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Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Headmaster - Prof. Malachi Trent (DaniDiNardo)
School Staff Ancient Runes - Prof. Carmine Beryl (Tegz) Arithmancy - Prof. Ayana Sissay (Daemon) Astronomy - Prof. Simran Sandhu (laurange) CoMC - Prof. Grant Cornish (Cassirin) Charms - Prof. Pierson Fuller-Thompson (sarahlooo) DADA - Prof. Malachi Trent (DaniDiNardo) Divination - Thereos (Thereos) Flying - Prof. Colin Mackenzie (Zoe) Herbology - Prof. Kassandra Sutton (Birchwoodmom) History of Magic - Prof. Alice O'Hara (Goblinfrog) Muggle Studies - Prof. Kaysha Stewart (FearlessLeader19) Potions - Prof. Ignatius Noble (hermygirl) Transfiguration - Prof. Mitchell Barlow (Waterloo)
Caretaker - House Elves Librarian - Prof. Kassandra Sutton (Birchwoodmom) Groundskeeper - Prof. Pierson Fuller-Thompson (sarahlooo) Healer - Prof. Carmine Beryl (Tegz)
School Poltergeist - Peeves School Ghost - Moaning Myrtle House Elves - Algamus, Argyle, Beezley, Nimma, Pips, Quirly, Schmoop, Tinka, Tippin, Toddles
Head Boy - Reo Fujiwara (NPC) Head Girl - Brianna Addams (NPC)
Gryffindor House Ghost - Nearly Headless Nick Head of House - Prof. Kassandra Sutton (Birchwoodmom) House Prefects - Stasya Dalgaard-Volkova (SilverTiger), Anna Meriwether (Hey Ju) House Captain - Tomás García (NPC)
Hufflepuff House Ghost - Fat Friar Head of House - Prof. Ignatius Noble (hermygirl) House Prefects - Aaron Botros (Govoni), Sterling Calrissian (lazykitty) House Captain - Aron Kaluuya (NPC)
Ravenclaw House Ghost - Grey Lady Head of House - Prof. Kaysha Stewart (FearlessLeader19) House Prefects - Jackson Thomas (Dokimoto), Hanna Newton (Jessiqua) House Captain - Freya Nielsen (NPC)
Slytherin House Ghost - Bloody Baron Head of House - Prof. Pierson Fuller-Thompson (sarahlooo) House Prefects - Patrick Dooley (siriusblackliveson), Vita Mallari (TakemetotheBurrow) House Captain - Jack Byrne (NPC)
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Headmaster Trent has finally given his welcoming speech! Term's officially begun!
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Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo
With Kaiser sorted and a few last minute reports sent off in his office (a half attempt to wait long enough for the boy to get done freshening up), Malachi finally made his appearance at the staff dais. By now the sorting was under way and a very many first years and transfer were now sitting with their respective houses. Not missing a beat, he applauded the next to be sorted as he sunk into his seat.
"Sorry about that. Had a student that needed attention." He informed his staff. Which reminded him. Trent leaned forward onto the table to address Carmine. "May need you looking him over later, precaution if nothing else." Just as a heads up.
It seemed he'd actually missed quite a lot because before he knew it, the sorting was over and it was time for him to address the crowd.
Malachi paused a moment to settle himself then rose with his goblet. With his fork, he began knocking the side, the sound magnified to catch the attention of everyone present. "Greetings!" He began cheerfully. Best to start high, work your way to a comfortable medium then end on the standard threats. Start with the threats first and some would completely ignore everything else in their panic. "Whether you're happy to be back here or not, I'm happy to see your bright faces." Courtesy of the current lighting rather than any real glee but details details. "To those of you joining us for the first time, well, good luck. Follow the lead of your older peers, they've proven adept at staying alive and I'd take it as a personal favour if you did too." Just asking. Dolly was enough, thanks.
"We've got quite a few new faces on staff this term--not that some of you would know but I'll go ahead all the same. To the very right, our new Healer and Ancient Runes Professor, Carmine Beryl. Next to her taking on Arithmancy, Professor Ayana Sissay. Professor Simran Sandhu will be your new Astronomy Professor and Professor Grant Cornish will be taking over Care of Magical Creatures. Returning, after years of service sometime back, Professor Piers Fuller-Thompson doing Charms and Groundskeeping. Now I know many of you miss Professor Dopple but let's not make this weird for him." Dolly would do that all on her own, he had no doubt. "We have Thereos, a forbidden forest resident centaur aiding with Divination this term, please ask him what he'd like to be called. Nod even if you don't understand." Because the explanations would only get worse and more convoluted. "To my very left, Colin Mackenzie. He'll be your new flying Professor and Quidditch Official. Many of you know Professor Sutton. She'll be taking over the role of Herbology Professor and at the very end, our new Transfiguration Professor, Mitchell Barlow." Here he waited for the applause and continued to wait until it died down.
