Orr looked up towards the Sixth Year Prefect coming up to them. She stood up and approached him, "Hi, Spike. For some weird reason, we all just got thrown out of the common room including the dorms."

She sure hoped that Spike would be able to find out what was going on.

And now a little crowd was gathering. Meanwhile, Blue was shivering in her onesie, her toes curled in her fluffy socks. She rubbed her hands on her arms, giving up on pounding on her door. She shuffled a little, trying to to warm herself up, and failing. Blue sniffed and looked up. YAY. A prefect! Blue walked over and tugged on his sleeve.

"Spike? What's going on?"

AND WHY ISN'T THE HEATING ON?

So if the fire crab was as much stubborn with his fire-farting habit then she was absolutely not giving him any more trea-- whaooo. Pause the evil scheming. Louisa paused a couple of feet away from the crowded eagles, her cautious eyes scanning them all. "It's... camping day?" Did they even have one? Because all of them DO look like a bunch of kids going out camping. Their faces weren't as happy as one would think though, or excited. She looked closely at their faces until her eyes found Spike. "Uhh.. what's going on?"

Also wasn't it too cold to be outside the common room at this hour? Louisa hugged her jumper tightly around her.

"Hi Aurora," Spike said warmly to the younger Ravenclaw, though confusion was still clear on his face. "You got thrown out?" he questioned. "By who?"

Surely Professor Vindictus would have given them a bit of warning of the Common Room was going to be out of bounds for a spring clean or something? He frowned, staring at the shut entrance. Hmmm.
He was contemplating the situation still, when he felt a tug on his sleeve. Looking down here saw a shivering Blue in her pajamas. Without thinking, he slipped off his jacket, still warm from where he'd just come up all the stairs from the grounds, and slipped it round the second year's shoulders. "Better?" he asked with a smile. Sure, it was on the large side, but he couldn't be having his Ravenclaws freezing whilst they tried to work out what in Merlin's Beard was going on.

"I'm trying to find out," Spike said with a sigh. "I'm guessing you were in the dorms?" he asked. People did visit the Common Room in their pajamas on occasion, but usually with a gown or hoodie on top. "Did you see anything? Notice anything odd?"
"It's everyone apparently got thrown out of the tower day," Spike said, turning to his co-Prefect. "Not sure how or why...I only just got back from the Greenhouses and found everyone here." He rubbed the nape of his neck, trying to think of a plan of action. They couldn't just all stand around here shivering until the knocker decided to let them all back in again.

"We should probably alert the Headmistress and Prof V...and maybe conjure a heat source or blankets or something seeing how cold it is." Freezing students was not a good thing.

It all happened in seconds, and his mind didn't have time to process the events. Mick did a double take to realize that he wasn't in the dorm anymore. He looked from the prefect and head girl that looked as confused as everyone else to Ethan, he just shrugged his shoulders. Mick wrapped his sweater tightly around himself, stretching out the material; he didn't remember it being this cold.

Oooh, that was nooot good. Not good at all. Louisa frowned and dropped her backpack to the floor. "I don't like the sound of it." Thrown out. Not shooed out or gently ushered out but thrown out. It indicated some sort of force and unwillingness. "Okay. The knocker isn't giving any more puzzles, I guess?" She made her way through the 'claws up to the door. Yup, completely shut. She paced back to Spike and saw him give his jacket to the younger girl, how could anyone be hard on this boy was beyond Louisa. Aaanyways, he summed everything they had to do pretty well, the seventh year nodded in agreement.

"Okay. First the blankets and then one of us can go alert professor Vindictus." Who in turn should alert the headmistress. So at least one of the prefects could stay with the locked out students. She hurried to her backpack and took out her wand for some blanket conjuring... or jacket duplicating.

Louisa was about to wave her wand when the faces of the students caught her attention again. She paused, and then pulled Spike gently to the side. "Hey, shouldn't we... like... tell them it's going to be alright? And what we have to do? They're kids." She whispered, her eyes not leaving the crowd of students. Also he should be the one giving the pep talk, because Louisa was not good with sentimental and assuring words.

