Chuckle head? "Whose that?" He was the Hatter and that's that. He giggled as the story unfolded by his companion, catching himself with a hand on the mouth as the severity of the situation meshed with what he had been told and what the KIng said earlier.

"Poor Sebastian..."

It was never fun to be lost...not when there was weird things out there. Like girls in blue dresses and dodos and the Mock Turtle. Forget about the bad, mad Queen. The Mad hatter swallowed at the though of this lost fellow loosing his head at her order. No...they needed to help him . They WOULD help him.

So the Hatter followed the boy with his crazed version of the doggie paddle. "Follow...follow...follow," he mused humming as he moved and looked for whatever they were looking for. He overshot the reeds before righting himself and went to search as well."Who said what?" he questioned as he moved his hands through the greenery haphazardly to see what might be in there.

Angel decided that she would go over to her boyfriend and see what was going on. "Hey Ben." Angel smiled. "You okay?" Angel hoped that her boyfriend would remember her. "What you doing?" Angel had no idea what she would do if he said a tea-party because that would be crazy.

"Hey is there anyone around here?" Angel hoped that she could find the boy because well she wasn't going to do anything crazy or find anyone crazy because people were being really weird this term and they seemed to think they were movie characters.

Angel continued to look around the whole area for this guy that they were supposed to be looking for... she decided to look around the classroom... maybe he was playing hide and seek but where would you hide if you were.

"You're Chuckle Head aka Chuckles aka Benjamin aka Benny aka Cutie Pie aka Dragon aka The Mad Hatter.'' Damn. Benny had a lot of nick names four of which had been assigned to him by Adi.

Yes, poor little crabby Sebastian. "That's why we're going to find him.''

"Yup, follow the leader,'' Adi said grinning. But the were already at the patch of seaweeds and there was no more following to do. But Benny seemed to think differently. "Oi! Benny! You can stop um paddling.'' It looked like doggie paddling he had been doing. Anyway... back to searching. "Two students thought they saw Sebastian in the reeds,'' the Puffer explained patiently as he parted some seaweed and poked his face close to the stuff. Nope. No crab there.

Adi didn't bother turning at the sound of Angel's voice. She was there to find out about Benny.

Search, search, search.

Thank Merlin that the girl came out of the cave because it gave Grayson the chance to give her a look over. Not a mini-Agatha? Brilliant! Good on you, kid. As for the darkness part, the fifth year opened his mouth to say something when King Botros started speaking so, he turned to look at the man instea--

A date? A date with one of the princesses? And who exactly were the--

......................

DEADPAN.

Lex? Lux? And that Ravenclaw girl? Jeez, going on a date with any of THEM was gonna be awkward since he knew them so well and the idea of kissing them was out of the question. He didn't know that Ravenclaw girl, though. But didn't SHE have some boys after her already? HM? Was this gonna be some sort of challenge?

Shrug.

Soooooo, back to the tiny Slytherin person. "'Course I can do that! It's a dead easy spell to do," Was he bragging? Yes, yes he was. "The incantation's lumos. LOO-mos! And the wand movement's a bit like......... oh man, have you been on a rollercoaster before? You know the loop-de-loop that makes you feel like your heart's gonna pop out of your chest? THAT is the wand movement. Loop-de-loop." He even demonstrated drawing a bit of a straight line, a loop that went up and then a straight line to finish. Man, if only he liked people. He'd make a brilliant professor.

"Oh and another thing! You need INTENT. With spells, you have to show them that you're the BOSS and you're not gonna take no--" Er. Kid. Twelve year old, probably. Language, Whitty. "That you're not gonna let it beat you. Think about what you want it to do and take a shot!" Go on. Show him what you've got.

This wasn't working for her. What was she going to do now? The fourth year had to generate some ideas. She didn't know how to find someone. She wasn't a policeman she was just a fourteen year old girl that didn't want any involvement with anything government like or searching like. Emmylou let random thoughts will her head. What do crabs love to eat? Emmy shook her head. She didn't know what crabs loved to eat. She barely new anything about crabs and if this crab is THE Sebastian then maybe some singing would do? Or many not because Emmylou couldn't sing to save her life. Maybe instead of chanting she should say his name because the chanting was getting her nowhere. BOO! not sebastian hehee

Emmylou crawled around on the floor to get a better view of where the bright red crab might be hiding because standing and walking wasn't going to help find him any faster. "Sebastian? Where are you? Sebastian? Are you over here?" Her voice said in a soft and sweet tone.

With a looooong sigh, Dorothy got up and continued her search for the Sebastian guy. Why had he gotten lost anyway? WAIT. Had be been caught in a twister too? Maybe be had ended up in Kansas and she had ended up here! Yes, that made sense. Kind of. With renewed enthusiasm, she propelled herself around the room ocean, calling "Sebastian! Where are you? Sebastiaaan!" She poked through the seaweed, looking for any sign of the yellow brick road OR Toto OR Aunty Em OR Sebastian OR her ruby slippers. Man, she was looking for a lot of things .