"It's been a long ride, I'm sure many of you are exhausted so I'll make the rest of this quick. The forbidden forest, you guessed it, forbidden. Locked doors around the castle? Locked for a reason, leave them that way. Strange noises? At least take a friend along. One of you needs to live to warn the others, that's common courtesy. ANYTHING pink, fluffy and likely to eat everything in its path? Report it immediately. I don't like giving detention, you don't like having detention. I'm not sure which of us enjoys it less, but we'll find out if you break school rules. Actions have consequences. Poorly plan your pranks, get sloppy, reckless, don't think it through well enough and get caught and by Merlin everyone will agree you'll have deserved it. Right. Let's eat!"
He sat down and watched the food begin to appear but shot right back up before anyone could dig in. "Oh! One more thing! Classes begin bright and early in the morning. You'd be wise to get a good night's sleep. I don't have to tell the returning students but for our first years anyone late to Defense Against the Dark Arts will not be allowed to enter. Curious to know what will happen after that? You shouldn't be, that's silly. Just be on time. Now we can eat." Back in his seat, he reached for the gravy for this mashed potato. Mmmmmmmm.
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yikes!
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there's something happening in the stables, although it isn't obvious to the average observer what it is. The creatures are restless, shifting within their respective pens, and some of the smaller creatures (the nifflers! The augureys!) are downright unsettled.
For those who have witnessed death firsthand, they might see wild thestrals (rather than the carefully groomed ones that belong to the school) packed into stalls where they don't belong. For those who can't see the thestrals, isn't it straaaaange how the creatures are all bunched up to one side in their stalls?
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UNICORNS! At the lake...!
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Originally Posted by UNICORNS!
First there was one unicorn, then two. They were followed by two more - one barely more than a foal. They trotted through the early morning fog to munch on the grasses and other herbs on the far side of the lake. It looked like they had just come out of the forbidden forest.
Early morning risers are the only ones who will see them. This is a very rare sight. Rarely do unicorns ever venture this far out of the woods.
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Welp, this doesn't sound good, in more ways than one (from DADA lesson):
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Originally Posted by Toddles
"AAAAAAAAAH!"
Popping into the classroom suddenly and without warning, as house elfsies do, Toddles' big eyes seemed even BIGGER than usual. And wetter. Much much much MUCH wetter. And his screams shrill and almost inaudible for humans. And his little chinny chin chin was wibbling and maybe wobbling too. But not as much as his slender bony frame was quivering and shaking from FEAR.
"AAAAAAAAAH!"
Knees buckling, Toddles crumbled to the floor in a SOBBING mess of floppy ears and potato sack.
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some more developments at the lake
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Originally Posted by UNICORNS!
The unicorns continued to graze on their side of the lake. At first they paid no heed to the growiny crowd of onlookers. Too far away to frighten them. It was not until the crowd grew even larger that one of the unicorns looked up at the humans. Then it bent back down to continue grazing.
Meanwhile, the sun continued to rise.
What would cause the reclusive unicorns to leave their home in the forbidden forest?
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Originally Posted by Thereos
The trail had been crossed by a snake, a bad omen to begin, but it was the lack of depth to the hoof prints in the mud that truly brought the stars to dim in Thereos eyes. Though it was still too soon to tell for certain and he would need to consult the sage that night, the lack of depth in the heel from the impression and smoothness of the print itself were concern as to the sour flavor in the dirt from the deepest parts. No centaur hooves, but those of unicorns departing the forest. An action hinted by the rise of Pegasus.
Taking pause of the forest himself, Thereos trotted about the grounds himself in search of his cohabitants only to stumble upon the group of humans observing them.
"Pegasus, Mercury, and Mars combined. A concerning sight indeed," he muttered ominously as he move beside the crowd and folded his arms across his chest.
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Update on DADA/Toddles drama:
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Originally Posted by Toddles
Toddles was DISTRAUGHT!
Sobbing and wailing and drawing all kinds of attention to his elfsie self, Toddles began rolling back and forth and sideways and upways and forthways some more while covering his large eyes with his sweaty palms.
"IT WAS HORRIBLE MISTER MASTER HEADMASTER!" Toddles wailed. "Toddles just does as Toddles tolds, sir. Toddles go into the forest like a good elfsies to collect the best of mushrooms for Argyle's soup for dinner, sir. Toddles have his basket almost filled all the way up he did, sir! Then Toddles sees...saws....sees...saws...HE SEES SOMETHING MOST FOUL TODDLES DOES SIR! TODDLES FEARS FOR TODDLES VERY LIFSIES HE DOES, SIR! RUNS AWAY TODDLES DOES!"
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...
......”Okay.”
On the one hand, this was Toddles, an elf known for his...spirited personality. On the other hand, warning of a potential issue in the forest seemed a bit foolhardy to ignore even for a former Gryffindor. The Headmaster went silent for a moment before undoing all the charms on the room and revealing the door. He’d check it out...just in case. Dolly Dopple was all the reason he needed to do things just in case. Didn’t need more of her floating around the castle plaguing him with guilt.
