Okay, so maybe he had broken that promise about him not ever speaking to her again, but what should he do? Stare at her like he always does? No. Jonathan stiffened when he talked to her, he hasn't done that in a long time nor has heard of her voice for a long time as well. Jonathan didn't bother about it, right now, they need to get this procedure done. Besides, he figured that if they were going to work together as partners for this activity, the least he could do is to actually speak to her. Staring and glancing wouldn't just do.

After finishing rotating the legs from its socket, Jonathan was now ready to do the next step. He took a big deep breath and observed the plimpy for awhile. The next step was to cut along the loose skin, right? Pull them off and then place them on the tray. Then suddenly, Kurumi scooted closer to him. Saying that she was relieved made him at ease. That was a good sign, her not hyperventilating with this activity. She was doing better than expected. So the next procedure was her part, Jonathan placed both his hands on the table and looked at the plimpy while she is now cutting through the loose skin to get the legs. Truth be told, Jonathan felt awkward with how close they were right now, he can even feel hear her breathing in and out. They haven't been this near since... then.

Again, all of a sudden Lafay was raising her voice because Sierra is also frozen? Now who else would do that? Sierra was not the type of classmate that you would freeze and especially in LAFAY's class. Whoever is doing this must probably be suicidal or crazy.

Jonathan's head glanced over to where Sierra was. Indeed the Slytherin Prefect is frozen and Lafay is getting angrier with all of these students freezing in class. What was going on? Was this some sort of April Fool's prank? This was serious. REALLY serious. Jonathan was still staring at Sierra when all of a sudden, he can feel a weight on his shoulder. His eyes moved to Kurumi. It was her... BUT, why would she suddenly? Jonathan's eyes widened when he saw her not blinking, her mouth opened and is completely not moving.

OH NO! This was bad. Jonathan's hand reached out to her head immediately. Well, she chose the most awkward position for him to move and ask for help, he can't just stand up because she will absolutely fall on the floor. So instead, his free arm went around her wait while the other one was on her head. Was he panicking? OF COURSE HE IS. "Kurumi, you're frozen!" dummy, she wasn't going to answer her now, is she? "Professor, Kurumi is also frozen... She just..." he technically didn't know how it happened.

What in Merlin's beard is happening to students?

What in the world was happening?!

Either Nora was totally clueless about what was happening to those who started freezing, either... uh... well, she really was clueless. But honestly now, was it some kind of really tasteless prank? Was everyone going insane? Or was Nora the only one going insane?

The only thing she could do was stare from professor Lafay to the others, sort of glad that she at least had a distraction from the dead plimpy.

Just... some Odessa Observations. =)
 

Sorry couldn't stand by quiet any longer :D
 

Alyssa decided that all those accusations flying around were just getting a bit too much.

And even though she knew that at this point, Professor Lafay was too angry to notice whether she raised her hand or not, Alyssa raised her hand and addressed everybody, especially the Professor.

"Professor, no disrespect, but I don't believe that Oakey did it. He may have accidentally slimed Sierra but I don't believe that the slime caused her to freeze. Look at Lewis, he froze first and he wasn't slimed."

Then Alyssa looked at Kurumi,"I'm not sure who slimed Kurumi, and even though she now got hit by the freezing charm, doesn't it require someone who knows how to cast the spell to do it and wouldn't that require wand. Not many of us know how to cast that spell except the older students."

"Professor you are the best person to determine who cast the spell. If you could, could you please test our wands? I hate to see friends become enemies because of what is going on in class right now."

'Plus I want to get back to harvesting this Plimpy and get out of this class.' Alyssa thought to herself.

Elliot simply stared down, trying to get the guts(heehee, punny!) to do what she needed to do...Merlin...She slipped on the gloves, thanking Merlin for their existence! and picked up this scalpel. It looked like a knife. No, it WAS knife...aahh. Elliot was sCAAAAARED.

