Oh. My. Gosh.

He was HERRRE. HERRRE!

"Wowza," Fyo said out loud, as light suddenly broke through the semi-dark-dark of the tunnel and he found that he had zoomed right into the Shrieking Shack. It was a huge place, and the air was rather dry, but Fyo LOVED it. The place was sooooo... mysterious.

"This is amazing, Professor!" Fyo said, catching sight of Professor Bunbury. It was then that he saw Professor Truebrige and was, of course, reminded of Trubury Bananasticks Goatpink Popcorn. The Second.

Bwahaha.

Virgi came into the shack and saw dried blood on the floor. She gasped. It was Severus Snape's blood! She went upstairs and saw the room that Harry, Hermione, Ron, Sirius, Severus, Lupin, and Peter were in. This place was so cool! And so historic to her anyway. Her great-grandfather was in this very room in his third year! So cool. AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!

"...on and on and on and on forever," LouAnn was saying, as she continued her walk through the tunnel. She'd been talking about how the tunnel seemed never-ending when she unknowingly walked right on out of it and into the Shrieking Shack. She only realized what had happened when she nearly walked right into Professors Bunbury and Truebridge. Wait a minute! How did they...? But they...!

"Hey! How did you get here?" she asked. "Please don't tell me there was a shortcut just waiting for us all this time! We took the long way around!" A few seconds later, it occurred to LouAnn that she should probably shut up and take a good look around the place. There weren't any werewolves transforming in here, were there? At the sound of a creek, LouAnn jumped and spun around. What was that? She just knew it! Werewolves were in here!

"Sorry about that. Spilled some pasta sauce." He pointed at the patch on the ground that had caused Virgi to gasp. Of course, Ethan didn't elaborate on this. It was an old stain and he'd had his reasons for having that much pasta sauce in the shrieking shack during his third year, but he wasn't about to elaborate on it."

He nodded at Fyo and then leaned against a wall as he watched other students come in and start exploring.

Finally, Becca saw a door way. Quickly, she entered and as she did, the door creaked. She was glad she had her wand at that moment. The shack looked justy as messy as the tunnel leading to it. Becca gasped as the door slammed shut and a cool air wooshed past her. "It was just the door, silly." se muttered to herself, shaking her head at her sudden jumpiness.

Looking further into the room, she saw the two Professors, as well as two of her pupils. She smiled before turning to shudder. Possibly one of the most powerful wizards of all time had been standing in this very room a mere hundred something years ago. It was a bit nerve racking, to be honest. "Hello!" she said to the four in the room. Then all of a sudden, there was a warm sensation on the back of her neck, which was visible due to her putting up her hair, as if someone were breathing on her neck directly behind her. She turned aroudn quickly, her wand held up in her hand, but it was of no use; for no one was there. And there also seemed to be this feeling... like you were always being......watched? "Very strange." Becca said, this time being more verbal about it, whole putting her hair down.

Was it really possible? The tunnel had ended?!?! Mina shielded her eyes with her arm, the little snake wrapped loosely around said arm, hissed at the light change. It was a bit brighter than the tunnel and not as moldy and musty smelling. Blinking a few times to allow her eyes to adjust, she looked around. It wasn't what she expected, but then again, she didn't expect much.

Looking down at the floor, she noticed some dark spots. Blood? Was it really possible? Looking to her new friend, Mr. Snake, for an answer and only receiving a low hiss, she shook her head and ventured away from the tunnel exit. She didn't want to have someone run into for blocking the way.

Seeing both Professor Truebridge and Bunbury, she smiled and set out to explore. She noticed some plants spurting out from under a turned over chair and moved toward it. Looking at Mr. Snake, she smiled. "Let's see what we find. Perhaps a snack for you?" The snake hissed and nodded, well as close to a nod as a snake could do. Yes, she was definitely going to keep him now. Her mother would flip out and that alone was enough of a reason, wasn't it?

