WHOA! Cross-body free spin anyone? It as just like dancing. But unexpectedly.

5, 7, 8. & Marché 1, 2, 3.

"Oh but you will be appreciative," Cari promised as she kicked off her high heals and dropped her bag. Quickly performing a charm so no one could open it but her, she took off after the Groundskeeper. He WOULD take his potion.

"Anna! Clifford! Please see that everyone gets their Pepperup Potion! I'm off to take care of a difficult patient!! And No, No seconds, One dose! No one needs their hair to catch fire! And remember, everyone gets ONE, No exceptions, if anyone refuses I WILL find out, and I WILL take off house points." she hollered, dashing out of the Great Hall, in hot pursuit of Neo.

"Oh my god," she said as the groundskeeper just pushed that intern chickadee. And then he ran away and she took off after him! She had to see this. She thought turning to run after them.

After that fight with Lupa and Bunbury last term, which she wanted to let go till one of them killed each other, she wanted to see another fight.

Plus, she was a Quill reporter and this was news...well it would be.

Making her way back down the table, Anna happened upon a fourth student who'd yet to take the pepperup potion. Poor dear. This one had her knees held tightly against her chest, and she was definitely quite cold. "Hey there," Anna softly said. She knelt down so that she was more of an eye level to the girl, then she held out a bottle of pepperup for her to take. "You'll need to take this right now. It'll help you feel lots better, I'm sure." Still smiling, Anna stood and then looked back down at the girl. "I'll be back by shortly. Please have your potion taken by that time, dear." Not having enough time for more chit chat, Anna turned and headed further down the table.

"Alright, Amanda, you'll need to take this then," she said, taking a bottle off the tray and passing it over to her friend. "You're alright, safety-wise, but you'll find yourself in quite a fix if you don't take this potion right away." She sighed and then glanced down the table. More and more students were piling in, most who hadn't been given a potion just yet. "I've got to go. There are still many students who need a potion. Do take your's, please. I'll be back shortly to see that you have." With that, Anna turned and headed in poor Raiden's direction. The boy looked absolutely panicked.

"Yes, dear? I'm here," she said, meeting him halfway and bending to put her tray by her feet. She kept a fim hand on it...as well as a firm watch. It wouldn't do to have something happen to the supply. Anna frowned and knelt in front of Raiden. "Raiden, dear, we can't do with you being in a complete and total panic. You're safe now, and you know what? I'll just bet Roscoe is, too!" Anna said. "Professor Kazimeriz and Truebridge went back down there, and they were on the lookout for anyone or anything left behind. They'll rescue Roscoe, and he'll be safe and secure and in your arms in no time!" Seeing the fear in his eyes, Anna leaned over and hugged him tightly. "No fear, alright? I do need you to take a potion, though," she said, handing him one off her tray. "I've got to go, but do drink your potion. I'll be nearby if you need me." Smiling, Anna picked up her tray and headed back to Lyra.

Anna frowned and eyed Lyra behind half-narrowed eyes. The girl was going to cause a fuss, wasn't she? Well, Anna was going to have none of that. Not when safety and health were the issues at hand. "Yes, pepperup potion, and you will take one, Lyra Noir," Anna half-fussed. "I've got nearly an entire houseful of people to give these to, and I won't have my very own best friend being the one to cause a hold-up." She grabbed Lyra by the arm and then closed her hand around a potion bottle. "Do drink up now, or I'm quite sure you'll suffer the wrath of Healer Avalon," she finished, turning towards Cam Karsten, who, as usual, was practically bouncing the walls in a state of hyperactivity.

"Nooo, Karsten," she answered, much in the same way she would address a four-year-old begging for a third lollipop. "These are pepperup potions to ensure everyone remains healthy. They aren't candy, and if you've had some already, then you'll need to sit down and allow the potion time to work its magic." Thinking better of the manner in which she was speaking to him, Anna sighed and wrapped the boy into a tight hug. He was young, and he'd been through a terrible ordeal. "I'm really sorry, Cam. I'm just a little stressed. Are you alright, though?"

