and waved at the two girls. "HEY!"
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TakemetotheBurrow
Ella checked on Barny, making sure the scene in front of him hadn't renewed his interest in offing himself rolling towards the willow. He seemed unhappy but still content with sitting in the same spot which was a relief. Turning her attention back to what appeared to be a wrestling match, Ella was relieved to see Alec was okay. He didn't look like he was mad or anything which meant that they probably weren't fighting which was good. But what exactly was he doing then?
The second year smiled when she heard Alec calling out to them. She returned the wave and decided to walk over and find out what in merlin's name was going on. "Come on Soph, let's go see what happened! And you, Barnabus, you stay put." Cause he was in BIG trouble, mister!
When she got to Alec, she was able to make out another boy who looked to be around their age. Looking from one to the other, she raised her eyebrows. "What happened? It looked like-but you wouldn't-Is everyone okay?" Cause that was the most important thing, right? Plus, Ella knew Alec was a nice boy and probably wouldn't be partaking in a fight. And then there was the puff that they had seen. Had it tried to make a run for it like Barny had a short time ago? Seriously, what was up with those puffs?!
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Sophie's eyes were still wide as she watched the other Pygmy Puff run to the Whomping Willow. She didn't give much thought about the boys on the ground and when Ella went in their direction, Sophie made her way towards the Willow.
OHMERLINWASSHEGOINGTOGETHIT??? She didn't want to use the Freezing Spell! BUT WHAT SHOULD SHE DOOO??? Not being able to have a better idea, she kept running like mad towards the tree praying she wouldn't get hit.
"THE PYGMY PUFF!! IT'S GOING TOWARDS THE WILLOW!!!" AAAHHHHH!!!!
Darwin's hair was in his eyes, his mouth was still full of grass that he was desperately attempting to spit out, his back hurt and he was now finding it very difficult to
breathe.
And although he was not clever, not smart, and couldn't read properly, the twelve year old knew that he needed to be able to breathe to live.
...CUE PANIC MODE.
He began to struggle underneath the other boy, thrashing his arms about and kicking his legs and trying DESPERATELY to throw him off him.
"P-p-plea-se... geddoff me." He could barely manage to talk and he was DYING here. DYING because this boy was MEAN and WEIRD and TOTALLY KILLING HIM RIGHT NOW.
And he, Darwin, wasn't ready to die. Not ready whatsoever! He had stuff to learn and things to do and friends to make and he was pretty sure his Mum didn't want him dead, either. Neither would Brooke and Oskar and his Dad and... well, Emiline probably would, but she just didn't count as a person.
"The t-t-ree?" Now it was time for him to adopt a confused look, and the shock of the idea stopped him from struggling.
"Bu-but.. why... why w-would I... want t-to... chase the tree?!" That was an ABSURD idea, and absolutely MAD accusation! Of course he wasn't chasing the TREE, that would probably get him KILLED.
...Well, killed faster than being sat on, at least.
Which he was still not enjoying. Dragging deep breaths, Darwin's confused look deepened.
"I'm not... c-calling th-the... tree 'Paul! Th-that's my... Pgymy P-puff's name! An-and he's... running... towards the... t-tree!" And if the boy didn't get off him now and let him rescue Paul then...
Well, he wasn't sure what he'd do, since he was pinned down and couldn't exactly do much. He couldn't even imagine what Spiderman would do in such a situation, because he couldn't imagine Spiderman ever getting into such a situation. He was just a stupid attempt at being his hero right now and that was embarrassing. Maybe he was just not cut out for this Superhero business. :-(
And how this boy had ACCOMPLICES. OTHER PEOPLE who were going to keep him from Paul and hurt him some more.
"N-no! EVER-YONE is N-NOT ok-okay. I c-can't BR-BREATHE. And Paul is g-going to d-die." And so was he, but he didn't focus on the fact that because he was talking (however breathless his voice was) that meant that he could totally breathe and therefore wasn't dying. No, that wasn't the case.
LOOK. PERSON RUNNING. TOWARD THE TREE.
"THANK YOU. SAVE PAUL, PERSON RUNNING." Because she seemed NICE. She seemed like she really wanted to help him, and not KILL him like this other weird person and his accomplice was trying to.
"Now c-can you... geddoff... m-me?"