I decided during the lesson to give my enchanted egg the name Muffs. Hopefully the name will be fitting of whatever it is that's 'growing' inside of the egg. One of the things I noticed during the lesson was that Muffs seems to be found of heat and anything that emits warmth, but I didn't realize until after the lesson, when I took Muffs for a trip outside and she started to shiver, that she's sensitive to the cold. And because of it, I've knitted her a sweater.

Actually, I knitted a couple things for my egg to keep her warm. Muffs has a little blue turtleneck with a red flower on the front. That is for when we are out on the grounds or for when it gets really cold in the castle, like it often does during the freezing winter. Muffs also has a knit cap with rainbow colors on top for when she's resting at my bedside in her spiral metal egg cup. I used some metal wiring with both so that I could place metal warming charms on them, figuring that metal could warm metal and the cloth could keep the warmth around Muffs longer. So far it seems to be working and Muffs enjoys the extra warmth. I don't keep them on her too long though. Too much heat I've found makes her unbearable to hold and Muffs gets extra excited, rolling to places she ought not to roll.

I'm still experimenting with the combination of the metal warming and metal cooling charm, trying to find a good combination of the spell that will keep Muffs at a moderate temperature that will have us both satisfied. Whatever is inside my egg sure does like heat. A few protection charms are place on her resting cup since my kneazle, Perseus, seems to think this is yet another toy for him. My fault for letting Muffs roll away from me I guess.

Next I think I'll work on figuring out exactly why it is my little egg doesn't seem to enjoy being cleaned or shined up.

Arya Lovegoods

Outside the Kitchens

Muff's is fast. A few days ago while I was studying creatures late in the common room, she decided that she was getting chilly, and rolled of my chair and to the fire place. I bet she would have rolled into it had I not got a hold of her. Luckily she hadn't been dented, but I am making certain to check her temperature more often now, since even the slightest bit of cold seems to bother lil Muffs.

Still can't fathom why she won't sit still during a cleaning, but I charmed my pocket clean, so she doesn't get too dirty in there and when I have her out, I try to keep the area clean. The polishing doesn't get much of a reaction out of Muffs. Odd.

Perseus is taking to her better than I thought he would, and I'll often come back from the showers to find my kneazle wrapped around the metal egg. Another way of keeping her warm I suppose, and it's much better than Perseus chasing Muffs around like he's done my other toys and objects. Maybe one day I'll take Muffs with me and Perseus into our favorite tree and see how she takes to the slightly higher altitude.

Arya G.

Hufflepuff Common Room

I felt kind of bad eating eggs for breakfast while Muffs was around, even if I did have her shielded from me while I eat them. Not too bad though, cause she's a metal egg and probably doesn't have a little chicken inside her, so no harm no foul? Something like that.

Anyway, I noticed she wasn't looking as shiny as she did normally, so I gave her a quick polishing and now she looks good as new. Probably should throw some hot air on her just to keep her temperature on the regular, but she's not rattling in her egg stand or anything, so I think, at least while I eat, she's fine. Plus she's sitting in her metal egg stand, and that has charms on it, so no extra heat needed. My enchanted egg has been a great way for me to practice my nonverbals, not just with the spells I cast on her (most of which I've mastered already), but also for other simple spells that I can use on her.

That's all for this entry, as I have the rest of my breakfast getting cold.

Arya

Hufflepuff House Table

Muffs prefers my pocket to sitting out with me and Perseus in a tree. Mostly because I went up when it was early so I couldn't be bothered, but I'm positive the wind had her shivering. It wasn't all shivers that morning though! I treated Muffs to a bath in the prefects tub and she seemed to like the warm water and all the bubbles. Who doesn't though?

I gave her a good clean up with the drying and polishing spells afterwords to keep her from rusting, then fitted her with the cap I knitted to keep her warm. Nothing much else exciting has happened. She still rolls around when she wants to, and I keep chasing her. We'll see if I have anything new in my next entry, but right now I have to write some other letters.

A.

The Lake

Long time no write Journal!

Things have been going smooth with Muffs. She's not making much of a fuss anymore when I clean her off like she did the first few times. The egg still likes to roll though, which... well we had a little incident the other day when Altair, my owl, was delivering me a letter. The silly creature mistook rolling Muffs as a critter and tried to get her for lunch. Thankfully she didn't. Who knows what her sharp claws would have done to her! I got nipped at though, for getting Muffs first, but I'm used to it.

Better me that my metal egg.

A.

Talking To the Portraits

Studying with Muffs around is always good for a laugh. She's constantly trying to roll off of the table and benches we occupy while I'm studying, and instead of stopping her with my hand, I've taking to letting her fall before I summon her back. That's how she earned the nick name Yo-Yo Muffs. Hehe. And that's more nonverbal practice, so I'm getting two birds with one stone so to speak. If only I could find a way to use Muffs to practice Runes. That would be awesome. But until then it's the books I hit or the friends I use to study for that class.

Muffs is rattling around in my pocket, so I'm going to let her get warmed up some. Gotta keep her happy.

A.

The Courtyard