Aurora shrugged. "I have no idea what really happened. I was asleep in my bed when I got thrown roughly out of bed and landed here just now. Has something similar ever happened before? Because I'm getting really frighten."

What good magic was if they couldn't be safe in their own beds?

Spike nodded, and gave the second year a gentle hug of reassurance. "You didn't see what threw you out then?" he asked, just to confirm. Peeves might be thrown them out of bed, but not all the way from the tower to the entrance. Hmm. This was most odd.

"I've never know this to happen," Spike said. "But stranger things have happened at Hogwarts." He bit his lip. "It's probably the castle playing a practical joke, and we'll be back in there in no time." He offered her a smile, and gave her hand a gentle squeeze. "We'll keep you happy and safe, don't you worry." And Spike meant it. He'd do anything to ensure the Ravenclaws were okay.

"It is most odd," Spike agreed with Louisa, as she went to check out the knocker. Spike admittedly hadn't bothered, because if everyone else couldn't get in, he wasn't likely to either - even if he was a Prefect.

He nodded, and pulled out his wand. He wasn't sure about conjuring blankets from thin air given his weakness in charms and transfiguration, but he could duplicate things well enough. If Louisa did the first blanket, then with a bit of teamwork they would soon have enough for all the 'Claws. He was about to mention that fact to the Head Girl, when she pulled him to one side.

She was right. Of the two students that had already come to him, one was freezing and the other scared. They did need to reassure them. "How about...we give them a fun distraction?" he said thoughtfully. "You mentioned camping earlier - why not set up a sort of camp fire here? We can send someone down to the kitchen for hot chocolate and cookies, snuggle under blankets and have a house sing-song until we find out what's happening."

Camping out was always fun, right?

She hadn't expected him to give her his jacket, but he had wrapped it around her anyway and earned a huge massive BEAM. "Much! THANK CHUU." He was the bestest prefect in Hogwarts. Well, Louisa was pretty good too. The jacket was about three sizes too big and came down to about her knees and her fingers were somewhere where her elbows were supposed to be but she was already feeling much warmer. She jiggled a bit and managed to roll the sleeves back and zip up the jacket before looking back up at the prefect. "Won't you get cold though?"

"Yeah..I was sleeping." Sorta anyway. She was more in that stage where you were half-asleep, half-awake, where you sort of aware of everything and nothing at the same time. Twas weird. "Um...No. Just that I was lying there and the next minute, I was being whooshed through the dorm, then the common room and then I landed on my behind out here. It really hurt." Mhm.

Fun distraction! She nodded vigorously, "That's a good idea. So.. let's work on getting them comfortable and warm before we get the professor." Louisa released Spike's elbow which she'd been squeezing nervously as she whispered and inclined her head at the rest of the 'claws. "Well? go ahead." Giving him a gentle shoulder bump. She would be taking care of the first blanket here while he addressed the students.

She moved to her bag and took a handkerchief out, one of those that she recently used during her flu day. Closing her eyes and trying to concentrate as hard as she could, it was no good messing a spell up in front of her housemates. Waving her wand at the handkerchief with an image of a blanket plastered behind her closed eyelids, Louisa heard the faint sound of magic at work. When she opened her eyes, a big pink blanket lied instead of her small hanky. The color was off but it worked! She grabbed the blanket and headed to the students. "Who's still cold?" The students who did their OWLs should probably be able to duplicate the blanket or ask Spike or Louisa to do it for them.

While his fellow Ravenclaws were being made to feel like postal mail being thrown across the tower and out the common room Vickers was making his way out of the Library, worn out from long hours of reading and research and just looking forward to his nice warm bed.

But as he rounded the bend of the spiral staircase within sight of the door he found a crowd forming outside, some were half-dressed, practically everybody was entirely confused.

As he milled about the crowd he heard snippets of conversations-- What? The Common Room kicked them out? How can a room kick anybody out--specially when they have the right to be there? He neared the door and stared at the silent knocker then used his hand to test push the door. Yeah it wasnt budging, not that he expected it to anyway without the answer, but still feeling the door solidly shut against his hand really drives home the point that they were without a doubt shut out.

