"The common room said no," Vivi repeated with a shrug. "We can't get back in. It isn't a matter of a riddle or not. The door won't open. I imagine Louisa will bring back Professor Vindictus to help us figure out what to do next."

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Mika smiled up to Vivi as she spoke to her. She liked her hair. When she commented on how it looked like everyone was locked out it just seemed to probe her little suspicions further. Something was up. Something magical had gone a little off kilter - maybe mercury was in retrograde or something?

"Hmmm...I'm not really sure - maybe its because of my sister? She kind of had a history with Louisa's ex...didn't date or anything she just kept running into him and he never told her he had a girlfriend." Mika nodded. Oh right it somewhat dawned on her. "Well....last year I did kind of mumble a plan outloud to cause havoc to said ex of hers - because pfft you don't not tell someone you have a girlfriend." Her expression was that of deep concentration.

"I told her i was trying to recruit a bunch of slytherins to steal the guy's things...bed, trunk and everything and send him floating on the lake." She shrugged. "I never did it though because I didn't want to get a detention - oh and i accidentally launched a chocolate frog at the slytherin table last term - it wasn't on purpose i was trying to launch it into my mouth and the trajectory was a bit off." She shrugged.

She smiled over to Vivi again. "I'm Amelia by the way but you can call me anything really...except pumpkin...food names are just - creepy they remind me of babayaga and really don't want to think of witches who eat people." She laughed a bit - but yeah, overboard. She'd gone off to lalalaPSYCHO.PANTSlalaland.

It sounded like Louisa had an ongoing problem with boyfriends who failed to identify themselves as such. Vivi sympathized with Mika... and with Louisa, in a way as well. "What house is your sister in?" Not that this was the point, but Vivi was curious. "You're a Ravenclaw... you ought to know better than to speak of your plans for mischief in front of witnesses. Better to plan with a small trusted crew."

She liked this girl, even though Mika tended to talk. A lot. That could potentially be really annoying, although for now it was merely entertaining. "Genevieve, but most call me Vivi. You can call me whatever pleases you, including food names... although I don't know why you'd want to."

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Vickers looked up and reached out for the brass knocker, tracing his fingers against the now silent eagle. What kind of Magic is keeping them from getting in anyway? Or was it a lack of magic?

"Why wont you let us in?" he mumbled exasperated at the Eagle knocker. His turn to ask questions at it yeah?

Behind Mika, she spotted Vickers having a heart to heart with the knocker. Trust him to try to reason with a magical object. She shook her head and grinned. "You're only crazy if it answers you back, Vick."

Eliza's cheeks turned pink when Ethan explained just how well she should know who Professor Vindictus was. How had she forgotten that? "Ohhh, I guess I'm just a bit sleepy. I'd completely forgotten." She listened as he tried to describe him. "Quidditch ey? That's kind of cool." She laughed at his next comment. "Well if he's the same age as your mom he can't be too old right? Not like the guy with the bell jar. Now he's ooold!" She chuckled a bit and then remembered the current situation.

She gritted her teeth into a half smile, half grimace with squinted eyes that said "forgive me" as Ethan looked at her sketchbook. "Sorry, I-" she stuttered slightly, trying not to hurt his feelings or seem rude. "It's not that I don't believe you. You're probably right. Everything will be okay...but, I just..." She pulled a few strands of her pale mahogany colored hair as she thought of better wording. "I thought it would be good to try and help figure it out." She hoped he wouldn't scold her for meddling in the school affairs, but they affected her too, so she couldn't resist. Maybe she wouldn't have been able too even if they didn't include her though. Ethan seemed to have given in to the fact that there was no stopping her inquisitive nature and offered another hint. "Oh! I had forgotten about the tables too. Thanks, Ethan." She smiled quickly, then jotted it down in her notes. She peered her eyes back up at him and said, "Seem like weird things to steal, don't they? Tables and brooches?"

