Originally Posted by hermygirl

Spike nodded, and gave the second year a gentle hug of reassurance. "You didn't see what threw you out then?" he asked, just to confirm. Peeves might be thrown them out of bed, but not all the way from the tower to the entrance. Hmm. This was most odd.

"I've never know this to happen," Spike said. "But stranger things have happened at Hogwarts." He bit his lip. "It's probably the castle playing a practical joke, and we'll be back in there in no time." He offered her a smile, and gave her hand a gentle squeeze. "We'll keep you happy and safe, don't you worry." And Spike meant it. He'd do anything to ensure the Ravenclaws were okay.


"It is most odd," Spike agreed with Louisa, as she went to check out the knocker. Spike admittedly hadn't bothered, because if everyone else couldn't get in, he wasn't likely to either - even if he was a Prefect.

He nodded, and pulled out his wand. He wasn't sure about conjuring blankets from thin air given his weakness in charms and transfiguration, but he could duplicate things well enough. If Louisa did the first blanket, then with a bit of teamwork they would soon have enough for all the 'Claws. He was about to mention that fact to the Head Girl, when she pulled him to one side.

She was right. Of the two students that had already come to him, one was freezing and the other scared. They did need to reassure them. "How about...we give them a fun distraction?" he said thoughtfully. "You mentioned camping earlier - why not set up a sort of camp fire here? We can send someone down to the kitchen for hot chocolate and cookies, snuggle under blankets and have a house sing-song until we find out what's happening."

Camping out was always fun, right?

Originally Posted by Magical Soul

Fun distraction! She nodded vigorously, "That's a good idea. So.. let's work on getting them comfortable and warm before we get the professor." Louisa released Spike's elbow which she'd been squeezing nervously as she whispered and inclined her head at the rest of the 'claws. "Well? go ahead." Giving him a gentle shoulder bump. She would be taking care of the first blanket here while he addressed the students.

She moved to her bag and took a handkerchief out, one of those that she recently used during her flu day. Closing her eyes and trying to concentrate as hard as she could, it was no good messing a spell up in front of her housemates. Waving her wand at the handkerchief with an image of a blanket plastered behind her closed eyelids, Louisa heard the faint sound of magic at work. When she opened her eyes, a big pink blanket lied instead of her small hanky. The color was off but it worked! She grabbed the blanket and headed to the students. "Who's still cold?" The students who did their OWLs should probably be able to duplicate the blanket or ask Spike or Louisa to do it for them.