He turned to hear Louisa and Spike distributing blankets and aiding those who were ill-clothed for the increasing draftiness of the castle. He was about to draw near them when he suddenly remembered-- a few of his homework due tomorrow were INSIDE the common room.

*panic**spazzes**panic*

He drops his bum to the steps and digs through his book bag, bringing out a fresh parchment and his textbook, props himself up against the shut door and began scribbling furiously. He has to redo his homework! *grumble*

Spike's smiled widened, and he gave her a little wink. "It suits you," he said with a chuckle. It might be on the big side, but at least it'd keep more of her warm, right? It came all the way to her knees, and hopefully her fluffy socks would keep her tootsies nice and warm. At her question, he shook his head lightly. "Nah, I'm a big boy. And I've just run up all those stairs. I'll be fine." And even if he did get cold, he'd rather she had it.

"Not the nicest way to wake up, I shouldn't imagine," Spike said with a frown. It was sounding more and more strange. 'Whooshed' through the dorm? "You're okay though, yes?" He probably had some healing potion in one of his pockets somewhere if she wasn't. Spike had a whole random assortment of things in his pocket. "Nothing too badly bruised?"

Good, she agreed. It was times like this that helped remind Spike why Vindictus had given him the opportunity to be Prefect. It'd taught him so much, and he really hoped he did a good job.

"Me?" he mouthed. Wasn't she the Head Girl - the more experienced, the one that should take the lead? Apparently she meant it though, as she shoulder bumped him in the direction of the other 'Claws. Well, at least it mean she trusted him...and hopefully she'd sort some blankets in the meantime.

"Okay, listen up everyone!" Spike said, moving towards the cluster of Ravenclaws and raising his voice. "Something doesn't want us to be in the tower tonight, so we're gonna make the best of it and have a camp out until we find out what's going on." He grinned, and rubbed his hands together. "Louisa is sorting out some blankets to keep us all warm, and we're going to go down to the kitchens and find some suitable nibbles too - marshmallows, cookies and hot chocolate sound good?" He was sure they did, because really, who could turn those down?

"Feel free to conjure some cushions and such to make yourselves comfortable too, if you can. And I'll sort out a little 'fire' for us to gather around." And with that, Spike pulled a little thimble from his pocket - one that was usually reserved for saving his finger from being over-nibbled by his 'pet' rose. With a flick of his wand, he'd enlarged it, and he'd place it on the ground. Another flick, and a small bluebell flame appeared. He gave a small smile, and looked at the students.

"There," he said with a nod. "Gather round all and one. Who knows any good campfire songs?"

One second Eliza had been about to say goodnight to her company in the common room and the next she was staring at the knocker on the door, mouth open in breath. What the...? Why... But I...Um? She slowly turned around to discover that it wasn't just her that had unwillingly appeared outside of the common room. Okay, is this some sort of forceful safety drill or...? She spun back around and gave the handle a tug. No use. It was sealed tight. She had absolutely no idea what was going on and from the confused and disheveled appearances of all the other Ravenclaws, they didn't know either. And that troubled her.

Her eyes must have been wide, brimming over with feelings of fear and curiosity, because the prefects were looking rather stressed to pacify the younger students. She didn't need to be comforted necessarily, as she didn't even understand what had happened. She was lucky enough that she had been standing, fully clothed, with her bookbag and wand when the commotion happened. Not that she knew many spells, but she did feel a little better knowing it was with her.

She took a seat with some of the other students around the flame the older boy had conjured for them. It was clear that no one knew what had happened, so she didn't bother asking them. They looked like they had enough on their hands just trying to keep everyone warm in the stony corridors of the castle. But what had happened? she wondered. What could send all of these people to one place, at the same time - without being seen or heard? And why? What purpose does it serve? Is there something in our tower that it wants? If it's an "it" at all. What the heck is going on?! She wondered if any of her friends had good ideas about it. Does this have something to do with that oh-so-important brooch of the Headmistress'? There had to be something that tied it all together, but what?

