Ella entered the dormitory with Barnabus seated happily on her shoulder. He was a little dirty after their food tasting and he smelled like pickle juice. After deciding that was a smell she didn't want to live with, Ella decided she had better give Barny a bath. She pulled out her wash bin and placed it on the floor, putting a face cloth down in front of it. She then pulled out her wand. "Aguamenti!" When the bin was filled with water, Ella extinguished the flow and placed Barny now on the cloth. "Alright Barnabus, it's bath time. Now I don't know how you usually clean yourself but this is the best way to get rid of that...smell. Plus, a cleanly puff is a happy puff!" Ella reached out for the little yellow fluff ball and placed him gently in her palm, easing him over to the bin. "Okay, no need to be scared of the water. I'm right here and I won't let you drown or anything Barny. Trust me." Barny's only reply was a small scared Squeakkkk.

Ella placed Barnabus into the water gently, watching as he reacted to it. Squeakkk Squeakkkk Squeakkkk Barny's little body started to shake and Ella lifted him out of the water quickly, scared she was hurting the poor thing. "Barny! Oh it's okay, don't you worry. I won't let anything happen to you. Let's just clean you quickly and then it'll be all done." Ella again placed Barnabus into the water, this time keeping him sitting in the palm of her left hand while she scooped water over his head. He was looking at her with such sad eyes and Ella tried to be quick. "Scrub-a-dub-dub, Barny in the tub." She said, giggling. "Okay last one, Barny." Ella scooped one more handful of water over the poor creature and then lifted him out of the wash bin, noting that he wasn't so cute all wet. She picked up the face cloth and wrapped the little yellow puff in it, massaging his body gently so he would dry off. "See, that wasn't so bad Barny!" When she thought he was all dry, Ella removed the face cloth to look at him. He was much cleaner, there was no doubt about that, but he didn't look happy. "Sorry. It had to be done." She said with finality. Boy, parenting was sure hard...