Cela kept singing happily and scooped up the niffler, letting it at the silver locket. "Well hi!" She nuzzled it enthusiastically and looked at Professor Vindictus, "I can sing louder? And I have chocolate frogs?"

"But I. Want. CAKE!" Max whined and his lower lip stuck out as he pouted.

Eddie, who had been examining the bite on his arm, suddenly jumped up, "CHOCOLATE FROGS?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?! I want one!!!!" His arm continued to bleed, but he no longer cared. There was nothing he wouldn't do for a CHOCOLATE FROG!!!!!!! OH! AND WIZARD CARDS! YES!

"We could go get some from the kitchens?" Cela suggested, "Or from our common room?" Cela nuzzled the niffler some more.

"Oh! Well sure! But what happened to your arm, sir?" Cela reached into one pocket and pulled out a chocolate frog, offering it to him from her position kneeling on the ground with the niffler in her lap.

"YAY!" He grabbed away the chocolate, "5 points to Ravenclaw" he nodded has he opened his chocolate frog. He looked at his arm, "Oh, right. That niffler bit me." he bit into his chocolate frog in emphasis. Definitely better than niffler meat, he was sure.

He took a look at his wizard card "waaahooo!!!" he yelled, "Uranus!!"

"Oh! Um. Thank you, Professor... I have more..." Cela blinked and scartched the niffler's ears. "Do you need the nurse?" Cela eyed the bite, it didn't look tooooo bad, but maybe nifflers had germs or something? She could probably heal it, but she knew the nurse would be better.

"CAKE! I WANT CAKE!" Now Vindictus was starting to pitch a fit and he skulked off to a corner where his tantrum continued. "Dumb niffler. What kind of nutter lets a niffler loose in a school? This has gotta be one of Neo's stupid pranks!"

Anna had searched all over the schoool, however, none of the people she so desperately needed happened to be around. Taking a bite out of her snack cake, Anna hurried down the seventh floor corridor. She needed to get some proof and bring it back to the Mirror of Erised---and quickly, at that! She needed Professor Vindictus...or Ashby...or Bunbury...or...

"Professor Vinductus!" she said, hurrying up to the little group of professors---and niffler---assembled in the hallway. "I need you to do me a favor, sir. Please. It's concerning the Mirror of Erised. I need all of you to come with me, and quickly, too! Please!" Anna glanced from Professor to Professor, her eyes finally coming to rest on Professor Vindictus. "Oh, and...cake, sir?" she asked, holding up her extra piece.

Eddie shrugged, "Eventually, probably, but I want the chocolate first." Yes, chocolate was a priority.

Eddie rolled his eyes, "OH Max, let's go down the banisters to the kitchen. The house elves would be more than pleased to feed us. I'm sure of it."

Cela clung to the niffler nervously, "It's okay little guy, I'll take care of you. I'll take you to Professor Morgan, she's just lovely."

How convenient! Cela sighed in relief when Anna showed up with cake, but she wondered if it would be that simple to get the two Professors to go along with her.

Celandine solemnly offered some more chocolate and perked up when Professor Forrester mentioned banisters. "Ohhh! You know what is fun? Using the glisseo charm and going from the top to the bottom, last term Metal-Mouth and I did that, we charmed cushions! You can pick up some wicked speed, but you have to be careful to get the timing right. There is a pattern."

Why. Was. Cela. Telling. This. To. Professors?

He snatched it out of Anna's hands and shoved the piece in his mouth. "IVE OINTS FUR GWYFFINDAWR," Vindictus replied with a full mouth and crumbs falling all over the place. "MAWR CAKE!"

She followed Anna as they ran into Professor Vindictus and her head of house Professor Forrester. "Oh great," She said looking at the state of them. Professor Forrester was bleeding! "What are you two doing?" She asked walking over to him to look at his arm.

Running up and down every corridor in Hogwarts was great exercise, sure, but Anastasia most definitely preferred climbing trees instead of niffler-hunting.

Speaking of which...

"THERE HE IS!" Bunbunz skidded to a barefoot halt at Cela's feet. "Mr. Niffley! Bad Niffley, sneaking away from me like dat!"

She paused to catch her breath and put one hand on the wall, the shiny zipper of her Zan's jacket just barely catching the late afternoon light. "Hiya Maxxie, Eddie, Cela, Anna, Paris," the redheaded nodded to each in turn. "Niffley wasn't being a bad niffler, was he?"

Anna's eyes widened as she watched the professor devour the cake in pretty much one bite. "Oh, erm...glad I could help, sir," she said, looking over at Cela and shaking her head in disbelief. Professor Vindictus must have been at near starvation. "Okay, okay...I...umm...the only other piece I have on me, though, is my half-eaten piece," she continued, showing it to him. Anna's eyes drifted away from her flying professor when Professor Bunbury, who appeared extremely hyper, strolled up in search of the niffler. These professors were just...odd. "Can we discuss this cake as we walk to the Mirror of Erised, though?" She looked towards Professors Bunbury and Forrester, wondering if they'd agree to go along, as well.