Pinocchio had been having a grand time playing on a rock..or at least trying to hold onto it AND his satchel at the same time. He finally decided that it was a fruitless endeavor and heard the puppetmaster bellowing about a Sebastion, red and the size of the puppetmasters hand. He decided to join in the hunt. What could possibly be more fun than a Sebastion treasure hunt for real boys.

He began to look the first place that came to mind. He began searching nooks and crannies in the rock he had attached himself to. Ooh...what a neat adventure. He wondered if the other real boys and girls were having as much fun as he was.

The size of his hand.

And red.

Toby looked at his hand as he sort of free-floated out into the midst of the classroom. Well, it was no coincidence, definitely more stuff like he'd seen in those movies.

And King Botros was offering... dates? As a prize? Well... that wouldn't be necessary, but... maybe it would be wise to play along in the hunt for Sebastian, if he even existed.

Thoughts racing through Toby's mind, the Hufflepuff 'swam' off through the air, to check each corner and alcove, and maybe talk to some other students to work out what the heck was going on.

The Piper's eyes grew wide as the wizard King enchanted the flute. The rune sparked brightly, seering itself into the wood. As the instrument glowed, the Piper bowed deeply.

"My deepest gratitude, your majesty." He straightened up. "I will locate your missing servant and will be glad to claim the reward." With a glance toward the princesses, he kicked away and began to tread in the middle of the room.

Raising the vibrant flute to his lips, he began to play. The tune was sweet and syncopated and the glow of the instrument pulsed with each note. If the servant would make himself known, then the Piper could be certain the enchantment had worked!

Kace nodded and thought it was silly of him. "Yes of course.." he bowed and went over to get a nice shell for Lux's hair. He searched for the perfect one and grabbed it. He swam/float over to Lux and showed her the shell. "How is this?" he asked. Then he began to use the shell softly on her hair. "And to answer your question, I have not seen Bay at all. I do not think he showed up for the lesson.." he said brushing and looking around. He wondered where his bro was. In fact where was Cinna too. He saw Emmy looking for Sebastian. He smiled, look at his girl doing the hard work.

Jasmine had thus far managed to avoid having her hair brushed. However, King Botros was calling for more volunteers to tend to his daughters. Then he offered a date with one of his daughters as a prize for finding Sebastian. Say what? Well Jasmine was pretty sure that if one of he princesses was chosen, it wouldn't be her.

Jasmine couldn't imagine just sitting and waiting to be waited on. Was that how it was for real princesses? Surely not. Maybe she could join the search party and help look for Sebastian. Turning to Professor Botros, she said, "Prof.....I mean.....your high.....Father, can I help look for Sebastian?" She had a feeling that she already knew the answer, but it wouldn't hurt to try.

Dorothy was becoming incredibly frustrated with this side of the rainbow. EVERYONE was lost, and nobody seemed to be being found. She was TIRED of floating and TIRED of looking and TIRED of not having any friends to help her search. She tried to stay still, but the water kept propelling her forward so she had no clue where she was going. She never knew where she was going 'round here. Sniff. She began muttering under her breath, "There's no place like home, there's no place like home" and tapping her heels together but nothing happened. Darn thing didn't work without her ruby slippers. There. ANOTHER thing to add to her list of things to be finding. What was she supposed to be looking for again? Oh yeah- "SEBASTIAAAAAN!?"

Pinocchio kept up his job of seeking. This was like some strange game of hide and seek. He really thought he should go up to the puppetmaster, but the man looked distraught. He continued his search for the red hand.

Sebastian! Red hand dude! Where are you? he squatted and then thrust himself to the next rock. Oooh...very awesome....it was like a large game of leapfrog. Pinocchio began hopping from rock to rock, Ribbit...Ribbit.....Ribbit lots of fun.

"Sebastian, where are you?"

Where was the little guy? What if he was scared to come out because of everyone looking for him? Emmylou stood back up and walked around for the little critter. She sighed. She wasn't getting anywhere with this. "Sebastian. It's alright, you can come out now." The fourth year said sweetly. Maybe just speaking to him or what we thought was him would be the way to go? The Gryffindor didn't want to go back to that nonsense chanting because it would get her nowhere like it already did.

"Sebastian? Please come out. "

Okaaaaaay....

This was turning out to be a lot more interesting than she'd expected. Nodding at Professor -- king, whatever -- Botros, Beverly took her wand out and recited what he chanted under her breath. All they had to do was find this Sebastian and...

Oh. Reward--wait.