“We’re gonna wrap this up a bit earlier than expected.” He informed, now addressing the students. He’d make a quick stop in the forest, make sure everything was a-okay. At the very least, he’d have to get to the bottom of whatever Toddles thought he saw.
“Homework, read the chapter of non-verbal spells. I want a 24 inch parchment on their usefulness and applicability—or lack thereof if that’s the direction you’re leaning. Gather your things. You’re dismissed.” He turned to Toddles. “You come with me.”
And with that the man began making long strides out of the room. If nothing else, dinner now sounded compromised.
OOC: Thanks for coming everyone! The lesson has officially ended. You can post your students reacting/leaving. I’ll close the thread when I get home most likely <3
What did Toddles see?!
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Why are the creatures leaving the forbidden forest?
From the pathways:
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Originally Posted by BOWTRUCKLES!
The little bowtruckles quietly made their way out of the Forbidden Forest and towards the trees near the pathway. They had left their homes and ventured onto Hogwarts grounds in search of a new place to stay. The trees near the pathways would provide a temporary home for the small creatures, they just hoped they wouldn't be seen.
Great Lake:
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Originally Posted by UNICORNS!
The elder mare of the herd gave the foal an affectionate nudge with her nuzzle when her own grazing took her close by and her tail swished in the face of another. Neighing softly with displeasure, this unicorn trotted elegantly away from the mare and to another patch of grass just a little ways away and even further from the edge of the forest.
Each unicorn in the small herd would occasionally shoot their heads up and offer cautious glances towards the forest, but soon seemed content enough to resume their grazing.
Until their bellies became full that is.
Finding shelter beneath the trees leading to the pathways, the unicorns curled their delicate looking legs beneath their majestic white bodies to settled down for an afternoon nap. For the foal at least who quickly nuzzled up beside its mother while the rest of the herd maintained sharp glances around the grounds. Though soon even their heads rested and large eyes closed for some much needed rest.
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idk about yall but im getting this weird feeling that creatures might have something to do with the plot but idk just a feeling idk why
Meanwhile @ the Owlry:
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The Scottish winter is creeping closer and with it, the air is growing steadily colder. It is not uncommon to find the rafters a little overcrowded this time of year as rows upon rows of owls huddle together to keep warm.
Should you choose to brave the bitter cold and venture up into the owlery to pay a visit to your winged familiar or send a delivery, however, you'll notice that the owlery is more crowded than normal. Even for this time of year.
Nestled among the owls are a number of forest birds you wouldn't usually see here in the owlery; buzzards, falcons, kestrels and... is that hint of blue in the rafters a jobberknoll?
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Whatever is running the creatures out of the forest is bad enough to scare the Acromantulas:
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Hurry. HURRY.
Diverging into several smaller herds, the acromantulas charged forth from the forest with little regard for anything in their path. Benches were upturned and flowerbeds trampled upon by a sea of strong hairy legs as they moved.
"Keep moving! Quickly!" commands one, his large body turned around to look back with his darker than usual black eyes from whence they came. It had been the right decision. He had to believe that. They would all meet again.
Allowing himself another lingering look, the spider waited for the last of them to move by him before turning his great body around and following, taking up the rear.
Balance of the garden here most certainly disrupted.
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They acromantulas are running into the Butterfly Garden from the forest too.. What is scaring them?
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Originally Posted by ACROMANTULAS!
Separated from their fellows, another group of Acromantulas scurried as fast as fast as they could, away, away, away from the forest. Two were much larger, a dozen more were small, they were the younglings of the forest-dwelling spiders, and it was clear that the two larger spiders were herding the younger ones, hurrying them, hustling them.
"Quickly younglings, quickly!" The larger of the grown Acromantulas circled back around behind the fleeing smaller spiders, all of which were still at least the size of a human dinner plate. One got a little close to the wild tree and was pulped suddenly by a whomp from its branches.
But the Acromantulas did not stop, though several of them shrieked in fear and sadness. They would mourn later.
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From the Butterfly Garden & Whomping Willow respectively. Oh me oh MY
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Hairs all over his body tingling, the clear leader of this herd spun around lightning quick at the sound coming from his right flank. Determined to protect his family at all cost and mistaking the human speech for the heinous hissing that had followed, Aletag charged forward with an unprecedented determination to protect his family at all costs. Even if it meant his days of turkey worship were numbered. Front four limbs raised high, Aletag waved them wildly with a deep shriek.
"BACK! BACK YOU FIEND!"
Eyes quivering in terror, the great acromantula's legs returned to the flower bed while tearing out several dozen in the process. Menacing at first, he paused long enough to sense that he was not in the presence of it...but to humans.
"It is not safe here," he warned gravely.
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"Away from danger! Danger in the mist!" Sertag's pincers chittered and clicked loudly, and the poison secretions dripped to the grass below her. She reared up, her front legs waving, towering high above the human. But the threat display from the acromantula didn't last, the drive to run, to escape with the younglings, the fear was too great. Even the temptation of easy human flesh was not enough for her to linger another moment. "Move aside human, or perish!"