Oh lookie, the professor was ... looking his way.

"That was an awesome tunnel, sir," Fyo said, as he looked round. The place was ... even better than the tunnel. In a way. Of course, it did not house Trubury Bananasticks ... The Second, but that could not be helped.

Something creaked, and Fyo quickly turned round to locate the source of the noise. He saw nothing, though. The fourth year raised an eyebrow, peered closer and ... still saw nothing. Wow, this was really cool!

"Oh sorry, I thought it was...uh...something else." Pasta sauce. Yum. Virgi kept walking around the shack. Severus Snape was a cool person but he was mean to my great-grandfather.

O well.

She remembered the remembral in her pocket.

Don't think about it. Someone might be able to read minds.

Walking into the room that she was hoping to find, she looked around for someone. Nope no one. She sat down on the old bed hoping it wouldn't crash through the floor. It didn't. She lied down. The pillow was dusty and old. She fluffed it. Dust flew. She lied back down on the bed and thought.

Whats gonna happen when I come back to this place? What if it is haunted? I know I'm coming back when I don't have class but what will happen?

She drifted away and wondered if anyone was gonna come in that door. This was her alone time. And she wanted it. She wouldn't be rude of course but she wanted a little rest time.

The Shrieking Shack was, well a shack. Dusty, old, creepy shack. Eww, a really big snake had killed someone in here. Destiny was probably standing on the same exact spot where that person had died. Now she was going to be haunted by Severus Snape for disrupting his resting spot!

How in the name of Merlin's whitest gloves did Bunbury and Truebridge beat them here? They cheated! They knew the dangers of that tunnel. Bunbury probably didn't want to get her shoes dirty.

Destiny didn't feel like carrying that spider anymore. She set the spider down on a table-thing. 'I'm not carrying you. You have eight legs, use them.' Now if only Evelyn would get rid of her snake..

Dominic continued his walk through the tunnel, all the while wondering what the point of this damp and dirty journey was. It was his seventh year and he never was curious about the elusive shrieking shack before; so why now? Scurrying along the tunnel, he breathed a sigh of relief as the ground became drier and he saw Truebridge and Bunbury waiting for him them.

And there were lots of eerie noises around. This wasn't good. The Head Boy was sure of it. But just keep vigilant ... he made it this far at Hogwarts; dying just a few weeks before graduation would NOT bode well at all. Especially after all the hours put in for NEWT studying ... Nope. He was going to be just fine. Right?

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"...on and on and on and on forever," LouAnn was saying, as she continued her walk through the tunnel. She'd been talking about how the tunnel seemed never-ending when she unknowingly walked right on out of it and into the Shrieking Shack. She only realized what had happened when she nearly walked right into Professors Bunbury and Truebridge. Wait a minute! How did they...? But they...!

"Hey! How did you get here?" she asked. "Please don't tell me there was a shortcut just waiting for us all this time! We took the long way around!" A few seconds later, it occurred to LouAnn that she should probably shut up and take a good look around the place. There weren't any werewolves transforming in here, were there? At the sound of a creek, LouAnn jumped and spun around. What was that? She just knew it! Werewolves were in here!

".......magic," Bunbury answered Burple with a sliiiight eyebrow raise. She couldn't help glancing at Ethan though with something maybe possibly resembling a smile dancing at her lips.

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Was it really possible? The tunnel had ended?!?! Mina shielded her eyes with her arm, the little snake wrapped loosely around said arm, hissed at the light change. It was a bit brighter than the tunnel and not as moldy and musty smelling. Blinking a few times to allow her eyes to adjust, she looked around. It wasn't what she expected, but then again, she didn't expect much.

Looking down at the floor, she noticed some dark spots. Blood? Was it really possible? Looking to her new friend, Mr. Snake, for an answer and only receiving a low hiss, she shook her head and ventured away from the tunnel exit. She didn't want to have someone run into for blocking the way.