Does that mean she'd go on a date with one of his daughters? Because she was planning on winning this thing so...did he have any sons? Wait. No. Scratch that. Jeremiah wouldn't be too pleased about that. More house points were in order, yeah? It seemed only fair. BOO! not sebastian hehee

As for the maid bit, Beverly wrinkled her nose in distaste. She was no maid, she was a WARRIOR and she was going to find Sebastian. Yes!

"Sebastian where are you?!" HMM? Answer, you bloody idiot.

The Prefect was well on her way, floating while she tied her robe around her waist to keep her skirt from turning upside down and showing her undies. She had just tugged on the sleeves when she bumped into a redhead (Dorothy/Norah).

Home? What? They were SEARCHING, not going home. "Home is Hogwarts," she stated as-matter-of-fact. "Have you tried chanting Jera? Maybe we'll find this Sebastian sooner that way." Understood? Lets make a team.

Briefly glancing around while clutching on to a rock, Beverly's gaze landed on...frog boy? The kid (Pinocchio/Ian) was acting like one. Great idea! Maybe this Sebastian dude liked frogs. Thinking outside the box, she liked that.

"You!" She paddled so that she still had hold of the rock and was somewhere between both Hufflepuffs. "What are you doing? Lets group up." She gestured toward the girl who seemed lost (Dorothy/Norah). As in, stick with her, Prefect Wayne.

Yes. Good. Okay.

Marigold had been blinking a lot in this class already. She floated towards Beverly, intending to help out. She untangled her hair from a pesky rock, then carried herself closer to her fellow prefect. "Are we using runes to look, then?" She was still horrible at runes.

Puck needed a maid. This was getting ridiculous – they heard what Professor Botros said right? Heck King Trident had practically made a royal decree about his daughter needing their hand servants. Now. She needed her hair brushed.

She decided to sit primly on her shell and run her fingers through her hair – hopefully none of them got stuck because after all. She needed someone to brush it for her. She wasn't Ariel after all she didn't go swimming the deep depths of the reef looking for lost topside things.

She really wanted to play along with this....because well, there wasn't food being thrown at people? And she wasn't being locked in a cavern? "Trident, is Ursula around? Did she perhaps steal Sebastain?" She wondered and m debated helping to find Sebastian after all, he needed saving. But she didn't want to move, her shell was comfortable...well, it wasn't. But she didn't have to move when she was sitting on it.

Coral just stared. Was he serious?

"Um.... yeah, okay.......... Sure........... father." Trying to hide her bewilderment, CB looked away from the professor. Obviously she hadn't exactly tried to hide the confusion in her voice but she didn't want to be scolded again so she kept her questions to herself. Even if actually having a 'father' who spoke to her was kind of nice.

She now turned her helpless looks on her best friend. "Sooooph." she urgently whispered. "What's wrong with him?" Last she checked, she was still an Aldrich. And it definitely didn't say Botros on her birth certificate. Tucking some hair behind her ear, she adjusted herself in her seat.

What was she supposed to do?

Just sit here and let Soph brush her hair while all the others did all the hard work? Maybe this wouldn't be so bad..... She had Soph with her so.... Yeah. Couldn't be bad...... As long as Botros didn't get scary with them.

The Gryffindor smiled at- well- the other Gryffindor. You know, it was kind of nice knowing that other people were just as confused as he was. For once, Zander actually felt like he wasn't the only confused soul in the room. And that was getting somewhere, right? It was progress. As for this Sebastian guy though, "Uh, no clue mate... But I don't think there's a Sebastian who goes to Hogwarts... So maybe it'll be the person who's not wearing school robes?" That'd be a good way to spot someone... Right?

'Cause everyone else was in uniform. So maybe... Yeah. Uh, well it was the best thing Zander could come up with. Besides the fact that maybe this Sebastian person came with a label?

......"Sebastian?--"
And that's when he spotted Kevin. Who was apparently asking or... demanding something from Botros. Well that wasn't really anything out of the ordinary, but maybe Kevin had a better idea for searching?"Hey! Kevin!!!" he motioned towards his friend. Come over heeerreeee, Kevin!!

Yessss!!

Professor... Ehh.... King made him head of the search party! Okay, and they were looking for a crab. How delightful. It shouldnt be hard to find a crab "under the sea".

"I am on it Your Highness!' Chance said and looked around the room before 'swimming"over to a group of students that were looking for the crab. "Lets spread out! We need to find that crab pronto!" For the Professor, King!

Chance swam over to some seashells and began looking over there. "Sebastian!!!!!"

Still waiting for the two Puffers to give her answers, Beverly busied herself by moving aside some seaweed with her wand. Clear vision would be lovely. In fact, clear vision was important in a search.

Could she cut these down? Would his majesty mind?

Lol. His majesty. Amusing.