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What's up with this mist?
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On this cold and dreary January afternoon, a thick mist begins seeping from the forest. It engulfs the trees, crawling as if a living entity as it goes along. Does it seem a little colder than usual? Perhaps it’s the crisp breeze that accompanies the intangible force.
It steadily makes its way clear of the trees but ominously enough, comes to a stop as if pondering its next move.
Rain on the horizon maybe.
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The mist that began creeping out of the forest has begun to makes it way out onto the grounds. It brought with it something of a cold chill though this was as likely a result of the dreary January weather.
The mist is wispy on the fringes but thick if one were to make their way into it.
So thick that you wouldn't be able to make out right from left. So thick that you can't see anything beyond it.
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The mist continues making its way across the grounds, seemingly indifferent to any that may now be in its paths. It soon engulfs everything and everyone around. Even then it keeps going at its steady pace. By now it’s hard to see much further than a hand’s distance ahead of you and there’s a faint, undistinguished rumbling. Bad weather, surely.
The mist is moving forward everywhere - beware!
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Charging forth from the forest, the centaur colony moved with unprecedented urgency. The stars had been wrong. The stars had revealed that there was still time. The stars had not foretold such terrors. Perhaps their sage had spoiled and its smoke tampered with?
His flank the color of midnight, the centaur Piritrius approached the stump and gave a look of great disdain at the farm bell. This was what Thereos had submitted himself to? To be summoned like cattle?
"There is no time, Piritrius," insisted another with a coat as warm as a rising sun. "We must leave."
"I must warn him. He is of our own," Piritrius sneered back, swallowing a bit of his pride as he rang the bell in violent frustration. "THEREOS!"
Uh oh! The Centaurs are getting out of there. What's going on?
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This is the rest of the conversation from previous post
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A cornucopia, if you will, of things summoned Thereos to his stump. Of course there was the ringing of his bell, which sparked a bout of reluctant joy in his heart that a Hogwarts student had finally decided to pay him a visit to discuss matters of divination through the natural world, but there was something else as well. Something unsettling in the way the smoke rose from his sage that morning, wafting with a sourness into his nostrils.
But mostly, it was the ringing of the bell.
Appearing seemingly out of nowhere, the centaur was surprised to see his colony assembled around his stump.
"Piritrius," he greeted, one of his tree trunk like arms banging against his chest in greeting. "What winds have gathered you all he----"
And then he heard a great shriek, a sound belonging to that of a human girl, coming from somewhere along the lake.
"Have the rings of Saturn fallen?"
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Originally Posted by CENTAURS!
The human's cries only set the colony more on edge and soon a majority broke off to escort the younglings away to safety. Piritrius remained steadfast, his dark brown eyes locked on his friend's and boring into his soul.
"Do not do it, Thereos. Leave the girl," he warned gravely. "You must leave with us. Great terrors rest in the mist and certain doom to those who enter it. You must leave." And the centaur extended his arm to his companion. "Come, Thereos. Come."
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The screaming persisted, Blood Moon on the rise, and Thereos felt the strings of fate divide down two very different paths. One was presently guiding his arm to reach out and grasp his companions arm, palm to the bend in the other's and fingers coiling around at the elbow, with the intention of joining his colony in their retreat. But then the trumpets sounded, his sharp centaur eyes witnessed the mist slowly creeping across the Hogwarts' grounds, and he met Piritrius gaze solemnly. "Keep the colony safe, Piritrius. We will meet again."
And with one final firm squeeze of his kinsmen's arm, Thereos let go and began galloping in the direction of the screaming.
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RUH-ROH! Someone's in trouble....!
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Flittering and bearing the wax seal from the Minister's Office, the red envelope swirling and dove through the air until it came to a halt on the headmaster's desk. Plumes of thick black smoke were already pushing out through the folds of the red paper as it rattled in anticipation of opening.
Which better be soon or else all the papers on the desk would catch fire when it exploded.
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welp. the mist has made it's way literally everywhere.
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Early one late February morning, the mist that has slowly been spreading over the grounds comes to a stop just outside the giant double doors leading to the castle. It doesn’t quite hit the door, stopping a few feet away but should anyone try venturing out they will find it difficult to get too far.
The entire castle is surrounded by this foreboding manifestation. Those who have already been inside it know what horrors await.
Might be a good time to start looking into some indoor activities. The outside is no longer an option...unless you dare venture out and risk being lost in this thick cover.
Also, I feel like some of the reactions to the mist should be documented here because it doesn't seem like normal mist...
A few example reactions from the Great Lake:
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Originally Posted by lazykitty
If she'd been aware that she'd hit a fellow Hufflepuff instead of what she thought she was hitting, she would've apologized. She did have a heart, despite what some might think. But the situation being what it was, she simply remained where she was: on the ground (when had that happened?), shaking violently. The flashes of chalk white skin, red lips kept swirling around her. But then something happened....