She listened carefully to lafay, and cut the 'incision under the scales by the fins.' She thought. It was SUPER GROSS, and Elliot had to keep her mouth firmly SHUT or else her lunch would be ALL OVER. Ew. And she didn't think she wanted that...or maybe she did, so she could get out of this?

She finished cutting the fins from the body, which wasn't too bad. There wasn't any blood, which was nice, since Elliot would have had a heart attack if that was the case.

Here came the ickiest part...popping the legs from the socket...she didn't think she could do it..


She was about to pop the sockets..ew, when suddenly Lafay blew up on them...oh no...Elliot dropped her scalpel, but quickly picked it back up, speechless. She didn't have any idea, honestly...she was very confused...why were all the prefects freezing up...hmm? Quite weird. Elliot simply watched as everyone spoke, offering up their own opinions...but she remained silent...it was not her place to speak, since she honestly didn't have anything meaningful to input.

HMPH.

Erin listened intently towards Professor Lafay's instructions and observed carefully at her demonstrations. She reached for her gloves and put it on, both of her hands. Using the Scourgify spell, she thrusted her wand onto the scalpel - that was like ritual in Potions - and cut through the scales by the fins of the plimpy. One by one, Erin removed the fins and put it on the tray. She then repeated the process for the other fins and put it over the tray.

That was easy.

...and the legs...





Sierra froze and Oakey Gunter gotten to be blamed. He was the unluckiest creature EVER, really!

Poor Gunter. Well, if he was taken out points, Ravenclaw would be like way over the Hufflepuff? But this was just all so unfair. Erin witnessed herself what happened to CoMC with Professor Williamson freezing out and the incident on here was almost like that.

And he actually thought it was him. WHAT? Hufflepuffs were just too good. Nod. Nod.

And...

Not yet the end. Another one by the name of Kurumi Hollingberry frozen out too...In the middle of all this chaos between Oakey and Sierra and...and...Vickers reasoning out from Professor Lafay about the weird something happening at Hogwarts...and a Slytherin girl blaming Professor Lafay?

WHAT?

Instead of making any more fuss about this, Erin just reversed her focus onto the Plimpy lying in front of her, making no more sound, defenseless, unlike the jungle inside the Potions room.

She started to rotate the leg of the Plimpy and...

POP! That was probably the socket. At least, that made her happy.

Freezing + deFreezing Sierra + Freezing Kurumi + freaking out
 

Louisa was staring at Lewis' in that studying kind of way. Maybe she should just write down asking him about wearing anything new or--

Someone started talking louder than usual and Lafay started yelling again. The Prefect turned around and saw Sierra frozen... then moving again. Lafay was shouting and almost had a heart attack. Louisa smiiiiiiirked for a nanosecond before starting to frown and look the other way where Jonathan was announcing Kurumi's freeze out. AGAIN.

"I told you it wasn't a prank!" she hissed before looking expectantly at Lafay, now what?!

...........and wasn't just her or did it seem like the Prefects were the only one freezing out?

O_______________O

"My god... I don't wanna freeze," she whimpered looking at Lewis. As if the almighty freezing powers were in his hands.

This is all IC. I come in peace OOC. ;)
 

Ever so slowly, Sierra lowered her pointed finger and turned to face Lafay. She knew the woman wouldn't tolerate this much longer, and when she'd reached her boiling point, which Sierra thought may happen soon, Sierra didn't want to be doing anything to put herself in the line of fire.

So Gunter was claiming not to have done the casting, but even so, he was doing something suspicious, and it just so happened to be at the exact time something else happened. Something did happen, that much was obvious, but the last thing Sierra remembered was being hit with that slime.

Like she'd said, whatever happened, happened when Gunter threw that slime. A distraction from the actual caster, maybe? Either way, Gunter was now on 'THE LIST'.



Hearing a commotion a few rows over, Sierra turned to see a frozen Kurumi Hollingberry. Wasn't that just like the Dictionary Eater, to turn the attention to on herself in the midst of a chaos!?

Whatever. They should just leave her and her little Puffer Boyfriend frozen and in the corner for the rest of the class.