Jayden was tiiiiiiicked off! "What in Merlin's Pants is going on here?" She whined, stomping her foot impatiently. "Elliot?" She cried, searhing through the crowd of kicked out Ravenclaws. "Has anyone seen Elliot?" She called out, her eyebrows furrowing with worry. If she could just find Elliot, it would be okay. Elliot was always the one who knew what to do or say.

Why, yes, Aidan had been one of those rudely forced out of the Common Room. And while at first, he was excited by what had happened, wondering what it was for, and his eyes REALLY lit up when Louisa mentioned camping. But soon, his grin disappeared because...HIS CHOCOLATE WAS IN HIS DORM!!!

How MEAN of the Common Room to just throw him out WITHOUT HIS CHOCOLATE. Was it AGAINST chocolate or something? And he didn't even have his Exploding Snap cards, or Wizard's Chess set to keep him occupied.

And it was getting FAR too crowded out here. And he was getting grumpy.

That is, until Spike conjured a fire and mentioned marshmallows and cookies and chocolate. Now they were gonna have a REAL campout!!! And Aidan's grin was back in place as he pushed his way to be closest to the fire.

And boy did he know campfire songs. "I DO, SPIKE!!!" the boy called out.

YAAAAAY CAMPING!!

Well that just rude of whoever/whatever threw them out of their common room. Nigel was having such nice dreams. Until all of sudden he was outside the common room and there was no way to get back in.

Still with his batman pjs on. Nigel did not know what to do yet. He thought about following what Spike says and follow along with this campfire thing. Even though Nigel had never been camping. He was more of a city person, who like 5 star hotels. But he decided against that and thought about reading until this past. But then he realized that all his comic books were next to his bed in the common room.

Well this night can't get any worse. Nigel took the most comfortable seat he could on the staircase and tried to get some more sleep until Professor Vindictus came to take care of whatever happened.

Mick sat down the cold floor with everyone else around the camp fire. This particular moment reminded him of something he saw on a contraption called television when he was visiting a muggle friend. The first thing the television exposed him to was a talking yellow sponge singing a rather silly camp fire song...He grinned. This would be the perfect thing to cheer everyone up.

"Let's gather 'round the campfire and sing the 'Campfire Song'!" he belted out loud. "A C-A-M-P-F-I-R-E-S-O-N-G SONG!" Mick paused in the middle of the verse to see if anyone knew the song besides himself.

Orr took comfort in Spike's hug and felt reassured that he and Louisa were here with them. If anyone knew what to do it would be the two of them. Although she couldn't understand why all of a sudden would the castle decide to play a practical joke on them by throwing them out the common room.

Watching Louisa hand out blankets, Orr stepped up to her and asked, "Um can I also have a blanket please?"

At least she wasn't stranded outside the common room by herself and she had her fellow 'Claws to keep her company. And she did like camping.

Ethan glanced around the crowd, first noting Mick, who seemed as confused as he was. He was glad he seemed alright though and gave him a grim smile, as he thought he may have bumped into him on the stairs as they were both being pulled out of the dorm. Then.. Oh, good, the Claw leaders are here. He figured the prefects would know what to do.. But they didn't know what was going on.. they hadn't even been inside to be thrown out.

As some of the others let them know what had happened, Ethan didn't feel the need to echo them.. he was just trying to sort things out. It annoyed him when things didn't make sense and he couldn't make sense of this. His eyes snapped to Spike as he spoke.. a camp out. The fifth year nodded to himself as it seemed like a pretty good idea. The younger ones seemed a bit apprehensive and this would be a fun distraction.

The boy chuckled as Mick began singing. The song sounded oddly familiar.. but he wasn't sure if he had heard it before. Seemed easy enough to pick up though.. "Start again," he told Mick with a grin as he took a seat next to him. "I'll sing along with you.. or try to." He glanced back at the little jarful of fire and caught a glimpse of Eliza out of the corner of his eye. She looked a little scared. "Eliza.." he called over to her, suddenly feeling like a protective older brother or something. "Come sit over here," he said, gesturing to a space near them. Hopefully they wouldn't have to sit out here too long, but they could make the most of it while they did. And one of the prefects would be getting Professor V, right? He would surely know what to do...

Whatever embarrassment he had for singing a kiddie cartoon song went away when Ethan decided to join in. "I think you and I will get along famously," Mick said to him.