She was done, over it and wanting someone to just come save her already! She didn't care that, as a seventh year and a prefect to boot, it was expected that she could fight better than she was just now. These things were absolutely TERRIFYING and she wanted out now!
Hey hey!
Why so serious?
*calliope music*
She couldn't hear Professor Cornish over the voices and music obviously.
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Absolute babies. Cornish ducked beneath a towering shadow just to his left, definitely a stack of papers or a crashing wave of file folders or something, and he grabbed hold of Calrissian's wrist. She might not like the manhandling, but based on her cowering, he had a feeling she wasn't going to argue.
"We need to run. Pull up your socks like a big girl prefect and grab your classmate."
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His panicked scrambling was at least good for one thing - one hand glided over his wand where it had fallen, and Ben instinctively grabbed it.
Another good thing happened as well - or, perhaps fortunate was the better adjective, since there was nothing good about this situation at all.
Archer's scream briefly jolted his mind "awake," in a sense. It was so close, and it was so different from the voices yelling at him, that it allowed his rational mind to take over just long enough to catch a bit of another voice. A calmer tone. His name, another's, come to...
And then the terror was upon him again, the voices somehow feeling louder and worse than before. They were there, they would not leave, they would not stop, they...
He scrambled back in another attempt to get away - and bumping into something. Or rather, someone, though he did not yet realize that it was Archer and Professor Cornish right there.
A few example reactions from The Boathouse:
SPOILER!!: underthecut
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Originally Posted by ArianaBlack
In case you were wondering, this particular fourth year was still screaming. Screaming bloody murder, actually. It was a great juxtaposition to how quiet she typically sat within her lessons. It was a rather unrecognizable noise coming from one Nina Castillo. Though it didn’t really matter that much as no one could SEE her at the moment anyway. They wouldn’t be able to recognize her even if they wanted to.
The Slytherin frantically moved her head around from side-to-side, arms flailing every which direction. Her heart rate quickened every time she heard a noise from above or one from the water. OH NO OH NO OH NO!!! So many animals lived in the water here. What if the squid came after her or a mermaid or a grinDYLOW. OH MY GOD. She was going to DIE HERE. ”AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!” Again she let out a LOUD wail when something (Eiji) bumped right into her. OH MY GOD WHAT WAS—
… ”....Eiji?” She recognized that tone of annoyance instantly. It was only for that moment that she had taken a break from all the screaming. In that same moment of rest, she had been quiet enough to hear Professor O’Hara again, whose previous instructions she had been screaming over and hadn’t heard. Whoops! Oh wait, what was that? Was Nina was screaming again? HAHAHAH. Yes. Absolutely.
Because suddenly, fear struck her like never before. And if one thought the screams couldn’t get louder? Oh, they were very wrong.
“AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!” Her shrill shrieks pierced through the air. Oh my Merlin. Oh NO OH NO OH NO OH NO OH NO. There were three of them. No, ten. NO, TWENTY. And they were SURROUNDING her. Taunting. Angry. Eager to eat.
Nina Castillo was screaming as loud as a venue full of thirteen year-olds seeing The Dead Kneazles preforming for the first time... if The Dead Kneazles were dying and the concert venue was on fire and everyone was slowly drowning in a gross lake filled with algae. No, she wasn’t just screaming. She was shrieking. At the top of her lungs--which were, by the way, unfortunately filling with (gross) water as her head bobbed up and down. She had to take breaks in between the screams to spit it out. Ew.
In the sudden onset of fear and panic, she had completely forgotten that there were others nearby. All she could do was scream. There wasn't a possibility for escape. They were literally surrounding her. There wasn’t anywhere to go. So much for fight or flight. Nina Castillo was stuck. And she was screaming. And she was crying. And her stomach was throbbing in pain (thanks, Trinetta). And !!!!!! The worst part of all of this was that her mascara was probably running all down her face, the water was probably making her hair look so gross, AND her slippers had gone missing as a result of all the kicking around she had been doing in the water and they were her FAVORITE pair.
Was someone else talking? Because Nina couldn't hear them over her screams. Whoops. Times. Two.
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Eni was terrified. She couldn't move forward to the screams because it brought her closer to them. The things. Their mouths. My god, their mouths were horrible. What do we do? What do we do? What do we do?
Her wand lit, she clung to it like it was her safety. It was her safety. It's her wand. She has a wand. What do we do? What do we do? What do we do?
Don't panic. Don't panic. Don't panic. She repeated to herself as the creatures came closer. Panic. PaNIC. PANIC. PANIC! PANIC!! PANIC!!!!!!!
"Protego Munio!" Eni yelled in her terror. Suddenly a bunch of rocks came flying at her - "Ahhhhhhhh!" - but suddenly stopped before her and began to make a protective wall around both her and the professor like her spell intended. Terrified. Utterly terrified.
Eni heard the screams, she couldn't just stay locked behind a stone wall. She wouldn't be safe there forever, but at least it gave her time to think of a plan. And be terrified. Why can't I shake this?
