Oh the head tilt. He'd noticed that the girl did it alot. "No no no, he DOES like students. I's just..." A buzz could be heard inside his pocket, a timer going off. "Blimey I have ter go! But he'll be around, don' worry."

And with that, he rushed off unceremoniously.

Well. He had been enjoying lounging in the sun just on the other side of the small peninsula that blocked the students from view. But alas, it appeared that Alistaire Firth had someone for Bartholomew Henry to meet.

So it was that, tentacles flicking lazily, Bartholomew Henry appeared above the water near the dock. He spotted Firth's back retreating... That was most peculiar. But there was only one student in sight, so this must be who he was supposed to meet.

"Hello there, child. I'm Bartholomew Henry, resident Giant Squid of the Black Lake. How do you do? Are you enjoying this fine summer day?"

It's just...? It's just what? He couldn't leave without explaining!! What if the squid had an allergy to children?!?!?! She didn't wanna be the reason why he dropped dead!! She just wanted to meet him and tackle him and ask him for a ride across the lake. Ahem. What? She watched him go, feeling lonely all over again. How much longer would she have to--

...

.....

Things were happening in the water. Water moving....tentacles...Squid--

dsfvksdgfskygs!!

Mr. Giant Squid!!! He was...he was RIGHT THERE!!! Breath Lex! He was TALKING to HER. Not passing by or or or hunting but theeeeeeereeeeee. She hopped up so fast that her kneazle hit the floor with a thud. If the squid weren't FLOATING RIGHT THERE she might have cared more.

She walked to the waters edge, trying to speak but no words would come out. He was FINALLY THERE! She'd waited so long, she couldn't just NOT speak. Even breathing Lex, focus on breathing. Okay, she was ready to speak. Ahem. "EEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeppppppppppppppppppppppppp ppp!!!!!"

Post #20; AR assignment
 

It was such a NICE DAY and Tobias still had a GAZILLION pieces of homework to do. So he figured... why not do some homework outside? Afterwards he could even jump in the lake as a celebration, how awesome would THAT be?

One of the things he had to do was that History of Magic thing about where the house elves were. The professor man had said his theory was good or... well... something. It wasn't impossible, and Tobias was ready to TOTALLY think this theory through and write it all out and see what Vinteren thought of it. This was going to be one of the BEST pieces of homework EVER.

Maybe.

Except it probably wasn't because Tobias legit HATED assignments which were all about writing. So he'd really have to focus.

So... why did he come out here?

Not the wisest move, but TOO LATE NOW. Toby prepared the parchment and leant on a book and used his self-inking quill to start to plan what he was going to write. Aw yis.

Post #21; AR assignment
 

Jory wandered towards the Lake with his hands in his pockets, whistling and trying not to have depressing thoughts about his graduation which would be happening soon. Sure, he was looking forward to getting to work and all but he would miss Hogwarts. After all, he spent seven years here.

Looking around, he spotted Alec who seemed to be chanting something. "Ancient Runes,'' Jory guessed. He wished he could start that project again. it had been fun.

Post #22; AR assignment
 

AR Post # 18 - Intaglio/Carving
 

Kat decided on paying a visit to Mr. Bartholomew Henry, the great King of the Hogwarts Lake. That squid, really. Kat has never seen him before but she wished he would show up once in a while to save her if she tried drowning herself. But no, she wasn't going to attempt on DROWNING herself. She still had life... and a Runes project to finish off. Ahem. Yeah.

She was still going to carve more runes onto her Gandr. So don't mind her while she was doing that over here. She was going to start now... so yeah. Uhm.

"Kenaz kenaz kenaz ku ka ki ke ko kun kan kin ken kon ok ek ik ak uk kaunnnnnnnnn..." Focus on Kenaz. "Intaglio Kenaz Kenaz Kenaz Kenaz..." WOOT. The rune was carved on her Gandr too. Amazing... so now, it was Gebo's turn.

Ahem. "Gebo gebo gebo gu ga gi ge go gub gab gib geb gob og eg ig au ur g a a a f f f f f..." Concentrate on Gebo. ONLY GEBO. "Intaglio Gebo Gebo Gebo Gebo Gebo Gebo..." Done.

Next was Wunjo. "Wunjo wunjo wunjo wu wa wi we wo wun wan win wen won wo we wi wa wu w w w u u u n n n..." Kat kept her mind set on only Wunjo, the rune Wunjo. "Intaglio Wunjo Wunjo Wunjo Wunjo Wunjo..." Wunjo joined its family of runes now. Yay.

"Hagalaz hagalaz hagalaz h h h h h h h h h hu ha hi he ho hug hag hig heg hog (hul hal hil hel hol) oh eh ih ah uh h h h h h h h h h..." With Hagalaz in mind, Kat proceeded to carving. "Intaglio Hagalaz Hagalaz Hagalaz Hagalaz..." And the rune Hagalaz joins too.