He glanced over at rest of the Ravenclaws, "C'mon everyone! Let's gather 'round the campfire to sing our 'Campfire Song'! OUR C-A-M-P-F-I-R-E-S-O-N-G SONG! And if you don't think that we can sing it faster then you're wrong But it'll help if you just sang along..." He managed to sing the entire verse without laughing his head off, though he wanted to so much. When he first heard the song, he couldn't believe its absurdity. But this wasn't the time to worry about looking silly, a little silliness is what they need right now.

As more and more people joined the group outside the Claw common room, Kendall had started feeling even more worried about what was going on. At least she wasn't quite as worse off as the ones who had been sleeping when they'd been tossed out of the tower, stuck in pajamas and without shoes, but she was still scared. And, as she dug through her bag again, even more so. She definitely didn't have enough chocolate to last her if they were stuck out here long, so she stuffed her pillow pet inside he rbag just to help her ration. She'd eat less if she had to dig underneath stuff to get at it, and that way maybe she could make it last longer. She definitely didn't want to run out, especially if she wasn't going to be able to replace it any time soon. Hopefully Mika wouldn't ask her for more either, because then she'd almost feel like she had to share with everyone. Especially now that the prefects had arrived, and even they didn't know what was happening.

At least now they had sort of a trash can fire to keep them warm. And blankets, but she simply scooped Accio up in her arms and let the kitty warmth seep into her. The littler ones could get blankets first, and the fire. She had investigation to do, or her hair was going to remain dark blue for ages and that would be bad. She wanted to know what was going on, and she wanted to help. "I can help," she said, trying to speak as loud as she could among all the other people talking now. "As long as my kitty can come too." There was no way Accio was going to leave her alone, with everything going on, and no way she was going to try and keep the cat from following. She'd managed to keep him from being locked up, after all, so she didn't want to worry. And, on the worrying front... "Does anyone know if it's just us? I mean, is everyone locked out of their common rooms?" Getting Professor Vindictus was good, but if it was affecting the whole castle, maybe they needed to just go to Headmistress Truebridge. or just every professor they could find. This was just too weird.

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The boy chuckled as Mick began singing. The song sounded oddly familiar.. but he wasn't sure if he had heard it before. Seemed easy enough to pick up though.. "Start again," he told Mick with a grin as he took a seat next to him. "I'll sing along with you.. or try to." He glanced back at the little jarful of fire and caught a glimpse of Eliza out of the corner of his eye. She looked a little scared. "Eliza.." he called over to her, suddenly feeling like a protective older brother or something. "Come sit over here," he said, gesturing to a space near them. Hopefully they wouldn't have to sit out here too long, but they could make the most of it while they did. And one of the prefects would be getting Professor V, right? He would surely know what to do...

There she sat, arms wrapped around her knees, huddled by the firelight in the jar and waiting for answers. She was getting drowsy despite all of the excitement. It had been a long day and she hadn't even had a chance to rest yet before this happened. Her eyelids drooped a bit, but she forced them open again. As she looked across the light of the fire, she saw Ethan and heard him call to her. I can sit by him? she thought happily. She must not have been too much of a bore earlier if he was going to continue being nice to her. She was really grateful for it, and got up with her bag to sit in the empty spot near him.

Once she was settled in, she turned to him and said, "Thanks, Ethan." She smiled up at him and tried not to be too troubled by the whole situation. She was though, notoriously curious, no matter how sleepy she was. She yawned and covered her mouth. Sitting here with someone was nice. She was the oldest child in her family so she'd never really had someone to ask questions to, or rely on really. Other than her parents of course, but she didn't like to bother them with most things. She thought Ethan seemed smart so she wanted to get his thoughts on this occurrence. "What do you think happened?" she whispered. She didn't want a bunch of people to hear them, and she knew the other first years were enjoying a campfire song at the moment and she didn't want to scare them. She returned a few vacant smiles to students singing in her direction around the fire, but she did not join in yet. She wasn't so easily distracted.