"Thanks Anna, I will take this potion immediately." Amanda said then took the vial and drunk it, not really enjoying the taste of it; unfortunately she didn't want to feel worse so she had to take the potion. She wanted to talk to her friend later on once the chaos died down but for now, she was just focussing on making sure that she felt okay and trying to not let this ordeal just make her more terrified of drowning in water.

Cam looked as Anna knelt down and handed a pepperup potion to Dru. He watched and observed, and gestured her to take a drink. Daaaangggg she looked like she had hypothermia or something. In some way, she reminded him of hobos. They were always in that position most of the times, hand around knees and all. And she didn't look OK either. Ohhhhh he could so imagine if a flood would have happened last year. Blehh it would make him be scared as heck and maybe even Dru was feeling the same way as he imagined it would be.

Plus she was a girl. Some girls were sensitive to the bone, no?

"Trust me, just drink it and you'll feel a whoooole lot better. And lookit my ears, it makes these cool effects and all!" All he was trying to do was reassure her and he began to think of the flood again. He shuddered. Scary scary.

"But Aaaannnaaaa, I wanna see how much steam could go out of my ears all of once!" Cam started begging and he was actually annoying when he was begging. But right then, there was a mad chase between the nurse and the headmaster. Wow. If Anna or Dru and probably some other people weren't here, he would've chased them out to the very school grounds! Because well, he was crazy like that. The nurse yelled out that each person is only allowed one potion.

Ohhhh DARN.

"Nevermind!" he tried to say out cheerfully and was immediately laik, hugged by her. Whoah. ZOMG. Ohhh he knew he still had skeeeelz. He nodded as if he understood about her stress problems (he didn't actually) and just smiled. A hug. And she smelled nice. Yeah.

"Well I almost drowned actually," but he wasn't going to say he had the inability to swim and all, "Becaaaause of the water level and all..." He looked around to check if the lemurs were doing well and they were just off to their business, still playing, but they looked a bit tired by now. "I was wet all over because of those two," and pointed at the lemurs, "But Clifford did this kewl spell and got me dry and then the nurse gave us the potions and well, here I am now."

Raiden was more than panicked. He was in a STATE. A state BEYOND panic. Sure, he was safe, but that said nothing toward Roscoe's safety. What if the professors didn't bother to pick him up? What if he was stuck on something, meowing for help, and nobody bothered to get him? What if... what if...

Wait. No, this was bad, but it could get so much worse. He needed to calm down. Anna was right on that part at least. He stood utterly still as she hugged him, close to tears still despite the reassuring snuggle.

"If... if you're sure they'll get him," he said softly, sniffling, "Then... I trust you. I trust that they will."

Taking the potion that she handed him, he stared at it, then sniffed it.


Ick. Definitely not a calming draught. He needed one of those at the moment, not whatever this was. Shivering, he held the potion in one hand and sifted around in his wet pockets for the vials he knew were there somewhere. Hopefully the water hadn't... done anything to them.

Ah. Found one. Popping the top off easily, he swallowed it all in one go; it didn't TASTE off. Good. He followed it with whatever Anna had handed him. It had to be good for him, if she was handing it out...

OH HOT. WHOOOOOA. Raiden's eyes went wide in surprise. This was AWESOME.

Lyra was now forced with the potion in her hands from Anna Banana. Well that was one person she didn't have the strength to fight, not that she would anyway. The Hufflepuff took her potion like a good girl even with the sour face and all.

"This stuff is just nasty," she spoke out loud with a frown on her face but the only reason she took it was because she was not loosing anymore house points. They were in the hole enough as it was. "Fine! Happy?". She couldn't help but smirk and sit down at the table and pout.

Reaching the Great Hall, walking behind Kazimeriz and... the cat which was now being levitated in front of them, Ethan sneezed again. "All clear." He managed, standing up straight and looking along the table at the Slytherin students.

Kazimeriz stagged to the bench, settling into a free space with a relieved sigh. He lowered the cat down into his arms. "And who does kitty belong to, I wonder?" he crooned softly to the cat in his arms, petting it. It was true; animals helped distract from pain and stress. He ignored Truebridge entirely.

