There was a LEGEND in the portrait outside the Gryffindor common room. The Fat Lady was so easy to find that Davie wondered why the Lions' common room wasn't broken into more often. She was loud, she was proud, and she was definitely a lion.

Bag of candy in a paper bag, the first year wandered a good distance from the portrait, then came back and stood on the opposite side of the hallway from it as he munched his sour gummy flobberworms. "Can you get my friend to come out of there?" he asked her curiously, not really expecting the portrait to be able to get Char for him. She might not even be in the common room right now, though he'd be lucky if she were.

Dora wasn't aware of Davie or of his asking the Fat Lady to do things for him, but when she swing the portrait open and climbed out of the hole she BEAMED at Davie Truebridge. BEAMED AT HIM!!

"Hey Davie, what are you eating? " she asked as she bounced over to him. Like he would SHARE wouldn't he?? RIGHT?! And it did occur to her that he was probably there to see Char AND that she could go get the girl for him, but he had candy and she needed that in her life FIRST.

How did the Fat Lady know when someone was behind her trying to get OUT of the common room, also? That was a question someone needed to answer. Did she have eyes in the back of the head? A portrait on her other side who elbowed her when it was time to swing open? And did she move herself open and closed, or was there some kind of spell cast on the portr---

OH LOOK, SOMEONE WAS COMING OUT NOW. Davie got all excited in the hopes that Char had read his mind, but no. It was Dora UMBRIDGE. She was alright also. She'd given him candy that one time.

"Hey Dora," he replied, pulling out a dangling, dripping with sour-sweet-sugar flobberworm. "Sour worms, want one?" Or several? He offered her the bag and munched on his own squishy worm.

DUH SHE WANTED SOME! Eagerly reaching her hand into the bag she grabbed a couple and shoved them straight into her mouth. Her cheeks puffed out and sugarysour particles flew from her mouth with each chew.

YUM!!

SHE nodded a few times and spoke around the gummy goodness, "Werffoo waifing fowwww Sharrrwotte? " Bits of the tummies flew from her mouth with each word, but she didn't mind. She wiped her chin and kept chewing because HELLO THREE TUMMIES IN HER MOUTH AT ONCE EQUALED CHEWING FOREVER.

Chewing and speaking with a mouth full of food.

Disgusting.

Davie suddenly understood why Daxton Prince refused to talk to most people at this school. Most of them were uncultured, mannerless monkeys with a jelly slug for a brain. But Dora, at least, was a friendly mannerless monkey, one who was offering to fetch his best friend for him.

Trying not to look directly into the gummy-filled hole of her mouth, Davie cleared his throat and nodded. "Yes please, if you would, kindly tell Miss Kettleburn I am outside here." He felt the urge to be more proper than ever in Dora's presence, and subtly wiped his sour-crusted fingers on the inside of his robe.

No more candy for him today, thanks.

Manne less monkey she eas not!! Only when it came to eating. She had OTHER MANNERS. And well, she didn't think it mattered much how she ate around FRIENDS. They were early friends now anyway. Ha.

...wait... when did she offer to go back into the common room? She merely asked if he was waiting on Char. HUGE DIFFERENCE.

But as soon as she finished chewing and swallowed she smiled at the boy. Sure... She'd get Charlotte. Whispering the password to the Fat Lady, because OUTSIDER IN THEIR MIDST, she stuck her head in the portrait hole and SHOUTED FOR CHARLOTTE KETTLEBURN at the top of her lungs. That ought to do it.

Turning back to Davie she shrugged and waited a moment before speaking. "Have you had a good first few days at Hogwarts? " Hers had been... not great, but not terrible. Sabel had sought her out, which was cool... and Culloden had pointed his wand at her, hugged her, and gotten really mad at her ALL in a few minutes... this place was weird.

Oh she wasn't.... she wasn't going in to get Char? Davie's face fell, noticeably, as he rolled up the top of his candy bag. He thought about using it to bribe Dora into ACTUALLY GETTING Char, but truth be told, he didn't think he could stomach any more of her babyish and very vocal eating.

So wait out here he would. At least Dora was nice.

