"Pleased to meet you Via" Steelsheen said as she shook her hand. "And thanks for that chuckle of the day. Drawing a padlock to represent Hogwarts. Thats a good one, even if it was unintentional" she giggled and proceeded back to scribbling notes on her parchment.

Chloe wasn't very good when it came to drawing so she gave it her all.


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she walked up to the professor with her drawing. "How's this professor?"

Chloe wasn't very good when it came to drawing so she gave it her all.


she walked up to the professor with her drawing. "How's this professor?"


ooc: sorry about the double post...i guess my computer messed up

"Professor Lainey here is my picture, I know it's not the best but the lake and the castle are there." Monica smiled.

"I'll give you all a copy, Sheeta. As long as you're still awake and listening,that's good enough for me."

"Ohhhh goodness! Oh wow, Steelsheen! These are beautiful! I'd like to have a blanket or a sweater with this design on it. If I can't be IN Hogwarts, at least I could be ... in a sweater with it on it..." Lainey laughed and took the picture, starting a third stack.

"Clara Belle-Cooper was a Slytherin, with Brennan. And Professor Doyle, actually." Lainey shrugged. "And I can't answer on why you need to know this, or what the Minister and Mrs. Cooper think. Whoooo knows with those two." Lainey rolled her eyes.

"The Minister was given the Wasps as a gift from his father." Ah, Lainey remembered that night. Niiiightmare. "It was a Christmas gift. Few years back now.."

"I'd like to be able to promise you that, Katrina. I really would. I'll do my best though." Unfortunately, as much as Lainey wanted to teach what she wanted, she liked her job and wanted to keep it...

"The Minister, sadly, is likable. He's very charming, very motivated, and in the right circumstances is a good man to have in your corner." Lainey frowned. "I don't know about Hogwarts though. I'd suggest you owl him... tell him how you feel." Not that he'd even read it. It would go to his Assistant.

"Ah. Yes. Now, this much is true, from what I know of them. They're relationship is one of the worst kept secrets of our time. But, they both do truly seem to love the other." Lainey shrugged. "Some people are just meant to be, and they seem to work..."

Lainey smiled down at the pleasant little picture. "This is precious, Via. Just precious. I love it! Well done!"

Lainey had been sort of moving about in the crowd of girls. She peeked over Anna's shoulder to see her drawing. "Gorgeous," Lainey whispered. "Just gorgeous. It looks so inviting, doesn't it?"

"Oh, thank you!" Lainey took the goodies and put them into her big black bag. She'd check them all for poison or some off the wall potion, but she loved goodies! "Unfortunately, Hogwarts has been deemed unsafe. I would probably get in a lot of trouble if they knew we were out here... so Hogwarts is definitely off limits."

Lainey's eyes went huge and wide at the sight of Summer's picture. "Wow," was all she managed for a while. "Wow, Summer, this .. this is truly stunning! Makes Hogwarts look so menacing! I love it!"

"Mrs. Clara Cooper? You don't find her ... attractive?" Lainey considered that. "I've always found her to be very pretty. It's part of what draws people to her..." Lainey shrugged and clapped her hands once in front of her.



"It is getting late girls. We should all head back to the ... school. Does anyone else have anymore questions?"


ooc: I will award your points for the pictures you submitted all at once, sometime in the near future.

No professor i have no questions, other then are we going back to the class when we get to the school or will class be over? Crystal asked

Copying down the notes that Professor Lainey had, she grimaced. She couldn't even believe she was even comtemplating of writing it down. Dipping her quill into one of Issy's borrowed ink bottles, she slowly held it to another new piece of parchment and quickly and messily scribbled down the information. Serena really didn't need her notes to be too pretty, especially if they were about the Minister.

*Sheeta finally finished up her sketch of the school she would hopefully get to see next year. Sheeta had never been that great of a drawer but as she looked at her picture of the wizarding school, she smiled at her work.*

"Here 'ya go professor, what do you think? Sheeta showed the professor her artwork.

"Thank you Professor." Summer replied while gathering her things. "Are we going to be doing more things like this? I liked the lesson."

"Thank you Professor" Steelsheen replied blushing. She worked her arm off for those, and was quite happy how it turned out, but didnt expect such a positive reaction from the Professor. "A sweater would be really cool" she chuckled but then caught herself It would be cool to have but whats the point if you cant wear it other than the uniforms she thought gloomily.


Mrs Belle-Cooper was a Slytherin? Professor Pierce said she was a Ravenclaw she thought furrowing her brow, mulling over the information. "Well regardless of what house she belongs in, it doesnt change her behavior or her medieval thinking she said quietly.

She shook her head in reply, suddenly feeling depressed. We're leaving she thought as she cast one last look at Hogwarts. So near yet so far she thought as her vision blurred again, but this time she let the tears flow. She didnt want to leave, didnt want to go back to that prison of a school. I've lost too much, sacrificed too much just to let this go she thought as she hugged her arms. "Professor, isnt there anything we can do to get Hogwarts back?" she asked her voice shaking.

"Wpould you like me to carry these to your office, Professor?" Allie asked, nodding to the pictures in her arms.

Back to the stupid prison of lady like behaviour and pink fluffiness, thought Katrina with disgust. She didn't want to leave Hogwarts; she was longing to go inside, and explore, and see what a real school was like. Oh, how she longed to be in that castle! Sighing, she cast one more look at the castle, saving it her memory. Then she gathered her things, put them all in her bag, and got ready to leave.

"I'll assign homework when we get there, but yes, I won't torture you lot any more after we get back."

"What do I think? I think it's magnificent!" Lainey pointed out her office window again with a sigh. "Probably one of my favorites even, Sheeta."

"I hope so. I don't have another Ministry 'you must teach this' lesson. So, the next one - as of right now - is all me. Not that that is better, but I won't be teaching you all about Brennan." Lainey laughed at that. Hell must have frozen over because she HAD taught about him. What a git.

"Oh I'm sure there is something we could do," Lainey didn't say "assassinate the Minister" out loud though. She didn't really want to do that. It'd cause some 'family issues'. "But currently, I think we're stuck, darling."

"We'll take them back to the classroom, Allie." Lainey lifted up her own stack.


"Alright class, follow me! Keep your heads held high and we'll be alright." Lainey lead the way back to class.

Steelsheen nodded her head, wiping away her tears with the back of her sleeve. She picked up her book bag and tearing away her gaze from Hogwarts, disconsolately followed the Proffesor back to Belle's.