As interesting as distilling and experimenting with gillywater was, it was not a good enough excuse to be late to tea with Valon Kazimeriz. Thus it was in a slight state of anxiety that Anastasia Bunbury hurried through the entrance to the castle and paused just outside of the doors to the Great Hall. She was half-turned to go down the stairs to the dungeons and half not, because, after all, a great number of voices were distracting her now. All coming from the Hall, too.

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Reaching the Great Hall, walking behind Kazimeriz and... the cat which was now being levitated in front of them, Ethan sneezed again. "All clear." He managed, standing up straight and looking along the table at the Slytherin students.

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Kazimeriz stagged to the bench, settling into a free space with a relieved sigh. He lowered the cat down into his arms. "And who does kitty belong to, I wonder?" he crooned softly to the cat in his arms, petting it. It was true; animals helped distract from pain and stress. He ignored Truebridge entirely.

And then along came an interesting sight, right up from the very dungeons Anastasia had been about to visit. First was the floating cat, then the weak old man, annnnnd then Zan.

Just another day at Hogwarts, right, except that they were dripping wet.

"What in Merlin's Pants.....?!" Annie mumbled, openly gaping at the trio as she followed them to the Slytherin table. "I mean, I know I was late for tea, Professor Kazimeriz, but...I....huhhhhhhh?"

Breathing through his nose, waiting for the burning sensation to disperse, Raiden rubbed his eyes and turned toward the doors as more people came in.

And a cat.

A CAT.

HIS CAT.

ROSCOE.

MERLIN'S STRAWBERRY-FLAVOURED SOCKS.

Raiden's jaw dropped and he watched in shocked relief as Professor Kazimeriz lowered Roscoe into his arms. Just as he felt as if the floor would fall away from beneath him, the world snapped back into place and he moved weakly towards the two professors that had just entered the hall.

"He's... okay," he whispered weakly. "Thank you so much, I was so... worried about him... And I couldn't go get him because they wouldn't let us go back in the water."

He rubbed the back of his neck anxiously again. His eyes were prickly; he was so relieved that Roscoe was alright that he wanted to cry. He'd feel right silly if he cried now...

Cue the feeling stupid.

Levitating the Groundskeeper ahead of her, and her hair in wild disarray from the chase, Cari returned to the Great Hall victorious.

"Please clear the way," she said calmly. "I have a man in need of some treatment."

Ethan eyed the cat and flicked his eyes around, he was mildly curious to know who's cat it was too.

"Annie." Ethan began and then promptly sneezed. He pointed his wand on himself and siphoned off the water on the outside of his clothes. He was lucky that he'd charmed himself, but it had started to falter and some of the wet and ALL of the cold had seeped to the skin... except over his chest where the cat had been nuzzled for almost an hour.

Ethan looked between the cat and the boy and Professor Kazimeriz and finally looked away. It would look odd to assure Raiden that it hadn't been a problem when Kazimeriz had been the one to hand the cat over.

He sneezed again and began looking up and down the table, trying to see who was still missing... at least they weren't in the dungeons, hopefully studying and doing homework like good little snakes.

Another sneeze, and a glare for Kazimeriz.

Oh.

Kill me now...

This was highly embarrassing...the Great Hall? REALLY!? Of all places...why here? WHY!? As if the fact that he lost to her wasn't bad enough...

If Cari hadn't been a professional, she'd have dropped Mr Masterson.

And he'd be REALLY MAD.

Instead, she placed him carefully on the end of the House Table, and suppressed the urge to run over to Ethan and throw her arms around him.

She was worried about him. Who wouldn't be? He had been in a flooding Dungeon.

But first things first.

Summoning her bag, she administered a potion for Mr Masterson's back pain. Which she was more or less the cause of. But if he had just taken his potion in the FIRST PLACE!!

And then somewhat apprehensively, she stepped back, releasing him from his body bind.

"Mr Masterson, the Potion might make you a little groggy for a few minutes," she warned.

Which might give me a fighting chance.

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Levitating the Groundskeeper ahead of her, and her hair in wild disarray from the chase, Cari returned to the Great Hall victorious.

"Please clear the way," she said calmly. "I have a man in need of some treatment."

Alright now, Hogwarts was weird but for once, Anastasia was glad she was not involved in the weirdnessssssss. Her mouth dropped open a little bit farther when she spotted that tart of an intern come marching in, but she promptly closed in when she saw what --- yes what, not who --- she was levitating.