"It's been," he paused to search for the right word, "enlightening, so far. These professors are all so different but knowledgeable." And he liked most of them, so far, surprisingly. Davie nodded to himself. "What about you? Found anything cool yet?"

The other girl SHOULD be able to hear Dora's bellowing, so Davie needn't worry. Besides... Char might not even BE IN THE common room. Who knew.

Of COURSE the Ravenclaw was busy befriending Professors. Wow what a shock. NOT. Dora gave a small smile to herself and shook her head. "I don't like Professor Culloden. He pointed his wand at me. " Well yes, he had thought she was being attacked... but whatever. Semantics.

Had she found anything cool? Sadly not. Shaking her head she gave a pathetic shrug. "[B]Haven't been looking yet.[/b ]" She hadn't felt like it really... except that one time she ended up in the dungeons, but he didn't need to know everything... heh.

And well... she knew Davie wasn't actually waiting on HER... so he wasn't seeking her company... and well she wasn't going to impose. "Welp, I called Charlotte for you, so I am sure she will be out any moment now... so I'll go. You guys have fun. "

Aaaand with that Dora pushed off of the wall and started to wander toward the.. she didn't know where she was going actually, just away from Davie and the common room.

Its true, Char wasn't in the common room. She was only slightly astonished to see her bestie, and then Dora's retreating back when she approached the fat lady's portrait.

"Where's she going?" Char asked curiously, speaking up after her silent approach and giving the impression that she had simply appeared out of thin air. But it was a valid question because WHO in their RIGHT MIND would go ANYWHERE and leave Davie by himself? Davie was the best friend anyone could HAVE after all.

....

..... on second thoughts, as much as she loved Dora, maybe it was a GOOD thing the other little blonde had wandered off, that way Char didn't have to share. David was HER best friend. HERS.

"I can smell candy." She noted. It was in the very ESSENCE of the AIR, like a MIASMA of sweetness and potential hi-jinks.

Professor Culloden had pointed his WAND at Dora? What had she done to deserve that? Maybe he'd just accidentally gestured to her with it... it was possible! She hadn't found anything interesting though, and now she was leaving, and Davie was feeling a tad bit guilty for acting like she had no manners. Now he just had to sit here alone.

...

But then there was Char. What luck! What timing! "Dunno," Davie shrugged at his BFF, all too happy to see her. "I have sour gummy flobberworms. Do you want some?" He produced the package and tossed it to her, since he really didn't want any more. "I'm glad to see you though, Char." And he stepped closer to her for a small BFF HUG.

"Ooooh! Yes please!" Wasn't he the BEST? Char caught the packet and then glomped him of course. Glompy hugs. She was VERY pleased to see him. It was TERRIBLE really, that her BEST FRIEND in the world was in a different house to her! Not that she didn't think the girls she had her dorm with, or Bentley for that matter, weren't okay or anything, but this was DAVIE. "I'm glad to see you TOO!" When wasn't she? Probably always. Probably even when they had been in nappies! Not that she remembered but she was still pretty sure!

She selected a couple of gummy flobberworms and nommed them, looking at Davie expectantly. This was his chance to get a word in edgewise before she was done chewing.

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"Ooooh! Yes please!" Wasn't he the BEST? Char caught the packet and then glomped him of course. Glompy hugs. She was VERY pleased to see him. It was TERRIBLE really, that her BEST FRIEND in the world was in a different house to her! Not that she didn't think the girls she had her dorm with, or Bentley for that matter, weren't okay or anything, but this was DAVIE. "I'm glad to see you TOO!" When wasn't she? Probably always. Probably even when they had been in nappies! Not that she remembered but she was still pretty sure!

She selected a couple of gummy flobberworms and nommed them, looking at Davie expectantly. This was his chance to get a word in edgewise before she was done chewing.

Glompy hugs were the best kind of hugs, and Davie knew he could ALWAYS count on his BFF to deliver them. He beamed at her and while she was munching, took a breath to talk.

"Okay, so, have you sorted out why the Hat put you in the wrong house yet? No worries if not, because you can borrow my robes and we can fake pictures to send to your mum. And also, I convinced the Head Boy that I can read minds, and I read HIS mind. And it was awesome. And now I'm one of the Top Students in Ravenclaw right now, which is really, really cool. AND And and I think we should scope out headquarters for us, and we should start recruiting people and do a meeting or something I dunno." He sort of tilted his head at Char, because she had THE NOTEBOOK and she was really better at this being-in-charge thing than he was.