Sierra had to admit, having a hot co-prefect take up for you in a time like this did sort of lighten her mood a little. She'd never tell a soul, but her heart sort of swelled when she saw that glare on his face.



*bliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiink*

With a speech like that, Sierra honestly couldn't tell whether the kid was a true Ravenclaw or a closet Puffer. Either way, somebody should just freeze him in the corner, as well...



Well, heck yeah! You go little first snake! Sierra passed a proud smirk in the kid's direction. He had potential, that one.



*glaaaaaaaaaaare*

Slytherin or not, this one was now on 'THE LIST'. Mess with Mama Snake, and her baby will start hissing.



Sierra had to fight the urge to roll her eyes at this one. Of course nobody saw the culprit. They were all popping legs off plimpies, like they were supposed to be doing.



How do you know Lewis wasn't slimed, Puffer Girl? Were you off task, too? Hmm? Then she just hated to see friends become enemies over this? Whatever. Sierra had said it before, she'd say it again:

WHAT. A. PUFFER.

Who cared about who cast the blasted spell! That wasn't what was important here.

The ten points was.

Prefect and staff members are in danger of freezing. What on earth was happening. "DSo you know what is happening?"Sarah asked (in her mind) the plimply. Yet it remained like a dead fish as nonchalant as ever.

some quick observations from Oakey...not actual responses.
 

Great now two Slytherin Prefects wanted him dead. Guess Slytherins will be enjoying a heaping helping of Oakey for tonight at the Great Hall.

Terrified, sweating, and wishing he could shrink down to the size of an ant. Oakey's wish almost became true when Kurumi froze up, he turned his head with a look of horror on his face. If Kurumi's freezing up wasn't proof enough that he wasn't the culprit he didn't know what else would be.

Wait now Oakey was really confused along with all other horrible emotions going through him right now? Had Vickers just said that He and Sierra exchanged bodily fluids?!?!?! Could Oakey barf now...without freaking the Ravenclaw out even more?

Oakey's eyes darted past his BFF Mordy to the little Slytherin sitting beside him! WHAT. Really was this some kind of revenge for lightly hitting his frail body during the pillow fight?

He wanted Mordy to speak up, say something to defend him. Go against the rest of his house and defend his best friend. Maybe Shut the kid up who was sitting beside him.

Oakey shook his head nervously up and down at Alyssa's speech.

ooc: Sorry, didn't see you freeze there luvvie!

As she walked to Sierra she noticed a student with her hand over the tray. She poked her with her wand... This one too?!

"Sierra!" She was back now? Just like the Hufflepuff prefect. "You are in such trouble now..."

"Calm down." She said glaring at the boy. "As disgusting as the Plimpy slime is, it won't cause you to freeze. Keep your slime to yourself from now on."

"Hollingberry?"

... Did the Gryffindor prefect go too? "Wait..." what was it? Was it only affecting prefects?

No... No... there was that other one...

"Prefect Escalante, I understand your anger... but the slime wouldn't have done it." She said poking his side with her wand... did he freeze?

"I'm older than you, but I'm not daft..." She said getting even angrier now.

"Will you calm down?! You'll live. Everyone here has touched the Plimpy slime. It's used in beauty potions. It does not cause freezing." She said... The Goon's name was mentioned again... Yeah... paying him a visit.

"Five points for impertinence." She said her eyes.

"Are you accusing me as well?" She said grumbling.

OH NO... "Did you freeze too!??!"

"Do YOU want to test every wand?" Hate to see friends become enemies...for Merlin's sakes...

"Calm down." Then it came to her... Her wand was in the air and she said "FINITE INCATETUM!" Hopefully that would work.

Lafay...everyone sort of ;)
 

Kennedy was somewhat relieved that Sierra seemed to be fine. It was still strange. Why did she freeze up...just like that? His mind was already racing to find an explanation, but it only ended up at a dead end. He'd talk with her later.