Turning to her left at the sound of a familiar voice, Beverly grinned -- a small grin, but she GRINNED. "I'm going to try and use the Jera rune to brighten up the place like Botros suggested. Want to join in?"

Excuse her for a moment. "Sebastian!"

Back to Goldylocks. "I'll start, you can follow." Her wand was ready and SHE was ready to get this over with and WIN. "Jera jera jera...j j j e e e r r r a a a...j j j j j j j j j...ju ja ji je jo...(jur jar jir jer jor)...j j j e e e r r r a a a..."

Were any of the Puffs following?

As Soph floated her way over to CB, she looked between her housemate and Botros. He... thought she was the help? Ha! "I'm not a maiden, sir, I'm her best friend." Big difference. "I'm still gonna brush her hair, though." She really WAS, too, but Soph got to play with CB's hair all the time, so it wasn't really anything out of the ordinary.

Botros - King Triton, whatever - told someone to use a shell to brush his daughter's hair just then, and... Soph blinked. A shell? She squinted around, looking for something that might do the job, and... didn't see any shells that looked like they'd comb through hair well at all without hurting CB. So, instead, Soph summoned her bag over to her as she reached CB's side and shuffled through it, looking for her own hairbrush. When she pulled it out, she cast a quick, "Scourgify," on it - not because it was dirty or anything, quite the contrary, but she didn't want Botros to scold her for using something of her own - the filthy hairbrush of a "maiden" or something of the sort, she already anticipated him saying.

"Dunno," Soph replied to her best friend from behind the shell she was seated on, pulling CB's hair behind her shoulders and brushing through it casually like it was something they did every day. "M'guessing the same thing that was wrong with Flamsteed the other day?" Brush, brush. "I can't help but wonder if it's my fault, though - and Tobes, too," she spoke in a hushed voice, wanting only CB to hear her. "What if when we went to Disney World this past summer, we brought back... some... kind of curse? That's made everyone into, like... Disney characters? I mean... in Flamsteed's class alone, we saw Hook, Peter Pan, Aladdin..." Were there others she was forgetting? "And remember when Head Girl Lex was all... evil and being Maleficent?" ALL Disney characters!

"And look," she gestured over to the Gryffindor boy, Benny, in their year and continued brushing. "That kid. He was talkin' 'bout un-birthdays and... and the Cheshire Cat. That's Alice in Wonderland. All Disney!" She was SO convinced she had caused this whole thing. "And now Botros is bein' the dad from The Little Mermaid. I mean... they say it's the most magical place on Earth..." What if they HAD picked up some sort of curse while they were there and brought it back to school with them?

It made sense, didn't it?

A reward for getting the knots from her hair? Lex shot both her company a look that said 'touch my hair and lose a hand' before looking to the Professor again. "I don't need my hair brushed. I...uh....brushed it this morning." Completely ignoring the disgusted look he'd given her because the Professor was a senile old man--even moreso now thanks to Merlin knows what, so she'd just....not get all mad at him but she would have a word with him about this after...even if he wouldn't remember.

"And I insist you let me search for Seb--"

O_ O

"Excuuuuuse you??" Alexa shot the Professor an incredulous look. "A date? Good one." The Professor had jokes, did he know how funny he was? Lex didn't date, it wasn't something she did and wasn't something she was fond of. Add the people in this class and you had the Gryffindor rising from her shell to go find the bloody crab herself.

"I have official business to take care of over there." And a vague point before gesturing for Penelope and Ethan to follow.

Pinocchio was happily leapfrogging from rock to rock. He tried not to hit anyone. Of course it would have been much more fun if he had others to leapfrog over. Then a girl with a nice green badge seemed to notice him. He grinned. Wanna leapfrog with me? Don't know if we'll find the red hand thingie...but it will be fun anyway! Just in case she did...he hopped closer to her. He saw that Dorothy girl too. More people to leapfrog with?

Dorothy looked up at the girl in surprise. Home was Hogwarts? What's Hogwarts? Her eyebrows furrowed as she replied slowly, "There's no place like home. This place isn't home, and it isn't like home at all." Especially in here. There was no ocean in Kansas. Duh. Chanting whaaaat? Becoming more confused by the second, she squinted at the girl. Was she being confusing on purpose? "Are you a good witch or a bad witch?" She didn't have time to deal with another bad witch, not when she was this lost. But to her knowledge bad witches were green and travelled on brooms, so Dorothy joined the girl anyway.

What is she doing? SEARCHING, obviously. "I'm looking. For Sebastian. And the Yellow Brick Road and Toto and Aunty Em and the Emerald City and my Ruby slippers and the Wizard. I've lost a lot of things." Now that she had FRIIIIENDS maybe they could help her find stuff! Yep, that made sense. And there was that boy again! (Ian/Pinocchio) Smiles for that boy too. So were they gonna find some stuff or what?