Though the library was not normally his favorite place, Ethan found himself spending a good part of the day there today. It had been too rainy to do much of anything outside so he figured he should crack a book before the pressure of NEWT studying got too great at the end of the year from putting it off. Plus he didn't really feel like being charged to enter the common room till later in the day when he would end up just staying in for the night. And so, here he was, getting in some extra studying for Arithmancy.. though he was starting to grow bored and his eyes were beginning to cross from staring at the numbers and calculations relating to curse breaking for so long.

Time for a break from Arithmancy.. Ethan closed his book and checked his watch. It was still an hour before he was going to meet Min for dinner and he didn't really have much else going on at the moment.. or really the time to do a whole lot before then. So he resigned himself to do a little more studying of a different subject.. or homework actually, now that he thought about it. He had some a Transfiguration assignment to work on.

Luckily, he had that little gargoyle in his messenger back so he pulled the little guy out to practice with him. Glancing first at his notes, he pulled out his wand and waved it over the gargoyle now sitting on the window seat with him. "Piertotum Locomotor!" The gargoyle lifted his head at attention. Good, the spell was working.. so far, so good. Now to practice on some tricks. "Walk," he commanded. Yes, that was simple.. but he felt the gargoyle hadn't had enough practice yet because he had been so stiff in class. The little statue began walking, much smoother this time. "Now.. somersault." Another one he needed practice with, having failed miserably in class. The gargoyle tried to tumble, falling over just as he did in the class room, this time falling off the seat and rolling onto the floor a little ways away. He walked over to retrieve it.. still needs more practice..