Then...Kurumi froze. Although it didn't worry him as much as Sierra had, he still worried. He considered her a friend, so yeah. Was it a Prefect thing? He certainly hoped not. Kenney looked down at his badge. It wasn't that doing...doing THAT. Was it? In that case he needed to toss it into the lake...but he liked his badge too much to do that.

When Lafay spoke to him he was tempted to raise an eyebrow but didn't. She understood his anger? Really? And then...

She was poking him...

...on his ticklish spot.

Kennedy shied away from her wand and gave her a confused stared. "I assure you I won't...freeze, Professor." At least, he hoped not because he wasn't giving up his badge. No way.

Hearing her name, Sierra glanced up in Lafay's direction with a bewildered expression on her face. In trouble?! Her? ...but what had she done? It was all that Puffer's fault. That did it. If she was in trouble, then that Puffer was definitely on 'THE LIST'.

She still had no idea what had happened directly after she'd turned to face Gunter...

Five points from Slytherin? Only five? In a way, Sierra was annoyed that they'd lost five points, but at the same time, she was honestly surprised the girl hadn't gotten hexed or something. Ha. That would have been amusing to watch, though...

At the sound of the spell being cast, Sierra took a long look around the room, waiting to see what effects it would bring.

Nigel just sat in his chair and watched everything unfold. It seemed like more people were freezing and the even the Professor did not know why. She even poked one of her Prefects to see if he was frozen, which he was not.

After he heard Lafay cast the spell he took a good look around the room to see if the spell did anything .

*catching up*
 

That Hufflepuff boy was slowly starting to get extremely annoyed. And Lewis was NOT somebody who was easily annoyed. Except for when his girlfriend was sitting next to her ex-boyfriend in Potions class. Ahem. So the feeling that was washing over him when he looked at the other boy was barely known to him but it was becoming more and more persistent and extreme by the second.

Why did the guy insist that he had anything?!

"Yes!" Well, actually he couldn't say for sure that he didn't but something bugged him about the way Hufflepuff's accusation. And then he was talking about betting every galleon he owned on that. Well, that was a good question to be honest and the answer would have probably be 'no' but then he went on and said something which distracted Lewis from the question. "I didn't do anything." WHAT was wrong with this UNATTRACTIVE! boy?!



Lewis probably wouldn't even have noticed the bleaching of his sleeve if Louisa hadn't apologized. No, he was too focused on not thinking about what Professor Lafay could possibly want from him. Oh and also about Kurumi sitting next to Jonathan. He was NOT thinking about that either. Plus there was a Plimpy in front of him which needed dealing. Though, he was done with that so he was mainly trying to keep himself occupied with the first two things.

Not too successfully though.

"Hmm?" He raised his eyebrows at the Ravenclaw next to him, glad for some sort of distraction. It was only when he followed her gaze that he noticed the slight change in color of his robes' sleeve. Which made him frown slightly but shake his head at the same time. It was fine. It could happen.

When he looked back up at Louisa he found a wand still pointed at him which made him lean back a little quite suddenly, away from the wand. Okay, SERIOUSLY?! Only then she lowered it again, making him sigh in relief. He wasn't sure he would have been fast enough to get his wand if she had tried to hex him or something. Just nodding when she said she would explain later, Lewis looked at her face for a moment longer - trying to figure out exactly what she was talking about - before glancing down at his Plimpy again.

So Professor Lafay. And Kurumi and Jonathan. He wasn't even sure which made him feel more uneasy.

Was she...mocking him?! Something in Professor Lafay's voice suggested that, though he wasn't entirely sure. But then again why else would she have repeated his answer to her demand. He did glance up momentarily, a confused frown on his face when she pointed out that he was a Prefect. As if he didn't know that himself. What was her point again?

Was there something wrong with his Prefect badg-

O__________o

And then Sierra froze. Just like that. Froze right in the middle of a sentence. Which was one of the creepiest things he'd ever seen in his entire life. Lewis had happened to look at her right when it happened since she'd been very loudly complaining about something so he got to witness it first hand. With his mouth slightly hanging open. Which was still like that when she suddenly unfroze and...didn't provide any clue or explanation as to what had just happened.