She shifted her legs to her side as he asked a very important question. She thought this train business was a big key to what was going on now. She tried to recall everything she could about the ride over. "Well, things were going along normally as far as I could tell. I'd ridden muggle trains before and even though this one is special, it seemed to be running the same way." She leaned forward and lowered her voice so that others around them wouldn't know that Ethan hadn't been on it. Not that it mattered really, but in case the two of them came up with a good theory, she didn't want there to be any reason for someone to doubt his knowledge on the subject. "Then all of a sudden, it just jerked to a stop." Her brows narrowed as she went on, her voice sounding concerned. "Everyone was confused. Luggage and pet cages went flying, some people got hurt, no one knew what to do" Her words nearly ran together as she spoke in her serious whisper. "Some of us were scared, then someone, I don't remember who though - sorry, told us we all had to take a portkey right away to get to school that way." She paused to give him a moment to process, then finished. "And no one has told us a darn thing about it since we got here. I was hoping there would be a detailed announcement or something, but it seems like a problem they want to keep under wraps. With good reason, I mean think of all the parents they'd have to deal with if they admitted they didn't know what had happened. Or worse," she paused again and raised one eyebrow high with suspicion, "What if they do know, but they won't say." She didn't want to sound overly paranoid, but surely Ethan could see that something was going on at Hogwarts.

Gemma hurried impatiently up the moving staircases in her heels. She was out of breath and about half way up and abandoned the heels and was now carrying them in her left hand and walking barefoot.

She pushed her way through the crowd of students, eavesdropping on the conversations as she went...hmmmm...interesting now the CR was locked...how odd.

Finally making it to the front of the little crowd, she cocked her head to the side and glanced at the entrance...she flicked her wrist and her wand shot out of the wand holster on her right wrist. She flicked her wand towards the entrance trying a few incantations but....no...nothing worked...it took every bone in her body not to kick the entrance or bang her fists on it.

Turning back to the little crowd, she said...still a little frustrated and out of breath, "Well...this is quite a predicament...did someone make the entrance mad by giving the wrong answer too many times?" she asked more thinking through ideas out loud....in all her years at Hogwarts teaching and attending she had never seen something like this happen....yes very very odd...

Ethan laughed a bit as it seemed Eliza misunderstood him. "Oh no.. he's not the same age as my mum. I mean, he was a professor even back then. And that was after his pro Quidditch career." Ethan quickly did the mental calculations. "He's gotta be at least in his seventies." And that was probably being generous.. but even he had to admit the man looked pretty darn good for his age - like not a day over 40. And he couldn't comment on the guy from the seminar as he hadn't had time to attend that..

Ethan nodded in understanding. He did his best to keep her from worrying.. and he figured things would be sorted out once their HoH got there.. but it was just in their nature, he supposed, to be curious and want to figure things out. Especially when things were odd and didn't make sense.. The boy leaned closer as she lowered her voice so he could hear what she had to say. He nodded as he listened and did his best to let his sleepy mind process. "It's almost as if someone - or something - doesn't want us here," he said once Eliza was finished and after a moment's thought. "The train couldn't get students here, our tables are gone, we get thrown out and locked out of our common room.." But he wasn't sure where the brooch or flooding would fit into that.. and maybe they didn't. More sleep was necessary to think. He stared after her for a moment, processing her last words. "I can't imagine that the teachers would have us here if they actually thought we were in real danger though.." And he believed that.. but her words had made an impression.

Ethan's attention was diverted as he saw a figure approach from the staircase. Not their Head of House, but the Muggle Studies professor.. but Ethan was fairly confident that she would be able to sort things out. He watched her curiously as she tried a few spells on the knocker and he shook his head at her words. Maybe the entrance was mad.. but he didn't really think that was the problem. "No, Professor," he offered. "We were thrown out.. or forced out, rather. And now we can't get back in.."

Mick nodded to Ethan in agreement. But then again, had there ever been a time where a year at Hogwarts was simply a normal one? He figured that if things were normal then they would be boring. A little boring wouldn't hurt anybody. Would it?

"Ethan, does something or someone being normal has to necessarily mean boring too?" It might have came out as an odd question than he intended, but it felt like a legitmate one. "It doesn't have to mean boring, it could also mean safe right? What if Hogwarts was a normal place?"