Ethan had never been camping, but if this is what is was, then he thought it wasn't half-bad. He grinned over at Mick as he started the song. Ethan managed the Let's gather 'round the campfire to sing our 'Campfire Song'! OUR C-A-M-P-F-I-R-E-S-O-N-G SONG! quite well.. yes, he was quite proud of his spelling skills.. and he hummed along to the rest being unsure of the words. Maybe he'd get it on the next go. He chuckled lightly at the end.. it was a kind of fun and silly song but it seemed to lighten the mood a bit.. and that was exactly what they needed. Especially to put the younger ones at ease. "Do you know any more?" he asked Mick. Or maybe they could just sing that one again..

He smiled warmly at Eliza as she came to sit by him. The boy felt compelled to look out for the younger girl and figured if she sat near him, she might feel a little less distressed about the situation. Not that he was very confident about it himself.. but he thought he hid it well. Ethan thought for a moment about her question. He really had no idea what was going on and the thought that this was just the latest string in a series of bizarre occurrences was rather unsettling. Still, he didn't want the younger kids any more worried than they were. "I'm sure it's just like the prefect said.. The castle is playing some sort of joke on us." And he wouldn't be surprised given the odd sort of things he had seen happen the past few months.. but he had a funny feeling that wasn't it.

He glanced around the area looking for any of the Claws he knew somewhat well - Cora, Elliot, Taylor. No sign of any of them.. he figured they weren't in the common room when it happened. He turned back to Eliza and gave her a reassuring smile. "Once Professor V gets here, I'm sure he'll sort everything out." Yes, adults usually had the answers.

Why in the world was everyone congregating in the corridor? Vivi was exhausted after a long day, and an even longer evening studying down in the library, and she just wanted to faceplant onto her bed and stay there until she was no longer comatose. And now there was some sort of social activity going on around the door to the common room.

"Is this really the time for frivolity? Some of us need sleep or else we turn into hideous demon beasts." We're looking at you, Louisa Head Girl Person. Vivi couldn't see over those around her, so she bumped the people closest to her. "What's all this, then?"

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At least she had the important stuff. Her wand, Accio, even her butterfly pillow pet. Since Kendall had been hanging out in the dorm letting said cat play with said pillow pet when she'd been unceremoniously evicted, and she'd snagged the strap of her bookbag on the way, along with the kitty and the pillow. So, actually, about the only thing she didn't have was what was left of the giant chocolate owl Patrick had given her. Well, that, half her textbooks, and the little zombie fighting kit she'd gotten at Christmas, since those were all still inside. And she still didn't know why everyone had been pulled out of the dorms, the common room, everywhere. That was the big mystery, but at least she had the really important stuff. Even if her hair reflected the real confusion, as the tips were steadily turning a darker blue and creeping their way further up as she looked around.

Only to hear the grumble from nearby, and she let the orange tabby jump to the floor as she turned to find Mika bouncing like a crazy bunny. Not a chocolate-hyper crazy bunny, either, and she just stared at the younger girl for a few seconds before deciding to sacrifice a bit of her stockpile. Reaching into her bookbag, she pulled out a small bar of Honeydukes chocolate and held it out to the girl. She wasn't about to sacrifice the good stuff. For all she knew, they wouldn't be allowed in the kitchens either and so that couldn't be replaced. But the bought stuff was okay, and she popped a truffle into her own mouth after another moment. "I wonder if we can't even use summoning spells," she said, glancing down at her cat as he wound between her ankles. Mika had her wand out, after all. "Maybe whatever will at least let you summon slippers or something. Or maybe we can find Professor Magnus and she can transfigure some for you." And maybe a brush. And answers as to why they were stuck outside anyway.

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SPOILER!!: YOU LOCKED OUT PEOPLE.

QUOTE=McFeisty;11236852]Mika felt a little strange as she was being repelled from the common room. Her un-brushed hair, half pulled up socks and lack of shoes were very, very apparent. What had happened? She thought cross as ever as feet suddenly were very cold.

The girl immediately began to hop from one foot to the other. It was as if she were playing a game of staying off of the cracks in the floor. In reality she was merely trying to stay just a little bit warm.