"Heheheeh," the redhead snickered to herself, before slowly drawing a hand up to her mouth. She continued snickering behind her hand until a voice caught her attention.

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Ethan eyed the cat and flicked his eyes around, he was mildly curious to know who's cat it was too.

"Annie." Ethan began and then promptly sneezed. He pointed his wand on himself and siphoned off the water on the outside of his clothes. He was lucky that he'd charmed himself, but it had started to falter and some of the wet and ALL of the cold had seeped to the skin... except over his chest where the cat had been nuzzled for almost an hour.

Ethan looked between the cat and the boy and Professor Kazimeriz and finally looked away. It would look odd to assure Raiden that it hadn't been a problem when Kazimeriz had been the one to hand the cat over.

He sneezed again and began looking up and down the table, trying to see who was still missing... at least they weren't in the dungeons, hopefully studying and doing homework like good little snakes.

Another sneeze, and a glare for Kazimeriz.

"Zan?" she turned from the amusing pair of gardener and intern to watch him drain water.....SOOOO much water.....off. Poor thing, and now his robes were probably ruined....although they did cling to him nicely.

"Did Kazimeriz recruit you for a failed potions experiment?" Annie mentioned lightly, taking one step toward him and pulling out her pink handkerchief. "Here."

The sneezing would have to stop since that really wasn't sanitary. And also, these wet people looked like they would need a nice, hot beverage. Bunbunz twirled her wand once, summoning her pink tea pot that was always ready for guests. The little pot whizzed through the hall above the students' heads and was at her hand in an instant.

"Now then, would anyone like some freshly brewed tea?" she called out calmly, setting the pot down on the table by the cat boy. Oh, shoot, teacups. You had to have the matching pink cups with the pink pot. She summoned those too and then went about duplicating them with one of her favorite charms, pouring a bit the tea into the few cups as she went.

Ignore the intern, ignore the gardener, pour the tea, hum de dum dee.

"Cari." Ethan greeted, wondering if he should sit down. Whew it felt weird walking around without any resistance. He took a few experimental steps, feeling a little heady and ridiculously light on his feet. Weeeeeeeeird.

He sneezed again.

Ethan looked over at Kazimeriz, but held his tongue. He took the offered handkerchief with a solemn, "Thank you, Annie." And a sneeze to accompany his words.

He looked up at the word tea, "Ah... you know how I like my tea..." That was a yes, a fervent yes.

Rubbing anxiously at his eyes, Raiden watched with a slight numbness as the intern lady levitated Mr. Constantine into the Great Hall, and Professor Bunbury made tea, and everything was just amazingly odd today, wasn't it. But it didn't matter, because he was about to add to the overall unbelievability of the events of the day. So relieved was Raiden about seeing Roscoe alive, dry, and well that he did something that most students without a death wish would never dream of attempting. Very carefully, because it seemed like Professor Kazimeriz wasn't feeling well at all, Raiden hugged the old man.

Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuug.

Okay, that's it. Masterson wouldn't be able to stand for a minute anyway.

Caroline plunged her hand into her bag, pulled out some phials of Pepperup Potion and launched herself at Ethan. Burying her face in his chest and squeezing him around the middle.

It had been a BAD DAY. And she had been starting to wonder herself if Ethan had drowned. And she asked him to help her.

He was the closest thing she had to a friend at a Hogwarts.

Steady Avalon. If you cry in front of the students, well, it would be bad. REALLY BAD.

She let go. "You smell like mildew," she said matter of factly, as if she hadn't been about to blubber all over him. "And take this, or suffer the Groundskeeper's fate." She pressed a phial of Pepperup Potion into his hand.

Shana smiiled as Miles walked towards them.Heey Miles.She beamed.Thank Goodness someone was here to save her.She took a few more steps back after Miles pushed her back and stood there.Now she should be safe Miles was in between both of them and that should stop Reese pouncing at her.Umm Noothin.she shrugged.

Siigh.She didn't want to be here anymore,she wished she hadn't of followed Reese down here.Now she had to explain.Oh Boy,Oh boy,oh boy,oh boy.She gulped and sighed.'Miller ?' what was with Calling her Miller ? She shook her head and didn't say anything.Reese wouldn't say anything with Miles here,Would she ? Buut then again it was Reese.