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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie
Yes, Trinetta, it was him. But the Slytherin was a little too preoccupied at the moment to shout back at her with his usual sarcastic retort and some jab about her stupid locket just becase he could. No, rather than indulging in his frustrations as he enjoyed doing a bit too much, Eiji Rasting was realizing just deep his troubles were. Literally.
After colliding into something, panic began sinking in as his arms and hands could find nothing solid. No dock and not even another whack at whatever it was he had just bumped into. Just wet. More wet. More nauseating moist slapping.
And there was shouting. So much shouting. And...what the actual hell? The professor was going to report them? FOR WHAT? Taking a swim in the boathouse waters? Not exactly intentional, professor. Too preoccupied with staying afloat, the Slytherin could not make out the shrill quiver to the professor's voice. But he could make out an unfamiliar voice that was talking way too bloody much. WAY too much. And then, beyond a reasonable doubt, he could make out the shrieks of Nina...and it honestly sounded like she was being eaten alive by something.
"NI---" Gurgle gurgle gurgle. Down went Eiji under the water, his twig like arms and legs unable to support him above water. Or so he thought. His feet had, in reality, managed to touch bottom a bit ago and when he leaned his head back the water circled around his face just so, covering his ears and creeping across his pale skin to over his eyebrows and submerging his chin. Perfectly capable of breathing...and yet...
....his instincts were telling him to kick, to jump. His mind was racing and entirely irrational. His lungs would surely start burning terribly soon, making him all the more desperate to get to that surface NOW. Despite the want to breathe, to inhale, he knew he couldn't. It would be fruitless to do so and so he could only float there, holding his breath and waiting for someone, anyone, to notice him. Water would fill his lungs, making him heavier and heavier...the terror was setting in, seizing his chest, and despite himself one James Eiji Rasting began to cry while feebly flailing his arms about.
Must get to the surface...must...must...
.............mommy.......
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Originally Posted by Lissy Longbottom
Nettie just clutched her knees closer to her chest as the screaming continued. She couldn't completely place that shrill screaming (Nina), but there was someone else here beside Eiji and the professor. And someone else was shouting out protection spells. She was pretty sure it wasn't the same person who was screaming, so that put the count at...five including her? Six? Four? She couldn't do MATH right now! It was too late for those protection spells. They were all dead meat, she was sure of it. They were all goners.
Moments passed, which felt like an eternity, but after a few seconds of pure panic...she hadn't been engulfed in a swarm. A tiny, optimistic voice in her head reminded her that sitting here WAITING for them to get her was not going to solve anything. It was just going to make things easier for them! Biting her lip and hiccuping slightly due to the constant sobbing, she leaned forward and on all fours, started to...slowly crawl forward.
Something kept telling her she was alone, and her motions were futile. Eiji wasn't there. O'Hara wasn't there. Whoever else was talking wasn't really there. She'd been abandoned. She was alone, forever, just like she always was. No one cares about you. No, no, that voice just didn't feel right. She felt like that was a lie. She'd HEARD Eiji, she'd HEARD O'Hara, she knew they had to really be there.
Crawling along slowly, still panicking about the impending doom coming for her...she approached the edge of the water. She could hear splashing around, but couldn't see anything. She could barely see the water in front of her. The screaming had gotten louder, though. Someone else was in the water with Eiji. Ignoring the nagging voice that told her that this was all still a trick of the imagination, she bite her lip and swung her legs over the edge, dropping in to the cold lake a second later.
"Eiji?! EIJI!" she called out. If she knew it was Nina flailing around as well, she would have called out for her too. Thankfully, Nettie was able to swim decently well, despite the fact that she couldn't touch the bottom with her small size.
Don't even bother, they abandoned you, remember? You're all alone...
She shook her head, determined to not listen to the voice that was nagging and NAGGING her to give up and just sink to the bottom. She held her arms out in front of her, spinning around in the water and hoping she made contact with anything...
And hopefully she'd be safe in the water from the creepy crawlies, but the voice was telling her THAT was also a stupid, naive thought...
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Originally Posted by Goblinfrog
Alice felt Eni's back pressed up against hers, even while her hand tightly clutched the Hufflepuff's hand. She heard the girl shout about needing to get out of there and that the professor needed her wand. But how could they when they were surrounded - and even more humiliating, her wand wasn't with her. Being a history of magic professor who was notoriously bad at magic, she rarely felt the need to carry her wand around with her while exercising.
But before she could even begin to formulate a reply, the things with the wands started chanting. It was a countdown. Only one thing could possibly happen at the end of the countdown. She knew in her heart that of everyone at the docks (or in the water), she alone was their victim. She alone would be inflated with air and sent bobbing into the sky like a balloon.
"ENI!!!" she shrieked, turning to the girl with a delirious look in her eyes. "I am losing my mind! You have to get the others and get out of here!"
The countdown continued. Now it was joined by clapping and hollering. Everyone was here. Everyone was watching her. They were all laughing and pointing at her. They were all going to watch her disappear into the sky. And everyone was the wrong age. This couldn't be real. She was going crazy, probably because of that oar.