Oh wow.

Lewis was still trying to figure out how exactly he was related to Sierra's freezing when he heard something that made him whirl around in his seat so suddenly he almost fell off his chair. Jonathan's voice. And he was addressing Professor Lafay. And he had bad news. Extremely bad news. News that almost made him miss the fact that Kurumi was sort of leaning against the Slytherin and he had his ARM AROUND HER WAIST!

Kurumi was...she looked...she looked bad. "Kurumi..." She wasn't moving. Just like Sierra a moment ago. Only this was far worse. Lewis actually cared about Kurumi. Hence it was far worse seeing her like this. Seeing her this...this lifeless almost. He opened his mouth as if he were about to say something but there was nothing coming out, no sound, no nothing. It almost seemed as if he had just frozen again but for different reasons than a moment ago. This time he was very much aware of it. This time it was because he was in shock and completely at a loss of what to do.

Also why was Jonathan the one holding her?!

Lewis was pulled out of his stupor when he heard Louisa next to him. And the way she said the words actually made him turn his head to glance at her for a moment. She was scared. She had basically whimpered just then. He wanted to tell her that it was going to be fine. That she wouldn't freeze. That she didn't have anything to worry about.

Only he couldn't. Because frankly he just didn't know. He didn't know anything.

Swallowing hard he gave her a concerned look before slowly turning back to look at Kurumi AND JONATHAN! again. Professor Lafay seemed to have absolutely no idea what was going on either. Somehow he hoped that her spell would work though. That it really was only a prank. Though, what else could it be. It HAD to be a prank. What else made people freeze like that? He doubted there was a Basilisk nearby. Or Medusa.

Unable to stand it any longer, Lewis quickly got out of his seat without another glance at Professor Lafay and hurried over to where Kurumi was sitting...no leaning against Jonathan rather. He gave the Slytherin a quick look which wasn't really much of anything, his emotions being all over the place right now, before focussing his gaze on Kurumi again. Taking her hand which was sort of, well, frozen it seemed, he tried squeezing it softly. "Kurumi." Lewis whispered, chewing on his lower lip nervously, concern cleared plastered across his face. It almost felt as if he were pleading with her to come back to life.

Not literally, of course. Since she WAS still breathing.

Wow...he survived.
 

*blink*

He wasn't being hexed, cursed, eaten, or made into ingredients?
He was just told to calm down...

*blink*

MERLIN THAT WAS WAY TO MUCH FOR HIM TO HANDLE! Oakey let off a large sigh of relief and look down at the Scarab charm he was grasping tightly in his hand. Maybe this gift did work after all.

He smiled at the idea that he wouldn't need to look for his Rabbit's Foot anymore with such a trustworthy item with him.



His smile was directed at the charm but it was definitely facing Sierra. Who, to his surprise was the one in trouble, and not him.

*Blink*
She hadn't seen that smile had she? He was going to die if he ever ran into her again.

He would need to start making THE LIST of people to avoid, and she would be tied for first along with Maniac Jogger and Crazy Ravenclaw.

He turned around to avoid her glare again and picked up his chair setting it back up and sitting down. As this was all going on Lafay who was now only a few people away from him now, cast a spell to prevent more students from freezing he guessed.

erm...all of you XD *uses Heejin's expression* <333
 

Eyes still looking straight ahead and vacant, Kurumi react at all to Jonathan's arm wrapping around her waist or his hand holding up her head. Nor did she react to Lewis whispering her name and squeezing her hand. Not a single muscle in her body, not an eyelash, nothing moved. Her body did shift a little as Jonathan moved, leaning a little more against his arm, but not of her own free will. The Gryffindor was still very much frozen in time, almost like icing on top of a cake.

Not even Professor Lafay's spell had any effect as the Gryffindor remained exactly as she was.

Why were most of the prefects frozen one by one???