Oh see wasn't he the BEST friend ever? Charlotte made a mental note not to TELL people how GOOD of a BFF Davie was just in case they tried to steal him.

"I have NO idea! Its broken or something, we should go talk to it, do you think?" He was the BRAINS of their operations after all. At least to the extent of making sure the things she impulsively came up with had some vague kind of logic holding the resulting actions together. "Oh that's the BEST! Perfect! We should take pictures TODAY!" Ravenclaw!Charlotte pictures! Because she absolutely HAD told her parents that she was sorted in Ravenclaw. A picture would help that a LOT.

Wait wait. Hold the FLOO. HE READ THE HEADBOY'S MIND? Which also reminded her, "He said I could wear his badge!" And she hadn't yet! YEP she was COMING FOR THAT BADGE, ZANDER ADAIR! when she remembered. Char munched a few more bits of candy and smiled, careful to keep her lips around her teeth until she had swallowed.

"Of course you are top, you're so smart." Char was all nodding and everything. There was nothing weird about that, and she was PROUD of him of course. But he was RIGHT about headquarters! That was important. And she, being the mindreading bestie that she was, opened her backpack and extracted the notebook. They could go over their notes! And pick their headquarters!

"I definitely think Daxton for sure." Recruiting. Yes. And he would be good at keeping it a secret too, since he didn't talk to anyone. "What about that BIG BOY? That Hufflepuff? He could be a bodyguard, we could make him watch the door whenever we have meetings and he could HUSTLE people out of the way, and we could pay him with jelly slugs and chocolate!"

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Oh see wasn't he the BEST friend ever? Charlotte made a mental note not to TELL people how GOOD of a BFF Davie was just in case they tried to steal him.

"I have NO idea! Its broken or something, we should go talk to it, do you think?" He was the BRAINS of their operations after all. At least to the extent of making sure the things she impulsively came up with had some vague kind of logic holding the resulting actions together. "Oh that's the BEST! Perfect! We should take pictures TODAY!" Ravenclaw!Charlotte pictures! Because she absolutely HAD told her parents that she was sorted in Ravenclaw. A picture would help that a LOT.

Wait wait. Hold the FLOO. HE READ THE HEADBOY'S MIND? Which also reminded her, "He said I could wear his badge!" And she hadn't yet! YEP she was COMING FOR THAT BADGE, ZANDER ADAIR! when she remembered. Char munched a few more bits of candy and smiled, careful to keep her lips around her teeth until she had swallowed.

"Of course you are top, you're so smart." Char was all nodding and everything. There was nothing weird about that, and she was PROUD of him of course. But he was RIGHT about headquarters! That was important. And she, being the mindreading bestie that she was, opened her backpack and extracted the notebook. They could go over their notes! And pick their headquarters!

"I definitely think Daxton for sure." Recruiting. Yes. And he would be good at keeping it a secret too, since he didn't talk to anyone. "What about that BIG BOY? That Hufflepuff? He could be a bodyguard, we could make him watch the door whenever we have meetings and he could HUSTLE people out of the way, and we could pay him with jelly slugs and chocolate!"

"I think we should," Davie agreed, definitely. "I think there's a way to get into the Headmaster's office without really needing to see him? OR, maybe we should go see him, and then one of us distracts him while the other one grabs the hat?" Char was real cute and good at questions and distracting adults with her cute questions. That plan could maybe probably work.

AND YES, PICTURES TODAY! This was a top priority: GET PICTURES before it got real cold at Hogwarts. "Add that to the list!" Davie declared, holding his index finger up in the air. On to the next task, Watson!

"You should TOTALLY wear it. I bet you can get into lots of places with that badge!" Go Charlotte! Davie tapped his chin. "If only I could get ahold of Sophie Brown's badge..." Then THEY COULD BE THE HEAD BOY AND GIRL TOGETHER whoaaaaaa. Davie didn't even care if his badge said the wrong thing. This would just be a cool accomplish for two firsties! Yeeehaw!