Seeing both Professor Truebridge and Bunbury, she smiled and set out to explore. She noticed some plants spurting out from under a turned over chair and moved toward it. Looking at Mr. Snake, she smiled. "Let's see what we find. Perhaps a snack for you?" The snake hissed and nodded, well as close to a nod as a snake could do. Yes, she was definitely going to keep him now. Her mother would flip out and that alone was enough of a reason, wasn't it?

"What is that? Is that a snake? What kind of snake is that?" Anastasia pointed a long red fingernail at the weird Ravenclaw GIRL and her apparent PET wrapped around her arm. The redhead took a step closer to Truebridge and pointed again. "There is nothing for him to eat here. Not. At. All."

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The Shrieking Shack was, well a shack. Dusty, old, creepy shack. Eww, a really big snake had killed someone in here. Destiny was probably standing on the same exact spot where that person had died. Now she was going to be haunted by Severus Snape for disrupting his resting spot!

How in the name of Merlin's whitest gloves did Bunbury and Truebridge beat them here? They cheated! They knew the dangers of that tunnel. Bunbury probably didn't want to get her shoes dirty.

Destiny didn't feel like carrying that spider anymore. She set the spider down on a table-thing. 'I'm not carrying you. You have eight legs, use them.' Now if only Evelyn would get rid of her snake..

"...and the same for you and you," Bunz's finger swished to pointing at the newly-arrived Slythie and her spider. How cute. NOT. It was more nauseating than anything.

Disgusting, filthy little children. Oh look. They all had cobwebs in their hair.

Finally walking into the Shrieking Shack, sighing in relief that she didn't feel like a million eyes were watching her now, she turned to move towards the other side of the room buuuut, the two Professors were standing right there. "How did you..." she started, frowning and looking from one Professor to the other. She definitely didn't see either Professor in the tunnel. Clearing her throat, she shook her head and moved past them, not really caring how they made everyone walk through the spider infested, dark, dirty, gross, slightly boring, and extremely long tunnel while they practically poofed here in a second...!!

Taking note of the really messy place, disgustingly dirty in fact, Evelyn patted the snakes head that was still wrapped around her arm, and noticed another girl that she recognized was a Ravenclaw, also had a snake. *scoff* "You are way better looking." she whispered to the Gryffindor colored one on her arm, leaning against a wall, making sure there weren't any spiders close by first though.

What, whatWHAT?

Did Professor Bunbury NOT realize the meaning of adventure?

Fyo tried to EYE the cobwebs in his hair, and was glad he had not brought Trubury Bananasticks Goatpink Popcorn - the Second, of course - along. He did not want his little bug to be ... scolded by Professor Bunbury. That could hurt the little buggie's ego! That really would be sad. Poor bug, no? So he ... just continued to look around. Pretty brightly.

Hey, there were cobwebs in that corner!

How cool!

EWWW!! It was just plain gross in here. There were cobwebs in his hair and spiders. He didn't want to stay here at all and he didn't want to explore.

Then he saw the snakes. He was scared of snakes.

He slowly started to back away from them. Then he accidentally bumped into someone wearing heels.

Oops.

Destiny was just out of the tunnel for like a minute and she was already getting a finger pointed at her. Well she definitely wasn't naming her spider Bunbury, that's for sure. She already had a flitterbloom plant with that name anyway. Hmm, Truebridge! She would name the spider Truebridge! Nice. 'Stay here Truebridge the Spider.' It seemed to uderstand.

Shrugging, Destiny thought it was time to explore. But if she saw a hint of a ghostly Severus Snape, she would be right back in that tunnel. 'No way will I be haunted by Severus Snape.' Oops, she said that out loud. Well it was true. She would be freaked out if greasy old Snape was staring at her, in ghost form!