"C-c-c-c-coooold" she grumbled as she reached into her book bag and pulled out her wand. She was LUCKY that had been in there. Otherwise she would have been a failure among all Ravenclaws. She would have been the disgrace of all disgraces, the black sheep of her house - her family - and a scourge to society if she had forgotten the one and only most important element of her magical existence.

Being without her wand would have been like if she were a bee with no stinger, a pelican with a short-beak, and a penguin who couldn't swim. All in all it would have been a disaster.

SPOILER!!: YOU LOCKED OUT PEOPLE.

Blue had been sleeping, curled up with Barnabus on her head, fluffy socks on her feet, her onesie. When she had just woken up and been FORCED out of the common room, throwing Barnabus to the side, which REALLY REALLY annoyed the kneazle. And now she was kicked out of the common room and as soon as she was about the door, slipped on her fluffy socks and landed on her behind. "OOOOOW." *wibble* She scrambled up and turned on her heal and pounded on the door.

LET ME BACK IN OR-OR-OR I'LL SET MY BESTEST FRIEND ON YOU!"

What a mean joke to play. Seriously. She looked over her shoulder and blinked at Mika and another girl she'd seen around but hadn't really noticed. "Oh. Hello." Blink blink.

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One minute he was sitting on his bed having a conversation, the next he was being dragged out of bed, shoved down the stairs, and being pulllled out of the common room. The force and momentum of it all was enough to send him stumbling backwards and land him on his bottom outside his common room. "Ow," he grumbled as he scrambled to his feet and rubbed his sore hip.

At least he hadn't been the only one. Ethan had seen others being pushed outside as he was and he turned to the small crowd assembled there. "What on earth was that?" he asked more to himself than anyone, though he said it quite aloud.

He looked between some of the girls standing there, from the quick-thinking one with an armload of supplies to the one who looked like she was pulled out of bed as well and he subconsciously ran a hand through his hair. It was probably a mess. He was just glad he hadn't quite gotten into his pajamas yet. The boy stole a glance to the door knocker.. and the girl pounding on the door. He had a sinking feeling they weren't getting back in there very soon.

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While his fellow Ravenclaws were being made to feel like postal mail being thrown across the tower and out the common room Vickers was making his way out of the Library, worn out from long hours of reading and research and just looking forward to his nice warm bed.

But as he rounded the bend of the spiral staircase within sight of the door he found a crowd forming outside, some were half-dressed, practically everybody was entirely confused.

As he milled about the crowd he heard snippets of conversations-- What? The Common Room kicked them out? How can a room kick anybody out--specially when they have the right to be there? He neared the door and stared at the silent knocker then used his hand to test push the door. Yeah it wasnt budging, not that he expected it to anyway without the answer, but still feeling the door solidly shut against his hand really drives home the point that they were without a doubt shut out.

He turned to hear Louisa and Spike distributing blankets and aiding those who were ill-clothed for the increasing draftiness of the castle. He was about to draw near them when he suddenly remembered-- a few of his homework due tomorrow were INSIDE the common room.

*panic**spazzes**panic*

He drops his bum to the steps and digs through his book bag, bringing out a fresh parchment and his textbook, props himself up against the shut door and began scribbling furiously. He has to redo his homework! *grumble*

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Well that just rude of whoever/whatever threw them out of their common room. Nigel was having such nice dreams. Until all of sudden he was outside the common room and there was no way to get back in.

Still with his batman pjs on. Nigel did not know what to do yet. He thought about following what Spike says and follow along with this campfire thing. Even though Nigel had never been camping. He was more of a city person, who like 5 star hotels. But he decided against that and thought about reading until this past. But then he realized that all his comic books were next to his bed in the common room.

Well this night can't get any worse. Nigel took the most comfortable seat he could on the staircase and tried to get some more sleep until Professor Vindictus came to take care of whatever happened.