"Bless you and you're welcome," Anastasia answered Zan automatically, continuing to pour tea. Her trademark smirk crept back onto her face as she heard him mention the beverage. Ahhhaha tea. Fond memories of that beverage.

She looked up and smiled at the sight of ancient oldeee Kazimeriz being glomped by a Slytherin. Hehehehee, whatever had happened had clearly shook the social order up quite a bit, she thought, carefully setting two pink cups of tea in front of them. "Please drink," the professor stated simply, before picking up a specific cup and turning around toward Truebridge....

...and the tart. Of course the tart was there, being tartish, yet again. No, tart wasn't even a good word for her anymore; she got on Anastasia's nerves and just tickled her wrong like the prickliest, thorniest, ugliest cactcus she could think of. Hugging the history of magic professor like that.....absolutely uncalled for and weiiiiiiiiird..... just... just...

Annie slowly shook her head and clutched the teacup in her hands a little bit tighter. "I thought this was the way you liked....it," the redhead murmured darkly, eying the intern as she spoke. "Here." She held the teacup out at a certain distance for Truebridge to take, because she was not going any nearer to that...that weed of a woman.

The height at which his robes were soaked seemed to indicate that he was the last student to leave the dungeons. Still fuming about his dismissal, the potion masters condition only worsend the prince's disposition.

Old fool. The boy could have swam laps around him. Though he did understand it was Kaz's duty to protect the students didn't mean he had to like it.

Arms folded over his chest, the boy grimaced and dripped all over the hall. He knew well enough to keep his mouth shut, even if he couldn't stop his teeth from chattering.

Brrrr.

Ethan sneezed. It wasn't like HE wanted hugs for saving the kitty but...

... he got hugs anyway apparently. "Ah." Ethan put his arms around her after a moment and gave her a half-hearted squeeze. "Mildew? Lake water." Ethan clarified. And probably old man. Raiden would now smell like that too.

He eyed Masterson for a moment and chose not to comment, particularly when Cari threatened him with the same fate... hmm... speaking of which, whatever happened to that Hufflepuff he'd handed over to Clifford? Still he didn't like sneezing so he was quite obliging about the potion. He took the pepperup, unstoppered it and drank it down, handing the empty phial back solemnly, sneezing once more for good measure.

Mmmm. Special tea.

Nodding his thanks, Ethan gently extracted himself from Cari, patting her shoulder in thanks and took the teacup, rather oblivious to darkmood!Annie. "Thank you, Annie," He took a sip and let out a breath, relaxing the slightest bit, "Lovely." He was still shivering some, but the combination of the pepperup potion and the special tea helped immensely.

Standing in the middle of the aisle, Steven wondered what had gotten into everyone and if the flood water had some kinda of weird element that could make people crazy. It sure did seem like the Slytherin's were acting funny. He laughed as Paris snuggled closer before moving away to follow Avalon and Masterton.

Shaking his hear, he just waited making sure that the others were okay and once again checking on the third year named Jude. He wondered around trying to help and then his head shot up as the doors opened and more teachers came in. He sighed a little, that meant Nancy was out of the Dungeons... Right? If Truebridge was back, then that meant the Dungeons had to be cleared... But were were Nancy and Evangeline...

O.M.G.

Where were they? He felt slightly crumby, knowing that he was more worried about Nancy than his own girlfriend... But he knew she was safe - and besides... Nancy was his best friend. He groaned a little, shaking his head.

Ruby finally made it to the great hall she had tried to find some clothing somewhere as she was compleatly soaked her hair was dripping wet and she couldn't pull her hood up so it revealed her bright red eyes, as she walked you could hear

Squelch Squuelch

from her shoes, she pulled a face as if she had never been in this situation before, which i havn't she thought, she could feel her nose tickling and all of a sudden

ahhh chooo

she sneezed and not quietly either, "great " she muttered she stood against the wall and saw the potions Professor, Professor Kazimeriz and the History of Magic Professor, Professor Truebridge they both looked rather wet she could understand the potions professor.....umfh she thought as she continued sneezing