Maddie didn't move a muscle, not even to blink, as they story from 2069 was retold. She'd never heard the whole story. She'd just known there was a flood caused by merpeople. She didn't know why or even that there was a whole story behind it. It was super interesting, even if some merqueen had been imprisoned in the lake.

Maddie thought about what the professor was asking. She didn't have a whole lot of answers, but she had some thoughts. Raising her hand, she said, "Well, I don't think we'd really have a choice as to whether or not we went to battle. Sometimes you pretty much have to when something like a castle is under attack with this many people inside of it."

"Also, I don't think it'd be very wise to expect just the staff to fight off a whole army of merpeople," she continued. The staff were all excellent, but fighting an entire army of merpeople was expecting a little too much. "If the attack happened, though, I think it'd be good for some of the older students to send a patronus to warn the others."