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As more and more people joined the group outside the Claw common room, Kendall had started feeling even more worried about what was going on. At least she wasn't quite as worse off as the ones who had been sleeping when they'd been tossed out of the tower, stuck in pajamas and without shoes, but she was still scared. And, as she dug through her bag again, even more so. She definitely didn't have enough chocolate to last her if they were stuck out here long, so she stuffed her pillow pet inside he rbag just to help her ration. She'd eat less if she had to dig underneath stuff to get at it, and that way maybe she could make it last longer. She definitely didn't want to run out, especially if she wasn't going to be able to replace it any time soon. Hopefully Mika wouldn't ask her for more either, because then she'd almost feel like she had to share with everyone. Especially now that the prefects had arrived, and even they didn't know what was happening.

At least now they had sort of a trash can fire to keep them warm. And blankets, but she simply scooped Accio up in her arms and let the kitty warmth seep into her. The littler ones could get blankets first, and the fire. She had investigation to do, or her hair was going to remain dark blue for ages and that would be bad. She wanted to know what was going on, and she wanted to help. "I can help," she said, trying to speak as loud as she could among all the other people talking now. "As long as my kitty can come too." There was no way Accio was going to leave her alone, with everything going on, and no way she was going to try and keep the cat from following. She'd managed to keep him from being locked up, after all, so she didn't want to worry. And, on the worrying front... "Does anyone know if it's just us? I mean, is everyone locked out of their common rooms?" Getting Professor Vindictus was good, but if it was affecting the whole castle, maybe they needed to just go to Headmistress Truebridge. or just every professor they could find. This was just too weird.

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Why in the world was everyone congregating in the corridor? Vivi was exhausted after a long day, and an even longer evening studying down in the library, and she just wanted to faceplant onto her bed and stay there until she was no longer comatose. And now there was some sort of social activity going on around the door to the common room.

"Is this really the time for frivolity? Some of us need sleep or else we turn into hideous demon beasts." We're looking at you, Louisa Head Girl Person. Vivi couldn't see over those around her, so she bumped the people closest to her. "What's all this, then?"

Mia glanced up at the chocolate eating-girl and humphed. A good piece of chocolate sounded like a smart idea right now - and she did have her wand with her...still Kendall had great ideas. Especially with transfiguring slippers.

"Oooh no wonder were both Ravenclaws i'm going to do a simple heating charm on my socks...so my feet aren't frozenfootcicles." She nodded definitively.

Mia glanced up when she heard Blue's voice. Meekly she spoke up - well, squeaked. "Yeah i was all getting into bed and then POOF standing on one foot in the middle of the hall here." She nodded. "I wonder if the magic has gone and wibbly-wobbly-wonky? You know like how it did with the trains? OH MERLIN I think the commonroom lost its ability to let only Ravenclaws in and now no one can get in because the charms on the school and maybe magic in this world is fading?" She was thinking aloud of course and her eyes were as WIDE as doorknobs.

Mia cocked her head to the side as she heard someone exclaim in pain quite near her. "Helloooo" she smiled. "Sorry if your sore and all...atleast you aren't frozen-footed like me!" She frowned and looked at her feet.

"A-anyone know a warming spell?" She asked aloud to all of the older students - her look especially pleading and cruppy-eyed at the lovely headgirl who had just joined them. About the time she asked she noticed someone slip down and begin to write. Where they writing for help? She wondered and glanced to Vickers.

Nope. Apparently he was doing his homework.

Homework.

NO. "What are we going to do about classes and homework and-and all that stuffers?" She asked words meshing together like a badly knit sweater.

When Spike made the campfire she couldn't help but feel happy. She shoved her feet closer and felt the warmth penetrate them. As she sat down, she looked around and spotted a boy in peculiarly awesome pjs.

"OH MERLIN! Look Cat Woman! We've now got batman" Mika's eyes got wide as she realized she used the little-known nickname for Blue. Yeah. Anyhow she reached her hand over and poked the batman pajama clad boy in the arm.


"Helloooo....I'm Mia...or Mika, or Amelia - but anything really works you can even call me...well i don't know i don't think i should come up with my own nickname...its not cool to do that...so you wear batman pajamas?"

When someone near her bumped into her Mia looked up and frowned well she had no idea what was going on now did she?

"Ugh - the common room just poof kicked us out...should we gather our supplies and make our way to the greathall or something? Try and find if the other houses have been banished to the halls as well?" She asked thinking truly like a real Ravenclaw.