Ohh look. A mirror. Or maybe its not a mirror. Nope its a mirror alright. A very dusty mirror. Destiny used the sleeve of her robes to wipe off some of the dust. 'Ewww! I am dirty.' It looked like Destiny just came out of a dark, dirty tunnel. Oh, right. Walking over to Evelyn and her scary, little girl eating snake, Destiny started laughing. 'How do you think Bunbury would feel if I hugged her?' She would probably feel dirty, because that's what she would be.

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Finally walking into the Shrieking Shack, sighing in relief that she didn't feel like a million eyes were watching her now, she turned to move towards the other side of the room buuuut, the two Professors were standing right there. "How did you..." she started, frowning and looking from one Professor to the other. She definitely didn't see either Professor in the tunnel. Clearing her throat, she shook her head and moved past them, not really caring how they made everyone walk through the spider infested, dark, dirty, gross, slightly boring, and extremely long tunnel while they practically poofed here in a second...!!

Taking note of the really messy place, disgustingly dirty in fact, Evelyn patted the snakes head that was still wrapped around her arm, and noticed another girl that she recognized was a Ravenclaw, also had a snake. *scoff* "You are way better looking." she whispered to the Gryffindor colored one on her arm, leaning against a wall, making sure there weren't any spiders close by first though.

Bunz was starting to smirkity smirk again as the students seemed so surprised to see their smart professors already in the Shack. Ha. As IF she would crawl through that tunnel in this outfit.

Um, no. Not without a hat and the proper gear - which reminded her: she need to go shopping for caving! New boots and gloves and a headlamp and---

"That one too." SNAKE! pointpointpointpoint. "Why?" Just... why? CHILDREN. EWW.

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EWWW!! It was just plain gross in here. There were cobwebs in his hair and spiders. He didn't want to stay here at all and he didn't want to explore.

Then he saw the snakes. He was scared of snakes.

He slowly started to back away from them. Then he accidentally bumped into someone wearing heels.

Oops.

"EEHHHHE!" Annie exclaimed, bouncing off whoever or WHATEVER had touched her and just about jumping onto Truebridge. She shot a glare around at whatever had done that....oh. Torin.... well... never mind. Annie let go of Zan's arm.

Whups. It wasn't a spider after all.

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Destiny was just out of the tunnel for like a minute and she was already getting a finger pointed at her. Well she definitely wasn't naming her spider Bunbury, that's for sure. She already had a flitterbloom plant with that name anyway. Hmm, Truebridge! She would name the spider Truebridge! Nice. 'Stay here Truebridge the Spider.' It seemed to uderstand.

Shrugging, Destiny thought it was time to explore. But if she saw a hint of a ghostly Severus Snape, she would be right back in that tunnel. 'No way will I be haunted by Severus Snape.' Oops, she said that out loud. Well it was true. She would be freaked out if greasy old Snape was staring at her, in ghost form!

Ohh look. A mirror. Or maybe its not a mirror. Nope its a mirror alright. A very dusty mirror. Destiny used the sleeve of her robes to wipe off some of the dust. 'Ewww! I am dirty.' It looked like Destiny just came out of a dark, dirty tunnel. Oh, right. Walking over to Evelyn and her scary, little girl eating snake, Destiny started laughing. 'How do you think Bunbury would feel if I hugged her?' She would probably feel dirty, because that's what she would be.

"Hugs are overrated," the professor called out to the Slytherin who was most definitely talking to herself. "Dirtylittlechildren... betternoteven THINK oftouchingmmmee...."

He jumped when he heard the loud shriek. He had bumped into Bunbury just as he had hoped he hadn't.

He turned to look at the Professor. "I'm sorry, Professor. I'm just scared of snakes."

Well, this was rather embarrassing.

Hmmm.

Ethan was watching and listening very carefully and he steadied Annie as she jumped/shrieked/did what she usually did.

"Scared of snakes? Hmmm? Why?" Truebridge eyed Torin. Snake snakes yes? Not Slytherins, surely.