But then -
Eni summoned a wall of stones. Just like that, the crowd couldn't see her anymore.
Alice let go of Eni's hand and placed both her shaky hands on her shoulders. She tried to clear her mind. "CAN YOU SUMMON YOUR BROOM?"
It was the first clear thought she had had since being hit with the oar.
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Welp, the mist ain't playin' around:
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Originally Posted by MunchyBubbles
Kamryn was barely even paying attention to what was going on around her, She was rather lost in her own thoughts, and needed to get some air, though she stopped just at the edge of the courtyard, she leaned against a pillar and sighed softly as she closed her eyes and took a deep breath of air.
She wasn’t sure if it helped or not.. but at least it was a small escape from what was going on.
She took another breath and kept her eyes closed as she leaned against a pillar. She just needed a minute.. just a minute before heading back inside.
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Originally Posted by The Narrator
The thick fog that settled all around the castle took immediate notice of the girl, almost as if it was a living, breathing entity. Her inattention to detail would be her downfall.
Impatient and eager hands reach out from within, several pairs of hands to impede any attempts at escape. Their grip is firm and unwavering. They grab the girl and pull her away from the pillar, yanking her deep into the pits of the mist. Which way is left? Which is right? What's real? What isn't? Where has she gone?
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Another one taken by the mist...
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Originally Posted by The Narrator
The mist is as thick here as it is anywhere else on the grounds. In truth, it’s small wonder the boy was able to make it all the way out here, but he did and the cool swirls of fog that hung eerily over the grounds was waiting.
Waiting no longer, several pairs of hands reached forth for the boy. Eager hands, all grabbing him from every which direction. They pull him off with little effort. Over the side of the bridge to the ravine? Somewhere else? It was hard to tell with how thick the fog remained.
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AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! IT'S INSIDE!
Entrance Hall
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Originally Posted by The Narrator
One late morning in March, while everyone is hard at work in lessons fortunately in the upper floors, the mist finds its way inside the castle. It settles low, having poured in through an open corridor not far from the entrance hall and quickly covers the entire ground floor.
Curiously, it stops just at the bottom of the staircases, not ascending to the first floor but that doesn’t stop it from following all the passageways and making its way lower.
Dungeons
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Originally Posted by The Narrator
Lower and lower the mist sinks, sweeping through the corridors of the dungeon and filling them entirely. Past the kitchen, beyond the laundry room, beyond the entrances to both the Slytherin and Hufflepuff Common Rooms. It doesn’t leave an inch uncovered. Any classrooms left open are soon filled.
Only sealed entrances manage to repel this strange phenomenon. Up, down, left, right. Who really knows in this fog.
The situation is only helped by the fact the students are thankfully up and away in their lessons.
Basement
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Originally Posted by The Narrator
Even down here the mist continues to travel, almost as if looking for something though not quite so. The actions are just as likely to be opportunistic as they are intentional. These corridors were simply easy to be tumbled into and tumble the mist did.
Thick swirls of cold mist waste no time moving about in chilling silence while the students remain up in their lessons.
It’s perhaps for the best.
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The announcement broke through the silence of the lesson period. Echoing throughout the empty corridors. It reaches far and wide, interrupting all lessons.
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Wherever you are, whatever you’re doing, stop and head to the duelling arena. This is not a drill and it is not to be taken lightly. Professors, kindly bring yours lessons to a halt and escort the students to the duelling arena. Prefects, please assist your professors in getting your school mates there. No time to waste.
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From the dueling arena:
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Originally Posted by Toddles
TERRIBLE THINGS WERE HAPPENING AT HOGWARTS! TERRIBLE!
And Toddles arrived in the dueling arena wailing at the top of his elfsie lungs to let every know it.
"AAAAAAAAAH!"
The house elf paused for a breath, his lungs screaming in ouchie for holding that scream for so long.
"FLUFFSIES CARRYING DANGEROUS WHISKIES! HOGWARTS IS UNDER ATTACK! DANGEROUS SPIKESIES WHISKIES AND PINK FLUFFSIES, MR. MASTER HEADMASTER! THEY COMES FROM THE MISTY, THEY DOES!"
Another deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep breath, his chest puffing up big like a balloon so he could continue, though the volume of his shouting was deflating much like a balloon too.
"TODDLES WAS BEING GOOD ELFSIES! TODDLES SWEEP SWEEP SWEEPING OUTSIDE THE KITCHENS WHEN THEY COMES! TODDLES POPS INTO THE KITCHENS WHERE IT IS SAFESIES FROM THE FLUFFSIES AND THE MISTY!"
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Originally Posted by Tinka
*Pop*
Tinka appeared in the arena no more than seconds after Toddles. The elf was in time to hear the screams of the not so baby elf and they only made her more frantic.
She had seen THINGS. Great and terrible things. They were down in the Great Hall where she had been laying out cupcakes as a between class snack for the studentsies. OH NO! The cupcakes!!!