He grinned down at Elise. Even though being thrown out of your own common room sucks, at least it meant Mick could meet some of the other Ravenclaws that he never took the time to get to know. Not that he was anti-social in anyway, he just kept himself occupied with his studies.

"So what year are you? What country are you from?" Mick knew that he was about to ask a lot of question but he was kind of new at this. "Do you have any favorite classes? Favorite music?...Am I talking too much? I'm sorry if I am." He stopped to laugh at himself; god I'm such a dork, he thought.

She turned towards the first student to speak to her...how odd...the students were forced out...hmmm...interesting, "Thank you...." she paused thinking about the young boy's name and then it came to her, "Mick...right?" she asked him.

She cocked one eyebrow up and put her hands on her hips...yes she had an idea of whom was behind this, she spoke loudly to see if anyone in the crowd had an answer...."Did anyone by any chance see Peeves floating around here or inside the Common Room earlier?"...yes it had to be that little devilish entity...he was always behind the pranks around school.

Vickers lowered his head from look up at the eagle knocker "At this point I'm willing to try anything to get in Viv, even a little crazy" he grinned



He suddenly stood and cleared out of the door when the Muggle Studies Professor rushed up to it, trying spells and what not in trying to open it. When she asked about the Peeves sighting, this Ravenclaw could only shrug "I came from the Library Professor, the Common Room was already locked out by the time I got here, I didnt see Peeves on th eway over either. The last time I ever saw of him was when we had COMC classes out in the grounds." Could all this just be a Peeves prank?

Nigel was not going to call her pig girl or whatever else she was saying. Wonder Woman was a cool nickname. "I think Woman Woman is a cool nickname" Nigel said nodding. He was Batman after all as it was fitting for his new nickname to be batman. But Nigel was confused as to who this Cat Woman was. Mika was yelling too.

Nigel noticed that Mika was looking a little cold or maybe it was his imagination. Nigel could never tell and since he did not need this blanket. He thought why not offer it to her.

"Mika, do you want this blanket. I;m not cold at all and it looks like your a little cold."

All Nigel really wanted was to be back in his comfortable bed and sleep.

So apparently nobody wanted her help. Kendall was half-tempted to just go down to see if the kitchens were off-limits on her own. The prefects hadn't noticed her crazy currently-dark-blue-and-purple-haired self in helping everyone else, so she didn't figure they'd notice if she disappeared. She'd already found out that at least whatever was going on with the Claw common room had also gone one down in the dungeons, courtesy of the two Snakes who had ventured up to the tower, so she was going to guess that it had happened at the other two as well. So all the common rooms had just decided to go on strike all at once, and at least she'd managed to get her bag and her kitty out. She still hoped the rest of the chocolate stash she had in the dorm was going to still be there once they found a way back inside, but she was determined not to run out. There was the kitchens, and going downstairs to find Patrick before that would happen. They couldn't exactly stick to the curfew if they weren't allowed inside the common room at all.

She'd scooped Accio back up as she prepared to sneak away, but by then, Professor Cerulean had appeared. It wasn't exactly Professor Vindictus, but at least it meant someone knew what was going on. She would have thought Louisa had ran into the Muggle Studies professor on the way to their head of house's office, but the first question that had been asked killed that idea. Accio jumped to the floor again as his mistress stayed, though, and went back to weaving through her feet. "I didn't see Peeves either, and I was in the dorm when we all got tossed out," she added, as Vickers had answered the professor's question. "Accio didn't see Peeves either." She knew her cat would have reacted if he had, and the only reaction had come when they'd gotten dragged out. "And could Peeves be in all four common rooms at the same time?," she added. If they were assuming it was a school-wide eviction.

The professor smiled at the students as they talked, always proud of her Ravvies. She shook her head up and down slightly to indicate that she understood, "Well, Peeves is a really sneaky entity that must not be trusted...he could be on the inside laughing at us right now...." she said as she turned back towards the door and banged a little bit on the knocker, "PEEVES, OPEN THIS DOOR IMMEDIATELY...THIS IS NOT FUNNY ANYMORE..." she turned back to the boy with a little stomp of her right foot, "How long have ya'll been standing out here trying to get back in?"

