Tillstorm stood there next to the table waiting to see who was going to be the first one brave enough to come try the cookies and hot chocolate she brought in. Lucky for them it was the house elves who made the treats, not her. And here comes the first of the group.

"Hello Cutty. You're very welcome. Just be careful with your drink. It's very hot." Hence the name HOT chocolate. Oh, and now he had questions for her. "Let's just say I was good at all the subjects I took in school." Yes, it was true, she had been the nerdy bookworm who excelled in all her classes. "But I have to say, my all time favorite class was potions, followed by charms and herbology." And then the boy was gone, off to pour a potion on his cookie. Yeah, that one was a strange kid for sure.

Not as strange as the next one that came over to her. "Umm, are you alright there Simon?" No really. Why was he calling her mum and hugging her like that? "Do you need to sit down for a minute?" You know, to get ahold of yourself and figure out just who it is he had been hugging.

And then Ethan was there taking a cookie and eating it. "Hello Ethan, you're very welcome. I just thought you guys could use a little something to warm you up down here in the dungeons." After all, they were below the lake, which was now frozen. Oh and he wanted to know how she was. "I've been okay. Just trying to keep warm like evreyone else." Along with trying to figure out just what it was that attacked the students and professors out in the forest.

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The boy was CHOKING!

Cece quickly reached out to him as her healer insticts kicked in. "Are you sure you're okay? Do you need a drink of water?" Because hot chocolate wasn't going to cut it at a time like this.

And then West happened. Really? Another one hugging her and calling her mum? And this one wasn't even a little kid. He was practically a man about ready to graduate. "Umm, you're welcome West." She hen put an arm around his shoulder as well as Simon's and gave them both a little hug back. She looked around at the others. No one else was planning on hugging her were they?

Trying to compose herself and get untangled from the students, Cece smiled at Theo when he took a cookie. The head boy sure was being quiet today.