"Naudhiz naudhiz naudhiz n n n n n n n n n nu na nu ne no nudh nadh hudh nedh niodh (nut nat nit net not) un an in en on n n n n n n n n n..." Here we go. "Intaglio Nauthiz Nauthiz Nauthiz Nauthiz..." TADA! Done. Okay... she needed a break now.

Excuse her while she goes to grab a bite or two.

Ar #10
 

Okay, so she'd forgotten to strip the Gandr of its bark before she actually composed the song so she'd just do it right there. Okay. Pulling her wand out, she spread a thin sheet of cloth out on the grass and helf her wand gingerly on top of it.

"Diffindo," she muttered, stripping the bark off in clean, neat strokes of her wand. She continued in that manner until the whole thing was pretty smooth and non-barky. Then, she drew the edges of the cloth close to each other and tied it with a string. Now it was a pouch.

BEAM.

*squeals* Tigers are my favorite animal. x)
 

"A tiger? That's awesome!" she said. Tigers were pretty epic, she loved them. They were definitely on her list of favorite animals! Dragons being her first. Heh heh. That'd be pretty cool if she had a dragon patronus... she'd fight dementors all the time if she had one as her patronus. Wouldn't it be awesome to see a misty wicked looking dragon attacking a dementor?!?! She thought so.

Rolling her eyes, she shook her head. "Psh. You SO are!" she said, laughing. Then she laughed some more at how he reacted to her push. "Aww, poor Jory!" she said, wrapping him in a hug and pulling him close to her. She giggled. "Where are you hurt? Do you need me to kiss your boo boo?" she asked, smirking and squeezing him tight.

AR assignment post 17
 

So she was meant to summon divine energy.. how was she meant to do that? Sarah thought the lake would be best, as that was beautiful so maybe that counted as divine or something. Sarah carried her now dried wand out to the lake and sat down on the grass.
She had to make herself comfortable as there was a lot of runes to carve on this silly thing. Which was great in the end, as not harm done and the whatnot. So the first one was Fehu "fay-who" sounded like Say who? As in “say who thought this subject was useful?”. But now she was stuck with it. Also, wealth would not be bad so.. “fehu fehu fehu f f f f f f f f f fu fa fi fe fo of ef if af uf f f f f f f f f “ Sarah said. This whole chants was like a tongue twister. Sarah pointed to place on her gandr, a random spot, as the only energy she was feeling was jest, “Intaglio Fehu... Fehu... Fehu... Fehu...” she said as she watched the rune being carved. One down.. many more to go.
Uruz. Sarah liked the creativity part yet taming a woman. Not her cup of tea, Sarah did not ever want to be tamed or domesticated in anyway. So if this Uruz worked, it had to be selective of its powers. Maybe she could tell it that or something. “uruz uruz uruz u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u r r r r r r u u u u u u u u u” All of them seemed to be tongue twisted. Just more complex then ‘Unique New York, Unique New York...”. She chose the spot where she felt a desire and said “Intaglio Uruz... Uruz... Uruz... Uruz...” The new rune joined its friend. They could relax now before they got to work.
The next rune sounded like dinasours, well that is if you stretch it a bit. It was thoor-ee-saws. It was for protection, so maybe it would have helped dinasours and Sarah thought she needed to it too. One could never be too safe in Hogwarts “thurisaz thurisaz thurisaz th th th th th th th th th thur thar thur ther thor thu tha thu the tho th th th th th th th th th” Another point of her wand and then “Intaglio Thurisaz... Thurisaz... Thurisaz... Thurisaz...” Great going.
Ansuz sounded like snoozing, which Sarah felt like doing right then and there. But it was also needed to pass exam. Sarah never had a problem with passing exams,well her passing level was higher then others. Also, she was lacking the divine power with this rune carving so if it this thing worked, then maybe she would have the ‘divine power’ to work on the others.”ansuz ansuz ansuzaw aw aw aw aw aw aw aw aw aw aw aw aw aw aw s s s s s s aw aw aw aw aw aw aw aw aw aw aw aw aw aw aw” Another point and “Intaglio Ansuz... Ansuz.... Ansuz... Ansuz...”

AR Project - Post 6
 

Mine too! One more thing in common, Syd!
 

"It would be cool if it were a falcon or eagle too,'' Jory said. He liked those two birds. They were so fast and true predators and they really fascinated him. So, changing the subject from Patronuses. "Hey, Rons, you do realise that in a few weeks you'll be staying with us, right?'' Yup, because this term would be ending soon. Trying not to think of that, the Puffer continued. "I bet mom and dad can't wait to meet you.'' He grinned. "Mom will definitely drag you off clothes shopping and stuff and dad will bore you with his cop stories.'' As for his sister... she'll probably give Ronnie a hard time. The thought made Jory sad but he tried not to think of that either.