Her questions was interrupted and kind of answered by another student, "Thrown out?" she cocked her right eyebrow, "You mean something picked you up and moved you out here..." she said motioning inside and then towards where they stood currently...how odd...Peaves as good but she wasn't sure he could do that...and did she say other common rooms...."What do you mean by other common rooms? Are they also locked out?" she hurried to the edge of the stairwell and hung over trying to see if she could see crowds of students anywhere else up and down the grand opening....maybe she should send a patronus to the other three houses' heads of house to see if they were having the same problem...no she would save that for later...

With a half-eaten cauldron cake in hand, Max made his way toward the Ravenclaw common room only to find that... it seemed like the whole house was standing outside. Ugh. Anxiety. Now they all knew he had been out later than most. He did his best to shove the rest of the food in his mouth, chew quickly, and swallow before he reached the crowd.

He stood toward the back, observing the mass of people. He heard variations of 'not letting us in' and 'kicked out of the common room.' And Professor Cerulean was yelling at Peeves? Huh. Was the poltergeist in the common room?

That's what Max got for never staying put in the common room anymore - he never knew what was going on. He ran his tongue across his teeth to make sure they were clear of food particles before speaking. "Err, what did I miss this time?" he moved into the crowd and asked the nearby seventh years present. He looked from Vivi to Vickers expectantly.

Callie had been walking down from her office to go to the Staff Room on the ground floor of the castle in order to grab a few cakes and pastries that would help tide her over while grading papers when she heard shouting. It sounded like a woman rather than a student which was even stranger since she was the only Professor on the seventh floor and towers for she didn't really know where the Astronomy sub was living.

Heading towards the Ravenclaw Common room like she usually did, since she occasionally stopped there to help ponder the eagle knocker's riddles, she came to a small group of kids and Professor Cerulean at the door banging on it shouting about Peeves.

"Professor Cerulean, surely you know the door opens if you answer its question right." She eyed the womanly worriedly, hoping she wasn't losing it, students were standing right there. "I'm sure the Ravenclaw students present can work it out, let's head down to the staff room for a bite to eat."

She obviously hadn't figured that the Common Room would be locked.

Gemma's head whipped around towards whomever had said that comment...of course she knew the knocker had a riddle, she was a Ravvie afterall...but her eyes of ice slowly melted as she realized it was just Callie...she forced a smile on her face and let her emotions melt down a little as well, "O....well...um yes of course...we have already tried bothering the knocker but it won't even give us a riddle...apparently something happened that forced all of the students outside of the Common Room and now we are all locked out..." yes we as in she was a Ravvie..."I'm thinking Peeves is probably behind this little prank but one of the students had mentioned that some of the other Common Rooms are locked out as well...and that would be almost impossible for him to do all by himself and all at the same time..." she said the last statement out loud more to work her way through it and not so much to share it with the other woman. "Maybe we should send one of the students to go get Vindictus or even the Headmistress?" she said asking the other woman's opinion on the situation..she hoped the woman would say the Headmistress because Vinny was getting pretty slow getting around lately.

Eliza was confused when Ethan started laughing, but as he explained, it made more sense to her. "Oohh, sorry." She re-imagined Vindictus now, having been a professor long before her time, and saw an entirely different picture. She sort of thought elderly people were adorable so this made her even more anxious to meet him. "I guess he is old then!" she said while laughing at herself. She nodded as he listed some of the things that were concerning them. Yes, all strange things. She agreed that for whatever reason, their presence at Hogwarts wasn't welcomed this year. Though she had never been to the school before, she gathered that this was especially unusual. "Yeah, you're probably right. I don't think the teachers mean to put us in harm's way of course." She didn't want to sound like a broken record, but just because someone didn't mean for something bad to happen on purpose, didn't mean that it wouldn't happen anyway. It might even be their dismissive or negligent attitude that unintentionally put gasoline on the fire.