The elf began to sob wildly, though thankfully not as wild as her companion.
Tinka very sorry Master Headmaster, Tinka very sorry! The cupcakes! Tinka never saved the cupcakes!!! It comes! It comes it does, right into the Great Hall. SCARY AND MASSIVE and Tinka ran, yes she did but it followed Tinka until she went back to the kitchen!!!!! Tinka left the cupcakes!!!!” Here she began to wail. “How will the studentsies eat??? Monsters! Monsters in the castle!!!!”
What did they see?! And is the fluffies Toddles is screaming talking about the same ones from last term, only scarier?
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From the dueling arena: Snakes & Liones are dorming together in the Gryffindor Common Room. Badgers & Eagles are bunkering together in the Ravenclaw Cr and everyone is eating meals in the common rooms.
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Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo
It was.....just a tad more calming to hear some of the responses. A tad because while he knew that intellectually these children knew these answers, they hadn’t been able to put them into practice when the real danger had appeared. Reinforcing this was the only thing left to do. Should they find themselves in danger again, there was no guarantee he or any other member of staff would be there. What would happen to them then if their first instinct was to panic and cry?
The thought chilled the man to the bone. He needed them to all be okay and ready, no matter what.
“Yes.” He affirmed Tamesis’s reply. “None of that nonsensical screaming and running around. You have to be quiet and fully assess the situation that you’re in before you take any actions at all.” Please please please tell him they were listeni—oh for the love of Merlin.
It took no time for an unimpressed scowl to set in as first Toddles then Tinka burst in shattering the false calm he’d managed to bring to the room. The Headmaster’s brows knitted, perplexed while he listened. Fluffsies? Cupcakes? “Wait, the kitchens are safe?” When he spoke, his voice was calm. On some level, he was trying to bring them down to his level of non panic. “Stop. Breathe. We’re not under attack.” If the kitchen was safe....the common rooms with their sealed entrances likely were too. He shifted his gaze to Beezley who next appeared seeming entirely unaware of anything that was happening. Ah to be blissfully ignorant. “I’d like your help with a bit of retrieval.” But He’d have to get back to that in a minute. At the moment he was still working it all out in his head.
Smethwyck had a good point as well, another that would prove useful. “That’s right, stick together as much as possible. Try to avoid walking alone. At the first sign of danger, don’t try to be a hero, book it out of there back to safety and alert the nearest professor or myself.” Whoever was easiest to find.
“I’ll be getting to that in a minute, Katharos.” Malachi understood the terror and confusion but there was no need to jump ahead of themselves in the conversation. One thing at a time. “But that’s an extremely important point I need everyone to listen to. Stay calm. It won’t always be easy, but it benefits no one to panic and run wild or break down in tears. You put yourself at greater risk. Assess the situation. What’s happening? What’s the best way out? You need a clear head.”
The Headmaster, for all his trying, still felt his eyes widen at Calrissian’s suggestion. What madness would drive the prefect to such terrible judgement? Rasting is right. That mist is thick and misleading. We don’t know how high up it goes and we don’t truly know what lurks in there and it’s easier than anything to get turned around when you’re in it. A professor cannot sit on a broom with each student to keep you all safe and on track and I can’t trust that students will stay the course no matter what they may experience. It’s the surest way to lose more people.” He’d seen the students reacting on the GROUND to the mist. After that sight, not even with a month of sleep deprivation would he trust them to safely fly a broom through their terrors. No. He could see most of them terrified, panicked and dead. Another thought to bring the chill within his bones.
The nodded at Winklebleck. “At a time like this it is important to exercise caution. Don’t go barrelling through the corridors senselessly. There is danger. Let’s be smart about how we get around the castle.”
Did Dakest’s response surprise him? Not after being the boy’s defense professor, no. He could tell that he was panicked but to his credit, he was not screaming and looking like he could expire at any second. Small blessings. “Getting away from the mist would be the ideal reaction, yes. Don’t go toward, don’t attempt to go through it. Turn back. Always.”
Which tied in perfectly with Montague’s statement. “Absolutely. Constant vigilance. Now more than ever. We’ll all have to pay far more attention to our surroundings.”
Malachi caught the voice of the Ravenclaw Prefect, what they would do was actually next on the agenda.
“Everyone listen carefully.” He paused, in case there were any more elves who wanted to bust in. When none came, he continued. “By now, I’m sure many of you have heard, two students have gone missing. Their parents have been notified and I’ve reached out to the ministry. Until a solution can be brought forward, you will all need to take great care. For the time being, Gryffindors you will share your common room with the Slytherins. Hufflepuffs, you’ll be in Ravenclaw Tower. If what the elves have said is true, the common rooms will still be sealed and safe. They will fetch your belongings and bring them to the respective common room.” He turned again to the elves. “Get the other elves involved. Tell them meals will now be served in either common room and that they too should be staying away from the mist.” The kitchen was safe, the elves didn’t need to try being heroes either.
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