David beamed at the compliment. Char was smart TOO, the hat was just wrong about her House. But they were going to fix that. Sooooo. Firsties in their group. "Are we also adding second thru seventh years?" He nodded at Daxton and the suggestion of, "Owen. That's the Hufflepuff's name. Owen-something." Oh, and there was, "Oliver, that Slytherin, and his sister, Something-Something-Brokowski-something? I think she's in YOUR house." ANDDDDD. "Also, don't forget Milo and Aldous. And maybe Sabbath. They're all my dormmates." They had a lot in Ravenclaw.

From inside the common room, Sheep!Yoongi walked to the Fat Lady's portrait. All the worries he had had earlier were gone and the Gryffindor was waiting for the portrait to swing open.

When it did, he climbed through the hole, feeling extremely awkward that he had such thin legs now. After some struggling, he managed to get his two front legs on the ground outside of the portrait, his sheep face was out as well and then......

...............he was stuck!

He pushed, trying to get his big wool body through the portrait hole. And failed. He tried again, his front legs pulling himself out little by little. The sixth year was already regretting this decision.

As Davie was waiting for Char to finish eating the sour gummy flobberworms and such, he happened to look over to the portrait of the Fat Lady. She was always up to something, y'know? And today was no disappoint, for just as soon as Davie looked over, the portrait swung open...

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From inside the common room, Sheep!Yoongi walked to the Fat Lady's portrait. All the worries he had had earlier were gone and the Gryffindor was waiting for the portrait to swing open.

When it did, he climbed through the hole, feeling extremely awkward that he had such thin legs now. After some struggling, he managed to get his two front legs on the ground outside of the portrait, his sheep face was out as well and then......

...............he was stuck!

He pushed, trying to get his big wool body through the portrait hole. And failed. He tried again, his front legs pulling himself out little by little. The sixth year was already regretting this decision.

...and it STAYED open. Why? Because there was a SHEEP stuck inside! "CHAR, LOOK AT THAT!" Davie roaaaaaaaaared with laughter. Hehehe, a stuck sheep! This was hilarious! Where else did one see a sheep stuck in a portrait-hole?!

"Poor sheep, have you got it baaaaaaahd?" He giggled and got up to go help the poor sheep. "I'll un-stick you, don't worry!" If only the sheep had a collar on, he could just grab it and tug. As it was, Davie worked on leaning over the sheep and giving it a big PUSH out of the hole.

Maybe it worked... if it did, it would be shear luck. HAH!!

Stuck in sheep form and literally stuck! Yoongi wiggled his body , trying to get out of the portrait hole. He had almost given up when he heard a LOUD VOICE coming from somewhere in front of him. WHERE DID THAT VOICE COME FROM!? Why couldn’t he see straight ahead?

He struggled again, trying to get his new and uncomfortably big woollen body out of the portrait hole when he saw a little kid next to him. So that had been the kid with the loud voice. Oh Merlin’s Beard he was glad that he was a sheep now and they wouldn’t know who he was. Imagine the laughs and pointed fingers during dinner!

But that also meant that he had to get out of the portrait as fast as he could because he didn’t know how long the potion would work. Thinking quickly, Sheep!Yoongi was about to tell the kid to help him when he felt him lean over and gave him a big push. ‘DON'T TOUCH THE WOOL’ He had wanted to say but all that came out was “BAAAAAAA!”

The push had done it though, he fell out of the portrait hole and on the ground. The portrait flew shut as Sheep!Yoongi got up on his four legs. Freeeedom! Now he could go downstairs and outside~! He turned his head to the little boy and cocked his head to the side. How did a sheep even thank a human? “BAAA BAAA!” which translated to ‘thank you’

And with that he turned around and walked gracefully to the stairs.

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Stuck in sheep form and literally stuck! Yoongi wiggled his body , trying to get out of the portrait hole. He had almost given up when he heard a LOUD VOICE coming from somewhere in front of him. WHERE DID THAT VOICE COME FROM!? Why couldn’t he see straight ahead?