Finally one professor arrived and then another, although neither were Vindictus, Eliza thought they may get some answers or at least temporary solutions at last. Her heart sank though as she saw that the women had even less of an understanding about the situation than the students did. She sighed and rested her chin in the palm of her hand, clearly nearing the point of exasperation with the lack of communication with the people who were supposed to be in charge.

"A lot crazy," she grinned back and shook her head at him. But it wouldn't surprise her at all if he got the knocker to converse. If anyone could get a charmed object to give up its secrets through sheer determination, it was probably Vick.

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With a half-eaten cauldron cake in hand, Max made his way toward the Ravenclaw common room only to find that... it seemed like the whole house was standing outside. Ugh. Anxiety. Now they all knew he had been out later than most. He did his best to shove the rest of the food in his mouth, chew quickly, and swallow before he reached the crowd.

He stood toward the back, observing the mass of people. He heard variations of 'not letting us in' and 'kicked out of the common room.' And Professor Cerulean was yelling at Peeves? Huh. Was the poltergeist in the common room?

That's what Max got for never staying put in the common room anymore - he never knew what was going on. He ran his tongue across his teeth to make sure they were clear of food particles before speaking. "Err, what did I miss this time?" he moved into the crowd and asked the nearby seventh years present. He looked from Vivi to Vickers expectantly.

Oh, hullo there. Vivi leaned back against the wall to observe the professors who had arrived and attempted to fix things... although they weren't being very good listeners, were they? She turned her attention to Max, who had appeared just as confused as she'd been only moments before.

"We're locked out. Everyone's locked out, actually. I think the castle is rebelling against all the foul smells and pranks and stupidity for all these centuries." That was her opinion... Hogwarts was striking back. If only there was a way to appease a gigantic castle with chocolate frogs like one did with first years.

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Gemma's head whipped around towards whomever had said that comment...of course she knew the knocker had a riddle, she was a Ravvie afterall...but her eyes of ice slowly melted as she realized it was just Callie...she forced a smile on her face and let her emotions melt down a little as well, "O....well...um yes of course...we have already tried bothering the knocker but it won't even give us a riddle...apparently something happened that forced all of the students outside of the Common Room and now we are all locked out..." yes we as in she was a Ravvie..."I'm thinking Peeves is probably behind this little prank but one of the students had mentioned that some of the other Common Rooms are locked out as well...and that would be almost impossible for him to do all by himself and all at the same time..." she said the last statement out loud more to work her way through it and not so much to share it with the other woman. "Maybe we should send one of the students to go get Vindictus or even the Headmistress?" she said asking the other woman's opinion on the situation..she hoped the woman would say the Headmistress because Vinny was getting pretty slow getting around lately.

"Louisa already went to get Vindictus, Professor. And some Slytherins were here earlier, and they said everyone is locked out. I'm inclined to believe them, because they were extremely annoyed at having to climb all those steps." She wiggled her fingers at the professor to get the woman's attention from her perch against the wall.

"The little kids are cold and tired, and some of us were getting ready for bed. D'you think we could move somewhere warmer? And maybe get some sleeping bags or something for those who are dropping on their feet?" Well. Louisa had left the seventh years and Spike in charge, and since Max was eating and Vick was talking to inanimate objects, Vivi was going to exact her right as a seventh year.

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Gemma's head whipped around towards whomever had said that comment...of course she knew the knocker had a riddle, she was a Ravvie afterall...but her eyes of ice slowly melted as she realized it was just Callie...she forced a smile on her face and let her emotions melt down a little as well, "O....well...um yes of course...we have already tried bothering the knocker but it won't even give us a riddle...apparently something happened that forced all of the students outside of the Common Room and now we are all locked out..." yes we as in she was a Ravvie..."I'm thinking Peeves is probably behind this little prank but one of the students had mentioned that some of the other Common Rooms are locked out as well...and that would be almost impossible for him to do all by himself and all at the same time..." she said the last statement out loud more to work her way through it and not so much to share it with the other woman. "Maybe we should send one of the students to go get Vindictus or even the Headmistress?" she said asking the other woman's opinion on the situation..she hoped the woman would say the Headmistress because Vinny was getting pretty slow getting around lately.

