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In spite of all the prep work he had done for this moment, it slipped that boy's mind that he didn't know how to get the Giant Squid to reveal himself in all his glory. Should he float out to the middle of the lake and pretend he couldn't swim? Was it too late to sneak into the Great Hall and nab a chicken leg as a peace offering? Or did the squid respond to its own name? These were the questions that the Hufflepuff was mulling over right now in his mind.

But soon his train of thought was derailed when he heard his name -- even with a bubble around his head, he could hear just fine. For a moment Asher thought it was one of the lady professors and he was about to get scolded for breaking one of the million rules the school had, but the sight of Isla calmed him down instantly the moment he turned his head.

"Oh, hey!" he exclaimed, giving the Slytherin a wave. His brow, not that anyone could see it under his mop of hair, raised when his fellow first year asked what he was doing. Was it not obvious what he was up to? Maybe he needed to reveal his flippers...

And that he did. Raising one leg up and waved the flipper in her direction, accidentally sending a little water Isla's way. Whoops! He immediately returned back to his original stance, both feet under the water, and looked back out at the lake before returning his gaze to his friend. "I was hoping to meet the Giant Squid. Maybe see if he wanted a swimming companion for a bit."
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Look at these kids. Firsties. Pffffffft. Thinking they can just sWiM OuT tO mEeT Bartholomew Henry. Bernadette shook her head and chomped another bite out of the apple she was eating. She was perched on a rock on the water's edge, bare feet dangling toward the water, and was just... watching. Watching these young'uns who were working on borrowed spellwork.

"He's out too deep for you, kid," she wisely, sagely, cockily warned the Hufflepuff. "You're wasting that bubble-head charm." Didn't it wear off after a certain amount of time? She'd read all about that one before she'd transfigured her book into a dinner plate.

As for Bernie, well, she already had a plan in place to meet Bartholomew Henry, and it didn't involve any dumb spells. But if this kid wanted to put on a show, she'd sit here and watch it. Might even open up some Bertie Bott's whilst she watched. Might even offer a few to the firstie girl she'd seen on the train, too.


When she finally managed to catch Asher's attention, Isla smiled and returned the wave. So that pretty much answered her question. A person's hearing wasn't affected by the Bubblehead Charm. She laughed when he splashed water her way. It was actually a welcoming interruption to her day, and she was only sorry that she hadn't brought along her own swimsuit. She'd pass on the flippers, though. She didn't even own any.

Waving his flippers at her still didn't answer her question, though. She didn't imagine most people went down to the lake with flippers and a Bubblehead Charm. Then he answered her question. The Giant Squid. Of course she knew about him, but she had no clue how to get him to rise to the surface. She only knew what she'd heard. "So I've heard two things about the squid," she said, edging closer to the lake but not getting in. "One is that he talks just like us, so you could try calling his name. The other is that he eats bread." She didn't know if she wanted to be in the water if and when he appeared, but this was a show she could stick around for.

At the sound of another voice chiming in, Isla turned to see Bernie sitting on a rock, watching them like they were in a show or something. She'd even brought along a snack. "So how do you get him to come to the surface?" she asked, although she was 99.9 percent sure the second year would give them a crazy answer just to sit back and watch them fall. She liked Bernie, and she even thought that they'd make good friends. She could so see the girl pranking them, though.
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