He struggled again, trying to get his new and uncomfortably big woollen body out of the portrait hole when he saw a little kid next to him. So that had been the kid with the loud voice. Oh Merlin’s Beard he was glad that he was a sheep now and they wouldn’t know who he was. Imagine the laughs and pointed fingers during dinner!

But that also meant that he had to get out of the portrait as fast as he could because he didn’t know how long the potion would work. Thinking quickly, Sheep!Yoongi was about to tell the kid to help him when he felt him lean over and gave him a big push. ‘DON'T TOUCH THE WOOL’ He had wanted to say but all that came out was “BAAAAAAA!”

The push had done it though, he fell out of the portrait hole and on the ground. The portrait flew shut as Sheep!Yoongi got up on his four legs. Freeeedom! Now he could go downstairs and outside~! He turned his head to the little boy and cocked his head to the side. How did a sheep even thank a human? “BAAA BAAA!” which translated to ‘thank you’

And with that he turned around and walked gracefully to the stairs.

Hehehee... silly sheep, stuck in a portrait hole. As he pushed the sheep out, Davie talked to it so it wouldn't bleat in distress. "Where are ya headed? Bit of a woolly situation ya got yourself in, huh?" This was probably a student, right? He wasn't helping a criminal whose animagus form was a sheep break out of a common room, right?

There, the silly sheep-possibly-student was free. And it was looking at him! Davie dusted off his hands and gave the sheep a grin as it baaaaaaah'd at him. "You're welcome, Mr. Sheep!"

Maggie was trying to appear casual but somehow she was a little nervous. Waiting outside the gryffindor common room for Kaycee to come out, she brushed down her dress absently for what felt like the hundredth time. What if that first year she'd bullied into told to get her friend hadn't reached her or something?

Also why on earth was she nervous to tell Kaycee about this?

Probably because she was always the one to ask all those questions. Questions Maggie just didn't have answers too but otherwise wouldn't mind being unsure about. But Kaycee, Kaycee always asked them anyway and then expected her to have it all figured out. Well. She didn't. But it was annoying to her that she was nervous.

Yet she was still out here, waiting for her best friend.

Meh.

Kaycee came out of the common room a minute later. She was in the middle of brushing her hair when the first year came up to get her. Of course, she had to finish that before coming out.

Priorities.

Geesh. The snake looked nervous. "What's up?" she said simply.

Yes, Maggie totally understood that brushing her hair took precedence over Kaycee meeting her here.

What was up? A lot was up. But Maggie made herself calm down by taking a few deep breaths. She then grabbed Kaycee's hand to drag her off to the side a little to make sure nobody overheard them. "So, like-" Okay, she should probably just say it. "You were right. About Zeke." Well, not ENTIRELY. And somehow she felt the need to point that out too. "Like, not about you saying how he thought we were dating. He's not stupid." She nodded, even smirking a little because Maggie had been right there. HA!

"BUT....he said he likes me." Yes. That. So congrats Kaycee.

Ohh. And now she was being dragged off. Which could only mean one thing. Something juicy happened.

HA! SHE KNEW IT! KAYCEE KNEW IT.

She was just going to ignore the first point. Because making out sort of did imply a relationship... of sorts. "Andddd? So? What happened? Tell me more. What did you say?"

And yes, she was in question mode. It always happened when Maggie had news.

So. Many. Questions.

Maggie didn't really know if Kaycee wanted an answer to all of them. The outcome was the interesting thing though so that's what she shared. "So...we're going on a date." Even though Hogsmeade weekend wouldn't be for another couple of weeks. Which was annoying. Waiting would be annoying. Like, she wanted to do this now. So she would know.

Other things had been said too and stuff but that wasn't something she felt like sharing at the moment.

"So that's what happened." Maggie nodded, grinning slightly, waiting for Kaycee to react.

Come on, Maggie. Just answer the questions. You could do it. Kaycee was supportive of it.

"Wow. What? Really? You agreed to that?" She was honestly surprised. That seemed a little relationship-ish. She honestly didn't expect that from Maggie. "When? Where? How do you feel about that?"

And yes, more questions. These were important things and she needed answers.

"You're grinning." she commented watching the blonde's face. "You're excited, aren't you?" Which, really, came out like a statement and not like a question.