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"Louisa already went to get Vindictus, Professor. And some Slytherins were here earlier, and they said everyone is locked out. I'm inclined to believe them, because they were extremely annoyed at having to climb all those steps." She wiggled her fingers at the professor to get the woman's attention from her perch against the wall.

"The little kids are cold and tired, and some of us were getting ready for bed. D'you think we could move somewhere warmer? And maybe get some sleeping bags or something for those who are dropping on their feet?" Well. Louisa had left the seventh years and Spike in charge, and since Max was eating and Vick was talking to inanimate objects, Vivi was going to exact her right as a seventh year.

"Peeves behind this? I really doing think so Gemma." Callie said quietly as she crept closer to her collegue and the Ravenclaw Common Room door. She pressed an ear to it just to see if she could hear anything curious but of course didn't. She was going to agree to fetch Headmistress Truebridge, despite her freak out on her the other day, or Professor Vindictus but a blonde seventh year (Vivi) spoke up that that had already been done by the Head Girl.

Professor Elwood looked from the girl to the Muggle Studies professor and then got the attention of the kids gathered around, obviously tired and just wanting to go to sleep. Poor babies. "Hey everyone, why don't you all just follow Professor Cerulean and I to the Great Hall and we can try to get a late night snack while we wait for orders from the Headmistress." If the other Common Rooms were locked too, who knows where they would all have to sleep. They could send word to Max on the way.

Ethan frowned slightly as Cerulean called him by the wrong name. "No.. I'm Ethan.." he started, but it didn't matter that much anyway and besides she had moved on to talking to someone else.

Shrugging to himself, he turned back to Mick and thought about his question. He was getting awfully sleepy and seemed to have something of a time processing things.. but he did his best to formulate a coherent answer. "Well, I tend to think of the word normal as one of those relative terms, you know?" he began. "Like normal can mean different things in different circumstances.. it's basically what tends to happen most often in a given situation." Did that make sense? He hoped so.. "So if Hogwarts typically has strange occurrences, then that would be normal for here.. so no, normal does not have to mean boring. It could mean safe.. or just whatever is typical." He wasn't sure if he answered the boy's question.. or if it was even what he wanted to hear, but that was just what he thought.

Ethan glanced up again as Elwood made an appearance and briefly watched the interaction between the two women. Whatever confidence he had that an adult would sort out the situation was quickly fading. He frowned slightly as Cerulean began screaming and pounding on the door.. that was her idea of a solution? He glanced over to Eliza whose look on her face told him her confidence in these adults was probably fading as well. Why were they so sure it was Peeves? From what he knew about the annoying little poltergeist, it was possible that he could lock them out, but throw all of them out at the same time as well as all four common rooms? He was sure he didn't possess that kind of power. "I don't think this is the work of Peeves," he mumbled. He had a sinking feeling that they wouldn't be getting in any time soon.. though he still held out a small sliver of hope that Professor V would still show up.

Locked out. Right. He had gathered that much already, but... everyone was locked out? So the knocker wasn't suddenly rebelling against the Ravenclaws? That was a relief. If they did sort out this problem, he didn't want the knocker to give them even more difficult riddles than normal in an act of defiance.

...But as Vivi continued, Max looked at her seriously, thinking her thought process was perfectly reasonable. "Can't blame it, really, if that's the case. What with the Express stopping on us, and now the common rooms? I mean, no one is hurt... maybe it's just trying to get some kind of point across." Like that too many students took advantage of the school's beauty, protection, and majesty?

People like Ellie, who had few good words to say about the school itself and had no fond feelings toward it.

When Vivi took control of the situation, Max dug his hands into his pockets, unsure of what to do with himself. He wanted to help or add something to her suggestions, but... she had it pretty well covered, didn't she? So he just gave an encouraging smile to anyone who looked at Vivi while she spoke to support her ideas. And then the Divination professor spoke up. Late night snack?

Awesome.

"Good thinking, Viv," Max offered as the chattering picked up once more and the crowd slowly began to move away from the door. He hung toward the back of the crowd, wanting to make sure there were no stragglers who thought they were smart enough to find a way inside the common room anyway. Other than Vickers.