Hmm? Bunbury? What? Evelyn was too busy looking around the place and students that she barely registered what Destiny said. Taking one glance at her friend though, she got a pretty good idea of what she was talking about though. But first..."Please tell me I don't look like you at the moment." she said, not trying to be hurtful, but really was worried that she looked messy or something. Wiping off anything that may have stuck to her clothes and hair during the tunnel 'walk', she glanced at her friend one more time before looking over to Professor Bunbury... who was really really clean at the moment, and saying hugs were overrated?! PSSH!

"Do it, do it, doit!" she whispered excitedly, trying to hold back a laugh as a mental image of Destiny with the cobweb and dirt covered clothes hugging Bunbury. Surely hugging wasn't a reason to take away any points so it would be a safe thing to do. "Just don't hug Professor Truebridge. I don't think he likes contact much." Well on second thought... "Forget that I said that. If you want to, go right ahead." Of course, no one heard that...

Oh no. He had to think fast.

Why was he scared of snakes? Saying that a giant Professor Kazi shooting anacondas at him and LouAnn was the root of his fear wouldn't really be a wise thing to do.

"I'm scared of them because of the way they slither and they bite. But I love Slytherins!"

He wasn't sure why he added that last part in there.

'No you don't look as bad as me.' Well Evelyn told Destiny to say that, even if it wasn't the truth. But Evelyn didn't look anywhere as dirty as Destiny. She did fall on her back, and get smacked right in the face with a beach ball. Good times.

Okay, Destiny had to admit, the thought of hugging Bunbury was scary. She would probably drag her out of the shack by her ear and feed her to the Whomping Willow. But, the professor wouldn't walk through the tunnel, so the only way to feed Destiny to the Willow would be by the shortcut that the professors took. Unless, Bunbury would be so mad, she wouldn't care about the tunnel. She would be dirty already.

'I will not hug Truebridge. I saw him when you touched him. You hug him!' Well Evelyn already hugged him, but she wasn't dirty then.

'Professor! Hugs are only over-rated if they are not done properly. Let me show you.' Destiny walked over to Bunbury with her arms spread wide. Oh boy, what was she thinking?

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He jumped when he heard the loud shriek. He had bumped into Bunbury just as he had hoped he hadn't.

He turned to look at the Professor. "I'm sorry, Professor. I'm just scared of snakes."

Well, this was rather embarrassing.

"It's...... understandable," Bunbury nodded slowly. She didn't budge from beside the other professor though. Ughhhh and Torin couldn't even see that... that... something might have been moving all around and about his lovely locks....

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'Professor! Hugs are only over-rated if they are not done properly. Let me show you.' Destiny walked over to Bunbury with her arms spread wide. Oh boy, what was she thinking?

"Student! That is a falsehood and shame shame shame on yooOUUUEWW!" She squeaked at the sight of the girl coming toward her in hug formation and literally dodged around Truebridge to peep over his shoulder with big blue eyes.

Human shield save me from these peepl. Hugz R Bad.

Becca smirked at what was going on and put a hand to her mouth, to prevent herself from bursting out laughing. It was rather funny, the whole scene, which Becca had silently watched play out. This is good! she said to herself as she watched Professor Bunbury practically dive behind Professor Truebridge for cover. Then, unfortunetly, Becca remembered the spiders and became instantly alert. That kid over there had a spider before- where'd it go? Is it in my hair? Oh Merlin!! She thought with a destressed look as she began to shudder once more and shook her hair around, hoping to "get the spider out". Aftre a few minutes, she decided the cost was clear and she could stop, but her eyes remained peeled and wide; there was a spider on the loose!

'But Professsoooor! Its almost the end of the term. Its only one little hug!' Destiny moved juuust a little closer to the hiding Professor. She waved at Bunbury to come over, but she didn't seem to budge. 'I'll just have to hug you both then.' And Destiny spread her arms even wider, wide enough for a three person hug.