"I feel like I'm being strangled by a boa constrictor,'' Jory said, and feigned gasping desperately for breath. He wish he could feign turning red or something. That would have made it better! Boo boo! "I don't get boo boos,'' he said, laughing. "I get injuries.''

AR Project - Post 7
 

zigzag zigzag stop....zigzag zigzag stop...

Hearing the Professors really tired voice, Daichi stopped practising to look back down. As he listened to the instructions the man was giving , he tried to store everything in his brain so that he wouldn't make a mistake later and then nodded very slowly.

"Okay....Nubcio..Nubcio...does it mean anything Si---

HAD HE JUST FALLEN ASLEEP?! :whaa:

"YAH! WAKE UP!" he shouted as he held his hands on his hips before moving them to fold his arms over each other in front of his chest and his lower lip began to tremble. "If you don't want to teach me the spell, sir. Just say it!" he said "No one likes me anyways so it's okay..."

He had already speculated with Minnie that these feelings of loneliness were caused by the syrup they both had eaten but right now he wasn't thinking about that.

He still wanted to learn the spell though, so after a 30 seconds or so of standing with his arms folded he lowered them again and began to practise. zigzag zigzag "Nubcio!" ...nothing.

Zigzag "Nubcio!" zigzag... BANG! A small explosion had caused his hair to poof in every direction possible and he had to cough loudly as he inhaled the smoke accidentally.

He waved his wand arm to wave away the smoke rapidly but upon doing so , he accidentally lost his grip and it fell out of his hand and on to the ground. Right at the moment it touch the ground, the wand was pointing DIRECTLY at the Professor and a red light flew his way...

"SIR! LOOK OUT!"

The buzzer wouldn't stop going off. What on earth..? He took it out of his pocket to check on it. "Aww i's broken!" Which meant that he could go back to the Lake.

He strode off to where he'd just been and at down next to Lex. "Sorry, false alarm. Apparently my buzzer is broken." Sigh. "Good ter see yeh, Bartholomew. This," he indicated Alexa, "is Miss Alexa Cambridge in Gryffindor House. She's bin wantin' ter meet yeh ever since she came."

Bartholomew Henry looked politely at the girl, but she didn't seem to have much in the way of functionality as far as speech went. Was the girl a mute? Then a screech came and he knew that was not it.

"Ah, Alistaire. It is good to see you, my friend. And it is indeed a pleasure to meet you, Miss Cambridge. Have you enjoyed your time at Hogwarts so far?"

The sudden sound of the Ground Keeper's voice made her jump. Seriously, what ever happened to walking loudly? With the Giant Squid right there then the added surprize, she was likely to have a heart attack--but of course she wouldn't because she'd waited TOO long for this.

Firth was doing more talking than her. She had so much to say but nothing was coming out and he was asking her MORE questions!!!!

kfdhsfksdgfysgek!!

Come on, Lex! Saaaay something!

Cambridges didn't freeze. No. She would have to say something. Lions were bold and she was being FAR too quiet right now. Time to make them know she was capable of speech. "It's a pleasure to meet you too--more than a pleasure when I think about it!!!" BEAM. "I've liked every year but this one--but meeting you's made it better I guess! Lottie said you'd show up, it's just we figured it'd be on an epic rampage of some sort, shooting water everywhere, crashing stuff down, that kind of thing. I've tried every way of reaching you, how far do you live? Mr. Firth says you don't like cookies but what about double chocolate chip? That any good? You don't eat people, do you? When I was a first year someone said they'd feed us to you but I don't think you'd eat me, you're all civilized and non student eating--not like the plant or the dementors but I won't bother you with talk about them. What's the bottom of the lake like? Do you give people rides? Are you super squishy?? Like if I tackled you would I slip off and drown--not that I'd drown because I can swim, honest!"

There was finally a pause where she took a DEEP breath. That was a mouthful and now all she could do was stand there grinning.

*gives you high five*
 

"Falcons and eagles are awesome." she agreed with a small nod. They were indeed, the way they were so big and brave and just epic. She'd have to agree, having a patronus like that would be cool. Then he was talking about staying with him. She blinked. Only a few weeks left of being at Hogwarts. Glancing at the castle for a minute then back at him, she nodded, smiling a little. "Yeah! This'll be so fun. And I cannot wait to meet them, I bet they're real nice!" she said. She then laughed at what he said. "Well, I don't mind shopping and I always love a good story!" she nodded once more. His family sure sounded like tons of fun!

She burst out laughing at Jory. Boy, was he hilarious or what?! Then she placed her hands on her hips, looking at him in amusement. "Well, shall I kiss your injury then?" she asked with a smirk.