Max snatched the half-eaten piece out of Anna's hands. "No walkie for good 'ol Maxie. Me hungry and then I want to PAR-TAY!" He looked around as he shoved the second piece in his mouth. "WE WONF! YEAH!" Then he swallowed. "Yo, Bunbunz! No touchy that rabid, flea infested niffler! Anna, tell herrrrr that nifflers are baaaaddd!"

"BUNNY!! Come back! You got anymore chocolate? I'll trade you for a lolly!" Alessia said running up the stairs after her. Why were these stairs so hard to run up on...

She saw what Anna was doing and she looked at Professor Bunbury. "Professor Bunbury would you like to come with me Anna and Professor Vindictus to go see the Mirror of Erised?" She asked her kindly. She didn't know what mental state the woman was in and she didn't want to scare her. "We have cake and chocolate frogs," She told her with a smile.

Eddie had shoved several chocolate frogs into his mouth at one time and now stood in awe at the Ravenclaw girl before him. "AHESH!" He choked, "YES!!!!!!!!" He jumped up and down. "IWANNA!!!!"

Eddie paused...."Having fun?" he suggested with a shrug.

"HE BIT ME!" Eddie yelled and pointed at the bite on his arm.

"I don't wanna go anywhere," Eddie pouted, "I wanna slide down the banisters."

Sugar. It made thought processes go either one way or the other. Right now? Cela was much more intrigued by the idea of staircases take 2. Or actually, Whomping Willow take 1.

She looked up at Professor Bunbury. "Oh no, he's a good niffler. I let him play with my locket." Cela eyed the locket and gave the niffler a scratch.

"Oh hey Professor Lupa! I have more chocolate! ZOMG! We could have a party in the kitchens! There is cake AND chocolate down there! Probably Niffler food too!" Cela rolled her eyes, managing to shoot Anna a look. "And maybe on the way we can go to that mirror. Because the prefect really wants us to for some reason and I totally bet it's just a trick! Like she wants us to go there? Just cos she knows that we won't? But actually there is awesome stuff that she doesn't want to share!" Cela stood up and gently passed the niffler to Professor Bunbury.

Anna blinked when her half-eaten cake was snatched from her hands. He stole her cake?!?! Psh! "Oh, erm, glad I could be of service to you sir," she said. Clearly, she wasn't getting anywhere in her quest to get them to go to the Mirror with her. Maybe she should just play along for the time being. "Okay, okay. Yeah...GO RAVENCLAW!" she called out. "Congrats on the win, sir!" Anna watched as another Professor, Professor Lupa, strolled up, as well. "Professor Lupa...Professor Bunbury...Professor Forrester...Professor Vindictus...I beg all of you to come to the sixth floor with me. It's just one floor down. Professor Kazimeriz is there, along with a few of the ghosts. Pretty please?" she asked.

Alessia had heared Paris and Cela... CHOCOLATE IS AWESOME... but... then Eddie said he was going to slide down the banister... that sounded fun too... what to do... what to do...

"Why should I go see a stupid mirror that we only hear about in boring History of Magic? I don't see no chocolate or cake. I WANT CAKE AND I WANT IT NOWWWWWWW!" Vindictus retorted like a spoiled brat.

She pulled some tissue out of her purse and walked over to Professor Forrester. "Here let me see," She said softly just like how she took care of her brothers. She dabbed at his bit mark softly so she wouldn't hurt him. "See all better now right," She smiled at him. This was weird. "If you come with me I will give you a cauldron cake for being such a brave boy." She always had to bribe her brothers with food.

"Well Professor I have all the cake you can ever eat, but first you have to come with us for just a little bit and then we can have a cake party and slid down all the banisters." She told Professor Vindictus.

"but if we stop at the mirror, we STOP. I want to go ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL the way down!!!! YOU PROMISED!!!!!!!!!!!" Eddie was on the verge of a tantrum now.

He eyed the PREFECT, "Celandine's right. You're trying to trick us, and I BET SHE'S WORKING WITH YOU! There's probably nothing there. You'll just lock us in to keep us away from the banisters and the chocolate!"


"IWANTCHOCOLATE!!!!!!!!!!!" Eddie joined in the yelling. He wanted to go to the kitchen. Now.

Okay, this was soo not working. Anna needed another plan...and fast! What to do? What to do? Biting her bottom lip, Anna turned and whispered in Paris' ear. "Paris...head to the kitchen area and ask an elf for some emergency cake. Afterwards, go and gather all the candy you can. When you are done, head here and give me a signal that you are ready. Don't be seen by these professors with the food! Cake...blood pops...chocolate frogs...and anything else you can get your hands on! When I see you, head to the Mirror room with the snacks!" she said. "Oh, and remember, this is an emergency snack run! No lolly-gagging around!"

Turning back to Professor Vindictus, Anna said, "We'll work on getting you some cake! Cake is good! Cake is our friend!" Anna turned to see if Paris had heard her and was heading off to get the snacks...