Wait! Are the prefects only involved in this because if it is then a student who had always dreamt of becoming a prefect is to be blamed for this or you know, the basilisk of Hogwarts but that was a rather long time ago and it was already dead, or so the history books says. It'd be scary if it was still going around the school... roaming... and making students at Hogwarts frozen. Jonathan was still carrying Kurumi with his hand around his waist and his hand on her head. If she'd fell on the ground, that'd be just worse than getting frozen.

Professor Lafay did move to their area as soon as Jonathan asked for her helped, Jonathan nodded several times to the professor when she asked the question. "What's going on, Professor?" with all the students just randomly freezing in class. It was no longer funny and WHAT/ WHO is causing all of these pranks? Was this a message to send to the faculty or to the Headmaster?

Sigh.

Jonathan looked at Kurumi, she was still frozen. Not a word was coming out from her mouth. However, before he could further observe her, Mr. Prefect came into the rescue. Wow, even took him time to come save his girlfriend. Jonathan cocked an eyebrow and stared back at Lewis. His eyes once again scanned the Hufflepuff boy from top to bottom in a stone expression. Then he rolled his eyes and turned back to what was more important, which is getting Kurumi unfrozen. Jonathan saw Lewis take her hand which caused Jonathan to groan sarcastically, enough for Lewis to hear. Rasting, she won't be unfrozen by squeezing her hand. Pfffffffft....

Now he waits for Kurumi to be unfrozen by Professor Lafay, she has done it once by electrocuting Lewis, so same goes for Kurumi.

Lewis toooooo
 

Louisa's mouth was now formed in a pout, and Lewis' whisper of Kurumi's name didn't help the girl calm down. She just stared at the Gryffindor Prefect and then her eyes found another NON-Prefect.. all frozen up, too. Was it mean to say that the Ravenclaw almost sighed in relief at this? Probably... well she thought it!
Although being the Prefect of the girl's house made Louisa feel a sliiiight of responsibility. She let out a shaky sigh taking in the poor little girl's frozen body.

When the professor did the spell, the girl instinctively froze. Oh, no, she did it on purpose and only her eyes moved before her whole posture relaxed again and her head started moving from side to side trying to spot any kind of change. One good thing came out of Lafay's spell though... they knew nobody had pulled a prank with their wands on the students hence Louisa's head growing bigger... figuratively speaking.

....

Kurumi seemed to stay frozen in place. WHAT IF THIS WAS PERMANENT? Since she already froze before!? The girl swallowed and kept her eyes hanging on the girl in anticipation.

Its cool I hid it :3
 

Nerida just stared without blinking like she was daydreaming. Arm still holding the plimpy legs over the tray. Nothing was moving, not her muscles, not her eyes, not even her fingers that seem to always move. She just stood there frozen. If she would have been pinched no sound would have escaped her. Not even Professor Lafay's spell seemed to jolt Nerida. She just continued not moving...

and i see you too Aspen and Sierra :P
 

He gave a slight jump in his seat with the Professor yelling at him this time, so tightly wound were his nerves at this point. He would've begged to differ about the freezing since they had more people freeze in this class than anywhere Vickers have so unluckily witnessed. But WAIT!... Professor's wand was suddenly up in the air!

Out of sheer instinct he moved his arm to shield himself... just to realize a moment later that it was the mother of all Quit charms. There was a part of his rational thinking (the one fully convinced it was a contagion) that would say it wont work, but that ever hopeful side of him (the one that always says IT'S MAGIC!) peered out across the classroom hoping it was by some miracle that they were all cured.

Eyes goes straight to Kurumi-- who MOVED!

Oh no wait its the Slytherin boy next to her who moved.

His eyes was searching the other one that the Professor was referring to when she exclaimed if he/ she froze too. Did this work for that student?? That nagging voice in his head that said this wouldnt work was getting stronger now, and was just about to give voice once again to this MOST SOUND reasoning when he caught Sierra STARING at him. Did she freeze again? But then caught Aspen STARING at him too.

Why are they staring at him? They're not expecting him to freeze up like the others are they?

He wants to put on the bubble head charm on himself now. Seriously.