It was only the first week of school, but Schmoop was hard at work baking fresh cookies for the studentsies. He had been working hard at other things too, much more than usual, but Schmoop always found the time to bake studentsies all the cookies!!!

His first stop was the Ravenclaw Tower. Ms professor Stewart was the sweetest and deserved sweet treats and so did all other Ravenclaws!

Schmoop leaves a tray of freshly baked cookies on the table next to the craft supplies and starts baking off slowly. Schmoop is still watching the cookies as he backs off because Schmoop likes it when he gets to see studentsies and staffs enjoy his baking!!

Mark was here quiet often last term. It was the perfect place besides the Art Room itself in the castle that he felt most at ease. Probably because there were less of everyone else and more of those who were most like him around. Mark started to set up a little station with paints and paper on an Easel before he realized that there was one of the Elves here, and that they had left a tray of cookies.

Mark poked his head out from behind the easel and smiled. Not often did he get to enjoy fresh baked good. his Mum wasn't the chef in the family, and his Dad who was wasn't much of a baker. Also, he had to eat Healthy nutritious meals . Cookies were not nutritious.

Yet those looked very tempting. Since his Father wasn't here Mark was going to indulge. "Hi, Schmoop" Mark said with a smile. "These look delicious, do you mind if I take two cookies?" he stood over the plate and nabbed two cookies off the tray.

Kaira who had been sitting there, perked up at the sight of cookies. Such a sweet elf, god bless him.

She asked him: 'Hello umm.. sorry I'm a firstie and I don't know your name...Mind if I take one?

That's when she heard the other boy call the elf schmoop. She grinned at him and said 'Thanks..'

'Umm..Mr Schmoop..may I?,' she asked him politely.

Schmoop hadn't realised there were studentsies in the room!! His big big ears perked up and his eyes grew wide as he beamed at the sight of not one but two studentsies asking for cookies!!!

"Please do, please do, master Gunter sir and miss..." Schmoop gives the first year an apologetic look because he doesn't know her name just like she doesn't know his. Schmoop, yes!! She now knows!! "Just Schmoop miss, just Schmoop." Schmoop was not a mister!!! "As many as you want, miss!!! Schmoop bakes the cookies for studentsies to enjoy!" He said, rushing back towards the tray and moving it close to both studentsies so they can pick as many cookies as they want! "Anything else Schmoop can get you??" Schmoop asks with big eyes looking from one to the other.

"Thanks, Schmoop!" Mark beamed with joy as he went ahead and took a third cookie off the tray but with a bit of hesitancy as should wait for Kaira to take a cookie too. He was going to go back to his easel and start working on a painting when the House Elf piped up with her third offer. Forgetting that the House Elves here were meant to be of service to them....sort of. They were hear to make them meals, and clean their stuff and the castle. But Mark, could have more.

"Could you bring us glasses of Milk for the Cookies, Schmoop?" Mark asked politely.

Kaira smiled at the house elf. 'It's Kaira Parker..pleased to meet you..,' she said, extending her hand for a handshake.

Kaira took two cookies and smiled at the other boy ( DJ Moose) and said 'Heyo!,'' as she bit into the cookies! Oh good lord..the cookies were so YUM!!! Just like her grandma used to make. This must be what heaven tastes like!!.

'Oh these are wonderful, Schmoop!!!,'. She said and that's when the boy asked for a glass of milk. 'Yeah..a glass of milk would be nice.. thank you!!,' she said.Such a darling elf!

Starting over at the Avant-Garde Corner, deciding she would do another search of her own dormitory whether or not Professor O'Hara had given the all clear or not later. It was a little cluttered over here, but Hanna was one that thought that's what a crafty corner should look like. On one table, Hanna started to leaf through all of the items. She picked up glasses of water, paintbrushes, pencils, and lots of loose papers with art work on them. There didn't appear to be anything here, and she moved onto another table. This one had plenty of crafty items, too. Pipe cleaners, stickers...

"AHH!" She yelped, throwing something she had picked up across the room and taking a step back. Her heart was raaaaaacing, as she looked at the tiny pink thing she had thrown. Being that it was only a little pom-pom, light as a feather, it really hadn't gone far. And she noticed it was her body, wired up, reacting to whatever had been pink and fluffy. "You're just a silly pom-pom," she muttered.

The history of magic professor may have been poor at spellcasting, but that did not mean she was going into this defenseless. On the contrary, she was at that moment brandishing a very sharp metal ruler that she carried around sometimes. It could cut off fingers if used with enough force - force which the always fit O'Hara definitely had...

"Show your evil faces!" she hissed, looking under a bed but seeing nothing. It was then that she heard the scream.

Immediately rushing out of the bed dorms and towards the sound of the voice, Alice came to a screeching halt next to Hanna, sharpened ruler in hand."What is it?! Did you see something?" She saw the pom-pom and quickly put two and two together.

"We can search together, if that makes you more comfortable," she offered, though she was pretty certain that most of the students were a little scared of her after that outburst in the courtyard.

The sudden presence of Professor O'hara did startle Hanna. Not as much as the little pink pompom, but enough to send a little jolt of surprise back through her.

And that sharp looking ruler!?

"Merlin's beard!" She yelped in slight fear. Of her History of Magic Professor. Was she going a bit... batty? "Um... a... sh-sharp object is a bit of a frightening thing to be faced with Professor," Hanna said, her eyes on the ruler. It was unsettling.

But at least there was someone there now. Even if it was a Professor brandishing a ruler sword, and a mind of killing the creatures. Well. "Its like when you see a black bit of fluff. Your mind just... yells spider." Her mind was playing tricks. She nodded at Professor O'Hara's offer. Even though her mind was replaying what had happened at the courtyard. It was always worth while to give the benefit of doubt, though. "Um... Professor?" Gulp. "Wh-what are you planning on doing it we find any of these creatures?" Another glance at the ruler. "Not... attacking it with that, a-are you?"

The unexpected scream from Hanna (at her ruler, not the earlier scream) was a bit shocking, but Alice resisted the urge to chide her for it. They were all on edge and she kind of understood why some of the students might be afraid of her at the moment.

"You noticed it was sharper than it needed?" She vaguely gestured with the ruler. Good girl. She was Ravenclaw, after all. "As you may have heard me tell the headmaster, my defensive spells are very poor. This ruler is something I carry for self-defense. You wouldn't have a problem with someone using deadly force on these things if it was the only way to save a life, right?" Well, TRISTAN might, but Alice hoped most people had more sense than him.

She pocketed the ruler. "But don't worry. I shan't attack them if they do not attack me or anyone in front of me first. Perhaps we can capture these monsters without further bloodshed. Let's keep looking, shall we?"

Deep down, Alice did not want the students to think of her as heartless. She hoped she wasn't scaring them too badly.

Um. Yes, she might have noticed that. Gulp. "Well... I suppose... well maybe the Headmaster can give us all a little... brush up on defence spells." Hanna didn't mean only Professor O'Hara. She, too, could use a refresher on some of the more broader spectrum defence spells. Just to be safe, she showed Professor O'Hara that she had her wand. "I can do some simple things. They're pretty effective." At least in class they were. She wouldn't know until she was under the stressful life-in-danger situation.

The thought of not seeing O'Hara attacking and killing any of the creatures made her feel slightly more at ease. "Let's just hope nobody comes face to face with them with no reinforcements nearby." That included O'Hara. "Um, how many do you think there are? I mean... surely it took a few of them to-to... eat Professor Dopple." Right?