Ella headed into the common room with Barnabus the puff sitting happily on her shoulder. She was carrying a plate of food from the kitchens and her notebook and quill, wanting to do a little food experiment with the puff. She found a cozy spot on the floor close to the fire and placed her things in front of her, setting Barnabus on the ground. She tickled the little yellow pygmy puff, causing him to squeak, and she laughed. "Ready for some food, Barny?" she asked.

Ella set Barnabus down in front of the plate and watched as he eyed the food. She had an assorment of things from the kitchen. There was a banana, a piece of broccoli, a sour pickle, a cookie, and a piece of chicken. "Go on Barnabus, don't be shy." She said, encouraging the puff to eat. Slowly, a tongue emerged from the little puff's mouth and headed straight for the cookie. Barnabus appeared to enjoy the taste because he let out a high pitched SQUEAKKK and continued to dig in to the treat. "Well, you clearly like cookies..." Ella said, jotting that down in her notebook. Next Barnabus went for the banana, he stopped after the first lick, as if questioning whether he liked it or not, and then continued to go after the food with ease. "Alright, bananas seem to be on your list of favorites too, I guess." Barnabus continued trying the food on the plate, taking a liking to almost everything. When he tried the broccoli though, he seemed to grow upset. He curled his little body into a ball and started to roll away from Ella. "Hey, what are you doing?!" She called, crawling to pick him up. "I guess you don't like broccoli much then?" Ella set Barny on her shoulder and finished up her notes, frowning at the broccoli. "Okay Barnabus, no more broccoli for you." She picked up the broccoli and tossed it into the fire, earning a little SQUEAKKK from Barny. "You're welcome." She said with a smile.