Ethan gave Minerva a small smile as he nodded. "The library sounds great.. I've tried to study there a few times on my own, but my thoughts get the better of me and I can't focus." He didn't know how to slow down his mind at times.. and it was almost scary to him. There was just too much to think about, more so this term than at any time in his life that he could remember and it made concentrating difficult at times. And that wasn't such a good thing as far as NEWTs were concerned. "Maybe if I have someone to help me stay on task I'll get more accomplished." He was sure she could do that.. and they could be free from distraction hopefully.

He slowly grinned as he noticed her blush. Hmm.. maybe he still could affect her in that way. "Well.. you're right.. it is nice to be able to have a conversation together. We have a pretty great relationship, I think.." After everything.. all the good stuff and the bad, he really felt that they were very strong together.. and like nothing would really ever tear them apart. Not that he wanted to tempt fate or anything.

He looked back down at the pocket watch again. He really loved all his gifts, but this one was so meaningful. It was probably the most special gift he could ever remember receiving. Ethan looked back up at her hearing her words. "You're sure you want me to have this? This has to be incredibly important to you.." And he got why she wanted him to have it.. it was symbolic of how important he was to her as well.. but if it was all she had of her father, he wouldn't want to keep that from her.

He chuckled a bit, taking the plate from her. He guessed they did get side-tracked, but she had done such a good job planning and had done just so much it was hard not to. He took a bite, then looked up. "Oh, dessert, too?" He grinned remembering those two desserts the first time they did this. She really did remember everything. "I'll make sure I save room," he winked before eating more.

''It'll have to be fun,'' Jory responded. "Remember what you wanted us to do? All those picnics!'' He was looking forward to those and had already been thinking of some good spots for them to go. It would be a good change from all the studying and so on. He gave Ronnie a sly look. "You know you'll have to bake loads of cookies for me, right?'' Grin. "Well, that's good to hear. At least you wouldn't be bored.'' Nope. Because his parents would entertain her. A lot.

Jory grinned again. "You look like a super model, Rons,'' he said. With the hands on her hips and all. "I'm a big boy!'' he protested. "I'll be good, super model Ronnie Hawkins.''

Oh, she DID talk! And goodness, once she got going she didn't stop! "Well I am glad that I could help make your year better, Miss Cambridge. If I may be so impolite as to inquire, what exactly, may I ask, is a 'Lottie'?"

He had been distracted by a strange word, but then there were many things that he needed to correct her on. "You must know, Miss Cambridge, that I do not rampage. Nor do I crash stuff down. I am a civilized being, though I am quite sure your friends up at the school would try to tell you otherwise."

Despite her incorrect thoughts, he continued to address her politely. "The entire loch is my home. I roam about wherever I wish, though I do tend to stay away from the Merpeople's colony. My diet does not consist of people or of cookies, even double chocolate chip. The bottom of the lake is made of mud, so I suppose once could say it is dirty and dark." As for the NEXT part... "Hopefully after learning this bit about me you will realize that I do NOT give rides to to people. And I have heard from those who HAVE touched me that I could be described as rubbery."

There. Did that answer her questions? He looked over at Alistaire. "This one is quite talkative! A very curious one, she is."

"E you are going to do great on your NEWTS. You are so smart, but the library will work. I need to take a few of those books back anyway." She hadn't been around the school to much alone so hitting the library with Ethan sounded like the perfect plan. "I don't know how much I can help, but you know I'm always willing to try. So sure I can keep you on task... I can be pretty strict too." She eyed him and then gave a small smirk.


She couldn't help but smile with his comment, their relationship had been through so much and they were still together. This to her was a great start and she hoped they could face being apart next term. A frown reached her as she was forced to think about next term. Moments like this weren't going to happen. She was going to be sitting here alone. This was just not going to be fun. She could only hope that next term was easier and quicker than this one. "We do have a great relationship. I couldn't have asked for anyone better." She gave him a small smile trying to push next term out of her head. She had been sad enough lately, did she have to think about sad while they were trying to have a good time.


Reaching over and touching the pocket watch Minerva smiled as memories poured into her mind. She bit her lip to try and control the emotions she was feeling from just everything. "It is, but you are more important than any material item. Plus I'm not really giving it away.. Not really.." She shrugged, it was symbolic to how she felt and if what she wanted happened then it would be part of her life still. Plus she had pictures and her memories those meant just as much to her. Losing her mothers ring to that Niffler a few terms ago made her realize that.

Taking a bite of her food she hoped it was good. It was the first time she had ever really spent days on something, but she enjoyed doing it so it was worth it. "Well good.. I would hate to waste all this food, but I guess if we don't eat everything someone else probably would like some. " Mo or even Kaiden always liked her cooking so they probably would enjoy left overs.