Ok so Kendall was inside and she didn’t see Peeves; he was outside and didn’t see the Poltergeist either. So either Peeves was invisible when all the commotion took place or it wasn’t him. And Kendall also made a valid point about how impossible it would be for Peeves to be at several places doing the same thing at once.

Max showed up and nodded his head when Vivi got him up to speed. And then she spoke of what they all been wanting to do since they got stuck outside in the stairwell-- just get back to where they can be warm and relax and sleep.

It was then that the Divinations Maven stopped by. Was there a silly grin on his face? Cue trying to look all serious and concerned and not annoyed with half his homework locked out from him. So they were advised to proceed to the Great Hall…. and although Vickers agreed that he could use something warm to fill him he was a little worried that they may actually have to sleep there. Suffice it to say he wanted his nice warm bed, his bed side table that has his alarm clock and book, his pajamas, his bedroom slippers-- you know the regular stuff he’s gone accustomed to at this hour. But seeing as how the rest of his housemates were filing away he reluctantly pushed off the wall and joined Vivi and Max down the stairs.

The professor shook her head up and down in agreement with the plan for relocating, "Yes, great idea...everyone follow us to the Great Hall where I'm sure we can rest and figure things out in a warmer place." She said with her kindest and most reassuring voice she could muster up. She raised her hands motioning towards the Great Hall, "Okay everyone follow your prefects in an orderly manner to the Great Hall and we'll see if the elves will bring us some hot chocolate for the night..." she said trying to herd them all in the right direction...o dear this was going to be a long night...and hopefully only one long night...

Running up a billion flights of stairs, speeding through the corridor; with Mick holding up the back of his school robe to give off the effect of a flying superhero cape, he stopped at the entrance of the common room. Today, he was hoping against hope that the common rooms were unlocked...Of course not!

It was getting to him. He tried to be a good sport about sleeping at the Great Hall. He tells himself every night to think about camping as he tries to sleep in his sleeping bag. He hates sleeping on that darn floor. He wants his old bed bag. Before this whole mess happened, his mother sent him a tin of store bought sugar cookies and he brought them back to the boys' dorm. They've been sitting on his bed for weeks, who knows how bad they taste now? Mick wants his pillow, his blanket, his night-light, and his comfy wool bed sheets.

"OPEN!!!!!!!!!!" he angrily shouted at the door.

"Excuse you," Annie worked her way down the corridor to the Ravenclaw common room, her wand still out, and nudged herself in between the boy and the Ravenclaw knocker.

She looked down the hall to her colleagues. "You might wanna move, kid." They had BLASTING to do!

From the Gryffindor entrance Leo worked his way down the corridor to the Ravenclaw common room with wand still in hand.

Stepping up beside the headmistress he commented quietly to her. "I guess we need to preform the same spells a second time." When the rest of the lady professor's came and joined them, which was probably soon since it was quite a short walk from the fat lady's portrait to the Ravenclaw entrance.

"I'd say it's reasonable to assume the same spell is being used to keep us out here as well," Isabelle replied to Leo with a smile. So yeah. She walked up behind him and looked over at the Headmistress, who seemed to be ordering some kids out of the way. Issy waved a hand in his direction, just so he doubly got the message. They could not be distracted in their mission. Move, child.

Glancing back down the corridor, her wand twiddling in her fingers, Issy tried to see if the others were behind them.

Why did they feel the need to walk so fast. Did they not realize that she was wearing a dress that swept the ground, which meant she had to hike her dress up and hold the front while she walked so she wouldn't trip and would keep up with them.

Sophia could definitely feel beads of sweat coming up on her forehead from her effort. Sigh.

"We can assume that but let's just check to make sure.." Sophia said as she caught up with them and dropped her dress. She rolled her sleeves up once again and popped her wand out..."okay..sperevelio.."

Sure enough the same thing happened to this entrance..same words, same blood everything. "I don't suppose we'll need a shield this time around..would you like us to branch out..Leo and I can open the lower common rooms."

No Leo you didn't have a choice.